f C t i T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N

No 140 •'P.IDAS 27th. NOVEMBER 4d

KINGS DEFEATED C I T Y & G U I L D S I S

C O M I N G D O W N

CAPTAIN MIKE BREGAZZI

SHOWED FINE LEADERSHIP

IN BRILLIANT SECOND HALF

RECOVERY BY IC.

This year as there have not

been seedings in the draw of the

U.L. oup, Imperial and Kings have

met early on in the competition and

not in the final as has happened on

many occasions before* In many minds,

there was the thought that the winner

of this game would definitely be at

Motspur Park on Feb. 20th. and would

probably take thr oup home with them.

The I,C. team was at f u l l strength

Vand on paper looked very impressive,

but as i t consisted of U.L. players

and 5 0 $ I.C. f i r s t team players who

jhad only played together onoe before

their real ability was unproven. The

King's team containing fewer U.L.

players was an unknown quantity but the

fact that they had beaten Reading Univ­

ersity whereas I.C. had lost to them

indicated that a close game would result.

I.C. kicked off and i t immediately

became apparent that the two were very

well matched . The King's pack were

taller on the average but weight for

weight there would have been l i t t l e in

i t . The length of tne legs of the King's

hooker caused some trouble i n the front

row as he was taller than his props,

but he put this to great advantage i n

the tight scrum where I.C. were out-

hooked in the f i r s t half.

Several very well timed kicks by the backs resulted in I.C. nearly sooring down the l e f t wing. Banks was

kicking and running very intelligently to Potter on the left wing and i t was Just the unlucky bounce of the b a l l , which prevented the King's line from be­ing crossed.

A missed tackle on the right wing

led to the first score of the game when

a King's man broke through to touch down

almost under the posts from whioh an easy

kiok gave King's a five point lead, which

they s t i l l held at half time*

After the resumption I.C, began to

show their capabilities. Always

slow starters I.C. were slower than

usual on this occasion and at times

during the f i r s t half one began to wonder

i f they would ever really swing into

action.

Early in the second half aria

Wroaski, the U.L. skipper, scored a try

from a loose maul on the King's line*

The I.C. scrum half, Diok Lance, was

tackled out of possession, and the

referee playing the advantage rule

allowed Wronski to piqk up the loose

ball and touch down, but Bregazzi's

kick failed.

A few minutes later one of the

King's centres was caught off side as

the I.C. pack pushed their opposite •

numbers towards their line.

A deathly hush f e l l over the ground

as Bregazzi came up to take the kick,

only to be broken by a te r r i f i c y e l l as

the touch judges signalled that I.C. had

taken the lead.

I.C. now went flat out and i t waa

not long before Dick Lance nipped round

the blind side to score a typical scrum

half's try, but unfortunately injuring

his ribs i n the process on colliding

with the f u l l back who had been given a

very harassing time by the I.C, pack.

Mike Bregazzi converted this try with a

magnificent kick from the touch line.

The last try of the game

Otto Gilbert nose- dived his way Over

the back of one of the defenders to

score a well deserved touch down.

Bregazzi again added to the points witn

another beautiful kick.

Although difficult to single out a

any individual players I fool that It

must be pointed out bow magnificently

The I.C. back row played. Both the wing

forwards played excellent games and were

always ready to aid the three-quarters

i n attack.

The last word must go to the 80 or

so supporters who made the effort to

give up their time to encourage the team

team. This support is invaluable in

these games, and we hope to see aa many

as possible at harlington when we play

C.E.M. in the next round on February 10th,

She demolition of Guilds baa

started - and on schedule too. First

the north wing,so that the north-east

spline of E 1 oan be built, and at a

later date the entrance, and the south

wing. Of course demolition started long

ago when the o l d warships disappearedt but only now is the change beooming

apparent to non-Guildsmen,

The building, designed by Water-

house (also the architect of the Natural

History Museum), was formally opened by

the Prince of Wales in I884,having oost almost twice the original estimated sum

Of £50,000.

By the original proposals the

ground was rented by the City and Guilds

of London Institute (founded and financed

by the City of London, and the Liveried

Companies? from the Commissioners of the

1851 Exhibition on a 999-year lease "at

a peppercorn rent" (one shilling per

year). Also under this proposal - " i f

not begun or finished on time, or i f i t

oeased to be used for technical educa­

tion for the space of one year, the

land and the property on i t shall revert

to the Commissioners".

In a few years there will be

nothing l e f t of this fine building, a

building which has served well, and been

the academic birthplace of many of the

best engineers. Let us hope that the

new buildings w i l l last as well, and

see such talent.

COMMENTARY

A fortnightly review of Union affairs.

Regular readers of the Council Notioe Board in the Union Lounge will no doubt have read recently a notice concerning the Marxist 3ub-Group. The latter haa, in the past,been a sub-group of the Lit. and Deb. 3oc., but this year the Sooiety finds itself "embarrassed" by its relation with the Marxist Sub-Group, and, by strange ooinaidence the International Relations Club also feels for the same reason that i t cannot possibly take the left-wing "theorists" under its wing.

It is therefore proposed that the Marxist Sub-Group should become a fully-fledged Society of the I.C. Union after approval by the S.C.C. at its next meeting However, its supporters are forgetting that under Item 10 of the S.C.C. Oonatit-ution they are bound to obtain a l i s t of signatories in support of the proposed Club,and under past S.C.C. Chairmen i t has been necessary to submit a l i s t of not less than 25 such persons.

Let us hope that at the next S.C.C. meeting the members (the Presidents of a l l the I.C. Social Clubs) present will demonstrate that they are not so gullible as the members of the Marxist Sub-Group would like to think. Perhaps they will remember that apart from being an embarr­assment to the Lit. and Deb. Soc., the Marxists are also an embarrassment to the I.C. Union, and for that reason should not be of f i c i a l l y recognised in any way.

An unofficial survey was conducted at the last meeting of the I.C. Union upon the subjteot of the number of members present, and when, after the meeting, the results of the various counters were meaned i t was found that the attendance at the Union meeting was 1 9 5 + 1 . Under Item 17 of the Bye-Laws of the I.C.U. i t is stated that a quorum of a General Meeting of the I.C.E. shall consist of 200 Full or Life members of the Union, and upon this basis we may therefore reason that a l l the dec­isions arrived at at the last meeting are invalid. Comparing the last Union meeting with the one at this time last year (attendance then was 700) we may ask what is the reason for this 3udden lack of interest this Session. The answer i s two-fold:

(a) The Union i s being lead half-heartedly from behind rather than from in front.

The only policy seems to be to try to dis­credit Council and to avoid coming to any decision or g i v i n g any lead to the Union in public. Perhaps the person concerned is at last beginning to realise that i t is up to Council and not the Union meet­ings to manage the Union on everyday matters.

(b) This year the politicians have risen to power and we see their effect in the resulting chaos surrounding the d i s t r i ­bution of the proceeds from the I.C. Charity Carnival, not to mention motions about South Africa.

It is not surprising therefore that the I.C. Union meetings are inquorate and that even the members of Council are so apathetic that they do not even bother tc attend the Union meetings and speak in support of their own resolutions.

A PLEA FOR

ACTION bu Qandall Peart

What is wrong with lectures in this College? It is generally agreed that lectures at I.C. are not the stim­ulating influence they should be. Gur lectures tend "to be relics from school days - the scribbling down of oompref hensive notes and figures from the blackboard (with the last three examples for prep) rather than the University lectures of ones imagination - the lecturer standing at ease before a group of adults, dealing with his subject in an interested, interesting, and lucid manner.

A lecture is made up basically of three things; the subject, the lecturer and the audience. An unsuccessful lecture can be attributed to any of these three although the effect of the f i r s t two can influence the last to a great degree. Let us consider, then, the f i r s t two ingredients.

The main arguments against this suggestion are based on the alleged disinclination of the student to study ' i f we gave them printed notes they wouldn't need to come to the lectures' 'with printed notes the material of the lecture need not even pass through their minds, as i t does at the moment on the way to the notebook'. This is nonsense The student never need attend a lecture at present, he can get his notes from a friend. Y<hen he is two lines behind the lecturer he begins to write auto­matically, to become a human duplicat­ing machine, so that he neither hears the lecturer's explanation, nor does he understand his own scribblings.

How will printed notes cure thesef failings of the present system? At the beginning of the lecture, notes are handed out. The lecturer puts the lecture in its context and then runs in a leasurely and comprehensive way through the printed notes, dealing with queries as they arise. Students add their own notes and explanations and with the time gained by the omission of the present phrenetic blackboard chase the lecturer has time for a few worked examples. Result:- enlightenment, stimulation and better student-staff unders tanding.

Consider the second component, the leoturer. It is very rarely that the opinion of the student who has f i r s t hand knowledge of the lecturer, i s either required or recognised. Yet we have to put up with some terrible lecturers. Lecturers can be divided into three groups. ^uite simply, those who care (they are rare and usually very good), those who can't (and don't seem to realise it) and those who realise they are inadequate and try to improve.

If the subject i s scientific, as in a l l the bad lectures here, i t is intrinsically poor lecture material although i t is good '.schoolroom fodder'! A l l too often the main part of the leoture is taken up with the transfer of plain hard fact from the lecturers notes onto the board and thence to the students notes. Industrial efficiency experts would be horrified at thia expensive and un-remunerative waste of time, 'give the student printed notes' they would say, and why not?

The last group is most numerous and point the way to the possible direction of improvement.

Anybody contemplating a school teaching career has to do a course, solely ooncerned with the technique of teaching, for up to two years

Graduates moving onto the staff of the Universities are very rarely required to have any teaching experience or qualification. Remember also that at University they are probably teaching more difficult subjects under a more diff i c u l t but ultimately more effective system. An obvious solution to this T roblem is a course of lectures on Lecturing for Lecturers for proposed (and present) s t a f f . Surely at a University, lecturing ability is as important as research ability?

Staff at I.C. will not deny there is room for improvement. '..ho Is courageous enough to take the f i r s t step?.

UNION MEETING

The Union Meeting, last Thursday, Nov. 19th, started five minutes late,but inspite of this, there were not many people who could find the energy or time to attend. The trend towards poor Union Meeting participation oan perhaps be explained by the continually increas­ing popularity enjoyed by most of I.C's clubs and sooieties, but i t would be a sad reflection on a l l i f these funct­ions became mutually exclusive.

The minutes and matters arising were rushed through. Significant in i t s omission was a vote of thanks to I.C.E.C. for the excellent entertainment they provided for the Union at Harlington on Guy Fawke3 night. The financial accounts were then presented by Dr. Weale, Prof. Wright and Mr. Comber with the odd humourous touch. It is good that the Union should be able to thank these gentlemen for their work at this annual presentation, however, i t seems a pity, that, a l ­though the accounts have been displayed publicly for at least fourteen days prior to the meeting, they have to be' read and itemized at great length at the meeting.

The I.C. Charity Carnival was then discussed. After some confusion with regard to procedure, and the four main speeches, i t became dear that the two groups of thought were attempting to reach a suitable compromise acceptable to the majority of likely supporters. This crystallized into a new motion being proposed,to the effect that WET students should receive the proceeds, and that WUS should be recognized as a constitutent member of the WRY organis­ation.

Discussion then revolved around whether students shoulti give to their contemporaries in need, or to the needy in general. An amendment was tabled, supported by a simple 'rally round the flag boys' speech. The amendment was carried, the motion defeated, so now the I.C. Charity Carnival's proceeds will go to WHY?'.

(Procedure, Mr. Iresident!)

A motion was then tabled concern­ing the boycott of South African goods. Time was moving on, however, so the meeting was adjourned until the following Thursday.

NELSONS COLUMN

(1) Nelson welcomes back John Hart (ex-President Guilds) from the wilds of Africa where he has been recovering from a duo­denal ulcer gained from overwork during his last year in the New Hostel.

(2) "It's great Man - you can get - on 5/-* This was how one Miner described the new extra-strength bottled beer after i t had been installed in the Bar one even­ing last week.

(3) Is Jock Henry's new rule that a l l P.G.'s must sign in when entering the departments in the evening an attempt to out down "brown-bagging" or has he heard whispers of midnight parties being con­ducted under the pretence of research work?

(4) Ntlson would like to congratulate those responsible for deciding to hang two pictures in the S.C.R. of the Union Building - they hide the fuse boxes mag­nificently* It i s only to be regretted that i t can by no stretch of the imagin­ation be said that the pictures are suited to the room.

(5) The "Bedford Beau", alias Peter Grim-ley, returned to I.C. last week from the Antarctic and he has hinted that his collection of penguins is to be present­ed to the Bar in his memory.

T H E P L A Y ' S

T H E T H I N G

No doubt many of you w i l l have spent some time in the country. Possibly some of you may have visited the cloth-cap country of Yorkshire, and a few might have heard of Upper Netherwick, a small hamlet resting below the coarse sandstone crags of the dales.

It was i n Upper Hetherwick that the vicar, the reverend Peters, decided to bring a l i t t l e uplift into the village, and so he formed the Upper Netherwick Dramatic Society, which met at the Village Institute every '.Wednesday after the "Bright Hour". Attendance was good, and helped by his wife, he decided to produce one or* Shakespeare1 s most tragic plays.

Unfortunately the play was doomed from the start. Time after time Mr. Peters would rehearse his oast without any result of response. "After a l l , " people would comment, "Nobody 'ad dun a play like this before, plain daft". Evm the s.-uire's son, an Oxford under­graduate, a person whom the vicar thought he could trust, spoilt his party manners on the ive of the performance.

The posters had been» billed, the tickets printed, and many 3eats sold for the opening night, but unless something could be done for the squire's son the play would not be performed.

Was the play a suocess? Did the squire's son recover? Perhaos you have many more questions, but a l l these w i l l be answered i f you v i s i t the Dramatio Sooiety's forthcoming production,- "With­out the Prince", a oomedy by Philip King, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10th, 11th and 12th December.

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A R O U N D

T H E

T O W N

What's on. About the Town.

Ihe Royal Court and Ibsen! A. theatrical combination which would, I think make the average Soowgoer" quiver in hia West End "short back and sides", "what! Sit with the long hairs, Oh No' No!" In many cases his fears would spring from a solid foundation of exper­ience. The Royal Court and especially the English Stage Society have aquired the theatrically bad habit of taking themselves rather too seriously, they have beoome unable to turn their laughter upon themselves and because of this their productions bear a character­i s t i c stamp of brittleness and over strain. This failure upon their part is highlighted a l l the more by the comparative success of "The Theatre Workshop", which although entirely different in character retains the basis of both; to present plays of new and young dramatists and to revive drama to the status of a living art form, a position which i t lost some three hundred years ago..

Ibsen's Rosmershalm, in many respects represents a complete contrast to these aims. Although i t is not an English Stage Society production, nor has i t been written by ah up and coming dramatist, i t i s s t i l l in many ways an experimental play ih the same way that any production of hamlet must be exper­imental. Combined with this is the fact that i t has remained unproduced for thirty years and as such must be entirely new to the majority of the the theatre audience. Rebecca (played by Peggy Ashcroft) and John Rosmer (Eric Porter) are both characters which require from the auatenoe much concen­tration plus a l i t t l e (and maybe a great deal) of phayohological insight but the play will only blossom more with the effort. llease do not, therefore, rush away and read the play before see­ing i t . Rebecca i s a part which may be played in l i t e r a l l y hundreds of different ways and I think i t would be unfair to impose ones own preconceived ideas onto the performance of leggy Ashcroft, which I am sure you w i l l admire i f only for i t being obviously one intelligent method of portraying the character.

I cannot for a long time remember a play which has opened to so much pre-run publicity as "The ..or Id of Susie Wong". Whatever moral values are <fit stake in Hiss r/ong's world, I am at least certain that her l i f e w i l l intrigue and give pleasure to many people (non-Freudians especially) for a long time to come. ousie nong is a Chinese prostitute who's really a good g i r l at heart (aren't they all?), who f a l l s in with an artist living a l i f e of monklike chastity in a brothel, (don't ask me why). Despite the obvious difficulties which are bound to arise in such a relationship everyone of oourse lives happily ever after. Sentimental? Yea. A l i t t l e trite? Maybe. But i f you feel like light entertainment and,are not prepared to make too great a demand upon the author, you will probably enjoy this.

UNDERWATER EXPEDITION

Following the successful Azores Expedition this summer a more" ambitious project is being planned for 1961. Applications are invited for membership of this expedition and should be addres­sed to The 'Hon. Secretary, I.C. Under­water Club'. Previous diving experi­ence i s not essential.

PROFILE

Having developed a dribbling technique from a very early age, i t waa obvious to many that football was to play an important part in the l i f e of Dave Faulkner. He received his f i r s t academic tuition at St. igberts College Chingford, and after a several lazy years and the inevitable games of foot­ball, he passed on to the local high school. For some peculiar reason, after only one year he left Chingford Grammar School, and transferred to the South We3t Essex Technical College.

The rarified atmosphere of study­ing Advanced Level had a disturbing effeot on Dave, and on' the completion of his course, he deoided to do his national service. Naturally enough he was snapped up by the R.A.F., but after he had spent a couple of weeks doing nothing, pushing his luck he asked for a weekend pass, which brought a storm around his ears, as the authorities thought he was in Essex. He was then shifted up and down the country until just before being posted overseas, he finished up in the middle of nowhere.

The Isle of Man did not come up to Dave's expectation, so depressed and dejected (Like-H 1) he left the "mob." It should be mentioned that due to his dynamic ability, and power of leadership (he saidl) he raised him­self from the ranks, A.C. plonk, to beoome a Pilot Officer.

With C i v i l Engineering as his subject, Dave joined forces with Europe's largest building contractors - WTMFEY. The exper­ience he gained set him in good stead, and in 1956 he came to I.C. to read C i v i l Engineering. With amazing dexterity a degree was his, and now with engineering geology as his theme he has joined the ranks of the postgraduates.

Whilst at I.C. Dave has not res­tricted his sporting activity to his f i r s t love, football; boxing has attrac­ted him, and in the U.L.U. Championships, although he wis knocked out in one of the earlier rounds, he succeeded in drinking his victor under the table, which unfort­unately took him no further in the tourna­ment. This then is I.C.'s football captain, a quiet, conscientious man whose ability both on and off the f i e l d i s admired by a l l .

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FELIX EDITOR '.BARRON,

c i r c u l a t i o n 1500

tditwdai Comment The small attendance of spectators

at recent sports matches (the Rugby Cup game against Aings was a notable exception), s o c i a l events, and the various Union meetings, i s one more i n d i c a t i o n of the lack of i n t e r e s t and support by the greater proportion of the members of t h i s College i n a c t i v i t i e s which do not immediately and d i r e c t l y benefit them.

On a r r i v a l at I.C. we were a l l subjected to c a j o l i n g , pleadings, and perorations from a l l quarters not to be 'brown-baggers' and slaves to work, but to enter i n t o the sports and s o c i a l l i f e of the oollege and to make I.C. the f o r -most college i n the U n i v e r s i t y . These attacks have been repeated at i n t e r v a l s with decreasing i n t e n s i t y .

The point has been reached when I. C. should withdraw i t s head from the sand and wipe the sand froi.; i t s eyes. ?or too long energies have been mis­direc t e d i n t r y i n g to make I.C. a college of the University, misdirected because the University does riot e x i s t , but only the 'Technical I n s t i t u t e s of London". At no time has the main body of students persued i t s course i n the search of knowledge or of d i s i n t e r e s t e d learning. The Colleges of London have merely been us>--d to provide students with the r i g h t l e t t e r s a f t e r t h e i r names i n order to earn l a r g e r s a l a r i e s .

The aim of a u n i v e r s i t y should be to allow the culture i n s t i l l e d i n e a r l y l i f e to bear f r u i t . In t h i s London f a i l s miserably. I t produces very few who are educated and no technicians, or more grandiloquently, technologists, but thousands of i n t o l e r a n t , half-baked creatures f i t f o r very l i t t l e at a l l . That some emerge from t h i s chaos v i c t o r ­ious, i s a b l e s s i n g f o r which we should a l l be thankful.

A l l that a u n i v e r s i t y can do i s to encourage development. i?or the most part the people, you and I, that come to t h i s College are ignorant of much that i s good and b e a u t i f u l i n t h i 3 world, the Humanities and the A r t s . hue to our early backgrounds the seed of c u l t u r e i s not w i t h i n us and no amount of day dreaming or wis'nful thinkin g can cover up our a p p a l l i n g ignorance.

The argument that the Arts have the same problems i s a v a l i d one, although they are versed i n e i t h e r the h i s t o r i e s of the V.orld, or the development of Art, they are often completely unaware of other form3 of expression or of the Sciences.

K i n a l l y , one more depressing thought comes to mind. 've are a l l so engrossed i n f u r t h e r i n g our own i n d i ­v i d u a l aims, that no amount of r e f o r ­mation of outlook by the more broad min-dea, w i l l a l t e r the f a c t that as products of a t e c h n i c a l decree faotory we w i l l give nothing to s o c i a l l i f e .

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to the

Cditat

Dear S i r ,

I f e e l obliged to protest strongly against the p u b l i c a t i o n and s e l l i n g a t I.C. of "The Voice of the Huxley Society," namely Scrutiny. The a r t i c l e which offends most i s , of course, the one on the L i f e of C h r i s t . When prejudice, blasphemy, and unhis-t a r i c a l c r i t i c i s m are camouflaged by a l a b e l saying " o r i g i n a l research," then I think that p u b l i s h i n g should cease. As a "bigoted C h r i s t i a n , " I would d i r e c t the a t t e n t i o n of the author (c a u t i o u s l y anonymousl) t o the other 99? of the research on C h r i s t whioh does not support h i s w i l d theories.

Tours dogmatically,

Alan F. G. Lewis.

Dear S i r ,

Your account of Morphy Day .... " E s s e n t i a l l y the o f f i c i a l I.C. Rag Day" i s an admirable summary of events. However, i n c u t t i n g out

superfluous information you a l s o omitted t o mention that two races bet­ween the Constituent Colleges took place upon the water. May I take t h i s opportunity of informing you that R.C.S. won the Morphy by a comfortable 2 j lengths, while Guilds took the Lowry by a canvas, a f t e r a neck and neck struggle?

I t seems a sad r e i l e c t i a n on the a t t i t u d e of the College t o sport ( o f an a t h l e t i c nature!) that the behaviour of the (supporters?) i s considered of such importance as t o crowd out a l l information on the match i t s e l f .

Yours, etc.,

"Rowing Type"

Dear Sir,

We should like to apologise to Mr. Smalley, A.R.C.S. far our error as to the dates of the reign of Edward VU1; this however was due to a slip of the tongue rather than to the "narrowness of an Imperial College education".

We are, however, appalled that Mr. Smalley, even with the letters A.R.C.5. after'his name, should think that education in any way devolves upon historical dates. It i s surely far more important to be able to write gramma* tioally correct English and so avoid the five foolish blunders which Mr. Smalley made in his letter.

We feel, therefore, that before Mr. Smalley presumes to criticise minor errors in others, he should look mare closely to his own shortcomings.

Further, wo should respectfully like to remind Mr. Smalley that what we do with the 'six pound prise' i s entirely our own oonoern.

Yours faithfully,

Ian W. H i l l Charles A. Mathews.

Dear S i r ,

Referring to Mr. 3 r e t t ' s l e t t e r i n the l a s t issue I do consider that most members of the Union would agree that an excess of hooliganism, devoid of any humour or s u b t l e t y , at College Dinners is_ not to be desired. This applie s e s p e c i a l l y to the Freshers' Dinners when' the f i r s t impressions a Fresher gains of the Union s o c i a l l i f e are most important and not e a s i l y erased.

However, just as manners, and clothes,. maketh man, I would beg to suggest that i t i s the gentleman attend­in g and not the a l c o h o l i c content or vintage of t h e i r beverage that essen­t i a l l y contributes towards the sucoess of a dinner.

I f , therefore, one attempt i s to be made to make the Freshers' Dinners

a l i t t l e more formal and to persuade the gentlemen to give way to t h e i r exuberance i n the more f i t t i n g surroundings of the Bar then the 2nd and 3rd year students must be f i r s t induced to set an example. This can be done over a period of 2 to 3 years by f i r s t introducing table wines i n l i e u of beer at the Annual Dinners of the various departmental s o o i t i e s , as i s done a l ­ready i n several oases.

One must not, nevertheless, theorise to too great an extent f o r one must not forget that undergraduates (and indeed postgraduates) w i l l always tend to l e t o f f a l i t t l e steam at Dinners, and that t h e i r bank balances are not always capable of withstanding the increased costs incurred by a preference towards a good table wine.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

R.H.T. Garnett

Dear S i r ,

I am asked by the agents i n question, t o make i t c l e a r t o your readers that that the Dramatic Society had not received permission to perform " L i z a r d on the Rock" at the time that i t s a d v e r t i s e ­ment i n the l a s t issue of F e l i x went t o press.

I t was refused permission soon a f t e r t h i s by the author's agents, on the grounds that a professional presentation has been arranged f o r sometime i n 1960

The Sooiety regrets that i t cannot do t h i s play and w i l l do instead "Without The Prince" by P h i l i p Xing.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , M.L, Combridge.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE DRAMATIC SOCIETY

I T H O U T T H E J T R I N C E

by Philip King

on

Thursday December lOth.

Friday December llth.

Saturday December 12 th.

in the Concert Hall at 7 30pm

Tickets on sale in the Union from Dec.lst.

4/- 31- 21-

F E L I X

WEEKS HALL

Well and Truly

WARMED

F r i d a y night iiav. 20th saw the long awaited Weeks H a l l warming, party. I t was an un q u a l i f i e d success and one wonders i f the l a s t guest has l e f t yet. In f a c t there may s t i l l be someone trap­ped i n the l i f t which showed i t s usual form by breaking down s h o r t l y a f t e r the party s t a r t e d .

The I.C. Jazz Band played to jus t over 300 e n t h u s i a s t i c guests u n t i l midnight, when the party then dispersed throughout the b u i l d i n g . An ex c e l l e n t buffet supper was arranged on 4 f l o o r s and the impromptu bar, set up on the ground f l o o r , d i d good trade.

At 2 a.m. a Jazz t r i o a r r i v e d and announced they had been i n v i t e d to play. The organisers knew nothing of t h i s but consented to l e t them supple­ment the gramaphones on whatever f l o o r they wished. . However at 5 a.m. these gentlemen were found asleep in'the lounge and were f i r m l y t o l d they would have to go.

Weeks H a l l has now returned to some semblance of order,the decorations have been taken down, the smell of ci g a r e t t e smoke and beer has been r e ­placed by burning toast and f l o o r p o l i s h . However the b u i l d i n g now f e e l s l e s s of a greenhouse and more of a h o s t e l . Yes Weeks H a l l has been w e l l and t r u l y warmed.

P S S T F E L I X

C O N F I D E N T I A L

"ex seweris"

A c e r t a i n young gentleman w h i l s t walking across the Quad i n the l a s t few weeks has noticed the c a t - c a l l s , "Wus-wus-wus."

Quote from C <£ G President to a t t r a c t i v e ICWArian,

"But I don't know my way around the

women's quarters here."

(Ha-ha)

We have i t on the best possible authority that the report i n the D T of the I.C. v Kings Rugby Cup Match was not w r i t t e n by

Mr. Bregazzi's brother ( I t was his uncle).

The President of one of the r e l i g i o u s s o c i e t i e s of I.C. was heard to remark the other day "1 went to Chiswick expecting to f i n d Anne i n bed. I was disappointed." In which p a r t i c u l a r way he d i d not say.

A few days ago one of the top Judonen of I.C. was involved i n a f i g h t with a car and i t was neoessary f o r him to spend two days i n h o s p i t a l . Vihen our reporter asked-him about i t , the only remark made by t h i s gentleman was "Tha shuda a i n ' t car."

We hear that a c e r t a i n Miner, not content w i t h attempting to be next year's

Mr. ICWA i s angling f o r the t i t l e 'Chief Letch of I.C."1966."

R.CS. U N I O N M E E T I N G

The R.C.S. Union in a mood of euphrasia elected the gracious f a i r -haired K i s s Beverley Bradford as Queen of Jezebel at a crowded General Meeting on the t w e l f t h of November. The el e c t i o n was to be decided by the volume of applause. A noise meter was used to determine t h i s , though the number of de c i b e l l s obtained by each candidate was not announced, b'our b e a u t i f u l young la d i e s were contending f o r the crown of R.C.S. and were received with thunderous cheers as they displayed t h e i r charms on the demonstration bench provided by the Mathematics department. (Two gentlemen were a l s o greeted by loud cheers and stamping, but refused on grounds of incompetence to enter the competition). The cheers f o r Miss Bradford were, however, s l i g h t l y the loudest.. A second experiment gave an i d e n t i c a l r e s u l t and Miss Bradford was crowned Queen of Jezebel. I t was noticeable that a v i s i t i n g Guildsman, Mr. kike 3arron, made most noise of a l l i n support of i i i s s Bradford. The blushing Beverley, as has been the custom, declined to say a few words.

An uproarious vote of thanks was given to the r e t i r i n g Queen Xandra, who was presented with a bonnet i n R.C.S. colours.

E a r l i e r the Union had l i s t e n e d e n t h r a l l e d to l i r . L;cKarnus, the red­headed and uninjured Trophy O f f i c e r , gave a highly coloured account of the events of Morphy week, inc l u d i n g an es p e c i a l l y elaborate d e s c r i p t i o n of the b a t t l e of the tyre, which he said the mighty warriors of R.C.S. would doubt­less have won had not the puny Guildsmen succeeded i n taking o f f t h e i r shoes.

Following t h i s K i s s iompsett presented the liorphy Qup to Lave Keeley and the accompanying pots to the winning crew. E l e c t i o n s were held f o r various representatives on the R.C.̂ >. General Committee and reports read by the secre­tary on the Freshersh Dinners and by Mr. Bernard Liengme oh the proceedings of I.C. Union Council.

The achievement of the Guilds President, Mr. Nove, i n catching a f i s h was s p o r t i n g l y aclaimed, Mr. F o r s t e r apologised f o r not having the f i s h to show to the Union but explained that, although j a - i g i n a l l y an appreciable f i s h i t had now considerably depreciated.

Mr. Bernard Leingme r a i s e d the question of the I.C. C a r n i v a l . Vrho should get the proceeds? The decision, he s a i d , seemed to l i e between W.U.S; and St. Georges H o s p i t a l . On a show of hand3 i t was decided to give a l l the proceeds to W.U.S. Mr. F o r s t e r then mentioned that the Viorld Refugee Year was an a l t e r n a t i v e that had been mooted. Miss G i l l i a n Fryd obviously an enthusiast, pointed out that the W.R.Y. campaign was already a c t i v e i n t h i s area, and the C a r n i v a l whose proceeds would be devoted to i t would prove most popular with the inhabitants of Kensing­ton. And an amazing thing occurred. The Union threw i t s previous decision over-board and voted nem.com. i n favour of W.R.Y. As mentioned elsewhere t h i s decision has sinoe been overwhelmingly confirmed by the I.C. Union.

An I.C. Carnival (R.C.S.) committee i s now being formed and things w i l l 3 h o r t l y be getti n g under way.

C O M I N G E V E N T S

Friday. Nov. 27th

Photographic Society 'Colour Group'

Botany Lecture Theatre at 5.15 p.m.

F i l m Society 1 Shane' and a short

Sat. Nov. 28th

Chinese Society Hop.

Mon. Nov. 30th

C a t h o l i c Sooiety: " A f r i c a i n Transi­

t i o n " by F r . Paul Crane S.J.

5.15 i n Room 254 Aero. Dept.

Tuesday Dec, l s t

U.L. Mountaineering Club

"Film Show" U n i v e r s i t y Union 7.0 p.m.

Wine Tasting Sooiety

"Al3ace and Hungarian vanes".

General Studies:-

"The Law Courts" by John Byrt Barrister-at-Law.

"The Enjoyment of Music" by Antony Hopkins.

"Physiology has no F r o n t i e r s " by Professor H.K. Porter D.Sc., D.I.C., A.R.I.C., F.R.S. , Main Chemistry Lecture Theatre at 5.30 p.m.

Friday Dec. 4th

J n i v e r s i t y of London Mountaineering Club: Welsh Weekend.

Photographic Society:-•Demonstration of Ferraniaoolour

Processing".

Monday Deo. 7th

Wine and Cheese Evening - arranged by

the I.C. Wine-Tasting Society.

Tuesday Deo. 8th

Union Meeting.

Musical Society:-'Hymn of Jesus' by the I.C. Choir and Harvey P h i l l i p s Orchestra at Queen Alexandra House: 8 p.m.

Thursday Dec. 10th

Union Debate see I n t e r n a l Notice Board f o r t o p i c

F K L D C

I WAS A

W O M A N

AT I.C.

( a l t e r n a t i v e t i t l e : R e f l e c t i o n s on being a woman at I.C.)

"Imperial Collegel-you must be b r i g h t to have gained a place there!* Imperial College?. . that i s S. Ken i s n ' t i t ? . . . "Imperial College - but that i s a man's col l e g e * " A f t e r such remarks i t i s no wonder that I was a l i t t l e apprehensive when I oame to the Freshers Day receptions,

'iVe few new g i r l s occupied two rows i n the packed h a l l , the r e s t were men and they a l l eyed us c u r i ­ously. A f t e r being t o l d to work hard, by the Hector ,.and piny hard, by the President we were l e f t t o the mercy of the eighty odd cluus and s o c i e t i e s a l l . eager t o r e c r u i t new members.

"We have never had a woman i n the c l u b , j o i n us!" " J o i n the ....

sooiety!" J o i n t h i s club, that society ....Where d i d my chosen subject, maths, oome i n t o i t ?

"Come and have tea i n the I.C.W.A. Lounge," these were the most welcome words I had heard that afternoon, but t h i s wierd word 'I.C.W.A.* had to be explained t o me.

Vhat was i t l i k e t o be a g i r l among so many men? (when I oame there was one g i r l f o r every f i f t y men,now there i s one g i r l f o r every twenty f i v e ) I t was a b i t disconcerting at f i r s t . Going i n t o the refectory was a f r i g h t e n i n g experience, I used to shake i n my 3hoes. One day a b i g brute of a man, who should have knuwn better , turned t o me and s a i d : "Hallo l i t t l e g i r l i e , and what i s your name?" Despite t h i s and other setbacks, I soon • found myself making f r i e n d s among the members of the clubs I had j . i n e d so that I could recofTiise friends as I went i n t o the r e f e c t o r y and soon forgot to be frightened.

When I started at College I was t o l d about the Vacations Works Scheme. As I had no idea what career I might take up i f and when I got a degree, i t seemed, and i s S t i l l , a good idea to j o i n the scheme. I was lucky enough t o go to Switzerland f o r ten weeks through the I.A.E.S.T.B. organisation.

I t i s a strange f a c t that few members of I.C.W.A. go to the Saturday Hops regula r l y . I went to about four i n a l l , but'at each one I met I.C. men who did not know I was at I.C. myself, and who were t o t a l l y ignorant of I.C.W.A. Sure they knew I.C.W.A existed; but how many women there were i n oollege or that we have a president and secretary - they just had no idea of i t ! I f ever I wanted to f i n d out how important I.C.«.A. waa to the average i.C. man I would go to a hop!

When I l e f t I.C. I had changed a great deal from the shy and unaertain s c h o o l g i r l who thought that to get a de-roe was the ultimate aim of her l i f e . Now I know that a B.Sc. i s not the pass­port I had thou^it but merely a stepping stone, and the more I t r y to l e a r n , the more there i s to learn. Most of a l l I learned that i n order to l e a r n from College Union l i f e , one must be prepared to work f o r the Union. I t d i d not take me long t o r e a l i s e that although tha clubs advertised f o r new r e c r u i t s on Fresher's Day I could not become a member of any one of them unless I made an e f f o r t t o show that I was interested. I t would have been easy to become "a brown-bagger" or anyway "10-5 e , but, l i k e most people, I was quick t o see ' that lectures were only h a l f of U n i v e r s i t y l i f e , and I had to make the move to make the other h a l f e f f e c t i v e .

Ann-Margret Radford.

A W E A P O N A G A I N S T

A P A R T H E I D

We are frequently t o l d that we l i v e i n an enlightened age; an age when a l l men are considered equal; an age when a l l men share the same rights' i r r e s p e c t i v e of raoe, creed or colour and a man i s not to be persecuted merely because of the c o l ­our of h i s s k i n . We are frequently t o l d t h i s , and i n general i t i s true, but i t would not be true i f we- l i v e d i n South A f r i c a .

Ever since the National Party oame w> power i n the Union of South A f r i c a the ten m i l l i o n coloured people there have fought a l o s i n g b a t t l e against a p o l i c y of segregation and d i s c r i m i n a t i o n designed to perpetuate, and furthermore to increase t h e i r domination by the white minority. They have r e s i s t e d with immense courage the slow, i n s i d i o u s erosion of t h e i r human d i g n i t y . They have used passive r e s i s t a n c e methods whenever p o s s i b l e , and i n 1957 they made very e f f e c t i v e use of the boycott against c r i p p l i n g f a r e i n ­creases on the (segregated) p u b l i c trans­port. Thousands of Africans walked great distances d a i l y i n protest, and they won. But t h i s i s only one success: the p o l i c e state possesses crushing power, and any campaign against i t can only succeed w i t h help from outside. We now have an oppor­tu n i t y to provide such help.

The South A f r i c a n government i s very s e n s i t i v e to c r i t i c i s m i n other countries. True, there has been no lack of t h i s i n the past,and i t has not had a great deal of e f f e c t , but i f i t were backed up by p r a c t i c a l measures the story might w e l l be very d i f f e r e n t . The coloured people know t h i s , and they have appealed f o r a boycott of South A f r i c a n exports i n other countries. In t h i s way they seek to embarrass and weaken the present gov­ernment and make way f o r more moderate elements.

As I write t h i s , a meeting of I.C. Union stands adjourned, with a motion before i t on t h i s issue. Whether the motion i s passed or defeated, every one of us can, without causing ourselves any inconvenience or making any major s a c r i ­f i c e s , help these oppressed people by refusing to buy South A f r i c a n goods, and t e l l i n g people why. A l l of us at some time or other buy South A f r i c a n f r u i t , 'jams, wines, cigaiettes and other imems. In every case, i t i s a simple matter to give up buying the South Af r i c a n product and change to another brand made else­where. • I t i s an equally simple matter to enquire whether non-branded goods are of South Af r i c a n o r i g i n , and to t e l l the supplier why. Any one of us oan, I admit, make only a small contribution , but the oombined e f f o r t s of us a l l could have a s i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t . I t i s surely better f o r r i g h t - t h i n k i n g people to act on t h e i r opinions, rather than s i t back smoking South A f r i c a n cigarettes and u t t e r i n g pious p l a t i t u d e s .

A. L. Brookes.

N O 3 .

A V I D K A Z E M I

JAZZ

CLUB

About a year ago I.C J a z s Club organized an evening jazz session f o r the b e n e f i t of those who wanted f r e e entertainment i n relaxed informal surrouiidinga. This promoted quite some i n t e r e s t and i t was decided that these sessions should be made a r e g u l a r t h i n g t h i s year.

Last Wednesday was the f i r s t of suoh occasions, and the upper r e f e c t o r y was f i l l e d with the sounds of musio, f i l t e r e d through a mass of gyrating bodies. As t h i s was the f i r s t session there were many f a u l t s , p a r t i c u l a r l y oonoerning organisation, but on the whole the evening was a suooess- i f only f o r the strong complaints r e ­ceived from Q.A.

I t was fortunate (?) that Dennis Leston was secured f o r the evening. The large fee f o r h i s h i r e was w e l l spent,for h i s oompering proved to be of a ver-^r high standard and he held the show together i n a manner i n which only he can.

A l l the regular 1.0. Jazz groups were i n attendance, there were frequent rushes to the bar t o f e t c h s t r a y musioians. The F o l k Group made i t s debut, but d i d not seem p a r t i c u l a r l y at home i n the Lestonian surroundings. However, they show much promise i n t h i s f i e l d and we wish them l u c k i n t h e i r performances at the Troubadour Club.

titan Salmons and Richard Rush ton provided superb piano j a z z of d i f f e r i n g s t y l e s , and the mainstream orchestra under the leadership of J e f f Kay ( f e a t u r i n g the great John Farnswarth an trombone N Twung w e l l at times. A rather shambolic jam session made*, by" Dennis Lesfbn provided a l i t t l e amusement f o r those takin g part, and the evening f i n i s h e d w i t h a f i g h t between Leston and a l i t t l e known Rhythm and Blues singer as t o who should f i n a l l y send everyone with vocal excursions.

Our next session w i l l be on Wed. December 2nd, and meanwhile we welcome any objective c r i t i c i s m and monetary help.

F E L I X

SQUASH

The 1st axe a p o t e n t i a l l y strong squash f i v e , when they a l l play. Also the 2nd h a l f of the ladder lias now pro­duced some useful squash players, and the prospects for the future are good.

The l 3 t recorded a very good 3-2 win over St. Mary's Hospital some time ago. On t h e i r day they can f i e l d a very strong team so i t w i l i be a match worth watching when they play here. Mike Usher f i r s t upset t h e i r plans with a 3-2 win, and then Skip and Sec have comfortable wins. John v.il3on founa i t not a l l l i k e tennis, but d i d extremely w e l l considering his i d l e ­ness.

we also had a close match with Univ­e r s i t y College Hospital, winning again by the 3ame margin, tne match being notab] f o r the high standard of squash played by lower s t r i n g s , Robin Jowit's match being w e l l worth watching.

The team was w e l l beaten 8-5 by Queen's up at Oxford, but has since claimed.with some j u s t i f i c a t i o n that i t was nobbled very s u c c e s s f u l l y at lunch.

Food i n S.W.7. might be , but you should t r y toad-in-the ... a l a Queen's and then a l i t t l e squash to s e t t l e i t down. Sec missed the lunch and had a very good game, (which he should have won). After 1 j hours of squash he sur­rendered.

Our "A" team was again too good f o r S.O.A.S.,but had a close game with the I n s t i t u t e of Advanced Education which we won 3-2. Their No. 1 was absent (at the Middlesex open) so someone i s going to do some running on the r e t u r n . Westminster H o s p i t a l were beaten 5-0 t h i s year, but they are unfortunate i n only having f i v e players.

Our 2nd V has overpowered many a b i g f i s h t h i s season. Their l a t e s t bag was a 5-0 win over Royal Vets. They also accompanied the 1st team to C a r d i f f where I.C. recorded a 10-0 win, that no mean achievement a f t e r 150 miles t r a v e l l i n g i n a t i n trunk. The t r i p was made worth while by two things: the No. 1 match, Brian Avient, on home ground, recording a t h r i l l i n g 3-2 win having l o s t the f i r s t two; and our v i s i t to Hallingham'a bar, which was an occasion of a l i f e t i m e . Choristers of I.C.'s bar should only be l i c e n s e d to aing having spent a oaturday evening d r i n k i n g i n C a r d i f f .

The Club evenings have c e r t a i n l y proved successful and i t i s very encouraging to see people improving so q u i c k l y under the eye of the short-tempered professionals. There i a a l s o some very good squash being played at I.C. This i s w e l l worth watch­ing i f you are learning or keen to improve. Last Saturday was an example when Sidney Sussex, Cam., v i s i t e d us. The g a l l e r y saw one of the f a s t e s t games of the season when Ron Crea3y at No. 1 beat Hugh l a t t e r s o n , 3-2. S k i p 3rian hayward a l s o haa a f i n e game using his newly acquired "drop", beating Roger Irideaux, Cambridge c r i c k e t blue, 3-2. He eventually won the match 4-1•

tie have seen the i n t r o d u c t i o n of doubles on Monday n i hts too, This i s a very enjoyable game i f i t i s not played s e r i o u s l y ; not played f o r too long; and i f players make every e f f o r t not to swing t h e i r racquets i n t o each other's faces. You know what I mean!

Notices are now up about the Whitely Cup. This i s I.C.'s closed singles competition. Entrances close on Monday, Nov. 30th at 5.15 p.m., the time of the Squash Club's Winter General Meeting.

HOCKFfi

BADMINTON

Since the l a s t report the club baa recorded a s e r i e s of v i c t o r i e s , the most noteworthy of which was the f i n e 7-2 defeat of Reading U n i v e r s i t y by the f i r s t 6 on our own courts.This we hope w i l l be a good omen f o r the d i f f i c u l t matches next term against Oxford Woodpeckers and Cambridge Cook-s r e .

The mixed team played against L.S.E. recently and a f t e r a c l o s e match, won by 5 rubbers t o 4. t h i s r e s u l t was a l i t t l e unexpected because one of the o r i g i n a l team beoane indisposed and her replacement had never before played badminton. We wonder i f the a t h l e t i c prowess of Saty's Greek ancestor* had anything t o do w i t h her b u i l t i n badminton s k i l l ?

The second 6, having narrowly

l o s t t o Goldsmiths 1 s t . 6 at the. begi­

nning of the season, i n f l i c t e d a

crushing 9-0 defeat on the School

Of O r i e n t a l and A f r i c a n Studies l a s t

weekend.

Negotiations are s t i l l t a k i n g place regarding the use of the Concert H a l l f o r badminton, but i t seems u n l i k e l y that we s h a l l have t h i s added f a c i l i t y before Xmas, i f at a l l .

hay I , on behalf of the olub, and the College, congratulate one of our freshmen, Lee K i n Tat, oat h i s success i n winning the recent Wimbledon Open Championship'

ATHLETICS

Under good running conditions on Sunday Nov. 22nd, seven teams took part i n a "Two man ten mile r e l a y ' held at Hurlinghaa Two teams were not able to complete the course, but of those who d i d the winning p a i r was Dave Briggs (ex-I.C.) and John'Collins (pres­ent I.C.). Their time of 44 minutes 53.2 seconds, I am t o l d , ranks them among the "top dozen" best performances f o r 1959. (The best performance f o r 1959 of 43 a. 43.2 sees, was set by Bruce Tulloh and Martin Hyman, both I n t e r n a t i o n a l s ) . Dave's and John's performance i s a very commendable one

The second team (Robertaon and W i l l o t of Royal TEets) f i n i s h e d i n 47 m 0 sees; followed by a second I.C. team (A. Brown and D. Hammonds) i n 47 m. 10 sees.

ihe 1 st X1 has now t verconie i t s tee thins troubles. Four good v i c t o r i e s i n two weeks with 23 go»l3 scored and 5 against show that the team i s approach­ing top form. The team has varied due to i l l n e s s , consequently these r e s u l t s r e f l e c t c r e d i t on the 2nd X1 players c a l l e d upon.

i'h.se v i c t o r i e s include a 9-2 score v " a l l i o l - one of Oxford's strongest colleges - t h i s i s the highest score I, C. has had f o r over four years. Another f i n e score, 7-0, against ..eat' minster Hospital gave the defence th<> .1 "shut out" of the season.

The 2nd /.1 lc*' 5 t h e i r unbeaten •.cord at .Yinohest» r, where a strong ag Alfred's College beat them 4-0.

This waa not a disgrace since t h e i r opponents I ad 7 County player3. ihe team followed t h i s with a 2-2 draw wit itoyal Laval J o l l o g e , Greenwich, who w recently a 1st X1 f i x t u r e .

This week Jack Mawdsley our r lax 2nd Z1 f u l l back f o r three sea or. r e t i r e d from th< yaffle. "This i s * serious l o s s to tne olub since we short of goi 1 f u l l backs.

The 3rd X1 l o s t unluc; „iy to Winchester however a tood w*

regiscered when they beat hav .s The Hawks side contained a coup ex-county f u l l backs, \iho managed ;p the l i v e l y I.C. forwards down •••• j a l a only.

The problem side i s the ('/ i 1 , This side contains a number ; La-new to the game, al s o t h i s : id that gets cut up when playe X j g h e r X1s cross o f f . Thus, w i i i : ;er >,,.. they suffered the clubs b i t fea t t h i s season, 6-1 v Chelmsf< owuver with a few more games, i t :» d that t h i s team h i l l become a res ft. i l sooring machine, c e r t a i n l y t.ie en thus* iasm i s there.

The mixed X1 has been r e s t i j i preparation f o r the E a l i n g Dean "\ >h A w e l l known character of t h i s teaii .a "Bloody Mary" who has yet to be drunk under the table.

MOTORING NEWS

Guilds Motor Club 1.2.3. on handicap.

Last Sunday morning about 40 oars with quite a f a i r proportion of members of the Guilds Motor Club among them gathered at the disused R.A.F. a i r f i e l d of Heston. The occasion was the d r i v i n g t e s t s organised by the U.H.U.L.M. C. and the North London Enthusiasts C.C.

A l l the competitors had two attempts at each of the s i x t e s t s which were l a i d out on the concrete square. The ground was wet arid there was some f a i r l y spec­t a c u l a r s l i d i n g - both i n t e n t i a l l y and not. The outright winner Bray, i n h i s b e a u t i f u l l y b u i l t s p e c i a l TEST 1, was the master i n h i s use of the hand brake t o look the back wheels and s l i d e them thut. making extremely quick 1 80 turns around the pylons. Guilds captain P u t t i o k d i d some clean f a s t t u r n s o i n F i a t Abarth but a l s o d i d the only 360 s l i d e of the. afternoon. Winner on handicap Carnie Bandied h i s ungainly looking Minor Trav­e l l e r c o nfidently and made f u l l use of h i s good handicap.

The next competitive event i s the Guilds-organised R a l l y on Sunday Lcs. 6th This i s a simple event and i s to be recommended f o r anyone who wants t o begi.7 r a l l y i n g . _ _ _ _ _ _

•VLCK

S O C C E R I t i s with great r e l i e f that I oan

now report the appointaient of permanent captains f o r s i x of the seven I.C. teams. I t i s believed that t h i s i s a move which w i l l ensure that a l l players w i l l have every op-ortunity to be jromoted or relegated according to t h e i r a b i l i t y . I would ask a l l of you to support your team captain as much as possible since he has an unenviable job to carry out and i t can be made much easier with your oooperation. When he t e l l s you to "use the open space" don 1t just l i f t your l e f t l eg and imitate a French Poodle.

As 'most of the Soccer Club (and I hope many other people i n College as well) already know the cup team beat L.S.E. by one goal to n i l i n the f i r s t round proper of the U.L. cup. L.S.E. are ( c o r r e c t i o n , were!) one of the stronger sides i n the Cup and t h i s v i c t o r y , c l o s e as i t was, promises w e l l f o r the Clubs chances i n the competition. The match wa. very hard fought with f i e r c e t a c k l i n g on both sides and plenty of good swinging foot­b a l l . A h i g h l i g h t of the match was a dual between the I.C. inside forwards, Harris and Finney and the L.a.&. h a l f ­backs, a l l of them University players. Honours were even a f t e r 50 minutes, the L.S.E. players having blocked the approach down the middle but they were not able to cut off a steady supply of passes to the I.C. wingers who unfortunately d i d not make the most of t h e i r opportunities, Green the l e f t -winger, spent some considerable time i n oontaot with Mother Earth due to a lac k of studs i n h i s boots. The half-backs, Dai Joyoe i n p a r t i c u l a r , played very s o l i d l y and prevented the L.S.E. forwards from ever ge t t i n g a r e a l g r i p on the game. The deciding b a l l came a a f t e r about f i f t e e n minutes of the second h a l f when a chain reactio n of headers from the I.C. forward.-- l e f t Kinesman P i e r r e Mousset-Jones with the oportunity t o provide the f i n a l explosive s ark as he c a r r i e d the b a l l i n t o the L.S.E. net, on h i s chest, from close range. With a great sigh of r e l i e f at the f i n a l w h i s t l e , I.C. turn­ed t h e i r minds t o l e s s stern a f f a i r s and o b l i g i n g l y helped L.S.E. to drown t h e i r sorrows i n the usual appropriate manner. The next cup round i s on December 5th when I.C. play I n s t i t u t e of Education on which occasion a l l t

support w i l l be welcome.

In t h i s conneotion the club would l i k e to o f f e r t h e i r congratulations to the I.C. Rugby Club Who scored such a noticeable v i c t o r y over Kings, i n the seoond round of the U.L. Rugby Cup,. Also to a l i supporters who turned out and whose vociferous cheering must have made so much difference to the team. S i m i l a r regards to the Hockey Club who I am t o l d are quite determined to win t h e i r cups t h i s year. I f a l l three clubs are successful then I.C. w i l l be assured of a t r i p l e dinner whioh w i l l be as long remembered as the event i t w i l l be celebrating.

Descending from the heights to the hurly-burly of the League and f r i e n d l y games, that s o l i d foundation, b u i l t by l o y a l clubmen, upon which the eminences of the Soccer Club are b u i l t , we f i n d that the f i r s t eleven have drawn three a l l w i t h o l d r i v a l s Kings at Lavender Avenue and l o s t by a large margin of 6-1 to equally o l d r i v a l s U.C. at Stanley. In a f r i e n d l y , St. Cleraant Dane3 forced a draw 4 -4 l a t e i n the game a f t e r a cut and thrust b a t t l e i n which both sides were successively two goals i n arears. A highly successful t r i p to Cambridge to play Christ's»College was marred only by l o s i n g the actual game of f o o t b a l l 5-0. This r e s u l t was no doubt influenced by a s o c i a l gathering i n the Weeks H a l l the previous evening. I.C. were, however, highly successful against a representative Cambridge side both at - , J o t t l e ' and i n a 'boat-raoe'.

SPORT

C R O S S C O U N T R Y

On Wednesday 11th an "A" team defeated Q.M.C. by 32 pts. to 52 on the j i t t e r College's oourse at Coxtie Green i n Essex. Five of the f i r s t seven runners te. f i n i s h were I.C. men: Huntley (2), Anton ( 3 ) . James ( 4 ) , Hooker (6) and B u t l e r ( 7 ) .

On the following Wednesday the f i r s t team took on Sandhurst M i l i t a r y Academy and Wadham College, Oxford over the home course at Petersham. F i r s t hom f o r I.C^ was Larkum (3) f o l l ­owed by Barber ( 5 ) , Brown (7) , Cleator ( 6 ) , Hammonds ( 9 ) , and Warren (11) g i v i n g I.C. a v i o t c r y of 43 pts. against Sandhurst's 62 and Wadham's 78.

The same day the second team were running against the College of St. Mark and St. John over a course on Wimble­don Common. The opposition was defeated e a s i l y by 28 pts. to 52 due mainly to the e f f o r t s of Hooker and Turner ( j o i n t 1 s t ) , Clare ( 5 ) , B u t l e r (6) and Gay l a r d (10)

On Saturday, 21st Wimbledon A t h l e t i c Club were hosts to teams from I.C. and Metropolitan P o l i c e . The matoh res u l t e d i n a close v i c t o r y f o r I.C. (121) over Met. P o l i c e (123) with Wimbledon A.C. t h i r d at 136. I t i s of i n t e r e s t to note that "Crusher" C o l l i n s i s no* f a s t e r than any London bobby on two feet. (We wish him every success i n h i s future career^ Coming f i r s t he broke the course record and helped the Club t o v i c t o r y being f o l l ­owed by Auton ( 5 ) , Warren (7) and Hammonds ( 8 ) .

Another team, running at Oxford, over a very muddy and slow course e a s i l y def­eated teams from Westminster College, St. John's College, O r i e l College and Jesus College. F i r s t to f i n i s h was James, c l o s e l y followed by Huntley (2) and Bigg ( 3 ) . B u t l e r , Turner and Hooker oame i n together i n f i f t h place.

J U D O

The club continues i t s improved record by scoring two more wins over the Metropolitan i o l i c e and Cambridge University. On Tuesday a team of Metropolitan P o l i c e was beaten by four contests to one, with one draw. Shepherd managed to topple his eight­een stone opponent although there i s s t i l l some argument as to what technique waa used. This, however, set the pace f o r most of the other contests. we were unfortunate i n not seeing Ramsbottom's favourate technique i n aotion, but he scored on the ground with a Kami-Shiho gatame.

On Saturday we beat Cambridge by two contests to one with two draws. A l l but one ~" the contests lasted the f u l l time, and with two to go Cambridge were winning by one contest. However the l a s t two were never r e a l l y i n doubt and I.C. gained a w e l l deserved v i c t o r y .

SWIMMING Last Wednesday and Thursday, three I.C. teams competed i n the U.L.K.0 COMPETITION, and i n the f i n a l I.C.II beat Battersea, the conquerors of the f i r s t team.

On the f i r s t night I.C. suffered several disappointments when f i r s t of a l l Coxon dislocated his shoulder, and with 6 men I.C. had to go t o extra time to beat L.S.E. Then i n the next round, although having 80? of the play, by^atroeioua shooting, they f a i l e d t o concede 2 goals handicap t o Battersea and l o s t 4-2. Meanwhile the second team, despite having t h e i r captain on the side, fan h a l f of one matoh, had progressed to the quarter f i n a l s by beating Q.M.C. I I 8-5 and Wye 7-5.

On the Thursday I.C. I I managed to hang on t o t h e i r 4 goal handicap and beat Bart's Hospital by 5 - 3 . The t h i r d team, having reached t h i s stage o f the compet­i t i o n by two swimovers, put up a plucky show against Battersea but were easily beats*. 8-6. Next I.C. I I had t h e i r hardest match so f a r when they beat Chelsea by 5-4, the teams s t a r t i n g l e v e l 4 - a l l , the only goal of the game being scored by HART early i n the f i r s t h a l f , and i n the second only f i n e defensive play, and point blank saves by CARTER enabled them t o hang an. In the f i n a l , the 1.0. team r e a l l y lashed i n t o Battersea, and by sheer g r i t and determination won by 3 M , the only I.C. goal being soared by COHREGAN with BREGAZZI g i v i n g a superb d i s p l a y at stopper.

The I.C. team of CARTER, BREGAZZI, HEDGECOCK, LOVERING, HART, CONNOR and CORREGAN then r e t i r e d t o the b a r where a l l of the hard won p i n of beer was quickly consumed.

G O L F

Last week our f i r s t matoh of the season took place on Wednesday at High-gate. This time our opponents a r r i v e d before we did. Kings f i e l d e d a strong team against us and a l l depended on the l a s t p a i r : when they f i n a l l y emerged from the gloom and darkness Kings had. jus t won, Imperial l o s t the match 3-2.

The arrangements f o r our S c o t t i s h tour prOj-tre-ss. So f a r two of the u n i v e r s i t i e s have accepted and we are waiting f o r r e p l i e s from the others.

SKIING

There w i l l be a meeting of the 3 k i Club on Monday 7th December at 7.00 p.m. A l l club members, e s p e c i a l l y a l l of those going on the club tour to Saas Fee, Swit­zerland, i n the Christmas vac. are asked to attend.

We have arranged various f i l m s on s k i ­ing, and have also i n v i t e d " i e t e r , " who i s an expert Swiss s k i e r working i n Lon­don, to come along and give advice on boots, s * i s , bindings and d r y - s k i lessons.

As they say i n Sennet, there are s t i l l a few places l e f t on this exclusive s k i party to Saas Fee, but there are not many. W i l l a l l those who have said they want plaoes please return t h e i r booking forms.

There have been enquiries from over­seas students about s k i i n g holidays over Christmas and New Year. There i s a s p e c i a l tour being arranged by c o l o n i a l students f o r c o l o n i a l students, leaving on December 20th. They are going to Saalbach i n Austria and i t looks l i k e a f i r s t olas3 holiday. I have d e t a i l s of t h i s i f anyone i s interested. You oan also spend Christmas at oaas Fee. For those with plenty of time and a good pools system you can spend Christmas at Saas Fee and j o i n up with the I.C. party f o r the New Year.

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