October 23rd, 1973

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION

FREE ISSUE No. 343

L O O K O U T F O R

C H A N G E T A B L E S IN

T H E R E F E C T O R I E S

S T A R T I N G THIS

W E E K !

S E E B E L O W .

PROPOSED BY

I C U G M A T L A S T T U E S D A Y ' S L G M , I C U

pledged itself to a campaign round the

current 5 per cent increase i n refectory

prices that were imposed at the

beginning of this term.

A mot ion proposed by Pau l Watk ins

suggesting a petition to be prepared

condemning the price increases and

handed in to the Rector at a large

demonstration. It also proposed that

ECU ho ld back a sum of money equal

to the difference between the old and

new prices f rom payments made to the

college. If this failed to stop the price

rises an E . G . M . would be called to dis­

cuss different tactics.

Jock Vea l l argued against Watk ins '

mot ion cal l ing it a "recipe for defeat"

and proposed an amendment asking for

students to be issued w i th o ld price

lists so that they would only pay the o ld

prices. H e cal led for a campaign of

explanation to publ ic ise the increases

and decisions taken to the staff and

students.

Pete Lamber t argued against the

amendment saying that it tied people to

Mooneys, whereas inf lation was every­

where, therefore one should ca l l for

supplementary grants.

The amendment was passed 88-76 and

the amendment motion was passed over­

whelmingly.

N o r m Sayles, President I C U , argued

against the amended mot ion saying that

his main points were those printed i n

his co lumn in Fe l ix 9th October edition.

Recapped, these were that according to

the law, the Col lege had no alternative

and that at least the recommended

increase wasn't higher.

The full mot ion passed by the

quorate (!) Un ion Meet ing is:-

IC Un i on notes:

I. The continued erosion of the

student l iv ing standards caused by the

low grant and the high cost of food and

accommodat ion.

2 That the college has increased re­

fectory prices by 5 per cent despite

Un ion representation on the Refectories

Committee-and the Govern ing Body .

IC Un ion believes:

Tha t the Govern ing Body should

defy the Government ( U G C ) self bal­

ancing jegulat ions, and subsidise prices

with a view to forcing the Government

to introduce refectory subsidies unt i l the

N U S demands on grants are ful ly

satisfied.

1C U n i o n recommends:

Tha t i n order to implement the

decision taken last term by a U G M to

freeze prices (i.e. to rescind the 5 per

cent increase) and to stop further

increases, the Grants A c t i o n Committee

and volunteers f rom this U n i o n meeting

who should be co-opted on to the G A C

shall organise :—

1. Tables to be set up in A L L

refectories to give change, so that stud­

ents are able to pay the correct money

for the o ld prices in the refectories.

2. O l d price lists to be distr ibuted i n the refectories.

3. A campaign of explanat ion to the

refectory staff and students, to publicise

the issues at stake and the decisions

taken.

A n entertainments mot ion was passed

abol ishing the mot i on passed at the last

C o u n c i l meeting of last year wh i ch

restricted the number of " large groups"

per term to three.

A n amendment was proposed by J o h n

Lane increasing, the number of " large

groups" to four per term but was

rejected as var ious Ents. personnel

promised no return to the situation of

last year, despite the motion not giv ing

an upper l im i t to the number of

" large groups" per term.

The or ig ina l Counc i l mot ion was

passed to ensure Ents. cater for a wider

range of tastes than just the groups

scene, wh i ch is why this year we have

films and folk groups as we l l as some

" large groups."

Volunteers number ing about a dozen

from the meeting were co-opted onto the

G . A . C . and included Piers C o r b y n ( IC

veteran) who was described by T a r i q

Lo l ley as being " the only one with any

brains on the G A C . "

The quorum Was then challenged

successfully and the meeting was closed

before it could move on to the next

item: Chi le .

F I R E F I R E B R O K E O U T i n the lockers of

the Forbes Laboratory in Zoology last •

Thursday afternoon.

Discovered by a technician who

opened the door to the locker room and

found it ful l of thick smoke, the fire

destroyed a large number of plastic con­

tainers and incinerated the wood of the

lockers.

F o u r fire engines were rapidly outside

Beit H a l l summoned by the fire a la rm

inc luding two wi th extending ladders.

Water to extinguish the fire was pumped

f rom a hydrant outside Botany in Prince

Consort Road .

The Fe l i x editor writes: T was in the

Buttery at the t ime the a larms went off,

assuming them to be a routine practice

I strolled outside to find smoke bi l low­

ing out of the third floor windows of

Zoology. Upstairs the Forbes lab was

full of dense acrid smoke which imme­

diately made your eyes water. People

were attempting to put the fire out w i th

hand extinguishers but the fire appeared

to have too great a hold.

' The firemen were qu i ck l y on the

scene w i th a hose hauled up from Bei t

quad. A few lucky ones had breathing

apparatus—the others would only be

able to stand it in the lab for a few

minutes before dashing out eyes stream­

ing, gasping and coughing.

A f t e r about five minutes the smoke

started to subside, the windows were

opened to disperse what remained of the

choking fumes and we could see the

extent of the damage.

Water and foam covered the floor and

walls of the locker room, two windows

had been broken to let the smoke out,

burn marks and melted plastic were

everywhere. Inside the locker room the

heat was sti l l intense—so much so that

the translucent plastic coyer on a fluor­

escent roof l ight had melted and dis­

torted out of a l l recognition. The fire

itself was by a l l appearances centred at

a low level in the lockers'.

The cause of the fire has not been

discovered and according to N o r m

Sayles arson is not being discounted as

a possibil ity.

, Page 2 F E L I X October 27th, 1973

ITERS Dear F r i e n d s ,

A s one w h o is not a s tudent , but a w o r k e r in a

un i ve r s i t y b o o k s h o p in L o n d o n , I w o u l d be m o s t

grateful if y o u w o u l d a l l o w me the use of your

c o l u m n s to m a k e an appea l to your readers .

A g roup of peop l e in Phoen ix , A r i z o n a are at­

t empt ing to ra ise f unds to buy m e d i c a l mate r i a l

for those wo rke r s in C h i l e w h o are in a r m e d c o n ­

f l ict w i t h the mi l i t a ry reg ime . The f o l l o w i ng is

part o f a letter f r om this g roup w h i c h w a s pub ­

l i shed by the A n a r c h i s t paper " F r e e d o m " in the

issue da ted 2 9 . 9 . 7 3 :

" M o n e y is urgent ly needed by C h i l e a n wo rke r s ,

s tuden ts and r a d i c a l s . A s w e k n o w A l l e n d e is

dead , a l ong w i t h 5 ,000 of h is f e l l ow w o r k e r s .

S tuden t s , wo rke r s are s t i l l w a g i n g f ierce ba t t l e s

aga inst junta t roops . W o r k e r s have taken over

fac tor i es and are s t i l l p r o d u c i n g — w h i l e b e i n g

b o m b e d by junta p l anes ! W o r k e r s in V a l p a r a i s o

s u r p r i s e d junta g roups and re -captured ha l f the

t o w n . S o l d i e r s and low- l eve l officers in the south

of C h i l e are g roup ing w i t h a r m e d r a d i c a l g roups

of w o r k i n g peop le and m o v i n g t owards San t i ago .

The junta mi l i t a ry i n vaded the Un i v e r s i t y o f S a n ­

t iago and murde r ed hundreds of s tuden ts . Le f t is ts

and suppor ters are be ing r o u n d e d up a n d s u m m a r ­

i ly shot . P o l i t i c a l e x i l e s — a r o u n d 3 0 0 — i n C h i l e

have been r ounded Up a n d s h o t . "

(I th ink there c o u l d be s o m e doubt as to the

a c c u r a c y o f c l a s s i f y i ng A l l e n d e as a worke r , bu t

I th ink in the context of th is appea l that is nei ther

here nor there.)

Upon read ing th is I sent the group a letter re­

ques t ing further in f o rmat i on , as events in C h i l e

were m o v i n g at a rap id pace , and the i r reply , in

part , is a s f o l l ows :

" A t present ( letter da t ed 6 .10 .73 ) in fo rmat ion

o n the junta takeover is vague . One impor tant

aspec t i s the g r ow ing bo ldness of ' r e spec t ab l e '

j ourna l i s t i c purveyors w i t h i n C h i l e w h o are step-

p n g a l i t t le more heav i l y on the toes of pr int

c enso r sh i p by w r i t i n g more of the rea l i ty ins ide

than the junta fee ls is necessary . A m e r i c a n news

sources are speak ing less t i m i d l y . W e ' v e learnt

more o f the s laughter , r ound-ups , to r tures , i n t i m i ­

da t i ons , book burn ings , etc. , f r om big e s t ab l i shed

newspape rs now. A t first they we r e s i l ent , n o w

they ' r e speak ing louder . Of course , w e don ' t ex­

pect them to encourage a rmed revo lu t ion or to

a g . t a te the U . S . Gove rnmen t to c o n d e m n and not

recogn ize the usurpers . I th ink the po int at w h i c h

the U . S . Press k i s s e d a l i t t le less a ss w a s w h e n

news of g r o w i n g , s anc t i oned a n t i - S e m i t i s m c a m e

out. ' E l M u r c u r i o ' — t h e r i ght -w ing p a p e r — p r i n t e d

a letter, very p rominent l y , w h i c h cas t A l l e n d e

a j a c o g i n the ' J e w C o m m u n i s t C o n s p i r a c y ' a n d

c o n c l u d e d by urg ing a pog rom of Ch i l e an J e w s .

The author wan t ed , as succou r , ' a J e w hang ing

f rom every lamp-post in San t i ago ' . T h i s , the inc i ­

dents of book burn ing by the a r m y a n d eye-

w i tnes to torture and s u m m a r y execu t i on , so

r em in i s c en t of H i t l e r ( among others) s e emed to

make the b ig shot news pub l i she r s uneasy . Conse ­

quent l y , more n e w s is c o m i n g f r om these agen ­

c i es . M y own news sources are f r om A s i a N e w s

Se r v i c e , P resna La t ina , Inter N e w s Se r v i c e and

N A C L A . W e p lan to i ssue a pamphle t or news

s u m m a r y o f the events w i t h i n two w e e k s . A t the

moment , in fo rmat ion on contac ts , f inanc ia l d i s ­

pe r s i on , etc. is v a g u e — r a t h e r , w e are s t i l l nutur-

ing our l eads . W e ' r e t ry ing to co -ord inate (if our

immed ia t e con tac t s fai l ) re l ie f w o r k w i t h a g roup

in Berke l ey , C a l i f o r n i a . W e an t i c ipa te a long

per iod of w a i t i n g for s t rong , re l iab le c on tac t s to

d e v e l o p — b u t w e ' r e op t im i s t i c . If howeve r , all

avenues e r e unsucce s s fu l l y exhaus t ed , w e ' l l i n ­

fo rm eacn contr ibutor and either re fund the con ­

t r ibut ion or use it e l s e w h e r e . "

There is very l i t t le s tudents or w o r k e r s in th i s

country can do at the present t ime to d i r ec t l y

ass i s t the Ch i l e an worke rs but suppor t ing th i s

fund does make some con t r i bu t i on to the i r s t rug ­

g le . P l ease s end a l l m o n e y and in fo rmat ion on

further con tac t s in C h i l e or A rgen t ine to : D A R I O

M c D A R B Y , 1 4 2 2 1 E. V I R G I N I A , P H O E N I X , A R I ­

Z O N A 8 5 0 0 6 , U . S . A .

Y o u r s s ince re l y , Leonard S t i l l .

D i l l o n s Un i v e r s i t y B o o k s h o p L td . ,

M a i l O rde r Depar tment ,

1 M a l e t S t . ,

L o n d o n , W C 1 . (Enve lope m a r k e d ' P E R S O N A L ' )

USK ENTSHEET D e a r E d ,

Th is year we are hop ing

to put the o ld U . S . K . Ents

sheet on a more sol id bas­

is, br ing ing i t out regular­

ly every Wednesday. W o r k

w i l l start on Tuesday

lunch-t ime in the U n i o n

Office area, and we wou ld

appreciate any offers of

help, especially w i th stap­

l ing i n the evening, and

wi th d istr ibut ion.

A n y notices should be

in the U .S .K . pigeon hole

by Tuesday lunoht imes—i f

you have any in format ion

on Events, 'please send i t

in. We also need contacts

in the other colleges

roundabout, i f anyone

knows of anyone "ou ts ide "

who wou ld be interested

in helping, wou ld they

please drop us a line.

Thanks , and do drop by,

Chris and P a u l .

MRPHY^ DAY Dear Editor,

I feel (often), as Presi­

dent of the Royal School

of Mines, that I should

warn all those bumpkins

and general scrape-the-

barrel slag who intend to

oppose us on Morphy

Day (See and Pee and

arse-ease-rest are the

technical descriptions of

the enemy): that we shall

win. That we shall take

no prisoners. Rape, plun­

der and loot are our bat­

tle orders, and the safest

thing for them is to keep

their life insurance poli­

cies intact and slink

quietly from the battle­

field.

The oar will be ours,

and our ladies rowing

eight will win, while our

ever-victorious Rugby

team crushes in turn

their opponents on some

far-flung field.

Remember you have

been warned. We have

already won, our fire­

power is invincible, our

crack troops will not

waver. Heed not the call

to battle of your presi­

dents, you alone will be

the one to suffer.

Paul Gee.

NOT FOOLED S i r ,

S o w e cannot get any ­

th ing out o f the To r y

gove rnment (not even

£20 increase on the

grant ) . Thank you for

m a k i n g it c l ear t h i s

week . There fore your

so lu t i on is to rep lace the

To ry gove rnment by a

" L a b o u r gove rnment

p l edged to s o c i a l i s t p o l i ­

c i e s " . T w o m a i n ques­

t ions then ar i se .

1. A c c o r d i n g to your

o w n argument , the Tor­

ies a re b e i n g f o r c ed to

at tack the l i v ing s t a n d ­

ards of the w o r k i n g

c l a s s because o f the

rap id l y deepen ing econo­

m i c c r i s i s w h i c h , as y ou

po int ou t i n your ed i tor ­

ial of Oc tober 16 th , is

tak ing p lace on a w o r l d

sca le not just in B r i t a i n .

W h e n (if) a Labour gov­

ernment lis e l e c t ed , I

doubt very m u c h that

the w o r l d e c o n o m i c c r i s ­

is w i l l r e spond to th i s

by d i s appea r ing , so w i l l

not the Labour gove rn ­

ment be f o r c ed to car ry

out the same po l i c i e s to

try a n d prov ide s o m e

so lu t i on to th is c r i s i s ?

2. Y o u want a Labour

gove rnment p l edged to

soc i a l i s t po l i c i e s . The

Labour party is a l w a y s

p l edged to s o c i a l i s t p o l i ­

c i es . But , y o u may not

r emember the last Lab­

our government . I do . I

can remember " I n p lace

of s t r i f e " , the Labour

pr i ces and incomes po l ­

i cy , h igh unemp l oymen t

under Labour ; I can re­

member w h e n t roops

were sent in to break the

1 9 6 6 dock s t r ike , a n d

the Labour g o v e r n m e n t s '

suppor t for the Southern

A f r i c a n reg ime, for U . S .

agg ress i on in V i e t n a m

and for Israe ls ' e xpan­

s ion i s t po l i c i e s . A n d it

was a Labour govern­

ment that sent t roops to

suppress the peop l e o f

Nor thern I re land. W i t h

such a r eco rd , I doubt if

most peop le are foo l ed

any l onger b y these

these ' s o c i a l i s t p o l i c i e s ' .

Y o u r s s ince re l y ,

Ka th leen C o r c o r a n .

Autonomy Warning Dear Sir ,

Last week's U G M ex­

pressed a serious contra­

dict ion. The argument i n

favour of the U n i o n wi th­

hold ing money f r om the

College equal to the re­

fectory pr ice increases was

defeated by someone

point ing out that the C o l ­

lege has complete control

over U n i o n finances. The

College wou ld merely de­

duct the same amount

f rom the Un ion ' s funds, as

it cou ld equally do in the

case of a rent strike.

A t tempt ing to l aunch

serious campaigns to de­

fend I.C. students' inter­

ests let alone the interests

of exploited groups out­

side College, whi le the

U n i o n has no real auton­

omy, is naive and shows

ours to be a U n i o n with*;

out priorities.

Joe Herbertsom

(Met.

ARE SCIENTISTS

ILITTERATE? The sceintist (that is acording to the other

lot, is uncultured, narrow minded, and ignarant

on any subject outside their own chosen subject,

in fact they can hardly read nor write. Can their

be any truth in this?

The below questions were tested on a tipycall

group of arts students, there avaradge mark was

only 98 per cent. See if your result can do better

than them.

*The stared questions what are marked with

an aterisk are slightly difficulter, they are optional!

and you need not try to attemp them unless you

want two.

Spell the folowing words corretly:

(i) ^ambiguous

(ii) "dissipate

(iii) ^independent

Complete the quotations:

(i) "I wandered, as a c loud" . . .

(ii) " A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a

(iii) "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not

w a n — "

Who wrote:

(i) Henry IV, Part I (Clue: Sh-k-sp- - re)

(ii) Henry IV, Part II

(iii) *Henry IV, Part III? (Be careful)

Arrange in the correct order:

World War I; World War II

What do the following have in common:

(i) *Pope Gregory, Pope John, Pope Pius I X

(ii) Violoncello, kazoo, viola, violin

(iii) Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Albert

Hall

Which is the odd one out:

(i) Beethoven's 6th, Schubert's Unfinished,,

Beethoven's 9th, Beethoven's 5th

(ii) Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Vase©

da Gama (Clue: how many of them were

English?)

(iii) Queen Victoria, Martin Luther, Alexander

the Great (Clue: how many of them air®

still al ive?'

Discuss and describe:

(i) the old Pretender

(ii) Eric the Red

(iii) the Black Hole of Calcutta (confine vow

answer to less than 2 words)

Where is:

(i) the Indian Ocean?

(ii) the Great Wall of China?

(iii) *the North Pole OR the South Pole?

(Give reasons)

Who painted:

(i) Van Gogh's self-portraits?

(ii) Whistler's mother?

(iii) those unspeakable pictures in the toilets?

(If this question is not answered in less

than one minute, E V E R Y O N E will be pun­

ished.)

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October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 3

N A T I O N A L G R A N T S B R I E F I N G C O N F E R E N C E

The following is taken from

the National Grants Briefing

Conference held at the Collegiate

Theatre in U C L on 13th October.

Delegates from IC were present

to state their case in the discus­

sion. J o h n R a n d a l l opened w!i!tih a speech

; br inging delegates up to date w i t h the

ongoing negotiations between the N U S ,

D E S and the S E D .

They have set up seven costing com­

mittees to thrash out the costs of the

N U S claims. These are as fo l lows:

! 1. O n Discret ionary Awards and itheir

Abo l i t i on .

Th i s is a hopeful sign, as it is a

crack i n the D E S ' s wa l l of resistance

re abo l i t i on of discret ionary awards.

T h e N U S has suggested that costing

-1 be considered im (three " t i e r s " o'r

groups:

i . mandatory awards for H N D or

degree-equivalents.

i i . mandatory awards to a l l 18 +

students.

H i . mandatory awards to al l 16 +

students.

A s regards i i i . this wou ld inc lude the

vast major i ty of Technical Col lege

students. The majority of students

between 16 and 18 are not i n schools

but in Techs and F E colleges (many

people forget this).

The D E S does not appear to be in­

terested i n ithe abo l i t ion of the Dis ­

cret ionary A w a r d Scheme. However,

• i t w i l l be an advantage in presenting

the N U S case for abo l i t ion i f we have

a real figure for the cost.

Legis lat ion Wi l l be needed to amend

the 1944 Educa t i on A c t . There w i l l

definitely be an amendment next

year, Ito provide a mandatory grant

for the D i p . H E (as proposed i n the

Govt . Wh i t e iPaper). It is hoped that

i f any legislative action is taken over

discretionary awards, it w i l l be taken

at this time.

Ano ther encouraging act ion on this

front is that L E A ' s w i l l be able to

recover 9 0 % of itheir expenditure on

mandatory awards f rom 1st A p r i l ,

1973. In theory, they can now be

more generous w i th discret ionary

awards. (Hitherto, ithey cou ld only

recoyer 6 0 % of their expenditure).

2. The Cost of abo l i t i on of d iscr imina­

t ion against marr i ed women students

has been established as

(a) £l-^m. i f ithey a l l received the

"a t -home" grant (about £390).

(b) ,£3m. i f they a l l received the

"away- f rom-home" grant (£520).

L inked to this is the question of de­

pendants' allowances. The D E S

pol icy (Which was l a id (before the

House of Commons two days be­

fore the recess) lis that £250 per week

should be pa id for ithe academic year,

and dur ing the vacations, the c l a im­

ant has to go to the D H S S Hike any­

one else.

Th is amounts to £4.81 per week i n

term-time.

A campaign around this issue is Ito

be run, w i th in the Grants Campa ign ,

•to involve women i n local Colleges,

i t is hoped that there w i l l be a meet-

ling between N U S Exec, and Un ion

Wel fare Officers shortly.

3. A new award system for students

studying abroad.

Students studying in foreign coun­

tries often run out of money before

the end of their courses because of

currency exchange fluctuations and

high cost of l i v ing in some foreign

countries.

The D E S wants an administratively

Simple system; perhaps banding to­

gether several countries under a par­

t i cu lar rate of grant. The D E S has

provided some cost-of-l iving figures

for some foreign countries, part icu­

lar ly E E C countries. The N U S posi­

t ion is that no student abroad should

receive less than the L o n d o n grant,

and -that i t should be pa id i n one

of two ways:

(a) the grant should be paid termly,

w i th adjustment for exchange

fluctuations and h igh cost of

l iv ing in same foreign countries,

(b) the grant should be pa id i n the

appropriate foreign currency at

the start of the academic year.

A s for overseas students, there is

l ittle chance, i t seems, of abol ishing

the 3-year residence qual i f icat ion.

The only movement here is the pos­

sibi l i ty of students l i v ing i n the E E C

may receive mandatory awards.

iv. A b o l i t i o n of the Means Test.

Va r i ous approx imate figures of the

cost have appeared over 'the past

five years; they range f rom £6m.

(NUS) to £20m. (DES) . NU)S has/

pointed out that w i thdrawal of tax

al lowance for parents w i th ch i ldren

receiving grants would part ly offset

the cost of abol i t ion. The D E S has

been "co-operat ive" i n these negotia­

tions, but the Inland Revenue Ser­

vice has been dist inctly stroppy, and

refuses to give up the relevant fig­

ures to N U S .

v. G i v i n g cash grants to Col lege of

E d . students

The D E S instituted a Pilolt Scheme

i n ten Colleges a few years back, but

appears to have gone off the idea

now. They are now saying that they

have commitment to introduce cash

grants and want to introduce subsi­

dies to cover the losses incurred i n

Col lege of Educa t i on H a l l s and cat­

ering. T h e N U S Execut ive therefore

considers it unwise to continue l ink­

ing this c l a i m to the P i lo t Scheme

and p lan to raise ithe question in

general negotiations.

v i . Ra i s ing the ma in rate.

This is ithe most difficult costing, i n ­

cluding, as i t does, the assessment of

the not ional element for board and

lodging. Hi therto this has been taken

as the average of h a l l rents. T h i s is,

of course, misleading, because ha l l

rents are largely dependent on sub­

sidies, " h i d d e n " or otherwise. T h e

wi thdrawal of wh i ch may lead to

sudden rises. Furthermore, as re­

gards "d i gs " , ithe retai l price index

only measures the cost of unfurn­

ished accommodat ion, the cost of

which rises m u c h more slowly than

the cost of furnished accommodat ion.

Hence, the cost of a l l student accom­

modat ion is to be taken into account

i n these present negotiations.

Equipment grants are also being dis­

cussed i n this context.

v i i . Students on long courses.

Th is includes health students, and

postgraduates.

Hea l th students may be studying for

44 to 48 weeks every year, but only

receive the not iona l element for

board and lodging for the extra

weeks (14-18 weeks). These students

have no opportunity to work dur ing

the hol idays, (only 4 weeks). T h e

N U S case is that they should receive

the fu l l grant for a l l 44-48 weeks.

Paramedica l students (manual hos­

pital workers, etc.) are included i n

the section (i), as they receive dis­

cretionary awards.

Ft appears that no-one i n the D E S

knows how the P G grant is assessed;

this may be one reason why there

has been no act ion f rom them on it!

The N U S has suggested that i t be

assessed in one of two ways:

i . as for other long-course students,

(ii) part or whole of a recent gradu­

ate's salary; 7 5 % has been raised

as a figure.

The most significant point, however,

lis that N U S has little or no pol icy

on the postgraduate grant. A n y

ideas?

There are a few other areas which

have been discussed:

(a) F ie ld T r ips

The N U S has taken the l ine that i n

term-time, Students should receive

a certain amount of money to de­

f ray , extra costs incurred by a field

t r ip . Dur ing vacations a l l the ele­

ments i n the grant should be inc lu ­

ded i n the sum given, instead of just

board, lodgings and travel.

Note: The U G C gives each inst i tu­

t i on a certain amount to sub­

sidise field tr ips, f r om a cen­

t ra l pool . It is l ike ly that I C

is one Col lege that benefits

f r om this scheme,

(ib) The T r i enn ia l Rev iew

One of N U S ' s demands to go to the

1973-74 Tr i enn ia l Rev iew is the

abo l i t i on of the T r i enn ia l Rev iew,

This , N U S feels, should be replaced

by an annua l review of student fin­

ance. A questionnaire to be sent out

to 10 institutions on a proposed pilot

for the N U S scheme is to be pre­

pared by the D E S .

(c) De lay in Ithe payment of grants.

Th i s year i t was caused by L E A ' s

'being forced to recalculate the grant

levels because of the changes i n the

means test. N U S hopes to speed up

the Tr i enn ia l Rev iew this year so

that i t doesn't drag on into the sum­

mer, and delay the payment of the

(higher?) grant.

The Campaign

None of the D E S - N U S negotiations

carry any commitments f r om either side.

A t the end of the negotiations, the po l i t i ­

c a l decisions Wi l l be taken in D E S -

Treasury infighting. N U S Execut ive be­

lieves that it is at this point that the

Campa i gn must be strongest—we must

apply our po l i t i ca l weight to produce

the right decis ion; hence the campaign

should bui ld up to the Review, and i f

necessary, carry o n beyond it .

Steve Parry spoke on the campaign.

H e pointed out Itihat the campa ign must

be carr ied out to 'back the negotiations

and i n conjunct ion With Trade Unions

and other groups on low and fixed i n ­

comes, e.g. pensioners and claimants.

A f t e r Margate , act iv ity should be

built up on an area basis dur ing the

second term. A c t i o n should be taken

around L E A meetings, etc., and cu lm i ­

nate i n a massive demonstrat ion at a

significant juncture i n the Tr iennia l Re­

view.

k is hoped that areas w i l l commence

act ion on students rights i n conjunct ion

Wiith the Grants campaign.

In I C

We would hope to do several things

this term:

i. Inform students, particularly fresh­

ers, about the grants campaign.

i i . Raise the level of consciousness

enough to provide ithe semblance o f

a mass mobi l isat ion in the Col lege.

i i i . Pave the way for a n effective rent

strike next term, a c ruc i a l per iod.

iv. Partake in the area campaign, a n d

provide some effective assistance to

smaller Colleges i n the area.

The major argument o n Saturday was

the posing of nat ional vs. l o ca l actions.

M y feeling is that any -action, l o c a l

or nat ional depends o n the effectiveness

of loca l student union officers. It is up

to the Un ion Execut ive to organise a n

effective campaign, and Ito mobi l i se sfu*

dents to enter the campaign. It is often

very useful to capitalise o n feeling over

local issues, e.g. refectory prices, and use

these to show the nature of the grants

situation ito Government E c o n o m i c po l ­

icy and the affect it has o n students and

others on low and fixed incomes.

I hope that there Wi l l be some cam­

paigning wi th outside groups:

i. Trades Un i on v i a Hammersm i th

Counc i l .

i i . Pensioners; how about some cam- '

paigning for them?

i i i . C la imants .

i v . Tenants ' Associat ions.

Dates to Remember :—

October 24th or 25th: A r e a act ion.

Proposed: brief ral ly, then march to a n d

picket of L E A A c t i o n on discret ionary

awards.

November 7 ih : Na t i ona l Ra l l y .

November 14th: W o r k - i n (and PrirH

cess Anne 's wedding day).

Cont inued on page 4

Committee of Vice-Chancellors

and Principals show support for higher grants

. . . but words don t pay hills At its meeting this morning the Vice-Chanceilors' Committee dis­

cussed the issue of student grants against the background of the re­view currently being conducted by the Department of Education and Science to determine the grant levels for the three years commencing next autumn.

It has been the declared policy of successive Governrrents over many years since the Anderson Committee reported, that subject to a parental means test, grants should be available to cover the reason­able basic maintenance costs of undergraduate students. This is the Anderson principle. But in recent years, Governments have begun to threaten this principle by fixing grants which fall short of basic

living costs. Universit ies are hit by

the decreasing value in

student grants i n two ways.

In the first place, students

ought to have the basic

means to support them­

selves so that their studies

are not adversely affected.

In the second place, if un i ­

versities are to continue to

try to house students and

prevent a crisis in accom­

modat ion, they must be

able to fix rents which

meet the cost of providing

accommodat ion w h i c h

now has to be financed

pr inc ipa l ly through loans

raised on the open money

market. E q u a l l y students

l iv ing in lodgings must be

able to pay rent at ithe

going rate.

The Committee 's con­

cern about student grants

has become more acute

over the last two years.

When the D E S announced

press release

the levels that were to

apply for the three aca­

demic years 1971-74, the

Committee said that in­

adequate grants were in­

consistent w i th the G o v ­ernment's pol icy wh ich

required universities to

make economic charges

for board and lodging.

Over the past year the

s t u d e n t s ' grievances

against the Government

about the decl ining pur­

chasing power of their

grant took the f o rm of

rent strikes and protest

act ion directed against

universities. A l though the

universities sympathised

wilth the students' dif f icul­

ties, they were bound to

tell their students that they

could not provide wide-

ranging subsidies f r om

funds voted by Par l iament

for the primary purposes

of teaching and research.

Student protest action d i r ­

ected against universities is

misconceived. It wastes

time and money on con­

flicts which are not created

by universities and wh i ch

are not in their power to

resolve.

The D E S review of stu­

dent grants for the three

years from nc::t Septem­

ber is now under way. T h e

Committee believes that

the Anderson principle is

at stake. It is essential that

student grants should be

properly assessed, fixed in­

it ial ly at realistic levels

and between reviews sup­

plemented annua l l y to

take account of changing

prices. The Commit tee has

already made its general

Views k n o w n to Minis ters

and proposes to make fur­

ther representations as the

review proceeds.

Page 4 F E L I X October 23rd, 1973

ANTI-

LOMBARD M i n e s have p a s s e d a

r eso lu t i on aga ins t the

Ren t S t r i k e p r oposed by

a quorate I C U E M to

start next t e rm a n d it is

r u m o u r e d s i m i l a r mo ­

t i o n s w i l l be put to

G u i l d s a n d R C S a t the i r

next un i on mee t ings .

A c o l l e c t i o n of M i n e s -

m e n , as y ou can see in

these pages , a t t ended a

G A C mee t ing a n d pro­

p o s e d a mo t i on that it

be pos tponed unt i l the

last day of t e rm.

A s everyone k n o w s ,

IC U n i o n is the on l y

p o l i c y make r that repre­

sen ts a l l U G ' s a n d P G ' s .

It i s not a s s u m e d that

M i n e s m e n , G u i l d s m e n or

those of R C S are in t r in ­

s i c a l l y any dif ferent

w h e n it c o m e s to ea t ing .

S o w h y the re-emer­

gence of C C U c h a u v i n ­

i s m in oppos i t i on to I C U

w h e n the fo rmer are

what cons t i tu te the lat­

ter .

It c o m e s d o w n to a

ques t i on of l eadersh ip .

W t h i n the C C U ' s the

C C U execs have a cer-

ta n degree of c h a r i s m a

for a ce r ta in s e c t i on o f

their m e m b e r s h i p who

attend the C C U meet­

ings .

S o w h y the at tempt

to l i qu idate the Gran t s

A c t i o n C o m m i t t e e . T h e

l eadersh ip o f the C C U ' s

is t r ad i t i ona l l y a reac­

t ionary one a n d th i s year

e spe c i a l l y s o . W h e n s tu ­

den ts are f aced w i t h ever

m o u n t i n g c os t s a n d flat

re fusa ls f r om St . J o h n

S tevas to inc i ease

g rants , what w o u l d the

C C U ex e c s w i s h ? F o r

the.'r m e m b e r s h i p to be

dr i v en out of co l l e g e or

l i ve in p r e - W e i m ar c o n ­

d i t i ons r ap i d l y tu rn ing

into those r e s e m b l i n g

the dep r e ss i on of the

3 0 ' s ?

Last week 7 4 2 i t ems

went up in pr i ce a c c o r d ­

ing to " T h e G r o c e r " , es-

t a b l i s h ' n g a n ew r e co rd

for a l l t ime in th i s c o u n ­

try — but not a penny

on wages , nor a penny

went on grants .

A l m o s t each week this

r ecord is b roken sett ng

unprecedented h i ghs in

our cos t o f l i v i n g .

T h e ques t i on is w h o

has got p o l i c i e s to meet

th is c r i s i s .

The Y S S S urge every­

one to c o m e to our

c l a sses on the e c o n o m c

c r i s i s s tar t ing th s W e d ­

nesday in IV"sen. Eng .

2 1 4 at 1.30 p .m.

W e say w i t h comp l e t e

cer ta inty that un less a

revo lu t i onary party is

bu i l t in th i s a n d a l l

countr i es to l ead the

w p r k n g c l a s s to power ,

then f a s c i s m w i l l be i m ­

posed in th is count ry by

the ru l ing c l a s s that w i l l

make C h i l e s e e m I k e a

s u m m e r ho l ' day .

In c l o s i n g I w o u l d l i ke

to r e m i n d everyone of

tha s l o gans of the IUa-

t 'ona l Front , shou ted in

their m a r c h d u r i n g the

s u m m e r : " H a n g a l l s tu ­

dents , castrate a l l

b l a c k s " .

It's that sor t of a

future in s tore for u s or

e l se w e fight to b u i l d

th i s r e vo lu t i ona ry party .

E d i t o r

FUNNY ONE ONE Dear Ed i to r ,

T h a n k G o d there is one

sane compassionate h u m ­

an being here who can un­

derstand other's sexual

problems. N o w that our

G a y Brothers are being

l iberated it is time to turn

our 'attention to 'that other

sadly repressed minor i ty

beaten down by the Fascist

vanguard of capital ist ic

narrow minded society

(thank God ) ! I a m ta lk ing

about Sado-Masochis'ts.

There is no reason why a

man's relationship w i th his

whip cannot be just as

loving as that w i th an­

other human being. A lot

of sado-masoehists are far

more norma l than so ca l l ­

ed h u m a n beings. Anyone

interested i n sado-maso­

chism drop around to my

torture chamber sometime

and ta lk it over, over a red

hot poker.

R ight O n .

A d o l f H i t l e r .

Cont inued from page 3

Rent Strikes

Br isto l , L iverpoo l and

Central London Poly are

on rent strike, P C L since

January; they now have

£22,000 in their rent strike

fund.

Kent and others have

passed motions i n U G M s .

Abou t three have decided

not to, mainly because

they have a'ready been on

strike and fc't that they

were not backed by other

colleges and N U S Exec,

strongly enough. Th is

shows the effect of sol id­

arity action. Read ing ,

Exeter and Y o r k are not

going on strike.

it shou'd be noted that

the effect of the campaign

w i s to squeeze an extra

£20 from Mrs . Thatcher.

There are, at present,

two lines on rent strike,

one of which wi l l be

chosen at Margate :

r

(Continued from page 7)

We played our first

league gam." on Saturday,

13th October against

Kodak . Play was scrappy

at first but I.C: soon began

pressurising the K o d a k

goa! and eventually forced

a short corner. M i c k

Downes netted f rom the

short and we went l-O up.

Kodak ' s negative play

continued but they scored

just on half time, i n the

second half several defen­

sive mistakes gave K o d a k

their second goal. Imperial

again put on the pressure

and M i c k Downes netted

his second goal.

After another frustrat­

ing period Dave Harr ison

and Nigel Woodhouse

combined together to pro­

duce c r third and best

goal, N i s e ! being t h e

scorer. I.C. then clamped

dewn in defence and we

ran out winners 3-2. O u r

thanks to G . Popple who

umpired.

The Imperials teams

were selected f rom: R.

Bateman. S. Bou l ton . M .

V i ey ra . R. Cameron, R.

Evans, T . Hanson , A .

Brown , M . Hatcher , K .

Ross, N . Woodhouse, D .

Harr i son , G . Popple, M .

Downes (capt.), P. Jowitit.

PURPLE PATCH A t the Un ion General

meeting on Tuesday the

16th October, two deci­

sions were made, both of

which bear a reasonable

amount of relevance to

the students in this college.

The first of these two

motions was that this

Un i on demands that the

governing body remove

the 5 per cent increase

which they have put on

the refectory prices, and

make good the loss on' the

refectories by subsidising

them from non refectory

profits. The second deci­

sion which was made was

that the Entertainments

committee should be re­

stricted to having three

concerts per term, unless

the S .C .A B. committee

sanction another concert

for one reason or another.

This second decision

enables the Entertain­

ments committee to pro­

vide reasonable entertain­

ment for the students of

this college, and at the

same time l imits the num­

ber of concerts they are

allowed to put on.

A s far as the refectories

motion is concerned, the

meeting asked that the

Board of Governors re­

move the increase that

they suggested last term

and that t l v subsidise the

refectories from non-refec­

tory sources, thus break­

ing the U . G . C . rul ing that

they should in no c i rcum­

stances subsidise the refec­

tories, but that the refec-,

tones, should be totally

self-financing. In order to

implement this policy and

to force the board of

governors to accept our

demands, we should set up

change tables i n each of

the refectories, and f rom

these should p r o v i d e

people w i th the accurate

change wh ich they require

so that they can pay last

year's prices for the food

which they are about to

eat. Thus the people

wou ld look down last

year's price list, and then

offer the o ld amount of

money to the lady .behind

the cash desk, and refuse

to pay her any more.

W h e n this mot ion was

put forward, I spoke

against it on simi lar lines

to those wh i ch I put for­

ward i n F E L I X ' two

weeks ago. Dur ing the

discussions last term with

the refectories committee

and also the Board of

Governors, we were told

that it was estimated that

the overal l loss at the end

of the session 1973/74

would be in the region of

£35,000 unless the prices

in the refectories were in ­

creased. Part of this in­

crease could be offset by

inc luding the net surplus

of around £11,500 from

the Bars and the cellars

thus leaving an overall

deficit of some £23,500.

Th i s could be offset by an

increase of 7\ per cent,

and would need a sub­

stantial amount of the re­

fectories surplus to help

the finances out thus

l imi t ing the amount of

much needed decorating

The board of governors

decision was that the

refectory prices should be

increased by 5 per cent

(i.e. to everyone inc luding

the staff, and also those

persons ordering dinners

etc.). This would then

leave us to find some

extra money f rom some­

where, and it was decided

to find this money f rom

some of the Rector 's

funds, this money to go

towards certain types of

rcdecoration of the refec­

tory areas.

A t a Grant ' s act ion

committee (G.A.C. ) last

Thursday evening, about

30/40 R . S . M . students

turned up to express their

d isapproval of the decision

taken by the U . G . M .

A . G . A . C . decision was

taken that the meeting

should adjourn and that it

wou ld not reconvene unti l

the 14th December. It was

also decided that at the

next Un i on meeting, a

Const i tut ion of the G . A . C .

should be drawn up, and

approved, so that the

G . A . C . would have some

framework on which it

could work. (N .B . The

R . S . M . had a U n i o n meet­

ing on the same day as the

I.C. Un i on meeting at

which they decided that

the R . S . M . would not sup­

port the Rent strike. Dur ­

ing the next couple of

weeks both R.C.S . and

also C . & G , are having

U n i o n meetings at which

they wi l l both discuss the

Rent strike mot ion and

also t h e Refectories

motion. I would hope that

as many people turn up to

the next I.C. U n i o n meet­

ing as wi l l turn up to the

-three C . C . U . Un ion meet­

ings ! ! !

There are many other

issues which I would l ike

to discuss in this Patch,

but unfortunately neither

t ime nor space w i l l permit

this. Some of these would

be :—

1 Departmental meet­

ings w i th the Sabbat ical

officers plus C . C . U . Presi­

dent.

2 Profiles of certain of

the Un i on and College

officials in Felix..

3 Better use of the P.A.

System in Col lege B lock

before U . G . M ' s .

4 Restructuring of the

U . G . M ' s b y : —

L i m i t i n g the speeches to

three minutes; Gu i l l o t ine

of 75 minutes on the meet­

ing; M o r e motions at

U . G . M ' s referring to our

own problems; Decisions

on N .U .S . Pol ic ies to be

taken by the Ex t e rna l

affairs committee.

It was suggested that al l

of these ideas would be

discussed at the next meet­

ing of Counc i l . They were

proposed by a work ing

party on Publ icat ions and

publ ic i ty last week.

Just before I finish, I

would l ike to inform

everyone that at a Boa rd

of Governor 's F inance and

Execut ive c o m m i t t e e

meeting on Fr iday of last

week, it was decided that

the Un i on should receive

an extra £5,000 on top of

the subvention wh ich they

receive at the moment. If

anyone feels that the

Govern ing body are really

against us then they could

possibly try to expla in this

one to me. (Maybe even

someone wi l l dream up

the idea of using this

money to subsidise the

refectories rather than

using the money out of

the student's pockets!).

N o r m

(a) Cont inue the present

situation where support

and encouragement for

local ly initiated rent

strikes is given, and (b)

C a l l for a Nat iona l Rent

Strike. " T R E V O R P H I L L I P S

S O C I A L S E C R E T A R 1 E S

C O N F E R E N C E

Those present (from

Q M C , Central Poly, North

London Poly, Redbridge,

Ci ty , London and IC) told

the meeting what they had

on this term.

The meeting discussed

problems which had arisen

out of agents, etc. N o

concrete decision w a s

taken.

A n al l night event was

proposed for 23rd Novem­

ber at C i t y who had a l ­

ready booked two groups.

Q M C agreed to bring in

their group for that night.

IC agreed to sell tickets.

We also got the impres­

sion that other colleges

were rather jealous of our

reputation in the field of

entertainments.

C i ty Univers i ty have an

idea for a large event at

the Agr i cu l tura l H a l l ,

which has not been used

for years and needs ex­

tensive renovation, for

about 17,000 p e o p l e .

Names suggested were

Jelferson A i rp lane and

Pink F loyd .

The meeting closed with

a resolution to meet again

at Hatfield and put a

mot ion on agencies and

the legality o f contracts to

N U S .

How nice to meet someone

who speaks your language.

When you meet our interviewer you' l l usually find he's a specialist i n your field—whether it's chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, economics or arts. That means he can answer your questions from per­sonal experience and discuss career opportunities from first-hand knowledge.

Th is year we shall be recruiting people for engineering, research and management services and keeping a parti­cular eye open for people from all kinds of backgrounds who want to have a marketing commercial career. Would you like to meet someone who speaks your language ?

Then ask your Appointments Service for details of how to apply.

Central Personnel Department,

Imperial Chemical Industries L imi ted ,

Mi l lbank, London S W i P 3JF.

October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 5

SABOTAGE? At Grants Action

Committee Meeting Al legat ion

No-one expects that the

College Author i t ies w i l l re­

spond favourably to our

just demands without us

putting up a fight. Indeed,

it was only the threat of

student act ion last term

which made the college

find some (small) subsidy,

not direct ly f rom tine U G C ,

to ho ld off 1 per cent o r

so of the refe'c price i n ­

crease. A l r eady , two days

after the U n i o n decision,

vague threats against the

Union are being put

about i n an attempt to

b lackmai l us . . . these

threats—if they become

'o f f i c ia l '—wi l l on ly serve

to show the college in the

light they deserve to be

seen.

However we do not nor­

mal ly expects threats of

sabotage and the l ike to

come f rom any group of

students—however smal l

and unrepresentative.

The Grants Ac t i on

Committee meeting called

on Thursday evening to

discuss the implementat ion

of U n i o n po l i cy was re­

markab ly wel l attended.

A b o u t 50 people turned

up, 35 or so of w h o m

(who were new and in this

case unwelcome because of

their unru ly behaviour)

were f rom a group i n the

R S M commonly known as

T H E Minesmen. Th i s

group which bears a close

resemblance to those who

sometimes come along to

U n i o n meetings to heckle.

fool-about, and challenge

the quo rum i f they can,

d id not come to help the

implementat ion of U n i o n

policy.

They came instead to try

and sabotage Un ion pol icy,

by proposing that its im­

plementation be postpon­

ed to the last day of term!

If they had anything to

express—by speeches or

vot ing—on refectories and

grants i n I C U n i o n the

place to do it is i n a

Un i on meeting. They

c l a im they had their own

meeting on at the same

time as I C U G M so cou ld­

n't come; wel l Mines meet­

ing was cal led after

I C U — p r o b a b l y as a ploy

to t ry and keep I C U i n -

quorate—a ploy wh i ch

doubly fai led. The fact is

they cannot have their

Mooney and eat it, I C

Students must always

welcome discussion but

cannot tolerate these si l ly

disrupters. I C U n i o n po l ­

icy is made by I C U n i o n

meetings—no-one else.

A f ter the 35 gentlemen

(?) of M ines etc. departed

the remaining peop le—

largely those who had

been elected to G A C plus

a few co-opted volunteers

;—met and organised pub­

licity. Change (the Presi­

dent is being asked to

make i t avai lable) , and

leaflets, etc. 35 students

who appear to W A N T ? ? ! !

price increases in refector­

ies cannot be permitted to

sabotage the struggle

which is in the interests of

a l l IC students.

Refutat ion

It has been suggested

that I write to expla in why

so many people turned up

to the Grants A c t i o n C o m ­

mittee ( G A C ) last night,

and why they adopted

such an "obstruct ive " atti­

tude.

F i rst ly the Grants A c ­

tion Committee is a purely

ad hoc committee wi th no

constitution or rules drawn

up. This lays any such

committee open to control

by definitive groups who

can manipulate to suit

their own ideals.

The G A C had been

mandated by the I C U n ­

ion meeting to organise

the mot ion on refectories

deal ing w i th paying only

the o ld prices for food. T o

leave such v i ta l matters in

the hands of a committee

run on the lines explained

above is lunacy.

The other question rais­

ed was whether Refector­

ies have anything to do

with a Grants Campa ign .

If the students at Imper­

i a l College feel that the re­

fectories offer poor value

for money, or poor qua l ­

ity, or poor service then

let us stir u p the refector­

ies to establish the needs

of Ithe customers.

Let us not establish a

Grants Campa i gn that is

so a l l encompassing of

every grievance we have;

that it becomes so mas­

sive and unworkable as to

blatantly f a i l before it

should leave the discussion

table.

It is my opin ion that any

Grants Campa ign should

be a single forged pol icy

ARE WE UP-SIDE DOWN ?

hy are we at IC (continued) What is the motivat ion that keeps

us studying? money? status? lack of

job? prestige? college's atmosphere?

security? If so, it is obvious that we

should feel bored and fool ish. We should

rather learn how to get money, a job,

etc., without having to learn and work

with a l l these difficult scientific and en­

gineering subjects Mot i va t i on precedes

all meaningful learning.

But if our " m o t i v a t i o n " is either i n ­

ertia or that we l ike Maths . Physics, etc..

then our motivations are academic and

to some extent independent of the "out­

side wo r l d " , we are l ikely to feel there­

fore irresponsible, ordered about, a rb i ­

trari ly graded, useless, etc., Mot i va t i on

should come f rom the " r e a l " or "out­

side w o r l d " and not f rom within the

college or from (prepackaged curr i cu­

la. "Phis applies unless we expect to

solve iproblems of Ithe college only, re­

gardless of anyth ing else—or unless we

intend to declare ourselves irresponsible

(i.e. someone else's tools) and . want to

coroperate bl indly to increase the a l ­

ready overgrown world 's power for

whatever the " fu ture " (i.e. the people

holding power or the system's inertia)

may reserve for us.

One should be allowed to learn what

one is really motivated to learn, and

not s imply to acquire scarce " know­

ledge" to monopolise it and sell it as

an expensive item or exchange it for

status security, etc.; or not s imply to be

able to accept whatever k i n d of "know­

ledge" is being pumped -in our heads

after a forced selection from among a

number of pre packaged choices being

put to us.

Let me consider a subject l i ke many

others, say Nuclear Reactor Physics; the

typical order of teaching is more or

less:

1—The atom, -its nature, etc.

2 — E = m c 2

3 — Nuclear reactions, energy l iberation,

etc.

4 — The reactor, description, classifica­

tion, etc.

5 — Nuclear reactors engineering

6 — (Sometimes) Nuclear reaction econo­

mics.

Separately, if one is lucky enough to

find out, one can join such courses as

"Env i ronment and M a n " o r Science 8c

Society", where (again with luck ) some­

one may ta lk of the role of Nuclear re­

actors in some real s i tuat ion such as

solving the energy crisis. In any case, by

the t ime we find out something about

the real problems, it is too late F O R U S

to decide whether or not the course is

not a prefabricated jerry

built fai lure. It should be

marketed as by anyone

else i n industry does with

their own products. The

campaign should be care­

ful ly thought, hammered

into shape, extensively ex­

plained and advertised

and then released with

considerably more chance

of success.

P. Gee

A t a union general meet­

ing on Tuesday at the

Polytechnic of N o r t h L o n ­

don it was decided by ap­

proximately 350 for to 100

against to occupy the A d ­

ministrat ion b lock in the

Ho l l oway precinct.

The students have been

sleeping i n overnight and

manning the telephone ex­

change as well as prevent­

ing the Amin is t ra t i on staff

f rom having access to a l l

files and documents neces­

sary to the running of the

college.

The students are cal l ing

for the resignation of the

Director of N L P , Terence

M i l l e r . H e has fought since

his appointment against

student representation on

committees and the auto­

nomy of the student union.

A mot ion which amount­

ed to a mot ion of no con­

fidence in M i l l e r was nar­

rowly defeated at a Cour t

of Governors meeting on

the Monday before the

U n i o n Genera l Meet ing by

15 votes to 11.

The President, Terry

Povey told me that the

occupation wou ld continue

unt i l M i l l e r leaves. There

was no mention of the

other problems that stud-

IWR' JLONDON

A d m i n , block Hol low ay R o a d .

ents face i n the or ig inal

mot ion.

The foyer of the A d m i n

block i n Ho l i oway R o a d

was plastered with posters

exc la iming " M i l l e r m a n

must g o ! " referring to the

depict ion of M i l l e r as a

student-bashing robot i n ­

vented by the Tor ies in the

current edit ion of the Poly

handbook.

The students manning

the telephone exchange

and upstairs sitting on

cushions >n the offices were

a l l wear ing badges saying

" M i l l e r o u t " wh ich date

f rom the first occupat ion

to try and remove M i l l e r

f rom his post.

The files in the A d m i n

had been checked over by

JAI i?«ox»£5»-W. \

\ \ \

\ " \ -

M i l l e rman after defeat.

the occupying students

and several had copies of

a letter f rom the Univer ­

sity of St i r l ing imp ly ing

that M i l l e r had appl ied for

the post of Pr inc ipa l and

Vice-Chance l lor there.

Lfcst Thursday meetings

were held in a l l the pre­

cincts ( N L P is spread over

quite a large area) to dis­

cuss the occupat ion. The

general feeling of the.se

meetings was one of con­

fusion at why the execu­

tive, having tabled the or­

ig inal mot ion , appeared at

that stage to be trying to

run the occupat ion down.

Terry Povey to ld me

"we are keeping the occu­

pation smal l so that stud­

ents don't become demor­

a l i s ed " whereas the stud­

ents i n the precinct meet­

ings appeared to feel that

the reverse should be the

case.

Perhaps the main reason

for demoral isat ion is sum­

med up by a poster prom­

inent in the entrance read­

ing " L e t ' s inject some

politics into this occupa­

t i on " .

H e has frozen their

funds for the th i rd t ime,

and the students are de­

manding that they be i m ­

mediately unfrozen.

useful.

Result : once one has already studied

al l that, the only possibility of feeling

that one is useful or needed, or of finding

a job, is by trying to solve any prob­

lem by apply ing the learned techniques

of Nuclear Reactors. Obv ious ly the

motivation to study in such a way may

be status, money, inertia, etc., but not

the wish to solve real problems such as

energy supplies, crisis, etc., simply be­

cause we didn ' t even know that such

problems existed sometimes.

How about t ry ing the other way

around? i.e. based on motivat ion, e.g.

1— Enersv requirements of present way

of life"

2 — Alternatives

If the student st i l l believes that more

energy is required and that it is the

only solution (or the best) . . . and

feels inclined to try or help to solve

the problem:

3— —Energy production methods, conse­

quences, costs, etc.

If the student still believes that N u c ­

lear energy is a solution . . .

4 — Nuclear Reactors, types, economy,

social implicat ions, ecological and

pol i t ical effects, possibilities, etc.

Aga in , if the student sti l l . . .

5 — Nuclear Reactor physics and engin­

eering: research design, construction

maintenance, management, etc., job

conditions, possibilities and scope,

present organisations, etc.

If the s t u d e n t . . .

-The atom, its nature. E = mc 2

nuc­lear reactions, energy l iberat ion.

etc.

Result : 1—only those who believe, i n

what they are doing w i l l continue, 2 —

the motivat ion wi l l be a continuous

drive improv ing the learning, 3—those

who don't feel motivated to the subject

simply split and have opportunity to

cither deal with the same problem in a

different field or to look for more satis­

fying studies, problems, work, etc. In

short: Heal thy responsible learning not

indoctrination.

Th i s means saving, of educational re­

sources (time, money, lectures, etc.) o »

the side of the educating organisation,

and of precious time, effort, frustration,

etc.. Oil the part of the student: plus

this also leads to enjoyable and desir­

able work rather than a compulsory and

dul l one.

If what we want is people's education

rather than boost ing our statistics and

records, we should stop considering edu­

cation as commerc ia l goods that can

be given to anybody who pays for it

independently of whether or not that

person is interested or motivated to

learn.

J . Agu i r re ,

C i v . E n g . 310

P a g e 6 F E L I X October 23«L 1973

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nsti* urn 6 Almost free theatre

Nowadays lunchtime d rama is becom­

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ing an audience f rom office workers and

the urban populace that cannot stay i n

town late just to see a play. The A lmos t

Free Theatre is one theatre running a

series of lunchtime plays, and I went to

see Instrument for Love by Jennifer

Phi l l ips, which is running at 1.15 p.m.

(except Sundays) unt i l October 27th.

The theatre audi tor ium is very smal l

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ence which is exploited by the cast

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the action and not just passive obser­

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an open house during the interval. The

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their fed up daughter, and a guest who

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the or ig inal guest who cou ld not make i t

at the last minute. A s the p lay progresses

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organiser and the only person that really

wanted to see the opera. F o r the other

three it is only a social drudgery that

must be borne out and it is remarkable

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as the parity are too involved wi th them­

selves. It also transpires that M r . Harper

(the guest) is really a "d i r ty old m a n " ,

who cannot come to terms w i th himself

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of mak ing obscene phone calls and is

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end is not indignant but invit ing. M i s s

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handle the product ion w i th great sensi­

t ivity and nothing is overdone so the

whole effect is realistic rather than

absurd. Notable performances were

given by G i l l i a n M a r t e l l as the trendy

mum and Dav id G lover as the sex-

crayed guest.

The play was produced by Interaction,

who are a group experimenting i n a l l

forms of art and communicat ions for

use at communi ty level, and w i th this

play they have produced a very good

drama product ion that w i l l appeal to

lunchtime audiences, especially as there

are no f ixed prices, but you just pay

what you want to. T i m Jeffes

T O N I G H T ! -

T u e s 2 3 O c t - O S I B I S A + H e a v y M e t a l K i d s

in G r e a t H a l l — 8 0 p on n i gh t

T h u r s . 25 O c t . - S o l d i e r B lue + B o b , C a r o l , T e d & A l i c e

6 . 3 0 in M e c h . Eng . 2 2 0 - l O p

Fr i . 2 6 O c t . - D I S C O in Lowe r R e f e c t o r y — l O p

Sa t 27 O c t - M A N F R E D M A N N ' S E A R T H B A N D

in G r e a t H a l l . IC S t u d e n t s 5 0 p in a d v a n c e

Fr i . 2 N o v . - Q U E E N - U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l - 3 0 p

Sat . 3 Nov . - S H A F T - 7 . 3 0 in M e c h . Eng . 2 2 0 - 1 Op

Sat . 17 Nov . - R A L P H M c T E L L - in G r e a t H a l l

IC S t u d e n t s 7Op in a d v a n c e

T i c k e t s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e la te r th is week

Sat . 2 4 Nov . - B A C K D O O R - in G r e a t H a l l

IC S t u d e n t s 5 0 p in a d v a n c e

T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e f r o m N o v . 1

T I C K E T S F R O M U N I O N O F F I C E D U R I N G

L U N C H T I M E

R E G I S T R A T I O N C A R D N E E D E D F O R IC

R E D U C T I O N

October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

CROSS I DUN FRY CLUB l l "u ' .Jub . ' * . ,

»ne o f those interest ing stories

Af te r last week's report y ou prob­

ably gained the impression that a large

field was expected at the 2nd U L Cross

Country T r i a l . I n fact there were only

36 runners: maybe the others were put

off by the previous mudd le (or perhaps

they don' t exist). The fact that U L were

Without any organisat ion was aga in the

cause of some dashing about by some

people and some standing a round i n

the co ld by others. F i r s t of a l l , i t was

generally decided that we'd do the 5

rather than the 6 mi l e course, and we

were about to start when it wasn't a good

idea because the course wasn't marked

and half the people wouldn ' t know the

way. Now , by coincidence, there were

two other iraces at Par l iament H i l l that

afternoon and we somehow co-opted

one of their courses wh i ch was we l l

marked. Someone then went round the

course so he cou ld describe i t . Past gems

of course-description here have included

'Go round the tree that isn't there" ,

and "It 's the same as the 1938 Na t i ona l

course"; this year i t was " D o n ' t go

round the Ex tens i on , " whatever that

was.

So, somewhat colder, we set off and

found our way round two laps totalling

about 5 J miles. R i c h a r d Garnett and

R o b A l l i n son were tenth equal i n about

32 minutes, fo l lowed by Ian E l l i s (12th),

K a l i r a y (14th) and Dave West (15th).

The rest of us were we l l spread over the

remaining finishers w i th Pad bringing

up the rear despite a 6 minute improve­

ment over a s imi lar distance last week.

Unfortunate ly N e i l Boag arr ived too late

to r u n hav ing been trapped by B R i n

a locked u p stat ion.

A f ter the race we set off for the sta­

t ion v ia Greasy Joe's T ea and Chess

E m p o r i u m , and, after wa i t ing for a l i f t

for some t ime I a n E l l i s decided (dis­

p lay ing t yp i ca l Cross Count ry C l u b lead­

ership) to open the gates of one of the

lifts already wai t ing at the top landing,

and we and other people got i n . U p o n

a l l this act iv i ty a nai lman appeared and

offered his estimate of how long we'd

have to wai t for the l i f t to move, so

everybody got out again.

O n Wednesday we went to R i c h m o n d

Park . There's not m u c h to say about

this because nothing went wrong. We

went round our course (each at his own

pace: and many and varied these were),

and arr ived back i n t ime to p lay o n the

swings whi le wa i t ing for the coach.

Next week Inquests on the U C Re lay

and the League Race , and Ian Isher-

wood's explanat ion of why he's s t i l l not

running.

D J .

HOCKEY CLUB! A rather depleted 2nd X I played the

first match of the season away against

l . ' .C. 2nds o n Saturday. A f ter recruit­

ing players f r om 1st and 3rd X I s

(thanks to Andrew , Jerry and R i chard )

ten ind iv iduals invaded 5th Kensington

underground complete with sticks and

other assorted weapons, so beginning

the marathon journey to Shenley.

The game got underway w i th some

intelligent and positive p lay by a l l

members of the team. U . C . were con­

tained i n itheir o w n half , and although

shots at goa l were not i n abundance, a

wel l taken goal , f r om deep i n the ' D ' ,

struck by M i k e Hatcher gave us a de­

served 1-0 lead at hal f t ime. A f t e r the

break, however, the t eam seemed to fa l l

apart with U . C . forwards finding ample

room to score three goals Ito seal our

fate.

A f ter the match U . C . showed a

marked lack of hospital i ty, and—more

impor tan t—a marked l a ck of jugs. So it

was a generally p d off team that

returned to I.C.

A word of encouragement to fresh­

ers !to show up o n Saturdays (at 1.00

p.m. i n the union) i f you want your tal­

ents to be recognised. It lis good to have

your subs but better 2nd team results

necessitate • regular turn out.

I A N

Team: R. Bateman, J . Heffer, J . D a n ,

1. Read (capt.), J . S imon, P. Craven , A .

Brewster, M . Matcher. J . Wong , G .

Robinson.

JUDO CLUB I.C.'s Judo C l u b only came back into

existence last year—so natural ly , i t is

sti l l a very new c lub , and continuously

undergoing the process of change and

development, eventually we hope into a

very prominent and successful c lub .

We have had many of last year's

c lub members return to form a nucleus

for this year. We have also had over

28 newcomers w i th a range of experience

from white belt to black. A s at ithe be­

ginning of any year, there is also a lot

of interest f r om prospective beginners

who may wel l jo in on hav ing had a n

introduction to judo.

D u r i n g this first term we hope to

organise several demonstration/friendly

competit ion events w i th other college

clubs in U L U , to which anybody inter­

ested—if on ly to watch—is very wel

come. Then after Chr is tmas things w i l l

become more serious as we enter ' fu l l -

b looded ' competit ions (not too much

blood we hope!), and w i th a l itt le l uck

take off some trophies.

W e w i l l be very pleased at any t ime

to welcome new members ( from begin

ners to b lack belts). The c lub practises

every Tuesday and Thursday evening,

starting at 6.30 p.m., i n the U n i o n G y m

with two b l ack belt instructors.

S. J . R I C H A R D S O N (Secretary)

M . E . 3

J . W . B L O O M E R (Captain)

Physics 3.

i . e . hockey: Wednesday, 10th October saw 'the

start of a new season. Imper ia l , under

the delusion of p lay ing Brune i 1st X I ,

played wi th in themselves i n the first

half and at half t ime the score was 2-0.

M i c k Dovvnes then informed us we were

playing Brune i 2nd X I and we composed

ourselves accordingly and ran out w in ­

ners 7-0. T h e scorers were G . Popple

(3 + 1 jus), M . Downes (2) and K .

Ross (2).

Wednesday evening was also P ie and

M a s h night. It was a night enjoyed by

everyone especially N i ge l Woodhouse,

who st i l l has to learn to count, and T i m

Hanson who had swimming lessons in a

Se lk i rk Bath. W e wish to thank every­

one for support ing the occasion.

Cont inued page 4

M i n e s e a r l y b i r d s h e a d f o r t h e s t a r t

TIDDLEY WINK RACE The tradi t ional T idd le l y W i n k Race

down Ox fo rd Street was once aga in a

great success.

The winner was M ines Fresher Jamie

' B l u r ' Be l l . H e led i n great style, leading

the M ines contingent to victory, and was

accorded an exclusive interview o n

S T O I C .

O n a 'per cap i ta ' basis Mines once

collected more than either of the other

constituent Colleges, and a to ta l of £420

was collected.

T h e hard work and fun realised i n

this event can ibe judged by the number

of students hobbl ing around over the

weekend.

N o arrests were made, a good start.

W i n k e r s a t w o r k

MORPHY DAY OCTOBER 24th In 1920 A r t h u r M o r p h y presented

Imper ia l College w i th a cup to be rowed

for by the Consti tuent Colleges. The

race was started f rom s'takeboats and

raced in Eights f rom Hammersmi th

Bridge to the Univers i ty Stone at Putney

Bridge.

Compet i t ion for the M o r p h y first

eights was so strong that in 1945 Colone l

Lowry , then the secretary of the C o l ­

lege, introduced the L o w r y C u p for

second eights. It is a regrettable fact

that puny C and G have managed to

c raw l home first 39 times, Mines 8

times and R C S , being gentlemen, have

considerately exerted their authority a

mere 6 times.

Th is year C & G have fielded an eight

which is probably the fastest in Br i t a in .

They have s ix international oarsmen and

the rest are made 'up of nat ional cham­

pions. The R C S crew have most of

the I C first eight, and Mines are also

competing.

Af ter the second war the Stakeboat

starts were replaced by free starts and

then i n 1960 the course was shortened

to 2,500 metres f r om Harrods Deposi­

tory to the Univers i ty Stone.

PaSt tow path battles inc lude a mock

funeral w i th coffins carr ied by C & G

and R C S , complete w i th police escort

across Putney Br idge and down the E m ­

bankment to I C Boathouse. C i t y and

Gu i lds have now ordered their usual

five hundredweight of flour, but it is

rumoured that Mines , wi th a n unusual

display of intelligence, have phoned up

the company and diverted the cargo into

their own coffers, at C G 's expense.

D i d you know that R C S has won the

towpath battle twenty-six times (once

with the help of Mines) and the score

stands the same wi th C & G ? Come on

R C S (I try not to be biased), we need

that M o r p h y Day Mascot , and for the

Miners, i n case you'd forgotten, it's a

sawn-off oar. /

ffage 8 FELIX October 23rd , 1973

W . N . O . Safety and First A i d

In view of the recent fire in Zoo logy ,

I think that it is the right time to bring

to your notice that there w i l l be a first-

a id briefing session later this term. It

w i l l be held probably on Thursday, 6th

December, in the Great H a l l , f rom 12.45

to 13.45. Th is is a free, open meeting

and a l l students are encouraged to

attend.

Policy Statement Append ix Th is is now ready and in the U n i o n

office. A l l studerits are encouraged to

have a copy. I would l ike to know i f

there are any mistakes so that these

c an be corrected at the next U n i o n

meeting, which wi l l be, Incidentally, on

November 1st.

Park ing The traffic warden w i l l soon refuse

to a l low students to park without a

permit. A l l permits are.now in m y office

and should be collected as soon as pos­

sible.

A L L S P A C E S H A V E N O W B E E N

A L L O C A T E D . I sympathise w i th those

who have not got a place but 1 a m un­

able to allocate any more places as I

have no more to allocate.

Concessions Directory There are four copies of the above

available in the Un i on office for con­

sultation. If you would l ike to know

how to use your N U S card to the best

advantage this is the book to look at.

Barber A new barber w i l l be starting work

this week. The service w i l l be avai lable

f rom 1.30 o n Thursdays i n the dramat ic

society changing room, i n the U n i o n

bui ld ing. The price w i l l be 25p for

short hair .

P. A . Wadwor th

Hon. Sec. I .C.U.

PHOENIX ARISEN . Fr iends, i f you perused the first edi­

t ion of our esteemed college journal ,

Fe l ix , this term you may have seen

ment ion of a magazine, by name

P H O E N I X . Even i f this is not so, do

not despair, for I sha l l briefly recap

and expound here and now.

P H O E N I X is a magazine steeped in

history. It was founded n years ago

by no lesser a person than H . G .

W E L L S , and has since been through

innumerable hands. A s of course, is to

be expected the magazine has greatly

evolved i n both form and content;

though some might say that the changes

have been by revolution not evolution.

We l l , friends, n o w is your chance to

acquaint yourselves w i th and even buy

this famed magazine as last year's rather

delayed (to be regarded as a proof the

adage that 'time and printers wait for

no editors, be they Fe l i x or P H O E N I X ' )

edit ion is now on sale. Th is excellent

magazine contains poems and prose and

artwork (ate.) hot f rom the fervoured

minds of I.C.'s l i terary giants (who hap­

pen to be pos ing at this moment as un­

cultured science a n d engineering stu­

dents).

The only catch in this superb and

unique offer is that ithe magazine costs

20p. N o w don't stop reading! Come on ,

put your minces closer to this article

and have a good butchers! Th is un­

fortunate accident is no fault of the

editors but is our lot deemed unto us

by those above, and is specially designed

to protect your scant dues paid into the

Un ion .

We l l a further evolution has occurred

and I am ed i to r—an editor, I might add,

wi th new ideas for the next edit ion of

P H O E N I X . However I am also an edi­

tor Who is sl ightly l a ck ing i n staff, owing

to the almost total third-year monopoly

of last year's magazine. So I am look ing

for some fresh energetic minds who are

interested enough to drop me their

names—you don't have to be Shelleys

or Cervantes', just ord inary students

who can offer ideas and m o r a l support

to your wi l t ing editor as he fights

against the apathy of I.C.

A n d now we are at the heart of the

matter, apa thy—or as I prefer, ignor­

ance and diffidence. In m y conversa­

tions w i th many people across the co l ­

lege I found that i t was not that they

'could not be bothered' to contr ibute

articles, but that they had never heard

of P H O E N I X or had never seen one

and so d i d not know what sort of

material was wanted. So I sha l l te l l y ou

now that we want: P O E M S , P R O S E

(fiction and non-fiction), A R T W O R K ,

C A R T O O N S — i n fact almost A N Y ­

T H I N G . NOw there are 4000 odd stu­

dents at I.C., and I want every one of

you to put pen/brush/ehareoal/etc. to

paper and create something for the next

P H O E N I X . There is excellent potential

at I.C. to produce an outstanding maga­

zine; but the edit ing board cannot do

this on their o w n — P H O E N I X is Y O U R

magazine and stands o r falls by Y O U R

contributions. So don't be shy, send in

your piece now! I a m going to start

early to bu i l d up a good magazine, and

I need Y O U R help.

So i f you are interested i n helping

behind the scenes or wish to be the

star and have your name printed under

every fruit of your fertile spawn of

genius, send wo rd (or composit ion) to

m e — S T E V E H E R M A N either (care­

ful ly labelled) v ia the Fe l i x Office (3rd

floor, Union) or Via the Physics letter

rack.

M a n y Thanks ,

K E E P O N W R I T I N G ! ! and B U Y

P H O E N I X ! !

S T E V E H E R M A N .

GET MOVING by Father Wi l l i am

Younger's Tartan—Free

A l ight fun record distributed free by

Youngers to promote ' Ta r tan ' beer —

one of those paper th in single sided

P .V .C . efforts presumably given free

wi th n barrels of Tar tan .

A typ ica l example of this advertising

medium, the repetitive theme is or ig inal

enough " G e t M o v i n g (for Youngers

' Tar tan ' ) " but the backup lyrics ( eg

"It 's time for l iv ing, it 's time for . . .

any time at a l l " ) I feel I've heard be­

fore. However, for it 's k i n d the musica l

content is above average, and the ar­

rangement showed some forethought,

the tune's very catchy (of course!) and

could only be described as the commer-

cial ist of pop.

Definitely a new departure for

Youngers — transferring the image of

'Tar tan ' f rom the dr ink of the bur ly

Highlander ito that of the ' Top of the

Pops ' set.

In short, worth a play i f you get it

free.

D . G . F .

GHOST The Wellsoc Ghost Study G r o u p wi l l hold a meeting on Thurs­

day, 25th October, at 7.30 p.m. in Southside Upper Lounge. A l l

interested are invited to attend or contact A L A N L I T T L E F O R D

via Maths II letter rack.

S T O I C Tuesday 23rd October

12.45

12.55

13.00

13.40

M y Choice—music . Anyone wanting to choose the music

for ' M y Choice ' should come to Elec. Eng. -306 at lunch-

times or ring I N T . 3061.

B B C Television News.

Sarting Po in t—L ive discussion programme.

Closedown.

Fr iday 26th October

12.45 M y Choice. 12.55 B B C Television News. 13.00 T O P I C . A news-magazine programme featuring all in and

around I.C. 17.45 B B C Television News. 18.00 Topic.

18.25 London Survival: F O O D . Cathy Gee takes a look at eating in London .

C A L L I N G U N S A - T W 1 A s s o c i a t i o n

It appears (in the eyes of the Social Clubs Committee) that this

C lub is now dead. If there are any committee members lurking,

then could they please contact the Secretary (Peter Hughes, Chem.

Eng . P .G. , Linstead Hal l ) . Otherwise, its continued existence wi l l

be questioned at the next S.C.C. meeting (due to be held on Dec­

ember 6th, 1973).

BEWIEil I0RPHY DAY R O W I N G R A C E S

( including Ladies Eights) S M A S H Y O U R R I V A L C C U

Th is is the only day of the year to let your hair down

(Flour, Soot, Rotten Frui t provided by your C C U )

T imetab le : 2.00 p.m. Supporters to their Col lege

Union.

3.00 p.m. Lowry Race and commencement

of Bat t le outside Boathouse.

3.30 p.m. Morphy Race.

YSSS National Confer­ence Students and the

building of the

Revolutionary Party Saturday, 27th October 2 p.m. Union Concert Hall, Imperial College. Credentials 20p.

The

USK handbook

is now

avai lable

FREE f rom the

U n i o n Office

and is certainly

wel l worth hav ing

Sailing! Af te r the first couple of weeks of

total and absolute chaos w i th sai l ing

c lub tr ials and freshers days, a bit of

sanity reigned as the I.C. Sai l ing C l u b

team made towards Portsmouth, at least

dur ing the chase down there.

However , things were brought back

to normal i ty , as our navigators man­

aged to get us lost somewhere on South-

sea front.

Hal f -an-hour late, we arrived, and

i t is here that I have to report the first

appal l ing efforts of our new captain,

B r i a n (Tweedale) Rogers, V . C . — no

first round was bought (many thanks

for the coke Nigel ! ) .

Eventua l l y the Portsmouth Po l y team

led us to some submarine base i n the

depths of Pompey Dockya rd where we

proceeded to start the first o f three

races.

The three newcomers to the team,

R i c h a r d Woods (crewed by hefty I an

Hoppa l ong plus B . Tweedy and Chr is

M i l l s plus P. B r a i n , then proceeded to

show the way round and gaining 2nd,

3rd, 4th after some fair team racing.

W i t h a good 2|- pts lead the o ld lags

took the he lm wi th every confidence of

boosting this lead st i l l further.

Everyth ing was O .K . unti l the start

gun went and there were Hefty and

Tweedy stuck hard up against a jetty

and a couple of cruisers—neither were

moving.

However, at the first mark a Po l y

boat retired after a port side incident

with yours truly .

W i t h one short beat to go and i n a

comfortable 1, 2, 4, a certain un-named

member of the team managed to neatly

convert this at the finish to 1, 3, 5 after

try ing to get our hon. captain through

to third. Sorry folks ! !

Th i s gave us the match quite con­

v incingly by 7 pts. A further scratch

was put on and our Freshers neatly

notched up a 1, 2, 3 to end a pleasant

day's sai l ing.

p.p. P. B R A I N .

P r i n t e d b y F . B a i l e y & S o n L t d . , D u r s l e y , G l ios . c o p y r i g h t 1973. A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .