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

N o v e m b e r 13th, 1973 F R E E ! I S S U E N o . 346

1

U G M

Thursday 12,45 p.m.

in the Great Hall

M A S S I V E R E S P O N S E T O

G R A N T S D E M O O V E R 10,000

O N M A R C H

Over 10,000 students, mainly from Lon­

don but some from further afield, turned

up for the grants demonstration organised

by the London Students Organisation last

Wednesday.

A rally w a s he ld at

i h e F r i e n d s , M e e t i n g

H o u s e , E u s t o n S q u a r e

a n d s p e a k e r s i n c l u d e d

r e p r e s e n t a t i ves of

T r a d e U n i o n s , t e a c h e r s

a n d o l d age p e n s i o n e r s .

T h e m a r c h s ta r t ed at

Ma l e t S t ree t at 3 p .m.

a n d m o v e d off c h a n t i n g

s l o g a n s d o w n a c r o s s

the W a t e r l o o B r i d g e to

the D e p a r t m e n t of E d u ­

c a t i o n a n d S c i e n c e

h e a d q u a r t e r s on the

S o u t h bank .

R i n g e d on al l s i d e s

b y peace fu l l y p l o d d i n g

p o l i c e m e n , the m a r c h

w a s unevent fu l a n d

we l l - o rde r ed .

P a r t i c u l a r l y voc i fer­

o u s w a s the c o n t i n g e n t

f r om the N a t i o n a l U n i o n

of S c h o o l S t u d e n t s

( N U S S ) w h o we r e we l l -

e q u i p p e d w i th l o u d -

ha i l e r s a n d l ed the

c h a n t i n g of s l o g a n s in

many par ts of the

d e m o .

A t t imes the l i l t ing

s o p r a n o s of P h i l l i p a

Fawce t t C o l l e g e w h e n

not s h o u t i n g r a u c o u s

d e m a n d s , b r o k e out in

s o n g p ro t e s t i ng at the

level of the g ran t s .

T h e IC c o n t i n g e n t

w a s s m a l l a n d c o n ­

s i s t ed ma in l y of " t h e

r e g u l a r s " . M o s t of the

n u m b e r s for the m a r c h

c a m e not f rom the C o l ­

l e ges of the Un i v e r s i t y

of L o n d o n , but f r om the

P o l y t e c h n i c s , T e a c h e r

T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e s a n d

C o l l e g e s of F u r t h e r

E d u c a t i o n , in a n d

a r o u n d L o n d o n .

A s o m e w h a t be­

m u s e d , if s y m p a t h e t i c

r e s p o n s e w a s r e c e i v e d

f rom m e m b e r s of the

p u b l i c w h o t h r o n g e d

the p a v e m e n t s to w a t c h

a n d w e r e p r omp t l y

h a n d e d e x p l a n a t o r y

b u m p h by en thus ias t i c

g i r l s tuden t s .

A p o l i c e m a n h a d to

be s p e c i a l l y d e t a i l e d to

g u a r d a R o l l s - R o y c e

( p a r k e d o n a y e l l o w

l ine , m i d - a f t e rnoon ! )

w h i c h w a s i n u n d a t e d

w i th leaf le ts f rom the

d e m o n s t r a t i o n .

K i n g ' s C o l l e g e in the

S t r a n d w a s g r e e t e d

w i th a c h o r u s of b o o s

a n d h i s s e s d u e to the

l a r g e n u m b e r of s c a b

s t u d e n t s w h o w e r e

w a t c h i n g out of the

w i n d o w s but w h o re­

f u s e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in

the m a r c h .

T w o d e l e g a t e s f r om

e a c h C o l l e g e a t t e n d e d

a m e e t i n g o n the g r a n t s

c a m p a i g n h e l d d u r i n g

the a f t e rnoon . It is not

k n o w n w h e t h e r repre­

s en ta t i v e s f r om IC we r e

there .

T h e next s tep in the

fight for the four b a s i c

N U S d e m a n d s w i l l b e a

" w o r k - i n " , o r g a n i s e d o n

a c o l l e g i a t e b a s i s , to

t ake p l a c e o n N o v e m ­

ber 14th.

NUS Secretary acquitted Steve Parry, Secre­

tary of the NUS, w a s

a r r e s t ed , a l o n g w i th

s eve ra l o the r s i n c l u d i n g

T a r i q A l i , o n a d e m o n ­

s t ra t i on in J u l y a ga ins t

C a e t a n o the P o r t u g u e s e

P r em i e r .

H e w a s c h a r g e d w i th

a s sau l t but a c q u i t t e d

due to i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s

in the p o l i c e e v i d e n c e

on T h u r s d a y 1st Nov­

embe r .

T a r i q A l i h o w e v e r

w a s f ined £50 d e s p i t e

p h o t o g r a p h i c e v i d e n c e

" d i s p r o v i n g " the p o l i c e

c a s e that A l i m a n a g e d

to a s s a u l t two c o n ­

s t a b l e s w h i l e h o l d i n g a

b r i e f c a s e in h i s h a n d .

New Chair

for

Biochem

A s e c o n d c h a i r h a s

b e e n ins t i tu ted in the

D e p a r t m e n t of B i o ­

c h e m i s t r y he re at IC to

be k n o w n a s the R a n k

C h a i r of P h y s i o l o g i c a l

B i o c h e m i s t r y . T h e

C h a i r w i l l be f i n a n c e d

by the J . A r t h u r R a n k

G r o u p Cha r i t y .

It i s not k n o w n at

p r e s en t w h o wi l l t ake

up the C h a i r .

U C Give in T h e b o a r d s i n s c r i b e d

w i th the n a m e s of past

P r e s i d e n t s , D e p u t y

P r e s i d e n t s a n d H o n o r ­

ary S e c r e t a r i e s of Im­

per i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n

have b e e n r e tu rned .

T h e y we r e w r e n c h e d

off the w a l l s of the S C R

in the U n i o n b u i l d i n g a

few w e e k s a g o by per­

sons not un l ike cer­

ta in of the r abb l e that

c l a i m to inhab i t Un iver ­

sity C o l l e g e E n g i n e e r ­

ing D e p a r t m e n t .

E n q u i r i e s l ed by

Depu t y P r e s i d e n t Dave

S i n c l a i r s o o n r e vea l ed

that the a b o v e a s s u m p ­

t ion w a s not a m i l l i on

m i l e s f rom the t ruth .

A t e l e p h o n e c a l l w a s

du l y m a d e by D a v e S i n ­

c l a i r , in w h i c h the pos ­

s ib i l i t y of l e ga l a c t i o n to

retr ieve the b o a r d s w a s

not left u n s a i d , to the

a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d h o a r d

of butter- f ingered mean -

d e r t h a l s w h o k n o w not

the m e a n i n g of inv io ­

late.

T h e b o a r d s we r e in­

stant ly r e tu rned last

W e d n e s d a y a n d after

s t e r i l i s a t i on w i l l b e s o o n

o n s h o w a g a i n in a l l

the i r g i l d e d s p e n d o u r .

PURPLE PITCH

T h i s w e e k I have d e c i d e d to wr i te

a to ta l ly u n p o l i t i c a l P a t c h , a s I th ink

that the r e is a g rea t d e a l w i th in the

U n i o n w h i c h w e mus t b e g i n to sort

out. T h e m a i n i tem at the m o m e n t is

the b e h a v i o u r of a great n u m b e r of

our s t u d e n t s at pa r t i e s a n d the l ike .

I have a l w a y s g i v en s t u d e n t s the

benef i t of the d o u b t w h e n it c o m e s

to the i r b e h a v i o u r a n d at t i tude to

the i r n e i g h b o u r s , a n d a l s o t h o s e

w h o a r e w o r k i n g for the benef i t of

the s tuden t s , but un for tunate l y ,

o n c e o n e h a s s e e n the a f t e rmath of

" S t u d e n t f u n " then one b e g i n s to

w o n d e r h o w thought fu l s t u d e n t s

rea l ly are .

A f ter a wh i l e o n e e x p e c t s to see

b r o k e n g l a s s e s , b r o k e n bo t t l es ,

s o m e l itter a n d o c c a s i o n a l l y a l itt le

d a m a g e , but th i s t e rm w e have b e e n

ge t t ing into the state of w a l k i n g up

the s t a i r c a s e s a m i d the s t e n c h of

p ints of vomi t , ur ine , a n d w h e n one

en t e r s the to i l e ts f i nd ing that s o m e

c o n s i d e r a t e s tuden t h a s d e p o s i t e d

h u m a n e x c r e t a u p o n bo th the f loor

a n d a l s o the w a l l s . I c a n , if I try very

h a r d s e e that o n c e a p e r s o n is

p i s s e d a n d is d e s p e r a t e l y t r y ing to

i m p r e s s h i s f r i ends , that th i s t ype of

d i s p l a y c o u l d be very funny (Ha .

Ha. ) but I th ink that if th i s s a m e

p e r s o n we r e to f ind h imse l f w i th the

u n e n v i a b l e t ask the f o l l o w i n g morn ­

ing of h a v i n g to c l e a r up the m e s s

w h i c h he h a s m a d e , then the s i tua ­

t i on w o u l d b e s o m e w h a t di f ferent.

W e have got to the s ta te at the

m o m e n t w h e r e the c l e a n e r s a re

a b o u t to r e fuse to c l e a n any of the

" S t u d e n t a r e a s " at a l l u n l e s s s o m e ­

t h i n g is d o n e a b o u t the o b n o x i o u s

c o n d i t i o n s in w h i c h the r o o m s a r e

left. I a m not e x a g g e r a t i n g w h e n I

say that s o m e of the c l e a n e r s have

b e e n k n o w n to m a k e t h e m s e l v e s i l l

by t r y ing to c l e a n the shit a n d vomi t

off the f l oors after s tuden t pa r t i e s

the p r e v i o u s n ight . Y o u may say that

the way of p r e v en t i ng th i s k i n d of

t r o u b l e r e - o c c u r r i n g is to get h o l d

of the c h i l d i s h prat w h o is c a u s i n g

the m e s s a n d m a k e h i m c l e a r it up

o n c e h e is s obe r , bu t un for tunate l y ,

un less one c o u l d do a vas t amount of

a n a l y s i s t h r o u g h o u t the c o l l e g e ,

then it w o u l d b e very di f f icult to

t r a c e the o w n e r of the a f o r e s a i d ex­

c r e t a .

I a m afra id that if th i s i s b e c o m i n g

the ' n o r m a l ' way for a s tuden t to be­

have , then I w o u l d l ike to r e c o m ­

m e n d to o u r A c a d e m i c A f fa i rs

Of f i cer that he a p p r o a c h the B o a r d

of s t u d i e s w i th a v i e w to inse r t i ng in

every s t u d e n t ' s s y l l a b u s a c o u r s e in

' C o m m o n d e c e n c y , a n d h o w to a c t

l i k e a n adu l t ' .

T h e p r o b l e m is not mere l y o n e of

fi lth a n d s q u a l o r . T h e r e is a l s o the

p r o b l e m of n o i s e at par t i e s , a n d

e s p e c i a l l y e x c e s s i v e n o i s e after

11.00 at night . I w o u l d not d o u b t

that a party w i thou t m u s i c w o u l d , for

many , b e very b o r i n g , a s they a re

not g rea t c o n v e r s a t i o n a l i s t s at the

bes t of t imes , but d o e s th is n o i s e

rea l l y have to beg in at a r o u n d 1 0 0

d e c i b e l s a n d i n c r e a s e in d i r e c t p ro ­

po r t i on to the a m o u n t of a l c o h o l

c o n s u m e d ?

W h y s h o u l d it be that I a m ge t t ing

o n a v e r a g e the threat of o n e ind ic t ­

ment e a c h w e e k e i ther f rom the

area a r ound the co l l e g e or f r om the

area a r o u n d the H a m l e t ga rdens

f l a t s?? I fai l to s e e w h y I s h o u l d be

c a l l e d f r om my b e d at 12.00 mid ­

night to qu ie ten a " P a r t y " in H a m l e t

g a r d e n s , a n d w h e n I p h o n e the flat

the re is no one o n the o ther e n d of

the p h o n e w h o is c a p a b l e of answe r ­

i ng the q u e s t i o n " C a n I s p e a k to

s o m e o n e in c h a r g e of the p a r t y " . In

fact o n e e v e n i n g last w e e k I spen t

a l m o s t 20 m i n u t e s t ry ing to get

t h r o u g h to the o r g a n i s e r s of a par ty

in H a m l e t g a r d e n s , a n d I got n o

o ther rep ly than f r om two d r u n k e n

bu f f oons on the o ther e n d of the l ine

t r y ing to cha t e a c h o ther up . T h i s

w a s , I might a d d after 12.00 m i d ­

n ight .

It m ight s e e m o b v i o u s to most

s e n s i b l e s t u d e n t s that my a c c u s a ­

t i ons a r e on ly a i m e d at that a b s o l u t e

m inor i t y w h o s e e m i n c a p a b l e of c o n ­

d u c t i n g the i r l i v es in a n adu l t m a n ­

ner .

A s a f ina l no te to a l l , by a l l m e a n s

have a g o o d t ime a n d get the bes t

f r om y o u r t ime in Un ive rs i t y , but for

g o o d n e s s s ake , P L E A S E c o n s i d e r

t h o s e a r o u n d y o u , bo th y o u r f e l l ow

s tuden t s , y o u r n e i g h b o u r s , a n d a l s o

t h o s e w h o are w o r k i n g for the g o o d

of the s t u d e n t s w i th in the c o l l e g e

(ie. C l e a n e r s e t c . ) . ,

U n l e s s s o m e d r a s t i c r e - th ink ing

o n beha l f of the o r g a n i s e r s of par­

t i es e tc . is d o n e , the on ly s o l u t i o n

w i l l be for the U n i o n to t ake d i s c i p ­

l inary a c t i o n a g a i n s t those p e o p l e

w h o a r e s p o i l i n g the lot of the rest

of the s tuden t body . It is unjust for

a m inor i t y to i n f l u ence d e c i s i o n s

a g a i n s t the major i ty .

A s a p l e a to a l l the s t u d e n t s of the

c o l l e g e , it i s in y o u r o w n interest to

preven t o ther s t u d e n t s f rom c a u s i n g

a d i s t u r b a n c e in a n y way. T h e on l y

real way of m a i n t a i n i n g d i s c i p l i n e is

for eve ry s tuden t to ac t a s a d i s c i p ­

l ine of f icer, a n d k e e p t h i n g s u n d e r

c o n t r o l . P L E A S E H E L P U S T O H E L P

Y O U .

N O R M .

p.. F E L I X November 13th, 1973

NUS to fold ? T h e net resul t of the

Sta l in is t d o m i n a t e d N U S

exec ' s w h e e l i n g s and

dea l ings 'is n o w courting

out : Ba th U n i v e r s i t y and

N e w c a s t l e P o l y t e c h n i c

have a l r eady d i s c u s s e d

mo t i ons to disaf f i l iate

f r om N U S a n d murmwr­

ings about d isa f f i l ia t ion

are g r o w i n g l ouder 'in

many co l l e ges th rough ­

out the count ry .

So far none of these

have been pass ed , a l ­

though they have neces ­

s i ta ted the despa t ch of,

N U S pres ident J o h n

Randa l l to co l l e ges

where the m u r m u r i n g s

have g rown into an o m ­

inous rumble f r om the

right w i n g to do BO.

Randa l l tu rned up at

K i n g ' s on T h u r s d a y

where the first s tages of

disa f f i l ia t ion moves are

oc cu r r i ng to try a n d

quash them. He d i d no t

appear u n d u l y w o r r i e d

by the s u d d e n emerg ­

ence of these r ight w i n g

tac t i cs as those mo t i ons

w h i c h had been tab l ed

had b e e n k i c k e d out.

W h a t does the N U S

exec th ink about t h i s ?

The story beg ins b a c k in

the last s tages of D i gby

J a c k ' s re ign a t the N U S

Nat i ona l Con f e r ence i n

Exeter , Easter t h i s year

. . . . A m o t i o n w a s

tab l ed b y N U S exec to

sp l i t off N U S se rv i c es

( t ravel , i nsurance , etc. )

f r om N U S so that they

we re f inanc ia l l y ' inde­

pendent . The r easons for

do ing so were 'stated as

" t h e ex i s t ing p r o v i s i on

of N U S se rv i ces a n d the

ar rangements for the i r

con t ro l are i n a d e q u a t e " .

H o w e v e r it s e e m e d

strange a t the t i m e that

the exec had a l l o c a t e d

one of its t w o pr io r i t i es

for the con fe rence order

paper to tha t apparent l y

u n c o n t e n t i o u s m o t i o n .

It is clear to all now

that in view of recent

events the N U S exec

was preparing even at

that stage to conscious­

ly liquidate NUS.

A l t h o u g h it w a s a rg ­

ued by the exec that to

sp l i t the se rv i c es off

f r om N U S w o u l d have

saved N U S f r o m a n y

f inanc ia l 'malad ies that

the s e r v i c es might have

c o l l e c t e d , in fact qu i te

the reverse w a s t rue : the

sp l i t t ing ensured that

wha teve r happens to

N U S as a po l i t i c a l b ody ,

lucra t i ve prof i table N U S

Serv ices c a n cont inue

m a k i n g the i r money off

s tudents .

T h e demons t ra t i on

that o c c u r r e d o n W e d ­

nesday w a s spon tan ­

eous l y o r g a n i s e d by the

: London S tuden t s Organ ­

isat ion ( L S O ) , the Lon ­

don area o r g a n i s a t i o n Of

N U S .

Ear l i e r th i s year the

exec had t h r o w n out a

mo t i on ' ca l l ing for a

nat iona l m a r c h , op t ing

for l oca l demonstra t ion 's

and exp r ess i ons o f sup ­

port for the grants c a m ­

pa ign to be o rgan i s ed on

an u n c e n t r a l i s e d l oca l

bas i s .

T o c a p it a l l the N U S

even presented to the

emergency con fe rence ,

he ld at Imper ia l last

t e rm, a mot i on c a l l i n g

for a " w o r k - i n " to be

he ld th i s t e r m .

W h e n ques t i oned on

the nature o f the " w o r k -

i n " they r e p l i e d that it

was up to each i n d i v i ­

dua l co l l ege to o rgan ise

a " d o - y o u r - o w n - t h i n g "

a l ternat ive s y l l abus to

eve ryday co l l ege l i fe.

Desp i t e t h i s vacu i t y

of l eadersh ip , s tudents

are prepared to fight,

even though the d e m o o n

W e d n e s d a y w a s not or ­

gan i s ed na t i ona l l y by the

N U S , over 1 0 , 0 0 0 s t u d ­

ents ( L 6 C es t ima t ed

15 ,000 ) tu rned up, near-

9

ly a l l f r o m L o n d o n , to

vo i c e the i r anger at the

rap id l y v a n i s h i n g va lue

of the grant .

T h e N U S are t ry ing

the d i s g u s t i n g se l l -out

t ac t i c s of eng inee r s '

l eader H u g h S c a n I on

Who, d e sp i t e a p i l e of

t e l eg rams a m i l e h i g h o n

His p l u s h d e s k d e m a n d ­

ing a nat i ona l s t r ike of

the A U E ' W unt i l the

£75,000 fine is Wi th ­

d r a w n , offers no leader­

s h i p and left it up to

each i n d i v i d u a l a rea or­

gan i sa t i on to arrange

s t r ikes / s toppages / go

s l o w s / o v e r t i m e b a n s or

whatever they l i k e .

T h i s c o m e s a s no sur­

pr i se of course a s the

C o m m u n i s t 'Party w h o

cont ro l N U S exec have

been con t inua l l y exa l t ing

Soan l on (an e x - C P m e m ­

ber) i n the c o l u m n s o f

the i r paper a n d cove r ing

up f o r each be t raya l he

has 'done.

Never be fore has the

ques t i on of l eadersh ip

been of s u c h paramount

impor tance i n the T rade

U n i o n s a n d the N U S .

There is not a squeak of

ob jec t ion to the p l u m ­

met ing va lue of ou r

grants v i s i b l e In the

ac t i ons o f the N U S exec .

They a re p repar ing qui te

c o n s c i o u s l y to h o l d back

any s t rugg le of s tuden t s

that turns into a po l i t i ca l

fight aga ins t the Tory

government . T h i s s i tua ­

t ion of p o l i t i c a l l y bank­

rupt l e a d e r s h i p is a

s t a m p i n g g r ound for the

r ight W ing w h o w i l l use

it to disaf f i l iate f r om the

N U S .

A s N U S co l l apses

r ound the ears o f the

Sta l in is t N U S exec they

Wi l l p lace the b l a m e on

the s tudents just a s i n

C h i l e the r ise to p o w e r

of the J u n t a w a s the

fault of the w o r k i n g and

m i d d l e c l a s ses there .

A r e w e t o let t h e m get

away w i t h th i s f o r one

m o m e n t l onge r ? O n l y

the po l i c y o f i m m e d i a t e

c a s h supp l ementa ry

grants t i ed 'to the s tudent

cos t of l i v ing index can

ma in ta in our deprec ia t ­

ing s t anda rd o f l i v i n g

and yet they re fuse to

put f o rward such a d e m ­

and to the T r i enn i a l

R e v i ew o r to ra l l y sup­

port for i t among the

s tudents .

The Y S S S w i l l ca i r i -

pa ign mos t ru th l ess l y to

expose and rep lace these

t reacherous leaders and

appea l s to a l l s tudents

Who are n o longer pre­

pared to s i t back and

w a t c h the N U S des ­

t royed by these enemies

of the s tudent movemen t

to jo in t h e m in a fight to

de f end o u r grants a n d

our d e m o c r a t i c r i ghts .

Parking Stickers

I a m s t i l l in p o s s e s s i o n

of over 2 0 p a r k i n g per­

m i t s . It s e ems rather

s trange that , c ons ide r ­

ing the l a c k of off icial

pa rk ing s p a c e , there are

st i l l peop le w a n t i n g to

c o m e to co l l e ge by ca r

and yet not use the c o l ­

lege park ing that they ' v e

been a l l o ca t ed . For the

sake of others w h o w e r e

u n s u c c e s s f u l in the i r ap­

p l i c a t i ons , I th ink it

on ly fa i r that , if these

s t i cke rs are not co l l e c t ­

ed , they Wi l l be re­

a l l o ca t ed .

Electricity Supply

Y o u may be aware

f rom the nat iona l press

and rad io that interrup­

t ions t o supp l y may take

p lace due to the power

eng inee r s ' w age s d i s ­

pute. The London E lec ­

t r i c i t y B o a r d has i n ­

f o rmed the co l l ege that,

a l though power cuts a r e

not expec t ed , vo l tage re­

d u c t i o n may be Intro­

d u c e d at any t i m e .

The norma l opera t ing

var ia t i on of ± 5 % o n the

norma l vo l tage of 4 1 5

vol ts w o u l d , under s u c h

c i r c u m s t a n c e s , not be

ma in ta ined . Reduc t i ons

of up to — 1 0 % (41 .5

volts) can b e expec ted

w i thout w a rn i ng . Conse r ­

vat ion of e l e c t r i c i t y dur ­

ing any vo l tage r educ ­

t ions w i l l be essen t i a l .

The L E B have a l so

w a r n e d us that if the s i t ­

uat ion deter iorates a

sys t em of p l anned d i s ­

connec t i ons w i l l be i n ­

t r o d u c e d .

If you have ever f ound

yourse l f in the m i d d l e of

one of ou r large labora­

tor ies late at n ight a n d a

power fa i lure o c curs y ou

may we l l f ind yourse l f i n

a very t i c k l i s h s i t u a t i o n .

T h i s happened to

s o m e unfor tunate peop le

w h o f o u n d themse l v es 'in

their depar tment , in dif­

ferent parts o f the b u i l d ­

ing , at abou t 8 . 3 0 p .m .

one n ight When the

power cab le runn ing

a l ongs ide the b u i l d i n g

s i te f a i l ed . W i t h o u t

to rch or matches they

g roped their w a y past ex­

per imenta l r igs a n d other

sources o f dange r and

eventua l l y f ound them­

se lves i n a p i t ch dark

co r r ido r . T r y ing to re­

member where the sta ir ­

case w a s (there be ing

no th ing to g i ve them the

fa intest c lue ) p rov i ded

qu i te a task a n d it w a s

10 m inu tes o r so unt i l

they f ound it a n d eventu­

a l l y got out.

It is , o f course , a l ­

ways better if there

are two of you a n d the

secur i ty g u a r d s k n o w

exac t l y whe r e you are .

Even if you have not

taken the precaut i on of

hav ing your o w n to rch

ava i l ab l e , s ecur i t y w i l l

eventua l l y c o m e round

to get peop l e out. Y o u

w o u l d th ink , of course

that the bat tery operat­

ing emergency l i gh t i ng

w o u l d 'be p r o v i d e d , but

no s u c h luck , me r c i l e s s

t reasury h a s s e en t o that

and the p r o v i s i o n of s u c h

matters n o w is a very

cos t l y b u s i n e s s . No , the

so lu t i on i s s i m p l e , never

wo rk a l one after no rma l

hours . A l w a y s make

sure that y o u s i gn in and

out at the secur i t y pos t

and i f poss ib l e carry a

torch or have one at a

k n o w n p lace i n your

desk or 'hanging up be­

h i n d the door or where -

ever it i s mos t conven

ient.

O f course , i f you

happen to be in the lift at

the t ime , b a d luck . The

co l l e g e ma in t enance en

g ineers have a rout ine

emergency d r i l l w h i c h

requires t h e m to c h e c k

every l i f t eventua l l y .

Lady Flowers' Do

The first of Lady

F l o w e r s ' get toge thers is

be ing h e l d a t 1 7 0

Queens Gate o n Thurs

day , 2 2 n d Novembe r

Beer , soft d r i nks , s n a c k s

and m u s i c w i l l be pro­

v i d e d . U n l i k e prev ious

ones, howeve r , ma les

are be ing i n v i t e d . If you

w o u l d l i k e to go p lease

contac t J e n , the U n i o n

C l e rk and your name w i l l

be a d d e d to the l is t . If

you are female , p lease

contac t M a r y Short .

P . A . W .

AGAPE D i g b y J a m e s , R C S

Broadshee t ed i to r , J e s u s

freak and B i b l e m a i n -

l iner , is g r o w i n g ever

more agape at the un-l

para l l e l ed 'po l i t ica l tour-j

m o i l o f t oday ' s s o c i e t y . j

Perhaps if he shut b is|

mouth for a momen t an

thought about the conse ­

quences of h i s r amb l ings

he w o u l d rea l ise the hor ­

r ib le impl icat ion 's b eh ind

" S p a r k " , the Na t i ona l

Front S tuden t s A s s o c i a ­

t ion term'ly newspaper

appear ing on c a m p u s e s .

A g l a n c e at any h i s ­

tory of the H i t l e r Y o u t h

M o v e m e n t w o u l d w a r n

of the danger's o f a f r iv ­

o l ous approach to " f a s c -

s o c " .

S u c h N a t i o n a l ­

ist soc i e t i e s have a l r eady

been e s t ab l i shed at

G o l d s m i t h s Co l l e g e here

in London and i n Exeter

Un i ve r s i t y .

I see that your " c h r i s t ­

i a n " mouth ings are on ly

s k i n deep for you are

prepared to offer d i s t r i ­

but ion to a newspaper

w h o s e at t i tude t owards

the quarter or so fore ign

s t u d e n t s in th i s c o l l e g e

is a n y t h i n g but the

c o u r t e s y a n d f r i end l i ­

ness to w h i c h they are

at p r e s en t a c c u s t o m e d

at I.C.

Seven ' •

attacks

in less

than a

month i

i

Li fe at Leeds U n i v e r s ­

ity a n d P o l y t e c h n i c is a n

ex t reme ly d a n g e r o u s

affair. A l r e a d y t h i s terrtt

there have been a n u m ­

ber of a s s a u l t s W h i c h

p rompted U n i v e r s i t y

U n i o n P r e s i d e n t Anldy

J a r o s z to w a r n a l l f emale

s tudents not to venture

out a lone af ter d a r k . H e

s a i d : "I f ind the Whoi&-

s i tuat ion ex t r eme l y d a n ­

g e r o u s " .

A month - l ong c i t y bus

cur f ew has been i m ­

posed due to the fre­

quency of a t tacks oo

c o nd uc t o r s . A l l buses "m

the ' c i ty s top runn ing at

9 p .m.

Det . -Supt . H o b s o n for

Leeds C i t y Po l i c e , saild

that M r . J a r o s z ' a d v i c e

w a s good but " I t is not

some th ing w e n e e d <tio

get a l a r m e d a b o u t " .

O h , no? W e l l th i s i s

the inventory of a t tacks

that hav e o c c u r r e d

With in the first month 'O f

th is t e rm to Leeds s t u d ­

ents : '•»•.

M u r d e r s : 2.

A s s a u l t s : 3 .

A t t e m p t e d murde r : 1.

Rape : 1.

If that ' s no th ing to g e t

a l a r m e d a b o u t then per­

haps the b l a n d c o m p l a c ­

ency of Supt . HObson i s ,

Norm Sayles, ICU President

(The unusual cumulo-nimbus formation!

above his head is of unknown origin, butj

always appears when we print his photos)'.

November 13th, 1973 F E L I X .age 3

1 0 , 0 0 0 C O M E O U T

B U T O N L Y 5 0 0 S T A Y T O L I S " W h a t do w e w a n t ? "

— " H i g h e r g r a n t s . "

" W h e n do w e w a n t

t h e m ? " — " n o w ! " These

c r i e s of despera t i on rang

out a l o n g the na t i ona l

grants demons t ra t i on

last W e d n e s d a y after­

noon .

A b o u t 1 0 , 0 0 0 s tud ­

ents f r om a l l over the

count ry turned up for

the m a r c h f r o m M a l e t

Stree t to the Depart­

ment of E d u c a t i o n and

S c i e n c e b u i l d i n g near

Wa t e r l o o S ta t i on .

P r om inen t on the

m a r c h w a s a large ban­

ner f r om the London

Fede ra t i on of T r ades

C o u n c i l s a m o n g the

m a n y thousands of p lac ­

a rds , c o l l e g e banners

and a m i s e rab l e f aded

green banner f r om the

Y o u n g L ibera ls .

T h e y por t rayed a

large range of po l i t i c a l

c o n s c i o u s n e s s : for ex­

a m p l e the c y n i c a l r ad i ­

ca ls f r om L S E we r e

shou t ing " L o g i c a l pos i ­

t i v i s m in , i n , i n ! " , a p l ac ­

ard f r om P h i l l i p a Faw-

cett co l l ege read " S t u ­

dents eat b o o k s " and

those f ew s tudents f r om

K i n g ' s (more than f r om

IC I m igh t add ) that

managed to w r es t t h e m ­

se l ves away f r om their

heavy tomes on theo logy

were shou t ing " G e n e r a l

S t r ike , To r i e s O u t ! "

But they re fused to

budge and the on ly c o n ­

c e s s i o n they made to

the power o f the 1 0 , 0 0 0

s tudents w a s to a d d 12

moun t ed p o l i c e m e n (on

horses ) to the a l r eady

3-deep layers of men in

b lue ou t s ide the D . E . S .

headquarters .

A t the ra l l y M a x M o r ­

ris (of the Na t i ona l

U n i o n of Teachers )

made the s o m e w h a t

c ryp t i c s ta tement that

Marga re t Tha tcher is

" m a r c h i n g reso lute ly

b a c k w a r d s into the fu­

t u r e " after exp ress ing

h is " s i n c e r e a d m i r a t i o n "

for her only a f ew weeks

ago.

Speakers a lso c ame

f r om tenants ' move­

ments , trade un i on i s t s

and o l d age pens i one rs ,

but were on ly l i s t ened to

by about 5 0 0 s tudents

w h o engaged at t imes in

fur ious h e c k l i n g aga inst

the S ta l i n i s t s and Lab­

our lefts.

M a n y s tudents d i d

not bother about the

ra l ly r ea l i s ing the fut i l i t y

of the r e h a s h of hack­

neyed d r i v e l that has

been f lung at them every

t ime so far, and yet

w h i c h has w o n t h e m a

muni f i cent 5 % grant cut .

Howeve r on the bas i c

ques t i on of h igher

grants , desp i t e the

efforts of N U S to ensure

that not many peop le

turn up by 'ate pub l i c i t y

and bad o rgan i sa t i on

( there w a s o n l y ve te ran

S ta l i n i s t a n d T V star let

J u d y Cot ter to o rgan ise

the M a l e t St . d e m o ) ,

1 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents t u r n e d

up m a i n l y f r om teacher

t ra in ing a n d the s m a l l e r

co l l e ges to s h o w the i r

de t e rmina t i on to f ight f o r

h igher grants .

N . B . a c c o r d i n g to the

" E v e n i n g N e w s " the

number on the d e m o w a s

7 , 5 0 0 , the source of

th i s d i s c r e p a n c y might

have s ome th ing to do

w i t h the f o l l o w i n g . . .

F rances the N U S Press

Officer a sked a po l i ce ­

m a n h o w many peop le

he e s t ima t ed were on

the d e m o , his reply was

" a b o u t 1 0 , 0 0 0 . " H o w ­

ever w h e n he s a w her

go into a t e l ephone box

to m a k e a ca l l he d i v ed

in after her a n d p r e s u m ­

ing her to be a j ourna l ­

ist s a i d that if she w a s

c a l l i n g her newspaper

then s h e ' d better say

7 , 0 0 0 !

T h e G u a r d i a n ' s repor­

ter w a s not w a y l a i d in

t h i s w a y a n d s a i d that

about 1 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents

we re there .

IC was s i n g u l a r l y

w e l l r epresented there

w i t h a m a s s i v e turn-out

of 15 , we l l d one , tha t ' s

one in the eye for S t .

J o h n S t e vas !

A f t e r a l l the exhor ta ­

t i ons f r o m P r e s . N o r m

Say l e s in last w e e k ' s

Purp l e P a t c h , to m a k e

sure the d e m o is w e l l

suppo r t ed , N O N E of the

U n i o n Exec , j o i n e d the

d emo .

S tuden t s mus t rea l i ze

that the N U S l eadersh ip

in the c o m i n g pe r i od

w i l l f ight t oo th a n d n a i l

to h e a d off a n y s t rugg le

w h i c h mus t of n e c e s s i t y

b ecome a f ight aga ins t

th is Gove rnment . T h i s

w i l l be further borne out

by their m o t i o n s a n d

a m e n d m e n t s in the N U S

Marga t e Con f e r ence .

HIGHER GRANTS FOR

POSTGRADUATES

Sign the Petition!

W e , as m e m b e r s of

imper i a l Co l l e g e , fee l

that w e mus t a d d our

vo i ce to those w h o have

s p o k e n up about the

present a n o m a l y of the

Pos t Gradua t e grant.

F o r Pos t Gradua tes in

L o n d o n , the p r ob l em is

pa r t i cu l a r l y acu te . Ever

s i n c e the London

w e i g h t i n g was a b o l i s h e d

in 1 9 6 2 by the upg rad ­

ing of the a w a r d for a l l

other P G s tuden ts in

the count ry , the real

va lue of the a w a r d has

been a I l o w e d to fa 11 to

the po int where London

P G s tudents are unab le

to l ive w i t h i n the i r

means .

T h e A s h b y report of

1 9 6 2 stated that the P G

grant s h o u l d be suff icient

to a l l o w a P G s tudent to

enjoy a s t anda rd of l iv­

ing higher than that of

a t y p i c a l underg raduate .

A l l w e ask is that the

P G grant be t i ed to the

U G grant by the rat ios

p roposed by N U S , so

that a c c o u n t is taken for

the fact that P G s tudents

have to pay for f o od ,

c l o th ing and a c c o m m o ­

da t i on for a l l 5 2 w e e k s

of the year . T h i s s h o u l d

a l l o w a P G to enjoy the

same s t andard of l i v ing

as a U G as w e l l as auto­

m a t i c a l l y p r o v i d i n g a

London we i gh t i ng , a

benefit en joyed by a l l

other members of the

Un i v e r s i t y .

T h o s e w h o state that

the present l ow leve l of

grants is fair because

the P G grant is not

means tes ted s h o u l d re­

m e m b e r that parents

have a l r eady f inanced

their ch i l d r en for 3 years

as U G ' s . Su r e l y th is

suppor t s h o u l d not be

inc r eased to 6 yea rs?

P G s tudents car ry out

a major propor t i on of

the r esearch ca r r i ed out

in B r i t i s h Un i v e r s i t i e s .

Th i s con t r i bu t i on s h o u l d

be a c k n o w l e d g e d by a

major r ev i s i on of the lev­

el of the grant for the

next t r i enn i um.

PETITION WORDING

The u n d e r s i g n e d c a l l

upon the DES to m a k e it

part of the i r p o l i c y to

i n c l u d e a L o n d o n a l l o w ­

ance in the a w a r d s to a l l

persons s t u d y i n g for

h igher degrees w h o are

reg is tered as s tudents of

the co l l e ges a n d s c h o o l s

of L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y

and a l l c o l l e ges in the

Greater London area .

This is a copy of a

pe t i t i on for h igher post­

g raduate grants . It is to

be s i g n e d by a l l ICPGS

a n d hope fu l l y by Sir

B r i an as w e l l .

T e n

For the at tent ion of

M e s s r s . C o r b y n , East

a n d V e a l l : —

W h a t does C E F E con­

s ide r are a pe rson ' s bas ­

ic r i gh ts? Does the

" f r e e d o m " of s o c i a l i s m

a l l o w a m a n f r e edom to

h o l d b is o w n i d e a l i s m ,

e.g. have a re l i g ion

(wh i ch a s o c i a l i s t s h o u l d

c ons i d e r reac t ionary and

i l lusory . )

If the answer is " y e s "

then exp l a in the a c t i on

of a l l k n o w n c o m m u n i s t

reg imes aga ins t idea l ­

i s m .

If the answer is " n o "

then p lease exp l a in

whether (a) s o c i a l i s m is

an idea ! a r o u n d w h i c h

men mus t be m o u l d e d ,

i.e. c l a i m i n g to be abso­

lute t ruth there fore idea l ­

i s m ) ; (b) s o c i a l i s m is an

idea l to be m o u l d e d by

m a n , the mater ia l w o r l d

etc.

MAURICE M O L O N E Y

Editor's reply to the open

letter to CEFE C E F E ' s ideas of a

pe r son ' s bas i c r ights are

s o m e w h a t c o n f u s e d as

they have no concep t of

" d e m o c r a t i c r i g h t s " , i.e.

those r ights w h i c h have

been w o n by the work­

ing c l a s s in the course of

s t rugg le l ike the r ight to

s t r ike , the r ight to a free

na t i ona l i s ed hea l th ser­

v i c e , the r ight to a de­

cent s t anda rd of l i v ing ,

etc. There are no s u c h

th ings as r ights as

th ings in themse l v e s ,

on ly r ights that are w o n

in c on t inua l s t rugg le

aga ins t the e xp l o i t i n g

c l a s s , a n d that are o n l y

de f ended in further

s t rugg le , w h i c h in cer­

ta in pe r i ods , mus t as­

s u m e a revo lut ionary

charac te r and resul t in

the ove r throw of the ex­

p l o i t i ng c l a s s and the

se t t ing up of the d i c t a ­

to rsh ip of the exp l o i t ed

c l a s s .

F r e e d o m — ? W h a t is

f r e edom? Is f r e edom the

ab i l i t y to j ump out of a

tenth s torey w i n d o w ?

No, " f r e e d o m is the

apprec i a t i on of neces­

s i t y " as Enge l s put it,

a n d by that he meant

that subject as w e are to

l aws of nature, e.g. grav­

ity, d i s ease , etc., free­

d o m is the r e cogn i t i on

of the necess i t y of those

laws , i.e. of the i r objec­

t ive charac te r . It is by

r e cogn i s ing the neces­

s i ty of the law of grav­

ity, i.e. its a c t i on inde­

pendent of our w i l l , that

enab les us to " o v e r ­

c o m e " it by the use of

ae rop lanes , etc. , i.e. by

the r e cogn i t i on of fur th­

er necess i t i e s ( laws) of

nature.

Enge ls w r i t i n g the

in t r oduc t i on to the

" C i v i l W a r in F r a n c e " by

K a r l M a r x po in t s out that

the C o m m u n a r d s (of the

Par i s C o m m u n e of 1871 )

co r r ec t l y a b o l i s h e d a l l

f i nks be tween the c h u r c h

a n d the s tate : they rea l ­

i s e d " t h a t in relation to

the state, r e l i g i on is a

pure l y pr ivate m a t t e r " .

T h a t is o f c ou r s e c o m ­

p le te ly necessary — the

i dea l i s t ph i l o s oph i e s

s p r i n g h i s t o r i c a l l y out of

s ca r c i t y and play an

ex t reme ly react ionary

ro le in any po l i t i c a l s i t­

uat ion and cannot there­

fore be suppor t ed by a

w o r k e r s ' state. A s s o c i a l ­

i s m a lone c an re lease

a n d co -o rd ina te the pre­

s en t l y a va i l ab l e p roduc ­

t i ve power a n d a b o l i s h

s c a r c i t y — i d e a l i s m w i l l

d i sappear in a s im i l a r

w a y to the ear ly Char t i s t

movemen t w h i c h sp rang

out of poverty a n d ended

th rough prosper i ty .

In the s c h o o l s , of

c ourse , a d i a l e c t i c a l

mate r i a l i s t app roach w i l l

be used t o w a r d s every

sub jec t a n d the on ly re­

l i g i on tha t w i l l be taught

w i l l be compara t i v e re­

l i g i on taught in a d i a l e c ­

t i ca l m a t e r i a I ist ap­

p r o a c h as part of m a n ' s

s o c i a l pre-h is tory .

The c o m m u n i s t reg­

ime ' s ac t i on aga inst re­

l i g i on as " e x p o s e d " in

the current issue of

" V o i c e ' a r i s es out of

the need to comba t any

return to i d e a l i s m in

t imes of Hardsh ip d u r i n g

the p e r i od of the d ic tat ­

o r sh ip of the pro le tar iat

— f o r that w i l l not so l ve

the p r ob l ems .

T h e present " c o m ­

munis : . " r eg imes are not

even s o c i a l i s t in the

marx s : s ense of the

w o r d e n d have to be

d e s c r i b e d sc i en t i f i ca l l y

as degenera ted w o r k e r s '

s tates , where the Sta l in ­

ist bureaucrac i e s are in a

s i m i l a r po s i t i on be tween

the Wes t a n d the East­

e rn w o r k i n g c l a s s a s the

Trade U n i o n bureauc­

racy in th is count ry is

be tween the To r i e s a n d

the B r i t i s h w o r k i n g

c l a ss .

A r i s i n g out of that

e c o n o m i c pos i t i on (the

Sta l in is t bureaucracy )

on ly cer ta in e c o n o m i c

ga ins are poss i b l e a n d

these are on l y l im i t ed

ones . Th i s p r oduce s a

l e s s en ing o f t h e ga ins o f

the w o r k i n g c l a s s (than

are a c tua l l y poss ib l e )

and a l so because th i s

na tura l l y i nvo l v e s not

f ight ing for a n unde r ­

s t and ing of d i a l e c t i c a l

ma t e r i a l i sm w i t h i n t h e

work ing c l a s s — i d e a l ­

i s m ga ins a ho ld a n d h a s

to be v i c i o u s l y sup­

p ressed .

A l t h o u g h the answer

is in a l im i t ed sense

" y e s " your concep t i on

of s o c i a l i s m is (of

course ) incorrec t . S o c ­

i a l i s m is not an i dea l in

the sense of a Utopia. It

is a stage of soc ia l

o rgan i sa t i on of m a n ­

k ind w h i c h is necessary

to run the present p ro ­

duc t i v e f o r css and deve l ­

op them further. It is no

more pe rmanent than

was f e u d a l i s m or s l ave

soc i e t i es or the cap i t a l ­

ist mode of c o m m o d i t y

p r oduc t i on .

The urgency of the

fight for s o c i a l i s m today

ar i ses out of the e con ­

o m i c c r i s i s , c aused by

the con t rad i c t i ons inher­

ent w i t h i n c a p i t a l i s m ,

w h i c h must roso lve it­

sel f in f a s c i s m or s o c i a l ­

i s m .

H a v i n g ^ rasped t'~at

and d e c i d e d upon fig. t-

ing for s o c i a l i s m , then

the means , t a c t i c s , strat­

egy, etc. , for that fight

can on ly be a r r i ved at

out of a d i a l e c t i c a l mat­

er ia l i s t app roach to the

c l a s s s t rugg le a n d its

h is tory .

A l l other means resu l t

in f a s c i s m .

Page 4 F E L I X November 13th, 1973

MUSIC Neil Young Stagnant

It w a s a very d i s ­

a p p o i n t e d a u d i e n c e that

left t h e , R a i n b o w last

M o n d a y e v e n i n g after a

d i s j o i n t ed a n d b o r i n g

p e r f o r m a n c e by Ne i l

Y o u n g . T o o m u c h ta lk

a n d not e n o u g h m u s i c ,

was , I th ink , the g e n e r a l

o p i n i o n a n d wha t w a s

p l a y e d , i n c l u d e d n o n e

of h i s bes t ma t e r i a l .

A t l east th ree quar ­

t e rs of h i s p e r f o r m a n c e

w a s b a c k e d by C r a z y

H o r s e ( n o w r e n a m e d

the S a n t a M o n i c a

F l i e r s ) a n d he on l y

p l a y e d a c o u s t i c gu i t a r

a n d ha rp after l e a v ing

the s t age a n d r e tu rn ing

for a n e n c o r e . T h i s

s t r ange ac t of p e t u l a n c e

o r s a r c a s m c a m e after

on l y 40 m i n u t e s in w h i c h

he h a d c o m m e n t e d o n

the s i l e n c e of the a u d i ­

e n c e (what d i d he ex­

pec t ? ) a n d h a d g i ven up

one of h is lengthy , i n ­

vo l v ed i n t r o d u c t i o n s due

to shou t of ' R o c k a n d

R o l l ' , ' S o u t h e r n M a n '

a n d ' O h i o ' f r om the a u ­

d i e n c e . T h e on l y rea l ly

pos i t i v e l y m e m o r a b l e

n u m b e r w a s ' P l e a s e

t ake my a d v i c e ' w h i c h

w a s b a c k e d by a c c o r ­

d i o n a n d h a r m o n i e s

f r om N i l s L o f g r e n

S o m e o the r n u m b e r s

p l a y e d w e r e T o n i g h t ' s

the n i gh t ' w h i c h o p e n e d

the set a n d w a s inex­

p l i c a b l y p l a y e d a g a i n

later o n , ' A l b u q u e r q u e '

a n d C o w g i r l in the S a n d

— ( the f ina l n u m b e r ) —

w h i c h c o n t a i n e d a l o n g

a n d c h a o t i c d o u b l e l e ad

gu i ta r j a m from Y o u n g

a n d Lo f g r en .

At t imes h a w a s arro­

gant a n d c y n . c a l a n d it

w a s di f f icult to ie l l w h e n

he w a s b e i n g s e r i o u s .

H e e s t a b l i s h e d no rap­

port wi th the a u d i e n c e

w h o r e m a i n e d hope fu l

a n d f rus t ra t ed , i n d e e d

s e v e ra l p e o p l e e ven

w a l k e d out in d i s g u s t

a n d protes t . I r ea l i s e

that he must be b o r e d

w i th p l a y i n g ma t e r i a l

f rom 'Af ter the G o l d -

r u s h ' a n d 'Ha r v e s t '

w h i c h a r e in h i s past ,

but I th ink that the re is

a l a c k of n e w s o n g s in

h i s p r esen t . D o the two

a l b u m s of l ive ma te r i a l ,

o l d t a p e s p l u s a few

n e w s o n g s i n d i c a t e

s t a g n a t i o n ?

Ve r y s a d . P a l a n t i r i o n .

BOOKS IN A F R E E S T A T E

V. S. Naipaui

Penguin 35p

In a F r e e S ta t e it is

a x i o m a t i c that m e n

s h o u l d b e a b l e to

c h a n g e the i r ro l es , but

rare ly i s it o p e n l y re­

c o g n i s e d that the ex­

p lo i t e r will p r o b a b l y be­

c o m e the e x p l o i t e d .

E x p l o i t a t i o n a n d the

part of the u n d e r d o g

s e r v e to c o n n e c t the five

t i gh t l y -drawn p i e c e s in

th i s w e l c o m e a d d i t i o n

to the P e n g u i n l ib rary .

T h e s tory w a s a w a r d e d

the B o o k e r P r i z e in

1971, a n d d e s e r v e d l y

so , for V. S. N a i p a u l ' s

w r i t i ng is , a s a lways ,

e c o n o m i c a l , a n d h i s

c h a r a c t e r i s a t i o n fault­

l e ss . W i thou t effort, w e

c o n s i d e r a p r o u d t r a m p

on a s t e a m e r tr ip, feel

the p r o b l e m s of a n In­

d i a n i m m i g r a n t in West ­

e rn S o c i e t y , a n d dr i v e

t h r o u g h A f r i c a w i th two

E n g l i s h expa t r i o t s .

T h o u g h p r o j e c t e d

t h r o u g h these c h a r a c ­

ters , o u r p i c t u r e is not

af fected or d i s t o r t ed ;

p e o p l e ac t a s w e w o u l d

e x p e c t t h em to, a n d a l ­

t h o u g h the i r b e h a v i o u r

( c o n t i n u e d p a g e 5)

X - C O U N T R Y F o l l o w i n g o u r ex­

t reme ly n a r r o w de feat

at the h a n d s of the Me t .

P o l i c e (6 to c o u n t , the

p o l i c e h a v i n g the first 7

f in i shers ) the . C r o s s

C o u n t r y C l u b set off to

the m i d d l e of K e n t for

a c h a n g e of air a n d a

r a c e a g a i n s t W y e C o l ­

lege- Not Only w a s there

a c h a n g e of a i r but a l s o

a d r a m a t i c c h a n g e of

resul t , for b o t h o u r

t e a m s bea t W y e ' s s i n ­

g l e t e a m t h o u g h on l y

b e c a u s e they w e r e l e s s

fit t han we . For the first

t ime eve r w e put o n a

t eam f in i sh w i th o u r first

four r u n n e r s R o b , i a n ,

P a u l a n d Al f , s o far

a h e a d that they w a i t e d

for e a c h o the r a n d f in­

i s h e d toge ther , a n d be­

h i n d the nex t W y e run ­

ne r w e r e S t e v e a n d

Ke i th w i th n o c h a n c e of

b e i n g c a u g h t o r c a t c h ­

i ng up s o i they t oo ran

in toge ther . A n o t h e r

n e w d e p a r t u r e w a s

P a u l ' s sho r t cu t t h r o u g h

a t ho rn b u s h a n d he

f in i shed w i th a n impres ­

s i ve a m o u n t of b l o o d

f l ow ing f r o m h i s

w o u n d s . S p e a k i n g of de­

par tu res , o u r j o u r n e y to

W y e w a s not w i thout in ­

c i d en t . H a v i n g to

c h a n g e t r a ins at A s h ­

fo rd w e h a d b e e n in­

f o r m e d that the r e w o u l d

be th r ee m i n u t e s be­

t w e e n t ra ins . Ian E l l i s

(not Iris) o p t i m i s t i c

at the p u n c t u a l i t y of B R

though t to a n s w e r a c a l l

of na ture a n d e m e r g e d

to s e e the t ra in gather ­

i n g s p e e d . Fo r tuna te l y ,

the t ra in s t o p p e d ,

t h o u g h w h e t h e r th i s w a s

in r e s p o n s e to l a n ' s c ry

of " c o m e b a c k " o r be­

c a u s e a d o o r of the

t ra in h a d b e e n f lung

o p e n by Ke i th an t i c ipa t ­

ing h i s l e a p i n g a b o a r d

( though Ian w a s run­

n i n g in the o p p o s i t e

d i r e c t i o n to the tra in ) is

not yet e s t a b l i s h e d . (It

is r u m o u r e d that Ian

h a s b e e n r e a d i n g a

book : "101 w a y s to

S t a r " , a n d th is may . . .)

T h e c o u r s e w a s up a n d

d o w n s e ve ra l of the

s t e epe r h i l l s n e a r W y e

C o l l e g e a n d for s u c h a

te r ra in it w a s s u r p r i s i n g

there we r e n o b o d i e s

s t r ewn a b o u t the route

after the race , but e v en

D a v e J o n e s a n d Pe t e

J o h n s o n f i n i s h e d , beat­

ing the last two of the

five W y e r u n n e r s . F o r

s o m e r e a s o n the resu l t s

we r e w o r k e d out i n c l u d ­

ing 6 of o u r r u n n e r s in

a t e a m a n d on ly 5 of

the i r s : th i s w a s swif t ly

c o r r e c t e d .

Af ter the r a c e a n d

s o m e hot ly (if not we l l )

c o n t e s t e d g a m e s of b a r

b i l l i a r d s w e t ook part in

a t o r c h — ( r e a l f l a m e ) —

l ight p r o c e s s i o n up a n ­

other l ong a n d s t e ep h i l l

to a l a rge bon f i re par ty

whe r e there w e r e fire­

wo rks , s ome of w h i c h

went w h e e u ' a l l by

t h e m s e l v e s . T h e n the re

w a s a h u r r i e d re turn to

the bar , on l y to f ind it

o p e n , w h e r e f es t i v i t i es

c o n t i n u e d we l l into the

night , or at l eas t unt i l

10.30 p .m. w h e n we h a d

to s t a gge r b a c k to the

s ta t ion to c a t c h the last

t ra in h o m e .

W e d n e s d a y w e w e n t

to T h a m e s P o l y a n d

c o n t i n u e d o u r unbe l i e v ­

a b l e s u c c e s s . T e a m s A

a n d B b e a t i n g T h a m e s

P o l y w h o w e r e hot ly

p u r s u e d by l . C . W - n k e r s

( c h o o s e f r om the fol­

l o w i n g le t ters a , e, i , o,

u) w i th P a d D o n n e l l y a s

a n c h o r m a n (no, not

W - n c h o r man ) in a c o o l

40 m inu t e s . T h e r e we r e

no " h o p l e s s ine f f i c i en­

c i e s " that day but D a v e

H o u l b r o o k e d i d m a n a g e

a ' J a m e s B o n d ' l e ap

o n to a m o v i n g t ra in at

E l t h a m W e l l H a l l into

the w r o n g c a r r i a g e .

S o m e t h i n g s i m i l a r to a

g a m e of f oo tba l l t ook

p l a c e be fore the r a c e

w h i c h h a s n o w b e e n

a d o p t e d a s ou r subs t i ­

tute for a w a r m up .

Dave P a y n e w o u l d l i ke

to b e m e n t i o n e d . ( D o e s

it hur t? )

Y o u r s h o p l e s s l y ,

G . Imp.

Additional ACC

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Half

S . Ba tes

G . E d w a r d s

M. M a n n i n g

R. Ki l l

I. Pos t le thwa i te

I. Be l l

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Full

M. M c C o n v e y

D. G r e e n

Social

A. Pe te rson

I. Hys lop

A . R a n g e r

R. C a r b y

J . Car ru the rs

R. Bar ley

Croquet Club

Full

D. R o s s e l l (eo)

J . Fjontaft

Fencing

Full

J . F. Tysun

(eo ra) S . T h o m p s o n

Lacrosse

Full

P. S p o o n e r

(eo)

L. C l a r k

R. J .

S t rangeway

A . T r e a s u r e

J . K a t z b e r g

(ra)

T i es may be p u r c h a s e d f rom the

B o o k s h o p .

Half

L. B o y d

G . K o l b e

R. G o m e z

Half

S. Nor r i s

A . J . Hal let t

(ra)

Jazz Club Concert:

Sat., 17th Nov., 8.00 p.m.

MICHAEL G A R R I C K S E X T E T with

Norma Winstone in the Biology

Common Room

Admission 30/40p

Sunday Sessions:

F r e e ! in the Union Lower Lounge,

with bar open.

18th Nov. E M B R Y O

25th Nov. S A Y NO M O R E

2nd Dec. L E F

9th Dec. S A Y NO M O R E

Start about 8.30.

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i DO NOT MINCE"

SHOCK REVELATION

Page 5

FROM GAYSOC Deares t D a r l i n g Ed i to r ,

W h a t a gorgeous b u l ­

le t in you have — a n d

i t 's on l y been out twice!

— love it to death I

W e l l then, I've h a d

the l ove l i es t thought ,

a n d rather than fret keep­

ing secre ts I s a i d to my­

sel f , " J u i c y , d a r l i n g , you

s i m p l y must wr i t e and

te l l s o m e o n e " . W e l l ,

dears , it a l l s tar ted the

other days i e -ways i e , just

l i ke th i s :

A f t e r i nnocen t l y m i n ­

c i n g r ound the lab ( look­

ing a f ew of the boys up

. . . a n d down ) I s l i d

A REPLY TO "JUICY"

Dear Ed i to r ,

M y first reac t ion upon

r ead ing the above letter

was to d i s m i s s it as the

rather c h i l d i s h p i l e of

d r i v e l it e v iden t l y i s . It

is hard to see exac t l y

Whats its pu rpose i s . It

can ha rd l y be des i gned

to bo ls ter the au tho r ' s

ego s i n c e he s o m e h o w

neg l e c t ed to s i gn his real

name at the bo t t om, and

v i e w e d as humour it is

over w o r k e d , pre tent ious

a n d downr i gh t t i r ed .

W h i c h ever way y ou look

at it, it doesn ' t say m u c h

for the menta l i t y l u rk ing

a r ound s omewhe r e at its

po in t of o r i g i n .

Howeve r , on re f lec­

t i on I r ea l i s ed that it

e f fect ive ly i l lus t ra tes a

rather d i s t r e s s i n g t rend

in s o c i e t y as a w h o l e .

T h i s is the w i d e s p r e a d

a t t i tude that the homo­

sexua l is au t oma t i c a l l y

funny . N o w I'm sure w e

a l l know. , a n d love (if

y o u ' l l pa rdon the expres­

s ion ) Kenne th W i l l i a m s

a n d h is par t i cu la r b rand

o f humour , (I ' l l d o m y

best to i gnore D i c k

Emery a n d his par t i cu la r

b rand of h u m o u r ) , but

he does perpetuate the

idea of the c a m p " s t e r ­

e o t y p e " that ex i s ts on l y

a s a s m a l l m ino r i t y of

the gay scene , and he is ,

into a . . . . s t oo l , s l o w l y

(at first) to rest my poor

foo ts ies , w h e n I thought ,

" O o o h ! If on l y I c o u l d

get it out in the o p e n ! "

So I r i pped off my f igure-

hugg ing White jacket (it

rea l ly br ings out m y pos ­

ture!) and s i m p l y f l ew

back to my r oom for a

c o l d showe r ! A f ter dry­

ing myse l f , s l o w l y , (at

f i r s t ) , I wrote d o w n th is

t eeny-weeny note, s ea l ­

ed it w i t h a b i g k i s s a n d

sent it to that ever so

B U T C H - l o o k i n g Ed i tor of

Fe l i x .

Here it is aga in , dea rs :

" I f any of you boys

when a l l is s a i d a n d

done , ha rmfu l , in that i t ' s

di f f icult to see wha t pro­

gress Gay R ights c a n

make w h i l s t th is a t t i tude

pers i s t s (note to M r .

W i t h e r s : It was th is that

I w a s , at the C h e m i s t r y

F r e she r s ' D inne r , rather

inept ly t ry ing to d i s c u s s

w i t h Dr . P h i l l i p s when he

was w h i s k e d off before I

c o u l d make my po int

p roper l y . A l s o I f ound it

necessa ry to re l i eve m y

b l adde r O N C E before

the loya l toast, but I do

apo l og i s e for any f a i l ­

ings there may be in m y

sense of h u m o u r , and

sense of g ood m a n n e r s ) .

W e l l , enough of th i s

f r i vo l i t y . I'd l ike to take

th is oppor tun i ty to cover

a s e r i ous matter . T o the

charac te r w h o ' s been

w a n d e r i n g r ound the

Co l l e g e tak ing d o w n our

(Gaysoc ) no t i c e s :

I 'm sure that you de­

r ive a real sense of p r i d e -

and we l l - b e ing f r om the

know l edge that you ' re

rea l ly d o i n g your bit to­

w a r d s ru in ing three m i l ­

l i on of your compat r i o t s "

l i ves , but I'm a f ra id that

I cannot share your po int

of v i ew , and feel c o m ­

pe l l ed to do a l l in m y

power to f rustrate your

efforts. It may cos t me a

min t in t ime and dye l ine

paper , but every no t i c e

w i l l be r ep laced as many

t imes as it proves nec -

w o u l d l ike to j o in a

special c l u b , just pop

round to my p lace , after

s ix and w e ' l l f ix you up .

There w i l l be a l l the o l d

favour i tes l ike " S w a p ­

p ing te l ephone n u m b e r s "

a n d we ' v e even a r ranged

tights pa r t i e s ! . . . Isn't

it jus? wickedl W e ' l l a l l

have a super t ime , and

don ' t fret, I used to be

nervous too (at f irst) " .

W e l l , tha t ' s a l l for

n o w dears . Don ' t forget,

do try and make it. (A l l

the others w i l l ) .

Love and k i sses ,

J u i c y xxx

essary , and I'd hazard a

guess that I've far more

pa t i ence and persever­

ance than you can m u s ­

ter. If you do feel c o m ­

pe l l ed to make a s tand

aga ins t our " m o r a l d ec ­

a d e n c e " ( excuse me a

momen t wh i l e I just r inse

the nas ty taste out of m y

mou th ) , then I'd ask you

to s u b m i t an ar t i c l e to

" F e l i x " s ta t ing the case

for Bigotry , but do

p lease s i gn it. I've no

w i s h to s o i l my hands

r ep l y ing to a n o n y m o u s

letters. O the rw i s e keep

your f i l thy f ingers off

other peop l e ' s proper ty

a n d your inter fer ing

nose out o f o t h e r

peop l e ' s pr ivate af fairs.

( Inc identa l l y , y ou m i s s e d

the one in the H a l d a n e

L ib rary ) . I do s e em to

have depar t ed f r om the

tone that a letter to the

Ed i t o r s h o u l d take, but

I 'm ce r ta in l y not go ing

to s top w r i t i n g it n o w !

O n e last po in t (if you

haven ' t a l r eady heard) :

A n y o n e (male or f ema le ,

s t ra ight or gay) Who 's

interested in j o in ing the

I.C. G a y s o c s h o u l d get

in t ouch w i t h me as soon

as poss ib l e .

Love a n d peace ,

D A V E D U C E

(note the spe l l ing )

C h e m i s t r y 1

P .S . — I D O N O T

M I N C E ! I !

I C C A G Soup run Friday

10 p .m . S e l k i r k k i t chen

11 p .m . U n i o n A r c h

O n W e d n e s d a y s the t ime is an hour ear l ier at the same p laces .

Playgroup

2.0 p .m . U n i o n A r c h Sa turday and S u n d a y .

3 . 3 0 p .m . U n i o n A r c h W e d n e s d a y s

(He lp is pa r t i cu la r l y needed on W e d n e s d a y s )

Committee Meeting (open to al l )

T h u r s d a y 15th Nov . 1 p .m. I C C A G office.

LETTER the V i o l i n " in your Nov .

6 i ssue .

Is H.T . Koanan takoo l

t ry ing to be funny w h e n

he refers to Rav i S h a n -

S i r ,

R e f e r e n c e — R e v i e w of

Y e h u d i M e n u h i n ' s W e l l ­

s o c Leoture " T h e A r t

and S c i e n c e of p l ay ing

kar as " G r a v i s h A n k a " ?

Y o u r s ,

J . P. S i n g h ,

M e c h . E n g .

Nov . 8, 1 9 7 3 .

BOOKS (cont. f r om page 4)

is often i n e x p l i c a b l e , w e

c a n s e e that in the cir­

c u m s t a n c e s it is inevit­

ab l e .

A s a po r t raya l of re­

volt a n d d i f f e rence a s

s e e n n o w by the o r d i n ­

ary m a n , the b o o k is a

v a l u a b l e p i e c e of d o c u ­

men ta t i on , yet it of fers

little in the way of a

s o l u t i o n or h o p e for the

future. By its very a m b i -

g u o u s n e s s the p r o b l e m

of di f ferent r a c i a l out­

l o o k s de f i es de f in i t i on

. . . a n d hope fu l l y so, for

o n c e it h a s b e e n a c c u r ­

ate ly d e f i n ed there w i l l

be no r o o m left for

u n d e r s t a n d i n g . C A N D I

M I C E P I E The Co l l e g e is f a c ing

a m ino r invas i on of m i c e ,

beet les a n d other pes ts .

T o dea l w i t h t h e m effect­

ive ly a cont rac t has been

p l a c ed w i th a f i rm of

pest cont ro l experts a n d

over the past f ew weeks

you may have seen e v i ­

dence of their wo rk .

A l t h o u g h these pests

can be e l i m i n a t e d they

w i l l a lways return if

f ood is ava i l ab l e for

them. T o ass i s t the C o l ­

lege it is essent ia l that

no f ood is left e xposed

— it s h o u l d a lways be

kept in a meta l or p las ­

t i c s ea l ed conta iner .

Papers w h i c h once c o n ­

ta ined f ood s h o u l d be

d i s p o s e d of in l i d d e d

dus tb ins and not in

waste paper baskets

(dus tb ins can be f o u n d

in your nearest k i t chen ) .

It is on ly by i n d i v i d u a l

co -opera t ion that pests

can be con t ro l l ed . If you

see any pests , p l ease re­

port t h em by r ing ing

INT. 3 9 5 4 — but make

abso lu t e l y sure that y ou

are not a c tua l l y f e ed ing

them !

Q U O T E O F T H E M I N U T E

'Amnesty International: the guys trying to do me out of a job"

— Mid Pete Thomas R.N.

Well, he thought it was funny.

N U S T R A V E L — S A V E ££'s Studen t s c an n o w save

up to 6 8 per cent on o r d ­

inary fares to 3 2 c o u n ­

tr ies . The s a v i n g s are

on the s tudent f l i gh ts ,

t ra ins and s h i p p i n g ser­

v i ces l i s t ed in the N U S

Trave l W i n t e r pro­

g ramme Student Travel­

ler w h i c h is ava i l ab l e

f r om s tudent t rave l offi­

ces and s tudent un i ons .

S tuden t f l ight barga ins

i n c lude L o n d o n - M i l a n

for £12.50, London-Zur ­

i ch for £13.00 and E d i n ­

burgh -Pa r i s for £11.00.

Thes e are not no rma l

s c h e d u l e d se rv i ces bu t

a i rcra f t s p e c i a l l y char ­

tered f r om l ead ing a i r ­

l ines . S tuden t t ra ins run

to mos t European c i t i e s

and there are No r th Sea ,

Ir ish C h a n n e l , a n d M e d ­

i terranean s h i p p i n g re­

d u c t i o n s . A l s o i n c l u d e d

in the 4 0 page brochure

a r e a c c o m m o d a t i o n

a r rangements , t rave l in ­

surance and s tudent c o n ­

c e s s i o n s on B r i t i s h Ra i l

c onnec t i ons .

The fu l l range of

cheap fares is on ly open

to fu l l - t ime s c h o o l a n d

co l l e ge s tudents aged

1 6 - 3 0 , but other groups

a l so benefit. T eache r s ,

l ec turers , s tudent nurses

and young peop le under

21 c a n use s tudent t ra ins

and most s h i p p i n g ser­

v i c e s , wh i l e under a n ew

Gove rnmen t ru l ing s tud ­

ent nurses can travel on

s tudent f l ights to Israel .

N U S T rave l is a sub­

s id i a ry of the Na t i ona l

U n i o n of S tuden ts , a n d

was used by o v e r

3 0 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents and

y o u n g peop le last year

F o u n d e d in 1 9 2 2 , it is

n o w the largest s tudent

t rave l bureau in the

w o r l d .

Further in f o rmat i on :

J i m Ta lbo t 0 1 - 4 0 4 5 0 4 1 .

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SIBELIUS : Symphony No. 2 in D

E L G A R : Cello Concerto

BRAHMS : Academic Festival Overture

M O Z A R T : Masonic Funeral Music

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1973

at 8.00 p.m.

in

THE GREAT HALL, IMPERIAL COLLEGE

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Page 6 F E L I X November 1 3 * , 1973

Founding Conference

of the Workers

Revolutionary Party Presen t at the O d e o n ,

H a m m e r s m i t h , last S u n ­

day we r e 3 , 0 0 0 t rade

un i on i s t s , youth', house­

w i v e s a n d s tudents for

the F o u n d i n g Con f e r ence

of the Revo lu t i onary

Pa r t y in B r i t a i n .

There de legates and

m e m b e r s f r o m a l l over

B r i t a in p l e d g e d them­

se l v es to f i ght u n c o m ­

p r o m i s i n g l y to b u i l d the

Revo lu t i ona ry Party a n d

t a k e the w o r k i n g c l a s s to

power .

O n e of the f i rs t s teps

that the W o r k e r s Revo­

lut ionary Party , as it w a s

n a m e d , took w a s to af f i ­

l iate to that Internat ional

C o m m i t t e e o f the Four th

Internat ional as the B r i ­

t i s h s e c t i o n thereof .

In h is po l i t i c a l report

Na t i ona l Secre tary Gerry

H e a l y s t r e s s ed " n e v e r

ue i o r e in n is to ry nave

w e had a p e r i o d s u c h as

today w h e n the w o r k i n g

c l a s s in te rna t i ona l l y is

c o m i n g f o rwa rd to de-

t e n d its r ights a n d l iv­

i n g s t a n d a r d s a n d enter­

i n g into c o n f l i c t w i t h its

G o v e r n m e n t s . . . • due

to the rap id ly d e epen ing

e c o n o m i p c r i s i s " .

H e po in t ed out that in

s u c h a s i tua t i on the

ques t i on of l eade rsh ip is

paramount and that

b u i l d i n g of a r evo lu t i on ­

ary l eade rsh ip to f ight to

;take the w o r k i n g c l a s s to

power is the mos t urgent

task f a c i n g everyone in

Br i t a in today .

A d i s c u s s i o n on the

report t ook p lace w i t h

many de legates e m p h a ­

s i s i n g the need to re­

m o v e the To ry govern­

ment w h i c h w a s attack­

ing the ir l i v ing s t andards

urged on by the w o r s e n ­

ing e c o n o m i c c r i s i s , and

the betraya ls of the pre­

sent T U and Labour l ead­

e rsh ip in every s i tua t i on

con f r on t ing the w o r k i n g

c l a s s today .

In the even ing a play

" M o s c o w T r i a l s " w a s

pe r f o rmed by S o c i a l i s t

Labour League ac tors ,

m u s i c i a n s and s y m p a ­

th i se rs to set the record

s t ra ight for events after

the s u c c e s s f u l R u s s i a n

Revo lu t i on of 1 9 1 7 .

The t r ia ls w h i c h were

the mos t g i gant i c f rame

up in a l l h is tory execut­

ed mos t of the B o l s h e v i k

l eaders as agents of a

" T r o t s k y i t e - Z i nov i e v i t e

Te r ro r i s t C o n s p i r a c y " .

O r g a n i s e d by S ta l i n

they enab l ed h i m to des­

troy a l l oppos i t i on to the

f o rmat i on of the S ta l i n i s t

bureaucracy w h i c h

usurped the po l i t i c a l

power of the w o r k i n g

c l a s s and es tab l i shed

themse l v es as a ru l ing

caste in Rus s i a n soc ie ty .

The betraya ls of the

w o r l d w i d e C o m m u n i s t

Par t ies w h i c h necessar­

i ly o c c u r r e d f r om the

p o l i t i c s of its K r e m l i n

based l eadersh ip were

a l so s t r e ssed .

A party b u i l d i n g fund

of £100,000 w a s an ­

n o u n c e d as comp le t e

after an exce l l en t co l l e c ­

t i on at the con f e rence .

A s w e l l as the da i l y

" W o r k e r s P r e s s " the

w e e k l y youth newspaper

" K e e p L e f t " two new

month l y papers have

been a d d e d to reach out

into spec i f i c s ec t i ons of

the w o r k i n g c l a s s to

f ight for the b u i l d i n g of

a r evo lu t i onary leader­

s h i p : " T h e E n t e r t a i n e r "

and " M i n e r s N e w s " for

the enter ta inments in ­

dust ry and the mine rs .

The e s tab l i shment of

th is Revo lu t i onary Party

is a comp l e t e v i n d i c a ­

t ion of the co r r ec tness

of T r o t s k y i s m and is o n l y

the f i rs t of many —

they w i l l be bu i l t in a l l

count r i es in the w o r l d to

f ight for the internat ion­

al d i c t a t o r sh ip of the

pro letar iat .

A s T ro t sky s a i d : "I

a m sure of the v i c to ry

of the Four th Internat ion­

al — go f o r w a r d ! "

S tuden t s and worke rs

eve rywhere in a l l profes­

s i ons are urged to take

up the cha l l enge to f ight

to b u i l d th is r evo lu t i on ­

ary l eadersh ip and jo in

the W o r k e r s Revo lu t i on ­

ary Party .

OVEMBER 14th 1973 j A day w h i c h w i l l

p l u c k a t the hear ts t r ings

of t h a t s m a l l m inor i t y o f

r e l i c s f r o m f e u d a l i s m —

the m o n a r c h i s t s .

It i s o f c ourse the day

that P r i n c e s s A n n e w i l l

p l edge her t ro th to Cap ­

ta in M a r k Phi l- l ips. A s

has a l r eady been pub­

l i c i s e d w i d e l y i n the gut­

ter press a n d Fe l ix has

no q u a l m s a t repea t ing

it; P r incess A n n e w i l l

have " t o p r om ise to

obey e t c . " M a r k P h i l l i p s

d u r i n g the ce r emony , but

he is o n l y a C a p t a i n in

h i s r eg iment w h e r e a s

s h e is a C o l o n e l in hers.

W h a t a p r ecedent for in­

s u b o r d i n a t i o n !

B a c k t o real i ty , how­

ever . . . N o v e m b e r 14

is a l so t h e day of the

l i tt le p u b l i c i s e d , s t i l l l e s s

u n d e r s t o o d , s t i l l l ess

l i k ed N U S w o r k - i n . N U S

have d e c i d e d n o t t o

c h a n g e t h e date a n d the

W i n d s o r s ce r ta in l y .won ' t

so there w i l l be a c l ash

but as J o h n Randa l l ex­

p l a i n s :

" I f it makes any dif­

f e rence at a l l , we are

p l eased rather than d i s ­

p l e a s ed that the m u c h -

p u b l i c i s e d P h i l l i p s

W i n d s o r w e d d i n g is tak­

ing p l ace on the same

d a y as s tudents are de­

mons t ra t ing a b o u t

grants . It enables us dra­

ma t i c a l l y to d r a w atten­

t i on to ce r ta in in jus t i ces

in our soc i e t y w h i c h it

w o u l d be appropr ia te to

br ing to the not i ce of as

many peop le as poss ib l e

on November 1 4 t h " .

He was re ferr ing to

the d i s c r e p a n c y be tween

the f i nanc i a l s i tua t i on of

a f emale s tudent before

and after marr iage and

that of an average B r i ­

t i sh P r i n c e s s .

I n c o m e b e f o r e

m a r r i a g e

I n c o m e a f t e r

m a r r i a g e

Rent

T y p e of a c c o m ­

m o d a t i o n

M a r r i e d f e m a l e

s t u d e n t

A b s o l u t e m a x i m u m

o f £ 5 2 0 p . a . .

g e n e r a l l y l e s s

I n c o m e a l m o s t

h a l v e d , m a x i m u m

£ 3 2 0 p . a .

£ 8 . 5 0 p . w . ( ave r ­

a g e q u o t e d by

L o n d o n U n i v .

L o d g i n g s B u r e a u )

B e d s i t ; r o o m in

H a l l o f R e s i d e n c e ;

s h a r e d -flat

M a r r i e d f e m a l e

p r i n c e s s

£ 1 5 , 0 0 0 p . a .

I n c o m e m o r e t h a n

d o u b l e d , £ 3 5 , 0 0 0

p . a .

£8 p . w .

H o u s e : 9 r o o m s ,

2 b a t h r o o m s , i

a c r e g r o u n d s

G R E E N - R E D

" R E V O L U T I O N " (II) O n c e upon a t ime

m a n had no other means

of t ranspor ta t ion than h is

o w n feet. He had to

choose the eas ies t way

through h is env i ronment

w h e n he w a n t e d to move

a r o u n d . O c c a s i o n a l l y he

w o u l d have to r emove

s tones , p lants or trees to

fac i l i t a te h is t ranspor ta ­

t ion or that of h is goods .

T h i s was d e c i d e d by

h i m a lone (or in s m a l l

s o c i a l groups) so that

the s a m e peop l e that

w o u l d wo rk w o u l d bene­

fit of the resu l ts .

N o w a d a y s road b u i l d ­

ers, car makers , etc . (i.e.

s c i en t i s t s and eng in ­

eers) are not con t r o l l ed

by h u m a n d e c i s i o n , in

fact , they are not c o n ­

t r o l l ed at a l l , but they

are encouraged to g row

inde f in i t e l y by the ar t i ­

f i c ia l pro f i t s y s t em . W h a t

m a k e s th ings even

worse is that t rave l l e rs

or c o m m u t e r s are a l so

encouraged to move

more a n d faster by the

ar t i f i c i a l pro f i t s y s t em ,

e i ther d i r ec t l y ( travel

agents , B r i t i sh Ra i l a d ­

verts, etc.) or ind i r e c t l y

( faster m o v i n g means

more b u s i n e s s ) . In other

w o r d s the s i tua t i on is

c omp l e t e l y out of c on ­

trol a n d there is no re­

c o g n i s e d w a y of t e l l i ng

whether w e have very

l i t t le , enough or too

m u c h or too fast move­

ment ; wo rse than that,

by de f in i t i on , we have

too l i t t le , and th is is sup­

posed to app l y forever !

and even worse , w e

don ' t object to it ! But

h o w are w e at l . C . i n ­

vo l v ed in th is s ys t emat i c

b l i n d pursu i t ?

Let 's look at one of

the p roduc ts of the k ind

of s c i ence and techno­

logy we are no rma l l y

p u r s u i n g at l . C .

If " C o n c o r d e " ever

c omes into se rv i ce , it

w i l l b r ing to a f e w a fas­

ter rhy thm of l i fe , and

because of the nature of

our present s o c i a l s ys ­

t em, it w i l l b r ing them

pr i v i l ege . T h i s a l s o

means a d i sadvan tage

for those w h o d o n ' t use

it, w h o w i l l e ven tua l l y

c o m e to d e m a n d its use ,

k n o w i n g that t h i s w a y of

r e d u c i n g the pr i v i l ege

gap is more f eas ib le

than the other a l t e rna­

t ive, i.e. t r y ing to s top

C o n c o r d e o n c e i t 's

brought into use . In

other w o r d s , s o c i a l a d ­

d i c t i o n to the new crea­

ture . T h i s means that the

" a d v a n t a g e s " (if there

are any) of th i s p lane

w o u l d rea l ly c o m e to the

peop le w h e n its use w a s

w i d e l y s p r e a d ( w h i c h

w o u l d be a long w a y

ahead) t i m e by w h i c h

another s i m i l a r invent i on

w o u l d appear , d i s c r i m ­

inat ing the major i ty and

repeat ing the c y c l e . That

is , in the m e a n t i m e (i.e.

a lways ) the major i ty of

peop le w o u l d suffer f r om

d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d an

unsa t i s f i ed need . T h i s

happens because the

p lane is d e s i gned to cre­

ate a necess i t y for a l l ,

and its c rea t i on w a s

mot i va t ed by pro f i ts a n d

by the s a m e uncon t r o l ­

led - g rowth - m a n i a c -

m a d - r a c e - d e a d -

c i r c l e .

T h i s p lane is no revo­

lu t i ona r y th ing , but the

l og i ca l by -produc t of

c o n t i n u i n g our o l d

t rends of b u i l d i n g what­

ever c an be bu i l t as long

as w e c an create a de­

m a n d for it, a n d in the

absence of a humane

sys t em c o n t r o l l i n g both

the " s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d

of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n " w h i c h

by the way is n o w re­

garded as pure l y e con­

o m i c c o m m o d i t y ( fam­

i l i a r ? ) .

T h i s fits very w e l l

into the de f in i t i on of the

Gre en -Red " R e v o l u t i o n "

that I gave in the last

i s sue of " F e l i x " , name l y

the s y s t ema t i c subs t i tu ­

t i on of m a n ' s ab i l i t i e s ,

s enses and m e c h a n i s m s

by ins t i tu t i ons , o rgan is ­

a t i ons , m a c h i n e s or ap­

paratus , that lead to the

g radua l a t rophy of the

f o rmers a n d a d d i c t i o n to

or d ependence on the

latters, w i t h the conse ­

quent con t ro l or m a n i p ­

u la t i on of h u m a n m a s s e s

and f ina l ly l ead ing to

s o m e k i n d of ens lave­

ment .

T h e wo r s t part of the

story is that w e at l . C .

( supposed to be go ing

to b u i l d the w o r l d o f to­

m o r r o w , etc. . . . ) are

c o m p e l l e d to co-operate .

T h i s is done by pre­

packaged c u r r i c u l a , pre-

d e f i n e d pro f ess ions ,

m o n o p o l y of degrees

a n d qua l i f i c a t i ons ,

m o n o p o l y of in fo rmat i on

and l earn ing too ls in u n i ­

ve rs i t i es and co l l eges ,

m o n o p o l y of p r i v i l e ges

for those w h o c o n s u m e

m o r e ins t i tu t i ona l i z ed

" e d u c a t i o n " , f ragment­

ing and s p e c i a l i s i n g (i.e.

lengthening ) f ie lds of

s tudy , thus r es t r i c t ing

our v i e w of the w o r l d ,

l abe l l i ng taboo the mix ­

i ng of s c i e n c e or t e ch ­

no logy w i t h po l i t i c s , eco­

logy, soc i o l ogy , etc., etc.

B u t even w o r s e is that

nobody c an be he ld res­

pons ib l e for a l l th i s ,

moreover I can ' t imag ­

ine anybody (or a group)

so c l e ve r and des t ruc ­

t ive to have imp l emen ted

s u c h a s y s t em , a n d yet

pass u n n o t i c e d . T h u s , it

seems , that the on ly

" g u i l t y " pe rsons that we

can f ind are ourse l v es

for not s t opp ing s u c h

s i tua t i on ; but are we too

impotent a l r e a d y ? . . . .

J . A G U I R R E C i v . E n g .

DISAFFILIATION MOVES

by BATH UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS UNION In a non -po l i c y m a k i n g

debate at Bath Un iver ­

s i ty last week a mot i on

to d i sa f f i l i a t e f r om N U S

was p roposed by Pres i ­

dent J o h n K iddey .

K i d d e y sa i d that N U S

con fe rences were too

p r e - occup i ed w i th C h i l e

and Nor thern Ire land,

" i s s u e s not re levant to

s t u d e n t s " . He s a i d that

not enough d i s c u s s i o n

was spent on educa t i on

and student we l fare .

N U S Pres ident J o h n

Randa l l spoke aga inst

the mo t i on s a y i n g that

the correc t th ing for Ba th

to do w a s to s tay w i t h i n

N U S and f ight to get

mo t i ons of interest to it

p r i o r i t i s ed at N U S con ­

ferences .

H e f a i l ed to po int out

the necess i t y for d i s c u s ­

s i on on i ssues other than

educa t i on and s tudent

we l fa re for the po l i t i c a l

l e ssons that c an be

learnt f r om these events.

H e a l so f a i l ed to men­

t ion that, i so la ted f rom

the s t rength of the N U S

students and their un ions

w o u l d be open to the

mos t eno rmous dangers .

Disa f f i l ia t ion w o u l d efr

f ec t i v e l y sabotage the

s tudent un i on at Ba th or

anywhere e lse .

November 13th. 1973 F E L I X JPagcT

RE-INTRODUGIN

THE

ROOM

AT

THE

TOP

RATT

N o t many people travel

v i a the top floor o f the

U n i o n to Lowe r M o o n e y

when coming f r om the

"co l lege" side of Pr ince

Consort R o a d . A c c o r d ­

ing ly , the R . A . T . T . has

not been designed to be a

med ium for publ ic i ty or

instant communicat ion.

Tha t is a job for Fe l i x

and S.T.O.I .C.

It is, however, largely a

"se l f -he lp" system for

most of the things that

most students want to

find out about.

What Is There?

I .C. T r a v e l B u r e a u to

share the counter space

with N .U .S . Ends le igh In­

surance.

M r . E . Meacock , who

organises the Careers L i b ­

rary i n Col lege B l o c k has

sent across to the U n i o n

a good dea l of l i terature

about future careers. Th i s

is not intended i n any

way to replace the fuller

selection over i n the C a r ­

eers L i b r a r y i n the C o l ­

lege B lock , but is aimed

at those students who do

not have any specific ca­

reer aims, but want to

browse around i n a n i n ­

forma l atmosphere, and

on ly go to the Careers

L i b r a r y when they have a

specific request: The C a r ­

eers Section w i l l be

supplemented by more

display racks to be sup­

p l i ed by M r . Meacock .

B r i a n Ch i lds , the A c ­

commodat ion Officer, w i l l

be putt ing up the addres­

ses of flats for those of

y o u want ing to change

flat/digs. Hopeful ly , he

w i l l be displaying l itera­

ture to guard you against

the legal hassles you may

come across.

F o r those of you who

don' t part icular ly want to

l ook for any informat ion,

but just browse, there is

40 foot drop

to quad

S R D l T O P J

F L O O R

r

J q f j D

J

Careers Information

Accommodation

Information

plus magazines,etc.,

for anyone to

browse through

( t o

IC Cheap 'Reoorclf

/^^ndsleic

quite a lot of reading

matter up there. T h e

U n i o n subscribes to many

other societies, and often

receives magazines, etc.

f r om them. Th i s is where

you can find them.

Comfy chairs and sofas

(Never m ind the age,

just l ook at the qual i ty )

and a coffee machine are

provided (Fo l low the i n ­

structions on the coffee

machine expl ic i t ly ! ) .

What else can the room be

used for?

F m not sure the room

should be used for " w i l d "

boozy parties, but more

sober events are ideal ly

suited to the room.

Meetings, mini-lectures

or talks, wou ld be wel­

come to use the room,

wh i ch w i l l be bookable

v i a Jen. Rea l ly , it 's up to

you, you've got the room

there, use i t !

Prospects?

I th ink we are a l l i n

favour of ful ly using the

U n i o n B u i l d i n g , and it

may seem that at this

stage i n the year, you

could we l l say that no-one

real ly knows where the

room is, what it's for, or

how people can be per­

suaded to use it. T o be

quite honest, I don't really

expect i t t o get off the

ground this year, not even

next year, but eventually

it w i l l happen. Students

aren't patient as a rule

but for this to work, you ' l l

just have to be! The prob­

lem of students not know­

ing where the room is w i l l

be solved in October next

session. The Registry is

always overcrowded in

the first 3 days of an aca­

demic year, with the two­

fold prob lem of registra­

t ion plus associated en­

quiries and the issue of

grant cheques.

I have arranged for the

Registry to give out grant

cheques v ia the counter

facilities i n the R . A . T . T .

In case you forget this

room after this desperate

visit for your cash, you

may require an N .U .S .

card. Those w i l l be also

avai lable f r o m the

R . A . T . T . for two and a

half weeks after the

cheques have been issued.

Then, most oeople w i l l

know where the room is

and what it's for.

Be low are a few words

f rom a f e w of the

R . A . T . T . participants. If

any of the services I men­

tioned are inadequate,

please let me know, and 1

shal l endeavour to reme­

dy the situation.

Y o u r s ,

P a u l Jowitt

Y S S S

meet­

ing Wednesday

14th

Mech Eng

214

LESSONS

OF THE

GRANTS

CAMPAIGN

Endsleigh

Insurance

IC-NUS

Travel

Bureau Ents

INSURANCE Congra tu l a t i ons to the

U n i o n a n d s tudents at

Imperial Co l l e g e o n the

open ing of " R o o m at the

T o p " .

E n d s l e i g h are p l eased

to a n n o u n c e that the In­

surance Counte r w i l l be

fu l l y opera t i ona l as soon

as the phone is i n .

W h e n it c o m e s to buy ­

ing insurances , not a l l

s tudents and graduates

are aware that their Nat ­

iona l U n i o n has its o w n

pro f e s s i ona l l y run insur ­

ance depar tment . There

are eno rmous advan tag ­

es to be ga ined by u s i n g

th is s e r v i c e . E n d s l e i g h

Insurance (Brokers ) L td .

offer sp e c i a l t e rms on a l l

c l a s ses of pe rsona l i n ­

surances to m e m b e r s of

N . U . S .

S c h e m e s s u c h as

" S t u d e n t - p l a n " motor i n ­

surance a n d " S t u d y -

p l a n " property insurance

have been negot ia ted

w i t h l ead ing insurance

c o m p a n i e s , L i fe , M o t o r ,

T r a v e l , Proper ty and

other po l i c i e s are a l l

ava i l ab l e at e x c lus i v e

t e rms .

The Insurance A s s i s ­

tant for th is C o l l e g e is

M o n i c a S m a l l and w i l l

be ava i l ab l e d a i l y du r ing

t e rm- t ime f r om 1 1 . 3 0 -

2 .30 to answer a l l your

insurance quer i es .

If you w o u l d l ike to

c o m e a l ong and have a

chat about Li fe A s s u r ­

ance or Mor t gages I

sha l l be happy to see

you any M o n d a y after

1 2 . 0 0 . T E D Y O R K

N . U . S .

Insurance A d v i s e r .

Travel I.C. T rave l Bureau is

n o w in its 4 th year of

opera t ion a n d w e hope

to operate a more c o m ­

prehens ive p r o g r amme

d u r i n g 1 9 7 3 than in pre­

v i ous years .

Due to ex tens ive re­

h o u s i n g d u r i n g the f irst

t e rm the bureau w a s u n ­

able to operate a n d for

any i n conven i ence caus ­

ed to s tudents w e apo l o ­

g ise . Howeve r , w i t h the

open ing of the " r o o m at

the t o p " w e w i l l n o w be

open every T u e s d a y a n d

T h u r s d a y lunch- t ime 1

p.m.-2 p .m .

T h i s year not on l y

w i i l the bureau be c o n ­

c e rned w i t h f l ights , boats

and t ra ins to mos t major

des t ina t i ons in the no r th ­

ern hemisphe r e but w e

have in fo rmat i on on Saf ­

ar i ho l i days , sk i -week ­

ends and numerous o th ­

er ho l i day pursu i t s . It i s

hoped as enqu i r i e s i n ­

crease t owards the e n d

of t e r m that the bureau

w i l l be open da i l y .

Tha t brief ly is the a i m

of I.C. T rave l B u r e a u . It

is a s tudent run c o n c e r n

a n d w e hope w i l l be u s e d

by a l l I.C. s tuden ts

w i s h i n g to travel ab r oad .

G E O F F T A T E

Reproduced by

request of

Paul Wadsworth

G A Y S O C Cheese & Wine

Party ; , U n i o n U p p e r 1

L o u n g e

8p,m» T h u r s d a y \

15 t h N o v e m b e r

(please b r i n g y o u r

o w n bottle) \

M e m b e r s h i p en­

quiries to D , D u c e

via the C h e m , letter

JPUge 8 F E L I X November 13th, 1973

SOUTH AFRICA: "EVIL EFFECTS of BANTU EDUCATION"

S p o n s o r s :

H i s I m p e r i a l M a j e s t y H a i l e S e l a s s i e 1.

H i s E x c e l l e n c y O r . J u l i u s K . N y e r e r e

H i s E x c e l l e n c y D r . K e n n e t h ! D . K a u n d a

H i s E x c e l l e n c y G e n e r a l Y a k u b u G o w o n

H i s E x c e l l e n c y O r . L e o p o l d S e n g h o r

H i s E x c e l l e n c y M r . D i a l l o T e l l i

T h e H o n o u r a b l e M r s . A l v a M y r d a l

M r s . N o k u i k h a n y a L u t u i i

M r . M a s a b a l a l a B . Y e n g w a

T r u s t e e s :

D r . W . Z . C o n c o

C a n o n L. J . C o l l i n s

- B i s h o p T r e v o r H u d d l e s t o n C R

M r s . M . L. H o o p e r

S i r R o b e r t B i r l e y K . C . M . G .

M r . G e o r g e M . M b e l e

D r . M r s . A t b e r t i n a N g a k a n e

12th Oc tobe r , 1 9 7 3

Dear F r i e n d ,

W e are wr i t i n g to en­

l i s t your help and that of

your f e l l ow-s tudents in

w o r k w h i c h we think you

w i l l agree i s of great i m ­

po r tance .

The Lutu i i M e m o r i a l

F o u n d a t i o n is endeav­

o u r i n g to put right in

S o u t h A f r i c a i tsel f the

e v i l effects of Bantu edu ­

c a t i o n , w h i c h has now

b e e n in opera t ion for a

genera t i on . W e are a i m ­

i n g to send s choo l books

»nd sc ient i f i c equ ipment

to s choo l s in a l l four

P r o v i n c e s , a n d if w e

c o u l d w e w o u l d l ike to

p u r c h a s e mob i l e l ibrar ies

for them, to reach the

more remote s c ho o l s .

Howeve r , w e be l i eve that

co l l e ges and un ive rs i t i e s

in B r i t a in c o u l d he lp in

the first ins tance w i t h

our d r i v e to co l l e c t

books . I enc l ose a l ist of

those books w h i c h are

useful to B lack South

A f r i c an s ch oo l ch i I d ren.

The L M F can arrange for

their t ranspor ta t i on to

Sou th A f r i c a a n d c o u l d

co l l e c t b o o k s sent to a

stat ion in L o n d o n ; the

I M F w i l l a l so pay for

t ranspor ta t ion c o s t s

w i t h i n th i s country .

The fac ts about books

in s c h o o l s i n Sou th A f r i ­

ca are as f o l l o w s : in

1 9 6 8 — R 1 4 . 4 8 per A f r i ­

can pup i l w a s a l l o ca t ed .

R 2 2 8 . 0 0 per wh i t e pup i l ;

s o m e t i m es 4 A f r i c a n

pup i l s share 1 tex tbook ;

i n m a n y s c h o o l s there is

no l ibrary at a l l ; as a re­

sul t , 1 in 2 4 0 A f r i c a n

pup i l s reaches m a t r i c u ­

l a t i o n ; 1 i n 1 2 , 0 0 0 re­

ce i ves a un ive rs i t y deg­

ree.

I th ink you w i l l there­

fore feel that th i s w o r k

is of major i m p o r t a n c e ,

to arres t or m i n i m i s e the

ev i l effects of the s y s t e m

o f apar the id i n Sou th

A f r i c a . W e w o u l d very

m u c h l ike to hear f r om

you if y o u are able to

take part i n the s c h e m e .

Y o u r s s ince r e l y ,

P I C T O N V . M B A T H A ,

A c t i n g D i rec to r .

B O O K S F O R S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L L I B R A R I E S

Science

P h y s i c s T o p i c s Se r i e s ( Longmans , 1969 )

C h e m i s t r y B a c k g r o u n d ser i es , e d . H . P. H . O l i v e r (Nuff ie ld, P engu in , 1966 )

C lue B o o k s Ser i es (Ox f o rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )

B i o l o gy Readers (Ox fo rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )

T h i n k i n g A n e a d in S c i e n c e Se r i e s ( A m e r i c a n Book Co. )

The S c i e n c e L ibrary , V o l s . 1-10 (Grosse t & D u n l o p , N e w York )

Genera l S c i e n c e Books , L a d y b i r d Se r i e s ( M a c d o u g a l l a n d M a c d o n a l d )

Teach Yourse l f S c i e n c e ser ies , e.g., B io l ogy , P h y s i c s , Chem i s t r y , M a t h e m a ­

t i c s

J u n i o r Re ference L ibrary Se r i e s ( M a c d o n a l d )

S to r i es f r om S c i e n c e , Sutc l i f f e (Cambr i dge )

The S to ry B e h i n d ser i es , Cha r l e s K i n g (Casse f l )

A n i m a l B i o l o gy , 6 th ed i t i on , A . J . G r o v e & G . E. N e w e l l (Un i v e r s i t y Tu t o r i a l

P ress L td . , London )

Bo tany , L. C . W i l s o n & W . E. L o o m i s (Ho l t , W i n e h a r t & W i n s t o n Inc., N e w

York )

N e w Genera l S c i e n c e , Fo rms 2 & 3 , C. J . M u l l e r ( E d u c u m P ub l i s he r s ,

J o h a n n e s b u r g 1 9 7 1 )

B a s i c P h y s i c a l S c i e n c e for S t a n d a r d s 7 & 8, Get l i f fe (Na t i ona l C o m m e r c i a l

Pr inters , Cape T o w n , 1968 )

Geography

Let 's V i s i t ser ies (Burke )

Cer t i f i cate T o p i c s in Geog raphy ser ies {Co l l ins )

F i n d i n g Out A b o u t Geog raphy , A f r i c a Se r i e s (Hart Dav i es ) W o r l d P r o b l e m s by Long and Roebo t t om

W a l l M a p s and A t l a s e s

Language and Literature

N e w Longmans S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l readers

H e i n e m a n n A f r i c a Se r i e s W r i t e r s

S . R . A . R e a d i n g B o o k s , Internat ional

Se ts of E n c y c l o p a e d i a B r i t a nn i ca

D i c t i ona r i e s ( Longmans a n d C h a m b e r s , su i tab l e for t each ing E n g l i s h as a

2 n d language )

Se ts o f s ing l e p l ays by Shakespeare , w i t h exp lanatory notes a n d re ferences M o d e r n One A c t p lays P l a y s by G . B. S h a w

C l a s s i c s , e.g., by Char l e s D i c k e n s , T h o m a s H a r d y , H . G . W e l l s , G r a h a m Greene , etc .

History

The M a k i n g o f the M o d e r n W o r l d ser ies , e d . Roebo t t om

D a w n of A f r i c a n H i s t o ry , ed . R. O l i v e r (Ox f o rd U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s )

M i d d l e A g e s of A f r i c a n H is to ry , e d . R. O l i v e r (Ox f o rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )

A f r i c a f r om Preh i s to ry to M o d e r n T i m e s , N . La tham (Hul ton )

O l d A f r i c a R e d i s c o v e r e d , B . D a v i d s o n ( Longmans )

A f r i c a in 19th Cen tury (Ne l son )

A f r i c a in 20 th Cen tury (Ne l son )

Cha l l enge and Response , H i s to ry of M o d e r n W o r l d , V o l . 2 , A l l s o p & C r u s e (Ne l son )

General

A t l a s of M a n a n d Re l i g i on (Pe rgamon)

P i c t o r i a l E d u c a t i o n

B i o l o g i c a l m o d e l s a n d charts

A n a t o m i c a l char ts

This article was printed by request of I.C. council.

LUTULI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,

Annandale, North End Rd., London NW11 7QX

EDITORIAL Dear Kath leen ,

I apo l og i s e for not

hav ing rep l i ed to con ­

fused and s l ande rous

letter i n last w e e k ' s

Fe l i x and sha l l r emedy

the s i tua t i on here.

Revo lu t i onary po l i t i c s

are necessa r i l y in con ­

f l ict w i t h those of the

w o r k i n g c l a s s w h i c h only

a r i ses spon taneous l y to

the level of t rade un ion

(i.e. re formist ) c o n ­

s c i o u s n e s s .

In o rder to break the

w o r k i n g c l a s s f r om re­

f o r m i s m it i s " necessary

for it to l e a r n th rough

exper i ence that the

r ights and l i v ing s tan­

da rds of the masses to­

day can no longer b e

de f ended by re formis t

measures .

Tha t is w h y w e ca l l

for the return of a Lab­

our Gove rnmen t pledged

to socialist policies (na­

t i ona l i sa t i on of the m a ­

jor indus t r i es under

w o r k e r s ' con t ro l and

w i thou t c o m p e n s a t i o n ,

na t i ona l i sa t i on of the

banks , major f inance

houses and land , w i t h ­

d rawa l of B r i t i sh t roops

f rom Nor thern Ire land,

e tc . ) .

W e as w e l l as you u n ­

ders tand fu l ly that the

Labour Gove rnmen t w i l l

be incapab le o f in t roduc­

ing such measures ,

w h i c h are the on ly ones

that can reso lve the pres­

ent e c o n o m ' i c c r i s i s w i t h ­

out mass unemp loymen t ,

c l o su r e of indust ry , to­

tal e rasure of the r ights

of the w o r k i n g c l a s s ; a

t h i r d W o r l d W a r etc., i.e.

a l l the h i s t o r i ca l w a y s

that c a p i t a l i s m drags it­

sel f out of e c o n o m i c

c r i s e s a n d in do ing so

paves the w a y for the

next.

But

pose "

to

the

s i m p l y " e x -

Labour Party

w i thou t the b u i l d i n g of

an a l te rnat i ve Revo lu ­

t ionary Party w o u l d be

the g rosses t betrayal of

the w o r k i n g c l a s s and is

of course an an t i thes i s

to the concep t of leader­

sh ip .

Tha t is w h y w e t rans­

f o rmed the soc i a l i s t

Labour League into the

W o r k e r s Revo lu t i onary

Party on Sunday , Nov­

ember 4th at the O d e o n ,

H a m m e r s m i t h .

T h i s invo l v ed a mass

c a m p a i g n of t ra in ing in

M a r x i s m and recrui t ­

ment th roughout the

count ry in the months

before the (transforma­

t i on , to g ive a l e a d to

those layers o f the w o r k ­

ing c l a s s a n d s tudents

w h o we r e a l r eady ex­

per i enc ing the treachery

and betraya ls of the

present Labour l eaders ,

to turn th em back into

the ir fac tor ies and c o l ­

leges to fight for revo­

lut ionary po l i t i c s as the

only way to de f end one ' s

d emoc ra t i c r ights .

S i m p l y to " t r y to

br ing real revo lut ionary

po l i t i c s to the w o r k i n g

c l a s s " is mean ing l e s s

Without the cons t ruc t i on

of a Revo lu t i onary Party ,

s tee led in M a r x i s m as

the theory of know l edge

of the c l a s s s t rugg le ,

f ight ing aga inst bu r eau ­

c ra t i c d i s t o r t i ons and

r e v i s i o n i s m , w i t h the

a i m of t ak ing the work­

ing c l ass to power .

I in no w a y " r e j e c t

l earn ing through prac ­

t i c e " as you state and I

do not say that the s t u ­

dent body has a l ready

learnt that r e f o rm i sm

leads to defeat, I s i m p l y

po in ted out that th is

was the l esson of the

grants c a m p a i g n so far

and s h o u l d be c o nne d

by vote and ac tua l i z ed in

the b u i l d i n g of a new,

revo lut ionary Ieadership

in N U S to a l l y w i t h the

w o r k i n g c l a s s in a p o l i t i ­

ca l fight to br ing d o w n

the Tor i es .

T o ca l l the 5 % grant

cut that w e rece i ved

due to the £20 increase

insu l t w e rece i ved f rom

the To r i e s " n o t a d e f e a t "

is t o comp l e t e l y d is tor t

the mean ing of the w o r d ,

and leads one to a d o p t

the po l i t i c a l pos i t i on

that the S ta l i n i s t N U S

leadersh ip d i d not betray

the w i l l i n g n e s s to fight

of the 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 w h o

m o b i l i z e d in suppor t of

the grants c a m p a i g n .

The 5 % grant cu t

cons t i tu tes a further

at tack on our l i v i n g stan

da rds by the Tory Gov

e m i n e n t and one w h i c h

cannot b e to l e ra ted in

v i ew of the current in ­

c reas ing rate of in f la t ion

w h i c h w i l l " n e c e s s i t a t e

further a t t acks as the

e c o n o m i c c r i s i s deep­

ens .

O w i n g to the c o m ­

plete lack of any po l i t i ­

ca l p o s i t i on that you

ho ld be ing s tated in your

letters, your c r i t i c i s m s

of the Y S S S and S L L are

of an e c l e c t i c unproduc ­

t ive nature w h i c h i s

borne out by your c o m ­

ments on democ ra t i c

c en t ra l i sm in the S L L . I

trust you w i l l f o rward

names , d o c u m e n t s or

any other f o rm of proof

for your a l l ega t i ons or

e lse they w i l l be re­

a s s i g n e d to the g r ow ing

heap of s lander a n d l ibe l

that i s fast be ing pro­

d u c e d by enemies of the

w o r k i n g c l a s s .

I refer y o u to Len in ' s

" L e f t - W i n g C o m m u n i s m

— a n Infanti le D i s o r d e r "

i f y o u are s t i l l unc l ear

about our pos i t i on of re­

turn ing a Labour Gove rn ­

ment p l edged to s o c i a l ­

ist po l i c i e s .

If y ou were to state

your po l i t i ca l pos i t i on

(for your re ferences to

Gerry Hea l y s h o w that

you are not u n k n o w n to

revo lut ionary po l i t i c s )

then th i s co r r e spon ­

dence c o u l d cont inue in

a n en l i gh ten ing p roduc ­

t ive manner , and w o u l d

a l so e luc ida te any ideas

I m ight harbour about

your s ignature be ing a

p s e u d o n y m .

Quote Red W e e k l y :

" . . . a reader in the U S A

Who te l l s us that w e are

the best Eng l i sh lan­

guage le f t -wing paper

a r ound . W e w o u l d n ' t go

qui te that far . . . " Not

With the W o r k e r s Press

and the T rades Desc r i p ­

t ion A c t you w o u l d n ' t !

FUN, FUN, FUN A s a na ive and im

press ionab le f r e s h e r

o ve rawed by the b ig c i ty

and b i g c i ty peop le my

idea Of a party organ­

i s ed by a hal l of res i ­

dence was of an a l l n ight

booze-up. A c t u a l l y I

knew that the chances of

one of these happen ings

happen ing Wou ld be very

s m a l l due to w h a t I

thought w o u l d be a n u n -

surmountab l e p r ob l em ,

the lack of f ema les . The

impor t of fore ign s tock

to sa t ia te the appet i tes

of, or to frustrate the

d o u b l e d up, ma le c h a u ­

v in i s t , super v i r i l e , N e w ­

cas t l e B r o w n s w i l l i n g ,

p inba l l p l a y ing major i ty

of th is m u c h reve red i n ­

s t i tu t i on for Sc i en t i f i c

l earn ing w a s brought

about by heavy adve r t i s ­

ing (the extravagant

c l a i m s of w h i c h c o u l d

lead to p rosecu t i on us -

der the T rades D e s c r i p ­

t ions Ac t ) a r o u n d loca l '

c o l l e ges , e.g. M a r i a A s -

sumpta and free ( +

V .A .T . ) entry.

L ights c ons i s t ed of

very d i m co l ou r ed

af fairs, so d i m in fact

that severa l prostrate

c oup l e s r ece i ved c rushed

d ig i t s or c rushed c ran i a .

The in ference of the

l ight ing ar rangements

be ing , I th ink, that, to

asce r ta in the sex o f a po­

tent ia l partner in the

cozy tw i l i gh t y ou ei ther

had to be a m e m b e r of

the order ch i roptera

(bat) (notor ious for the

de tec t i on of m e m b e r s of

the oppos i t e s e x at vast

d i s t ances in d a r k n e s s by

s o u n d a lone) or b i ­

s e x u a l .

B u d d i n g ba rmen s o l d

b e e r at S o u t h s i d e

pr ices ) I ) a n d equa l l y en ­

thus i as t i c Bo r g i a s pre ­

pared tasty morse l s

(e.g. D i s m e m b e r e d w e a ­

sels ) for sa l e at a vas t

profit (where does the

money go? )

In the d i s c o s M e s s r s .

G l i t t e r a n d Jagge r pre­

domina t e in a rather

nar row m u s i c a l s e l e c ­

t ion and the nar rowness

of the ga l l e ry leve ls l i m ­

it t h e d a n c i n g area a n d

number of p eop l e that

S o u t h s i d e h a l l s can take .

O n the Who le the ha l l

part ies are not too b a d

though rather unor i g ina l

and p red i c tab l e (I be­

l ieve S ta i r case 3 , l a n d ­

ing 2 in T i z a rd ha i l are

hav ing a kn i t t ing Bee

w i th D i s c o and S t r ippe rs

soon so make it a date

f o lks ) .