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O t h e r w i s e , we have l i t t l e news t o o f f e r . I t i s r a t h e r l a t e f o r us t o h e r a l d t h e a r r i v a l o f P r o f e s s o r P . i . .3 . i i l a c k e t t , who »a» a p p o i n t e d a t t n e end o f l a s t t e r m t o head t h e x h y s i c s D e p a r t m e n t i n p l a c e o f S i r G.P.Thomson, who i s now M a s t e r o f C o r p u s C h r i s t l .

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much l e s s l i k e Bok-Bok, o r a n E t o n i v a l l - g a m e , t h a n p r e v i o u s a f f a i r s . The d e c o r a t i o n scheme was a m b i t i o u s , and m i g h t i l y s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e Gym, where t h e e s s e n t i a l p u r p o s e o f m a k i n g f a m i l i a r p l a c e s l o o k f r e s h l y d i f f e r e n t was a c h i e v e d b e s t . The d o w n s t a i r s d e c o r a t i o n i d e a s a l s o d e s e r v e men-

. t i o n , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e d e t a i l o f t u r n i n g t h e R e f e c t o r y d o o r s i n t o b o o k c a s e s , o u t t n e o v e r a l l e f f e c t was i n c o m p l e t e f o r l a c k o f more m a t e r i a l s and c u r t a i n s ; and l a c k o f a s s i s t a n c e . I n f a c t , as i s t o o u s u a l , t h e w h o l e a f f a i r a p p e a r e d t o be u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n by a t o t a l o f t w e n t y p e o p l e , and t h e v o l u n t e e r p a r t y t o c l e a r i t up numbered l e s s t h a n h a l f t h a t . However, p e r h a p s t h e o r g a n ­i z e r s o f C a r n i v a l s have begun t C l e a r n the. l e s s o n t h a t t h e y c a n r e l y o n l y on t h e i r i m m e d i a t e f r i e n d s .

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A f t e r t h e l e s s o n o f h i r e d c a b a r e t s o f t h e p a s t two y e a r s , G u i l d s p r o d u c e d a b e t t e r a m a t e u r show, l a r g e l y t h e i r own, t h a t was r e c e i v e d w i t h a t t e n t i o n and a p p l a u s e . I f t h e i r s u b j e c t s , o f s t u d e n t c o n t r i b u t i o n , were e x c u r s i o n s n e a r t h e o l d and h o a r y , a t l e a s t t h e y were done w i t h w i t and p r e s e n t e d w i t h a l i g h t a i r . The S p a n i s h d a n c e r s who t o p p e d t h e b i l l h a d a l r e a d y l i m b e r e d up e a r l y • i n t h e e v e n i n g , b u t were s t i l l much t h e A n g l o -S axons - t h a t m o s t o f them were - u n t i l t h e y g o t warmed up a g a i n . They w e r e w o r t h e v e r y m i n u t e t h a t t h e i r s o l o i s t , M i s s R o s a l i n d P h i l i p s , was on t h e f l o o r .

The P r e s i d e n t o f G u i l d s n e a t l y e v a d e d t h e demands f o r a C a l y p s o , t h r o u g h o u t t h e e v e n i n g .

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s p l i t , b u t s a i d i t w o u l d h e l p i f r e s i d e n t s c o u l d buy t h e i r own s e p a r a t e meat r a t i o n s d r r r o ^ s i M e by MoF r e g u l a t i o n s . A m o u n t o f f o o d a v a i l a b l e t o r e f e c t ­o r y d o e s n o t , i n any c a s e , d e p e n d on r a t i o n b o o k s , b u t o n l y on number o f m e a l s s e r v e d J,A number o f r e s i d ­e n t s i n c l u d i n g 'some a t t h e C o m m . M e e t i n g , o p p o s e d

s e p a r a t i o n . T h u s r m o s t o f I.C.was a g a i n s t t h e meas­u r e , * i t was d r o p p e d .

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a l l , S e r v i e e may s t o p i f i n s u f f i c i e n t l y s u p p o r t e d .

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A l t h o u g h P r e s i d e n t o f t h e H.C.3. ; nd S e c r e t a r y l a s t y e a r , J o h n H a r d i n g i s a l s o w e l l -known as a l e a d i n g member o f t h e D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y amongst whom he i s more r e a d i l y known as " W i l l y " a f t e r h i s c e l e b r a t e d p e r f o r m a n c e . B u t t h e S o c i e t y ' s r e c e n t c h o i c e o f p l a y , "The J e a l o u s W i f e " , was h a r d l y t h e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r i t s c a s t t o e n j o y t h e f u n and games e x p e c t e d i n an e i g h t e e n t h C e n t u r y Comedy, and J o h n , as t h e d i s s o l u t e and l e i s u r e d f o p L o r d T r i n k e t , was n o t g i v e n f u l l employment i n h i s p a r t i n g a p p e a r a n c e f o r the S o c i e t y .

W i l l y i s a d i f f i c u l t p e r s o n t o a n a l y s e beyond t h e f i r s t o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t an a r t i s t i c b e n t ( i n a . c r e a t i v e n o t p r e c i o u s s e n s e ) i s a g r e a t e r e l e m e n t i n h i s c h a r a c t e r t h a n i s p l a i n f o r c e . He keeps i n m i n d many f l u e n t i d e a s and a c c u r a t e comments on e v e n t s , b u t he i s r e l u c t a n t t o t h r u s t them f o r w a r d t o o q u i c k l y i n p u b l i c . One i s t h e r e f o r e s u r p r i s e d a t h i s s u c c e s s i n the R.C.S. U n i o n , a s w e l l as i n o u r e n t e r t a i n m e n t w o r l d . On o c c a s i o n s t h e s e two i n t e r e s t s s u i t e a c h o t h e r ' s demands w e l l , b u t on o t h e r s we f i n d t h a t h i s s p e e c h e s a t r e c e p t i o n s a r e more s e r i o u s t h a n s u i t t h e i r f u n c t i o n . These p e r h a p s l a c k r e h e a r s a l , t h o u g h r e h e a r s a l a l o n e d i d n o t p r o d u c e t h e a c t i n g o f W i l l y i n "Off t h e R e c o r d " . He has t r u l y p r o d u c e d such e f f e c t i v e l y t i m e d and c o m p l e t e c h a r a c t e r s on o u r s t a g e t h a t we have o v e r l o o k e d t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n and w o r k i n v o l v e d , and we have begun t o assume that he s h o u l d mould h i m s e l f t o a f o r e i g n n e r v e l e s s c h a r a c t e r a t a l l t i m e s .

K r e s h e r s w i l l h a v e met him at r e c e p t i o n s , and some Chemists w i l l have known h i m as t h e d e m o n s t r a t o r who p u t o u t t h e i r e a r l i e r e x p e r i ­m e n t a l f i r e s ; b u t e v e n these, t o g e t h e r w i t h h i s a p p e a r a n c e at U n i o n meetings, and t h e f a c t s of h i s l i f e do n o t add up t o t h e w h o l e H a r d i n g . Commonsense he may have g a i n e d f r o m b e i n g tossed a r o u n d i n w a r - t i m e e v a c u a t i o n , and f r o m t a k i n g M a t r i c a t a Co-Ed. s c h o o l . S u c c e s s i n obtaining a R o y a l S c h o l a r s h i p came a f t e r two y e a r s i n a s c h o o l o f b o y s o n l y , and he came t o the R.C.S. C h e m i s t r y D e p a r t m e n t i n 1948 at the age of s e v e n t e e n , a y e a r e a r l i e r t h a n he expected. He t h u s m i s s e d h i s t u r n a s Head Boy a t Schools here i s t h e l i n k t h a t has l e a d t o h i s b e i n g Head Boy o f t h e R.C.S., and a l s o to h i s p r o f e s s i o n of i n t e r e s t i n i n d u s t r i a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n now t h a t the s p e l l o f r e s e a r c h i s coming t o a n end.

He a d m i t s w i t h d e f e n s i b l e c h e e r t h a t h i s a b r u p t change f r o m s c h o o l t o I.C« l e f t h i m w i t h s o c i a l commitments a t home ( I l f o r d ) i n c l u d i n g p r o d u c t i o n of a c o n c e r t p a r t y , t h a t t o g e t h e r w i t h F i n a l s i n t h e s e c o n d y e a r l e f t h i m e f f e c t i v e l y a B r own-Bagger a t I.C. f o r s o l o n g . He e v e n t u a l l y p a s s e d f r o m a m i l d i n t e r e s t i n t h e R i f l e C l u b v i a a s e c o n d i n t h e s e c o n d s i n F i n a l s t o r e s e a r c h and t h e D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y . He has m a i n t a i n e d h i s i n t e r e s t i n s i n g i n g and s a i l i n g , and must be r a r e i n h a w i n g r e a d a l l b u t one o f t h e b o o k s on Show i n h i s c o n s i d e r a b l e b o o k s h e l f .

H i s p r e d e c e s s o r a s P r e s i d e n t o f R.C.S., B r i a n P u r s l o w , i s t h e e s s e n t i a l l i n k b e t w e e n h i s c a r e e r i n t h e R.C.S. U n i o n and i n C o l l e g e e n t e r ­t a i n m e n t s . " C e r t i f i c a t e X" and t h e R.C.S. Smoking C o n c e r t a t w h i c h i t was p r e s e n t e d l a s t y e a r were t h e i r p r o d u c t i o n s . J o h n was a l s o c o n ­c e r n e d w i t h D a v i d G r e e n f i e l d and B e r n a r d L a t t e r i n t h e i r a t t e m p t s t o b u i l d up an I.C. R e v ue .

J o h n has now t o w o r k on h i s t h e s i s , and h a s g i v e n up d r a m a t i c s . T h i s i s h i s t h i r d p o s t ­g r a d u a t e y e a r , and he hopes t h a t h i s r e s e a r c h on gome e x t r e m e l y o r g a n i c s u l p h u r compounds, w i t h t h e i r u n p l e a s a n t c h e m i c a l and s o c i a l p r o b l e m s , w i l l aoon be c o m p l e t e d . I t i s an odd t r u t h t h a t f o r a l l h i s U n i o n i n t e r e s t s , J o h n manages t o p a r c e l h i s t i m e s o w e l l t h a t he may most s u r e l y be c o n t a c t e d i n t h e l a b o r a t o r y . T h i s i s q u i t e a r e p u t a t i o n t o m a i n t a i n .

The P l a y N o t i c e s i n " P h o e n i x " a r e t h e b e s t summary o f W i l l y ' s s u c c e s s . F o l l o w i n g h i s f i r s t

a p p e a r a n c e i n "The A s c e n t o f F.6", came t h e p a r t t h a t g a v e h i m h i s n i c k n a m e i n " O f f t h e R e c o r d " , and w h i c h he c o n s i d e r s h i s f a v o u r i t e i n d i v i d u a l c h a r a c t e r . I n " T h u n d e r Rock" came h i s g r e a t e s t p a r t , w h i c h he c h o o s e s a s h i s f a v o u r i t e d r a m a t i c o p p o r t u n i t y , and t h e n t h e A m e r i c a n b u s i n e s s m a n i n "Summer Day's Dream" a t C h e l t e n h a m .

" P h o e n i x " had t h e s e t h i n g s t o s a y o f two o f them:

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l i b e r t y , i n t i m a c y , i s o l a t i o n and b e a u t y . "

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• i s s u e , t he G e n e r a l S t u d i e s L e c t u r e s rare a-g r e a t boon to u s , b u t t h e r e i s a d a n g e r t h a t , l i k e T.V., t h e y w i l l demand l i t t l e c o n s c i o u s e f f o r t f r o m t he s t u d e n t s . However, t h e y a r e a means o f s t i r r i n g up a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f o u r c o l l e g e u n d e r g r a d u a t e p o p u l a t i o n t h a t was n e v e r p o s s i b l e by t h e s m a l l numbers i n v o l v e d i n a T o u c h s t o n e weekend, and i n the p r a c t i c a l numbers t h a t c a n a t t e n d D i n n e r i n H a l l t o a d v a n t a g e .

l w o u i a s u g g e s t that, l u r t n e r changes a r e made i n o u r s t u d e n t h a b i t s aimed a t m a k i n g u n d e r ­g r a d u a t e s c o n s t a n t l y aware o f t h e i r r e s p o n s i b l e s t a t u s i n f u t u r e s o c i e t y , and I c a n t h i n k o f no more a p p r o p r i a t e measure t h a n the a p p a r e n t l y r e t r o ­g r a d e s t e p o f i n t r o d u c i n g u n d e r g r a d u a t e gowns, and r e q u i r i n g t h e s e to be worn a t a l l l e c t u r e s .

The c o s t o f s i m p l e gowns w o u l d be w e l l r e ­p a i d i n the s a v i n g o f wear o n c l o t h e s , and t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f the c o l l e g e a t Commemoration and o t h e r a s s e m b l i e s w o u l d be v a s t l y i m p r o v e d . A gown I s an e x c e l l e n t p e n - w i p e r . I t i s a l s o a p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t l e c t u r e - t h e a t r e d r a u g h t s , and , a g a i n s t t he l i g h t r a i n o f the s e a s o n s .

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P O L I T I C A L S O C I E T Y R E P O R T .

Reviewing the a c t i v i t i e s during the past term of the P o l i t i c a l Society and i t s constituent groups one r e a l i z e s •that students do not give t h i s important society s u f f i c i e n t support. The r e a l aim of the P o l . S o c , of which a l l students are members, i s to i n t e r e s t and inform students i n the vi«ws of the p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s .

The society s t a r t e d the term w i t h high hopes and a f u l l program le, but lack of support caused a number of discussions t o be cancelled. The f i r s t item on the P o l . S o c , programs was the annual Freshers t e a held i n conjunction with the l i t . and Deb. Soc.

The f o l l o w i n g day the Conservative Group held t h e i r A.G.M. where they elected o f f i c e r s f o r t h i s session, drafted a c o n s t i t u t i o n , and arranged t o hold a se r i e s of discussions. Due t o lack of support only one was held. This was on "The future of the Labour Party'.' The number present was le s s tnan h a l f a dozen even though open t o a l l who wished t o attend.

The S o c i a l i s t group fared s l i g h t l y b e t t e r , holding three meetings. The f i r s t of them, was addressed by Gordon Schaffer on "German Rearmament'.' As he had v i s i t e d Germany severa l times i n the past few years he could t a l k from p r a c t i c a l knowledge. On November 7th the "Problem of Kenya" was discusseds t h i s was l e d by a Kenya student so that f i r s t hand knowledge was again a v a i l a b l e .

The L i b e r a l liroup, the smallest., d i d not hold any meetings during the term. A j o i n t meeting at I.C. with the U.L. L i b e r a l Federation at which Mr. Ronald Walker, the President of the L i b e r a l P a r t y , was to speak unfortunatly had t o be cancelled.

The p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s of the term ended w i t h a v i s i t

by 5 members of the P o l . S o c , to the House of Commons.

The man who c a n l i v e f o r t o d a y f o r g e t f u l o f t h e p a s t , i n d i f f e r e n t t o t h e f u t u r e , i s a man f u l l o f wisdom.

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We a l l f e e l a t o u c h o f p i t y f o r f a d e d g e n t i l ­i t y , f o r t h o s e u n f o r t u n a t e s who a r e f o r c e d , i n t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e i r l i v e s , t o l i v e i n c i r c u m s t a n c e s f a r removed f r o m t h o s e o f t h e i r h e y d a y . When t h e same s i t u a t i o n a p p l i e s t o a m a g a z i n e , f o u n d e d s i x t y - s e v e n y e a r s ago i n t h e d a y s o f P r o g r e s s and O p t i m i s m b y a l i t e r a r y s c a l l y w a g , and g r o w i n g r e s p e c t a b l e w i t h age ( a s d i d t h e s c a l l y w a g h i m s e l f i n t h o s e b r o a d t r a d i t i o n s w h i c h t u r n t h e f i l t h o f C h a u c e r and B o c c a c c i o i n t o " c l a s s i c s ' ' when t h e o r i g i n a l f r e s h n e s s o f t h e i r e x e r e s c e n c e s has b e e n g l a z e d and h a l l o w e d by" time}-, we a r e i n d e e d s o r r o w f u l . N ot t h a t I w o u l d e v e r s u g g e s t t h a t W e l l s o r P h o e n i x i s , o r h a s b e e n , f i l t h y ; i I mean r a t h e r t h a t i t i s f o o l i s h t o h o l d t h e 'magazine i n undue v e n e r a t i o n s i m p l y b e c a u s e i t was s t a r t e d b y one who l a t e r became r e c o g n i s e d a s a G r e a t W r i t e r . B u t e v e n t h e v e n e r a t i o n may t u r n t o a n g e r - a n g e r a t b e i n g r o o k e d f o r 1/6.

What l i t t l e t h e r e i s , i s g o o d : b u t t h e d u l l , c l o g g i n g f a c t u a l i t y o f t h e R e v i e w s e c t i o n o v e r ­powers any l i t e r a r y c o n t e n t P h o e n i x may h a v e . M e s s r s Goss a n d Cohen h a v e h a n d l e d t h e S p o r t and S o c i a l C l u b s e c t i o n s e f f e c t i v e l y - t h e f o r m e r h a v i n g b e e n a d m i r a b l y , o u t s p o k e n t h o u g h o v e r -p r o f u s e o f e x c l a m a t i o n m a r k s , and Mr. Cohen mak­i n g a chunk o f u n r e a d a b l e f a c t b a r e l y r e a d a b l e , a c r e d i t a b l e r e s u l t w i t h a u c h u n p r o m i s i n g m a t e r i a l .

T h a t four:; d e p a r t i n g p r o f e s s o r s s h o u l d s i m u l ­t a n e o u s l y r e q u i r e " p r o f i l i n g " was t o u g h l u c k on t h e E d i t o r , bound a s he was t o do h i s d u t y . The f o u r r e s u l t i n g a c c o u n t s a r e v a l u a b l e i n t h a t t h e y r e p r e s e n t t h e s o r t o f l i v e s t h e b e s t o f u s may hope t o l e a d ; b u t t h e y a r e n o t l i t e r a t u r e . I n t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , t h e P h o t o g r a p h i c E x h i b i t i o n a c c o u n t m i g h t have been c u t a l i t t l e , t o make t h e R e v i e w l e s s b u l k y , t h o u g h i t was w e l l d o ne. The same a p p l i e s t o t h e D r a m a t i c C r i t i c i s m , a r a p i e r -s h a r p a n a l y s i s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a b l u d g e o n o f t y p i c a l Wearnesque p r o s e .

I n t h e f i e l d o f o r i g i n a l l i t e r a r y c o m p o s i t i o n , t h e v e r y b o n e s e f P h e a n i x , i t %ajg a s h o c k t o f i n d S e l b y Angus i n t e m p o r a r y (we h o p e ) r e t i r e m e n t . The r e s u l t i n g gap was p a r t l y f i l l e d b y a d i s ­j o i n t e d t h o u g h a m u s i n g s t o r y b y V e r e A t k i n s o n i n t s t y l e so t y p i c a l l y s t u d e n t - l i k e t h a t i t o f t e n p a r o d i e d i t s e l f . B u t e good d e a l o f gap s t i l l g a p e d . E q u a l l y s e l f c o n s c i o u s i n s t y l e , a n e n o n j n o u s a r t i c l e on J u d o came o f f v e r y w e l l , b e t t e r , .than t h e o p e n i n g o e u v r e , a p i e c e o f f r i p p e r y a b o u t R e c t o r s . A d e s c r i p t i v e i n c i d e n t a b o u t m o u n t a i n e e r i n g b y " J a d " gave me t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t t r i e * r i t e r was r e l i v i n g a v i v i d e x p e r i e n c e ; b u t I was u n a b l e t o s h a r e i t w i t h h i m i n s p i t e o f s u b t l e , b u t o v e r c o p i o u s , d e t a i l .

P h o e n i x s u f f e r s f r o m h i g h c o s t s , f r o m ..the o b l i g a t i o n t o p r i n t a , l o t o f r o u t i n e f a c t , f r o m s t u d e n t a p a t h y , p e r h a p s e v e n f r o m t h e p r e s e n c e o f F E L I X , w h i c h e x h a u s t s t h e l i t e r a r y c a p a c i t y o f a number p f p o t e n t i a l c o n t r i b u t o r s . I t i s s u b j e c t t o e x t r a o r d i n a r y d e l a y s , l i k e t h a t w h i c h made t h e i s s u e u n d e r r e v i e w a p p e a r a t t h e end o f t e r m i n s t e a d o f a t t h e b e g i n n i n g , t o l o s e i n c o n s e ­quence t h e m a j o r p a r t o f a v a l u a b l e " f r e s h e r " m a r k e t . P h o e n i x i s d o d d e r i n g . May superhuman i n s p i r a t i o n f a l l on t h e p o o r d e v i l s who r u n i t !

SATURDAY, J a n 2 4 t h . The I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e D a n c i n g C l u b A n n u a l Dance w i l l be h e l d a t I.C.U. f r o m 8.00 p.m. E v e n i n g D r e s s o p t i o n a l . T i c k e t s 10/-d o u b l e , i n c l u d i n g B u f f e t . MONDAY, J a n 2 6 t h . C. & G. R a d i o S o c . D r . E.G. P l e s s e y o f t h e D.S.I.R. R a d i o R e s e a r c h , S l o u g h , w i l l s p e a k o n " R a d i o a n d N a v i g a t i o n a l A i d s " . TUESDAY, J a n 2 7 t h . P r o f . D.M.Newitt (Chem. E n g . D e p t . , I . C . ) w i l l g i v e t h e f i r s t o f t h r e e l e c t u r e s a t t h e R o y a l I n s t i t u t i o n o n " E x p e r i m e n t i n g a t H i g h P r e s s u r e s " , a t 5.15 p.m. THURSDAY, J a n 2 9 t h . 1.15 p.m. I . C . Mas. S o c . L u n c h H o u r r e c i t a l , C o u n c i l Room, C&G. V i o l i n a n d P i a n o S o n a t a s .

'5.30 p.m. C&G E n g i n e e r i n g S o c . B r i g . A.C.Hughes w i l l l e c t u r e o n "The E d u c a t i o n a n d T r a i n i n g o f E n g i n e e r s " . MONDAY, Feb 2 n d . C&G R a d i o S o c . A n n u a l e x h i b i t i o n o f home made e q u i p m e n t .

TUESDAY, F e b 3 r d . U.L.U. P h i l o s o p h i c a l S t u d y Grout). D r . G . J . W h i t r o w w i l l s p e a k o n t h e " P h i l o s o p h y o f M a t h e m a t i c s " a t 5.15 p.m. i n t h e U n i o n A s s e m b l y

THURSDAY, F e b 5 t h . A s t u d e n t p a p e r o n "Time a n d M o t i o n S t u d y " w i l l b e g i v e n b y G . H . S t a r m e r , Rofem 1 5 , C&G, a t 5.30 p.m. f o r t h e C&G E n g i n e e r i n g S o e .

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I n t h e r i g h t s p i r i t f o r an X'mas p r e s e n t a t i o n was George Colraan 's 'The J e a l o u s W i f e ' , p r e s e n ­t e d by t h e Dram S o c . on f o u r c o n s e c u t i v e n i g h t s .

By some o b s c u r e c r i t e r i o n , , t h e o p e n i n g 'Mines' n i g h t was p r o n o u n c e d t o be "above t h e u s u a l s t a n - ' dard*; i t i s d e f i n i t e l y t r u e , h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e d i a l o g u e c o u l d a c t u a l l y . b e h e a r d a t t i m e s . The t h i r d n i g h t p r o d u c e d a n u n e x p e c t e d change, as t h e l e a d i n g ' l a d y , J u l i a n S t e r n , was i n d i s p o s e d . The s t a n d - i n J e a n Osborne c a r r i e d on v e r y w e l l , w i t h o c c a s i o n a l a i d f r o m SHW's b e s t f a l s e t t o t h r o u g h t h e w i n g s .

The p r o d u c t i o n was v e r y w e l l p l a n n e d and e x e c u ­t e d , a n d a l l t h e c h a r a c t e r s were w e l l i n t e r p r e t e d S p e c i a l m e n t i o n must be made o f t h e p o l i s h e d Lar'y F r e e l o v e and t h e f o p p i s h L o r d T r i n k e t t ( G u e s s who? J o h n H a r d i n g ' . ) . The c o s t u m e s were t r u e t o t h e 18 1 8 t h c e n t u r y a t m o s p h e r e ^ aridT t h e s t ^ g j * marag"e¥enT was e x c e l l e n t . ' T h e man i n c h a r g e , H a r r y Pakei","

once made a n i m p r o m p t u a p p e a r a n c e on t h e s t a g e o b v i o u s l y < t b a c k - r o o m boy who w a n t s t o g e t ahead l i i s h o w - b u s i n e s s . )

I n p l a y s o f t h i s n a t u r e , a l i t t l e o v e r a c t i n g i s a l w a y s welcome and t h e r e were some s c e n e s whioh^ ' d e l i g h t f u l l y b o r d e r e d on t h e f a r e i c a l . T h e d i a l o ­gue d i d n o t c a l l f o r a n y f i n e s s e and t h e r e w was n o t much on t h e s t a g e . T h e humour may appear s l o w t o an a u d i e n c e u s e d t o t h e m a c h i n e - g u n w i s e c r a c k ­i n g o f Bob Hope and Groucho M a r x , b u t i t must be remembered t h a t t h e p l a y W a S j w r i t t e n a t a t i m e vrtien p e o p l e had f a r more l e i s u r e . T h e r e i s no d o u b t w h a t e v e r t h a t t h e Dram Soc made t h e b e s t use o f m a t e r i a l a t t h e i r d i s p o s a l . They t o o k a c h a n c e on a r i s k y r e v i v a l and were s u c c e s s f u l e n ­t i r e l y due t o t h e i r . o w n m e r i t . W e l l done, boys'.

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TYRIAN CUP TO I.C. On S a t u r d a y 1 3 t h . D e c , I . C . c r c e agp.ir won

t h e U n i v e r s i t y C r o s s - C o u n t r y C h a m p i o n s h i p o v e r t h e bi m i l e RoehaTiiptor c o u r s e .

Although I . C . h a d a s t r o n g team i t was t h o u g h t U.C. w o u l d be i r a s t r o n g p o s i t i o n t o c h a ] l e r g e , h o w e v e r t h e w i n n i n g m a r g i n was e v e n g r e a t e r t h a n l a s t y e a r . I . C . s c o r e d 41 p o i n t s t o K i n g ' s 7C, w h i l s t U.C. came t h i r d w i t h 7 3 . The l o w t o t a j o f p o i n t s was due i n t h e m a i n t o t h e f i n e r u n n i n g o f t h e l a s t two men i n t h e team; Woods and H u x f o r d , who came 1 3 t h . and 1 4 t h . S i n c e t h e ' f i r s t t h r e e o f t h e team r u n f o r t h e U n i v e r s i t h t h e y a r e e x p e c t e d t o do w e l l , a n d h o p e s were f u l f i l l e d when t h e f i n a i p l a c i n g s were R o b e r t s o n 2 n d . , P a i n 4 t h . , a n d B a i l e y 6 t h . I t b o d e s w e l l f o r t h e f u t u r e o f t h e C l u b t h a t f o u r o f t h e team w e r e f r e s h e r s .

R.C.S. c a u s e d a m i n o r s u r p r i s e by b e a t i n g G u i l d s 19-20 t o w i n t h e i n t e r - c o l l e g e c h a m p i o r s h i p w,hich i s h e l d i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e U . I . Cham­p i o n s h i p . S e v e r a l M i n e r s w e r e s t i r r e d o u t o f t h e i r s u b t e r r a n e a n t u n n e l * by t h e e n t h u s i a s m o f t h e i r c a p t a i n , J a m e s , and t h e M i n e s f i e l d e d a team. L a c k o f t r a i n i n g t o l d , b u t i n s p i t e o f t h i s a e r a l l s n t e f f o r t was made.

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i n a h u t , t h e j o u r n e y t o w h i c h was t r a v e r s e d on f j o t i n v i r g i n snow on a v e r y dci.rk e v p n i n g .

On t h e f i r s t day a p r e c e d e n t was s e t f o r l a t e a r r i v a l when as a " t r a i n i n g " w a l k t h r e e e n t h u s i a n t s w a l k e d o v e r Lh'andreth and t h e G a b l e s t o S c a f e l l F i k e . The r e t u r n j o u r n e y v.as c o m p l e t e d s l o w l y i n w i n t r y ::. o n l i g h t o v e r B l a c k S a i l P a s s and oni.i-th Gup.

n,ach day someone would" get up a t T "a.m. t o make b r e a k f a s t and so q u i t e e a r l y p a r t i e s o f 3 o r 4 would> s e t o f f i n a l l d i r e c t i o n s . The c l i m b s were m o s t l y h i g h up and so c o v e r e d i n snow and i c e . C o n s e q u e n t ^ as much h i l l w a l k i n g was done as r o c k c l i m b i n g .

New Year's Eve was c e l e b r a t e d i n t h e u s u a l way, but n e x t day t h e r e was a s l i g h t h a n g o v e r . T h i s was p u r g e d by an a s c e n t o f W h i t e l e s s P i k e . As t h e sum.iit was a p p r o a c h e d t h e w i n d became s t r o n g e r , t h e r a i n t u r n e d t o snow and t h e p a r t y e n t e r e d t h e c l o u d s . U n d e r t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s i t was d e c i d e d on an i m m e d i a t e d e s c e n t b u t s i x m a s o c h i s t s c o n t i n u e d a l o n g t h e r i d g e t o Grassmoor where t h e summit was f o u n d o n l y w i t h d i f f i c u l t y and n e a r l y m inus one p a i r o f b a g s .

The n e x t day b r o k e w i t h o u t a c l o u d i n t h e s k y . P a r t i e s s e t o f f by d i f f e r e n t r o u t e s w i t h G a b l e a s t h e g o a l . On t h e summit a w o n d e r f u l v i e w was b e h e l d o f snow c o v e r e d h i l l s a c r o s s t h e s e a ( A r r a n and J i . I r e l a n d p e r h a p s ) . A l a r g e p a r t y went t o f i n d "a p i e c e o f v e r t i o a l i t y " and h a v i n g r o u n d i t p r o g r e s s e d up i t r a t n e r s i o w i y , n o t • r e g a i n i n g t h e summit u n t i l 9 p.m. On t h e i r way flown t h e y were met by a r e s c u e p a r t y . However, t h e y d i d n ' t n e e d r e s c u i n g ' a n d t h e w a l k e r who was t o be r e s c u e d was n o t f o u n d - he had g o t h i m s e l f down i t t r a n s p i r e d - so e v e r y o n e , r e t u r n e d whence t h e y came.

On t h e l a s t e v e n i n g t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f t h e F i r e B r i g a d e was n e e d e d . I n a u s u a l l y q u i e t v a l l e y t h i s caused some l o c a l e x c i t e m e n t and a f e w y o k e l s came t o See t h e f u n , o n l y t o f i n d t h a t i t was a s m o u l d e r i n g beam b e n e a t h t h e f i r e p l a c e and e a s i l y e x t i n g u i s h e d when t h e f i r e p l a c e had been smashed t o p i e c e s .

L o n g b e f o r e t h e l a s t m o r n i n g had dawned most of u s were on t h e way home w i t h t h o u g h t s once more s l i p p i n g i n t o t h e r e g u l a r g r o o v e s o f t e r m - t i m e .

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g l a d t h e y e n t e r t a i n e d us a f t e r t h e : i a t c h , a n d

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w i n n i n g 3-1. M a t c h r e s u l t : I . C . "^9n 3-2.

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c l u b s i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y t o f o r m a U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n S k i C l u b , w h i c h i s now beiner nerma-n e n t l y a f f i l i a t e d t o UTU. A t C h r i s t m a s , t h i r t y f o u r members , i n c l u d i n g 13 f r o m T.C., w e n t t o K a n d e r s t a g , S w i t z e r l a n d , -for two w e e k s . K a n d e r s t a g , i n t h e B e r n e s e O b e r l a n d , h a s a n e x c e l l e n t p r a c t i c e h i l l f and a f t e r a b o u t 1 0 d a y s o f i n s t r u c t i o n e v e n c o m p l e t e b e g i n n e r s were a b l e t o e n j o y t h e ^ e d and ^ l u e r u n s , w i t h t h e i r 500 m e t r e d r o p , a n d t ^ e s c e n i c o v e r l a n d i t r i p t o Gemnic Pass.Hue t o a l a t e s t a r t on t h e e n e r g e t i c t r i p t o t h i s p a s s t h e r e t u r n j o u r n e y was c o m p l e t e d i n t h e m o o n l i g h t C b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e w a s n ' t a n y moonJ)

A f t e r s u p p e r e a c h day, o u r fcroup showed c o n ­s i d e r a b l e a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e w i n e and m u s i c i n t h e l o c a l h o t e l s . T h e s e welcomed u s a l l w i t h o u t a n y c o v e r c h a r g e a n d gave u s many w o n d e r f u l l y p l e a s a n t a n d i n e x p e n s i v e e v e n i n g s T h i s C h r i s t i n a s t r i p was c e r t a i n l y a s u c c e s s ­f u l s k i h o l i d a y .

I n t h e new, l a r g e r U n i v e r s i t y c l u b , t h e r e a r e enough p e o p l e i n t e r e s t e d t o a r r a n g e a n E a s t e r t r i p a b r o a d t h i s y e a r . Anvone who w o u l d l i k e t o j o i n may g e t i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m T . C . S k i Club-Sec. , U n i o n r a c k .

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