October 23rd, 1973
NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
FREE ISSUE No. 343
L O O K O U T F O R
C H A N G E T A B L E S IN
T H E R E F E C T O R I E S
S T A R T I N G THIS
W E E K !
S E E B E L O W .
PROPOSED BY
I C U G M A T L A S T T U E S D A Y ' S L G M , I C U
pledged itself to a campaign round the
current 5 per cent increase i n refectory
prices that were imposed at the
beginning of this term.
A mot ion proposed by Pau l Watk ins
suggesting a petition to be prepared
condemning the price increases and
handed in to the Rector at a large
demonstration. It also proposed that
ECU ho ld back a sum of money equal
to the difference between the old and
new prices f rom payments made to the
college. If this failed to stop the price
rises an E . G . M . would be called to dis
cuss different tactics.
Jock Vea l l argued against Watk ins '
mot ion cal l ing it a "recipe for defeat"
and proposed an amendment asking for
students to be issued w i th o ld price
lists so that they would only pay the o ld
prices. H e cal led for a campaign of
explanation to publ ic ise the increases
and decisions taken to the staff and
students.
Pete Lamber t argued against the
amendment saying that it tied people to
Mooneys, whereas inf lation was every
where, therefore one should ca l l for
supplementary grants.
The amendment was passed 88-76 and
the amendment motion was passed over
whelmingly.
N o r m Sayles, President I C U , argued
against the amended mot ion saying that
his main points were those printed i n
his co lumn in Fe l ix 9th October edition.
Recapped, these were that according to
the law, the Col lege had no alternative
and that at least the recommended
increase wasn't higher.
The full mot ion passed by the
quorate (!) Un ion Meet ing is:-
IC Un i on notes:
I. The continued erosion of the
student l iv ing standards caused by the
low grant and the high cost of food and
accommodat ion.
2 That the college has increased re
fectory prices by 5 per cent despite
Un ion representation on the Refectories
Committee-and the Govern ing Body .
IC Un ion believes:
Tha t the Govern ing Body should
defy the Government ( U G C ) self bal
ancing jegulat ions, and subsidise prices
with a view to forcing the Government
to introduce refectory subsidies unt i l the
N U S demands on grants are ful ly
satisfied.
1C U n i o n recommends:
Tha t i n order to implement the
decision taken last term by a U G M to
freeze prices (i.e. to rescind the 5 per
cent increase) and to stop further
increases, the Grants A c t i o n Committee
and volunteers f rom this U n i o n meeting
who should be co-opted on to the G A C
shall organise :—
1. Tables to be set up in A L L
refectories to give change, so that stud
ents are able to pay the correct money
for the o ld prices in the refectories.
2. O l d price lists to be distr ibuted i n the refectories.
3. A campaign of explanat ion to the
refectory staff and students, to publicise
the issues at stake and the decisions
taken.
A n entertainments mot ion was passed
abol ishing the mot i on passed at the last
C o u n c i l meeting of last year wh i ch
restricted the number of " large groups"
per term to three.
A n amendment was proposed by J o h n
Lane increasing, the number of " large
groups" to four per term but was
rejected as var ious Ents. personnel
promised no return to the situation of
last year, despite the motion not giv ing
an upper l im i t to the number of
" large groups" per term.
The or ig ina l Counc i l mot ion was
passed to ensure Ents. cater for a wider
range of tastes than just the groups
scene, wh i ch is why this year we have
films and folk groups as we l l as some
" large groups."
Volunteers number ing about a dozen
from the meeting were co-opted onto the
G . A . C . and included Piers C o r b y n ( IC
veteran) who was described by T a r i q
Lo l ley as being " the only one with any
brains on the G A C . "
The quorum Was then challenged
successfully and the meeting was closed
before it could move on to the next
item: Chi le .
F I R E F I R E B R O K E O U T i n the lockers of
the Forbes Laboratory in Zoology last •
Thursday afternoon.
Discovered by a technician who
opened the door to the locker room and
found it ful l of thick smoke, the fire
destroyed a large number of plastic con
tainers and incinerated the wood of the
lockers.
F o u r fire engines were rapidly outside
Beit H a l l summoned by the fire a la rm
inc luding two wi th extending ladders.
Water to extinguish the fire was pumped
f rom a hydrant outside Botany in Prince
Consort Road .
The Fe l i x editor writes: T was in the
Buttery at the t ime the a larms went off,
assuming them to be a routine practice
I strolled outside to find smoke bi l low
ing out of the third floor windows of
Zoology. Upstairs the Forbes lab was
full of dense acrid smoke which imme
diately made your eyes water. People
were attempting to put the fire out w i th
hand extinguishers but the fire appeared
to have too great a hold.
' The firemen were qu i ck l y on the
scene w i th a hose hauled up from Bei t
quad. A few lucky ones had breathing
apparatus—the others would only be
able to stand it in the lab for a few
minutes before dashing out eyes stream
ing, gasping and coughing.
A f t e r about five minutes the smoke
started to subside, the windows were
opened to disperse what remained of the
choking fumes and we could see the
extent of the damage.
Water and foam covered the floor and
walls of the locker room, two windows
had been broken to let the smoke out,
burn marks and melted plastic were
everywhere. Inside the locker room the
heat was sti l l intense—so much so that
the translucent plastic coyer on a fluor
escent roof l ight had melted and dis
torted out of a l l recognition. The fire
itself was by a l l appearances centred at
a low level in the lockers'.
The cause of the fire has not been
discovered and according to N o r m
Sayles arson is not being discounted as
a possibil ity.
, Page 2 F E L I X October 27th, 1973
ITERS Dear F r i e n d s ,
A s one w h o is not a s tudent , but a w o r k e r in a
un i ve r s i t y b o o k s h o p in L o n d o n , I w o u l d be m o s t
grateful if y o u w o u l d a l l o w me the use of your
c o l u m n s to m a k e an appea l to your readers .
A g roup of peop l e in Phoen ix , A r i z o n a are at
t empt ing to ra ise f unds to buy m e d i c a l mate r i a l
for those wo rke r s in C h i l e w h o are in a r m e d c o n
f l ict w i t h the mi l i t a ry reg ime . The f o l l o w i ng is
part o f a letter f r om this g roup w h i c h w a s pub
l i shed by the A n a r c h i s t paper " F r e e d o m " in the
issue da ted 2 9 . 9 . 7 3 :
" M o n e y is urgent ly needed by C h i l e a n wo rke r s ,
s tuden ts and r a d i c a l s . A s w e k n o w A l l e n d e is
dead , a l ong w i t h 5 ,000 of h is f e l l ow w o r k e r s .
S tuden t s , wo rke r s are s t i l l w a g i n g f ierce ba t t l e s
aga inst junta t roops . W o r k e r s have taken over
fac tor i es and are s t i l l p r o d u c i n g — w h i l e b e i n g
b o m b e d by junta p l anes ! W o r k e r s in V a l p a r a i s o
s u r p r i s e d junta g roups and re -captured ha l f the
t o w n . S o l d i e r s and low- l eve l officers in the south
of C h i l e are g roup ing w i t h a r m e d r a d i c a l g roups
of w o r k i n g peop le and m o v i n g t owards San t i ago .
The junta mi l i t a ry i n vaded the Un i v e r s i t y o f S a n
t iago and murde r ed hundreds of s tuden ts . Le f t is ts
and suppor ters are be ing r o u n d e d up a n d s u m m a r
i ly shot . P o l i t i c a l e x i l e s — a r o u n d 3 0 0 — i n C h i l e
have been r ounded Up a n d s h o t . "
(I th ink there c o u l d be s o m e doubt as to the
a c c u r a c y o f c l a s s i f y i ng A l l e n d e as a worke r , bu t
I th ink in the context of th is appea l that is nei ther
here nor there.)
Upon read ing th is I sent the group a letter re
ques t ing further in f o rmat i on , as events in C h i l e
were m o v i n g at a rap id pace , and the i r reply , in
part , is a s f o l l ows :
" A t present ( letter da t ed 6 .10 .73 ) in fo rmat ion
o n the junta takeover is vague . One impor tant
aspec t i s the g r ow ing bo ldness of ' r e spec t ab l e '
j ourna l i s t i c purveyors w i t h i n C h i l e w h o are step-
p n g a l i t t le more heav i l y on the toes of pr int
c enso r sh i p by w r i t i n g more of the rea l i ty ins ide
than the junta fee ls is necessary . A m e r i c a n news
sources are speak ing less t i m i d l y . W e ' v e learnt
more o f the s laughter , r ound-ups , to r tures , i n t i m i
da t i ons , book burn ings , etc. , f r om big e s t ab l i shed
newspape rs now. A t first they we r e s i l ent , n o w
they ' r e speak ing louder . Of course , w e don ' t ex
pect them to encourage a rmed revo lu t ion or to
a g . t a te the U . S . Gove rnmen t to c o n d e m n and not
recogn ize the usurpers . I th ink the po int at w h i c h
the U . S . Press k i s s e d a l i t t le less a ss w a s w h e n
news of g r o w i n g , s anc t i oned a n t i - S e m i t i s m c a m e
out. ' E l M u r c u r i o ' — t h e r i ght -w ing p a p e r — p r i n t e d
a letter, very p rominent l y , w h i c h cas t A l l e n d e
a j a c o g i n the ' J e w C o m m u n i s t C o n s p i r a c y ' a n d
c o n c l u d e d by urg ing a pog rom of Ch i l e an J e w s .
The author wan t ed , as succou r , ' a J e w hang ing
f rom every lamp-post in San t i ago ' . T h i s , the inc i
dents of book burn ing by the a r m y a n d eye-
w i tnes to torture and s u m m a r y execu t i on , so
r em in i s c en t of H i t l e r ( among others) s e emed to
make the b ig shot news pub l i she r s uneasy . Conse
quent l y , more n e w s is c o m i n g f r om these agen
c i es . M y own news sources are f r om A s i a N e w s
Se r v i c e , P resna La t ina , Inter N e w s Se r v i c e and
N A C L A . W e p lan to i ssue a pamphle t or news
s u m m a r y o f the events w i t h i n two w e e k s . A t the
moment , in fo rmat ion on contac ts , f inanc ia l d i s
pe r s i on , etc. is v a g u e — r a t h e r , w e are s t i l l nutur-
ing our l eads . W e ' r e t ry ing to co -ord inate (if our
immed ia t e con tac t s fai l ) re l ie f w o r k w i t h a g roup
in Berke l ey , C a l i f o r n i a . W e an t i c ipa te a long
per iod of w a i t i n g for s t rong , re l iab le c on tac t s to
d e v e l o p — b u t w e ' r e op t im i s t i c . If howeve r , all
avenues e r e unsucce s s fu l l y exhaus t ed , w e ' l l i n
fo rm eacn contr ibutor and either re fund the con
t r ibut ion or use it e l s e w h e r e . "
There is very l i t t le s tudents or w o r k e r s in th i s
country can do at the present t ime to d i r ec t l y
ass i s t the Ch i l e an worke rs but suppor t ing th i s
fund does make some con t r i bu t i on to the i r s t rug
g le . P l ease s end a l l m o n e y and in fo rmat ion on
further con tac t s in C h i l e or A rgen t ine to : D A R I O
M c D A R B Y , 1 4 2 2 1 E. V I R G I N I A , P H O E N I X , A R I
Z O N A 8 5 0 0 6 , U . S . A .
Y o u r s s ince re l y , Leonard S t i l l .
D i l l o n s Un i v e r s i t y B o o k s h o p L td . ,
M a i l O rde r Depar tment ,
1 M a l e t S t . ,
L o n d o n , W C 1 . (Enve lope m a r k e d ' P E R S O N A L ' )
USK ENTSHEET D e a r E d ,
Th is year we are hop ing
to put the o ld U . S . K . Ents
sheet on a more sol id bas
is, br ing ing i t out regular
ly every Wednesday. W o r k
w i l l start on Tuesday
lunch-t ime in the U n i o n
Office area, and we wou ld
appreciate any offers of
help, especially w i th stap
l ing i n the evening, and
wi th d istr ibut ion.
A n y notices should be
in the U .S .K . pigeon hole
by Tuesday lunoht imes—i f
you have any in format ion
on Events, 'please send i t
in. We also need contacts
in the other colleges
roundabout, i f anyone
knows of anyone "ou ts ide "
who wou ld be interested
in helping, wou ld they
please drop us a line.
Thanks , and do drop by,
Chris and P a u l .
MRPHY^ DAY Dear Editor,
I feel (often), as Presi
dent of the Royal School
of Mines, that I should
warn all those bumpkins
and general scrape-the-
barrel slag who intend to
oppose us on Morphy
Day (See and Pee and
arse-ease-rest are the
technical descriptions of
the enemy): that we shall
win. That we shall take
no prisoners. Rape, plun
der and loot are our bat
tle orders, and the safest
thing for them is to keep
their life insurance poli
cies intact and slink
quietly from the battle
field.
The oar will be ours,
and our ladies rowing
eight will win, while our
ever-victorious Rugby
team crushes in turn
their opponents on some
far-flung field.
Remember you have
been warned. We have
already won, our fire
power is invincible, our
crack troops will not
waver. Heed not the call
to battle of your presi
dents, you alone will be
the one to suffer.
Paul Gee.
NOT FOOLED S i r ,
S o w e cannot get any
th ing out o f the To r y
gove rnment (not even
£20 increase on the
grant ) . Thank you for
m a k i n g it c l ear t h i s
week . There fore your
so lu t i on is to rep lace the
To ry gove rnment by a
" L a b o u r gove rnment
p l edged to s o c i a l i s t p o l i
c i e s " . T w o m a i n ques
t ions then ar i se .
1. A c c o r d i n g to your
o w n argument , the Tor
ies a re b e i n g f o r c ed to
at tack the l i v ing s t a n d
ards of the w o r k i n g
c l a s s because o f the
rap id l y deepen ing econo
m i c c r i s i s w h i c h , as y ou
po int ou t i n your ed i tor
ial of Oc tober 16 th , is
tak ing p lace on a w o r l d
sca le not just in B r i t a i n .
W h e n (if) a Labour gov
ernment lis e l e c t ed , I
doubt very m u c h that
the w o r l d e c o n o m i c c r i s
is w i l l r e spond to th i s
by d i s appea r ing , so w i l l
not the Labour gove rn
ment be f o r c ed to car ry
out the same po l i c i e s to
try a n d prov ide s o m e
so lu t i on to th is c r i s i s ?
2. Y o u want a Labour
gove rnment p l edged to
soc i a l i s t po l i c i e s . The
Labour party is a l w a y s
p l edged to s o c i a l i s t p o l i
c i es . But , y o u may not
r emember the last Lab
our government . I do . I
can remember " I n p lace
of s t r i f e " , the Labour
pr i ces and incomes po l
i cy , h igh unemp l oymen t
under Labour ; I can re
member w h e n t roops
were sent in to break the
1 9 6 6 dock s t r ike , a n d
the Labour g o v e r n m e n t s '
suppor t for the Southern
A f r i c a n reg ime, for U . S .
agg ress i on in V i e t n a m
and for Israe ls ' e xpan
s ion i s t po l i c i e s . A n d it
was a Labour govern
ment that sent t roops to
suppress the peop l e o f
Nor thern I re land. W i t h
such a r eco rd , I doubt if
most peop le are foo l ed
any l onger b y these
these ' s o c i a l i s t p o l i c i e s ' .
Y o u r s s ince re l y ,
Ka th leen C o r c o r a n .
Autonomy Warning Dear Sir ,
Last week's U G M ex
pressed a serious contra
dict ion. The argument i n
favour of the U n i o n wi th
hold ing money f r om the
College equal to the re
fectory pr ice increases was
defeated by someone
point ing out that the C o l
lege has complete control
over U n i o n finances. The
College wou ld merely de
duct the same amount
f rom the Un ion ' s funds, as
it cou ld equally do in the
case of a rent strike.
A t tempt ing to l aunch
serious campaigns to de
fend I.C. students' inter
ests let alone the interests
of exploited groups out
side College, whi le the
U n i o n has no real auton
omy, is naive and shows
ours to be a U n i o n with*;
out priorities.
Joe Herbertsom
(Met.
ARE SCIENTISTS
ILITTERATE? The sceintist (that is acording to the other
lot, is uncultured, narrow minded, and ignarant
on any subject outside their own chosen subject,
in fact they can hardly read nor write. Can their
be any truth in this?
The below questions were tested on a tipycall
group of arts students, there avaradge mark was
only 98 per cent. See if your result can do better
than them.
*The stared questions what are marked with
an aterisk are slightly difficulter, they are optional!
and you need not try to attemp them unless you
want two.
Spell the folowing words corretly:
(i) ^ambiguous
(ii) "dissipate
(iii) ^independent
Complete the quotations:
(i) "I wandered, as a c loud" . . .
(ii) " A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a
(iii) "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not
w a n — "
Who wrote:
(i) Henry IV, Part I (Clue: Sh-k-sp- - re)
(ii) Henry IV, Part II
(iii) *Henry IV, Part III? (Be careful)
Arrange in the correct order:
World War I; World War II
What do the following have in common:
(i) *Pope Gregory, Pope John, Pope Pius I X
(ii) Violoncello, kazoo, viola, violin
(iii) Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Albert
Hall
Which is the odd one out:
(i) Beethoven's 6th, Schubert's Unfinished,,
Beethoven's 9th, Beethoven's 5th
(ii) Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Vase©
da Gama (Clue: how many of them were
English?)
(iii) Queen Victoria, Martin Luther, Alexander
the Great (Clue: how many of them air®
still al ive?'
Discuss and describe:
(i) the old Pretender
(ii) Eric the Red
(iii) the Black Hole of Calcutta (confine vow
answer to less than 2 words)
Where is:
(i) the Indian Ocean?
(ii) the Great Wall of China?
(iii) *the North Pole OR the South Pole?
(Give reasons)
Who painted:
(i) Van Gogh's self-portraits?
(ii) Whistler's mother?
(iii) those unspeakable pictures in the toilets?
(If this question is not answered in less
than one minute, E V E R Y O N E will be pun
ished.)
A W E E K IN T H E L - J P E O F RON / \ PPLEBY
- T H E J > A W w f r J i f © c r o f c e * . S V V
W A I V E S C r - t P i f t i c A i f o t t S ^ e
A P r e * , I T S sonnet styMSefc. . .
P O O F v 5 T O W E R
- T H E * P P . c c j L s w £ # . e A t - W E A S V H-AR.5 iQ-T
N c f l f M A c 5 A L E S
« r v o you i y e s you,
( H A L O OHIHVAM irveeurf
T H I S s c e w e A t w c t t . .
m o & e ivexr week J
October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 3
N A T I O N A L G R A N T S B R I E F I N G C O N F E R E N C E
The following is taken from
the National Grants Briefing
Conference held at the Collegiate
Theatre in U C L on 13th October.
Delegates from IC were present
to state their case in the discus
sion. J o h n R a n d a l l opened w!i!tih a speech
; br inging delegates up to date w i t h the
ongoing negotiations between the N U S ,
D E S and the S E D .
They have set up seven costing com
mittees to thrash out the costs of the
N U S claims. These are as fo l lows:
! 1. O n Discret ionary Awards and itheir
Abo l i t i on .
Th i s is a hopeful sign, as it is a
crack i n the D E S ' s wa l l of resistance
re abo l i t i on of discret ionary awards.
T h e N U S has suggested that costing
-1 be considered im (three " t i e r s " o'r
groups:
i . mandatory awards for H N D or
degree-equivalents.
i i . mandatory awards to a l l 18 +
students.
H i . mandatory awards to al l 16 +
students.
A s regards i i i . this wou ld inc lude the
vast major i ty of Technical Col lege
students. The majority of students
between 16 and 18 are not i n schools
but in Techs and F E colleges (many
people forget this).
The D E S does not appear to be in
terested i n ithe abo l i t ion of the Dis
cret ionary A w a r d Scheme. However,
• i t w i l l be an advantage in presenting
the N U S case for abo l i t ion i f we have
a real figure for the cost.
Legis lat ion Wi l l be needed to amend
the 1944 Educa t i on A c t . There w i l l
definitely be an amendment next
year, Ito provide a mandatory grant
for the D i p . H E (as proposed i n the
Govt . Wh i t e iPaper). It is hoped that
i f any legislative action is taken over
discretionary awards, it w i l l be taken
at this time.
Ano ther encouraging act ion on this
front is that L E A ' s w i l l be able to
recover 9 0 % of itheir expenditure on
mandatory awards f rom 1st A p r i l ,
1973. In theory, they can now be
more generous w i th discret ionary
awards. (Hitherto, ithey cou ld only
recoyer 6 0 % of their expenditure).
2. The Cost of abo l i t i on of d iscr imina
t ion against marr i ed women students
has been established as
(a) £l-^m. i f ithey a l l received the
"a t -home" grant (about £390).
(b) ,£3m. i f they a l l received the
"away- f rom-home" grant (£520).
L inked to this is the question of de
pendants' allowances. The D E S
pol icy (Which was l a id (before the
House of Commons two days be
fore the recess) lis that £250 per week
should be pa id for ithe academic year,
and dur ing the vacations, the c l a im
ant has to go to the D H S S Hike any
one else.
Th is amounts to £4.81 per week i n
term-time.
A campaign around this issue is Ito
be run, w i th in the Grants Campa ign ,
•to involve women i n local Colleges,
i t is hoped that there w i l l be a meet-
ling between N U S Exec, and Un ion
Wel fare Officers shortly.
3. A new award system for students
studying abroad.
Students studying in foreign coun
tries often run out of money before
the end of their courses because of
currency exchange fluctuations and
high cost of l i v ing in some foreign
countries.
The D E S wants an administratively
Simple system; perhaps banding to
gether several countries under a par
t i cu lar rate of grant. The D E S has
provided some cost-of-l iving figures
for some foreign countries, part icu
lar ly E E C countries. The N U S posi
t ion is that no student abroad should
receive less than the L o n d o n grant,
and -that i t should be pa id i n one
of two ways:
(a) the grant should be paid termly,
w i th adjustment for exchange
fluctuations and h igh cost of
l iv ing in same foreign countries,
(b) the grant should be pa id i n the
appropriate foreign currency at
the start of the academic year.
A s for overseas students, there is
l ittle chance, i t seems, of abol ishing
the 3-year residence qual i f icat ion.
The only movement here is the pos
sibi l i ty of students l i v ing i n the E E C
may receive mandatory awards.
iv. A b o l i t i o n of the Means Test.
Va r i ous approx imate figures of the
cost have appeared over 'the past
five years; they range f rom £6m.
(NUS) to £20m. (DES) . NU)S has/
pointed out that w i thdrawal of tax
al lowance for parents w i th ch i ldren
receiving grants would part ly offset
the cost of abol i t ion. The D E S has
been "co-operat ive" i n these negotia
tions, but the Inland Revenue Ser
vice has been dist inctly stroppy, and
refuses to give up the relevant fig
ures to N U S .
v. G i v i n g cash grants to Col lege of
E d . students
The D E S instituted a Pilolt Scheme
i n ten Colleges a few years back, but
appears to have gone off the idea
now. They are now saying that they
have commitment to introduce cash
grants and want to introduce subsi
dies to cover the losses incurred i n
Col lege of Educa t i on H a l l s and cat
ering. T h e N U S Execut ive therefore
considers it unwise to continue l ink
ing this c l a i m to the P i lo t Scheme
and p lan to raise ithe question in
general negotiations.
v i . Ra i s ing the ma in rate.
This is ithe most difficult costing, i n
cluding, as i t does, the assessment of
the not ional element for board and
lodging. Hi therto this has been taken
as the average of h a l l rents. T h i s is,
of course, misleading, because ha l l
rents are largely dependent on sub
sidies, " h i d d e n " or otherwise. T h e
wi thdrawal of wh i ch may lead to
sudden rises. Furthermore, as re
gards "d i gs " , ithe retai l price index
only measures the cost of unfurn
ished accommodat ion, the cost of
which rises m u c h more slowly than
the cost of furnished accommodat ion.
Hence, the cost of a l l student accom
modat ion is to be taken into account
i n these present negotiations.
Equipment grants are also being dis
cussed i n this context.
v i i . Students on long courses.
Th is includes health students, and
postgraduates.
Hea l th students may be studying for
44 to 48 weeks every year, but only
receive the not iona l element for
board and lodging for the extra
weeks (14-18 weeks). These students
have no opportunity to work dur ing
the hol idays, (only 4 weeks). T h e
N U S case is that they should receive
the fu l l grant for a l l 44-48 weeks.
Paramedica l students (manual hos
pital workers, etc.) are included i n
the section (i), as they receive dis
cretionary awards.
Ft appears that no-one i n the D E S
knows how the P G grant is assessed;
this may be one reason why there
has been no act ion f rom them on it!
The N U S has suggested that i t be
assessed in one of two ways:
i . as for other long-course students,
(ii) part or whole of a recent gradu
ate's salary; 7 5 % has been raised
as a figure.
The most significant point, however,
lis that N U S has little or no pol icy
on the postgraduate grant. A n y
ideas?
There are a few other areas which
have been discussed:
(a) F ie ld T r ips
The N U S has taken the l ine that i n
term-time, Students should receive
a certain amount of money to de
f ray , extra costs incurred by a field
t r ip . Dur ing vacations a l l the ele
ments i n the grant should be inc lu
ded i n the sum given, instead of just
board, lodgings and travel.
Note: The U G C gives each inst i tu
t i on a certain amount to sub
sidise field tr ips, f r om a cen
t ra l pool . It is l ike ly that I C
is one Col lege that benefits
f r om this scheme,
(ib) The T r i enn ia l Rev iew
One of N U S ' s demands to go to the
1973-74 Tr i enn ia l Rev iew is the
abo l i t i on of the T r i enn ia l Rev iew,
This , N U S feels, should be replaced
by an annua l review of student fin
ance. A questionnaire to be sent out
to 10 institutions on a proposed pilot
for the N U S scheme is to be pre
pared by the D E S .
(c) De lay in Ithe payment of grants.
Th i s year i t was caused by L E A ' s
'being forced to recalculate the grant
levels because of the changes i n the
means test. N U S hopes to speed up
the Tr i enn ia l Rev iew this year so
that i t doesn't drag on into the sum
mer, and delay the payment of the
(higher?) grant.
The Campaign
None of the D E S - N U S negotiations
carry any commitments f r om either side.
A t the end of the negotiations, the po l i t i
c a l decisions Wi l l be taken in D E S -
Treasury infighting. N U S Execut ive be
lieves that it is at this point that the
Campa i gn must be strongest—we must
apply our po l i t i ca l weight to produce
the right decis ion; hence the campaign
should bui ld up to the Review, and i f
necessary, carry o n beyond it .
Steve Parry spoke on the campaign.
H e pointed out Itihat the campa ign must
be carr ied out to 'back the negotiations
and i n conjunct ion With Trade Unions
and other groups on low and fixed i n
comes, e.g. pensioners and claimants.
A f t e r Margate , act iv ity should be
built up on an area basis dur ing the
second term. A c t i o n should be taken
around L E A meetings, etc., and cu lm i
nate i n a massive demonstrat ion at a
significant juncture i n the Tr iennia l Re
view.
k is hoped that areas w i l l commence
act ion on students rights i n conjunct ion
Wiith the Grants campaign.
In I C
We would hope to do several things
this term:
i. Inform students, particularly fresh
ers, about the grants campaign.
i i . Raise the level of consciousness
enough to provide ithe semblance o f
a mass mobi l isat ion in the Col lege.
i i i . Pave the way for a n effective rent
strike next term, a c ruc i a l per iod.
iv. Partake in the area campaign, a n d
provide some effective assistance to
smaller Colleges i n the area.
The major argument o n Saturday was
the posing of nat ional vs. l o ca l actions.
M y feeling is that any -action, l o c a l
or nat ional depends o n the effectiveness
of loca l student union officers. It is up
to the Un ion Execut ive to organise a n
effective campaign, and Ito mobi l i se sfu*
dents to enter the campaign. It is often
very useful to capitalise o n feeling over
local issues, e.g. refectory prices, and use
these to show the nature of the grants
situation ito Government E c o n o m i c po l
icy and the affect it has o n students and
others on low and fixed incomes.
I hope that there Wi l l be some cam
paigning wi th outside groups:
i. Trades Un i on v i a Hammersm i th
Counc i l .
i i . Pensioners; how about some cam- '
paigning for them?
i i i . C la imants .
i v . Tenants ' Associat ions.
Dates to Remember :—
October 24th or 25th: A r e a act ion.
Proposed: brief ral ly, then march to a n d
picket of L E A A c t i o n on discret ionary
awards.
November 7 ih : Na t i ona l Ra l l y .
November 14th: W o r k - i n (and PrirH
cess Anne 's wedding day).
Cont inued on page 4
Committee of Vice-Chancellors
and Principals show support for higher grants
. . . but words don t pay hills At its meeting this morning the Vice-Chanceilors' Committee dis
cussed the issue of student grants against the background of the review currently being conducted by the Department of Education and Science to determine the grant levels for the three years commencing next autumn.
It has been the declared policy of successive Governrrents over many years since the Anderson Committee reported, that subject to a parental means test, grants should be available to cover the reasonable basic maintenance costs of undergraduate students. This is the Anderson principle. But in recent years, Governments have begun to threaten this principle by fixing grants which fall short of basic
living costs. Universit ies are hit by
the decreasing value in
student grants i n two ways.
In the first place, students
ought to have the basic
means to support them
selves so that their studies
are not adversely affected.
In the second place, if un i
versities are to continue to
try to house students and
prevent a crisis in accom
modat ion, they must be
able to fix rents which
meet the cost of providing
accommodat ion w h i c h
now has to be financed
pr inc ipa l ly through loans
raised on the open money
market. E q u a l l y students
l iv ing in lodgings must be
able to pay rent at ithe
going rate.
The Committee 's con
cern about student grants
has become more acute
over the last two years.
When the D E S announced
press release
the levels that were to
apply for the three aca
demic years 1971-74, the
Committee said that in
adequate grants were in
consistent w i th the G o v ernment's pol icy wh ich
required universities to
make economic charges
for board and lodging.
Over the past year the
s t u d e n t s ' grievances
against the Government
about the decl ining pur
chasing power of their
grant took the f o rm of
rent strikes and protest
act ion directed against
universities. A l though the
universities sympathised
wilth the students' dif f icul
ties, they were bound to
tell their students that they
could not provide wide-
ranging subsidies f r om
funds voted by Par l iament
for the primary purposes
of teaching and research.
Student protest action d i r
ected against universities is
misconceived. It wastes
time and money on con
flicts which are not created
by universities and wh i ch
are not in their power to
resolve.
The D E S review of stu
dent grants for the three
years from nc::t Septem
ber is now under way. T h e
Committee believes that
the Anderson principle is
at stake. It is essential that
student grants should be
properly assessed, fixed in
it ial ly at realistic levels
and between reviews sup
plemented annua l l y to
take account of changing
prices. The Commit tee has
already made its general
Views k n o w n to Minis ters
and proposes to make fur
ther representations as the
review proceeds.
Page 4 F E L I X October 23rd, 1973
ANTI-
LOMBARD M i n e s have p a s s e d a
r eso lu t i on aga ins t the
Ren t S t r i k e p r oposed by
a quorate I C U E M to
start next t e rm a n d it is
r u m o u r e d s i m i l a r mo
t i o n s w i l l be put to
G u i l d s a n d R C S a t the i r
next un i on mee t ings .
A c o l l e c t i o n of M i n e s -
m e n , as y ou can see in
these pages , a t t ended a
G A C mee t ing a n d pro
p o s e d a mo t i on that it
be pos tponed unt i l the
last day of t e rm.
A s everyone k n o w s ,
IC U n i o n is the on l y
p o l i c y make r that repre
sen ts a l l U G ' s a n d P G ' s .
It i s not a s s u m e d that
M i n e s m e n , G u i l d s m e n or
those of R C S are in t r in
s i c a l l y any dif ferent
w h e n it c o m e s to ea t ing .
S o w h y the re-emer
gence of C C U c h a u v i n
i s m in oppos i t i on to I C U
w h e n the fo rmer are
what cons t i tu te the lat
ter .
It c o m e s d o w n to a
ques t i on of l eadersh ip .
W t h i n the C C U ' s the
C C U execs have a cer-
ta n degree of c h a r i s m a
for a ce r ta in s e c t i on o f
their m e m b e r s h i p who
attend the C C U meet
ings .
S o w h y the at tempt
to l i qu idate the Gran t s
A c t i o n C o m m i t t e e . T h e
l eadersh ip o f the C C U ' s
is t r ad i t i ona l l y a reac
t ionary one a n d th i s year
e spe c i a l l y s o . W h e n s tu
den ts are f aced w i t h ever
m o u n t i n g c os t s a n d flat
re fusa ls f r om St . J o h n
S tevas to inc i ease
g rants , what w o u l d the
C C U ex e c s w i s h ? F o r
the.'r m e m b e r s h i p to be
dr i v en out of co l l e g e or
l i ve in p r e - W e i m ar c o n
d i t i ons r ap i d l y tu rn ing
into those r e s e m b l i n g
the dep r e ss i on of the
3 0 ' s ?
Last week 7 4 2 i t ems
went up in pr i ce a c c o r d
ing to " T h e G r o c e r " , es-
t a b l i s h ' n g a n ew r e co rd
for a l l t ime in th i s c o u n
try — but not a penny
on wages , nor a penny
went on grants .
A l m o s t each week this
r ecord is b roken sett ng
unprecedented h i ghs in
our cos t o f l i v i n g .
T h e ques t i on is w h o
has got p o l i c i e s to meet
th is c r i s i s .
The Y S S S urge every
one to c o m e to our
c l a sses on the e c o n o m c
c r i s i s s tar t ing th s W e d
nesday in IV"sen. Eng .
2 1 4 at 1.30 p .m.
W e say w i t h comp l e t e
cer ta inty that un less a
revo lu t i onary party is
bu i l t in th i s a n d a l l
countr i es to l ead the
w p r k n g c l a s s to power ,
then f a s c i s m w i l l be i m
posed in th is count ry by
the ru l ing c l a s s that w i l l
make C h i l e s e e m I k e a
s u m m e r ho l ' day .
In c l o s i n g I w o u l d l i ke
to r e m i n d everyone of
tha s l o gans of the IUa-
t 'ona l Front , shou ted in
their m a r c h d u r i n g the
s u m m e r : " H a n g a l l s tu
dents , castrate a l l
b l a c k s " .
It's that sor t of a
future in s tore for u s or
e l se w e fight to b u i l d
th i s r e vo lu t i ona ry party .
E d i t o r
FUNNY ONE ONE Dear Ed i to r ,
T h a n k G o d there is one
sane compassionate h u m
an being here who can un
derstand other's sexual
problems. N o w that our
G a y Brothers are being
l iberated it is time to turn
our 'attention to 'that other
sadly repressed minor i ty
beaten down by the Fascist
vanguard of capital ist ic
narrow minded society
(thank God ) ! I a m ta lk ing
about Sado-Masochis'ts.
There is no reason why a
man's relationship w i th his
whip cannot be just as
loving as that w i th an
other human being. A lot
of sado-masoehists are far
more norma l than so ca l l
ed h u m a n beings. Anyone
interested i n sado-maso
chism drop around to my
torture chamber sometime
and ta lk it over, over a red
hot poker.
R ight O n .
A d o l f H i t l e r .
Cont inued from page 3
Rent Strikes
Br isto l , L iverpoo l and
Central London Poly are
on rent strike, P C L since
January; they now have
£22,000 in their rent strike
fund.
Kent and others have
passed motions i n U G M s .
Abou t three have decided
not to, mainly because
they have a'ready been on
strike and fc't that they
were not backed by other
colleges and N U S Exec,
strongly enough. Th is
shows the effect of sol id
arity action. Read ing ,
Exeter and Y o r k are not
going on strike.
it shou'd be noted that
the effect of the campaign
w i s to squeeze an extra
£20 from Mrs . Thatcher.
There are, at present,
two lines on rent strike,
one of which wi l l be
chosen at Margate :
r
(Continued from page 7)
We played our first
league gam." on Saturday,
13th October against
Kodak . Play was scrappy
at first but I.C: soon began
pressurising the K o d a k
goa! and eventually forced
a short corner. M i c k
Downes netted f rom the
short and we went l-O up.
Kodak ' s negative play
continued but they scored
just on half time, i n the
second half several defen
sive mistakes gave K o d a k
their second goal. Imperial
again put on the pressure
and M i c k Downes netted
his second goal.
After another frustrat
ing period Dave Harr ison
and Nigel Woodhouse
combined together to pro
duce c r third and best
goal, N i s e ! being t h e
scorer. I.C. then clamped
dewn in defence and we
ran out winners 3-2. O u r
thanks to G . Popple who
umpired.
The Imperials teams
were selected f rom: R.
Bateman. S. Bou l ton . M .
V i ey ra . R. Cameron, R.
Evans, T . Hanson , A .
Brown , M . Hatcher , K .
Ross, N . Woodhouse, D .
Harr i son , G . Popple, M .
Downes (capt.), P. Jowitit.
PURPLE PATCH A t the Un ion General
meeting on Tuesday the
16th October, two deci
sions were made, both of
which bear a reasonable
amount of relevance to
the students in this college.
The first of these two
motions was that this
Un i on demands that the
governing body remove
the 5 per cent increase
which they have put on
the refectory prices, and
make good the loss on' the
refectories by subsidising
them from non refectory
profits. The second deci
sion which was made was
that the Entertainments
committee should be re
stricted to having three
concerts per term, unless
the S .C .A B. committee
sanction another concert
for one reason or another.
This second decision
enables the Entertain
ments committee to pro
vide reasonable entertain
ment for the students of
this college, and at the
same time l imits the num
ber of concerts they are
allowed to put on.
A s far as the refectories
motion is concerned, the
meeting asked that the
Board of Governors re
move the increase that
they suggested last term
and that t l v subsidise the
refectories from non-refec
tory sources, thus break
ing the U . G . C . rul ing that
they should in no c i rcum
stances subsidise the refec
tories, but that the refec-,
tones, should be totally
self-financing. In order to
implement this policy and
to force the board of
governors to accept our
demands, we should set up
change tables i n each of
the refectories, and f rom
these should p r o v i d e
people w i th the accurate
change wh ich they require
so that they can pay last
year's prices for the food
which they are about to
eat. Thus the people
wou ld look down last
year's price list, and then
offer the o ld amount of
money to the lady .behind
the cash desk, and refuse
to pay her any more.
W h e n this mot ion was
put forward, I spoke
against it on simi lar lines
to those wh i ch I put for
ward i n F E L I X ' two
weeks ago. Dur ing the
discussions last term with
the refectories committee
and also the Board of
Governors, we were told
that it was estimated that
the overal l loss at the end
of the session 1973/74
would be in the region of
£35,000 unless the prices
in the refectories were in
creased. Part of this in
crease could be offset by
inc luding the net surplus
of around £11,500 from
the Bars and the cellars
thus leaving an overall
deficit of some £23,500.
Th i s could be offset by an
increase of 7\ per cent,
and would need a sub
stantial amount of the re
fectories surplus to help
the finances out thus
l imi t ing the amount of
much needed decorating
The board of governors
decision was that the
refectory prices should be
increased by 5 per cent
(i.e. to everyone inc luding
the staff, and also those
persons ordering dinners
etc.). This would then
leave us to find some
extra money f rom some
where, and it was decided
to find this money f rom
some of the Rector 's
funds, this money to go
towards certain types of
rcdecoration of the refec
tory areas.
A t a Grant ' s act ion
committee (G.A.C. ) last
Thursday evening, about
30/40 R . S . M . students
turned up to express their
d isapproval of the decision
taken by the U . G . M .
A . G . A . C . decision was
taken that the meeting
should adjourn and that it
wou ld not reconvene unti l
the 14th December. It was
also decided that at the
next Un i on meeting, a
Const i tut ion of the G . A . C .
should be drawn up, and
approved, so that the
G . A . C . would have some
framework on which it
could work. (N .B . The
R . S . M . had a U n i o n meet
ing on the same day as the
I.C. Un i on meeting at
which they decided that
the R . S . M . would not sup
port the Rent strike. Dur
ing the next couple of
weeks both R.C.S . and
also C . & G , are having
U n i o n meetings at which
they wi l l both discuss the
Rent strike mot ion and
also t h e Refectories
motion. I would hope that
as many people turn up to
the next I.C. U n i o n meet
ing as wi l l turn up to the
-three C . C . U . Un ion meet
ings ! ! !
There are many other
issues which I would l ike
to discuss in this Patch,
but unfortunately neither
t ime nor space w i l l permit
this. Some of these would
be :—
1 Departmental meet
ings w i th the Sabbat ical
officers plus C . C . U . Presi
dent.
2 Profiles of certain of
the Un i on and College
officials in Felix..
3 Better use of the P.A.
System in Col lege B lock
before U . G . M ' s .
4 Restructuring of the
U . G . M ' s b y : —
L i m i t i n g the speeches to
three minutes; Gu i l l o t ine
of 75 minutes on the meet
ing; M o r e motions at
U . G . M ' s referring to our
own problems; Decisions
on N .U .S . Pol ic ies to be
taken by the Ex t e rna l
affairs committee.
It was suggested that al l
of these ideas would be
discussed at the next meet
ing of Counc i l . They were
proposed by a work ing
party on Publ icat ions and
publ ic i ty last week.
Just before I finish, I
would l ike to inform
everyone that at a Boa rd
of Governor 's F inance and
Execut ive c o m m i t t e e
meeting on Fr iday of last
week, it was decided that
the Un i on should receive
an extra £5,000 on top of
the subvention wh ich they
receive at the moment. If
anyone feels that the
Govern ing body are really
against us then they could
possibly try to expla in this
one to me. (Maybe even
someone wi l l dream up
the idea of using this
money to subsidise the
refectories rather than
using the money out of
the student's pockets!).
N o r m
(a) Cont inue the present
situation where support
and encouragement for
local ly initiated rent
strikes is given, and (b)
C a l l for a Nat iona l Rent
Strike. " T R E V O R P H I L L I P S
S O C I A L S E C R E T A R 1 E S
C O N F E R E N C E
Those present (from
Q M C , Central Poly, North
London Poly, Redbridge,
Ci ty , London and IC) told
the meeting what they had
on this term.
The meeting discussed
problems which had arisen
out of agents, etc. N o
concrete decision w a s
taken.
A n al l night event was
proposed for 23rd Novem
ber at C i t y who had a l
ready booked two groups.
Q M C agreed to bring in
their group for that night.
IC agreed to sell tickets.
We also got the impres
sion that other colleges
were rather jealous of our
reputation in the field of
entertainments.
C i ty Univers i ty have an
idea for a large event at
the Agr i cu l tura l H a l l ,
which has not been used
for years and needs ex
tensive renovation, for
about 17,000 p e o p l e .
Names suggested were
Jelferson A i rp lane and
Pink F loyd .
The meeting closed with
a resolution to meet again
at Hatfield and put a
mot ion on agencies and
the legality o f contracts to
N U S .
How nice to meet someone
who speaks your language.
When you meet our interviewer you' l l usually find he's a specialist i n your field—whether it's chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, economics or arts. That means he can answer your questions from personal experience and discuss career opportunities from first-hand knowledge.
Th is year we shall be recruiting people for engineering, research and management services and keeping a particular eye open for people from all kinds of backgrounds who want to have a marketing commercial career. Would you like to meet someone who speaks your language ?
Then ask your Appointments Service for details of how to apply.
Central Personnel Department,
Imperial Chemical Industries L imi ted ,
Mi l lbank, London S W i P 3JF.
October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 5
SABOTAGE? At Grants Action
Committee Meeting Al legat ion
No-one expects that the
College Author i t ies w i l l re
spond favourably to our
just demands without us
putting up a fight. Indeed,
it was only the threat of
student act ion last term
which made the college
find some (small) subsidy,
not direct ly f rom tine U G C ,
to ho ld off 1 per cent o r
so of the refe'c price i n
crease. A l r eady , two days
after the U n i o n decision,
vague threats against the
Union are being put
about i n an attempt to
b lackmai l us . . . these
threats—if they become
'o f f i c ia l '—wi l l on ly serve
to show the college in the
light they deserve to be
seen.
However we do not nor
mal ly expects threats of
sabotage and the l ike to
come f rom any group of
students—however smal l
and unrepresentative.
The Grants Ac t i on
Committee meeting called
on Thursday evening to
discuss the implementat ion
of U n i o n po l i cy was re
markab ly wel l attended.
A b o u t 50 people turned
up, 35 or so of w h o m
(who were new and in this
case unwelcome because of
their unru ly behaviour)
were f rom a group i n the
R S M commonly known as
T H E Minesmen. Th i s
group which bears a close
resemblance to those who
sometimes come along to
U n i o n meetings to heckle.
fool-about, and challenge
the quo rum i f they can,
d id not come to help the
implementat ion of U n i o n
policy.
They came instead to try
and sabotage Un ion pol icy,
by proposing that its im
plementation be postpon
ed to the last day of term!
If they had anything to
express—by speeches or
vot ing—on refectories and
grants i n I C U n i o n the
place to do it is i n a
Un i on meeting. They
c l a im they had their own
meeting on at the same
time as I C U G M so cou ld
n't come; wel l Mines meet
ing was cal led after
I C U — p r o b a b l y as a ploy
to t ry and keep I C U i n -
quorate—a ploy wh i ch
doubly fai led. The fact is
they cannot have their
Mooney and eat it, I C
Students must always
welcome discussion but
cannot tolerate these si l ly
disrupters. I C U n i o n po l
icy is made by I C U n i o n
meetings—no-one else.
A f ter the 35 gentlemen
(?) of M ines etc. departed
the remaining peop le—
largely those who had
been elected to G A C plus
a few co-opted volunteers
;—met and organised pub
licity. Change (the Presi
dent is being asked to
make i t avai lable) , and
leaflets, etc. 35 students
who appear to W A N T ? ? ! !
price increases in refector
ies cannot be permitted to
sabotage the struggle
which is in the interests of
a l l IC students.
Refutat ion
It has been suggested
that I write to expla in why
so many people turned up
to the Grants A c t i o n C o m
mittee ( G A C ) last night,
and why they adopted
such an "obstruct ive " atti
tude.
F i rst ly the Grants A c
tion Committee is a purely
ad hoc committee wi th no
constitution or rules drawn
up. This lays any such
committee open to control
by definitive groups who
can manipulate to suit
their own ideals.
The G A C had been
mandated by the I C U n
ion meeting to organise
the mot ion on refectories
deal ing w i th paying only
the o ld prices for food. T o
leave such v i ta l matters in
the hands of a committee
run on the lines explained
above is lunacy.
The other question rais
ed was whether Refector
ies have anything to do
with a Grants Campa ign .
If the students at Imper
i a l College feel that the re
fectories offer poor value
for money, or poor qua l
ity, or poor service then
let us stir u p the refector
ies to establish the needs
of Ithe customers.
Let us not establish a
Grants Campa i gn that is
so a l l encompassing of
every grievance we have;
that it becomes so mas
sive and unworkable as to
blatantly f a i l before it
should leave the discussion
table.
It is my opin ion that any
Grants Campa ign should
be a single forged pol icy
ARE WE UP-SIDE DOWN ?
hy are we at IC (continued) What is the motivat ion that keeps
us studying? money? status? lack of
job? prestige? college's atmosphere?
security? If so, it is obvious that we
should feel bored and fool ish. We should
rather learn how to get money, a job,
etc., without having to learn and work
with a l l these difficult scientific and en
gineering subjects Mot i va t i on precedes
all meaningful learning.
But if our " m o t i v a t i o n " is either i n
ertia or that we l ike Maths . Physics, etc..
then our motivations are academic and
to some extent independent of the "out
side wo r l d " , we are l ikely to feel there
fore irresponsible, ordered about, a rb i
trari ly graded, useless, etc., Mot i va t i on
should come f rom the " r e a l " or "out
side w o r l d " and not f rom within the
college or from (prepackaged curr i cu
la. "Phis applies unless we expect to
solve iproblems of Ithe college only, re
gardless of anyth ing else—or unless we
intend to declare ourselves irresponsible
(i.e. someone else's tools) and . want to
coroperate bl indly to increase the a l
ready overgrown world 's power for
whatever the " fu ture " (i.e. the people
holding power or the system's inertia)
may reserve for us.
One should be allowed to learn what
one is really motivated to learn, and
not s imply to acquire scarce " know
ledge" to monopolise it and sell it as
an expensive item or exchange it for
status security, etc.; or not s imply to be
able to accept whatever k i n d of "know
ledge" is being pumped -in our heads
after a forced selection from among a
number of pre packaged choices being
put to us.
Let me consider a subject l i ke many
others, say Nuclear Reactor Physics; the
typical order of teaching is more or
less:
1—The atom, -its nature, etc.
2 — E = m c 2
3 — Nuclear reactions, energy l iberation,
etc.
4 — The reactor, description, classifica
tion, etc.
5 — Nuclear reactors engineering
6 — (Sometimes) Nuclear reaction econo
mics.
Separately, if one is lucky enough to
find out, one can join such courses as
"Env i ronment and M a n " o r Science 8c
Society", where (again with luck ) some
one may ta lk of the role of Nuclear re
actors in some real s i tuat ion such as
solving the energy crisis. In any case, by
the t ime we find out something about
the real problems, it is too late F O R U S
to decide whether or not the course is
not a prefabricated jerry
built fai lure. It should be
marketed as by anyone
else i n industry does with
their own products. The
campaign should be care
ful ly thought, hammered
into shape, extensively ex
plained and advertised
and then released with
considerably more chance
of success.
P. Gee
A t a union general meet
ing on Tuesday at the
Polytechnic of N o r t h L o n
don it was decided by ap
proximately 350 for to 100
against to occupy the A d
ministrat ion b lock in the
Ho l l oway precinct.
The students have been
sleeping i n overnight and
manning the telephone ex
change as well as prevent
ing the Amin is t ra t i on staff
f rom having access to a l l
files and documents neces
sary to the running of the
college.
The students are cal l ing
for the resignation of the
Director of N L P , Terence
M i l l e r . H e has fought since
his appointment against
student representation on
committees and the auto
nomy of the student union.
A mot ion which amount
ed to a mot ion of no con
fidence in M i l l e r was nar
rowly defeated at a Cour t
of Governors meeting on
the Monday before the
U n i o n Genera l Meet ing by
15 votes to 11.
The President, Terry
Povey told me that the
occupation wou ld continue
unt i l M i l l e r leaves. There
was no mention of the
other problems that stud-
IWR' JLONDON
A d m i n , block Hol low ay R o a d .
ents face i n the or ig inal
mot ion.
The foyer of the A d m i n
block i n Ho l i oway R o a d
was plastered with posters
exc la iming " M i l l e r m a n
must g o ! " referring to the
depict ion of M i l l e r as a
student-bashing robot i n
vented by the Tor ies in the
current edit ion of the Poly
handbook.
The students manning
the telephone exchange
and upstairs sitting on
cushions >n the offices were
a l l wear ing badges saying
" M i l l e r o u t " wh ich date
f rom the first occupat ion
to try and remove M i l l e r
f rom his post.
The files in the A d m i n
had been checked over by
JAI i?«ox»£5»-W. \
\ \ \
\ " \ -
M i l l e rman after defeat.
the occupying students
and several had copies of
a letter f rom the Univer
sity of St i r l ing imp ly ing
that M i l l e r had appl ied for
the post of Pr inc ipa l and
Vice-Chance l lor there.
Lfcst Thursday meetings
were held in a l l the pre
cincts ( N L P is spread over
quite a large area) to dis
cuss the occupat ion. The
general feeling of the.se
meetings was one of con
fusion at why the execu
tive, having tabled the or
ig inal mot ion , appeared at
that stage to be trying to
run the occupat ion down.
Terry Povey to ld me
"we are keeping the occu
pation smal l so that stud
ents don't become demor
a l i s ed " whereas the stud
ents i n the precinct meet
ings appeared to feel that
the reverse should be the
case.
Perhaps the main reason
for demoral isat ion is sum
med up by a poster prom
inent in the entrance read
ing " L e t ' s inject some
politics into this occupa
t i on " .
H e has frozen their
funds for the th i rd t ime,
and the students are de
manding that they be i m
mediately unfrozen.
useful.
Result : once one has already studied
al l that, the only possibility of feeling
that one is useful or needed, or of finding
a job, is by trying to solve any prob
lem by apply ing the learned techniques
of Nuclear Reactors. Obv ious ly the
motivation to study in such a way may
be status, money, inertia, etc., but not
the wish to solve real problems such as
energy supplies, crisis, etc., simply be
cause we didn ' t even know that such
problems existed sometimes.
How about t ry ing the other way
around? i.e. based on motivat ion, e.g.
1— Enersv requirements of present way
of life"
2 — Alternatives
If the student st i l l believes that more
energy is required and that it is the
only solution (or the best) . . . and
feels inclined to try or help to solve
the problem:
3— —Energy production methods, conse
quences, costs, etc.
If the student still believes that N u c
lear energy is a solution . . .
4 — Nuclear Reactors, types, economy,
social implicat ions, ecological and
pol i t ical effects, possibilities, etc.
Aga in , if the student sti l l . . .
5 — Nuclear Reactor physics and engin
eering: research design, construction
maintenance, management, etc., job
conditions, possibilities and scope,
present organisations, etc.
If the s t u d e n t . . .
-The atom, its nature. E = mc 2
nuclear reactions, energy l iberat ion.
etc.
Result : 1—only those who believe, i n
what they are doing w i l l continue, 2 —
the motivat ion wi l l be a continuous
drive improv ing the learning, 3—those
who don't feel motivated to the subject
simply split and have opportunity to
cither deal with the same problem in a
different field or to look for more satis
fying studies, problems, work, etc. In
short: Heal thy responsible learning not
indoctrination.
Th i s means saving, of educational re
sources (time, money, lectures, etc.) o »
the side of the educating organisation,
and of precious time, effort, frustration,
etc.. Oil the part of the student: plus
this also leads to enjoyable and desir
able work rather than a compulsory and
dul l one.
If what we want is people's education
rather than boost ing our statistics and
records, we should stop considering edu
cation as commerc ia l goods that can
be given to anybody who pays for it
independently of whether or not that
person is interested or motivated to
learn.
J . Agu i r re ,
C i v . E n g . 310
P a g e 6 F E L I X October 23«L 1973
X R E V I E W S
BOOKS Who's who in the Ancient World by Betty Radice Penguin 60p
Th is book is what is says it is, or to
be more exact a 'who was who" in the
Greek and R o m a n classics.
O u r heritage of art is fu l l of the in
fluences bo th histor ical and mytholog i
cal from this era, the mythology of the
time especially presenting an amazing
f lux of fascinating characters who led
very complex lives by any standards
and who are further confused by the
various interpretations made over a
thousand years of the Greek and Roman
cultures.
Betty Rad ice presents a very clear
picture of what cou ld be chaos and
what is perhaps more important follows
the strong classical influences over a
vast range of art, from the Renaissance
to the present day, spanning poetry,
paint ing, sculpture, music, playwrit ing,
fi lms, phi losophy and even astronomy
and psychoanalysis — enabling one to
interpret the significance of the sym
bols and characters involved in them.
The comprehensive and ful ly up to
date index makes a l l the in format ion
in the dict ionary readi ly accessible, and
this book is ideal for reference or for a
conf irmed browser, being fu l l of inter
esting snatches of in format ion which
you r u n across upon look ing up a par
t icular topic such as Freud 's E l ek t ra
complex, Picasso's use of the M i n o t a u r
or the populat ion of the circles of H e l l
in Dante's Inferno, to name but a few.
There are 56 rather beauti ful b lack
and white plates i l lustrating introduc
t ion, a bibl iography, two maps and a
chronological table f inish of the book.
Recommended.
P h i l i p Webber
RIVATE EYE Quartet 50p
" T h e Best of Private E y e " — that's
a bit of a l ibe l . (What happened to the
Cloggies, for one thing — and Pseud's
Corner and Barry McKenz i e ? ' . it's not
the best — it's more l ike a random
sample picked out from the last couple
of years. Y o u could say it is exceedingly
boring. The usual hate figures get their
share of paper darts. Some of it is ch i ld
ish and self-indulgent (anything's funny
if you hear it often enough, often enough
. . . often enough . . . get it?) and some
already seems dated; about as useful
and interesting as a collection of vintage
potato crisps. Some, of course, is very
funny indeed:
Second Carr iage
H.lvl. Ayesha Hushpupp iz Launderama
Metrogoldwyn M e i r ( A k o n d a of Swat);
Field M a r s h a l Hash ish Delhitelegraph
(Grand V i v i e r and Master of the Im
perial Umbre l la ) ; L a d y Ange l a Fi tz-
alan Tight ly (Lady- in-Wait ing ) ; H . R . H .
Duke of Ed inburgh .
We l l , you either l ike it or you don't.
But unless you're an incurable addict
(remember, it can damage your
health) this is not a book to buy. It's
worth the odd look in the shops, though;
you might get a laugh or two.
Y AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Charles Chaplin
The title is " M y Autob iography" , a n d
it is. Chap l in ' s wr i t ing is as personal
and as dead-pan as his camera-work;
What he saw, felt and thought is here,
stated so ba ld ly that you sometimes
wonder if the book is a translation.
The memories near the beginning, and
the- anecdotes in the rest of the book,
are strung along apparently at random
and it was not unt i l 1 had been carried
through several scenes that 1 became
conscious of the easy directness of his
approach. This is the essence of Chap
l in , in p, int. and with it comes the
realisation that in his private life he
was an artist and by no means the
clown and tramp.
A s a chi ld he Knew extreme poverty,
but does not fall into the trap of glorify
ing it: "1 found poverty neither attrac
tive nor edifying. It taught me nothing
n.ore than a distort ion of values, an
overrating of the virtues and graces of
the r i ch and the so-called better classes".
He toured A m e r i c a with the K a r n o
Company, and later reiurned there full
of hopes and dreams to dist i l l the in imi
table tramp. The story cf that process
is one which most of us, as s.udents,
w i l l hope to paral le l . ',
C h a p l i n was 21 when he first saw
Broadway and New Y o r k and his des
criptions of those places and of his feel
ings for them would fit many freshers
coming to London for the first time:
the distractions, impersonal i ty, impetu
osity and occasional beauty of a big
city and a legend. M o r e than anything
else, this feeling of identity and compre
hension draws one into sympathy with
h im . A l s o thought provok ing are his
comments on the attitudes and postur
ing of the press and the Amer i can bu
reaucratic system.
In its early chapters, the book is full
of memories of London before the First
Wor ld W a r — habits and a. way of life
now totally lost. There is mater ial here
for the sociologist and historian, as wel l
as interest for the casual browser. Later,
the book becomes more anecdotal, is full
of wel l-worn names, some new o ld gos
sip and characteristic snatches of homely
phil isophy, yet remains readable and
absorbing. The pictures, and there are
113 of them, tend to be blurry period
prints and newspaper snaps, but they
fit, and give valuable glimpses of the
surroundings and social strata through
which Char l i e gravitated.
A n y Chapl in-fans, f i lm-fanatics and
devoted nostaigists w i l l have snapped
up the first pr int ing: if you want to
knew rao.e about the man behind the
clown and be given an absorbing view
of the world "as it was " into the bargain,
try this snip at 65p. "A f t e r a l l —
(P.320) — "there are more va l id facts
and details in works of art than there
are in history books" .
Cand i
HEATRI
nsti* urn 6 Almost free theatre
Nowadays lunchtime d rama is becom
ing very popular in L o n d o n , attract
ing an audience f rom office workers and
the urban populace that cannot stay i n
town late just to see a play. The A lmos t
Free Theatre is one theatre running a
series of lunchtime plays, and I went to
see Instrument for Love by Jennifer
Phi l l ips, which is running at 1.15 p.m.
(except Sundays) unt i l October 27th.
The theatre audi tor ium is very smal l
so that an intimate relationship is ma in
tained between the actors and the audi
ence which is exploited by the cast
very well so that the audience actually
feels that they are an integral part of
the action and not just passive obser
vers.
The play itself is about four people
who snatch a p icn ic on the l awn outside
an open house during the interval. The
party consists of M r . and M r s . Drew,
their fed up daughter, and a guest who
later transpires just to be a friend of
the or ig inal guest who cou ld not make i t
at the last minute. A s the p lay progresses
we f ind out that M r s , Drew was the
organiser and the only person that really
wanted to see the opera. F o r the other
three it is only a social drudgery that
must be borne out and it is remarkable
how little i s ever said about the opera,
as the parity are too involved wi th them
selves. It also transpires that M r . Harper
(the guest) is really a "d i r ty old m a n " ,
who cannot come to terms w i th himself
unless he regularly indulges i n his hobby
of mak ing obscene phone calls and is
much put off when the voice at the other
end is not indignant but invit ing. M i s s
Drew turns out to be a sexual ly " l iber
ated g i r l " Who prefers act ion to con
versation and the silent M r . Drew makes
his own revolutionary stand against his
wife by refusing the cordon b leu p icnic
w i t h . champagne for the preferable
corned beef sandwich and pale ale. The
overal l effect is the humorous creation
of a very realistic situation that we have
a l l found ourselves i n at one social func
t ion or another. The play was directed
by L i ane A u k i n , who has managed to
handle the product ion w i th great sensi
t ivity and nothing is overdone so the
whole effect is realistic rather than
absurd. Notable performances were
given by G i l l i a n M a r t e l l as the trendy
mum and Dav id G lover as the sex-
crayed guest.
The play was produced by Interaction,
who are a group experimenting i n a l l
forms of art and communicat ions for
use at communi ty level, and w i th this
play they have produced a very good
drama product ion that w i l l appeal to
lunchtime audiences, especially as there
are no f ixed prices, but you just pay
what you want to. T i m Jeffes
T O N I G H T ! -
T u e s 2 3 O c t - O S I B I S A + H e a v y M e t a l K i d s
in G r e a t H a l l — 8 0 p on n i gh t
T h u r s . 25 O c t . - S o l d i e r B lue + B o b , C a r o l , T e d & A l i c e
6 . 3 0 in M e c h . Eng . 2 2 0 - l O p
Fr i . 2 6 O c t . - D I S C O in Lowe r R e f e c t o r y — l O p
Sa t 27 O c t - M A N F R E D M A N N ' S E A R T H B A N D
in G r e a t H a l l . IC S t u d e n t s 5 0 p in a d v a n c e
Fr i . 2 N o v . - Q U E E N - U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l - 3 0 p
Sat . 3 Nov . - S H A F T - 7 . 3 0 in M e c h . Eng . 2 2 0 - 1 Op
Sat . 17 Nov . - R A L P H M c T E L L - in G r e a t H a l l
IC S t u d e n t s 7Op in a d v a n c e
T i c k e t s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e la te r th is week
Sat . 2 4 Nov . - B A C K D O O R - in G r e a t H a l l
IC S t u d e n t s 5 0 p in a d v a n c e
T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e f r o m N o v . 1
T I C K E T S F R O M U N I O N O F F I C E D U R I N G
L U N C H T I M E
R E G I S T R A T I O N C A R D N E E D E D F O R IC
R E D U C T I O N
October 23rd, 1973 F E L I X Page 7
CROSS I DUN FRY CLUB l l "u ' .Jub . ' * . ,
»ne o f those interest ing stories
Af te r last week's report y ou prob
ably gained the impression that a large
field was expected at the 2nd U L Cross
Country T r i a l . I n fact there were only
36 runners: maybe the others were put
off by the previous mudd le (or perhaps
they don' t exist). The fact that U L were
Without any organisat ion was aga in the
cause of some dashing about by some
people and some standing a round i n
the co ld by others. F i r s t of a l l , i t was
generally decided that we'd do the 5
rather than the 6 mi l e course, and we
were about to start when it wasn't a good
idea because the course wasn't marked
and half the people wouldn ' t know the
way. Now , by coincidence, there were
two other iraces at Par l iament H i l l that
afternoon and we somehow co-opted
one of their courses wh i ch was we l l
marked. Someone then went round the
course so he cou ld describe i t . Past gems
of course-description here have included
'Go round the tree that isn't there" ,
and "It 's the same as the 1938 Na t i ona l
course"; this year i t was " D o n ' t go
round the Ex tens i on , " whatever that
was.
So, somewhat colder, we set off and
found our way round two laps totalling
about 5 J miles. R i c h a r d Garnett and
R o b A l l i n son were tenth equal i n about
32 minutes, fo l lowed by Ian E l l i s (12th),
K a l i r a y (14th) and Dave West (15th).
The rest of us were we l l spread over the
remaining finishers w i th Pad bringing
up the rear despite a 6 minute improve
ment over a s imi lar distance last week.
Unfortunate ly N e i l Boag arr ived too late
to r u n hav ing been trapped by B R i n
a locked u p stat ion.
A f ter the race we set off for the sta
t ion v ia Greasy Joe's T ea and Chess
E m p o r i u m , and, after wa i t ing for a l i f t
for some t ime I a n E l l i s decided (dis
p lay ing t yp i ca l Cross Count ry C l u b lead
ership) to open the gates of one of the
lifts already wai t ing at the top landing,
and we and other people got i n . U p o n
a l l this act iv i ty a nai lman appeared and
offered his estimate of how long we'd
have to wai t for the l i f t to move, so
everybody got out again.
O n Wednesday we went to R i c h m o n d
Park . There's not m u c h to say about
this because nothing went wrong. We
went round our course (each at his own
pace: and many and varied these were),
and arr ived back i n t ime to p lay o n the
swings whi le wa i t ing for the coach.
Next week Inquests on the U C Re lay
and the League Race , and Ian Isher-
wood's explanat ion of why he's s t i l l not
running.
D J .
HOCKEY CLUB! A rather depleted 2nd X I played the
first match of the season away against
l . ' .C. 2nds o n Saturday. A f ter recruit
ing players f r om 1st and 3rd X I s
(thanks to Andrew , Jerry and R i chard )
ten ind iv iduals invaded 5th Kensington
underground complete with sticks and
other assorted weapons, so beginning
the marathon journey to Shenley.
The game got underway w i th some
intelligent and positive p lay by a l l
members of the team. U . C . were con
tained i n itheir o w n half , and although
shots at goa l were not i n abundance, a
wel l taken goal , f r om deep i n the ' D ' ,
struck by M i k e Hatcher gave us a de
served 1-0 lead at hal f t ime. A f t e r the
break, however, the t eam seemed to fa l l
apart with U . C . forwards finding ample
room to score three goals Ito seal our
fate.
A f ter the match U . C . showed a
marked lack of hospital i ty, and—more
impor tan t—a marked l a ck of jugs. So it
was a generally p d off team that
returned to I.C.
A word of encouragement to fresh
ers !to show up o n Saturdays (at 1.00
p.m. i n the union) i f you want your tal
ents to be recognised. It lis good to have
your subs but better 2nd team results
necessitate • regular turn out.
I A N
Team: R. Bateman, J . Heffer, J . D a n ,
1. Read (capt.), J . S imon, P. Craven , A .
Brewster, M . Matcher. J . Wong , G .
Robinson.
JUDO CLUB I.C.'s Judo C l u b only came back into
existence last year—so natural ly , i t is
sti l l a very new c lub , and continuously
undergoing the process of change and
development, eventually we hope into a
very prominent and successful c lub .
We have had many of last year's
c lub members return to form a nucleus
for this year. We have also had over
28 newcomers w i th a range of experience
from white belt to black. A s at ithe be
ginning of any year, there is also a lot
of interest f r om prospective beginners
who may wel l jo in on hav ing had a n
introduction to judo.
D u r i n g this first term we hope to
organise several demonstration/friendly
competit ion events w i th other college
clubs in U L U , to which anybody inter
ested—if on ly to watch—is very wel
come. Then after Chr is tmas things w i l l
become more serious as we enter ' fu l l -
b looded ' competit ions (not too much
blood we hope!), and w i th a l itt le l uck
take off some trophies.
W e w i l l be very pleased at any t ime
to welcome new members ( from begin
ners to b lack belts). The c lub practises
every Tuesday and Thursday evening,
starting at 6.30 p.m., i n the U n i o n G y m
with two b l ack belt instructors.
S. J . R I C H A R D S O N (Secretary)
M . E . 3
J . W . B L O O M E R (Captain)
Physics 3.
i . e . hockey: Wednesday, 10th October saw 'the
start of a new season. Imper ia l , under
the delusion of p lay ing Brune i 1st X I ,
played wi th in themselves i n the first
half and at half t ime the score was 2-0.
M i c k Dovvnes then informed us we were
playing Brune i 2nd X I and we composed
ourselves accordingly and ran out w in
ners 7-0. T h e scorers were G . Popple
(3 + 1 jus), M . Downes (2) and K .
Ross (2).
Wednesday evening was also P ie and
M a s h night. It was a night enjoyed by
everyone especially N i ge l Woodhouse,
who st i l l has to learn to count, and T i m
Hanson who had swimming lessons in a
Se lk i rk Bath. W e wish to thank every
one for support ing the occasion.
Cont inued page 4
M i n e s e a r l y b i r d s h e a d f o r t h e s t a r t
TIDDLEY WINK RACE The tradi t ional T idd le l y W i n k Race
down Ox fo rd Street was once aga in a
great success.
The winner was M ines Fresher Jamie
' B l u r ' Be l l . H e led i n great style, leading
the M ines contingent to victory, and was
accorded an exclusive interview o n
S T O I C .
O n a 'per cap i ta ' basis Mines once
collected more than either of the other
constituent Colleges, and a to ta l of £420
was collected.
T h e hard work and fun realised i n
this event can ibe judged by the number
of students hobbl ing around over the
weekend.
N o arrests were made, a good start.
W i n k e r s a t w o r k
MORPHY DAY OCTOBER 24th In 1920 A r t h u r M o r p h y presented
Imper ia l College w i th a cup to be rowed
for by the Consti tuent Colleges. The
race was started f rom s'takeboats and
raced in Eights f rom Hammersmi th
Bridge to the Univers i ty Stone at Putney
Bridge.
Compet i t ion for the M o r p h y first
eights was so strong that in 1945 Colone l
Lowry , then the secretary of the C o l
lege, introduced the L o w r y C u p for
second eights. It is a regrettable fact
that puny C and G have managed to
c raw l home first 39 times, Mines 8
times and R C S , being gentlemen, have
considerately exerted their authority a
mere 6 times.
Th is year C & G have fielded an eight
which is probably the fastest in Br i t a in .
They have s ix international oarsmen and
the rest are made 'up of nat ional cham
pions. The R C S crew have most of
the I C first eight, and Mines are also
competing.
Af ter the second war the Stakeboat
starts were replaced by free starts and
then i n 1960 the course was shortened
to 2,500 metres f r om Harrods Deposi
tory to the Univers i ty Stone.
PaSt tow path battles inc lude a mock
funeral w i th coffins carr ied by C & G
and R C S , complete w i th police escort
across Putney Br idge and down the E m
bankment to I C Boathouse. C i t y and
Gu i lds have now ordered their usual
five hundredweight of flour, but it is
rumoured that Mines , wi th a n unusual
display of intelligence, have phoned up
the company and diverted the cargo into
their own coffers, at C G 's expense.
D i d you know that R C S has won the
towpath battle twenty-six times (once
with the help of Mines) and the score
stands the same wi th C & G ? Come on
R C S (I try not to be biased), we need
that M o r p h y Day Mascot , and for the
Miners, i n case you'd forgotten, it's a
sawn-off oar. /
ffage 8 FELIX October 23rd , 1973
W . N . O . Safety and First A i d
In view of the recent fire in Zoo logy ,
I think that it is the right time to bring
to your notice that there w i l l be a first-
a id briefing session later this term. It
w i l l be held probably on Thursday, 6th
December, in the Great H a l l , f rom 12.45
to 13.45. Th is is a free, open meeting
and a l l students are encouraged to
attend.
Policy Statement Append ix Th is is now ready and in the U n i o n
office. A l l studerits are encouraged to
have a copy. I would l ike to know i f
there are any mistakes so that these
c an be corrected at the next U n i o n
meeting, which wi l l be, Incidentally, on
November 1st.
Park ing The traffic warden w i l l soon refuse
to a l low students to park without a
permit. A l l permits are.now in m y office
and should be collected as soon as pos
sible.
A L L S P A C E S H A V E N O W B E E N
A L L O C A T E D . I sympathise w i th those
who have not got a place but 1 a m un
able to allocate any more places as I
have no more to allocate.
Concessions Directory There are four copies of the above
available in the Un i on office for con
sultation. If you would l ike to know
how to use your N U S card to the best
advantage this is the book to look at.
Barber A new barber w i l l be starting work
this week. The service w i l l be avai lable
f rom 1.30 o n Thursdays i n the dramat ic
society changing room, i n the U n i o n
bui ld ing. The price w i l l be 25p for
short hair .
P. A . Wadwor th
Hon. Sec. I .C.U.
PHOENIX ARISEN . Fr iends, i f you perused the first edi
t ion of our esteemed college journal ,
Fe l ix , this term you may have seen
ment ion of a magazine, by name
P H O E N I X . Even i f this is not so, do
not despair, for I sha l l briefly recap
and expound here and now.
P H O E N I X is a magazine steeped in
history. It was founded n years ago
by no lesser a person than H . G .
W E L L S , and has since been through
innumerable hands. A s of course, is to
be expected the magazine has greatly
evolved i n both form and content;
though some might say that the changes
have been by revolution not evolution.
We l l , friends, n o w is your chance to
acquaint yourselves w i th and even buy
this famed magazine as last year's rather
delayed (to be regarded as a proof the
adage that 'time and printers wait for
no editors, be they Fe l i x or P H O E N I X ' )
edit ion is now on sale. Th is excellent
magazine contains poems and prose and
artwork (ate.) hot f rom the fervoured
minds of I.C.'s l i terary giants (who hap
pen to be pos ing at this moment as un
cultured science a n d engineering stu
dents).
The only catch in this superb and
unique offer is that ithe magazine costs
20p. N o w don't stop reading! Come on ,
put your minces closer to this article
and have a good butchers! Th is un
fortunate accident is no fault of the
editors but is our lot deemed unto us
by those above, and is specially designed
to protect your scant dues paid into the
Un ion .
We l l a further evolution has occurred
and I am ed i to r—an editor, I might add,
wi th new ideas for the next edit ion of
P H O E N I X . However I am also an edi
tor Who is sl ightly l a ck ing i n staff, owing
to the almost total third-year monopoly
of last year's magazine. So I am look ing
for some fresh energetic minds who are
interested enough to drop me their
names—you don't have to be Shelleys
or Cervantes', just ord inary students
who can offer ideas and m o r a l support
to your wi l t ing editor as he fights
against the apathy of I.C.
A n d now we are at the heart of the
matter, apa thy—or as I prefer, ignor
ance and diffidence. In m y conversa
tions w i th many people across the co l
lege I found that i t was not that they
'could not be bothered' to contr ibute
articles, but that they had never heard
of P H O E N I X or had never seen one
and so d i d not know what sort of
material was wanted. So I sha l l te l l y ou
now that we want: P O E M S , P R O S E
(fiction and non-fiction), A R T W O R K ,
C A R T O O N S — i n fact almost A N Y
T H I N G . NOw there are 4000 odd stu
dents at I.C., and I want every one of
you to put pen/brush/ehareoal/etc. to
paper and create something for the next
P H O E N I X . There is excellent potential
at I.C. to produce an outstanding maga
zine; but the edit ing board cannot do
this on their o w n — P H O E N I X is Y O U R
magazine and stands o r falls by Y O U R
contributions. So don't be shy, send in
your piece now! I a m going to start
early to bu i l d up a good magazine, and
I need Y O U R help.
So i f you are interested i n helping
behind the scenes or wish to be the
star and have your name printed under
every fruit of your fertile spawn of
genius, send wo rd (or composit ion) to
m e — S T E V E H E R M A N either (care
ful ly labelled) v ia the Fe l i x Office (3rd
floor, Union) or Via the Physics letter
rack.
M a n y Thanks ,
K E E P O N W R I T I N G ! ! and B U Y
P H O E N I X ! !
S T E V E H E R M A N .
GET MOVING by Father Wi l l i am
Younger's Tartan—Free
A l ight fun record distributed free by
Youngers to promote ' Ta r tan ' beer —
one of those paper th in single sided
P .V .C . efforts presumably given free
wi th n barrels of Tar tan .
A typ ica l example of this advertising
medium, the repetitive theme is or ig inal
enough " G e t M o v i n g (for Youngers
' Tar tan ' ) " but the backup lyrics ( eg
"It 's time for l iv ing, it 's time for . . .
any time at a l l " ) I feel I've heard be
fore. However, for it 's k i n d the musica l
content is above average, and the ar
rangement showed some forethought,
the tune's very catchy (of course!) and
could only be described as the commer-
cial ist of pop.
Definitely a new departure for
Youngers — transferring the image of
'Tar tan ' f rom the dr ink of the bur ly
Highlander ito that of the ' Top of the
Pops ' set.
In short, worth a play i f you get it
free.
D . G . F .
GHOST The Wellsoc Ghost Study G r o u p wi l l hold a meeting on Thurs
day, 25th October, at 7.30 p.m. in Southside Upper Lounge. A l l
interested are invited to attend or contact A L A N L I T T L E F O R D
via Maths II letter rack.
S T O I C Tuesday 23rd October
12.45
12.55
13.00
13.40
M y Choice—music . Anyone wanting to choose the music
for ' M y Choice ' should come to Elec. Eng. -306 at lunch-
times or ring I N T . 3061.
B B C Television News.
Sarting Po in t—L ive discussion programme.
Closedown.
Fr iday 26th October
12.45 M y Choice. 12.55 B B C Television News. 13.00 T O P I C . A news-magazine programme featuring all in and
around I.C. 17.45 B B C Television News. 18.00 Topic.
18.25 London Survival: F O O D . Cathy Gee takes a look at eating in London .
C A L L I N G U N S A - T W 1 A s s o c i a t i o n
It appears (in the eyes of the Social Clubs Committee) that this
C lub is now dead. If there are any committee members lurking,
then could they please contact the Secretary (Peter Hughes, Chem.
Eng . P .G. , Linstead Hal l ) . Otherwise, its continued existence wi l l
be questioned at the next S.C.C. meeting (due to be held on Dec
ember 6th, 1973).
BEWIEil I0RPHY DAY R O W I N G R A C E S
( including Ladies Eights) S M A S H Y O U R R I V A L C C U
Th is is the only day of the year to let your hair down
(Flour, Soot, Rotten Frui t provided by your C C U )
T imetab le : 2.00 p.m. Supporters to their Col lege
Union.
3.00 p.m. Lowry Race and commencement
of Bat t le outside Boathouse.
3.30 p.m. Morphy Race.
YSSS National Conference Students and the
building of the
Revolutionary Party Saturday, 27th October 2 p.m. Union Concert Hall, Imperial College. Credentials 20p.
The
USK handbook
is now
avai lable
FREE f rom the
U n i o n Office
and is certainly
wel l worth hav ing
Sailing! Af te r the first couple of weeks of
total and absolute chaos w i th sai l ing
c lub tr ials and freshers days, a bit of
sanity reigned as the I.C. Sai l ing C l u b
team made towards Portsmouth, at least
dur ing the chase down there.
However , things were brought back
to normal i ty , as our navigators man
aged to get us lost somewhere on South-
sea front.
Hal f -an-hour late, we arrived, and
i t is here that I have to report the first
appal l ing efforts of our new captain,
B r i a n (Tweedale) Rogers, V . C . — no
first round was bought (many thanks
for the coke Nigel ! ) .
Eventua l l y the Portsmouth Po l y team
led us to some submarine base i n the
depths of Pompey Dockya rd where we
proceeded to start the first o f three
races.
The three newcomers to the team,
R i c h a r d Woods (crewed by hefty I an
Hoppa l ong plus B . Tweedy and Chr is
M i l l s plus P. B r a i n , then proceeded to
show the way round and gaining 2nd,
3rd, 4th after some fair team racing.
W i t h a good 2|- pts lead the o ld lags
took the he lm wi th every confidence of
boosting this lead st i l l further.
Everyth ing was O .K . unti l the start
gun went and there were Hefty and
Tweedy stuck hard up against a jetty
and a couple of cruisers—neither were
moving.
However, at the first mark a Po l y
boat retired after a port side incident
with yours truly .
W i t h one short beat to go and i n a
comfortable 1, 2, 4, a certain un-named
member of the team managed to neatly
convert this at the finish to 1, 3, 5 after
try ing to get our hon. captain through
to third. Sorry folks ! !
Th i s gave us the match quite con
v incingly by 7 pts. A further scratch
was put on and our Freshers neatly
notched up a 1, 2, 3 to end a pleasant
day's sai l ing.
p.p. P. B R A I N .
P r i n t e d b y F . B a i l e y & S o n L t d . , D u r s l e y , G l ios . c o p y r i g h t 1973. A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .