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Ho. 18 IMPERIAL COLLEGE FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 1951

REFECTORY COMMITTEE TRIES AGAIN CATERING FIRM C A L L E D IN.

Aa foreshadowed i n the l a s t i s s u e of FELIX, the R e f e c t o r y Committee has proposed and the Governing Body has agreed t o a major change i n the management of the I.C.Refectory. The Committee has been c o n s i d e r i n g f o r some time a a e r i e s of p l a n s , based on f i g u r e s and i n f o r m a t i o n worked out i n great d e t a i l by the present Management, which were designed t o reduce the y e a r l y d e f i c i t . S e v e r a l were di s c u s a e d at c o n s i d e r a b l e l e n g t h and the e v e n t u a l choice f e l l between two.

B r i e f l y , the f i r a t p l a n took the H o a t e l c a t e r i n g away from the R e f e c t o r y , whioh would then have been used only f o r lunohea, teaa and " f u n c t i o n s " . T h i s p l a n was f i n a l l y shelved i n favour of the second f o r v a r i o u s reasons, the p r i n c i p a l one perhaps b e i n g t h a t Bupport f o r i t was, l e a a unanimous than the Committee f e l t was necessary t o warrant recommendation of ao d r a a t i c a atep.

The eeoond p l a n was t o c a l l i n the f i r m of c a t e r e r s who had been auoce s a f u l at U.O. and see i f they c o u l d t a o k l e our problem w i t h equal succesa.| T h i s has bean done; and from E a s t e r the f i r m w i l l be i n charge of the R e f e o t o r y . They w i l l be working w i t h and through the preaent R e f e c t o r y Committee, whioh w i l l a t i l l be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a l l matters of p o l i c y and f o r any changes and r e o r g a n i z a t i o n whioh may from time t o time be necessary.

The c a t e r i n g f i r m w i l l take over a f t e r Easter} and f o r the f i r a t term no d r a s t i c changes are enviaaged. At the end of the Summer Term, they expect t o be i n a p o s i t i o n t o make proposals t o the Committee aa t o ways and meana of d e a l i n g w i t h our problem.

The Union Bar and the A y r t o n H a l l Refeotory (Queenie's) are not a f f e o t e d by t h i s new arrangement and w i l l oontinue under t h e i r preaent managements.

I M P . C O L L . E X P E D I T I O N S

More news i s now a v a i l a b l e c o n c e r n i n g the proposed I.C. e x p e d i t i o n s t h i s y e a r and next year . The N a t u r a l H i s t o r y S o c i e t y say t h a t the d e s t i n a t i o n of the major e x o e d i t i o n d u r i n g t h e Long V a c a t i o n of 1952 w i l l be'East A f r i c a . I t i s hoped t o make an e c o l o g i c a l s u r v e y of a s e l e c t e d r e g i o n .

To p r o v i d e e x p e r i e n c e f o r p o s s i b l e members of t h i s e x p e d i t i o n a p i l o t scheme i s b e i n g o r g a n i z e d f o r 1951, t o be r u n f o r 10-14 days d u r i n g August. The d e s t i n a t i o n o f t h i s e x p e d i t i o n has not yet been d e f i n i t e l y f i x e d but i t w i l l not be L i t t l e Cumbrae as s t a t e d i n t h e C h r i s t m a s i s s u e o f FELIX. I t w i l l most l i k e l y be around o r near the B r i t i s h I s l e s . Among l o c a l i t i e s under c o n s i d e r a t i o n are the I s l e of A r r a n and the Earne I s l a n d s ( o f f the N.W. c o a s t ) .

Those i n t e r e s t e d s h o u l d a p p l y t o the Head of t h e i r Department, b e f o r e F r i d a y , March 2nd, 1951-

L.U.D.S. Festival

L.U.D.S. p r o v i d e d us w i t h two v e r y pleasant evenings l a s t week, i n sponsoring the f o u r t h Ann­u a l F e s t i v a l of One A c t P l a y s , presented by v a r i ­ous i n d i v i d u a l C o l l e g e s . The second evening was e a s i l y the b e s t . I.C. gave a performande of Shaw's " P a s s i o n , P o i s o n and P e t r i f a c t i o n " a t l e a s t equal to t h a t of Goldsmith's C o l l e g e on t h e previous n i ­ght, but on the whole we c o n s i d e r e d t h a t outstand­i n g sucoesses of the f e s t i v a l were Kings p r o d u c t i o n of Chekov'e "The P r o p o s a l " , and W e s t f i e l d ' s present ­a t i o n o f "The F l o r e n t i n e Tragedy" by Oscar Wilde.

S.C.M.T.

FELIX r e q u i r e s the s e r v i c e s of a photo­grapher. He would become a member of the E d i t o r i a l Board and would be r e s p ­o n s i b l e f o r the commissioning of photo­graphs and t h e i r subsequent p r o c e s s i n g ( s c r e e n i n g ) f o r r e p r o d u c t i o n i n FELIX.

Anyone i n t e r e s t e d s h oul d oontafit the E d i t o r or P r o d u c t i o n Manager (Mr. J.W.Midgley) v i a I.C. Union Rack.

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As announced i n F i L I X no. 16, the i n ­a u g u r a l 'South Ken. L i n k - u p 1 - of the Royal C o l l e g e s of A r t , Music and S c i ­ence - took p l a c e on 5&h February i n I.C. Union. I t was the f i r s t 'pub­l i c ' r e s u l t of the d e l i b e r a t i o n s of an i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e committee, formed t o o r g a n i z e c l o s e r s o c i a l r e l a t i o n s berween the c o l l e g e s . A debate on the r e l a t i o n of A r t , Music and S c i e ­nce t o each o t h e r and t h e i r s tudents was f o l l o w e d by an i n f o r m a l b u f f e t -dance. R.C.A. and R.C.M. students were somewhat outnumbered by R.C.S. A c o n s i d e r a b l e number of Miners and Guildsmen were a l s o p r e s e n t . The meeting was favoured w i t h the p r e s e ­nce of Lord Falmouth, Chairman of the Governing Body, the R e c t o r , and mem­be r s o f the academic s t a f f o f the R.C.M. and R.C.A.

The chairman of the meeting was Mr. Frank Howes, Music C r i t i c o f *;The Times', and a l s o a member of the R.C.M. s t a f f . He reminded I.C. of t h e i r great s t a r t i n a l r e a d y combining t h r e e c o l l e g e s i n t o one, and t h e n i n t r o d u c e d the s u b j e c t f o r the meeting: how the s t u d e n t s o f A r t , Music and the S c i e n c e s cou­l d b a s t get t o g e t h e r , and l e a r n something of each o t h e r . Tony de Reuck (R.C.S.) then spoke on the b r o a d e r purpose o f the scheme: on the m e r i t s of spe­c i a l i z a t i o n v. g e n e r a l i z a t i o n , on pure, narrow ad­vancement o f l e a r n i n g v. s o c i a l b e n e f i t , and c o n c l ­uded w i t h overwhelming support f o r h a v i n g the broad­e s t grounding i n p r i n c i p l e s , e n a b l i n g the i n d i v i d u a l t o choose the n i c h e t h a t f i n a l l y i n t e r e s t s him.

Mr. J. Warrack (R.C.M.) opened h i s remarks w i t h an o u t l i n e o f an i n t e r n a l problem of h i s c o l l e g e . They l a c k a U n i o n , and have f i r s t t o b r i d g e the d i ­v i s i o n s o f ' c r a f t ' - of p i a n i s t s , s i n g e r s , compos­er s and o r c h e s t r a l p l a y e r s . Mr. Aapura (R.U.A.) chose as h i s main p o i n t tne n e c e s s i t y of g e t t i n g t o know each o t h e r ' s aims b e f o r e a t t e m p t i n g to share and understand views. He denounced a present-day tendency to accept second-hand o p i n i o n s as knowledge, f o r l a c k of f i r s t - h a n d e x p e r i e n c e , and s t r e s s e d the need f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l exchange and t r a v e l g e n e r a l l y i n s t u d e n t s ' e d u c a t i o n .

Speakers from the f l o o r v a r i o u s l y advocated s p e c i a l ( o p t i o n a l ) l e c t u r e s , such as those on H i s t ­o r y of S c i e n c e now r u n n i n g i n R.C.S., but wider i n scape and .treatment, on each f a c u l t y ' s p r i n c i p l e s and methods. Others took t h e o p p o s i t e v i e w , t h a t l e c t u r e s would be a busman's e d u c a t i o n a l h o l i d a y at home, and suggested t h a t exchanges would b e t t e r be arranged o v e r c o f f e e and l u n c h . One speaker w i s h ­ed t h a t the broad range of ' s c h o o l ' s u b j e c t s s h o u l d be c o n t i n u e d t o a h i g h e r s t a g e ; another p r o p h e s i e d t h a t the schemes might produce ' S p e c i a l i s t s i n e v e r ­y t h i n g but t h e i r own subj«ct(. Another sbeaker was overheard to say t h a t i n the few minutes re m a i n i n g he would j u s t s u r v e y human knowledge!

P r o f e s s o r Levy, Dean of R.C.S., summed up,tak­i n g t h i s on at s h o r t n o t i c e due t o the I l l n e s s of Mr. L.A.G.Strong. He p o i n t e d out how S c i e n c e has t o e l i m i n a t e the human element from i t s methods -the v e r y c o n t r a r y of our p r e s e n t attempts to 'human­ize' our e d u c a t i o n . He p i c k e d out the p o i n t of t h e need f o r u n d e r s t a n d i n g where o t h e r s ' a t t e n t i o n s are f o c u s e d , and suggested the plan of a c t i o n s h o u l d be the b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r f i r s t l y of people: t h e n of t h e i r i d e a s : and t h e n of t h e i r work.

The next function w i l l be held at 5.30 next Monday, 26th February, i n the Botany Lecture Thea­t r e , I.C. Union. Mr. L. Roth, M.A., of the Maths. Dept. who spent some years i n I t a l y w i l l talk on 'Opera i n Italy' . This w i l l be followed by a d i s ­cussion and a l i g h t buffet. The chair w i l l be taken by David H a l l , President of the R.C.M. Stud­ents Association.

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LECTURERS TAPED

S i r - Your account of P r o f . Wiener's r e c e n t l e c t u r e on C y b e r n e t i c s d i d not mention t h a t the pro c e e d i n g s were p r e s e r v e d f o r p o s t e r i t y on a t a p e - r e c o r d e r - an e x c e l l e n t i n n o v a t i o n , t o be extended,we understand,to o t h e r important l e c t u r e s .

May we suggest t h a t i t would conform t o t h e s p i ­r i t o f P r o f . Wiener's t h e s i s i f you were t o use your undoubted i n f l u e n c e t o persuade The A u t h o r i t i e s (whom| God p r e s e r v e ) t o r e c o r d some of the o r d i n a r y course l e c t u r e s d e l i v e r e d i n t h e C o l l e g e ? To have these l e c t u r e s p l a y e d back t o them c o u l d s c a r c e l y f a i l t o have a most s a l u t a r y e f f e c t on c e r t a i n l e c t u r e r s -and might enable o t h e r s , whose r e p e r t o i r e i s a Cons-' t a n t of N a t u r e , t o r e t i r e f o r t h w i t h . The a d d i t i o n of r e c e n t m a t e r i a l c o u l d be made by the a l r e a d y c u r ­r e n t d e v i c e of speeding up the d e l i v e r y o f body of the l e c t u r e , and adding a s e r i e s of codae at the end.

Yours e t c . , A.V-S. de Reuck. I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e H o s t e l , Feb. 1 6 t h , 1951-

WHICH TURNING?

S i r - I have- been asked t o r e p l y t o your correspond­ent who r e q u e s t s t h a t a s i g n board s h o u l d be p l a c e d on "waste ground" o p p o s i t e the Red H o n at H a r l i n g -t o n .

At t he b e g i n n i n g of t h i s s e s s i o n an a p p l i c a t i o n was made t o the l o c a l a u t h o r i t y and a l s o t o t h e own­e r of the garden a t the end of S i p s o n Lane f o r per­m i s s i o n t o e r e c t s u i t a b l e d i r e c t i o n boards. The l o c a l a u t h o r i t y would not grant p e r m i s s i o n and t h e owner of the garden at the end o f S i p s o n Lane was not i n any way c o - o p e r a t i v e .

The matter has been c o n s i d e r e d by t h e A t h l e t i c Ground Committee who f e l t t h a t t he d i f f i c u l t y would be bes t met by hav i n g a l a r g e number o f p r i n t e d d i r ­e c t i o n s a v a i l a b l e i n the Union so t h a t Club s e c r e t a ­r i e s c o u l d send these t o v i s i t i n g c l u b s .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , S. R. Sparkes, Hon. Sec., A t h l e t i c Ground Committee. C i t y & G u i l d s C o l l . , Feb. 14th, 1951

APRES MOI - LE DELUGE

A II. l e P r e s i d e n t .

Ce s u j e t C a b i n e t o l o g i e m ' i n t ^ r e s s e i n f i n i m e n t . L'experience que J ' a i obtenue de t r o i s pays d o i t S t r e u t i l e a l a s o c i - t * . J ' a i p e r f e c t i o n ^ des methodes pour employer l e minimum de p a p i e r , et d'autres choses pour f a i r e c o n f o r t a b l e s l e s p e t i t s s i j o u r s au c a b i n e t .

On peut me t r o u v e r sous l e nom U. Deluge dans l e systeme p o s t a l de 1'Union.

Je r e s t s , Monsieur, Toujours v o t r e s e r v i t e u r humble et o b i i s s a n t ,

Un Deluge .

( E d i t o r ' s Note: The Hon. Sec. of the S o c i e t a de G a b b i n e t t o l o g i a wishes t o s t a t e he has had many s i m i l a r l e t t e r s and thanks the w r i t e r s f o r t h e i r i n t e r e s t . A p p l i c a t i o n forms f o r e n t r y are b e i n g forwarded t o them a l l . )

COLLEGE MASCOT ?

S i r - The C o u n c i l of the A l b e r t H a l l r e c e n t l y wrote to Mr. G a i t s k e l l , a s k i n g f o r a l o a n of £320,000,say­i n g t h a t t h e i r bank o v e r d r a f t was £100,000, and p o i ­n t i n g out t h a t u n l e s s some a i d was g i v e n soon, t h e r e might be no a l t e r n a t i v e but t o c l o s e the h a l l .

With a m a s t e r l y grasp o f e s s e n t i a l s , M r . G a i t s k e l l J r e f u s e d t o l e n d the money, n e a t l y blaming t h i s o f f on t o the new burden of i n c r e a s e d defence e x p e n d i t u r e .

I c o n g r a t u l a t e the C h a n c e l l o r and suggest t h a t i f the H a l l i s c l o s e d the Union should o f f e r t o buy i t , f o r , say, £1,000. I t would make a good c o l l e g e mascot, b e i n g handy f o r odd o c c a s i o n s . F o r i n s t a n ­ce, the p r e s i d e n t of the M o u n t a i n e e r i n g Club might be r e q u i r e d t o make the ascent on the i n s i d e up t o the dome top as pro o f of h i s prowess on the n i g h t of the Annual Dinner. A l s o i t would come i n handy f o r the Saturday Hops, p r o v i d i n g more s e a t s f o r b e g i n n ­e r s , more f l o o r - s p a c e f o r the i n t e r m e d i a t e c o u p l e s , and more odd c o r n e r s f o r the advanced c o u p l e s . More­ov e r , so f a r as I know, no o t h e r c o l l e g e has an Alb­e r t H a l l f o r i t s mascot.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , 'Informer'. R.C.S., 5th Feb. 1951

THE OUTSIDE WORLD

S i r - I n the l a s t i s s u e o f FELIX t h e r e was a thought-p r o v o k i n g Combination of l e t t e r s , two on th e 'Paper U n i v e r s i t y ' b e i n g p r i n t e d a l o n g s i d e two on N.U.S. T h i s i s i n t e r e s t i n g because many of the arguments brought f o r w a r d i n d i s c u s s i n g the p l a c e o f the i n d ­i v i d u a l London c o l l e g e i n the framework of the U n i ­v e r s i t y a l s o a p p l y t o the p l a c e of t h a t c o l l e g e and U n i v e r s i t y i n t h e l a r g e r f i e l d o f the N.U.S.

I f i t i s d e s i r a b l e t h a t the c o l l e g e s i n London combine f o r t h e i r mutual advantage^is i t not a l s o d e s i r a b l e t h a t t he U n i v e r s i t i e s o f t h e country should combine t o the same end? To draw the l i n e o f coop­e r a t i o n at the boundary o f G r e a t e r London i s paroch­i a l i s m o f a k i n d p a r t i c u l a r l y v i r u l e n t i n London and i s exceeded i n s h o r t - s i g h t e d n e s s o n l y by the drawing of boundaries i n Kensington Gore. The f a c t t h a t t h e r e has been some r a t h e r strange b e h a v i o u r on the p a r t of the n a t i o n a l e x e c u t i v e does not a l t e r the de­s i r a b i l i t y f o r p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n the N a t i o n a l Union. On the c o n t r a r y , i t suggests t h a t our r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w i t h t h e i r e x p e rienc e of self-government i n student a f f a i r s c o u l d p l a y an important p a r t i n the c o u n c i l s of the Union.

The essence of the matte r i s t h a t i f we are p r e ­pared t o cooperate w i t h s t u d e n t s o u t s i d e our own c o l l ­ege we must f i r s t s t r e n g t h e n our t i e s w i t h the o t h e r London c o l l e g e s but we should not f o r g e t t h a t we have much t o g a i n from c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h the o t h e r . U n i v e r s ­i t i e s and c o l l e g e s o u t s i d e our own c i t y .

Yours e t c . , L o u i s Cohen, Chem. Tech., 13th Feb., 1951

BOUQUET Feb. 13th, 1951.

S i r - May I propose a l a r g e bouquet ( o r a " p i n t on the house") to the v e r y a b l e a r t i s t who prepares your numerous FELIX p o s t e r s ?

I s he a t l i b e r t y t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e s e s and l a b . r e p o r t books?

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , P e t e r Howe, Chem. Tech.

S O B E R I N G T H O U G H T S

"The Brewer*Society s t a t e d yesterday t h a t the output of beer d u r i n g 1950 was 25,167,508 bu l k bar­r e l s ; 1,112,733 bu l k b a r r e l s fewer than 1949. The f a l l i s one of more than 320 m i l l i o n p i n t s . An o f f i c i a l of the s o c i e t y s a i d l a s t n i g h t t h a t the d e c l i n e was due mainly to ex c e s s i v e t a x a t i o n , and p a r t l y to the in c r e a s e d s t r e n g t h of beer". -The Times, Sat. 10th Feb., 1951.

Our Brewing Correspondent w r i t e s i "Taking a p i n t b o t t l e of 'Kent's Best' pale

a l e as measuring 3" d i a . by 10J" h e i g h t , the 320 m i l l i o n p i n t s , i f stood side by s i d e , would reach 15,150 m i l e s - 10J- days' continuous t r a v e l l i n g a t 60 m.p.h.; or i f stacked in-the t e n n i s c o u r t s would tower up 1,350 f t . h i g h , more than 4 times as h i g h as S t . P a u l C a t h e d r a l ; or would make a w a l l from I.C. Union to H a r l i n g t o n one L.P.T.B. bus high,and two buses wide.

The t o t a l s a l e s i n 1950, s i d e by s i d e , would go more than 13 times round the Equator; o r b e enough to b u i l d a w a l l from London t o B r i g h t o n 3 buses wide and 4 buses h i g h ; or p i l e d one on another would r e ­ach f u r t h e r than f i v e times to the moon. 2d. on the empties would be £60,000,000 - Just about enough to b u i l d 5 Brabazons,.

I f the 320 m i l l i o n g i n t s drop i n consumption were at-cked on the t e n n i s c o u r t s , a t the Union r a t e of. d r i n k i n g , i t would take j u s t over 8£ months t o d r i n k a passage 2' x 6 ' ' r i g h t through.

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CIRCULATION: 1200

THE REFECTORY At l a s t the R e f e c t o r y Committee have t a k e n a p o s i ­t i v e move t o count e r the a p p a l l i n g l o s s e s of the I.C. R e f e c t o r y d u r i n g the past few y e a r s . The p e c u l i a r d i f f i c u l t i e s o f c o l l e g e c a t e r i n g - the 'seasonal' t u r n o v e r due t o v a c a t i o n s and the wide d i s p a r i t y i n the numbers of meals serv e d at b r e a k f a s t , l u n c h and supper - must be remembered when a s s e s s i n g the r e a s ­ons f o r the R e f e c t o r y l o s s e s . Furthermore, one can­not deny t h a t the meals s e r v e d compare v e r y f a v o u r ­a b l y both i n q u a l i t y and p r i c e w i t h those ser v e d i n the average r e s t a u r a n t .

The d e c i s i o n t o c a l l i n o u t s i d e c a t e r e r s c o u l d h a r d l y have been taken e a r l i e r as the un f a v o u r a b l e terms o f p r e v i o u s q u o t a t i o n s made them unacc e p t a b l e t o t h e c o l l e g e . I t nows seems t h a t t he pr e s e n t c a ­t e r i n g f i r m - John Gardners - a f t e r s u c c e s s f u l l y f e ­e d i n g U.C. f o r a y e a r are w i l l i n g t o t r y t h e i r hand here - and on terms a c c e p t a b l e t o the R e f e c t o r y Com­m i t t e e .

We are g l a d t o note t h a t the Committee r e j e c t e d t h e p r e v i o u s p l a n which i n v o l v e d t h e s e p a r a t i o n o f H o s t e l r e s i d e n t s from the r e s t of the c o l l e g e . The c o l l e g e i s a s i n g l e e n t i t y and whether we l i v e i n the H o s t e l o r d i g w i t h Mrs. Sprogget o r l i v e on our p a r e n t s i t i s e s s e n t i a l l y a Good T h i n g t h a t we a l l mix t o g e t h e r over meals.

We have got t o see the consequences of c a l l i n g i n o u t s i d e c a t e r e r s . Some changes must r e s u l t : i f t h e y are not always t o our l i k i n g t h e y can h a r d l y be s e r i o u s when weighed a g a i n s t a l o s s o f £6000 a yea r .

ARTS & SCIENCE The o r g a n i s i n g committee o f the I n t e r c o l l e g i a t e Ex­periment, r e p o r t e d i n t h i s i s s u e , are t o be co n g r a t ­u l a t e d on t h e i r v e n t u r e t o b r i n g about c l o s e r t i e s between R.C.A., R.C.M. and R.C.S.

The f i r s t meeting was w e l l supported and more s u c c e s s f u l than the o r g a n i s e r s had dared t o hope. I f R.CA. and R.C.M. were outnumbered we must remem­ber t h a t they are o n l y s m a l l c o l l e g e s and t h a t some e x t r a e f f o r t i s always nec e s s a r y t o go al o n g t o a f u n c t i o n o u t s i d e one's f a m i l i a r haunts. I t was i n ­t e r e s t i n g and encouraging t o see .a c o n s i d e r a b l e num­ber of Miners and Guildsmen pr e s e n t a t the meeting -indeed the P r e s i d e n t of I.C. Union, i n c o n g r a t u l a t ­i n g Mr. P e t e r H a s k e l l on the success of the even i n g , has asked him t o a c t i n f u t u r e i n the c a p a c i t y of V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f I.C.; and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from both G u i l d s and Mines w i l l s h o r t l y j o i n t he i n t e r ­c o l l e g i a t e committee.

We e m p h a t i c a l l y do not share the v i e w o f o u r c o n t r i b u t o r on p.5 t h a t these e f f o r t s are "so much waste of v a l u a b l e time" . I n s p i t e o f t h e a l l e g e d a r t i s t i c i n e r t i a of the average I.C. student t he present experiment can h a r d l y worsen the s i t u a t i o n . There i s no q u e s t i o n of t r y i n g t o ram c u l t u r e down the s c i e n t i s t ' s t h r o a t o r s c i e n c e down t h a a r t i s t ' s : r a t h e r i s i t an attempt t o f a c i l i t a t e a b e t t e r und­e r s t a n d i n g of each oth e r ' s f i e l d s o f a c t i v i t y by g e t t i n g to know each o t h e r .

I t i s up to i n d i v i d u a l c l u b s and s o c i e t i e s w i t h common i n t e r e s t s t o put these ideas i n t o p r a c t i c e . The f i r s t step has been ta k e n by the M u s i c a l S o c i e t y . Let us hope t h a t our Dramatic S o c i e t y , J a z z Club and many o t h e r s w i t h c o u n t e r p a r t s i n the o t h e r c o l l e g e s w i l l s u c c e s s f u l l y get t o g e t h e r i n the f u t u r e .

PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS E n t r i e s f o r t h i s column must be accompanied by cash. For members of I.'C. the charge i s the merely nominal one of 6d. up t o 20 words, 1/- up to AO words. Out­s i d e A d v e r t i s e r s : 2/- and 4/- r e s p e c t i v e l y .

A CONTINENTAL HOLIDAY - I n d i v i d u a l and group a r r ­angements w i t h s p e c i a l r e d u c t i o n s f o r st u d e n t s . P a r i s - 7 days from £11-19-6; B r i t t a n y Coast - 10 days from £15-16-0; o t h e r c o u n t r i e s at moderate c o s t . B u sines s and H o l i d a y T r a v e l L t d . , Grand B u i ­l d i n g s , T r a f a l g a r Square, W.C.2. WH I t e h a l l 414/5-

FOR SALE - 4 VALVE p e r s o n a l p o r t a b l e s u p e i h e t . Amateur made, needs l i n i n g - u p and f i n i s h i n g o f f . Complete w i t h b a t t e r i e s and 4 spare v a l v e s . P r i c e £3-10-0, worth t r e b l e . A.F.Giles,RCS o r I.C.Union Rack.

CARRIED OFF by mis t a k e , from S i l w o o d Park b a t h ­room a f t e r l a s t 'Touchstone' weekend, an ODOL t o o ­t h b r u s h . Owner p l e a s e apply M i s s Helen S p a l d i n g , 1st F l o o r B e i t .

From a survey o f c u r r e n t l i t e r a t u r e i t i s app­aren t t h a t t h e r e are many g r e a t moments i n a young g i r l ' s l i f e , depending on what she d i s c o v e r s where, and when. But men have t h e i r moments t o o !

I t o c c u r r e d t o some of us t h a t t h e Types-who-l i v e - i n - b a r s s h o u l d know t h a t drops of brandy are not merely d e l e c t a b l e n e c t a r , and t h a t an eightsome r e e l i s something more tha n the t o r t u o u s path of a 1/8 i n e b r i a t e d newt.

I t i s e q u a l l y e s s e n t i a l t h a t the young l a d i e s o f R.C.S. s h o u l d be a b l e t o r e c o g n i z e f r o l i c s o m e Paddy, o r a dashing white sergeant when they are a-round, and should r e a l i z e t h a t one may s t r i p the . w i l l o w w i t h o u t b e i n g obscene!

I t i s w i t h these thoughts i n our minds, and the k i n d p e r m i s s i o n of the Union Committee, t h a t we has­t e n t o i n t r o d u c e these terms i n t o the I.C. v o c a b u l ­a r y , and the dances themselves i n t o our coarse work. We have demonstrated t h i s ' m o s t e n j o y a b l e and e f f i c i ­ent method o f d i s s i p a t i n g s u r p l u s energy i n the New Lounge f o r the l a s t t h r e e weeks, and have t e s t e d the s t r e n g t h of the f l o o r .

We t h i n k S c o t t i s h Dancing has -come t o s t a y , and i f you're at a l l i n t e r e s t e d a H i g h l a n d S c h o t t i s c h e i s much e a s i e r t o do t h a n s p e l l .

A s h l e y Bean.

£ ENGINEERING

SOCIETY

presents a DEBATE on the motion that

"THISSOCIETY CONSIDERS THAT THE CURRICULUM OF THIS COLLEGE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR TRAINING ENGINEERS "

in Room 17 on Thursday, 1st March,1951 at 5.10 p.m.

Alt members of the academic staff of Guilds are particularly welcome at this meeting.

J A Z Z C L U B

At l o n g l a s t I.C. J a z z Club commenced a c t i v e p r o c e e d i n g s , when the P r e s i d e n t of the n a t i o n a l Fed­e r a t i o n of J a z z O r g a n i s a t i o n s , the Marquess o f Done­g a l , v i s i t e d the c l u b . He was accompanied by the Marchioness and S i n c l a i r T r a i l l , the c e l e b r a t e d j a z z c r i t i c o f 'Jazz J o u r n a l ' fame.

A most e n j o y a b l e r e c o r d r e c i t a l ' i l l u s t r a t i n g the sundry f a c e t s of j a z z through the y e a r s ' was gre­a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d , as was evidenced by r a p t a t t e n t i o n , by an audience of some 50 e n t h u s i a s t s and ot h e r s who were ' i n t e r e s t e d ' . V i a J e l l y R o l l Morton and Fa t s W a l l e r ^ and the range of L o u i s Armstrong f r o n h i s 'Hot F i v e 1 days u n t i l t oday, the e x p e r t s t r a v e l l e d from the o r i g i n a l New Orleans J a z z t o Ralph Su t t o n ' s f i n e p r e s e n t - d a y r a g t i m e . The programme i n c l u d e d s e v e r a l l o n g - p l a y i n g d i s c s i s s u e d both i n t h i s coun­t r y and America, as w e l l as the c o n v e n t i o n a l 78 rpm r e c o r d s .

A word o f p r a i s e must go t o our' a r t i s t , C. D. B r a c e w e l l who produced the f i r s t c l a s s p o s t e r s .

We hope t h a t even more of you w i l l e n j o y o u r next meeting, which w i l l be f u l l y p u b l i c i s e d i n due course.

P.G.T.

T . B . A P P E A L C O N C E R T

A concert i n a i d of the B r i t i s h S tudents' Tub­e r c u l o s i s Appeal was g i v e n i n t h e Roy a l A l b e r t H a l l on F r i d a y , 16th Feb. The h a l l appeared t o be f i l l ­ed t o c a p a c i t y , and the con c e r t was almost c e r t a i n l y a success f i n a n c i a l l y . Whether i t was a success • m u s i c a l l y i s r a t h e r d o u b t f u l . The London Student O r c h e s t r a has o n l y r e c e n t l y been formed and t h e i r p l a y i n g seemed rough, p a r t i c u l a r l y i n the o v e r t u r e s at t he b e g i n n i n g and end of the c o n c e r t . Schubert's ' U n f i n i s h e d ' Symphony r e c e i v e d q u i t e a good perform­ance a l t h o u g h some members of the woodwind appeared to imagine t h e y were p l a y i n g Lehar. The o r c h e s t r a were at t h e i r b e s t i n the Vaughan W i l l i a m s and i n 'Peter the W o l f , where M a r g a r e t t a S c o t t was an un­i n s p i r e d n a r r a t o r : The o t h e r s o l o i s t i n ( o f course) T c h a i k o v s k y ' s f i r s t piano c o n c e r t o was Abbey Simon, whose performance was r a t h e r u n s a t i s f a c t o r y : h i s p l a y ­i n g of the t h i r d movement was by no means f a u l t l e s s t e c h n i c a l l y . Boyd Nee l was an e x c e l l e n t conductor throughout.

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P R O F I L E - "/~B" G A I P A R I S

I n the Mines we have a l e c t u r e r who t e l l s us not t o take notes - i t stops us l i s t e n i n g to the l e c t u r e - and s t i l l gets us s u c c e s s f u l l y through the exams. He i s none other then J.B.Riohardson.

J.B. came t o the R.S.M. as a student i n 1907 and even then was e x c e p t i o n a l i n t h a t he d i d not come from a mining, f a m i l y . I n f a c t , i t seems he was persuaded by a f r i e n d , L.P.Harding, to come here because of a s t r o n g d i s l i k e of o f f i c e work, and a s t r o n g d e s i r e t o p l a y rugger.

At t h a t time the R.S.M. played f i x t u r e s such as would now make the I.C. team j u s t i f i a b l y j e a l ­ous. Consequently i t was no mean achievement f o r Jack R i c h a r d s o n t o be s e l e c t e d as l e f t wing I,out­s i d e Harding.

In 1910 he r e c e i v e d h i s A s s o c i a t e s h i p , and went out t o N i g e r i a w i t h a " t i n farming" concern, a p t l y named Lucky Chance Mines. The country had o n l y r e c e n t l y been made a B r i t i s h p r o t e c t o r a t e , and was s t i l l the "white man's grave". When the p a r t y of newcomers a r r i v e d i n N i g e r i a they were met by a government guide, a c e r t a i n Mr. F i n c h , who, t a k i n g advantage of t h e i r i n e x p e r i e n c e . f o o l ­ed them i n t o t r a v e l l i n g h e a v i l y armed and p o s t i n g s e n t r i e d a l l n i g h t round t h e i r camps. Thi s joke was g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d by the o l d hands, who pro­mptly nicknamed them "Finch's Boy Scouts".

However the r e s t of J.B.'s work ther e was not so humorous. During one job h i s only European companion, a l s o from the R.S.M., d i e d of dysentry. But J.B. s u r v i v e d two years i n West A f r i c a , which gave him p l e n t y of scope t o p r a c t i c e h i s hobby-of s k e t c h i n g . An account of h i s journeys was pub­l i s h e d i n the M i n i n g Magazine and the accompany­in g drawings prove him to be no mere amateur.

In 1912 he r e t u r n e d t o England and m a r r i e d . He and h i s w i f e then went out to a B o l i v i a n t i n mining company, f o r whioh he worked u n t i l the out­break of the f i r s t World War.

He v o l u n t e e r e d f o r the Army, and, a f t e r v a r ­i o u s e n g i n e e r i n g posts i n B r i t a i n , was sent w i t h the R.E.'s t o France i n '17.

A f t e r the War J.B. went back to B o l i v i a , t h i s time to an i s o l a t e d mine i n the Andes. While he was t h e r e the n a t i v e s went on s t r i k e and t r i e d t o a s s a s s i n a t e the Europeans. For h a l f a week, both day and n i g h t u n t i l support a r r i v e d , they had to defend themselves w i t h Mausers - t h i s time i t was not a j o k e .

A f t e r v a r i o u s jobs abroad he proved h i s v e r s ­a t i l i t y by changing to m e t a l l u r g y (1924-28), but as he r e a d i l y p o i n t s out o n l y so as to be w i t h h i s w i f e and three c h i l d r e n .

Many students w i l l f e e l sympathetic when they know t h a t J.B. once narrowly escaped being put i n J a i l . He was General Manager at San Telmo i n Spain d u r i n g the time of the Popular Front Govern­ment. One day a l o c a l t a x - c o l l e c t o r a r r i v e d at h i s o f f i c e and s t a r t e d t o be obstreperous. J.B. r e p l i e d a l i t t l e f o r c i b l y (Spanish can be such a p i c t u r e s q u e language ) and was promptly charged w i t h "Defamation of the S t a t e " . He managed to t a l k h i s way out of b e i n g j a i l e d , but i t was a near t h i n g .

When the second World War came he was too o l d f o r the f o r c e s , so was put i n charge of a R o y a l Ordnance F a c t o r y i n Y o r k s h i r e . A f t e r the War he r e t u r n e d t o the R.S.M. as a l e c t u r e r , i n M i n i n g , and was e l e c t e d as Old Students R e p r e s a n t a t i v e on C o u n c i l . H i s son d i d not f o l l o w h i s f a t h e r ' s pro­f e s s i o n , but went to the G u i l d s i n s t e a d . J.B. now hopes to have a g r a n d c h i l d at the R.C.S. to even t h i n g s up.

TOUCHSTONE Lord B e v e r i d g e , at the time of h i s S o c i a l I n s ­

urance Report, d i v i d e d the w o r l d i n t o t h r e e c l a s s e s : those who agreed w i t h the Report; those who d i s a g r ­eed w i t h i t ; and those who had read i t . The same c l a s s i f i c a t i o n p r o b a b l y h o l d s good f o r h i s r e c e n t e n q u i r y i n t o B r o a d c a s t i n g , and f o r the purpose of the next Touchstone week-end i t w i l l be assumed t h a t Those Who Have Read I t w i l l be i n no danger of swam­p i n g the r e s t of t h e p a r t y . The date i a March 10/ 11th. P l a c e : S i l w o o d Park. C o s t : 10/- ( i n c l u d ­i n g t r a n s p o r t b o t h ways). S u b j e c t : BROADCASTING, i n b oth i t s t e c h n i c a l and s o c i a l a s p e c t s . The name of the opening speaker w i l l be announced l a t e r . Make a note o f the date now i f you would l i k e t o come; names s h o u l d be g i v e n i n at the Union O f f i c e not l a t ­e r t h a n 2nd March. The number o f p l a c e s i s l i m i t e d , but p r e f e r e n c e w i l l be g i v e n t o people who haven't been t o a Touchstone week-end b e f o r e .

"On F r i d a y evening he t o o k h e r t o o l d Montmar-t r e and t h e y danced, w i t h f a i r y l i g h t s t w i n k l i n g down on them through the t r e e s , w i t h s o f t music i n t h e i r e a r s , and wine . . . y e s , the mystery and g a i ­e t y o f P a r i s . "

Such was the theme of t h e l a t e s t c a r n i v a l . A theme which p r o v i d e d the atmosphere of "Gay P a r i s " and indeed c a p t u r e d " l a v i e f r a n e a i s e " i t s e l f . The atmosphere c r e a t e d was l a r g e l y due t o the t r u l y mag­n i f i c e n t d e c o r a t i o n c a r r i e d out i n our well-worn gym. What i s more P a r i s i e n t h a n an o p e n - a i r c a f e , w i t h i t s b r i g h t l y c o l o u r e d awning, i t s round t a b l e s , and i t s shaded l i g h t s ? What c o u l d have been more c h a r a c t e r i s t i c t h a n the newspaper s t a l l , w i t h i t s e n t e r t a i n i n g r e a d i n g m a t t e r , and t h e . . . w e l l , p e r h a p s , i f i s convenient t o f o r g e t t h a t one! To Dastid A l l e n must be a t t r i b u t e d the i d e a , the scheme and the p l a n s o f t h i s f a i r y l a n d . He was d e f i n i t e l y the midwife o f the c a r n i v a l . The confinement, how­e v e r , was a d i f f e r e n t matter, and here due r e c o g n i ­t i o n must be g i v e n t o the c o - o p e r a t i o n and p r o d u c t i ­v i t y of many Guildsmen. On the s h o u l d e r s of C h i e f A d m i n i s t r a t o r Marcus H u l l r e s t e d the smooth r u n n i n g of the evening, H i s e a r l y nervousness, and tenden­cy t o f l a p were soon overcome, no doubt as a r e s u l t of h i s m i l i t a n t u n i f o r m and h i s e n t e r t a i n i n g manner. F u l l marks t o Marcus.

The Fancy Dress Parade came at the c l i m a x of . much e a t i n g and d r i n k i n g and s p i r i t s c o u l d not have been h i g h e r . A s p e c i a l word o f p r a i s e f o r Chien C l i v e Newman, and n i s Chienne. I t has been s a i d t h a t i n P a r i s the mannequin and the canine go hand i n paw - C l i v e p r e f e r r e d paw i n paw, and d e s e r v e d l y won the f i r s t p r i z e .

Cabaret t u r n s are not easy t o s e l e c t f o r c a r n ­i v a l audiences i n t h e e a r l y h o u r s , and, a l t h o u g h L i n e Reyhaud and the W i n d m i l l g i r l s would have been d e s i r a b l e , the f e m i n i n e charms of the mighty manne­q u i n were w e l l a p p r e c i a t e d . Not o n l y d i d she bend b a r s , and t e a r up 'phone d i r e c t o r i e s , but a l s o show­ed ready w i t and r e p a r t e e . The " S k a t i n g D e x t e r s " r e p e a t e d t h e i r t e l e v i s i o n show o f t h e e a r l y evening and were thought t o skate q u i t e w e l l .

So passed t h e l a t e hours . . . . the e a r l y hours were soon overtaken . Many w.ere s t i l l d a n c i n g , o t h e r s by now were content w i t h s i m p l e r d e l i g h t s . Then Dawn through s t r f p e d awnings shot a timorous r a y , which c l o s e d most eyes and t h u s e c l i p s e d t h e i r day.

row PUT THE CAT OUT, J>EJ\K T ' MO

On e n q u i r i n g o f a f r i e n d what he had thought of the new PHOENIX the f o l l o w i n g r e p l y was o b t a i n e d : "Not bad. 1. There's at l e a s t one good a r t i c l e i n i t . " I t would show a f i n e c y n i c a l s p i r i t t o i n v i t e r e a d e r s t o attempt t o i d e n t i f y t h e a r t i c l e i n q u e s t i o n . I t would a l s o be most m i s l e a d i n g and u n k i n d , f o r t h i s i s a PHOENIX among PHOENIfiES , the swan-song, perhaps, of t he r e t i r i n g e d i t o r , and almost e v e r y t l t i n g i n i t i s good. I f t h e r e must be economies i n form as r e ­l u c t a n t l y p r e d i c t e d by the E d i t o r , no such bogeys, e i t h e r i n q u a l i t y o r q u a n t i t y , have c a s t t h e i r shad­ows b e f o r e t o darken the pages of t h i s i s s u e . The g e n e r a l appearance and p r e s e n t a t i o n keeps up w i t h t h e h i g h s t a n d a r d we have come t o expect d u r i n g the l a s t t w e l v e months, a l t h o u g h i t i s perhaps a p i t y t h a t major a r t i c l e s sometimes have t o b e g i n h a l f w a y down, o r at the bottom of a page.

Those who are becoming awake t o t h e s p i r i t u a l d e f i c i e n c i e s of I.C. l i f e w i l l f i n d much t h a t i s t h o u g h t - p r o v o k i n g i n t h e c u r r e n t i s s u e . Those who are a l r e a d y exasperate d by the l e a s t mention o f such words as l i b e r a l E d u c a t i o n w i l l f i n d much t h a t i s merely p r o v o k i n g .

J.C.M.T.

FELIX

VIEWPOINT The E d i t o r takes no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r views

expressed i n t h i s column.

CULTURE I K I C .

'Touchstone', 'Ends and Means', and now 'The U n i v e r s i t y of South Kensington' - c u l t u r e i s indeed i n the a i r at I.C. these days. The l a t e s t PHOENIX i s f i l l e d w i t h a r t i c l e s e x h o r t i n g us t o l e a v e our t e c h n o l o g i c a l p r i s o n s t o breathe deeply the r e f r e s h ­i n g a i r o f l i b e r a l e d u c a t i o n , and e x t o l l i n g the e f f ­o r t s now b e i n g made t o i n t r o d u c e t h e s t u d e n t s o f I.C. t o the d e l i g h t s of c u l t u r e . F o r everyone i s agreed t h a t t h i s aim i s v e r y l a u d a b l e ; i n f a c t , the agree­ment i s so unanimous t h a t i t might be as w e l l t o t a k e a detached v i e w o f these e f f o r t s .

'Touchstone' i s an attempt t o induce s t u d e n t s t o d i s c u s s , sub j e c t s o u t s i d e the normal c o l l e g e c u r r ­i c u l a ; how f a r i t r e t r a c e s ground a l r e a d y covered by the L i t e r a r y and D e b a t i n g , and P o l i t i c a l S o c i e t ­i e s i s a m a t t e r f o r s p e c u l a t i o n . Indeed i t seems t h a t the m a j o r i t y o f s u p p o r t e r s of 'Touchstone' are s t a l w a r t s o f t h e s e s o c i e t i e s and i t i s d i f f i c u l t t o see what b e n e f i c i a l e f f e c t i t can p o s s i b l y have on the mass of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e . The purpose of the 'Ends and Means' l e c t u r e s seems even more obscure; one i s l e d t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y were i n t r o d u c e d so t h a t a head o f a p a r t i c u l a r department c o u l d e n l i ­ghten those s t u d y i n g o t h e r s u b j e c t s on the n a t u r e . o f h i s work and i t s r e l a t i o n t o s c i e n c e i n g e n e r a l . Re­cent l e c t u r e s , however, may w e l l have persuaded the u n i t i a t e d t o a v o i d the l e c t u r e r ' s s u b j e c t at a l l co­s t s ; the o r g a n i s e r s s h o u l d remember t h a t p r o f e s s o r s are not always a p p o i n t e d because of a b i l i t y t o d i s ­cuss t h e i r own s u b j e c t i n p u b l i c i n an i n t e r e s t i n g manner. T h i s s e r i e s seems t o me a c l a s s i c example o f well-meant f u t i l i t y .

The l a t e s t and most f a n t a s t i c s u g g e s t i o n i s 'The U n i v e r s i t y of South Kensington'. B r i e f l y , t h e i d e a i s t h a t s t u d e n t s of the R o y a l C o l l e g e s of A r t , Music and S c i e n c e should come i n t o much c l o s e r con­t a c t w i t h one a n o t h e r t h a n h i t h e r t o ; t h i s , i t i s c l a i m e d , w i l l b e n e f i t not o n l y the s c i e n t i s t but a l ­so the a r t i s t and m u s i c i a n , ( f o r we a l l know how im­p o r t a n t i t i s t h a t an opera s i n g e r s h o u l d have a knowledge o f the Second Law of Thermodynamics). Ex­a c t l y how t h i s c l o s e r c o n t a c t w i l l be a c h i e v e d has y e t t o be d e c i d e d . The way regarded as obvious by a l l i n t e r e s t e d seems to be f o r the s t u d e n t s t o mix t o g e t h e r , t a l k o v e r c o f f e e , h o l d j o i n t f u n c t i o n s e t c . Yet i f a l a d y from the R.C.M. who knows n o t h i n g of. s c i e n c e i s dancing w i t h gentleman from the R.C.S. who knows n o t h i n g of music, the two t h i n g s which t h e y w i l l not t a l k about w i l l be music and s c i e n c e . I f t h i s i s the way i n which t h i s p r o j e c t i s t o be t a c k ­l e d , i t i s doomed t o f a i l u r e f r o n the s t a r t . What other way i s there?At the meeting on Feb.5th,the RCS speaker suggested l e c t u r e s - on a e s t h e t i c s f o r s t u ­dents of the R.C.S. and on p h i l o s o p h y and s c i e n t i f i c method f o r students o f the R.C.A. and. R.C.M. Could a n y t h i n g be more i n e p t ? As f a r as t h e R.C.S. i s con­cerned, the i n t r o d u c t i o n of l e c t u r e s on a e s t h e t i c s would s i m p l y be a m a r v e l l o u s r e c i p e f o r t e c h n i c a l sausages. I n f a c t , i t I s q u i t e e v i d e n t t h a t the whole i d e a o f t h i s u n i v e r s i t y can never be more tha n a p l e a s a n t dream.

Having poured c o l d water on a l l the ' c u l t u r a l ' e f f o r t s ' b e i n g made i n I.C., I can f a i r l y be asked what I propose should be done i n s t e a d . The answer i s : n o t h i n g . The apathy towards c u l t u r e at I.C. i s too deep-rooted f o r any remedy t o be e f f e c t i v e . I n ­stea d of c o n s i d e r i n g c u l t u r e as a whole, l e t us l o o k at the p o s i t i o n of t h e a r t s i n I.C. With the excep­t i o n of music, they might as w e l l be n o n - e x i s t e n t . A v e r y i m p o r t a n t e x h i b i t i o n o f T u r n e r w a t e r - c o l o u r s i s on show at Agnew's. How many of I.C. w i l l go t o see i t ? A Swedish b a l l e t company are p r e s e n t i n g a most c o n t r o v e r s i a l b a l l e t i n London now. How many of I.C. w i l l go t o see i t ? M e n o t t i ' s dramatic opera 'The C o n s u l ' i s b e i n g g i v e n at the Cambridge T h e a t r e , an event of g r e a t o p e r a t i c importance. How many of I.C. w i l l go t o see i t ? You know the answers t o t h ­ese q u e s t i o n s as w e l l as I do - a n e g l i g i b l e p r o p o r ­t i o n i n each case. The average student at I.C. has no i n t e r e s t i n these s o r t 0 of t h i n g s . Y e t i f he wishes to enjoy the a r t s , o r , more g e n e r a l l y , c u l t u r e , t h e r e i s n o t h i n g whatever t o prevent him. E q u a l l y , i f he does not w i s h t o enjoy c u l t u r e , n o t h i n g what­ever v r i . l l persuade him t o make the attempt. Fatuous p r o j e c t s such as 'Touchstone', 'Ends and Means' and 'The U n i v e r s i t y o f South K e n s i n g t o n 1 are j u s t so much waste o f v a l u a b l e t i m e . J) £. £

EVENTS FRIDAY, 23rd FEB.

I.C. Boxing Club. P r e l i m i n a r y rounds of the i n t e r - c o l l e g e c o m p e t i t i o n s . Union Gym,6 p.m.

" H i s t o r y of Science" by P r o f . Levy. Main Lecture Theatre, Huxley B u i l d i n g 3.0 p.m.

SATURDAY, 24th FEB. I.C.R.F.C. v. Royal Vet. C o l l . Home. I.C.H.C. v. New C o l l e g e , O x f o r d . Away. I.C.B.C. v. Reading Univ. ( f o u r T i l l s ) , at Reading. I.C.A.F.C. v. Westminster C o l l e g e . Home. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. Royal Free Hosp. Home,10.30. I.C. Ent. C t t e . "Hop". Union, 8.0 p.m.

SUNDAY, 25th FEB. I.C. Mountaineering Club. Walk from Berkhampstead

Leader G. L e s t e r . MONDAY, 26th FEB.

L.I.F.C.U., I.C. Branch "The Church" by A l a n Crane. Botany Lecture Theatre, 1.15 p.m.

G u i l d s Radio Soc. "The g e n e r a t i o n of a t e l e v i s i o n waveform" by M. Lehman. Room N.26, 5.10 p.m.

R.C.A. Theatre Group present "The Tempest". Stud­ents Common Room. Queen's Gate 7 p.m. T i c k ­ets from 2/6 to 10/-.

TUESDAY, 27th FEB. I.C. Chem. Soc. " R a t i o n a l Chemotherapy" by Dr.

H.N.Rydon, A.R.C.S., F.R.I.C. at 5.15 i n RCS. I.C. Railway Soc. "Modern Permanent Way" by

M.G.R.Smith a t 5.15 i n C. & G.,Room 22. I.C. L i t . & Deb. Soc. B r a i n s T r u s t . Gym, 5.15 p.m. "The Tempest", R.C.A. Students Common Room,7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, 28th FEB. I.C.H.C. v. Reading U n i v e r s i t y . Away. I.C. Chem. Soc. V i s i t to J.Lyons & do. L t d . I.C.A.F.C. v. Kings C o l l e g e . Away. G u i l d s Radio Soe. T i s i t to B.B.C. Brookmans l a r k

Medium Wave T r a n s m i t t e r s . I.C. R i d i n g Club. R i d e , Richmond, 2.30. "The Tempest", R.C.A. Students Common Room, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, 1st MARCH. I.C. Mountaineering Club. F i l m Show of French

A l p s e t c . "The Tempest", R.C.A. Students Common Room, 7 p. m. Music Soc. Lunch-hour R e c i t a l , C & G Counoil Room.

FRIDAY, 2nd MARCH.

I.C. Youth H o s t e l s Group. J o i n t meet w i t h Bedford College to Chaldon Youth H o s t e l .

Ends and Means L e c t u r e . P r o f . D. W i l l i a m s on "Minerals i n World A f f a i r s " . Large Chem.

L e c t . Theatre, 4.15. I.C. Jazz Club. Record r e c i t a l by Mr. A. Fox.

Committee Room A, 5.15 p.m. I.C. Beaver Club, Bar 6.SO p.m. " H i s t o r y of Scienoe" by P r o f . Levy. Main L e c t u r e

Theatre, Huxley B l d g . 3.0 p.m. "The Tempest", R.C.A. Students Common Room, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, 3rd MARCH. I.C.R.F.C. v. Wasps, Tandals. Away. I.C.H.C. v. Royal Naval C o l l . , Greenwich. Home. I.C.A.F.C. v. L.S.E. Home. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. K.C.H.S.3. Away. 10.30. I.C. Ent. C t t e . "Hop", Union, 8.0 p.m. "The Tempest", R.C.A. Students Common Room, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, 4 t h MARCH. I.C. F i l m Soc. F i l m Show, "Ninety degrees South"

and "Daybreak i n U d i " , at 7.30 i n the New Lounge.

MONDAY, 5th MARCH. L.I.F.C.U., I.C. Branch, "The C h r i s t i a n F a i t h i i t s

view of the f u t u r e . " By M e t c a l f e C o l l i e r .

Botany Lecture Theatre, 1.15 p.m. J o i n t Meeting G u i l d s Radio Soc. & I.C. M u s i c a l

Soc. " E l e c t r o n i c Organs", by L. Brown, to be f o l l o w e d by a short recital,".Room 15,5.10.

TUESDAY, 6 t h MARCH. R.C.S. Maths. & Phys. Soc. "The age of t h e E a r t h "

by A s s t . P r o f . J.McG. Bruckshaw. Small. Phys­i c s Theatre, 5.15.

WEDNESDAY, 7th MARCH. U.L. Hockey Cup f i n a l I.C. Railway Soc. V i s i t t o P.L.A. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l 2nd team v. London Hosp. Home. I.C. R i d i n g Club, R i d e , Richmond. 2.30.

THURSDAY, 8 t h MARCH. Ends and Means L e c t u r e , p r o f . W.G.Bickley: "Mathe­

matics and Technology", R.C.S. Chem. Le c t u r e Theatre, 4.15.

M u s i c a l Soo. Lunch-hour R e c i t a l . C & G C o u n c i l Room.

FRIDAY, 9th MARCH. " H i s t o r y of Scienoe" by P r o f . Levy, Main L e c t u r e

Theatre, Huxley B l d g . 3.0 p.m.

S P O R T

I . C . H . C , C U P F I N A L I S T S A G A I N

Westminster H o s p i t a l 0 - I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e 5

I.C. are a g a i n i n the f i n a l , t h i s b e i n g the t h i r d y e a r i n s u c c e s s i o n , and i f t h e y p l a y as v ; e l l on .March 7 t h as t h e y d i d i n t h e s e m i - f i n a l t h e y s t a n d an e x c e l l e n t chance o f winn i n g the cup f o r the sec­ond y e a r r u n n i n g .

The p i t c h was s t i c k y a f t e r the r a i n , but i n s p i t e of the h a r d going the f i r s t h a l f was p l a y e d at a good pace made p o s s i b l e t o a l a r g e extent by the s e c c e s s f u l p a s s i n g and s t i c k - w o r k of the whole team. A l l f i v e g o a l s were s c o r e d i n the f i r s t h a l f ( E e n t l e y 2, Purs l o w 2, Jones 1) and al t h o u g h the op­p o s i t i o n g o a l keeper was not s t r o n g , the movements which l e d t o the a c t u a l s h o t s were the r e s u l t of go­od p a s s i n g , good t i m i n g and qu i c k d e c i s i o n s .

There was more hard h i t t i n g and l e s s c o n s t r u c t ­i v e work i n t h e second h a l f , when the p i t c h was r a t ­h e r the worse f o r wear, but t h e I.C. defence kept a t i t and d i d w e l l t o keep t h e i r opponents out of our g o a l e n t i r e l y .

There i s some v e r y good t a l e n t i n t h e I.C. team and i n t h i s match i t was e v i d e n t at t h e r i g h t time and i n t h e r i g h t p l a c e , and we hope i t w i l l a l l l r e -appear i n the F i n a l . Good l u c k , I.CI Team: D. Hardy; R. Palmer, P. J u s t e s e n ; . W. P i k e ,

G. B e n n e t t , S. Mossman; B. Pur s l o w , R.Bent-, l e y , N. Jones, K. George, E. Green.

S O C C E R

The weather of the l a s t few months has r e s u l t e d i n many s p o r t s grounds d i s a p p e a r i n g i n whole o r p a r t under the s u r f a c e o f the f l o o d s . H a r l i n g t o n i n e v i t ­a b l y succumbed and t h i s has caused the postponement of numerous I.C. games t o g e t h e r w i t h the Technology Cup match between G u i l d s and Mines which should have been p l a y e d on 14-th Feb. At pres e n t a new date f o r t h i s game has not been f i x e d .

I.C. 1st X I have p l a y e d two matches, l o s i n g t o St. Mary's C o l l e g e and b e a t i n g Q.M.C. The 2nd X I , who have gained 11 p o i n t s i n 11 league games t o da t e , o n l y had one match i n Westminster C o l l e g e ( 4 - 2 ) . I.C. 3 r d X I l o s t two league games, - a g a i n s t Westmin­s t e r H o s p i t a l (3 - 0) and S t . Thomas's (2 - 1) and have c o l l e c t e d 10 p o i n t s from 12 league matches.

1st Team: v. Wimbledon Lost 1 - 4

l o t Team:

To date:

2nd Team:

Wimbledon Lost 1 - 4 U.C.H. Won 3 - 2 S.O-A.S Won 4 - 1 Kings C o l l e g e Won 4 - 1 0. Aldenhamans Won 5 - 0 U n i v e r s i t y Coll-Won 3 - 2 St.Edmund H a l l Lost 2 - 3

Pl a y e d 14, Won 10, Lost 4.

v. Q.M.C. Won 5 - 0 v. Kings C o l l , I I Won 4 - 1 v. Q.M.C. Won 3 - 2

To date: P l a y e d 8, Won 5, L o s t 3-

SQUASH RACKETS

The c l u b i s having an extremely s u c c e s s f u l sea­son, the o n l y l o s s e s b e i n g i n f l i c t e d on us by th e ex­tre m e l y s t r o n g I'.'imbledon Club ( 2 ) , Kings C o l l e g e and St . Edmund H a l l , Oxford. The l a t t e r match was l o s t i n the l a s t t i e by the narrowest p o s s i b l e margin! The second team has been e q u a l l y s u c c e s s f u l , i n s p i t e of the numerous p l a y e r s who have r e p r e s e n t e d i t a t one time andanother. I t i s r e g r e t t e d t h a t one match had t o be c a n c e l l e d owing to l a c k of support - t h i s i s the f i r s t o c c a s i o n t h i s has happened t h i s season, and i t i s hoped i t w i l l not be al l o w e d t o occur a g a i n .

A s o c i a l f i x t u r e w i t h I.C.W..S.C. at the end of the Winter Term was enjoyed by a l l , though i t c l e a r ­l y showed who were the dominant sex at Squash Rackets! (even a g a i n s t a handicap of t h r e e p o i n t s and a hand).

The p r a c t i s e of the sweeping of the c o u r t s b e i n g c a r r i e d out by the Club c a p t a i n - (a t r a d i t i o n a l du­t y ) - has l a p s e d . A member of the non-academic s t a f f has been at l a s t a t t r a c t e d by the p r i n c e l y wage o f f e ­red by the c l u b - t h e r e i s however no hope, as y e t , of a n y t h i n g b e i n g done about the seasona l shower b a t h In c o u r t B.

B O X I N G

I.C. 8 - Kings C o l l . 3

In the gym on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, I.C. Boxing c l u b staged a number of bouts the m a j o r i t y of which were between I.C. and Kings, although other c o l l e g e s of the U n i v e r s i t y were represented . The I.C.boxers a c q u i t t e d themselves w e l l as the score w i l l show,and the evening can be considered as being most success­f u l .

A c e r t a i n m i l i t a r y gentleman's sobriqu e t of 'Blood and Guts' might w e l l be a p p l i e d to P h i l i p P u r s e r (I.C.) who i n h i s f i r s t f i g h t r e p r e s e n t i n g I.C., d i s p l a y e d p l e n t y of courage and a sanguinary complexion. That he l o s t t o K.Mackerell (L.S.E.) i s no d i s g r a c e * Few f i g h t s can, i n a l l honesty, be c a l l e d b e a u t i f u l , but Mike Humphreys (I.C.) gave a d i s p l a y t h a t r e a l l y was a pleasure to watch, tho­ugh W.Robinson ( K i n g s ) , h i s w e l l matched opponent, might disa g r e e , having l o s t on p o i n t s . Gaby Gales (I.C.) u l t i m a t e l y went down f o r good a g a i n s t the extremely r a p i d punches of J.Reavey ( K i n g s ) . a f t e r having r e p e a t e d l y come up f o r more. B i l l Cook ( I . C . ) , another f i r s t - t i m e r , l a i d a hen's egg be­neath the eye of C.Figg ( K i n g s ) , the doctor stop­p i n g the f i g h t f o r f e a r i t might hatch.

The most c o l o u r f u l f i g h t of the evening was th a t between Anton Brown (I.e.) and R.Gray(Kings). This i s the f i r s t time, as f a r as we know, that red has been obtained by mixing Brown and Gray. Next, Gordon T a i t at 7 s t . 12 l b s . l a d l e d out h i s p a r t i c u l a r l i n e i n beauty treatment to J.Wilde (Kings) a t 9 s t . 7 l b s . The course of treatment was concluded i n t he f i r s t round. " K i l l e r " Hulme l o s t on p o i n t s to A.Dnjon ( K i n g s ) . However, -c o n s i d e r i n g Dujon i s U.L. champion

Today (Feb. 23rd) the I m p e r i a l College Box­i n g Club are h o l d i n g the p r e l i m i n a r y rounds et the I n t e r - C o l l e g e Competitions. The F i n a l s are being h e l d at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 1st i n the Gymna­sium, oome and support your College on both of these occasions'.

CROSS-COUNTRY I.C.C.C.C. v. U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e , Southampton(A)

Won : 40 p o i n t s to 41 p t s .

T h i s race was run over a very s t i c k y course of about 5£ m i l e s , and r e s u l t e d i n a ve r y c r e d i t a b l e win to I.C. Southampton f i e l d e d t h e i r s t r o n g e s t team f o r the f i r s t time t h i s year, and provided the f i r s t man home - _. Downer, an I n t e r n a t i o n a l Runner. Ted Whitlock of I.C. was second some 30 seconds behind, and Hayton (S) was a d i s t a n t t h i r d .

F i n a l p l a c i n g s : (1) Downer, S.(2) Whitlock, I.C. (3) Hayton, S.(4( Goater, S. (5) Kay, I.C. (6) Bagley, I.C.

London C o l l e g e s Trophy Ra6e •

Th i s race was run on Wed. Feb. 14th, and the team was f e e l i n g the e f f e c t s . o f i t s hard work ag­a i n s t Southampton. I.C. were pl a c e d t h i r d behind; Kings College and Q.M.C. Ted Whitlock a g a i n ran a very f i n e r a c e , he broke the course r e c o r d by over 40 seconds, but no-one e l s e was able t o back him up. M. Garrod r a n w e l l to f i n i s h e l e v e n t h , i n a f i e l d of over f i f t y minutes.

1.0. p l a c i n g s : (1) E.Whitlock, (11) M.Garrod (21) F.C.Bagley,.J.P.Davies (25) G.C.Kay (28) A.B.Watts.

LAWN TENNIS

In view of the s t r o n g support g i v e n to the .'ilm show run by the G u i l d s L.T.C. l a s t year,the I.C.L.T.C. have decided to organise a s i m i l a r ev­ent t h i s year.

The f i l m s t o be shown a r e : - '1950 Wimbledon', 'Sk i S k i l l ' , and 'Once ag a i n a t Wimbledon'.

In a d d i t i o n t o these f i l m s i t i s hoped to wel­come as guest Dan M a s k e l l , England's number one p r o f e s s i o n a l lawn Tennis coach, to give a t a l k and answer q u e s t i o n s . A l l members of the Union w i l l be welcome.

Time:5.15 p.m. Place:Room 15, C & G. Date: F r i d a y , 2nd Marsh.