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No. 9. 1 MPERJAL C'OlLiqt , Z T U N £ 1950.

EDITORIAL

Mr. S e l l a r s „

I t was w i t h s u r p r i s e and r e g r e t t h a t we h e a r d the d e c i s i o n of the R e f e c t o r y Committee t o d i s p e n s e w i t h the s e r v i c e s of our b u t l e r , Mr. S e l l a r s . The d e c i s i o n was made, of c o u r s e , i n the i n t e r e s t s of economy, but t h i s w i l l i n f a c t be s m a l l , s i n c e another person w i l l have t o be employed t o take over h i s d u t i e s " b e h i n d the scenes," such as s t o r e - k e e p i n g .

He was the perso n whom peopl e u s u a l l y c i t e d when they c r i t i c i s e d the R e f e c t o r y f o r b e i n g o v e r s t a f f e d , a p p a r e n t l y b e l i e v i n g t h a t he d i d n o t h i n g but s t a n d and l o o k l i k e a b u t l e r . I n p a n d e r i n g t o thes e c r i t i c s , and t o a c h i e v e what i s r e a l l y a t r i f l i n g economy, the Committee have l o s t us the s e r v i c e s of one who, at the l e a s t , l e n t an a i r of d i g n i t y t o the D i n i n g H a l l and p r o v i d e d one of the d i f f e r e n c e s between I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e and ot h e r l e s s august c o l l e g e s .

We must n o t , however, be u n f a i r t o the Committee, f o r a l t h o u g h t h e r e are many who w i l l f e e l a pang of r e g r e t t h a t Mr. S e l l a r s has been s a c r i f i c e d , a t l e a s t i t shows t h a t the Committee are p r e p a r e d t o t a k e any s t e p s t h a t may be n e c e s s a r y t o put i t s f i n a n c e s i n o r d e r .

I n our l a s t i s s u e we n o t e d t h a t i n an a r t i c l e I n The Observer, I.C. had been c r e d i t e d w i t h the i n v e n t i o n of the term '!brown bagger." I n t h e i r next i s s u e appeared a l e t t e r s t a t i n g t h a t the term was known t o be i n use a t U.C. i n 1925, but we were s u r p r i s e d t o see t h a t no r e p l y t o t h i s l e t t e r appeared t h i s week. Has the E d i t o r c l o s e d the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , or can i t be t h a t no one a t I.C. has t a k e n the t r o u b l e t o w r i t e ?

The term appears i n a Phoenix of 1918, w h i c h a l o n e d i s p o s e s of the U.C. c l a i m , but i t a l s o appears I n one of H.G.Wells' books, and i t i s not u n r e a s o n a l b e t o suppose t h a t he a c q u i r e d the e x p r e s s i o n when he was a t t h i s C o l l e g e .

T h i s i s our l a s t i s s u e t h i s y e a r s i n c e a f o r t n i g h t hence we s h a l l be i n the m i d s t o f , or on the verge o f , exams.

Most of t h i s y e a r ' s F e l i x B o a r d a r e l e a v i n g or r e t i r i n g , and a few new people are needed t o h e l p r u n the paper n e x t y e a r . F o r t u n a t e l y the S u b - E d i t o r , Mr. C,M.Hargreaves, w i l l be here n e x t y e a r , and he has been e l e c t e d as t h e n e x t E d i t o r . We s h o u l d be g l a d i f anyone i n t e r e s t e d i n j o i n i n g the Board would get i n to u c h w i t h Mr. Hargreaves or the p r e s e n t E d i t o r .

Brown B a g g e r s .

F e l i x Next Y e a r ,

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SPEAKING PERSONALLY,

When w r i t i n g the E d i t o r i a l t h i s week I found t h a t t h e r e were a number of t h i n g s I w i s h e d t o say wh i c h c o u l d not p r o p e r l y be s a i d i n an E d i t o r i a l , s i n c e they were p u r e l y p e r s o n a l s e n t i m e n t s . I t h e r e f o r e d e c i d e d t o g r a n t m y s e l f space f o r a p e r s o n a l a r t i c l e .

We who s t a r t e d F e l i x d i d so i n the b e l i e f t h a t t h e r e was a need f o r a paper w h i c h would r e p o r t , p u b l i c i s e and comment upon C o l l e g e a c t i v i t i e s , and p r o v i d e e n t e r t a i n m e n t without! d e t e r i o r a t i n g i n t o a "Muckrake." As i t t u r n e d out, the p r o v i s i o n of e n t e r t a i n m e n t has proved the h a r d e s t r e q u i r e m e n t , but the experiment seems t o have been a suc c e s s and F e l i x i s W e l l e s t a b l i s h e d .

A l t h o u g h the paper i s f i n a n c i a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e t o C o u n c i l , and e x i s t s by t h e i r c o n s e n t , i t i s f r e e t o express such o p i n i o n s as i t sees f i t . The F e l i x B oard t h e r e f o r e c a r r i e s a c o n s i d e r a b l e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , f o r i n the hands of i r r e s p o n s i b l e persons the paper c o u l d be a p o w e r f u l and m i s c h i e v o u s weapon, I n t h a t event i t would u n d o u b t e d l y be s u p p r e s s e d , and I s h o u l d be e x t r e m e l y s o r r y t o see t h a t happen. I hope, t h e r e f o r e , t h a t f u t u r e F e l i x B o a r d s , w i l l b r i n g new i d e a s and new l i f e t o the paper, but w i l l m a i n t a i n e s s e n t i a l l y the same s p i r i t ,

I s h o u l d l i k e t o thank a l l the members of the Board f o r t h e i r h a r d work and c o - o p e r a t i o n , and p a r t i c u l a r l y Mr. C M , Har.greaves f o r h a v i n g s h o u l d e r e d much of the e d i t o r i a l work and r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .

S p e c i a l t h a n k s , a l s o , t o Mis s Larcom and the B o o k s t a l l s t a f f f o r h a v i n g produced the paper, by hand and always on t i m e , and f o r h er ready c o - o p e r a t i o n when t r o u b l e a r o s e . I t may n o t be g e n e r a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d t h a t each i s s u e i n v o l v e s p u t t i n g the sheets t h r o u g h the Roneo machine over 10,000 t i m e s .

E.M.Hughes.

The R e f e c t o r y Committee.

The Committee met on 22/5/50, and a f t e r the u s u a l p r e l i m i n a r y b u s i n e s s d i s c u s s e d the q u e s t i o n of the r e d u c t i o n of S e l l a r s , w i t h the r e s u l t a l r e a d y known.

The d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n i n some q u a r t e r s w i t h the t i c k e t system I n the New Lounge was t h e n r a i s e d , and the s u g g e s t i o n put f o r w a r d t h a t , as an experiment', a c r u s h r a i l be i n s t a l l e d , w i t h a cash r e g i s t e r and desk at the end. A p a r t from the f a c t t h a t the Dancing C l u b , who use the room t h r e e n i g h t s a week, would not l i k e the i d e a , and the f a c t t h a t we had no cash r e g i s t e r a v a i l a b l e , the main o b j e c t i o n was t h a t i t would almost c e r t a i n l y cause the s e r v i c e t o be s l o w e r . When the t i c k e t system was f i r s t I n t r o d u c e d the queue was t i m e d , and the average time was found t o be about a q u a r t e r of what i t had p r e v i o u s l y been when cash 'was t a k e n at the c o u n t e r . I n view of t h i s i t was d e c i d e d t h a t the t i c k e t system s h o u l d be r e t a i n e d , i n s p i t e of i t s minor i r r i t a t i o n s .

The i d e a of p u t t i n g on a cheap l u n c h a t l / 6 d was then d i s c u s s e d . I t was f e l t t h a t when Mr, Coomber put the i d e a t o the Union G e n e r a l M e e t i n g the f u l l s i g n i f i c a n c e of the s u g g e s t i o n was not a p p r e c i a t e d , and t h a t i t would be w e l l w o r t h w h i l e t o t r y i t as an experiment f o r a f o r t n i g h t . By the time t h i s a p p e a r s the experiment w i l l have been g o i n g f o r a week, and i t i s hoped t h a t i t w i l l p r o v i d e the answer t o those who r e q u i r e a s a t i s f y i n g l u n c h at a low p r i c e . I n any case , the Committee w i l l be g l a d t o have your o p i n i o n s ,

The s u g g e s t i o n t h a t the R e f e c t o r y be handed over t o " p r i v a t e c o n t r a c t o r was the n e x t t o p i c . I t was p o i n t e d out t h a t J.J.Lyons

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and P e t e r Merchant had b o t h come t o the c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e y c o u l d not ha n d l e i t e c o n o m i c a l l y , but i t was d e c i d e d t h a t no harm c o u l d be done by a p p r o a c h i n g John Gardners, and t h i s i s b e i n g done.

L i t t l e e l s e of g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t was d i s c u s s e d , but i n a l l f a i r n e s s i t must be r e p o r t e d t h a t the Committee d i d not suggest t h a t a new F e l i x B o a r d be a p p o i n t e d t o put the paper's a f f a i r s i n o r d e r .

P r o f i l e : I.C.W.A.

The most u n r e m i t t i n g s c h o l a r or brownbagger c o u l d n o t have f a i l e d t o n o t i c e t h a t we have a number of women s t u d e n t s a t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e . These f a i r ones among our dark and b r o o d i n g brows p r o v i d e j u s t t h a t a m e l i o r a t i o n of scenery so d e s i r a b l e between the y e a r l y round of c l u b d i n n e r s and exams.

The I.C. Womens A s s o c i a t i o n (pronounced Icwah) i s at once an Amazon s t r o n g h o l d , a Womens I n s t i t u t e and a m i n o r i t y government. I t i s a m i n i a t u r e u n i o n w i t h i n the I.C.Union, I t was formed i n 1911 under one Dr. W h i t e l y who remained i t s p r e s i d e n t f o r 15 y e a r s .

The p r e s i d e n t i s now e l e c t e d a n n u a l l y , t h i s y e a r Joyce Lee b e i n g i n o f f i c e . I.C.W.A. are 52 s t r o n g t h i s y e a r and s i n c e the war t h i r t e e n of whom l i v e i n the H o s t e l . B e h i n d the committee rooms i n t h e o l d lounge I.C.W.A, have t h e i r own common room where, Mis s Lee t o l d me, they have r e c e n t l y I n a u g u r a t e d o c c a s i o n a l t e a - p a r t i e s . D u r i n g the y e a r I.C.W.A. r u n a dance i n November and a Dinn e r i n F e b r u a r y t o w h i c h a d i s t i n g u i s h e d woman i s i n v i t e d as p r i n c i p a l g u e s t . I n s p o r t I.C.W.A, are good ambassadors of I.C.: they won the London Womens I n t e r C o l l e g i a t e S p o r t s l a s t y e a r and the p r e v i o u s y e a r , a Hockey cup t h i s y e a r and t h e Tennis cup l a s t y e a r , and w i t h K a t h l e e n Stedman swimming f o r the U.A.U. and Jean Q u e r t i e r p l a y i n g at Wimbledon, I.C.W.A. can j u s t l y c l a i m t o be on t h e s p o r t i n g map.

I asked one I.C.W.A. member i f she had ever been i n the b a r . To my h o r r o r she s a i d she had; but worse - l a s t y e a r one I.C.W.A. member d r e s s e d i n man's c l o t h e s at a C a r n i v a l had a c t u a l l y bought d r i n k s i n our h a l l o w e d m a s c u l i n e h i d e o u t . But she r e a s s u r e d me by s a y i n g t h a t I.C.W.A. approved of a men-only b a r . Views on the male p o p u l a t i o n of I.C. d i f f e r e d -as i n d e e d one might expect - but we are g e n e r a l l y h e l d t o be p r e t t y average. I.C.W.A. members are unanimous i n w i s h i n g t h a t t h e r e were more women s t u d e n t s at the c o l l e g e - a c t i v i t i e s a r e r a t h e r l i m i t e d w i t h such s m a l l numbers„

From an o l d minute book i t appears t h a t i n 1912 a g r e a t d i s c u s s i o n was r a g i n g on the m o r a l p r o p r i e t y of women smoking, The views of the R e c t o r were s o l i c i t e d and I.C.W.A. approached the U n i o n Committee a s k i n g t h a t a s e p a r a t e smoking room be p r o v i d e d f o r the l a d i e s . How they have p r o g r e s s e d s i n c e then'.

C.M.H.

STRATIFICATION .

G i r l s a t c o l l e g e are I n two s t r a t a ,

Those w i t h d a t e s , and those w i t h d a t a .

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ELECTRICAL REPORT E x p t . 2E/TIM/1

Experiment performed on 15th May 1950. R eport siibmi 11 ecC on "IBTh" May 1155 0 .

OH. THE,THIRD STROKE IT WILL BE ELEVEN O'CLOCK

PRECISELY . . . ,

O b j e c t :

The o b j e c t of t h i s experiment was the p r e s e r v a t i o n of C o f f e e t i m e . I n t r o d u c t i o n .

Second y e a r E l e c t r i c a l s i n G u i l d s have been h a v i n g t r o u b l e l a t e l y w i t h some of t h e i r l e c t u r e s . One hour l e c t u r e s have not I n f r e q u e n t l y been extended up' t o 40 mins . or so " o v e r t i m e . " I t has been f e l t f o r some time t h a t t h i s was not a Cood T h i n g , f o r one t h i n g i t j e o p a r d i s e s a l l chance of c o f f e e a t Jane 1 s .

S e v e r a l s u g g e s t i o n s were made and some t r i e d o u t . The f o o t - s h u f f l e crescendo at 11a.m. proved f r u i t l e s s . The l e c t u r e r c o n t i n u e d f o r . 3 4 minutes o v e r t i m e . Much l e a t h e r was expended i n the a t t e m p t . Then t h e r e c o u l d be an a l a r m c l o c k on the p i p e s or the synchronome c l o c k c o u l d be a c c e l e r a t e d d u r i n g ' the l e c t u r e w i t h an a c c u m u l a t o r and a morse Key, F o r those I n t e r e s t e d , one p u l s e * •§- m i n u t e .

I t was f u r t h e r s u g g e s t e d t h a t TIM might be r e l a y e d by a Loudspeaker I n the c l a s s at the time the l e c t u r e was due t o end (11.0 a.m.). T h i s experiment was t o determine the s e n s i t i v i t y of l e c t u r e r s t o t h i s f o r m of t r e a t m e n t . C i r c u i t d iagram.

b l ' f Mfi t T t ' L C h ON'

3<i

P r o c e d u r e . " ' ^ ^ ' N T 1 t * * * ~

F i r s t s e l e c t a s u i t a b l e t e l e p h o n e and "get w e l l i n "

w i t h the l o c a l I n h a b i t a n t s . Then f i x up a p i e c e of t h r e a d

a l o n g the r o u t e the l o u d s p e a k e r l e a d s are t o t a k e & measure

the l e n g t h of w i r e r e q u i r e d . A c q u i r e the w i r e , p i n c h the a m p l i f i e r

and swipe the Loudspeaker, and connect up as i n diagram.

One minute b e f o r e TIM i s r e q u i r e d , l i f t r e c e i v e r and

w a i t f o r the I.C. s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r to say "Can I h e l p

you." Assume a v o i c e of easy nonchalance and ask f o r "a l i n e

p l e a s e ' " . . . . , . . . . . . . D i a l l i n g Tone ..... D i a l T.I.M, Wait t i l l

t he t h i r d p i p of 1059' 50" has p i p p e d and t h e n t u r n up the

volume c o n t r o l of the a m p l i f i e r

R e s u l t s .

I n c h r o n o l o g i c a l o r d e r : - H o r r o r ..... UPROAR ..... more

H o r r o r as more TIM came over a s u r r e p t i t i o u s l o o k at the

w atch ..... a deep b l u s h ..... and most i m p o r t a n t of a l l o n l y

12 mins. 23 seconds more l e c t u r e - a r e d u c t i o n of 47/ on the

p r e v i o u s s h o r t e s t o v e r t i m e .

C o n c l u s i o n s .

We of 2E would l i k e t o e x p r e s s our thanks t o the u n w i t t i n g

G.P.0, who so u n w i t t i n g l y s u p p l i e d TIM t o such a good purpose,

and t o the u n w i t t i n g P.G.'s who so u n w i t t i n g l y had t h e i r phone

used t o such a good purpose. We t r u s t t h a t I n f u t u r e , l e c t u r e r s

w i l l not u n w i t t i n g l y e x t e n t t h e i r a l l o t t e d l e c t u r e t i m e . Good

l u c k t o a l l f u t u r e p i o n e e r s J

F o o t n o t e . S h o r t l y a f t e r the r e l a y had ceased the I.C. o p e r a t o r

cut i n and asked "Haven't you f i n i s h e d y e t ? "

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EXHIBITION ROAD,

(With a p o l o g i e s t o the auth o r of " C a n t e r b u r y " )

Ave A l b e r t ! Too f a r away t o h e a r . Too s t i f f , t o o proud t o ever g l a n c e

At the i n f a n t E x h i b i t i o n Road;

S i r e d by the s i l e n c e of the Gardens

Out of the chaos of the Gore,

Where t h r o n g i n g streams of t r a f f i c thunder i n c e s s a n t l y . Mot one nod? - But then t h e s e t h i n g s are h a r d W i t h a marble neck.

S c i e n t i a i m p e r i i decus et tutamen. E i g h t e e n hundred p a i r s of f e e t , A d a i l y t i d a l ebb and f l o w . S carves of a l l the c o l o u r s of the rainbow Wound round young men of d i f f e r e n t shapes and s i z e s (-Round young women too - but t h e r e the shape i s s t a n d a r d And the o n l y v a r i a b l e i s s i z e ) ,

Three s e a t s of l e a r n i n g , each w i t h i t s own e s p e c i a l k i n d of

knowledge

L u x u r i o u s l y u p h o l s t e r e d ,

De m o r t u i s n i l n i s i bonum.

A r o a d no l o n g e r y o u t h f u l , but s t r a i g h t as e v e r , S u p p o r t i n g a m i d d l e aged s p r e a d of museums, S c i e n c e and Geology - s u i t a b l y square and s t r a t i f i e d , V i c t o r i a and A l b e r t - w h i t e topped w i t h dome on dome, C a r r y i n g i n n i c h e s h i g h above the pavement A row of p e t r i f i e d w o r t h i e s - S t . Dunstan, Caxton, Wedgewood Turned t o stone by the N a t u r a l H i s t o r y Museum's G o r g o n l i k e G o t h i c . V a l e . Decadent r o a d . D e f i l e d by t r a f f i c l i g h t s and buses S t a g g e r i n g f e e b l y on t o d i e A g a i n s t the f r o n t of an e l e c t r i c i t y shop Under the c o l d s t a r e of p l a t e g l a s s windows

Perhaps I t s s o u l , c o n t i n u i n g t o the Un d e r w o r l d

F i n d s t h e r e t h r e e branches of the r i v e r S t y x

Named D i s t r i c t , M e t r o p o l i t a n and P i c c a d i l l y .

A.F.T .

More Student S u i c i d e s . Dr. John Lowe, V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r of Oxf o r d U n i v e r s i t y , s a i d

at B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y f o u n d e r s ' day s e r v i c e on S a t u r d a y t h a t t h e r e was an i n c r e a s i n g tendency among s t u d e n t s t o worry themselves i n t o " a n x i e t y s t a t e s . " The s u i c i d e r a t e among u n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s was r e l a t i v e l y h i g h e r than i n o t h e r groups and was r i s i n g .

S i r John S t o p f o r d , V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r of Manchester U n i v e r s i t y , e x p r e s s e d s u r p r i s e y e s t e r d a y at Dr. Lowe's statement t h a t the j ' s u i c l d e r a t e " was g o i n g up, " I would d i s s o c i a t e m y s e l f a t once from t h a t , " he s a i d .

Dr. D.W.Logan, P r i n c i p a l , London U n i v e r s i t y , thought s t u d e n t s were.more anxi o u s about t h e i r f u t u r e .

P r o f . G . C , F i e l d , P r o - V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r , B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y : Women d i d not appear t o be as g r e a t l y a f f e c t e d by a n x i e t y as men.

D a i l y T e l e g r a p h .

A t r i f l e t a c t l e s s , at t h i s time of y e a r ?

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DRINKING MAM'S GUIDE TO LONDON.

The P r o s p e c t of Whitby.

A l o n g the P o o l of London l i e ' s o m e of the o l d e s t and most h i s t o r i c pubs of the C i t y and to-day p r o b a b l y the b e s t known i s the P r o s p e c t of Whitby.

I t stands a t the e n t r a n c e t o S h a d w e l l New B a s i n and i s e a s i l y f o u n d by t a k i n g the D i s t r i c t L i n e t r a i n t o Wapping and a p p r o a c h i n g a l o n g Wapping H i g h S t r e e t and Wapping W a l l between the c l i f f s of warehouses. I t i s t h i s r o a d s i d e e n t r a n c e under the s i g n of an o l d s a i l i n g s h i p t h a t i s p r o b a b l y the o l d e s t p a r t of the P r o s p e c t - about 400 y e a r s , a l t h o u g h c l a i m e d by some, w i t h f o r g i v a b l e e x a g g e r a t i o n , t o be 600 y e a r s o l d . But i t i s the r i v e r s i d e f r o n t of the i n n w h i c h has the most e s p e c i a l charm; a r a k i s h assembly of beams and b o a r d i n g and the l o n g f l i g h t of the wooden P e l i c a n S t a i r s l e a d i n g up from the mud t o the d i n g y s t r e e t .

V i s i t e d by many i t has been the haunt of S i r Hugh W i l l o u g h b y , S i r M a r t i n F r o b i s h e r and Judge J e f f r e y s who i s s a i d t o have e n j o y o d the g r i m s p e c t a c l e of the v i c t i m s he had condemned s w i n g i n g from the g i b b e t s of the E x e c u t i o n Dock nea r b y . Pepys and Dr. Johnson t o o are o l d a s s o c i a t e s , the upper d i n i n g room commemorating the fo r m e r by i t s name - Ye Pepys Room. I f v i s i t i n g t h i s room i t i s w i s e t o n o t i c e t h e f i t t i n g s w h i c h I n a t w i n k l i n g c o n v e r t e d the room i n t o a p r i z e r i n g ; a t h i n g t h a t was o f t e n done.

Dickens I n "Our M u t u a l F r i e n d " c a l l s i t the " S i x J o l l y F e l l o w s h i p P o r t e r s " and d e s c r i b e s i t as "a narrow l o p - s i d e d wooden jumble of c o r p u l e n t windows heaped one upon another .... w i t h a c r a z y wooden verandah impending over the w a t e r , "

To-day i t i s perhaps b e s t t o s i t on the lower b a l c o n y w i t h a p i n t of " b e s t " and watch the r i v e r t r a f f i c moving about R o t h e r h i t h e t o the accompaniment of r i v e r s i d e sounds and s m e l l s ; or i f one i s more accustomed t o d r i n k i n g w i t h song one s h o u l d r e t u r n t o the b a r . There amid the f e s t o o n e d t r o p h i e s of a l l ages and l a n d s - a topoe f r o m A f r i c a , a S t e t s o n from A u s t r a l i a , k r i s f r o m J a v a , s h i p s l a n t e r n s and an o c c a s i o n a l u n b e a u t i f u l cherub - one can l i s t e n t o the t h r e e man H a w a i i a n band or j o i n i t i n song as t h e y p l a y t h r o u g h t h e i r enormous r e p e r t o i r e .

I n t h a t f o g of smoke and heat one w i l l rub s h o u l d e r s w i t h E a s t E n d e r s ' a t home, West Enders on a n i g h t out, t o u r i s t s f r o m A m e r i c a , s a i l o r s and s t u d e n t s who have come t o see t h i s famous pub and s t a y e d t o e n j o y i t s uniqu e atmosphere.

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UNION DIARY.

June 1 s t , I.C.U. A.G.M, Gym. 1.20 2nd. 22 Club D i n n e r 7,30 7 t h , R e s i d e n t ' s D i n n e r 6 p.m.

8 t h . J o i n t C o u n c i l M e e t i n g 5.45 p.m.

9 t h , 21 Club D i n n e r 6.30 ••'

2 1 s t . Combined Clubs D i n n e r 7,30

2 3 r d . P r e s i d e n t ' s Dance.

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P a r 1 i a m e n t a r y Debate on S c i e n t i f i c R e s o u r c e s .

Three weeks.ago, i n the f i r s t P r i v a t e Member's debate f o r 12 y e a r s , Mr. M. P h i l l i p s P r i c e moved a m o t i o n u r g i n g the f u l l e s t development of B r i t a i n ' s s c i e n t i f i c r e s o u r c e s and manpower. Some f i f t e e n M.P.s spoke d u r i n g the f o u r hour debate w h i c h was packed w i t h I n t e r e s t i n g and ( m o s t l y ) w e l l i n f o r m e d comment. One of the r e c u r r i n g themes was the q u e s t i o n of t e c h n o l o g i c a l e d u c a t i o n and a number of speakers r e f e r r e d t o I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e i n the c o u r s e of t h e i r remarks.

Mr. M . P . P r i c e w h i l s t a c k n o w l e d g i n g I.C. a t S o u t h K e n s i n g t o n s a i d we had n o t h i n g i n E n g l a n d t o compare w i t h M.I.T. or the T e c h i s c h e Hochschule at C h a r l o t t o n b u r g . He wanted t o s e p a r a t e the t e c h n i c a l c o l l e g e s and t h e i r degrees from the u n i v e r s i t i e s on the grounds t h a t the u n i v e r s i t i e s ' s c i e n t i f i c work was more t h e o r e t i c a l . Mr, A l b u (a graduate of I.C.) p o i n t e d out t h a t I.C. was something more t h a n a t e c h n i c a l c o l l e g e - i t a l s o taught pure s c i e n c e and was i n f a c t a c o l l e g e of the U n i v e r s i t y of London, awarding d e g r e e s , Mr, Rankine p o i n t e d out t h a t such a s e p a r a t i o n would, r e s a . l t I n r e v e r s i n g the p r o c e s s of e l e v a t i n g the s t a t u s of the t e c h n i c a l c o l l e g e s and w o u l d be f a t a l t o the development of the v e r y r e s e a r c h Mr. P r i c e w i s h e d t o see p r o g r e s s i n g , ( I t would appear, however, t h a t Mr. P r i c e was r e f e r r i n g t o t e c h n i c a l e d u c a t i o n at a somewhat lower l e v e l ) . Mr. P r i c e made r e f e r e n c e s t o the 1851 E x h i b i t i o n and s u g g e s t e d t h a t perhaps the 1951 E x h i b i t i o n was a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y f o r f u r t h e r development i n t e c h n i c a l e d u c a t i o n . Mr. W.Wells, u r g i n g h i g h e r s a l a r i e s f o r t e a c h e r s a t u n i v e r s i t y l e v e l and r e f e r r i n g t o the s h o r t a g e of t e c h n o l o g i c a l manpower s a i d he f o u n d "some t r e p i d a t i o n i n s p e a k i n g when graduate s of the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e of S c i e n c e are I n f r o n t of me." Mr. W e l l s e x p r e s s e d s u s p i c i o n "o f the i d e a of p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r a g r e a t many t e c h n o l o g i s t s b r o a d l y f o l l o w i n g the same k i n d of c a r e e r and s t u d y and c a l l i n g them a u n i v e r s i t y , I was i n c l i n e d t o argue? 'That i s not r e a l l y a u n i v e r s i t y at a l l . A u n i v e r s i t y i s a p l a c e where we f i n d mixed t o g e t h e r s t u d e n t s of the c l a s s i c s , h i s t o r y , t h e o l o g y , e n g i n e e r i n g , c h e m i s t r y and o t h e r branches of l e a r n i n g , ' " He went on to s.ay t h a t s u f f i c i e n t d i v e r s i t y might be i n t r o d u c e d I n t o a t e c h n o l o g i c a l i n s t i t u t i o n to ensure t h a t the c o n d i t i o n of u n i v e r s i t y l i f e i s s a t i s f i e d . I n M.I.T. f o r example one can and t o some e x t e n t must s t u d y s u b j e c t s as h i s t o r y and l a n g u a g e s .

.Mr. H e r b e r t M o r r i s o n i n h i s r e p l y to the debate s a i d t h a t the d i f f i c u l t and c o n t r o v e r s i a l q u e s t i o n of e s t a b l i s h i n g a t e c h n o l o g i c a l u n i v e r s i t y was not b e i n g n e g l e c t e d . I t has r e c e n t l y been debated 'In anothe r p l a c e ' (the House of L o r d s ? ) and a l s o i n the P r e s s . The Government a p p r e c i a t e d the importance and urgency of the m a t t e r .

The debate i s f u l l y r e p o r t e d i n Hansard 154, 5-11 May 1950, a copy of which i s i n the Ol d Lounge. I t w e l l repays r e a d i n g .

CRICKET AT HOOK.

Hook and Newnham c r i c k e t f i e l d Is i n r u r a l Hampshire.

A p a r t from the d i s t a n t l i n e of p e t r o l smoke over t h e " B a s i n g s t o k e

r o a d , and the o c c a s i o n a l j e t f i g h t e r , i t i s a w h o l l y p a s t o r a l

scene: g i v e n over except on match days t o the h a r m l e s s a c t i v i t i e s

of the b i r d s and the bees, The p i t c h , i f not a r e p l i c a of t h a t

at the O v a l , i s c l e a r of b r a c k e n and d a n d e l i o n s and f l a t enough

f o r a view of the a p p r o a c h i n g b o w l e r .

Come 11.45 a.m. the I.C. e l e v e n ( p o s s i b l y weakened by a

few t r a i t o r o u s d e f e c t i o n s ) t r i c k l e d f r o m the " D o r c h e s t e r Arms"

and took the f i e l d . E r i c Waight bowled one of the opening

batsmen i n h i s f i r s t o v e r , but t h e r e a f t e r p l a y c o n t i n u e d s e d a t e l y .

L a t e r U s e l e s s c e l e b r a t e d h i s r e t u r n t o f i r s t - c l a s s c r i c k e t

w i t h a n o n c h a l a n t one-handed c a t c h on the boundary: and t h e r e

was a r u n o u t . W i t h Hook 59-3 I.C. r e t u r n e d s m a r t l y t o the "D.A."

A f t e r l u n c h the a t t a c k was n o t i c e a b l y b l u n t e d . U s e l e s s

r e t i r e d t o e x t r a cover c l a s p i n g h i s stomach and a s e r i e s of

C h a r l i e ' s , Gordon's, and J a c k ' s w i t h g i g a n t i c forearms r e f u s e d

t o see any s u b t l e t y i n the g r e a t - h e a r t e d b o w l i n g of Weak and

Rambaut. Hook were e v e n t u a l l y out f o r 238, by w h i c h time Roy

S e v e r n i n the deep f i e l d was i n good t r a i n i n g . Waight emerged

from the h o l o c a u s t w i t h 5 w i c k e t s f o r 47.

I.C. began u n a u s p i c i o u s l y , l o s i n g Weale, C l a o p and Rambaut

f o r 21 r u n s , but D i c k Morphy and Pete D a v i e s , I.C.^s i n d o m i t a b l e

c a p t a i n , s t a y e d t o g e t h e r and the t e a - t i m e s c o r e was 80-3. A f t e r

t e a Pete began t o h i t f o u r s t o e i t h e r s i d e of the s i g h t s c r e e n

a l t e r n a t e l y , t o the e v i d e n t c h a g r i n of b o w l e r C h a r l i e and h i s

deep f i e l d s m e n who was o s c i l l a t i n g out of phase. The s c o r e

was 116 and the p a i r put on 95 b e f o r e Morphy was caught o f f a

m i s s - h i t f o r 39. At t h i s p o i n t the I.C. s h i p u n a c c o u n t a b l y

t u r n e d t u r t l e and sank. D a i N i c h o l a s went down the o i t c h t o

C h a r l i e and f a i l e d t o r e t u r n . Roy S e v e r n , Derek A l l e n and U s e l e s s

f o l l o w e d r a p i d l y . Pete was out f o r a s p l e n d i d 62 ( t e n 4>s),

and the i n n i n g s ended f o r 122 w i t h Waight u t t e r l y bowled as

He h i t a h y p o t h e t i c a l s i x ,

And so t o the " D o r c h e s t e r Arms" a g a i n , l e d by umpire A l a n Dark. We were d e f e a t e d a t d a r t s but h e l d our own i n o t h e r departments, and had a monopoly of Z u l u songs. Even the t h r e e who made ducks were . s p e e d i l y r e c o n c i l e d t o c r i c k e t . There i s no p l a c e l i k e Hook on Whit Monday and we are p l e a s e d t o r e p o r t t h a t none of our c r i c k e t e r s i s m i s s i n g - not even t h o s e who t r u s t e d t h e i r l i v e s t o U s e l e s s and John Rambaut on an i n c r e d i b l y t r a f f i c - r i d d e n London r o a d .

ROWING. from our r o w i n g c o r r e s p o n d e n t .

The V e s t a Dashes . - Wednesday 1 7 t h May, & Thursday 1 8 t h May,

I . C • B , C , were r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e Dashes by t h e 1 s t . J u n i o r s i n t h e J u n i o r - S e n i o r E i g h t s , C.H.Barwise I n the J u n i o r -S e n i o r S c u l l s and H.J.Pushman i n the J u n i o r S c u l l s .

The E i g h t were drawn a g a i n s t K.C.L. (t h e e v e n t u a l w i n n e r s of the event) and a l t h o u g h perhaps n o t a t t h e i r b e s t , d i d not d i s g r a c e themselves i n b e i n g b e a t e n by a c a n v a s . B o t h S c u l l e r s l o s t t h e i r h e a t s i n much the same manner. B e i n g slow o f f the s t a r t , they were soon l e f t b e h i n d , but s e t t l i n g down began t o o v e r t a k e t h e i r opponents and were o n l y h a l f a l e n g t h b e h i n d at the f i n i s h .

Thames Di11on C11nker R e g a t t a . - S a t u r d a y 2 0 t h May,

W h i l s t the V e s t a Dashes were i n p r o g r e s s , I.C,B.C. c o l o u r s were b e i n g c a r r i e d up r i v e r by "A" and "B F r e s h e r Crews. These e i g h t s l e f t Putney on Tuesday e v e n i n g , r e a c h e d U.C.S. Boathouse at Richmond t h a t n i g h t and c o n t i n u e d on the Thursday n i g h t up t o lVIolesey Boathpu.se, "A" crew were t o r a c e i n the J u n i o r C l i n k e r E i g h t s a t Thames D i t t o n , w h i l s t "B" crew came t o

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pace arid, encourage them on the l o n g row up. The r e g a t t a i t s e l f was t r u l y a day of days. S u p p o r t e d hy

Bo and. a s t r o n g I.C. c o n t i n g e n t on the bank, "A" crew h e a t the R.A.P. by f l e n g t h i n t h e i r f i r s t h e a t , t h e i r s t a r t b e i n g v e r y good. I n the n e x t h e a t they l o s t t o Thames R.C., w h i c h crew your r o w i n g c o r r e s p o n d e n t , w i t h a b r e a k i n g h e a r t , had t o f o r c e on t o w i n by h a l f a l e n g t h , he h a v i n g been press-ganged i n t o i t at the l a s t moment.

The "A" crew s h o u l d not be d i s a p p o i n t e d a t t h i s r e s u l t . They showed q u i t e c l e a r l y t h a t they are w e l l up t o J u n i o r S t a n d a r d - no mean f e a t i n such an i n e x p e r i e n c e d crew. T h e i r e x p l o i t s a f t e r the r e g a t t a i n r o w i n g an e x t r a two m i l e s t o take t h e i r boat back to Molesey t e s t i f i e s t o t h e i r keeness (even though they were not e n t i r e l y sober a t the t i m e ) .

The keeness, h a r d work and I n t e n t a b i l i t y i n the "A" and "B" crews augurs w e l l f o r the f u t u r e , as the m a j o r i t y of b o t h crews w i l l be h e r e f o r two y e a r s and some f o r t h r e e .

Lawn Tenni s - The U n i v e r s i t y Cup.

The Clip p r e s e n t e d t o the Winners of the U n i v e r s i t y I n t e r C o l l e g i a t e Lawn T e n n i s Championship i s one w h i c h w i l l not be paraded around the U n i o n on the f i n a l s day by i t s drunken w i n n e r s i n 1950. For I.C., h a v i n g h e l d the r e s p e c t e d but u n c o v e t e d p o s i t i o n of r u n n e r s up f o r the l a s t two y e a r s have been, knocked out I n the second round, by Queen Mary C o l l e g e , a p p a r e n t l y not c o n t e n t e d by i n f l i c t i n g the same Ignominy on the Rugger Club e a r l i e r I n the Y e a r .

I.C., a l t h o u g h they had not been extended t o beat B a t t e r s e a P o l y by 8-1 i n the f i r s t round, d i d not f a c e the p r o s p e c t of m e e t i n g Queen Mary w i t h c o n f i d e n c e , s i n c e the s t r e n g t h of the opponents f i r s t p a i r , C l a u s s e n and T u r n e r , was w e l l known. They, and the I.C. f i r s t p a i r Watson and W i l s o n had done b a t t l e s e v e r a l times at U n i v e r s i t y T r i a l s , and b o t h p a i r s had r e p r e s e n t e d the U n i v e r s i t y . I t seemed then t h a t t h i s r u b b e r might p r o v i d e the key t o t h e whole match, Watson and W i l s o n s t a r t e d w e l l , t a k i n g the f i r s t s e t 6-2, p l a y i n g i n t h e i r b e s t (but o n l y t o o r a r e ) f o r m . Q u i c k l y they took the l e a d 3-1 i n the second, and seemed w e l l on the r o a d t o v i c t o r y . Then t r a g e d y o c c u r r e d . W i l s o n had l o s t h i s s e r v i c e and a l o n g s e r i e s of deuces was b e i n g f o u g h t out on C l a u s s e n ' s . I n t a k i n g an easy v o l l e y Watson s l i p p e d on the damp s u r f a c e and f e l l h u r t i n g h i s knee. I t t r a n s p i r e d t h a t t h i s proved the t u r n i n g p o i n t of the match, f o r i n the next game Watson s e r v e d b a d l y t o g i v e the Queen Mary p a i r t h e l e a d w h i c h they n e v e r a g a i n l o s t ' r u n n i n g out w i n n e r s 2-6 6-3 6-2.

The f a i l u r e of t h e i r f i r s t p a i r i n t h i s i m p o r t a n t match appeared t o d e m o r a l i s e the I.C. team, f o r S m i t h and Welch ended the a f t e r n o o n w i t h a b l a n k s c o r e sheet and Swain and R u s s e l l b e a t o n l y the opponents t h i r d p a i r . I n due r e s p e c t t o the Queen Mary p l a y e r s they must be c o n g r a t u l a t e d however i n t u r n i n g out a team w h i c h was as s t r a y at the t a i l as a t the head. The whole team p l a y e d a l i t t l e b e t t e r t h a n the I.C. team, the d i f f e r e n c e was i n d e e d s l i g h t , f o r many r u b b e r s r a n i n t o t h r e e s e t s , t h e l a s t of t h e s e p r o v i d i n g e n t e r t a i n m e n t i n the g a t h e r i n g dusk f o r the dancers on t h e i r way t o the S a t u r d a y n i g h t hop.

QUICK WAY OUT.

Members of I.C., whatever t h e i r emotions on the days of

t h e i r e x a m i n a t i o n s , are not recommended t o f o l l o w the r e c e n t

example of a s t u d e n t i n Egypt who, w h i l e b e i n g o r a l l y examined

by an E n g l i s h P r o f e s s o r , p u l l e d out a gun and shot the P r o f e s s o r

In the arm,

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T 4-5

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C r i c k e t Wed, May 3 r d . I .C.I V U.C. Abandoned

lb) 3. "t « " 6 t h . I.C. I V Wadham C o l l . Oxf . "

Wed. " 1 0 t h . I.C.I V L.S.E. L o s t

S a t . " 1 3 t h . I.C.I V Old Meadonians Won

Wed. " 1 7 t h , I a C o X V Wembley C.C. L o s t

S a t . " 2 0 t h . I.C.I V U.C .S . Old Boys Won

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Can be viewed o u t s i d e the U n i o n . Mr. R.E.Barnes, our

London r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , w i l l be p l e a s e d t o demonstrate at (almost)

any t i m e . C o n t a c t him t h r o u g h the U n i o n l e t t e r r a c k .

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Touchstone. The n e x t Touchstone weekend w i l l be h e l d at S i l w o o d P a r k

at t h e end of term, on June 24-25th. The s u b j e c t i s t o be a l e g a l one, p r o b a b l y "The Lav/ i s an Ass," and i t i s hoped t o get some young but emminent member of the l e g a l p r o f e s s i o n as p r i n c i p a l s p e a k e r . I t Is a l s o hoped t h a t a few s t u d e n t s w i l l a t t e n d from L.S.E.

About 28 s t u d e n t s w i l l be a b l e t o a t t e n d and those w i s h i n g t o do so s h o u l d submit t h e i r names a t the U n i o n o f f i c e w i t h o u t d e l a y .