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was d i s c l o s e d to the National Press l a s t Thurs­day p r i o r to the Rector'* l e c t u r e on the subject. FELIX d i d not attend the press conference, despite i t s having the largest c i r c u l a t i o n on the"Island

O P M E N T / S i t e " ( suppressed i n the * i I • recent E^S.E. survey),

since i t had a n t i c i p a t e d the a r c h i t e c t ' s i n t e n t i o n s i n a b r i l l i a n t j o u r n a l ­i s t i c scoop i n 1954. Roger Sykes' sketch, r e ­produced again, shows that even the number of st o r i e s i n what i s to be a c e n t r a l home f o r stud­ents i n the middle of the s i t e was accurately f o r e ­t o l d . The Sykes b u i l d i n g was placed on the s i t e of the Beit Building. In those days of optimism i t had not been r e a l ­i z e d that at the current rate of b u i l d i n g by Marples Ridgway and Part­ners that i t would take f i f t e e n years to erect the Sykes b u i l d i n g .

The i n t e r e s t i n g features of the Dawbarn plans are the galvano­meter shaped auditorium f a c i n g the Royal College of Science, and the sky­scraper behind i t . The arc h i t e c t pointed.out on Thursday that Br b u i l d i n g of t h i s height had to be i n the centre of the sight to preserve the 'ancient l i g h t priveleges of the Albert and Queens Gate Mansions.

-WAY Sf i c K IN V 4 I O O BELIEVE THEY MSEO TO DROP IN AT THS I W W HRU. CJUITS OFTEN....*

SProm PB.TK, 5 Oct. '54.

(Courtesy FELIX)

eR.C.S.CARNIVAL

On Friday evening (16th. March) havoc was again l e t loose at I.C.; the R.C.S. held t h e i r C a r n i v a l , "Night time with Neptune". Students intent on dancing and Asbauchery were introduced to l i f e i n an underwater cavern, who where, the a t t r a c t i o n s were Mr. Vere Atkinson's mermaids, ( t h e i r Green t a i l s brought back memories of The Green Lady, and we paused to r e f l e c t on who modelled f o r Mr. Atkinson's creations, no con­c l u s i o n , however, was reached.) The f l a t s were of a standard which we have come to expect from the R.C.S.. A rough estimate of the time that went in t o t h e i r preparation i s 500 man/women hours. Had the u n s k i l l e d labour been p a i * 3/6 par hour.the cost would have been £87..10..0.

Music from the I.C. jazz band, the Clubmen and others was enjoyable, and a d u l l cabaret livened up at the end with a custard pie act i n which even the audience p a r t i c i p a t e d , law primary feature of c a r n i v a l s i s the fancy dress. I t was noticeable that there was a d i s t i n c t l a c k of I n s p i r a t i o n and o r i g i n a l i t y i n the dress of the majority present.

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le t e d a great season by winning the U n i v e r s i t y Cup F i n a l l a s t Satur­day. This was I.C.'s fourth winning f i n a l i n f i v e years.

The f a c t that a horse c a l l e d "Brian Oge" won the f i r s t r a c ^ at L i n g f i e l d on F r i ­day was considered a happy augury f o r the occasion. Sure enough Brian "Oggi" Hearn was i n f i n e form and two penalty goals kicked by him won the match.

Before the match a message was conveyed from the Rector, who was unable to attend owing to an attack of l a r y n g i t i s . I t t o l d the team,in no un­c e r t a i n terras, what to do to U.C. A delighted Dr. Sparkes, the club President, was able to bellow over the phone to Mrs Linstead that the i n s t r u c t i o n s had been duly c a r r i e d out.

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The questionnaire forms sent out with FELIX two e d i t i o n s ago recieved the l i m i t e d support a n t i c i p a t e d . Of 352 forms returned, these were c l a s s i f i e d as 220 occasiohal a t -tenders at the l e c t u r e s , 18 regular, and the remainder never.

The Mech. Eng. and E l e c . Eng. departments encouraged students to attend, while the Chemistry and Chem.Eng.tended to be h o s t i l e . Upon verbal enquiry i t was found that the students a t t i t u d e frequently r e f l e c t e d that of h i s t u t o r .

The t i t l e of the lecture i n v a r i a b l e drew the audience, though a well-known name had equal a t t r a c t i o n .

The present time was s u i t a b l e f o r 95 per cent of the attenders, though X hour e a r l i e r was suggested to prevent overrunning, and to allow more time f o r questions.

117 people pointed out that the meetings of the Union andvarious committees clashed with general s t u d i e s , and the r e l i g o u s s o c i e t i e s and R i f l e eiub claimed supporters

Suggestions f o r topics gave the humourists greatest opportunity, but i n general i t seemed that the present range was s a t i s f a c t o r y , i t appealing to many t a s t e s , A request f o r more c o n t r o v e r s i a l t o p i c s was prominent, whether r e l i g o u s , p o l i t i c a l or moral. The i n d i v i d u a l t o p i c s of l o c a l h i s t d r y , modern a r c h i t e c t u r e , t r a v e l , and the b i z a r r e were reqested. It was su r p r i s i n g that so many students s t i l l wanted lecture s on sex.

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last Thursday evening the I.C, Musical Society gave their Easter Conoert in the Concert Hall of .Queen Alexandra's House. The choir was accompanied by the Jacques String Orchestra (lender: Emanuel Hurwitz) with Christopher Shaw at the piano. Miss Imogen Hoist, who trains the choir, was the conductor. The professional soloists were Sosamund Strode and Shirley Walker, Soprano: Kay Poster, Contralto: Philip Todd, Tenor and Donald Frankie (who took the place of Walter Todds at 24 hours notioe) Bass.

After a performance, by the orchestra, of Baah's Third 3randeriburg Concerto, the choir sang, unaccompanied, a Madrigal: ' A l l Creatures now are Merry Minded' by John 3ennet. Then followed 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by the conductor's father. The singing during this f i r s t half laoked spirit and, until they warnwd up, the sopranos were » l i t t l e weak*

Not so the second half, whioh was a great ImpSoromaot. A shortened version of Puroall's 'King Arthur' was swig with l i f e and i t was-apparent ths* the choir, as well as She audienofj enjoyed the seoond far more than the f i r s t half. In fact, so

good wmi the shivering soene, that someone decided A s was coUU Of the soloists Kay Poster was exoellent and Shirley Walker was very olear on her top notes. At the end of the nonoert Janet Walsby (president I.C. Mus. Soc.) presented Miss Hoist with a large bouquet.

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ilie spirit of the 'Music Hall', the wioked v i l l i a n of the melodrama, the Victorian ballad, are a l l things of a byegone age, a l l stock characters "which to us reflect that age. To revive them, to make them live again, however requires above a l l , an infinite amount of 'gusto'.

Judging by results, the gusto whioh members of the Dramatic Society and Musical Society gave to 'Victoriana' on Monday 19th march in Ayrton Hall must have been infinite.

The audience was treated to a grand mixture of, melo­drama, complete with hisses and boos, Victorian music, a mime with a narration in vorse which can only be described as ghastly, quartets from Gilbert and Sullivan, and sundry other items in the form of songs and monologues. A l l of these were strung together by a chairman in''true Victorian style.

The longest single item on the b i l l was a one act play "Hiss the Vi l l a i n " , which was produced by Derek H i l l who did very well earlier in the evening in a short sketch. To single out other individuals from this very : pleasant evening would only be unfair to the others, but Judy Kornbluth is to be congratulated for her work as organiser in ohief.

No eonfidflnce in ( t a r s u s Policy

The U.L.TJ. Photographic Exhibition was on view in the Union in Malet St. during the last week. There were 531 entries from 18 Colleges! and Hospitals. It is a great pity that there was not a room large enough to house them all,,consequently anyone wishing to view them a l l had to wander a l l over the "Building, sometimes without the aid of the 14ft, yet s t i l l miss some in an obscure corner.

The I.C. photographers, going straight from their own exhibition took one f i r s t and three third prizes i n the four sections. They also ent ered seven photographs whioh were among the twenty-eight highly ocm-mended. These results were roughly in proportion to the number of I.C, entries as they contributed about one third of the total.

It i s interesting to note that In some cases the winners

in the I. C. competition staw placed lower than prints which they had beaten there. This shorn how the opinion of the judges varies and points to ths fact that their judgement must he based en their likes and dislikes to a certain extent, and not pwreSjr on photographic —

THE UNION DEBATE.

The motian of the Union Debate held on 13th. March was: "This house has no Confidence i n the Government's handling of Foreign and C o l o n i a l A f f a i r s . "

Jua_ i n t e r e s t i n g debate was opened by Aidan Crawley, speaking f o r the motion. I t was followed-by the speaker f o r the opposition, The Hon. Pa t r i c k Maitland M.P., whose a b i l i t y as a speaker was shown i n the masterly manner i n which he hand­le d the l i v e l y audience. The two I.C. speakers followed, .with John Bingham f o r the motion and Terry Smith against.". Their speeches were of a high standard, l i k e the subsequent ones del i v e r e d from the f l o o r . In fa c t the outside debaters were impressed w i t h the standard of I.C. debates.

The p o p u l a r i t y of the motion was shown by the voting at the end with 85 votes f o r the notion, 34 against w i t h 13 abstentions. These f i g u r e s do not r e f l e c t the number of the audience as many l e f t before 3 p.m. Mr. Les A l l e n (The President of I.C. L i t . and Deb. Soc.) i s to be congratulated on the high q u a l i t y of debates held t h i s year.

Railway Society Excursion

The Railway Society.

The Railway Society r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d the Long- . moor M i l i t a r y Railway at L i s s , Hants., In a t r a i n furnished with carpets and armchairs, they made a conducted tour of the l i n e , with various interuptions to erect step signs across the roads - there was even a corporal with a red f l a g .

At Longmoor downs the i t i n e r y included the Garrison Church, the Naafi f o r lunch, and the auauetv Them followed v i s i t s to the loco shed, where those with cameras took f u l l advantage of the sun and the absence of smoke and p o l i s h , and the s i g n a l school, where shining brass t o l d a t a l e . From the models on to the s i g n a l box, and then back to the t r a i n . There were anxious moments as i t reversed over the ha l f completed track (not a monorail), but L i s s was duly returned t o , with several members r i d i n g the engine.

k. General impressions of the v i s i t were that Longmoor i s a train-wreckers paradise - many fi l m e d t r a i n crashes that have occurred there, although the Society d i d not a c t u a l l y witness one.

Other a c t i v i t i e s of the Society t h i s year have included works v i s i t s and t a l k s , ranging from d i s ­cussions on Tube brakes to r e v i s i o n of the best i n swim wear advertisements. For the f u t u r e , a long distance v i s i t to the Manchester-Sheffield e l e c t r i ­f i e d main l i n e has been arranged, and w i l l include a brake-van t r i p , and the annual Dinner w i l l doubt­l e s s f o l l o w the customary pattern.

. Touchstone Weekend.

Education was*the subject of the l a s t Touch­stone Weekend, which was held on the 1 0 - l l t h March. The guest speaker, Mr. Sylvester, the Chief Educat­i o n a l O f f i c e r f o r B r i s t o l , discussed the s o c i a l i m p l i c a t i o n s of our present educational system, p a r t i c u l a r l y the e f f e c t of now trends. Examples quoted included d e c e n t r a l i s a t i o n , modern compre­hensive schools, and group methods of teaching i n v o l v i n g d i s c u s s i o n and research.

Two informal discussion groups then considered «a» p h i l o s o p h i c a l aspect of the 'subject. An attempt waa made to define the meaning and aims of education. Is was regre t t e d that modern education tends to concentrate upon the a c q u i s i t i o n of s p e c i f i c know­ledge with the consequent neglect of the wider aspects of l i f e .

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nCm$rs BILL HUWm

The disclosures last ween of plans for rebuilding "island site" have been reoieved with mixed feel-by the national press. Several suggestions have made to preserve the Colloutt building and tower,

and although these w i l l no doubt be considered, i t ie enllkely that any great ohange w i l l be made In the present plans.

The remarkable feature of the reoonstruotion is the retention of the Royal College of Music and the houses in Queens Gate by Imperial Institute Road. The former is rumoured to be preserved by metual oonsent of a l l oonoerned beoause of the Royal Patronage the College reoieves. Sinoe this area was never considered for the expansion, i t should not effect the College materially, but the London College of Secretaries building and Alexander Court region may influence Imperial College Union considerably.

The Reotor has pointed out that the Zoology and BBtany departments w i l l now have to remain in the Beit Building. One of these departments is to occupy space originally intended as hostel accomodation this summer, so that instead of the Beit Hostel increasing even more in size, i t w i l l not now be as large as originally intended. Nevertheless, the availability of $he temporary gymnasium and the Senior Common Room'this summer should enable about 30 new rooms to be added to the accomodation. This w i l l be the f i r s t stage towards the 100 extra residents mentioned by the Reotor in his Inaugaral Lecture, bet i t appears the Union w i l l have to wait a very long time before the whole of the quadrangle is cleared of builders materials and is completely residential.

When w i l l Imperial College have 1000 residential students? This figure was recommended* by the I.C. president four years ago- when there were only 1500 students at the College

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The 8TUDENT of LEISURE BREAKFASTS

Many bachelors inhabit single rooms and by a process of t r i a l and error have devised for themselves a routine far the painful daily process of waking, dressing and breakfasting.

Having bedded down at 3a.m. resolving to be up aj„the oraok of dawn to do the work that had not been attempted on the previous evening, the alarm goes unheeded at 6.30 am» In time the sleeper develops a suboonsious actios of swiping the olook so that the button is driven firmly into the works before the alarm'has run far one second.

Two hours later oortBQidusneas , slowly returns to the repumbent form which then remains awake but unable to open his eyes {or some time; whanhe finally does the room is s t i l l gyrating as drunkenly as when he kipped down.

The next process is oonneoted with preparing a frugal repast for an unreoeptive stomach. Without exposing more torso than absolutely necessary the gas fire is l i t and the loaf of bread retrieved from the mouse hole whence the other inmates 1 of the room have dragged i t . A slice of dry bread Is propped against the fire to char. The next operation is to brew some lubricant for this Meal. Coffee, i s employed universally beoause Its prepaeettian requires fewer unit operations than tea. The gas ring i s invariably on the further side of the fire from the bed. A cracked oup and a dirty spoon, which suffioe as . crockery and cutlery are retrieved from under the bed. The sugar has to be collected from the floor beoause the bag burst. At this point the remnants of te-ead are removed from the grate and doeoked. The gas runs out before the water bolLs and a Season far the necessary coin for the meter is occasionally successful. During this stage in the proceedings the toast, impregnated with butter and jam travels down the bed between the sheets.

At this poAat the clock ia again noticed, having ranched the other side of the room with fits internal motion arrested. The tins, calculated by extrapolation, gives trre -result that there are barely five minutes i n which to shave, dress and complete the twenty minute journey to college to be Sm time for­th* f i r s t lecture; the gentleman therefore relaxes in bed and after leisurely ablutions-arrives at has place of learning with t i n * for coffee before the third lecture, further Instalments may relate the bachelor* evening seal* and ouiaine attempted when entertaining female guests on an insubstantiallocal atrthortty .went.

A MATTER OF EEGRE3S. Prom the abbreviations of the 15th edition of Cassel's New English Dictionary:- A»R»S.M. • Associate of the Royal School of Mines (now Royal College of Science)

WHEN THE RED REVOLUTION COMES. The only I.C. student I have met who is opposed to the demolition of the Imperial Insti­tute i s , oddly enough, John Cox. As we can safely assume this i s The Party Line, readers w i l l be Interested to hear that they have no plans for the building in their sahens baSf merely wish to preserve the torture f a c i l i t i e s in the base­ment recently developed for Chemists who want to take Wed­nesday afternoon off.

OURS IS WOT A RIO CARNIVAL. There was a strong smell of ether along one of the hostel oorridors an the night of the Carnival.

THE SCIENTIFIC MIND. So R.A.F. Bomber Command are i l l u s ­trating the Flying Safely Review with pin-ups to encourage pilots to look at i t more frequently. Should I.C. be afraid to stoop to this - why can't we have picture books of Wind­mill girls tattooed with differential equations. Alas, I

i doubt i f this would reduce the f a i l rate but[ provide just another arbitrary division for examination purposes - those who can't tear themselves away from the book and those who oan't tear themselves away from the Stage Door of the Wind­mill.

R.C.S. MATHEMATICAL AND PHISICAL SOCIETY, tried Whitbread's for their brewery v i s i t this year, As this company are rather more generous with samples than the usual Watney's and Guinness, the v i s i t was the most successful for some years.

A WOMAN FOR THE CARNTVALi Our report on the Carnival contains an estimate of the number of man hours spent on preparations. | This makes me wonder how many man hours are expended on the acquisition and pre—treatment of partners. We heard of one E.'C.S. Cassanova who started looking for a partner at the previous Saturday's hop but his Sstaady" (whom he didn't want to take) turned up so he had to put thing* off to the jiving class on Monday where he was unfortunately turned down twice. Thus frustrated, he accepted an offer to f i x him with a blind date; 3he oculdn't go but said she had a friend who wanted to, but as thi3 friend turned out to be one of those who had turned him do-.m on Monday, he fled and decided to try an ax. The ax. wasn't having any and our poor friend was no nearer and loosing considerable face, until he was "ixed on another blind a few hours before the Carnival started. The alternative is to have the thing arranged a few weeks before hand. This necessitates a lot of time spent politely keeping in touoh and, for the oareful man, pre-treating her for the event. I suppose some w i l l lecture on the advantages of a steady g i r l friend, but is this a reasonable solution?

UNO DONG MERRILY. Amongst those at the meeting to preserve the Imperial Institute a week last Monday, was a small ~~ hostel contingent who like to hear the sound of the bells in S. Kensington.

THE SCANDINAVIAN MYTH. As Sweden takes more English students for vac. work than any other foreign country, there are quite a number in the College intimately oonneoted or very interested in certain aspects of Swedish l i f e . They - , - i l l be interested to hear that a member of our staff recently received a newspaper cutting headed "Engelska sexualmoralen tyoks sla a l i a i-ekord."

PROGRESS. Many who attended the Rector's lecture an the new oollege were disappionted in not hearing where a new Planning Department is to be housed.

ISOLATION D0CTSINE. Guilds having passed a motion deploring the action of the Mines in discussing N.U.S. before the I.C. meeting, i t is now only left to the R.C.S, at their coming discussion of the natter, to pass a motion deplorlnc Guild's attempt to interfere in the affairs of another coUeon

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SDear s i r .

During a discussion on student honesty a well known Guilds, man onoe said 'Let's face i t - a l l students are crooks'. I aiB-not suggesting that this i s entirely true - 'some' should replace ' a l l ' . There are sufficient petty thieves and thoroughly object­ionable characters among us to leave a nasty taste in the aotSkh.

Anyone going into Guilds w i l l see notices exhorting people, to look up there belongings because of the likelyhood of having them stolen.

Quite frequently most of the daily newspapers have vanished from the Union byeveniag , some of the piotorial weeklies or part of them soon get stolen. The Union Library has had hundreds of books stolen. The gatecrashing , of dances and carn­ivals i s another page in the sorry tale or some of our fellow students, than the Swimming Club held a hop i n Ayrton Ball a barricade was built to stop people gaining access from the bar. This was so constructed that i t could n ot be brokeii down from the outside, nevertheless later in the evening i t was demolished. Some one With a ticket had let his cronies in - nice fallows.-

Carnivals give some students an excellent opportunity to show their hooliganism. The measures employed to try to. keep gatecrashers out have now been forced to the estrone of hiring uniformed doormen. Thefto from the bars prooeod apaoe-Bottles of whisky and brandy at the last one. Good ChapsJ

I t Would appear to be about time a definite attempt ware •ado to patch these swine and throw them out of the Union.

Tours sincerely,

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I.C. Union. Friday.

Dear Sir,

With reference to the oomments on the N.U.S. motion at the reoent I.C. Union Meeting, which you published in your last edition. I would like to point out that I have never been a member of the Communist Party.

Tours eto., F. Spriggs.

Dear Sir, I feel that, as thettirae for our return to ths Union

building draws nearer, one or two observations on eating habits would not be out of place.

I admit that i t is necessary to hurry through one's lunoh, so as not to inconvenience others. This, however, i s no excuse for the animal habits of some diners. As we are at University, i t follows, I hope, that we are a l l sensible, responsible persons. Nowhere is the lack of manners more apparent than.at table. Therefore I suggest that a l l members of the Union make a conscious effort to avoid the mare obvious breaches of eat­ing etiquette.

Nothing looks worse than a queue of soruffs, some of whom are s t i l l wearing grimy raincoats or scruffy soarves. Nothing looks worse than tables oluttered up with dirty crockery, left by some forgetful diner, and those rings, those disgusting rings.

I know that present conditions are not oondueive to good Manners, but I appeal to a l l mmbers of the Union to make the effort and make sating hare much pleasanter.

Temps eto., Tony Iaoreenx.

The deoiding match of the Sparkes' Cup i s being played this afternoon between the Royal College of Science and the City and Guilds College.

The rsults of the other two matches played so far in

this series are:

R.C.S, 6

C.& G. 6

R.S.M. 0

R.S.K. 5

R E A D I N G R O W I N G R e h e a r s a l

The Heading Head of the River fiaoe, held last Saturday, March 17th, was entered for the f i r s t time by the I.C.B.C., represented by their f i r s t and second vTH4» .Both crews had good rows, but unfortunately were impeded in the narrow cuts where they were foroed to drop their rating to give way to the crews leading them.

The f i r s t VHI, starting 49th (being a new entry) went off the start extremely well and by the 4th minute was over­lapping crew No. 48, Clifton College. Unfortunately, at the mouth of Rat Cut the Clr.fton crew s t i l l had a lead of a oanvas and the I.C. creir were requested by the umpire to give way. The Clifton crew, no longer hard pressed, slackened off here and the I.C. crew were almost "paddling light". On ooming out of the out the I.C. orew dealt promptly and effectively with their opponents and were soon welliin the lead. By this time however, No. 47, Christ's (Camb.) were out of sight and the 1st T i l l rowed alone to ths finish.

The seoond VIII had trouble at the second (Fisheries) out where they were the outside crew of a bunch of four raofng neck and naok to the cut whioh was in a right hand ben'". Not only had they to give way as the group converged 01 the cut but, being the overtaking crew, on coring out of the cut were forced by rule to pass on the left which was the outside of the bend. However this must have spurred .hem on, for the final result showed the 2nd VIII finishing 26th just three seconds ahead of the 1st VIII.

R I F L E C L U B o n the M A R K

Although tilt Club is not meeting with the same amount of soooess as i t last year, a high standard of shooting is being maintained.

In the Inter University League the'A' and'BHteams each finished 4th. in their respective leagues, while the tCj team easily .to', theirs.

The 'A' and '3' teams in the 1st. division of the London University League are finding some very strong opposition, but both are oop-'ng well. The 'A' tean has so far won five of it s eight or .ches; but even so i t appears doubtful whether we shall ret- j> the Engineers' Cup. The 'C and 'D' teams are each wt J. up in their respective divisions, while the Novioes'Lee --e is providing useful ..'atch experience for the younger w „•<.•».

Future fi.-.arf include a match .against the Metropolitan Polioe at Thame" P.tton and the University Open Meeting at Twickenham.

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H A N D I C A P P E D

One of the m st handi­capped Cl\ft>s dur ing the last two sessions hs 1 been the I.C. Barts Club.

Without a ^tae ground on which to lean, and no subsidy owning from the U'd.on to patronise local '.anilities, this Society has become almost defunct, A l i t t l e training is s t i l l dene at Harrington on Wednesday and Satjrday even­ings, but there .a ne. doubt that peat skill have been lost, and a gr at deal tf training will nave to bt dene next session '-o re-enquire

We are glad that the Seorwtar of the Union has ehampir ,ed the Club and oV-"tainea worthy facdlitie-- i n fee VM Union.

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H O C K E Y S E A S O N D i s a p p o i n t i n g

The last match «f the season was played on Saturday 17th. Kerch. The First Xl defeated Staines 3-2 while the Seoond and ThtedsXl's lost their matches 1-2 and 0-2 respectively. The records of the teams are as follows:

W D L F A i s t n 28 10 if 12 58 57 2nd. XI 15 3 2 10 29 38 3rd. XL 14 4. 2 8 19 31

The f i r s t XI average of just over two goals a matoh is enough to ensure a f a i r season and they have finished almost all:square,. The side has Improved this term and during the last f c i r games the forward line has been more effective and has scored twelve goals. It is a pity that the f u l l f i r s t XI cannot be kept together to play in the Festival at Teddington, but with the addition of several enthusiastic members of the Seoond and Thiijd teams a f a i r l y sound team should, result.

Tne reoords of the Second and Third XI's leave something to be desired. The seoond team have had a settled side for most of the season but the third team has had to be run on a rota system to provide games for a l l . JMe disturbing feature has been that with more than 4k playing members, several Third XI games have been cancelled Owing to lack of support.

A side from Grcningeri University is arriving on Thursday 29th. March and are staying until the following 7/ednesday. A happy and inebriated time i s anticipated. Owing to a black-eye and other injuries sustained in a recent tussle with a young lady from Q.E.C. John Sherwood has been appointed non-playing drinking captain.

C O N W A Y - J O N E S slips a g a i n

The reoent heavy weather has given great scope to the sailors of I.C,

With the aid of a 3rd place (M.Collyer) on 4th £arch and a firs place (j.M.Conway-Jones) on 11th Karoli, FsjhuIuh is nor in 2nd place to Seagoon (U.C.) i i the Inter-Collegiate "i"class . oints Trophy.

Seagoon (U.C.) has a J point lead, but 11 is hoped (on present form) that I.C. w i l l be successful in he last race of the series to be held on 18th March and win the Trophy.

Famulus (H. Jackson, ?. Fisher, J. Smith) h s also been very successful in the "B" Series and is an easy winner on points.

Stop Pi-ess. 18th March . . Famulus was "beaten into second place by Seagoon TT.C.)

and so finished seoond in. the 'A' Class series. In the individual helj.isman1 s cha/ipionslr p3 E, Kranok

(i.e.) rsas fourth in the Lr.dr.ei Trophy, M. Collyer four*': in the 7ae Trophy, and. J.?'. Conway-Jones second in tie IT1 Ion Single-Handed Trophy. The two latter were wen \ J. Clark(K.C.) and A. 3penoe(R.J».»T,} won the Ladies Trooi\y.

1.C S W I M M I N G G A L A

At smith St. Baths last Friday the- Foster Swimming _ Trophy waevfon by R.CS, with 24 points. Guilds were seoond with 17 points end Mines 3rd. with lA pclrita. The R.C.S, main strength was in their members being aide to vdn both Kelay* whereas Guilds won 4 out of the 6 individual events. Clerk of R.C.S. won the 100 yards fre-r.tyle aid ion y;-rds Backstroke, MoChesney of Guilds won the f 0 yards freestyle and 5C yards butterfly. Hobinscn won the 1C0 yards breast-stroke for Guild'1 Snellook the diving.

In the water polo following, H.C.S. von both their niatohes, Guilds andB»S.M» drawing in the other.

T A B L E T E N N I S T o u r s C a m b r i d g e

The Table Tennis Club has enjoyed a svccessful season. In the University League the 'st team have played well, winning 8 matches and losing only 2. The. 2nd tean have found the 1*jt division of the. league rathe:- strong but i l l the other teams have held their own and the 4th team have only lost 1 match.

The season was oomdluded with a short tour of Cambridge. In the f i r s t match Selwyn College narrowly defeated the 1.0. teen-6-4, (Cjx 2). Fitwilliaw>Oollege, Oambridge University ahampions, rare beaifn 6-3, (Wilson 3, K w>es".2), ana i n the final matoh Christ's College were defeated 7-2, (Wilson 3, Cox 2, Reed 2 ).

P e r s o n a l A d v e r t i s m w t t s

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This photograph of a line-out was taken during the Cup f i n a l from the touch l i n e where s i x t y I.C. supporters gathered to encuurage t h e i r team.

The match began with considerable pressure by U.C., who missed a reasonable chance of a penalty goal. Play was forced back to the U.C. h a l f and I. C. were awarded a free k i c k on the ten-yard l i n e , about ten yards i n from touch. Hearn produced one of h i s f i n e s t long-range kicks and the b a l l s a i l e d over the bar. Not long afterwards U.C. were pena­l i z e d f o r obstruction almost i n front of the posts, about twenty-five yards out, and Hearn increased I.C.'s lead to s i x points.

During the f i r s t twenty minutes of the second h a l f I.C. played magnificently, and several times came near scoring a t r y . Towards the end of the

game thetl.C. forwards began to take c o n t r o l and heavy pressure was maintained on the I.C. l i n e : however, the defence held out and I.C. had won the coveted trophy.

F i r s t words of praise must go to the captain, Brian Corbett, a rugged and tough f r o n t row f o r ­ward, whose enthusiasm has f i r e d the team i n t o many f i n e performances during the season. Heroes of the match i t s e l f , apart from Oggi, were the two centres, Holman and Ooncaster. Doncaster covered superbly i n defence : on more than one occasion he was there to snatch the b a l l from U.C. w i t h i n a few yards of the I.C. l i n e and set up a counter-attack which c a r r i e d play i n t o the U.C. h a l f . The psychological e f f e c t of such sudden rev e r s a l s i n fortune on the U.C.for­wards must have been considerable. Holman, p l a y i n g i n h i s eighteenth cup match f o r I.C., was s o l i d and assured, imbued a f e e l i n g of confidence i n a l l the backs. He has played i n a l l four winning f i n a l s . The four freshers i n the side - Stone, Wright, Gibbons and D i n g l e - a l l covered themselves with g l o r y . Cup nerves were conspicious by t h e i r absence, and a l l the

forwards f*ught themselves to a stand­s t i l l , ,

I.C. has esta b l i s h e d i t s e l f as e a s i l y the leading rugger college i n U.L. Not only does i t run s i x teams,, a l l with strong and a t t r a c t i v e f i x t u r e -l i s t s , but i t s Cup record i s outstand­in g . In the l a s t seven years the heaviest Cup defeat has been 0-3 by the Vets, i n 1950s. During t h i s per­io d 21 cup matches have been played of which 16 have been won, 2 drawn and 3 l o s t . i;C. have scored 203 points to t h e i r opponents 44. This year 63 points have been amassed without r e p l y , s l i g h t l y b e t t e r than the 62-6 i n 1952-53.

By the time I.C. reached the Hostel a f t e r t n e i r exertions on the f i e l d and celebrations i n sundry bars they r e t i r e d exhausted to bed, and Frank should have had a good night's sleep.

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The Imperial College Boat Club w i l l be supporting, to i t s f u l l e s t extent, the Tideway Htsdd of the River Race to be held on Saturday March.24th, 1956. I t w i l l be rowed over the reversed V a r s i t y Boat Race course from Wort lake t o Putney. This race i s the reward of some 20 weeks spent i n hard prepar­a t i o n - novice and experienced oar a l i k e .

The general standard of the club i s high, as indead i t must be i f i t i s to compare with l a s t season's rowing. The 3 freshers are keen and t h i s year there are more o l d l a g s . , rowing than ever before, and such i s the i n s p i r a ­t i o n that a crew of old. stagers

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miles (almost a l l e x - l s t . VILLI have l e f t t h e i r labo* r a t o r i e s and books f o r the joys of the River. They are entered as the I.C. 4th. V l l l . The f i r s t VI11 has improved immensely during the past few week* «n# are mow padd­l i n g extremeIt w e l l .

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With an outing -every eve­ning they are c o n s o l i d a t i n g t h e i r a b i l i t y and can be r e l i e d upon to produce t h e i r best performance f o r t h e i r stage of t r a i n i n g . Although the general standard i s high t h i s year, the 1st. V l l l may w e l l enhance the name of the club and rese higher i n the 1st. d i v i s i o n .

The second V l l l w i l l of course, Kgo l i k e the clappers" and are expected to stay i n the i s * . D i v i s i o n at the very l e a s t . •' To a l l members of I.C. come along and give your crews a cheer-these are the numbers| 14, 19 61,

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