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The "Worker 's" Editor Mr. George Mathews, on a visit to I.C. last week, was exclusively

interviewed by a Felix reporter and questioned on his views on the student press. He emphasised the responsibility of a newspaper, and said it should actively encourage greater student representation to the governing bodies. He did not envisage, he said, a University run by students, but one where a REPONSIBLE body had consider­able say in its administration.

The college newspaper should not have an Editor completely independent, but rather responsible to an editorial board. This board he thought should not consist of the same persons on College Council, but of impartial and responsible observers. If possible it should run with no advertising, but with Felix receiving two-thirds of its revenue from this source, he agreed that it was likely to be impractical. In short, the newspaper should stimulate interest in all aspects of College life.

A report of Mr. Mathew's lecture appears elsewhere in this Issue.

A working party has been set up by Council to investigate the running of the Union. It was felt that the work of the executive had grown so much that there was a danger of them losing control, particularly in the newly-opened South Side. Also the number of committees that the President has to attend has grown disproporT

tionably with the growth of the College.

The working party consists of Dave Watson, the President who discovered the problems, Les Massey, the Secretary, John Preece, last year's Secretary, Bob Shroter, President of C. & G. Union, Roger Henson, Chairman of R.C.C., and Norman Price.

If any major changes are to take place they must be discussed by Council and passed by two consecutive Union meetings. This means that the working party's recommendations must be finalised within the next week or two if they are to be acted upon this year.

The working party is at the moment (15th January) still a long way from coming to any unanimous decisions, but their recommenda­tions will almost certainly include the following :

1. The creation of a post of Vice (or Deputy) President who will be responsible for house affairs, i.e. staff, furnishings, bar, refectories.

2. The creation of a post of Halls Representative to sit on Council.

3. The removal of three of the six ordinary Council members who have no special responsibi­lity.

It has been brought. to the notice of the College Administra­tion that there are certain persons operating in the London area who try to induce prospective tenants of property to part with consider­able sums of money for rent in advance or as deposits against damages and dilapidations. There­after tenants have been unable to contact the so-called landlords and obtain a refund of these de­posits.

Members of the College who are seeking accommodation, and

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, 22nd January

U.L. Rugby Competition I.C. v. King's College

Friday, 24th January Engineers' Dinner-Dance

Tuesday, 28th January South Side Residents' Concert

Wednesday, 29th, January Jazz Club Hop

Sunday 2nd February to Sunday, 9th February

Anglican Society Teaching Week­end at I.C.

Who are asked to part with sum in cash before any tenancy is entered into, are advised to con­sult either their solicitors or the Establishments Officer (Tel. Int. 2203 Ext. 81) before paying over any sums or signing any docu-m e n t s - M , J. D A V I E S ,

Secretary.

P A R T Y P O L I T I C A L With the approach of General

Elections and the political cam­paigners already on the move, Felix will be printing a series of three articles, one from each party. The first, with Mr. Grim-mond at I.C., in the near future, is from the Liberal Party and ap­pears in this issue. The others are planned for later in the term.

T H E R E C T O R IN INDIA At the invitation of the Indian

Government and as a member of the Reviewing Committee of the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research the Rector is visiting India for about six weeks from the 22nd January, 1964.

While he is away Professor P. M . S. Blackett, F.R.S., as Pro-Rector, will act as head of the College.

At the moment there is dis­agreement as to whether the Vice (or Deputy) President shall have a house committee consisting of one member for Beit and one for South Side to help him, and if they exist, how they shall be elected. There is also doubt about what to call this person; the Presi­dents of the constituent colleges (Vice-Presidents of I.C.) feel that if they lose this secondary title it will diminish the influence of the constituent colleges.

Thjs is not the first time that some of these suggestions have been made. In January '62, Si Lyle, then President of the Union, suggested the formation of posts of Deputy President and Halls Representative and the setting up of a house committee.

Three or four years ago, if a student had a problem about Union facilities he could call in at the Union office and find someone who could help him, but now one rarely sees the executive who al­ways seem to be at a meeting or " not about" I feel that the creation of a Vice-President whose job it is to be available and see that Beit and South Side run smoothly would again create an interest in the Union because peo­ple would feel that someone would take some notice of their com­ments and complaints. I think that having a person responsible for each building might increase this but an efficient Vice-President might well be able to do the Job single-handed.

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HIGH TREASON LEADS TO LOW TRICKS

In March this year, the cultural department in the Iraqi Embassy in London sent a circular to all Iraqi Government scholars in this country relating to the events of the 8th February, 1963, in Iraq. The circular included some direct and indirect threats ordering stu­dents to withdraw from the " Iraqi Students Society in the U . K . " and accused the Society of " high treason." A month later, two Iraqui students lost their scholarships and in September the number rose to 8 and now it stands at 9. Seven of these stu-dens are studying in London and two in Cardiff. A l l these stu­dents are members of the I.S.S.

With time, the financial posi­tion of the expelled students de­teriorated and their studies were largely disturbed. This was par­ticularly so with Mr. F. Jalal (married with two children) of L.S.E. It was almost the same for me, were it not for the fact that I received help from the I.S.S. and the College.

Financial Support The scholarships must be rein­

stated. Meanwhile British stu­dents are asked to give whatever possible moral and financial sup­

port they can.

Iraqi Government officials in Baghdad and London gave no reason for the expulsion, but the participation of the students in " political agitation."

A l l that in fact happened was that after the coup d'etat on the 8th February, out of their worry about their families and friends at home, five hundred students publicly condemned all reported atrocities. The result was the ex­pulsion of the members of the I.S.S,

The students concerned raised their problem with a number of officials in embassv but they were faced with insults—in certain cases—and with complete indiff­erence in others, Meanwhile the expelled students started to face the gravest of problems for they bad no other means of living and continuing their studies but their grants. The I.S.S. on its part also raised the question with the em­bassy and the colleges concerned and started a campaign to give moral and financial to these students.

Monstrous Situation Surely it is a monstrous situa­

tion to be faced and I trust our friends appreciate this. I suggest that any form of protest, espec­

ially from the students' unions of the colleges is an active way of averting bad decisions on the part of the Iraqi embassy and govern­ment.

I suggest that any financial and moral support the British stu­dents can give to the expelled students is very much needed. A fund was started by the I.S.S. to give financial support to the Iraqi students. Through this, British, colleagues can demon­strate their appreciation of the gravity of the situation.

The I.C. administration helped in my case but there are others and it is a question of maintain­ing nine students academically and materially.

The case surely is dependent on time but as time goes the case is becoming very difficult and graver still.

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Inspired by their successes in the U . L . U . Jazz Competition in December, the Jazz Club started a fortnightly series cf South Side Stomps last Wednestday. More than 250 people feeling the need for a spring fling made the scene, served hot by the Kensington City Stampers and cool by the Clive Heath Quartet.

The next Stomp will be on Wednesday Jan. 29th, and Twitch addicts will be pleased to know that " The Shadies" will be ap­pearing, together with the Stampers. The third Stomp will offer a unique opportunity to hear the I.C. Big Band. This will be the first time that the band has played at the College, so don't miss it. Variety will be the key­note of the South Side Stomps, so come along, and whether you shake, twist, jive or just listen, you will definitely banish those mid-week blues.

RIMSHOT

W H Y F E L I X Perhaps from the Latin: —Felix

qui potuit rerum coquoscere causas.

Happy are they who can dis­cover the cause of things.

A N O P E N

I N V I T A T I O N The idea that having an account with a nation-wide bank like the

Midland is something reserved for people of substantial means is a

fallacy. So also is the belief that banks are interested only in those

who are older and already established. The Midland Bank is inter­

ested in Y O U — and all young people like you. You would find a

bank account extremely useful for, besides the convenience of pay­

ing bills by cheque, you will find that it helps you to keep track of

your expenditure.

M i d l a n d B a n k

THE GO-AHEAD BANK FOR- GO-AHEAD PEOPLE

F E L I X 3

LEVY, MATTHEWS MARXIST WEEK

The Communist Society in its first year of existence has run the first ever Marxist Week in this College. Two thousand leaflets and over 200 posters advertised a series of meetings intended to show how the Marxist holds the key to many questions, political,

economic and cultural, by not merely asking How? but Why? Why do people compete instead of cooperate, produce great works of art and run countries?

The General Studies lecture by George Mathews, Editor of the

GRACE Daily Worker brought the audi­ence face to face with the realities of the Press-Lords' monopoly over our minds. Emeritus Pro­fessor Hyman Levy ably chaired the meeting, casting a warm glow which pleasantly complimented Mathews' oratory.

The Battleship Potempkin shown to a packed theatre showed Eisenstein using the silent medium of that time to express an instant in the struggle for Socialism of the Russian people. By contrast the shorts showed life as it now is, and the advances of mind and machine stimulated by Socialism. The smaller meetings in the even­ings have been more intimate affairs explaining more specialised aspects of Marxism to those particularly interested.

A theoretical discourse on Dia­lectical Materialism given by Maurice Comforth; a speech showing the esential role of stu­dents in the Communist move­ment; and a Folk Song Evening terminated our Week. The week

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An Industry whose rapid expansion assures a challenging and exciting future, the Central Electricity Generating Board offers graduates wide scope for research and development in an extraordinary diversity of fields. A system which demands that the Board's out­put shall double every nine years, and capital investment greaterthan any other single organi­sation in the United Kingdom (at present around £300 million annually) make a long-term re­search programme of the highest importance. We are looking for the graduate who wishes to embark on a new line of research and to make his own personal contribution to this pro­gramme.

There are vacancies for Physicists, Metallur­gists, Mathematicians, Chemists and Engin­eers in both fundamental and applied research. The fields covered include solid state physics, nuclear instrumentation, fluid dynamics, high temperature chemistry, fuel cells, behaviour of materials under extreme conditions and many others. The most up-to-date equipment is pro­vided and staff are encouraged to publish original work. There are also opportunities in the operational side of the Industry where a two year training scheme is available for Electrical and Mech­anical Engineers and Physicists.

a w a i t s t h e

s c i e n t i s t

a n d t h e

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w i t h . . .

If you would like to know more, write now to:

The Universi ty Liaison Officer, 3C/45 Central Electricity Generating Board) Buchanan House, 2 4 / 3 0 Holborn, London, E.C.1.

will be" followed up vigorously by the Society in its regular meetings —including a weekend seminat on Science and Marxism towards the end of term. We hope to have achieved some heightening of the political consciousness of students in this College, and to have'dis­pelled some of the apathy which holds the political societies in its incredible grip.

Departmental The Materials Section of the

Electrical Engineering Depart­ment have undertaken a contract with the British Oxygen Company to develop a device which will employ the Ettinghausen effect for cooling at low temperatures. B.O.C. will produce the device itself, while the Home Team will develop the required materials. At present it is very difficult to maintain anything in the tempera­ture range 22 °K to 77 °K , and if the device succeeds it will be a significant achievement as this range is a most useful one for the operation of certain semi­conductors.

It is also hoped that it will be possible to replace the expensive helium memory of very high speed computers with liquid nitrogen, super-cooled by the Ettinghausen device. Humanities

A look at the Second Year Electrical Engineer's Humanities course programme for this term should make students of all other departments see that their general education is being sadly, if not criminally, neglected. This splen­did course, devised and directed by Mr. J. S. Goodlad, includes an historical survey of the 20th Cen­tury, featuring the causes of the two wars, and of wars in general, the Dust Bowl of Central America which inspired Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," and the Great Depression; a drama^^Ur-vey; lessons in public speaking; two lectures by Mr. Roberf Mc-Kenzie of B.B.C. fame on the British Political Parties; lecture courses in Social Anthropology, Psychology and Political Science. The course is enlivened by a num­ber of films of a high standard— for example Olivier's " Hamlet," " The Grapes of Wrath," " Pre­lude to War" by the U.S. War Department. Weekend in Paris

At the end of last term two third year Electrical engineers went to Paris at the Department's expense. Contrary to certain malicious ru­mours, the show they went to see was the M E S U C O R A Exposition of Light Electrical Engineering products. Their principal aim was to compare British products with those of other countries, in par­ticular with regard to techno­logical development. Their find­ings were presented to the rest of their " Year " the following week when they gave a lecture and answered questions.

H . T. DAVIS.

4 F E L I X

E D I T O R I A L " T H E PILGRIM'S PROGRESS "

A n average member of the Union was recently asked what he thought the Executive had achieved this year: after a moment's silence he replied, " Well, you certainly have to think, don't you ?" and then a few moments later added :

" He's a nice sort of chap, anyway." Indeed, one may well ask what they have achieved ; what is there in this Union, apart from our own glorious complacency, on which we can lavish praise. Now we have the answer; in President Watson's own words, " The best thing the Union has done this year."

The establishment of a Working Party is in theory an excellent idea ; in practice its progress will have many pitfalls, and it will require a firm chairman to end the course with a positive result. The strong-individual prejudices to be overcome will require vigorous leadership even at the risk of treading on a few toes. So far a con­siderable programme has been covered and one can only hope that its proposals will not be discarded by some of the less far-seeing members of Council. One of theiT proposals is to remove Council's " dead wood " but doubtless it will be the " dead wood " which will resist most determinedly. Having been passed by Council, if indeed they are, they will then have to be accepted at two Union Meetings. This part of their passage should not be fraught with the perils faced inTJouncil. It is claimed that not enough people speak at Union,' meetings, but at least they do not query and baulk just for the sake of it.

W A N T E D : A F U L L T I M E TYPIST Perhaps the most useful thing the Working Party could do would

be to recommend that the Union employ a full time secretary solely for the use of Union Officials and organisers. At present one has to enlist secretaries, girl friends, or just anyone who can type for the purpose of putting things legibly on to paper. Felix itself uses many typing hours a week and it is sometimes a full-time job enlist­ing help. The alternative of one-finger-do-it-yourself is to say the least unsatifactory. Were this idea put into practice then the present executive could shout from the rooftops that they had made some real extra contribution to the lot of the student.

Many congratulations to the President for his forethought in

forming the Working Party, but the hardest part has yet to come.

RESPONSIBLE TO W H O M ? The Editor of the Daily Worker last week raised an interesting

point; to whom should an editor be responsible ? At Imperial he is directly responsible to the Felix board, which is of course a highly reasonable arrangement, for no student should be given absolute power. However, Who is to sit on this board ? At present this does not appear to be clearly defined, but the five central figures are the Union Executive. Mr. Mathews suggested that this was in fact unde­sirable, iof it gave power-to those who already had i t ; carrying this line of argument even further, the executive have complete power at I.C. in that they, can silence their most effective critic.

This year the executive have on the whole been co-operative, but there have been occasions when criticism of the Unions has been taken up at board meetings instead of in the columns of the News­paper for all to see. .If the executive should be taking some line with which Felix disagrees, it is only too easy for them to find some­one else to toe the line.

Surely it would be far better to have on the Felix board no more than one member of the excutive, and the remainder impartial but responsible Union members ; the Chairman of the A C C , R C C and SCC should be on it, as indeed they already are, but the rest should be persons with no particular line to sell or axe to grind. It becomes a farce when each person on the board tries to plug his own particular field. It is astonishing how confined an outlook can become in the higher levelsof bureaucracy in this Union ; the editor's job becomes one of constantly trying to retain his objectivity and ignore futile suggestions from a sincere but misguided minority. Two years ago the President of the Union made a costly mistake over the printing of Felix ; had he been trying to sell his idea to a separate committee instead of to his own executive, the Union might have been spared almost three hundred pound's.

Mr. Mathews, in his general studies lecture, claimed there was no freedom of the press ; perhaps the student press is not quite so free as it appears either, and it may be time that the Felix board re-examined its own composition.

T H E L I T E R A R Y S T A N D A R D Elated Guildsman Bishop was

last week telling how his poem, turned down three years ago by his school magazine, was now in print in PHOENIX.

Guilds now have two poets on their executivp; the Boomalaka tnay yet scan.

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E O F SCIENCE & T E C H N O L O G Y

The Governing Body of the Im­perial College of Science and Technology has elected its Chair­man, Sir Roger Makins, G.C.B., G .C .M.G. , D.C.L. , Hon.M.I.C.E. to Fellowship of the College.

Mr . Edward Heath was re­cently quoted as attributing the sudden flourishing of the cor-douroy velvet trade to the popu­larity of the Beatles. Whatever the reason the fact remains that " cord" is rapidly becoming very popular for all kinds of clothes and any girl who has Christmas gifts of money as yet unspent or wants to blue some of her grant on a new coat, dress or suit need look no further when deciding On fabric. Cordouroy is smart, warm and does not stretch or " seat" like so many tweeds, which makes it ideal also for an everyday skirt for wearing to lectures. And home dress­makers will find it sold by the yard in many exciting colours, by several of the large West End stores — personal favourites: cherry red, mustard and saphire. Prices are very reasonable aver­aging 7/11 per yard for dress weight and 9 / 1 1 for suit or skirt weight material, while some shops are stocking a showerproof ver­sion at 13/11 per yd. These com­paratively low prices are reflec­ted, too, in the cost of ready-to-wear corduroy clothes, of which a large selection is gradually ap­pearing in shops as sale stock is cleared. Boots

High boots are, of course, high fashion, but make sure when buying them that their leather is soft and pliable otherwise it will lead to concertina creases and splitting round the ankles. The only remedies are antique or sportsmans' boot-trees, quite ex­pensive and hard to find.

F E L I X F A I R Y T A L E S NUMBER ONE

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M A T E R I A L S F O R T H E M I L L I O N S

T.W.3 is out. I.C. is in. That's the latest news from Wood Lane. The B.B.C. has asked I.C. to do ten programmes on materials for Chanriel 2 .

One of the aims is to improve the public's image of the engineer. Rumour has it, he's a pcruffy man with a spanner.

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Tights Self ridges are stocking tights in

a Paisley design—tipped as a hot favourite to oust tartan in the' spring—at around a pound a pair. Salesgirl's verdict- " they're sel­ling like hot cakes."

Girls who find ordinary tights too short in the leg will be pleased to learn that the Tall Girls' shop, (33 Sackville Street off Piccadilly Circus) have Kayser Bondor long and super long tights in a wide range of colours and texture. Price: from 2 4 / 1 1 . Footnote:

To close with another reference to the subjects of my opening remarks—I saw in a Canterbury store the latest manifestation of Beatlemania: at 6 / 1 1 a pair they were sellingfand how!) stockings patterned with Beetles.

What price Beatlecrushers?

G R A N T F O R T R A N S P O R T STUDIES

The Nuffield Foundation have granted £45 ,500 to Imperial Col­lege to enable Professor Colin Buchanan to continue the studies on which he has recently been engaged in the Ministry of Trans­port. The particular topics which it is proposed to study are American transportation survey methods, the use of cost-benefit, analysis for urban road and re­development projects, environ­mental standards in relation to traffic, and alternative movement systems for urban areas.

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F E L I X 5

rDear Sir,

I wish to protest about the re­peated plonking of large stands carrying photo's of various Scien­tists, Guildsmen and Miners in front of the notice boards in the Union building. What is the point of putting up posters advertising your society's forthcoming events if they (the posters) are 'to be immediately obscurred by the grinning features of an I.C. "man" and his bird(s) at some long-forgotten function? They may like it, but we (the Union of amalgamated poster painters) do not.

Yours sincerely, B. J. BULL

Falmouth

Dear Sir, A sixpen'worth of chips I

bought in East Hartlepool during the vac. ivas wrapped in a copy of Felix.

Is this part of your editorial policy!

Yours sincerely, Hintin' Quogg, M.P.

Dear Sir, There is no doubt that this is a

lively and provocative newspaper. I feel that the new face of Felix has done much to stimulate a wider interest in Union affairs, and I would certainly be among the first to applaud any contribu­tion, however slight, to combat the apathetic attitude of the aver­age student towards the Union.

Four-fifths" of

top civil servants

take THE TIMES

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So only this: these particular Top People must keep them­selves fully and widely informed. They must be aware

not only of happenings in their particular field, but of dis­cussion and comment on questions of the day, international news, politics and the arts. For all this, they turn to T h e T i m e s .

You may not want to be a top civil servant: lots of people don't. But the same is true of top dons, top businessmen, top politicians. Whatever kind of top person you hope to be, it's not too early to get in training now by taking THE TIMES regularly. Especially since, as a student, you're entitled to it at half price: ask your newsagent or write to THE TIMES Subscription Manager.

The exact figure is 85%. We are aware that this is a little more than four-fifths: please do not write to point this out. Do write, however, if you would be interested in an account of the research which produced these and many other revealing figures. Who are Top People? What do they think on the important issues of the day? Write to The Times (Department SP), Printing House Square, London EC4.

Another healthy feature of your newspaper is the obvious enthusi­asm with which the Felix staff have set about their task of report­ing news items, and presenting the other features which make up your newspaper.

However, I feel that, at times, last term, the actual standard of reporting was poor, it being both childish and irresponsible. Al­though I would hesitate to claim that there was actual distortion of fact, all too often, the presenta­tion was prejudiced without justi­fication. Surely it is an Insult to a University student's intelli­gence to suppose that what he wants is shallow sensationalism. Let's have a newspaper with more constructive reading matter with rather less of the meaningless headlines, and rather less, also, of material of a superficial character. A case in point was the front page story in the last issue of Felix dealing with the Debating Society. This article contained nothing constructive and made little attempt to recognise any efforts which are, in fact, being made to set the Society on its feet again.

It is fallacious to argue, as you do, that the present form of Felix should be maintained since it sells. The only reason that Felix sells is because the publicity is first-rate. Who, of the South Side resi­dents, can resist the dynamic saleswomanship to wMch they are subjected every other Tuesday evening!

Felix will still sell, provided the excellent publicity arrangements are maintained, even if the articles are of a greater length, with a more searching, mature treatment, treatment.

The editorials in the later issues of Felix last term commanded the respect they deserved. Why can­not this be extended throughout Felix so that it becomes a news­paper with a certain amount of dignity and one of which the Col­lege can be proud.

Yours GOPAL SRINTVASSEN

There were, I thought, a num­ber of constructive criticisms of the Debating Society in my article, especially concerning the nature of the motions, and the desira­bility of introducing outside speakers. C C A B

H E L P W A N T E D I.C. Cross Country Club plan

to pioneer a new long distance relay race this Easter. Ten run­ners will cover the 400 miles be­tween Fort William and Caernar­von in 70 hours, climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon on the way. A dozen or more non-running helpers will be needed-

Interested? Then turn to the sports page.

S A C H E D The collection raised £148 18s.

5d.; the Executive would like to thank all staff and students who contributed so generously.

P I A N O L E S S

Dear Sir, The College prides itself on the

support which it gives to the many sides of student activity, and in general it has good reason. Few activities with any following are not catered for, however, the col­lege has fallen sadly behind de­mand in the provision of good pianos and practicing facilities.

It is true that there are pianos littered around in such intelligent places as the South Side upper lounge, the Union staircase and among the debris of the Concert hall stage, but these do nothing to help the situation. The top Re­fectory boasts a piano which on a good day might fetch 30 /- at a fumble sale. The Jazz Club piano is available, understandably, only to members of the club. Where, then, can nan-jazz pianists prac­tice!

The one place where this is pos­sible (when no-one else is using it and after 5.30 p.m.) 178 Queens-gate. And even to practice here requires three signatures and the loan of a key from the Union security guards. The need for at least a second practicing room with a good piano is immediate and urgent, particularly since none of the new buildings have done anything at all in this direc­tion.

When the College is accused of catering only for Science and Sport, it is in such cases as this that the accusations are justified.

Yours etc., ERIC TWINAME

P A R K I N G

Dear Sir, As a resident of Southside, I

was disturbed to see the private road outside our Hall cluttered up with motor cars one night last week. Ho Ho 1 thought, it's a monster outbreak by students de­fying the no-parking ban imposed last term. I thought that I saw traffic wardens swarming, but they were chauffeurs in peaked caps, and surely students don't drive Rolls Royces, Bentleys and a Lambretta scooter (Blue and Grotty Grey). And all those people were going into the Lybian Embassy thing.

Grotl I thought. Why should it be permissable for them to park their cars in our private road! Cars look ugly there at any time; Rolls Royce or Roll-over Bentley or Bent-tin.

Aesthetically yours, Yog.

F A N C Y T H A T When the Clerk to the Halls of

Residence moved to Southside two offices were left vacant, with but one outer door. Two admin, secretaries moving in were unable to decide who should have the in­ner room. A top level conference was held and the matter was de­cided, Result: a large hole was knocked in the wall, and neither has yet been able to move in.

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P R E V E N T I O N IS B E T T E R T H A N C U R E

" If you don't want your wallet stolen, don't leave it lying around in coats or jackets." Time and again Jock Henry, the Chief Security Officer has been round the buildings of the College in person with this rather obvious warning to people working in labs, and offices. A man of less Stirling character might have been seduced by the opportunities for larceny to be found; and yet de­spite him people go Im losing money in just this way and won­der why they get short shrift from Security. At the beginning of this term, three cases were pending, two thefts of wallets and one of a handbag, left in a toilet.

But in addition, there was a coat and a typewriter stolen way back last term, and a Jazz Club trumpet worth thirty-two pounds. This sort of thing goes to the police and Security hears no more of it. The coat's owner got back one bunch of keys lost on the Tube, and heard nothing from the police at all.

Thefts from Beit are right down, but this is due to preven­tion (by locking of doors), not cure; chances of recovery of any­thing but empty wallets are about nil, and the only safeguard is as always: carry it with you, or lock it up. Even in the lab. ideals of the disinterested search for truth get buried under baser motives.

A STUDENT'S G U I D E T O

I N S U R A N C E

Why is Insurance necessary for i student? In an institution like Imperial College where theft and " mysterious losses " occur fre­quently a student can protect himself against financial loss by insuring his possessions. What can be insured? Everything. Motor Cars, Scooters, Typewriters, Radios, bicycles, cameras, gramo­phones, tape recorders, watches, sportsgear, clothes, life and limb, you name it and someone will insure it.

How does a student obtain in­surance?

He can go directly to one of the large insurance companies, or deal through an insurance broker. A student is likely to get a better deal from a broker who deals with all the large insurance companies and is in a better position to obtain a policy to suit a student's special needs and pocket.

How much does it cost? Firstly it is no more expensive to insure through a broker because he takes his commission from the insur­ance company. Also brokers often offer reduced rates to students, frequently as much as five or ten per cent. The insurance of per-purely nominal. £1 — 30s. per sonal items (sportsgear etc.) is annum.

T H E M A R G A T E

CONFERENCE After the N.U.S. council meet­

ing at Margate last November the N.U.S. secretary of U.C. , Mike Freedman was interviewed to get a more personal view of this body which represents some 218,000 students in this country. Mike—what has N.U.S. ta say about the withdrawal of grants from Iraqi students in this country"?

—our motion urged immediate reinstatement of grants to these students and called for constituent union financial and moral support. And on Apartheid ?

—we had a very practical reso­lution calling for more scholar­ships for South Africans in this country who had been discrimi­nated against in South Africa. We called for closest co-operation with S A C H E D .

Did Council Discuss Robbins ? —47 emergency motions were

tabled on the Robbins Report and we had a half day discussion fol­lowed by an 84 paragraph state­ment. We hope to debate the Report in April at Swansea. N.U.S. was, in fact, asked by the Robbins Committee to submit evidence, which it did. What about Student Grants ?

—N.U.S. has been campaigning for the abolition of the means test in student grants. Also, con­

sidering students as full-time we have called for grants also for vacation time.

And National Insurance? Council calls for students to be

credited with National Insurance Contributions whilst undergoing full-time education.

Would You Wish to See N U S more concerned in General Politics ?

—most certainly not, N.U.S. is a-pOliti?al and being anything but would defeat its own purpose.

What Results does NUS get aftei A l l this Discussion ?

—well, for instance, 4 students imprisoned last February in Por­tugal have been released following N.U-S. and other Union protests. Leeds and Manchester have set up Dental Departments since our report on dental services.

In wider fields our contribu­tions to Robbins and other re­ports, and action through our members in Parliament have achieved a great deal.

Our trading and travel services, cultural and international activi­ties are innumerable.

Finally, What do You Think oi Colleges that Keep Out?

—When we campaign in Britain and get results, these blackleg colleges reap the benefits but do nothing to help. They hinder N.U.S. as they make N.U.S. not fully representative.

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M by CHRISTOPHER L A Y T O N

In different ways, all three political parties are now talking about modernising Britain. Their success will depend on two things— whether they can give the economy a new dynamic, and whether they can reshape our machinery of Government to suit modern needs.

The two are linked. Though growth depends on many things outside administration—like promoting competition and efficiency'— the poor state of industrial confidence and investment is the direct consequence of the Government's failure to give sustained growth top priority. And that in turn has sprung from the failure to plan ahead and perceive that every government objective—schools, homes, aid, even the strength of sterling—depends on sustained growth. Neddy

The setting up of Neddy is a first step. Planning has become an O.K. word'even in Tory cir­cles. Industry now accepts that the Government should do what every major firm does—think ahead.

But Neddy has shortcomings. Many of Neddy's excellent ideas, from redundancy to regionalism, are not accepted by the Govern­ment. And no-one really knows what authority they have. There is no sign whatever that Mr . Marples or Sir Keith Joseph is taking any notice whatever of Neddy's recommendations. In­deed Dr. Beeching's proposals would accelerate a drift to the Manchester-London coffin which Neddy hopes to stop.

A Minister for Expansion To put this right requires

broader changes than the mere manufacture of new Ministries. Perhaps, indeed, there are too many already. There is far too little long-term thinking or plan­ning and too much petty interven­tion in daily life.

The Liberal Party's proposals for the reform of administration are designed to try to put this right.

We have suggested, first, that the economic staff of Neddy should be promoted and placed under a Minister, whom we call the Minister for Expansion. This Minister would have real power. The Treasury and Board of Trade would take guidance from him.

mates are too narrow and special­ised to be useful.

The Minister would become Chairman of the existing Council of Neddy, where industry and unions are represented. In the formation of an effective incomes policy the Council plainly has a key part to play. Equally, the new sub-committees of Neddy are crucial. Here the detail of the plan can be put together, and the planners can educate industry to the implications of expansion. Responsibility

But ultimate responsibility for the plan must rest with the Government, and with a specific Minister. Only a government representative can go to an indi­vidual industry and tell it with conviction that Government policy will be designed to achieve certain goals. It is to Parliament, not to the Council of employers and unions, that the Government

the Labour Party, Liberals seek to decentralise the detailed execu­tion of planning from Whitehall. Our Town Clerk, struggling to get a factory or even to get a decision on the placing of a kerbstone, has not only to cope with several different ministries but to press for a decision at several levels of government — borough, county and Whitehall itself. There is too little planning and too much red-tape.

In our conception central gov­ernment must lay down the broad lines of economic policy and guide resources to the areas which need development.

But elected regional councils should draw up plans for their own regions and execute them— through development corporations of their own, for instance, which would finance new industries and housing consortia. In the siting

B I O G R A P H I C A L The Hon. Christopher Layton, son of Lord Layton, the Liberal

Peer, lost the 1962 Chippenham by-election by only 1,500 votes while pushing the Labour candidate into third place. He is personal execu­tive to Mr . Grimond, and also the Liberal Party spokesman on Economic Affairs. Educated at Oundle and Cambridge he has served in industry with ICI and also in Fleet Street with " The Economist."

must finally answer for the plan. Another suggestion is that the

top planning body should be in the Prime Minister's office. This would be to go for a presidential system with a vengeance. I believe

Conservative policies of course have never been part of a thought out design for society or the economy; they are improvisations. But the tendency to go off in all directions is enhanced by weak­nesses in our Government ma­chine. Within , the Cabinet, Ministers are all too often defend­ing departmental interests. And you do not have to be in the Cabinet to find this out. If you are a local government official struggling to get a new factory for your town you may be -asking the Board of Trade for a Licence

'while the Minister of Transport is busy cutting off the branch line and the Ministry of Housing & Local Government is failing to provide the money for the new houses you need. In economic policy itself, while the Board of Trade is responsible—in pedantic detail—for the siting of new fac­tories and for development areas, the Treasury has been responsible (with considerable caution) for the fiscal measures that would encourage new factories ot set up. No one is responsible for the re­gional policies which Neddy recommends, except, rather vaguely, Lord Hailsham in the North.

So, in broad economic matters, would other Ministers. He would have responsibility for the plan, for seeing it was carried out, and, above all, for answering to Parlia­ment.

This last responsibility is of crucial importance, for we en­visage a much closer working re­lationship between Parliament and the executive on economic matters than exists today. The Liberal five-year plan for Britain, ana one-year plans to implement it, would be put to Parliament for approval. Like the French chamber, Parliament would de­bate different target '-rates of growth, with their implications for investment, consumption and public spending.

Economic Affairs Committee One of the key all-party stand­

ing committees we would like to see set up in the Housedof Com­mons would be the committee for economic affairs. Its members should work closely with the members of the economic ministry in both the formulation and the development and execution of the plan. Five-year budgets would enable Members to relate Govern­ment spending to the plan. Too often today debates on the Esti-

that the delegation of authority on which our Cabinet system is based is more efficient. But just as the Government has rightly brought defence policy under a single Minister, so economic policy must be brought under one man.

How does this conception re­semble or differ from the Labour Party's? Labour wants a senior M!nister in charge of economic

of industry, for example, a total amount of factory space might usefully be allocated to each region, ;but the decision where factories should be placed would be left to the regions themselves. Such decentralisation would make possible a real slimming in White­hall as well as a better division of responsibility between broad national policy and execution on the spot.

Universities and Research The differences between the two

philosophies on the Left can be found again in the instruments of planning. Liberals would solve by allowing the market to operate but taxing the benefits of growth for the community. Labour in­tends to nationalise all develop­ment land. In science, Liberals would encourage the regions to set up their own universities and spur on diversity in research.

planning. But so far there are fewer signs that Labour is in­terested in a radical reform of the civil service. And Mr. Wilson is evidently anxious to divide re­sponsibility for economic policy rather than put one man in charge.

Nor has the Labour Party yet shown interest in Parliamentary control of planning on economic policy, which we believe to be crucial if it is to work and com­mand informed popular support.

Decentralisation Above all, in stark contrast with

Labour would bring university research under Government con­trol. Labour still believes that the state must both plan and execute planning decisions. We believe in a plural society in which the task of government is to hold the ring* and create circumstances in which groups and individuals serve the common needs.

Here is one aspect of Liberal policy. It is a key one. It shows that Liberal thinking is forward looking and practical. It adds to other Liberal proposals to help create a modern up-to-date society.

8 F E L I X

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Turner • & Newall (assets: over £100,000,000, employees: some 40,000) are frequently described as the 'asbestos giants' but, though asbestos remains a basic interest, their com­panies are also concerned in plastics, insulation, chemicals, mineral wool and glass fibre. The Turner <£ Newall Man­

agement Appointments Adviser will be

visiting Imperial College on Friday 14th

February 1964. If you would like an

interview, please contact the secretary

of the Appointments Board.

Every year about 8 outstanding graduates are given the opportunity of joining Turner & Newall, one of the strongest, most impor­tant though least publicised* groups in British industry.

They enter under a broad and thoughtful training scheme- which, recognising the scope of industry in general and T&N in particular, give's.them time to discover the direction in which they can best employ and extend their talents. Every encouragement, including financial help, is given for them to acquire the further qualifications they may need. This flexible training invariably means that the graduate assumes managerial res­ponsibility more confidently—and certainly earlier—than is often the case in industry today. The company also recruits scientists and - engineers direct ' into its research branches.

Ask your Appointments Board for further details or write direct to:— Management Appointments Adviser, Turner & Newall Ltd., 15 Curzon Street, London, W.1.

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F I L M S O C I E T Y

Thirty-Five Years It is thirty-five years since the

talkies came to Britain. This auspicious occasion will be cele­brated on the last day of January by the screen of the first British talking picture—Alfred Hitch­cock's " Blackmail." On the very same day you can see Berg­man's superb medieval tale, "The Virgin Spring." This film has been described as " cruel but beautiful." Without the psycho­logical depth and complex ideas of Bergman's earlier films, " The Virgin Spring " has the simplicity of thought and style of a mystery play. Like medieval life, it is violent and simple.

T H E Y A R E C O M I N G . . .

A chartered surveyor, the matron of a London hospital, some friars, some monks, a priest cum Monte Carlo Rally driver, a couple of artists, a journalist, the general works manager of a large industrial company, the headmaster of a London school, and some very ordinary clergy­men. These will soon be de­scending upon us, led by a bald-headed Scotish monk, Fr. John Shand!

Fr. Shand will be directing the missioners conducting he Teach­ing Week to Imperial College (February 2nd—9th). Three talks he will be giving on " T H E CHRISTIAN F A I T H " will be the foundations of the Week, and these will be held in the Senior Common Room, Southside, from 8—9 p.m., on Monday, February 3rd, Tuesday, February 4th, and Wednesday, February 5th.

Another major series-pf events will be the numerous Coffee Parties taking place in rooms round and about the college Halls. If you want ot meet any of the team, I feel pretty sure that there will be a coffee party on a floor accessible to you, and you will be welcome at any oi these.

F E L I X 9

U . L . C A P U . L . C A P * U . L . C A P U . L . C A P

P How are I.C. teams doing in

their University cup competi­tions ?

H O C K E Y Lost 3—2 at home to Gold­

smiths in the first round on No­vember 6th. Rugby

Won 8—0 at home to Wool­wich in the first round on Novem­ber 20th.

Play Kings at home T O - D A Y , January 22nd, in the second round. Kick-off 2.30 p.m. SOCCER

Won 4—0 at home to Gold­smiths in the first round on No­vember 30th.

Played C . E . M . last Saturday: Result in late news.

ROWING

PLU PUDDING I.C. Scratch VIII came near to

causing chaos in the Plum Pud­ding race held shortly after the end of last term. This is an affair where the slowest VIII's start first and the fastest last, conse­quently around Hammersmith Bridge 16 VIIFs were fighting to get under the bridge with room for not more than 6. Here the I.C. Scratch VIII helped in the boat jam. They had pounded up the course in a series of gentle S's and collided with the I.C. Ill 's who had been going great guns and a Thames crew. The Scratch VIII came out in front but were shortly overtaken.

The first VIII had a fine row. Starting twelve seconds in front of Thames I they finished 4 se­conds ahead ; no mean achieve­ment. Unfortunately the Thames 2nd VIII were better and just beat I.C. to the prize, a barrel of beer.

• Preview • Cross Country

Wed., Jan. 22 : Westminster Coll., Oxf.—Royal Vets.—U.C. (H)

Sat., Jan. 25 : Q.MC. 71 (A) Wed., Jan. 29: R.A.F. Halton—

Guys Hosp. (H) Sat., Feb. 1 : U.C. Invitation P.H.F.

Golf Wed., Jan. 29: Kings—W. Mujdx.

Men's Hockey: Wed., Jan. 22 : Kings Coll. (H) Sat., Jan. 25 : Harrow (H) Wed., Jan. 29 : Stephenson Cup (H) Sat., Feb. 1 : Univ. .of Sussex (H)

Mixed Hockey Sun., Jan. 26 : Ashford (A) Sun., Feb. 2 : Harrdds (A)

Wed., Jan. 22 : Coll. of St. Marks and St. John (A)

Sat., Jan. 25 : Leicester Univ. (H) Wed., Jan. 29 : L.S.E. .(H) Sat., Feb. 1 : Fitzwilliam Hse. (A)

Rugby Wed., Jan. 22 : (Cup) Sat., Jan. 25 : St: Catherines

(Camb.) (A) Wed., Jan. 29 : " H " Div. Police (A) Sat., Feb. 1 : Military Coll. of

, Science (A)

SOCCER

SMITHS Slammed I.C. 4 GOLDSMITHS 0

Imperial took the field at Harlington having played the " Smiths " twice already in the season losing once and drawing once. The addition of 6 of the University 1st X I and one of the 2nd X I n the occasion of cup-ties changes the team unrecognisably, how­ever, and previous results mean nothing.

The first ten minutes when both sides were testing each other ended with Eastell scoring for I.C. from close-quarters after a goalmouth scramble. The game then swung from end to end and both defences were tested, but I.C. were more dangerous in attack, especially on the right where Stoddart rounded his back at will, helped by excellent ser­vice from two other University players, Casemore and Huxtable, playing inside him. Goldsmiths, too, were lively in attack but lacked that final thrust to pierce a defence which was curbing its natural attackins instinct.

The stalemate ended when Vaughan fastened on to a defen­sive error and beat the goal­keeper with a well-placed shot giving I.C. a 2-0 lead at half-time.

The second half opened with I.C. attacking and that was how it continued for practically the whole 45 minutes. The middle of

Sports Shorts

Chess The first team has now struck

top form after an indifferent start to the season, but for the second team it has been success all the way, and they are currently tak­ing Div. II of the University League by storm.

Mixed Hockey One of the few unbeaten teams

in IC is the mixed Hockey X L One of its more Ioquatious mem­bers told Felix : " We play most Sundays and always win. After this we have social intercourse lasting at times far into he night."

*** Soccer:

The 1st X I are now almost certain to be relegated from the Premier division of the Univer­sity League, having lost the sixth of their seven league matches last Wednesday.

T O U R D E

S0UTHSIDE Are you nosey? It's the up and

coming thing to be in Southside. Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about residents using shaving mirrors tied on to broom­sticks to find out who their near­est neighbours are entertaining, nor am I referring to any sudden increase in the monitoring of stu­dent activities by the powers that

the field was under the home team's domination ; consequently I.C.'s forwards were ployed with chances. Only one was con­verted, however, when Vaughan scored Bis second following a goalmouth melee. I.C. had the game well in hand when Fisher, playing his usual " solid " game at right back, raced through to score from 30 yards with a net rattling shot to show the forwards how easy it was.

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N O T E S

by Pete Crews

T H R E E P E A K S R E L A Y In the past, members of the

club have taken part in several long distance events such as the "Three Peaks'" race in.Derby­shire and the Land's End to John O'Groats Relay. This Easter the club plans to pioneer a race of its own invention called the "Three Peaks Relay"! The rules for the course will be simply that the race will start and finish at sea level, and will take in the highest peaks in England, Scot­land and Wales ; namely Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon.

Apart from the fact that it will take 70 hours to cover the 400 miles between Fort William and Caernarvon, there are other con­siderable difficulties to overcome. For instance, it is not certain whether it will be possible to run all the mountains in daylight. Naturally an event of this nature will involve many people. In addition to the ten runners that will be doing the relay, there will

T O D A Y A l l eyes are watching the

Rugby 1st X V with-their 2nd round University cup match at hand. O r are they ? The oppo­nents are Kings, a team not to be sniffed at. The ground is our own. Home advantage. What advantage is that ? Well, besides knowing the pitch better, the home side gets all the cheers from the crowd. The bigger the crowd, the bigger the advantage '—that's why we're asking you to go along to-day on one of the F R E E coaches. They leave the Union at 1.15 and bring you back after the match. A l l for F R E E , A l l eyes watching the 1st X V ? Why not !

*** Despite, or perhaps because of,

the fact that a vital cup match was only a week ahead, Alan Havard decided to make four team changes in the 1st X V to meet L.S.E. last Wednesday. Murmurs of doubt were heard from certain quarters, but the modified team thrashed L.S.E. by 17-3.

have to be a dozen or more helpers to do driving, cooking, map reading, time keeping and so on.

The relay should make an i i -teresiing endurance test to say the least. Motorists or indeed any­one, who reckons he could lend a hand with the venture should Contact P.D. Crews, Room 45, Garden Hall—all will be wel­come. The date of the attempt is from Monday, 30th March to Sunday, 5th Apri l .

The latest news of the club's activities is that in the U .L . Championships last term, IC lsts came 6th and IC 2nd came 10th in the team event. This term we got off to a good start with a con­vincing win over London Hospi­tal, on Wednesday, 8th January.

be. Nothing more sinister, in fact, that a new pastime, 'sport, recreation, call it what you will: a sort of offbeat" Tour de South-side" introduced just recently and already threatening to outrival even Dr. Butler's indoor cricket in popularity and excitement. <

The basic principle of the sport is to propel a low-grade table tennis ball by means of the human nose, and no other t part course passing along the abrasive of the body, around a circular green carpeted floor of both gal­leries and the sticky, beery floor of a lift at each end in the Short­est possible period of time. The start/finish point is at the separat­ing door between Falmouth and Keogh Halls and the direction of rotation is anticlockwise looking north.

C A R O L SINGING Rowdy revellers touched the

public pocket for £267 l i s . 6d. at the end of last term. This will go to the Carnival charitv.

I M P O R T A N T

C A R C R A S H

Would any person who wit­nessed an accident which oc­curred in Exhibition Road (by the turning to Princes Gate Mews) at about 5.15 p.m. on 12th November, 1963, involving a pedal cyclist and a car in which the pedal cyclist (Mr. R. J. Penna) was injured, please com­municate with Nalder .& Son, 7, Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall.

10 F E L I X

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B U C H A N A N R I D E S A G A I N

Two things stood out very clearly after the speech given by Professor Buchanan at Imperial College last Thursday. The motor car is going to have a great future in this country, and that, this being so, we shall be in the devil of a mess in a comparatively short time!

Professor Buchanan, who has had no less than six articles about him or his work in two of last Sunday's papers, said that we will either have to fix the amount of traffic in an area, or the place will become a " Motor Slum''—like Exhibition Road or Prince Consort Road. We need a thriving Motor Car industry for our economy, and since we will have about 40,000,000 cars on the road before the end of the century, we seem to be between the devil and the deep blue " steel" sea.

Mr. Marples, that most overworked of Ministers, on perceiving the problem and receiving a mass of conflicting advice (build roads, ban cars, double public transport, ban people) almost came to the conclusion that towns and cities were completely finished, so we had best start all over again. Eventually he asked one man, Professor Buchanan, to produce a report. On a tight budget, Professor Buchanan chose his team almost entirely from outside the civil ser­vice, and produced a long-awaited report.

The first chapter was to clear a n d d e a t h _ T o counteract t h i s

B E Y O N D

T H E B I S H O P O F

W O O L W I C H

or The Godless Ones The term Scientific Humanism,

like Christianity, covers a multi­tude of sins, it is really a blanket term for an agnostic, rationalist concern for norality, and human welfare, which acknowledges the contribution that scientific outlook and method can make in these fields. And that's very probably close to your outlook.

Last term guest speakers of the Huxley Society discussed Morality without God, the ethics of Adver­tising (and trading stamps and planned obsolescence) Religious Belief and the Scientific Outlook, and jointly with I.C.C.N.D. the Ethics of Unilaterism.

This term's first guest will prob­ably be a speaker ftom the Abor­tion Law Reform Association, and the wider subject of eutha­nasia will probably attract discus­sion. Perhaps these concepts make you shudder; there's strong division within Humanism and it needs debate by those of all opinions to clarify it. So if you don't go to church and can pass a whole day without feeling the nearness of God don't repent, come to the first meeting! The uncommitted will have a chance to tell a Humanist Research Group what impression Human­ism makes on them, and the more thinkers we get, the more original thought will emerge.

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away misconceptions and reveal the problem as it really stands; there appeared to be no satis­factory alternative to the motor­car. The problem could be divi­ded into two general catagories;

Firstly accessibility, the free and quick circulation of traffic and the possibility of stopping when you reach your destination. Secondly —the impact on the environment of the motor-car, which includes anxiety, noise, fumes, vibration,

danger, most towns will have ring roads and pedestrian centres. The London area remains a prob­lem and Piccadilly Circus just a big, round, black question mark.

Before I finish I will leave my readers with this thought. If, in the next ten years, the traffic doubles, as predicted, and re­sources do not, as predicted, and very little is done as predicted, what will we have left?—The Buchanan Report.

TORIES

REPLY -

TO Y O U R COST A letter of considerable length

has been received from the Min­istry of Pensions; this is in reply to one sent after last terms Union meeting expressing dissatisfaction with the lot Of the student. The letter lies in state in the Union, office, and Felix has a foto-copy should anyone wish to read it. A n excerpt follows: —

Any suggestion that those able to continue their studies should have their future benefits subsi­dised at the expense of their fellow contributors — most of whom will have been paying con­tributions since leaving school— raises most difficult questions of equity. Moreover, students who have had the advantage of further education can generally be ex­pected to secure employment on terms which will eventually pro­vide a substantial occupational pension.

The letter continues explaining some of the ways in which, what it calls " free credits," may be ob­tained. Anyone wishing to follow this up should certainly read it in toto.

T H E ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC W O R K E R S

The Imperial College Student's Branch of this Association has been reconstituted with an active and growing membership. We aim to take action on particular problems which the I.C. Union has been unable or unwilling to tackle, and also to provide mem­bership of a wider organisation of scientist and technologists. Anyone wishing to join should contact Mark Creasy or me; further information about our activities can be found on the noticeboards.

S E A N D U N N E (Physics P.G.)

AGAINST A P A R T H E I D The University of London

Society Against Racial Descrimi-nation in its last meeting of repre­sentatives from all major colleges has decided on a term of intense activity. This will involve all students in the struggle against apartheid by information sheets, films and a national demonstra­tion—A committee of persons working in this College's Political, Religious and National Societies is being set up to promote such activities in this Union. Anyone interested please contact the Chairman of the Liberal Socialist or Communist Societies.

SUBSCRIPTIONS F O R RESIDENTS

By paying the appropriate amount for the remaining numbers of F E L I X this term, residents can ensure delivery every Tuesday evening to their rooms (under the door if necessary).

Orders should be placed with the salesgirls in the Halls.

I N T H E GUILDS M O U L D The spanner has been recast

by the Royal School of Mines. Rumours that the thing had been sabotaged by minesmen were

S M A L L A D S

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m u s t . h a v e seen t h e l a r g e r e d p o s t e r a d v e r t ­

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i n t o t h e r u n n i n g o f U n i o n a f f a i r s . O s t e n s ­

i b l y , t h i s c o m m i t t e e was f o r m e d t o r e l i e v e

t h e s t r a i n on t h e h a r d - w o r k i n g I . G , E x e c u ­

t i v e , b u t an i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t i s t h a t t h r e e

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l a s t S a t u r d a y . From t h e k i c k - o f f , t h e

y e l l o w - s h i r t e d v i s i t o r s gave t h e homa?-team

t h e r u n - a r o u n d , f i n d i n g t h e i r f o o t i n g more

e a s i l y on t h e d i f f i c u l t s u r f a c e , and coming

c l o s e t o s c o r i n g f i r s t f r o m a g o a l m o u t h

s c r a m b l e i n t h e 7 t h . m i n u t e . I t was n o t

u n t i l t h e 2 0 t h . m i n u t e , h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e

f i r s t r e a l s h o t a t g o a l came, a l o n g h a r d

one f r o m CEM w h i c h was e a s i l y c o v e r e d b y

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was l e d f rom t h e f i e l d w i t h a c u t mouth

a f t e r an u n f o r t u n a t e i n c i d e n t i n w h i c h

c e n t r e - f o r w a r d i r a u g h a n , q u i t e f a i r l y , t r i e d

t o b u n d l e h im i n t o g o a l .

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l i k e a team and i t was no s u r p r i s e when a

s q u a r e c r o s s f rom t h e r i g h t - r w i n g f o u n d

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s u b s t i t u t e g o a l i e . The game u n t i l h a l f -

t i m e was now a l l I C ' s as a t t a c k a f t e r

a t t a c k was l a u n c h e d a t t h e CEM g o a l , and

i n t h e 4 1 s t . m i n u t e E a s t a l l was t h e r e a g a i n

t o c o l l e c t a s ^ a u g h a n ' s c r o s s f rom t h e l e f t

was d r o p p e d b y t h e g o a l k e e p e r , and I C were

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t o a s t a l e m a t e u n t i l a g o a l m o u t h s c r a m b l e

r e s u l t e d i n a g o a l a n d , i t seemed, i n s p i r ­

a t i o n f o r CEM. Now o n l y one down t h e y

f o u g h t f o r t h e b a l l w i t h more d e t e r m i n a t i o n

and c o n t i n u a l l y t e s t e d t h e I C d e f e n c e .

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m i n u t e t h e CEM g o a l i e had t o l e a p l i k e a.

c a t t o t o u c h a b l i s t e r i n g I C s h o t o v e r t h e

b a r , and i n t h e 8 6 t h . E a s t a l l c o m p l e t e d h i s

h a t - t r i c k t o g i v e I C a t w o - g o a l l e a d once

m o r e .

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e v e r and a m i n u t e l a t e r a p e n a l t y d e c i s i o n

e n a b l e d them t o h a l v e t h e l e a d . Now t h e y

were f l a t o u t f o r t h e e q u a l i s e r , b u t t h e

w h i s t l e b e a t them t o i t , much t o t h e d i s ­

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