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20th March, 1973
NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION
F R E E ! ISSUE No. 333
FELIX IS
THE WAY
TO LIFE Crusade starts page two
And for the second
RENT time of asking
An Extraordinary General Meeting of Im
perial College Union has been called for Tues
day at 1 p.m. in the Great Hall. A petition con
taining the required 130 signatures was col
lected last week.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the
motion below. Basically this calls for a rent
strike for next term to "fight against loan
financing of new hal ls " and "as part of the
Nat ional Grants Campaign . " The motion was
put to the Grants Act ion Committee at its
meeting last Fr iday, and was approved —
albeit by a vote of four for four against. The
votes against were led by John Lane, I C U
President, who wanted clauses 1 to 4 inclusive
deleted. Apparently al l the members present
at the meeting were in favour of a rent strike.
A motion call ing for a rent strike was put to
the first union meeting of this term, and de
feated. The left-wing factions were dissatisfied
then because the remainder of the grants
motion was passed overwhelmingly, and "we
were left with all the policy but none of the
act ion."
Now lacking publicity, and wi th rapidly de
cl ining interest in the Grants Campaign, the
motion stands its chance of getting through
only in a meeting l ike this Extraordinary one
where there is l ikely to be a good Soc. Soc.
turnout and few others.
The Motion
CATERING/RESIDENCE
Proposed by Trev Philips
ICU a f f i rms the G A C d e c i s i o n to make one
of the two centra l d e m a n d s of the refec
tory boyco t t s , Total opposition to the "self
financing policies in refecs. No p r i c e i n
c reases no cuts in por t i ons — no clo
sure of any re fecs .—no r edundanc i e s or
short t ime for staff.
f C U adds ' to th is that " W e mus t make the
state p a y " and " R e f e c boyco t t s a n d other
tac t i cs w i l l be ma in ta ined if necessary as
part of the f ight aga ins t se l f f i nanc ing and
pr i ce inc reases , etc . even if grants are in
creased."
ICU ins t ruc ts the refec, c ommi t t e e reps,
to ask the co l l ege for a s su rances that there
w i l l be " n o pr i ce inc reases . . . e tc . (as
a b o v e ) " .
If the a ssurances are not f o r thcom ing ICU
to w i t h d r a w a l l representat ives f r om the
refec commi t t e e unt i l a U G M d e c i d e d
o therw ise . ' '
A s a further part of the c a m p a i g n f r om
decent l i v ing s t andards I C U rea f f i rms the
p o l i c y that " t h e D E S mus t pay for a l l
future h a l l s " and so I C U :
i . a sks co l l ege author i t i es to i t emise
separate ly the 3 5 p vo luntary levy on
ha l l b i l l s ;
i i . w i l l g ive fu l l suppor t to any s tudent
e x e r c i s i ng his d i s c r e t i on over payment
of levy.
T h i s un ion recogn ises the urgency of the ac
c o m m o d a t i o n s i tua t i on in and a r ound Sou th
K e n s i n g t o n , the need as s u c h for more
ha l l s of r e s idence and to f ight aga ins t loan
f i nanc ing ins tead of s u b s i d i e s for a l l f u
ture h a l l s of r e s idence . T h i s un ion there
fore advoca t es a rent s t r ike s tar t ing f r om
the beg inn ing of next t e rm in o r d e r : —
1. to f ight aga ins t loan f i nanc ing of new
h a l l s ;
i i . as part of the nat iona l grants c a m
pa i gn .
Day of
Boredom Wednesday's National Day of Action
brought with it even greater apathy and lack
of participation than was apparent at last
year's Autonomy Day of Action. Lecture boy
cotts were not unsuccessful — attendances
varied between near zero to nearly 90 per cent.
B u t most of those that ried a story straight out
boycotted lectures, predic
tably, stayed at home in
bed. Attendance at the a l
ternative syllabus took un
t i l half-past ten to reach
the fifty mark, despite hav
ing such speakers as M i c h
ael Duanne, th ex-head of
R i s ingh i l l comprehensive
school, who caused such a
of the N U S Press Service
headlined "500,000 on
s t r ike . " It seems unl ike ly
that the strike wi l l have
any effect on anyone, l§ast
of a l l the D E S , who are
sti l l refusing to do any
thing about student grants
from next year other than
the £20 increase in under-
rumpus with his novel graduate grants that has
ideas of education in the
early 1960's.
T h e other ma in speaker
was M a r y R ichardson ,
f rom the N U S Execut ive .
Discussion was held on
been scheduled for two
years now. M r . N o r m a n St
John Stcvas, under-secre-
tary of. State at the De
partment of Educa t i on
and Science, however, has
such topics as the Whi te int imated that he is w i l l -
Paper. Mos t of those at- ing to look into the ques-
tending were from the po l
i t ica l ly active sections of
the I C U n i o n Communi t y .
Other parts of the coun
try saw l itt le better res
ponse, a l though most
nat ional newspapers car-
t ion of marr ied women's
grants. A t present mar
ried women receive only
£275 per annum against
the no rma l grants of £480.
subject to a means test on
their parents income.
Page 2 F E L I X M a r c h 20th, 1973
It's convert-the-Editor week!
"The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life" (2 Corinthians, 3:6)
Sir,
Surely Karl Marx would
be turning in his grave if he
had seen the word "logic"
smuggled into the letter
from Mr. Veall, who profes
ses to be a follower of Marx
(or is it Trotsky or Lenin,
Stalin, Mao, etc?). Logic is
something we scientists are
weaned on, presumably to
use, so let us use it.
I have never in previous
letters to "Felix" used
"arguments . . . in support
of the existence of this per
son called Christ" any more
than we use "arguments
in support of the existence
of a- of a person called"
Julius Caesar or Henry VIII.
Historical fact is not argu
ment: I have q u ot e d
Josephus, the Bible and
Tacitus, can we logically ig
nore the documents? Really,
it requires far more faith
then to be an agnostic than
it does to be a Christian! I
feel, therefore, it is absurd
to call these facts "sheer
nonsense" and then to insult
the intellect of readers of
this newspaper by not giving
a coherent reason why they
"amounted to sheer non
sense".
Once again it seems neces
sary to clarify the meaning
of the word "Christian".
Christ came to give us life:
"I came that they might
have life in all its fullness"
John 10 : 10.
He died because Man's
basic problem is not only
distribution of wealth, God
is not so myopic as was
Marx, he knows our prob
lems are far deeper, the
Bible calls this problem SIN.
Very briefly, sin is man's
wish for complete self-
sufficiency, that is, a rebel
lion against God and our re
lationship with Him. Man is
capable of this SIN because
God made us "in his own
likeness" (Gen. 1 v 26).
God's will is free and so is
ours. Normally we choose
ourselves instead of God and
we cause a separation.
"All have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God"
Romans 3 : 2.3-
In dying Jesus restored
our relationship with God,
provided we accept his
death for our sins. Further
more in accepting Christ, He
comes into our lives as
Saviour and Lord and gives
us new life. Now I hope you
will have noticed I have not
once mentioned Church. This
is simply because a Church
goer is not necessarily a
Christian, and Christianity is
not the Church that Mr. Veall
has nightmares about (re
membering Sunday school at
the age of 10), but Christian
ity is a personal knowledge
of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God. So it is quite possible
that large organisations we
know as religious often not
adhering to their foundations
(i.e. for Christianity personal
knowledge of Christ and the
Bible, God's Word) have
made great moral mistakes.
These mistakes are mistakes
occurring due to man's wish
to take things into his own
hands en masse and are
analagous to such moral
mistakes as we find in Red
China where schoolchildren
are indoctrinated to h a t e
certain races or classes, or
as we find in Russia where
although a front of religious
freedom is portrayed, the
Christians I talk about, who
confess Jesus as Lord are
persecuted. Even Kosygin
sees the difference. Perhaps
"Religion" in that sense "is
the opiate of the people",
but "Jesus Christ is the
light for all people: And the
light still shines in the dark
ness" John 1 : 5.
So Christ presented us
with facts, with his sacrifice
for our sins, a new life, and
life with him forever. It is a
free gift from God, from a
God who loves us. So what
about all the other things
Mr. Veall mentioned which
he thought suggested that
God doesn't love us? He
suggests starvation, massive
wars, atom bombs, etc. As
the Bible explains man's
problem is sin and these are
the r e s u l t of sin. So I appeal
to all reading this letter, real
ise God does not ask you to
believe contradictions, but
truths, Jesus said: "I am the
way, t h e t r u t h , and the life"
(John 14 : 6). God has made
it far easier to believe his
logic than man's paradoxes.
I pray that many more
hard hearts in this College
will become followers and
friends of Jesus Christ and
find their true identity.
"God is faithful, by whom
we were called into the fel
lowship of His Son Jesus
Christ, Our Lord" (1 Cor. 2
ix).
I remain,
Yours in Christ,
MAURICE MOLONEY,
Chemistry II.
P.S. — Perhaps Oily you
could persuade Ali (don't
mind if I call you Ali, do
you?) to have a Theological
Page next year; it would
save wear-and-tear on the
mailbag.—M.M.
P.P.S. — / promise never
to write a letter as long as
this again to Felix this Aca
demic Year.—M.M.
Sir, -
In answer to Mr. Jock
VealTs letter, I think that he
is being not a little silly. He
states that the "arguments"
presented the previous week
were "sheer nonsense". This
is interesting because I did
not read any arguments, just
facts, and it is necessary to
distinguish between argu
ments and facts (it is note
worthy, however, that in
George Orwell's book of the
future, "1984", the regime
of the time changed histori
cal facts to suit their own
ends). He "stands logic on
its head" by doing this. If
he were to try and find out
the facts and then reject
them if he can, this would
be logical, but just to reject
something out of hand just
because it goes against his
own doctrines is foolishness,
especially when Christ has
so much to offer.
In saying that the previous
week's correspondents had
called Christ a revolutionary
indicates to me that he had
not read either letter proper
ly. It was an earlier corres
pondent who had called Him
this. However, Christ is a
revolutionary in the true
meaning of the word, be
cause he revolutionises in
dividual lives. Mr. Veall
appears to be very narrow
in his definition of revolu
tionary, only taking the
political meaning. A true
revolutionary is someone
who causes a complete re
versal, which is what Christ
does to individual lives when
people invite Christ into their
lives, first by admitting that
they feel a need for Him
(everyone does at some time
in their lives), then confes
sing that they have been
sinning against God (every
one does—Romans 3:23),
and then asking Christ to
come into their life and take
full control of it and become
Saviour and Lord of their
life.
In most of the rest of the
letter, he writes about re
ligion, N O T Christianity. This
is a very common fallacy. It
should be noted that Christ
ianity is not a religion.
In answer to Mr. Veall's
question "mystical or mater
ial (prayer or struggle)?", I
have found in the last year
that prayer is a far more
powerful means for instigat
ing action than belligerent
struggle which only comes
up against a brick wall. How
he can talk about prayer, I
do not know. He obviously
knows nothing about its
meaning. It is a very complex
subject and even very old
Christians do not totally un
derstand prayer. As Paul
says in Romans, chapter
eight,, verse 26: "For we
don't even know what we
should pray for, nor how to
pray as we should, but the
Holy Spirit prays for us with
such feeling that it cannot
be expressed in words".
Anyone wishing to find out
the real facts need only to
turn to the Bible. If you still
have any problem, ask a
Christian (easily found at the
Christian Union bookstall on
Tuesdays and Thursdays in
the JCR, or in the maths
library, first floor, 53, Princes
Gate on Fridays at 6.30).
Yours in Christ,
DIGBY L. JAMES.
Civ. Eng.2
Imperial College,
London S.W.7
16 March 1973
Sir,
The only criticism I have
so far received of my letter
published in 'Felix' a fort
night ago, was that, whereas
I submitted that physical ex
planations for the miracles
Christ was reported to have
performed were weird, the
critic felt that to say God did
them was far more weird.
His opinion stems, I
believe, from our general
reluctance to consider any
thing outside our physical
realm coupled with our
enormous capacity to ignore
things which are not SEEN to
affect us at the moment. I
would like, in very basic and
simple terms, to explain why
I feel this 'narrow-minded,
materialistic' attitude to be
fundamentally in error.
If you were to look up
from this letter you would
see something. Perhaps some
people, or a wall . . . a grass
field, or maybe, just air and
clouds should you happen to
be up in a balloon. No mat
ter what you are looking at
it will be made of atoms, so
our scientist friends tell us,
and from these atoms, which
in turn are made up of
smaller particles of matter,
our 'physical' universe is
constructed. We are also in
formed that, although the
matter may be rearranged or
changed in form, it is incap
able of reproduction, crea
tion and destruction. You will
by now have guessed what
comes next. Yes, that's it,
the fact that matter does ex
ist and yet cannot have
created itself implies the
existence of something else.
No, not a Christian God, we
have not got that far yet, but
we can now make two infer
ences about this 'Thing'. It
is non-physical; it defies at
least the physical law of 'no
self creation'. Also it created
the physical universe.
We have up to now pro
gressed using simple facts
and deductions which are
available to and, I hope,
understandable by all who
read this letter, and I shall
endeavour to extend this
method to a second line of
thought.
Consider now the last time
you REALISED someone was
in need of your help. Maybe,
you saw someone staggering
along carrying more than
they could manage, or it
could have been a friend
asking for help at an in
opportune moment. Whatever
it was the following basic
feelings will have been pre
sent. You will have wanted
to help, either because of a
'natural herd instinct' or be
cause of selfish motives (e.g.
the friend might do some
thing in return). Conflicting
with this will have been any
of a whole host of 'negative
emotions'. For instance, you
will have realised that you
will be inconvenienced, that
you would be spending time
on something unbeneficial to
you, and in the case, say, of
rescuing someone in a burn
ing building, that you would
be putting yourself in dan
ger. Thirdly your 'conscience'
(I use this word because it
will conjure up to the reader
roughly the sort of thing I
mean, but I reserve the right
to modify my meaning of
'conscience' without refer
ence to the normal diction
ary definition) will generally
tell you to help.
Now the 'herd instinct'
when it comes to unselfish
help is rather weak. One
might say that the drive be
hind 'preservation of species'
is small compared with that
behind 'preservation of self.
So one would then expect
help to be rarely forthcoming
without selfish motives. Yet
help does come quite often.
'Conscience'? More often
though we ignore our 'con
science' and do not do what
it tells us. But it does not
give up. It keeps on nagging
every time we reject its
guidance.
A little expounding is
now necessary. 'Conscience'
does not appear to be justi
fied on solely physical
grounds. What, for example,
is the physical reason for
unselfishness? Also a 'con
science' appears to be a
common possession of all
men. Furthermore, stop and
think about what the world
would be like if we were all
ruled by our 'consciences'. I
feel it would be a better
place, but whatever you
think, it would be GUIDED
CONSTANTLY towards one
final state. Notice that no
matter how incomplete the
method of deduction above
may be or what we believe
'conscience' to be it does not
affect the base and the end.
The fact that we have 'con
sciences' and that they are
non-physical. In both my
points, of creation and of
'conscience', I am using
only facts which are just as
evident and available to the
reader as they are to me.
Surely now our suspicions
must be aroused. We have,
from earlier, an un-physical
'Thing' creating a physical
universe. We have an un-
physical force trying to run
a physical universe; demon
strating that the physical has
not just been created and
forgotten. Although, we
have this situation which
may be insufficient in itself
to warrant action, it should
definitely awaken us in our
attitude to the non-physical.
Let us now call up Christ
ianity to see what it has to
say on these points. We read
in John 1:1-5 (R.S.V.):—
..."In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the begin
ning with God; all things
were made through him,
and without him was not
anything made that was
made. In him was life, and
the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the dark
ness, and the darkness has
not overcome it".
Here we have the creator,
God. We have the power
behind the world, God's
Word, not only manifested
in the world and ourselves,
but also written in The
Bible. And we have the
Word's constancy both of
purpose and of perseverance.
See also Genesis 1:1, 1 John
1:1; Rev. 19:13; John 17:5;
Col. 1:16; 1 Cor. 8:6; Heb.
1:2, John 5:26, 9:5, 11:25.
12:46, 14:6.
Then in Romans 3:23
(R.S.V.):—
"Since all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of
God".
Here we have our dis
obedience to God's Word.
The realisation of these two
points is fundamental to be
coming a Christian. 1: God
made us and 'loves' us. 2:
We reject his 'love' and go
our own way and so are sin
ners.
If we are still to call
Christianity untrue, weird, or
a crutch for the needy, then
consider atheism. For that
we need to reject facts we
know and experience daily.
We need eventually td reject
our very existence, so do not
associate atheism with logic.
Yours in Christ,
ROBERT SLOTA.
Civ. Eng. II.
Other letters page 3
The Landsnapper Sneeze
March 20th, 1973 F E L I X Page 3
'The Fool says in his heart,
"There is no God"
They are corrupt, they do
abominable deeds,
there is none that does good' (Psalm 14)
Sir, ,
I would like to point out
several pieces of misinform
ation in Mr. Veall's letter,
published last week.
For the existence of a
historical figure called Jesus
there is sufficient evidence;
there are few historians to
day who would seriously
dispute that fact. On that
point there is little need to
elaborate. Even Mr. Veall
seems to accept it, despite
his statement to the contrary,
as he went to great lengths
to assert that this figure
(who never existed in his
opinion) advocated a philoso
phy of apathy to the plight
of oppressed people.
First of all, we should ask
ourselves what was the
standpoint of Christ concern
ing the oppression of the
masses. The message that
Christ brought was one of
love for others — a love
which was radically different
from anything before it or
since (including the Greek
tradition of Eros as formu
lated by Plato) in that it ad
vocated selfless love for all
other i n d i v i d u a i l s . The true
message of Christianity has
always contained an ideology
based on sharing, and it
goes beyond socialism and
the trade union movement
(although it is not opposed
to them) in that it upholds
and preserves a belief in the
dignity and worth of the in
dividual. An apathetic lack of
caring for the suffering of
others is diametrically op
posed to Christian ideology
and the teachings of Christ.
I would agree with Mr. Veall
that often the institution of
the church has failed in act
ive interpretation and repre
sentation of Christ's teach
ings but that in no way
undermines their validity. If
'God Soc' are guilty of apa
thy that is a failing of 'God
Soc' and not of the Christian
ideal. As much as anyone I
wish to see a liberation of
the under-privileged people.
The Christian message, if
properly interpreted, asks us
to get off our pampered
back-sides and do something
about it. It would be that
much easier if the motivation
for helping arose from a
genuine belief in the sanctity
of man and his individual
worth. Christianity is not
concerned solely with the
'after-life'; its concern is
here and now as well.
Secondly Mr. Veall's ac
cusation of egoism might
fairly be levelled against the
mystical Eastern religions
but it is a fundamental error
to attack the Judeo-Christian
tradition on this point. In
Eastern mysticism the desire
is for the self to be absorbed
in the Universal Being. As
far as Christian theology is
concerned, once you have
accepted God's existence,
then one's personal acts are
directed by His will, w h a t e v e r
i t m a y b e . The true Chris
tian is theocentric rather
than egocentric, and 'you'
becomes more important
than 'I'; he acts as ha does,
not through any fear of
divine punishment {if you
don't do as I tell you to, I'll
take the goodies away) but
because of his love for God
and his desire to do His will,
and his love for people as
good, God-created rational
beings; and he does this
whatever the consequences
now or hereafter. Mr. Veall
also implies that God is
created by man, not vice-
versa, and that the facts are
analysed in terms of how
they fit the self. He ignores
specific explicit divine reve
lation as described in both
Old and New Testaments,
quite apart from natural rev
elation available to us all
whatever our beliefs.
Finally he makes the age-
old objection to the existence
of an all-powerful being- -the
objection being the existence
of suffering. We are not pup
pets on strings to be made
to dance at the whim of the
Creator, because He did not
make us so. We are rational
creatures with free-will, dis
tinct from one another and
from God, capable of loving
and creating beauty; capable
also of hating and hurting
others. It is theologically and
politically dangerous to sug
gest, as some Evangelical
preachers do, that the solu
tion to the world's problems
is dependent on the conver
sion of the world to Christi
anity. We have got ourselves
into a mess and we are
capable of getting ourselves
out. From a Christian stand
point it is easier to get things
sorted out, but it is not im
possible to solve a natural
problem by natural means.
Revolution is not an end in
itself, it can only be judged
good or bad by the end it is
aimed at, and the means it
uses to get there. The ends
of Christianity contain and
go far beyond the ordeals of
social revolution, and its
means are more efficient in
that it changes people, as
well as systems and struc
tures. Mr. Veall has made
the very common mistake of
equating and judging Christ
and the Christian philosophy
by the actions of the Church
as an institution. Perhaps if
he made a closer study of
these teachings and this phil
osophy he would find that as
far as the social aspect is
concerned, they lead very
much in the same direction
that his 'revolution' is tak
ing him. In addition he has
no guarantee that revolution
will succeed; there is a guar
antee, however, that Christi
anity will succeed.
Yours sincerely,
ALEC MacANDREW
Civics 2
Sir,—In Jock Veall's let
ter of last week's Felix, he
criticised the Church as 'al
ways coming down on the
side of the old reactionary
social structure'. Surely Mr.
Veall was referring to the
organised Church which is
not necessarily synonymous
with Christianity.
Christianity does not mean
wearing a suit and trotting
along to church each Sun
day, big black Bible under
arm. Christianity is a person
al relationship vjith God
through Jesus Christ. Christ's
message was one to build a
new social structure NOT by
changing the social environ
ment but by changing indivi
dual lives through love. No
matter what the social en
vironment is, man is basic
ally greedy thus to change
individual people is the only
solution. This is Christ's rev
olutionary message for every
one that He can and will
change y o u r life.
I agree with Mr. Veall
that the 'great hastions of
religion' have committed
terrible deeds which they
s a i d were done in the name
of God. How could these
have been done truly in
God's name when they dir
ectly contradicted Biblical
teaching? It is very impor
tant not to confuse
"religion" with Christianity.
Yours sincerely,
ANNE MERRY
Sir,—To any person who
does not hold a Union Post,
and is not a member of one
of the left wing societies.,
the recent activities of the
Union can only be described
as amusing.
The lack of interest in
Union affairs is supposed to
be due to Apathy. But I want
to suggest that the real rea
son is that the Union's de
cisions do not represent the
views of its members.
If only just over 10% of
all students at Imperial Col
lege are present at an EGM
when a strike motion is
passed, is it really any won
der that the strike is ineffec
tive? And it must also be
remembered, in the case of
the recent strike, that the
strike motion was only
passed after a lot of man-
oeuvering by the left wing
to get the vote taken at a
time when the meeting was
just quorate. Any realist
must admit that once the
meeting is quorate, then the
more people that are present,
the less likely it is that the
left wing will get their way.
To the average student,
all this manoeuvering is ir
relevant. Whilst obviously
wanting a grant increase, he
is not prepared to boycott
lectures to get it.
In Elec. Eng. 3, for in
stance, there was at least a
90% attendance at the 9.30
a.m. lecture. A handful of
pickets and a mere 50 people
(approximately—count taken
at 10.30 a.m. in the Great
Hall) at the teach-in hardly
suggests that the college is
enthusiastically behind its
Union. When those present
at Union meetings are so un
representative, it is little
wonder that so lew people
thought it worth while to
even vote in the recent elec
tions. T h e b e s t w a y t o d e f e a t
t h e m i l i t a n t m i n o r i t y i s
s i m p l y t o i g n o r e t h e m .
Yours sincerely,
PETER ADAMS,
Elec. Eng. 3
Sir,—You may or may not
know that a recent Royal
College ot Science Union
General Meeting mandated
the college authorities to
provide soft lavatory paper
in RCS for humanitarian
reasons. Now several weeks
later no action has been
taken.
We have therefore decided
to mount a campaign for the
purpose of forcing the col
lege authorities to concede
our claim.
Should no action be forth
coming the sanitary facilities
of RCS will be brought to a
constipated halt. A small
taste of what is to come will
be experienced by the higher
echelon of RCS tomorrow
(Wednesday).
Recently in America it has
been proved by several emi
nent psychologists at Hard-
vard that hard loo paper can
lead to impotence and sui
cidal tendencies amongst
those of tender disposition.
We hope that this letter
has highlighted the fact that
this is a very sore point
amongst students.
Yours TTPGD,
SMITH 8 JONES (Alias)
per pro RCS Loo Action
Committee.
VOTE! . . but in
GLC elections
Lots of people th ink
I C U is powerless and irre
levant and don't vote.
Lo ts of people th ink I C U
are a waste of t ime and
don't vote. B u t no one in
their right minds could
say that the Greater L o n
don C o u n c i l is any of
these things.
The G L C runs L o n d o n
f rom traffic system to de
velopment plans and as
you l ive here for at least
30 weeks of the year you
should make sure you
have a say in how it is
run.
The A p r i l elections give
you this chance as you can
vote in loca l elections here
and at home.
O f course most of us
w i l l be on vacat ion, but
you can st i l l vote by post
and this can easily be
arranged: either contact
me at 176 K e o g h H a l l
(Maths I) or i f you want
to go straight to the
source contact
G i ve your name, ad
dress here and vacation
address and we w i l l see
you get your chance to get
the L o n d o n you want.
Th i s applies equal ly to
a l l foreign students eligible
to vote, i.e. C o m m o n
wealth, Ir ish, etc.; as stu
dents we are more at the
mercy of loca l authority
decisions ort housing,
transport, etc. than most
so i t is to your personal
benefit to vote, and now
a word f rom our sponsor.
The Conservatives i n
the last few years have
obviously fai led to solve
any of the ma in problems
facing the city. F o r in
stance they have presided
over the greatest rent and
rates explosion i n Br i t i sh
history; the fact that their
leader Sir Desmond P l u m -
mer always manages to
have shares i n companies
developing places l ike
Covent Garden , P i ccad i l l y
and Soho is just luck of
course!
The L a b o u r Par ty offer
no real solut ion, just the
usual doctr inaire minor
image, i.e., be a tenant
of the G L C rather than
Sir Desmond: some choice.
The L ibe ra l Party is
offering a real alternative
to this w i th radica l , ob
viously sensible solutions,
i.e., cutt ing outside traffic
into L o n d o n , expanding
publ ic transport, getting
people the freeholds of
their homes, e l iminat ing
fear of evict ion and rising
rents, adjusting the basis
of rates to the companies
who make so much money
out of a L o n d o n locat ion
can pay for the privilege,
etc.
However even if you
think a l l the parties are
round the twist and just
want to spoi l the paper,
vote! Whatever party
you vote for the important
thing is voting.
ELECTIONS
BUREAUCRACY Nomination papers are now up for the posts of
President and Secretary of IC Union for the next
academic year, 1973-74. It will be the second time
that this election has been held; a fortnight ago,
only 540 people voted, a shortfall of 480 on the
quorum.
The papers are on the Council noticeboard in the
Union Lower Lounge; names require a proposer and
twenty seconders, and only full members of IC
Union may stand. Both posts carry a sabbatical
year. The papers come down at 5 p.m. on Friday.
The Hustings will be held at a union meeting on the
first Thursday of term, 3rd May, and polling will be
on the following Monday and Tuesday, 7th and 8th
May.
The first issue of FELIX scheduled for next term
is May 8th; however, in view of the elections, it is
quite likely that a special issue may be printed for
May 1st. FELIX will at least produce a special
broadsheet for that day. This extra issue will, as
usual, have space for candidates' manifestos and
photographs; the conditions of insertion are as de
tailed below:—
Manifestos, which must not exceed 450 words in
length, must be sent to the Editor, c / o the union
office, no later than 1800 hrs on Wednesday, April
25th. These should be accompanied by a passport-
sized photograph, not exceeding 2in square. No
manifesto will be printed unless accompanied by
a photograph of the candidate. Manifestos exceed
ing 450 words in length will have the 451st and
successive words deleted. " W o r d s " have the same
definition as words on telegrams. (See Post Office
Guide, p. 377). No restriction is made on the con
tents of manifestos, other than a requirement that
the language used be in good taste and that the
manifesto cannot be construed as potentially
libellous.
OLIVER D O W S O N ,
Editor.
FEL IX no. 3 3 3 . Tuesday , 20th M a r c h , 1 9 7 3 .
Ed i to r : O l i v e r D o w s o n
A s s t . Ed i t o r and Ed i t o r -E l ec t : A l a s d h a i r C a m p
be l l .
W i t h the inva luab le con t r ibu t i on of: J o h n
A l l e n , M a r t i n C. B l a ck , Bob Carter , Derek E.
C u m m i n g s , Dave Gr ibb l e , G r a h a m K i n g , M a u r
ice M o l o n e y , A l f Perry, M i k e Sou thon , et a l .
The P r e s i d en t ' s P i e ce w a s not wr i t t en by J o h n
Lane. A d d i t i o n a l mater ia l by var ious wr i t e r s
f rom an idea by G o d and J o c k V e a l l .
P r i n t ed by F. Ba i l e y and S o n L td . , Durs l e y ,
GL11 4 B L .
A d v e r t i s i n g c on t rac t ed by Un i v e r s i t y P ress
Representa t i on . The Fe l i x office is on the top
floor of the U n i o n b u i l d i n g , a d d r e s s : Imper ia l
Co l l e g e U n i o n , P r ince Consor t R o a d , London
S W 7 2 B B . Te l ephone 0 1 - 5 8 9 5111 ext 2 2 2 9
( P O ) , 2881 ( inf . ) .
The Ed i to r l i ves at 5 5 G r a h a m Avenue -
London W 1 3 9 T Q , Te l ephone 0 1 - 5 6 7 8 7 2 1 .
P u b l i s h e d by the Edi tor for and on behal f of
the Imper ia l Co l l e g e U n i o n Pub l i c a t i ons B o a r d .
A l l r ights reserved . © 1 9 7 3 .
FEL IX is a founder member of the London
S tuden t Press A s s o c i a t i o n .
P a g * 4 F E L I X M a r c h 20th, 1973
Felix Diary Tuesday 20th
0 7 . 0 0 Ed i tor of F e l i x goes on ho l i day .
1 2 . 3 5 I.C. C a t h o l i c Soc i e t y : M a s s C h e m i s t r y 2 3 1 .
1 2 . 4 5 S T O I C T e l e v i s o n Se r v i c e : Feature f i lm : " E v e r y H o m e S h o u l d Have
O n e " s tarr ing M a r t y F e l d m a n and J u l i e Ege. J C R and Sou th S i d e .
1 3 . 0 0 E X T R A O R D I N A R Y U N I O N G E N E R A L M E E T I N G . G R E A T H A L ^ .
1 3 . 0 0 R C S M a t h e m a t i c a l a n d P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y F i l m show , " T r e a s u r e
T r o v e " , " W e s t Coas t C a r g o " , P h y s i c s Theatre 3 .
1 3 . 3 0 " T h e Insect W a r " (Ho r i z on f i l m f r om B B C TV , 1 9 7 0 , runn ing t ime
5 0 minutes ) P h y s i c s Theatre 3 .
1 7 . 0 0 Educa t i ona l T e c h n o l o g y C o m m i t t e e . Co l l e g e B l o c k 3 2 9 . S e c o n d
Orches t ra Informal C o n c e r t s Conce r t . Conce r t H a l l , R C M .
1 7 . 4 0 I.C. R a i l w a y Soc i e t y A n n u a l Genera l M e e t i n g and F i l m s h o w i n c l u d
ing t ransport c l a s s i c s " G i a n t s of S t e a m " , " T h e E lephant W i l l Never
F o r g e t " (a l l w e l c o m e , a d m i s s i o n free) . M e c h . Eng . 6 6 4 .
1 7 . 4 5 I.C. W i n e t a s t i n g Soc i e t y . Tas t ing of Port by D i e n h a r d and C o m p a n y
( sma l l charge for non •members) . See not i ce boards for l o ca t i on .
1 8 . 0 0 S T O I C T e l e v i s i o n Se r v i c e : Repeat of 1 2 . 3 0 t r a n s m i s s i o n . Sou th
s i d e .
I.C. T r ansc enden ta l M e d i t a t i o n Soc i e t y . Introductory ta lk : E l ec . Eng .
6 0 6 .
H o l l a n d C l u b B r i d g e C l u b , 15 P r i n c e ' s Ga rdens .
H o l l a n d C l u b A r t Soc i e t y , 15 P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s .
1 8 . 3 0 I.C. P h o t s o c : Cheese and w ine party, i n c l u d i n g show of c ompe t i t i on
entr ies and w i n n e r s , presenta t ion of pr izes and short A G M (every
one w e l c o m e , a d m i s s i o n free) . P h y s i c s 6 3 0 .
1 9 . 0 0 I.C. C h r i s t i a n U n i o n Internat ional Easter Recep t i on i n c l u d i n g a f i lm
o n the Easter S tory , re f reshments and enter ta inment (al l w e l c o m e ) .
P h y s i c s leve l 8.
1 9 . 3 0 W i n e H a l l D inne r (B l ack t i e ) , Co l l e g e B l o c k .
2 0 . 0 0 I.C. S y m p h o n y Orches t r a Conce r t . Wagne r , " D i e M e i s t e r s i n g e r " ;
Webe r " C l a r i n e t conce r to N o . 1" ; B r a h m s , " S y m p h o n y N o . 2 in
D " . C o n d u c t o r , A n d r e w S t o w e l l ; So l o i s t , Roger F e l l o w s ( a d m i s s i o n
2 5 p ) . Great H a l l .
I.C. C a t h o l i c Soc i e t y : shared prayer, 5 3 C r o m w e l l R o a d .
Wednesday 21st
10.30
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14
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3 0
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I.C. W i v e s ' C l u b : V i s i t to the Co l l e g e A r c h i v e s and the Depar tment
of H i s t o r y of S c i e n c e and Techno l o gy ( luncheon w i l l be ava i l ab l e
in 1 7 0 Queen ' s Gate , p r i c e 8 0 p ) . M e e t Co l l e g e B l o c k entrance
h a l l .
A d v a n c e d Class in Hebrew . E l ec . Eng . 1 0 0 9 .
Beg inne rs c l a s s in Hebrew . E l e c . Eng . 1 0 0 9 .
H o l l a n d C l u b Pho tog raph i c Soc i e t y . Pr in t c r i t i c i s m . E l e c . E n g . 2 0 9 .
I.C. I s lamic Soc i e t y . M e e t i n g and d i s c u s s i o n . Co l l e g e B l o c k 0 0 2 .
I.C. A r t C l u b . Roya l Co l l e g e of A r t .
S e c o n d C h a m b e r Orches t ra Conce r t . Conce r t H a l l , R C M .
Thursday 22nd
1 3 . 0 0 I.C. C a t h o l i c Soc i e t y B i b l e S tudy G r o u p . F a l m o u t h 1 1 8 .
1 3 . 1 5 I.C. S t a m p C l u b . C i v . Eng . 4 1 2 .
1 3 . 3 0 " T h e C rab N e b u l a " (Ho r i z on f i l m f r om B B C T V , 1 9 7 1 , runn ing
t ime 5 6 m i n u t e s ) . P h y s i c s Theatre 1.
" T h e Z o o " by S u l l i v a n . P e r f o rmed by I.C. Opera t i c Soc i e t y w i th
Orches t r a ( a d m i s s i o n f ree ) . U n i o n Conce r t H a l l .
Lunch -hour Conce r t : Rec i t a l b y A l b e r t Ferber ( Internat ional Conce r t
P i a n i s t ) . P r o g r a m m e to be a n n o u n c e d . L ibrary : 5 3 P r i n c e ' s Gate .
"GB"
The W e s t m i n s t e r Theatre is un ique
— f o r its p r o d u c t i o n s for the M o r a l
R e - A r m a m e n t M o v e m e n t (yes, f o l k s ,
M R A ) are f i rmly i d e o l o g i c a l l y ded i ca t
ed . M y o w n pe rsona l at t i tude
t owards M R A is not un l i k e my a t t i
tude t owards the S u s s e x Coun ty
C r i c k e t C l u b — deep respect and
hearty approva l of its a i m s , w h i l e
l im i ta t i ons of t ime and energy pre
c l u d e the fu l l es t d i s c i p l e s h i p .
Thus the new Revue " G B " cannot ,
indeed mus t not , be j udged on the
n o r m a l , pure l y thea t r i ca l , g r o u n d s — -
for it never pre tends to owe any th ing
but pace to the m o d e r n , p o s t - " B e -
yond The F r i n g e " , sat i re . The sket
ches are, o f ten, ex t reme ly funny, and
the rather s t anda rd po in ts are made
w i th a f r eshness that, in some p l a c e s ,
c ompares w e l l w i t h any th ing that the
F r o s t - C o o k e - R u s h t o n her i tage pro
d u c e d . Bu t even w h e n a ske t ch fa l l s
short of th is (and it w o u l d be very
m i s l e a d i n g of me to pre tend that
many do not) there is a l w a y s some
thing there—the supr eme l y pos i t i ve
at t i tude beh ind the w h o l e enterpr ise .
S o m e of the songs s e e m e d rather as
if they had been rejects f r om " T h e
Deser t S o n g " — b u t the good ones
were very g o o d — ( " C r i c k e t , T rans
port or Na t i ona l Hea l th , / you can a l
ways re ly o n the C o m m o n w e a l t h "
s i ngs an i m m i g r a n t ) , — a n d they alt
make a po int of s o m e k i n d .
So where , a sks the s h o w , s h o u l d
" G B " go? There is no c l ear -cut
answer , and the s h o w never pre tends
that there is . A l l the mode rn v i c e s
get the pas t ing they r i ght ly d e s e r v e —
the greed of the Cap i t a l i s t ("It takes
the w a i t i n g out of w a n t i n g " e xp l a ins
an a r m e d bank- robber ) , the hypoc r i s y
of the " F r e e d o m F i g h t e r " ( " T h o u
has p rovoked me into p r o v o k i n g
t h e e " ) , the C o m m e r c i a l C h r i s t
( " J e s u s C h r i s t , Supe r s t o r e " ) a n d i n
f lat ion ("It 's not that w e want m u c h , /
W e just want m o r e " ) . But anybody
w h o goes expec t ing a cu t - and -d r i ed
answe r to Na t i ona l Des t iny w i l l be
d i s a p p o i n t e d .
I have de l ibe ra te l y a v o i d ed m e n
t i on ing the cas t by name , for I s a w
an ear ly p r e v i ew in w h i c h they had
not yet fu l l y se t t l ed into the ir mater
i a l , and any c o m m e n t I m ight m a k e
w o u l d be obso le te by the t ime th i s
appears in pr int . Bu t two pe r f o rm
ances , even now , deserve men t i on on
any bas i s . M i c h e l O r p h e l i n , the
F r ench m i m e , does h i s " T h e F i sher
m a n " m i m e w i t h a mar v e l l ous G a l l i c
f l a i r , — a s we l l as one or two other
neat c ameos ; and M i k e F i e l d s dances
very w e l l throughout . H i s " B e h i n d
the Bar re l of a G u n " s o n g , — s u n g ,
gun in hand , dar t ing fur t i ve ly be tween
pa tches of s h a d o w , was the mos t
s t r i k ing p iece of the s h o w , and re
ca l l ed the o m i n o u s v i o l ence of " W e s t
S i d e S t o r y " .
S o , wh i ther " G B " ? If I knew , I
w o u l d n ' t be w r i t i n g r ev i ews for
' F e l i x ' , — but for anyone w h o cares ,
this s h o w c o u l d be very impor tant .
ROBERT CARTER.
1 9 . 0 0 i . C . A r t C l u b . Roya l Co l l e g e of A r t .
C h o r a l C l a s s a n d F i r s t Orches t ra Conce r t .
F e a s t " ( a d m i s s i o n free but t i cket r equ i red ) .
W a l t o n , " B e l s h a z z a r ' s
Conce r t H a l l , R C M .
Friday 23rd
1 2 . 4 5 I.C. I s lamic Soc i e t y Congrega t i ona l P r a y e r s — J u m a Co l l e g e B l o c k 0 0 2 .
1 9 . 3 0 " T h e N e w V a s e " — a C h i n e s e f i lm, w i t h speaker on C h i n a ' s res is t
ance to Sov i e t Impe r i a l i sm , O r g a n i s ed by the C P B ( M - L ) (Son ia H o c h -
fel.Jer to you ) . A t 1 5 5 For t ress R o a d (nr. Tu fne l l Park tube ) .
Saturday 24th
I.C. C a t h o l i c Soc i e t y : Ou t ing to Ch i ches t e r .
C O N C E R T S A T I.C. Not hav ing been to a concer t for
three weeks I was beg inn ing to feel
that s ome th ing w a s l a ck ing in my
l i f e , so Sa turday n ight I sat expec
tant ly wa i t i n g for C a n to appear .
Instead I w a s gree ted by the at tempts
of s o m e peace freak in the aud i ence .
I w a s qui te r e l i eved that for most
of the set he res t ra ined h imse l f to
l eap ing about .
C a n ' s m u s i c is very d i f f i cu l t to de
s c r i b e . No t in any derogatory sense ,
I can on ly ca l l it a pu l sa t i ng drone ,
w o r k i n g r ound a very loose bas i c
s t ruc ture . One th ing I c an be sure
about is that i t ' s de f in i t e l y m o o d
m u s i c , and in genera l there w a s a
very intense c o m m u n i c a t i o n be tween
the band and ' ^ a a u d i e n c e .
E a c h of their numbe r s we r e very
long (about half an hour ) , c on ta in ing
severa l h i ghs , a n d , not bear ing a great
dea l of r e s emb lance to their a l b u m
tracks , nor be ing i n t r oduced , I w o u l d
be a brave m a n to try and l is t a l l the
t i t l es , though perhaps " A l l e l u j a h " w a s
r ecogn i sab l e .
O n e th ing that I f ound surp r i s ing
w a s the sheer length of their set.
Ve r y f ew b a n d s n o w a d a y s are pre
pa red to p lay for over two hours , so
C a n deserve fu l l c r ed i t for g i v ing
va lue for money .
G.J.K.
I've been te l l ing m y f r i ends for qui te s ome t ime n o w that H o m e are a
f ine b a n d , and I'm not no rma l l y one to jump on the b a n d w a g o n just because
J o h n Pee l , Bob Har r i s and a l l the m u s i c papers say so as w e l l . Perhaps
if any of them were at the concer t on Sa turday they w o u l d n o w be l i eve me.
One th ing is for sure is that lead s inger M i c k S tubbs d o e s a better job
now than w h e n he w a s a m i l k m a n . He had to pay £20 w h e n he gave up
to put his books s tra ight .
In open ing their pe r f o rmance H o m e have j o ined a s t i l l s m a l l l ist of g roups
w h o do more than beg in by just w a l k i n g on stage. Instead they p l ayed a
passage f r om (I be l ieve ) S t r a v i n s k y ' s " R i t e s of S p r i n g " , s t rode on stage
at the tumu l t of the c r e s c e n d o and leapt s t ra ight into " D r e a m e r " , a f ine t ight
number , w i t h Laur ie W i s e f i e l d ' s gu i ta r p l ay ing s o u n d i n g r emarkab ly l ike that
of Afbert Lee.
The rest of their set w a s rather s i m i l a r , mos t l y fast numbers , o c c a s i o n a l l y
w i t h a short spot in the m i d d l e for W i s e f i e l d to demons t ra t e h i s exper t i se .
The only s m u d g e to the i r name I thought w a s w h e n they a s k e d if anyone
l i k ed rock ' n ' r o l l , and de l v ed into " R o l l Over B e e t h o v e n " . Sure l y they
have enough g ood mater ia l of the ir o w n w i thou t th is need l ess i n c l u s i o n ,
w h i c h is usua l l y left to the amateur g roups .
H o w e v e r they r edeemed themse l ves after th is and f in ished w i t h two
numbers ro l l ed into o n e — " W e s t e r n F r o n t " w i th W i s e f i e l d chang ing o
s i d e gui tar , and S tubbs to p iano , f o l l o w e d by my favour i te track " L a d y of
the B i r d s " , the voca l s w e l l d e ve l oped , as throughout , for their k i n d of
m u s i c .
P r e v i ous l y , Bees M a k e Honey p layed for about twenty m inu tes before
be ing j o ined by F rank i e M i l l e r , and w a r m e d the aud i ence qui te w e l l .
G.J.K.
A BOOK Basic Christianity by John R. W . Stoti.
Published by Inter-Varsity Press.
T h i s is a book w i t h , in one sense ,
no th ing new and in another sense
every th ing new. It t e l l s of facts
k n o w n 1,940 years a g o yet ones
w h i c h are cons i s t en t l y m i s c o n s t r u e d
genera t ion after genera t i on . It is a
book d e s i gned to be a n in t roduc t i on
to a pe rson , that pe r son be ing J e s u s
C h r i s t . Stot t r e cogn i s es on the f i r s t
page the d e f e r e n c e be tween the " e s -
ab l i shmen t c h u r c h " a n d Chr i s t i an i t y .
The chapters are ca tegor i sed under
four m a i n head ings : C h r i s t ' s P e r son ,
M a n ' s N e e d , C h r i s t ' s W o r k , M a n ' s
Response . A n y o n e da r ing to read th i s
book cannot fa i l to rea l ise that the
li fe and death of J e s u s is far more
than the best r e co rded fact in h is tory ,
and that the Resur rec t i on mus t not
be app roached f rom the v i ewpo in t
that it is imposs i b l e , un less you are,
as M r . S h e r l o c k H o l m e s w a s , pre
pared to accep t the imposs i b l e .
T h i s book is very c h a l l e n g i n g , a n d
on ly a very brave or f o o l i s h m a n
w o u l d d i s m i s s it w i t h o u t a thought .
It is a " m u s t " for peop le w h o w i s h
to d i s c u s s C h r i s t i a n T h e o l o g y a n d
J e s u s C h r i s t , but w h o are ignorant
of the facts .
March 20th, 1973 F E L I X
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY COMPETITION
T h e s e are s ome of the w i n i n g pr ints f r om th i s
y ea r ' s Pho tog raph i c Soc i e t y c ompe t i t i on . Over a
h u n d r e d entr ies we r e r e c e i v ed a n d near ly £20 has
been a w a r d e d in pr ize money .
There is a chance to see a l l of the entr ies , i n c l u d
ing s l i d e s , at 6 . 30 p .m . today in P h y s i c s 6 3 0 , w h e n
Pho t soc is h o l d i n g a -w ine and cheese party. A n y
m e m b e r of the Co l l e g e is w e l c o m e to a t tend a n d
entry is free.
COMPETIT ION WINNERS
Slides
(a) Landscape
(b) O p en
1. V a s c o n c e l l o s (C i v . E n g . P G )
2. N . Bur re l l (Met . 3 ) , " T r a e n e " .
M e r i t : N . B u r r e l l .
1. A . B u g l a s s ( C h e m . P G ) .
2. W . P inney , ( M i n . 3) " S a l t
F l a t " .
3 . P. Kee l ing ( C h e m . 1 ) . " F u n g i
on Fa l l en T r e e " .
M e r i t : A . B u g l a s s , N . BurreM, P.
G . C r a w f o r d , V a s c o n e l l o s .
Prints
(a) Por t ra i t 1. Z . S z y d l o ( C h e m . E n g . P G )
" A n i a II".
Me r i t : A . B u g l a s s , W . Ernst .
(b) S tudent l i fe Me r i t : Z . S z y d l o " M e k n e s 1 9 7 1 " .
(c) O p e n 1. Z . S z y d l o ( C h e m . E n g . P G ) ,
" S t e l l a P l a g e " .
2. A . B u g l a s s ( C h e m . P G ) .
M e r i t : A . B u g l a s s , 2. S z y d l o .
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B a r
'Ania II" by Z . Szydlo (Chem Eng PG) 1st portrait
?•; 4 i * & . V : * • '• "
by A . Buglass (Chem PG) Merit Portrait
Page 6 F E L I X M a r c h 20th, 1973
FEEIX HNAKCIAEEY
Summing up by Derek E. Gummings
This week sees the last article in the FELIX FINAN
CIALLY series which has been appearing in FELIX
for almost a year. The purpose of it all, above all
else, was to make an attempt to discuss some of
the practical financial problems that we are all
likely to run into at some time during our lives —
and to discuss them in non-technical, down-to-earth
style. And in this, we have been able to call on
the expertise of our columnist and lecturer in social
studies, Derek E. Cummings (a man of whom it has
often been said . . . but never proved!)
We think one of the best things to be said about
FELIX FINANCIALLY and its impact is to record the
fact that its disappearance from these pages has
been received as good news in certain quarters.
For our approach to the subject has been, to say the
least, at variance with that of some of the more
entrenched interests in the business. Cummings'
commonsense advice has often been provocative
and always to the point.
So, who better to sum up what FELIX FINANCIALLY
has tried to say?
I suppose it is inev i tab ly true that for a large
numbe r of you at Imper ia l Co l l e g e , the end of th i s
ser i es of FEL IX F I N A N C I A L L Y w i l l p rovoke a mas
s i ve roar of ind i f f e rence .
I 'm that m u c h a real is t , you see. I fu l l y under
s t and that not everyone f i nds the sub jec t of f inance
the mos t r i ve t ing t op i c in a w o r l d whe r e there are
s o m a n y other th ings to w o r r y about . A n d I a l s o
unde r s t and that w h e n you ' r e s c r a t ch ing about t ry ing
to s t r e t ch a meagre s tudent grant unt i l the end of
t e rm , s u c h remote th ings as mor tgages and house
pu r chase have l im i t ed a p p l i c a t i o n .
On the other h a n d , I don ' t th ink I have been
w a s t i n g my t ime . Apa r t f r om the fact that I have
been ab l e to he lp a c o n s i d e r a b l e number of s tudents
w i t h d i rec t a d v i c e — a n d that there are those a m o n g
you w h o n o w o w n their o w n proper ty as a resul t
of s u c h a d v i c e — I be l i eve many of the th ings I
have been t r y ing to say are of s u c h b l i n d i n g l y
o b v i o u s truth that they w i l l , in fact , c o m e to m i n d
w h e n y ou yourse l v e s are f a c ed w i t h the p r o b l e m
of o rde r ing your l i ves in the great ou ts ide w o r l d .
W h a t I have been a t t empt ing is to c l ear a w a y
s o m e of the i l l u s i ons and f a l s ehoods w h i c h litter
the path of anyone w h o gets en tang l ed in the
necess i t i e s of mode rn l i v ing . . . I mean s u c h m u n
dane th ings as b u y i n g insurance , get t ing a house ,
p r o v i d i n g for a f am i l y and so for th . A n d , let 's face
it, most of you are go ing to be invo l ved in s u c h
th ings , however remote ly d i s tan t they may s e em
at th is moment .
M o n e y is go ing to be even more important to
you then than it is now. A n d wha t I have been say
ing on these pages for the past year is that y ou
have to be care fu l and th ink before you spend it.
A b o v e a l l , be sure y ou need to s p e n d it be fore y ou
start l ash ing it about .
T a k e insurance , for e xamp l e . It's one of those
sub jec ts w h i c h rea l ly makes my hack l e s r ise . I hate
to see peop le be ing c o n n e d into buy ing insurance
a n d be l i eve me, never have so many peop le been
so heav i l y c o n n e d by so few.
If you haven ' t a l r eady been app roached by an
insurance s a l e s m a n , you most ce r ta in l y w i l l before
l ong . T h e y ' l l urge you to buy the stuff for a m u l t i
tude of reasons — for p ro t ec t i on , as an investment ,
as a sa f eguard aga ins t a ra iny day , as a k i n d of
m a g i c f o rmu la for d o u b l i n g your money .
M o s t of it is just so m u c h toffee. It's a p o u n d to
a p i n c h of manure that you don ' t need it — for
any r eason . No t yet , anyway .
The t ime to buy insurance is the day you need
it a n d not a day before. Y o u ' l l need it w h e n you
start a f am i l y w h o m you want to p rov ide for in the
event of your dea th , or pe rhaps w h e n you buy a
home and want to secure that.
But if one of those p o l i c y - w a v i n g hust lers c o m e s
a l ong and te l ls you how you can invest in insur
ance for a f ew p o u n d s a year and h o w the insur
a n c e c o m p a n y w i l l doub l e your money in twenty
years — forget it. Howeve r good it l ooks , i t 's a
l ousy inves tment . A f t e r a l l , in f la t i on is d o i n g m u c h
better at ha l v ing the va lue of your money faster
than any insurance c o m p a n y c an doub l e it.
There really is only one certain way of making
sure your money increases in value, and that's to
put it in the land. And I don't mean dig a hole and
bury it, I mean invest in property — buy a house.
It is a b ig r e spons ib i l i t y to take o n , I k n o w . Bu t
the va lue of proper ty is a l w a y s go ing u p w a r d a n d
w i l l a l w a y s con t inue to do so s ince l and p r i c es
inev i tab ly f o l l o w the bas i c r esponses of supp l y a n d
d e m a n d . A s M a r k T w a i n s a i d : " B u y land — they
a in ' t m a k i n g a n y m o r e ! "
N o w , if you take those a r guments to heart, I fee l
I 'll have a ch i e v ed s o m e t h i n g . J u s t don ' t let your
se l f b e c h i p p e d and s w i n d l e d into put t ing your
money into s o m e t h i n g that g i ves you a lousy re
turn — even if it is d r e s s ed up in the c l o thes of
one of our b i g ins t i tu t i ons . For w h e n it c o m e s to
money , the a d v i c e the ac t ress gave to the b i shop
s t i l l ho l d s good — name l y , for heaven ' s sake , be
care fu l I
W h i c h b r i n g s me to the other s i d e of the a rgu
ment . H a v i n g the money , it m a k e s sense to part
w i t h it on l y after proper c ons i d e r a t i on . Bu t where
do you get the e lus i ve stuff? Y o u w a n t a bank loan
or a mor tgage? H o w do y ou go about i t?
W e l l , the a n s w e r is to shop a r o u n d for them.
T h e y are there, bu t i t ' s up to you to f i n d them and
get the bes t dea l you c a n .
S o m e of you may remember that d u r i n g a coup l e
of m y so c i a l s tud i es l ec tures , I b rought a l ong a
bank manager and a mortgage c o m p a n y manager .
They had a lot in c o m m o n . Bo th were g ood b l okes ,
both unde r s t ood s o m e t h i n g of the p r o b l e m s s tud
ents and graduates face, both had con t ro l of large
amounts of money — and both were of a n ew type
of money m a n . Bo th are prepared to back the i r
hunches . If they hear a good a rgument as to w h y
they ought to part w i t h their money — even f r om
a s tudent — r they are more often than not w i l l i n g
to put their money where i t 's needed .
There aren ' t too many about l ike t h em . Inst i tu
t i ons , banks , mortgage houses and insurance f i rms
are s t i l l r i d d l e d w i th men w h o p lay it a l l s t r i c t l y by
the ru le -book, w h o won ' t take a chance .
If you have one of them as a bank manager —
the kind of man who writes you a letter when you're
three pence overdrawn—you're in the wrong bank.
Get out, and shop around. Even if you've only a
couple of quid to put into your account, go and sort
yourself out a manager who makes understanding
noises.
Of course , i t 's true that banks are s tar t ing to fa l l
over themse l ves to get s tudent a c coun t s . Y o u can
hard ly see into a bank w i n d o w these days for b i g
posters t e l l i ng you h o w w e l c o m e you are and h o w
cheap it is to bank w i t h th is or that bank. Bu t
banks are run by their managers . Remember , i t 's the
man you ' r e after, not the name on your cheque
book. T h e same is true of mor tgage c o m p a n i e s .
The i r managers have a g ood dea l of au tonomy , too.
It's we l l wo r th l o s ing a l i t t le shoe- leather to f i nd
one w h o is prepared to l i s t en .
A n d , above a l l , r emember that no th ing is impos
s ib l e . The mere thought of buy ing a house and
burden ing yourse l f w i t h severa l tons of b r i cks a n d
mortar a n d the need to go on m a k i n g the repay
ments may w e l l s e em beyond y o u . But i t 's not
necessa r i l y t rue .
A s I s a i d ear l ier , there are a number of s tudents
at imper i a l Co l l e g e now, w h o have done it and w h o
have thereby g i ven themse l ves a head start in
the s c r a m b l e to ach i eve f i nanc i a l s ecur i t y . They
l i s t ened to adv i c e and , I know, they th ink it w e l l
w o r t h w h i l e .
W h i c h br ings us to the other po int . It is near ly
a lways wor th your t ime and effort to seek and f i n d
good adv i c e about your f i nanc i a l p r ob l ems .
Unfor tunate ly , th is aga in invo lves you in ferret-
t ing about for it. A f ter a l l , there are a lot of sharks
in the f i nanc i a l sea and a man in s t r i ped pants
and a bow le r hat can str ip you of your money just
as q u i c k l y as a man in a mask h o l d i n g a sho tgun .
There are band i ts of a l l k inds w a i t i n g for the u n
wary .
The b i g ins t i tu t ions thr ive on them . T h e y make
their money out of p u b l i c i gnorance . A n d oy the
p u b l i c , I mean y ou some t ime in the future : a n d
by i gnorance , I mean not k n o w i n g wha t is bast .
sa fest and cheapest for you a n d your future depend
ents .
I have a d i s t i n c t l oa th ing for peop le and organ isa
t i ons — great or s m a l l — w h o trade on th is lack
of know l edge . T i m e a n d a g a i n , in these c o l u m n s
and. in p u b l i c , I have cas t i ga t ed insurance c o m
pan ies Who se l l the p u b l i c p o l i c i e s they don ' t n e ed ,
bank managers w h o treat the i r cus t omers l ike mor
ons and the others in my o w n pro f ess i on w h o g row
fat by p l ay ing a l ong w i t h the s y s t e m .
I hope that one day s u c c e s s i v e generat ions w i l l
change the s y s t e m , a n d I be l i eve they w i l l .
Bu t w h i l e it pers i s ts and y ou have to operate
w i t h i n its l im i t s , then be sure that y ou make it w o r k
to your advantage .
A n d the on l y w a y y ou can beat any sys t em is to
k n o w h o w it w o r k s and h o w to a v o i d its mos t
dangerous p i t f a l l s .
I hope I've h e l p e d .
The World needs you!
Start this year—volunteer for V.S.O. Why Volunteer?
Deve l op ing count r i e s cons tant l y ask for men a n d
w o m e n t ra ined in a w i d e var iety of p ro f ess i ona l
s k i l l s , to help their o w n nat iona ls .
In a d d i t i o n , vo lun tee r ing p rov ides c o m m u n i c a t i o n
to take p lace between those in th is count ry a n d
their co l l eagues in the host country . T h u s the
vo luntee r ing , w h i l s t m a k i n g a s i gn i f i can t c on t r i bu
t ion to a count ry ' s deve l opment ga ins in pe r sona l
exper i ence of a n ew cu l ture .
Who is needed?
Un i v e r s i t y g raduates ( l ike yourse l ves ) in eng i
neer ing and s c i ence sub jec ts .
What sort of work?
V . S . O . s object ive is to supp l y stortages in m a n
power of deve l op ing count r i es . F e w vo lunteers are
engaged on rel ie f wo rk ; mos t w o r k on pro jects
where their know l edge a n d s k i l l c an be passed on to
others . For th is reason mos t vo lunteers are i n vo l v ed
in s ome fo rm of ins t ruc t i on e i ther in c l a s s r o o m s ,
t e chn i ca l ins t i tu t i ons , or in fo rma l l y .
In a l l cases vo lunteers are invo l v ed in r espons ib l e
wo rk w h i c h needs do ing cannot be s u p p l i e d f r om
loca l r esources , it tests their ab i l i t y a n d character ,
and in return g ives them a v i v i d ins ight into another
country and its p rob l ems .
Where is the work?
In deve l op ing count r i es of the w o r l d , in par t i cu lar
throughout A f r i c a , in the Indian sub cont inent , S .E .
A s i a and the C a r i bbe a n .
V . S . O . ' s p r i m a r y conce rn is to ensure that a
vo lunteer is p o s t e d to a job where h is qua l i f i ca t i ons
and s k i l l s have fu l l s cope , but a l so tr ies to c o m p l y
w i t h any s o u n d l y based pre ference expressed by
the vo lunteer .
Is there supervision of work?
Vo lun t ee r s surv i v e on the i r o w n merits, but a d
v i ce by the B r i t i s h C o u n c i l and the vo lun tee rs ' per
sona l V . S . O . contac t is at their d i sposa l if r equ i red .
For how long?
A n offer of two years is encouraged , a l though
a m i n i m u m of one year is accep tab l e .
When?
M o s t vo lunteers f ly out in A u g u s t / S e p t e m b e r ,
though a number go overseas in Janua ry .
What are the terms of service?
V . S . O . p rov ides equ ipment and househo ld a l l ow
ances — transport to and f r om project — mid - t e rm
grant of £60 for 2 n d year vo lunteers — m e d i c a l
and a c c i d en t insurance — a reset t lement grant of
be tween £ 1 0 0 - £ 1 7 5 a c c o r d i n g to length of ser
v i ce .
Hos t country p rov ides free a c c o m m o d a t i o n —
month l y sa lary at l oca l rate for your qua l i f i ca t i on or
fu l l board p lus £3 per week a l l owance — free
m e d i c a l care .
Is there any training?
Se l e c t ed vo lunteers at tend two courses du r ing
J u l y / A u g u s t , one conce rned w i th country of post
ing , and the other on pro f ess i ona l s k i l l s .
Lastly V .S .O . 's aims
1. To help deve l op ing nat ions so lve their econo
m i c , t e chn i ca l and educa t i ona l p r ob l ems .
2. To b u i l d f r i endsh ips be tween Br i t a in and de
ve l op ing count r i es through w o r k i n g together.
3 . T o prov ide the oppor tun i ty of w i d e n i n g s y m
pathies and unde rs tand ing through se rv i ce overseas .
If you are interested, contact:
V . S . O . , 14 B i s h o p s B r i d g e R o a d , London W 2 6 A A ,
T e l . 0 1 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 1 1 ;
or get in t ouch w i th us :
Pat G o r m a n , M i n . I; J o h n B r a n c h , E .Eng . P G . ;
G r a h a m K e r w i n , P h y s i c s 1; w h o are a l l re turned
vo lunteers at present at I.C.
M a r c h 20th, 1973 F E L I X Page 7
I.C. wins
Football
Cup-Final DOUBLE FOR I.C.
I .C. made i t a hat-tr ick of cup wins on Saturday, 10th
M a r c h , by beating B i rkbeck 2-0 at Mo t spur Park . Th is
was the last match of a long series wh i ch has seen I.C.
unbeaten since mid-November , and taken them to the
league and cup doub le—not bad for a side that lost
its first four games.
A r r i v i n g prompt ly at the ground (well it was a cup-
final) the lsts were met w i th the bad news that the 3 rd
team had lost the upper reserves cup 2-0 to B i rkbeck
2nd. The 3rd had ben un lucky to concede a deflec
ted goal at a time when they were i n complete com
mand and they never real ly recovered f rom this.
The first few minutes of the U . L . Chal lenge cup
final were typical cup footbal l w i th a l l the players run
ning hard and the ba l l osci l lat ing f rom end to end wi th
great frequency. Neither side was at ease on an unusual
l y bumpy Mo t spur pi tch but B i rkbeck seemed to settle
d o w n quicker than I .C. and their midfield were too
often al lowed room to pick the ba l l up on the halfway
l ine and run at the I .C. defence. Several of these runs
had I .C. i n trouble. I find it hard to recal l why none
of these early attacks produced shots on the I .C. goal.
A s I.C. settled down the game became more even and
B i rkbeck were given a taste of things to come when
M a u r i c e Hastings drove a 20 yard shot just over the
bar.
Shortly after this a throw i n on the right, produced
a muddle in the B i rkbeck defence and gave Steve Bates
a chance to put I .C. ahead—a chance wh ich he took
w i th great certainty.
A s so often before I.C. began to improve once they
were ahead. 1'he defence became much more stable
and B i r k b e c k d id not seem to know how to take advan
tage of the large Mo t spur pitch. The I.C. defence has
never been slow and B i rkbecks long through were just
not accurate enough to tell . T h e I.C. midfield was look
ing good, but only going forward. W h e n cal led upon to
help defence they seemed lost i n the middle of the pi tch
A s a consequence of this B i rkbeck managed to get
several long range shots at the I.C. goal. O n l y one
of three was on target and Cerwyn Edwards d id wel l
to push this round the post.
A t half-t ime a neutral observer would probably have
said I.C. were lucky to be leading and he'd have been
right. B i r k b e c k had played the better footbal l (or more
of it) and were only a goal down because the I.C. de
fence had kept them out and because the qual i ty of
Imper ia l players i n front of goal is such that they don't
need to be asked twice to score. It was clear though
that I .C. wou ld have to get the bal l to their forwards
much more often in the second hal f than they had in
the first.
B i rkbeck put a l l they had into the first twenty m in
utes after the interval and the I.C. defence found the
going hard . Th i s t ime however, the midfield put their
minds to helping the defence. The tack l ing of Pete
L o n n e n and especially Steve Bates coupled wi th the as
tute passing of John K e l l y soon threw B i rkbeck back.
B u t I .C. could st i l l not find their forwards w i th any
great accuracy and the 1-0 lead looked very fragile
when B i r k b e c k broke f rom defence.
O n the touch line Steve Wel ls began to warm up
and he wou ld surely have come on had I.C. not scored
a second. A corner was half cleared and fan Be l l
pushed a first-time ba l l through to B y r o n Smith whose
high cross fel l , a little fortunately, into the far corner
of the goal. The goal itself was lucky but the in i t ia l
pass was a fine example of a football bra in at work and
the difference between B i rkbeck ' s keeper and ours was
wel l shown by his poor posit ioning.
W i t h the result no longer in doubt the last few min
utes lacked the atmosphere of the previous eighty.
This was I.C.'s th ird cup w in in a row and shows just
how wrong people can be when they try to predict the
fortunes of a team at the start of the season. The
league trophy w i l l also grace I.C.'s trophy cupboard
this year after absence of four seasons.
C u p Team: G . Edwards , R . K i l , M . M a n n i n g , I. Be l l ,
I. Postlethwaite, J . Ke l l y , P. Lonnen , S. Bates, B .
Smith, M . Hastings, W . M i l n e . Sub. S. Wel ls .
R . J . K .
Election Results The results of elections are announced at a U n i o n
Meet ing A F T E R the election procedure has been ra t i
fied by the meeting.
Under no circumstances w i l l the names of winning
candidates be published before this conf irmation as
this w i l l become the conf irmation (or otherwise) of
office of a part icular person. •
Candidates are entitled to nominate an observer to
be present at the counting of votes. If a candidate is
not present at the count the Re turn ing Officer may
notify h i m of the result.
Important! W o u l d anyone who was in the U n i o n bar on the
evening of Saturday, M a r c h 17th, and who saw an
incident invo lv ing the bar staff, please contact M a r t i n
C . B l a c k i n the U n i o n Office.
©bt tuarp Imper ia l College U n i o n peacefully passed away on
Tuesday, 7th M a r c h , 1973 at 5 p .m. through complete
lack of interest, mourned by many o ld friends. The
wake w i l l be on Wednesday, 21st M a r c h i n the U n i o n
B a r (after the R u g b y C l u b Dinner ) .
The functions of I C U n i o n have been taken over by
the Communis t Party.
BADMINTON W i t h the season almost over and the courts tending
to cut up rather easily, the 3rd team voted to take a
wel l deserved respite f rom the tensions of the league
title race and conceded a cr i t i ca l match by arranging
a fixture w i th K ings but not tel l ing them about it.
Ta lks of a team hol iday in Ma j o r ca originated at
about this t ime but it was estimated that funds wou ld
just about pay for the refreshment before the journey
so this idea was discontinued. Instead, the I l l r d s were
left to face the intense challenge of no match for a
fortnight. Meanwhi l e the IV ths had shot to the top of
their league by winning a l l their matches by default
and the 1st team squad (pronounced: morons) had
been depleted by introducing a M r . George who into
their midst so soon after his strapadictomy operation.
The seconds, too had not been id l e—us ing their time
to consolidate their lead as 2nd i n div is ion one due
to a series of accidents when they won several matches.
W i t h Chr i s A t k i n s o n in such fine f o rm this season not
to mention the others in the 2nd team because they ' l l
take up too much space it's only the splendid work of
Chr i s Forkdodger in the lsts that is keeping them in
1st place above the 2nds (that's wor th a pint isn't it,
Chr is? ) .
Beside's the U L U matches, I C Ists beat Cambr idge
Cockerals each year and this year was no exception,
but apart f rom this the members of the badminton
c lub are quite nice real ly—especial ly R h o d (Ooh, what
a give-away!!).
O n Thursday last, the badminton c lub annihi lated
the boat c lub at darts by P games to q where P is great
er than q but they forgot to buy our dr inks and didn ' t
want a boat race in the U n i o n Bar . A real boat race on
the Thames was discussed though.
The final team placings for the end of the season
seem almost certainly to be :—ls t s captained by Dave
W a r d ; 1st in div is ion 1. 2nds not captained by Chr i s
A t k i n s o n ; 3rd in d iv is ion 1, 3rds not captained; 2nd in
div is ion 2. 4ths captained by M a u r i c e F lanagan ; 2nd
in d iv is ion 3. 1st mixed team, both 1st in divis ions 1
and 2 respectively. 2nd mixed team, both 1st in d i v i
sions 1 and 2 respectively.
F o r the 2nd consecutive year I.C. lsts are through
to the final of the U L U Badmin ton cup and are, in
fact, favourites to win .
A l s o , the Ists have won their league for the fourth
consecutive year losing only one m a t c h — i n 1971. The
mixed team, however, have slumped a larmingly re
cently and crashed to their first defeat i n 2 years when
they lost 7-2 to U L — t h i s however does not affect the
league placings.
K E I T H T H O M P S O N , Me t . I I .
BLUEBEARD ' B luebeard ' (X ) Continentale, Tot tenham Cour t R d .
R i c h a r d Bur t on , R a q u e l We l ch et. a l .
The other day I had the unfortunate experience of
seeing this film at a press showing, i n the company of
our Da i l y Newspaper critics. It is hardly surprising that
so many damning film reviews are churned out nowa
days—the audiences at press shows are so bored. It is
most embarrassing to be creased up wi th laughter at
a funny bit only to look round at Ian Christ ie ( 'Ex
press') and friends look ing on in stony silence.
B u t I d id enjoy this film—a nice M o n d a y morn ing
escapist film.'It is about a G e r m a n count n icknamed
Bluebeard because his beard is that co lour due to a
flying accident in W o r l d W a r One. H i s special ity is
accumulat ing one gorgeous lady after another, then
doing away wi th them in various interesting ways. H e
shoots one, guil lotines another, drowns yet another i n
red wine, etc.—the list is almost endless. Since he is a
hunting man he also has to keep his trophies i n his
fami ly deep-freeze deep i n his Schloss. Eventual ly his
latest wife discovers them, so he puts her in as we l l
(alive), but not before he tells al l about his previous
loves. Hence the film.
The plot isn't up to m u c h — n o r the acting; except
for a few character parts (Raque l We lch as a nun, for
example). But we are supposed not to notice a l l that
c i rcumstant ia l rubbish, bombarded as we are by one
lovely lady after another i n vary ing degrees of undress.
I must admit I was overcome (so was Ian Christ ie ! ) ;
even so, it is meant to be a comedy (not that I can
expect anyone to take it seriously) and there are some
witty b i t s—l ike one over-affectionate wife who insists
on mak ing h i m choose between her breasts " C i n n a m o n "
and " J a s m i n " , half suffocating h i m in the process. B u t
i n the end we discover just why Bluebeard does k i l l a l l
these nice wenches, and I must stress that this reason
is a problem that affects a l l men alive today.
Y o u r s seriously,
S E R G E I .
ALL FINGS FOUL
AND FUNDERFUL A l l Things Br ight and Beaut i fu l ( A A ) . A B C U n i o n
Concert H a l l , Last Tues., Wed. , Thurs .
Just what was the Fe l i x film cri t ic doing at an I.C.
play, you may ask, when about 3,500 people d idn ' t
bother? H e went there because he knew a few people in
it, who were very insistent about selling h im a ticket or
two (perhaps if I had been the Theatre Cr i t i c , I might
have got in free).
We l l , the play was a Northern comedy, ful l of north
ern humour (he said in his best home counties accent)
which was not lost on the very receptive audience, who
presumably were a l l friends of the cast, persuaded to
come along and see M i k e or Denny, and pay 25p for
the pleasure. St i l l , the cast, condit ioned to audiences
of 50 or so, by Thursday were natural ly apprehensive,
unti l they realised how nice the audience was, when
they warmed up. The play is as much about Rory , the
son, (who is never seen—only heard) as about any
one. Centra l in the plot is a stolen lectern i n the fo rm
of a large eagle, which is an allegory 1 suppose of ' A l l
things Bright and Beaut i fu l ' , the things the Hesseltine
fami ly has never had. They l ive in a s lum and are soon
to be rehoused, which supposedly w i l l solve a l l prob
lems, especially for 'Queenie ' (Mrs. Hesseltine), who l ike
the rest is 'Wa i t ing for Godot ' . (That was the on ly
theatre-critic cl iche 1 can remember.) However, every
thing seems to go wrong. They are allocated a flat
miles out of town not a house close by as they expected,
and this, w i th the broken, hal f painted eagle supposedly
represents their dead-ended existence. Ve ry sad. Ve ry ,
very sad.
I.C. acting contrives to amaze me. A s usual some
people are better than others, but none very bad. I l iked
Penny Pike 's stand-offishness, M i k e Stranger's bearded
dogmatic dominant Hesseltine senior, and C a r i n a as
Queenie or was it Queenie as C a r i na?—she was very
realistic, perhaps too realistic. Steve Groves d id a nice
cameo role at the end and seemed to enjoy it. In fact
I think a l l the cast enjoyed themselves—enough said. If
the cast enjoyed it and so d id the audience, who a m I
to criticise the artistic content (which was not lacking)?
M I K E ' S E R G E I ' S O U T H O N .
Page 8 F E L I X M a r c h 20th, 1973
burning
Yes , Saturday was the date of the motorcycle section
" B u r n to Br i gh ton " . The accompanying picture shows
the gang wai t ing to start off i n E x h i b i t i o n R o a d .
Not ice the keen looks of ant ic ipat ion, the alert minds
wait ing for the task ahead, the challenge of the open
road, the :— oops, got carried away again.
Br ighton was exactly where we expected it to be,
wh ich is just as well as we couldn' t have gone any
further without aqualungs. Everyone made it there
and back without incident al though one b ike was only
put together at midnight the day before.
A f ter the success of this ' B u r n ' we are going to
attempt a long-distance " B u r n to the B r o a d s " (no
apologies) on the weekend l l t h - 1 3 t h M a y .
See you then,
B ruce Cross.
h o c k e y U N I V E R S I T Y O F L O N D O N H O C K E Y C U P F I N A L
I C 2 G U Y S H O S P . 0
I C retained the inter-collegiate hockey cup on Wed
nesday at Mo t spur Pa rk wi th goals—one in each ha l f—
f rom M a r k Tatche l l and Steve Tucker . I C had to make
one change f rom the side that beat Barts i n the semi
final when Jaz M i s san was required to play for Spencer
in the L o n d o n League on the same afternoon. However,
his replacement, A l a n B rown , played very we l l consider
ing that he was prevented f rom playing his natural
at tacking game.
P lay ing up the slight slope i n the first half Guys
immediately took contro l of the match and vir tual ly
camped i n the I C half for the first fifteen minutes. In
fact, they had a great chance to score in the first few
minutes after a neat piece of dr ibb l ing on the right but
Sid Boul ton d id well to cut out the final pass.
I C main ly relied on qu ick breakaways dur ing this
period and even managed to find the net after a great
run by John Schof ie ld—who managed to find acres of
space—but it was disal lowed when three players crashed
into the net with the ba l l . A f ter this play became more
even and f rom another breakaway on the left I C opened
the scoring. M a r k Tatche l l received the ba l l on the
wing, cut inside and slammed it into the net after
rounding the goalkeeper.
In the second half Guys continued to do most of the
attacking but fine defensive work, by S imon Tyrre l l and
Steve Tucke r in part icular, usual ly broke up the danger
on the edge of the circle.
IC 's second goal came f rom a short corner midway
through the second half after a deliberate foul stopped
D i ck Whi t t ington i n the twenty-five. Th is was magnifi
cently struck by Steve Tucker and went in v ia a Guy ' s
stick.
Guys pressed strongly unt i l the final whistle but they
failed to capitalise on the few chances that were created.
I n fact dur ing the match they had seven short corners
whereas I C only had the one—but shots were only
made f rom two of them.
The whole I C side played wel l , the only black mark
being against Ik i K u l l a r for losing his temper midway
through the first half.
T eam: S id Bou l t on ; S imon Tyrre l l , Dave Browne;
Dave R i c h m a n , A l a n B rown , Steve Tucker ; D i c k Whi t
t ington, I k i K u l l a r , Jag Gah i r , J o h n Schofield, M a r k
Tatche l l .
motoring W a k i n g up on a Sunday morn ing w i th two hours
sleep and thick fog is not the best way to gain enthu
siasm for a day's excursion to Brentford Marke t . Never
theless, by 10 o 'c lock three courses were la id out,
the fog was l i ft ing, and the coo l morn ing air was
thick w i th the tension of our seventeen arr iv ing com
petitors. S i x of these were C e m i an (so where are you
a l l , you sciving, cr inging, lazy Gui ldsmen) . T o make
these events more successful we need you a l l , and
anyway, it's great fun.
So w i th scrutineering, expertly handled by Charles
Lamont , and w i th far more than the usual cries of
'Its too t ight '??? The tests proceeded, after, of course,
a demonstration run by Boanerges himself.
Tests 1, 2 and 3 happened before lunch, w i th plenty
of action, dramat ic wheelers to the fore, and thank
ful ly few crumpled bol lards. Compla ints of minis los
ing o i l pressure on, after a l l , a test that .was designed
w i th that i n mind , were graciously rejected and the
only reverse spin I saw, was guaranteed to be un in
tentional. Even by lunch, the competi t ion was hot.
The top three places being closely contended by ' O u r '
Tony Ra ine and 'The i r ' D o n A r i s and A l a n Winter .
W i t h three lady entrants, things were getting quite
heated in these quarters too, not to mention the saloons
class.
The afternoon saw the remaining six tests a l l of
which appeared to r u n smoothly, and the boy racer
brigade were having a whale of a time on the further
regions of the market. D i d anyone not drive anyone
else's car?
The results speak for themselves, and to be fair
to everyone, I w i l l not comment on ind iv idua l perform
ances, but congratulations to Tony for tak ing the over
a l l awards and A l a n Winter and Nige l Price (Cemian)
for the class awards not forgetting D a w n H i c k m a n
for being top lady although, to be fair,
she has had infinitely more experience than our two
local lasses, who both showed str ik ing sportswoman-
ship.
So it leaves me to thank a l l the entrants, marshals
and spectators w i th special thanks to M i k e D r u r y
for sharing the organisation and extra special thanks
to M r . Ra ine for donat ing the trophy wh ich spends its
first year in the capable hands of his son Tony.
J o h n B a i r d .
R E S U L T S
Dr i ve r C a r
1st O v e r a l l — T o n y Ra ine—Spi t f i r e
Overa l l Places
Class 1 — M i n i s and Imps
2 1 A l a n Winter M i n i 850
3 2 D o n A r i s M i n i 850
4 3 M a l c o l m R idge M i n i 850
9 4 H u g h Ty ler M i n i 850
14 5 M a r t C l emour Wolseley Hornet 998
16 6 Miss J . Dequin Wolseley Hornet 998
Class 3—Saloons up to 1300
5 1 Nige l Price F ia t 850
7 2 J i m Briggs A n g l i a 997
8 3 John C o x o n A n g l i a 997
10 4 Pete W i l k in s A u s t i n A 4 0 948
12 5 Miss D . H i c k m a n A n g l i a 997
13 6 Pete C r a m b F i a t 750
15 7 Perry Newton F i a t 750
17 8 M i s s C. Penhorwood A u s t i n A 4 0 948
Class 4—Saloons over 1300
6 1 M a r t i n Edwards Wolseley 1.5
11 2 Les W i l k in s Wolseley 1.5
IN M E M O R I A M
We regret to announce the sad demise of the 1C
mixed hockey team's two-year-old unbeaten record. It
passed quiet ly away last Sunday afternoon at Shenley in
the presence of Nor thern Polytechnic. Despite an early
attempt at arti f icial respiration by A l a n Brown, two
late hammer blows finally put the last nai l in the coffin.
The last rites were administered by Reverend G r a h a m
Popple. The wake the same evening was attended—and
enjoyed—by: Chr i s , B o b , Jul ie , B lossom, A l a n , Anne ,
Jenny, W B 2 , V i l l i s , W B 1 , L i n d a .
f o o t b a l l The f ina l of the U L U Upper D iv i s ion Reserve C u p
was held at Mo tspur Park on Saturday, 10th M a r c h ,
k i ck off 11 a.m. I C were represented this year by
the I l l r d team as the IPs had been knocked out i n
an earlier round. The I l l r ds had reached the f inal by
beating I C V ' s i n the semi f ina l (plug for the V ' s ) .
The opposit ion was supplied by B i rkbeck IPs who had
beaten Bedford IPs i n their semi f inal .
A smal l faithful band of supporters who had man
aged to k i c k their mistresses out of bed early enough
to catch the coach leaving at 10 "a.m. turned up to
watch the match.
B o t h teams started nervously, part icular ly i n defence.
I C had the best of the opening exchanges w i th Geof f
G i lber t on the right wing providing the most trouble
for the opposition. The B i rkbeck goalkeeper
part icular ly unsafe dropping ldng shots and centres
tantalisingly near the on rushing I C forwards. A f t e r
about 30 minutes of the first half B i rkbeck went ahead.
A long through bal l down the middle caught the I C
defence in some confusion, the B i rkbeck centre forward
chased the ba l l and his shot hit R o b Y o u n g on his
back and unfortunately the ba l l went straight to a
B i rkbeck forward who made no mistake i n putt ing
the ba l l into the net. Th is goal had a bad effect o n
IC, they seemed to lose concentration and were lucky
to go into half t ime only one goal behind.
They hadn't regained their concentration when a
few seconds after the restart the B i rkbeck forwards
forced a corner on the right. The corner was taken
and the B i rkbeck centre half who had come into
the penalty area unmarked had a fine header, he
headed the ba l l into IC 's six yard box where a
B i rkbeck forward had another free header on to the
bar, the ba l l rebounded to same forward for yet another
free header this t ime into the net.
The I l l r d s might wel l have been expected to fa l l
apart after this further setback but led by their cap
tain Ian Hys l op they fought back. They managed to
w i n more balls in midf ie ld. They produced some fer
ocious tack l ing—one part icular " t a ck l e " by Ian H y s l o p
earned h i m a fierce lecture f rom the referee. I C brought
on their substitute B o b Day for John Gi les i n the
hope of getting more penetration up front. They also
moved up A n d y Jackson to play h i m centre forward,
midf ie ld and centre hal f at the same time.
The I l l r d s fought back superbly, but were unable
to f ind a way through the B i rkbeck defence that had
to resort to a lot of pushing, shirt pu l l ing and some
times knee high tackles to stop them. They were u n
able to score and the f inal score was 2—0 to B i rkbeck
IPs. It was not a br i l l iant game of footbal l w i th both
teams struggling to string more than two passes to
gether. B i rkbeck deserved to w in but I C were a bit
unlucky not to score a goal.
The cup was presented to winning B i rkbeck captain
by Peter Mee, Registrar of the College and President
of I C Foo tba l l C lub .
The smal l band of supporters made their way down
the road to the publ ic bar of the E a r l Beatty, to
prepare themselves for the afternoons game when I C
1st were due to extract revenge on B i rkbeck 1st i n
their final ( IC won 2—0). The losing l l l r d made its
way to the pub to celebrate reaching the f inal .
(P.S. It's rumoured that a certain young lady is
banned from playing cards wi th the footbal l c lub after
a somewhat flukey w in at Stop the Bus when p lay ing
against vastly more experienced players).
The I l l r d t e am :—
M . C l a r k , A . Johns, A . Wi lk inson , I. Hys lop , A .
Jackson, R . Y o u n g , C . H i g h a m , A . Peterson, G . G i l l -
bert, R. Smith, T . Mi l es . Sub.: R. Day.
Ol iver Dowson, Ed i t o r of F E L I X , has now per
manently vacated his room in Weeks H a l l . F r o m
his return f rom vacation on A p r i l 25th, he w i l l
be l i v ing at 55, G r a h a m Avenue, Ea l i ng , L o n d o n
W13 9 T Q (Telephone 01-567 8721). Because this
means it w i l l be more difficult to get in touch
with L o r d Beaverbrook II, new stringently ad
hered to office hours w i l l be instituted, inc lud ing
every lunchtime f rom 12 to 2 except Tuesday and
Saturday; Thursday and F r i d a y evenings f rom
4 to 7; a l l day o n Sundays (well, 10 to 8) and
M o n d a y mornings f r om 9 to 11. A fu l l list w i l l be
publ ished i n the first F E L I X of next term and w i l l
also be stuck on the office door (3rd floor, U n i o n
bui lding) .