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C oc G had t h e honour o f o p e n i n g t h e p r o c e e d i n g s on

Uorphy Day when t h e i r happy band made a memorable

Jo u r n e y t o P u t n e y B r i d g e on t h e l o n g s u f f e r i n g

D i s t r i c t L i n e . The G u i l d s c a r r i a g e l e f t S o u t h Kens-

- i n g t o n f u r n i s h e d w i t h a w e i g h i n g machine f o r t h e

amusement o f i t s o c c u p a n t s . A c q u i r e d from S o u t h

Ken. s t a t i o n , t h i s machine was J e t t i s o n e d a t S a r i s

C o u r t when t h e remarks o f a z e a l o u s p o r t e r c a u s e d

a l i t t l e d i s t u r b a n c e . However, as some oo n p e n s a t -

- i o n f o r t h e l o s s , t h e a f o r e s a i d s e r v a n t o f London

T r a n s p o r t donated h i s cap w h i c h was p a s s e d on t o

t h e l o s t p r o p e r t y department a t P a r s o n s Green. An

a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e t r a i n would s t o p a t P u t n e y was

o b t a i n e d i n t h e u s u a l manner. The P u t n e y B r i d g e

s t a t i o n m a s t e r , n o t q u i t e e n t e r i n g i n t o t h e s p i r i t

o f t h e t h i n g , c o n d u c t e d t h e n e a r e s t p a r t i c i p a n t t o

a s m a l l w a i t i n g room i n an u n g e n t l e m a n l y f a s h i o n

f o r t h e purposes o f an i n t e r v i e w . The O u i l d s m a n ,

one Mr.Brown, d i d n o t f e e l l i k e d i s c u s s i n g Mechan-

i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g from a r a i l w a y a s p e c t , and l e f t

i n h a s t e w i t h the s t a t i o n m a s t e r i n s i d e t h e room

and t 1 - - rtoor l o c k e d on t h e o u t s i d e .

The w.-owd o u t s i d e t h e B o a t h o u s e , i n c i d e n t a l l y

a l m o s t d e v o i d o f R.C.S. men, r e s e m b l e d a g r u m b l i n g

a p p e n d i x i n t h e b e l l y o f the embankment u n t i l t h e

Morphy crews t o o k t o t h e w a t e r and a p p r o p r i a t e

c h e e r i n g from b o t h camps to o k t o t h e a i r . Then t h e

THE HAPPY WATCHERS ON THE TOWPATH

f u n s t a r t e d I A s m a l l body o f I t i n e r a c o n d u c t e d , i n

f u n e r a l p r o c e s s i o n , a f u l l s i z e r e p l i c a o f t h e

G u i l d s s p a n n e r t o t h e w a t e r s edge where, w i t h app-

r o p r i a t e d i s r e s p e c t , t h e o b j e o t was snapped i n

two and t h e p i e c e s thrown t o t h e Thanes. A t t h i s

t h e G u i l d s a r o s e and, outnumbered by more t h a n

t h r e e t o one, t h e M i n e r s formed a t h i n g o l d l i n e

a c r o s s t h e r o a d t o f a c e t h e G u i l d s c h a r g e . The

r e s u l t i n g b a t t l e r a g e d f a s t and f u r i o u s ; some o f

t h e c o n t e s t a n t s t o o k an I n v o l u n t a r y b a t h , and

o u t s t a n d i n g was t h e n o t o r i o u s miner,B-11 H-ds-n,

w i t h h i s f l a m i n g r e d h i r s u t e g r o w t h , who d l s t i n -

- g u i s h e d ( a n d n e a r l y e x t i n g u i s h e d ) h i m s e l f .

Towards t h e c l o s e o f t h e engagement when many

M i n e r s had d e c i d e d t o r e t i r e , a scrummage o f

G u i l d s m e n were l e f t f i g h t i n g each o t h e r l A r m i s t i c e

p r o c e e d i n g s were c o n d u c t e d i n a f r i e n d l y s p i r i t ,

and b o t h s i d e s s a n g compliments t o each o t h e r i n

p l e a s a n t f a s h i o n .

T h a t was t h e f i n a l e t o t h e m a j o r r a g g i n g o f t h a

day. The P r e s i d e n t s warned t h e i r f l o c k s t h a t t h e

c o n s t a b u l a r y d i s a p p r o v e d o f abnormal t r a v e l by

t u b e and t h r e a t e n e d t o t a k e a c t i o n i n t h e e v e n t

o f a rowdy r e t u r n J o u r n e y . The s p e c t a t o r s were

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

b u t t h e g r a d u a l l y w o r s e n i n g weather d i d n o t damp-

-en t h e i r f u r t h e r e n t h u s i a s m .

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P R E S I D E N T OF R.S.M. UNION

R o b e r t H. K i n g d o n was b o r n i n L o n d o n . Un-

f o r t u n a t e l y he a r r i v e d a t a n o i s y p a r t o f t h e day

and d i d i ' t h e a r Bow. B e l l s . T h i s was a d i s a p p o i n t -

ment so he r e t u r n e d t o h i s f a m i l y home i n C o r n -

w a l l . I t was h e r e , i n t h i s , o o u n t y t h a t c r a d l e d

E u r o p e a n . m i n i n g , t h a t he d e v e l o p e d a n i n t e r e s t i n

m i n i n g e n g i n e e r i n g .

Bob, a s h e i s more g e n e r a l l y known, h a s many

o f t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f h i s n a t i v e o o u n t y .

An a g r e e a b l y s t r o n g p e r s o n a l i t y , b u t t r e s s e d by

p r i n c i p l e s . W i t h t h e s e he i s p r o v i n g a competent

C h a i r m a n .

I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o u n c o v e r h i s p a s t . He

a t t e n d e d B r a d f i e l d C o l l e g e where a s i a u s u a l i n

most P u b l i c S c h o o l s he e n d u r e d t h e h a r d s h i p s o f

games, e v e r y a f t e r n o o n . He e v e n t u a l l y f o u n d t h i s

e n j o y a b l e and p l a y e d S o c c e r f o r t h e ( S c h o o l l .

D u r i n g h i s l a s t y e a r h e became d i s t i n g u i s h e d , he

was made a p r e f e c t .

I n t h e s e s t e D s f o l l o w e d N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e .

He was commissioned i n R.E.M.E. and p o s t e d t o

f o r e i g n p a r t s - H o n i t o n , Devon, d u r i n g t h i s e x i l e

he t u r n e d r e c r u i t s i n t o s o l d i e r s i n t h e s p a c e o f

s i x .weeks.

H i s e n t r y i n t o t h e M i n e s was q u i e t . He s t i l l

d i s t i n g u i s h e s h i m s e l f a s b e i n g a M i n e r whose b e s t

t i m e f o r t h e Yard' i s n o t l e s s t h a n 25 s e e s . He

hopes w i t h p r a c t i s e t o i m p r o v e on t h i s . As a

F r e s h m a n he p l a y e d f o o t b a l l f o r t h e R.S.M. b u t

l a t e r f u l f i l l e d a c h i l d h o o d d e s i r e t o p l a y w i t h

w a t e r when he j o i n e d t h e B o a t C l u b . L a s t y e a r

he won our a d m i r a t i o n b y r o w i n g i n t h e Morphy orew

a f t e r o n l y a month's e x p e r i e n c e and l a t e r s t r o k i n g

a n e i g h t w h i c h became known a s t h e " F l y i n g F i f t h "

renowned f o r i t s r a o i n g a b i l i t y and h i g h r a t e o f

s t r i k i n g .

T h i s summer he v e n t u r e d a b r o a d t o mine and

p r o s p e c t x n Canada. He now t a l k s l o q u a c i o u s l y o f

h i s e x p e r i e n c e s and hopes t o r e t u r n .

A man o f v a r i e d t a s t e s i he e n j o y s G r e e k drama

and m u s i c , h a s a s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t i n C o r n i s h

E n g i n e s and a T r a c t i o n E n g i n e and ho p e s t o . f o l l o w

O r p h e u s .

. A. man o f f e w d i s l i k e s , f o r e m o s t among t h e s e

o e i n g male s e c r e t a r i e s , d a y s a f t e r , honeymooners

aa d 3. K i n g d o n .

B O M C L U B D I N N E R

E v e n a s n i g h t f o l l o w s day men f o l l o w Monroe,

s o , on Morphy Day, does t h e B o a t C l u b D i n n e r , f o l l o w

t h e r a c i n g , On November 1 0 t h , t h e r e f o r e , t h e mem-

b e r s and t h e i r g u e s t s g a t h e r e d i n t h e U p p e r D i n i n g

H a l l t o e a t , d r i n k and t a l k o f r o w i n g .

T h i s y e a r i t i s p l e a s a n t t o r e c o r d t h a t t h e

a c t u a l f o o d was c o n c i d e r a b l y b e t t e r t h a n on c e r t a i n

p r e v i o u s o c o a s i o n s w h i c h added g r e a t l y t o t h e e n j o y -

ment o f t h e e v e n i n g .

T h r o u g h o u t t h e p r o c e e d i n g s t h e b e e r f l o w e d

f r e e l y , i f n o t f r e e , b e i n g b r o u g h t up f r o m t h e b a r

by a s t e a d y f e r r y s e r v i c e , w h i c h grew s l i g h t l y l e s s

s t e a d y a s t h e e v e n i n g wore on. Th e r e was, however,

a • s u s p i c i o n t h a t c e r t a i n members o f t h e company

had b e e n c o n s u m i n g b e e r , and even Merrydown,' b e f o r e

t h e d i n n e r i t s e l f s t a r t e d . B u t , i f t h e o c c a s i o n a l

t a b l e mat d i d c u r v e g r a c e f u l l y t h r o u g h t h e a i r s u c h

phenomena have b e e n o b s e r v e d on c o n s i d e r a b l y more

f o r m a l o c c a s i o n s . . .

The s p e e c h e s were good, t h o u g h p e r h a p s n o t a b l e

f o r t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y c o n t a i n e d o n l y t h r e e s t o n e s ,

one o f w h i c h i s r e p e a t a b l e i n ( a l m o s t ) any company,

and i t i s ' p r o b a b l y some t i m e s i n c e t h e B o a t C l u b

were l a s t c o l l e c t i v e l y r e f e r r e d t o a s "my d e a r s " .

A f t e r t h e d i n n e r t h e company r e t i r e d b y t h e

c o n v e n t i o n a l s t a g e s t o t h e b a r , t h e e n t r a n c e h a l l ,

t h e t e n n i s c o u r t s and t h e h o s t e l , where t h e e v e n i n g

drew more o r l e s s p e a c e f u l l y t o a c l o s e .

Guest s p e a k e r s were i n v i t f c f d from '^ueen Mary

C o l l e g e on Tuesday 1 6 t h . Nov. t o oppose t h e

m o t i o n t h a t :

" T h i s house d e n i e s t h a t t h e A c t r e s s s a i d any-

t h i n g t o t h e B i s h o p ".

T h i s debate was c h a r a c t e r i z e d by t h e u s u a l

a p a t h y Trom t h e f l o o r .

M i s s Osborne, who proposed t h e m o t i o n ,

f r u s t r a t e d t h e h o p e f u l from t h e s t a r t by r e f u s i n g

to g i v e any example o f what t h e A c t r e s s i s a c t u a l l y

supposed t o have s a i d t o t h e B i s h o p . She waa c o n -

v i n c e d t h a t t h e whole a f f a i r was due t o Punch i n

i t s heaviour-humoured d a y s . Her c o n t e n t i o n t h a t

a l l a c t r e s s e s a r e n i c e g i r l s a t h e a r t , and t h e r e -

f o r e can s a y n o t h i n g mmch t o anyone, out o f p l a c e ,

was g r e e t e d w i t h doubt from t h e f l o i r .

Mr. McCormick, P r e s i d e n t o f t n e U.L. L i b e r a l

S o c i e t y , opposed t h e m o t i o n . He f i r s t e x p r e s s e d

h i s d e l i g h t a t f i n d i n g t h a t we were n o t W e s t f i e l d ,

as he had been l e d t o b e l i e v e ; and t h e n p r o c e e d e d

w i t h h i s a t t a c k , i t s main o b j e c t b e i n g t o p r o v e

t h a t as women a r e i n t h e ascendancy, and t h e p e o p l e

on t o p may say what t h e y p l e a s e , t h e r e i s e v e r y

l i k e l e h o o d t h a t t h e A c t r e s s e x p r e s s e d h e r s e l f

v i v i d l y t o t h e B i s h o p . The'1001 n i g h t s ' was a

s t r i k i n g example o f t h e d r i f t o f woman's i m a g i n -

a t i o n . H i s p e r s o n a l o p p i n i o n — v e r y w e l l r e -

e i v e d by t h e house — t h a t t h e m o r a l s t a n d a r d s o f

"omen t o d a y a r e e x c e e d i n g l y low; one i s n o t t o

approve o r d i s a p p r o v e ; one i s m e r e l y t o t a k e a d -

v a n t a g e .

Mr. B e r n s t e i n , f o l l o w i n g up Miss Osborne

w t i h q u o t a t i o n s , a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e A c t r e s s ,

"Have I come a l l t h e way f o r t h i s ? " ( H a y s t a c k i n

F l o o d s ) . He a l s o v o i c e d t h e v i e w t h a t Newton's

Laws o f M o t i o n were m e r e l y an i n c o r r e c t t r a n s l a t i o n

o f t h e A c t r e s s ' s remarks.

The o p p o s i t i o n t h e n r o a r e d home on wheels

a b l y g r e a s e d by Mr. M a r t i n F f o u l k e s , our second

g u e s t from Q.M.C. He was c o n v i n c e d t h a t t h e Ac-

t r e s s and t h e B i s h o p were "on t h e r i g h t r o a d " ;

and he was s u r e t h a t t h e house w i t h i t s " t r u e

l i b e r a l s p i r i t " , would a g r e e . "No smoke w i t h -

o u t f i r e , p a r t i c u l a r l y s m utty smoke J "

The one p o i n t on whioh h i s s m a l l s e c t i o n o f t h e

l i b e r a l p a r t y were a g r e e d , was t h a t i n t e r c o u r s e

between A and B was t o be encouraged. He hoped

t o l i v e t o see t h e t r a n s f e r e n c e o f Aunt Agony's

column t o t h e P a r i s h Magazine, w i t h eminent B i s h -

ops d o l i n g o u t a d v i c e based on p e r s o n a l e x p e r i n c e .

There b e i n g n o t much comment from t h e

f l o o r , a v o t e was t a k e n , and th e m o t i o n a l m o s t

u n a n i m o u s l y d e f e a t e d .

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Felix THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE

EDITOR: JOHN SEELEY. C i r c u l a t i o n : 1200

The next i s s u e of FELIX, the. l a s t t h i s term,

w i l l be a s p e c i a l Bumper Christmas Number.

We- want jokes, s t o r i e s , puzzles, and oan some-

one make up a Crossword Puzzle f o r us ?

C o n t r i b u t i o n s should be i n by Deo. 4*h.

For the t h i r d year i n ^succession we o f f e r our

readers a Christmas Limerick Competition. This has

always been a popular event: readers may remember

the entry of two years ago "There was a young lady

' of Bude", when R.B.r.nb..m won with an attempt

which could not oe printed. The o f f i c i a l winner

was W.O.H. of C&G who wrote:

' "There was a young lady of fluda,

VB a l i n e which should not be pursued

For I.C. i n i t s Crudity

At once thinks of nudity A subject by " F e l i x " tabooed'?.

Last year the competition was to complete a

limerick beginning

"An amorous student from France

Who went to the l a s t " F e l i x " Dance........

I t was won by R. Bonnet, who wrote

"An amorous student from trance

Who went to the l a s t " F e l i x " Dance

uucause of the fog

f'ude l o r e to a dog

»h« sh cno'ints f o r the poodles i n France".

��"i " r s t l i n e i s ?

"Tho* .ig lady of Oex "

(Oex i s a stbu-LJL town i n the French Juras, and fo r the purposes of t h i s competition i s to be assumed to rhyme with "Wrecks").

There are no p r i z e s , exoept honour, as a l l the

'jest poets i n the C o l l e g e are expected to enter.

' ENTRIES TO » FELIX COMPETITION No. 2, t h r o '

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i f -Volf D r i l l , with a c c e s s o r i e s .

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Tne boxing club i s now a t h r i v i n g concern

again, and wisnes to know i f there i s any ex-

army P.T.I., or person of s i m i l a r q u a l i f i c a t i o n

i n the- c o l l e g e w i l l i n g .to render h i s s e r v i c e s to

the. ol'ub during Tuesday and/or Thursday lunch-

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Bernard Anthony Cox.

F e l i x regrets to announce the death i n a motor

c y c l i n g accident of B.A.Cox (C & G) on Wednesday

Nov.10th. Tony Cox was educated at Berkhamsted

School. A f t e r two years i n the army as a National

Serviceman he came to Guilds i n 1952. He was a

keen supporter of Guilds Motor.Club. Those who

knew him best w i l l miss a charming companion and

a cheerful f r i e n d .

V I E W P O I N T O V E R S E A S S T U D E N T S

E v e r y y e a r n e a r l y two h u n d r e d o v e r s e a s students

come f r o m a l l p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d t o t a k e up c o u r s e s

of s t u d y i n t h i s c o l l e g e . A l m o s t t w e n t y p e r cent

o f . o u r s t u d e n t s a r e n o t n o r m a l l y r e s i d e n t i n Great

B r i t a i n . Such f i g u r e s may s u r p r i s e many a.id

s h o u l d demand our a t t e n t i o n a s t o what i s b e i n g

• done t o make o u r f r i e n d s f r o m o v e r s e a s welcome.

What c o n c l u s i o n s must t h e y i n e v i t a b l y come t o as

t h e y meet t h e c o l d r e s e r v e o f t h e a v e r a g e E n g l i s h -

man, t n e b u s i n e s s - l i k e and o f t e n u n f r i e n d l y a t t i -

t u d e o f many L o n d o n l a n d l a d i e s c o u p l e d w i t h changes

i n c l i m a t e , c u s t o m , l a n g u a g e , s u r r o u n d i n g s and so

on? What i m p r e s s i o n i s t h e s t u d e n t body a t I.C.

g i v i n g t o them? -vhat a r e t h e y g o i n g t o ' s a y a b o u t

u s on t h e i r r e t u r n home? Sucn q u e s t i o n s a r e imp-

o r t a n t and i t i s about t i m e we shook o f f o u r com-

p l a c e n c y and male r e a l e f f o r t s t o o e f r i e n d and

h e l p them.

A l l t o o o f t e n t h e sum t o t a l of t h e o v e r s e a s - .

s t u d e n t s knowledge o f E n g l a n d and our way o f l i f e

r e v o l v e s a r o u n d a l a b o r a t o r y I n w h i c h t o v.ork and

a s m a l l room i n w h i c h t o r e s t .

Wno i s t o blu«e.for.such i s o l a t i o n ? Ve a r e .

Our a t t i t u d e i s n o t one o f u n k i n d n e s s so much as

d i s i n t e r e s t and t h e U n i o n i s t h e worse f o r i t .

The l a r g e m a j o r i t y of o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s a r e p o s t

g r a d u a t e s and many o f them have t a k e n an a c t i v e

p a r t i n t h e s o c i a l l i f e o f t h e c o l l e g e s f r o m which-

t h e y come. 'He have s e e n the. c a p a b i l i t i e s o f one

o r -Vwo who nave s u c c e e d e d x n oreaicxng .down t n e

b a r r i e r s and have o b t a i n e d h i g h p o s i t i o n ' s o f r e s -

p o n s i b i l i t y i n o u r s t u d e n t l i f e . are there not

more p o t e n t i a l c o l l e g e p r e s i d e n t s and c o u n c i l

o f f i c i a l s anioag o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s ?

L a s t t e r m a committee was s e t up t o t r y and

h e l p t h e o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t t o s e t t l e down q u i c k l y

i n t o t h e E n g l i s h s t u d e n t way o f l i f e . An a t t e m p t

•was made t o p r o v i d e t e m p o r a r y a c c o m o d a t i o n w i t h

some p a t e n t s o f I.C. s t u d e n t s who l i v e i n o r a r o u n d

London. As a r e s u l t s e v e n t e e n .overseas s t u d e n t s

were helped i n t h i s way a l t h o u g h many more had to

be refused beoause of the l a c k o f response. I t '

i s appreciated that not everyone i s i n a p o s i t i o n .

to help i n t h i s very p r a c t i c a l way and thanks are

due to the people who d i d o f f e r .

Another part of the committee's work i s to',

organise t r i p s to Oxford and Cambridge. Recently

two bus loads of students were shown around the

many places o f i n t e r e s t i n Cambridge by members

of. the C h r i s t i a n Union there.

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cannot be o f f e r e d by a committee a o t i n g on behalf

of the students but by each s t u d e n t himself

attempting to b e f r i e n d and h e l p o u r c o l l e a g u e s . -

from abroad; so t h a t t h e i r s t a y h e r e may not ,

only be p r o f i t a b l e from t h e academic viewpoint '••

.but a l s o from t n e much more i m p o r t a n t one of

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The E d i t o r ,

F e l i x .

C i t y and G u i l d s C o l l e g e ,

London, S.W.7.

Dear S i r ,

U r . A. K i t c h e n e r , t h i s page, F r i d a y 1 2 t h

November, d e p l o r e s t h a t he and o t h e r members o f t h e

v a r i o u s a t h l e t i c c l u b s s h o u l d c o n t r i b u t e some e f f o r t

to t h e Guy Fawkes n i g h t c e l e b r a t i o n s a t H a r l i n g t o n .

It waa w i t h g r e a t s o r r o w t h a t I r e a d t h i s l e t t e r .

P e r h a p s he has no r e c o l l e c t i o n o f one c e r t a i n eve-

n i n g a t t h e b e g i n n i n g e f term when he and a c o l l -

eague, a f t e r t h e b a r had r e f u s e d t o s u p p o r t them any

l o n g e r , t o u r e d t h e n o t i c e boards p r o p o s i n g each

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

U n i o n . I t i s v e r y s a d t h a t t h i s f i n e example o f

p u r e a l t r u i s m , t h i s e a r n e s t d e s i r e t o s e r v e h i s

f e l l o w men i n t h e U n i o n , has been so s h o r t - l i v e d .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

D. V. F i n c h .

The E d i t o r ,

F ELIX.

New H o s t e l ,

B e a r S i r ,

T rue t o t h e f i r s t p r i n c i p l e e f J o u r n a l -

l a a - "Don't g e t i t r i g h t , g e t i t w r i t t e n " - y o u

have, i n t h e l a s t i s s u e 1 e f FELIX, g o t s e v e r a l t h i n g s

w r i t t e n .

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R.C.S. firi n g squad"? We were members of the group

below t h e b a l l o o n s f i r i n g upwards - and we sear no

others t h e r e . Than a g a i n , some e f eur colleagues

s h o t dawn one b a l l o o n w i t h t h e i r f i r s t s i g h t i n g

shot ( a meat p r a i s e w o r t h y e f f o r t ) from o a t on t h e

Rugger p i t c h ; i n a d d i t i o n t o c u t t i n g f r e e seme more

balloons l a t e r .

, A l l t h i s i a by t h e way. One t h i n g we d i d

notice, was t h a t i a a l l t h e p r a i s e f o r t h e organ-

isation ef t h e R e r l i n g t o n "Do", no one has mentioned

the hopelessly I n a d e q u a t e , i n e f f i c i e n t and i n u t i l e

bar f a c i l i t i e s . We, S i r , o b j e c t t o Joining a six-

deep crowd between r o u n d s . The b e e r was goed, but

we c o u l d n ' t e n j o y i t when q u i e t , s t e a d y d r i n k i n g t i m e

t i m e s were p u n c t u a t e d w i t h a scrum r e m i n i s c e n t o f

P i c c n d i l l y a t c l o s i n g t i m e . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e b a r -

men w e r e d e f i n a t e l y n o t up t o t h e s t r a i n o f c o n t i n -

uous s e r v i n g , and t h i s was a g g r a v a t e d by the l e n g t h

Of b a r a v a i l a b l e . May we, S i r , p u t i t on r e c o r d

t h a t we t h i n k t h a t a t f u t u r e "Do's" o f a s i m i l a r

nature, g r e a t c a r e and a t t e n t i o n s h o u l d be p a i d by

t h e r e s p o n s i b l e committee t o t h e s e f a c i l i t i e s .

Youra e t c .

U. Oadsen (R.C.S.)

R. W i i d t ( C. & tt.)

C i t y and G u i l d s C a l l a g e .

The E d i t o r ,

FELIX. Dear S i r ,

tfe r e a d i n t h e l a s t number of FELIX a f i t -

t i n g p r o f i l e o f Andy L a v i n e , our b e l o v e d P r e s i d e n t ,

b u t a l a s , a l a c k , when we came t o t h e l a s t l i n e we

f o u n d t h e v i t a l e n d i n g was m i s s i n g !

P r a y , S i r , I beg you t o i n f o r m me whether

yo u i n t e n d t o i s s u e t h e r e m a i n d e r o f the s a g a i n

s e r i a l form, 01 perhaps you i n t e n d t o h o l d a compet;

I t i o n t o f i n d a s u i t a b l e ending? I , and d o u b t l e s s

many hundreds o f o t h e r G u i l d s a e n a r e a w a i t i n g t h i s

Chance o f p r o v i n g t o t h e w o r l d t h a t Andy i s a man,

and a f i t t i n g P r e s i d e n t f o r G u i l d s .

Y o urs f a i t h f u l l y ,

' B o - g e n a r i a n '

Ed:-

We a p o l l o g i s e t o Ur. L e v i n e f o r h a v i n g l o s t t h e

l a s t word o f h i s p r o f i l e . I t was ' a l l ' , making t h e

l a s t s e n t e n c e c o n c l u d e " as he p r e f e r s t o e s -

- c o r t h i s l a d i e s t o the t h e a t r e or cinema, i f he

t a k e s them out a t a l l . "

I . C.Union.

Dear S i r , I s u g g e s t t h a t t h e new Mines mascot be

c a l l e d " C l e m e n t i n e " .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

" F o r t y N i n e r "

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

Sunday m o r n i n g — t h e w e a t h e r i s f o r o n c e f i n e

a n d i s t o h o l d a l l day. U s u a l l y B r i g h t o n Run wea-

t h e r i s r e a l l y wet, and most d r i v e r s a r e d r e s s e d a s

i f f o r a r u n t o t h e N o r t h P o l e ^ T h i s t i m e t h e y a r e

t o be s p a r e d .

H a l f London seems t o be i n t h e P a r k t o s e e u s

o f f . A t 8,51* we s e t o u t , a l o n g a n a r r o w c o r r i d o r ,

j u s t one c a r T s w i d t h , t h r o u g h t h e crowd. Now we

know w h a t i t I s l i k e t o d r i v e i n t h e M i l l e M i g l l a .

B o ' I s n ' t d o i n g 100 m.p.h. p e r h a p s , b u t a t l e a s t

t h o s e o a r s have r e a l b r a k e s , o n a l l f o u r w h e e l s .

There a r e many e n c o u r a g i n g c h e e r s f r o m G u l l d s m a n who

come t o see u s away. And w e a r e t o h e a r many more f r o m G u i l d s t h e w h ole way t o B r i g h t o n .

S e v e n m i n u t e s l a t e a l r e a d y a t W e s t m i n s t e r ; h a r d l y

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

we have had t o t a k e t r a f f i c i s l a n d s a n d p o l i c e m e n on o u r

l e f t . ( T h e c o - d r i v e r

h a s b e e n b e f o r e , and

a s s u r e s me t h i s l a a l -

r i g h t ; b u t i t t a k e s t i m e

t o g e t u s e d t o i t , and

t o d r i v i n g a c r o s s so

many r e d l i g h t s ) .

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r i v e r t h i s becomes the)

f o r m — k e e p t o t h e r i g h t

t a k e a l l i s l a n d s o n OUT l e f t , c r o s s a l l r e d

l i g h t s * . a n y t h i n g t o a v o i d a d e l a y .

Andy L e v i n e b l o w s

o u r h o r n — l i t e r a l l y ,

f o r we h a v e no h a l b —

and h e i s k e p t b u s y *

The p o l i o * a r e m a g n i f -

i c e n t , e n c o u r a g i n g us

t o h u s t l e on i n any way

w e oaa. They have no

mercy when c l e a r i n g a

way f o r u s , up h i l l s

p a r t i c u l a r l y , and t h e

g r a s s v e r g e s a r e l i n e d

w i t h c a r s drawn o f f t h e

r o a d . One f e e l s a l i t -

t l e l i k e t h e L o r d May-

o r ' s P r o c e s s i o n , p a r t

p ageant, p a r t pantomime.

There a r e s p e c t a t o r s a l l t h e w a y . Tha c r e s t on Bo' m y s t i f i e s many " t h a t must be t h e L o r d Mayor" was t h e g e n e r a l o p i n i o n .

So we o h u n t e r o n , s t e a d y . a s a t r a i n ; K e n n i n g t o n

C x o y d o n * R e d h i l l , G r a w l o y i t h i r t y m i l e s , o u t , t w e n t y

i n u t e s b e h i n d o n o u r t w e n t y m i l e s p a r h o u r schedule.

I h * r * - - t h e f i r s t b l o w f a l l s . T r o u b l e w i t h a n . i n l e t

val»e.-*Wo f i s h t h e p i e c e s o u t o f t h s o y l i n d e r w i t h

a magnet, r e p a i r i t and o n o n c e m o r e , B o ' - s o u n d i n g

a s h e a l t h y . a s b e f o r e .

P a s t t h e f a t a l a c c i d e n t o n t h e d u a l c a r r i a g e -

w a y n e a r B o l n e y , w h e r e #e h a v e t o o r o s s t h e g r a s s

v e r g e t o t h e o t h e r t r a c k - t o m o t e r t h r o u g h a t a l l .

N o w B o ' i s s l o w i n g . A k n o c k . O i l s h o r t a g e •

i n o n e c y l i n d e r : c o n t i n u o u s o i l i n g o n ttiat c y l i n d e r

f r o m a n o i l - c a n c u r e s i t .

B u t w e a r e s h o r t o f b r e a t h . o n Pyeoombe., and-OUr

p a s s e n g e r s n a a e t o d i s m o u n t and p u s h . Two p o l i c e m e n

p u t t h e i r s h o u l d e r s t o a - c a r ' s b o n n e t , a n d . p u s h - i t

b a c k o u t o f our-way a g a i n s t t h e . - d r i v e r ' s . w i l l . . We

r e a c h t h e t o p , . a n d r u n down, e a s i l y now, -past -the

B r i g h t o n p y l o n s , - - t o f i n i s h on t h e M a d e i r a D r i v e , .

I h i n k i n g - t h a t - a t - l a s t , we a r e t h e r e . 3 u t n o ! One more

s t o p , a n t h e .promenade and i n s i g h t o f t u e f i n i s h .

B u t we do -at l a s t f i n i s h u n d e r o u r o w n power at 2.00.

A n d a b t o o u r l u n c h , a n d t h e B a r , j u s t b e f o r e i t c l o s e d

L . A . H .

The B d i t o r ,

F e l i x .

P h y s i c s D e p t . , H . C . S .

Dear S i r ,

We were r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t a t a s e r i e s o f

two l e c t u r e s by o u t s i d e s p e a k e r s g i v e n i n the C i t y

and G u i l d J C o l l e g e . We were p r o f o u n d l y shocked

by t h e b e h a v i o u r o f t h e s t u d e n t body b e f o r e , d u r i n g ,

and a f t e r , the l e c t u r e s , ami were a l s o d i s t u r b e d

t h a t amember o f t h e c o l l e g e s t a f f s h o u l d have t o

r e m i n d t h e s t u d e n t s o f t h e way t h e y were e x p e c t e d

t o behave.

We f e e l t h a t t h e gene- s t a n d a r d o f b e -h a v i o u r a t s u c h l e c t u r e s must h piproved.

A.A . Hewton, F.H. Read, P.R. |

A.M. Raeburn, S. B u l l i v a n t . I . I

Read, P.R. M l c h e i l ,

N e a l e .

F E L I X 5

CASSANDRA SPEAKS AGAIN

o i o n Types 3. The I n t e l l e c t u a l . )

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. t a t e s c h o l a r . A r r i v e s I.C. r e a d i n g D * * l y

/ * r k * r . S p i r i t u a l home i n H u x l e y B u i l d i n g .

J a r r e t i n N o t t i n g H i l l G ate.

u .ns j^-idge C l u b , P o l . s o c . and L i t . and Deb.

Soc,. W r i t e s a b s t r u s e p o e t r y f o r Ph**n*x.

P r o d u c e s h i g h b r o w p l a y f o r Dram.Soc.

T r i u m p h

E s t a b l i s h e s r e p u t a t i o n on S . C C . - a r i g h t l i g h t

o f T o u c h s t o n e weekends. • '"ins c o m p e t i t i o n i n

i n t e l l e c t u a l weekly. E d i t o r o f ' P h o e n i x ' .

T e m p t a t i o n

D i s c o v e r s money i n cheap journalism . A c q u i r e s

t a s t e f o r - ' e x p e n s i v e l i v i n g . Moves to f l a t i n

C h e l s e a . Grows b e a r d .

D o w n f a l l

B e g i n s t o w r i i e n o v e l . L o s e s i n t e r e s t i n

a c a d e m i c s t u d i e s . Goes to the dogs. Wins.

R u i n .

P a i l s , d e g r e e . 7 / r i t e s s t o r i e s f o r womens'

m a g a z i n e s . p u r c h a s e s t e l e v i s i o n s e t . R e t i r e s

To S o u t h Of P r a n c e .

P R O G R E S S

A t C.^G. f o r many y e a r s o u r p r i d e ' s been a n c i e n t

Bo'.

, ; i t h t h e h e l p of k i n d p e d e s t r i a n s , she s t i l l c o n -

- t r l v e s t o go,

( 'Tho she ta'ces a most i n o r d i n a t e amount o f t i m e t o mend,)

Down t o Sunny B r i g h t o n f o r a (pardon mel )

weekend.

A t R.L ' 1 t seems t h e y ' v e c a u g h t t h i s r a t r o g g r -

- e s s i v e f e v e r ,

A t y p i c a l c o n c o c t i o n o f w h e e l - c h a i n , v a l v e and

l e v e r ,

L i k e a trophy from a f a i r g r o u n d comes t h i s a n c i e n t

miner's dream,

And t h e whole ( j o l l y ) i s s u e i s d r i v e n by steam.

A t R.C.S. t h e c r y must r i s e "The r e s t must n o t

d i s p a r a g e

Our p e r a m b u l a t i n g p r e s i d e n t - he must have a

r e g a l c a r r i a g e . "

A m o d i f i e d B i m s h u r s t Machine - ( " s m a l l c h a r g e f o r

g e t t i n g on ?)

Or perhaps i n t h i s e n l i g h t e n e d age, t h e y ' d make

a " c y c l e t r o n . "

YOUR HOP DIARY

F r i d a y 2 6 t h Nov. ( t o n i g h t ) E n g i n e e r s ' B a l l A y r t o n

H a l l

S a t . 2 7 t h Nov. I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s

C l u b Dance Q.A.

Wed. 1st Leo. M u s i c S o c i e t y Hop Q.A.

S a t . 4th Deo. F E L I X 3IRlhDAY'DANCE U n i o n

P r i . 10th Deo. M i n e s ' C a r n i v a l U n i o n

T h e r e w i l l n o t be a 'Hop' on S a t . 1 1 t h Dec. a s no

h a l l i s a v a i l a b l e .

JUDO

On S a t u r d a y Nov^ 1 3 t h t h e I.C. J u d o C l u b

e n t e r t a i n e d t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n P o l i c e t o an i n f o r m a l

m a t c h , h e l d i n t h e J u d o room.

The a b s c e n o e t h i s y e a r ' o f t h e s p o r t i v e Guy

Fawkes custom o f r u b b i n g two p o l i c e m e n t o g e t h e r

t o p r o d u c e a s p a r k was t h u s p a r t l y compensated f o r ,

a s i n J u d o i t i s p e r f e c t l y l e g a l t o h u r l ones

opponent t o t h e g r o u n d w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e f o r c e ; tto

t w i s t a l i m b u n t i l he s u b m i t s ; o r t o l i e on him

s o a s t o r e n d e r h i m h e l p l e s s f o r a p e r i o d o f a t

l e a s t 30 s e c o n d s .

So i t came t o p a s s t h a t s e v e r a l members o f I.C.

and s e v e r a l o f our t i m e h o n o u r e d o p p o n e n t s met t o

h u r l each o t h e r a r o u n d , amid c r i e s o f K i a i ,

U t c h i m a t a , . t s u r i k o m i - a s h i , and v a r i o u s o t h e r

t e r m s o f endearment.

I n s p i t e o f t h e h i g n e r g r a d i n g o f many o f the

p o l i c e team t h e match was drawn, one p o l i c e m a n

r e t i r i n g h u r t . ' A l l r e t i r e d l a t e r t o t h e b a r

where m u t u a l sympathy and c o n s o l a t i o n was e x p r e s s e d

o v e r t h e l a c k o f t h e n o r m a l Nov. 5 t h a c t i v i t i e s .

CONING E V E N T S .

FRIDAY NOVEMBER " 2 6 t h

1.10p.m. i n B o t a n y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e . I.C. S.C . M .

t a l k by M i s s J o a n W i c k e r on "Raoe R e l a t i o n s " .

NOT J . H o l l a n d as a r r a n g e d . S a n d w i c h e s on s a l e .

MONDAY NOVEMBER 2 9 t h

5.15p.m. i n A s t r o - p h y s i c s L e c t u r e T h e a t r e

R.C.S I.C. C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y t a l k on The L i f e

o f S t . Thomas by Rev. H o l l a n d , Ph.D., D.C.S.

f r o m t h e M i s s i o n a r y Q S o c i e t y . A l s o R o s a r y

i n Bromniton O r a t o r y a t 1.30p.m.

A l l v e r y welcome.

1.15p.m. i n Committee Room.A, I.C. R o v e r Crew

M e e t i n g .

5.15p.m. I n Committee Room A, I.C. C a t h o l i o

S o c i e t y S t u d y G r o u p s .

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2 8 t h

8.40a.m. M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b meet - S t o n e

Farmr-7.00p.m. i n New Lounge, I.C. F i l m S o c i e t y

p r e s e n t s B i r t h o f a N a t i o n ; P a r t I . The g r e a t

f i l m o f t h e A m e r i c a n C i v i l War.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 2 9 t h

5.15p.m. i n A s t r o - p h y s i c s L e c t u r e T h e a t r e ,

R.C.S. I.C. C a t h o l i c S o o i e t y t a l k on The L i f e

o f S t . Thomas by Rev. H o l l a n d , Ph.D., D.S.C., from

t h e M i s s i o n a r y s o c i e t y . A l s o R o s a r y i n Brompton

O r a t o r y a t 1.30p.m.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 s t

R.C.S. M a t h e m a t i c a l & P h y s i c a l S o o i e t y i n v i t e

t o Kodak L t d .

F R I D A Y DECEM3ER 3 r d

6.00p.m. a t S t . E t h e l d r e d a ' s , E l y P l a o e .

C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y F i r s t F r i d a y D i a l o g u e Mass.

MONDAY DECEMBER 6th

5.0p.m. "The A l c i i e m i s t s " D r. Sherwood T a y l o r

( D i r e c t o r , S c i e n c e Museum)

5.10p.m. I . C . S . C . M . t a l k and d i s c u s s i o n on

The C h u r c h e s i n A m e r i c a , l e d by Rev. N.B. J a m i e s o n .

5.20 p.m. i n c r y p t o f H o l y T r i n i t y C h u r c h ,

Brompton, I.e. R o v e r Crew E v e n i n g M e e t i n g .

I.C. D r a m a t i c S o o i e t y . Three n i g h t s at Q.E.C-

The W h i t e Sheep o f t h e F a m i l y , by L. du Garde

P e a c h , I a n Hay.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 7 t h

5.30p.m. i n C.&G. Room 161. I.C. R a i l w a y

S o c i e t y ' t a l K on Some F a c t o r s i n t h e R u n n i n g of

H i g h Speed T r a i n S e r v i c e by Mr. O.S. Wook

SUNDAY DECEMBER l ^ t h

7.00p.m. i n New Lounge. M . G . M . ' s g r e a t

m u s i c a l i n T e c h n i o o l o u r "An A m e r i c a n i n P a r i s . "

A l s o ^ T h e H e a r t i s H i g h l a n d " - t r a v e l f i l m .

i m p e r i a l c o l l e g e

m u s i c a l s o c i e k j

Q j n a, a. h .

on w e d . Uh d e c . — ^ Q b a r , b a n d , c o f f e e . 1

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GUILDS WIN MORPHY AND LOWRY CUPS

GUILDS MORPHY CRB1 LEAVING THE BOATHOUSE

The a n n u a l b o a t r a c e s f o r t h e Morphy and

Lowry cups were h e l d on t h e a f t e r n o o n o f Wednes-

day} 1 0 t h November 1954. The we a t h e r was c o l d

and somewhat wet w i t h a s t i f f s o u t h - e a s t w i n d

m a k i n g t h e h a l f ebb s t r e a m v e r y r o u g h i n d e e d b e t -

ween H a r r o d s and t h e Fulham P o o t b a l l Ground.

Tne Morpny Oup was r a c e d on smooth w a t e r w i t h

a s t r o n g f o l l b w i n g wi n d f r o m t h e B a n d s t a n d t o

Hammersmith B r i d g e . R.S.M. drew t h e S u r r e y s t a t i o n

R.C.S. t h e c e n t r e s t a t i o n and C & G t h e Middlesex

s t a t i o n . Prom t h e s t a r t t h e r a o e became a t e x t -

book example o f one cox i m p o s i n g h i s w i l l byj v i r t u e

o f h i s e x p e r i e n c e and r e p u t a t i o n on t h e o t h e r two

co x e s and g a i n i n g f o r h i s orew an i n e s t i m a b l e :

a d v a n t a g e by k e e p i n g b o t h t h e o t h e r crews i n t h e

s l a o k w a t e r . P a u l H a r d i n g went a v e r y l o n g way

to w a r d s w i n n i n g t h e r a o e f o r G u i l d s on h i s own.

A l l t h r e e c rews g o t away w e l l , G u i l d s s t r i k i n g

34 s t r o k e s i n t h e f i r s t m i n u t e t o 32 by R.C.S. and

30 b y M i n e s . H a r d i n g , d e t e r m i n e d n o t t o be l e f t

w ide on t h e o u t s i d e o f tne bends a t C h i s w i o k S t e p s

and f r o m t h e bottom o f t h e I s l a n d to Hammersmith

b r i d g e a t once oame o v e r to S u r r e y . G u i l d s took

an e a r l y l e a d and w i t h h i s bows i n f r o n t t h e i r cox

c h a l l e n g e d .t.c.S. f o r t n e c e n t r e s t a t i o n . R.C.S.

and M i n e s b o t h gave way towards t he S u r r e y s h o r e

and H a r d i n g was g i v e n a c l e a r r u n t h r o u g h t o t a k e

up a p o s i t i o n ahead o f ' t h e o t h e r two crews and t o

the s u r r e y s i d e o f t h e r i v e r . The R.C.S. oox

c h a l l e n g e d t oo l a t e , h a v i n g l e t G u i l d s go a l e n g t h

auead b e f o r e a t t e m p t i n g to f o r o e them baok to t h e i r

p r o p e r s t u i o . i .

AS a r e s u l t R.C.S.'weatie r o w i n g f o r l o n g s t r e t c h e s i n the G u i l d s wash and M i n e s were so n e a r s n o r e t a u t hey had l o s t

t he S u r r e y e s t r e a m a l t o g e t h e r .

however, not, w t h s t a n d i n g t h i s , the r o w i n g of a l l

t h r e e crew* as o f a h i g h s t a n d a r d and the R.C.S.

and M i n e s rowed a v e r y f i n e h a r d f o u g h t r a o e s i d e

by s i d e n e a r l y a l l t h e way w i t h M i n e s j u s t g e t t i n g

home by a c a n v a s . G u i l d s won by n e a r l y two l e n g t h s

A i t h M i n e s second a ca n v a s ahead o f i i . C . S .

3y t h e .ime .he orews had changed b o a t s w i t n

the L owry c r e w s , b o t h w i n d and t i d e had dr o p p e d

and the Lowry Cup was rowed o v e r h e u s u a l c o u r s e

f r o m t h e M i l e P o s t t o U n i v e r s i t y S t o n e , P u t n e y .

A g a i n t h e cox e s made the r a c e e x t r e m e l y e x c i t i n g :o

w a t c h f r o m he U m p i r e ' s l a u n c h . G u i l d s were a g a i n

on the M i d d l e s e x s t a t i o n w i t h R.C.S. cen .re and

R.S.M. S u r r e y .

The oox of the G u i l d s had a d i f f i c u l t j o b ;

Bow s i d e were b e i n g " c a r t e d " and the b o a t t e n d e d to

go a g a i n s t .he r u d d e r t o w a r d s the S u r r e y s h o r e ,

w h i l s t a t the same t i m e t h e s t r e a m was r u n n i n g f a s t

o f f the mud f l a t s above t h e P o o t b a l l Ground and

a l s o h e l p i n g t o f o r o e G u i l d s t o w a r d s the o t h e r two

cr e w s . A3 a r e s u l t , s o o n a f t e r t h e s t a r t , t h e

G u i l d s orew, i n s p i i t e o f t h e i r c o x ' s e f f o r t s , b e g a n

to go o v e r to the o t h e r two b o a t s . The R.C.S.

c o x s t u c k t o h i s w a t e r and a c l a s h seemed i n e v i t -

a b l e , b u t somehow t h e G u i l d s r u d d e r managed t o

p a s s a c r o s s t h e bows o f the R.C.S. b o a t w i t h l e s s

t h a n a f o o t to s p a r e .

A l l t h r e e c r e w s rowed w e l l and t h e r e s u l t was

G u i l d s f i r s t by f o u r l e n g t h s , w i t h R.C.S. sec o n d

two l e n g t h s ahead o f M i n e s .

SOCCER The l a s t t h r e e games p l a y e d - b y t he 1 s t XI

show t h a t t h e f o r m o f t h e team i s somewhat v a r i a b l e

I.C. 1 - WADHAM (OXFORD)-1

ST.MARY'S 1

READING 2

I.C.

I.C.

A g a i n s t Wadham t h e I.C. team h a d more than

e i g h t y p e r c e n t , o f t h e game b u t t h e s h o o t i n g o f

t h e f o r w a r d s was e n t i r e l y i n e f f e c t u a l and Wadham

es c a p e d what s h o u l d have been a heavy d e f e a t .

I h t h e match a g a i n s t S t . M a r y ' s the I.C. X I

p l a y e d a s i m i l a r r o l l t o Wadnam i n the p r e v i o u s

m a t c h . S t . M a r y ' s a f i t t e r and f a s t e r team

s h o u l d have won q u i t e c o m f o r t a b l y b u t l u c k was

on t h e • s i d e o f I. C . and t h e w i n n i n g g o a l was

s c o r e d a g a i n s t t h e r u n o f the p l a y .

R e a d i n g U n i v e r s i t y who u s u a l l y f i e l d a f a r

s t r o n g e r s i d e t h a n I.C. n a r r o w l y d e f e a t e d us by

2 g o a l s t o 1 a f t e r a f a s t open game. R e a d i n g

won b e c a u s e t h e i r f o r w a r d s a c c e p t e d t he open-

i n g s .created, by t h e i r h a l f b a c k s . I.C. had

p l e n t y o f c h a n c e s , 'but a l l o w e d t h e f r u i t s o f

t h e i r l a b o u r t o be l o s t t o t h e w i n d s .

T h e ' o l d adage " I t s g o a l s t h a t c o u n t , " s h o u l d

be hung up i n the. d r e s s i n g room a t H a r l i n g t o n

b e f o r e the n e x t cup matoh w i t h W e s t m i n s t e r .

CROSS COUNTRY CUUB.

I . O i V. KING'S V. LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD.

I n t h i s t r i a n g u l a r n a t c h h e l d over traa I.C . 5 i

• i l e a c o u r s e i n Richmond P a r k , K i n g ' s were wi n n e r s

w i t h 90 p o i n t s t o I.C'a 37 and L i n c o l n ' s 60. T h i s i a a c o n s i d e r a b l y b e t t e r r e s u l t t h a n t h e l a s t f l x -

- t u r e w i t h K i n g ' s p r o d u c e d , even though I.C. were

t h e n w i t h o u t Evans.

C o n d i t i o n s were a l m o s t p e r f e c t f o r r u n n i n g ,

a l t h o u g h the c o u r s e was r a t h e r wet (and most members

o f the I.C. team r e c o r d e d t h e i r f a s t e s t t i m e s . T.

B a i l e y o f I.C. p a r t e d company w i t h the r e s t o f t h e

f i e l d a f t e r t h e f i r s t m i l e and won w i t h a tim e o f

27min 45secs,, e q u a l l i n g t h e c o u r s e r e c o r d a l r e a d y

h e l d j o i n t l y by h i m s e l f and D.J.P a i n . K i n g ' s t h e n

packed i n t h e i r t h r e e U n i v e r s i t y runners who were

f o l l o w e d by t h e f i r s t L i n c o l n man. M e l l e r r a n a

v e r y good r a c e t o t a k e 6 t h p l a o e , w i t h Dearden

and O l d f i e l d b a c k i n g up w e l l i n 8 t h and 9 t h p l a c e s .

SQUASH.

I n t h e f i r s t r o u n d o f t h e U.L. Cup c o m p e t i t i o n

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e n a r r o w l y d e f e a t e d t h e Wye C o l l e g e

by 2 matches t o 1. H a r t and B r a i t r i w a i t e were I.C.'

o p e n i n g p l a y e r s and b o t h l o s t t h e i r f i r s t games.

P l a y i n g b e f o r e a group o f e x c i t e d s p e c t a t o r s t h e y

f o u g h t bacK and b o t n l e v e l l e d t h e i r games t o 2-2.

B r a i t h w a i t e t h e n went on t o w i n h i s match, a l t h o u g h

H a r t l o s t h i s , l e a v i n g t h e game s t i l l i n t h e

b a l a n c e .

Mao Bean s e c u r e d t h e matoh f o r I.C. by winning h i s game 3-0.

I . C . W S C —

4 4 * The-women's hockey team haa now J u s t i f -

- l e d i t s e x i s t e n c e by b e a t i n g R o y a l Holloway 2nd XI by 6 g o a l s t o 1, two o f theae b e i n g hard c i r c l e

s h o t s by Mies Wendy P i p e , a welcome a d d i t i o n t o tha

team. ICWSC have been h e a v i l y d e f e a t e d by bo t h U.C. l e t X I and Q.B.C.

P u b l i s h e d by t h e FELIX B o a r d , I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n , L o n d o n S.w. 7

P r i n t e d by S ' i l Vous P l a i t L t l . 2, E x h i b i t i o n Rd. S.W. 7