UNI ON N E W SNo. 222 17th Year LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION Friday, 9th November, 1962 Price 3d.

Three-man delegation returns impressed by up-to-date European education

HOME RULE FOR STUDENTS!‘Halls Could Be Student-Run’

By A UNION NEWS R EPO R TER

CTUDENTS should have a greater degree of responsibility for their own affairs

than they do at present. The Union should have more say in matters concerning students than it does now.

This is one of the chief conclusions of a report to the University Housing and Estates Committee, published this week. Its authors are Mr. William­son, the Bursar, Dr. Belton, Staff Treasurer of the Union, and the Besident Architect, Mr. Wilson.

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

A fter the Grebenik Report on student living conditions la st February, the University

The delegation took particu­lar note of the system of stu ­dent houses on the Continent.

Catering arrangem ents in student houses were corn-

sent the three on a tour of pletely different. Small kit-fifteen Continental and Scan- chens dinavian university institu- shared tions, w ith the object of study

and dining-rooms between groups of bedrooms replaced

“ looking a t the newer devel- large dining halls w ith huge opments in student housing staffs. The kitchen became and problems of student the social centre of the group, am enities and ca te ring /’ w ith special reference to problems a t Leeds. Segregation

One big impression they got Usually, there was no segre-was th a t in general students ga tion of sexas. There was nowere more independent and m0ral problem since co-educa-had more responsibility than tion was very common andin England. They played im- the proportion of m arriedportan t roles in planning and running their residences and in some places in organising academic time-tables.

students was high.Sharing a kitchen destroyed

any rom antic illusions, it wasB ut they are older than the ^ . a n d led to g rea ter under-

average English student, and “ „ .. , , ,have usually done national Money to build the studentservice. “ They appear to be houses was often partlymore responsible and realistic raised in various ways by the. ■ — •« « « rttlin AUTO

‘ plans seemed

In contrast to Freiburg is our own Devonshire Hall. Here, a quasi-medieval atmosphere still reigns. Here, more than anywhere else, th eGrebenik Report's observation that “ in some cases, hall residence may even retard a student's

development ” is applicable.

Row Flares Over U.C. CandidatesBy GREG CHAMBERLAIN

^NGRY protests were made by proposers and candidates in next week’s Union Committee

elections when they learned on Wednesday nightthat three of the seven candidates had been dis­qualified.

Originally seven candidates subm itted nomination papers: Alan Hunt, Mike Gonzalez, Val Bradford, and Tim Olsen for the one first-year seat, and Rod Hibberd, G. D. Addi­son and Irene T ro tter for the open seat.

Now Gonzalez, Olsen and Addison have been elimin­ated.

R eturning Officer Pete Hall said th a t on first scrutiny, all the first-year candidates would have been disqualified since two people had illegally but innocently signed two form s each.

As in previous years, he merely obtained two more signatures to replace them.

Then, on a second scrutiny, he found th a t some of the signatories were not Union members. This ruled Gon­zalez, Olsen, and Addison out.

P ro f. O rd e rs ‘N o Hitching’

\ BIG row is brewing a t Newcastle as the result of

a circular to Freshers from the German and Scandinavian Studies professor.

rules ” to be fol-

in outlook, possibly because students, m any finance themselves Everywhere while a t university by work to exceed anything a t presentand loans.” contemplated in England.”

The impressive exterior of a student house at Freiburg. The inside is just as progressive. Enlightened ideas are being put into practice, and it all adds up to a more mature,

more balanced student.

The report recommends the adoption of a large number of the aspects of the Con­tinental system.

I t asks, “ Can we afford traditional halls w ith their own independent am enities and catering? ” when staff and wages are a continually increasing burden.

Says the report, “ There is no reason as fa r as we can see why student houses such as those in Scandin­avia should not be success­ful here."In the way of catering, it

suggests possibly a university “ fish and chip restauran t,” a Chinese restaurant, and “ others even more exotic ” in view of the greater num ber of overseas students.

Trends towards mixed resi­dence should be “ welcomed and encouraged.” The mixed bouses seen seemed more suc­cessful than segregated houses with mixed common- rooms.

AdvantagesAbout organization, the

report says, “ there may be advantages in greater adm in­istrative separation of the academic and non-academic sides of the University’s activities,”

Commenting on the report, Mr. Wilson, the Resident Architect, said: “ I th ink it is going to have a g reat influ­ence on thinking because it may put the problem into better perspective.”

E stim ated necessary expen­diture per student place was about £1,250. “ B ut th a t’s excluding furn itu re — just plain building costs. We should spend about 50 per cent, more on the building programme than we do a t present,” he said.

Typical ‘ lowed are:

“ I know th a t books and foreign study are essential, th a t tobacco and motor vehicles are not.

“ I . . . shall m ake a pofut of being well scrubbed, hav­ing my hair and hands clean and neat, and being tidily dressed.

“ If I get into financial diffi­culties . . . I will not borrow money from my landlady, from other students (but) apply to my tutor.

“ I . . . do not hitch-hike— in B ritain or abroad.1

The professor said th a t whoever allowed the publica­tion of the docum ent is “ a swine and a coward,” and m aintains th a t his demands are entirely justified.

Societies’ Fund Goes UpBut Many Estimates Missing

By A STA FF REPO RTER

^TUDENT societies have never had it so good, according to General Cultural Secretary Ian

Channell and Student Treasurer Nigel Rodley. Figures given to Union News this week show a marked increase over tlie T reasurer Rodley urges, last few years in the “ Please subm it your esti- societies grants made “ ates fo rth w lth -a n d remem-

® ber, we will pay anythingannually by the Union, within reason.

DisgracefulElim inated candidate Olsen

told Union News: “ I th ink it is disgraceful th a t the two other candidates’ nominations should be valid although they are technically out of order. I certainly don’t intend to let the m atte r rest here. The electorate a ren ’t really get­ting a fa ir selection of candi­dates.”

His proposer, Doug Sandle, said, I am extremely an­noyed. There seems to be no reason why the R eturning Officer could not have used his discretion and allowed those concerned to correct w hat was an unfortunate oversigh t”

Ian Morrison, who proposed Gonzalez, said he was “ pro­foundly disappointed.” B ut he added th a t there were too m any people around the Union “ cadging on facilities provided for paid-up mem­bers.”

Pete Hall said he could m ake “ no comment ” on the situation.(See Stop P ress—Back Page)

From a total of £592 given in 1956-7, the gran ts rise

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1957-81958-91959-601960-11961-2

I t is hoped to make fu rther increases this year. Societies will now be able to claim a maximum of 5s. per head instead of only 3s. 6d. as pre­viously.

Society membership has increased from 7,000 last year to a total of 8,500 this year, and a g reat extension of cul­tu ral and social activities has necessitated the appointm ent of Ian Channell as General Cultural Secretary.

But despite the increased grants, a t least a dozen societies have not put in esti­m ates a t all. Since these were due on October 31st, they run the risk of finding no cash left for them.

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Union Gets a Taste of Honey

By STAFF R EPO R TER S

7JVWO reporters from “ Honey ” magazine

visited the Union on Monday in an attempt to discover the attitudes of students to the film “ The Wild and the Willing.”

Jan e Reed, one of their fashion editors, and Antony Morris, a free-lance photo­grapher, arrived a t Leeds a ir­port a t eleven and were ques­tioning students around the Union a t lunchtime.

I t was generally felt th a t the film, although one-sided, “ was an authentic view of life a t a red-brick un iversity /’

S im ilar investigations are being carried on a t London and the new U niversity of Sussex.

Three women students were used as models by the team, to give a fashion angle to the completed article. They were dressed in clothes specially brought up from London, and asked to pose in various places around the University.

These included the grave­yard by the Houldsworth School, and the loom-room of the Textile Building.

“ The students a t Leeds,” said Miss Reed, “ seem per- pectly norm al and ra the r earnest to me.”

APATHY FACES C.N.D.IN UNION

But Bold Plans for the FutureBy A N N A M ILLER

\ PATHY — this is the unusual problem now facing C.N.D. Society. In recent weeks two

canvasses have been organised in Armley, but only twelve members turned up on the first occasion and fourteen on the second.

Said com mittee member N orm an Ellis, “ Response has been very disappointing, since Leeds University C.N.D. has the g rea test potential in the country.”

Accounting for this lack of support, Mike Templeman said th a t enthusiasm in C.N.D. had not been built up yet. “ Members like marching, but not th is foot-slogging business.”

Rank-and-file m em ber Pete Kennedy’s view was, “ I t ’s p retty disgusting really, but it is in fac t the general feeling of Union politics. Members need stirring up. They m ust realise th a t there is a world outside the Union doors, and it is this world th a t we are try ing to save. There was too much theorising over the whole bloody Cuban issue.”

Meanwhile, C.N.D. Society have ambitious plans for the future. In order to m ake organisation more efficient, constitutional changes are to be made. In place of the pre­sent com mittee of nine, a president, treasurer, and one or two secretaries are to be elected.

They also have several ideas for moving outside the Union. In Armley, a fa ir num ber of people showed in terest in sta rting a group, and several factory groups are also visualised — possibly to be form ed w ithin the next week.

A Yorkshire nationalist party is said to have been form ed in the University. L ittle is yet known of its policies bu t it is rum oured th a t home rule for Yorkshire as a prelim inary to complete independence w ithin the Com­monwealth is its imm ediate object.

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By U.N. R E P O R T E R“ TJEAVE your holy

huddles.” This was the advice given to S.C.M. by Dr. Ambrose Reeves last Sunday. He was speaking at one of the Movement’s weekly coffee parties, this one being held in Tetley Hall.

Stressing the need for real Christian involvement in a “ confused and divided world,” he drew on his own experi­ence in South Africa to show w hat th is m eant. Those who rem em ber his ta lk in the Union two years ago will be aw are of his conflict w ith the N ationalist Governmentwhich resulted in deportation.

Com paring Dr. Verwoerd w ith King Canute, “ try ing to reverse the tide of de-segrega- tion,” he explained the com­plexity of the racial conflict in South Africa a t the present time.

FriendshipHe spoke, too, of his work

and friendship w ith such men as Alan P aton and F ather Huddleston and the difficul­ties they had all encountered in the ir fight aga inst a p a rt­heid.

Asked about the recent Sabotage Act, Dr. Reeves said th a t it had made the situation more grave and th a t people could be easily intim idated by

Describing Chief Luthuli as “ a tru ly g rea t m an,” he said th a t although no prospect of revolution existed w ithin the country, there was danger th a t the em erging nations to the N orth would “ m arch on ” South Africa and th a t wide­spread bloodshed would be added to the “ g rea t suffer­in g ” which was already in­evitable.

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English Department Goes Modern

By A STAFF R EPO R T E R

A LANGUAGE laboratory in which each student will learn independently of his fellows is being

set up in the old English i-----departmental library. Studies: “ All American uni-

Commented Mr. S. P. v e r i t ie s have them and m any Corder, lecturer in English ° ’ to°- B u t, he said, in and D irector of Television B ritain we-were only ju s t be-

coming aw are of the idea, and Leeds would probably be the first university to have one.

The equipm ent would, he thought, be installed w ithin a month. I t comprised ten sound-proof booths fitted w ith tape-recorders and earphones connected to the sw itchboard where the teacher sat. He would be able to speak to the students and they would be able to speak individually to him.

M ary Hughes, second year English student, said she thought it was “ the best pos­sible idea.” B ut Helene Fleming, also second-year English, thought it would “ take out the personal ele­ment.” “ In small groups,” she said, “ the personality of the lecturer is im portant. This is not a lecture system a t all. We m ight as well go and buy some linguaphone records.

ROYAL HONOURSrp H E Union was honoured

by a Royal Visit last week-end when D unm ail II of Cumbria was again in resi­dence for a short time.

He spent most of his time carousing with the more pro­m inent members of his court, and was last seen in the early hours of Monday morning m aking his way back to his kingdom singing “ O Cumber­land the Golden.”

Amongst those who bene­fited in his Honours List this visit were Miss M argaret Bonney (now M archioness of Crummock) and Mr. Tilak G unaw ardhana (now M ahara­jah of B utterm ere); both for personal services to . the monarch.

D ISASTER shattered the happy lives of London

University students living a t the Gordon S treet rooming houses last week, when the kitchen drainage system broke down.

K itchens on all floors were affected by the w orst ca ta­strophe of the year. Resi­dents were compelled to go w ithout coffee or food to avoid contam inating the overflowing sinks.

The emergency lasted un til late in the night, and it was not till m orning th a t help arrived. Students were hard h it by the crisis, and one said: “ All my coffee grounds came back up the sink.”

An expert blamed the inadequate sewage connec­tions under Gordon Street, together w ith overloading due to residents using the sinks instead of the dust­bins.

C O N T R O V E R S Y has ^ broken out a t Keele, where 44 Cygnet,” the Univer­sity paper, has published a leading article in defiance of the Vice-Chancellor.

The la tte r gave a personal, unofficial ta lk to the Union last Monday, and specifically requested th a t it should not be reported in “ Cygnet.” R eporters did not w ant to be told how students should behave w ithout the oppor­tunity to answ er back, and feel strongly th a t the Vice- Chancellor took unfair ad ­vantage of them.

Consequently they have published a rebellious edit­orial, entitled “ An Apology

To Our Readers,” which strongly condemns the Vice- Chancellor’s attitude.

rp H E Chancellor of the new University of New­

castle is to be the Duke of N orthum berland. He has a g rea t northern ancestry, and is also a leading figure in modern N orthum berland.

The huge list of his public duties indicates a busy, active personality; he is an im portant figure in the fields of industrial and social work and is a member of three com mittees in connection w ith agriculture.

He lives in the Percy ancestral home, Alnwick Castle, w ith his wife, two sons, and th ree daughters.

A T Sheffield, R ag W eek began badly. I t is the

custom for the “ Tw ikker ” procession to m arch to the Town Hall to sell the first copy of the R ag Magazine to the Lord Mayor.

A fter the welcome by the Lord Mayor, the students have then begun to sell “ Tw ikker ” to the general public.

Unfortunately, this year there was no welcome from the Lord Mayor. He spoke to the crowd in tones which were ab rup t to the point of rudeness, and left them w ith the feeling th a t the students could not expect his support.

This is the first tim e a Lord Mayor a t Sheffield has cast such a gloomy au ra over R ag W eek festivities.

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“ I’ve had enough of politics for this week.”

— Dick Atkinson on Monday.

“ We’ll stop as soon as we find some mixed toilets.”

— Geography Lecturer on field course.

“ Gosh—you’re my first real live atheist.”

— Fresher Theologian to third year Sociologist.

“ I think I will be able to last through this lecture.”

— Chemistry Lecturer.

“ Some will always want to satisfy their fundamental desire.”

— Organic Chemistry Lecturer.

“ Do I need to talk to you any more about curves? ”

— Economics lecturer .

“ Democracy is sometimes a bloody nuisance.”

— M em ber of Law D epartm ent.

The Yearly Foolery that is Rag

Queue-JumpingBecomes an Art

JT’OOD seems to be a big problem these days. Have you ever tried

to get a meal at tea-times in Refec. without queueing for hours? Well, there is a group of people who, real­ising the impossibility of the situa­tion, have formed an organisation known as Queue-Jumping Inc.

These gentlemen, and lasses, have formed themselves into a syndicate so that, whenever one of their members is near the front of the queue, this entitles all other members of the organisation to go and join them.

Who says so? They do.If this th ing catches, w hat happens

when all Union members become ipso factomembers of the syndicate?

So important to Union Committee members.

“ CAN the blind lead the blind? shall

they not both fall into the ditch? ” St. Luke: 6.

Rag is a beautiful institu ­tion, and so are R ag Chair­men. A fter all, why shouldn’t we, as a privileged elite, m ake fools of ourselves every year? As responsible individuals in a dem ocratic Union, it is w ithout question th a t we have a righ t in one week to w reck everything the active culture vultures work for in the rest of the year.

To suggest th a t other young men would be im­prisoned and flogged for doing w hat students do is to m isunderstand the true role of ju st privilege. They are not a t V arsity and m ust not be allowed to forget it. They should have tried harder a t the 11-plus if they wished to enjoy our status.

Prison will always be the place for Teds and weirdies who fool about w ith the police and disturb good middle-class citizens, ju s t as it is the place for M argaret Bonney a fte r attem pting to dem onstrate against w ar in London. Indeed some go so fa r as to suggest th a t the E ditor of the Yorkshire P ost should not have allowed the kicking and dragging of B ridget K irk the o ther Tues­day.

Gain RespectSuch people forget w hat

invaluable help the E ditor gives to Rag. He is a good man, and such dangerous women deserve to be kicked and gaoled. If only they would help R ag by dressing up in funny clothes, by sticking posters all over the place, by getting up to such wonderful p ranks as throw ­ing people into Roundhay Lake, they would gain our respect.

Look a t the wonderful people who support Rag; regard the ir coherent argu­m ents for giving it their invaluable support. W hen asked why they helped w ith Rag, the following replies were noted:

An E ngineer: “ I cannot th ink.”

R ag Chairm an: “ W hat else could I do? Besides, the contacts it gave me . . .”

C.V. in V.: “ W onderful. I t keeps them busy afte r exams.”

Blue Hugh: “ R ag is the personification of our g rea t sta te and public education system .”

Yet some would sneer a t the money we generously give to charity. Poor souls! Look a t the m any we help, the w retched people we keep alive. I t is crim inal to sug­gest th a t such people should

have S tate rights and th a t we should cam paign for better Governm ental social services. I t is evil to suggest th a t the S tate should make such people as University Chancellors forfeit some of their thousands for sucn wicked schemes. A fter all, those who worked hard m aking a profit from the slave trade deserved to have descendants who can now

could have thought up a new wonder act of charity to be helped by R ag Farce and High Spirit.

We suggest the support of a Thalidomide baby for the first year of its happy life. How much more construc­tive than m aking the drug firm pay every penny of its profits to the paren ts of these w retched children —

Should he be congratulated for bravery or arrested for obstruction?

live in ease from such honest incomes.

Still more cry a belief in God and charity is an opium of the people. B ut how rightly they are kept docile. We m ust not tell them God has been em ancipated and can throw off her disguise. God is the heroine of the people. God spelled back­w ards reads “ dog.” R ag chairm an is a dog w ith two tails and they are not lies.

T raditional as I am, I can only raise the cry “ Back to Rodders.” I am sure he

such ideas spring from the crim inals and fellow travel­lers, the Misses Bonney and K irk of this world.

I t has been w ritten, “ And when all men shall speak though I bestow all my goods to the poor, and though I give my body to be burned and have not Charity, it profiteth me nothing.

“ B ut woe unto you th a t are rich! for ye have re­ceived your consolation. Woe unto ye th a t are full, for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you

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well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.

“ Blessed are the peace­m akers, for they shall be called the children of doG.

“ Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteous­ness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

In the nam e of R ag and our country we m ust de­m and th a t such doctrines of in ternational communism be banned from Christendom and our free charitable world.

We thus dem and a coun­try fit for the decent middle- class student to live in.

NICK SICKLEY.

By all the laws of m athe­m atics n to the n-th num ­bers cannot all be in the same place a t the same time and we are going to have a continuous process of queue jumping. Those a t the fron t will soon find themselves a t the back again and the whole process will begin again. Bow to your partners, all ready for the Refec. reel, go to the front, go to the back, do-zy-do and so on, ad infinitum.

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you, Union Com- -m ittee members have it

much worse. In the whole steam ing three hours of the ir m eeting they m ust not take refreshm ents a t the actual “ square table.” They m ust d rink their coffee out­side and, furtherm ore, they m ust gain permission to leave the room . . . ? W hen natu re calls and there is a refreshing cup of coffee

waiting, Mr. P resident is usually engaged in a heated argum ent about w hat is constitutional and w hat is not. (This is all they ever do ta lk about). Union Commit­tee members feel it is too much of an effort to catch his eye.

They have now perfected the fine a r t of creeping out unnoticed and then creeping back, sm acking their m oist lips. You will see every few weeks a hunched figure sneaking from the Commit­tee room. He then makes his shifty way to the M.J., glancing behind him as he goes. Who is th is m ysterious person? An assassin? A secret agent to report pro­ceedings back to Moscow? Sory, it is none of these. I t is Mr. Kidd going for a coffee.

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UNION NEWS

Weekly Newspaper of Leeds Students

Editor: BRIAN GLOVERAssistant Editor: RICHARD WAGNER

News Editors ... GREG CH AM BERLA IN , DAVE M O T LO WFeatures Editor ......................... M AUREEN CORLETTPictures Editor .................................. GILES CLARKEBusiness Manager .................... STEPHEN CRO W TH ERSales Manager ..................................... SID SEROUSSISubscriptions Secretary ........... EILEEN W A D SW O R T H

Other Contributors: Heather Bizzell, Caroline Maas, Hazel Melling, John Vale, Jackie Serre, Trudi Lucas, Bill Morris, Christine Fielden, Jenifer Wilson, Janice Waters, Mike Murphy, Helen Vernon.

NOT HERE, PLEASEAT Newcastle a professor has attempted to

regulate the behaviour and attitudes of students by means of ten “ commandments” ranging from defining the dress of students to banning their hitch-hiking.

At Leeds a report was published today comparing student accommodation in Leeds with that in Scan­dinavia. The outstanding point from this is that in these countries the students are given more individual respon­sibility than here, running their own halls of residence and often partly owning them.

The report sees no reason why this system should not be introduced in England. Yet at Newcastle it appears that the students are not even responsible enough to decide upon their own hair styles!

Fortunately no such thing could happen here, where most of the staff from the Vice-Chancellor downwards actively encourage and help students to attain a responsible and well balanced outlook.

That is with the exception of the Chemistry De­partment, where the method of attendance registers (commented on in Union News of 12th October) is more suitable for an infants’ school.

Newcastle shows just how far this “ paternal ” attitude can go. Let us hope we will all be sufficiently far-sighted to learn from Newcastle’s misfortunes and not take advantage of that degree of freedom we arc allowed, lest it be lost for good.

fJ^HE Engineers have a scarf and what happens? Itseems that all at once the rest of the University

becomes conservative in character.The Engineers are criticised for asking for a scarf,

Union Committee is criticised for approving one for them, and every other Society is criticised for thinking about having their own as well.

But to what purpose? Do we want to be seen as a uniformed mass all wearing the same “ official” colours?

In the constitution of the Union there is the follow­ing paragraph: “ The objects of the Union shall be to represent individual members of the Union in matters affecting the common interest.”

The wishes of the largest society must be regarded as common interest. Therefore forget about the inane criticisms and give a word of praise to Union Committee for doing what they are meant to do.

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MAURICE CHEVALIER

LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON

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Letters to the Editor

Engineers’ Scarf is Criticised§ IR . — I hope your

readers have noted the decision of the Engineering Society, taken in spite of the dis­approval of the Union Committee, to adopt their own scarf.

I hope th a t all non­engineers will join w ith me in condemning th is action. Useful as it m ay be for fem ale students to have a few y ards’ ex tra s ta r t when pursued by fru s tra ted engineers, it is bu t the tirst step tow ards the creation of the chaos th a t exists in Unions elsewhere.

There are ninety-six recognised societies in the Union. N inety-six different scarves seems a te rrify ing prospect.

The reason given, “ th a t engineers’ societies else­w here have them, therefore we m ust have them ,” is not only an extrem ely feeble reason bu t an exam ple of keeping up w ith the Joneses in its basest form .

I can only hope th a t the H ouldsw orth Society will decide ag a in st following suit and th a t the black edge of the engineers’ scarf is indicative of its own quick death.

Yours, etc.,JO H N P. FERGUSON.

Leeds U niversity Union.

Impossible to Charmm R . —W hat nex t? Do the ^ engineers really th ink th a t they are som ething worth spo tting a t th ir ty paces? W hat a hope! Could a scarf, ten inches longer and half an inch wider, w ith the added a ttrac tio n of a black border, add charm to any engineer?

A re we poor women now expected to choose a m an

(? ) by the colour of his scarf ? Surely th is paves the w ay for every society, facu lty and H all of Resi­dence (perhaps even the annexes too!), to have d if­feren t scarves. L et us hope th a t the re s t of the Union have m ore sense th an the engineers on th is m atte r.

Yours, etc.,FOUR OXTONIANS.

Leeds U niversity Union.For reply please see

Editorial.

FinallyHumiliated

^<IR.—I t has come to my ^ notice th a t a m ost serious and harm ful report w as published in your U ni­versity new spaper last week.

The report I refer to is of the photograph on the back page entitled “ The F inal H um iliation.” The caption beneath the photograph sta tes th a t the Leeds U ni­versity Hockey Team had beaten Y ork Civil Service Hockey Team by the score of 8—0.

The photograph is obvi­ously one of the S car­borough Hockey side.

My com m ittee are de­m anding th a t an unqualified apology be prin ted in your new spaper as the resu lt of our m atch w ith the Leeds U niversity Hockey Team w as a 2—0 defeat for us.

My com m ittee also s ta te th a t if I do not obtain an apology, they will play m yself in goal on our next m eeting, therefore enabling you to score 8 and so p u t­ting your records righ t.

I f you would kindly fo r­w ard your new spaper w ith the prin ted apology in due course, I would be much obliged.

Yours, etc.,C. M. COX,

Hon. Sec .Law Courts,York.

Union N ew s apologises for such a terrible deed but would like the H on . Sec . to play in goal a t the nex t m eeting so th a t we can obtain some genuine hum il­iating p ic tures .

U.N. Rivals Daily Worker

IR. — A re the readers of ^ the Union News to be inflicted now w ith Com­m unist bias in its editorials and political reports ? U nder the shield on the editorial page is w ritten the words, “ W eekly N ew spaper of Leeds U niversity S tu ­dents.” I suggest the words “ of a m inority of ” be inserted in th a t line.

A U S T IC K 'S

The b la tan tly an ti­dem ocratic a ttitude and insidious p lan ting in both the editorial and the politi­cal article of last w eek’s issue (Friday, November 2nd, 1962) do not represent m y opinion.

They do not represent the agg regate opinion of the thousands of Leeds U niver­sity students, who, despite differences of thought over the Cuban affair, are u tte rly dedicated to the ideals of w estern dem ocracy as p rac­tised in B rita in or in the U nited S tates.

P r e s i d e n t Kennedy’s blockade m ay have been called in question, as was the p lan ting of K hrush­chev’s missiles.

But, we are not fooled, Mr. Editorial W riter, by your condem nation of Ken­nedy’s “ system ” — which can only m ean the A m eri­can dem ocratic free society —along w ith his individual action. B ritish sanction of A m erican dem ocracy is a fac t of life, w hether you like it or not.

W hen you condemn it, you do NOT speak for, or

lead, U niversity student opinion.

We are not fooled by th is ridicule of the A m erican system, placed th ree short parag rap h s above your closing, which asks d ram a­tically, “ L et the world body a id ” Khrushchev, who had acted “ adm irably,” etc.

Your a ttitude is obvious. Your tactic tends to be treacherous.

The political correspon­dent w alks carefully but not very cleverly between “ p a r ­t i s a n ” attitudes, which he affects to avoid. B ut there is no m istak ing the fac t th a t the dom inant note in the article is the condem nation of A m erican “ ty ranny ” over Cuba, and the support of Cuban socialism, an adm ittedly M arxist venture.

I resen t th is kind of journalism in a paper which is designed to represen t m ajo rity opinion. This edit­orial and political policy no more speaks for us, the students of Leeds U niver­sity, than does the Daily W orker.

Yours, etc.,DON S. CASANAVE.

Leeds U niversity Union.

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A career is what it’s

worthIf you divide the population into two groups— those who take The Times and those who don’t —you find this: those who don’t take The Times are in the great majority. Those who do are either at the top in their careers, or are confi­dently headed there.

The Times both by its seniority in experience and by its incomparable prowess as a modern newspaper, naturally commends itself to suc­cessful people. There is no high level confer­ence, no board meeting, no top executive’s private office into which The Times is not apt to be taken.

This choice of a newspaper by people who get on is indisputable.* In which of the two groups do you place yourself?

ReadTHE TIMES

* STUDENTS AND THE TIMES: As a student you can have the times for 2}d. Write for details to the Circulation Manager, the times, London, E.C.4.

U N IO N N EW S— Friday, 9th November, 1962 5

PACKED S.G.M. VOTESAGAINST CHINALeftist Amendment Thrown Out

American Don Speaks Out On Segregation

By DAVE STANTON

“ ACE relations in the United States are un­

likely to be solved even in your lifetimes." This is the conjecture of Professor I. B. M erritt (from Columbia University), who is visiting Leeds this year.

Speaking to a poorly attended m eeting of the Law Society on Monday, he said trem en­dous in terest had been shown about the problem in Britain.

Deep-rooted prejudice was epitomized by the white southern American who said “ I ’m not in favour of integration or segregation— I ’m ju s t in favour of slavery.” Moderate educated sections of the South had an intense ta sk to overcome this mentality.

Completion of the battle for Federal rights was near. Soon all the schools there would be tak ing coloured students.

Immediately, much depended on the academic abilities of the new coloured students. U nfortunately these were not always sufficient, in his experience, for the places gained.

Hair Stylesr ilH E R E has been some mis-

understanding about the concession offered by S teiner’s Continental Hair-styles, which was sponsored by European Society.

I t is open only on Mondays, Tuesdays and W ednesdays, and is a perm anent conces­sion, not ju st until the end of term . They offer 33£ per cent, off shampoo and set, and 25 per cent, off all other services.

S teiner’s will be giving a dem onstration in the Union on December 3rd, and volun­teer models are needed for this.

By A UNION NEW S R E PO R T E R

IT was standing-room only in the Riley-Smith Hall for the

S.G.M. on Tuesday to discuss the Sino-Indian border dispute.

_Dick Atkinson proposed the motion, which condemned the aggression of China on India’s borders, called on China to with­draw her forces immediately from the recently - occupied Indian territories, and demanded a settlement by peaceful negotiation in the inter­ests of world peace.

U rging support for the motion, he said th a t Ind ia’s position could only be assessed by recognising Ind ia’s role in the United N ations and her actions as an independent a rb itra to r during the recent years.

Communist Hunt proposing his amendment,

which was later rejected.

Mixed feelings. A study of part of the audience at the S.G.M.

She had consistently backed

revolution had become fam ous for their cruelty and subterfuge, and cited Albania as an example. He assertedChinese entry into the United th a t India was oniy trying to

N ations bu t we should not regain w hat was rightfully conclude from th is th a t China hers ^nd, Gn these groundsis wholly wrong.

Arms SentIn conclusion he said,

“ Ind ia is an example to the world a t a time when the sons of India are being shot down on the borders of the ir own territo ry .”

Speaking against the motion, Kevin F itzpatrick de­clared th a t while he too stood for peaceful negotiations be­tween India and China, for thousands of years the

begged to support the motion.Mr. H unt then pu t forw ard

a “ substantial ” amendment. He held th a t neither India or China had ever agreed to a definite border and th a t it was therefore foolish to ta lk of aggression by either side.

His am endm ent deplored the curren t situation, and called for an imm ediate cease­fire and a peaceful settlem ent.

Pointed OutA fter the inconsistency of

Chinese peasants had been d e p l o r i n g aggression on a tied to the soil. K ennedy and non-existent border had been Macmillan, by sending arm s pointed out from the floor,rn InriiQ urnra trvino* fa Axror. 1to India, were try ing to over­throw the ir revolution.

Amid vociferous protestsH unt’s am endm ent was de­feated by a large m ajority.

I t was then proposed th a tthe* fl??r dem?-pcied» no fu rthe r speakers should be ‘‘ W here is the clear evidence called for the motion. A pro-

there is Chinese aggres- cedural vote having supported this view, the motion was pu tsion?

A nother speaker for the w ithout fu rth e r delay.motion, Mr. Roger Jones, carried by 118 votes alleged th a t the Chinese since w ith 8 abstentions.

I t was to 27,

AFTER LAST WEEK'S DIALECT SURVEY

U N IO N NEWS A S K S ............

WHITE HOT AT BODINGTON

Photo by Peter Frazier.Over 700 people made a w-et journey up to Bodington on Monday evening for the hall’s Jazz Rave. Held in a large room in a new wing, the jiving and twisting went on until 1 a.m. Al Crosland and his City Jazzmen took turns with the White Eagles Jazz Band (seen here) to provide the music. Although there were some complaints about late- night transport arrangements, the general verdict was that it had been, as one satis­

fied customer put it, “ a really tremendous do.”

What Happened to the Dialect Society?

By JA N ET CRUMBIE

JjAST week saw the publication of a highly suc­cessful dialect survey by the English Depart­

ment. Last year the Dia­lect Society in the Union collapsed. Why?

Accusations of non- co-operation have been levelled against the dia- B u ^ w a r ™ ^ They "must lect section of the Eng- have a purpose, and they lish Language Depart- autho*ty-, j * ii Perhaps they could re-ment, and counter-allega- nam e it “ The Dialect and tions of apathy and Folklore Society,” thus widen-incompetence on the part num ber oTdi’fferenfspeake'rs.8' of the student Society, have come from its own ex-president and from members of staff.

Ian Morrison, ex-secretary, said th a t the Society had approached the dialect depart­m ent to ask for help in their own work, and to offer assist­ance in the cial survey.

w ith a tape-recorder and get someone to talk.

Mr. W akelin, dialect spe­cialist, has made a firm offer of help if, as Ian Morrison hopes, the Society is revived.

Theatre Group Plan Magazine^JTHERE may be another

periodical on sale in’K, ana to oner assist- i __ Tt • _ rp^the departm ent’s offi- the Union soon. To try to

DeclinedMorrison complained: “They

not only declined to give in­struction, but said no help was needed in the Survey. They thought it fascinating th a t a dialect society should have been formed, bu t gave no help. This was the main reason the Society failed.”

A completely different pic­tu re was given by ex-presi­dent Joe Smith. “ Advice and help from the English De­partm en t would have been useless. The Society failed principally because I was a bad leader, and there was a bad committee.”

They did not have enough money for sustained field­work, and the type of work being carried out was of no real use. He concluded th a t the English D epartm ent were “ not prepared to help in a constructive way, but cannot be condemned.”

ComplainedProfessor Orton, head of

the dialect departm ent, con­firmed th a t it was not possible for students to help in the Survey.

He also complained of lack of enthusiasm in the Society, saying: “ They invited me to be the staff president. I accepted, but received no in­formation, was not asked to attend any meetings, and was not asked to pay any sub­scriptions.”

In his view, the Society was not doing a proper dialect study. I t was not the righ t method to go to a pub arm ed

keep in contact with their expanding member­ship, Theatre Group are to produce a newsletter.

Initially it will be for mem­bers of the Group only and will contain news about in te r­nal activities, bu t it is la ter hoped to provide more re­views of plays being presented locally and general articles on the Theatre and Drama.

The new sletter will be sent to all other university dram a groups in the hope th a t it will lead to more interchange of inform ation between them, a t present non-existent.

The first edition, to be pro­duced in the next week, will be posted to members, but fu ture editions will be placed on the Theatre Group board for collection.

3 a.m. ExtensionMANCIPATION has a t

last come to third-year Tetley women. A fter years of pressure in Hall Council, they are now to be allowed to stay out until 3 a.m. w ithout ask­ing permission. B ut they will still have to go through the business of signing-out.

“ Security reasons ” have apparently held up this con­cession, but the presence of a new porter seems to have allayed this fear.

Hall P resident Bobbie Boam said th a t this new development would certainly give greater freedom to third- year students, but would pro­bably not be fully exploited because of the pressure of degree work.

Bodington May House N.U.S.

CouncilBy A STA FF R EPO R TER

J)AVE MERRIMAN, Union N.U.S. Secre­

tary, hopes that the 1964 Easter N.U.S. Council will be held at Leeds.

Two councils are held each year, one a t M argate in November, and one a t E aster in a University, which needs to possess a large union or halls of residence.

M errim an said: “ The sort of th ing we are thinking of, which has not yet been approved, would be to accom­modate students in Boding­ton, feed them in Refec., and hold the Council either in the Riley-Smith or the G reat Hall. The Council consists of 400 to 500 people which would be well w ithin the scope of the above buildings.”

Some YearsLeeds has not had an N.U.S.

Council for some years now. In 1960, it was held a t New­castle; in 1961 a t Belfast; in 1962 a t Liverpool. Next E as te r’s Council will be held a t Keele.

However, before anything can be arranged, enquiries m ust be made to University and Bodington officials. Their comments will then be for­warded to the N.U.S. sub-com­mittee, and thence to the Union Committee.

If everyone approves, M erri­m an will then w rite to the N.U.S. inviting them to Leeds. Tremendous organisation would of course be needed, bu t M errim an is confident th a t it can be done.

Pram Pushers WantedPREPARATIONS are

already under way for next term's Pram Race. Rag Stunts Manager Mike Gonzalez is scrutin­izing the Cross-Country Club for prospective p r a m - pushers, and would-be team officials are busy gaining qualifi­cations in “ Fred's.”

Organised by Leicester Uni­versity specifically to aid their own Rag, the race from Lei­cester Square to Leicester also does much to gain sup­port for R ag W eeks in general.

A barrel of beer is the prize for the w inning team and com petition is always keen, for prestige is also involved. The runners each take a 200- yard relay, leaping from the accom panying coach and back a t g rea t risk to life and limb.

Support will be needed for the event next term , and a special plea comes from Mike Gonzalez for a pram. I f any­one has such an article, in good condition, he would be pleased to accept it. If the worst comes to the worst, a m inimum price will be paid.

Former Engineer Turned Tycoon (see last week’s issue) requires lift to London or beyond this evening or tomorrow morning with 2,000 copies of magazine “ Channel.”

Please leave message for R. Douthwaite in Union News office.

At The HopT O M O RRO W :

The Voltaire Rock Group, Dave Ellam Orchestra, Colin Parkinson Orchestra.

NEXT SA T U R D A Y :Mick Novae and His Tor­nadoes, Albert Honeyman and Dick Henry Jazz Band.

6 U N IO N N EW S— Friday, 9th November, 1962

debates

Re-Tread Motions AxedJJWO motions and an

for shouting from streets.

First, Mr. Kennedy’s motion in private mem­bers’ business was car­ried and it urged Union Committee not to hold meetings on Wednesday afternoons to the incon­venience of debate mem­bers.

N ext a gentlem an called Young pleaded th a t motions prearranged should be scrubbed in the case of crises, and in any case should be better and not conducive to a mass exodus. This was carried.

Furtherm ore, it caused P eter Hall to inform the House of certain inform a­tion. Ghosts, the Old English Gentleman, Abortion, the Em ancipation of Women, and Mass Media have all been removed from the fu tu re programme.

All those m otions th is column particularly slated have gone. In the ir place, and in return, may it sug­gest some others? W hat about a motion on m ental illness—a them e th a t domin-

announcement give cause roof-tops and dancing in

ates all present-day arts and to which th is age is so inducive? Beckett, Ginsberg, and Ionesco have hinted th a t none of us are com­pletely balanced. This motion today alm ost sug­gests itself.

W hat about a motion con­cerning the s ta r system in TV and films? Andrew Tudor’s article in the m ost recent “ Scope ” shows w hat a many-sided issue it is. Is it legitim ate as giving plea­sure, or is it w rong to sell a personality like soap pow­der?

Sex Annually

F or the annual sex debate, w hat is stopping, debates committee from being daring and flippant? “ T hat this House prefers Lolita to M arlene D ietrich ” would m ake an excellent motion.

Speakers are equally im­portant. Alan H unt let a spitting cat out of the bag last Wednesday. He revealed th a t the speakers opposing him privately adm itted they would have preferred to be on his side of the House.

Debates are an exercise and an entertainm ent. None

“ Full marksto me!

Money matters are much less troublesome now. Now that I bank with the Westminster. When I

receive a cheque or a warrant: I don’t hunt round any more for someone to cash it: I pay it straight

into my bank. I use cheques myself, for payments; and bankers’ orders—-not my memory —take care

of the regular items, such as subscriptions. I gave myself full marks for ‘discovering’ the Westminster.

And so, I think, would you. Just ask the nearest branch to tell you about the Westminster

Bank service to students.

WESTMINSTERBANK LIMITEDHEAD OFFICE: 41 LOTHBURY, LONDON, EC2

Your nearest branch is: 14 Eldon Terrace, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, 2

the less such a situation has been too current. This does not excuse Mr. H un t for being unsporting, but sin­cerity is still a good thing, let it be said.

Maybe Debates Committee could approach the stim ulat­ing contributors to our num erous m agazines? Dave Fletcher, Doreen Lucas, Andrew Tudor, Doug Sandle, the E ditorial Board of P. and A., A. Coddington and Bill Cooke m ight be con­sidered. Again, any debate on folk culture should make use of the existing people running the Rhythm Club and the Folk Song Society.

This is not to complain about the standard of speeches last Wednesday. Alan H unt opposed the motion th a t wild-cat strikes are never justified. Outrage against ca t action was fos­tered by the right-wing to excuse its messed - up economy.

W hat is more, no Union could deal w ith tiny local details . Should it, anyway? There was no sense, Mr. H unt stressed, in stopping a whole trade because of initi­ation in one shop. He had examples to back up all he said.

IrresponsibleP eter Kennedy, on the

other hand, blamed an irres­ponsible cat strike in B ritish Oxygen for the Labour defeat of 1959. This was hardly doing the workers any good.

Mr. F itzpatrick h it back by saying th a t the present semi-Tory Labour P arty had betrayed the w orkers any­way. There was no proper, acceptable Labour or Union leadership.

“ Support wild-cat strikes,” he urged, “ bu t teach the w orkers to generalise from their experiences.” The House apparently agreed, for 72 voted against the motion, and only 30 for it.

JOHN MOWAT.

CCS. Work Camp

Students Brighten Old People's LivesJ^OOK at the smokey city of Leeds sloping down

from both North and South to the low-lying region that follows the banks of the River Aire.

W atch the g rea t bank of smoke and grim e from in­dustrial and domestic chim ­neys drifting down the val­ley to settle in a cloud of

m urk over the lowest p a rt of the city—Hunslet.

This was the area picked for the second tim e in four years for a cleaning and

decorating work camp last September. These annual work camps, which are financed out of the profits of Leeds S tudents' Charity R ag and organised by the L.U.U. Committee of Christian Societies, were started so th a t students could clean and decorate the homes of old people whose pensions do not allow them to have

| it done professionally, j This year groups of stu ­

dents visited fourteen to

Members of the group who decorated the old people's homes.

make life brigh ter for the j seventeen old people who

lived there. D uring the ten days of the camp th irty students, male and female, set out from the base camp in Dewsbury Road to try

5 their hands a t decorating.■ Any lack of experience on * the p a rt of the w orkers was ■j amply com pensated for by

the ir g rea t enthusiasm . Despite occasional misunder-

, standings the old people en­joyed the company of their visitors, although it was ra th e r difficult to persuade one deaf old lady th a t no- one was really going to whitewash her sideboard.

N E IL CHADWICK.

It/TENACE, like an electric shock, vibrated across

the footlights of the Grand when the stage version of W est Side Story h it Leeds. The anim al energy of the gangs, the laconic speed of the slang, m arried perfectly w ith the them e of a tene­m ent romance between a Polish boy and a Puerta- Rican girl—who have no righ t to be in love, but, like their prototypes, Romeo and Juliet, have not learn t the taboos of their elders.

Filmed now, the im pact of the stage version is dissi­pated. Valid sentim ent tu rns sentimental. The dialogue is padded out. The dancing has been formalised.

Only the songs could not be spoiled — see the film (starting an extended run a t the M ajestic next week) for them, and for the perform ­ances of Natalie Wood as M aria and George Chakims as her brother.

i Next Week's ; I FILMS!

A.B.C.In Term of Trial, Laurence

Olivier plays G raham Weir, a schoolm aster in a secondary modern school m arried to a wife who despises him. Ashamed of a war-time cowardice and harassed by his pupils, he ironically re­gains his wife’s respect when falsely accused of interfering w ith a schoolgirl on a trip to France. B ut he still has to come to term s w ith himself.TATLER

An in teresting double bill. Love in the Afternoon stars

Music

High Standard Reached in LeedsCOMPARISONS be­

tween the Allegri String Quartet, who gave us the final three concerts in the Beet­hoven series, and the Aeolian, the previous week’s quartet, are in­evitable. It may be said that the Allegri had a more precise attack, but, at times, tone quality on the upper strings was coarse.

However, they gave a superb account of the F m inor quarte t and the first “ Rasoumovsky ” quarte t was splendidly perform ed a t the end of the last taxing evening. The “ Grosse Fugue ” was played w ith better continuity than one usually hears. A ltogether the series was a g rea t musical experience.

The playing of the R otter­dam Philharm onic Orches­tra in London was not too good by all accounts, bu t their perform ance in Leeds last Saturday was of a high standard. This orchestra has suffered m any m aterial set­backs and can be proud of the ir present form. Con­ducted by the German, F ranz-Paul Decker, they began w ith B ach’s th ird

Franz-Paul Decker conducts the orchestra.B randenburg Concerto. The whole of the string section was used, ra th e r unwisely, and it was played too fast for the acoustics of the Town Hall, giving a muddy effect.

The program m e also included “ Concert Over­tu re /’ by the Dutchm an, Flothuis, which was for much of the way a series of short-winded, badly con­nected episodes. Afterwards,

we were delighted by Prokoviev’s th ird piano con­certo, in which the orchestra was happily partnered by Daniel W ayenberg. The con­cert ended w ith a rendering of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, which nearly knocked us out of our seats. I t was given a well-deserved ovation.

COLIN SEAMARKS.

Audrey Hepburn, the daugh­te r of police chief Maurice Chevalier, who falls in love w ith still-seductive Gary Cooper. Billy W ilder brings his usual w it to bear, bu t we still th ink its sub-title could have been “ Divorce in the Evening.’ ’

If you die of frigh t through seeing The P it and the P en ­dulum, its m akers will give your heir £10,000. They only ju st escape — not even “ Psycho’s ” preserved corpse can compare w ith the skele­ton of a woman buried alive, struggling to escape. V incent Price is a Spanish grandee whose sadistic fa the r devised new tortures for the Inquisi­tion.TOW ER

Doctor No makes a quick return to the city, having proved last m onth’s biggest attraction. Although Jam es Bond addicts will find the film’s ending smacks of the w orst in science fiction, this is the only corrupted p art of the story (given th a t Bond’s back­ground m ust be shown, and th a t the story m ust be cut down). If you like Ian Flem ing’s books, you can’t miss this—if you don’t know them, this will introduce you. A very good thriller.PLAZA

Although the title of Harold Lloyd's W orld of Comedym ight not sound promising, this is the funniest 97 minutes in years. An assemblage of extracts from old Harold Lloyd comedies, it has been produced by Lloyd himself and contains classic comedy sequences selected from alm ost 300 films — including possibly the greatest “ chase ” sequence ever. An infallible antidote for the blues.ODEO N

Having been promised twice before, B ird Man of A lcatraz (postponed by other films being retained) should get here a t last. I t s ta rs B urt L ancaster in the screen bio­graphy of Robert Stroud, con­victed m urderer and expert on bird diseases.

THIS W EEKA.B.C.: Claire Bloom, The

Chapman R eport (sex in Los Angeles).

M AJESTIC: P eter Ustinov, Billy Budd (m utiny).

ODEON: Ian McShane, The Wild and the Willing (dis­torted picture of Redbrick students).

PLAZA: Boris Karloff, Corri­dors of Blood (horror).

TATLER: Doris Day, Cala­m ity Jane (entertain ing musical).

TOW ER: Charlton Heston, The Pigeon T hat Took Rome (poor comedy).

JOHN MOWAT and GORDON WALSH.

U N IO N N EW S— Friday, 9th November, 1962 7

FIGHT AGAINST APATHYThe Work of Danilo Dolci

^H E disease that pervades the whole population of Sicily is basically one of apathy; and

fatalism. This formed the basis of a talk on the work of Danilo Dolci, the North Italian who ten years ago decided to devote his life to the Sicilians. The talk was given by Miss I. Booker, a Canadian, who has been a social development worker in Menfi, Sicily, for eighteen months.

Miss Booker spoke of the appalling conditions to be found in Sicily—the resu lt of 2,000 years of conquest and exploitation by sixteen different conquerors, ran g ­ing from the Greeks to Mussolini. A lthough now p a r t of Italy , Sicily has a provincial governm ent, m ak ing the adm inistra tion very rem ote from Rome.

A theoretically Rom an Catholic country, the Sici­lians have, however, adopted m any custom s from th e ir conquerors. The m ost in ­fluential w ere the A rabs, the only race to in te r-m arry w ith the population. They have le ft the ir m ark in both a rch itec tu re and social cus­tom s. Sicilian women alw ays cover th e ir faces w hen trave lling by tra in , a lthough now they have no idea why.

Everyw here there is g rea t suspicion and secrecy. Everyone w orks solely for him self and his family, and the re is no concept of m utual help. Because of the difficulty of finding work, band itry is w idespread and the Mafia have no difficulty in inflicting th e ir rule of te rro r. D istrust is so strong th a t it splits fam ilies, or m akes them close-knit and secretive.

ImportantS tatu s symbols are very

im portan t to the Sicilians. The h ighest position is th a t of a teacher, and people would ra th e r be out-of-w ork teachers than ag ricu ltu ra l technicians, even though it

tak es five or ten years to find a job.

Education is, theo re ti­cally, com pulsory up to the age of 14, but in ac tua l fact, 45 per cent, of the child population is illiterate. This is due both to the apa thy of the teachers and the fac t th a t paren ts cannot afford to buy books and clothes fo r th e ir children. They are un­w illing to go th rough the com plicated process of applying fo r assistance and in any case it is easier fo r young children to find w ork though they are often ex­ploited.

The casual w orker is lucky to find two days’ w ork a week and will be paid 650 lire (about 8s.) a day on which to support his whole fam ily.

DevelopmentI t is tru e th a t the Govern­

m ent has g rea t development plans. These ra re ly if ever work, p a rtly because fa rm ers are unwilling to give up trad itional m ethods and p artly because the g rea t landow ners — who profit from the poverty of Sicily — also m ake up the Governm ent. D am s are built, certainly, bu t not used. The farm ers not understanding the tech­niques involved, and le tting the soil rem ain dry, u n fe rti­lized, and rapidly eroding away.

V illages a re built accord­ing to plan, bu t because of the peculiar Ita lian genius of fulfilling no m ore than the exact le tte r of the law,

they are built miles from anyw here w ithout w ate r o r electricity, hospitals or com m unications.

This w as tw entieth cen­tu ry Sicily to which Danilo Dolci cam e t jn years ago, giving up h is ’ career as an arch itec t and com ing to live w ith the peasan ts w ithout anyth ing except his encour­agem ent. He m et fierce opposition from all au tho ri­ties—who are locally con­siderably under the influ­ence of the Mafia — w as im prisoned and charged various fines.

AppallingThe conditions he found

in the villages w ere appal­ling: open sew ers running th rough the s tree ts which w ere the children’s only p layground; fam ilies of ten or eleven living in one m ud- floored room together w ith the mule and chickens, and w ith the fa th e r in prison or out of work.

Through his ceaseless activity, Danilo Dolci has advanced a long way. In his own area of Partinico, he h as been able to have the sew ers enclosed, a p lay ­ground built, and some idea of the m eaning of living in harm ony and m utual help.

This, though, is an en­tire ly new idea.

He has a ttrac ted g rea t publicity t h r o u g h o u t Europe, and as a result, com m ittees have been set up in various countries to finance his work. Now, five centres have been es tab ­lished, each having a base in a tow n and a social development, w ate r and ag ricu ltu ra l technician.

Miss Booker’s own centre w as a t Menfi, financed by the B ritish Danilo Dolci Com mittee, and a f te r con­siderable difficulty she has m anaged to establish a centre for education.

Now, the centre is p re ­p arin g to set up a domestic

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film, “ M urder By N eglect,” Miss Booker told the Union News th a t there w as a g rea t need fo r I ta lian ­speaking g radua te sociolo­g ists and economists, and teachers p repared to teach modern teaching m ethods to Sicilians.

She felt, however, th a t students who w ent out during the vac. frequently did more harm th an good.

People should be prepared to s tay fo r a t least two years, during which tim e it would take a year to learn about the people and th e ir culture and gain the ir tru st.

W hether or not one is p repared to go to Sicily and rem ain there, there is p lenty to be done: m oney is urgen tly needed, not fo r food and clothes, bu t to set in m otion sufficient incen­tive am ong the Sicilians to help them selves so th a t they will no longer s it back and w ait fo r “ God, Rome, o r A m eric a” to help them .

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science school, but this needs considerably la rger funds than are now readily available— this m ight be the object of a local Danilo Dolci Com mittee, to finance

such basic essentials as an electric cooker or a re frig ­erator.

A fter the m eeting, which lasted for two hours and included a docum entary

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The ListenerISSUE DATED NOVEMBER 8th

A UNIVERSITY FOR REJECTSA new type of university is urgently needed to

prevent the present waste of talent, says JOHN MARGESON, Admissions Tutor and Lecturer at Hull University.

ART IN W ALESVERNO N W A TK IN S talks about the need for the

artist to create. The recent Swansea Festival of the Arts and the work of Welsh painters such as Alfred Jones and Ceri Richards are chosen for special refer*

RO U N D THE C INEM ASThe film " The Longest Day ’* is reviewed in this

article, by ERIC RHODE, written specially for '* The Listener.

A COO L LOO K AT COVENTRYA modern church should be, not a romantic

gesture, but a building which answers the question: What is the church for? From this standpoint DR. GILBERT COPE, Deputy Director for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture at Birmingham University, examines Coventry Cathedral.

and other features

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8 U N IO N N EW S— Friday, 9th November, 1962

Rugby and Hockey teams both win their first Christie matches

MANCHESTER COME OFF WORSEQHRISTIE Championships between Manchester,

Liverpool, and Leeds have always produced close, keenly fought meetings. This was the pattern on Wednesday when Manchester University invaded Yorkshire en mass.

The rugby m atch w as the m ost exciting, w ith Leeds com ing out w inners by a two- point m argin. Centre-three- qu arte r Griffiths w as the un­doubted s ta r of the m atch, k icking a penalty as well as converting a try .

The soccer team repeated la s t y ea r’s dism al perform ­ance w ith a goalless draw . The gam e w as scrappy and could well have become com­pletely out of control but for the vigilance of referee G rif­fith. As it w as two players had th e ir nam es taken.

Robust, fa s t play was a fea tu re of the hockey m atch, though Leeds were alw ays on top here and were never once trailing .

A brilliant goal by T inkler and a converted short corner by G illett gave the home team victory by the odd goal out of three.

VictoryThe only clear-cut victory

th a t the U niversity had aga in st M anchester was in the R ugby Fives m atch, w here the first team won by 171—103. S la ter and Carlisle won every gam e they played.

While M anchester returned to the o ther side of the Pennines w ithout a win to th e ir credit, our U niversity a th letics team also retu rned home defeated.

In M anchester they came second to the home team , w ith Liverpool coming th ird in the W inter Christie. Je f­

feries and B artle tt came first in the two miles and 300yds. respectively, while medic Aderele won the Long Jum p and Triple Jum p.

RESULTSRugby

Leeds 8, M anchester 6. Soccer

Leeds 0, M anchester 0.Hockey

Leeds 2, M anchester 1.Athletics

M anchester 82, Leeds 74, Liverpool 46.

FivesLeeds 171, M anchester 103.

CH R ISTIE RUGBY

SAILING

Hull DefeatedS atu rday afternoon

^ Leeds sailed aga in st Hull U niversity and won the m atch very com fortably indeed. On Sunday Leeds w ere up against stronger com petition in the form of Y orkshire Ouse Sailing Club.

In the first race, a f te r an exciting finish in which a Leeds boat passed a Y.O.S.C. boat w ithin yards of the finish, Leeds w as ahead by 1 | points.

U nfortunately the resu lt of the second race and m atch as a whole w as m arred by one Leeds and one Y.O.S.C. boat being disqualified.

RESULTS S aturday, Novem ber 3rd. —

L.U.S.C. 47h, Hull. Univ. 28. Sunday, N ovem ber 4th. —

L.U.S.C. 301, Y.O.S.C. 361.

Open Play Brings Yorkshire Victory

LEEDS 8, MANCHESTER 6(JENTRE-THREEQUARTER Griffiths put Leeds

ahead for the first time when he converted a try late in the second half.

Donellan s ta rted the move w ith a good pass out to W illiamson. He p u t his head down and forced his w ay down the left w ing and over fo r the v ita l try .

I t w as the visitors wHo went into the lead w ith a penalty goal by O’Driscoll and w ere able to hold on to th is lead until half-tim e.

A Griffiths’ penalty levelled the score fo r a while bu t O’Driscoll re tu rned the com­plim ent when he kicked over yet ano ther penalty goal and restored M anchester’s th ree points lead.

Only TryI t w as fitting th a t the only

t ry of the gam e should be scored by the University, for it w as they who adopted the m ore open style of play. The visitors, though, could offer nothing constructive and m erely w orked the touchline.

However, th is tu rned out to be fruitless, th an k s to the m agnificent w ork done by Hailey, Gomersal and Bridge.

In contrast, Leeds tried to give the backs the ball as often as possible and so, a p a r t for a spell of fifteen m inutes in the first half,

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THE FIVES CLUBBy Colin Colebrook

LITTLE is known about the Rugby

Fives Club by most stu­dents, but it is one of the most successful clubs of the University.

Basically sim ilar to squash, though m uch earlier in origin, the gam e is played by two or four in a four-w alled court. A small, hard ball is s truck by the gloved hand aga in st the “ back wall.” E ach team hits a lternate ly un til a point is scored. Being a very fa s t gam e (the ball often reaches 90 m .p.h.), g rea t m ental alertness is called for as well as physical fit­ness.

The club has two team s (of two pairs each) which play all over the country. They have fixtures w ith Oxford, Cambridge, London and Bristol U niversities am ong m any others. A lthough only a few m em ­bers a re required for team s, several o thers ju s t play for enjoym ent. These play in practice gam es on W ednes­days and Saturdays, but, when required, they f re ­quently find them selves in a second team m atch.

Members in a “ friendly” practice game.Despite poor conditions

(only th ree old courts a t Devon H all), the club m ain­ta in s a high standard and th is year has probably the strongest team in the N orth. Of 19 first team m atches la st year, 16 were won w ith only two defeats and one draw . The second IV played 10, won 7, Lost 2, Drew 1. Away to a flying s ta r t th is te rm the club’s first pair, J . A. S later (capt.) and P. Carlile (hon.

sec.) beat another Leeds pair, N. W. B erry and N. F. Berry, to win the final of the H alifax Open Doubles Tournam ent.

All then looks well for success in the U.A.U. cham ­pionships th is year. W ith victory in the N orthern section the team would pro­bably m eet Oxford or Cam ­bridge in the final, and they are determ ined to bring back the honours to the N orth.

alw ays looked the more dan­gerous side.

A g rea t v ictory aga in st our closest rivals and C hristie hopes a re now look­ing b righ te r th an they did a t the beginning of term .

LACROSSE

Double CompletedX EEDS travelled to Roch-

dale on S atu rday to play the ir re tu rn fixture w ith Rochdale Lacrosse Club, the unbeaten league leaders.

The home side, fresh from the ir victories over London and Oxford U niversities, ran out w inners 13—2, thus com­pleting the double over Leeds.

Leeds pu t up the ir best perform ance of the season; the defence in particu la r coped m agnificently w ith the lively Rochdale a ttack , hold­ing them to 4 goals a t half- tim e.

O utstanding am ong the Leeds defence were Gay, com petent as ever in goal, A dam s and Creighton, the scorers fo r Leeds were Lowe, w ith a long-range shot, and P riestley, who scored a fine goal from a Lowe pass.

All round the Leeds team showed m ore determ ination and fight than in previous gam es.

JUDO

Area Semi-finalistsrnwo Leeds 1st D ans were A in the B ritish U niversi­ties’ team of four, which fought its w ay to the sem i­finals of the N ational A rea Championships, w here they were elim inated by a slight m argin of 17pts. to 20pts.

G. E. H olling (team cap­ta in ) fought consistently, not being throw n all day.

G. H arpell fought well, but lost in the semi-finals due to lack of experience.

STOP PRESSNext week’s Union Com­

mittee elections have been postponed following the dis­pute over the validity of candidates (see Page One).

At the hustings on Thurs­day, all four remaining can­didates, on being questioned, expressed ** discomfort ” at the disputed situation. Returning Officer Pete Hall then postponed the elections until the first week of December.

“ This seems to me to be the fairest way in view of the protests,” he said.

An additional reason for the postponement is the by- election now necessary after Dick Atkinson’s resignation yesterday from Union Com­mittee for study reasons.

CHRISTIE SOCCER

Manchester A Shadow Of Last Season’s Team

LEEDS 0, MANCHESTER 0JF you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That seemed to be

the idea of both sides, who persisted in passing the ball to an opponent far too frequently.

This resulted in a gam e

CHRISTIE HOCKEY

Brings Victory Determination

J^EEDS, with three regular members out

through injury, beat Manchester by 2—1 in their first U.A.U. match at Weetwood. This was a robust game played on a fast, wet surface that fortunately did not deteriorate.

The gam e sta rted w ith Leeds repeatedly breaking th rough on the left wing, where Dick P earm und and Chris Rhodes were moving well together. C ounter­a ttack s of equal danger evened the gam e out until Roy Tinker, following up, pushed the ball into the circle and blazed in a beautiful shot to pu t Leeds one goal up.

The gam e continued to be quite open; bu t w ith M an­chester pushing hard and bringing ou t the best of Bob Oxtoby, Leeds were hard pu t to defend a t the end of the first half.

On DefensiveLeeds played a lot of the

second half on the defensive and despite excellent w ork by Jam ieson and Gough, M an­chester m anaged to equalise.

A t the pace quickened, the whole Leeds team tried their hardest and th e ir efforts were rew arded w ith a short corner.

Gillett converted this and w ith th is lead an inspired team attacked and defended w ith g rea t determ ination.

This w as by no m eans an easy win for Leeds and it was only by hard w ork and determ ination th a t the chances could be created to bring Leeds th rough the ir first U.A.U. m atch.

ATHLETICS

Hard Luck for Athletes

T EEDS U niversity ath letics ^ club lost by 74— 82 points to a very powerful M anches­te r U niversity team in the W inter Christie m atch held a t M anchester on W ednes­day; Liverpool U niversity were third.

Leeds pu t up a good per­form ance from s ta r t to finish, but were handicapped by the absence of the ir high jum pers and 120yds. hurdle men. In these two events M anchester scored 20 points aga inst Leeds 0.

The team still looked like pulling off the m atch bu t for the off-form of the ir key sprin ters.

The outstanding ath letes were W. Aderele and B artle tt. W ith b e tte r luck in the sum m er the club should w in the m ain Christie m atch for the first tim e since 1938.

th a t was scrappy a t tim es though k e e n l y fought throughout.

M anchester were nowhere near the standard of la s t season, and except for some clever w ork by th e ir w ing- men, were overshadowed in m ost departm ents by the ir Y orkshire opposition.

The home defence w as on top throughout and played steadily, unruffled by the bustling M anchester fo r­wards.

In a ttac k Leeds were not afraid to shoot fo r once, but m ost a ttem p ts were long- range efforts which were easily dealt w ith by the goal­keeper.

The defensive partnersh ip of L annigan and Hutchinson is becoming more confident w ith every gam e w hilst F ram e saved one certain goal by diving a t the feet of an onrushing a ttacker.

BOXING

Warm-Up Match•^■ORTHERN U niversity

champions, Leeds U ni­versity, hold the ir first m atch of the season in the Men’s Gym. th is evening. I t is m ainly an introduction for F reshers to the ring. F or o ther team m em bers it is also a w arm -up fo r the coming im portan t m atch aga inst Glasgow U niversity.

Opponents, D urham and Liverpool, have five U.A.U. in ternationals am ongst the ir m em bers and some exciting contests are likely.

These shows are well w orth the title “ Best en ter­ta inm ent in the Union,” w ith which the boxing fans will agree. Boxing commences a t 7 p.m.

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