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The l a s t I.C. U n i o n M e e t i n g was o f more i n t e r e s t f o r t h e informed, t h a n f o r t h e a v e r a g e u n d e r g r a d u a t e . T h e r e were few v e r b a l f i r e w o r k s , b u t p l e n t y o f good p l a i n s p e a k i n g w h i o h was h e a r d by t h e 200 members p r e s e n t w i t h g r e a t p a t i e n c e and r e s t r a i n t .

The m a i n b u s i n e s s was t a k e n up w i t h r e - v o t i n g on two m o t i o n s d e a l t w i t h a t t h e l a s t M e e t i n g o f l a s t t e r m . I t had come t o t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s n o t i c e t h a t t h e s e m o t i o n s had been p a s s e d and r e j e c t e d by u n - c o n s t i t u t i o n a l m a j o r i t i e s , t h a t i s m a j o r i t i e s o f l e s s t h a n 100,

Fo r a l o n g t i m e now no e x a c t v o t i n g numbers have been t a k e n a t U n i o n m e e t i n g s , and t h e P r e s i ­d e n t has u s e d h i s d i s c r e t i o n i n d e c i d i n g w h e t h e r m o t i o n s have, been c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y c a r r i e d t h r o u g h .

T h i s p r a c t i c e has o b v i o u s d i s - a d v a n t a g e s , and f o r t h e t i m e b e i n g t h e l e t t e r o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n w i l l be s t r i c t l y a d h e r e d t o , u n t i l s u c h t i m e as th e m a t t e r i s d i s c u s s e d i n f u l l and recommenda­t i o n s made t o t h e U n i o n .

There i s no wording i n the Constitution about a neoe-ssary Quorum f o r an I.C. Union Keeting, but i n effeot the r u l i n g that a l l motions must be passed by a majority l a r g e r than 100, i f adhered to, w i l l act i n t h i s way.

At t h i s Union meeting several motions were blocked Toy t h e i r not possessing a "C o n s t i t u t i o n a l Majority", and most of these were about clear-cut issues where the Union

had obviously made up.Jts mind, although unfortunately not i n the r i g h t proportions to give the r i g h t voting f i g u r e s .

•The two m o t i o n s i n q u e s t i o n . c a u s e d some s t i r l a s t t e r m , b u t t h e , d i s c u s s i o n t h i s t i m e showed t h a t t h e w e i g h t o f o p i n i o n h a d n o t s h i f t e d .

The s e t t i n g o f a minimum p r i c e f o r hop t i c k e t s was a g a i n a p p r o v e d by a c o m f o r t a b l e ( c o n s t i t u t i o n a l ) m a j o r i t y ; a l t h o u g h t h i s t i m e t h e minimum p r i c e s were 2/- s i n g l e , 3/6 d o u b l e .

The s e c o n d m o t i o n t o be r e - d i s c u s s e d was t h e a t t e n d a n c e o f I.C. S t u d e n t s a t t h e Y o u t h F e s t i v a l t h i s summer. I n s p i t e o f much p l a u s i B l e a r g u i n g and q u i t e a l o t o f f i l i b u s t e r i n g , t h e U n i o n was adamant a g a i n s t any r e c o g n i t i o n o f s u c h a p o l i t i c ­a l l y - c o l o u r e d g a t h e r i n g by I.C.

The f e e l i n g was t h a t n e i t h e r " idelegates i " n o r " o b s e r v e r s " , n o r " u n o f f i c i a l o b s e r v e r s " " w e r e t o be s e n t , i n f a c t t h e U n i o n wanted no one t h e r e who c o u l d be g i v e n t h e o f f i c i a l l a b e l o f " I . C . "

I t i s t o be hoped t h a t b o t h t h e s e t o p i c s have now been g i v e n s u f f i c i e n t a i r i n g a t U n i o n M e e t i n g s .

Amongst t h e o t h e r b u s i n e s s , t h e P r e s i d e n t i n f o r m e d t h e - U n i o n t h a t d e t a i l s a b o u t t h e f o r t h ­coming r e - c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g s w o u l d be made p u b l i c as so o n as p o s s i b l e .

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I m a g i n e t h e same s c e n e a few h o u r s l a t e r . C h a i r s a r e c l u s t e r e d i n p a i r s a l o n g t h o s e i n n u m e r a b l e c o r r i d o r s . H e r e and t h e r e , f o u r o r s i x g l a s s e s ( b u t n e v e r t h r e e o r f i v e ) and an empty b o t t l e ( B r i t i s h S h e r r y Type f o r U n d e r g r a d s , L i e b f r a u m i l c h f o r P.G.'s) i n a d r u n k e n h e a p . A f e w c r u s h e d t u l i p s l i e dead

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on t h e danoe f l o o r . I f any o f t h e o n a r a c t e r s i n t n a t B r e u g h e l r e p r o d u c t i o n on t n e w a l l c o u l d s g e a k , he w o u l d p r o b a b l y t e l l y o u how J i m A n a e r s o n gave a v o c a l i m i t a t i o n o f J o h n n y Ray a t 4.50 a.m.; how i t was w e l l r e c e i v e d a t f i r s t by -the s o f t - e y e d m a i d e n s i n t h e g a l l e r y , who d r o p p e d f l o w e r s t o him; and how a f i n a l u n f o r t u n a t e n o t e b r o u g h t h i m a c o m p l e t e bou­q u e t o f t u l i p s , w a t e r and a l l .

B ack i n L o n d o n , o u r t h o u g h t s t u r n a g a i n t o S i l w o o d . Do t h o s e r a f t e r s s t i l l echo w i t h t h e m a g n i f i c e n t r e n d e r i n g o f "The S a i n t s Come M a r c h i n g I n " a t 3.30 by t h e band m a r c h i n g i n f i l e r o u n d t h e d a r k e n e d g a l l e r y ? Does t n a t d e l i c a t e s m e l l o f b a c o n s t i l l w a f t t h r o u g h t h e woods, d i r e c t i n g l o s t r e v e l l e r s t o o h e i r b r e a k f a s t i n t h e r e f e c t o r y h u t ?

A f i n a l memory. When p r e c i p i t a t e d in*.o C h i s w i c k H i g h Road a t . 9.30 on S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g i n e v e n i n g d r e s s and c a r r y i n g an u m b r e l l a , what does one do?

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When o r g a n i s i n g danoes, t h e m a i n w o r r y o f club s e c r e t a r i e s u s e d t o be t h e band. Now, t h a n k s t o t h e e x c e l l e n c e o f t h e band known v a r i o u s l y as The Band, B r y a n S p o o n e r ' s B o y s , or t h e I.C. Band, t h e y w o r r y no more. Q u i t e a p a r t from t h e i r h i g h s t a n d a r d o f p l a y i n g , t h e a n t i c s of. some members has g i v e n t h e Band a very secure place i n t h e h e a r t s o f h o p - g o e r s . The band plays w i l l i n g l y and h e a r t i l y , j o i n s i n the dancing now and a g a i n , and n o t i n f r e ­quently c a r r i e s on i n t h e H o s t e l a f t e r t h e p u b l i c f e s t i v i t i e s a r e o v e r .

Nobody can s a y " t h e band was f o r m e d . I t j u s t happened. B r y a n Spooner was p r a c t i s i n g h i s a l t o aax i n Room B when T u l l i s S u t h e r l a n d w a l k ­ed i n and s a i d , " I p l a y p i a n o . " A week l a t e r Roy F e r r i s saw Bryan r e a d i n g t h e M e l o d y M a k e r , and s a i d he played t r u m p e t . T h i s was t h e n u c l e u s . .During '52-53 the band p l a y e d r e g u l a r l y a t N o r ­thern Poly, under Bob ( t h e drummer) A d r i a n ' s name. Th i s session, B e r n a r d Dodds a r r i v e d a t I . e . and took over l e a d a l t o f r o m Ron B a k e r . Bob Ad­r i a n and Tony T o l h u r s t (bass) l e f t , and Jimmy Barker took t h e i r p l a c e s .

here a r e b r i e f s k e t c h e s o f t h e members o f the band. The members w r o t e a b o u t e a c h o t h e r , so that we c a n s a f e l y assume t h e a c c o u n t s t o be f a i ­t h f u l aind u n b i a s e d .

~ J o h n B r y a n Spooner". The " P a u l Adam" o f the Band, hopes t h a t nobody remembers t h e f i r s t band he p l a y e d i n a t C o l l e g e , t h e I m p e r i a l i s t s . F o r t u n a t e l y , that was f o u r y e a r s ago, and most people who heard i t have l e f t . I t wasn't u n t i l the beginning, of t h e p r e s e n t s e s s i o n that Bryan r e l e n t e d and r a n t h e band u n d e r h i s own name, but " a f t e r each C a r n i v a l he h a s t h r e a ­tened to chuck away h i s a l t o and g i v e i t a l l up.

.His m u s i c a l c a r e e r s t a r t e d 5 y e a r s ago, as a member of t h e " . e r b y s h i r e Y o u t h O r c h e s t r a , and he a l s o had i n t e r e s t s i n t h e c n o i r ' s female Beotion. On e n t e r i n g C o l l e g e , he j o i n e d t h e I.C. O r c n e s t r a , b u t s o o n f o u n d t h a t "going s t r a i g h t " was n o t h i s m e t i e r .

Bryan i s i n h i s f i r s t y e a r a s a. P.G. i n t h e A e r o dept., where he i s s t u d y i n g f a t i g u e ( ? ) • • He p l a y s rugger f o r G u i l d s and I.e., and was onoe Been performing c a r t w h e e l s down t h e m a i n s t r e e t at Cambridge.

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James T u l l i s McLean S u t h e r l a n d . N e v e r m e n t i o n t h e G u i l d s C a r n i v a l t o T u l l i s - s u r e l y t h e b e s t e n t e r t a i n m e n t i n t h e C a b a r e t . C l a i m s i t was due t o t h e w h i s k y b e i n g I r i s h ( n o t t o m e n t i o n t h e h a l f p i n t o f rum.) T u l l i s was b o r n many y e a r s ago, and h a s p l a y e d t h e a c c o r d i o n , and p i a n o f o r most o f them. D u r i n g h i s c h i l d h o o d ( c a n ' t remember i t ) he was a J u n i o r t a p d a n c i n g Champion o f S c o t l a n d .

T u l l i s g r a d u a t e d a t E d i n b u r g h i n P h y s i c s and i s now d o i n g a P.G. c o u r s e i n G e o p h y s i c s . H i s a r r i v a l i n t h e h o s t e l h a s c o i n c i d e d w i t h many n o i s y p a r t i e s , t h e s t r a i n s o f t h e " S a i n t s " h a v i n g r e a c h e d a s f a r a s M i s s P r y and t h e s o r t i n g s t a f f o f t h e G.P.O. i n E x h i b i t i o n Road.

I n t e r e s t s a r e m u s i c , l i q u o r and women, b u t l i k e s them a l l t o g e t h e r - he must s u r e l y be t h e champion w h i s k y d r i n k e r i n I . e .

Roy A u g a s t e F e r r i s , a n o t h e r f o u n d e r -member, p l a y s t h e t r u m p e t . He came t o G u i l d s i n 1 9 5 2 w i t h t h e i n t e n t i o n o f b e c o m i n g a c i v i l e n g i n e e r . I n t h e two p r e c e d i n g y e a r s he h a d t o u r e d E u r o p e w i t h t h e London S c h o o l s a t h l e t i c s team and t h e L.S. Symphony O r c h e s t r a . R ugger i s one o f h i s m a j o r i n t e r e s t s , and he h a s a p p e a r e d i n t h e U.L. r u g g e r team. Roy a l s o c l a i m s t o h a v e a p p e a r e d a s a n e x t r a i n a b o u t 2 5 f i l m s , among them I v a n h o e and D o c t o r i n t h e House.

Roy's i n t e r e s t , most o f them a p p a r e n t by now, a r e r u g g e r , m u s i c , t r a v e l l i n g r o u n d E u r o p e and a v e r y s p e c i a l g i r l f r i e n d . The ' l a s t two he sometimes combines i n t h e f o r m of weekends i n P a r i s .

B e r n a r d jjoaa a r r i v e d a t C o l l e g e t h i s year, and i s 1 s t y e a r A e r o . He p l a y e d oboe i n the Lon­don s c h o o l s Symphony O r c h e s t r a , where he met Roy F e r r i s . I n t h e l a n d h e p l a j s a l t o sax.

B e r n a r d ' s i n t e r e s t s , a p a r t from the u sual t h r e e , , a r e i n f l y i n g * he h o l d s a p i l o t ' s oer-t i f i o a t e .

Tony P e a r o e i s 20, and h a s been p l a y i n g d o u b l e b a s s f o r 5 y e a r s . He now w o r k s i n Deben-ham and F r e e b o d y ' s a s a f u r r i e r . Tony i s a n a r ­d e n t f a n o f modern j a z z and h a s p l a y e d i n p l a c e s a s famous a s t h e 51» F l a m i n g o , a n d R o b i n ' s Most, fie c a u s e d much c o n s t e r n a t i o n Dy m e n t i o n i n g that h i s . f a t h e r i s v i c e - P r e s i d e n t o f t h e M u s i c i a n ' s U n i o n .

George " G i n g e " Sherwood p l a y e d the'., t e m o r sa> s i n c e t h e Band's i n o e p t i o n . D u r i n g t h e n i g h t he w o r k s on t h e newspaper t r a d e - d u r i n g t n e ..day he s l e e p s , . He a d m i r e s t h e s t y l e s of F l i p P h i l l i p s and Tommy W h i t t l e , and t u r n s g r e e n a t t h e men­t i o n o f t n e M i n e s C a r n i v a l .

N o e l "Jlmm.v" B a r k e r . The o l d man of tne band - 3 2 . Has b e e n p l a y i n g drums f o r y e a r s , m a i n l y i n R.a.F. Command B a n d s , " f r o m w h i c h he was demobbed I S months ago. I s now an i n ­s p e c t o r i n V i c k e r s A r m s t r o n g s E x p e r i m e n t a l D e p a r t m e n t . Hi-s f a v o u r i t e band i n t h e dance band w o r l d i s Ted H e a t h ' s - an a d m i r a t i o n s h a r e d by most members o f t h e b a n d .

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There seems to be f a r too many people intent on getting t h e i r voioes heard at union meetings. .Ve do not refer to the a l t *bo adds a sentence or two of huturoj* comment, neither do we depreolate the fellow who has given tamo thought to the business i n hand and givwa his vi<ws concisely. I t i a to those mho, using ths gestuiationa of the p o l i t i c i a n , •sate the time of the seating with long and involved speeches that add l i t t l e to the debate. The union had to endure several such speakers at the l a s t union meeting whioh l e d to the President appealing to members to stay a few more minutes so that the remainder of the business could be hurriedly transacted.

This hot a i r i s not only experienced at union meetings. At a recent S.C.C. meeting, 40 minutes were spent i n discussing a matter that could have been dealt with i n a quarter of the time but for the e f f o r t s of c e r t a i n people who were anxious to give t h e i r voioe an a i r i n g by carrying on a personal b a t t l e w i t h the ohairman.

.Vhat have these misguided orators done for us? Only t o waste so muoh of the unions time that we l e t an A r t student ollmb our Albert memorial.

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WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE At a reoont meeting of I.C. Union, i t was decided that

, the Union should support W.U.S. Members who attended the meeting w i l l remember the explanation of the purpose of IV/.U.S. given by i t s B r i t i s h Secretary. However, f o r the (benefit of other members of the Union, I would l i k e to explain something of the nature of W.U.S, and some of the 'Ways i n whioh wo can help.

In the aftermath of World War I, one English woman was helping i n r e l i e f work among students and l e c t u r e r s i n Vienna} she found that these were the only cl a s s f o r whom nothing was being done by the various r e l i e f missions. She learned of professors of European reputation who were keeping themselves a l i v e by s e l l i n g matches i n the street. Her appeal f o r help came to the U n i v e r s i t i e s of Europe, who responded so g r e a t l y that i t was decided to help Students and s t a f f i n need a l l over Europe, So Europ­ean Student B e l i e f came i n t o being, one of i t s p r i n c i p l e s being deolared as foll o w s : " R e l i e f w i l l bo administered i m p a r t i a l l y without regard to raoe, n a t i o n a l i t y , or creed, or any o t h e r e r i t e r i o n than proven need", Despite several changes of name and structure of the organisation, t h i s , and a l l the other o r i g i n a l l y declared p r i n c i p l e s have, bean f a i t h f u l l y kept throughout the past 34 yoars.

Aa the a i d of W.U.S, i s concentrated where i t i s needed most, B r i t i s h and American stua.onts and s t a f f hava been, i n the main, contributors to, rather than r e c i p i ­ents of, r e l i e f a i d . Hence I would l i k e to draw the

'attention of readers to sarao posters on College boards describing conditions of students i n other countries, p a r t i c u l a r l y i n Asia, and givin", some d e t a i l s as to how W.U.S. i s helping them; I am sure that no-one can read these posters without r e a l i s i n g t h e i r debt to f e l l o w -members of the world-wide u n i v e r s i t y community.

Although the W.U.S. Committee at I.C, has only Just come i n t o being, and has not yet taken any d i r e c t action, the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Halations Club recently held a very good concert of Music and Dancing from many parts of tha World, i n a i d of '.7,U.S. Funds. We are v<»ry g r a t e f u l f o r t h e i r help i n t h i s exoellent way, and hope that other Clubs and Sooietles w i l l boar t h i s example i n mind vihen planning funotions. We hope to arrange several e f f o r t s next Session, including a Flag Pay during the Christmas Term. We ask your support i n the worthwhile cause of W.U.S.

J.V.O.

" P h o e n i x comes o u t n e x t week," s a i d a b r i g h t boy a t t h e B e a r d M e e t i n g . Everybody l o o K e d a t me. " Y o u ' l l r e v i e w i t ? " asked Mr, S t a r m e r , w i t h o n l y t h e f a i n t e s t h i n t of a q u e s t i o n i n i»ie v o i c e . I s i g n e d . So f o r t h e f i f t h t i m e i n two y e a r s I must begin an u n r e w a r d i n g ( a p a r t f r o m a f r e e copy) task w n i c h u s u a l l y r e s u l t s i n s e v e r a l old. f r i e n d s . f a i l i n g t o r e c o g n i s e me i n t n e Union.

I t i s a t r u t n u n i v e r s a l l y a c k n o w l e d g e d t h a t nobody t a x e s any n o t i c e o f r e v i e w s of P n o e n i x , and so t h e t c v i o e t n e y i n v a r i a b l y c o n t a i n goes b e g . i n g . As a r e s u l t , the main a r t i c l e ( t h a t i s , m a i n a c c o r d i n g to l e n g t n ) i n t h i s e d i t i o n , "Tne U l t i m s - t e E f f e c t o f Mechan­i s a t i o n on Human E f f o r t 1 ' i s an u n g a i n l y , d i s ­o r d e r l y g a g g l e o f argument, t h e few p o i n t s w h i c h a r e b r o u g h t s a f e l y t o t h e s u r f a c e s e r v ­i n g o n l y t o i n c r e a s e one's i m p r e s s i o n of i n g e n i o u s l y submerged s c h o l a r s h i p . The a r t i c l e may, even s o , s e r v e a s an i n t r o d u c ­t i o n t o t h e f a s c i n a t i n g f i e l d of numan r e l a -t i o n s n i p s so Beldom e n t e r e d by t h e s c i e n t i s t .

A muoh worse mess, f r o m a l i t e r a r y p a i n t o f v i e w , i s f o u n d i n " C r i m i n a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y " a s n o r t e n e d v e r s i o n o f Dr. J . G o u l d ' s t a l k at a r e c e n t T o u c h s t o n e weekend. A s p e o i m e n sen­t e n c e may g i v e some i d e a o f my mea n i n g . . i "The s o c i a l - l e g a l v i e w o f b e n a v i o u r i s p r e s ­c r i p t i v e o r r e s t r i c t i v e , n o t d e s c r i p t i v e , and ,,' e n f o r c e m e n t i s a n e c e s s a r y o o n o o m i t a n t . " , I t . \ i s t n e d u t y o f t n e E d i t o r o f P h o e n i x t o ensure t h a t h i s m a t e r i a l i s r e a d a b l e . I f i t i a np'tt n o b o d y . w i l l r e u d i t , and I f e e l sure t h a t t h i a must nave happened t o " C r i m i n a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y " , P h o e n i x i s e s s e n t i a l l y a a:\gasine i n wuioh ,,'* s c i e n t i s t s t r y t o w r i t e l i t e r u t e E n g l i s h , and * i t must a l w a y s keep as c l e a r o f j a r g o n , as i a c o n s i s t e n t w i t h i n t e l l i g i b i l i t y .

P l a y HeviewB i n P n o e n i x a r e t r a d i t i o n a l l y good, and t h i s one , i s no e x c e p t i o n . Lacking t i i e de Heuok s p a r k l e , i t i s n e v e r t h e l e s s e n j o y a b l e . The Re v i e w s o f S o c i a l and A t h l e t i c C l u b A c t i v i t i e s a r e a l s o good, though f a r from c o m p r e h e n s i v e . The a u t h o r of t h e l u t t e r com­p l a i n s a b o u t poor oo-operu'. i o n f r o m olub s e c r e t a r i e s * T i l l s l i e must blame on himself, f o r l a s t t i m e , I am i n f o r m e d , l i e f a i l e d to s p e o i f y what l i e wanted, w h i o h ouused some oon-f u s i o n Lind w a s t e d t i m e . One t.ete t h e impres­s i o n t h a t P h o e n i x nun handed o v e r most of i t s f u n c t i o n t o F e l i x , f u r t n e r shown by t h e ab s e n c e o f p l a n s f r o m t n e a r t i c l e on U n i o n S x p a n s i o n . Tne S p r i n g C o n c e r t R e v i e w s p r e a d s i n t o two payee and may be o f some i n t e r e s t to . t h e o h o i r . I n c o n t r a s t , t n e S t u d e n t :iews L e t t e r must have been welcomed by many readers. The a r t i o l e s on V i s i t i n g L e c t u r e r s and on B i l l y Grunam, and a f i n e t r i b u t e to Dr. Jaoques make e x o e l l e n t r e a d i n g . Jonn L e v y ' s aojount o f a t r u c k j o u r n e y t h r o u g h A f r i c a w i l l causa many t o t h i n k t w i c e b e f o r e d a s h i n g o f f t o B u t l i n ' e .

P e t e r Howe o f f e r s u s ( m e t a p h o r i c a l l y , ) a r e m a r k a b l e c o l l e c t i o n o f l a n d l a d i e s , and h i e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e i r e c c e n t r i c i t i e s l a pre­s e n t e d i n suoh an e n g a g i n g and a u t h e n t i c manner t h a t t h e r e a d e r i s i m m e d i a t e l y forced t o examine h i s p a s t , and t o d i s c o v e r how odd. a l l l a n d l a d i e s a r e . I l o o k f o r w a r d k e e n l y to ; a s e q u e l - a l a n d l a d y w r i t i n g on " S t u d e n t L o d g e r s " o r , i f she i a a r e a l p r o f e s a i o n a l , "Young G e n t l e m e n P a y i n g G u e s t s " . . ., „" '

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S i r , As the reprsentative of I.C. Union on the U.L.U.

President's Council, I f e e l I should make seme comment on the recent action of U.C. Union, reported i n the "Sennet".

The reasons given f o r t h e i r action appear to he based on three misinterpretations of the P r i n c i p a l at t a l k with President's Council on May 3rd., plus d i s s a t i s ­f a c t i o n at not being able to get t h e i r own way over the card vote.

These thr-e mistakes are: a) The P r i n c i p a l d i d not state that "no amendments

to the present U.L.U. c o n s t i t u t i o n would be allowed f o r an i n d e f i n i t e period". In f a c t he said that i n view of the youth of the new U.L.U. c o n s t i t u t i o n (drawi up i n 1952), i t d i d not seem advisable to pass major amend­ments at present.

b) With regard t o the new Union b u i l d i n g , the P r i n c i p a l f e l t that the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the £20,000 p.a. needed to run i t was too great f o r an a l l student body, but that the use made by students of the f a c i l i t i e s provided by the new b u i l d i n g would be c o n t r o l l e d e n t i r e l y by students. This i s exactly the system i n operation at I.C. which seems to work admirably.

o) U.C. Union Council seems to f e e l that the new U.L. Union b u i l d i n g i s being erected at the expense of a d o i t i c n to U.C. Union's admittedly inadequate premises. In f a c t , the money allocated by the U.C.C. to U n i v e r s i t y College f o r b u i l d i n g purposes has not been affecr ed. Use made of t h i s money i s a matter f o r the U.C. a u t h o r i t i e s ,

'j The I.C. Union Council rejected the idea of a card • vote on President's Council as they believed that the

r o l e of a president on t h i s Council i s that of an expert representative rather than that of a mandated delegate. He has a duty to preserve the i n t e r e s t s of h i s own Union but an equal duty to help the U n i v e r s i t y , of which the small-r colleges are i n general the more active members.

The new b u i l d i n g i n l l a l e t Street i s intended to be complementary to the f a c i l i t i e s of the i n d i v i d u a l Unions.

We, as one of the larg e r and more fortunate colleges, may not appear to gain much from the U n i v e r s i t y Union except on the a t h l e t i c side, but I am convinced that I.C.Union has a great deal to o f f e r U.L.U. and i n so doing w i l l derive the benefits to be obtained from being a member of a great and f l o u r i s h i n g University Union.

Tours etc., J . S. Harding.

P H O T O G R A P H I C SOCIETY L a s t week, t h e I.C. P h o t o g r a p h i c S o o i e t j r

h e l d t h e i r a n n u a l e x h i b i t i o n . M r s . M a r y A l l e n A.R.P.S was i n v i t e d t o j u d g e t h e p h o t o g r a p h s s u b m i t t e d , me g e n e r a l s t a n d a r d o f p h o t o g r a p h y waa b e t t e r t h a n l a s t y e a r , a l t h o u g h , i n d i v i d u a l l y , t h e b e s t p r i n t s seemed i n f a r i o r t o t h e work o f p r e v i o u s p r i z e w i n n e r s .

I n t h e p i c t o r i a l s e c t i o n , * ' t h e r e was a t e n d ­ency t o w a r d s g e t t i n g t o o much d e t a i l i n one p i c ­t u r e ; a s M r s . A l l e n p o i n t e d o u t , some e n t r i e s c o n t a i n e d 3 o r 4 s t u d i e s a l l o f w h i c h w o u l d have made go o d p h o t o g r a p h s . The s u b j e c t s p o r t r a y e d were b o t h v a r i e d and i n t e r e s t i n g , w i t h C o r o n a t i o n d e o o r a t i o n s b e i n g t h e s u b j e c t ofmore p h o t o g r a p h s t h a n any o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s u b j e c t .

The c o l l e g e a c t i v i t i e s s e c t i o n was d i s ­a p p o i n t i n g . To j u d g e f r o m t h e number o f e n t r i e s , ;I.C. w o u l d be t h o u g h t t o be on i t s l a s t l e g s . 'The a t h l e t i c c l u b s were e s p e c i a l l y p o o r l y r e p ­r e s e n t e d b u t a p h o t o g r a p h o f a c r o s s - c o u n t r y r u n d e f i n i t e l y c a p t u r e d t h e s p i r i t o f t h e s p o r t , a l ­t h o u g h s p o i l t by t h e p o o r m o u n t i n g .

One o f t h e s e c t i o n s w h i c h showed g r e a t i m ­p rovement f r o m o t h e r y e a r s , was t h a t f o r t e c h ­n i c a l p h o t o g r a p h s . The s u b j e c t s c h o s e n , s u c h a s c o m p r e s s i o n waves i n w i n d t u n n e l s and v a r i o u s phenomena c o n n e c t e d w i t h l i q u i d s , were o f f a r more i n t e r e s t t o t h e t e c h n i c a l v i e w e r t h a n t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f o l d and d i l a p i d a t e d l o c o m o t i v e s & t r a c t i o n e n g i n e s e x h i b i t e d i n t h i s s e c t i o n I n t h e p a s t .

Such q u e s t i o n s as t o wnat i s t h e c o r r e c t tax-ance o f p i c t o r i a l m e r i t and c o m p o s i t i o n , t h e e x t e n t o f o r i g i n a l i t y and t h e b e s t way t o mount a p h o t o g r a p h ( w h i c h a p p e a r s t o be h e l d a l m o s t a s i m p o r t a n t a s t h e p h o t o g r a p h I t s e l f ) a l l o f w h i c h i n f l u e n c e t h e u l t i m a t e d e c i s i o n . S i n c e t h e a n s ­w e r s t o t h e s e q u e s t i o n s a r e l a r g e l y a m a t t e r <£ : o p i n i o n , i t i s s u r p r i s i n g t o f i n d t h a t M r s . ' A l i e n s ' j u d g i n g met w i t h g e n e r a l agreement, as t n e comments h e a r d d u r i n g the e x h i b i t i o n seem t o i n d i c a t e .

Dear S i r , During the l a s t few days we, i n London, have vdtnessed

some magnificent and very moving pageantry; i t i s not just a t r a d i t i o n a l show-off: i t i s not ju s t an extravagant expenditure of government taxes: i t i s neither conceit nor any other of our human v i c e s ; i t is.something very much deeper, which although we have t r i e d we have been unable to put i n t o words.

Although dwarfed by the majestic homecoming of our gracious Queen we witnessed two other events at the Albert H a l l l a a t week - the Boys' Brigade Meeting with the u n i ­forms and bands - the U n i v e r s i t y Presentation Ceremony with the t r a d i t i o n a l mortar boards and academic gowns.

Academic gowns hm.m.m.m.' When as freshmen we a r r i v e d at I.C. as i t i s at

present, we noticed very l i t t l e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c change from school l i f e except perhaps that we are a l l somewhat older. When as freshmen we a r r i v e at I.C. as i t w i l l be, Just one of 3,000 other students, we s h a l l f i n d i t s t i l l more d i f f i c u l t t o take f u l l advantage of anything that a U n i v e r s i t y has to of f e r , except those precious l e t t e r s a f t e r our names.

Let's attempt a Walter M i t t y f o r a while.' Imagine a r r i v i n g on that f i r s t day at college to he welcomed by students clad i n academic gowns - the centuries old trade­mark of scholars and students; when we i n turn eventu­a l l y complete our f i r s t year we too would spend some s i x or seven s h i l l i n g s and proudly wear our own gowns. We could d i s t i n g u i s h the freshmen by t h e i r "academic naked­ness" ; we could d i s t i n g u i s h scholars, post graduates and s t a f f by the type of gown; we should even be able t o r e ­cognise guildsmen, miners or s c i e n t i s t s .

A large number of students wear college scarves which indicates that some of us' at l e a s t are proud to be recognised as students; pride i s no s i n - w i t h i n reason i t i s a very excellent c h a r a c t e r i s t i c . Academic gowns are more i n d i v i d u a l than scarves or blazers and would prevent us simulating a crumb i n a t i e r e d wedding cake ( f o r such v/e hope w i l l be the elegance of the new "expan­sion" b u i l d i n g s ) ; gowns are d i g n i f i e d , t r a d i t i o n a l , inex­pensive and very p r a c t i c a l - at one school i t was recently suggested that masters should no longer wear gowns; the idea was promptly dismissed on the grounds that the absence of the gown would i n c \ i r r too much expense on clothes t a i l o r i n g and valeting." We would be expected to wear gowns wi t h i n the college but not necessarily outside i t s precincts; gowns would be worn at mealtimes (whichwould undoubtedly improve the dubious table manners we so often have t o abide), at meetings and we could always hang them up w h i l s t labouring over f i l e s and d r i l l s i n the work­shop.

Perhaps, s i r , we have imposed on your column too aneh, with these our w i s t f u l hopes; but why should we NOT wear academic gowns?

Yours sincerely, Dear S i r , . E- J- p- *»••.«•'_

Are we to, b e l i e v e ' t h a t ^ o u r f r o n t p a g e - a r t i c l e "Wine, Women and s o n g " i s a t r u e r e p o r t o f t h e v i s i t o f s i x r e s p o n s i b l e members o f I . C . U n i o n t o W e s t e r n Germany ? I hope t h a t i t i s i n a c c u r a t e and' e x a g g e r a t e d - s u r e l y t h e a c t i v i t e s o f t h e s e s t u d e n t s i n c l u d e d more t h a n a l c o h o l , t h e o p p o s i t e s e x and s i n g i n g ? I am s u r e t h a t many r e a d e r d o f F e l i x w o u l d have p r e f e r r e d a more t o p i c a l e y e - w i t n e s s a c c o u n t o f s t u d e n t c o n d i t i o n s , c u l t u r a l l i f e and e c o n ­omic r e c o v e r y i n W e s t e r n Germany, i n s t e a d o f w h i c h we were p r e s e n t e d w i t h an u n i m p r e s s i v e and n o t e x a c t l y c o m p l i m e n t a r y a c c o u n t o f t h e t r i p .

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440 yda.a 1. Stewart U ) 2. P i . - i s e n t , 30.5 seo. 3. Look.

880 yda. 1. B a i l e y (G) 2. Look, lm,57seo. 3. James.

1 m i l e . 1. B a i l e y (G) 2. Kay, 4m, 20.8s. 3. Huxford.

3 milea. 1. T. B a i l e y (G), on 17th 14m, 23.6s. Maroh. College reoord.

120 yda 1. Riokard (R) 2. Rayburn, 17.6 seo. hurdlaa. 3. Snellook. Dlwoua. 1. Langdon (G) 2. Glbbs, 99*1&".

3. Maxworthy. . Shot. 1. Maxworthy (G) 2. Gibbs, 3 4 ' 9 i * ,

3. Hearo. J a v a l i n . 1. Shepherd (R) 2. Langdon, 132' 10".

3. Robinson. Long Jump. 1.Hudson (G) 2. Brown, 20' 7".

3. M o r r i s . High Jump. 1. Riokard (R) 2. Snellook 5'io"

•3. Wilkinson.' 4X110 y d * B e l a y * 1 R.C.S. 2. Mines.Gttilde d i s q u a l i f i e d . ;

*Sporta Day rec o r d . .

S H O O T I N G

"B" 3rd *C" 1st

She f i n a l league r e s u l t s , published l a t e l»^t term, •ere as foll o w s .

Inter-University league. Divn. Is I.C.;*A" 2nd -Dim. I : I.C. "A" 1st

I.C. Divn. I I : I.C.

This f i n e record was continued at the end of l a s t tarn «men the "A" team beat Kensington R.C.- 783-780 i n a friendly match, sad followed t h i s up by knocking out Bottlngham University from the liackworth-Praed Competi-tiem by 788 tq 764. . __

Drawing a <?onveni-nt 3rd round bye during the Easter vac., the teen proceeded to score 791 or 790, depending eh the ?.au--e, 'in the Quarter P i n a l (Lenin and Goodley 100, -Abbott, Home, Jasslivrer and Ryder 90). This should be ».eod enou<th to carry I.C. i n t o the semi-final of t h i s n a t i o n a l competition. The e x i s t i n g I.C. record soore i s 790.

Both I.C. teams have now been knocked out from the National Team Handicap Competition: the "B" team f i r s t by a s i n g l e point with the 0.25 saute, and the "A" team by a resounding defeat i n the following round.

Shooting on liay l£th at Imber Court, one card at JS yards and two at 50, fourteen I.C. men were bea*en by •fenrteen Metropolitan Policemen, 4087-4066.. Conditions varied from bright sunshine to t o r r e n t i a l r a i n , and the experience of the bobbier on t h e i r own range made -certain their win. Outstanding v.-̂ re Southgate (300) and Lake (267) f o r the P o l i c e , and Sharpe (299), Lemin (298) and Goodley (297) f o r I.C. ;:.•?.. Sharpe was presented with a s i l v e r , spoon by the li.P.A. A. f o r h i s top score f o r I.C.

Two I.C. men, Seaborne and Sharpe, were selected f o r the U.L. f u l l - b o r e team of s i x f o r the Surrey Astor.Com-n e t i t i o n , w i t h Douglas of I.C. as reserve., R.P. Sea­borne i s to be congratulated on making the highest score f o r U.L., and h i s subsequent selection f o r Surrey. The J.L. team was placed 9 t h among the 19 teams competing.

Lawn T e n n i s — The Brown oup. C. i G. b e a t R. C. S. , 7-0.

Lament on the Lounge being Closed f o r Po l i s h i n g on .Alternate Friday Lunch-Times

Conrle.in not, nor get out of hand

On Fridays, the lounge being banned,

?or chairs are i n c l i n e d

To enlarge the behind.

'Tis better by f a r that you stand.

mm FRIDAY MAY 21st

X.C. C a t h o l i c Sooiety A.G.M., 6.18 p.m. i n Committee Roan "A".

I.C. Musical Society A.G.M., 1.05 p.m. i n Committee Room "A".

SATURDAY MAY 22nd U.L. Rowing Championships 2.00 p.m. at Chiswiok. B i l l y Graham Crusade, f i n a l meetings, White C i t y

Stadium at 5.00 p.m., and Wembley Stadium at 6.00 p.m. MOHDAY MAY 24th

I.C. Soocer Club A.G.M., 1.10 p.m. i n Physios l i b r a r y . I.C.C.U. open meeting. Rev. N.H.Bainbridge on

"The Cost of D i s c i p l e s h i p " . i n the Botany Leoture Theatre at 1.15 p.m. A H very welcome. Sandwiches on sale.

I.C. Ca t h o l i c Sooiety Rosary, 1.40 p.m. i n Committee Room "B".

THURSDAY MAY 27th I.C. Choir Concert, 1.15 p.m. i n the Gymnasium.

Works by Yanghan Williams, P u r c e l l and Orlando Gibbons. FRIDAY MAY 28th

I.C. I.E.A. Group A.G.M. 1.15 p.m. In the Gymnasium. 1.0. Dramatic Sooiety A.G.M., 5.15 p.m. i n Committee

Room "A". 1.0. Railway Sooiety, Distinguished V i s i t o r ' s Adress:

Mr. G. Low on "Some Railway Photographs from my Per­sonal C o l l e c t i o n . " 5.15 p.m. i n C. and G., Room 161, followed at 7.0 p.m. by the Annual Dinner i n the Upper Dining B a l l . D e t a i l s on the Union notice-board.

MONDAY MAY 51st meeting. J.B.A. Weston. Esq., on

"The Abundant L i f e " . 1.15 p.m. i n the Botany Lecture Theatre. A l l are very welcome. Sandwiches on sale.

THURSDAY JUNE 1st I.C. Union A.G.M. 1.10 p.m. i n the Gymnasium.

T H E G U I L D S E N G I N E E R

E The 5 t h i s s u e o f t h e G u i l d s ' E n g i n e e r , t o ' fee p u b l i s h e d w i t h i n t h e n e x t few d a y s , w i l l be i n i t s now accustomed f o r m , c o n t a i n i n g a r t i o l e s on c u r r e n t r e s e a r c h work i n t h e C o l l e g e a s w e l l a s t h e a n n u a l r e p o r t s o f t h e E n g i n e e r i n g and R a d i o S o o i e t i e s . The p a p e r s i n c l u d e d r a n g e f r o m the J a b e r P r i z e w i n n i n g " C a n a l s o f E n g l a n d " by Johh G l a n v i l l e t o "An O u t l i n e o f A i r c r a f t -Control and S t a b i l i t y " by P.T. F i n k . O t h e r i t e m s are "Seed S o r t i n g by E l e c t r o n i c M ethods" by D.li. Tombs and "The E n g i n e e r s War a g a i n s t M a l a r i a " by G. Ghosh. T h e r e w i l l be t h e u s u a l Departmental R e s e a r c h N o t e s and t h e L i b r a r y N o t e s and a l s o a r e p o r t of t o p i c a l i n t e r e s t on t h e r o o f extension t o t h e C o l l e g e .

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I . C . W I N S B E A G L I N G

P O I N T - T O - P O I N T Last Saturday, I.C. Cross-oountry Club sent three

teams down South to run i n an i n v i t a t i o n point-to-point organised by the Brighton and Storrington Foot Beatles. 1.0. f i r s t team, oomposed of Pain (3rd), Huxford (4th) Bowler (6th) and Dearden (7th) took the team trophy, but the most i n t e r e s t i n g performance from the point of view of this paper was that of a team oomposed e n t i r e l y of "Felix" men. This new J o u r n a l i s t i c venture as conceived by the Sdltor himself, who distinguished h i a s e l f by being the only member of t h i s team t o t r a i n at a l l s e r i o u s l y f o r the event. However, of the four team members, Mr Starmer was l y i n g f o u r t h at the half-way mark. Previously at the f i r s t water-jump, Geoff Grimshaw, Coming Events fiditor, who had l e d the four up to that point, entered the mid, and came out minus a shoe. At t h i s juncture, he was heard by Doug. Inmen, R.C.S. Salesman, jus t over­taking, to remark: "xxxxxxx.1 ". Meanwhile, B i l l Hudson, C i r c u l a t i o n manager, and Geoff. Starmer were having a t u s s l e between themselves and a Brighton A.C. runner. This was eventually won by B i l l , whose indignantly b r i s t l ­ing f a c e - f o l i a g e must have thoroughly cowed the opposition.

F e l i x came fourth, there being only one other team running besides the I.C. three. We are looking forward to f u r t h e r such progressive j o u r n a l i s t i c enterprises, and a Felix XT may s h o r t l y be seen at Lords.

A N D N O W T H E U . L .

S W I M M I N G C U P In the U n i v e r s i t y championships held l a s t Friday and

Saturday I.C. shared f i r s t place -Jith U n i v e r s i t y College and Battersea, each gaining 20 points. This i s the f i r s t time I.C. has been i n the f i r s t place i n t h i s competition and the f i r s t time there has been a t r i p l e t i e . I t was a credi+Vble performance by the team of eight entered.

I.C. -s p r i n c i p a l hope i n the i n d i v i d u a l event was-Brian Manley, swimming i n the 100 yds. backstroke. Be was narrowly beaten i n t o second place by Mike Clark, the U.L. president, the two being o l d r i v a l s . Our only other place wan gained by Gordon Stewart i n the 100 yds. B u t t e r f l y . Points were, however, w e l l d i v i d e d between a number of the clubs competing, as i s usual i n the U.L. championships w i t h so many colleges, and i t r e ­mained for the two team races, which counted doable points, to decide the competition. I.C."s team,of Maaley, Stewart, Lampard, and MoChesney, gained f i r s t place i n the Medley 1"slay, and i n the Freestyle team race the same teas w4t8» Hay f o r Lampard surprised U.C. and Battersea by beating both and gaining f i r s t place.

R O W I N G -Hammers™1 t>i gagatta,

0a Saturday May 8th, the I.C. second T i l l raced at TTKIIHII ml Mi Regatta, winning t h e i r f i r s t heat against Barclay's Bank and Thames Tradesman comfortably by over a length. In an e x c i t i n g s e m i - f i n a l , the I.C. orew won by a canvas obtained i n & l a s t minute s p r i n t from National P r o v i n c i a l Bank and Chiswiok Grammar School. Basing London Bowing Club i n the f i n a l , the orew l o s t i length at the start but hung on w e l l rowing at a slow­er rata. However a heavy wash from a tug almost swamp­ed them and the London crew rowed heme t o win.

Regatta At Chiswiok Bsgattaton Saturday May 15th., I.C. were

represented by the f i r s t and second eights entered i n the Thames Cop and Junior-Senior events. Containing two new men, the second eight met London, t h e i r opponents of-the previous week, i n the f i r s t heat. Holding London very well off at the s t a r t by s t r i k i n g 40, they kept l e v e l with them u n t i l over half-way, when London drew away t o win.by nearly h a l f a length.

With a s u b s t i t u t e rowing i n the orew, the f i r s t eight met Gladstone R.C. and U n i v e r s i t y College & H o s p i t a l B.C. i n the f i r s t heat of the Thames Cup. A f t e r a f a s t s t a r t 1.0. did not s e t t l e down, and were not g e t t i n g a s o l i d finish. Half-way the three crews were l e v e l , but near the finish Gladstone drew away to win by h a l f a length.

In the U.L. Rowing Championships tomorrow at Ohiswick 1.0. w i l l be represented by the f i r s t eight and a c l i n k e r eight. ¥ m_

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I . C . W A , W I N S

S H E R W O O D C U P "Pairs of I.C.W.S.C. of varying degrees of t a l e n t

once more performed at Motspur Park i n the U.L. Champion­ships. A f t e r stimulating competition w i t h Wye and King's Colleges we acquired the Sherwood Factor Cup leaving them to share the Challenge Cup as a consolation p r i z e . - The Cup was s u i t a b l y re-christened with alcohol provided by Dr. John Harding and the surviving members of the team spent the evening elsewhere.

Union members may wonder what stimulates the women to such f e v e r i s h a c t i v i t y at t h i s time of year. The answer may be seen on Monday ( l 7 t h ) when Miss Sherwood takes the v i c t o r i o u s team out to dinner.

To show that we r e a l l y earned the Cup, the f o l l o w i n g i s a l i s t of the r e s u l t s i -

100 yds

220 yds 440 yds

880 yds

5th M. 1st J . 5th D. 2nd D. 4th P.

Long Jump 1st J . High Jump 4th J . Discus 6th P. J a v e l i n 5th C.

6th J .

4th J . Findlat.er 6th M. Mawes.

Mawes. Fin d l a t e r Goodway Goodway * Clarke, t F i n d l a t e r F i n d l a t e r Clarkt Roberts ifelsby.

I C W A & T E N N I S

I.C.W.S.C. excelled i t s e l f , by beating L.S.E. in the f i r s t round of the U n i v e r s i t y championship on Saturday, May 15th. The score was 6-3 despite the f a c t that t h i * team had had l i t t l e p r a c t i c e and that i t was the morning a f t e r the Silwood dance,

C R I C K E T

The f i r s t X I have s t a r t e d the season rather poorly. However, the team contains a wealth of p o t e n t i a l t a l e n t and i t i s to be hoped that t h i s w i l l soon reveal i t s e l f

In the f i r s t match against Reading U n i v e r s i t y , I.C. batted f i r s t on a perfect wicket, but were dismissed for 142. Only Hanmaton, Heam and Kitchener scored more than 20, and Reading duly won i n a canter.

I.C. dismissed H i l l i n g d o n f o r 158 but again batted poorly and could amass a mere 110. Against Old Sinjuns some excellent bowling by Jordinson (6 frr 23), w e l l supported by Brown and A u l t , put I.C. i n a dominating p o s i t i o n , requireing only 100 to win. But the b a t t i n g • reached a new minimum. F i n a l l y wanting three to win i n the l a s t two overs with the l a s t man i n , I.C. could only manage a pathetic draw at 98 f o r 9. " i t c h e n made 31 but received only spasmodic support.

By f a r the best performance was against a good Wembliy team who were dismissed f o r 158 by some f i n , aggressive bowling by Brown (7 f o r 57) and good f i e l d i n g . Rain then put an end to proceedings.

When the batsmen show more confidence and aggression t h i s team i s capable oi' great things.

The Sunday XI scored a win over Baygreen, thanks mainly to a f i n e f i f t y by Dr. R.T. Severn, who thus en­dangered h i s plaoe i n the side as i t i s w e l l known that he performs t h i s feat only once annually. The all-Welsh f a s t opening attack of Brown and Weale proved very e f f ­

ective and Weale h i t the stumps at l e a s t once. In the next match some new blood i s being introduced i n the shape of D. K. Nicholas (Ph. D., posthumously) and t h i s should have.some e f f e c t .

. L A W N T E N N I S I.C 1st VI v St. Mary's College 1st VI - Won 9-0 I.C. 2nd VI v St. Mary's College 2nd VI - Won 9-0 I.C. 1st VI v Reading 1st VI .. .. - Lost 0-9 I.C. 1st VI v I.C. S t a f f .. .. - Won 8-1 I.C. 2nd VI v Battersea Polyteohnic. VI - Won 6-1

S.M.C. 1st and 2nd VI's suffered heavy defeats at the hands of I.C. on Wednesday May 5th. The barometer showed "Wet and Windy" and that i s a l s o a f a i r comment oa the tennis. S.M.C. proved t o be remarkably f i t but both t h e i r teams ware depleted due t o the absence of 1st year students on School P r a c t i c e .

I.C.,1st VI too were below strength against Reading as four I.C. men were representing the U n i v e r s i t y at Birmingham.

The I.C. s t a f f produced f i v e men and a lady f o r the match on Saturday May 15th. I t i s considered l i k e l y that the lady's presence i n s p i r e d the students and d i s t r a c t e d the a t t e n t i o n of the s t a f f . D.H. de G. A l l e n ' s game anyway was very "relaxed"

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