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F o u n d e d i n 1 9 4 0 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION F R E E !
No .378 F R I D A Y , 14TH F E B R U A R Y , 1975.
A POLITICAL ICWA ?
Rent Strikes T W E N T Y F O U R H i g h e r E d
uca t i on Ins t i tu t i ons a l l over the country are now on rent s t r i k e over H a l l of R e s i d e n c e fees in their c o l l e g e s ^ T h e N U S i s b a c k i n g rent s t r i kes in h a l l s o f r es idence as a resu l t o f the Government ' s re-
R A G
Cand ida tes T H E R A D I A L A C T I O N
G R O U P has put forward i t s c a n d idates for the N U S e l e c t i o n s , w h i c h w i l l be h e l d at the Nat i ona l Con fe rence in L l a n d u d n o in A p r i l .
The cand ida tes are A n d y Va l l ame-Owen (P res ident , B i rmingham U n i v e r s i t y G u i l d o f Students) who w i l l s tand for P R E S I D E N T of N U S and Ray -
fusa l to i nc lude students in s e l f c a t e r ing co l l ege -owned accomodat ion in the rent f reeze .
A t two London P o l y t e c h n i c s the rent s t r ike i s a l ready over . A t C e n t r a l L o n d o n P o l y , the admin i s t ra t i on have frozen ca t e r ing p r i c e s and accomodat ion fees at l e v e l s accep tab le to s tudents . S i m i l a r l y at South B a n k P o l y , the author i t i es have agreed not to implement an inc rease of fees from £111 to £138 a t e rm.
Students at f ive other U n i v e r s i t i e s and P o l y t e c h n i c s may a l so beg in rent s t r i k e s before the summer.
mond Gann (Senior V i c e - P r e s i
dent of Aberdeen U n i v e r s i t y
Student Represen ta t i v e C o u n
c i l ) who w i l l s t and for D E P U T Y
P R E S I D E N T of N U S .
I N S I D E F E L I X
Letters 2 Prof .Laithwaite 6
Super - Woman 3 Focus 6
Precipice 4 New Theta 7
Crossword 5 Stanley 8
Bremstrahlung 5 Argent concert 10
ELECTION FEVER SEE EDITORIAL, P A G E 2
Is ICWA to become a political organisation? This question is being asked in earnest following Wednesday's General Meeting at which including an action group in the constitution was proposed.
A number of I cwar ians have formed a group c a l l e d 'Vtomen in S c i e n c e ' w h i c h c l a i m s that a s i t s tands ICWA does not ca te r enough for the needs of women in c o l l e g e , or a t a l l fro some. They sugges t much more shou ld be done to e l e v i a t e the prob lems, both s o c i a l and ac ademic f a c ing women i n c o l l ege .
T h i s i d e a has caused some d i s s en t w i t h i n the r anks o f ICWA. A l though most agree that there i s room for an extens ion of I C W A ' s a c t i v i t i e s
there are doubts about wha t
th is wou ld mean w i t h regard
to the future nature o f I C W A .
C o u l d ICWA become a t o t a l l y
p o l i t i c a l o rgan isa t i on? A l
though th i s seems u n l i k e l y a
lenghty d i s c u s s i o n i s now i n
progress as c e r t a i n members
f ee l I C W A i s , and shou ld re
m a i n , a ma in l y s o c i a l body.
Whatever the outcome i t
w i l l g reat ly be i n f l u encedby
the r e su l t s o f the e l e c t i o n s
for next years ICWA execu t i v e
w h i c h w i l l sho r t l y take p l a c e .
Pancake Race! THIS T U E S D A Y saw the annual ritual of the Pancake Race
around Be.t quadrangle. The actual race seemed, for the"majorit? of the spectators, to be immaterial as they checked out unsuspecting passers-by to drench with dustbinfuls of cold water.
However, the ir fate was noth ing to compare with that Of the unfortunate E x e c u t i v e and ICWA team members, and in th is y ea r ' s race , p a r t i c u l a r l y the ICWA team. T h e hose p ipes were out i n fu l l force as the P r e s i d en t o f ICWA a n d la t e r the P r e s i d e n t of I C U soon found out.
T h e race was ab ly umpired by M ike W i l l i a m s , the E d i t o r o f F E L I X , whose unfortunate task i t was to show the two teams the c i r c u i t they each h a d to run by running them h imse l f . H e too got rather wet .
A l t h o u g h the ICWA team,
i n i t i a t o r s o f the P a n c a k e R a c e
C h a l l e n g e and l a s t y ea r ' s
w inne r s , ba t t l ed v a l i a n t l y on
w a rds , the E x e c u t i v e s t r eaked home to v i c t o ry w i th on l y one unfortunate m ishap - that of an ill-timed, mindless rugby t a c k l e on the President of C and G Union, Jenny Jones.
A l though taken to h o s p i t a l after t h i s , we are now assured that Je r ry i s i n fact r ecover ing though badly b ru i s ed .
T h i s appeared to be the on l y marr ing inc iden to f the race , and arather jubulent T revor P h i l l i p s led the two teams and spect ators into a " H e y V ' v o ! "
A n d so ended th is y ea r ' s P a n -cake R a c e w i th a w e l l earned v i c t o ry for the E x e c u t i v e .
FEL IX
M i c h a e l W i l l i a m s
P O L A R I S A T I O N i s , for a c o l l e g e the s i z e of Imper ia l , a nas ty syndrome . T h e d i s c o r d c rea ted by the abras i ve j u x t a p o s i t i o n o f the N . F . v . the Le f t c an do the U n i o n no good, can i t?
T w o butnph sheets have appeared th i s week : One from the N P , one from the IC. Communis t P a r t y . Ne i the r are c o n c l u s i v e ; both conta in savage dec ep t i ons . It t y p i c a l l y charac t e r i s es the spe c t a cu l a r p o l i t i c a l c h a s m that e x i s t s between the two i d eo l o g i e s .
We can d i spense w i th the Commu n i s t rot conce rn ing l a s t week ' s a n t i -N . F . m e e t i n g be ing "...the most successful mass action by I.C. students for years" . The vas t major i ty of those represent ing the Le f t were not from . I . C . We can a l s o f lush away the N . F . garbage wh ich a c c u s e s the I C U P r e s i dent o f showing " — h i s w i l l i n g n e s s to engage in d e sp i cab l e f a s c i s t thugg
e r y . . . " . Tha t i s a se r i ous overstatement .
B u t the main po int i s t h i s : the more p o l a r i s e d people become on th is i s s u e , the greater w i l l come the po t en t i a l danger o f the re l ease of the inherent tens i o n a s s o c i a t e d w i th the s i tua t i on . Heaven help us when all Hell is let loose .
E l e c t i o n fever i s wi th us once aga in and , that das tard ly cur , Rumour, i s d o i n g h i s rounds not on ly i n I C U but i n the C C U ' s a l s o .
Rumour i s most rife i n I C U . F o r the pos t o f P r e s i d e n t , P . T . , P .W., D . S . and N . F . l o o k l i k e l y contenders . The pos t of Deputy P r e s i d e n t l ooks a b i t dodgy, but D . S . appears to be in w i th a c ha nc e . The H o n . Sec . nex t year c ou ld
e i the r be M.S , , P . B . , M X . or J . D . There are now three probab les for F E L I X Ed i t o r : P . E . , C D . and H . S .
In M i n e s , for P r e s i d e n t the so lo runner i s B . B . ; V . P . l ooks l i k e a bat t le between G . B . and R A . ; H o n . Sec . c o u l d be one of F . C . , P . B . or C.W.
G u i l d s l o oks a b i t spa r s e at the moment w i th on l y K . A , T . F . and F . S . m a k i n g a move , w h i l s t R C S U i s c a u t i o u s l y sugges t ing S . B . or A J . for P r e s i d ent; J . W . o r C M . for V . P . ; and A S . , N . R . o r T . T . for H o n . S e c .
D i d you spot the Un i on Refectory do ing a super c l eanup in an t i c i pa t i on o f the v i s i t of the Cha i rman o f the Gove rn ing Body? // did not make much difference to the food though!
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MONDAY, 11.55 A.M.
Imperial College,
3rd February 1975.
Dear S i r ,
I shou ld l i k e to ra i se some po in ts in reply to the recent le t ter from Mr J . J . A l b r e c h u
He c l a i m s that 'as a foreigner he is probably less prejudiced'. What s p e c i a l q u a l i f i c a t i ons does be ing a foreigner confer upon a person to make h im, '/ess prejudiced'? - or i s M r . A l b r e c h t merely showing h i s pre jud ice?
The vas t majority of people i n this country have never e x p l o i t e d anyone - the peop le mak ing the prof i ts from the Emp i r e not b e ing the B r i t i s h Workers . Why, therefore, do they have to be ' r e s p o n s i b l e ' for the m i l l i o n s of a l i e n s a l l ow ed B r i t i s h N a t i o n a l i t y under the 1948 ac t? If these peop le have the i r own independent homeland then they are presumably capab le o f t ak ing care of themse l v e s - but then I suppose that Mr . A l b r e c h t i s s o p re jud i ced as to b e l i e v e that they shou ld not be granted the r ight to se l f -determina t i on .
Mr . A l b r e c h t seems to des i r e the en forced integrat ion of peop l es of t o ta l l y d i f ferent c u l t u r e s . T h i s seems to be a p a r t i c u l a r l y r a c i a l i s t and fasc i s t a t t i tude . Why cannot people be a l l o w e d to l i v e in their own way , i n their own l and , w i thout be ing forced to adopt customs that are e s s e n t i a l l y a l i e n to them? A s to the d i f f i cu l t i e s o f l i f e i n a m u l t i - r a c i a l soc i e t y we need on ly g lance br i e f l y around the wor ld to see the misery and s t r i f e a r i s i n g from such soc i e t i e s . F o r example , up to 2,000 people were k i l l e d in race r io ts in M a l a y s i a dur ing 1969 ; 10,000,000 Ibos were s laught ered by the N i g e r i a n s in 1966; 500,000 have been k i l l e d and 115,000 made home l ess in the s t rugg le for se l f -de te rminat ion of the Negroes of Southern Sudan in their attempt to form a
separate ' R e p u b l i c of A z a n i a ' , e t c . . P r esumab ly these are on ly 'minor ' d i f f i c u l t i e s to the r a c i a l i s t Mr A l b r e c h t .
F i n a l l y , Mr A l b r e ch t wonders where the N F stands over the ques t ion of Europeans : the p o l i c y i s qui te s imp l e , they w i l l not be repatr ia ted (but those who w i s h to leave B r i t a i n may, o f course , do so qu i te freely but we wou ld a l l o w no more European immigrat ion (except in c e r t a in s p e c i a l c a s es , e.g. , refugees from the Communis t S ta tes . ) .
Y o u r s F a i t h f u l l y ,
A . J . Baczkowski N.F.S.A. at I.C.
79 S tans fie Id Rd. Benflect, Essex.
Dear S i r , I am very grateful to you
for send ing me F E L I X every week -1 f ind i t very interest ing read ing . I was pa r t i cu l a r l y in te res ted in the a r t i c l e s on student grants , and the ag i t a t i on for an i n c r ea s e . 1 wonder what present day students spend their money on, and what they cons ide r to be the rea l e s s e n t i a l s o f l i f e - a f t e r a l l , a grant i s meant to be for e s s e n t i a l s , not luxe r i e s . A l s o I t h ink i t shou ld be borne i n m ind that many parents pay a proport ion of the i r o f f spr ings ' grants , and any inc rease w i l l come s t i l l harder on them, both as parents and as taxpayers .
When I was at I .C . (about the time F E L I X was born!) I had to cut down on food, make my own c l o thes , and do w i t h out anyth ing that wasn ' t abs o l u t e l y b a s i c to e x i s t e nc e . Nev e r the l e s s , I had a very good t ime.
So, what do today 's s t u d ents exprect? Would any of
them like to publish, in F E L I X , a detailed budget
01-589 5111 Ext. 2166
(bear ing i n mind that the grant i s on ly intended to cover the th i r ty -odd weeks spent ac t u a l l y i n Co l l e ge ) ?
I do rather get the impress i o n that students nowadays f ee l that the wor ld owes them a l i v i n g . T h i s i s not so ; they have yet to prove that they have any worthwhi le con t r ibu t i on to make.
Your s f a i th fu l l y ,
Joan M .Wells
(nee Slow) B.Sc. A.R.C.S. (1949)
Imperial College
3rd February 1975
S i r , i was s i c k e n e d to see the
le t ter i n " F E L I X " from a N a t i o n a l F ron t member. N . U S . p o l i c y r i gh t l y c a l l s for no p la t form for r a c i s t s and f a s c i s t s -by f l out ing this you are h e l p i n g them in their efforts to ga in c r e d i b i l i t y .
Int. 2881
T h e recent propaganda campa ign by the N . F . at I . C . i s an i n s u l t to the thousands of fore ign students and workers in the C o l l e g e . If the N . F . had their way, these people wou ld be humi l i a t ed and dr iven from the country . The prospec t of an N F . government however i s remote. T h e i r r ea l and immediate threat l i e s i n their thuggery aga ins t b l a ck people and trade un i on i s t s o f any s k i n c o l our. B l a c k shop s tewards in Manches te r have recent ly been s l a s h e d and beaten up by thugs b e l i e v e d to be members of the N . F . , and the F ron t has been a c t i v e i n b reak ing their s t r i k e .
F a s c i s m appea l s to the fr ightened l i t t l e man; i f offers the chance to fee l power a s part o f a para-mi l i ta ry o rgan i s a t i o n . Hence the emphas is on marches w i th drums and U n i o n J a c k spears . Hence the p l ans of the N F. are to set up a L o n don headquarters w i th dormitory
Continued on page 9
F E L I X 3
A F F A I R S
C O R N E R
Tom Abraham
T H E P O S S I B I L I T Y of a research charter for postgraduate s tudents , has been d i s c u s s e d by the P G group commit tee . The general fee l ing was that w h i l e it was a good idea , the impl icat i ons of such a proposal wou ld have to be examined in d e t a i l . A t present there i s a C . V . C . P . s tudy group look ing into a l l aspects of postgraduate e d u c a t i o n - S o far they have not bothered to a s k for submi s s i on from any postgraduate groups. How
ever , it is hoped that they w i l l e ven tua l l y show some interest in our v i ews on the var ious i s s u e s . The L . S . O . - U L U postgraduate sec tor is ho ld ing a meet ing to draw up a London postgraduate submiss i on to th is Study G r o u p . T h i s cou ld provide
the forum for d i s c u s s i o n on the research charter . A n y proposa ls that might come up w i l l be presented at the next meet ing of the IC and G G .
The C i v i l Eng inee r ing postgrads he ld a meet ing to form a postgrad group last Tuesday . Abou t forty s tudents turned up and the response when it came to forming a committee c o n -
THIS NUBILE young lovely is Henrietta, a real stunner from Manchester, who is studying as a third - year Metallurgist. She says she finds her equipment "a little embarassing." Her hobbies include playing with pistols and looking for a good underarm razor.
What does she think of FELIX printing pictures of girls on page three? "I agree wiv Twev Phillips that page fwee is sexist claptwap". Oooohl
PS. Thanks to Angela for the nightie.
P P S. Howard has promised never to do this again.
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The Editor of FELIX would like to apologise to Gill McConway, Anne Nolan and Robin for the inconvenience and the hassles that arose during the production of this edition of F E L I X . "I am entirely responsible for what happened" - Mike Williams.
s i s t i n g of representat ives from each s e c t i o n , was very encourag ing . A t th i s meet ing it was noted that postgraduate representat ion on staf f s tudent committees was to ta l l y inadequate . In fact w h i l e departments are eager to l i s t en to undergraduate op in i on , they seem to i g nore postgraduate o p i n i o n . With s o many departmental P G groups in e x i s t e n c e , now is the t ime to press for more e f fect ive repres en ta t i on .
On the subject of the postgraduate group, we at Imperial have one of the most a c t i v e groups in the count ry . Compared to the other London c o l l e g e s , we are in a c l a s s of our own .
The structure of the post graduate group is such that we have very e f fec t ive contact w i th g rassroo ts op in i on . T h i s is a major achievement c ons ide r ing that postgraduates are among the most d i f f i cu l t of groups to organise . The people who deserve the cred i t for th i s , are the var i ous departmental representa t i v e s .
A s mandated by the I .C. postgraduate group, I have been look ing into ways and means of ob ta in ing s p e c i a l ' t h e s i s g rants ' (to cover the ful l c o s t s of w r i t ing up) . A letter request ing • such a grant was sent to the cha i rmen of the S R C , N E R C ,
A R C and S S R C . So far I have had one reply - from the S R C c h a i r m a n . The g i s t of the letter w a s that the S R C w a s b a s i c a l l y sympathet i c to our c a s e , and w i l l convey our v i ews to the government grant rev iew panel when it next meets, sometime latter th is year . In my letter I had mentioned a f igure of £100 as be ing the average cos t . Some doubt was expressed about t h i s f igure and I was to ld that it wou ld be he lp ful if some authe nt i ca ted average b i l l s c ou ld be prov ided . I would therefore be grateful if anybody who has some b i l l s cou ld send them to me c/o Un ion o f f ice ) . My pers ona l f ee l ing is that we have a fa i r l y strong c a s e , and in sp i t e of the adverse economic c l i m ate , may get some cos t of ' t h e s is grant ' .
F i n a l l y , I ta lked about the ' l o v i n g capac i t y ot postgraduates in my last P i G A f f a i r s Co rne r . There seems to be enormous interest among the I .C. g i r l s , who seemed on the who le to agree w i th my v i e w s . However , their main compla in t was that they rare ly ever see any real spec imens of "homo sapiens sapiens" ie Pos t g rad
uates . So a l l you P G ' s , now is your chance ! Get out there and start l o v ing ! !
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| P R E C 3 P3CE I T r e v o r Phi l l ips
There are those who feel that I may be "oversell ing" the campaign against education cuts. However, I cannot escape the feeling that people, both those with power and those without it, are fi sidling while Rome is burning. The complacency of some people involved in education today, students, staff, and bureaucrats, is absolutely staggering.
L a s t F r i d a y , I went a l ong to the Inner London E d u c a t i o n Au tho r i t y , for a meet ing w i th the leader of the I L E A , to d i s c u s s the ef fects of the I L E A ' S a c t ions in L o n d o n . Y o u w i l l remember read ing that we a re s p e c i f i c a l l y a f fected by the w i thdrawa l of the £270,000 I L E A grant from the un ive rs i t y of L o n d o n . The I L E A i s in the process of cu t t ing back on i ts educa t i on s e r v i c e s in London : c o l l e g e s c l o s e d or merged, c ou r s e s dropped, s tudents los t , e t c . Par t - t ime s c h o o l i n g and c l a s s e s of 45 have been the norm for many schoo l c h i l d r e n , for some t i m e . Yet the representatives of the
ILEA had the nerve to sit and say that the education services in London were actually improving! When I suggested that they should tell that to the schoolchildren, their teachers, or the students who were being chopped, they wrung their hands in horror that I should be so uncouth as to suggest that they worry about mundane matters matters like that.
The I L E A is known for i t s progress i veness (as some of my co l l e agues on the deputa t ion , w h i c h inc luded repr esen ta t i v es of the teachers l ec turers , and the T U C Genera l C o u n c i l kept on say ing ) If th i s is the way that they are regarding the c r i s i s in educa t i on , in a s i tua t i on where their own s e r v i c e s are near to breakdown, how i s the far-from-progress ive D E S regarding i t? I shudd er to t h i n k . A s far a s 1 am concerned some of these people need a good swi f t k i c k to s h a k e them out of the i r c omp lacency - l i k e many of our own s tuden t s .
One of the by-products of last w e e k ' s " N F " ep i sode was something that the U n i o n has been s ea r ch ing for for some t ime - the beg inn ings of genuine l i n k s w i th the other U n i o n s on campus . In the past , there have been attempts to form jo in t commit tees of one k ind or another, for va r i ous abs t rac t reasons . However , a a I have s tated on many o c c a s i o n s , in the present economic s i t u a t i o n , w i th the educa t i on sys t em under heavy a t tack , the major prerequis i te for e f f ec t i ve de fence aga ins t that a t tack is the unity of a l l those who are about to come under the hammer.
We often speak of j o i n ing witth organi s ed labour, cooperat ing w i t h campus un ions and so on , a s far a s I am conce r ned , we must never degenerate to the l eve l where we are s imp ly regurg i ta t ing trendy i d ea l o g i c a l rhe tor i c . G i v e n the image created for the s tudent by the mass media , of the bo l shy , doped - up freaked - out, i d l e , a n a r c h i s t , it i s l i t t l e wonder that many people are unsympathe t i c , or even h o s t i l e to s tuden t s .
I have found, however, that the people who actually work with students, who know our circumstances and environment, have a totally different, and truer perception of us. For that reason, when we speak of gaining public support for our campaigns, it seems clear that it is the people who are closest to us that we should approach first. And the way that we have to do that is through our respective representative bodies - i.e. the unions.
To return to my o r i g ina l po in ts , in the campaign aga ins t educa t i on c u t s , uni ty is of utmost importance. The jobs of the staff e x i s t because of the s t u den t s ; the cu ts mean fewer s tudents and fewer f a c i l i t i e s , and therefore, fewer j o b s . It i s in the interest of the people who work for the C o l l e g e , at a l l l e v e l s , to support the campaign aga ins t cu t s in any meaningful way that they c a n .
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I was grat i f i ed to read that someone th inks that the page 3 p i c tures of g i r l s in F E L I X i s p o i n t l e s s . I agree ; further than I th ink that it i s in poor taste to pa ra l l e l the features of the D a i l y Mirror and The S u n . The s e papers may s e l l a lot of c o p i e s ; but it seems to me that I .C . s tudents deserve a b i t more cred i t to the i r i n t e l l i g ence and tas t e , than to have the i r own paper push ing out sexist c l ap t rap .
In International Women's Year, it is particularly inappropriate to present women as mere camera - fodder. It does nothing to enhance their status as serious, "thinking" people .
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I have nominat ion rorms for the P r e s i d e n c y and Deputy P r e s i d e n c y of
U L U in my p o s s e s s i o n ; anyone who w i s h e s to stand for e i ther post can get a form from me.
I need he lp in the puDl i c i t y and orga n i s a t i o n for the Week of A c t i o n and the demo on F R I D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 28th . A n y o n e who can he lp , p l ease let me have your name in the U n i o n O f f i c e .
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The discretionary award student lies on the other side of the "binary syst
ems" . There is no obligation on the local authority to pay the whole of a stu
dent's grant or even any part of i t .
The most immediate example of the discretionary award is the postgraduate .
The award of a PG grant is not automatic npon the student being accepted on to
the course. With the SRC catting back on their number of awards in science and
engineering, the picture now looks bleak.
One of the major claims of the campaign is an end to discretionary awards.
That means an end to prospective PG ' s desperately rnshing around in order to
find a grant.
Get rid of the discretionary award once and for al l .
Overseas students What are the major problems that overseas students face?
/. Higher fees - over £250 compared with nearly £90 for the "home" student.
2. The IL&A has just increased these fees by 20%.
3 .Overseas students are not allowed to work during vacations.
4. Discrimination by landlords who charge a higher rate of hostel fees for
overseas students.
Thus the system is essentially designed to ensure that only wealthy stud
ents study in -Britain.
End this discrimination - parity for overseas students.
NATIONAL DEMO ON FRIDAY FEB 28TH
F E L I X
P R I Z E
C R O S S W O R D No-11 X a m
A C R O S S
I. Of the country which produces,
note, spherical sago, though not
initially (12)
9 .Another college family comes in
to less good fortune (9)
10. Remove slowly from swollen
tongue (5)
I I . Cast is back round, and Ger
man injures (6)
12. ...engineer, after weight gives
him power (8)
13. Beginning, not at home, but
placed .. 4.6)
14. .. io the east, like first class
return to the area of Japan(4.4)
17. Spoil fastener arTa sweetmeat
(8)
19. Unfinished treacle could pro
vide the drink (6)
21. Tenet: it 's odd where campers
stay (4,4)
23. A talk, to study most of a story
(6)
25. Locate unfinished change to
8's base (5)
26. Wee prince re-ordered a sur
prise from the chef (3,6)
2,7. No tin suit , it could be the
establish ment (11)
DOWN
2. Half-seen, token a meeting (9)
3. Gravity puzzle posed by a hot-
p:ate (7)
4 .Slap, extremely hard, to show the
highest point (4)
5 .Place for sick little Thomas and
one pal (sick) (8)
6. Ye l l Cockney greeting in an act
of unkindness (4,3)
7. Note: log an alteration (5)
8. Against the shed, it can be
shown that ...(12)
9 ....odd flaws in Tom, ducks,
could be those of Isaac (4,2,6)
15. Shuffle it for fags' wall decor
a t i o n ? ^
16. Throw as a fisherman would, an
instrument (8)
l8..Helpful chemical in situ through
without it there's nothing up (7)
20. Toe loss involved the least
well fixed (7)
22. Public school comes up with
message (4)
24. Pulls up one who works hard (4)
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S O L U T I O N T O CROSSWORD No. 10
A C R O S S DOWN
1. Teacher 5. Carafe 9 . Enter
10. Straggler 11. Circles
12. Relaxed 13. Enl ists
17. Snaffle 20. Ike 21. Trapper
23. 5umbels 26. Mud-pack
29. Tenable 31 .Aeroplane
32. Own up 33. Brenda 34 .5ons-
i l s .
1 .Treacle 2. ' ster 3. Heralds
4. Soses 5. Oiurer 6. Regalia
7 .Fe l i x 8. Gradle 14. Nor
15. Imp 16.Sir 17. Set 18. Fob
19. Lee 21.Tom-cat 22.P lay-pen
24. Monsoon 25. flteppes 27. Sur
er 28. Koala 29. Treat 30 . Bondi
PROF BREMSSTRAHLUNG But Professor B r o w n
,sa<j5 we've oil .got to
SLICE energy consumption
in the Co 11 ege.1
^ How does he expect Brains
1
like me to force back the
f r o n t i e r s of Knowledge
vvithoufc decen t working
cond i fcions • • • 0
6 FELIX
interv iew by R i z S h a k i r
The Cha i rmen of the I C P G G is an a f fab le , in te l l i gent man of s l i m bu i ld w i th a rather c ha r a c t e r i s t i c beard. I met him in the lounge bar (now the in s c ene for F E L I X in terv iews ) where after a f a l s e start or two we were able to proceed wi th putt ing the focus on Tom Abraham.
Tom was born in India where he l i ved for two years and then subsequent l y l i v ed in E t h i o p i a , Ghana and cu r rent ly Eng l and where he has been r ece i v ing h i s graduate educa t i on . He obtained h i s f i r s t degree in E l e c t r i c a l E n g ineer ing at Surrey and is in h i s f inal year at IC as a research student. H i s sub jec t of inquiry i s e l e c t r i c a l materi a l s . H e l i k e s the l i fe at IC though he fee ls that " the social life here is made a
mockery of by We male and
female ratio which is rather
unfortunate " H e a l s o f ee ls that the cliquey at inoshpere that ' i s a.bit worse here than
elsewhere .." i s not one of
the better a spe c t s of IC l i f e .
When I a s k e d h im about h i s job a s the P G A O he was at
on Tom Abraham
edited by P a u l E k p e n y o n g
pa ins to s t ress that he saw h imse l f more as be ing the
Cha i rman of I C P G G than the P G A O wh i ch he fee ls has too many l im i ta t i ons .In h i s role a s Cha i rman of the I C P G G he would "like to be seen more
as a spokesman tor a sector of
higher education at IC" .
There are three main a s p ec t s to h i s job w h i c h are demons t ra t ing (tutoring), a cade mic , and s i t t i n g on the P G Commi t t ee . On the f i r , ? , he i s t ry ing to negot iate for r easonab l e rates of pay and proper condi t ions to work in .
"The second aspect is the-
academic one, that is, as tar
as research is concerned try
ing to safeguard the interests
of PGs in that a lot of PGs
end up doing projects which
are none starters . .Unfortun
ately I do not think that either
the College or the individual
departments seem to apprec
iate the extent of the prob
lem...".
The third aspec t invo l ves
o rgan is ing s o c i a l s , meet ings, d i s c u s s i o n s and urging P G s
I.CU and U L U P G group. The I C H O O a s an u i y a n o e d UuCiy
i s now on a more sound footi ng he s a y s , " / have been
pleasantly suprised by the
amount of interest that has
been shown in the group".
T h i s has meant more s u c c e s s wi th s o c i a l s they have organi sed and progress on a research charter w h i c h w i l l d e t a i l the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s of s t u d ents and superv isqrs/ 'Tr i e possibility ol a "'thesis grant"
is also one of our main aims
and we have received encour
aging signs from tiie research
councils concerned" .
He hopes that by the time h i s term of o f f ice comes to an end the P G A O w i l l bf; a member of the execu t i v e though the R S M U vote was a s e t b a c k . H i s las t comment was "/ would like to retire to Jam
aica" .
The wheel turns
full circle
T o n y Jones
T H E R E A R E not many people who can get 400. people into a 250 seat lecture theatre and keep them there for two hours . But one such man is E r i c L a i t h w a i t e , and he proved it las t week at a t a l k presented by the R C S Mathemat ica l and P h y s i c a l Soc ie ty If the t a l k ;was late s ta r t ing it was only because the Pro fessor h imse l f was trapped in the
crowds jamming the porta ls of P h y s i c s Theatre 1, and expe r ienced great d i f f i cu l t y in get t ing in to see hrs own lec ture . But when at last he emerged i n to the l ime l i ght the thunderous app l ause w i th w h i c h he was greeted amply conf irmed the enormous prest ige of "our Eric".
But why shou ld 400 people want to see a lecture en t i t l ed "The Multiplication of Bananas by Umbrellas"? Pe rhaps bec a u s e they know that when E r i c L a i t h w a i t e t a l k s of bananas and umbre l las he rea l l y means g y r oscopes or l inear motors, e i ther o i w m c n is a oue for lots of fun and de fy ing of author i t y . But th is time of course , it was gyroscopes .The man who took on the fu l l weight of the E s t ab l i shment , shocked the Roya l Ins t i tu t i on , confounded the pundi ts and de l i gh ted hundreds of c h i l d r e n , had come home to t e l l h i s f lock a l l about h i s adventures .
The seemin ly b izarre behaviour of g y r o s c o p e s has a l w a y s
proved to be a r i ch source of amusement and a c a u s e of much r a c k i n g of b r a i n s . No doubt w i th th i s in mind P ro f esso r L a i t h wa i t e opened h i s t a lk by demonst ra t ing that a sp inn ing gyroscope tends to keep i t s a x i s f ixed in s p a c e . But f i x ed r e la t i ve to what? Is there abso lu te space? Or as the Prof, puts i t , "What is it pointing at?"
But there was no time to dwe l l on the imp l i ca t i ons of th is ques t i on a s the Prof , launched into h i s analogy between gy roscop i c motion and e lec t romagnet iSm. With impart-urbable con f idence he breezed h i s way through the demonstrat ions and conc luded de f i an t l y that there i s no angular momentum or cent ra l force a s s o c i a t e d wi th the p r ecess i ona l motion of a gyroscope . Not content w i th knock ing the w ind out of the P h y s i c s Oenartment, he proceeded to s i m i l a r l y confound Maths by tr iumphant ly s c r i b b l ing the c a l c u l a t i o n s leading to the famous "Third Derivative"
Laithwaite joyfully twirling his gyroscope.
or "surge" and dec l a r i ng the p o s s i b i l i t y of the e x i s t e n c e of "complex mass" w i th a property very s i m i l a r to induct a n c e . In a wor ld where energy and a c t i o n d i vo rce themse lves from momentum and reac t i on , perhaps it w a s too much to expect P ro f essor L a i t h w a i t e to r e s i s t rewr i t ing the laws of Nature ; and s o he d i d . With complex mass , Newton ' s Second L a w becomes
F - (m+ iAw)a
With A be ing the "inductance", and w the angular
v e l o c i t y of a rotat ing object . If the equat ion l ooks f ami l i a r , i t ' s supposed to . P r o f e s so r L a i t h w a i t e wou ld be the f i rs t to point out that the resemblance to emf = (R - i L W)l i s not mere c o i n c i d e n c e .
No-one who sa t in P h y s i c s Theatre 1 that afternoon cou ld have f a i l ed to be impressed , whether by the nerve of the man, the imp l i c a t i ons for s c i e n c e or by the s i ght of the Pro f s t and ing on the front bench break ing every safety ru le by w h i r l i n g a 24 pound
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m i x 7
T H E NEW The ta . completed just in time for i t s debut at l a s l n i gh t ' s The ta Dinner , weighs an i n c r ed i b l e 105 l b s .
The s o l i d s t a i n l e s s s tee l base and the lead- loaded shaft w i l l put an end to the tradi t i ona l heav ing of The ta above
the P r e s i d e n t ' s head dur ing a Kangela. A qu i ve r ing P e t e Teague managed to ho ld it in die hor i zon ta l pos i t i on for only
a lew seconds dur ing the demonstrat ion for F F . L I X . A s l ow Kang'ela wou ld sure ly defeat anyone ' s muscu la r prowess .
What your V O T E means.
There are a lot of e l e c t i o n s tak ing p lace th is term, a l l u s i n g the S T V ( s ing l e t rans ferab le vote) s y s t e m . T h i s a d mit tedly is rather comp l i ca t ed but I w i l l try to e xp l a in what effect you w i l l have by vot ing in di f ferent w a y s . The f i rst cho i c e you have is whether or not you f i l l in a vo t ing paper . If you do not, you obv i ous l y have no i n f l u ence on the r esu l t s of the e l e c t i on except that if l ess than '•4 of the F u l l Members of the Un i on vote in the e l e c t i on for P res ident , Honorary Secretary, Deputy Pres ident or Ed i t o r the e l e c t i on is i n v a l i d . A s s u m i n g you do f i l l in a paper, you have a cho i c e between vot ing and a b s t a i n i n g . If you abs ta in it means that you e i ther have no conf idence in any of the cand ida t es , or you do not feel you have enough knowledge of any of the cand ida tes to express any pre fe rence , ,
A n abs tent ion counts towards the ' 25% thresho ld ' but w i l l not a l t e r the result in any way. A s s u m i n g now that you have a preference you have to f i l l in the paper properly and not ' s p o i l ' it . T h i s means that there must be a f igure ' 1 ' aga ins t the name of one, and only one cand ida t e . Further numbers can be wr i t t en , but no number can be left out or used tw i c e . You must not mark your paper w i th an ' X ' .
F. B l o g g s
A. N o t h e r 1
A.N. O t h e r
J . S m i t h 2
VALID
F. B l o g g s 3
A. N o t h e r 1
A . N . O t h e r 2
J . S m i t h 1
INVALID
F. B l o g g s 2
A. N o t h e r 4
A. N. O t h e r 1
J . S m i t h 3
VALID
F. B l o g g s 3
A . N o t h e r
A.N. O t h e r 1
J . S m i t h
INVALID
If you only mark your paper w i th a T and no other numbers it means you have g iven marks to one cand ida te and none to any of the others .
So if there is one cand idate you s p e c i f i c a l l y do not want e l e c t ed it is best to put no number aga ins t h i s name. If you f ee l , however, that you have some preference amongst the other cand ida t es , hav ing put a ' 1 ' aga ins t the name of your f i rs t preference, m a k r ' 2 ' , ' 3 ' , e tc . , aga ins t the i r name. I hope th is has made some sense to you , and c l a r i f i e d to you what power your vote h a s . If you have any further quer i e s do not hes i ta te to come and see me.
J . A . G E R R A R D
BLACK MENACE
against
FASCIST BOGEY
Charlie Wrigley
It is not often I put pen to paper , but in the last ed i t i on of F E L I X (no. 377) there was a lot of matter wh i ch provokes com ment. The p o l i t i c a l scene at C o l l e g e seems to have turned to near hys t e r i a by the sudden appearence of the Na t i ona l Front , and the announc ia r i on of Trevor P h i l l i p s ' cand idature in the . coming NUS e l e c t i ons , not to
mention their recent entang le m e n t s . It 's perfect: b lack menace versus f a sc i s t bogey: the plot se ts sweeter than " W e s f Side Story" .
But in its enormity, the enactment is grotesque, in that th is af fair has to be reso lved by the "because its good for
you" smack a c r o s s the head p r in c i p l e and 900 I.C. S tudents can ' t be wrong syndrome .
I take, for example the report ing (not just by F E L I X ) of "Red Lion Thursday" at
I .C . when it was s a i d po l i c e were present to prevent Nat i ona l Front members from going into Mech . E n g . , and then was further s a i d open meet ing was he ld in room 342 of that b u i l d i n g , "no-one being den
ied entry." A somewhat c a l -v a n i s t i c v iew of predest inat ion? But th is i s the great anomaly the N U S s l ams down in front of us : be l i e ve in freedom of speech as a funda- * mental right on the one hand, w h i l s t deny ing a platform for f a s c i s t s and r a c i s t s on the other.
T o anyone sugges t ing I support the Na t i ona l Front , my reply is ru r t l y negat ive . But the point i s , l abe ls are toe e a s i l y app l i ed to people who dev ia te from the norms set down by groups in s o c i e t y . Conf rontat ion w i l l never produce s o l u t i o n s , or compromis e s , on l y a total v i c tory for one s i d e . But is th is the resu l t w h i c h we are urged to s t rugg le for? Peop l e a s k for democrac t i c r ights but if you are not a member of the major i t y , democracy is a s oppress i v e a d i c t a t o r sh ip .Even the majority have to conf ide in
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whee l around h i s head . I don ' t know if he is
r ight or not, but there is no doubt that the p o s s i b i l i t y of i n e s t i a l dr ive w i l l cont inue to feed the f i res of controversy for a long t ime to come. A t the moment E r i c L a i l h w a i t e must feel rather l i k e the man who invented the w h e e l , but perhaps in a thousand years tour i s t s w i l l be f l o ck ing to see the tombstone ensc r i bed :
"To Hell with a place to
stand; give me a wheel
and I will move the Earth"
their e l ec t ed peers , but both have to accept their r e s t r i c t ions and impos i t i ons . S i n c e democracy is our c h o i c e .
I hope th is c an lead my prose to its c o n c l u s i o n , bec a u s e a l s o in the last ed i t i on of F E L I X it was reported that at the Un i on Meet ing the N U S A N D T H E Na t i ona l Front d id concur on someth ing : namely their r espec t i ve o f f i c i a l v i ewpoints on the Common Market . In those t imes when absurd i ty is the vogue, it is a m a z i n g the word o f f i ca l and its c o n nota t ions shou ld not be more v i s i b l e . Ind i v idua l s have to make c h o i c e s , one hopes w i t h out hard i ns t inc t , and c e r t a in ly not w i th the amaz ing t inned, argument of doubeta lk that too often appears . "Whiter th; white washing powder doe ,
not work tor grey shirts .''
My d i c t i onary def ines fas c i s m as "representing a nat
ionalist reaction against soc
ialism and communism". Re
p lace the words n a t i o n a l i s m , S o c i a l i s m and communism by v a r i a b l e s , say , x , y and z and you have a formula for any p o l i t i c a l movement. There are many reasons for a person to s w i t c h one pole to another extreme . One of our current p res iden t ' s favourite terms
, last year was opportunism^ Maybe, but be l i e f s are ent i re ly persona l and whatever the reasons for ho ld ing them h i s tory prov ides ample examples of r i tua l s laughter of those who d e c l i n e to conform . Sa in ts and s inners a l i k e are formed, but together they are dashed on the r ocks below the c l i f f s of an uncer ta in compl a c e n c y .
CONGRATULATIONS!
FEL IX offers its sincere congratulations to Ron Appleby today, his Wed' ding Day. We feel sure that FELIX readers will forgive him for devoting his energies to activities other than 'Stanley' next week.
F O L K C L U B presents
C H R I S R O H M A N N on Wednesday, Feb. 19th in the Union Lower Refec. at 7-30p.m.
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accommodat ion for "activists".
L e t no-one be de luded by the F r o n t ' s c l a i m to oppose in te rna t i ona l C a p i t a l i s m and Commun i s ium. T h e N a z i s c l a i m ed that a l s o - and the i r f i r s t a c t s were to p h y s i c a l l y exterminate the power fu l German labour movement, the on ly force capab l e o f de fea t ing c a p i t a l i s m . T h e Front , l i k e the N a z i s , i s f inanced by i n d u s t r i a l i s t s and b u s i n e s s m e n . They can now ga in strength however w i thout r e c ru i t ing workers , duped by the "opposing capitalism" sham. F a s c i s m means death -l i t e r a l l y - for the labour movem e n t . In that contex t i t i s good to see I X . N . U . P E. s tewards "deploring the activity of the National Front in I.C."
It i s t ime that we in C o l l e g e s topped regarding the F r o n t ' s propaganda w i th apathy . If a n d when they dare to show the i r faces they must be treated w i t h contempt and s topped from d i s t r ibut ing their r a c i s t p o i s o n . A t present they are on ly a few warped and pa the t i c p e r v e r t s . They must not be g i ven the chance to ga in strength and r e spe c t ab i l i t y .
T h e Internat iona l S o c i a l i s t s Soc ie ty are ho l d ing a meet ing th is week to e x p l a i n who the N a t i o n a l F ron t are a n d why they must be s topped . We urge a l l those who are s i c k ened by the F r o n t ' s p resence here to come a l o n g .
Y o u r s
N . Shore
Imperial College 6th February 1975
D e a r S i r I have jus t w i t n e s s e d the
v e rba l c l a s h ou t s ide M e c h . E n g . between the N a t i o n a l F ron t and the Internat iona l S o c i a l i s t s . B o t h are o r gan i sa t i ons w h i c h , i n one way or another , c l a i m to represent the " w o r k i n g c l a s s " . I f ee l compe l l ed to make the facts known as I see them.
D u r i n g 1974, 1 worked for 3
months on the factory f loor of
the S t . A l b a n s Rubber C o .1
w i l l be wo rk ing there a ga in
th i s E a s t e r and summer. T h e work- force (of about
400) i s about a quarter B e n g a l i , the remain ing three-quarters bei n g " B r i t i s h " . Cont rary to what the N F says about immigrants t ak ing j obs away from B r i t i s h p e o p l e , there i s a labour short age there. I was not aware of any r a s c i s m on the part of the fu l l - t ime w o r k e r s . T h e on l y r a s c i s t f e e l ings I n o t i c e d were e x p r e s s e d by some o f the other s tudent workers who referred to the B e n g a l i s as "Nig - nogs", "Pakis", e t c .
Mos t of the workers were members of the 'moderate ' Gene ra l and M u n i c i p a l Workers U n i o n .With over 800,000 members , i t i s the th i rd l a rges t i n B r i t a i n .
None of them went around s e l l i n g "Socialist Worker", b e i n g m i l i t a n t , or, quo t ing K a r l M a r x . Mos t of them j u s t put in a n hones t d a y ' s work for an hones t d a y ' s pay .
Whi le the S t . A l b a n s Rubber C o . may not be a t y p i c a l factory, I do not b e l i e v e i t to be by any means a t y p i c a l .
F o r these reasons I b e l i e v e that ne i ther the I .S. nor the N . F represent the true v i ews o f the work ing man .
Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y ,
H a l Rounds
Elec. Eng I
Imperial College Union,
7th February 1975
Dear S i r ,
Thank y o u for your k i n d comments w i th respect to my nomina t i on to a V i c e - P r e s i d e n c y of the N U S . It might surpr i se y o u to know that I myse l f d i d not expec t to be approached to s tand for th is pos t . However , I found that both w i t h i n the B r o a d L e f t and ou ts ide o f i t there was a great d e a l of p r e s sure on me to put my name forw a r d . C l e a r l y , one respond to the w i s h e s of " t h e p e o p l e " and g i ven my h i s to ry I w o u l d not s tand as any th ing but a cand ida te of the Broad L e f t .
Y o u know my at t i tude i n respec t of my work for the w i d e r s tudent o r gan i sa t i ons s u c h a s U L U . I b e l i e ve that the most important prob lems w h i c h s tu dents face today, s u c h a s grants and educa t i on c u t s , are not problems w h i c h can be s o l v e d by i n d i v i d u a l c o l l e g e s but on l y by a un i t ed f ight by the mass of s tudents . It i s therefore incumbent upon s tudent leaders who are truly commit ted to w o r k i n g in the intere s t s of the ir members to he lp in the deve lopment of organisat+ • i ons that c an generate that un i ty and f ight on the w ide r q u e s t i o n s . It i s i n t h i s p e r s pec t i v e I see the work that I do for U L U .
L e t me make i t c l ea r that that work has never taken p r i o r i ty over my duty o f I C s tuden t s . I conduct thses dut i es i n the time that other peop le w i l l normal ly reserve for r e l axa t i on , but I regard i t no t j u s t a s a sep arate set of dut i es but as part o f my r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to those who e l e c t ed me.
It shou ld a l s o be made c l e a r that up u n t i l now I have not t a k a i a n y p u b l i c p o s i t i o n on the ques t i on o f the F E L I X E d i t o r , though my v i ews are known w i t h i n the e x e cu t i v e . My own a c t i v i t i e s i n no way i n f luenced my o p i n i o n o n that matter . A s P r e s i d e n t of th i s U n i o n my s o l e commitment i s not to myse l f but to the organi s a t i o n of the U n i o n and u l t im a t e l y to the members of the . U n i o n .
Y o u r s ,
T r e v o r P h i l l i p s President, ICU.
Department of Chemical Engineering City & Guilds College, London S.W.7.
7th February, 1975
Dear S i r , I f ee l that by p u b l i s h i n g
s u c h se l f - contrad ic tory nons e n s e as Mr C a m p b e l l ' s "Metamorphosis" that you are l ower ing the standard of a n o therw ise e x c e l l e n t paper .
It i s qu i t e obv ious that Mr . C a m p b e l l has e i ther not read
any of N I E T Z S C H E ' S works or e l s e does not understand t h e m . T o p a r a l l e l N I E T Z S C H E ' S ph i l o s ophy w i t h that o f the N a z i s i s to f a l l foul of N a z i propaganda .
If I may quote R . J . H o l l -i n gda l e , the t ranslator of "Thus spoke Zarathustra" who in h i s in t roduct ion w r i t e s ,
"The fact of the matter is that in the history of German thought NIETZSCHE stands at the extreme opposite end to the Nazis. Everything the Nazis admired, he hated: and he reserved some of his most vitriolic and scornful abuse for the very things for which the Nazis will probably be best remembered, national idolatry and anti-Semitism, whilst regarding culture as a product of r a c i a l mixture ."
I f ee l that the record must be se t s t ra ight for to do otherw i s e i s to b e l i t t l e one of the t ru ly great th inkers of the l a s t century .
Your s s i n c e r e l y T . J . D . P y e Chem. Eng .1
Physics Department, Imperial College.
8th February 1975
Dear S i r ,
I note on the front page of
F E L I X a p l e e not to rip down
N U S posters s a y i n g that "the NUS are. entitled to have their say no matter how much you may disagree with it '.' Would
the N U S a l s o ex t end th i s dem
oc ra t i c sent iment to p o l i t i c a l
pa r t i e s i t d i sag rees w i th such
a s the N a t i o n a l F ron t?
Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y
S . Hock f e lde r
Imperial College. 10th February 1975
Dear S i r ,
Who the h e l l does Trev
P h i l l i p s th ink he i s ? J u s t be
c a u s e the N a t i o n a l F r o n t v i e w s
do not c o i n c i d e w i th h i s own he
prevents them from ho ld ing
the i r p lanned meet ing . O h , I
know he hammed up some bor
i n g story i n a n attempt to make
h i s c a n c e l l a t i o n of the mee t ing
s ound , l o g i c a l and s e n s i b l e ( i t
d idn ' t ) but anyone who saw h im
p o s i n g at M e c h E n g pre tend ing
to be represent ing the v i ews o f
I . C . c o u l d be forg iven for w i s h
i n g that the N a t i o n a l F ron t
wou ld take over for j u s t l o n g
enough to p l a c e h im i n the h o l d
o f the f i r s t banana boat for
J a m a i c a .
Y o u r s fur ious ly
A l e x Je f f r i es
Imperial College Union
3rd February 1975
Dear S i r , I t ' s n i c e to see somebody
su f f i c i en t l y concerned about E n t s to wr i te to F E L I X , even i f the c r i t i c i s m in th i s c a s e was uninformed and u n j u s t i f i e d . More c r i t i c i s m wou ld he lp us to improve the entertainment we p rov ide , so we inv i t e anyone
who has any sugges t ions to come and see us i n the U n i o n Of f i ce any luncht ime .
I 'd better say some fa i r l y o b v i o u s th ings about die w a y we work: f i r s t l y , the s i z e of bands we can put o n . If we put on s m a l l bands , we compete w i th a mult i tude o f s m a l l venues in L o n d o n , and exper i ence has shown we l oose money . A n d o b v i o u s l y we cannot put on the supergroups, because the Great H a l l i s too s m a l l . T h i s ef fecti v e l y l i m i t s u s to bands i n the £400 - £1100 range.
Second ly , the way we book b a n d s . We book through the B r o B r o n A g e n c y . T h i s means that we are b a c k e d up by a l o t o f p r o f e s s i ona l exper t i se and know ledge when nego t ia t ing for bands , wh i ch in p rac t i c e makes i t p o s s i b l e to get a l o t more bands than we wou ld o therw ise be ab l e t o .
T h i r d l y , how we choose bands . When we have free dates our cha i rman , M a l c o l m , a s k s for sugges t ions at our week l y commit tee meet ings , and takes the l i s t (which regu lar l y i n c l u d e s a l l those bands Mr Stevenson suggests ) to B r o n , and B r o n t e l l us what i s a v a i l a b l e , and negot ia te the contract w i t h the group's agent.
T h i s shou ld g ive some idea o f the cons t ra in t s we work under , and make i t apparent that i t i s not a s imple matter of appr oach ing a band to book i t .
T o answer some o f the i n d i v i d u a l po in t s i n Mr Stevens o n ' s let ter . B o o k i n g Chapman-Whitney, M i k e He ron and d i e H . M . K . , a l l new a c t s , and Sweet , was adventurous , w h i l e book ing s t a i d and t i red F a i r -port (who p l ayed here l a s t year
a n d before, dummo), and 10c , c . wou ld de f in i t e l y not b e . H a t f i e l d and the Nor th do not look to be an economic p ropos i t i on . l O c . c are too b i g , pre ferr ing to p l a y larger h a l l s . A n y more sugges t i ons , A P . ?
A s for u s not h a v i n g enough va r i e t y , I th ink a l i n e up rangi n g from T h i n L i z z y to T o m P a x t o n , and from L e o S a i z e r to B a r c l a y James Harves t i s qu i te v a r i e d , to say the l eas t ,
We want to put on three b i g c o n c e i t s at the beg inn ing o f the Summer term, before exams s t a r t . N o w i s your chance to come and t e l l us what you want .
Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y ,
A n d y H i groan
On behalf of the
Ents Committee •
SOCIALIST SOCIETY MEETING
A n n Scot t -
" S p a r e R i b " Magaz ine
on ' W O M E N ' S L I B E R A T I O N '
T h u r s . 20th F e b . - lJOO
U n i o n Sen ior Common Room
(1st F l o o r )
B l u e • B o o k / D i a r y ( ? )
P e o p l e in teres ted in h e l p i n g to
c o l l e c t or ed i t mate r i a l for the
B l u e Book/d i a r y nex t s e s s i o n
are a s k e d to drop a note, as
soon as p o s s i b l e to Gordon
J a c k s o n ( C hem. E n g . P . J G . or
I . C . U n i o n O f f i c e ) .
1 0 F i l I X
P a u l E k p e n y o n g
Argent: In Concert in the Great Hall.
I was go ing to s l a t e pop groups for the manner in wh i ch they d ress unt i l A rgent c a m e on s t a g e . T h i s was a c l a s s ic c a s e of extremes . The support had looked a s if the i r c l o thes were borrowed th i rd hand w h i l e Argent were dressed in the most ul tra modern ef feminate gear they c ou ld f i n d .
The group were we lcomed wi th eager en thus i asm that d id not seem to d ie unt i l the f ina l a n t i c l i m a x that ended a performance that was notable for i ts e x c e s s i v e -n e s s . The on ly other ach ievement worthy of note was Rod Argent ' s v i r tuos i t y on keyboards (he even p lays w i th h i s feet and poster ior . ) They s tar ted off w i th an in teres t ing instrumental that is taken of their forthcoming a lbum c a l l e d 'Service'. We were then treated to a coup l e of Argent
o l d i e s one of w h i c h was'Music from the spears'
COMCKftT T h e next song w a s ' T r a p e z e ' , an ar rang
ement, by J i m Rodford their bass gui tarist , ' of an o l d Indian p i ece c a l l e d 'FAkir'. A w e l l executed number and the last of the concer t for the mixer then took it into h i s head to over load the-bass wh i ch tota l l y drowned out the other instruments except the drums.
The encore was a washout and the group d id not reappear desp i t e pers is tent c a l l s from the aud ience and s o ended a n other Saturday night concert a t I .C. w i t h E n t s left to c l e a r the mess up. One good th ing about the who l e a f fa i r i s that it w a s a fu l l house and E n t s have made some profit out of i t . One las t po int . Argent have two new members, the lead gu i t a r i s t John G r i -mald i who is only 19 and the drummer, J o h n V a r i t y . The former has a lot of promise for the future.
AKC0AD3 Ian M o r s e
P a u l E k p e n y o n g
Billy Cobham: Spectrum (Atlantic)
. B I L L Y C O B H A M served a long app r en t i c e sh ip as a s e s s i o n m u s i c i a n , p lay ing w i th a r t i s t s from James Brown to Deodato , and then ga ined w ide r a c c ep tance as the d r i v i n g force and t imekeeper-extraordinary behind John M c L a u g h l i n ' s Mahav l shnu O r c h e s t r a . However , he Is now front ing h i s own band, Spectrum, w h i c h appears to be do ing w e l l In the States and has three f ine a lbums to h i s c r ed i t , of w h i c h th is Is the f i r s t .
Many j a z z m u s i c i a n s these days are mak ing the i r mus i c more a c c e s s i b l e by the Introduct ion of more popular forms Into the b a s i c a l l y complex nature of j a z z , and in e v i d ence on th i s a l b u m , are brought together some of the heav i e r e lements of r o c k , the c l a s s i c s In part, the L a t i n beat, and the funky, f au l t l e s s drumming of Cobham h imse l f .
'Spectrum' c o n s i s t s of large hunks of ]azzy- funk dotted wi th I l ghtn lng-qu ick s o l o s , and interspersed w i th var ious e l e c t r on i c rare t l es ( p o s s i b l y due to a cau t i ous approach on a f i r s t s o l o a lbum) . Cobham lays down' a s e a of p e r cuss i on through w h i c h moves the bass of L e e S k l a r (a long way from ' Swee f Baby James') and the heart of the matter Is f i red out by Tommy B o l l n on gui tar and J a n Hammer (keyboards ) .
Cobham knows when to lay off the vo lume , a l l o w i n g the other m u s i c i a n s room for movement and f i n e s s e , and ye t a s soon as a number beg ins to drag , the beat and power return Immediate ly .
T h i s Is c l a s s music from an a r t i s t c ons ide r ed by many a s one of the f ines t drummers In the bus iness and shows a v a s t Improvement, due to the strength of the c o m p o s i t i o n s , or h i s work w i th John M c L a u g h l i n .
Ross: The Pit and The Pendulum (RSO 2394 1 44)
ROSS A R E a f ive p i ece band bui l t a ro -B r i t i s h s e s s i o n gu i ta r i s t A l a n R o s s who wr i t es and s ings 90% of the mater ia l i n c luded on th is a l b u m . T h i s , the ir second record for R S O , i s that strange bird the 'Concept' a l bum. L i k e so many bands be-before them they have managed to produce mus i c and l y r i c s that have l i t t l e or noth ing in common wi th the o r i g ina l ' c o n -cept;' m th i s c a s e Edgar A l l a n P o e ' s c l a s s i c .
However , the mus i c is very l i s t enab l e , p leasant songs , w i th some R o s s h imse l f s i ng s w e l l , not u n l i k e S tev i e Windwood and the band play w i th competance, but one has the impress ion the musk ; l a cks that v i t a l ingredient - o r i g i n a l i t y .
I w o u l d i m a g i n e R o s s w a s put t o g e the r w i t h the A m e r i c a n m a r k e t s p e c i f i c a l l y in m i n d , the e m p l o y m e n t of a c o n g a p l a y e r , the a l b u m b e i n g r e c o r d ed in L . A . , a n d the f ac t tha t the band w a s c h o s e n to s u p p o r t E r i c C l a p t o n on h i s h u g e l y s u c c e s s f u l t our l a s t s u m m
er u n d e r l i n e s th i s . . Y e t w h i l e a t t e m p t i ng to s o u n d l i k e our A m e r i c a n c o u s i n s in many w a y s , R o s s r e t a i n a t y p i c a l l y E n g l i s h a c c e n t t o t h e i r m u s i c . A s i-t• i s t h e y ' v e s u c c e e d e d in m a k i n g a n a l b u m tha t h a s that s t r a n g e M i d - A t l a n t i c f e e l i n g - w e t n e s s .
Kool and The Gang: Rhyme Tyme People/Father, Father. (Polydor 2001 558 ) .
T Y P I C A L K a n d the G s t r e e t funk , the so r t of numbe r tha t s o u n d s f ine on a U S . F / M s t a t i o n , but h a s l i t t l e c h a n c e of m a k i n g our i n s i p i d c h a r t . T h e s o n g s h u f f l e s a l o n g w i t h the u s u a l G a n g d r i v e , the band a l w a y s a i m i n g t h e i r m u s i c a t the body r a the r than the m i n d , a f a c t u n d e r l i n e d by the c r a s s l y r i c s of the f l i p - s i d e - "but man flies around the moon, and sings a song
that begins with June, and eats his
lunch at every noon - in harmony he
does this" ...Honest! .
PARKING
T h e f o l l ow ing people have been a l l o c a t ed pa rk ing permi ts for the rest o f the s e s s i o n . P l e a s e c o l l e c t them from the U n i o n O f f i ce before 1st M a r c h , 1 9 7 5 .
O. Szpiro AXE 106B A, J . Howell NHP 30IF
M.A. Stanger FNP 478J S.K. Mitra AWX 879G A.M. Silverleaf 707 CPK Winston Wong UGF 390M E . Coufakis 411321
How to be a Women Engineer - and Live!
T h e Younger Members branch ot the Women's Eng ine e r i ng S o c i ety i s ho ld ing a meet ing on Saturday S March at Imper ia l C o l l e g e . The re w i l l be a ta lk on present and proposed l e g i s l a t i o n as i f a f fects women at work. A l s o s e ve ra l members w i l l ta lk on the i r c a r e e r s . A l l women eng ineers (and s c i e n t i s t s ) are very we lcome to a t t e n d . If you are in te res ted p l e a s e contact B a r b a r a Moont , B i o m e c h a n i c s U n i t , Dep t . o f M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g , for further d e t a i l s .
FELIX 11
H O C K E Y l s t X I
I .C . had a week of mixed fortune, l o s i n g 3 - 0 to Southa m p t o n and w inn ing 4 - 1 aga ins t B . A . C Weybridge.
A t Southampton I . C , forced to defend from the start, were u n l u c k y to go one down to a scrambled goal midway through the f i r s t ha l f . T h i s score was mainta ined un t i l late in the s e cond ha l f when John A d o l f Andrews (umpire) awarded a pena l ty f l i c k because he f e l t c o l d . Roger H o l s o n only j u s t got out of the way of th is i n t ime and w i th minutes left Southampton went on to make i t three.
A f t e r the game I .C . l o s t a boat race to some s p e c i a l i s t s but re igned supreme at darts u n t i l Southampton, by now re
sp lendent i n y e l l ow shir ts pr in ted wi th the words W E S S E X A N C H O R S (Dr Spooner - p l ease note! ) s tar ted throwing beer about . A t th is po in t i t was nece ssa ry to throw the main e l ec t r i c i t y sw i t ch and depart i n dar* k n e s s . A t N O stage dur ing the e v en ing were any trophies taken , nor d i d Jeh B a s h a r f ind s i x g l a s s e s l y i n g in the gutter.
No th ing noteworthy o ccur r ed at Weybr idge; I .C . dominated throughout and even in jur i es to John-bo l sh i e -Andrews and C a p t . H a n s e n (normal red b lood) c o u l d not b r ing B . A . C . into the g a m e . G o a l s came from Tu tu t i v o , Ar rowsmi th and • B a s h a r . Thanks to Mrs M ike V i y e r a for a l l o w i n g h im to
make an appearance , and Roger for h i s support - b r ing a rad io next t ime.
WATER On Tuesday , 4th F e b I .C .
f i r s t team faced London H o s p i t a l i n the crunch match of the U L U league, f i rs t d i v i s i o n -rh i s was the meet ing of the g i an t s . The ear ly p lay was fa i r l y even but somehow by the th i rd quarter we found ourse l v e s 3 - 0 down. J u s t to emph a s i s e our predicament Rory deaded to m i s s p ena l t y . However he was g iven a second chance shor t l y a f ter and managed to squeeze th is one home . (the cap ta in d e c l i n i n g the oppor tuni ty to take i t ) . So at the start o f the l a s t quarter of f i ve minutes we were s t i l l 3 - 1 d o w n . B u t , m i r a c l o u s l y , goa ls by A n d y and Rory (yet another pena l ty ) put no l e v e l and then w i th on l y 2p sees remain ing P a u l F r i e z e scored a rare one from the ho l e , g i v i ng us the l ead and the match .
Team: D. llic; M. Taylor, D. Lowther, P. Hindle (Capt), A .Smith (I), P. Frieze (1), R. Lewis (2 pens)
Webb found the terra in to h i s l i k i n g , c l o c k i n g 56.00 in 270th p o s i t i o n , to l ead the P C (veterans) stars home, f o l l owed by h i s compatr io ts , Granny (unab l e to hang onto J u l i a n Goater ( l s t ) th is time) and Dave Jones Amongst the t a i l of th is straggl i n g rept i l e were to be found Roman Ha l enko , John Shearer, Ian Isherwpod and P e t e J o h n s o n . P r e s u m i n g the race to be
over , the o f f i c i a l s were more than surpr i sed to see a lone
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f i r s t team completed the forma l i t y of beat ing Mary ' s I for the s e cond t ime, th is t ime by 6 - 1 , and thus mainta ined our 100% record . A f te r get t ing an ear ly lead through B luebo t t l e , we reverted to our customary t a c t i c of s tar t ing badly by c o n c e d i n g a soft goa l , before gett ing to work on the Mary ' s g o a l . Bo th the debut boys , Phaedon and Tony , made prom i s i n g f i r s t team appearances , p l a y ing two quarters each . Team: D. Hie, M. Taylor, P .Garydakis (T Vaughan), 0 Hindle (1), A. Smith (2), P. Frieze, R. Lewis (3).
T h e s econd team con t inues to improve in the second d i v i s i o n . H a v i n g los t narrowly by 2 - 1 to both Thomas ' and M a r y ' s II they f i na l l y recorded the i r f i rs t v ic tory in the return match w i th Thomas ' by a c o n v i n c i n g 3 goa ls to 1. A l l three goa l s were scored by th the i r new rocket shoot ing s tar , M o s e s , making h i s debut.
runner approaching wi th the s u n s e t : P a d , together w i th h i s shortened l o c k s . It took some p e r s u a s i o n on our part to c o n v i n c e them that he was not a s tragg ler from the b o y s ' race .
O w i n g to gear box trouble , T rac t o r Ho lb rook l e broke down after 6 m i l e s . Andy I-airhead, running for the Ko m i x , found the course so laughable (or des p i c a b l e ) that he packed i n after 3 m i l e s . F l a k e r of the week -B o b I gnac iuk .
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CROSS COUNTRY A s l a s t week ' s F E L I X recorded, our p re t ens ions to stardom
con t inued at the St Edmund H a l l R e l a y on Wednesday 5th, the r e su l t s of wh i ch were:
saw the second team drop from 10th to 17th on the l a s t l ap , and a combined bad un by the who le o f the th i rd team enab led us to boast the u n d i s t i n g u i s h e d a c h ievement of s t a r t ing l as t and f i n i s h i n g even further beh ind .
Cond i t i ons for the Southern C h a m p i o n s h i p s ' at Pa r l i amen t H i l l h e l ds l a s t Saturday were changed from the u s u a l d iabol i c a l morass to an even worse s t i c k y quagmire. A f te r s eve ra l supposed fa lse s ta r t s , the Jun i o r race S m i l e s ) f i na l l y wound i ts way round th is g lue-po t - R o b A l l i n s o n (36.05) i n 65 th , Ian E l l i s , A l f and Dave Webster in 84-85-83 respec t i v e l y , compr i sed the scorers to put the team into a very respec tab l e 12th p o s i t i o n , K e e p i n g up the IC tradit ion/of p a c k i n g the back were R i c h (130th) a n d Wi l f (141) - the lat ter was a l s o the v i c t i m of some moron who pushed h im into the on ly stream on the course .
If y ouwnag ine a k a l e i d o s c o p i c c r o coa i l e s t re tched a c r o s s 3 m i l e s of Pa r l i amen t H i l l , then th i s w i l l g ive you a fair i d e a of the 9-mi le Senior race . Mudlark
I J C . ' A ' - 2nd Ian E l l i s 15.24 Steve Webb 15.17 Granny C l a r k e 15.25 Ro b A l l i n s o n 14.32
I .C . ' B ' - 17th Dave Jones 15.45 T rac to r Ho lbroke 16.25 R i c h Harringtxn 16.33 John Shearer 17.50
I .C . ' C - 24th P e t e Johnson 17.52 P a d Donne l l y 19-07
Wi l f Welford 1 7 . i d Dave Payne 17.37
F o r the f i rs t team, Ian and ateve ran good l egs to put Granny into 5th p l a c e : unacc ustomed to such a h igh p l a c e , Granny exceed even h i s own w i l d e s t dreams by outspr in t ing J u l i a n Goater , j un i o r in ternat i ona l e tc , e tc , i n the burn-up a t the end of h i s l a p . A s t o n i s h i n g l y , we were now i n 3rd pos i t i o n , w i th Rob running the glory l e g - and in the s i x th fas tes t time of the day, Rob ga ined the f i r s t team runners-up meda l s .
A bad 'un from John Shearer
S O C C F R I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e 2 K i n g s C o l l e g e 2
On Saturday 8th February I J C . l s t team t rave l l ed over to L o n don H o s p i t a l s ' ground in Walthamstow expec t ing to p l a y the i r cup semi - f ina l aga ins t K i n g s C o l l e g e . A l though cond i t i ons were i d ea l and both teams were ready and w a i t i n g by 2.15 the game cou ld not be p l a y e d as the referee h a d f a i l e d to m a t e r i a l i z e . T h e two s k i p pers e v e n t u a l l y a g r e e d t o p l ay the match as a' league f ixture w i th a K i n g s C o l l e g e t r a v e l l i n g reserve ( ac tua l l y their un ion pres iden t ) a s the referee.
What en ta i l ed was a hard and uncompromis ing match w i th some very en te r ta in ing f oo tba l l p l a y e d by both s i d e s . In the f i rs t ha l f K i n g s began w i th some penetrat ing a t t a cks and f i nd ing our l a d s rather l e tharg i c took the i n i t i a t i v e and s tayed w e l l on top for the forty f ive minutes . A f t e r about 20 minutes they scored their f i r s t goa l when the two Ians f a i l ed to c l ea r the b a l l from the s i x yard area in spi te of 6 di f ferent oppor tuni t i es toHead i t away . Short ly afterwards another error i n our own ha l f l ed to a K i n g s w inge r cent re ing the b a l l and the i r centre forward h i t t i n g i t per fec t l y on the vo l l ey to score a great goa l .
H a l f t ime saw us two goa ls down , r e f l ec t ing in a most ragged performance in the f i r s t h a l f but determined to make
amends . A n d so we d i d . F o r the next to minutes the b a l l ha rd l y came out of the K i n g s h a l f as a re juvenated I . C . a t t a c k e d re l ent l e s s l y . F i g h t i n g for every l oose b a l l our forwards had the K i n g s de fence under cons tant p ressure and eventua l l y i t c r a c k e d when the inev i tab l e G l e n Swaby h i t one in from the edge o f the a r e a . We cont inued to d ic ta te the p lay and about a quarter of an hour la ter a q u i c k touch throw from K . Seuk iw found S. B a t e s w i t h p lenty of time to head pasts the groping hands of the keeper - a c onno i -s eus goal in every respect .
The remainder of the game was a grim struggle to put away a w inner wh i ch never came but s t i l l p rov ided a lot of t h r i l l s .
A l though we f a i l e d to conq uer on the day, a repeat of that s e cond ha l f performance in the semi f i na l shou ld see us through w i th no d i f f i c u l t y .
F E L I X S P O R T
1.00p.m. ar r i ved and the score was I .C . 1st X V 13, I .C . E x 1st 13 , I C . ' A ' X V 12. T h e dreaded f lue v i rus had s t ruck and e a ch team found themse lves dep l ea t ed . Neve r the l e s s , we dec i d e d to brave these se tbacks a n d p lay three games short of p l a y e r s . Meanwhi l e i n O B 2 the v i rus was be ing reared by Den-s o and Tapper at the opt imum temperature o f 3 5 o c . Ins ide the s i v ea t y head o f the former was s tored the informat ion that B o b (I rear ly s co r ed a hot t r i ck ) A u s t i n was turning up at the K i n g s t o n ground. T h e de ta i l ed i n s t r u c t i o n to the ground lay under a heap of a s p i r i n bo t t l e s .
We eventau l l y arr ived at the K i n g s t o n ground to be shown to the c h i c k e n run to change . A frant ic rush to secure their own pe rsona l n a i l was made by the I .C. p l a y e r s . B o B o roosted i n the raf ters .
T h e I .C. 1st X V started one p l aye r short but the ba lance w a s redressed w i th in f ive minutes when one of the K i n s t o n p laye r ret ired to rece i ve ten s t i t ches i n a l e g . Dur ing th is f i r s t h a l f the one i n two s lope proved to be of some advantage to I .C. and w i th in the f i rst quarter we ran up 13 po in ts w i th a Hughes penal ty and conve rs i on a n d t r ies by A u s t i n and F e a r n . It was now obv ious to a l l that there was no need to do any more to w i n the match so tea a n d b i s c u i t s were served for the rest of the ha l f .
Now p l a y i n g up the s l ope I .C . found the go ing much tougher. L i p p s h a d to t ighten the s t r ing in h i s shorts to prevent h i s pot dragg ing a long the f loor and Donkey was seen to s t reak up the w i n g on h i s pongo s t i c k . K i n g s t o n fought w e l l d r i v i n g I .C. back and had soon ' reduced the I .C. l e ad w i th a well conver ted pena l ty goa l . T h i s pat tern cont inued t i l l f i f teen minutes from the end when a l l tea t r o l l e y s were c l e aned and I .C. s tar ted to p l ay a g a i n . Seve ra l e x ce l l en t forward rushes fo l l owed by q u i c k p o s s e s s i o n were not rewarded w i t h t r i es but by th is time I .C. had h a d the i r fourth try d i s a l l owed. It was left to B o B o to run seventy yards to break the deadl ock . T h i s was fo l l owed by a Hughes try w h i c h came from a fifty y a rd run by Z a p p a . The f i n a l score was 21 - 3 to I .C .
Team D. Shakesheff (absent) A. Williams, G. Clement, J. Gilbert, M. Latter, R . Cress-well, R. Hughes, T. Fearn. B .Bradley, R.Austin, M. Ser-got, K. Lipscombe, S .Booth, J. Smith, P. Robins.
I C E x t r a s
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B a k e r s D o z e n
U n l u c k y 13 - un lucky for K i n g s t o n R . F . C . that i s . T h e extras l a s t Saturday went out to K i n g s t o n wi th 13 men and after get t ing changed in the va luab l e s box, we got into cars to be taken to a d i s u s e d t ip to p lay the 15 man oppos i t i on . (Only got 13 - Ho H o Ho I'm go ing to enjoy th is s a i d their c a p e )
T h e extras k i c k e d off, went s t ra ight into the a t tack and after 5 minutes H . Sayers k i c k ed a pena l ty to g i ve us a 3 - 0 l e a d . Everybody defended w e l l pu t t ing every th ing into their game. M . K i l b r i d e at B l i n d s ide Open Side and Number 8 had an exc e l l en t game and R. T r e z e a s at scrum ha l f p l ayed w i l l w i th on ly 6 men in front of h im . T h T h e n the hard work was rewarded w i th 3 more t r i es from %, Whi te l ey , M . G i b s o n and M . K i l br ide of wh i ch H . Sayer ' s c on verted one, to g ive us a ha l f t ime l ead of 1 7 - 0 .
P l a y i n g w i th the wind i n the s e c o n d ha l f we conceded a try (unconverted) and then sco r ed three more tr ies D . F o r b e s , H .Saye rs and J . R o s e s c o r i n g them and D . F o r b e s conver t ing o n e . T h i s gave us a f ina l score of 31 - 4.
T h e pack d i d w e l l to w i n se t p i e c e s and rucks aga ins t an 8 man p a c k and I must congratulate them on th i s . M i ckey Mouse o f the oppos i t i on got sent off near the end of the second ha l f for wagg l i ng h i s ears at the ref.
Team: H. Sayers, S. Ladle, M. Gibson, J. Rose, C. White -eley, D.Forbes, R. Trezeas, S. Chudy, 1. Shepherd, C. Wrigley, R.Sutton, P. Jeffs, M .Kilbride, M. Kilbride, M. Kilbride.
M I X E D H O C K E Y
On Sunday morning the mixed hockey team met in the nauseat-ing ly odourfuI union lounge ready to t rave l to do batt le w i th ' S p e e d b i r d . T h e tube journey to E a s t H o u n s l o w was peace fu l enough wi th M ike and Janet do ing the c rossword together and Mark l o o k i n g on j e a l ous l y . A short wa lk to the bus stat ion and we were on the way to the ground. Hav
ing near ly got off a t the wrong stop we got out by the Q u e e n ' s H e a d .
On obse rv ing thhis b u i l d i n g the umpire made s tra ight for the bar mutter ing. " E S B for breakf a s t . " A cry from the c a p t a i n / secre tary/organ iser of the mix ed hockey c l u b caused a ha l t but after a democrat i c vote the number o f customers s w e l l e d by t w e l v e .
We at l as t a r r i ved at the gro.und only to f ind no o p p o s i t i on . They eve tua l l y turned up a n d we began twenty minutes la te . P l a y i n g uph i l l I C began w e l l but after a wh i l e Speedbi rd began to come into i t . D e s p i t e their s teady pressure they c ou ldn ' t beat C h r i s Pa rke r or P e t e N o w e l l and when they d id Shir ley " h i t i t a n y w h e r e " F a i r w e a -ther and John H u c k l e c l ea r ed up con f ident l y l e av ing the stray be-l i s h a beacon in goa l w i th very l i t t l e to do.
Suddenly , in the 28th minute , the b a l l was smashed out of defence and ended up w i th Dave B a l d e r s o n who put i t into the net, S i l v e rb i rd r ep l i ed by c r a s h i n g a shot a ga ins t the i n s i d e o f the post but l u c k was w i th I C and i t s tayed out.
I C began the second h a l f con f ident l y w i th P e t e , Jane t and L i n d s a y work ing w e l l on the right but as in the f i rs t h a l f Speedbi rd gradua l ly came back biit the defence h e l d f irm. Then in the 62nd minute C h r i s P a r k e r p i c k e d up a b a l l i n m id f i e l d and dr ibb l ed through to score a f ine g o a l . T h i s was fo l lowed four minutes later by a goal from M i k e " I ' v e ruptured m y s e l f ' V i e y r a w i th he lp from D i . So when the umpire b l ew h i s w h i s t le for the end of the match, I .C . had mainta ined their un-
Swimming Gala
To be held at the Sports Centre on Tuesday, 18th
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Free Beer and Sandwiches will be provided for com
petitors and spectators in the Union Lower Lounge
following the event.
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beaten record with a good 3 - 0 w i n .
We l l done lads and l a s s e s -you ' v e got a lot of good hockey in you !
Team: N.Harrison, S.Fairweat-her, J.Huckle, P.Nowell, C. Parker, M.Vieyra, DMounsey, J.Coxage, D Baldeson, L.Tebb . Umpire: D.Lord
2 n d X I
Af ter a four-week per iod of i n a c t i o n , ow ing to inc lement weather c ond i t i ons , the 2nd X I took the f i e l d at Har l ing ton for their s econd match of the term. On the c o a c h , i t was d i s covered that we were minus two p laye r s (Pete Nowet l and C h a s H a r d y ) . Our esteemed (?) capta in so l v ed th is problem by pres s i n g the umpire (yours truly) in to se rv i ce and r ep lac ing h im i n h i s hab i tua l role o f fu l l -back .
Our v i c t i m s , the Pot ters B a r X I , were obv i ous l y the l e s s e r team. T h i s was borne out by the fact that our f i rs t goa l was s co red i n two minutes ! From the bul ly -o f f , the b a l l was taken up r ight w ing , A superb c r o s s found our unmarked lef* winger , C l i v e Thomson , jus t ins ide the ' D ' . The lat ter c o o l l y hammered the b a l l home. A few minutes la te r , our cap ta in Ian Read , recovered from h i s hangover long enough to score our sec ond goa l in a s im i l a r s t y l e .
Po t t e rs B a r managed to force a short corner from w h i c h they sco red . The th ird goa l was scored by Dave Ba lde r son a n d C l i v e Thomson got h i s second goal j u s t before ha l f - t ime .
In the second ha l f , Po t t e r s B a r , h o p e l e s s l y o u t c l a s s e d yet a g a i n , conceded another two
?;oa ls . T h e f i r s t of these arose rom a penal ty s t roke , ab ly
taken by B o b Midd l e * )n . He then scored h i s s econd and our s i x t h goa l .
T h e whole team p layed extremely w e l l . The game was en joyed by a l l a l though the fu l l - backs and goalkeeper d i d not see much of the b a l l . The on l y regrets we had were that ne i ther C l i v e nor B o b sco red a " j u g " .
Our thanks must go to Mr Jerry J a c o b s for h i s e f f i c i ent umpir ing o f the match . Team: N.Harrison, J.Huckle, P.
Nair, A.Turner, C.Parker, Y. Tan, D Balderson, J.Brownri-
dge, R Middle ton. I Read, C. Thomson