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w i n n e r s o f a n i n t e r d e p a r t m e n t a l b o a t r a c e o n t h e
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some q u a r t e r s , t h e c o u r s e i s f r o m t i m e t o m o d i f i e d .
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w e r e r e w a r d e d - n o t o n l y by a b o a t r a c e b u t a
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2 0 0 ) .
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w i t h 2 0 y a r d s ' l e a d . O v e r t h e p a r a p e t w e n t t h e
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M c K e n n a a n d M c K e n n a , a b l y h i n d e r e d by t h e C i v i l s
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b r o o m a t t h e o t h e r . Due i n n o s m a l l m e a s u r e t o
t h e f i s h i n g a c t i v i t e s o f t h e C i v i l s , t h e E l e c t r i -
c a l s , who w e r e r o w i n g s t r o n g l y , b e g a n t o c r e e p u p ,
u n t i l a b o a t p r o p e l l e d by two C i v i l s a d m i r e r s
who w e r e n o t l o o k i n g w h e r e t h e y w e r e g o i n g , c a u s e d
a b r e a k I n t h e r o w i n g a n d a h e a t e d e x c h a n g e o f
p r e t t y c o m p l i m e n t s .
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m e r m a n who t r i e d h a r d i f u n s u c c e s s f u l l y t o make
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m e a n s o f m a k i n g t h e s h o r e w i t h d i g n i t y . T h e
p e n n a n t w a s h u r l e d b u t f e l l s h o r t o f t h e b a n k .
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p l u n g e d i n t o t h e w a t e r t o come d r i p p i n g t o t h e
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s t u d e n t p a p e r w r i t t e n f o r t h e ' G u i l d s E n g i n e e r '
h a s t h i s y e a r b e e n a w a r d e d t o M . W. ^ n i l l f o r h i s
c o n t r i b u t i o n " M e t h a n e P r o d u c t i o n f r o m Sewage Slud<£",
T h e p r i z e w a s f i r s t a w a r d e d l a s t y e a r a n d h a s a
v a l u e o f t h r e e g u i n e a s . I t w a s i n s t i t u t e d i n
memory o f t h e s e v e n t e e n ' L i n k s ' k i l l e d i n t h e w a r .
GUILDS C IV IL S U C C E S S G u i l d s e l e c t i o n s t h i s y e a r w e r e a g a i n p r e c e
d e d oy t h e s t u d i e d c a l m a n d i n d i f f e r e n c e s o
c h a r a g t e r i s t i c o f t h e e n g i n e e r i n g f r a t e r n i t y . N o t
f o r G u i l d s t h e g l o r i o u s h u s t i n g s o f l e s s e r p l a c e s
n o r t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s t o t h e
e l e c t o r s b e f o r e t h e g r e a t d e n o u e m e n t . T h e f e w
a r t i c u l a t e m e m b e r s e n t e r t a i n t h e h o u s e w i t h s p a r k
l i n g w i t a n d a p a s s i n g r e f e r e n c e t o t h e i r p r o t e g e ,
t h u s e n s u r i n g t h a t t h e b e s t man w i n s . The r e s u l t s
; o f t h i s y e a r ' s e l e c t i o n w e r e : -
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Las t Tuesday ' s e l e c t i o n s n e a r l y complete t h e l i s t s o f next years Un ion a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , and t h e f o l l o w i n g a r e r e s u l t s t o dates
The n i n e members o f C o u n c i l a r e : D , R , C r o 8 s l e y f D.Jk, Power, S.H.Wearne ( G u i l d s ) j D . E . F r a s e r , P . D . R . M a l t b y , H .D . M a r t i n (M ines ) ; and J . M . C o r r i g a n , H . C . O l d l a n d , A . V . S . de Reuck ( R . C . S . ) .
The new Chairman o f t h e S o c i a l C lubs Committee i s M . J . N e a l e , the Se c r e t a r y U . A b b o t t , and t h e A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y B .H .Wya t t .
The I . C Y 7 . A . r e s u l t s were :
P r e s i d e n t : Rae T u r n b u l l ; S e c r e t a r y : A l i s o n E n t w i s t l e ; and
En t e r t a inmen t s S e c r e t a r y : Inky S c h i e l d r o p .
and f o r I .C .W.S .C. t h e r e s u l t s werej
P r e s i d e n t : Doreen Goodway; V i c e - P r e s i d e n t & J u n i o r T r e a s -
i r e r : M a r j o r i e G r a t w i c k ; S e c r e t a r y : J e a n Osborne.
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t h e y m u s t a t l a s t p a s s o n t h e g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e o f
a p e n n y a p i n t i n d r a u g h t b e e r p r i c e s made by t h e
b r e w e r s a y e a r a g o . T h e C o m m i t t e e w i l l c o n t i n u e
t o s t a n d t h e l e s s f o r t h i s s e s s i o n , b u t f r o m
S e p t e m b e r 1 s t , when t h e C o l l e g e r e o p e n s , t h e p r i c e s
w i l l be 9 d . a h a l f o f b i t t e r , a n d 8 d . f o r m i l d .
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Owing t o t h e r ecen t l a r g e i n c r e a s e i n membership o f the Rover Crew t h i s y e a r , t h e i r headquar te rs "The Den" became i m p o s s i b l y overcrowded. P e r m i s s i o n was ob ta ined t o extend these q u a r t e r s , and t h e whole work completed i n t h i s t e r m . A t an open meet ing 2 7 t h . May, t h e e x t e n s i o n was f o r m a l l y opened by Haydn Dimraock, E d i t o r o f "The S c o u t " , those p r e s ent i n c l u d i n g the R e c t o r , and the Chairman o f t h e S o c i a l C lubs Committee.
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wh i ch Dram. Soc . are t a k i n g on t o u r t o Cheltenham t h i s
Summer, i t i s proposed t o s tage a per formance i n t h e Un ion
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made t o cover expenses. T i c k e t s w i l l be o b t a i n a b l e ' i n ' t h e
Gym from Monday t o Thursday 23 rd . - 2 6 t h . June , or a t t h e
doo r . A l l members of t h e Un ion are i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d . The
p l a y i s "Summer. B a y ' s Dream" by J . B . P r i e s t l e y . The p l a y w i l l
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w a r - t i m e e v a c u a t i o n o n t h e p r e s e n t
d a y l i v e s o f t h e y o u n g s t e r s t o whom
i t a p p l i e d . F o r i n s t a n c e , d i d a
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a n o t h e r w i s e L o n d o n - d e s t i n e d c h i l d ?
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E l c r i d g e was s u b j e c t e d t o a c o m p l e t e
c h a n g e i n e n v i r o n m e n t . F r o m t h e
m o r e f a s h i o n a b l e o f N o r t h e r n L o n d o n ' s
s u b u r b s he f o u n d h i m s e l f i n t h e w i d e
o p e n s p a c e s o f S o u t h A f r i c a , e v e n t u
a l l y s p e n d i n g f i v e f o r m a t i v e y e a r s
a t P a r Jet own H i g h S c h o o l , J o h a n n e s b u r g .
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f o r t h i s u p h e a v a l he w o u l d n o t now b e r e a d i n g e n g i
n e e r i n g , n o r w o u l d he p l a y r u g b y f o o t b a l l . To
i m a g i n e h i m a s a n y t h i n g b u t a n e n g i n e e r , o r r u g g e r
p l a y e r i s , i n d e e d , d i f f i c u l t , s o t o t h i s e x t e n t h i s
l i f e h a s b e e n i n f l u e n c e d . B u t i n a w i d e r f i e l d i t
i s f e l t t h a t h i s p r e s e n t m a k e - u p h a s b e e n g r e a t l y
f o r m e d a s a r e s u l t o f t h i s e a r l y t r a v e l . T h a t K e n
i s ' d i f f e r e n t ' t h e r e i s n o d o u b t .
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a n d a p p e a r a n c e - f o r a l o n g t i m e h i s f a v o u r i t e s u i t
i n g h a s b e e n p e a - g r e e n t w e e d - h a s l e d h i m t o b e
come a n odd t y p e o f p r a c t i c a l f r e e t h i n k e r . C l a s s i
f i c a t i o n i s d i f f i c u l t i n h i s c a s e , f o r he c o m b i n e s a
f r e s h , y o u t h f u l p e r s o n a l i t y , w i t h a n o c c a s i o n a l
c u l t u r a l s o p h i s t i c a t i o n . I n f a c t , a t t i m e s t h e
b e s p e c t a c l e d s h o r t s i g h t e d n e s s , and p o u t i n g u p p e r
l i p , s u g g e s t s a t e n d e n c y t o s u p e r c i l i o u s n e s s .
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a m o r e t h a n ' a v e r a g e s p o r t s m a n . I n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e
p e r h a p s he i s b e s t k n o w n a s h o o k e r o f t h i s s e a s o n ' s
s u c c e s s f u l r u g g e r X V , w h e r e he a l s o made b i n m a r k
a s a f a s t ' s p o i l e r ' , a n d f i r s t t i m e t a c k i e r . H a v
i n g g a i n e d h a l f - c o l o u r s f o r a t h l e t i c s i n h i s f i r s t
y e a r , he h a s s i n c e b e e n a b l e t o w r i t e k n o w l e d g e a b l e ,
i f s omewha t f r i v o l o u s , r e p o r t s o n ' S p o r t s D a y ' .
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h i s t i m e s w i m m i n g , i t s h o u l d be
n o t e d t h a t t h i s i s c a r r i e d o u t w e l l
a w a y f r o m K e n s i n g t o n .
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m u s t b e c o n s i d e r e d a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t .
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i n t h e c o o k h o u s e , a n d s i x w e e k s r e s t
h e s p e n t e i g h t e e n m o n t h s i n t h e a r m y
p o s t o f f i c e a t K n i g h t s b r i d g e .
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i n U n i o n a f f a i r s , K e n h a s u p h e l d h i s
a c a d e m i c p r o g r e s s , and l i v e d a t home
d u r i n g h i s s t a y h e r e - t w o h o u r s e a c h
d a y b e i n g s p e n t o n t r a v e l l i n g . T a c k
l e d o n t h i s l i f e a t home he s a y s " n o n e a t a l l , t h e r e
a r e f o u r o f u s ? A l l t h a t i s k n o w n o f t h e b e t w e e n -
y e a r s i s t h a t , b e f o r e c o m i n g t o I . C . he was a n a r c h i
t e c t ' s a s s i s t a n t f o r s i x m o n t h s , a n d s p e n t one y e a r a t
E n f i e l d T e c h n i c a l C o l l e g e , S o u t h g a t e a l s o k n o w s h i m
a s a R o v e r S c o u t , a n d a n a m a t e u r g a r d e n e r .
A g r e a t r e a d e r o f o t h e r p e o p l e ' s n e w s p a p e r s i t
was p e r h a p s t h i s h a b i t w h i c h f i r s t b r o u g h t h i m t o t h e
f o r e i n I . C . , a n d h a s u n d o u b t e d l y p u t h i m i n f r o n t o f
u s t o - d a y . S t a r t i n g a s a m e r e w r i t e r , a n d ' m a k e r -
u p - e r ' o f F e l i x he a d v a n c e d t o S p o r t s E d i t o r , E a s t e r
h a l f - s e s s i o n l a s t y e a r . T h e r e he d e v e l o p e d a c o n
g l o m e r a t i o n o f r e p o r t s i n t o a d e f i n i t e ' b a c k - p a g e '
( u n f o r t u n a t e l y , o m i t t i n g ' a g u i d e ' t o t h e p o o l s ' ) , a n d
c o n t i n u e d t o f i l l t h i s u n t i l c a l l e d t o t h e E d i t o r ' s
c h a i r i n M a r c h o f t h i s y e a r .
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K e n . E l d r i d g e 13 a man w i t h f i r m c o n v i c t i o n s , w h i c h
he i s n o t a f r a i d t o s t a t e i n t h e f u l l g l a r e o f p u b
l i c o p i n i o n . W i t h t w e n t y - t h r e e y e a r s b e h i n d h i m ,
he l e a v e s C o l l e g e t o e m b a r k u p o n a c a r e e r i n i n d u s
t r y . I n d u s t r y I t s e l f w i l l d e c i d e w h e t h e r K . P .
E l d r i d g e i n h i s c o m p l e t e r a n g e o f i n t e r e s t , and
d i r e c t a p p r o a c h , w i l l b e t h e t y p e o f l e a d e r t o - d a y
d e m a n d s . H i s f u t u r e c a r e e r m i g h t i n f a c t , be a
j u d g e m e n t on t h e new t e c h n o l o g i s t .
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y o u r m u s i c c o r r e s p o n d e n t , w r i t i n g o n t h e s u b j e c t
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c o n c l u s i o n s : - I � He i s n e v e r i n a f i t s t a t e t o l i s t e n t o a n y
r e c o r d s a f t e r s o j o u r n i n g i n t h e b a r o n S a t u r d a y s .
2 . He h a s n e v e r h e a r d r e c o r d s b y L e s P a u l , e t c . ,
t h e names b e i n g j u s t b a i * - t a l k t h a t h e h a s o v e r
h e a r d , . a n d a s a c o n s e q u e n c e h e d o e s n ' t r e c o g n i s e
t h e m w h e n we d o p l a y t h e m a t t h e h o p s .
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o r m i s i n f o r m e d m u s i c c o r r e s p o n d e n t , t h e g r e a t e r
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n o t b y b a n d s u s u a l l y s t y l e d a s ' s t r i c t t e m p o ' .
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p l a y e d a t a n a v e r a g e h o p i s 8 m o s t l y a t t h e
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V i c t o r S i l v e s t e r r e c o r d w a s p l a y e d ( a n d b y
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M i t c h e l l , R o y R o g e r s , L e s P a u l , S i d P h i l l i p s , e t c . , :
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r e c o r d i n g s a v a i l a b l e t o w h i c h i t i s p o s s i b l e t o
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f o r m o r e , "fe t h e r e f o r e r e l y o n J o e l o s s , M a u r i c e
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c h o i c e o f m u s i c f o r t h e H o p s f o r t w o r e a s o n s .
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m a t e s t h e s a v i n g i n r e c o r d c o s t made b y t h e u s e o f
l i g h t w e i g h t p i c k u p s . I am o p e n t o c o r r e c t i o n ,
b u t I t h i n k some t i m e w i l l h a v e t o e l a p s e b e f o r e
t h e b e n e f i t c a n be f e l t .
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c h o i c e o f r e c o r d s . My own e x p e r i e n c e o f H o p s h a s
l e d me t o r e g a r d t h e m a s a c o m b i n a t i o n o f d a n c e
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r e c o r d s by t h e p e r f o r m e r s m e n t i o n e d , a n d o T E e r s
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r e s p e c t i v e l y . N o t B O t h e that E n g i n e e r , w h o may o n l y
o l a i m a s s o o i a t e s h l p o f an I n s t i t u t e .
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c h a n g e t h e name C i t y a G u i l d e C o l l e g e t o R o y a l
S c h o o l o f E n g i n e e r s , s o t h a t a n e n g i n e e r may
p r o u d l y s a y t h a t h e i s a n A s s o c i a t e o f The R o y a l
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h i s n a m e . .
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EDTTCSU K.P.ELDRTDQE
To those who have a l r e a d y s u f f e r e d , FEL IX w ishes
t h e n i c e s t o f m a r k e r s , w h i l e f o r those about t o undergo t h e
annua l o r d e a l , a l l t h e r i g h t ques t i ons f o r t h e answers you
have . May you a l l l e ave next week w i t h l i g h t h e a r t , enjoy
t h e p l e a s a i t e s t o f v a c a t i o n s i n many l a n d s , and come baok
next y e a r .
The remarkab ly sho r t l i s t o f one from wh ich t h e
c h o i c e o f nex t y e a r ' s P r e s i d e n t w i l l be made by I . C . C o u n c i l
can be a t t r i b t t ed t o two major c o u r s e s .
The f i r s t i s t h a t a s t r o n g c u r r e n t o p i n i o n i 3
t h a t t h e P r e s i d e n c y o f t h i s C o l l e g e i s much t o o h i g h an
honour t o con f e r upon mere m r r t a l s . L i n k e d w i t h t h i s
o p i n i o n i s t h e b e l i e f t h a t peop l e o f P r e s i d e n t i a l c a l i b r e
a r e not so numerous as they were . B o t h a r e f a l l a c i e s of
every g e n e r a t i o n ; t h a t no gods are l i k e t h o s e o f y e s t e r d a y .
As t h e c h a r a c t e r o f t h e s tudent p o p u l a t i o n deve lops through
s u c c e s s i v e y ea r s so do t h e needs o f t h e Un ion and t h e
q u a l i t i e s demanded o f a P r e s i d e n t , though no two would
agree as t o t h e exact comb ina t i on o f q u a l i t i e s .
Secondly t h e r e i s a ve ry n o t i c a b l e r e l u c t a n c e
on t h e p a r t o f men who have many, though perhaps not a l l , o f
t h e q u a l i t i e s f o r t h e o f f i c e , t o permi t t h e i r names be ing
put f o rw a rd . T h i s l a ck o f enthusiasm f o r se l f -advancement
s p r i n g s from f e a r s t h a t t h e a d d i t i o n a l du t i e s ! w i l l prove too
heavy a burden . T h i s i s p a r t l y the. outcome o f t h e p r a c t i c e
i n r ecen t y ea r s o f p i l i n g o f f i c e upon o f f i c e - o r agony upon
agony on t h e shou lde r s o f t h e p rominen t . No one man can
s u c c e s s f u l l y f i l l two o f f i c e s - l e t a lone twe l ve as has been
known I n our Un ion a f f a i r s , i n f a i r n e s s t o ou r s e l v e s and t o .
our o f f i c e r s , ' l e t us have one man w i t h one j o b .
Ano the r , and l e s s pardonable excuse i s t h a t Un ion
work c o n f l i c t s w i t h academic p r o g r e s s . The academic l i f e
he re i s mere ly a means t o a f u l l e r and b e t t e r l i f e l a t e r on.
That t h e l a t e r l i f e has been impa i r ed by t h e knowledge
ga ined th rough work i n Un ion o f f i c e i s not borne out by t h e
p r o g r e s s o f p a s t P r e s i d e n t s . Expe r i ence o f t h i s k i n d w i l l
prove o f more l a s t i n g v a l u e t h a n any number o f Ph.D s .
L e t t e r s may secure a j ob - but they won ' t h o l d i t .
Whatever t h e reasons avowed o r suppressed , we
f e e l t h a t as t h e c o l l e g e i s sha rp l y d i v i d e d i n t o those who
do someth ing , and those who d o n ' t , w h i l e the d o ' s a r e f u r
t h e r s p l i t i n t o b r a i n s and brawn, w i t h subdi i t e ions depen
d i n g upon t h e n a t u r e o f t h e e x e r c i s e t a k e n . A nomina t i on
l i s t o f one cand ida t e does not r e cogn i z e the v a r y i n g needs
o f the d i f f e r e n t groups - nor g i v e C o u n c i l much room t o
manoevre.
Wh i l e ex t end ing t o t h e s u c c e s s f u l cand ida t e s i n c e r e
c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s and bes t wishes f o r h i s t e rm o f o f f i c e ,
FEL IX cannot but express t h e hope t h a t next y e a r ' s P r e s i d e n t
w i l l not o n l y be a complete bounder and u t t e r f f i i l u r e , but
t h a t he a l s o reduces t h e t o t t e r y s t r u c t u r e o f our decayed
democracy t o shambles as a f i t t r i b u t e the i n e r t i n d i v i d u a l
i t i e s o f t h i s c o l l e g e .
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News and Spo r t s r e p o r t s , produced p r i n t a b l e a r t i c l e s , v e rses
and rhymes, drawn ca r t oons and ske t ches f o r us - and o f u s , -
he l p ed t o make up on Sundays and t o s e l l on F r i d a y s , o r
whose e f f o r t s have so f a r gone unrewarded, FELIX o f f e r s h i s
g r a t e f u l thanks and a p p r e c i a t i o n ; we hope t h a t you w i l l c o n
t i n u e t o b u r d e n ' t h e E d i t o r w i t h more m a t e r i a l t h a n he can
u s e .
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D i r e c t o r s who have not annoyed me a t a l l , and t o t h e FELIX
Board f o r t h e i r w i l l i n g he l p and c o o p e r a t i o n , i n p a r t i c u l a r
t o my two keenest c r i t i c s Tony de Reuck and Stephen Wearne,
K . P . E .
FEL IX BOARD
Fea tu r es E d i t o r : A . V . S . de Reuck; News E d i t o r : L .Cohen;
S p o r t s E d i t o r : D . J . G a r d n e r ; S u b - E d i t o r s : E . J . S i m o n ; B . H . P i l e ,
R . B r a y , J . L o o k y e r , P . E . L i l e y (Coming Even t s ) ; S e c r e t a r y :
Margare t Evene t t ( S e c . - e l e c t : Mary L i s t e r ) ; T r e a s u r e r : M.R.
P i g g o t t ; C i r c u l a t i o n Manager: D . R . B a l l } P r o d u c t i o n Manager: j
S . A . S c o t t ; A s s t . P . M : D.Higham; A d v e r t i s i n g Manager: G .Norva l ; ;
A d v i s o r y E d i t o r ! S.H.Wearne ( i m p ) , J . W . M i d g l e y ; A r t E d : Rex
Dadd; Pho tog raph i c E d i t o r : B . F . G o f t o n . .
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SUMMER PHCENIX The new i s s u e o f ' P h o e n i x ' m a i n t a i n s t h e
h i g h s t a n d a r d s e t by t h e S p r i n g n u m b e r a n d a t t h e
r e d u c e d p r i c e s h o u l d h a v e a w i d e s a l e i n t h e C o l
l e g e ,
S i x o f t h e a r t i c l e s c a n c o n v e n i e n t l y ( f o r - t h e
p u r p o s e o f t h i s r e v i e w ) b e t a k e n i n p a i r s , t h e
f i r s t o f w h i c h i s ' U a x i r a i l l i a n ' s L a s t S t a n d ' a n d
' T h e P r e s s e s R o a r J T h e s e a r e two l i g h t - h e a r t e d
i p i e c e s b e t w e e n w h i c h i s p l a c e d t h e S i r A r t h u r A c -
l a n d P r i z e K e s a y , t h e w h o l e f o r m i n g one o f t h o s e
s a n d w i c h e s w i t h a d e l e c t a h l e o u t s i d e b u t a m o s t
i n d i g e s t a b l e f i l l i n g . M r . L u s h e r ' a s t o r y i s a n
i m p r o v e m e n t o n h i s c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e S p r i n g
i s s u e , s h o w i n g a b e t t e r s e n s e o f f o r m , b u t h a s
r a t h e r a weak e n d i n g , ' T h e P r e s s e s R o a r ' i s t h e
S t a g g e r s s t o r y , w i t h o u t w h i c h no P h o e n i x o f o u r
g e n e r a t i o n h a s b e e n o r w i l l b e c o m p l e t e .
Another p a i r , a l s o humourous i n c o n t e n t , i s made up
by ' A e t h e l r e d t h e R e d i l e s s ' and ' L o s t O a r s ' . The former
i s s u c c e s s f u l l y amus ing , not so t h e l a t t e r , except t o a
row ing t y p e .
Mr .Conway 's Essay i s t h e most s u b s t a n t i a l c o n t r i b
u t i o n i n sheer b u l k . I t has been ac l a imed by t h e award o f
p r i z e , but on what grounds I do not know. The l i t e r a r y
s t y l e i s l aboured and t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l approach pseudo-
s c i e n t i f i c r a t h e r t h a n s c i e n t i f i c . On t h e whole not a
d i s t i n g u i s h e d p i e c e o f w r i t i n g .
The t h i r d p a i r o f a r t i c l e s shou ld s t a r t c o n s i d e r
a b l e d i s c u s s i o n i n t h e c o l l e g e . I n 'Touchstone Recon
s i d e r e d ' a domest ic prob lem i s e x c e l l e n t l y d i s c u s s e d and
i n The R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f a Gradua t e ' a b roade r t o p i c
i s d e a l t w i t h .
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t h a t C i t y , but I 'm a f r a i d i t would need a ve ry much g r e a t e r
w r i t e r than M r . S c h i l i z z i t o succeed .
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Mr.Dadd has b r i gh t ened t h e pages w i t h h i s i m a g i n a t i v e
d raw ings .
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I n r e s p o n s e t o r e p e a t e d r e q u e s t s M r . S a m w a y s
p r e s e n t e d F E L I X w i t h a s h e a f o f p a p e r s o n h i s r e
c e n t v i s i t t o B e r l i n . The f o l l o w i n g p a r a g r a p h s
a r e e x t r a c t s o f t h e more l e g i b l e p o r t i o n s .
A f t e r t h e s e v e r e b o m b i n g a n d b a t t l e s f o r B e r l i n ,
l a t e r t o be . o c c u p i e d a n d d i v i d e d by f o u r p o w e r s , ' ,
w h a t d i d one e x p e c t t o f i n d ? A d e s o l a t e u n t i d y c i t y
f r u s t r a t e d i n a t t e m p t s d e v e l o p b y t h e f o r c e o f c i r
c u m s t a n c e s o r n o t . The o v e r r i d i n g c o n d i t i o n , t h a t
a f f e c t e d e v e r y t h i n g was t h a t o f t h e d i v i s i o n o f c i t y
b y two i d e o l o g i e s - t h o s e o f t h e E a s t a n d Wes t - t h e
g o v e r n m e n t o f e a c h s e c t o r b e i n g i r . t h e h a n d s o f
G e r m a n g u a r d s one e a c h s i d e , n o t R u s s i a n a n d B r i t i s h ,
R u s s i a n a n d A m e r i c a n a s one m i g h t e x p e c t ; n e i t h e r ,
a t t h a t t i m e , was t r a v e l r e s t r i c t e d f r o m one z o n e t o
a n o t h e r ; t r a v e l l i n g i n b y t h e o v e r h e a d r a i l w a y d i d
n e c e s s i t a t e a n i n s p e c t i o n o f p a p e r s . I n t h e E a s t
one h a d t h e C o m m u n i s t s y s t e m o f h o u s e a n d s t r e e t
m a n a g e r s , s e c r e t p o l i c e , e n f o r c e d m e e t i n g s e t c .
w h e r e a s i n t h e w e s t t h e way o f l i f e i s s i m i l a r a s
i n E n g l a n d . W h i l s t i n t h e Wes t f o o d was r e l a t i v e l y
p l e n t i f u l a n d c h e a p a n d u n r a t i o n e d t h a t i n ' t h e E a s t ,
i n e x c e s s o f a s m a l l r a t i o n , was v e r y e x p e n s i v e .
S i m i l a r l y w i t h m o s t o f t h e t h i n g s . T h e r e s e emed
t o b e l i t t l e d o u b t t o w h i c h s i d e B e r l i n e r n w o u l d go
i f t h e r e was s u f f i c i e n t a c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d w o r k .
A c c u s t o m i n g o n e s e l f t o t h e v a s t a m o u n t o f
d a m a g e , now t i d i e d a n d w a l l e d i n b y n e a t s t a c k s o f
o l d b r i c k s , B e r l i n a p p e a r e d a v e r y i n d u s t r i o u s a n d
b u s y c i t y . A v a s t a m o u n t o f b u i l d i n g was i n p r o
g r e s s , b o t h i n c o n c r e t e , b r i c k a n d s t o n e ; t h e
p r o d u c t s o f l i g h t e n g i n e e r i n g w e r e i n g r e a t e v i d e n c e ,
new c a r s , c a m e r a s , b i c y c l e s , c l o t h e s , f o o t w e a r .
A l l o f w h i c h c o u l d be b o u g h t i m m e d i a t e l y i f one h a d
t h e m o n e y .
I n t h e e v e n i n g t h e r e w e r e b r i g h t l i g h t s , o p e n
a i r c a f e s a n d r e s t a u r a n t s , c o n c e r t s o p e r a s , c i n e m a s
a l l t h e a c t i v i t y t h a t one a s s o c i a t e s w i t h a c o n t i n
e n t a l c a p i t o l .
K u r f f t r s t e n d a m m r a p i d l y r e g a i n i n g t h e s p l e r f t n r
o f f o r m e r t i m e s w i t h i t s w i d e b r o a d s t r e e t s ,
r e s t a u r a n t s , s t o r e s ' t h e new S c h i l l e r T h e a t r e , i n
d i c a t i v e o f a n i n d u s t r i o u s p e o p l e i n t e n t o n r e g a i n
i n g s o m e t h i n g o f w h a t t h e y h a d l o s t . A p a r , t f r o m
t h e i n a c c e s s i b i l i t y o f B e r l i n , one w o u l d s p e n d a
v e r y p l e a s a n t h o l i d a y t h e r e .
L i f e i n t h e E a s t ( C r o s s e B e r l i n ) a p p e a r e d t o
be v e r y d i f f e r e n t : w a l k i n g a l o n g t h e b o r d e r on M a y
D a y i n t o P o t s d a m e r P l a t z p r o p a g a n d a g r e e t s y o u f r o m
t h e l o u d s p e a k e r s y s t e m , b l u e s h i r t b i n d c u l a t e d p o l h e
e y e f r o m t h e w i n d o w s o f bombed b u i l d i n g s , f a c e s
r e g a r d e a c h o t h e r a c r o s s t h e s q u a r e , w h i l e W e s t
p o l i c e s t a n d b y . A s s o o n a s y o u e n t e r a n e a s t t r a i l
a l l i s s u s p i c i o n , who a n d w h e r e i s t h e p o l i c e a g e n t ,
when , y o u l e a v e t h e s t a t i o n who i s t h e a g e n t , i n th=
' c a f e . ' s . * h o c a n b e . t r u s t e d * e v e r y b o d y a S k s . j a i e . nn
A L L t h e T r o p h i e s t h a t c o u l d b e f o u n d w e r e - u s e d
"to d e c o r a t e t h e gym f o r t h e l a s t h o p o f t h e y e a r .
4 FELIX
ELVASTOH SQUARE
" Two m o r e , " s a i d my f r i e n d , f r o m h e r c h a i r o n '
t h e c o l l e g e s i d e w i n d o w o f my f l a t , t r a c k i n g i n
t i i o re y o u n g t h i n g s a p p e a r i n g t o p a r a d e i n f r o n t o f .
t h e A m e r i c a n s ' b a r r a c k s i n o u r s q u a r e . S h e u s e d
t o l i k e t o s i t t h e r e , f r o m w h e r e o n e c a n s e e u p
t h e s t r e e t f r o m t h e p a r k , a n d o u r c o r n e r i s t h e s e
a m a t e u r s ' f i n a l c a l l o n t h e i r way home a t d u s k ;
t h e y make a d e s p e r a t e s l o w w a l k r o u n d - p a s t t h e
d o o r s a n d common r o o m s o f t h e t w o h o u s e s o p p o s i t e
o c c u p i e d b y U . S . M a r i n e s - t h e n b a c K o n c e o r
t w i c e , a w a i t i n a f a c i n g d o o r w a y - p e r h a p s o u r s -
• a n d t h e n o f f t h e y g o .
T h e n e w E u r o p e a n c o m m u n i t y e x i s t s a t E l v a s t o r :
S q u a r e - w i t h t h e s e A m e r i c a n s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f
t h e n e x t a n d f a s t e r c u l t u r e t h a t i s r e p l a c i n g o u r
own w i t h t h e same s t a r t a s f i f t y a n d h u n d r e d
y e a r s a g o t h e E n g l i s h m i s s i o n a r i e s w e n t i n t o
E u r o . e a n d b r o u g h t b a c k n a t i o n a l s c i e n c e a n d t h e
P h . D .
P a s s i o n i n a b o w l e r h a t w e n t by h e r e l a s t
n i g h t , b u t t h e p r i n c i p a l s s t i l l r e j o i c i n g i n t h e
a d d r e s s o f K e n s i n g t o n a n d f o r c i n g t h e i r own i m p o r
t a n c e o f e x a m p l e t o t h e A m e r i c a n s a r e t h e f a m i l y
f u r t h e r d o w n . T h e d a u g h t e r i s j u s t t o o y o u n g t o
u n d e r s t a n d , b u t h e r m o t h e r f e e l s t o o n e a r t o
i g n o r e i t ; t h e s m a l l s o n s e e s o n l y t h e p i s t o l s •
c a r r i e d b y t h e m a r i n e s o n d u t y ; a n d f a t h e r ' s
b u r d e n i s t o d e m o n s t r a t e how t o s t a r t a B r i t i s h
c a r .
S e v e r a l h o u s e s h a v e b e e n r e p a i n t e d , a n d s h o w
up t h e r e s t - t h e i r o v e r l a y s c o m i n g u n s t u c c o ,
s t a i n e d d o o r s t e p s , s t a l e m i l k b o t t l e s i n t h e w i n
dow b o x e s , a n d c u r t a i n s m a t c h i n g t h e g r e y w a l l s .
T h e A m e r i c a n s a n d t h e i r h o t e l f o l l o w e r s h a v e
a c c e l e r a t e d t h e d e c a y o f E l v a s t o n S q u a r e , now o n e
h u n d r e d y e a r s o l d a n d f o l l o w i n g i n t u r n t h e
e a r l i e r n a s h - p r o d u c t i o n s i n r o w s , s q u a r e s , t e r
r a c e s a n d p l a c e s t h a t make L o n d o n ' s i n n e r s u b u r
b i a , t h e g r e y b e l t , t h a t s t r e t c h e s f r o m V i c t o r i a
t o E a r l ' s C o u r t . T h e s e r v a n t s ' q u a r t e r s w e r e
d e s i g n e d i n t h e a g e o f t h e f i r s t r a i l w a y u n d e r
g r o u n d , a n d o n e c a n p i c k o u t t h e b e t t e r h o u s e s i n
e a c h c o l u m n i t y by, t h e i r m i x t u r e a n d d e g r e e o f
d e c o r a t i v e c o p i n g a n d s t o n e l i n e .
I n s i d e t h e s e a r e t h e w h i t e - e l e p h a n t i n e f l a t s
o f t h e f i r s t a n d s e c o n d f l o o r s - o u r s i s o n e y e t
t o h a v e t h e f u l l f r o n t a g e b e d r o o m a n d i t s m a g n i
f i c e n t b u i l t - i n c u p b o a r d s p l i t up b y p a r t i t i o n .
H o w e v e r w e ' r e s p l i t t i n g u p , i t ' s n o t e a s y t o f i l l
t h r e e v a c a n c i e s n o w . My g i r l f r i e n d ' s g o n e
t o o - f o r b a d a n d f o r g o o d .
N O E N G I N U I T Y
The a u t h o r bent over h i s t a s k . From t ime t o
t ime he p u l l e d a lt'.rge s i l k hande r ch i e f from h i s
pocket and mopped h i s brow. The work was n e a r l y
completed but the f i n a l e f f o r t t o get i t f i n i s h e d
was p r o v i n g ha rde r t h a n he had a n t i c i p a t e d . He had
reached a s tage when h i s menta l ou tpour ings were
b eg inn ing t o dry up and was wonder ing i f he had made
a t e r r i b l e m i s t ake i n s t a r t i n g i t a t a l l , when h i s
w i f e appeared w i t h a cup o f t e a .
She l e a n t over h i s shou lde r l o o k i n g a d m i r i n g l y
a t ' h i s e f f o r t s , and encouraged: ,
" I t h i n k i t ' s go ing t o be a g rea t success dea r ,
bu t you r e a l l y must stop and have something t o s u s t a i n
y o u . "
He stood u p , hand extended f o r the cup , h i s brow
g l i s t e n i n g a g a i n . T h o u g h t f u l l y s u r v e y i n g h i s mas t e r
p i e c e he s i ghed h e a v i l y : •
"That l a s t c r a z y p a v i n g stone w i l l ne-t f i t i n t o
p l a c e . "
G . H . S .
F a c i n g t h e F u t u r e ? G e t t i n g K i c k e d O u t ?
W h a t e v e r t h e r e a s o n f o r l e a v i n g I . C . d o n ' t be w i t h
o u t y o u r F E L I X . F 3 L I X w i l l f l y t o a n y c o r n e r o f t h e
g l o b e f o r 6 / 6 d . a y e a r . S e n d y o u r S u b s c r i p t i o n t o : -
The H o n S e c r e t a r y , " F e l i x " , I . C . U n i o n ,
S T E P H E N A D E P E G B A
I n may, t h i s y e a r , Stephen Adepegba was k i l l e d
i n a c a r a c c i d e n t i n T r i n i d a d . '
S teve a r r i v e d a t I . C . f rom N i g e r i a i n O c t o b e r ,
1947, embarking upon the I n t e rmed i a t e C o u r s e , and i n 1948
entered t h e Botany Department whe r e t h r e e y ea r s o f d i l i g e n t
work won h im an Honours degree and a s c h o l a r s h i p to* t h e
I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e o f T r o p i c a l A g r i c u l t u r e i n T r i n i d a d .
One canno t , however, f a i r l y sum up h i s c a r e e r
a t I . C . so b r i e f l y . H i s c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e s o c i a l aspec t
o f C o l l e g e l i f e c o n s i d e r a b l y exceeded h i s academic d i s t i n c t
i o n which i n i t s e l f was c r e d i t a b l e enough. H i s enormous
g r i n and i n f e c t i o u s l augh were t o be r e c o g n i s e d a t many
f u n c t i o n s , not l e a s t o f a l l t h e d i n n e r s and s o c i a l s o f t h e
N a t u r a l H i s t o r y S o c i e t y and O l d C o l o n i a l g a t h e r i n g s , where
those who were present w i l l v i v i d l y r e c a l l h i s s i n g i n g o f
N i g e r i an f o l k - s o n g s and hymns. Few w i l l have r e a l i s e d how
d e s p e r a t e l y shy S teve was , and t h e w i l l power w i t h wh i ch he
compel led h i m s e l f t o per form a t these e v en t s .
H i s d r i v i n g f o r ce was a d e s i r e t o f o s t e r a b e t t e r
unde r s t and ing between t h e peop les o f h i s c oun t r y and o f
o t h e r s . I n s t r i v i n g t o t h i s end, he spared h i m s e l f l i t t l e
and ach i eved much.
A g r ea t a f f e c t i o n was f e l t f o r Steve by those w i t h
whom he worked , and no l e s s by t h o s e who taught h i m .
Our v e r y r e a l sorrow at h i s t r a g i c dea th makes
on ly toe apparent the inadequcy o f t h e words o f sympathy we
extend t o h i s w i f e and two c h i l d r e n w i t h whom he was t o h i v e
been r e u n i t e d t h i s September a f t e r an absence o f f i v e y e a r s . •
I t i s our f e r ven t hope t h a t t h i s inadequacy w i l l not obscure
t h e s i n c e r e compassion t h a t we f e e l .
I n h i s s t e ad f a s tne s s o f p u r p o s e , s i n c e r i t y , and
devout l i f e , Steve has se t an example wh i ch w i l l be d i f f i c u l t
t o emulate , l e t a lone s u r p a s s .
T O U C H S T O N E
M u s i c a n d S c i e n c e t o t h e u n i n f o r m e d may a p p e a r
t o be s t r a n g e b e d - f e l l o w s . Y e t t h e r e i s no d o u b t
t h a t a m o n g s t s c i e n t i s t s , m u s i c , o f a l l t h e a r t s ,
h a s by f a r t h e s t r o n g e s t f o l l o w i n g . The t r u t h o f
t h i s s t a t e m e n t i s p e r h a p s mofct e a s i l y i l l u s t r a t e d
b^ c o n s i d e r i n g t h e r e l a t i v e s t r e n g t h s o f c o l l e g e
s o c i e t i e s d e v o t e d t o M u s i c , L i t e r a t u r e , a n d F i n e
A r t s , v i z . l a r 6 e , n e g l i g a b l e , a n d n o n e - e x i s t e n t ,
r e s p e c t i v e l y . I t was t h e r e f o r e n o t s u r p r i s i n g t h a t
t h e a c c o m m o d a t i o n a t S i l w o o d P a r k o n t h e o c c a s i o n
o f t h e r e c e n t M u s i c a l T o u c h s t o n e was b o o k e d t o
c a p a c i t y .
The s t r e n g t h o f t h e w e e k - e n d l a y i n t h e
c o n t r i b u t i o n by t h e k a c f i e l s . M r . M a c f i e l , f o r h i s
f r a n k a n d i l l u m i n a t i n g a c c o u n t o f t h e a c t i v i t i e s
o f t h e A r t s C o u n c i l o f w h i c h he i s A s s i s t a n t d i r e c
t o r o f t h e m u s i c s e c t i o n , flis m a i n theme was t h a t
s i n c e t h e A r t s w i l l n e v e r be g o o d b o x - o f f i c e ,
w e a l t h y p a t r o n s a r e e s s e n t i a l , ' i h e S t a t e ' t h e r e f o r e
w h i c h s e e k s to e q u a l i s e p e r s o n a l i n c o m e s m u s t
p r o v i d e t h e p a t r o n a g e .
M r e . M a c f i e l , o t h e r w i s e k n o w n a s k i c h e l
H a m b u r g , b r o u g h t t h e w e e k - e n d t o a n e n a w i t h a
c h a r m i n g p i a n o r e c i t a l o f w o r k s r a n g i n g f r o m L i s z t
t o C h o p i n .
D O B S O N a Y O U N G
The l e c t u r e g i v e n Dy D o b s o n a n d Y o u n g t o a
f u l l a u d i e n c e o n M o n d a y , 2 6 t h M a y , w a s t h o r o u g h l y
e n j o y e d by a l l .
M r . D o b s o n , c o v e r i n g a l l k i n d s o f m u s i c ,
c o l o u r e d h i s t a l i w i t h a r i c h b l e n d o f s e r v i c e
h u m o u r a n d some v e r y e x p r e s s i v e ' v i s u a l a i d s ' .
The s i l e n t M r . Y o u n g p r o v i d e d m u s i c a l i l l u s t r a t i o n s
w i t h an o l d g r a m o p h o n e .
A l t n o u g n e n t e r t a i n i n g a n d i n t i m a t e , t h e l e c t u r e
was v e r y p o i n t e d - we m u s t l i s t e n a n d n o t . m e r e l y
h e a r , we m u s t d i s c r i m i n a t e , we m u s t a p p r e c i a t e a l l
K i n d s o f m u s i c , b u t " a b o v e a l l we m u s t e n j o y m u s i c
F i n a l l y we w e r e a s s u r e d t h a t i n d i g e n t y o u t h i s
p r e f e r a b l e t o o p u l e n t o l d a g e .
H A R D L U C K
I HAVE A C H E M I S T R Y L E C T U R E R ,
I S H A L L NOT P A S S :
H E MAKETH ME TO SHOW MY I G N O R A N C E , I N FRONT OF
THE WHOLE C L A S S ;
HE G I V E T H ME MORE THAN I C A N L E A R N ,
H E LOWERETH MY M A R K S .
Y E A , THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE V A L L E Y OF KNOW
L E D G E . I DO NOT L E A R N .
HE F I R E T H QUEST IONS A T M E , I N T H E , P R E S E N C E OF
MY C L A S S M A T E S :
H E A N O I N T E T H MY HEAD WITH P R O B L E M S ;
MY E Y E RUNNETH OVER .
S U R E L Y , ATOMS AND MOLECULES S H A L L FOLLOW M E , A L L
T H E D A Y S OF MY L I F E ,
AND I S H A L L DWELL I N THE C H E M I S T R Y L A B . F O R E V E R .
FELIX s
F . S . L A U
To be C a p t a i n o f an A t h l e t i c C lub i n one ' s
f i r s t y ea r a t I . C . must be a d i s t i n c t i o n wh i ch few peop l e
en joy . One such pe rson i s F . S . Lau who came t o t h e
C o l l e g e i n Oc tobe r , 1951, and immed ia te l y s tepped i n t o
t h e shoes o f h i s b r o t h e r who was C a p t a i n e l e c t a t t h e
t i m e but moved on t o Not t ingham U n i v e r s i t y . F . S . Lau",
c o r s imp l y L a u as he i s g e n e r a l l y known, came here from
Southampton U n i v e r s i t y where he t ook a degree i n C i v i l
E n g i n e e r i n g and founded t h e Badminton C l u b .
L a u s t a r t e d p l a y i n g Badminton i n M a l a y a i n 1942,
b u t he d i d not t a k e t h e game s e r i o u s l y u n t i l he came t o
Eng land i n 1947. A f t e r w i n n i n g a few l o c a l championsh ips ,
h i s f i r s t b i g success came t h e f o l l o w i n g y ea r when, a t t h e
age o f 20 , he and h i s b r o t h e r won t h e F r ench Open Men ' s
Doubles Championship .
I n 1950 he won t h e U . A . U . Men ' s s i n g l e s cham
p i o n s h i p , r e p e a t i n g t h i s success i n 1952 when he a l s o won t h e '
Men ' s and mixed doubles championsh ip , p l a y i n g w i t h p a r t n e r s
from K i n g ' s C o l l e g e . I n t h e U . L . A . U . championship L a u has
won t h e s i n g l e s and mixed doubles f o r t h e l a s t two y e a r s , and
a l s o t h e men's doubles t h i s y e a r . He a g a i n c a p t a i n e d t h e I .
C . Badminton C lub d u r i n g t h e l a s t season , and a t t h e same
t i m e was C a p t a i n o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y C l u b .
A p a r t from p l a y i n g Badminton , Lau i s w o r k i ng f o r
an M . S c . i n S o i l M e c h a n i c s , and he a l s o spends a l o t o f h i s
t ime f l y i n g . He i s a member o f t h e U . L . A i r Squadron, and
i n 1951 won a cup f o r ins t rument f l y i n g .
I n h i s f i r s t y ea r a t C o l l e g e he d i d a c e r t a i n
amount o f c r o s s - c o u n t r y r u n n i n g , u n t i l one p a r t i c u l a r l y c o l d
day l e d him t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e E n g l i s h c l i m a t e was
not s u i t e d t o t h a t p a r t i c u l a r mode o f improv ing s t am ina .
When he has t ime Lau a l s o enjoys swimming j u s t
f o r t h e fun o f i t .
He i s v e ry vague about h i s f u t u r e p l a n s but
expects t o be s t a y i n g i n t h i s count ry f o r another two or t h r e e
y e a r s . We may even be s e e ing him around next y ea r as he
expects t o be t a k i n g a p a r t - t i m e course a t t h e C o l l e g e . He
w i l l be a g r ea t l o s s t o t h e Badminton C l u b , mourned even by
t h e members o f I . C . W . A . who were b u l l i e d i n t o p l a y i n g i n
mixed matches when they would r a t h e r have been p l a y i n g hockey ;
though i n t h i s resps-ct he was no t as g r ea t a b u l l y as h i s
b r o t h e r . Lau l e aves t h e C o l l e g e w i t h our v e r y b e s t w i shes
f o r h i s f u t u r e c a r e e r and f o r h i s c on t inued success i n t h e
Badminton W o r l d .
i f f . Em
13 lt& raij Funclementa-L
M U S S C I N S C
CONCERT
On 2 9 t h May t h e r e w a s a n o t a b l e T h u r s d a y
c o n c e r t i n t h e G u i l d s - C o u n c i l C h a m b e r .
T h i s c o m m e n c e d w i t h a T r i o S o n a t a by B a c h ,
a r r a n g e d f o r two p i a n o s . T h i s w a s n o t a l t o g e t h e r '
s u c c e s s f u l e i t h e r i n t h e a r r a n g e m e n t o r t h e p e r f o r
m a n c e w h i c h t e n d e d t o be r a g g e d .
T h e M a d r i g a l s t h a t f o l l o w e d w e r e s u p e r b , a n d
t o my m i n d t h e b e s t p a r t o f t h e p r o g r a m m e . T h e
I . . C . C h o i r u n d e r D r . J a c q u e s w e r e b e y o n d my c r i
t i c i s m . I w i l l s a y n o m o r e .
I d i d n o t l i k e t h e " R i o G r a n d e " . I t i s
d i f f i c u l t t o c r i t i c i s e a p i e c e t h a t h a s b e e n
g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d f o r y e a r s , ..but i t w a s t h e f i r s t
t i m e I h a d h e a r d i t a n d i t S e emed l a c k i n g . The
. p e r f o r m a n c e , h o w e v e r , w a s n o t l a c k i n g i n any way
a n d w a s e q u a l t o t h a t i n t h e m a d r i g a l s ; t h e
p i a n o s o l o ( E . H . B r o w n ) w a s p l a y e d w i t h g r e a t
s k i l l .
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the e r s t w h i l e C h a r l i e Gregory , hero o f Hook, i s a f a r b e t t e r
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