13th M a r c h , 1973

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F R E E ! I S S U E No . 332

Post-Grads unite for action

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 14th of March, is the Day

of Action in support of the Grants Campaign. Inclu­

ded in the Programme of Events will be a discussion

on Post Graduates Affairs in Mech. Eng. 220 from 11

a.m. onwards* The discussion will be on a broader level

than just grants, though this will constitute an hnpor-

tant part. Other topics of interest to P.G.'s are demon­

strating fees, insurance whilst working, the standard

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS A FLOP

of catering facilities and

bureaucracy.

The basis for the discus-

cussion w i l l be the replies

to the recent question­

naire sent to a l l post grad­

uates of whom over 240

replied. It showed their

P.G. 's are interested, are

concerned and are wi l l ing

to do something. H a v i n g

the information is very im­

portant. In a recent N U S

publ icat ion, "Post gradu­

ate Studentship: A n inter­

im Rev i ew " is stated. "We

seriously doubt the va l id i ­

ty of D.E.S. 's estimate that

postgraduate (demonstrat­

ing) earnings averaged as

much as £160 in 1969 . ."

other problems of College

Last week's Presidential elections were a

complete wash-out. Only 540 students voted, a

shortfall of nearly 500 on the number required

to make the vote "quorate". It was the third

such election held this year, and few expected

it to be any more successful than its predeces­

sors.

The candidates, S imon A l lnu t t and John Herr ick

for President and R o b Armi tage and Francis Matthews

for Secretary,, were standing for posts for the next

academic year, 1973-4.

Bo th posts carry a sab­

batical year. Nominat ions

opened yesterday for the

re-election. Forms w i l l re­

ma in up unt i l the last day

of term on F r i day week,

and the elections w i l l be

held a week after the start

of next term, on M a y 8th

and 9th.

A n election was held in

October for President for

the current year, fo l lowing

the failure of Chr i s Shep-

pard, President-elect, to

take his examinations last

summer. The candidates

were R o b Armi tage and

Adr i an Smith . A l t hough a

quorum of votes were cast,

the candidates only got

about a hundred each —

there were a record 833

abstentions, ma in ly caused

by a propaganda leaflet

put out by the constituent

college executives.

The re-election, held i n

November, brought with it

five candidates — John

Lane was eventually elect­

ed, but only by a vote that

fell short of the quorum by

about 40.

In view of the number

of elections held this year,

and the lack of publ ic i ty

for the last ones, it seems

hardly surprising that there

is such a lack of interest

in them.

NUPE threatens to close college M' 'PL is the union of non-technical and non-admin­

istrative workers at IC, its membership is 90% of the

night security guards, messengers, catering and refec­

tory staff, cleaners and certain sections of the mainten­

ance personnel. They have given the college notice that

they are considering holding on the spot 24 hour strikes

in the near future.

C U T - B A C K S

T h i s i s t h e f i r s t t i m e e v e r

-that I C N U P E h a s t h r e a t e n e d

i n d u s t r i a l a c t i o n . T h e s i t u a ­

t i o n w h i c h h a s p r e c i p i t a t e d

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

t h e c o n t i n u i n g c u t - b a c k s i n

t h e n u m b e r s o f n i g h t s e c u r i t y

g u a r d s a n d m e s s e n g e r s w h i c h

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

i j n a b l e t o f u l f i l t h e i r j o b s . A s

a n e x a m p l e t h e y c i t e t h a t

t h e m e s s e n g e r s h a v e b e e n c u t

from 59 t o 35 o v e r t h e l a s t

3 y e a r s a n d t h e r e d u c t i o n o f

c l e a n i n g s ta f f f r o m 100 to 20.

E X P L O S I V E K E G

F i r e r e g u l a t i o n s s t a t e , t h e y

say , t h a t t h e m a i n e n t r a n c e

o f e v e r y b u i l d i n g i s t o b e

m a n n e d 24 h o u r s a d a y . I f

a s e c u r i t y g u a r d o r a m e s s e n ­

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

o w i n g t o t h e r e d u c t i o n i n

staf f , t h e e n t r a n c e s a r e o f t e n

o n l y m a n n e d b y o n e p e r s o n .

D u r i n g t h e n i g h t t h e s e c u r i t y

g u a r d s h a v e t o m a k e p e r i o d i c

c h e c k s o f t h e i r b u i l d i n g ,

" c l o c k i n g i n " a t c e r t a i n f i x e d

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

t a k e u p t o 3 h o u r s f o r t h e m

t o m a k e o n e r o u n d . T h e m e s ­

s e n g e r s a l s o h a v e t o l e a v e

t h e i r p o s t s d u r i n g t h e d a y ; t o

d e l i v e r m a i l , f i l l a k e t t l e o r

e v e n j u s t g o to t h e l o o . A t

Action in Confusion L a s t T h u r s d a y ' s U G M p a s s e d a m o t i o n c a l l i n g f o r a l e c t u r e b o y c o t t t o m o r r o w i n s u p p o r t

o f t h e N U S D a y o f A c t i o n . T h e N U S i s c a l l i n g f o r a n a t i o n a l s t r i k e o f s t u d e n t s f o l l o w i n g

i t s a b o r t i v e a t t e m p t s l a s t w e e k t o p e r s u a d e t h e D E S t o i n c r e a s e s t u d e n t g r a n t s f o r t h e

n e x t s e s s i o n .

T h e G r a n t s A c t i o n C o m m i t t e e w a s m a n d a t e d to o r g a n i s e an " a l t e r n a t i v e e d u c a t i o n p r o ­

g r a m m e ' ' t o r e p l a c e l e c t u r e s , a n d t h i s w i l l t a k e p l a c e i n t h e G r e a t H a l l . A n u m b e r o f s p e a k e r s

h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d to a d d r e s s t h e m e e t i n g f r o m t r a d e s u n i o n s , p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s , e t c .

I n t h e a f t e r n o o n , t h e r e w i l l b e a p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n c a m p a i g n , i n O x f o r d S t r e e t , n o t q u i t e a l o n g t h e l i n e s s u g g e s t e d i n a r e c e n t F E L I X e d i t o r i a l , but m o r e r e s e m b l i n g a l e a f l e t i n g c a m p a i g n .

T h e E n t s c o m m i t t e e i s

a t t e m p t i n g t o o r g a n i s e s o m e

k ind o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t i n t h e

e v e n i n g . T h i s w i l l b e a t l e a s t

a d i s c o , a n d t h e r e w i l l be

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

t o g e t C o l l e g e B l o c k ( a t p r e ­

s e n t t h e D a n c i n g C l u b h a s a

b o o k i n g o n i t , a n d i t w i l l

p r o b a b l y b e a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e

t o r e m o v e t h e m ) .

T h e o r g a n i s a t i o n o f t h e

Day o f A c t i o n o n a L o n d o n

s c a l e w a s d i s c u s s e d a t a m e e t ­

i n g l a s t T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g a t

t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n

U n i o n . A m a t e u r c h a i r i n g o f

t h e m e e t i n g w a s r e s p o n s i b l e

f o r i t s w a s t i n g n i n e t y m i n u t e s

d i s c u s s i n g t h e m e r i t s a n d de ­

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

s t r a t i o n o n t h e d a y , w h e n i t

h a d b e e n m o r e t h a n o b v i o u s

f r o m t h e s t a r t t h a t t h e m e e t ­

ing w a s a g a i n s t i t ( t h e v o t e

w a s 2 i n f a v o u r , 2 a b s t a i n i n g ,

e v e r y o n e e l s e a g a i n s t ) . T h e

Day o f A c t i o n i s o b v i o u s l y

go ing to b e total ly d i s o r g a n ­

i s e d i f t h i s m e e t i n g was any­

th ing to go by. IC was only

r e p r e s e n t e d by the U S K Co­

ord inator and t h e Fe l i x r e ­

p o r t e r ; none of the o f f i c i a l s

of the U n i o n a t t e n d e d . Read­

ers w i l l b e i n t e r e s t e d to h e a r

that IC h a s t h e only c o m p r e ­

h e n s i v e p r o g r a m m e o f e v e n t s

for t h e D a y i n L o n d o n ; o t h e r

c o l l e g e s a r e m e r e l y boycot­

t ing l e c t u r e s o r s i t t ing in .

t h e s e t i m e s t h e r e i s n o - o n e

a t t h e d e s k a n d h e n c e n o - o n e

t o s u p e r v i s e t h e f i r e a l a r m s

o r c h e c k e n t r i e s o f u n w a n t e d

p e o p l e — t h i s m a k e s a f a r c e o f

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

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

o n e N U P E m e s s e n g e r p u t i t

" s t u d e n t s i n h a l l a r e l i v i n g

o n a n e x p l o s i v e k e g . "

R O B B E R Y

N U P E s a y t h a t t h e l a c k o f

a d e q u a t e s e c u r i t y a n d f i r e

p r e c a u t i o n s i s d e p l o r e d b y

t h e a c a d e m i c staf f , t h e w a r ­

d e n s a n d t h e h a l l s c o m m i t t e e

h a v e a l s o w r i t t e n t o t h e c o l ­

l e g e a b o u t t h i s i s s u e . I n

s o m e Of t h e m e s s e n g e r s '

a r e a s t h e r e i s a sa f e w h i c h

c o n t a i n s m o n e y , n e i t h e r t h e y

n o r t h e n i g h t s e c u r i t y m e n

h a v e b e e n i s s u e d w i t h k e y s .

I n t h e e v e n t o f a r o b b e r y

n o b o d y w o u l d b e l i e v e t h a t t h e

n i g h t s e c u r i t y m e n d i d n o t

h a v e t h e k e y , w h i c h c o u l d

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

a n d p o s s i b l y v i o l e n c e . T h e r e

i s n o a l a r m a t t a c h e d to t h e

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

o p e r a t e d b y t h e m a n o n d u t y

s h o u l d s u c h a s i t u a t i o n o c c u r .

W h e n N U P E w o r r i e d b y t h e

i m p l i c a t i o n s , e x p l a i n e d t h i s

t o C a r l S e a f o r d , h e p o o h -

p o o h e d t h e i d e a , s a y i n g t h a t

a r o b b e r y w o u l d n o t p o s s i b l y

t a k e p l a c e a t I C . T w o d a y s

l a t e r r o b b e r s m a d e of f w i t h

£10,000 f r o m t h e I C b r a n c h

o f t h e N a t W e s t b a n k i n

C o l l e g e B l o c k .

P U S H E D T O L I M I T

A n i g h t s e c u r i t y m a n s a i d

t h a t F i r e P r e c a u t i o n O f f i c e r s

w o u l d d i s a l l o w m a n y U n i o n

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

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

r o u t e s a n d o f t e n t o o m a n y

' o b s t r u c t i o n s t o a l l o w e a s y

e v a c u a t i o n . H e s e e m e d to

r e g a r d t h e g e n e r a l s i t u a t i o n

a s o n e w h i c h h a s b e e n p u s h ­

e d t o t h e l i m i t — j u s t a s i n g l e

e m e r g e n c y w h i c h c o u l d h a v e

b e e n c o n t a i n e d b y p r e v i o u s

c o n t r o l s w o u l d n o w f l a r e u p

i n t o d i s a s t e r w i t h n e e d l e s s

d a n g e r t o p e r s o n s a n d p r o ­

p e r t y .

S A F E T Y

T h i s i s w h y N U P E w i l l b e

s t r i k i n g , t h e i r r e a s o n s a r e n o t

p r i m a r i l y w a g e s , t h o u g h t h e y

f e e l t h a t t h e i r w a g e s r e q u i r e

d r a s t i c r e s t r u c t u r i n g , b u t o n e

o f s a f e t y t o t h e m s e l v e s , t o

t h e s ta f f a n d to t h e s t u d e n t s .

T h i s in a very vague

statement. F r o m the basis

of the reply, we can now

say that at I.C.. the aver­

age postgraduate who

was lucky enough to get

any demonstAit ing at a l l .

and it seems that only 44

per cent have managed to

do i t since their a r r i va l

here, had average earnings

considerably less than

£100, and only very few

have earned more than

£160, the D.E.S. 's aver­

age figure.

52 per cent of respond­

ents receive the basic re­

search counc i l grant of

£650, and a further 10 per

cent receive less. There­

fore, bearing in m ind that

only 44 per cent can sup­

plement their income by

demonstrating etc., there

are many postgraduates

who are worse off than

their fellow undergradu­

ates. U .G . ' s in L o n d o n

should receive £15 per

week, assuming a 30 week

year with £1 per week in

vacations, compared to a

postgraduate £12.30 per

week for a 52 week year.

Th i s comparison is admit­

tedly unfair to U .G . ' s , as

many don' t receive a l l

they should, and many

can't l ive for £1 per week

in vacations (who can!) ,

but the fact remains that

the Government thinks

that that is how the situa­

t ion is.

The ma in reason that

U .G. ' s are apparenty bet­

ter off is the existence of

a London A l l owance for

them. A l l P .G . respond­

ents who took their first

degrees outside London

are agreed that student

costs i n L o n d o n are signi­

f icantly higher than out­

side. There is a good case

for a London A l l owance

for P.G. 's in addi t ion to a

nationwide review of P .G .

awards.

The Ashby Report in

1960 recommended that a

studentship should be suf­

f iciently h igh to a l l ow " a

standard of l i v ing rather

higher than that enjoyed

by most undergraduates

of comparable ab i l i t y . "

Th is appears to be the

case in C a n a d a and Aus ­

tral ia , and to quote from

one questionnaire: " l i v i ng

in L o n d o n is much more

expensive than l iv ing in

Brisbane, Aus t ra l i a , yet

Aus t ra l i a P.G. 's on Aust ­

ra l ian Government schol­

arships receive about the

equivalent of £1400 p.a.

before demonstrating or

tutoring payments. In

other words, they can do

more than just exist

whilst undertaking P .G.

studies."

Continued on page 3

Page 2 F E L I X Tuesday M a r c h 13th 1973

Letters Theological

Felix

(cont) Sir, i

The arguments last week

in support of the existence of

this: figure called Christ

amounted to sheer nonsense;

thus to go on and compare

Christ with a revolutionary

is to stand all logic on its

head.

A revolutionary or groups

of revolutionaries are groups

of people who strive to­

wards the overthrow of the

old order and by implication

the construction of a new

social structure. Christ from

whatever stand-point never

stood to challenge the slav­

ery system that existed with­

in the Roman Empire in any

meaningful way. On the

contrary, he took on precise­

ly the opposite role; that of

advocating an ideology

which could offer no guide

on earth to the emancipation

of any oppressed people but

actually offered the opposite,

thai of accepting whatever

fate or conditions on this

earth which confronted the

masses. "The almighty, all

powerful wonderful loving

God looks on, he under­

stands". So the message is

no need to struggle now

(accept your conditions now

no matter how bad they are)

for God understands and any-

may it's worth a life of mis­

ery just to know that you

are going to have eternal

bliss after death. The devel­

opment of all religions con­

tain this same train of

thought of how to avoid the

material world and replace it

by the mystical (the empha­

sis on one's-self, the ego­

centric nature occurring

from the whole philosophy

that I must be here for some

purpose mustn't I; the whole

world is then analysed in

terms of how it fits in with

one's-self and not the con­

trary).

Does the Christian philos­

ophy itself foster any harm­

ful ideology (i.e. ideas which

are opposed to the interests

of the masses)? In fact it

represents one of the biggest

schools of thought opposing

revolutionaries; not only in

its escapist philosophies but

through its institutions which

reflect the Christian ideology

within the present system.

It was no accident that

Muisolini and Franco both

had open backing including

a big flow of gold from the

Vatican's coffers to support

the rise of Fascism in

Europe. Greek Orthodox

Church supported the Greek

coup, the Anglican Church

preaches racial segregation

.within South Africa and act­

ively supports the regime.

Hitler like us in Britain had

God on his side during the

last war. Always great bas­

tions of religion (the Church)

come down on the side of

the old reactionary social

structure and oppose the new

social structure.

Accepting God is super­

natural, the all-mighty power­

ful creature he is supposed

to be, whey then does he

condemn two-thirds of the

world to a permanent level

of starvation and malnutri­

tion; to allow massive wars,

the dropping of atom bombs,

suffering and misery. There

can only be one conclusion

—this God must be a vicious,

cruel God who coldly sub­

jects millions of new born

babies generation after gen­

eration to this world of

misery without doing any­

thing about it. (It is more

probable that this God has

no super-natural powers and

so is powerless to intervene

in the changing events within

the world; so is it worth

praying to an impotent

God?)

Within this country the

trade-union movement has

won virtually every right

working people have today

which we all take for grant­

ed, the church on the other

hand has spent its last 100

years campaigning against

the trade union movement.

Today, working people, stu­

dents, whole layers of people

are thrown into struggle to

defend their rights; what

philosophy should they take

up? Mystical or material.

(Prayer or struggle?).

Even in Imperial College

it is noticeable that God Soc

is not represented on the

grants action committee

(which is open to anyone);

is it that they are opposed

to students getting higher

grants or are they too busy

praying to the government to

concede NUS's demands?

JOCK ME ALL.

UGMs

-who takes

thd blame? Sir,—This is a letter de­

ploring the attitude taken by

certain individuals to try to

disrupt the union meeting, or

censorship of individuals, or

calling quorum (when, at the

instant it was called, the

meeting was definitely quor­

ate). A large part of the

blame must fall on Mr.

Black, Mr. Jowitt and Mr.

Lane.

The ultimate authority for

the conduct of IC student

affairs rests with the student

union meetings. The p r ime

task for the executive must

be to ensure the smooth

running of these meetings, to

try to minimise disruptions

and maximise discussions. If

Exec disagree with motions

they should stand up and

argue against them as

opposed to using the rule

book to positively discourage

discussion. Even Mr. Lane

allows this procedure to

occur without a murmur of

criticism. The Chairman's

failure, time and time again,

throughout this year, has

been to point out to the

meetingthe purpose of hav­

ing a rule book is to increase

the smooth running of the

meeting and not to do the

opposite. As a consequence

of the weak chairing, very

bad publicity and the failure

to encourage debate, this

has allowed a continual de­

generation of meetings since

Mr. McCullough's era last

year.

We the undersigned hope

the executive will in future

make much more effort to

encourage debate at Union

meetings.

J. VEALL

R. L. LOLLEY

D. C. OSBORNE

S. F. MOULT

C. W. F. LAMONT

C. D. LABBETT

P. CAINS

R. S. HARVEY

J. A. EAST

A. SMITH

P. CORBYN

N. C. LEPMAN

T. LEARY

ROB ARMITAGE

TREV PHILLIPS

D. R. CHANNING

From our observant reader Sir,

Being an observant mem­

ber of IC Union I have

observed the following in­

teresting occurrence. In the

article on SCAB last week

the following phrases were

noticed. (1) "misconcep­

tions", (2) "for the benefit

of the students of Imperial

College", (3) "Ents this

year has been an outstand­

ing financial success and

assuming they continue in

this vein in coming years

then it was felt that their ex­

cess should be used to bene­

fit the entertainment of

smaller minority groups with­

in the college", (4) "swallow

up Film Soc or any other

club", (5) Co-operation is

the name of the game, not

Monopoly". When I com­

pared these and other

phrases with those in an

article in the RCS Broad­

sheet I discovered that a

large amount of the material

in the two articles was dup­

licated. There was, however,

one major difference. In the

Broadsheet article, the name

at the bottom was that of

D. Dawson. The name at the

bottom of the Felix article

was M. J. Simmons. This in

itself is not particularly eye­

brow raising until you realise

that Mr. Simmons is stand­

ing for the new post of Social

Secretary instigated by this

board. Just who is it that will

actually be in charge of the

committee if Mr. Simmons

gets elected? Mr. Simmons

or Mr. Dawson?

Yours observantly,

K.H.

(Name and address

supplied).

Sonia resumes her Jottings

Sir,—/ wish to make cer­

tain comments on the run­

ning of IC Union Meetings.

It is each member's demo­

cratic right to challenge the

quorum at any point in the

meeting and it is absolutely

correct that motions re­

quiring a large amount of

support for them to be put

into effect such as the mo­

tion at the UGM on Thurs­

day, 1st March proposing a

lecture boycott on March

14th should not be passed

at an inquorate Meeting. But

it is becoming obvious that

certain elements in the union

are using the quorum call

simply as a means of oppos­

ing a motion and ignoring

the proper means of doing

so—that of making a speech

against the motion and let­

ting people hear the reasons

for opposing. There were no

speeches against the motion

mentioned (an amendment is

not a speech against).

On this point, the lack of

knowledge of the constitu­

tion displayed by the chair­

man of the meeting (Paul

Jowitt) is to be deplored.

According to Standing Order

12, if there are no speeches

against a motion the chair­

man must "formally ask if

there is any opposition of

discussion, and warn the

meeting that if there is no

opposition or discussion he

will declare the motion . . .

carried and shall, in the

event of there being still no

opposition or discussion, de­

clare the motion . . . car­

ried." This he did not do;

instead he moved to a vote.

Finally I wish to deplore

the undemocratic behaviour

of certain other members of

the union who, after the

quorum had been success­

fully challenged, tried by

various means to get the

motion carried anyway. The

correct way to go about this

is to call an EGM on anoth­

er day and make sure that

it is quorate. It is pointless

to go ahead with such action

as a lecture boycott without

the mandate of a union meet­

ing—and the proposer of the

motion himself stated that

he did not want a vote if

the meeting was inquorate.

Surely if we are to get a

greater amount of interest

and involvement in the union

which is essential if the

union is to defend and ad­

vance the interests of its

members, we must have de­

cisions taken democratically

by the members.

Yours sincerely,

SONIA HOCHFELDER.

E D ' S N O T E : Th i s letter

should have been publ ished

last week. Its unfortunate

omiss ion was owing to c i r ­

cumstances beyond our c o n ­

trol.

State of the Union

Dear Oily, — Knowing my

restrained nature as you do,

you will realise how dis­

turbed I must be, to express

my views in your hallowed

columns. It will be clear to

anyone who heard about

Friday's fiasco in the Great

Hall, that the time has come

for a reappraisal of the

Union's role in Imperial Col­

lege, particularly with refer­

ence to its policy making; a

look at the State of the

Union, in fact.

In my long experience of

being closely involved with

the Union's affairs, there has

always been general agree­

ment on internal policy;

everyone wants diversifica­

tion, more representation and

better food.

The violent clashes that

have been occurring recently

have been almost entirely

over external policy; over

Grants, Autonomy, NUS,

Trades Unions; the list is as

long as Penney's limousine.

Granted, there are very

sharp divisions over all these

issues, but as a democratic­

ally-organised body we

should be able to make de­

cisions on the issues and

take action according to

these decisions. Is it, then,

that we are not a democracy?

Universally agreed criteria

for a working democracy are

that all citizens should be

adequately informed and that

there should be universal

suffrage. We all have the

vote; and as strongly as we

may criticise Oily, Felix, and

I believe Broadsheet and the

(unmentionable) Guilds and

Mines rags generally man­

age to mention the issues;

and let's not forget Cefe. So

where is the missing link?

It revolves around one

word, participation. Without

universal participation there

can be no democracy. What,

then, can encourage this in­

volvement?

On reflection, one answer

is discussion on more rele­

vant issues; but what is more

relevant than Grants, Auton­

omy, and Education? The

only other answer is more

credible leadership. Without

doubt this is where we are

failing, and it is inexcusable

that people do not take the

elections of sabbatical offi­

cers seriously.

The primary leadership of

the Union should be the

Executive; but how can one

follow the lead of Messrs.

Lane, Jowitt and Black, when

they cannot even be respon­

sible enough to maintain

their credibility and to stop

scratching each others' eyes

out in public? Mr. Lane, sin­

cere, but embattled, tries to

do the "right" thing, but is

caught in the impossible posi­

tion of trying to satisfy both

the Union and the Commun­

ist Party. Mr. Black, the sup­

remely efficient bureaucrat,

tries to stay out of politics,

having burnt his fingers a

few times. Mr. Jowitt is an

admitted super-reactionary,

posing as the champion of

individual liberty, but only

managing to stifle it by his

total irresponsibility.

The CCU Presidents, also

on the Exec, seem to have

abdicated (in disgust?) their

responsibility to ICU. Where

is the leadership in that?

The UGM is the policy­

making body of the Union;

what a farce! The centrists

and conservatives complain

that the Union is having left­

ist policy foisted on it by the

small group of people who

MANIFESTOS for the new post of

SOCIAL S E C R E T A R Y

to be elected at Thursday's UGM Having read my article on

how S C A B is going to work

in last week 's Felix, you will

not be surprised to learn that

I am standing for Soc ia l S e c ­

retary. I have been involved

in the formation of S C A B

from the beginning and

know, as I said last week,

what has to be done and how

to do it. If e lected I wil l give

any help wh ich it is within

my power to give to any of

the societies on the Board.

I wi l l be ready to advise and

give assistance to them and

to anyone who wishes to

start a new c lub wh ich

wou ld require financial assist­

ance from S C A B . For ex­

ample, if anyone wanted to

re-start the now defunct

Blues Club .

I believe the function o f

S C A B will be to provide en ­

tertainment, and not merely

popular entertainment, for

the students of Imperial C o l ­

lege. Th i s can only be ach­

ieved if money spinners like

Ents., who have now dec ided

to function more or less as

they have done this year, can

have their profits d irected

towards the benefit of sma l ­

ler c lubs like Folk C lub .

These clubs are not purely

for entertainment but are i n ­

tended to promote interest

and participation. Entertain­

ment in Imperial Col lege

will not be improved until all

those concerned co-operate

in fields such as publicity (it

is hoped to make more use

of We l l s oc ' s silk screen

machine ) .

A l l these things will be

attended to if I am elected.

In the five years I have

been at IC I have noted a

dist inct lack of c o m m u n i c a ­

tion between the organisers

of entertainment and those

who are entertained. If e lect­

ed , I wi l l attempt to find a

solution to this state of

affairs.

In these two years, I have

played an active part in the

running of IC Folk C lub (for

most of this sess ion as Pres i ­

dent) and also on R C S E n ­

tertainments Commit tee . I

have therefore considerab le

experience in the running of

and the needs of smal ler

clubs and also in the organ­

isation of larger events. A l ­

though, as Soc ia l Secretary,

I wou ld not be directly

involved in the running of

specif ic events (that is up to

the committees of the sep­

arate organisations) I have

the experience to appreciate

the needs and problems of

the organisations on the

Board .

The election will be by

popular ballot at the Union

meeting on Thursday . Please

bother to compose motions:

Corbyn, Smith, Hochfelder,

Lane, Armitage. Why is it,

then, that the centre and the

right cannot present its own

motions, rather than waiting

to destroy the leftist policy,

or amending it until it effec­

tively says nothing? Messrs.

Sinclair and Jowitt are bril­

liant at composing amend­

ments; have they no policy to

present?

If people can turn out to

block the Rent Strike, why

can't they turn out to vote

for what they think is reas­

onable? Or is it the feeling

generally that we should do

nothing on Grants, Autonomy

and White Paper?

I'd like to see the Union

being positive; we can't all

be socialist, but we can be

activist, and participate in

the running of the Union.

Centrists and the Right

should not react to leftist

policy by destroying it, but

by presenting alternative

policy; there must be a

dialogue in the Union rather

than messy, juvenile squab­

bling.

The solution to our prob­

lem is participation, not red-

bashing; if we're dissatisfied

with our official leadership

let's censure it, or even re­

place it; but for Christ's sake

let's all sit down and talk

rationally and positively.

Yours etc.,

M. T. PHILLIPS

come and vote. It is vital that

S C A B gets the right kind of

leadership if it is to function

as it is intended to function

and I believe that I can pro­

v ide that, k ind of leadership.

A l so , I believe, as I feel sure

you wi l l , that we must pre­

vent a great Ents takeover.

Please come along and

vote, and better sti l l , vote

for me, Mike S i m m o n s , for

a more unified and compre ­

hensive system of entertain­

ment and recreation at IC.

M I K E S I M M O N S .

I wou ld like to introduce

you to J i m Mi tche l l . J i m has

emerged from Aero 2 to

stand for the newly created

post of soc ia l secretary. For

the past year he has been

actively involved in the run­

ning of both I.C. ents and C

and G ents. Th is means he

has he lped organise both

large scale events, e.g. C and

G carnival , I.C. ents concerts ,

and smal ler events, e.g. C

and G revue. T h e first of

these meant c lose l iaison

with dram s o c and film soc

who are both members of

S C A B . He is very wel l

known around col lege and

has a lways involved h imse l f

in d iscuss ions on any as­

pects of entertainments.

Therefore, please support

J i m in the elections on

Thursday.

P. A. WADSWORTH

Hel lo ! We l l you 've heard

who I am and where I c o m e

from, I'd now like to say

why I think I'd make a good

Socia l Secretary next year.

This job of soc ia l s e c is a

job c o m m o n in other col leges

and is ideally just a question

of co-ordinat ing the events

put on by F i lm soc , Folk

C lub , Ents, etc. , and do ing

this without treading o n

anybody ' s toes. S C A B must

be run to give entertainment

for all minority and majority

groups within col lege and

only secondary a l lowance

must be made for outsiders.

T h i s cou ld mean superv is ing

the birth or resurrection of

other entertainment c lubs

such as B lues soc . First ly,

though, we must find out

what Y O U want and to this

end an Arts festival cou ld be

run next term.

S C A B wi l l make it easier

for bookings and publ ic i ty ,

IC Ents has the connect ions

to make booking of bands

and artistes of all kinds eas­

ier, hence easing the load o n

other parts of S C A B .

Rag Week events. Folk

carnival etc. cou ld be made

more viable by S C A B , i n ­

stead of the current s i tua­

tion in wh i ch C C U ' s run

these events in a s emi -

amateur manner.

F inanc ia l ly , matters can

be made more secure by

pool ing resources, hence

any c lubs catering for total

minority interests wi l l not be

cons idered " p o o r c o u s i n s "

of Ents , F i lmsoc , etc.

A s S C A B wi l l be the sole

representative on counc i l

for events, this wi l l give a

fair hearing to all instead of

just Ents as is now the case.

It must be understood that

S C A B is not an Ents takeover

of the rest. Rather it is a

pool ing and co -ord inat ion of

resources and experience

that events wil l be more v i ­

able and desirable , e spec i ­

ally where large sca le events

are concerned .

So oome along to the

U n i o n meeting next Thur sday

and vote for the students

candidate and make your c o l ­

lege more enjoyable next

year.

J. MITCHELL

Get the Facts

Straight

R e a d —

" M A R X A N D

E N G E L S O N

R E L I G I O N "

Pr ice 50p

F r o m R . E z b a n , c/o

U n i o n O f f i c e

o r I C . C . P . B o o k S t a l l ,

J C R s o m e l u n c h t i m e s .

Tuesday, March 13th, 1973 F E L I X Page 3

PCs (Continued from page 1)

Perhaps the N .U .S .

c l a im of £100 on the basic

grant plus £60 L o n d o n

weighting is modest, or

perhaps, as some respon­

dents think, it should only

be £78 to be wi th in the

l imits of phase II. What ­

ever you think, a fuller

discussion of P . G . views

w i l l be very useful.

A p a r t f rom the finan­

c ia l problems of P.G. 's

whilst healthy, the situa­

t ion could be far worse i f

they suffered injury dur­

ing their course. Postgrad­

uate students are not in ­

sured against accident

dur ing their course of stu­

dies at I.C. The Col lege

Calender gives the fol low­

ing information.

" T h e college authorities

accept no l iab i l i ty for ac­

cidents to students whi le

pursuing any part of their

course . . . . and they re­

commend that students

should take steps to insure

themselves against acci­

dents. Postgraduate stu­

dents, part icular ly if mar­

ried, are advised to contr i ­

bute to Na t i ona l Insur­

ance."

If any week a postgra­

duate undertakes paid de­

monstrating, a contr ibu­

t ion is made by the college

for injury insurance, and

he is then covered against

injury whi lst he is demon­

strating, but at no other

time. If a student does

contribute to the Na t i ona l

Insurance Scheme (at a

cost of £51.48 p.a.) he

receives scarcely any be­

nefits whi le a student.

What the student

is most l ike ly to need is

some form of sickness or

injury benefit. A s a non-

employed person he

would not be eligible for

this . under the Na t i ona l

Insurance scheme.

It is the S.R.C. 's nor­

ma l practice, when a stu­

dent is away f rom work

owing to illness or injury,

to continue his studentship

at the ful l rate of pay for

the first four weeks and

at half rate for the next

four weeks. A f t e r that the

student must depend on

his savings, his family, or

as a last resort, social se­

curity. A student who

permanently injures h i m ­

self in the course of his

studies can obta in no com­

pensation unless he has

himself taken out a per­

sonal injury pol icy or can

prove that the injury re­

sulted f rom another per­

son's negligence. In the

latter case he could obtain

compensation by sueing

the college but this is a

lengthy and costly busi­

ness. C lear ly great hard­

ship could easily arise.

The reputation of Imp­

erial College depends very

much on the quantity and

the qual i ty of research

that is carried out there.

The college receives large

research contracts and

grants from industry and

the government. Mos t of

this research is carr ied

out by post-graduates and

yet the coilege, despite a l l

the benefits it reaps f rom

this work, is not prepared

to provide cover against

accident for the oostera-

HO'

100

60

20

0

GRANTS

500 600 700 800 900 1000 0 0

^

5 0 "

ACT

30"

20"

10"

0

DEMONSTRATING EARNINGS

(40% can't)

50 60 70 80 90 100 CP £

duate. It is high time

that the college authorities

recognise the value of

postgraduate work and

provide insurance cover

for a l l postgraduates

whilst work ing at Imper­

i a l College.

Some of the other topics

to be discussed are the

provision of more coffee

services and common

rooms, the standard of ca­

tering, the leak of U . G . /

P . G . contacts, their typing

and b ind ing costs and the

inefficiency of College

beaurocracy. These are

al l subjects wh ich were i n

evidence in the comments

section of the question­

naire and which could be

the basis of a further

questionnaire to find out

more of what people think

T o quote a few of the

comments :—

" V i r t u a l l y any major

university (But of course

not I * * * C) has cont inu­

ous cafeteria service dur­

ing a normal student day

(8 a.m. 11 p.m.). W h y

doesn't the A D M I N I S ­

T R A T I O N G E T O F F

ITS * * * A R S E . "

" The inclusion of the

cost of producing a thesis

only enhances the require­

ment that research stud­

ents must obtain part-

time work, which is prov­

ing hard to find."

'On the question of

whether P.G. 's are stud­

ents or employees . . . .

condit ions would be vastly

improved i f we were em­

ployees."

" I feel strongly that

there is not enough sense

of Postgraduate C o m m u ­

nity . . . in the Col lege

as a whole . "

" G r a n t s should include

Na t i ona l Insurance C o n ­

tributions for a l l stud­

ents."

" T h e food supplied in

the whole of the Col lege is

unbel ievably bad. W h y

doesn't the U n i o n run its

own catering service."

W i t h reference to the

last point, there must be

P.G. 's at I.C. who be­

tween them have spent 3

years at nearly every U n i ­

versity in the country.

Therefore we should be

able to establish whether

I .C. catering real ly is the

worst, wh i ch is better than

only having R . C . A . as a

comparison.

B u t what we really

need, more than anything

else, is a community ,

where we can work to­

gether, pool our knowledge

improve I.C., improve our

position and make P .G .

education worthwhile.

Whatever you think,

take time off on Wednes­

day morning at 11 a.m.

Come to Mech . Eng . 220

Hea r and be Heard .

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Thursday's!

UGM | THURSDAY 13.001

Great Hall

C© CICR OAC H ADDENDA

By our Entomological Affairs Reporter

Last week F E L I X revealed that the cockroach and

mouse problem in halls and refectories had reached

such epidemic proportions that it was necessary for the

college to spend 0,350 on cleaning the kitchens to try

and rid IC of its unwanted menu additions (see R C S

Broadsheet "Mice Pie" edition).

I M M U N E

B o t h M r . Mooney and

D r . L e vy (respectively

Col lege Cater ing Manager

and C h a i r m a n of the Re ­

fectory Committee) regard­

ed the infestation as smal l

i n compar ison wi th other

areas of Kensington. M i c e

were hard to get r id of,

they said, as one cannot

use mouse poisons near

food; cockroaches on the

other hand are fairly easy

to get r id of, prov id ing

one changes the poisons

regularly as they become

immune after a while.

L O W I N F E S T A T I O N

M r . Ersk ine , Pub l i c

Relat ions Officer for the

R o y a l Borough of K e n ­

sington and Chelsea, said

that the mouse problem

i n South K e n . was no dif­

ferent f rom any other part

of the borough but that

certain districts had a

higher infestation. These

were Redcli f fe, B rompton

R o a d and Ear l ' s Cour t .

The Gloucester R o a d to

E x h i b i t i o n R o a d area was

below the average for

South K e n . The ma in rea­

sons for the increase in the

rodent populat ion, he con­

t inued, were the drop i n

popular i ty of cats as pets,

the prol i ferat ion of bed­

sits wi th ind iv idua l k i t ­

chens and the increase of

resistance to poisons.

L E F T T O G O

A spokesman f rom the

Institute o f C lean ing

Science who is also a mem­

ber of the Hote l , Cater ing

and Inst i tut ional Manage­

ment Assoc ia t ion (the

self-explanatory profes­

s ional bodies for the cater­

ing trade) said that it was

inexcusable for a catering

establishment i n this day

and age to have any pest

infestation whatsoever,

and part icular ly so i n

young bui ldings l ike I C .

Prov ided the kitchen and

refectory areas had regu­

lar routine cleaning, occa­

sional checks by the loca l

Hea l th Officer and that

the Pest Infestation Officer

is cal led in at the first sign

of cockroaches or mice

(recommended catering

practice) then there wou ld

not be any prob lem at a l l

at IC. F o r a sum as large

as £3,350 to need to S e

spent on disinfecting H ie

refectories, i n c 1 u d i n g

steam cleaning and wa l l

washing, means that the

kitchens were obviously

just left to go.

P O S I T I V E D A N G E R

M r . Mooney as Col lege

Cater ing Manager is the

one responsible for the

hygiene of the kitchens

and refectories and so

ought to have ensured

that the problem never

reached the proport ions of

today. No t only are cock­

roaches generally unwel­

come in Yorksh i r e P u d ,

but i n the words of the

spokesman f rom the I C S :

" A n y pest infestation i n

a n area where food is be­

ing prepared or consumed

positively endangers the

health of the staff and cus­

tomers" .

TuesJa>, M a r c h 13th, 1973 F E L I X Page 4

L S E S T U D E N T S O C C U P Y B Y O U R M A N O N T H E P I C K E T LINE

F a c e d w i t h a n u l t i m a t u m f r o m P r i n c i p a l W a l t e r A d a m s ,

L S E s t u d e n t s o c c u p i e d o n e o f t h e c o l l e g e b u i l d i n g s f r o m l a s t

T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g t i l l F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , s l e e p i n g in o v e r n i g h t .

On Monday last week Adams to ld students on rent str ike that

unless they paid their h a l l fees by t h e end of the week they

would be evicted. T h e r e have been rumours that overseas

students would be sent down if they fa i led to pay up.

N I C E O N E W A L T E R ( c e n s o r e d )

Once again Wal ter Adams has broken rank w i th the other vice chancel lors when he (and the Dundee V C ) entered into direct conflict w i th students suppor t ing the N U S grants campaign. The expected conflict w i th the police d id not occur dur ing last week's sit in . Walter , it seemed, was quite happy for the students to occupy St. Clement 's as long as they d id not interfere w i th the run ­n ing of the School . H e d id get annoyed at the pickets however. He told the three ' leaders' of the sit in that he would have them arrested un­less they cal led them off. This br i l l i ant tactical move b y Mr . Adams was ably thwarted by the leaders. They pol itely asked the pickets to move on. who pol i te ly re­fused! T h e three had ab­solved themselves of legal responsibi l i ty !

S C U F F L E S

As wel l as occupying the

St. C lements bu i l d ing t h e y

also picketed classes and the

l ibrary on Thursday and F r i ­

day. A b o u t 150 students slept

in on Thursday night inc lud­ing Jeff S iann i to r th , N U S Treasurer . There were a few scuffles on Thursday even­ing on the picket l ine but general ly it has been quiec— it was so quiet and so lack­ing i n violent student clashes that the media revel in that the M i r r o r was forced to de­scribe it as the "most bor ing str ike in Br i t a in today". On Fr iday morn ing about 50 pickets stood at the various entrances. Everyone that went i n was asked to s ign a declarat ion of sol idar i ty w i th the pickets ' act ion, but the response was poor w . t h Adams look ing on.

A L L I A N C E

The decision to boycott was taken on Tuesday and in spite of opposit ion f rom some U n i o n Exec, members, m i l i ­tancy was the order of the day, however suggestions for r ipp ing up pav ing slabs and stoning Par l iament , and simi­lar v iolent action were rejec­ted as infant i le disorder. The three ma in points of the campaign were agreed as firstly "to protect the rent s t r ike rs . against v ict imisa­t i o n " ; secondly "to support

the nat ional campaign for

higtier g rants " and th i rd ly

" to support the worker-stu­

dent al l iance against a com­

mon enemy". In this latter

a im they hoped to get sup­

port f rom Br iant ' s colour

pr inters whom they had

supported when they were

picket ing. The college porters

were he lp fu l at night but i n

the morn ing a few went

round and cut chains barr ing

doors.

S U P P O R T

A t the union meet ing on Fr iday afternoon it was de­cided to discontinue the occu­pation. Car l Saunders hal l and two blocks of student flats decided to stay out on str ike and fu l l support from the U n i o n was voted to them, inc lud ing the promise to pay al l legal fees, and possible lines. So the s i tuat ion is that w i th only one week of term-time left at L S E , it is pos­sible that those on rent str ike wi l l find themselves locked out of the i r hal ls when they arr ive back in London next term. There are several ways that the situa­t ion could be avoided. A sit in next week to effectively put the college out of ac­t ion ; or a sit in through the hol idays in the halls affected; or by B lack ing (no relat ion) the hal ls ; i.e. no student wou'd reoccupy the vacated rooms next term. Next week could see the head-on clash at L S E (again)!

ALWAYS READ THE SMALL PRINT PRESIDENT'S PIECE

ALL OUT QN MARCH 14th

Friday's extraordinary general meeting was a good start in the right for 100 per cent support tor the National Student Strike tomorrow. The meeting was one or the best advertised this term, it was well quorate and passed the strike motion by a solid majority. It was really hilarious to see the expressions on the races of the poor saps who came along for the sole purpose of challenging tne quorum, when the E.G.M. turned out to be very well attended indeed. We have rather too many wet sponges and prophets of doom in I.C. telling us how apathetic we all are. It's real good to see them put in their place once in a while.

Nobody ican now complain that the decision to support the N.U.S. strike was undemocratic. It has been debated at two union meetings, the issue has been discussed throughout the college over the last fortnight, and everyone had the chance to come along on Friday to speak and vote. Once a decision is taken in a quorate union meeting it should be implemented by every member, how­ever the good thing about Friday's meeting was that we voted in favour in the knowledge that everyone there would have to work to make the strike a success. Ordinary students will have to be convinced by personal discussions to support the strike and that's where YOU come in. You can do three things:—

(1) Discuss with the others in your class why they should strike on Wednesday and join in the Activity;

(2) Organise a petition round your class asking lecturers to support you by postponing the lecture (petitions available from the union office).

(3) Turn up early tomorrow morning to man the entrance to your department to persuade other students to attend the alternative activities (teach-in on education etc.) instead of their usual lec­tures.

If even a small faction of the readership of Felix do the three things mentioned above the strike will be a success.

WHY STRIKE?

As the campaign has developed the reasons people have given for not supporting militant action have been disproved in no uncertain fashion. The idea that militancy alienates the public has been shattered. This campaign has had- a lot of good publicity (and virtually no bad publicity) centring around the rent strikes and demonstrations. Also the idea that what is needed is reasoned discus­sion between N.U.S. and the D.E.S. has been proved absurd. It was a hard fight to get that dis­cussion and when it came the Government con Id not argue against our case but argued solely that the state of the economy could not support a

grants increase. Unfortunately for them, this argu­ment looks a bit thin when we remember that the surtax reforms in the budget gave for instance Edward Heath a £6.20 per week bonus and that education and housing expenditure is being cut back to allow for expansion in defence expendi­ture.

The Government is doing little to hold down prices and many of its measures are pushing them up—floating the pound, V.A.T. AH we are asking is for the right to maintain the standards that stu­dents had in the immediate past and to ensure that no student is discriminated against because of their parents' meanness or the type of course they are doing.

In fighting for higher grants we are not being selfish—some of us will not even benefit directly. We are representing the interests of future students and trying to safeguard the right of people to enter higher education regardless of their parents' wealth. For if the value of the maintenance grant continues to decline education will become a privilege for those whose parents are able (and willing) to subsidise their children.

To those who are not swayed by any of the above arguments can I say this? What is your alternative? The March 14th strike can be a very impressive demonstration of support for the claim. It will also give the Government some considerable food for thought. If N.U.S. can bring higher educa­tion to a standstill for one day, wiil there ever be peace in the Colleges until the claim is met?

Are we just going to allow the Government to "think about our claim'-' till doomsday? If so, we might as well send a nice letter to St. John-Stevas saying "O.K., Norman, we weren't really serious about the grants increase—sorry about all the demos and shouting, etc., etc." Well we could just lie down, curl up and die, but I think the E.G.M. showed what the majority think — continue the fight — stop the delays on the grants claim — all out on March 1 4th.

Note. Overseas students may be worried that joining the strike could lead to deportation or withdrawn scholarships. It is the N.U.S.'s belief that an overseas student sponsored by the British Government will not suffer as a result of the day's activity. It is just possible but extremely unlikely that a "politically sensitive" overseas student spon­sored by his home government may have prob­lems. I would urge all overseas students to sup­port the Day of Action, even if it does not affect their own grants, to help their fellow students. If, however, they are frightened of reprisals, the union will of course, make every allowance for this.

But the best solution is to make sure that there aren't any classes to go to anyway!

PAPERBACKS ' J u n g ' by A n t h o n y Storr ,

M o d e r n M a s t e r s . 4 0 p .

Fon tana

It is a frequent c r i t i c i s m of ex­

p lanatory books on great men and

their work that the o r i g ina l was more

c o m p r e h e n s i b l e than the B o w d l e r

i s ed ve r s i on a n d , that peop l e ' s awe of

a l egendary name exaggerates the

imag ined di f f iculty of r ead ing h i m .

W i t h th is in m i n d one tends to ap­

proach any i tem in the ' Fon tana M o d ­

ern M a s t e r s ' ser ies w i th a cer ta in

s u s p i c i o n . Howeve r , A n t h o n y S to r r ' s

book on J u n g is a w e l c o m e excep t i on .

J u n g , p s y cho l o g i s t c u m ph i l o sopher ,

is a name to conjure w i t h . In spi te of

his w i d e s p r e a d reputat ion very few

do so o w i n g to unequa l l y w i d e s p r e a d

i gnorance of the content of h is

wr i t i n g . If F r eud has suffered by m i s ­

representat ion then J u n g has been

e x c l u d e d f r om the c o m m o n under

s t a n d i n g by hav ing no representat ion

at a l l . F e w names c a n be so w i d e l y

k n o w n and so l i t t le u n d e r s t o o d .

To add to th is p r o m i s i n g start

J u n g ' s work is e x c e s s i v e l y obscure .

H i s remarkab le inab i l i t y to c o m m u n i ­

cate and the we ight of h is wr i t ings

d e m a n d the sort of expos i t i on that

the Fontana ser ies are des i gned to

prov ide .

M r . Storr does we l l in c o m p r e s s i n g

into 120 pages an apprec ia t i on of

J u n g ' s ideas . He concent ra tes on the

banes of J u n g ' s thought rather than

e m p h a s i s i n g the h i s t o r i c a l , narrat ive

aspect , w h i c h renders the book both

more readab le and more use fu l . He

succe eds in set t ing out the major

deve l opments first a t t r ibutab le to

J u n g , as we l l as J u n g ' s unde r s tand ­

ing of them, and re la t ing these to cur­

rent t ra ins of thought . The resul t is

that one fee ls it w o u l d be di f f icult

and unw i s e to argue over th is border­

l ine area of man ' s pe rsona l i t y re la ted

to h is heal th and be l i e fs , in d i s r ega rd

to the f ounda t i ons of mode rn under ­

s t a nd i ng .

R. C R A G H E A D .

F e l i x D ia ry L i f e i s a t r a g e d y to t h o s e w h o f e e l a n d

I .C. I , f i l m s W a r u n d e r the m i c r o s c o p e ;

Tuesday 13th

1 2 . 3 5 I . C . C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : M a s s . C h e m i s t r y 2 3 1 .

1 2 . 4 0 I .C . C h r i s t i a n U n i o n : R e v . D e n n i s P a t e r s o n .

a c o m e d y t o t h o s e w h o t h i n k . U n i o n S C R .

1 3 . 0 0 R . C . S . M a t h e m a t i c a l a n d P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y :

B r i d g e a c r o s s t h e w o r l d . P h y s i c s T h e a t r e 3 .

I .C . H o c k e y C l u b . A n n u a l G e n e r a l M e e t i n g . U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e .

S T O I C T e l e v i s i o n S e r v i c e : M u s i c A l i v e w i t h S o f t M a c h i n e . J C R a n d S o u t h S i d e .

1 3 . 1 5 G u i l d s E l e c t i o n s . M e c h E n g 5 4 2 .

1 3 . 3 0 M r . S t e p h e n C h a p l i n ( D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , U n i v e r s i t y o f L e e d s ; C u r r e n t e x h i b i ­

t o r , C o n s o r t G a l l e r y ) . F r o m i d e a s to i c o n . E l e c E n g 4 0 8 .

D r . K i t P e d l a r ( C r e a t o r o f B B C T V D o o m w a t c h ) . T h e n e e d f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l a c t i o n .

P h y s i c s T h e a t r e 1.

M r . O w e n B r y c e ( L e c t u r e r a n d j o u r n a l i s t i n m u s i c ) . T h e b e g i n n i n g s o f j a z z . M e c h

E n g 3 4 2 .

1 7 . 4 5 I .C . W i n e t a s t i n g S o c i e t y : T a s t i n g o f G e r m a n w i n e s b y S i c h e l a n d C o m p a n y ( a l l

w e l c o m e ; s m a l l c h a r g e f o r n o n - m e m b e r s ) . P h y s i c s L e v e l 8 .

1 8 . 0 0 H i s t o r i c a l a n d D o c u m e n t a r y F i l m s S e r i e s : A t t i t u d e s to W a r M * A ' ! S * H * ( R o b e r t

A l t m a n . U S A 1 9 6 9 ; r u n n i n g t i m e 11 5 m i n u t e s ) , G r e a t H a l l .

I .C . T r a n s c e n d e n t a l M e d i t a t i o n S o c i e t y : I n t r o d u c t o r y t a l k . E l e c E n g 6 0 6 .

H o l l a n d C l u b B r i d g e C l u b . 1 5 P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s .

H o l l a n d C l u b A r t S o c i e t y . 1 5 P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s .

1 9 . 3 0 I .C . D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y : " A l l t h i n g s b r i g h t a n d b e a u t i f u l " b y K e i t h W a t e r h o u s e a n d

W i l l i s H a l l ( t i c k e t s 2 5 p f r o m U n i o n e n t r a n c e h a l l l u n c h - t i m e s ) . U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l .

H a l l D i n n e r . U n i o n .

2 0 . 0 0 i . C . C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : s h a r e d p r a y e r , 5 3 C r o m w e l l R o a d .

Wednesday 14th

1 1 . 0 0 M e e t i n g f o r I .C . p o s t g r a d u a t e s to d i s c u s s a n d d e c i d e f u r t h e r a c t i o n o n a n i n c r e a s e

i n d e m o n s t r a t i n g r a t e s o f p a y ; i n s u r a n c e a g a i n s t a c c i d e n t s i n t h e c o l l e g e ; L o n d o n

w e i g h t i n g o n g r a n t s ; a n d t h e c r e a t i o n o f a p o s t g r a d u a t e c o m m o n r o o m . M e c h E n g

2 2 0 .

1 3 . 3 0 A d v a n c e d c l a s s i n H e b r e w . E l e c E n g 1 0 0 9 .

1 4 . 3 0 A c a d e m i c S ta f f A s s e m b l y : A n n u a l M e e t i n g w i t h t h e R e c t o r . M e c h E n g 2 2 0 .

B e g i n n e r s c l a s s i n H e b r e w . E l e c E n g 1 0 0 9 .

1 4 . 4 5 U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n H o c k e y C u p - F i n a l : I .C . v G u y ' s ( f ree c o a c h e s f r o m U n i o n a t 1 3 . 0 0 ) . M o t s p u r P a r k .

1 8 . 0 0 H o l l a n d C l u b P h o t o g r a p h i c S o c i e t y : M r . P . M i t c h e l l . F l a s h a n d i ts u s e s . E l e c E n g

2 0 9 .

1 8 . 3 0 I .C . I s l a m i c S o c i e t y : M e e t i n g a n d d i s c u s s i o n . C o l l e g e B l o c k 0 0 2 .

1 9 . 0 0 I .C . A r t S o c i e t y . R o y a l C o l l e g e o f A r t .

1 9 . 3 0 I .C. D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y : " A l l t h i n g s b r i g h t a n d b e a u t i f u l " . U n i o n c o n c e r t h a l l . Thursday 15th

1 3 . 0 0

1 3 . 1 5

1 3 . 3 0

1 9 . 0 0

1 9 . 3 0

I .C . U n i o n G e n e r a l M e e t i n g : E l e c t i o n r e s u l t s . G r e a t H a l l .

I .C . C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : B i b l e S t u d y G r o u p . F a l m o u t h 1 1 8 .

I .C . S t a m p C l u b . C i v E n g 4 1 2 .

L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t : C a r s o m a y s P i a n o T r i o . S a l l y M a y s , p i a n o ; P e t e r J o h n C a r t e r . v i o l i n ; M a r i l y n S a n s o m , c e l l o . B e e t h o v e n , T r i o i n G ; M e n d e l s s o h n . T r i o i n D m i n o r .

L i b r a r y , 5 3 P r i n c e ' s G a t e .

I .C . A r t s C l u b . R o y a l C o l l e g e o f A r t .

I . C . S . S . R . S . M r s . R o s e ( F a m i l y P l a n n i n g A s s o c i a t i o n ) . T h e r e l e v a n c e o f b i r t h

c o n t r o l t o m o d e r n s o c i e t y . M e c h E n g 6 6 4 .

I .C . D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y : " A l l t h i n g s b r i g h t a n d b e a u t i f u l " . U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l .

Friday 16 th

1 1 . 0 0 G o v e r n i n g b o d y . C o u n c i l R o o m .

1 2 . 4 5 I .C . I s l a m i c S o c i e t y C o n g r e g a t i o n a l P r a y e r s — J u m a . C o l l e g e B l o c k 0 0 2 .

1 3 . 0 0 S T O I C T e l e v i s i o n S e r v i c e . T o p i c — s p e c i a l E a s t e r e d i t i o n . J C R a n d S o u t h S i d e .

1 8 . 0 0 S T O I C T e l e v i s i o n S e r v i c e : R e p e a t o f 1 3 . 0 0 t r a n s m i s s i o n . S o u t h S i d e .

1 8 . 3 0 I .C . C h r i s t i a n U n i o n : R e v . J o h n H a l l . C o l o s s i a n s L i b r a r y , 5 3 P r i n c e ' s G a t e .

1 9 . 1 5 I .C . F i l m S o c i e t y : P a t t o n ; " L u s t f o r g l o r y " ( n o n - m e m b e r s 2 5 p ) . M e c h E n g 2 2 0 .

1 9 . 3 0 P u b l i c m e e t i n g o n " C h i l d r e n a n d W e l f a r e i n A l b a n i a " , o r g a n i s e d b y N e w A l b a n i a

S o c i e t y , 1 5 5 F o r t r e s s R o a d , N W 5 . ( T u f n e l l P a r k t u b e s t a t i o n ) .

2 0 . 0 0 I .C. C h o i r . S t . M a t t h e w P a s s i o n — B a c h ( a d m i s s i o n 5 0 p , s t u d e n t s 4 0 p ) . G r e a t H a l l .

Friday 16th—Saturday 17th

I .C. C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : A l l n i g h t v i g i l o f p r a y e r . W o r t h A b b e y .

Sunday 18th

1 0 . 0 0 H o l y C o m m u n i o n . A n t e R o o m , C o l l e g e B l o c k .

1 1 . 0 0 I .C . C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : M a s s . 5 3 C r o m w e l l R o a d .

1 8 . 0 0 I .C . C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : F o l k M a s s . 5 3 C r o m w e l l R o a d .

1 9 . 3 0 I .C. C a t h o l i c S o c i e t y : M r . B r u c e K e n t . " B u t t h a t ' s p o l i t i c s , n o t r e l i g i o n . 5 3 C r o m ­w e l l R o a d .

Monday 19th

R . C . S . e l e c t i o n s . S e e p a g e 6 .

Friday 23rd

1 9 . 3 0 I . C . W . A . E a s t e r B a l l . £ 5 . 5 0 d o u b l e .

G e o l o g y 3 ; A n n a P u r v i s , Z o o l o g y 3 . f r o m C h r i s B r o w n , 9 2 B e i t ; H i l a r y A d a m s ,

Royal College of Science Union

Friday, May 4th, 1973

IMPERIAL C O L L E G E

MA IN DINING H A L L

C O L L E G E BLOCK

7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m.

Ante Room

Lounge Suits

Guest Speaker:

Michael Green Author of ' 'The Ar t of Coarse Rugby "

Tickets £1.75 from R .C .S .U . Office, Southside or from

Social Year Representatives

Tuesday, March 13th, 1973 F E L I X

E n t e r t a i n m e n t s Once again, for most of this year,

one of the popular pastimes of both

union members and college administra­

t ion has been the " k n o c k i n g " of I.C.

Ents Committee. The time has arr ived,

spurred on by the introduct ion of

S C A B , for the committee to answer

some of these comments. In this ar­

ticle we hope to present a much greater

statement of our pol icy, aims, method

of running, reasons, etc. than we be­

lieve have been actual ly printed at any

one time before.

Dur ing the course of this year, Ents

has run what it regards as one of the

most successful scries of concerts ever

run at IC. In this series an attempt

has been made to cater for a l l tastes.

We have had fo lk artists (Fairport C o n ­

vention), heavy rock (Beck, Bogert, A p -

pice), good " o l d - fashioned" dance

bands (Brett Marv in ) , ultra-progressive

( A m o n Duul ) and a l l other shades and

types of music between. It has been

argued that we ought to have more

folk and jazz artists because l . C . stu­

dents prefer this type of music. Th is

is a l l very wel l but such artists don't

exist ad inf initum.

R a l p h M c T e l l was booked for this

term but pulled out. W e are trying to

arrange a return date for next term.

W e had a chance of T o m Paxton

(which we were going to accept) but he

has decided that he doesn't want to do

any L o n d o n dates at the moment. Des­

pite people's insistence that fo lk and

jazz are what the committee should pro­

mote this does not appear to be the

case. R .C .S . ran a folk carniva l a short

t ime ago wi th some of the best known

artists on the fo lk scene at the present

time. Th i s was advertised a l l over L o n ­

don and yet it st i l l only managed to

draw about 250 people, of which prob­

ably only half were f rom I.C., and made

a loss of about £200. If Ents . ran on

this basis over a period of 20 weeks

we would lose £4,000 which I'm sure

would not be popular wi th anyone. Ne i ­

ther fo lk or jazz c lub, to our knowledge,

are exactly overwhelmed with the num­

ber of people c lamour ing to jo in them.

We wou ld hope that with the formation

of S C A B that next year folk c lub (who

this year have worked on a total al low­

ance of £97) and jazz c lub would be in

a posit ion to present more ambit ious

programmes than they would other­

wise be able to afford. T o do this it

would be neccessary for the Ents com­

mittee to be in a position to be able to

finance them. It is hoped that Ents

would continue to put on the big names

who are obviously beyond the capa­

bi l i ty of folk or jazz c lub, with the clubs

presenting better names than at present

and on a more regular basis.

A large number of complaints con­

cern the fact that non-students attend

Ents concerts in large numbers. We

have said al l a long that this is neces­

sary from a financial point of view and

this w i l l be even more the case if Ents

are to be expected to be the main fin­

ance providers for S C A B . However,

now that we have such popular groups

o n it is neccessary to alter our pol icy

so that I.C. students get by far the bet­

ter chance of obtaining tickets to Ents

functions. It is only since we have had

this long series of sell-out concerts that

the problem of outsiders receiving tick­

ets for I.C. students has arisen. Fo r fu­

ture concerts the fo l lowing proceedure

w i l l be adopted. Publ ic i ty for coming

dates w i l l be given firstly to I.C. stu­

dents only (e.g. Fe l ix , notice boards,

etc.). We would hope that when I.C.

students get in touch with the com­

mittee about tickets for a concert, wc

wi ! 1 know definitely when tickets wi l l be

on sale but the date cannot be guaran­

teed because we are at the mercy of

the printers. When tickets are on sale

the fo l lowing pr ic ing w i l l apply. A l l

concerts w i l l have three stated ticket

prices. The lowest of these w i l l be the

price to I.C. students of the first two

tickets they buy. The reduction w i l l be

given on the product ion of a college

registration card. There w i l l be some­

one selling tickets i n the R o o m A t The

Top every week-day dinner t ime (this

cut-price w i l l not be avai lable at the

bookshop). The reduction w i l l take ef­

fect on tickets for concerts held next

term and future concerts. Please notice

that it is also l imited to two per regis­

tration card. The second price w i l l be

that for a l l subsequent tickets and also

the advance price for non I.C, students.

The third price w i l l be the price of a l l

tickets sold on the door. The difference

in price of the first two prices w i l l a l ­

ways be at least 1 Op and likewise for

the second and third price. It may, how­

ever, be more. Typ i ca l price structures

could be £1.00, £1.30, £1.50 for an

expensive concert or 60p, 70p, 80p,

for a cheaper concert. I.C. students

could therefore save up to 50p on the

door price.

There are further points arising f rom

the' admittance of non-IC students or

even non-students. A t present N .U .S .

is running a grants campaign. One of

the ways in wh ich they are try ing to

w in publ ic support is by involv ing the

general publ ic in their cause. Surely

the student age group of the general

publ ic is as important as the older

•members of the country. They can

after a l l vote nowadays. Therefore, why

not extend some of our facilities to

non-students. So long as students are

al lowed to have special facilities purely

for their own use it is going to make

the case for higher grants that much

harder. Conversely, i f non-students are

al lowed to participate in functions such

as Ents concerts then they w i l l be more

incl ined to support our campaign.

A t any given concert there w i l l be

a certain number of IC students. W e

estimate that the average number is in

the region of 400 but that it w i l l vary

f rom 200 up to I.C. students only. Th is

may not seem to be a very large per­

centage of the audience but surely we

should provide them with the entertain­

ment they want and then ensure that it

is f inancial ly viable by a l lowing non IC

students to attend rather than not run

anything at a l l . IC students do at­

tend our functions. Should we stop

them just because there are not enough

of them?

Dur ing the last year an extension

has been built in the lower lounge of

the union. Th is is to enable the union

to cater for larger crowds of people.

This situation only arises on a regular

basis when the Ents committee has a

function. A l l this term the Ents com­

mittee members have been giving direc­

tions to the Queens publ ic house rather

than the union bar. It appears, how­

ever, that the ordinary I.C. student (who

are the people on behalf of whom at

least one member of this college believes

he is actively fighting) have been giving

directions to the un ion bar. Further­

more, it is not only on the nights that

Ents has a function that outsiders fre­

quent the bars. It has been reported

that the landlord of the Ennismore pub­

lic house knows that alcohol at I.C. is

cheap and that he has been losing cus­

tom to our bars. It w i l l be interesting

to see how much the bar profit w i l l

start to fal l now that card checks are

being enforced. The takings in the

J . C . R . bar in college block used to be

regularly in the £400 region on the

night of an Ents function. The loss in

takings then, since the bar has been

closed, w i l l be in the region of £4,000.

It was also reported that the brewery

were threatening to stop supplying the

college b lock bars because it was not

economical ly v iable for them to con­

tinue doing so.

W i t h the introduct ion of V . A . T . our

prices wi l l have to go up. Ve r y simply,

V A T w i l l affect Ents in that one-

eleventh of a l l money it receives (from

ticket sales or any other source) w i l l

have to be paid in tax. O n this year's

showing this would approximately

equal this year's profit as it stands at

present. The average I C student w i l l not

be able to ful ly afford the increase that

wi l l be necessary in ticket prices, and we

w i l l have to pass as much of this as

possible on to non IC students. F inan ­

c ia l ly this year the committee has done

very wel l . The profit stands, at present,

at £1,650 and the forecast for dates re­

main ing and next terms as well is that

this figure w i l l increase by the end of

the academic year. A t last counci l it

was officially agreed to record the Ents

account as having to make £1.000

rather than breaking even. This £1,000

a'ong with a s imi lar sum from reserves

wi l l be used to buy a complete new set

of chairs for the union concert hal l and

a new carpet for the southside lounges,

practical proof that the profit from

Ents has enabled the union to purchase

articles that they may have otherwise

been unable to afford. Compared with

other colleges, the f inancial situation of

IC Ents is excellent. Places l ike Leeds

Po'v are at present running at a deficit

of £4.500 this year alone ( information

from Leed's official college newspaper).

Numerous colleges in L o n d o n are los­

ing up to £1,500 wi th the average be­

ing about £700 (these two figures come

from a survey of London 's colleges' en­

tertainments committees done pr ior to

a meeting of London social secretaries

organised by IC Ents cha i rman Paul

Wadsworth) . We are the only London

college to our knowledge to be mak ing

such a large orofit and this is in face of

competit ion f rom places l ike the R a i n ­

bow, the Sundown, the Fest ival H a l l

and al l the other large promotors. W i th

the introduction of S C A B it w i l l be

necessary for TC Ents to make a profit

to ensure the f inancial feasibility of the

board. T o ensure this we need to con­

tinue to promote the largest named

bands that our hal l wi l l a l low us to.

The subject of large names brings us

on to the E l ton John concert which,

by the time you read this, w i l l have

already been held. W e would l ike to

clear up some of the misunderstandings

that seem to have arisen from the ticket

selling for this concert. The E l t o n John

date was not advertised outside college

at a l l unti l after it had sold out. The

tickets went on sale on a Thursday and

had completely so'd out by the fo' low-

ing Tuesday lunchtime. The first men­

tion in the music press of the date was

on the afternoon that the concert sold

out. It has been said that an inadequate

union card check was done while the

tickets were being sold. If outside people

d id not know about it how could they

have bought tickets? Whi l e we don't

admit that not one single N o n I C stu­

dent bought a ticket the number of

tickets sold to non I C students were

min imal . A l so , surely the people that

regularly support our concerts are en­

titled to attend a l l of our concerts if

they so wish.

Staying with the subject of large

name bands some people seem to think

that it is possible to obtain large name

bands on an irregular basis. It is only

because we run on a regular basis that

we are able to get big named bands.

T o get these people to work for you,

you don't only need a ha l l and an

abi l i ty to pay their price, you also need

to be able to assure them that yours

is a date that is going to improve their

ruputat ion or which w i l l live up to the

standard that their fans expect to be

able to see them in. I C Ents is in the

position where it is able to get a good

range of top name bands. People who

have played here in the past have nor­

mal ly been very pleased at the recep­

t ion they have been given both by the

audience and by our own committee,

often compl iment ing us on a well run

concert. Th is year's committee has built

up IC to be one of the prestige dates

to do on a London tour. Th is can only

be done by the regular book ing of

large names.

S C A B has been mentioned at var i ­

ous points in this article. The setting

up of this board is welcomed by the

Ents committee. A t last a work ing com­

mittee has been set up that w i l l be able

to co-ordindte a l l entertainments w i th­

in the college. O u r committee has no

intention of taking over film soc or any

other of the committees and societies

that form S C A B . The confusion over

film society arose at the prel iminary

meeting held to discuss the format ion of

S C A B , where it was said by the f i lm

soc representative that they d id not

want to show popular films next year.

O u r committee realised that this wou ld

leave a gap in the type of entertainment

provided to I C students and so offered

to fill this gap by showing popular

fi'ms. Later that week the rumour

started that Ents were trying to take

over f rom fi lm soc but this is not the

case. F i l m soc are having the first

choice of films that they want to show

next year, but there w i l l , however, at

their own choosing, only be a few of the

type of film that they have been show­

ing this year. The Ents committee w i l l

be providing those films that the film

soc don't want to include in their pro­

gramme. We wi l l start with a tr ial run

next term for four weeks (see list at

end of article). One of these dates is

actual ly a f i lm soc date which has a l ­

ready come about as a result of co­

operation between us and film soc.

Fo rmat i on of S C A B wi l l enable profits

from Ents to be used to support the

other, smaller c lubs represented on the

board.

Th is has been an attempt to i ron out

any of the difficulties and complaints

that have been levelled at our com­

mittee. We would appeal for active

practical crit ic isms, advice, ideas or

any other comments that people wou 'd

l ike to make about the committee and

the way it is running at present. W i t h

the reduction in the price of tickets

for IC students wc would hope to see

an even greater number of you at our

concerts. If you wou 'd l ike to ask

about any problems regarding Ents

there is always an Ents executive mem­

ber in the R o o m A t The T o p at dinner

times and they wi l l be only too grate­

ful to sit you down, listen to you and

then get involved in a discussion wi th

you. F ina l l y , here is a list of the films

that we wi l l be showing next term.

They wi l l a l l be in M E 220 and the

price of entry for the Ents run ones

wi l l be lOp.

Fr iday M a y 4th D i r t y H a r r y

Fr iday M a y 11th C a r n a l Knowledge

Fr iday M a y 18th Brewster M c C l o u d

(film soc)"

Fr iday M a y 25th Every Home Should

H ave One

P. A . W A D S W O R T H

I.C. Ents cha i rman

for and on behalf of Imper ia l College

U n i o n Entertainments Committee.

Page 6 F E L I X Tuesday, M a r c h 13th, 1973

IX FIHAHCIAEEY

W$t 2&Cg> proausihtet

presents

it's your money they're after

. . . but who and

what are they ? No matter what the crisis, what the state of the

nation, no matter how long and over what issues

the government grapples with the trade unions, no

matter how many times a week the world wobbles

on the brink of monetary cr ises—no matter what, it

seems, there never seems to be any shortage of

people reaching out for your money.

J u s t take a look at the f inanc ia l c o l u m n s of any

newspape r . It w i l l be c r a m m e d w i t h adve r t i s ing

f r o m a l l sor ts a n d c o n d i t i o n s of ins t i tu t i ons v y i n g

w i t h each other to grab your money a n d use it, as

they say, to your advantage .

S c h e m e s , p lans , po l i c i e s , b luepr in ts , p r og rammes ,

pro jec ts , s t ra tegems a n d s y s t e m s pour out of the

pages in an ava l anche of pr int . Every one stuffed

w i t h reasons w h y y ou ought to part w i t h your c a s h

and a l l o w some body of f ace l ess men work a k i n d

o f m a g i c and m a k e it mu l t i p l y for y o u .

They c ome under a var iety of head ings . Un i t

T r u s t s , Proper ty B o n d s , Guaran t eed G r o w t h B o n d s ,

S ing l e P r e m i u m A n n u i t i e s or mere a d v i c e on in ­

ves tment . A n y t h i n g th is s i d e of the law w h i c h migh t

earn a buck for the operator .

W e l l , of course , w e a l l k n o w that very f ew read­

ers of Fe l i x F i n a n c i a l l y have enough spare loot to

be ove r -wor r i ed about the m a c h i n a t i o n s of these

th ings r ight now, but w e thought it w o u l d be inter­

es t ing to exp l a in wha t s o m e of them are and what

they do . A f t e r a l l , w e ' l l a l l be in the ch ips one day,

a n d f o r ewarned is f o r ea rmed .

Probably the best known of these ideas are those

known as Unit Trusts. A unit trust is simply a pool

of money c on t r i bu t ed in small or large amounts

by numbers of individuals and which is then in­

vested by the trust managers in stocks and shares.

The value of any one person's investment is the

value of the shares the trust has bought for them.

A s the market goes up and down, so does the value

of the investment you make.

The operators of such s c h e m e s as these make

their profit by m a k i n g an in i t ia l c h a r g e — u s u a l l y

be tween 3 and 5 per cent of every pound inves ted

— a n d a management fee, usua l l y l ev i ed hal f -year ly ,

on the income f r om the inves tments . T h i s norma l l y

c o m e s to be tween one-fifth and one-hal f per cent .

S o m e unit t rusts spe c i a l i s e in dif ferent types of

inves tment . Fo r examp l e , s o m e go for Nor th A m e r i ­

c a n shares , s o m e for m i n i n g shares , others go for

reta i l shop shares , and so on .

A n d the a i m s of dif ferent unit t rusts are dif ferent.

Some a i m to p roduce i n c o m e for the investor ; others

go for s t ra ight cap i t a l g a i n . Bu t the major i ty sp r ead

the i r inves tment fa i r ly w i d e l y and th is is the case

w i t h most of the 2 8 0 or so unit t rusts now operat ing

in th is count ry .

One incent ive here, of course , is that the oper­

ator has the same interest in the prof i table w o r k i n g

of the trust as the investor , s ince the b igger the

trust fund is , the b igger the profit for its managers .

In re turn, the investor is s u p p o s e d to get s k i l l e d ,

p ro f e s s i ona l management , w h i c h ought to make

h i s money g row.

But if the aims and methods of unit trusts vary,

so does the performance. On past results, it appears

they will take about 16 years to double your invest­

ment, and that's not a lot of good in these inflation­

ary times.

Natura l l y , a lot d epends on w h e n y ou buy into

the trust and when you sell out. You pay for expert

adv i c e , but even w i th the best of the unit t rus ts ,

every th ing h inges on h o w we l l you t ime your buy ing

and s e l l i ng of your inves tment w i t h th em .

Ano the r type of uni t t rust is the proper ty b o n d .

These are often o r gan i s ed by insurance c o m p a n i e s ,

w h i c h put your money into property rather than in

shares . N o w , t h i s c o l u m n has a l w a y s a d v i s e d in

favour of put t ing money into property , a n d many

of these property t rusts do represent a reasonab le

hedge aga inst in f lat ion.

The t rouble is they have p roved so popular in

the past year that many property bond operators

have bought every type of property in a k i n d of

b l i n d pan i c . The proper t ies are va lued each month

by independent va luers and they a l w a y s report i n ­

c r eased va lues . The snag is that w h e n the fund

goes to s e l l , it m ight w e l l f ind that propert ies do

not fe tch qui te the same as their va lue on paper.

Nevertheless, it has to be said that this is one

way of getting into property—and a continually ris­

ing market—without committing yourself to one

building.

Investment T rus ts are not to be con fused w i t h Un i t

T rus t s . Investment Trus ts are mere ly pr ivate t rad ­

ing c o m p a n i e s w h o spec i a l i s e in the b u y i n g a n d

se l l i ng of other c o m p a n i e s ' shares . They t end to be

more in t e rna t i ona l l y -m inded than other inves tment

p rog rammes , and have a fa i r ly s u c c e s s f u l r e co rd .

A s w i th unit t rusts , there are tax advantages for the

investor . The real t r ick here is to p i ck the r ight one,

s ince there are over 2 0 0 of these to choose f r om.

Equi ty B o n d s are s i m i l a r to property bonds ,

except the investment is done in equ i t i es . Here

aga in , the resul ts w i l l d epend on w h e n you get in

and w h e n you get o u t — a n d whether the manage­

ment are the fat cats of the f inanc ia l w o r l d or the

bright young men .

Guaran teed G r o w t h B o n d s are i s sued by insur­

ance c ompan i e s , as a rule , and they are mere ly

s ing l e p r e m i u m inves tments w i th a guaranteed re­

turn over a pe r i od of years . H o w good they are

depends on the overa l l f inanc ia l s i tua t i on at the t ime

of inves tment . They are s o m e t i m es very at tract ive ,

but the gamb le a lways is whether the rate you are

offered today is go ing to be rea l i s t i c in five y ea r s '

t ime , w h e n your money is s t i l l t i ed up .

So , they are just some of the ideas money men

have had to make a profit. There are many ways to

do it, of course , and w h e n it c o m e s to m a k i n g a

s h i l l i n g , the gnomes are w i s e to th em a l l .

But always remember it's your money they're

after. Before ever you fall for the blandishments in

the ads, or get conned into thinking you have only

to sit back and wa?t for your money to grow, have

a good look at the investment scheme that attracts

you and make sure it's right.

C h e c k its pe r f o rmance , its reputat ion and its v i a ­

b i l i t y . Take independent , expert adv i c e if you can .

And don't take anything entirely on trust—even

if it is a unit trust.

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Yes friends, w i th the t r i v ia l I .C .U . and Dep. Rep .

elections out of the way, it 's t ime for some R E A L

elections, namely the R . C . S . U . elections. These get

under way today, note that fo lks T O D A Y , w i th the

R . C . S . U . Hust ings, held i n P H Y S I C S L E C T U R E

T H E A T R E T H R E E at 1.00 p.m. A splendid t ime is

guaranteed for a l l (except perhaps the candidates) and

you can get to see those who want to be H o n . Sec.

and A . A . O . next year, namely . . .

H O N O R A R Y S E C R E T A R Y :

M i s s J . E . P ic tor proposed by M r . S. C h u d y

M r . P. F . Thomas proposed by M r . P. H a s k i n g

M r . M . J . L . W i l l i ams proposed by M r . M . T .

Phi l l ips .

A C A D E M I C A F F A I R S O F F I C E R

M r . S. C h u d y proposed by M i s s M . E . L a v i n

M r . J . A . C . Hors fa l l proposed by M r . J . C . G ibbons

M r . K . R . Whi tbread proposed by M r . D . Sinclair

The other three posts were uncontested when the

papers came down (8 days ago) and so next year we

shal l have as officers of the U n i o n . . .

P R E S I D E N T : M r . M . C . Turner

V I C E - P R E S I D E N T : M r . R. J . K i l l

H O N O R A R Y J U N I O R T R E A S U R E R : M iss J . A .

Brown. j.

Vo t ing for H o n . Sec. and A . A . O . takes place on

M O N D A Y M A R C H 19th; now we need 2 people

on a Ba l l o t box per hour, so wi th 4 boxes i n a l l

that means 64 people w i l l be needed to man the boxes.

If you can spare one measly l itt le hour for your great

U n i o n then do please volunteer to man a box, by

putting your name on the lists that are up in a l l

departments!

The 4 Bal lot boxes wi l l be placed in :

P H Y S I C S : Leve l 2

C H E M I S T R Y : M a i n entrance

M A T H S : H u x l e y bu i ld ing

BOT/200: C o m m o n R o o m .

In this week's B R O A D S H E E T (out Thurs . M a r c h

15th) we w i l l feature manifesto's f rom A L L the can­

didates ( including unopposed ones) and reports on the

Hustings, etc. in our "E l e c t i on Specia l " .

R E G I S T R A T I O N C A R D S M U S T B E S H O W N

W H E N V O T I N G , so don' t forget to br ing your green

72-73 cards wi th you next Monday . O n Wednesday,

M a r c h 21st a F R E E results edition of Broadsheet w i l l

be out, this fol lows the Results U n i o n meeting on

Tuesday, M a r c h 20th. So for the U n i o n that you want

to see next year, V O T E on M o n d a y ! ! !

The coverage of this year's R . C . S . U . elections is

the fi fth such one undertaken by Broadsheet in its five

year existence. I n V o l u m e 1 Number 8 ( M a r c h 13th,

1969) we reported on the election of J o h n Butterworth

(President), Barry Pywel l (V-P) and M i s s Penny W a l ­

ters as H o n . Sec. The fo l lowing year a po l l of 331

was reached, this being constitutional ly too smal l the

election was reheld the fo l lowing term. (See we beat

I .C .U . by a l l of 3 years!). The " w i n n e r " of this presi­

dential election, M r . P. Sharkey, came only th ird i n the

second election, which was won by Steve Cooke , with

N i c k W i lk inson beating Tony Johnson as V - P . H o w ­

ever this second po l l (of 385) was again too smal l (by

about 115 votes) but not to worry folks, an inquorate

results U . G . M . accepted the election (things never

change, do they?). The fo l lowing year (in one of the

first Roneo 'd Broadsheets) the po l l was better (442)

and B i l l Ger rard beat Pete Gannen (231 to 156) to

become President '71-2 and M . C . B l a c k (I've heard of

him) became H o n . Sec. by beating N . Wi lk inson . The

fo l lowing year's election results edit ion of Broadsheet

(Vo l . 4 No . 7j—brilliantly done by a newly appointed

editor) told the story of last year's 507 vote po l l , w i th

Rosemary Parker winning the presidential election

(against John Higgs), Caro l ine B ingham beating B i l l

Col lett (and how! 368 to 90), John Smith got elected

as A A O in preference to John G ibbons and there were

3 candidates for the post of H o n . Jun ior Treasurer,

B r i an Smi th beating M iss M a r y Short and Ian O r a m .

John Nut ta l l was unopposed as Hon . Sec. (oh so that's

how he got it — Enl ightened R . C . S . U . member).

W e there'l l be the usual amount of bumph f rom the

candidates about again this year and if someone had

saved a l l of last year's election bumph they could

write an interesting article on how the candidates for

I .C .U . and R . C . S . U . posts l ived up to their promises.

N o w it just so happens that last year I d id save a l l

the election bumph . . .

R o n App l eby

(Broadsheet Ed i tor )

Tuesday, March 13th, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

TOUCHSTONE

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ANYpN£HSVP*-

A N y V H E R B ?

The writing is clearly on the wall for all students

everywhere. There are meaningful questions out­

side science to extend your mind, and one example

shown above is taken from the wall of the beer

pressure reliever at Silwood Park, that well-known

country haven of Imperial College.

After the Flintstones came the Touchstones, and

after the Touchstones came me. A college career

of idle curiosity almost behind me, I dared venture

forth to brain-crippling pursuits elsewhere.

"This is your last chance, son, take it and they'll

make a man of you ."

M y curiosity has been satisfied, I now know that

I should never have gone to Touchstone. Had I gone

in my first, my second, or even early in my third

year, it would have been a good idea, but all in all

the experience is far too enjoyable for anyone to go

if they will not have the chance to go again.

The "coachload of pseuds" can be simply

divided into two parts, those who go to take an

active part in the discussion and those who go be­

cause a weekend of good food, good drink and

good surroundings appeals to them. Both groups

returned well satisfied. The latter group slept off

their vices during the discussion. They missed a

lot.

At the last Touchstone we were graced with two

guest speakers who promoted discussion on the

subject of "Human Rights", a subject so wide­

spread in relevance that everybody got a chance to

mount their own personal hobby-horse. The two

speakers were Professor Raphael, Director of Asso­

ciated Studies at Imperial College (in case you

didn't know) and Professor Costa, of the University

of Rome. Unfortunately Professor Costa was banned

from achieving the full potential of his contribution

by virtue of language difficulties, but Professor

Raphael's expert handling of the discussion and

willingness to supply Professor Costa with the mot

juste at necessary times much ground was covered

in keen discussion. I at least felt that I had seen

many different points of view which I had never

previously considered.

The discussion centred around the "Universal

Declaration of Human Rights" adopted by the

General Assembly of the United Nations on Decem­

ber 10th, 1948. Each member country of the United

Nations is now pledged to "cause the text of the

Declaration to be disseminated, displayed, read and

compounded principally in schools and other edu­

cational institutions, without distinction based on

the political status of countries or territories".

Think about the implications of that. Interesting?

Then Touchstone is for you also. Boring? Then Pro­

fessor Raphael and Mr. McDowell are back in Col­

lege Block and keen to hear what you would

like out of General Studies. I would like to have

been persuaded to go to Touchstone sooner. Oh! In

case you're worried, then Touchstoners are a

friendly bunch too, but watch out for the Australian

snooker player . . . he'll beat you.

D A V E S U G D E N

Le Bristol 24 Heures Af te r a l i f e t ime of c o n s i d e r i n g the eternal u n ­

answerab l e " W h a t is L i f e ? " , " I s there a p u r p o s e ? " ,

" W h a t do W e m e a n ? " I have , f ina l l y , d i s c a r d e d

p h i l o s o p h y , for I have d i s c o v e r e d a ques t i on more

p ro f ound than any of these , — deeper and harde r

to d i s c e r n even than the immor ta l " W h y ? " If I c an

f ind an answer to th is ques t i on , I w i l l d ie a happy

m a n — but I fear I never s h a l l . M y ques t i on? " W h y

do peop le compe te in 2 4 Hour Peda l Car R a c e s ? "

The 8 th Na t i ona l P eda l C a r Race w a s h e l d at

W h i t c h u r c h A i r f i e l d last w e e k - e n d (3 p .m . F r i d a y —

3 p .m . S a t u r d a y ) , and as last year, I.C. sent three

cars — two f r om g u i l d s (Hur rah , Ra h - Ra h - Ra h ,

booma l eka , b o o m a l a — oops , so r ry , forgot I w a s

meant to be impar t ia l ) and one f r om M i n e s . U n ­

for tunate ly the f o rmer G u i l d s C l a s s I car " L i t t l e B o "

go t n i c k e d a r ound C h r i s t m a s t ime , so a n ew car

( c omp l e t ed two minutes be fore the race) w a s bu i l t

for th is c l a s s , a n d " B i g B o " made h i s (her?) usua l

appearance , w i t h the c ranksha f t c o m i n g uns tuck the

s t andard numbe r o f t imes . M i n e s car " S t r i k a l i t e ' '

w a s C l a s s I category , (Runner -up to " L i t t l e B o " last

y e a r ) — t h e same car as last year , in fact , w i t h the

same unmis t akab l e c lat ter of the f o rward " f a i r i n g "

(a w o r d I use i n the broades t poss ib l e s ense ) .

The race w a s s tar ted w i t h the cus t omary " L e

M a n s " type start (N .B . M a l e N e w m a n w a v i n g hat in

last w e e k ' s Fe l i x ) and most of the 8 0 or so entrants

were soon rat t l ing g lee fu l ly a r ound the 5 0 0 ya rd

course . The boys f r om He l e ' s S c h o o l , Exeter , were ,

as ever, s h o w i n g very p r o m i s i n g l y in their superb

C l a s s II ca rs " C l a u d e t t e " a n d " C l a r e " — though

they s e e m e d to lack s ome of the i r former e lan (now

there 's an i dea l ) . B i g Bo star ted n i c e l y , and M i n e s

T A X Sheffield University students' Union has re­

cently sent me a letter giving information

about one of the proposed changes in the tax­

ation system.

It has been suggested that Family Allow­

ances and tax allowances for children should

be replaced by a single tax credit which is

given to the father. Students are excluded

from the tax credit system and so students at

present receiving Family Allowances may lose

this income.

If you would like to support the Child Pov­

erty Action Group campaign for payment of

Child credits to the mother, in the same way

as Family Allowances are at present, the ad­

dress to write to is: Child Poverty Action

Group, 1 Macklin Street, Drury Lane, London

W C 2 B 5NH.

If you prefer you may write direct to: The

Clerk, Select Committee on Tax Credits,

House of Commons, London S W 1 .

I hope this information is of use to some of

you.

J E N N Y ROGERS

I.C.U. Welfare Officer.

ISRAELS 75th ANNIVERSARY

I S R A E L Be there for the 25th Anniversary

celebrations

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HALLS & HOUSES

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Application forms available now from

Union Office and Residence Office,

College Block.

soon got m o v i n g s t ead i l y (most t eams change dr i v ­

ers every l a p — 6 dr i ve rs in a team) — but Bo Be l l e

(the n ew car) w a s t e d no t ime in demons t ra t ing a

c l a s s i c case of b end ing fa i lure — w h i c h c a l l e d for

an hour ' s w e l d i n g (only , a l as , the first of many ) .

The hours of p e d a l l i n g p a s s e d , and a l l the I.C.

cars s e e m e d to be do ing fa i r ly w e l l un t i l , near M i d ­

night " B i g B o " sp l i t her (h i s? ) c r a n k s h a f t — a n d

" B o B e l l e " r evea led de fec ts in the ear l ier W e l d i n g .

" B o B e l l e " w a s pa t ched up in a coup l e of hours

wo rk , but " B i g B o " w a s too far gone to m e n d unt i l

f resh w e l d i n g apparatus became ava i l ab l e the next

m o r n i n g .

S o the peda l l i n g wen t on , — through the h o u r s

of da rkness to the sun l i gh t , and on to the a f te rnoon.

M i n e s " S t r i k a l i t e " d i d very w e l l , and led C l a s s I

a lmos t throughout . " B i g B o " d i d her ( i t s? ) best —

cranksha f t p e rm i t t i n g — and " B o B e l l e " s h o w e d

some p r om i s e for the future — but wha t can rep lace

" L i t t l e B o " ? ( c r i ed he w i t h tears of nos ta lg ia in h i s

eyes ) .

3 p .m. Sa t u r da y a r r i v ed in i t ' s o w n good t ime ,

a n d , as expec t ed , He l e ' s S c h o o l h a d w o n ove ra l l ,

w i th M i n e s 1st in C l a s s I, hav ing beaten a M o b i l e

bath p rope l l ed by the Br i t i sh J u n i o r C y c l i n g C h a m ­

p i o n ! I w o n ' t ment i on the G u i l d ' s pos i t i ons ( large ly

because I don ' t have them) , but the ir l owness w a s

very large ly due to the su rp r i s ing l y long t ime spent

in the P i t s .

" D i d n ' t you s leep at a l l ? "

" N o t a w i n k . "

" W h y no names , B o b ? "

" T h e r e are too m a n y . "

B O B C A R T E R

ICU FLATS A t present Imper ia l Col lege U n i o n rents twelve flats

in Hamle t Gardens, Ravenscourt Park , W 6 , and one

flat i n Cambr idge Gardens, Ladbroke Grove , sub-letting

these to its members. The flats house eighty-nine stud­

ents i n total , seven at Cambr idge Gardens, and the rest

at Hamle t Gardens i n flats of vary ing sizes, the majority

accommodat ing seven persons. A l l the flats are self-

contained wi th a lounge, k i tchen and bathroom(s).

Rents, considering there is no subsidy, are competit ive,

electricity and gas being extra at the standard rate. The

lease for the property at Hamle t Gardens is subject,

unfortunately, to annual negotiation. Th is , of course,

enables the landlords to demand a higher rental each

time, however, i n view of the 1 0 % increase last year

and the better prospects for summer letting, it is reason­

ably certain that rents w i l l remain at the same level.

No th ing need be said here about the grants situation,

save that any increase i n flat rental wou ld be extremely

unwelcome, especially as the cost of non-Col lege accom­

modat ion w i l l no doubt make its usual upward move­

ment next session.

Economica l l y it is cruc ia l that the scheme does not

f inish its second year i n the red, as it d id its mis-man­

aged first. A s electricity and gas are now pa id for by

those who use them, the only possible source of deficit

is the rent. Th is year rents were evaluated on the basis

of a forty-eight week year—that is we could have a l l

flats standing empty for four weeks and just break

even. The only t ime that this could possibly happen

is over the summer vacation, hence, it has been decided

to offer anybody occupying a place over the vacation

a place next session, prov id ing they apply by the end

of the week. Th is offer may be extended indefinitely

depending on demand. Another way to achieve fu l l

occupancy over the summer is to let to non-members

of the U n i o n — t h i s was done last year, but only to a

smal l extent. Needless to say, U n i o n members w i l l

have preference. A n y surplus could be used i n a n u m ­

ber of ways, probably the most constructive being to

offset future rent increases.

A s far as lettings next session are concerned, the

al locat ion of places w i l l be made i n the fairest possible

manner, that of first come first served. However, group

appl icat ions for whole flats w i l l be favoured as experi­

ence has shown that such flats are more desirable in

al l aspects than those randomly filled. In order to avo id

a repeat of the chaos last summer, person or persons

accepting the offer of a r oom or flat w i l l be required

to cancel immediately any appl icat ion for H a l l o r

House. Transfer of places is i n general not a fair prac­

tice when there is a wai t ing list, so except i n special

cases this w i l l not be permitted.

App l i ca t i on forms for vacat ional and sessional letting

and further details of rents, etc., are avai lable now f rom

the U n i o n Office. App l i ca t i ons w i l l be accepted indefin­

itely in view of the possibi l i ty of further flats being ava i l ­

able next session, but a large demand is expected, so

remember that early appl icat ions w i l l be favoured.

Page 8 F E L I X Tuesday, M a r c h 13th, 1973

t h e sports p a g e

rapid rambles rowing hockey A s k any cross country runner where he went on the

first Saturday in M a r c h and he ' l l say " to the Na t i on ­

a l s . " A s k h im whether he ran and he ' l l most probably

u m m and ahh and mumble something about not be­

ing fit. That just about sums up the annual circus

that goes under the name of the Engl ish Na t i ona l cross

country championships, ft is a grand race to watch,

but an awful race to run in.

Th is year this event took place on Saturday, 3rd

M a r c h at Parl iament H i l l Fields, No r th L o n d o n and

the course was surprisingly dry for the time of year—

quite different f rom its usual state where one wa lks

around up to the knees in muck (and bullets???!) , f 'm

sure the organisers must have sl ipped up and didn ' t

order the mud in time. The Championships consist of

three races, youths, juniors and seniors and, surprise,

surprise IC had runners in a l l three and actual ly f in­

ished a team (of four) in the Jun i o r event. R. A l l i n s o n

.(I'm sure he's not still under 18) represented us in the

4 mi le youth event. The six mi le J u n i o r event got un­

derway at 2.30 and the I.C. team consisting of D .

Payne, J . Ka l i vay , P. Johnson, and P. Donnel ly surged

away to a good start . . . and then slowed to a nice easy

jog—as a l l I .C. runners do.* Pad and Pete eventually

returned home at about 3.15 just i n time to see the

main event of the afternoon begin—the 9 mile senior

event.

The procedure for starting this race is to f ire a

maroon (loud bang) 5 minutes before the start and

then fire another one five minutes later to start the

race. Th is year there were 1200 starters, inc luding

Dave Bedford, a New Zea land team (who we

shall hear more about later) & two runners f r om I.C.

When the second bang went off we a l l shot off up the

h i l l at a pace that would do any 4 minute mi ler

proud, minding any rubbish bins, park benches, trees

etc. that happened to get in the way. A n d that is about

a l l I remember of the race—the rest being rather a b lur

except for the rest of the I.C. team and our captain

tv/ho incidental ly didn't run because he'd forgotten his

shoes — a l ike ly story) shouting (and laughing) at us

as we d id the three laps of the course.

The results of the race (as to ld to me—I missed it,

I s t i l l had another 2 miles to go) was R. D i x o n of New

Zea land 1st, beating Dave Bedford by about 13 sees.,

S. L i t t l ewood and S. W e b b of I .C. 763 and 766 res­

pectively. Th is New Zealander caused untold confu­

sion as he was not supposed to be there anyway but was

just a guest—so Dave Bedford won after a l l , but he

didn' t really, or d id he? I don' t know it was a l l too

confusing for me.

So a tired little band of I.C. runners returned to a

certain house of refreshment at South Kensington,

consoled, by the thought that on the Wednesday fo l ­

lowing was a league race and we would once again be

running against athletes of our own class. L i t t l e d id

we know . . . .

O n Wednesday the last league race was held at I.C's.

home course at R i c h m o n d Park . Three of the Interna­

t ional New Zea land team came, tak ing the first three

places, the winner breaking the course record by 30s.

to make it 25m. 33s. (for 5 J miles) I .C. was there w i th

the usual team of varied talents R o b Parker made his

comeback? A lmos t beating P a u l C l a rke , but neither

were qu ick enough to beat R o b A l l i n s o n who was

first back for I.C. in 26th place with 29-48. Dave Payne

and Stuart L i t t l ewood were not far behind (43rd and

48th) than J . K a l i r a y (knowbody knows his christ ian

name) and Dave Jones (72nd and 76th). Pete John­

son and Pad Donne l ly also ran in this race and achiev­

ed the usual good placings w i th 95th and 96th.

A n y o n e looking over the parapet of Putney Br idge

on Wednesday would have seen, besides the odd o i l

sl ick and lump of dr i f twood, 20 college boats and the

dynamic T y r i an (U .L . II), marshal l ing for the start

of the U . L . Head of the R i ve r Race. F o r non-rowing

readers, a Head race is one in wh i ch the crews set off

at approximate ly 10 second intervals and are t imed

over a set distance, in this case the Boat Race course

f rom Putney to M o r t l a k e (4£ miles), the winner

being the crew returning the fastest time. The race. is

split up into divisions (in this case, Open, Jun io r and

Novice) w i th the crews' starting order determined by

the previous years results.

Ty r ian , although not officially part of the race (not

being a college), du ly l ined up in front of the field for

their annual ego tr ip. Just behind them were the I.C. 1st

V I I I , hav ing won the event last year. I.C.'s recent rise

to prominence had obviously got around and the open

d iv is ion was sadly l ack ing in numbers. (A l though

there were some surprisingly fast Jun io r crews).

The race f inal ly got underway with I.C. chasing Tyr ­

ian. The water was quite rough for the first mile

throughout wh i ch the I.C. cox kept yel l ing something

about Ty r i an having only 6ft. of clear water. Hav ­

ing heard it a l l before, the rest of the crew decided that

Ty r i an must be disappearing under Hammersmi th

Bridge. It was with great surprise that, on reaching the

calmer water above the M i l e Post and r isk ing a qu ick

glance over their shoulders, the rest of the crew found

the cox was tel l ing the truth. The two crews were

level by Har rods and stayed l ike that for the next

mile. D u r i n g this period both crews gave everything

they had and in between giv ing tens and answering

the others tens, a l l one had t ime to do was to decide

w h i c h side of the boat to be sick over next. Th i s i n ­

tensive rowing cou ld not continue, and just as the Ty­

r ian cox was tel l ing his crew that I.C. were going to

b low up, his own crew began to drop back. I.C. got \\.

in one of their tens and after that, soon broke contact.

F r o m this point on, I.C. slowly went away from Tyr ian

although they d id hit a half submerged rai lway sleeper

and a nasty wash from a string of barges.

The final positions put I.C. 21 seconds in front of

Ty r i an and an enormous l m . 53sec. i n front of the

th ird crew, St. Thomas 's Hosp i ta l .

The 2nd V I I I , rowing in the Jun io r d iv is ion came

second behind U . C . The other star performance was

by the I V t h V I I I . Th is crew was made up of fresher

novices who have only been rowing since September. In

one of the best rows ever by an I.C. fresher novice crew

they won the Nov ice d iv is ion by almost 2 minutes over

several much more experienced crews. If this crew

stays together and improves as it should, they should

have l ittle difficulty in p ick ing up their Novices in the

Summer.

A s for the 1st V I I I , their performance was excep­

t ional . F o r the first t ime in years a l l the winter t ra in­

ing and ground work had been done, due in part to

I.C's. Na t i ona l Squad members. They go to Bedford

on Saturday to try and w in the colleges pennant but

the example set and encouragement given by some of

their ma in hopes must l ie in the Summer regattas.

P h o t o : T h e O b s e r v e r , 4 M a r c h , 1973

K O D A K 1, L C . 1st X I 2

Th i s was I.C.'s final league match of the season

played at K o d a k ' s ground in Ha r row . A g a i n John An t -

ley took a chance and travelled alone by scooter, fin­

a l ly arr i v ing w i th some minutes of the match having

been played. H i s explanat ion is that his c lutch cable

broke or something l ike that, but we know he got lost

again.

D u r i n g the match one of Kodak ' s players was

ordered off the field for five minutes for try ing to

strangle He ineken Downs — better luck next time.

Kodak .

I .C. 2, P R E S I D E N T ' S X I 1

O n Sunday, the 1st X I completed the weekend dou­

ble w i th a very shaky w in over the President's X I at

Har l ington. Before the match the I.C. team went

through its usual tr ia ls and tribulations. He ineken

booked a coach for 1.30 wh ich arrived at 11.30 a.m.

and left because nobody was ready to leave. So the

match started hal f-an-hour late after a tr ip via H o u n -

slow West.

The first half was completely dominated by the Pre­

sident's X I . A l t h o u g h they peppered the goal f rom a l l

angles, most of the shots were hasti ly taken and easily

cleared. The goal I.C. scored in the first half was our

only direct shot of that half. Jag G a h i r broke through

on a solo run, and with the goal at his mercy Jules

Sargeant clobbered h im giv ing away a penalty f l ick,

wh i ch J a g somewhat luck i l y converted.

The second hal f was more even and C o l i n Townsley

had a l itt le more to keep h i m w a r m in the President's

goal. I.C.'s second goal—one of our best movements

of the season — came after ten minutes of this half.

Jag G a h i r picked up the ba l l on the President's twenty-

five, went to the right and gave a reverse stick pass to

the top of the c irc le where Chr i s Gankroger immedia­

tely passed it out to the right of the D for He ineken to

crack in first time.

Predictably this encouraged the President's X I to

p i ck up their game and they nearly scored after a

movement on the right led to a shot by Jules Sargeant

at least four feet off the ground. However, after it easily

beat Sid Bou l ton , R i c h a r d Cameron made a fine save

on the line. The President's goal finally came f rom a

low hard shot by C o l i n Ringrase f rom their one short

corner.

T e a m s : — Sid Bou l t on ; S imon Tyrre l l , R i chard

Cameron ; G r a h a m Popple, A l a n B r o w n , D i c k Whitt -

ington; Heineken Downs, Chr i s Gankroger , Jag Gah i r ,

Dave R i c h m a n , J o h n Ast ley .

C o l i n Townsly , M i c k Bur t , R o n Palmer; M a r t i n

F i e ld , J u l i a n Sargeant, C o l i n Ringrese; John Mann ing ,

Ian Tasney, Pete Bates, James C o m y n , Dave R ichards .

Umpi res : Dave Browne, E d Caste l l .

I.C. M I X E D X I vs H E S T O N M I X E D X I

I .C. 3, Hestoh 1

Despite having their ranks depleted by the ca l l of

the first team, I.C. M i x e d team soldiered on to yet

another victory. A l t hough they deserved to w in , I.C.

never really dominated a match wh ich was spoilt by

the pettiness of some of the Heston players. The first

half was very one-sided w i th I.C. on the attack almost

continuously. However, half-t ime arr ived wi th the score

st i l l 0—0. A f ter a dynamic pep-talk dur ing the inter­

va l I.C. started the second half in a much more reso­

lute manner and very qu i ck l y opened the scoring. A

run by W B 2 ended wi th Chr i s Brown putt ing the ba l l

in the back of the net. Short ly after this W B 2 added a

second wi th a devastatingly solo effort. I .C. continued

to apply a l l the pressure but the next goal was scored

by Heston fo l lowing a qu ick breakaway, wh i ch split the

I.C. defence and left the goalkeeper w i th no chance.

Heston never real ly looked l ike scoring again and when

W B 2 added a th ird goal the f ina l score became more

representative of the overal l play.

T eam: Jerry Heffer; Pete Fox ton , Jul ie ( O A P ) ;

Jacqu i Buzza rd , T i m Hansen, A n n e Purv is ; B lossom,

W B 2 , Chr i s B rown , A d r i a n Evans , Gera ld ine Bowden.

See Fe l i x d iary for this week's coming events.

STUDENTS DAY OF ACTION

This siis part of the national student campaign for higher

grants. For the f i r s t time i n the history of N.U.S. i t has

cal led for a national stoppage of a l l colleges.

As far as Imperial College i s concerned there i s going to be a s strike of lectures this Wednesday morning. An alternative syllabus and a play have been arranged for the morning (for details see overleaf) and a surprise event i s planned for the afternoon. There are not many of us who regard the grants situation as acceptable. The Government, The Daily Telegraph, through to the Morning Star have a l l recognised our demands as reasonable but the Government i s loathe to take immediate action.

The main points of the grants campaign arc

abolit ion of the means test - restoration of the grant to i t s 1962 level - end discrimination against women, in that they should get a

f u l l grant whether or not they are married

an annual review i s needed to protect students against

i n f l a t i o n , with a view to introducing some supplementary

grant to compensate for i n f l a t i o n

The government has had four months to consider the N.U.S. grants

claim* Students are sick and t i r e d of the government's delaying

t a c t i c s . We cannot afford to wait while the mandarins of Whitehall

"look" at our campaign.

ALL OUT - MARCH 14TH

SUPPORT THE DAY OF ACTION

We would l i k e you also to act as pickets i n the morning*

Picketing i s only a dirty word i f i t i s done badly. I t ' s up to

you to make sure i t ' s done well . We are asking you to form a

united student body. We don't expect everyone to agree with

everyone else - just to t r y ,

MEETING for a l l students who are w i l l i n g to picket on Wednesday

between 9 « 0 0 and 1 0 . 0 0 a.m. i n Senior Common Room, f i r s t f l o o r ,

Union Building, (-̂ ^ p ^

PROGRAMME FOR MARCH 14TH

9.0O-10.00a.m« Picketing outside your department building,

IN THE GREAT HALL -

9 . 3 0 - 10,00 Cartoon or short f i l m .

10.00 - 12 .30 Alternative syllabus on education. Speakers

scheduled are -MIKE DUANNE, ex Rising H i l l Comprehensive School

headmaster whose ideas were a l i t t l e too

progressive for the authorities.

PHIL KELLY, from Time Out, on education and the mass

media.

MARY RICHARDSON, from N.U.S. , and

RICHARD KIRKW00D, ( A . T . T . I ) . f r o m Central Poly,

on education and Maggie Thatcher's white

paper•

MR. ACHE-ORR, on education and authoritarian control ,

1.00- 2.00p.m. KARTOON KLOWNS, a very popular theatre group. In the concert h a l l . (We were exceedingly lucky to obtain th i s

group as 16 other colleges wanted them to perform on the same day)

2.00 SURPRISE EVENT.

8 0 0 0 DISCO i n Union B u i l d i n g . 1 0 p (Sorry, the only non-free event - the

money goes towards helping N.U.S, meet t'ha cost of expenses for the leaflets i t produced)

0CO0COOG0O0O-

********* EXTRA EXTRA *********

11.00 Postgraduate meeting i n Mech, Eng. 220 to discuss * H i e g r a n t s for PG's and London

* Di v derating rates

* C c t u a o a r o o t a o u d ^ u u i i i t i e s .