No.405 F r i day 12th December, 1975 F R E E !

Hall rents

to go up T H E R E C T O R , after lengthy consultations with various people inclnding Mr Mooney and Mr Teague, ICU President, has re­commended to the Board of Gov­ernors that there be no increase in refectory prices next term.

O B rents the Rector has reco­mmended that they be increased to £7.25 for Linstead, Weeks, new Beit and Southside halls; £6.20 for single rooms in old Beit Garden hall and student houses; and £5.00 for shared rooms in student houses and Garden hall.

A letter has been sent round to all residents in halls and houses by the Domestic Secretary, in­forming them of the Rector's decision. The Governors will meet on the 19th December to decide on the recommendations.

Travel lose £250 ,000

A U D I T E D A C C O U N T S presented at the NUS Annual

conference in Scarborough last weekend revealed that

the travel section of the NUS services made a loss of

about £250 ,000 in the financial year to end in May 1976.

The accounts cover the seventeen months of trading to

May 1976.

Severa l ' reasons are g iven for the loss incurred ; inc lud ing the fact that the accounts covers two Winter per iods , — September to May, — wh ich are s l a c k s easons . Other factors contr ibut ing to the loss are the genera l depress ion in the travel b u s i n e s s , increase in

Mer ry X m a s and happ y n e w y e a r from F E L I X s t a f f ! !

B a c k row ( le f t to r i g h t ) : D a v i d Kn igh ts U l y s s e s Ma M i k e W i l l i a m s , Ian M o r s e , D a v i d

I H o p K i n s , N i g e l W i l l i a m s , D u n c a n Suss . .

F r o n t row ( le f t to r i g h t ) : T e r r y W e s t o b y , P h i l i p D e a n , P a u l E k p e n y o n g and J o h n M c C l o s k e y

N o t in the p i c t u r e : A n d r e w H a l l , A n d r e w W a l k e r , A n n e S t e v e n s o n , T o m , C h r i s , MW,

T o n y JcTnes and l a s t but not l e a s t G i l l M c C o n w a y (hope y o u get w e l l s o o n G i l l )

fuel c o s t s and the c l osure of Greek a i r space dur ing their peak week last A u g u s t .

In a move to erad icate th i s l o s s , NUS T rave l is making d ras ­t i c cuts in its s e r v i c e s next term. A l though they w i l l be promoting their fours, ra i l cards and ISIC cards heav i l y w i th the he lp of const i tuent o rgan i za t i ons , the pub l i c i t y department 's budget is being s l a shed by £50.000. The next ' N U S T r a v e l l e r ' to be printed w i l l have fewer pages and is to be d i s t r ibuted by loca l N U S areas thus sav ing NUS Trave l a c o n s i d ­erable expense .

M i k e N a y l o r , M a n a g i n g Direc tor of NUS T rave l s ays that a profit of between £50,000 and £100,000 tp keep the company as an on -go ingv iab i l i t y . T h e i r m a i n problem was one of c a s h f low, C O ' s cou ld he lp by p u b l i c i s i n g NUS Trave l and many have a lready agreed to do so through their l oca l student papers .

It would a l s o be pos s i b l e next year for many more students to take their f r iends on hoi iday wi th them because 80—85% of the tours to be provided con ta in no e l i g i b i l i t y c l a u s e s .

A l though there is great concern being expressed about the s i t u a ­t i on , the pos i t i on shou ld improve g iven that NUS T rave l r ece i ves the cooperat ion it needs .

If NUS T rave l were to c o l l a p s e then E n d s l e i g h Insurance would a l s o f o ld . The consequences for the Na t i ona l Un ion would be d i s ­as t rous and in a l l probabi l i ty N U S ' s campaign department wou ld have to c ease a c t i v i t i e s .

In th is c a s e of such an event­ua l i t y , s tudents on ho l iday would not f ind themese lves stranded abroad due to the bonding sys t em that N U S T r a v e l h a s .

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Christmas Crossword

Competition Across

1. Those who tear up co l l ege '

p u b l i c a t i o n s ?

9. Wooden w a l k i n g boots

queered.

12 .Bar ry seen eat ing W. Indian

plums

13 .0ne who serves one in water.

14. Undertone to team.

15 . R e s i s t a n c e to jokes to the

effect on the range.

18.In hera ldry , two w ings jo ined

in l o v e .

19.A berry perhaps seen yery

bad ly .

23 . A narrow branch for e l a smo -branch f i s h . 24 . What you just d i d . 27.If you ' re th is you ' re r ight . 2 9 . A pound in 44 is even more i nac t i v e . 30 . A B i b l i c a l character not famous for b l i n d n e s s . 31 .Goat to be in n ine . 34 .How to s top a b loke , or a g i r l , 3 7 . R u b b i s h . 38LThere is no 38 a c r o s s . 39.Sounds as if you quote a bu i l d ing plot .

40 .Rock ing - s t one in log and

c o s i n e .

41 .Born before what is nomina l ly

Re: Events Book (SCAB Diary)

maiden. 42.Aftd so on backwards . 4J .Roman Empire cap i ta l . Yea t s s a i l e d to.

48 .He ra ld i c l i l y , (try ending in r r e n c h ) . 50.Age old c l u e . 52. Exhaus t ed it back to red. 53. Wel l known person who died ea r l y .

54. G i r l , or one of her bad bugs.

55. To be l i ab l e to be in dog (ignore house)

56. A l ight r ing in gener ic ch lo r ine 57. E n t i c e back 59.A hundred about a hero for babies 61 .The end of a horse painter . 63 . Mathemat i cs ' order on a hot day is p leasant .

64. C part German. 66.See 46 down. 68 .Drunk lMG or Monday c l u b ? 70.A f i sh (NOT a haddock or mackere l ) .

72 . A very indef in i te g i r l . 73. Part is t a l l , but just stopped 74. 75. Aaaacur i r (puzz le that out, you big ape).

76. A note, more or l ess

77. The best nat iona wel I they pay me ) .

At the end of last s e s s i o n Dave Rumsey , S C A B Cha i rman 74—75 recommended the implementat ion of an " E v e n t s Book ( S C A B D i a r y ) " . The reasons for th is were two­f o ld :

1. On more than one o c c a s i o n last year events of a l i k e or s i m i l a r nature c l a s h e d and those concerned were often poorly attended, or at best they d id not l i ve up to expec t a t i ons . We hope that th is book w i l l keep these c l a s h e s to a minimum.

2. The book w i l l a l s o be a source of information and a d v e r t i s i n g . P a u l Ekpenyong , Ed i t o r of F E L I X , has agreed to consu l t the book when

c omp i l i n g h i s " W h a t ' s O n " s e r v i c e .

So, if you are organ is ing an event that w i l l attract a large crowd or audience , p l ease he lp yourse l v e s , he lp S C A B and help entertainment at IC in general by us ing the " E v e n t s B o o k " and te l l everyone the " W h o , what, where, when, how m u c h " of your event . Jus t ask Jen in the Un ion Of f i ce for the book.

Fur ther , if you just want to know wha t ' s on , consu l t the book. . . The r e ' s no charge for l ook ing . T ha nk s ,

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1. In a r t i c l e one mixed up with you in F rench but not f luent ly . 2. Br ie f conta ined in br ie fcase (Oh, what a give-away! ) .

3 . O s i r e , w i l l o w make baske t s . 4. See G o o n ? ! ? * . , . . : ; "

5. Free before W i l l i a m , has played role about a hundred t imes.

6. A f ight ing force. 7. Re fe r ing to Jaques Dubo i s (1478-1555) or F ranz de la Boe (1614-72) (not woods at a l l )

8. Wot! One & one?

9. F i v e l e t t e r s go up to a water ho le .

10-Did eat.-11 .An obso le te point of order. 16.Short laugh. 18.Green frogs ' backbone part. 20 .Vex by opening f ibres up. 22.Aunt of battered head (head f i t ters? ) . 24 . F i v e up to m iss the b u l l .

2 5 . Cut of f ive hundred c a b i n s .

26. Between lobes . 28.Date of death , time of demise , the day he passed away,when he snuffed it, when he went up in orbit (hint), when he k i cked the bucket . L i k e to try a Norweg ian B l u e S i r ? 3 2 . P e r i o d i c a l sa in t m i ssed in E l e c . E n g . short .

33 .Smal l three master bee in ninety? 35 . A go up in time passed (OH, what a g ive away) . 36 . Part of a severe d ep r e s s i on . 38 .Bo th of the curved draw bars of a horse ' s c o l l a r . 44 . A country . 45 . P a i n in one 's nose . 46.See 66 up.

47 .The gorse genus goes up in a

mule fo l lowed by ten more.

49 .A bone of Troy . 51 . K i n g here in F r ench goes ahead to see shor t l y . 52.Sal ty dr ink sound messed up to s t i c k out. 58 .Two messed l imbs to give a cash bulge . 60.Boredom that is in a pecu l i a r nun. 61 .With verbonum enough of words . 62 .To hawk if you go up, but lots in tart. 64. V i t a l deer? 65. A lack of wor ld o rgan i sa t i on? 66.See 66 a c r o s s . 67. Not Y i e l d i n g mi lk in Sco t l and (take port). 68. Smal ler than an e l ephant .

69 . T h i s would be too d i f i c u l t to giv a c lue to s i n c e y o u ' l l never get i t , so I wont bother, ( its a love ly word though). 71 .An ex-g iant .

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around in

the vac? Not everyone is v an i sh ing on

F r i d a y ! The Un ion of f ice w i l l be open for the f irst week of the v a c a t i o n . The Welfare Centre w i l l be open at luncht imes for that week too. It w i l l then be c l o s ed (as w i l l the Un ion off ice) dur ing Chr i s tmas and both w i l l reopen the fo l l ow ing week (Dec 29th — J a n 2nd) and I sha l be there most luncht imes . The centre w i l l be open as normal (12.30—1.30 pm) from J a n 5 th .

P S . To c l ea r up any poss i b l e con fus ion from my last a r t i c l e : if you are s tay ing up in London and s i gn on, you can c l a i m youY personal a l l owance plus your rent from the s o c i a l s ecur i t y o f f i ce .

J o k e .

At htbHt

Alastair Stewart lies over

Electoral Reform Society's letter

' D E M O C R A T I S E N U S T O D A Y ' , that was the message s c raw l ed on Scarborough beach outs ide the Spa, where the NUS was ho ld ing i ts annual conference last Sunday The message referred to the democrat i sa t ion motion wh i ch was the subject of much heated debate . (There were in a l l eight amend­ments to the main mot ion, of wh i ch the f irst four were 'de l e te a l l and insert ' amendments) .

It was dur ing the debate on the f irst amendment to the main mot ion, supported by the IC de l ega t i on , that A las ta i r Stewart, NUS Deputy Pres ident revealed that they (NUS Exec ) had wri t ten to the E l e c t o r a l Reform Soc ie ty and rece ived a reply on the ques t ion of d i rect e l e c t i o n s .

In a pass ionate and bitter at tack on the F C S / S R P a l l i a n c e support ing the amendment, he sa id , 'We (the Exec ) be l i eve that the i ssue of democracy is some­thing that has to be ra i sed on the floor of th is conference ; and that is why we wrote to the E l e c t o r a l Reform Soc i e ty and asked them the very ques t i ons you yourse l ves are a s k i n g — and their response was the propos i t ­

ions being put forward in th is amendment and embodied in the subs tant i ve were unworkab le , undemocrat ic , and qui te u n ­pr inc ip l ed ' . 'What that gentleman up there has just sa id is a pack of l i e s ' , was the immediate reply of Der r i ck Evere t t , ICU E A U , when he stood-up to speak in favour of the amendment. Desp i t e th is however, Cha r l e s C l a r k e , NUS Pres ident , supported the pos i t i on taken by Mr Stewart when he showed conference the offending letter.

Mr Everet t has s i n c e been shown to be right in h i s a l l e ga t ­i on . The letter, c i r cu l a t ed by the Federa t i on of Conse r va t i v e Students ( F C S ) , Students for Representa t i ve P o l i c i e s (SRP) and Un ion of L i b e r a l Students (ULS) to their members and the press makes no spec i f i c recommendations one way or the other on the matter.

On the ques t i on of d i rec t e l e c t i ons it s a y s , ' nat iona l vot ing by ind i v i dua l s based on accurate loca l or nat iona l reg is t ra t ion must of n e c e s s i t y — even if des i red — be sometime away from us — its introduct ion

would involve re - th ink ing the role of Conference and t h e ' r e l a t i onsh ips between NUS and const i tuent o r gan i z a t i ons ' .

The letter goes on to say ' T h a t there is a strong case for not leav ing th ings e x a c t l y a s they are where a l l power is e x e r c i s e d by de legates who have 'emerged, by processes wh i ch have not taken suf f i c ient methodica l account of the ind i v idua l op in i ons of members ' .

The F C S , S R P and U L S in a joint statement expressed 'who l e ­hearted d i sgus t at the p o l i t i c a l bankruptcy of a union l eadersh ip that f inds it necessary to g r o ss l y misrepresent to conference the ev idence of the E l e c t o r a l Reform Soc i e ty on the e l e c t o ra l structure of N U S '

A t the Un ion C o u n c i l meeting held last Monday, a motion request ing the Pres ident to wr i te to C h a r l e s C l a r k e regarding the ent ire debate on the democra t i s ­at ion motion,was unanimous ly ca r r i ed . The letter, has a lready been sent to Mr C l a r k e but a reply is not expected unt i l some­time next week.

Red Sue booted out !

SUE S L I P M A N , N U S Na t i ona l Secretary, suffered a severe p o l i t i c a l defeat over the Internat­ional s e c t i on of the E x e c u t i v e Report

De l ega tes , annoyed at her pass i v e accep tance of the prescence of C S V U , the C z e c h Students Un i on , at November ' s C h i l e Seminar at U L U , censured her accep tance and removed her as convenor of the U n i o n ' s important Internat ional P o l i c y Group.

The move comes in the wake of M s . S l i pman ' s recent appointment to the (UK) Na t i ona l E x e c u t i v e of the Communist Pa r t y . Her removal , brought about an unholy a l l i a n c e of right w i n g , moderate and extreme left w ing groups, is

seen as a se r i ous se tback to her chances of s u c c e e d i n g C h a r l e s C l a rke as NUS Pres ident in 1977.

C h a i r i n g , A l i s t a i r Stewart, tr ied in va in to transfer the removal and cunsure so l e l y to the India s e c t i on of the report. B i t t e r c r i t i c i s m accompanied the s u c c e s s f u l cha l l enge to h i s r u l i n g .

M s . S l ipman was not the only member of the communist based Broad Left to be censured by conference. On Monday C h a r l e s C l a r k e suffered the same fate over po l i ce inves t i ga t i ons into the f inances of North London P o l y ­technic Students U n i o n . Its presidentGeof f Rosenberg , moving the censure , a t tacked Mr C l a r k e ' s fa i lure to condemn the po l i c e a c t i on .

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Telix It has been a long arduous term for many people and many

events of s i gn i f i c ance and i n s i g n i f i c a n c e have taken p l a ce .

The most recent of these was the N U S annual conference he ld

in Scarborough. The conference wh i ch tended to be dominated by petty

p o l i t i c a l squabb l ing and b i t ch ing produced a mixture of p o l i c i e s wh i ch on the whole are good common sense p o l i c i e s .

On the other hand i t a l s o produced no p o l i c y whatsoever as regards the i s s u e of democracy w i th in N U S . Ye t th i s was the i s s u e that shou ld have been the h igh l i gh t of the conference and that many people at conference w i shed to see something be ing done about. Tha t i s , people wanted to see N U S have a p o l i c y , the nature of the p o l i c y d i f fer ing from each p o l i t i c a l grouping to the next .

T h i s was not to be. A combinat ion of p o l i t i c a l manoeuvr ing , l i e s and bad cha i r i n g cont r i ved to ensure a f ru i t l e s s r esu l t to a debate sad ly l a c k i n g in common sense and f inese .

It does Na t i ona l U n i o n ' s image no good when one of i t s

l eadersh ip s tands up at a nat iona l conference and t e l l s l i e s

and i s then backed-up by the P r e s i d en t . It i s not only gross

i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , i t i s a betrayal of the membership they c l a i m

to represent and shows utter contempt for conference , a body

wh ich these same s e l f people proc la im i s the sovere ign body

of the N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

I shou ld l i k e to apo log i se to S C A B for the cock-up that occurred in las t weeks i s s u e and thus ruined the presentat ion of what was a good feature. My apo log i es a l s o to the c oun t l e s s others whose a r t i c l e s have not a lways been put in in the correct order — w e ' l l try harder next term.

I shou ld a l s o l i k e to thank the staf f for their hard work th i s term, and a l s o R o b i n Gray who d i d a lot of our t yp ing for th i s week.

L a s t l y , Merry C h r i s t m a s and a Happy New Year to you a l l !

(PS . - Support N U S T rave l ) .

WARNING The National Westminster Bank, local Pol ice and

Security Officers at Imperial Col lege are becoming

increasingly concerned at the number of thefts of

cheque books, cheque cards and credit cards taking

place on the College Premises. In the main thefts

occur from jackets left unattended in offices and

lecture rooms.

We ask all customers to ensure that all such items

are kept quite separately on their persons and that

every precaution is taken to safeguard them at all

times.

RCC Transport The fo l l ow ing important changes

have or are about to take p l a c e : -

1. F rom 1st D e c . 1975 the fee for the R C C dr i v ing test w i l l be 75p. The increase of 25p w i l l go to the tester .

The d r i v e r ' s secur i t y remains

at £5.

2 . The non-prior i ty min ibus w i l l become the pr ior i ty v eh i c l e for A C C for an exper imenta l period — throughout the Spr ing Term — star t ing Jan 5th 1976.

T h i s means that a l l f i ve R C C v e h i c l e s are pr ior i ty v e h i c l e s for cer ta in c l ubs during th is per iod .

3 . It appears that from l s t January 1976, new qua l i f y ing dr i ve rs w i l l have to be over 21 years of age before they can dr ive large pas s ­enger v eh i c l e s (9 or more sea ts ) . Dr i ve rs a lready ho ld ing a fu l l d r i v ing l i c ence before 1st January 1976 may cont inue to dr ive such v e h i c l e s . Your a t tent ion is drewn to leaf let D .100 i s sued by the Department of the Env i ronment .

Anyone s t i l l w i s h i ng to book R C C veh i c l e s during the Xmas vaca t i on should contact M ike Wright ( int . 4125) immediate ly .

Mutters Arising

Yu l e t i d e Gree t ings , one and a l l My Xmas offering must have the highest nause rat ing ever. I do not apo log i se for it — I just c l a i m d im in i shed r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . And now

An Executive Christmas Carol

Once upon a t ime, there was a merry o l d soul c a l l e d Burt Teague He was a cheery l i t t l e chap and every year he went on ho l iday to h i s favouri te ho l iday camp, s i tuated on the South Downs . He a lways enjoyed h imse l f — he played golf, f oo tba l l , snooker and ping pong.

One summer wh i l s t he was on just such a ho l iday , he dec ided to go f i sh ing , so off he s e t . He went to the l i t t l e v i l l a g e of T imbray , wh i ch is an o ld and un­spo i l t l i t t l e p lace , in Kent . Burt had fun. He had a go at w ink l e p i c k i n g , but he was not very good at i t . A s a loca l put it , ' E e dont p i c k ' a r d enough!

Burt a l s o entered the loca l f i sh ing compet i t i on , in wh i ch he came second , nett ing a 121b white Roe . In fact, he was so good, the w inner had to cheet 'ham (ugh!). Hav ing worked-up a good

thirst Burt toddled off to the bar and ordered a mar t in i , ' S h a k e ' it but don ' t s t i r ' , he ordered as he cog i ta ted over the compet i t i on .

Burt was not a bright man, but he knew he 'd been f i dd l ed , He was adamant that he shou ld get h i s own back; 'Once botten, tw ice shy may alr ight for some ' , mused Burt ' bu t can I let him get away w i th i t? God , freyed not — h is head needs s'l imming down to fit h i s hat ! '

But Burt had to leave the camp the next day, so he took the guy on one s ide and wh ispered , 'Hoy lets have a rematch, huh, next year, heare at T r a y ? ' 'Sure ' came the rep ly .

The it would be dif ferent

The E n d . Hav ing got that rubbish out of

my sys t em, may I only say — Happy New Yea r and a Merry C r i m p l e .

John

RIZ L A R E A D The end of the f i rst term approaches a l l too q u i c k l y for some w h i l e the the term has c rawled for others, so much so , that the remaining few hours seems a l i f e t ime .

The mummies and daddies have come to c o l l e c t the ir hard dr ink ing (I mean) work ing Johnny from C o l l e g e . Mummy ho lds h im t ight , proud of the high academic level that her ' c h i l d ' has reached . After a l l what academic l eve l cou ld be higher than to get drunk every night for e l even consecu t i v e weeks (helping to boost the bar prof i ts ! ) ; or s i t t i ng nude in the Lower Lounge, and think of the hours spent gaz ing at those kn i ckers in the Bar , not to mention the highest honour ach ieved by the few of s t reak ing round the Alber t H a l l (I wonder if, 'We wotrld have been amused by that? ' ) However , I have it from a prominent member of the C o l l e g e that, it a l l helps to deve lop the a b i l i t i e s of the ' future ' leaders of the country .

O h ! Sorry I a lmost forgot the lad ies of IC some of whom have probably tr ied in va in to create an impress ion on the t rad i t ions of IC.

Hav ing learnt of the se l f preserv­ing ins t inc t of the IC male, most of them in a l l p robab i l i t y have had to make-a speedy withdraw I to their rooms and rest r ic t themse lves to t a lk ing to a few fr iends who do not a lways regard them as p o s s e s s ­ed by voyeur i sm .

Y e s my f r iends, the end is n i gh ! You have to leave th is super la t i ve world of fantacy wh i ch the T o l k i e n , Peak or Sartre for that matter, begin to imagine, let a lone contem­plate s u r p a s s i n g .

Do not g ive up hope my fe l low c o l l e g i a n s ; a l l is not los t ! J u s t imagine yourse l v es on the 5th January w i th the grant check in your pocket and w i th renewed des i re to perpetuate th is unique kingdom of a thousand and one weird and wonderful e ven ts . A kingdom in wh ich A l i c e w i l l not only be truly lost , but that her wonder w i l l be so great that she would not be ' a l l o w ­ed ' to say ' B u t I don ' t understand Queen of H e a r t s ' .

Happy Chr i s tmas to you a l l and have a ' c o s m i c ' New Yea r .

See you a l l next term.

RIZ

FELIX

CROSS C O U N T R Y A PINNACLE to which we had

long aspired was convincingly conquered last Saturday when the l( lst team won the University of London Championships for the first time since 1968. This success was centred on the performances of the tireless trio: Rob Allinson, who won the race in 28.04 —'a fair run' — and with it the Charles Moor Memorial Trophy; Steve Webb, in 3rd place, reaching fit­ness with the aid of his advanced technology racing spikes; and Ian E l l i s , that well-known slacker, in 5th place. Sterling support came from the remaining first learners, Paul Clarke (13th), Alf Garnett (15th), and Dave Jones (21st). For their very creditable efforts, the aforementioned deserve much praise in rounding off the term's running most satisfactorily.

Let us not forget the IC 2nd team. The focal point of pre-race attention and nerves, Tony Weir, having finally decided upon the optimal mode of footwear, led us in, in 24th, followed by the Spray Kid in 29th. A long gap was then filled in by a big rush oflPete Mike, Colin and Martin. Last, and least, one should forget Andy Davey, at present undergoing a bad attack of that recurring annual disease, 'handicaposis', where the victim suffers from a period of exceptionally slow running

prior to the handicap, in order to gain an advantageous time. Surprisingly, he managed to find his way home, in 47th place, still managing to beat the entire LSE 2nd team, who filled 5 of the final 6 positions. After the race, a timekeeper's inquiry decided that all times were subject to a rather mysterious experimental error of — 1 minute.

Last Wednesday, 3/12, we ran in the Osterley Park Relay. Results:

IC ' A ' - 17th Ian Ellis Dave Rosen Sieve Webb Rob Allinson

IC ' C - 39th Andy Davey Pete Johnson Mike Welford Vic Mooney

IC ' B ' - 41st Rich Harrington Paul Clarke Nigel Milter Alan Leakey

15.48 16.34 16.17 15.17 63.56

17.40 18.06 18.20 16.53 70.59

16.54 16.42 20.15 18.07 71.58

in freezing fog, he still had sufficient stamina to run 4 days later whereas other mere mortals, would require crutches to advance themselves in any given direction.

On the 3rd lap, audacious Steve Webb passed no less an athlete than potential Olympic champion, Alan Pascoe who was running for a team of Borough Road lecturers. At the time, the latter was finding trouble arranging a stride pattern which would avoid mud — Steve disregarded finesse, and used about as much delicacy as a Sherman tank in passing the said

Mr Pascoe. Rob Allinson, kindly lent to us for all the afternoon by the Maths Dept., gained 5 places in pushing the 1st team up to 17th place.

Thanks to another of those selectorial c.u.'s by Ian E l l i s , the third team beat the second by a whole minute. Nigel Miller, taking a break from the hustle and bustle of rucks and scrums, found the going unsuitable, and a fine run by the Catering Manager (alias Paul Clarke) enabled the third team to register one of its few victories over the 2nd team.

For the first team, particular mention ganes to Dave Rosen: having recorded a meritous time of 2hrs 52mins in the Barnsley marathon the previous Sunday, run

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Reviews Theatre The Royal Shakespeare Company in " T h e Return of AJ Ra f f l es "

by Graham Greene. at the Aldwych Theatre.

H a v i n g sa t through two and a ha l f hours of t h i s p l a y , I c a n o n l y w i s h that I h a d seen the R S C s product ion of "Sherlock Holmes" l a s t year . F o r it i s s a i d that Graham G r e e n e ' s i n s p i r a t i o n to br ing A J Raf f l es back to l i f e came from that p roduc t i on . Ra f f l e s i s the an t i thes i s of Ho lmes , be ing an amateur c r a cksman and gent leman c r i cke t e r , however the i r creators were bro thers - in - l aw . I s u s p e c t that EW Hornung , the author o f the Ra f f l e s s t o r i e s , wou ld be turn ing in h i s E d w a r d i a n grave at th i s r esurrec t i on of h i s gentleman th ie f .

Hornung left Ra f f l e s d e a d on the f i e l d of bat t le at Sp i on K o p , i n the B o e r War, but jus t as H o l m e s returned from the inc ident at the R e i c h e n b a c h F a l l s , so Ra f f l e s comes back th in l y d i s g u i s e d a s Inspector M a c k e n z i e o f Sco t l and Y a r d , h i s greatest adversary ; a d i s g u i s e . w h i c h a l l s a v e B u n n y , the fa i th fu l counterpart o f Doc t o r Watson, c a n see through, for R a f f l e s forgets that Mackenz i e has a permanent ly running nose.

T h e rather weak p lot i n vo l v e s the theft, at the i n s t i g a t i o n of L o r d A l f r e d D o u g l a s , o f go ld sove re i gns from the Marquess of Queensber ry ' s sa fe . T h e

Marguess i s o f course the c e l eb ra t ed patron o f box ing and h i s s o n . L o r d A l f r ed , the int imate f r i end of O s c a r Wi lde , w i th whom Bunny has r ecent l y spent s e v e ra l years i n R e a d i n g gao l .

There are on l y two charac te rs who save th i s p lay from d i s a s t e r . The f i r s t i s the P r i n c e of Wa l es , la ter E d w a r d V I I , who has arranged to spend the night in the Marquess ' bedroom, under the pseudonym of 'Mr P o r t l a n d ' , w i t h a L a d y . H i s R o y a l H i g h n e s s i s admi rab ly p layed by P a u l Rogers w i t h a deep guttural German accent . He i n s i s t s on h i s name as 'Mr P o r t l a n d ' and accep t s Ra f f l e s ' e xp l ana t i on that he i s Jones the but l e r , backed up by the fact that Jones has brought the b e s t Champagne . T h e y exchange r emiscences a s two gentlemen w o u l d . Unfortunate ly Jones has f a i l ed to reverse h i s wa i s t coa t from White of a guest to the b l a c k worn by a but l e r . H R H p r a i s e s R a f f l e s a s a surv i vo r o f Spo in K o p and a c c ep t s the gift of a s m a l l s i l v e r box engraved w i th the name of genera l Bo f o r s , w h i c h has been qu i e t l y severed from i ts s i l v e r c h a i n dur ing R a f f l e s ' impr isonment by the B o e r s .

M i c h a e l Bryant i s C a p t a i n von B l i x e n ,

a German spy engaged by the P r i n c e ' 3 nephew, K a i s e r Wi lhe lm, to s t ea l H R H ' s most secret l ove l e t t e rs . He has been tra ined as a wa i t e r i n one of the best hote ls i n B e r l i n and remains s t i f f and cor rec t , even when persuaded to remove h i s wa i t e r ' s j a cke t and t rousers (Moss B r o s , wou ldn ' t l i k e to f ind b lood s ta ins on one o f their h i r ed s u i t s , wou ld they?) , preparatory to be ing shot .

Pa ren ts l ook ing for a good C h r i s t m a s ou t ing for the c h i l d r e n wou ld be i l l -adv i sed to take them to th i s p l a y . What on the sur face seems to be a ha rmless thr i l l e r i n the Sher lock Homes mould, i s in terspersed w i th s c a r c e l y v e i l e d references to homosexua l i t y and l e s b i a n ­i s m . C r i c k e t a l s o comes i n for a bea t ing ; t h i s i s R a f f l e s ' a l t e rnat i ve hobby — he saved the a shes for E n g l a n d in ' 9 6 . It becomes quite o b v i o u s , by the end of the p lay that, i n h i s return, he w i l l be better cut out for c r i c k e t than for c r a cksmansh ip . It i s on ly by the in tervent ion of the P r i n c e of Wales that Inspec tor M a c k e n z i e i s prevented from s l i p p i n g h i s b race l e t s onto the hero.

Thomas Stevenson

Good but foolhardy T h e s e Dramsoc product ions jus t

seem to get worse . " T h e C a p t a i n o f K o p e n i c k " w h i c h ran from T u e s d a y to Saturday l a s t week in B e i t Theatre appeared too often to be an example of amateur ism run amok. There i s more than one contr ibutory factor i n v o l v e d .

F i r s t the p l ay i t s e l f i s a bum c h o i c e . Set i n P r u s s i a around the turn o f the century , Wi lhe lm Vo i g t , a de re l ec t ( though not r ea l l y h i s own fault ) w i th not much brain power, f inds that wi thout a work-permit he c an ' t get a job; add i t i on a l l y , w i thout a j ob there i s no way that he can have a work-permit . Ne i the r can he get a passpor t , nor a b i r th c e r t i f i ca t e such i s the s t r a t i f i e d , se l f -cont rad ic to ry bureaucracy of the t ime. T h e author i t i es w i l l not even send him back tp p r i son because , i n the i r own words , "there is not a form for it."

We soon learn that there are b a s i c a l l y two c l a s s e s of people in ex i s t ence dur ing th is pe r i od : the m i l i t a r y , and those t ry ing to get into the m i l i t a r y . Eve r yone appears to have an exaggerated f e l i s h for pretty uni forms (and, o c c a s i o n a l l y , an t i - semi t i sm) .

E v e n t u a l l y re turning to p r i s o n , a s u b m i s s i v e Vo ig t becomes fami l i a r w i th mi l i t a ry procedures and jargon through the mock bat t l es staged by the inmates under the genera lsh ip of the f opp i sh p r i son governor. O n h i s re l ease he i s pe rsecuted again by the au tho r i t i e s , but in an embarras ing ly cont r i ved scene he i s m i s taken as be ing ex -mi l i t a ry and so h i t s on a p l an to impersonate an o f f icer , impr ison the mayor of K o p e n i c k , d i sappear , then offer to so l ve the c a s e for B e r l i n po l i c e in return for a passport — to be c o l l e c t e d after h i s ten years i n s i d e . The p l a y i s supposed to be based on fact; the author must have a l l o w e d h imse l f cons ide rab l e l i c e n c e i n the l i c e n c e i n the t rans l i t e ra t i on .

A s Vo i gh t , J O H N W O O D F I N became

more and more c red ib l e as the p lay prog­

r e s sed . In a d i f f i cu l t part he put in an out-

Dramatic Society: The Captain of Kopenick by Carl Zuckmayer (adapted by John Mortimer), directed by Eric St o veil.

s tand ing effort and deserves h igh p ra i s e . T O M S T E V E N S O N too, as Obermul ler the mayor of K o p e n i c k , shone. He c e r ta in l y brought some badly needed v i v a c i t y onto the stage. He was to ta l l y c ompe l l i ng to wa t ch , desp i te h i s o c c a s i o n a l hamming. J O H N DOWNES produced f l ee t ing g l imses of b r i l l i a n c e on o c c a s i o n , but one felt a l l too often that we were watch ing J . D . p lay ­ing the parts of K a l l e and the po l i c e ins -pector rather than those parts be ing p l ayed by J . D . A l l cred i t to him never the less for at tempt ing to brighten things up wi th manne r i sms , f a c i a l express i ons and a var i ed d e l i v e r y of d i a l ogue .

The f i rst few scenes are m e r c i l e s s l y s low; indeed the whole of the f i rs t act (ten scenes in a l l ) seems to be there i n a groanish attempt to give subs tance to the meat of the ac t ion w h i c h takes p l ace in the l as t four scenes of the second (and f ina l ) act .

T h e per iod of V o i g t ' s r ecogn i t i on of h i s fate when the R i xdo r f author i t i es order him to leave town has i ts genuine po ignancy smeared in the f o l l ow ing scene by the i l l - c o n c e i v e d (from the p l aywr i gh t ' s po int of v iew) t r ans i t i on that he undergoes i n the park from be ing a tr i te nobody to e x i s t i n g as someone capable of l a t ch ing on to an ambi t ious i d e a and t ak ing s t eps to execute a p l a n . That scene i s an a l l - t ime low in the p lay per se .

So much for the cho i ce of the p l a y . The product ion must a l s o take a lo t of s t i c k . The p lay looked under-rehearsed and s ta l e through l a ck of d i r e c t i on . With over seventy parts being acted by thirty p l a y e r s , it i s hard ly s u r p r i s i n g that many of the c a s t had but a s u p e r f i c i a l unders tand ing of their characters w h i c h often came across as pale p a s t i c h e s . B u t le t us dea l w i t h the good guys f i r s t .

O f the minor par ts , mention shou ld be made of S T E V E R A N D A L L (an e x c e l lent porter, but he c o u l d have strutted more as the grenadier and sergeant) , R O G E R P H I L L I P S (good sense of o c cas i on and t iming) , M A T T H E W C L E M E N T S ( f ac ia l r eac t i ons exce l l en t ) , S IMON L E A (conf id­ent w i th good manner isms) , A N D R E W M A X W E L L (understood h i s characters ) and J U L I A ROSS ( compe l l ing as the mayor 's s la t t e rn wi fe ) . Ze ro out of ten must go to M I K E * E L K I N whose permanently sm i l i ng features were a d i s t r ac t i on and appeared to re f lect a l a c k of interest i n what he was do ing . Many of the other minor parts were charac t e r i s ed by bad p i ck ing -up of cues , and l i t t l e thought be ing g iven to the t iming of pause s .

That br ings me to the d i rec tor , E R I C S T O V E L L . T o attempt an ambi t ious prod­uct ion wi th a cas t of thirty is in my v i ew foo lhard iness in the extreme. The d i r ec t i on in the f i rs t act needed a much tighter grip on the cas t . It rather appeared that the d i rec tor had taken minimal, interest i n the way the p layers were ac t ing their parts . A c t two was a large improvement ove ra l l the scenes were f ina l l y beg inning to have c o h e s i o n , but w i th a few except ions they s t i l l tended to f a l l short of the mark. One l ine was something l i k e , 'Its OK.The excitement's over' I gr imaced for, there had been no ' exc i t ement ' in that scene at a l l .

The costumes were, on the who le , e x c e l l en t ; the conv ic t ' s att ire was s tunning The sets were extremely w e l l const ruc ted and the mus i c throughout was very s k i l f u l l y chosen . Make-up too was above par.

Whi ls t one can recognise the huge amount of time and effort wh i ch goes into such a product ion , one i s never the less forced to wonder i f Dramsoc were s imply us ing th is p lay as a v eh i c l e to in i t ia te the i r new (and as yet inexper ienced) memifcers. The e th i c i s ques t ionab le "

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R U G B Y Imperial College A's 6

Sidcup V 13

T H E D A Y S T A R T E D wi th a few last minute p a n i c s . A s u s u a l , the major one being the late a r r i va l of the coach - and f i n a l l y , wi th f i fteen men and a referee, we departed. S idcup arr ived more or l ess on t ime, but w i th fourteen men on ly . A hasty conference in the A ' s chang ing room ensued and then it was dec ided to grant the p lea of the F i r s t s for a player to make up their team s o that they c ou ld face fi fteen men w h i l e we matched the S idcup fourteen. The game was schedu le to start at 2.30pm and to everyone ' s amazement it d i d .

Both s i d e s se t t l ed down q u i c k l y and soon the c o l l e c t i v e heart of the A ' s m i s s ed a beat when a s i d c u p man tr ied to drop a goal from the hal f-way l ine , and a lmost succeeded . The A ' s soon put a stop to th i s unsport ing a c t i v i t y but not before that same S idcup player had scored from a penal ty ,

Cutt ing the A ' s undeserved ly eh ind . We were q u i c k l y

back in the attack and unlucky not to score . John F i shburn broke through on the left and gave a w e l l -t imed pass to Mike S iomiak who was brought down about ten yards out. The A ' s d id not have to w ia t long for some reward. Rod Porter , p lay ing h i s heart out, got the ba l l on the i r twenty- f ive and beat three p layers to

score an exce l l en t try . D i c k P u l l e n made the conve rs i on look easy . That left the A ' s 6—3 up at hal f t ime .

The second half was much more h e c t i c . Unfor tunate ly , lax marking at a l ine-out let S i d c u p in for a soft try. The A ' s went straight back at them but no moves reached f ru i t i on , and in fact there was another m is take w h i c h resu l ted in another try by S idcup . The A ' s d id not g ive up. The forwards came into the i r own, led by John F i shburn and Rod Porter . In the last ten minutes the A ' s , p lay ing some good rugby, came very c l o s e to sco r ing but not c l o s e enough. C h r i s Becque and R i c h Jenner were both stopped right on the l i n e . J ohn Day , a last-minute add i t i on to the team, p layed w e l l , a l though out of p o s i t i o n . But S i d cup held on, and won 1 3 - 6 .

That completes the pre-Chr l s tmas matches and leaves us wi th a reasonable record, hav ing won f ive and lost three. Our f i rst game 'nex t term i s on 10th January , a s suming • that everyone has recovered from the f e s t i v i t i e s .

A Happy Chr i s tmas to a l l our F E L I X supporters .

Team: R Pullen, L Daves,

C Becque, R Leeson, J Thomas,

R Jenner, B Bubb, J Day, S

Downing, C Cuthbertson, R

Porter, M Siomiak, J Fishburn.

by Christopher Cuthbertson

F O O T B A L L

Imperial College 1st XI

LSE 1st XI

ON W E D N E S D A Y , the 3rd of December IC 1st XI t rave l l ed to the p ic turesque L S E ground. A l though hampered by in jur ies to four key p layers , IC started w e l l , and the br i sk open footbal l made a mockery of the poor p i t ch . However , L S E managed to score f i rs t , f o l l ow ing a f ine move down the left. The game degenerated into a scrappy af fa ir , w i th both teams f ind ing it d i f f i cu l t to keep their feet on a pi tch that was now cut t ing up cons ide rab l y , and the score remained the same t i l l ha l f t ime.

In the second hal f IC at tacked w e l l , and ach ieved a penalty after an L S E defender had handled the b a l l . The job was g iven to Terry L i n d o n , who ca lm ly s lo t t ed the ba l l home, the 'keeper making every effort to d i ve out of the way. T h i s l i f ted IC, and soon after t h i s , P h i l S ing le ton sent a fine ba l l to the far post for Dave Rudd to send a b l i s t e r i ng header past a stranded 'Keeper - 2—1, and more to come. A f l owing move down the left ended wi th P h i l S ing l e ton , sure l y the man of the match, send ing a s co r ch ing shot towards the L S E goa l . The shot was good, the save was better. However , IC were sure to score aga in , and l i t t l e Steve Gee , opportunist ex t raord ina i re , snapped up a ha l f -chance to make the score 3 - 1 . You just c a n ' t ,

H O C K E Y

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WE A R R I V E D at Har l ing ton hav ing lost our ha l f -back l i ne , who had been relegated to the 1st X I . We were thus forced to change our famous " s y s t e m " that has brought us such unqua l i f i ed s u c c e s s r ecen t l y .

Straight from the bul ly-o f f it was obv ious that the defence was f ind ing it hard to adjust and the

I oppos i t i on q u i c k l y took a one goal l ead . A second goal fo l lowed some good play from the o p p o s i t i o n ' s fast and s k i l f u l w ing s . The IC defence now began to f ind i ts f e e t (and the oppos i t i on forwards! ) and th i s gave con f idence to the other p layers and we came back strongly to force a g o a l .

The second hal f was remarkable for the umpires sudden l o s s of interest in uphold ing the of f -s ide ru le . T h i s led to the oppos i t i on sco r ing 3 goa l s w i th no reply from IC .

A l l in a l l , a d i sappo in t ing afternoons hockey . Team: R Hutson, J Huckle,

M Callun, D Balderson (capt)

TSethi, Pete, Effendi Rahman,

B Middleton, A Brewster, S

Golding.

let men l ike Steve Gee have that much room in the box. T h i s crowned a g l o r i ous second-ha l f d i s p l a y from IC, sure l y the i r best of the s e a s o n .

Reviews continued Composed dur ing the Chr i s tmas period of 1734, B a c h s Christmas Oratorio shone b r i l l i a n t l y in a b laze of gusto and en thus iasm w i tnessed by a packed audience in the Great H a l l last F r i day night. The C h o i r , desp i t e a twinge of understrength in the soprano s e c t i on , produced an uncharacter ­i s t i c warmth in their s ing ing wh i ch was a f i t t ing match to the beauty and complex i t y of one of B a c h ' s legendary works . The Orator io was ne c e s sa r i l y abr idged , one part was omitted complete ly and the l ibertto was in E n g l i s h — a w i s e move.

The s o l o i s t s in my v iew were s l i g h t l y d i s appo in t i ng . The soprano, G I L L I A N J A S O N was the best Of the bunch. Her s ing ing was c l ea r , cont ro l l ed and unexaggerated; there was l i t t i e s h r i l l n e s s . R I C H A R D F R E W E R , s ing ing the tenor part, seemed a l i t t l e too animated in h i s posture at t imes . H i s s i n g ­ing was on the whole exce l l en t except that he was flat on some of the more t r i cky pass ing notes . C H R I S T I N E A S H E R , the contra l to , suffered from a l i s p y ' s ' , and as a resul t was d i s t r a c t i n g . Her performance was not without po l i sh however. If y o u ' l l

Imperial College Choir: Christmas

Oratorio by J .S. Bach, conducted by

Eric Brown.

forgive the pun, D A V I D W l L S O N - J O H N S O N , the bass , was b a s i c a l l y not a bass at a l l but a bar i tone. He lacked the necessary voca l power required in the F c le f to invoke drama into the work.

The s p e c i a l orchestra was lead by J O H N B A C O N who played conf ident ly throughout. The s t r ings wer genera l ly adequate but were ske tchy towards the end I fe l t . The oboes created a s ta r t l i ng warmth and c l a r i t y during the symphony at the beg inning of part two. There the usua l ' a c i d i t y ' a s s o c i a t e d with oboes was gone as they appeared a lmost to resonate in phase. (P i ty about the f i rst oboe 's bum note at the end of part two). The cont inuo of P R U A S H B E E ( 'cel lo) and C H R I S T O P H E R SHAW (harpsichord) was f a u l t l e s s , e s p e c i a l l y during the r e c i t a t i v e s .

A word of pra ise must be d i rec ted to the

anonymous f i rst trumpet p layer . In B a c h ' s time there were no va l v es on bass instrum­ents (they only began to be f itted in the 19th century) . T h i s means that a complete s c a l e was only pos s i b l e above- F on the bottom space of the treble stave': below that the horns were l imi ted (reading downwards) to middle C , A , F , C , and the F below the bass s tave . With the invent ion of va l v es the complete s c a l e became a v a i l a b l e throughout the horn 's range; as a result composers have tended to wr i te horn parts much lower than B a ch d id so it is usua l l y w i th some trep idat ion that modern trumpet p layers , who are not used to going so h igh , approach a work by B a c h . Not so our anonymous trumpet p layer last F r i d a y . ' H e c ru i s ed through the d i f f i cu l t t r i l l s in the second ar ia in part one and genera l ly managed extremely w e l l . Congra tua la t i ons to h im.

The conductor , E R I C B R O W N , has produced e x c e l l e n c e . He and indeed every­one invo lved got the ovat ion wh i ch they r i ch l y deserved .

M I K E W I L L I A M S

F E L I X SPORT 2

T h e R o y a l Co l l e g e o f Science Union

sends Season ' s Greetings

to a l l readers o f

(even gu i lds & mines).

IC Ladies Boat Club Rules O K ! NETBALL Wel l most of the t ime any­

way . Saturday 6th December saw I C L B C out in force at the U n i v e r s i t y of London Boat C l u b . The reason % behind th is show of maso­ch i sm , was the U L l ad i e s Winter Regat ta , and wi th a tota l of 3 crews and a s c u l l e r enter ing , we hoped to wa lk away w i th a least one trophy.

It was soon ev ident that U L organizat ion was non-ex is tent as races ran later and later . T h i s bad organ i za t ion was part ly to

, blame for the nov i ce c r ew ' s defeat in their f i rst heat due to only a short (2 mins) warm up per iod . Af ter a w e l l fought race , they lost to U L , the f ina l w inne r s .

Our ' C o l l e g e ' c r ews both woh their 1st heats e a s i l y , to go through to the s e m i - f i n a l s . In the f irst of these the ' C o l l e g e B ' crew s t i l l shattered after their f i rs t race met R o y a l V e t s ( i .e . U L ) . Desp i t e a good start , it was soon ev ident that s tamina was not on our s i d e , wi th R o y a l V e t s w inn ing c o n v i n ­c i n g l y . (Wel l , they d id have the stream). '

A f ter lunch , He l en 'wheres the nearest Youngs P u b ? ' N a t r a s s , e a s i l y won her f i rst heat (against Roya l Vets ) desp i te the crooked course she was s t ee r ing . Our ' C o l l e g e A ' c rew, after much h a s s l i n g , in order to use our own boat, were landed w i th an incom­plete U L boat. A g a i n s t a l l odds they e a s i l t beat S t . Mary ' s II. A f t e ra very short in t e rva l , dur ing which H e l e n narowly lost the s c u l l s f ina l (she drowned her sorrows later) . The ' A ' crew were out on the water a ga in , in their own boat. Af ter g rop ing .

their way through the darkness to the start (they were now running very late) . The f ina l s s ta r t ed , IC A ' v ' s R o y a l V e t s .

The C o l l e g e crew had a bad start and R o y a l V e t s ga ined a length and a hal f , (they had the best stream aga in ) , but the co l l e g e crew fought back a lost narrowly , by about hal f a length. T h i s event completed our f i rs t term's ser ious rowing when we a l s o entered the Head of the R i v e r Race for F o u r s . We are sure that th is i s an ind i ca t i on of increas ing s tandards , to be bett­ered next term.

Our thanks go to N i g e l and Rob for C o x i n g . Dr Levy our coach and C h a r l i e , for h i s c on t in ­uing he lp and encouragement.

Any lad ies interested in Rowing at IC shou ld contac t i sobe l P o l l o c k . Meek. E n g III.

The Mens boat c l u b s t i l l e x i s t s and i s funct ion ing w e l l , hav ing won the ves ta Winter E i gh t ear l i e r th i s term.

The Crews.

College 'A'

Bow-Sue James; 2Sue Smith;

3-Claire Hodgson; Stroke-Gerry

Taplin.

College 'B'

Bow-Alison Heap; 2-Kathy

Oldtield; 3-Janet Downs; Stroke

Isobel Pollock.

Novice

Bow-Linda Lam; 2-Catherine;

3-Jean Maskell; Stroke- Brenda

Ness

Sculler-Helen Natrass.

Imperial College 30

University College 20

WE F E A R E D the score wou ld be much dif ferent when at 10.15am, bare ly 45 mins before the match s tar ted , we were s t i l l one p layer short . Qu i t e a subs tan t i a l l o s s when a team c o n s i s t s of a mere seven p laye rs . L u c k i l y we found a " w i l l i n g " players

Af ter an uneasy start w i th U C tak ing a subs tan t i a l lead IC se t t l ed down, drew even and even tua l l y took the l ead , wh i ch o n c e . g a i n e d was never l o s t . " A l t h o u g h U C drew even many t imes IC managed to' concentrate and

t h a n k s t o s o m e s u p e r b s h o o t i n g

a n d a n e x c e l l e n t d e f e n c e

l o t a k e a c l e a r l e a d . S u c h w a s

t h e - c a s e i n e a c h q u a r t e r

u n t i l t h e f i n a l o n e w h e n

IC d i d n ' t g i v e U C m u c h o f a

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

c o n c e n t r a t i o n s e e m e d t o

l a s t f o r t h e w h o l e q u a r t e r

a n d IC n e t t e d m o r e g o a l s

t h e n t h a n i n a n y o t h e r

q u a r t e r .

A s p e c i a l w o r d o f t h a n k s

t o o u r t w o l a s t m i n u t e r e c r u i t s

— A l i s o n a n d L y n n e w h o

b o t h p l a y e d l i k e p r o f e s s i o n a l s .

T e a m : Clare, Chris, Alison, Lynne, Isobel, Barbara, Mary.

Y Dammit man' We can ' t halt ^

the progress o f S c i e n c e -for

the sake o f some pagan

b & e r f e s t i v a l .j ~

. . . A s s c i e n t i s t s , o u r o n e a i r n j

i n L i f e i s t o s e l f (.essUj

S t r i v e t o fo rce b a c k the

f r o n t i e r s o f

k n o w Lea eje

PROE BREMSSTRAHLUNG

But why can ' t I have

C h r i s t m q s docj o f f

B e s i d e s , who 's

going to Look after

t h e L a b w h i l e I 'm

a w a y ?

24-

Merrv Christmas

and a

Happy New Year