F O U N D E D IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

C I T Y B O Y

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R C S F A N C Y

D R E S S P A R T Y

No. 415 F r i d a y 12th March , 1976 F R E E !

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d T H E NUS (National Union of Students) today demanded the refund of tuition fees paid by students on teacher's training courses. This follows the decision by Birmingham Polytechnic to return fees paid by second and third year students. Last December the students received letters demanding payment of tuition fees within ten days. This followed the re-classification of the grant status of trainee teachers in 1975.

P r e v i o u s l y , tu i t ion w a s free for t ra inee teachers p rov ided the student f u l f i l l e d the cond i t i ons for r e c e i v i n g a grant. A f te r September 1975, s tudents in c o l l e g e s of educa t ion had the same ent i t lement to a grant as those in U n i v e r s i t i e s and P o l y ­t e c h n i c s . One s ide ef fect of th is change is that student teachers i n res idence at c o l l e g e s o f educa t ion are e x p e c t e d to pay tu i t ion fees i f thei r parents earn in e x c e s s of £4000.

Dearing for C&G

Morrell for RCS

Upon learn ing th is , B i rmingham P o l y t e c h n i c S tudents ' U n i o n o c c u p i e d thei r c o l l e g e l a s t December and a l s o sent a s o l i c i t o r ' s let ter to the P o l y t e c h n i c au thor i t ies s a y i n g that they be l i e ve d a breach of cont rac t had taken p l a c e , by l evy i ng fees ha l f -way through a course,, The P o l y t e c h n i c agreed , and h a s refunded f ees to second and third year s tudents . What angers the N U S i s that on ly those s tudents who protes ted w i l l get any money back.

C h a r l e s C l a r k e , N U S pres iden t sa id today "It i s yet another example wh ich we w i l l use to persuade the Government to accede to our c a s e for g i v i n g fu l l c a s h grants to a l l s tudents "

He added, " I t i s qui te i nde fens ib l e for the po l y ­t e c h n i c . authori t i es to refund tu i t ion fees to some s tudents and not to o the rs . T o refund o n l y those s tudents who pro tes ted aga ins t the charge i n the f i rs t p l a c e and e x c l u d e those who p a i d w i l l i n g l y , but wi th d i f f i cu l t y , i s a t ravesty of j u s t i c e .

Levy for Mines T H E T H R E E C C U p res iden ts for the academic year 1976—7 w i l l be Steve Dea r i ng o f C i t y and G u i l d s ; Mar t in L e v y R S M and C h r i s Morre l l o f R C S . Mr Dear ing and Mr L e v y were e l e c t e d by G e n e r a l mee t i ngs of thei r respec t i ve U n i o n s yes te rday . A meet ing of R C S U , on the same day , ra t i f i ed the e l e c t i o n o f Ms

M o r r e l l , who w a s unopposed . The other C C U o f f i ce rs

e l e c t e d were as f o l l o w s ; V i c e P r e s i d e n t of G u i l d s , D L o r d ; of R S M U , M Osborn and o f R C S U , S Braund . H o n . S e c . for G u i l d s , M Wheate ly ; for M i n e s , S P a t e r s o n and for the R o y a l C o l l e g e of Sc ience Ad r i an Sudwor th .

IMPORTANT NOTICE It is stressed that if anybody observes any

suspicious looking parcels within the College

premises it should not be tampered with and should

be reported immediately to the Securtiy Office.'

Further, every member of College should

familiarise themselves with the evacuation

procedures laid down and follow it in case of

an alarm.

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Fr idav 12th I C C H O I R p resen ts : V E R D I R E Q U I M . Grea t H a l l at 8.00pm. T i c k e t s 50p for s tuden ts . 75p. o the rs . E n t s d i s c o . U n i o n L o w e r Re fec to r y . 8 .00pm. Adm lOp. Q E C : M U S C L E S and R A N D Y R H I N O D I S C O p l u s Bar e x t e n s i o n . 40p adv; 50p door. 8.00pm - 1.30am. N e w Common R o o m B a r .

Saturday 13th

I C E N T S present " M A N F R E D M A N N ' S E A R T H B A N D " wi th Andy Desmond in support . G rea t H a l l . 8 .00pm. A d m . I C adv £1.30; adv £1 .40 , on the door £1.60.

D R A M S O C : L a s t n ight of " T H E TWO G E N T L E M E N O F V E R O N A " by Wi l l i am Shakespea re . U n i o n Conce r t H a l l . 7 .30pm. T i c k e t s 60p, s tudents 40p.

Sunday 14th

C A T H O L I C C H A P L A I N C Y : Vo lun ta ry Work O v e r s e a s by E D W I N A G A T E L Y , D i rec to r o f the Vo lun tee r M i s s i o n a r y Movement .

Monday 15th

E l e c t r o n i c M u s i c Group: A G M at 1.00pm. S C R .

T u e s d a y 16th

R C S U E n t s present a " M U S I C H A L L " , U n i o n Conce r t H a l l . 8 .00pm.

W I N E H A L L D I N N E R in the Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 7.00 for 7 .30pm. See P a t i n the U n i o n O f f i c e by 12.00 noon today! R A I L W A Y S O C I E T Y : A G M and F i l m show. 5.40pm Mech E n g 664.

S O C I A L I S T S O C I E T Y : P u b l i c meet ing on Unemployment and T r i b u n e s a l ternat ive E c o n o m i c P o l i c y . Speaker : Geof f E d g e , M P for Atdr idge - B r o w n h i l l s . 1.00pm. Ma ths B u i l d i n g 340. S O U T H - E A S T A S I A S O C I E T Y : A G M . U n i o n S C R . 1.30pm A g e n d a : Annua l reports, A c c o u n t s , E l e c t i o n of Commi t tee for 7 6 / 7 7 s e s s i o n .

Wednesday 17th

S E L K I R K H A L L F o l k E v e n i n g i n the T V room at 8.00pm o rgan i se d by I C F o l k C l u b . But tery and B a r (Sam Smi th ' s ) . Eve ryone we l come , e s p e c i a l l y s i n g e r s .

Thursday 18th

O P S O C presen ts " T H E Z O O " , a m u s i c a l fo l l y by S u l l i v a n and R o w e . 1.00pm. Grea t H a l l . Adm: F R E E ! ! !

Fr iday 19th

H a v e n ' t y o u gone home ye t? ! Wel l have a n i ce ho ld i ay anyway .

C A T H O L I C C H A P L A I N C Y : T h e Shar ing of P o w e r by J O H N G A R N E T T . A Worth C o n ­fe rence . Transpor t l e a v e s More H o u s e at 5.30pm.

Unto IC another Soc is born S T A R L I N G S over L o n d o n , and ca tas t r oph ies in t ree- r ings were but two of the t o p i c s cove red in the f i r s t meet ing o f the new " M e t e o r o l o g i c a l and Env i ronmen ta l S o c i e t y " l a s t Thu rsday even ing in the N e w H u x l e y B u i l d i n g .

Abou t forty s tudents turned up to hear Dr Green of A t m o s p h e r i c P h y s i c s g i ve an en te r ta in ing ta lk on

" C l i m a t e , P l a n t s , and A n i m a l s " , f o l l owed by co f fee i n the l ib rary wi th b i t s of t rees and s n a i l s to hand , f o l l owed by a coup le of p i n t s in the Q u e e n ' s .

T h e next meet ing w i l l be announced by pos te r and c i r c u l a r . T o get on the m a i l i n g l i s t , con tac t Graham B e n t , A tmosphe r i c P h y s i c s P G .

POSTGRADUATES

1976 - 77

H A L L S OF RESIDENCE

A p p l i c a t i o n Fo rms are now a v a i l a b l e from the res idence off i c e , room 161, Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g for:-

Re -appHcan t undergraduates and P o s t g r a d u a t e s B l u e form

Undergraduates and P o s t g r a d u a t e s who have had O N E Y e a r in res idence — ha l l or h o u s e :

C l o s i n g Date — F r i d a y 21st March

N e w App l i can t P o s t g r a d u a t e s —

2nd and 3rd year Y e l l o w form 2nd and 3rd year Pos tg radua tes who have not had a year in i n h a l l or house :

C l o s i n g Da te — F r i d a y 21st March

N e w A p p l i c a n t Pos tg radua te s —

1st yea r Y e l l o w form 1st year postgraduates who have not had a year in ha l l or house '

C o s i n g Da te _ Sunday 1st Augus t

Imper ia l C o l l e g e students are e l i g i b l e for TWO years in

res i dence a s an undergraduate and TWO years in res idence

as a pos tg radua te .

C o m p l e t e d forms shou ld be returned to room 161, Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . On ly co r rec t l y comple ted forms wi th photographs a t tached , w i l l be accep ted .

S O U T H O F F R A N C E C a r go ing to South of F r a n c e , p l a c e for two, share c o s t s , l e a v i n g 25th March . C o n t a c t M i k e Se lk i r k 482 .

N O T I C E If the f o l l o w i n g s o c i e t i e s are s t i l l a c t i ve wou ld an ac t i ve member p l e a s e contac t A l a n L o d g e or L a u r e n c e J u l i u s through the U n i o n o f f i ce le t ter - rack as soon as p o s s i b l e :

A M N E S T Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L I N T E R N A T I O N A L S O C I A L I S T S I R A N I A N S O C I E T Y

H E L P W A N T E D

A s s i s t a n c e wanted from a l l departments o f the C o l l e g e in c o l l e c t i n g money in order to r a i s e funds for a c h i l d r e n s h o l i d a y .

Would any person in te res ted p l e a s e contac t Ter ry M e r n i c k l e , Mech E n g Dept .

Imper ia l C o l l e g e Opera t i c Soc ie ty

T H E ZOO

A m u s i c a l fo l l y by S u l l i v a n and Rowe

A t 1pm in the Great H a l l on Thursday 18 th March

ADMISSION F R E E

Wardenship of

Rayleigh House

A p p l i c a t i o n s are i nv i t ed for the Wardenship o f R a y l e i g h H o u s e . T h e pos i t i on w i l l become vacan t wi th ef fect from 1st Oc tobe r , 1976. T h e s u c c e s s f u l app l i can t w i l l be an unmarr ied pos t ­graduate student who has been s tudy ing at the c o l l e g e for about a y e a n T h e person concerned shou ld have some expe r i ence in hand l i ng student a f fa i rs and be l i k e l y to be at IC for another two y e a r s .

A f la t i s p rov ided for the Warden, rent- f ree, and h e / she w i l l a l s o rece ive an enter ta inments a l l owance . >

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n C S F a n c y Dress Party

T u e s 16th March 8.00pm Un ion Concer t H a l l

L i v e B a n d & D i s c o & F o o d & B a r

C o s t 30p in F a n c y D r e s s 50p wi thout

! C B a l l o o n C l u b

S l i deshow and talk on hot a i r ba l l oon in g g iven by D i c k Wirth o f " T h u n d e r B a l l o o n s " .

Mon 15th March , 1.00pm in L T 3 ( leve l 1) P h y s i c s b l dg .

Beit Hall Real Ale Party

13th March 1976 M i n e s d i s c o , food and

Y O U N G ' S A L E T i c k e t s 35p at the door or

B e i t 30.

Wardenships

A p p l i c a t i o n s are inv i ted for the Wardenships of severa l of the Student H o u s e s in E v e l y n G a r d e n s . The p o s i t i o n s w i l l become vacan t w i th e f fec t from 1st Oc tobe r , 1976, a l though one may become vacant e a r l i e r . The s u c c e s s f u l app l i can t s w i l l be marr ied pos tg raduates who have been s tay ing at the C o l l e g e for about a year . F l a t s are p rov ided for the Wardens, rent f ree, and they w i l l rece ive an enter ta inments a l l o w a n c e .

A p p l i c a t i o n forms are a v a i l a b l e from the Un ion o f f i c e , and a p p l i c a t i o n s c l o s e o n 2nd A p r i l , 1976.

W E L F A R E

F o r in fo on : l ega l a id con t racep t ion accommodat ion student d i s c o u n t s N U S benef i ts

Come to the Student Welfare C e n t r e , 12.30—1.30pm, Mondays to F r i d a y s . Student C o u n s e l l o r in a t tendance T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s .

UNDERGRADUATES

1976 - 77

H A L L S OF RESIDENCE

& STUDENT HOUSES

A p p l i c a t i o n F o rms are now a v a i l a b l e from the R e s i d e n c e

O f f i c e , room 161, Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g , for

1. N e w A p p l i c a n t Undergraduates Green F o r m 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate s tudents who have not had a year in H a l l or H o u s e . C l o s i n g Date — F r i d a y 21st March

2. R e - A p p l i c a n t Undergraduates B l u e Fo rm

Undergraduates who have had O N E year in R e s i d e n c e —

H a l l O R H o u s e .

C o s i n g Da te - F r i d a y 21st March

Imper ia l C o l l e g e s tudents are e l i g i b l e for two yea rs i n R e s i d e n c e as an Undergraduate . C o m p l e t e d forms shou ld be returned to Room 161, Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . On ly cor rec t l y comple ted forms, w i th photographs

a t t ached , w i l l be accep ted .

Inconsistency cause of poor season T H E E N D of the U C T B A league saw Brune i as w inners and Por tsmouth a s runners-up in the Southern d i v i s i o n .

A f te r las t terms de fea ts IC were determined to make a greater effort in the i r two remain ing home games. F o r the Por tsmouth game IC were fortunate to have John B a c o l i n i for U C to p lay for the f i r s t ' s . T h i s a l l o w e d other p laye rs to p lay in their true p o s i t i o n s , in the s e c o n d s . Both U C p layers showed thei r c l a s s . John sco r i ng a 607 s e r i e s and Derek M i l l s a 499. Unfor tunate ly they were not backed up by the IC players and as a resu l t the f i r s t ' s lost a l l three games.

H a v i n g John Dereck to p lay in the f i r s t ' s , r e l e a s e d p layers to the s e c o n d ' s and t h i s , combined wi th c o n s i s t e n t p lay from other p l a y e r s , meant that IC won two games and the s e r i e s g i v i n g them two po in ts on the U C T B A league . R o b Sharman d i s p l a y e d the s t y l e now expec ted from him and f i n i shed wi th a 490 s e r i e s , t r u l y a f i r s t t eam per formance.

T h e third teams performance w a s l e s s than spec tacu la r . In fact three of the team d id not even beat the b l ind sco re s e r i e s ; in other words IC wou ld have done better wi th a two man team. A l l teams are capab l e of 400 s e r i e s and th is k ind of p lay has c o s t IC many po in ts th is s e a s o n .

The L a d i e s team were once aga in under s t rength . The four regu lars A n n e , M a n s y , - J u l i e and Br iony star ted s l o w l y . They lost the f i rs t game but came back to w in the s e c o n d . Unfor tunate ly they cou ld not muster the same hatred for the oppos i t i on as they d id aga ins t B rune i and lost 2 games and the s e r i e s . The lack of seve ra l r e l i ab le lady bowle rs has p lagued IC th is s e a s o n . T h e s e four however , wi th their v a s t l y di f ferent s t y l e s have been I C ' s most s u c c e s s f u l team th is s e a s o n and thanks are ex tended to them for thei r regular appearance .

The resu l t of the Pompey match was therefore 2 - 8 , wh i ch cou ld e a s i l y have been reversed if therp had been

Anne Holt and Alison Halstead about to roll

Mansy Laine in action

some c o n s i s t e n t b o w l i n g . H a v i n g been so c l o s e to beat ing Portsmouth it seemed that w i th one las t effort IC c o u l d beat Southampton the f o l l ow in g week .

A l l IC teams ar r ived in good t ime, s u i t a b l y k i t ted out in our new s h i r t s , on l anes , ten minutes before the s c h e d u l e d ro l l -o f f . A l though the o p p o s i ­t ion had conf i rmed the f ix ture long in advanc e they just d id not turn up. So IC dec ided to p lay out the game wi thout the o p p o s i t i o n .

The f i na l league pos i t i on showed IC wi th 13 out of a p o s s i b l e 60 po in ts and last in the southern d i v i s i o n of the U C T B A league. Our lack of s u c c e s s s , c o u l d be due to many reasons but it i s b la tan t l y obv ious that the i n c o n s i s t e n c y of some p laye rs has resu l ted in many los t ma tches . If a l l I C ' s p l aye rs were s imp l y to bowl the i r usua l average per formances then they wou ld have won many more po in ts on the league . Ano ther reason was that IC lack three or four rea l l y good bowle rs . To win f i rs t team matches , f i ve bowlers s c o r i n g 500 s e r i e s are e s s e n t i a l . The top s c o r i n g bowler in our league has an average of around 150 and th is is s imp l y not f i rs t team s tandard .

The f o l l ow in g week saw the Brune i d o u b l e s compet i t ion in wh ich IC entered four teams. Some above average p lay meant that a l l three teams in the hand i cap sec t i on f i n i shed w i th in the f i r s t ten . The f i rs t p l ace had been awarded to the cap ta in and Pe te r Hu la t t but unfor tunate ly a m is take had been made by the o rgan ise rs who c red i t ed them wi th 100 p ins too many . H a v i n g po in ted out th i s fac t , the appropr ia te co r rec ts were made and they f i n i shed s i x t h , just seven p ins above A n n Ho l t and P a u l Bar t lef t . A n n e p lay ing wi th her u s u a l l y h igh s tanda rds , reached fourth pos i t i on in the l ad i es game and a marve lous second In the l ad i es s e r i e s tab le .

Dur ing the Annua l Genera l Mee t i ng the new cons t i tu t ion was a c c e p t e d and next y e a r s commit tee was ra t i f i ed . Then f o l l owed the presenta t ion of of ach ievement awards . P a u l r ece i ve d a 225 chevron , C l i v e and EffnnHi

200 chevrons and

friTo^orslfofs badges.

were awarded to bowlers who, • the cap ta in fel t had made a no tab le con t r ibu t ion to the c l u b . They were presented to the four regular l ad i es team members, Anne for her 470 s e r i e s and Mansy and J u l i e for the i r 164 and 163 games r e s p e c t i v e l y . F o r h i s c o n s i s t e n t l y good work in the f i r s t s , s o of ten wi th no reward, De reck a l s o r ece i ve d an award . P a u l won the h igh game award and C l i v e the h igh s e r i e s .

L a s t week in the in ternal league , when the f i r s t ' s p layed the s e c o n d ' s C l i v e , J u l i e and N i g e l became th is y e a r s league champ ions . The ave rages tab le was won by P a u l Bar t le t t w i th an average of 150 over the s e r i e s .

Cong ra tu la t i ons to a l l who won awards and best w i s h e s to the c l u b for next year . Sometime bowlers:-DMills, JBaccolini, PBartlett, C Dutton, T Phillips, F Karimadeh, P Russet, J Mason, J Pridham, A Conway, R Neal, E Rahman, S Spurrier, C Nlkel, R Sharman, C McCulley, R Mundy; Ladies: A Holt, B Marsden-Jones, J Robinson, M Laine, A Halstead, S Wilson.

David Zaborsk i

Public auction L E T IT B E KNOWN that the Edi tor

of F E L I X , being shorn and devoid

of hair, sha l l offer, for S A L E B Y

A U C T I O N , that which has been

removed'. T h e sa id item(s) sha l l be

d iv ided into T H R E E G R A M port ions,

of which there sha l l be ten (est imated

number)'. T h e Sale shal l be held In

B E I T Q U A D , on the 17th day of

March, being next Wednesday, at a

time 45 minutes after noon'.

A L L P R O C E E D S shal l be donated

to the R A G C H A R I T Y C O L L E C T I O N

4 FELIX

External Eclairs P e t e r

P a t t e r Southside Snacks

The Sou ths ide Refec to ry h a s now gone over to the new s n a c k s e r v i c e at w e e k e n d s . What do you think of i t? Mos t peop le that I have ta l ked to seem to th ink that it i s a great improvement, and I have been a s k e d whether we s h o u l d go over to that type of s e r v i c e dur ing the week as w e l l . I am not su re about t h i s and I wonder if a snack s e r v i c e every day cou ld become a l i t t l e bor ing . D o you fee l that we shou ld move over to a s n a c k s e r v i c e a l l the t ime?

El ec t i o ns

I shou ld l i k e to take th i s oppor tuni ty to congra tu la te a l l those peop le that have been e l e c t e d to pos ts in the U n i o n for next year . We have an a lmos t fu l l complement of o f f i ce r s , and excep t i ng any that fa i I the i r exams the U n i o n s h o u l d get off to a good start next yea r . I w i s h a l l those that have been e l e c t e d a s u c c e s s f u l , but above a l l , happy year of o f f i c e . There are s t i l l seve ra l e l e c t i o n s to be he ld th is year , s o if you want to he lp out and have not been e l e c t e d to a post ye t there are s t i l l p lenty of oppor tun i t i es . John Downs w i l l hope fu l l y be p u b l i c i s i n g the e l e c t i o n s as they come up. Get i n v o l v e d , i t i s your U n i o n !

T h e N U S Debate

I have not p rev ious l y rep l i ed to a let ter in F E L I X two w e e k s ago from J Stuart , Maths I, because I have not rea l l y had enough for a fu l l Pe te r Pa t te r . F i r s t l y , I am d i sapp in ted that he fe l t the debate was f a r c i c a l . H e may not app rec ia te that I was r e s p o n s i b l e for o r g a n i s i n g the debate and that I d id check that Mr M i n n i s w a s a v a i l a b l e a few d a y s before . In the in terven ing per iod however he rece i ved a mandate from h i s C o u n c i l or U G M not to a t tend meet ings ou ts ide As ton when there are U n i v e r s i t y Commi t tee meet ings . H e cou ld not come after t h i s , and he f a i l e d to not i fy me.

Second l y may I assu r e you that had the vote looked c l o s e to me, or had it appeared that the count w a s inaccura te I wou ld not have hes i ta ted to ask for a recount . F i n a l l y I am a l i t t l e d i sappo in ted that Mr Stuart c h o s e to air th is in F E L I X rather than come and ta lk to me

Mutters H A V I N G been snowed under wi th work r ecen t l y , F E L I X has been ignored by yours t ru ly . May I now c lamber into my c o l u m n i s t ' s hat , and of fer one or two m o r s e l s . . .

C o l o u r s

At the ICU Annua l Genera l Mee t i ng , to be he ld on Thursday 13th May (only four c o l l e g e week s away, c h r o n o p i h i l e s ) , s o c i a l and a th l e t i c c o l o u r s w i l l be awarded . If you w i s h to propose some­one , p l e a s e let me have your p ropos i t i ons , in w r i t i ng , together w i th your reasons for such nomina t ions in the near future ( ie , as soon a s p o s s i b l e ) .

El ec t i o ns

T h e s e have most ly happened now (as if you d id not know) . My thanks to those who s tood , or vo ted . There is jus t

S O M E O N E s a i d to me a few days ago . " Y o u know, th i s i s the b iggest load of t roub lemakers IC has sent to an N U S con fe rence for some t i m e " . I can s e e what he meant. P e t e Teague , the b iggest s t i r rer around and an e x c e l l e n t p u b l i c speaker , N i c k B r a y s h a w , an i nd i v i dua l never a f ra id to speak h i s mind ( loudly) - it i s rumoured that he w i l l be tak ing the M i n e s brain c e l l to con fe rence . Tony F i t z g e r a l d , who c a u s e d a b i t of t rouble at the last con fe rence in the debate on N U S T rave l R i c k Pa rke r , our A A O , who c a u s e d some t rouble for Ms Sue S l i pman , N U S na t iona l sec re ta ry , at the Pos tg radua te con fe rence and was then e l e c t e d to the N U S Pos tg radua te A d v i s o r y Group. I am sure that he w i l l have someth ing to say about P G grants and on h i s educa t ion mot ion . The fifth de lega te , somet imes known as " T h e M o l e " , t e l l s me that he in tends to d ig deep ly into the N U S Cons t i t u t i on (again) .

Our obse rve rs are N i g e l M i l l e r , A d r i a n Sudworth and Hugh Barret t , next y e a r ' s Ex te rna l A f f a i r s o f t i ce r . They w i l l keep an eye on the N U S E x e c u t i v e wh i l e the de lega tes are manoeurver ing in smoke - f i l l ed rooms to " c o m p o s i t e " m o t i o n s , that is , amalgamate mot ions wi th common v i e w p o i n t s .

The mot ions on wh ich IC has s p e a k i n g / c o m p o s i t i n g r ights a re : - N U S C o n s t i t u t i o n , Gran ts , H a l l F e e s , Wel fare , E d u c a t i o n and the Buchares t B e a n o . F e e l free to d i s c u s s wi th the de lega te s any of these matters; they are a l l very approachab le and mine i s a pint of I P A p l e a s e .

about i t . I do not feel that a c o l l e g e w ide ba l lo t wou ld be use fu l u n l e s s accompan ied by a lengthy pub l i c i t y campaign so that people cou ld make an informed d e c i s i o n . Anyone can of cou rse propose a mot ion to a U G M that we ho ld a referendum, and we w i l l .

Hal l Rents

The annual round of es t ima tes for the coming s e s s i o n has s tar ted, and inc luded in th i s are the res i dence e s t i m a t e s . N o d e c i s i o n has yet been taken on rent l e v e l s for next year but if the accoun t s are to break even it seems that another i nc rease of about 2 0 - 2 5 % w i l l be n e c e s s a r y . I have adopted the at t i tude that any charges made shou ld be cons i s t en t wi th the student grant, and I intend to main ta in t h i s p o s i t i o n . I w i l l keep you informed on how th ings are g o i n g . Pete

one batch of e l e c t i o n s to go through, and the pos ts concerned a re : -

F l o o r R e p s : T h e s e " o f f i c e r s wi thout p o r t f o l i o " s i t on ICU C o u n c i l , and do not have s p e c i f i c areas of r e s p o n s i ­b i l i t y . U L U R e p : H e / s h e s i t s on U L U Student Rep resen ta t i ve C o u n c i l a s I C ' s rep .

There are a l s o v a c a n c i e s for members on the H a l d a n e L ib ra ry Commi t tee , P u b l i c a t i o n s Board and Accommodat ion Commi t tee .

T h e papers go up today in the Un ion L o w e r Lounge . If you want a s t rong Un ion next year , p l e a s e th ink about s tand ing .

Working Party on Union Response

The next meet ing of in terested par t i es w i l l be on Tuesday next at 12.35pm in Pe te T e a g u e ' s o f f i c e . If you are concerned over whether the Un ion i s r espons i ve to your n e e d s , come a long and v o i c e your o p i n i o n s .

T h a t ' s it for now. My thanks to

J u n e and G e o r g i a in the Hea l th Cen t re

( th ings are happen ing) .

C h e e r s , John

Regard ing the N U S C o n s t i t u t i o n , I r ece i ved a v i s i t last F r i d a y from a member of Exe t e r C o l l e g e , O x f o r d . T h e ob jec t of the v i s i t w a s to convey the thanks of the Oxford C o l l e g e s for the IC mot ion on Cent ra l Rep resen ta t i on . ICU has thoroughly d i s c u s s e d d i rec t e l e c t i o n s and a number of other i s s u e s on wh ich we feel that N U S cou ld be improved, that i s , made to represent u s and fu l f i l i ts proper ro le . T h i s w a s endo rsed at the las t Un ion meet ing by the motion that the ICU E x e c u t i v e shou ld do a l l in i ts power to get these changes through con fe rence . The E x e c u t i v e and myse l f are devot ing a lot of t ime and effort to th is campa ign .

I was p l eased to see a few more peop le on the last N U S demo, and I wou ld l i k e to point out that it w a s condemned by a number of C o n s e r v a t i v e Students) makes an annual s u b m i s s i o n to the D E S on the matter, but because the demo was a l s o s a i d to be a protest aga ins t the Government 's economic P o l i c y . The fact that the N U S E x e c u t i v e oppose the p o l i c i e s of the Labour Pa r t y shows that the B road L e f t are not as broad as they pretend to be .

One amus ing inc ident from the demonst ra t ion ; we were march ing down Ox fo rd Street chant ing " C h a r l e s C l a r k e o u t " when a young lady from the group in front turned round and a s k e d " W h o is C h a r l e s C l a r k e ? " ! !

T h e N U S are cur rent ly very wor r ied about Sco t t i sh U n i v e r s i t i e s after the f i rs t " B r o a d " Lef t " c o n t r o l l e d " ( ie in f i l t ra ted) U n i o n , Strathdyde voted to leave N U S , they be ing the third union to d i s a f f i l i a t e in Sco t l and . N U S intend to set up a Sco t t i sh U n i o n , wh i ch probably e x p l a i n s the occu rence of " d e v o l u t i o n " mot ions at a number of recent po l i c y con fe rences — grasp ing at s t r aws , perhaps?

One source of worry for both N U S and IC Un ion is the problem of communi ­ca t i ng i ts a c t i v i t i e s to s tudents . A t the sugges t i on of R i c k Pa rke r , you shou ld now f ind photocop ies of N U S Main M a i l i n g s on U n i o n and J C R no t i ce boards . P l a s e read them — in the current i s s u e there are a number of j u i cy i tems, v i z , the free book le t i s s u e d by N U S exp la i n i n g why Ice land shou ld have a 200 mi le f i s h i n g l im i t . There i s a l s o the usua l stuff about e x p e n s e s paid (by us) t r ips to Eas te rn Europe by N U S h a c k s such as C h a r l e s C l a r k e . There i s a l s o some data on O v e r s e a s Students wh ich you may f ind in te res t ing .

I shou ld a l s o l i ke to point out that meet ings of a l l IC Un ion Commi t tees and C o u n c i l meet ings are open to a l l s tuden ts , u n l e s s we vote to go into c l o s e d s e s s i o n wh ich is very rare, s i n c e very few observers ever a t tend. A l l of you are we lcome to Ex te rna l A f f a i r s meet ings . Unfor tunate ly these are u s u a l l y c a l l e d at short no t i ce so it i s rather imprac t ica l to adve r t i se them in F E L I X , a l though I s h a l l try to do so ; therefore you shou ld phone the U n i o n and ask J e n , who has the inform­at ion on a l l meet ings at her f inger t ips . The next C o u n c i l i s on Monday at 6.00pm and the next Ex te rna l A f f a i r s meet ing i s on March 22nd at 1.00pm.

A t the end of a week of severa l s o c i a l func t ions and both pre — and post - e l ec to ra l consumpt ion of a l c o h o l , the one event wh ich s tands out i s the ICWA B a l l and I would l i ke to exp ress my apprec ia t ion of the work put in by the ICWA commit tee to make th i s such a s u c c e s s , and to E n i d G l i t t e r for br ing ing a h ip f l ask of Southern Comfor t wi th wh ich to sus ta i n the r e v e l l e r s af ter the bar shut ; and c o n ­gra tu la t ions to P a u l on h i s new ha i rcu t (who sa id " w h a t about y o u r s ' ' " )

Derrick Everett

m i x 5

W O U L D Y O U

L I K E TO W O R K

IN T E L E V I S I O N ?

L O N D O N W E E K E N D T E L E V I S I O N is undertaking a

widespread search for two sui table candidates to start

work in the Autumn a s trainee researchers'.

Those appointed w i l l be g iven the opportuni ty to f a m i l i a r i s e

t hemse lves wi th a l l a s p e c t s of t e l e v i s i o n .

A f te r the s u c c e s s f u l comple t ion of thei r t ra in ing they w i l l

be a s s i g n e d to research posts on par t i cu la r programmes.

The s u c c e s s f u l cand ida tes are l i k e l y to be (but are not

n e c e s s a r i l y ) in their ear ly twen t i es . They w i l l a l ready

have proven academic a b i l i t y . They w i l l a l ready have

demonst ra ted some o r i g i na l i t y in theat re, f i lm or jou rna l i sm

and they must appear to have the potent ia l in the long

term to r i se to sen io r c rea t i ve p o s i t i o n s in t e l e v i s i o n

App l ica t ions , accompanied by a typewritten curriculum

v i tae , should be sent to:

Control ler — Staff Relat ions

L O N D O N W E E K E N D T E L E V I S I O N

Kent House ,

Upper Ground

L O N D O N S E 1 9 L T

T h e envelopes must be c lear ly marked ' T R A I N E E S '

in top left hand corner, and al l app l ica t ions must be

received by 15th A p r i l , 1976'.

LONDON WEEKEND

TELEVISION

Vacation money F O R U N D E R G R A D U A T E S , and some P G ' - s , the Grant is normal ly expec ted to cover 30 week s a year , but con ta ins an e lement of £3.18 per week wh ich i s a part c o n ­t r ibut ion to l i v i n g e x p e n s e s dur ing the v a c . The proposed changes to th is e lement do not come into ef fect unt i l next September and thus you can s t i l l c l a i m the present amounts, wh ich a l l o w for the grant e lement that the D H S S a s s u m e s , often i n c o r r e c t l y , a l l s tudents r e c e i v e . T h e student rates a re : -

L i v i n g at home(wi th parents) -55.52 S i n g l e househo lder ( f l a t / d i gs ) -£7.72 4 - rent. M a r r i e d / c o h a b i t i n g coup le -£14.57 + rent (£13.39 if both are students)

T o c l a i m you must reg is te r a s a v a i l a b l e at any Dept . of Employment (DE) o f f i ce from the f i rs t day of the V a c . (or la ter - but y o u ' l l get l e s s ) . Y o u can reg is te r at any D E o f f i c e , but they w i l l g ive you a ' B T form wh ich must be taken to a s p e c i f i e d DHSS o f f i c e . T h i s form is used to c l a i m supplementary benef i t a l l o w a n c e l i s ted above . R e g i s t e r i n g i s u s u a l l y on ly a fo rmal i ty , but if they do offer you a job (un l i ke ly in the present unemployment s i tuat ion) you may refuse it (but it may af fect the leve l of payment) . When you go to c l a i m take a pen for f i l l i n g in forms, and the f o l l o w i n g documents ; form B 1 , proof of da tes of v a c a t i o n , proof of grant, rent b o o k / la tes t rent rece ip t /p roo f of

rent l e v e l , r a t e s / g a s / e l e c t r i c i t y b i l l s if any, bank s ta tement , any other s a v i n g s d e t a i l s ( sav ings of l e s s than £1000 approx are ignored). L a c k of these may c a u s e d e l a y . In a l l c a s e s be as honest a s p o s s i b l e as the D H S S send out v i s i t o r s to a random sample of c l a i m a n t s . If you have to pay rent or a reta iner for your f l a t / d i g s dur ing the v a c c l a i m th is even if you are l i v i n g at home, and appeal if you don ' t get i t . In a l l c a s e s appeal if you are u n s a t i s f i e d wi th your c l a i m , and a l s o inform the Walfare Cen t re / U n i o n and we w i l l p rov ide he lp wi th the c a s e . You have to appeal w i th in 21 d a y s of be ing to ld what you are ge t t ing . A p p e a l s c o s t noth ing to you and may mean more money.

If you have any problems about s o c i a l secu r i t y , or want more in format ion, then drop a l i ne to the Welfare O f f i ce r v i a the ICU o f f i c e , or drop into the Wel fare Cen t re at l unch t ime . In any c a s e p l e a s e let us know how you get on a s we are cons ide r i n g se t t ing up a student cent re at c o l l e g e for s i gn i ng on from next year .

A f te r the v a c , every Wed­nesday from 12.30 to 1.30 a lega l a d v i c e s e r v i c e w i l l be prov ided in the Welfare C e n t r e . T h i s w i l l be run by law s tudents from the L S E , and w i l l g i ve a d v i c e on S o c i a l Secu r i t y , consumer , accommodat ion and other lega l h a s s l e s .

Dave Chance

Debating Society A T M I D N I G H T o n e ' s mind i s not d i s p o s e d -to -producing a r t i c l e s of interest and broad w i t , so I have wr i t ten t h i s i n s t e a d .

E g a d S i r ! . . . T o the point ; it has been noted that there i s a lamentable de f i c iency , of capab l e and d i s t i n g u i s h e d s p e a k e r s at Imperial C o l l e g e ( e s p e c i a l l y C C U o f f i ce rs , P h i n e a s , M i k e and P e r c y (deceased) and a number of huge lec turers ) .

T h u s we, be ing e leva ted from the .g rand iose he igh ts of normal i ty to the in f in i te parad ise of i n e b r i a t e d c o m p l a c e n c e , announce that a s o c i e t y such as has never been s e e n , w i l l r i s e in your mids t ; a . ve r i tab le P h o e n i x (no re lat ion) returning from the a s h e s .

Cu l t u ra l l i fe (as wot i s ' s t reamly l a c k i n ' ) may return yet a g a i n , w i th the advent of the Imperial C o l l e g e Deba t i ng S o c i e t y .

A n y road, down to brass lads (mining ta lk to reach

pu r more depr i ved brethen).

We don ' t need your support or he lp and don' t ment ion apathy because who ca res anyway? However , be ing

s tones , we have d e c i d e d that to get a grant from " M e s s r s Teague and Downs (Reg is te red Usure rs ) L t d . " , the Debat ing Soc ie ty may need members.

Another t r i f le is o rgan­i s a t i o n , a n e c e s s i t y a r i s i n g from the bourgeo is bureaucracy w i th in wh ich w e ' a r e entombed comrades . So , if you are inept , i nc red ib l y bor ing , and d e s p i c a b l e to the point of nausea , then the o rgan isa t i on may have an opening for you , that i s , cha i rpe rson , manho les e t c . '

F o r further d e t a i l s send a l l enqu i r i es through internal ma i l to C G M i l l e r , M O T ( fa i led) , U G Let te r rack , P h y s i c s Dep t .

If you hurry we might even read some.

FELIX F E L I X is published by the Editorial Board on behalf of Imperial C o l l e g e Union Publications Board. Copy­right is reserved. T e l : 01-5895111 ext. 1048

J U L I A

IC Second at Inter Varsities Competition

CTop team in Latin-American IT IS NOT often that you see

ten s t u d e n t s with highly

decorative dresses and suits

waiting on Exhibition Road.

Indeed, anyone passing the

Mechanical Engineering building

at 10 o'clock last Saturday morn­

ing might have been forgiven for

thinking that a Rag Collection

was about to begin - two of the

ten were dressed remarkably

like Laural and Hardy.

C l o s e r inspec t ion and ques t i on ing revea led that the group was , in fac t , t h i s y e a r ' s team from imper ia l C o l l e g e D a n c i n g C l u b , ready to take on the best of the coun t ry ' s student dancers in the tnter V a r s i t i e s D a n c i n g A s s o c i a t i o n Annua l B a l l and Compe t i t i on .

T h i s year the venue was Exe t e r Un i ve r s i t y ( last year N e w c a s t l e ) , and the f e e l i n g s , wonder ing wou ld br ing have had , unfounded, as the best that y e a r s . Overa l l (to L i v e r p o o l

team what

A n y wor r ies they might

h o w e v e r , were to ta l l y

to be it was

had mixed the n ight

their performance was IC has offered for many

the team came second the f irm favour i tes and

las t y e a r ' s w inne rs ) . In the L a t i n -Amer i can d a n c e s , they were u n s u r p a s s e d , and i nd i v i dua l l y scored two 1 s t ' s , two 2 n d ' s , one 6th p l a c e , and the two remain ing c o u p l e s both got into the s e m i - f i n a l s .

The team events., where each c o l l e g e i s a l l o w e d to enter just one c o u p l e , are the Q u i c k s t e p , the J i v e , the Wa l t z ,

and the C h a C h a C h a . T h e n , in add i t i on , there i s the ind iv idua l event , t h i s year the P a s o D o b l e , where three c o u p l e s may be entered by each c o l l e g e . Our team, regular ly to be seen p r a c t i c i n g in the J C R , inc luded two c o u p l e s new to compet i t i on d a n c i n g , L e s Har r i s and R o s E m p s o n , and J o h n Scou them and M a r i e - C l a i r e B e l l i z z i , whose per formances aga ins t expe r i enced oppos i t i on were a c red i t to them and I C . In the w a l t z , A l a n A t twood and J a n e P a t t i s o n took a second to M a n c h e s t e r ' s c o u p l e , and T i m Rodemark and Sue Venner p o s i t i v e l y e x c e l l e d in the J i v e , s torming home to v ic to ry ahead of the hot favour i t es , L i v e r p o o l (on account of h i s stra ight R igh t -a rm?) ( E d ' s note: that was an in - joke . ) . B r i a n P e r c i v a l , P r e s i d e n t of the IC D a n c i n g C l u b , and h i s partner, Sandra T a t e , took an equa l l y dese rved gold in the C h a C h a C h a , aga in push ing L i v e r p o o H n t o second p l a c e .

The P a s o D o b l e (dance Of the B u l l f i g h e r s ) was chosen by the I V O A a s th is y e a r ' s i nd i v idua l event , and we entered the maximum of three c o u p l e s . Here L i v e r p o o l d id come out on top, and our c o u p l e s cou ld manage on ly second and s ix th p l a c e s , the th i rd pa i r (John and Mar i e -C la i r e ) do ing very w e l l for their f i rs t compet i t ion by get t ing a p l a c e in the s e m i - f i n a l s .

Then there was the 'Of fbeat ' —' a free c h o i c e of movement, wi th or wi thout m u s i c , and where (quite l i t e ra l l y ) ' a n y ­th ing g o e s ' . T h i s is u s u a l l y c o n s i d e r e d the most en ter ta in ing part of the compe t i t i on , and en t r i es th is yea r i nc luded rout ines to ' T h e En te r ta ine r ' (by Cambr idge) , ' B i g Spender ' (by L i v e r p o o l ) , and our very own, ' T r a i l o f

"NAG"-a student campaign for a new world order " T H E W A Y B R I T A I N t rades w i th other coun t r i es a l l o w s us to l i ve we l l wh i l e others s t a r v e . "

That a s s e r t i o n , quoted from their own leaf le t , i s the mot i va t ion for a new campaign en t i t l ed " N A G — the New order for the wor ld A c t i o n Group . It i s a t imely campaign because th is May in N a i r o b i , the 147 members of the Un i ted Na t i ons w i l l be meet ing to d i s c u s s a l l a s p e c t s of in ternat iona l t rade, e s p e c i a l l y a s they af fect the development of the non - i ndus t r i a l i sed na t i ons . T h e s e coun t r i es are of cou rse the ones wi th the most in tense and ch ron i c pover ty , and with the most f rag i l e economies , often based on the export of on ly one or two raw m a t e r i a l s .

Unfor tunate ly the i r share of wor ld trade has d r a s t i c a l l y d e c l i n e d in t h e

-

past twenty y e a r s , a s desc r ibed in the N A G lea f le t : " I n 1950, the Th i rd Wor ld , wi th two-th i rds of the w o r l d ' s popu la t ion , had one-th i rd of the w o r l d ' s t rade. By 1971 their share had shrunk to l e s s than a s i x t h . M eanwh i l e , the p r i ces

the poorer coun t r ies were pay ing for thei r imports rose faster than the p r i ces they got for the i r expor ts . T a n z a n i a , for examp le , had to s e l l 5 .3 tons of cot ton and 17.3 tons of s i s a l (a f ibre used for mak ing rope, mats, etc) in 1965 to buy one tractor; by 1972 that same tractor cos t

her the equ iva len t of 8 tons of co t ton and 42 tons of s i s a l . '

That i s the k ind of problem be ing confronted by N A G , a long wi th severa l o r g a n i s a ­t i o n s in B r i t a i n such as T h i r d ' World F i r s t , C h r i s t i a n A i d , War on Want and the World Deve lopment Movement , a l l of whom are tak ing

p o l i t i c a l or educa t i ona l ac t i on to ensure that the B r i t i s h Government p l a y s a fu l l e r ro le at that con ference than it might o the rw ise do , and that more and more people in B r i t a i n become aware of the importance of the c o n ­fe rence 'o r them in the l ight of the needs and the r ights of people e l sewhere .

There i s l i t t l e doubt that the present sys tem of wor ld trade w i l l be chang ing d r a s t i c a l l y , if on ly because of the power and insp i ra t ion of O P E C . T h e whole rusty and un just mach ine needs to be d i sman t led and rebui l t to serve the needs of the poorest na t i ons . B r i t a i n i s more l i k e l y to recommend a new coat of paint and a touch of o i l here and there, and that i s where N A G and the others come i n . F o r d e t a i l s of what B r i t a i n cou ld and shou ld do , and what you do to promote it, contact P a u l H o d g e s , N A G 260 H igh R o a d , London N 1 5 4 A U . T e l . 8G8 53411, or John Shade, (Nat iona l Secre tary , World Deve lopment , ) , Room 45 B e i t H a l l .

John Shade

the L o n e s o m e P i n e ' (hence the L a u r e l and Hardy ment ioned ea r l i e r ) . L i v e r p o o l , of cou rse , won the event , hav ing t ra ined the i r f i r s t team s i n c e November on the rout ine, but we came a very c l o s e s e c o n d , hav ing seven beginners in the squad , who had prac t i ced for jus t four d a y s . A superb effort , wh i ch resu l ted in the only injury of the night when 'Ha rdy ' d i s l o c a t e d a shou lder af ter an ove r -en thus ias t i c shove from her partner. (Hard-y-est luck, Sue ! )

The thirty or so loya l supporters who went down with the team dese rve a ment ion , and cred i t for egg ing them on with tremendous c h e e r s . They outshouted the L i v e r p o o l " C o p " (s i t t ing next to them) and performed very w e l l them­s e l v e s in the ' t rad i t iona l manner' of IC s tudents by consuming qu i te ex t ra ­ord inary quan t i t i es of l i qu id s u s t e n a n c e . But a l l c red i t m j s t go to the ten members of the team who danced , as B r i a n P e r c i v a l s a i d , "like I've never seen them dance before. Truly a superb effort by everyone."

Now they are prepar ing for next y e a r ' s event , when we are the host c o l l e g e , to be he ld at the P a v i l i o n , Hemel Hemps tead . B r i an hopes to get t e l e v i s i o n coverage of the event , and a we l l known persona l i t y to compere the e v e n i n g . I th ink that a l l remains i s to congra tu la te the team on th is y e a r ' s magn i f i cen t performance, and w i s h them every s u c c e s s in the future.

Story by DUNCAN SUSS

Pictures by JOHN CAVANAGH

below: Sandra Tate and Brian Percival above: (back row) Les Harris, Brian Percival, John Scouthern, Alan Attwood. (front row) Ros Empson, Sandra Tate, Marie-Claire Beliizzi, Sue Venner, Jane Pattison. left: Sue Venner and Brian Percival

Anyone interested in dancing or learning to dance would be made most welcome at any of the c l u b meetings, in the J C R , next term on Monday evenings.

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Reviews Cinema A L E X A N D E R W A L K E R , in h i s book on Stan ley Kub r i c k and h i s f i l m s , a t t r ibutes th is d i r e c t o r ' s undoubted s k i l l to a unique concep tua l ab i l i t y wh ich makes each of h i s f i lms a new concep t In c i n e m a . ' B a r r y L y n d o n ' has made u s e of some innovatory t echn iques , notably in photographing s c e n e s l i t by cand le - l i gh t a lone , but I have f a i l e d to see any new concep t emerging from th i s f i lm . It i s very beau t i fu l , indeed it has been d e s c r i b e d a s be ing l i ke a moving Ga insborough p ic tu re , and I agree. Runn ing through th is i s a de l i be ra te l y s i m p l e s to ry . I ron ica l l y the f i lm i s so perfect that it appears a lmost m e c h a n i c a l , but there aga in a l l the charac te rs are rather nasty s tereo­t y p e s . T h i s may seem rather re t rospec t i ve as 'Ba r r y L y n d o n ' has been out for some t ime; another f i lm that has been 'out ' for some t ime (1954 in fact) but i s only now be ing shown in th is count ry , i s the J a p a n e s e c l a s s i c " S a n s h o D a y u " (Sansho the B a i l i f f ) by Ken j i M i z o g u c h i .

L i k e K u b r i c k ' s f i lm it i s very beaut i fu l and t e l l s a s imp le s to ry , set in the barbar i c , feudal t imes of 11th century (He ian Per iod ) J a p a n . The

Mechanical, haunting, convincing

legend i s an hero ic ta le of a brother and s i s t e r k idnapped w h i l s t t r ave l l i ng wi th thei r mother, and s o l d into s lave ry under the savage tyrant, Sansho . A f te r ten years in c a p t i v i t y , the brother, now adul t , e s c a p e s and goes in search of h i s mother. A l though he ro i c , it i s a l s o , as the f i l m ' s in t roduct ion t e l l s u s , a pa the t i c ta le — whatever they do , whatever p r i n c i p l e s they try to upho ld , they even tua l l y and s a d l y , become v i c t i m s of the per iod they l i v e i n . M i z o g u c h i ' s a tmospher ic use of landscape i s , to use a c l i c h e , haun t ing . Throughout the f i lm he u s e s the sub t le tones of grey (for it i s in ' b l a c k and wh i te ' ) in the benign and t ranqui l scenery , as con t ras t ing backdrop to the mal ignant and bes t i a l behav iour of man. The scene I most remember i s where the ch i l d ren are separa ted from their mother; they are t r i cked into get t ing into d i f ferent boats f l oa t ing on a mirror-ca lm s e a and , to the sound of each others s c r e a m s , d i sappea r in oppos i te d i r e c t i o n s into the m i s t s . 'Sansho D a y u ' i s show ing at The Ga te , No t t ing H i l l - £1.30 or 80p before 3pm. (You get a short too - an a r t i s t i c exper iment

Dav id Thompson

in co lou r env i ronment ; mus i c by P i n k F l o y d — in te res t ing) .

The E l e c t r i c C i n e m a C l u b usua l l y shows f i lms for two or three days on l y , but on March 7th it began a season featur ing a f i lm that had i t s B r i t i s h premiere at the 1975 London F i l m F e s t i v a l ; 'Story of S i n ' by the P o l i s h d i rec tor , Waler ian B o r o w c z y k . T h i s i s the f i rs t f i lm by th is d i rec to r that I have seen - I hope i t ' s not the las t . H e had one other f i lm at th i s y e a r ' s f es t i v a l — ' T h e B e a s t ' - and one at last y e a r ' s ' Immoral T a l e s ' . A s you might have su rm ised from these t i t l es the theme i s s e x , and how it con t ro ls peop le . B r i e f l y (and unshamedly p l a g i a r i s t i c a l l y ) 'Story of S i n ' i s the story of a f a l l en v i r g i n , a v i c t im of e v i l peop le and a dir ty wor ld f i l l e d wi th ine f fec t i ve s o c i a l worke rs , dukes , chea ts and p imps . A wor ld where any step from the accep ted moral va l ues can never be ret raced and each step leads further into the murky dep ths . I w a s not en t i re l y c o n v i n c e d that the gi r l i s the trapped innocent she appears to be, but the s t a g e s from v i rg in to whore are so w e l l D lended, that they make the who le very c o n v i n c i n g .

M u s i c Deodato - F i rs t C u c k o o (MCA)

Good music A N O T H E R D E O D A T O A L B U M -re leased about a month ago — and , as u s u a l , i t ' s a good cut above the rest of the debr i s get t ing r e l e a s e d . A few unnecessa ry t r acks , a few good ies , and one supe r l a t i ve number. Of course it r e c e i v e s as much pub l i c i t y and at tent ion as h i s p rev ious four a lbums — n e g l i g i b l e .

T h e unnecessa ry t racks are the r ipped-off " B l a c k D o g " , t ransferred p r a c t i c a l l y note-for-note from you-know-where and supposed ly wr i t ten by Gene P a g e , Rober t P l a n t , and John J o n e s ( T c h , T c h l ) , and the t i t le t rack by one F r e d e r i c k D e l i u s , aga in s t i c k i n g very c l o s e l y to the o r ig ina l and sound ing out o f p l a c e on the L P .

T h e good ies i n c l u d e " F u n k Y o u r s e l f " , " C r a b w a l k " , and " W a t u s i S t r u t " (Deodato Compos i t i ons ) and Ogden N a s h / K u r t W e i l l i s " S p e a k l o w " a l l w e l l up to h i s h igh s tandards in g e n t l y - j a z z e d s o p h i s t i c a t i o n whatever the s o n g s ' o r ig ina l backgrounds . T h i s is easy l i s t en ing of the h ighes t q u a l i t y . L i k e a long smooth dr ink , you know i t ' s there a l l the t ime but wi thout unp leasan t jagged edges or a f te r - tas tes .

Then there is the one truly superb s o n g . T h i s i s Marcos V a l l e i s " A d a m ' s H o t e l " and it immediate ly s tands o»t as someth ing s p e c i a l . One of the so f tes t , most d e l i c a t e s ongs , beau t i f u l l y f l ow ing and f rag i l e , words don' t do it j u s t i c e . T h e unc lu t tered e l e c t r i c p iano s o l o i s a pure de l i gh t . You cou ld p lay th is song on a lmost any instrument and it wou ld sound great.

So , another one p a s s e s on i t ' s way , bare ly no t i ced but l eav ing the p leasure of " A d a m ' s H o t e l " . Some peop le make m u s i c , some become famous. T h e lucky few ach ieve both . Eumi r Deoda t o j us t makes good m u s i c .

L e o n Red bone — On T h e T r a c k s

(Warner Bros.)

The ultimate

long shot W H A T IS T H I S ? ? Y o u may we l l a s k . A n d I d i d . A n s w e r : I t 's just a s tandard twe lve inch record , round, a l though the hole doesn ' t seerff qu i te d r i l l e d in the midd le , b l ack (no reference whatsoever to i t ' s ances to r s ) , and fash ioned in the modern s t y l e ( ie warped and razor- th in) . O h , and i t ' s p o s i t i v e l y ho r r ib le .

Leon Redbone comes on l i ke an e lde r l y Southern s ta tes y o d e l l e r intent on becoming i r re futab le p roo f , of l i fe after dea th , but he 'd se t t l e for the posthumous " G r o u c h o Marx s i n g s R i n g C r o s b y " award for 1837 (a good year for s t i f f s ) . L o o k i n g l i ke a c r o s s po l l i na ted hybr id of F rank Z a p p a and Genera l C u s t e r spor t ing an oh so nouveau c h i c r a i l w a y m a n ' s cap and w a l l to wa l l c i g a r smoke he c roons and warb les h i s way through the most sp lend i fe rous s e l e c t i o n of your favour i tes and mine, v i s a v i s , " A i n ' t M i s b e h a v i n ' " , " L a z y ­b o n e s " , ad nauseam. H e sounds bored, a hardly su rp r i s i ng s ta te of the na t i on .

On the s l e e v e is an acknowledgement cred i t to J e l l y R o l l Morton and J immy Rodgers " f o r their m u s i c ' , who presumably cou ld do better than th i s . If you want to hear some se r ious b l u e s / g o s p e l sounds , then Ta j M a h a l , on say " A s tep f u r t he r " , wou ld be amply more reward ing than the aural wonderment here d i s p l a y e d .

To th ink that Warners have put money behind such a pro ject i s pretty m i n d -bogg l ing and as far as a lbums go, th is is the u l t imate long sho t . Of cou rse , the who le d i lemma would be exp la i ne d if it were Jonathan K i n g in d i s g u i s e . Bu t then some unfor tunates wou ld probably l i s ten to it.

HIC

Books Solzheni tsyn. Matryona's House

and other stories'. (Penguin)

S O L Z H E N I T S Y N is now a househo ld name In both the West and the E a s t by V i r tue of h i s c r i t i c i s m of Sov ie t R u s s i a . T h i s notor iety has p o s s i b l y been to the detr iment of h i s reputat ion as a wr i ter ; another reason i s that h i s best known works , for example the Gu lag A r c h i p e l a g o , tend to be rather long and, arguab ly , heavy go ing . However , anyone who in the past may have been re luctant to sample h i s l a rge -sca le books can now try th is s e l e c t i o n of short s to r i es and prose-poems, and r e a l i s e what an amaz ing wr i ter th i s much-persecuted b loke i s . H e wr i tes wi th a deep - roo ted a f fec t ion for the country he has been expe l l ed from, and seems to understand the people more than any other wr i ter on e i ther s i de of the Iron C u r t a i n . E a c h of these s to r i es and re f l ec t i ons i s a separa te chunk out of h i s vas t expe r i ence of the R u s s i a n deve lopment ; exper ience wh i ch i n c l u d e s eight yea rs in pr ison camps . S o l z h e n i t s y n i s a wri ter in the modem ve in (which p o s s i b l y s tar ted wi th J a m e s J o y c e ) in that he s e e k s to portray a cer ta in s e c t i o n of c i v i l i s a t i o n as comp le te l y as p o s s i b l e ; and if th i s i n c l u d e s face ts wh ich are s h o c k i n g or unp leasan t in any way , then they have to be inc luded a long wi th the good s i d e s . A s h i s soc ie t y has had a d i f f i cu l t deve lopment there is more of the bad and the ugly in these pages than the good; but do not let th is deter you . T h i s is wr i t i ng of d i s t i nc t worth; a huge pe rcep t i veness coup led wi th an equa l l y huge fee l i ng for language.

Further b o o k reviews

and the theatre reviews

can be found on p10.

R E V I E W S cont 'd

Theatre 'Watch 5t Come Down' by John Osborne

At the National Theatre

J O H N O S B O R N E ' S newly performed p lay opened at the O ld V i c las t week and can be seen in the Na t i ona l T h e a t r e ' s repertoi re from March 20th. The t i t l e comes from a demo l i t i on company ' s adve r t i s i ng motto: " W e do it: Y o u watch it come d o w n " ; and by the end of the e v e n i n g you feel that the demol i t ion exper ts have done a pretty thorough job. I cannot c l a im to be an Osborne expert , but I cou ld not he lp th ink ing that here were J immy and A l i s o n Por ter , twenty years later, with the ro les reve rsed .

Ben P r o s s e r i s an E n g l i s h O s c a r -w inn ing f i lm d i rec tor who hopes to escape from the unp leasan tness of town d w e l l i n g by se t t ing up house in a reduntant country ra i lway s ta t i on , sumptuous ly furn ished wi th the la test from H e a l ' s . Un fo r tuna 'e l y he barga ins without the loca l country vanda l s whose idea of a good time is to spend it w i th a shotgun. Meanwh i l e h i s w i fe keeps up a fa i r ly s teady stream of v i tupera t ion wh ich o c c a s i o n a l l y f l a res into the row to end a l l rows . Amongst thei r co-mates in e x i l e are G l e n , the dy ing wr i ter , who comp le tes h i s twe lve hundred page book as h i s ingenue admirer prepares h i s herbal tea , and Raymond , the camp e s c a p e e from L e i c e s t e r and the rag t rade, who t r ies to keep the peace wi th l av i sh he lp i ngs from the w e l l -s tocked d r i nks t ro l l ey .

The cent ra l f ee l i ng that the play g i v e s is one of hope in the strength of personal r e l a t i onsh ip s desp i t e the turmoi ls of the pub l i c wo r l d . Wh i l s t Ben and S a l l y (admirably p layed by Frank F i n l a y and J i l l Bennet t ) row thei r way thro jgh the even ing , mi.re pos i t i ve re l a t i onsh ips are be ing worked out between a l l the e x i l e s , the prime mover in these mu l t i fa r ious a c t i v i t i e s be ing J o , in a g lo r ious performance by Susan F l e e t w o o d , who loves every ­body.

The se t t i ng i s by Hayden G r i f f i n , who has shown a remarkable at tent ion to d e t a i l . The d i s u s e d ra i lway s ta t ion s t i l l houses some of the r e l i c s of i ts former g lo ry ; the platform t i cke t mach ine , the book ing o f f i ce ha tch ; w h i l s t the modern add i t i ons prov ide what m j s t be a property mas te r ' s n ightmare, in terms of sheer numbers.

Thomas Stevenson

O l d F lames By E A Whitehead

E D W A R D T R E A T S women very bad ly , but it does not bother h im . A s soon as a s i tua t ion becomes too d i f f i cu l t to hand le , he w a l k s away from it, l eav ing o thers to p ick up the p i e c e s . T h u s , at the beg inn ing of the p lay , hav ing been inv i ted by h i s g i r l f r iend to an in t imate supper on her houseboat , he makes no ment ion of the two w i v e s he h a s deser ted , or the c rue l way he h a s treated h i s paren ts . T h e s e e p i s o d e s in h i s l i fe are i r re levant to the b u s i n e s s in hand . Howeve r , when h i s e x - w i v e s and mother turn up on the boat for supper , he f inds h imse l f f lounder ing, unab le to r e c o n c i l e h i s re la t i onsh ips wi th these three. A n d then they eat h i m .

F e a s t i n g upon c h e e s e c a k e in the thea t re ' s co f fee bar, I wondered how r e a l i s t i c the charac te r of Edward was meant to be. Someone who so to ta l ly ignored the f ee l i ngs of women wou ld be hard to f i nd . But , as the conve rsa t i on in the second act moved on to men in genera l it became c lea r that the women

m i x

cons ide red a l l ma les to be jus t a s od ious as Edward , who was c l e a r l y meant to be a pe rson i f i ca t i on of the d e f i n i t i v e male c h a u v i n i s t s te reo type . But the female c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n s were s c a r c e l y more sympathe t i c . They seemed to regard sex as a mere e x e r c i s e in wh i ch each s i de i s out for what they can get .

I do not th ink I have ever seen a product ion wh ich l ove i s so to ta l l y absen t , when the sub jec t matter i s con t i nua l l y c r y i ng out for a touch of humanity wh i ch never c om es . So what do we have lef t? A lot of frui ty language ce r t a i n l y , and moments of genu ine humour, some of wh ich s t i r red the l ad i es in the aud ience to bursts of sympathe t i c app lause wh i l e l eav ing the gent lemen bew i lde red . A l l of th is adds up to g i ve a very enter ta in ing p lay laced wi th b i t ter c y n i c i s m and a touch of c a n n i b a l i s m . Something for eve ryone .

Steve Randal I

I D O M E N E O

Eng l i sh National Opera

Co l iseum

In rep until March 26th

I D O M E N E O , f i rs t performed in Mun ich in 1781 was M o z a r t ' s f i rs t major opera and wh i l e unques t ionab ly a mas te rp iece has been re la t i ve l y neg lec ted , it has l e s s immediate theat r ica l appeal than the later operas , be ing part ly rooted in the o lder opera seria t rad i t ion . The f i rs t hal f of the work i s la rge ly a s u c c e s s i o n of so l o r ec i t a t i ves and a r i a s , in e f fec t sung dec lamat ions wh i ch g i ve a severe formal and s ta t i c imp ress ion ; a sort of dramat ic cos tume ora tor io . T h e ques t ion a r i s e s as to whether the theat r ica l t rappings rea l l y

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enhance the m u s i c a l e x p e r i e n c e . In the E n g l i s h Na t i ona l Opera

C o m p a n y ' s p roduc t ion , three of the four p r i n c i p a l s are d ramat i ca l l y c o n ­v i n c i n g , the chorus hams v a l i a n t l y , but the cos tumes and se ts are if any th ing rather d i s t r a c t i n g . In Homer i c C r e t e , b u l l s ' horns and do lph in mot i fs are indeed to be expec ted but the down-at-hee l f o l l owe rs of L o r e n z o di Med i c i and s o l d i e r s who have apparent ly deser ted from the army of Ghengh is Khan are p u z z l i n g e l emen ts . E l e k t r a seems to be moon l igh t ing from a Wag­ner ian product ion (an i l l u s i o n to wh ich the person of R i t a Hunter lends powerful support) and the a l so - ran s and other ranks are k i t ted out in u l t ra-drab a l l -purpose medaeval peasant garb so that it comes as no su rp r i se that they are soon ravaged by p lague and, towards the end of A c t Two by a fearsome monster from the region of the D ress C i r c l e . T h i s creature i s ac t i ng on behalf of Neptune who f i na l l y appears in person (in the form of the la rgest and ug l i es t s ta tue in the anc ien t world) to prevent K i n g Idomeneo from s a c r i f i c i n g h i s son Idamante and thus f a c i l i t a t i n g a happy end ing , very much aga ins t the run of e v e n t s .

The s l i g h t l y lud ic rous e lements of t h i s product ion are however , made to seem t r i v ia l by the sp lendour of the m u s i c ; the sco re is sub l ime ( inv i t ing compar i son wi th no other Mozar t opera but rather wi th F i d e l i o ) and the perform­ance under C h a r l e s M a c k e r a s s went a long way towards do ing it j u s t i c e . R i t a Hunter sung superb ly w h i l e John M i t c h i n s o n (Idomeneo) and L o i s M a c d o n a l l ( I l ia) were imp ress i ve . O n e wondered however , whether a concer t performance wi th s u b s t a n t i a l l y the same cas t might not have been an equa l l y s a t i s f y i n g expe r i ence .

Michael Barrett

Proust by Roger Shattuck (Fontana).

Ma^ce! Prous t spent half h i s l i ' e wr i t ing a book w h i c h , when f i n i s h e d , was long enough to make 'War and P e a c e ' look l i ke an ambi t ious paragraph. A s it is based on the expe r i ences of the f i rs t hal f of h i s l i f e , it i s unavo idab ly quas i - au tob iog raph i ca l , and Pro f . Shat tuck has in fact wr i t ten th is book more about 'In Search of L o s t T i m e ' than the l i fe of i t s author, these two th ings be ing more or l e s s i nsepa rab le . When t ack l i ng a work of th i s length (about 3000 pages) i ts handy to have some idea of what i s go ing on before you start , or you cou ld a l l too e a s i l y become rather lost in the mul t i tude of ideas and concep ts wh ich run through the book . T h i s newexp lana t i on g i ves a c o n c i s e a n a l y s i s of P r o u s t ' s oeuvre and, if you are going to attempt the great marathon, i s an e s s e n t i a l l imber ing — up e x e r c i s e .

T h e Poor Mouth, by Fann O ' B r i e n .

(Picador)

IF Y O U E V E R get inv i ted to a l i terary luncheon party, da r l i ng , a sa fe name to spout over your gin and ton ic i s F l a n n O ' B r i e n (real name B r i a n N o l a n ) . A s he wrote largely in G a e l i c h i s work has been rather i n a c c e s s i b l e unt i l recen t l y , but now you can sample him in P i c a d o r , and anyone w h o ' s anyone th inks h e ' s great . None of th is i s much use to Mr O ' B r i e n because he d ied ten yea rs ago, but you can ' t have the c a k e and the ha 'penny can you?

T h i s book i s a c o l l e c t i o n of s t o r i es about a young man in I re land; p i g s , potatoes and poverty a l l p lay a large part. I t 's rated as funny, w h i c h it i s , in a dry, surreal way ; and he doesn ' t ment ion G u i n n e s s o n c e .

T h e Forest P e o p l e . (Picador)

by C o l i n Turnbul l

T H E F O R E S T P E O P L E are a t r ibe of pygmies who inhabi t a d e n s e , a lmost unexp lored forest in the depths of the C o n g o ; not the most hosp i t ab le p l a c e in the wo r l d , no Wimpy bars or other s i g n s of modern c i v i l i s a t i o n . The peop le who l i ve here, the Bambut i , are even l e s s c i v i l i s e d than the inhab i tan ts of I C . C o l i n Tu rnbu l l , an an th ropo log is t , went to l i ve wi th and study these un ique fo lk , and managed to get accep ted by them, no mean feat in i t se l f .

A t the end of h i s stay there he wrote th i s f a s c i n a t i n g book about a race whose l i f e s t y l e i s as d i f ferent from ours as l i t t l e green men. A n d yet the ques t i on a s k e d by the book i s at f i r s t s igh t a lmost r i d i c u l o u s ; are these peop le rea l l y any di f ferent from us fundamenta l l y? It appears that the way in wh ich man th inks and, i ndeed , runs h i s l i f e , i s e s s e n t i a l l y the same through­out the broad spectrum of present day ' c i v i l i s a t i o n s ' , and arguab ly , throughout h i s t o r y ; on ly the externa l t rappings d i f fe r .

Another point , p o s s i b l y a d i s tu rb ing o n e , i s that desp i te (because of?) the i r s i m p l i c i t y , peop le such as these are more at peace than u s . Some might argue that a s a race they are more mature; but you can form your own op in i on s on that after read ing th is thought - p rovok ing , w e l l wr i t ten book. More than jus t p resent ing a c a s e -h is to ry of some obscure soc i e t y wi th no apparent re levance to our wor ld , it a c t s as a va l uab le tool in unders tand ing the work ing of c i v i l i s a t i o n s w i th wh ich it appears to have noth ing in common.

John Andrews

19 M U X

THERE IS STILL TIME.

to see D r a m s o c ' s product ion of S h a k e s p e a r e ' s " T w o Gent lemen of V e r o n a " . In the Un ion Conce r t H a l l , tonight and tomorrow at 7.30pm

Pho to by P h i l Dean

PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 32

NIGHTLINE There will be people at

Nightline during the Easter Vacation. Many of the volunteers are staying up to pay rent or are wonting in the vain hope of getting back next year. Others however, are di sapper aing into the misty depths of Kent and

L E T T E R Si r , - F i r s t of a l l I wou ld l i k e to thank a l l the peop le who o rgan ised the ICWA E a s t e r B a l l for p rov id ing a most en joyab le event .

H o w e v e r , I wou ld l i k e to v o c i e my d i sapp rova l of the fact that qu i te a number of peop le who had been to the C h a p s C l u b D inner were admit ted to the event at about 1.00am. I r e a l i s e that they were a s k e d to pay £1 a head for a d m i s s i o n , but t h i s d i d not benef i t the peop le who had pa id cons ide rab l y more for the even ing and were upset by the rowdy behav iour of these inebr ia ted la tecomers .

I have noth ing aga ins t the peop le in par t i cu la r , but I be l i e v e that the p r i n c i p l e of on ly a l l o w i n g people who have at tended such a func t ion to u s e i t s la te bar and other f a c i l i t i e s shou ld be s t r i c k l y adhered to. Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y , A D R I A N S U D W O R T H , R C S E n t s C h a i r m a n .

North Luton.

We will be co-operating with other Nightlines in London so there will be two people there each night, but it is better to have three and one other person (pre­ferably the Co-ordinator) on ca l l .

If you can help during Easter or are a P G who could help with Nightline through the exam period please give us a ring in the early evening this week. Arrange to have a chat with someone already involved. We may put on some sensitivity training if you are interested. You have to be ready to listen, not to judge, and to respect the free will and confidence of others.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Anyone is welcome to come round during the vacation, but our location will vary during the first two weeks. The external telephone number will remain the same, so give us a ring on 01-581 2468 before you call round.

PS-Nightl ine tends to be quiet in the vacation so if your friends have gone away or you are beginning to wish you had not bothered staying down, give the people at Nightline a ring. They are probably there because they did not want to spend the evening alone in their cold flat.

A c r o s s

I. S t i ngy , C l e o p a t r a ' s psyche perhaps (4) 3. Ex t ravagan t , I'm fash ion at a p r i c e ! (10) 10. T a k e a tr ip to the E a s t for a Nor thern d e l i c a c y (5) I I . S h o c k s after dark g ive me the b i rd (9)

12. E x p l a n a t i o n among quiet F r e n c h , and in rat ion (14) 14. The Internat ional Organ­i sa t i on on Congruence i s i l l -ma tched (7) 15 .1 r r idescent l i t t le A l i s o n in a k ind of e n d l e s s peony (7)

17. A w k w a r d Or ien ta l in s tep wi th modern scu lp to r (7) 19. Set t le around R u s s i a n c a p i t a l anyway , for support (7) 20. D i d the o ld P o p e s i n g th is in the bath,? (9,5)

23.1 can qu ie t l y moon for th is f r iend (9) 24. When added to bad a le th i s c h e m i c a l ' s heaven ly (5)

25. C e r e a l bow ls he s h a k e s v i o l en t l y (10) 26. c / o The Egyp t ian G o d d e s s , Oxon (4)

Down

1. A s c r i b e s c a r e l e s s t ra i ts to S c o t t i s h i s l a n d (10) 2 . P u t t i n g it b lun t l y , there 's no future in it (9)

4 . I t 's here somewhere, just what the miner a l w a y s wanted (7) 5. Bad gout tho' i s ob l igatory (5,2) 6 . Scene 1: E a s t Gate repa i red , the property markets (6,8) 7. A mixed loam for C r o c k e t t ' s last s tand (5) 8 . " . . . s i n g e s t of summer in ful l—throated - " K e a t s ode to a n igh t inga le (4) 9. C o r n i s h d e v o l u t i o n i s t e x c e e d s speed l imi t on the M1 (5,2,7) 13. Be in ho l l ow sort of ruse to gain bonds wi th guaranteed income (10) 16. " A n d a l l my l u s t " . A

Marve l l " T o h i s coy m i s t r e s s " :4,5> 18. One needs R l to d i spe l these sea—wi tches ! (7) 19. A p p r e n t i c e s Scotch own is tree (7)

21 . Under the in f l uence of dr ink, s c h o l a r g i v e s dance

(5) 22. B l a c k l e g gets cabbages and other o ld veg thrown at h im (4)

T h e pr ize of £1 wil l be given

to the first correct solut ion

drawn out of the Ed i to r 's

Hat at noon next Wednesday

17th March. The Ed i to r 's

d e c i s i o n wil l be final'.

T h e winner of Crossword No

31 was David Rosen ,

Astronomy who rece ives

the pr ize of £ 2 .

Solution to P r i z e Crossword

No 31.

COPY DATE

Mon15th

March

2.00pm

M U X 11

FOOTBALL

RUGBY

Early birds just catch the worm Imperial C o l l e g e A 25

Centaurs 10

T H I S T I M E , the A ' s a s s e m b l e d at the unearth ly hour of n ine on a very co l d Saturday morning an t i c i pa t i ng a ten-thir ty k ick-o f f at Ha r l i ng ton . In fac t , the game was de layed because the Cen tau rs ar r ived la te , and then wi th on ly th i r teen p l a y e r s . No exp lana t ion was of fered to the punc tua l , but f rozen A ' s . A n y w a y , it was a re l ie f to see them ar r i v ing by car and not by horse box.

The game star ted w e l l for the A ' s wi th Steve B l o c k sco r i ng an ear ly try in the corner . Then the lead was inc reased by a penal ty from D i c k P u l l e n . H a v i n g star ted so w e l l the A ' s felt no need to get on wi th the game and thei r re laxed at t i tude was soon pun ished by a try and penal ty from Cen tau rs . However , the A ' s managed to reach half t ime wi th a lead of 10—7 fo l l ow in g a second D i c k P u l l e n pena l ty .

A change around in the forwards meant a much more se t t l ed pack in the second hal f but shor t ly after the restart a Centaur penal ty l e v e l l e d the sco r i ng and the A ' s found themse lves s t rugg l ing wi th the las t quarter of the game approach­ing . A l i t t l e more effort and co-ord ina t ion brought seven

po in ts in two minu tes . A . qu ick p a s s i n g move down the b a c k s , f o l l ow ing a penal ty f i ve yards out, gave C h r i s Becque the chance of a try in the corner . That was fo l l owed by D i c k P u l l e n monotonous ly k i c k i n g a pena l ty . Two more t r ies then f o l l o w e d . The pack won the ba l l near the Cen taur l i ne , John Thomas took off by h imse l f (he is a modest chap) . A f te r b reak ing through two t a c k l e s and d i v i n g for the l ine he dec ided to p a s s , by bounc ing the ba l l off the groundl C h r i s Becque gathered, sat down, and sco red ! A superb forward p a s s by Steve B l o c k put C h r i s over for h i s third t ry.

A hat t r ick of t r ies by C h r i s Becque saved what might o therw ise have been a d isma l morn ing . In the end it was a v ic to ry for the A ' s , but by an unf la t ter ing ly sma l l marg in , cons i de r i n g the s ta te of tITe o p p o s i t i o n . There was l i t t le co -o rd ina t ion , too much ind i v idua l en terpr ise and too many m i s t a k e s . But it w a s , af ter a l l , a v i c to ry . Team: - R Pullen, S Block, C Becque, R Leeson, J Pitcher, M Gibson, J Thomas, B Bubb, J Day, R Oyler, R Porter, C Cuthertson, J Fishburn, R 'enner, T Griffiths.

Chr is Cutherbutson

LADIES ROWING

HEAD'S ROLL L A S T W E D N E S D A Y , the L a d i e s ' Boat C l u b c l a i m e d the i r f i rs t head , when the second crew su rp r i s ing l y won the U L IVs head , beat ing the 1st c rew by 11 s e c , over a 17 min row. Due to i l l n e s s a subs t i tu t ion had to be made in the f i rs t boat and the third c rew had to be s c r a t c h e d . T h i s w a s . the f i rs t l ad i es trophy to be won , and now ho lds pr ide of p l a c e in the Boa thouse trophy cupboard . A s usua l U L o rgan isa t ion was non-ex is ten t , and the c rews were kept wa i t i ng IVihours on the r iver before they were f i na l l y s tar ted, by what turned out to be the f i n i s h boat as we 11.

Unfor tunate ly the second head , at Bedford on Saturday went to Cambr idge I. IC

l ad i es rowed we l l however , beat ing U L II by over a minute , a l though unfor tunate ly coming in 2 0 s e c s behind U L I who were in a super io r boat .

T h i s Saturday s e e e a third head, wh ich we hope w i l l be won by IC . T h a n k s go to C h a r l i e , the boatman for h i s encouragement , and to N i g e l and Gary for c o x i n g u s s o we l I .

U L / Vs Head I Bow A Heap

2 I Pollock 3 C Hodgson

Stroke G Taplin Cox N Williams

II Bow S James 2 S Massey

Stroke B Ness Cox G Nolan

Eulogy on a win O N W E D N E S D A Y IC 1 St XI sco red their second v ic to ry in a row, thanks main ly to the L S E goa lkeeper .

F resh from their e a s y v ic to ry over Q M C IC star ted hes i tan t l y and the game was scrappy unt i l a p iece of sheer i nd i v idua l gen ius from Terry L indon ra i sed the s tandard of the game. P u l l i n g down h i s shor ts for the f u l l bac k , he cut i ns ide and h i t an unstop-ab le shot wh ich t rave l led ten feet before d r i bb l i ng towards the goa lkeeper who a lmost threw it into h i s own net. L i n d o n , 1 - 0 . Be fo re hal f t ime Terry Gr i rnwades ' shot , af ter a c r o s s from the r ight, was de f l ec ted by a defender through the g o a l k e e p e r ' s , hands ; 2 - 0 .

On the restart wi th IC s t i l l l i c k i n g T e r r y ' s oranges from their teeth L S E s c o r e d . T h i s c a u s e d IC to at last start to play f oo tba l l . Within f i ve minutes Terry G r i m -w a d e ' s shot from Terry L i n d o n ' s c r o s s was guided in by P a t F r a m p t o n ; 3 - 1 . F i v e minutes later a good move sent P a t Frampton

. c h a s i n g goa lwards t o ' s l o t in the fourth a s ttre goa lkeeper came out . A bu l le t header from P a t Frampton af ter a p in-point c r o s s from l imp ing Bobby Dutton comple ted h i s hat - t r ick and made the sco re 5—1. (Truth from M i c k Popper : Good c r o s s , header , cobbed up and the goa lkeeper pushed it into h i s own net) . There then fo l l owed a long per iod w i th Ian Hunt ington t ry ing to make D i c k H a s l e r let in . , another g o a l , but D i c k w a s up to it , coming out w e l l to s top the L S E forwards.

M i k e Popper bus t led ine f fec t i ve l y in - m i d f i e l d , J u n l l ey ove r l apped w e l l , Dave Brabb in and C h r i s How ley looked sa fe at the back and P h i l S ing le ton ran we l l in m i d f i e l d . The h igh l igh t of the game: s e e i n g Concorde before the s tar t . Another good performance from I C . Team: - D Hasler, J lley, D Brabbin, I Huntington, C Howley, M Popper, T Grim­wade (1), P Singleton, T Lindon (1), P Frampton (3), B Dutton.

P F ramp ton

SPORTING MOTORCYCLE CLUB

Trial by error T H E C O L L E G E racer , a Honda C B 7 2 , was due to have i ts f i rs t out ing of the new season on 6th M a r c h . Dur ing p rac t i ce however , it deve loped lubr ica t ion prob lems. The resul t was that the race at Sne l te r ton , Nor fo lk was not en tered. It was then dec ided that the c l u b shou ld ho ld a t r ia l between our­s e l v e s . By chance we managed to f ind some su i t ab le terrain nearby in a wood .

The tr ia l c o n s i s t e d of 4 s e c t i o n s , three of wh ich n e c e s s i t a t e d r id ing for a short t ime in a muddy s t ream. T h e s e c t i o n s were d e v i s e d by T im Saunders ' warped m ind . The las t sec t i on en ta i l ed p a s s i n g p i l e s of randomly p laced logs . A l though the c o l l e g e ' s " t r i a l s " b ike is not a t r i a l s b i ke because some of i t s p h y s i c a l d imens ions and engine c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s are not those of a genuine mach ine , the event d id prov ide an in t roduct ion to the art of t r i a l s r i d i ng .

The word art i s used very l o o s e l y . M i k e May t r ied to fe l l at least two t rees by r id ing into them. Mart in B l e a s d a l e ' s a t t i tude

Bedford Vllls Head Bow S James

2 S Massey 3 J Downes 4 J Maskell 5 S Smith

6 I Pollock 7 C Hodgson

Stroke G Taplin Cox N Williams

seemed to be that if he went fast enough he wou ld be out of the sec t i on by the t ime he f e l l off, wh ich he d id on numerous o c c a s i o n s . R e s u l t s were as f o l l o w s : -

Position Points

Tim Saunders 1 32 Martin Bleasdale 2 64 Mac 3 80 Dave 4 81 John Redfern 5 99 Steve Wilks 6 109 Nick James 7 111 Mike May 8 133 Cowboy 9 134 Rob Bracken 10 138

Steve Wilks

T e a m C a p t a i n s , now i s

the t ime

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12 F i l I X

CROSS COUNTRY

Courages Trophy L A S T W E D N E S D A Y , t h e C r o s s -Country C l u b s t ruck go ld when the f i r s t team won the a l l f i ve r a c e s . A d d e d to t h i s , s t rong f i n i s h i n g by the second team enab led them to move about V e t s into a respec tab le e ighth p o s i t i o n , so re ta in ing thei r s ta tus for another season a s a f i r s t d i v i s i o n team. T h e fate of the third team w a s s e a l e d ; re legat ion a fa i t a c c o m p l i , though they d id manage to ra i se themse lves off bottom p l a c e .

The race i t se l f was run in near perfect c o n d i t i o n s , and most runners t o o k the opportuni ty to record personal b e s t s . Rob A l l i n s o n won h i s second league race on the t ro t (s ic ) , in 26 .52 , w inn ing by over hal f a minute . Steve Webb (28.22) and Ian E l l i s (28.55) were other f i rs t teamers record ing best t imes . F o r the second team, Ian Isherwood (30.48) and A l a n L e a k e y (39.59) c l o c k e d t imes wh ich were some way beyond their p rev ious b e s t s . E v e n the third team, whose p h y s i c a l f i t n e s s i s u s u a l l y proport ional to the w e e k ' s a l c o h o l i c consumpt ion , showed that they too were not ave rse to s t re tch ing thei r l egs faster than w a l k i n g pace . N o t a b l e w a s Mart in Ta rnowsk i (33.33) and Pe te J o h n s o n , who rese rves h i s better runs for worse c o n d i t i o n s . They

saw to it that the third team had some moral support at the back of the race . P S Thanks to Squee ler Mor r ison and B i l l J a c k s o n for o f f i c i a t i n g .

One cou ld have been e x c u s e d for th ink ing that the o rgan ise rs had changed the data and venue of the annual Br ighton run, if one had w i t n e s s e d the veteran ca rs wh ich conveyed us to the f ina l Courages League f ix ture at Ox fo rd , on Saturday. T h i s league compr i ses un ive rs i t y and c o l l e g e teams from a l l over the South of E n g l a n d , the s tandard be ing a coup le of no tches above the London C o l l e g e s L e a g u e . The cou rse c o n s i s t e d of 2 laps of 2Vi m i l e s , a long leve l s t retch fo l l owed by a p lunge down the s i d e of a h i l l s i d e and the f ina l m i le of the lap c o n s i s t i n g of severa l s teep a s c e n t s in order to get back to the top of the damned h i l l and then to repeat the same d o s e .

The race was won in 23 .10 , Rob A l l i n s o n be ing f i rs t IC runner home in 6th p lace — for tunate ly , a coup le

of guest F rogs had jux tuposed themse lves between 1st and 6 th , and hence d id not count in the i n d i v i d u a l s ove ra l l p o s i t i o n s . T h i s dev i ou s ploy enab led Rob to gain the trophy as the lead ing ove ra l l runner in the four league

LACROSSE

No shame in defeat Cambridge E a g l e s 18 v Imperial C o l l e g e 7

A F T E R T H E v ic to ry aga ins t Buckhu rs t H i l l , Imperial C o l l e g e t r a v e l l l e d t o C a m b r i d g e . F o r a p leasan t change we had a fu l l team.

The match got underway promptly at 2 .45 , and w i th in the f i rs t minute it was obv ious w h o ' was go ing to w i n . A l though C a m b r i d g e ' s s t i c k hand l i ng was not much better than I C ' s , they fought so hard for every ba l l that it fe l t l i ke p lay ing a team of f i f teen p l a y e r s . A t the end of the f i rs t quarter Cambr idge led 5 - 1 .

In the second quarter the de fence t r ied as hard as p o s s i b l e but they found it very d i f f i cu l t to get the

ma tches . George Si ve i l (Ga teshead N , Q E C & IC) ran home in 20th c l o s e l y fo l l owed by Ian E l l i s (21) and Steve Webb (25). T h i s c l o s e pack ing enabled the f i rs t team to f i n i sh fourth in the league, and after much d i s c u s s i o n as to whether we were a c o l l e g e / u n i v e r s i t y we were

awarded lots of t roph ies for being the lead ing c o l l e g e , tho ' no-one rea l l y wanted them. The even ing was spent samp l i ng H o o k Nor ton , Mor l ands , Wadworths, Mo r re l l s , and probably a few others (but I c a n ' t remember).

Boom careers T H E R E IS a b ig future for those who l i k e mak ing booms: s o n i c booms, atomic booms, f i n a n c i a l booms. T h e career r a c k s g l i s t en wi th s e d u c t i v e pamphle ts a t t rac t ing the f i na l year student into d e s i g n i n g m i s s i l e s , nuc lea r reac tors and a few other th ings we would arguably be bet ter off without l i k e p l a s t i c food , faster ca rs e t c .

T h e cheap labour rates and rep ress ion in South A f r i c a are s t i l l enough tor tor tunes to be made in min ing and so a few whi te exper ts w i l l be we lcome there every year , or i n L o n d o n where, lor examp le , the de l igh t fu l C o n s o l i d a t e d G o l d f i e l d s have the i r b a s e , n i c e l y remote from the misery they are i n v o l v e d i n .

E v e r y o n e no doubt has the i r own persona l l i s t of " n a s t i e s " — areas in wh ich

they w i l l not work for l ove or money. It wou ld be i n te res t i ng to f ind out how far such l i s t s would over lap at Imperial C o l l e g e , and perhaps an i n k l i n g of t h i s c o u l d be ga ined through the co lumns of F E L I X ? What would be your " t o p t e n " of compan ies or other i ns t i t u t i ons or f i e l d s wh ich you cons ide r L E A S T W O R T H W H I L E and for a second l i s t , what are the ones you cons ide r to be l i k e l y to make the M O S T W O R T H W H I L E contr ibut ion In s o l v i n g present or future prob lems fac ing the p lanet , your cont inent , country, race , e tc .

So wri te in to F E L I X wi th your l i s t s . If enough are r ece i ve d to warrant i t , an inter im pa i r of " t o p t e n s " w i l l be pub l i shed to i nv i t e fu/ ther con t roversy !

CROQUET 'n a few months t ime the

B r i t i s h summer w i l l be wi th us and once again Q u e e n ' s Tower w i l l echo to the c rack of croquet mal let aga ins t b a l l , f o l l owed by a few we l l c h o s e n words as a p layer fa i I s to make a hoop.

T h e C l u b s p lay ing season s ta r ts in the summer term with. c oac h in g s e s s i o n s , informal matches . between C l u b members and for the more e n t h u s i a s t i c , team matches aga ins t other c l u b s in the London League . I might add, one of those we l l known p rov inc ia l u n i v e r s i t i e s , Ox fo rd , have cha l l enged us to a match .

We are very fortunate in hav ing P r o f es s o r B G Nea l for our pres ident , for he was open Champion in 1972 and '73 and must be one of the

ba l l into a t tack . The at tack, when they got the b a l l , d idn ' t fare much better and had lo ts of problems keep ing p o s s e s s i o n . So it turned into a very d e f e n s i v e game on I C ' s part. The S i x M i l l i o n D o l l a r man sco red three g o a l s , but unfortunatpiv h i s b i on i c brain then s e i z e d up. R i c h a r d Fo rs te r and M ike Bu rke d id manage to s a v e I C ' s f ace , both of them s c o r i n g a coup le of good g o a l s .

Meanwh i l e back in de fence B i l l J a c k s o n and R o b Morr ison d id very w e l l , b reak inq up many of C a m ­b r i dge ' s a t t a c k s . But not enougt i . F i n a l l y in the last quarter P e t e MacDona ld in goa l got back to h i s usua l form and made some exce l l en t s a v e s .

T h i s left the f ina l score 18—7 in C a m b r i d g e ' s favour. However I th ink IC d id very w e l l aga ins t a s ide who cou ld ho ld thei r own in the d i v i s i o n above . Everybody d id as we l l as they cou ld and there 's no shame in th i s defeat .

T e a m : - P MacDonald, B Jackson, Ft Morrison, B Strangeway (Capt), R Forster, M Smeaton, S Austin Mark 547, P Jepson, M Burke, P Watson.

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s

F E L I X , on beha l f of i t s readers , would l i k e to congratu la te M R R I Z S H A K I R and M 'SS A L I S O N Y E O M A N S on thei r recent engagement and w ish them every h a p p i n e s s and s u c c e s s in the "uture.

best p laye rs of the game today. H e w i l l be prov id ing the c o a c h i n g for the C l u b .

We p lay on the lawn by the Q u e e n ' s Tower and hope to provide an informal atmos­phere in wh i ch to play croquet to ease the s t ra in of the summer months. There w i l l be a p re -season meet ing on Thursday 18th March at 1.15pm n E l e c Eng 508. A l l those

in terested are welcome to a t tend. F o r further de ta i l s contact N Greatorex or E A Wyatt E l e c E n g 203 Int Te l 3055 and M Rober ts Chem E n g 101c Int Te l 3877.

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