4 E V E R Y

F O R T N I G H T

2

D O U B L E F O R G U I L D S

The draw for the races gave Guilds the Surrey station, Mines the centre, and E.C.S. the Middlesex station. In the Hor-phy Cup race, B.C.S. qnlokly opened up a slight lead over Guilds, with Mines slow­ly dropping baok. At the halfway stage. Guilds put on a spurt and passed B.C.S. They went on to win by 2 lengths from B.C.S., in a time of 7 m." 23 «., with Min­es a further 3 lengths away.

In the Lowry race, the three boats were level for the f i r s t minute, then Guilds crept ahead, neither B.C.S. nor Mines crews were rowing well, and they •lowly dropped behind. In the oloslng seconds of the race, a fierce struggle developed for second place, resulting in the very plucky Ml rue erew overtaking B.C.S. to finlah 2 lengths behind Guilds.

FELIX thanks John Bell, Captain of Boats, for providing places in the launch "hanelans" for a reporter and photographer.

Winning Guilds crews:-������J.A.Mailing

JJ>J>ell

S.Harrold

HJennet

D.Body M. Gay l a r d

P.W.Gregory

Lowry B. Mantzouranls J.Sheldon C. Hlngley H.Beastall C E t t l e a H.Ridge J.Martin

K.T.Sharrock A.Tuok �"I could have got five bob for ay

. Earlington ticket"! In spite of rumours of unofficial rag committees sad Trafalgar Square revivalist groups, the Guy Fawkes festivities at Earlington were as popular as ever. The almost continuous rain of the previous three days ceased In time, aad the hep, bonfire and general sport well lived up to expectations.

The bonfire could only be described aa a, blase of glory, and the heating ef­fect on the eeld night was particularly welcome.(Several people were observed hopping around to keep warm.)

After the organised fireworks, aad with the bonfire at last dying scan, the party transferred itself indoors.i few fireworks were set off Inside, but fortunately with l i t t l e affect. ansle for danal ng was provided ay records, ana the I.C, Skiffle Group made sa enthusiasm tie aad appreciated debut. One great im­provement on last year was the ssaeth service of cold-dogs and other refresh­ments.

Throughout the evening 'there pre­vailed the usual happy atmosphere, and a l l credit to our hard-working Enter­tainments Committee for its efficient organisation.

All three Colleges turned out in force to participate in the Mbrphy Bay celebrations. The revellers travelled down to Putney on the usual party t i c ­kets, causing the maximum amount of chaos.

The B.C.S. party arrived fi r s t and amused themselves by throwing flourbaga at passing oars, a minor oollision re­sulting. The occupants were not amused, however, and summoned the Law. A lorry driver was given the same treatment and his passenger retaliated by throwing a garden fork into the crowd. Luckily no serious injury waa sustained — the wea­pon is now in the hands of the Polioe, The driver then rapidly reversed into the crowd, smashing a boat whioh was be­ing carried from the water. Several men were knocked down, and the boat is re­ported to be a complete'write-off.

The Guildsaen following Bo' now arrived on the soene and found the B.C.S. men deployed in a strategic position along the tow-path. A pitched battle en­sued; flour, fireworks and homemade bombs were hurled. Chemicals used by the R.C.S, made their presence smelt,

A Spanner was gallantly rescued from

the water by a fully clothed Gulldsmsn,

but was found to be only a cardboard

replica.

The Polioe now began to arrive in force: two launches and a Black Maria were standing by. The combatants were shepherded further along the tow-path, vanishing in a cloud of flour, earth and smoke. Several people were battling in

the water, and many were observed sans ooulottes. The battle was accompanied by a chorus of hooters and bells from pas­sing tugs. One Guildsman was taken to hospital, his spectacles smashed into his eyes, but he waa later discharged. The mob moved in front of the boathouse to await the Iferphy and Lowry crews. Another Black Maria arrived, and one demonstrator was taken for a walk by a constable, who was loudly cheered when he released his captive. In quick succession came two Police oars and two "mounties"! and two motor-cycles were used to "charge" the erowd.

A U.C. intruder was narrowly saved by the Law from a watery grave, A lively dog, led by en attractive female, at­tempted, amid encouraging shouts, to bite an Inspector.

After a Boons!aka for the victorious Guilds crews, the party dispersed, the Guildsmen being escorted to South Ken. by two defenders of the Peace. The R.C.S.

...continued on page 4.

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Bo' was oolleoted from Coy's Garage at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. He started at the f i r s t swing and, after a warming run past the Union, went off to the Brighton Bun start in Hyde Park.

At 7:54 Be' again started at the fir s t swing and set out on time at 7:55. The run down to Brighton waa marred by torrential rain for most of the way, but mechanical troubles were very minor, whioh speaks well for the preparation by soma dosen stalwart members. The troubles were a sticking carburettor float, which, although unusual, is to be expeoted as so f i l t e r is Included in the 1902 fuel sys­tem: sticking in top gear en three occas­ions, again due to the antique design, which was cured by the Judicious applic­ation of a copper hammer; and the petrol tap turning itself off due to vibration at high speed. Stops were also made for routine ping changes, the return trip seing made on one set ef plugs.

Bo' arrived at Brighton at 12:30 ana, after collecting the pennant, lunch was taken at Clarge' > hotel, twenty-three members being present.

This year Bo' stayed for the Parade

sad, despite the heaviest hall storm ef

the year, ran very well.

Be' left Brighton at 4:30 and, after an extremely pleasant return trip, includ­ing several hours spent in fuelling the crew, arrived bask at College at 11:00.

Another visitor to Brighton on Sunday was Jezebel, manned by ten B.C.S. firemen with Alan Redman at the wheel. She left Hyde Park Corner at about 8 o'clock and overtook Bo' stationary at Streathaa, with a salute from the fire bell. Another •triotly illegal clanging was given to Parley Fire Station, who responded in like Banner, and again, by loudspeaker request, to a Poliee oar.

With much tintinnabulation, Jesebel entered Brighton and was kindly provided by the Foliee with an escort to the fin­ishing line, where the ladders a l l but removed the overhead banner. The parking position inside the enclosure being even worse than outside, a quick circuit baok te the finishing line was Bade to greet Bo*, who arrived at commendable velocity soma three quarters of an hour later.

The day's only sunny period over, the return Journey was coameneed in a thunderstorm. Shortly after leaving Brighten, the party encountered a rugger-playing part-time ear dealer, whose Riley 9 was in meed ef a tow beck te London. The odd Bight of a 1916 fire engine tew­ing the ancient Riley was Indirectly responsible for at least three Blner col­lisions, drivers being distracted sad falling to observe the braking lights ef the ear Is front. At one point on the return Journey a veteran tried to over­take, but the driver was so enchanted by the strains of "Keep right en to the end of the road" played on the Blloy-owner's trumpet that he slowly dropped baok.

�PROFILE H i

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N O E L I N E C O t V G l L L

The President of I.C.W.S.C. was horn i n Bradford and now U r e a i n Pudaey. Her early l i f e was spent i n the comparative obscurity of a g i r l s * school. When we asked her why she deoided to read Aeronautics she replied that,she was interested i n aeroplanes. We refused to believe t h i s . When she arrived at I.C •he israediately impressed everyone with her personality and has been doing t h i s ever since. She i s a great believer i n further education f o r women ( see photo above ).

She l i k e s c l a s s i c a l piano music, theatre and cinema (as an art form), hookey and squash, and Is p a r t i a l to a l i t t l e sport.

She d i s l i k e s 10-5 men(and women), drunken engineers singing "The Engineer" and shouting "Spaghetti" i n the quad., and communal eating;.

She i s secretary of Phoenix and secretary of mixed Hookey: one wonders why she d i d not go to the London College of Sees.

Her father makes and her brother • e l l s ladles'underwear. She models i t (see photo above). Altogether she i» a well-rounded personality.

Your correspondent provided the u p l i f t i n the photo above.

J.C.

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CARNIVAL. frVILOS CARN/VAL

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SPORT

FABCT DRESS C OBTEST BUFFET BAR CABARET

Tlekets (1 Guinea double) on sale at lunohtimea In Guilds entrance h a l l , also Boom 34 Old Hostel, 70 Hew Hostel, A of eourae the

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UNION MEETINGS

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the I.C .Union, held i n M Concert H a l l on Oct. 22nd, was l i v e l y and w e l l -attended, with some good •peaking both from Chad' i n the chair and from the f l o o r . The elections were quickly d i s ­posed of, and Xovember 5th then d i s ­cussed. In spite of an u p l i f t i n g speech from the f l o o r , reminding Members of "the proud heritage of our predeces­sors, who l a i d down t h e i r t h i r t y bobs at Bow Street Magistrates Court? the attitude towards the Harlington f e s t ­i v i t i e s was favourable. Prom the f l o o r members were advised, i f apprehended, not to state that they were students, since they would then incur a further penalty from the University.

A motion,.proposed by John D e l l ,

that Chad' be presented with a bowler

hat to be worn while r i d i n g his 'new'

bleyole waa passed unanimously; such

a hat has now been donated. �� �����The R.C.S. Union meeting on October

Sla t proved one of the l i v e l i e s t f o r a long time. A state of war has been dec­lared between the Botany and Geology depts., and fireworks were very much i n evidence, Aoonsiderable amount of water was also l e t loose, and Miss Heywood raised an umbrella with which she had thoughtfully equipped herself.

Another B.C.S. mascot has made i t s

appearance. Known as Fred, i t l a a b i ­

cycle, complete save for a chain, whioh

i s to be used by President Butters, who

showed perfect poise i n lapping the ros­

trum.

On observing John Hation copying out the "Kangella" from a piece of paper, E a i r Hopkins proposed that he should be nade to reoite i t — or be debagged. As amendment that should he succeed, Eeir would be debagged, was oarrled unan­imously. The Secretary rose to the oc­casion — and Hopkins l o s t his trousers.

As the r e s u l t of another action, the Secretary has been instructed to i n ­v i t e the Mayor of Maidenhead to the next R.C.S.U. meeting.

G

The f i r s t Guilds Union meeting of the session could be aptly described as an hour of continuous entertainment. The highlight of the meeting was bearded Mike Clark's "Freshers' Guide to Morphy Day Fashions" Among the styles modelled were "The Roughneck" — dila p i d a t i o n personified, and a very p r a c t i c a l " B o i l -���

At the general meeting of the Imperial College Art Club, held on the 15th. of t h i s month,the following were elected, to whom any enquiries Bay be directed.

President, S i r Alfred Egerton. Vice-President, nr. J.Coles.

Secretary, Mr. M.J.Myers

Hon. Treasurer, Mr. P.B. Poulaln. Co-opted Committee Member, Mr, Ben

Parker.

Ben Parker, who Is drawing o f f i c e superintendent i n mines, i e one ef the characters of I.C. aad hac done a l o t f o r the Art Club. He waa a professional a r t i s t before coming here and he spends hi s vacations painting on th* continent, s e l l i n g water-colour sketches to pay for h i s holiday.

er Suit*! A dapper aad debonair, unsus­pecting "Brown-bagger" attracted howls and hisses. "The Continental" type per­formed an Anglo-European one-piece two-step — a considerable feat In skin­t i g h t pants.

"Bloody thoughts and d i r t y deeds" were suggested by the ice-axe of "The Mountaineer" and the scalpels and bone-saws provided i n "The Surgeon"'• Do-it-yourself k i t , Mike Clark himself pro­vided the climax, appearing i n a knee-length Victorian swimming costume — i n 0. a G. colours: a r i o t of laughter with a pronounced Lancashire accent ensued.

Attempts by our fine feathered

f r i e n d Mr Lenssen to gate-crash the

show were heavily repulsed.

C H A D ' T O B R O A D C A S T

John Chadwiek, President of the Union, i s to take part i n a radio pro­gramme on the nature of the work and a c t i v i t i e s of l.C. The broadcast w i l l l a s t 30 minutes, and w i l l be transmit­ted on the Overseas Service of the B.B.C. Several members of the Staff w i l l also take part, including the Reetor, and i t i s hoped that one of our overseas students w i l l speak. F i n a l arrangements are expeoted to be made t h i s week.

Several members of the Union were present at the recent opening of U.L.U. by Her Majesty the Queen Mother. John Chadwiek waa presented, and t e l l s us that she asked after the mascots, whioh she inspected on her v i s i t to the Col­lege l a s t June.

"Tiger" Tensing, one of the sen who o c l e a r e d Everest four years ago, re­cently v i s i t e d I.C. He arrived at Lon­don Airport on Sunday, Oct. 27th, f o r the Alpine Club Centenary Dinner, aad was that same evening entertained i n tha Bar, where he signed the V i s i t o r s ' book. The following day ha lunched i n the Upper Dining H a l l .

On the evening of the Mines Fresh­ers' Dinner S O B * sport was occasioned by the a r r i v a l i n the quadrangle of the entire contents of a certain gentleman's room i n the Old Hostel, On the discovery of b i s belongings thus exhibited, he was heard to threaten to " f i l l i n " those responsible, but on ascertaining that no damage had been done he was able to enjoy the Joke and persuade those responsible to repeat the feat i n reverse.

IMS PJu^uF'S FOR WtOK. THA? OKI'S FOR IOQNCE NMSPAEERS.

� �THE IMPERIAL A

a FELIX on-tha-spot report.

i s a nearby clock chimed tan minutes past two a.m. on Commemoration Say, eight oddly a t t i r e d figures emerged from a certain hostelry anrnuring "Rhubarb", as i s t h e i r custom at t h i s time of night after a party) hut they had not been to a party — t h i s was to f o o l the watchman. One mounted a bicycle and, s l i p p i n g s w i f t l y through the gears, disappeared i n ths direction of Onsen's Oats. The others vanished into the night to prearranged positions, covering a l l passible approaches to Prince Consort Road.

Several minutes l a t e r three more

figures issued f o r t h , one nonchalantly

swingingly a bucket and brush. Then

two s i l s n t shadows sprinted to the top

of Prince Consort Road, and with practised

hands untied and removed a ladder from the

scaffolding there. A t a x i driver who was

watching ths proceedings with obvious

interest quickly absented himself with a

look of terror on his face when one of

ths shadows moved menacingly towards him.

The ladder found i t s way to the side of the Aero Block, but no sooner had I t been placed i n position when a warning came from' the c y c l i s t that a suspicious-looking blue- he lasted gentleman was l o i t e r i n g with intent i n the v i c i n i t y . This warning i n i t ­i ated a series of chain reactions which dispersed ths conspirators, while the cyc­l i s t adopted a French accent and, professing to know l i t t l e of the English language, successfully delayed and exas­perated the gendarme, giving the others time to make good t h e i r escape.

After t h i s rude interruption ths Aero Block was attacked with renewed vigour. A large poster, depioting the usual evocative, s c a n t i l y sled female, was s t r c f i.Taly i n position with a paste brewed from f l o u r and s i s e ; "Imperial Cinema" was placed on the awning; two notices dlrsetin:"Q here 1/6", "Q here £1" were posted onto p i l l a r s ; and l a s t l y a large poster announcing coming attractions was attached to the glass f r o n t .

The decoration was complete; the ladder reappeared on the scaffolding and the watchdogs were c a l l e d i n , chased by a police ear whioh was, however, f o i l e d when the "dogs" ran down the Albert H a l l steps. After casting an appreciative glance at t h e i r a r t i s t r y , eleven weary bodies returned to t h e i r respective havens of rea-fc.

Soon after dawn the watchmen discovered the phenomena and, u t t e r i n g t h e i r usual profanities .proceeded to scraps off ths offending hotices. The removal of the large poster presented some d i f f i c u l t y , but after several hours i t f i n a l l y yielded to the paint scraper.

So yet another theatre has been closed. Perhaps someone w i l l ssk questions i n Parliament about i t . Don't ta r r y , Larry;

LORD

H

(Adapted from Shakespeare)

ACT 1

(An open space before a gaudy statue.

Sounds of shouting and noise as of great

thunder. Enter crowd of students.)

1st. Student; Oh H e l l ! What have we here?

, , (Mjof T. 2/2) (Enter Beadle.)

2nd. student; I can hardly forbear hur­

l i n g things at him'. (XHth St. 5/2)

(aside) Of a l l men else I have avoided thee.

(MaoB. 5/7)

Beadle; Why dost thou lead these men about the streets? (J.C. 1/1)

( F i r s t student removes Beadle's hat. Enter Black Chariot.)

Beadle; Place those that have revolted i n the van'. (A. & C. 4/5)

l s t . Student) I know thy errand; I w i l l

go with thee. (Hen. T 4/1)

(Exeunt)

ACT 11.

(A Court of Law In London.)

Judge; F i r s t I ask thee what they have done; t h i r d l y what's their offence: s i x t h l y and l a s t l y , why they are committed, and to conclude, what you lay to t h e i r charge?

(M.A.A.N. B/l)

Beadle: Three score years and ten I remem­

ber w e l l . I have seen hours dreadful and

things strange, but t h i s sore night hath

t r i f l e d former knowings. (MaoB. 2/2)

Students Council: 'Tie a t a l e t o l d by an

i d i o t , f u l l of sound and fury, s i g n i f y i n g

nothing. (HacS. 5/5)

(To Beadle) What mean you. S i r , t o give

them t h i s discomfort: look they weep.

(A.A.C. 4/4)

Judge: This speech has moved me. (K.L. 6/5)

l s t . Student. I am af r a i d to think on what I have done. (HacB 2/1)

(To beadle) I hope. S i r , that your good worship w i l l be my b a i l . (U f o r It 3/2)

Judge: After two days I w i l l discharge thee. (Temp. 1/2)

FINIS.

GUILDHALL

The map above shows ths route that

ths Lord Mayor'a precession will take.

Xhe photograph on tha right shews Bo'

at the start ef ths Brighton Bun last

Sunday.

One* again, Guilds w i l l be represent­ed i n the Lord Mayor's Show, which i s taking place tomorrow, Saturday Novem­ber 9th.. This year the theme i s "Paper and P r i n t i n g * and Guilds have 28 men on the f l o a t s and also doing other jobs. (Other f l o a t s are being manned by King's men and woman and the London School of P r i n t e r s ) . The Guilds-manned f l o a t s w i l l be "Church and Law", "Advertising*, "Research*, and "The S a l -wage Cart* 1. There w i l l also be three Guilds "Bows Boys" d i s t r i b u t i n g news broadsheets, and the Inverted Commas and Talking Objects w i l l also be Guilds-oarried.

Bo and the Spanner w i l l be i n t h e i r

enstoaary places, with the usual keen

and vociferous support at Ludgate Gar­

dens) where the f l o a t s are expected arosnd

1t.3»

It la, of com as ,tr—11 tj onml, right and proper that the City and Guilds College - with i t s oaoneotions snd long associations with the Guilds of

the Oity of London - should thus support the Lord Mayor and he represented in his prosesalon.

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.continued from page 1.

followed by a l a t e r t r a i n and had a Ran­ge 11a In the station, A Guildaman who squealed "R.C.S." i n a high f a l s e t t o Toioe was hotly pursued: on Being caught he was forced to say "R.C.S," i n a more respectful tone.

B.C.S. mored slowly up Ex h i b i t i o n Road, disrupting the t r a f f i c and mal­t r e a t i n g passing cars. Guildsmen were waiting f o r any continuation of the hat-t i e , but after a few exchanges R.C.S. departed. The Guildsmen were by t h i s time stopping and inspecting every car that passed. An irate owner 'phoned the Police, who duly arrived in yet another Black Maria, with a dog. The heavens opened upon them, and two plain-clothes men grabbed a pair of Cuildsmen, who were saying "miaow, miaow, puss, puss" to the dog. One of them f o o l i s h l y t r i e d to re­s i s t and received a rough treatment f o r h i s pains. In an interview with our re­porter, the Inspector said that the two men had been arrested "for using i n s u l t ­i n g behaviour by which a breach of the peace may have been occasioned?

Two constables, without a warrant, entered Guilds to t r y to prevent the showers, but they were misguided enough' to ask a Cuildsman the way to the roof; they were not seen f o r some considerable time.

On hearing of the arrests, the

Rector seemed unperturbed and expres­

sed optimism.

The views expressed i n FELIX are those of the ind i v i d u a l writers, and the E d i t o r i a l Board w i l l not be held responsible.

SNOGGING

Sear S i r ,

Since the opening of the new Union building, I have observed a steady i n ­crease i n the ttuantity of snogging that tames place on these premises, especial­l y i n the lower lounge. I t i s extremely disconcerting to glance over the top of my FELIX and f i n d a b l i s s f u l pair of cooing doves. I t does not make jaa f e e l b l i s s f u l . On the contrary, i t arouses my i r e .

However, at least half of each couple i s generally a Union member, and r e a l l y we ought to eater f o r a l l Union a c t i v i t i e s . Surely some l i t t l n room could be set aside for t h i s purpose. The FELIX room, f o r example, would be i d e a l . I t would give you. S i r , something to write about, and relieve me, S i r , from the prospect of a spectacle whioh has nothing on b u l l - f i g h t i n g .

I am, your oppressed servant,

L.J.Horner,

We apologise to the Presidsnt for r e f e r r i n g to h i s instrument as s tuba. I t i s , i n f a c t , an euphonium.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

O

S i r ,

In the l a s t two issues of FELIX i t has been stated that Boanerges was not present at either of the Freshers' days. This i s not sot 'Bo' was present on both occasions. What actually happened was that 'Bo' was not allowed to proceed under his own power because he wasn't taxed; That he was i n good condition was demonstrated when he was manoeuvered under power i n the car park adjacent to the Roderie H i l l Building.

Farther, the statement that Bo' was

causing worry i s misleading; he was

overhauled pr i o r to the Brighton Run on

Nov, 3rd.

Tours etc.

J.G.Warae

Hon. Sec. C.&G. Sfotor Club

S

Bear S i r ,

Following so soon sJJfer your l a s t view­point I thought perhaps I was seeing things when, attending H a l l Dinner l a s t week I saw several 'gentlemen', also at that function, wearing sports jackets and flannels.

However, perhaps one may hope they were freshers who w i l l know better i n f u t ­ure - unlike the more senior student who came into dinner smoking a cigarette.

Surely I.C. can set a high standard

f o r formal occasions as well as i n other

f i e l d s .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

Bob Browning.

BEER

Dear S i r

I t i s the considered opinion of us, the undersigned, that the condition of ths draught beer sold i n the Union Bar leaves much to be desired.

Cannot something be done about this?

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , John Gibson. John Holmes. Leonard J . Sweet. G. Martin. P.B, Fenn. J . Carter, B J i l l s .

S

The mass X-Bay Unit w i l l v i s i t the Union from November 25th to 29th. A l l students are sdvissd to take advantage of t h i s service. Detailed information w i l l appear on notioeboards.

GUESS WHERE

The photograph of the Royal Coat of Arms i n the l a s t issue of FELTX was taken above ths entrance to the Unuin Building, formerly the Royal College of Beedlswork.

A1300S A O d W O

Bear S i r ,

I t i s , or should be, the p o l i c y of I.C. Union to welcome the form­ation of new olubs and societies within i t s aegis, with the proviso that ths aim of such olubs i s to carry out a function i n some facet of College l i f e f o r whioh e x i s t i n g clubs and societies do not oster.

I f a i l to espy any such aim i n ths proposed Church Society mentioned i n your l a s t issue. Surely the provision of a "meeting ground for members of the Church of England, and other members of the Ang­l i c a n Communion, and anyone elss who wishes to ssk questions or j o i n diaous-sion", to quote Mr Evans, i s adequately made by the already e x i s t i n g I.C. branch of the S.CM. and ths I.C.C.U. W i l l not ths formation of t h i s "Church Society" tend to s p l i t even mors tha* at present the e x i s t i n g C h r i s t i a n soo» ties w i t h i n ths College?

Tours i n doubt, T.E.Royce.

N

Dear E d i t o r ,

With regard to the remarks made at the R.C.S. Union meeting on Thurs. Oct. 31st. concerning the "resp e c t a b i l i t y of i t s members" we recommend that the Geology department - i n particular the barbarlo 2nd. year-- should be transferred to the R.S.M. Union, their natural hab­i t a t .

Yours hopefully, Botany 2.

BILLIARDS

Dear S i r ,

Is i t generally known that the b i l l ­

i a r d tables are monopolised by a certain

clique, which includes members of the

B i l l i a r d s Club committee?

Block bookings are made i n advance f o r which numerous names and pens are used.

Relays are organised to ensure that

they keep the table during the lunch hour.

We do not wish to make any observations on t h i s situation, we only believe that i t should be brought to the general notice and are prepared to answer personally f o r the above statements.

We wish to remain your obedient servants, R.G.E. Hodgson. W.A.J. White.

Editor's note: The B i l l i a r d s Club i s , In f a s t ,

non-existent. However, a committee Is being set up to run ths B i l l i a r d s Boom, and these allegations w i l l doubtless he Investigated.

FOB SALE: Evening dress sh i r t (soft) with two c o l l a r s . 1!" neckband, 15§" c o l l a r s . Present owner esquired larger neck. Apply John Braoley, R.S.M.

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UNION S

I t has become increasingly apparent

i n the year that the Hew Union Building

has been i n f u l l operation that many

members of the Public, not members of the

Union, have been taking advantage of the

f a c i l i t i e s offered i n the building and the

cheap meals available i n the Refectories.

Many people have been introduced as guests to the building either by members or i n other circumstances and unfortunately some of them tend to assume f u l l member­ship and a l l that i t e n t i t l e s members to use. I t i s with some reluctance that the Executive Committee of the Union has deelded that i n accordance with the House Committee report passed at the Union General Meeting i n Sumner 1957 i t may be necessary to have an occasional check on Union cards to deter these people from using the building.

As members of the Union w i l l appreciate the numbers are so great that i t i s imposs­i b l e f o r o f f i c i a l s to recognise a l l people e n t i t l e d to use the buildin g and so to avoid any d i f f i c u l t or embarrassing s i t ­uations we ask for your co-operation i n t h i s step and ask you to carry your Union cards when entering the Union building. I t w i l l be endeavoured to reduce to a minimum any inconvenience that may r e s u l t .

J.D.Chadwick. President I.C.U.

Many complaints have been received at the Imperial College Union o f f i c e from psople who have not received t h e i r Union Cards. Members are advised to contact t h e i r constituent oollege union secretaries through college racks at the e a r l i e s t opportunity.

Union Cards would obviously be use­f u l at the sale of Hop tickets on Sat­urday evenings. The Entertainments Com­mittee cannot give Union members pre­ference over outsiders for the few tick e t s that are available at the door on Saturday evenings i f there i s no means of distinguishing them, i f a l l Union members carry t h e i r cards they can be given preference, so eliminating many of the complaints that are receiv­ed each week.

The Chess Club started i t s a c t i v i t i e s t h i s session with freshers' t r i a l s . These were highly successful and the club has now got many new strong players. The l s t . team has already scored i t ' s f i r s t victory #

vs. St. Barts. Medical School. The 'A' team drew i t s f i r s t match vs. Worcester Union, a strong team of b l i n d players, and followed t h i s up by winning I t ' s f i x t u r e against Lensbury by 8 points to 2.

The lower teams did not start off w e l l . Ths t h i r d team lost 3jr§ to U.C.H. and the second team travel l e d a l l the way to the Mile End Road for a f i x t u r e vs. Q.M.C. only to f i n d that there was no team waiting for them, this being duo to the Secretary's one sided argument with a Jaguar.

The club i s organising i t s championships i n ths form of a Swiss tournament f o r ths f i r s t t i n s t h i s ssssion. The number of participants i s high and after the f i r s t round there have already been a large number of surprises.

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FRIDAY HOT. 6th. GUILDS 1CT0R CLUB Films,

"Mobilgas Economy Run" "Challenge on the Lake" "Fastest 500".

PHOTO. SOC. Colour Group 5.15p.m. Botany Lecture Theatre.

SATURDAY flUv. 9th.

I.C.W.A. Informal Dance.

MONDAY B O Y , l l ' t h . R.S.M. MINIHG & MOT. SOC. "Some

Impressions of a Mineral Dressing Engineer i n Russia", by Dr. M.G. Fleming.

C.U. "Is the Bible relevant todayT" by Rev. B.Reed M.A.

LIBERAL SOC. Lounge Committee Room 1.15p.m. Study group on Taxation.

TUESDAY HOT. 12th. LIBERAL SOC. Room 115 Hostel 12.40p.m.

Study group on Colonial Policy.

Maths. & Phys. Soo. "Surface Properties of Normal and Tumour C e l l s " . Dr. 0. Easty. Main Physics Lecture Theatre 5.46p.m. (With colour f i l m ) .

WEDNESDAY NOT. 13th.

RAILWAY SCC. All-day v i s i t to Rugby Testing Plant,

THURSDAY NOT. 14th. CHURCH SOC. l s t . A.G.M. i n Testry of

Holy Trinty Church. 1.20p.m. HAT. HIST. SOC. 5.30p.m. Botany Leo-

ture Theatre. Dr. J.Hirst of Bothampsted Experimental Station.

JEWISH SOC. "What i s a National Minority Minority?". Prof. H.Levy.

FRIDAY NOT 15th.

PHOTO. SOC. P r i n t Critism. 5.45p.m. 3otany Lecture Theatre. Mr, H.L.Griffiths.

S.C.M. 1.10p.m. Room 128 C.&C.' "What use i s the Bible to us today?"

MONDAY NOT. 18th. LIBERAL SOC. 1.16p.m. itoom 113

Hostel. Study group on Taxation.

TUESDAY NOT. 19th.

LIBERAL SOC. 12.40p.m. Study group

on Colonial Polioy.

LIT. & DEB. SOC. Debate, Motion -

"This House believes that man has made

God i n his own Image".

CHRISTMAS ISLANDERS "A penny for the

Old School". By C.K.MbDowall.

THEFT!

You are warned that the lookers i n the changing rooms are not safe. Several wallets have recently been stolen. Mem­bers are urged to ensure the safety of th e i r own possessions.

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Scots and Sootophiles are invited to a short meeting on Wednesday, November 13th. at 6 p.m. i n Council Room 1 at U.L.U., i n order to form a L.U. Scottish Society, which w i l l meet twice or three times per term.

A l l unable to attend please contact J . Brand at L.S.E. or J . Danbe at the Institute of Education as soon as possible.

With the large membership of both the Chess and Bridge clubs, the Chess and Bridge room i s extremely orowded during ths lunch hour and although there are plenty of sets f o r anyone who wants to play there i s often nowhere to put the board. This, coupled with ths Bridge players' continuous violent discussion as to whioh of ths partners vas at f a u l t after a given hand has l s d many mrsibers of ths sluh to wonder i f there i s any p o s s i b i l i t y of obtaining separate accom­modation f o r the two clubs.

NELSON observed that the s c r o l l s

presented t o the Honorary Fallows

on Commemoration Day were passed

from an OUT box, whioh seems

rather appropriate.

I t must have been nice for Prof. Levy to have been made an Honor­ary Fellow i n the presence of the chairman of one of the biggest c a p i t a l i s t concerns In the coun­t r y .

One of our f a i r Iowarians was being rowed on the Serpentine by a stalwart R.C.S. man. The inevitable happened and she f e l l i n . We thought Morphy Bay wasn't t i l l Wednesday.

Nelson congratulates a l l those fresh I.C. women who got to Commem. B a l l - i t ' s more than he did.

After the B a l l at Claridges a voice was heard to enquire how much i t oost to stay the night. The reply apparently extinguished the voice — i t wasn't heard again.

W i l l Ian Charles Robertson please c o l l e c t his cutlery from the Refect cry.

I n i t i a t i v e suppressed again'. In an eff o r t to brighten up t h e i r rooms i n the Careen Hostel, three of i t s inhabitants borrowed a few of tha contractors' signs that have been l y i n g around. They were pounced upon by the Warden, however, and are now the recipients of a b i l l f o r £55-10-0.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

SWEDISH EVENING

TONIGHT AT$%&$E RT HALL

ADMISSION

We hope to resume the "Globetrot­t e r " series i n our next Issue, Our correspondent went off to Investigate Wsstfield Last Saturday, but a* the t i n s of going to press he apparently had not found his l a y back to I.C. One search party i s also missing.

'D A Y N

Commemoration Say t h i s year followed the now established r i t u a l . Over 600 students

and t h e i r friends attended the Ceremony In the Royal albert H a l l , at which the Associates,

Diplomates and Honorary Fellows were presented, and addresses given by the Sector and the

Special V i s i t o r , S i r Alexander Fleck, with some leavening by the Choir of the Musical

Society.

E a r l i e r i n the afternoon a service was held i n Holy T r i n i t y Church, then at three o'clock the prooession entered the h a l l , and the Commemoration of the v i s i t of His Late Majesty King George VI at the time of the o f f i c i a l Centenary of the College had begun. An immediate contretemps was averted by the presence of mind of Professor Hewitt, who, on observing that h i s o f f i c i a l p r o - r e c t o r i a l front-row seat was not i n evidence, pro­ceeded with perfect composure to a spare seat i n the block reserved f o r professors and readers. A l l seated, the Choir gave tongue to a rousing "Gandeamug I g i t u r " , and the Secretary of the Onion, Richard Gamett, then read the opening Proclamation, heralding the presentation of Associates and Diplomates. Last year's innovation of soft music during the presentation of the Guilds Associates was t h i s year extended to include the presentation of the A.R.C.S.'s and D.I.C.'s.

In h i s f i n a l year aa Clerk to the Governors, Colonel Lowry exercised h i s usual wit and anecdotal humour i n pre­senting the Honorary Fellows. They i n ­cluded MT Ssvid Gamett, who obtained a D.I.C. i n Botany and has since become very w e l l known i n the world of l e t t e r s ; S i r Harold Bishop, a Gulldaman who j o i n ­ed the B.B.C. i n 1923, and who occasion­ed the remark that "the Alexandra and Crystal Palaces have become Bishop's palaces"; Dr X. Hlndle; Professor Em­e r i t u s H. Levy, not today "jaoketless with h i s s h i r t unbuttoned and h a i r f l y ­ing" ; Mr p. Bacons, a "finer who fought under Smuts i n the f i r s t World War; Professor Emeritus H.H.Read, ex-Dean of -the R.C.S.| and Mr C J.R.Sams. S i r William Penney was unable to be present either l a s t year or t h i s , and "the doc­ument w i l l be sent to him by post?

The Rector presented h i s report on the progress of the College during l a s t year, and the Choir then sang "Blest F a i r of Sirens" with " . . s a i n t l y shout and solemn ju b i l e e . . " Viscount Falmouth now introduced S i r Alexander Fleck, Chairman of I.C.I., who, i n h i s speech, brought out some of the parallelisms between I.C. and I.C.I., and made some very cogent remarks on students and Industry. V i s ­count Falmouth brought the Ceremony to a close, and the proceedings ended with "God save the Queen" and the Recession.

THE

The Reetor opened by welcoming the many guests and friends of the College, and i n p a r t i c u l a r the Vice-Chancellor of the university. He believed that t h i s was the f i r s t time that the Vice-Chancellor had attended the Commemoration Day cele­brations .

Dr Linatead referred to the rapid growth of the College. "When we assem­bled here l a s t year the number of f u l l -time students was 2,215. Today i t i s 2,450, an increase of 235. The overall increase i n the four years of our ex­pansion i s now 800. By t h i s c r i t e r i o n we are sere than half-way to the target given us by the Government i n 1953. The number of new professorships and reader­ships has gone up by f i f t e e n since we l a s t assembled i n t h i s Hall 1:

The Rector also had something to

•ay on the subject of student residence,

"Last year we had accommodation f o r 105

students, today the figure i s 153. This

i s p i t i f u l l y small f o r a College of our

s i z e . However, the plans for the new

£150,000 Weeks H a l l , to be erected In

the Worth-West corner of Prince's Gar­

dens, hare now been drawn up and approv­

ed.

" . . i t i s with great pleasure that I oan announce tills afternoon a piece of stop-press news. We hare now been given authority to proceed with the clearance of the e x i s t i n g d e r e l i c t buildings on the s i t e , not merely of Weeks H a l l , but of the entire College property on the East sad South sides i f the square. The nego­t i a t i o n s i n which we are involved are long, complicated and sometimes wearisome. But here i s another hurdle cleared';

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" I would also l i k e to say a word about an unusual event of the College year. A year ago the Hungarian r i s i n g ocourred and a considerable number of Hungarian university students case to t h i s country needing help; academic help and food and shelter. The College made a great e f f o r t , which involved Governors, students past and present, s t a f f and t h e i r wives. We set up at short notice an emergency hostel i n whioh some twenty Hungarian students l i v e d ; s i x Hungarians became fu l l - t i m e students of the College l a s t year and there are ten t h i s year. In a l l a sum of over £1,500 has been contributed to the r e l i e f of Hungarian students, I would l i k e to thank a l l those who help­ed*:

SIR

In h i s introduction of the Special V i s i t o r , Visoount Falmouth said that the presence of S i r Alexander Fleck symbol­ised the close t i e s between Imperial Col­lege and industry. Aa Chairman of I.C.I, and President-elect of the B r i t i s h As­sociation, S i r Alexander needed no i n t r o ­duction to t h i s audience. He had been trained as a s c i e n t i s t , w r i t i n g a thesis on the chemistry of the radio-elements, and had now become a great administrator, chairman of a company worth £500 m i l l i o n . This wai a very cheering and encouraging sign of the times.

S i r Alexander expressed h i s g r a t i ­f i c a t i o n at being asked to be Special V i s i t o r , p a r t i c u l a r l y so i n the Jubilee year of the College charter. We eould contemplate with s a t i s f a c t i o n based on f i f t y years* experience the successful welding together of the three c o n s t i t ­uent Colleges, there was every indicat­ion ef a youthful s p i r i t ef adventure.

cl o s e l y connected with our " o f f i c i a l l y induced middle-age spread*: Our great development scheme was a cause f o r re­j o i c i n g . He rec a l l e d that there was a chronic shortage of technologists even i n the f i r s t century AJ>.,when the Emperor Trajan r e p l i e d to the younger Pliny's request f o r technical assistance i n the Middle East:"I scarcely have enough engineers to deal with works i n and about Rome*:

S i r Alexander stated that he was -an unrepentant representative of ind­ustry."A purposeful business enterprise? he said,"properly run with a l l regardto i t s many r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s to the com­munity. .. .serves the peoples just as effectively....as those who are d i r e c t l y concerned i n education? That was one p a r a l l e l between I.C. and I.C.I. There was another,"Both organisations, I would suggest, were fortunate i n t h i s process of amalgamating d i s t i n c t but essentially a l l i e d constituents....in both our cases has been a source of strength and a source of inspiration?

"There i s no doubt i n my mind" S i r Alexander affirmed,"that the organisations best....able to advance on the present floodtide of technical progress are those i n which the s p i r i t of studentship s t r ­ongly survives. The student i s one who should be at h i s most receptive to new ideas, who maintains long after he has put behind him h i s formal College educat­ion a f l e x i b l e mind and an evergreen cap­aci t y for enjoyment i n many branches of knowledge.

"The second quality that a student must possess i s an enquiring mind. The true student seeks knowledge for i t s own sake. Certainly a primary e f f o r t must be made to obtain an understanding of baaic p r i n c i p l e s , but we must avoid becoming fa c t u a l l y muscle-bound. A l l of us, new students and old a l i k e , require to exer­cise good Judgment.

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"These are some of the i n t e l l e c t u a l aarks of the good student. However, the most valuable student i s the one who com­bines i n t e l l e c t with character. Character i s a somewhat vague term but, so far aa industry i s concerned, i t oan at least be made manifest i n terms of leadership and we can a l l recognise leadership when we see a willingness to accept r e s p o n s i b i l i ­ty and at an appropiate point i n time to make decisions? Important also were "understanding and comradeship"

"But i f character manifests I t s e l f i n leadership, i t s essence i s to be found i n the individual personality. Our stud­ents aast have l i v e l y well-stocked minds and we should l i k e then to be leaders. But above a l l l e t thea be individuals. In an age ef machines and machinery, the personality of the individual i s some­thing to be guarded....and to be develop­ed te i t s f u l l eapaeity.lt i s a high Im­p e r i a l concept to create a unity out of d i v e r s i t y without damaging what i s v a l ­uable i n that diversity?

. /Commemoration B a l l t h i s year waa at

Claxidges, where one would expeet the height of luxury — at a price. Surprisingly enough one did not need to spend very mush money i f ones consumption of alcohol was c u r t a i l e d ; the orange squash was free'.

The excellent running buffet more than compensated for the lack of "ample seating accommodation'.' Waiters did not seem to ex­pect a t i p , and one of them r e t i r e d grate­f u l l y pocketing a halfpenny which mistaken-".y was put on his tray i n return for some orange squash.

The President of I.C. was naturally there,

looking as i f he very often attended these

B a l l s : upon entering the ballroom each couple

was announced by a l i v e r i e d flunkey to the

President and h i s lady.

The Boomalaka whioh seems to have become

t r a d i t i o n a l at the B a l l provided a rousing

f i n a l e to a function we oan a l l thoroughly

recommend.

WINE

•It i s an interestin g fact that the t a s t i n g of I t a l i a n wines i s seldom i n ­cluded i n the programme of leading wine establishments. Everyone who attended the meeting on October 29th. w i l l agree that t h i s i s a grave omission. Pew countries can boast of a greater output or variety, which even surpasses that of Prance.

Mr. Ruffino, who spoke at very short

notice, delivered a t a l k remarkable f o r

i t s brevity and i t s preoise s c i e n t i f i c

nature containing 1.J* by volume

of s o l i d matter,...."

The varied nature cf I t a l i a n wines i s such that i t i s impossible t o cover the whole range i n the time available. Members tasted no fewer than eight v a r i e t i e s , a summary of whioh i s given below :-Ohianti. This i s the most well-known I t a l ­ian wine i n t h i s country, and i t s bright and l i v e l y appearance makes an immediate appeal to the eye and the palate, the straw-covered f l a s k adding greatly t o i t s attractiveness.

V a l p o l i o e l l a Superiore and Bandoline These two pleasant beverage wines are much l i g h t e r i n body and colour than Chianti. Barolo. Often described as the King of . I t a l i a n wines, i t i s b i g and full-bodied with a r i c h ruby colour and a fragrant bouquet, having some of the character­i s t i c s of Burgundy.

A s t i Spumante. This wine i s a product of the muscatel grape and i s one of the most famous sparkling wines i n the world, "Opening with a pop that promises delight". More luscious than champagne, i t has great popularity with the ladies. Cinzano Bianco and Vermouth. These are much heavier wines than t h e i r predecessors and have a characteristi c aroma and flavour.

Last Sunday I.C. Biding Club contin­ued i t s explorations of the English eountrrside with a four hour ride i n ths C h i l t s r n s . Bo accidents occurred (not quite1) "and a l l eight riders en­joyed themselves. Some of ths scenery was almost too good to be true, i t looked ss though i t had come straight out of a t o u r i s t pamphlet.

J.L.S.

"The aims and purposes of an University

Education" was the t i t l e of t h i s sessions

f i r s t Touchstone weekend. The guest spea­

ker, Prof. A.R. Ubbelohde of the Chemical

Engineering Department, introduced the

subject i n a masterly manner, showing i n

his t a l k the advantages of a wide

education.

PROBLEMS WHERE ART MEETS SCIENCE.

The burden of vocational t r a i n i n g has t o be car r i e d by an University, hence i t i s essential that a l i b e r a l education be planned so that graduates might gain an insight into the wealth and breadth of human understanding. I t must be decided whether such an education upsets profess, i o n a l e f f i c i e n c y , and also whether planned courses are a good thing.

A Multi-facult y administration had i t s shortcomings; Prof. X. offeredf o r some important medical research might require Prof Y. might receive 0 for excavating minor Greek rui n s , f o r which would suffioe. I t seemed that i n such oases many problems would ar i s e , and i n fact they did so.

PCEPLEDOFPLE AND PLANNING,

The professor said he had few regrets

f o r h i s own education, and r e c a l l e d one

small but t y p i c a l example of the Oxbridge

way of l i f e : a oertain Professor Popple-

dopple, who had dug up a seductive marble

torso i n Tuscany, emerging from h i s be-

statued rooms only on yery rare occasions,

t o shuffle laorossi the' Quad with the torso

under his arm!

On planning a broad education, he ass­erted that i t can go to extremes: c i t i n g as an example the arrangement of l i b r a r i e s . The C l a s s i c i s t s t r y to have A r i s t o t l e or V i r g i l interspersed with Shaw and Shake­speare, so that brousers f i n d things they don't want to read as they search f o r that which they do. ^he Scientist s on the other hand prefer t h e i r l i b r a r i e s arranged i n a universal way such thet a l l books on a given subject s h a l l be together.

THE EDUCATED MAN.

The professor ocntinued by saying that an educated man's knowledge was u n i f i e d , i . e . there were no clear cut boundaries between one subject and the next. He quoted Leibnitz as an example! there was a man, b r i l l i a n t i n h i s contributions to Mathematics and Philosopy, who also had a not undistinguished career as a diplomatist

At t h i s point the professor pointed out that there was a beer bottle i n the chand­e l i e r , and stressed the importance of soc i a l intercourse. Much good cams of a few people meeting together over a drink

YHA.

On Saturday Oct. 26th. seven members made th e i r various ways to Houghton H i l l Youth Hostel near Huntington to inaug­urate the cyclin g section of the group.

The hostel warden turned out to be a g i r l of about 24, extremely a t t r a c t i v e , but married. The hostel i t s e l f i s eqipped with a fascinating but defunct m i l l apparatus -there were no oasualities i n the millpond.

The return t r i p was made v i a Cam­

bridge and Pinching f i e l d with several

stops f o r "brew-ups". A nucleus of

c y c l i s t s has now been formed and i t i s

hoped to see them again on the A l f r i s t o n

weekend (walkers and c y c l i s t s ) on the

16/17th. November.

to have a general discussion. He f e l t ,

said, on many occasions l i k e Polonius i n

Hamlet...(did you know, as tha professor

pointed out,that Hamlet was Shakespeare's

only undergraduate?)

DISCUSSION.

After dinner, three groups formed to discuss some questions posed by the pro­fessor. These included whether i t was leg. itimate to give time and opportunity f o r other studies during an undergraduate course? How far can the techniques of University education be planned from above'; Do students make adequate use of the div­erse educated pleasures i n London? Should a l l Undergraduates aim to l i v e away from home: and how oan one keep f i t with a l l the claims on one's time during term?

DOWN WITH CHEMISTRY.

I t was f e l t that the lecture courses contained too much chaff, especially work that had already been covered at school, and that as there were minimum entrance requirements, these oourses should be draatioally revised. Among the more encouraging facts was that t h i r d year Guildsman spend at least one morning a week at L.S.E.

Pleasure was considered a personal problem, and everyone should be able to use his l e i s u r e hours as he chose provided h i s work was w e l l done. There was unanim­ous hate for the methods of the Chemistry Department i n extorting work from long-suffering students, especially the lecturer who expooted h i s research students to work a hour week; and the tutors who recom­mended that undergraduates should take l i t t l e or no part i n extra-mural a c t i v i t i e s reminding them that the laboratories are open for work from 9 a.m« to 5.30 p.m.

SOME BROADENING SUGGESTIONS.

Suggestions for further non-scientific studies were C i v i o s , Languages and English Literature. The presence of smaller C o l l ­eges prompted the suggestion that t h e i r Hall 3 of residence should be integrated so that each Hal l contained students working i n different faoulties. The secret­a r i a l colleges could be included e a s i l y i n t h i s plan, as t h i s would give a stimul­ating effect on a student's l i f e t I t waa thought that a l l f i r s t and t h i r d year students should l i v e i n Halls of Residence, while second year students should l i v e i n lodgings, whioh are an education i n them­selves.

Opinions on keeping f i t , varied from the squash-fiends and the rutmers-round-tho-park, to those who thought that auv form of physical exertion was bad for the mind.

"Whereof wo cannot speak, we must needs be s i l e n t * .

1SFORFSNB/&

RUGBY

Hard H i t By Injuries

Although severely h i t by i n j u r i e s ,

I.C. 1st.17 have won f i v e of t h e i r eight

matches t o date. With a weakened side,

I.C. beat TJ.C. by pta. t o whioh

augurs w e l l f o r a possible Cup meeting.

Against Hcsslyn Park, I.C. were leading through t r i e s ay Smith and G i l b e r t when almost simultaneously they l o s t t h e i r hooker Gibbons, with a fractured toe, and t h e i r centre Brougham, with a out head. They f i n a l l y l o s t 8 Against the strong St. Mary's Hospital 'A' aide, I.C. l o s t although losing Richards, a f t e r 2 minutes, with a broken bone i n h i s hand.

Last Saturday I.C. were able to f i n i s h

w ith 15 men, and they beat Reading 6-0,

the points being scored by Gibson (try)

and Ream (penalty).

The lower sides are also

good form; t h e i r records are:-

P W D L Pta. f o r Pts.ag.

2nd.XV A. 3A- XV 4 2 2 4ExA.XV 4 5B XV 4 0 401 XV 4 602 XV 2 2 18 28

l.C.W.S.C.

Hookey Victory

The hookey team had a well-earned

v i c t o r y over King's College I I l a s t

Saturday, the f i n a l score being

At half-time King's were leading

but i n the second h a l f I.C. made an

al l - o u t e f f o r t and completely.out­

played the opposing team.

Table Tennis

The table tennis team put up a good f i g h t against Royal Holloway, the match ending i n a drew,

SWIMMING

1.0. Win Two Matches

The l a s t two weeks have seen the start of a series of matches f o r the Swimming Club. In a recent match against U.C. the I.C. team took f i r s t place i n every event. B.Beckett gave I.C. t h e i r f i r s t win, i n the 100 yards fr e e s t y l e , with A.Cowen i n t h i r d place. The university Champion, R.Loveman, had no d i f f i c u l t y i n winning the breast stroke with P.Hills a good second. In the absence of R.Harford, Spokes gained an easy win i n the baok stroke, with W.Corrigan second, despite his reluctance to swim. In the team relay, R.Larson gave I.C. a good s t a r t , which was maintained by the rest of the team.

Result: I.C. 37 pts. TJ.C. 21 pts.

Polo r e s u l t : I.C. won 9-1.

Last Friday I.C. played Q.M.C. aad, despite having a weakened team, and tha i n a b i l i t y of one member to f i n d the baths, won by 30-28 points. International Tasker won two events f o r Q.M.C. but wins In the relays deolded the match i n our favour. The polo team d i d not play w e l l f o r the f i r s t half and were at one time -4-1 down. Improving i n the second half they reduced the d e f i c i t , but despite two goals by B.Hart, l o s t 4-3.

CROSS

C o l l i n a Second In U.L. T r i a l s

On Cot. I.C. suffered a p a i n f u l

defeat at the hands of King's College on

t h e i r course of -J- miles. I.C. produced

the f i r s t three men home, but King's then

packed.a s o l i d bunch of s i x , whioh promptly

decided the r e s u l t .

A small band of I.C. men entered the

U.L. T r i a l s on Sat. .Oct. at P a r l i a ­

ment H i l l F i e l d s . We congratulate John

C o l l i n s on his f i n e e f f o r t i n ooming

second t o S h i l l i t o e of L.S.E. Our freshers

A.Brash and A. Brown did very w e l l to

f i n i s h and r e s u l t i n g i n the

former being ju s t i n and the l a t t e r j u s t

out of the University second team. For

the rest of the band, the beat that can

be aaid Is that they packed extremely

w e l l , but unfortunately w e l l t o the rear

of the f i e l d .

On Oct. the second team defeated

Borough Road on the I.C. course at Peter­

sham by a very small margin. Only the

lowly positions of the l a s t two scoring

men from Borough Road caused t h e i r

defeat. Brown ran excellently t e record

b i s f i r s t match v i c t o r y f o r I.C.

F i n a l l y , on Nov., at Hayes i n Kent I.C. came t h i r d toflensbury and Lloyds Bank but defeated Barclays and the Stock Exchange. However, the highly ooaplex course oan be l a r g e l y blamed f o r our f a i l u r e . For the second successive year, a number of I.C. men pioneered t h e i r owa routes, whioh were rather longer than the o f f i c i a l course. Our f i r s t man home was J.Conway, who finished out of a f i e l d of K.Wall ran'sanely, f o r a change, and st a r t i n g at the baok moved through the f i e l d t o f i n i s hinstead of st a r t i n g at the front and stea d i l y dropping back, and back,...

The past fortnight cannot be c a l l e d

successful by any stretch of imagination.

The top men i n the Club axe running w e l l ,

but the •middLe" of the Club i s f a r

below l a s t year'a standard. F u l l your

socks up, I.C.C.C.C., or the U.L.

Championships w i l l be l o s t S

SOCCER

I.C. Cut Of U.L. Cup

The Soccer 1st.XI has had two setbacks

recently. A f t e r winning s i x games i n a

row, and soaring 31 goals to 8 against,

we were defeated by U.C. i n a League

match by goals to 4, and by King'a

-2, a f t e r extra time, i n the f i r s t round

of the Cup.

U.O. had a f l y i n g s t a r t i n t h i s imp­ortant match when they scored two goals i n the f i r s t ten minutes. However, I.C. fought baok strongly, with goals by Codling(2), Wank and Paddle, to lead 4-2. For most of the second hal f , the play was very even, but the l a s t f i f t e e n minutes proved disastrous; U.C. obtained three more goals, the winner ooming i n the l a s t seconds of the game. The obvious lesson t o be learned from t h i s i s that the team must play a l l - o u t f o r the f u l l mins.

Again i n the King's match I.C. con­

ceded a goal In the opening minutes.

Although I.C. soon equalised, King's

continued t o play the better f o o t b a l l

w h i l s t 1 placed too much reliance on

long b a l l s down the middle, many of whioh

were intercepted. I f I.C. had had as much

control as they had enthouslasm, the r e s u l t

would have been mare favourable.

The 2nd., 3rd., and 4th. teams have won a l l t h e i r League matches to date, the 4th. XI record being wins and a goal average of against The 5th. XI res u l t s have not been quite ao good, but t h i s i s rather to be expected from a newly-farmed experimental team.

HOCKEY

F i r s t XI S t i l l Unbeaten

The blockey Club continues to be

vict o r i o u s . Last Wednesday, I.C. 1 s t .

beat U.C. 1st. -1, and cn Saturday

Q.M.C. 1st. 4 Against U.C. the h a l f -

time score was 1-1, but the I.C. team

asserted i t s superiority i n the second half.

Tha Q.M.C. match was si m i l a r ; the I.C. team

appears to wear down the opposition by

strong h i t t i n g and running and by general

f i t n e s s .

Results: Oct.26th. I.C. 1st. 3 Aahford

I.C. 2nd. 2 AahfordI.C. 3rd. Aahford7 5

Hov. 2nd. I.C.

U.C.lat.0

Q.B.C. 0

F i r s t team record:

Club record t o date:-P W D L F A

l a t . 8 8 6 9. XI 6 9 3. XI 6 9 .0

. XI 8 8 * 0 2 3

. XI 6 4 4

P w : D L F

0 0 19

SOUASH

Good Start To Season

Of the f i v e f i x t u r e s arranged f o r Oct. two were cancelled, we won two and l o s t one. We were beaten 4-1 by a strong team from Middlesex Hospital, but In two of the t l e a the opponents were forced four times to match point. We were victorious against Southampton, beating them bygames to 2; t h i s i s a new and enjoyable f i x t u r e . Last Thursday evening we met an old r i v a l , the School of Oriental and African Studies, and defeated them 4-1. So much f a r the 1st. V.

The standard of play of the 2nd. teem i a higher than l a s t year, although they have started the season with but mixed success. P o t e n t i a l l y t h i s i s a strong 2nd. V, and under the able leadership of Bob Lloyd i t should do great things.

Both teems would benefit from pro­fessional poaching, and we have been t r y ­ing since J u l y to f i n d a coach, ao fa r without success. However, a p o s s i b i l i t y has at l a s t arisen, and correspondence i s i n progress.

The enthousiaatio interes t demonstrated by newcomers t o the Club i s laudable, and they are encouraged to make the most of the Club's f a c i l i t i e s ( at 5/- per annua) especially the Ladder. A player who successfully climbs the Ladder w i l l thereby win a place i n the teem and represent the College. There's also Sport i n tha off i n g : we have a regular f i x t u r e with the U.L. Ladies .!

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