20th FEBRUARY, 1973

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F R E E ! No. 329

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0 0 T \ T o m o r r o w ' s N a t i o n a l

G r a n t s Demo a s s e m b l e s

Queen's T o w e r , 1 2 . 4 5

there is a G R A N T S D E M O tomorrow (Wed­nesday) by a l l the colleges and Universities in the South-Eastern region. Th is is the day of c l imax of the grants campaign, which has so far included rent strikes and refectory boycotts a l l over the coun­try. Every region in the Br i t i sh Isles w i l l be hold­ing a mass demonstration of unanimity for the N U S proposals for higher grants — so it is of v i ta l impor­tance that you come to Queen's Tower at 12.45 and join the demo, for the march to the D E S head office must be wel l sup­ported to have the effect we need.

F r o m Wednesday, there are only six days un­t i l the Government talk

to the N U S , after refusing for over a year. N o r m a n St. John Stevas, under-Se-cretary of state for the D E S hasn't seen anyone f rom the N U S since he took office, We l l , the Government w i l l hardly be able to ignore this de­mo, as we ' l l be right out­side their windows.

S P O R T S : — s o that a l l sporting students won't have to face the d i l emma of a muddy pi tch or the demo, the A C C has can­celled a l l sports fixtures except for a few cup and league games which can­not be rearranged. Come along then, and bear in mind that beer is not one of those commodit ies whose price is fixed by stage II so if you want to be able to afford a few

jars i n six month time, come along and make sure you get a higher grant now.

A l l social reps are re­minded to publicise the demo on blackboards and make announcements in lectures today and tomor­row.

A t Queen's tower at 12.45 we shal l be joined by the mass contingents of students f rom other Usk colleges. Tickets for the Underground w i l l be sold — price 15p — a paltry sum compared to the £100 p.a. increase we're de­manding. A t 1.15 the de­mo w i l l move off to South K e n , where trains w i l l be wait ing to take us to Rus ­sell Square. We assemble in Ma le t Street and at 2.15 we move off with a l l the

other colleges in the Sou­thern region down South­hampton R o w to the Kingsway, round the A l d -wych (legally a demo is a vehicle and so has to ob­serve one-way systems) and across Water loo Br idge to the D E S .

The ral ly after the demo w i l l be held on the South B a n k near the D E S . Spea­kers at the ral ly w i l l be from a London based Teachers' Un i on , the L a ­bour Party, various Trade Un ions and Digby Jacks (Pres. N U S ) and Judy Cotter (Pres. U L I E S A ) .

The importance of you coming to this demo can­not be underestimated, because the strength of ar­guments that the N U S have in a week's time w i l l depend a lot on the turn­out for this demo.

S E X For further Unexpurgated

Details come to

the Queen's Tower at

12.45 tomorrow

DIRECT ACTION!

9 0 % support for

Refectory

Boycotts T w o refectory boycotts have taken place so tar,

both at Southside. They were organised by the U n i o n

executive, (some of them) and the grants action com­

mittee, fo l lowing a (quorate) vote at the un ion meeting

of February 1 to ho ld refectory boycotts as part of the

I.C. campaign in support of the N .U .S . grants cam­

paign. A s the time when the negotiations between the

N .U .S . and the D-E .S , are to take place draws closer,

(Feb. 27), i t is felt by the grants act ion committee to

be important that students demonstrate their sol idarity

wi th their leadership.

There were about twenty Students picket ing students who had intended to eat i n the refectory, and on the second occasion some people stood outside M e c h E n g to save people the wa lk back to College B lock . It is impossible to assess the exact f inancia l impact, or to find out the percentage success in terms of the number of students, since M r . Mooney is sup­pressing certain in forma­tion. In part icular, where­as before the final t i l l receipts were rung up after lunch, as is normal i n any shop, now the t i l l is cov­ered up, or the final total, when read, is replaced by a row of nines or 50p. But the people who eat at Southside regularly (very

UGM LASHES OUT OVER REFECTORY PRICES Thursday's U n i o n Meet­

ing showed its anger over

refectory prices in sharply-

worded exchanges dur ing

the President's report.

John Lane, I C U President,

reported that M r . Mooney

was asking for a 2 5 % rise

to cover the losses his re­

fectories were l ike ly to i n ­

cur this year.

Var ious members of the

Un ion told the meeting

that, even though price i n ­

creases had not been

approved, M r . Mooney

had instructed his staff to

reduce the size of portions

and to charge double i f

the portions appear to be

large (even i f you haven't

asked for a large portion).

Ang ry members c la imed

that this constituted a

price rise, and were only

quietened on being told

that refectory prices

wou ld be a major topic

of discussion at the next

U n i o n Meet ing on Thurs­

day week.

M r . Mooney has been

invited to this meeting to

state his case and to

answer questions, and,

since the U G M comes only

an hour before the

next Refectory Committee

meeting, it is hoped that it

wi l l have some effect.

M I N I S T R Y O F

A G R I C U L T U R E

S T E P S I N

A t the end of January

M r . M o o n e y wrote to the

Min i s t r y o f Agr i cu l ture to

ask clearance to raise

prices under the freeze. In­

formed sources say that

the M in i s t r y replied to the

effect that prices can be

raised to recoup increased

costs of raw materials i f

profit margins are not in­

creased, but that since

Mooney 's increased turn­

over since 1971 has cov­

ered such increases and

Che profit reduction has

been caused by wage i n ­

creases, no increase in

prices would be permis­

sible. The Min is t ry w i l l

not agree to price rises to

cover increased wages

bill's.

F E L I X S U R V E Y

F E L I X is to survey re­

fectories next week for

discrepancies in prices and

quantities, and our report,

Wh ich? Refectory wi l l be

published in next week's

issue. So watch out, M r .

Mooney , Fel ix 's p la in­

clothes consumers are

coming!

Chin people, often with

scurvy), estimated 7 0 %

and 9 0 % respectively in

the two boycotts so far.

What is perhaps more encouraging is that many people were persuaded by the pickets to support the boycotts, by, i t must be pointed out, verbal persua­sion. M a n y of the people were not acquainted with the N.U.S. campaign, and when they were to ld, were totally i n support of a l l the c laims. M o s t of the people who d id eat were staff, and a lot of M o r ­mons. One of them said that he d id support the c la im, and assured us that G o d was o n our side, but he was hungry. O f the stu­dents who went in , the commonest comment was yes, I support the c la im for increased grants, but this is not the way to do it. N o n ; of these students was at the U n i o n Meet ing which voted for refectory boycotts. Aga in , some stu­dents argued for the "rights of the ind i v idua l to eat where he pleases, that being democracy. " It was argued that this concept is wrong. Democracy consists of supporting the demo­crat ical ly taken decisions of a part icular organisa­tion, and i n changing these decisions wi th in the frame­work of the organisation.

Students can expect more l ightning boycotts. A l l the pickets are very gentle people, and the one or two people who intend to walk past the pickets are urged to stop and argue the case.

Page 2 F E L I X February 20th, 1973

Letters S i r , SLUDGE

The greed for putt ing profits before the social needs of the community is once again i l lustrated by the G L C ' s stubbornness to do anything about the lockout it instigated on the men who work on the sludge ships. The ships that take London ' s sewage down river to the estuary where it is dumped i n the sea. The consequence of this is that the £35 mi l l i on that the G L C has already spent on depol lut ing the Thames has al l gone to waste. The fish shoals which have been introduc­ed into the Thames so that by 1980 we should be able to reap the benefits f rom this long term planning w i l l nearly a l l have been k i l l ed . The long term ef­fects on the Thames is i n ­estimable. A s a result of this act ion by the G L C , mi l l ions of tons of sewage is being pumped into the Thames, where it grossly pollutes the r i ve r—or is being stored i n ' lagoons" near big housing estates in Becton and Thamesmead where it is becoming a very unpleasant health hazard. The counci l lors have even pretended the sewage is non- tox i c " . . . the tenants in Becton and Thamesmead think other­wise.

The dispute started when the sludge boat men were offered a new con­tract wh i ch imposes on them the clauses of the

new Merchant Shipping A c t under wh i ch the M a s ­ter of the ship can fine the men on the spot up to £50 or suspend or dismiss them for anything he thinks to be a misdemean­our. (The crew of the cruise l iner, 'Ocean M o n ­arch ' were each fined £50 by the master last week when they walked out in protest over d ir ty l i v ing quarters). Unless the men agree to these clauses they won't be al lowed to take the sludge out to sea.

The G L C has several counci l lors who wish to 'hive off' the service to pr i ­vate enterprise, and there is already one subcontrac­tor standing by ready to ship the sludge out to sea at the rate of 50p per ton (at present it costs 15p). The subcontractors are- a sand and gravel firm who plan to br ing back sand and gravel f rom the sea bed on the return jour­ney . . . so they hope to make a real k i l l ing . Sever­a l G L C counci l lors, it ap­pears, have shareholding in this firm and have thus a vested interest i n ensuring that this private contractor get the con­tract.

The convenor of the shop stewards has cha l ­lenged the G L C Establ ish­ments Officer to a publ ic debate but to date the lat­ter has not taken up this offer.

J O C K V E A L L .

A s a s o c a l l e d m e m b e r o f

' G o d s o c ' , I f e e l I m u s t r e p l y

t o M r . C a m p b e l l ' s p o e m i n

l a s t w e e k ' s F E L I X . M r . C a m p ­

b e l l s e e m s t o s u g g e s t t h a t

C h r i s t i a n i t y i s f o r p e o p l e w h o

c a n ' t c o m e t o t e r m s w i t h r e ­

a l i t y , a n d I w o u l d d i s p u t e

t h a t m o s t s t r o n g l y . O n e

o n l y n e e d s t o l o o k a t t h e

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

S o u t h s i d e a n d t h e U n i o n b a r s

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

f o r a l o t o f p e o p l e l i f e c a n

o n l y b e c o m e a r e a l i t y in a n

a l c o h o l i c h a z e . F o r o t h e r s

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

t r i p s , a n d s a d l y f o r s o m e

w i t h a n o v e r d o s e o f s l e e p i n g

t a b l e t s . H a v e t h e s e p e o p l e

f o u n d r e a l i t y ?

IC h a s i t s f a i r p r o p o r t i o n

o f r e v o l u t i o n a r i e s , o n e o n l y

n e e d s t o g o t o U n i o n m e e t ­

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

t h e g r e a t e s t r e v o l u t i o n a r y o f

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

M a r x , S t a l i n , C a s t r o , G u e v ­

a r a , e t c . , a t t e m p t e d t o

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

J e s u s C h r i s t c h a n g e s p e o p l e .

C h r i s t p r o d u c e d t h e o n l y

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

c o n f r o n t e v e r y o n e o f u s —

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

c r o s s f o r o u r s i n s . If w e a c ­

c e p t t h a t d e a t h , J e s u s C h r i s t

b e c o m e s a l i v i n g r e a l i t y . H e

h a s a t l t h e a n s w e r s t o l i f e ' s

p r o b l e m s . J e s u s s a i d : " I h a v e

c o m e t h a t y o u m a y h a v e l i f e ,

a n d l i f e i n a l l i t s f u l l n e s s " .

I p r a y t h a t M r . C a m p b e l l w i l l

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

t i a n s , f a r f r o m o p t i n g o u t o f

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

o f J e s u s C h r i s t , t h e o n l y t r u e

a n s w e r t o l i v i n g a l i f e o f r e ­

a l i t y — the r e a l i t y o f a p e r ­

s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h J e s u s .

Y o u r s i n C h r i s t ,

D A V I D H U M P H R E Y S

C h a i r m a n o f M e t h o d i s t

S o c i e t y .

S i r ,

I w o u l d l i k e t o d e b u n k t h e

a t t i t u d e o f t h e l u n a t i c L e f t

t h a t s t u d e n t s " a r e w o r k e r s ,

t o o , a s y o u w i l l f i n d w h e n

y o u a r e e m p l o y e d , a n d f i gh t ­

i n g f o r t h a t f i r s t p a y i n ­

c r e a s e . "

In t h e f i v e y e a r s b e t w e e n

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

p o s t - g r a d u a t e s t u d y , I r e ­

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

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

t h e s e I a s k e d , d e m a n d e d ,

s t r u g g l e d , o r f o u g h t f o r .

In t h r e e p l u s y e a r s a t m y

f i r s t j o b , s e v e n s e p a r a t e r i s e s

b o o s t e d m y p a y f r o m £ 1 , 5 0 0

t o £ 3 , 1 0 0 . A f t e r c h a n g i n g

j o b s , a f u r t h e r t h r e e i n e l e v e n

m o n t h s t o o k i t t o £ 4 , 7 5 0 . A

f e w m o n t h s l a t e r , I q u i t .

I d o n o t b e l i e v e m y c a s e

u n u s u a l ; m o s t e m p l o y e r s

h a v e s a l a r y r e v i e w s p e r i o d i c ­

a l l y — e v e r y s i x m o n t h s o r

s o . If y o u m e r i t am i n c r e a s e ,

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

a s k , d e m a n d , s t r u g g l e , n o r

f i gh t .

S i n c e r e l y ,

J A M E S H . F E N N E R .

M e t e o r o l o g y P . G .

ARMITAGE T h e S p r i n g T e r m s t a t u t o r y

m e e t i n g o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f

L o n d o n U n i o n t o o k p l a c e o n

S a t u r d a y at C h e t s e a C o l l e g e ,

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

a n i m a t e d d e b a t e . I m p e r i a l

C o l l e g e U n i o n w a s r e p r e ­

s e n t e d b y R o b A r m i t a g e , E x ­

t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r , w h o g o t

h i m s e l f e l e c t e d o n t o t h e S R C

E x e c u t i v e .

T h e m a i n t o p i c s o f d i s c u s ­

s i o n w e r e t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s

W h i t e P a p e r , " E d u c a t i o n : A

f r a m e w o r k f o r e x p a n s i o n " ,

t h e G r a n t s C a m p a i g n a n d the

s e t t i n g u p o f a L o n d o n S t u ­

d e n t O r g a n i s a t i o n .

T h e m a j o r t o p i c w a s t h e

W h i t e P a p e r . A m o t i o n , p r o ­

p o s e d b y Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h

C o l l e g e i n t h e f o r m o f D a v e

E m m e t t ( a l s o C h a i r m a n of

t h e S R C ) , a t t e m p t e d to s e t

d o w n S R C p o l i c y o n a l l

a s p e c t s o f t h e W h i t e P a p e r ;

N u r s e r y E d u c a t i o n , S c h o o l s ,

I n - s e r v i c e t r a i n i n g f o r T e a c h ­

e r s , H i g h e r a n d F u r t h e r E d u ­

c a t i o n a n d t h e D i p l o m a o f

H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n . R o b A r m i ­

t a g e p r o p o s e d f o u r a m e n d ­

m e n t s , t h r e e o f w h i c h w e r e

a c c e p t e d ; b u t t h e f o u r t h , d e ­

p l o r i n g t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s i n ­

c r e a s e i n d e f e n c e e x p e n d i ­

t u r e at t h e s a m e t i m e as c u t ­

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

f e a t e d .

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

p l o r e d t h e " P r o p o s e d d e ­

c r e a s e o f 2 0 % in t h e e d u c a ­

t i o n b u d g e t , f r o m 6 . 5 % t o

5 . 0 % of t h e G r o s s N a t i o n a l

P r o d u c t . " It a l s o d e p l o r e d

t h e c u t b a c k o f 8 0 , 0 0 0 o n

p r o j e c t e d f i g u r e s f o r n u m b e r s

MORE ON Students at St ir l ing

voted at a meeting of the Student C o u n c i l to boycott the Univers i ty tr ials. They w i l l not be represented in any way at the hearings, and students witnesses have refused to attend. They have done this be­cause they feel that it was

EXECUTED o f s t u d e n t s i n H i g h e r E d u c a ­

t i o n a n d r e j e c t e d t h e D i p H . E .

a s it s t a n d s .

A n a m e n d m e n t to r e m o v e

a s e c t i o n o f t h e m o t i o n

a f f i r m i n g S R C ' s b e l i e f i n t h e

s t a t e - r u n c o m p r e h e n s i v e

s y s t e m a s t h e o n l y f a i r s y s ­

t e m o f e d u c a t i o n w a s , s u r ­

p r i s i n g l y , o n l y n a r r o w l y d e ­

f e a t e d , v a r i o u s s p e a k e r s e x ­

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

e d u c a t i o n a n d t h e t w o - t i e r

s t a t e s y s t e m .

D i s c u s s i o n o n t h e p r o ­

p o s e d L o n d o n S t u d e n t O r ­

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

d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n a n d i n c o m ­

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

i n d i c a t i n g t h e s u g g e s t e d

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

S R C d i d , h o w e v e r , a c c e p t t h e

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

t i o n a n d a g r e e d t o g i v e it

t h e i r s u p p o r t .

J o h n W i l s o n , V i c e - P r e s i ­

d e n t o f N U S f o r E d u c a t i o n ,

a d d r e s s e d t h e m e e t i n g o n t h e

s u b j e c t o f t o m o r r o w ' s r e g ­

i o n a l d e m o n s t r a t i o n . M i s ­

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

r a t h e r d e p l e t e d C h e l s e a

U G M , h e w e n t i n t o a l l t h e

t r i v i l i a i t i e s , b u t s t r e s s e d t h e

i m p o r t a n c e o f a g o o d t u r n - o u t

in L o n d o n i f t h e N U S E x e c u ­

t i v e ' s n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h t h e

D E S n e x t w e e k a r e t o b e

f r u i t f u l .

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

d e s c r i b e d to a F E L I X r e p o r t e r

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

h o m e in t i m e f o r " D r . W h o " ,

t h e E x e c u t i v e r o l l e d t h r o u g h

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

o r d t i m e t o f i n i s h t h e s i x

h o u r m a r a t h o n b y 5 p . m .

STIRLING impossible to get a fa ir

hearing, for the reasons

mentioned i n ithe last

article. The Academic

Assembly (a meeting of a l l

the academic staff of the

College), decided to ask

that a l l charges against the

students be dropped.

ffluxtin'g

Pit Y e t o n c e a g a i n t h e s e a s o n

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

u s . N o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s a r e

u p f o r t h e p o s t s o f P r e s i d e n t

o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n ,

D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t , H o n o r a r y

S e c r e t a r y a n d E d i t o r o f

' F e l i x ' o n t h e N o t i c e B o a r d

i n t h e U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e

a n d f o r D e p a r t m e n t R e p s i n

d e p a r t m e n t s .

1 h a v e n o t i c e d t h a t , e s ­

p e c i a l l y i n t h e c a s e o f P r e s i ­

d e n t , t h e r e a r e s o m e n o m i n a ­

t i o n s o f t h e f o r m " N O T

W a l t e r P l i n g e " . T h i s s e e m s

to m e to b e r a t h e r s i l l y a n d

w i l l t h e r e f o r e b e i g n o r e d .

T h e r e a p p e a r s t o b e a r e -

R e m e r g e n c e o f s t i c k e r s a d ­

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

N U S d e m o n s t r a t i o n s f o r e x ­

a m p l e , a b o u t C o l l e g e . P l e a s e

r e m e m b e r t h a t it i s o f t e n e x ­

t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t t o r e m o v e

t h e m w h e n t h e i r u s e f u l l i f e i s

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

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

c a m p a i g n s h a v e b e e n s e n t

b i l l s f o r r e m o v a l o f s t i c k e r s

b y t h e c o l l e g e . S O P L E A S E

D O N O T S T I C K S T I C K E R S

T O T H E C O L L E G E .

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BUNAC years on... T h i s year marks the 10th anniver ­

sary of the Br i t i sh Un i v e r s i t i e s No r th A m e r i c a C l u b . The C l u b star ted l i fe as the Un i v e r s i t y of London C a n a d a C l u b back in 1 9 6 2 , a n d B U N A C w a s f o rmed the f o l l ow ing year to expand the cu l tura l and travel poss ib i l i t i e s of the U . L . C . C . into a nat iona l c lub for a l l un ivers i t y s tudents , w i t h branches at each Un i v e r s i t y . By the end of its f i rst year of ex i s t ence , B U N A C had s o m e 3 , 0 0 0 m e m b e r s and had operated its f i rst t ransa t lan­t ic f l ight p rog ramme of 11 f l i ghts .

F r o m the start it w a s felt that for the C l u b to be s u c c e s s f u l , it w o u l d be better if it d i d not run its o w n travel p rog ramme , but had an agent to run it. Th i s w o u l d a v o i d B U N A C hav ing too strong an image of a trave l c lub , and a l l ow it to concentra te more on pure ly C l u b ac t i v i t i e s . The B U N A C f l ight p r og ramme w a s then , as now, hand l ed by B . S . T . C . L td . , a w h o l l y - o w n e d subs id i a r y of the B r i ­t i sh Un i ve r s i t i e s S tudent T rave l A s ­soc i a t i on ( B U S T A ) w h i c h is a non­prof i t educa t i ona l char i ty and w h o s e surp luses are d i r ec t ed t owards s tu ­dent travel s c h o l a r s h i p s .

Dur ing the 1 9 6 0 ' s B U N A C ' s m e m ­bersh ip soared and its f l ight pro­g r amme expanded so that by the end of the decade its annua l member ­sh ip w a s regular ly app roach ing 2 0 , 0 0 0 . Th i s caused some th ing of a p rob l em for the f l ight p r og ramme be­cause as an affinity group, the C l u b ' s char ters were l im i t ed by a C i v i l A v i a ­t ion B o a r d ' s ru l ings of a 2 0 , 0 0 0 m e m ­bersh ip l imi t and a " 6 m o n t h s ' m e m ­bersh ip before you can f l y " res t r i c ­t i on .

A c c o r d i n g l y , B . S . T . C . , w h i c h by then h a d m o v e d into the European S tudent F l i gh ts bus iness , ob ta ined p e r m i s s i o n for B U N A C to operate its t ransat lant i c char ters on the same bas is as those of European f l i ghts . Th i s bene f i ted the s tudent in three ways . F i r s t of a l l , he d i d not have to be a c lub member for 6 m o n t h s — he c o u l d jo in today and f ly tomor­row. S e c o n d l y , he d i dn ' t have to be an ac tua l Un ive rs i t y s tudent — any student between 16 and 3 0 was e l i ­g ib le . F ina l l y , he was no longer t i ed to a f ixed ou tward and return date package , but c o u l d choose h is East and W e s t - b o u n d f l ights separate ly to sui t h is par t i cu lar p lans .

Ce r t a in l y no one can a c c u s e B U N A C of not t ry ing the ir u tmost to l ive up to their s l ogan and " m a k e A m e r i c a p o s s i b l e " for Br i t i sh s tudents to v i s i t w i t h the m i n i m u m of cos t and fuss . Over 6 0 , 0 0 0 members have f l own B U N A C over the last ten years and he lped them ga in an exce l l en t reputat ion for re l i ab i l i t y in the sec tor of s tudent t rave l .

O .K . B i g D e a l . But how does B U N A C operate and what does it of­fer the s tuden t?

B U N A C operates on two leve ls — nat i ona l l y and at co l l ege or un iver ­s i ty l eve l .

O n a nat iona l s ca l e , B U N A C has its headquar ters in London at 4 6 Char ­lotte Street , whe r e it e m p l o y s a s m a l l , fu l l - t ime staff. They ensure that the co l l ege Nor th A m e r i c a C l u b s are kept s u p p l i e d w i t h m e m b e r s h i p c a r d s , h a n d b o o k s , pub l i c i t y , etc. , a n d they a l so do the runn ing of the C l u b ' s s e r v i c es s u c h as B U N A C A M P , a s u m ­mer c a m p c o u n s e l l i n g s chem e ; the B U N A C E X C H A N G E V I S I T O R P R O ­G R A M M E , w h i c h enab les s tudents to get a s u m m e r wo rk v i sa for the U S A ; and the B U N A C E M P L O Y M E N T S E R ­V I C E , w h i c h f ixes up guaranteed jobs in the s u m m e r vac . for those s tudents w h o are unab le to f ind a job for themse l v es and w o u l d o therw ise not go to the U S .

A l l po l i c y d e c i s i o n s r egard ing B U N A C are made so l e l y by a Na t i ona l C o m m i t t e e , c o m p o s e d ent i re ly of s tudents and e lec ted annua l l y f r om representat ives of the var i ous Nor th A m e r i c a C l u b s a r ound the country . T h i s ensures that B U N A C ' s s e r v i c es are kept in t ouch w i t h wha t s tudents wan t and can af ford, i.e. it is run by s tudents for the benef i t of s tudents .

A t a Un i v e r s i t y leve l , the vo luntary N A C commi t t e e s are respons ib l e for rec ru i t ing m e m b e r s and encourag ing interest in Nor th A m e r i c a by h o l d i n g f i lm s h o w s , ta lks , etc. , and by be ing ava i l ab l e to a n s w e r m e m b e r s ' ques­t i ons on t rave l , emp l oymen t , and the l ike . I.C. has had its o w n Nor th A m e r i c a C l u b for s o m e years now , and those w i s h i n g to f i nd out about trave l to A m e r i c a or interested in he lp ing to run the C l u b are a s k e d to contac t C h r i s G i b b s (Weeks 84 ) or Bob Evans (T i zard 154 ) . I C N A C urgent ly needs he lpers .

F ina l l y a w o r d or two about s ome

of the se rv i c es B U N A C are operat­ing for 1 9 7 3 : —

(1) 1 9 7 3 Flight Programme.

T h i s year the s tuden t has the c h o i c e of over 1 0 0 f l i ghts to N e w Yo rk , Los A n g e l e s , S a n F r a n c i s c o , To ron to or V a n c o u v e r , depar t ing f r om ei ther L o n d o n . Be l fas t , B i r m i n g h a m , M a n c h e s t e r or P r e s tw i ck . He a lso has the c h o i c e of b o o k i n g a s tudent f l ight , or an A B C ( A d v a n c e B o o k i n g Charter ) f l ight for a f ew pounds less, a l though on s o m e routes on ly A B C f l ights operate .

A B C char ters are be ing i n t r oduced th is year a n d w i l l be the on ly sort of charter a l l o w e d in future. Br ie f l y , the advantages of A B C f l ights are that they are cheaper a n d are not sub­ject to any e l i g ib i l i t y r es t r i c t i ons . T h i s means that a s tudent c an now take his parents or g i r l f r i end (who perhaps is not a student ) to the States at a low pr i ce whe reas for s tudent f l i ghts on ly h u s b a n d s / w i v e s can a c c o m p a n y the s tudent . The d rawback to A B C f l ights is that they mus t be b o o k e d three mon ths in advance , whe reas s tudent f l i ghts can be booked r ight up to the last m inute .

Return f l i ghts to N e w Y o r k start at £58 ( A B C ) or £62 (s tudent f l i ght ) . The s e rates are fu l l y c o m ­pet i t ive w i t h , if not cheaper than , rates offered anywhere » Ise, espe­c i a l l y s i nce they i n c l u d e s u c h extras as free d r inks and mea l s on the f l i ghts , hotel a c c o m m o d a t i o n in Nor th A m e r i c a on the n ight of a r r i va l , p lus t ranspor t f r om a i rpor t to hote l , a i r ­port taxes , and a copy of the " S t u d e n t G u i d e to No r th A m e r i c a " .

S tuden t s can rely on B U N A C ' s re­putat ion for re l i ab i l i t y , e spec i a l l y th is year w i t h the a i r l ine car r i e r be ing a lmos t e x c lus i v e l y P a n a m .

(2) Bunacamp

T h i s p r o g r amme is a i m e d at those w h o enjoy the outdoor l i fe but m a y b e cannot a f fo rd to she l l out the money for f l i ght . G r e y h o u n d pass , etc. , be­fore depar ture . The s c h e m e offers an e ight -week job as a counse l l o r in an A m e r i c a n c h i l d r e n ' s s u m m e r c a m p . A l l the s tudent has to pay is cm £8 reg is t ra t ion fee, and B u n a c a m p pays for h is f l i ght , t ranspor t to the c a m p , board and l odg ings a n d a m i n i m u m of $ 1 7 5 pocke t money .

There are s t i l l s o m e vacanc i e s for ins t ruc tors in cer ta in sports — con ­tact IC N A C for more de ta i l s , but hurry as l i s ts c l o s e shor t l y .

(3 ) Exchange V i s i t o r P r o g r a m m e For those w h o do not fancy c a m p -

c o u n s e l l i n g there is the E V P , opera ted by B U N A C in con junc t i on w i th the U S - b a s e d C o u n c i l of Internat ional Educa t i ona l Exchange .

A d m i s s i o n to this p rog ramme g i ves the s tudent a J l v i sa w h i c h enab les h i m to take any f o rm of pa id emp loy ­ment in the U . S . a n d thus makes a s u m m e r vaca t i on in A m e r i c a f inan­c i a l l y v i ab l e .

Every year over 3 , 0 0 0 users of the p rog ramme d i s cove r that w o r k i n g for about 8 weeks and t rave l l ing a r ound for about 4 w e e k s need o n l y cos t them the same as a for tn ight ' s ho l i day in Europe .

M a n y wa i t unt i l after a r r i va l in the States to f i nd a job, buf for those w h o don ' t W ish to do this there is a l w a y s the B U N A C J o b Di rec to ry .

(IC N A C are hop ing to arrange a talk about the E V P on Thursday , Feb­ruary 2 2 ) .

IC Nor th A m e r i c a C l u b — Contac t C h r i s G i b b s (Weeks 8 4 ) ; Bob Evans (T i za rd 154 ) for deta i l s of member ­sh ip , etc.

O x f o rd St eet was dec l a r ed independent last W e d n e s d a y by revolut onar i es

f ; o m R C S b r a n d i s h i n g p l a ca rds and co i l e c t ' n g t 'ns . Seve ra l hundr ed entry

v i s a s we re s o l d , i n c l u d i n g one to a Hunga r i an gen t l eman w h o thought it w a s

off icial and p r o d u c e d h is passpor t . To ta l p roceeds for the day e x c e e d e d £46.

R o y a l College of S c i e n c e

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Hamish Imlach

Barry Dransfteld

Dave & T o n / Arthur

Special Guest V/u Stanshall ( e x B o n z o Dog)

late Bar Ceilidh

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in advance from RCSU Office, Southside or on the door.

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S c e n d o f the S e a , Geo f f rey J e n k i n s , F o n t a n a 3 0 p .

If y o u k n o w abou t the T i t a n i c a n d the M a r i e C e l e s t e , then no th ing that Geo f f rey J e n k i n s s a y s about the ' W a r a t a h ' w i l l be ve ry s u r p r i s i n g . H i s s t o r y f o l l o w s the t r a d i t i o n a l l ine , the year is 1 9 0 9 a n d the c r a c k ' B l u e A n c h o r ' l iner the W a r a t a h s i n k s w i t h ­ou t t race or s u r v i v o r s off the c oas t of S o u t h A f r i c a . W h e n in 1 9 6 7 the G e m s b o k , a V i s c o u n t A i r l i n e r of S o u t h A f r i c a n A i r w a y s d i s a p p e a r s in exac t l y the s a m e p l a c e , then the m y s ­tery s tar ts to b e c o m e c o m p l i c a t e d . T h e c h a r a c t e r s are w e a k , a n d the i r a c t i o n s a n d e m o t i o n s p r e d i c t a b l e ; h o w e v e r , l u c k i l y for the au thor , t h e story m o v e s q u i c k l y a n d he b e c o m e s e n g r o s s e d in the d e s c r i p t i o n s of the s t o r m s at s ea .

T h e s tory of the W a r a t a h ' s d i s a p ­p e a r a n c e is a t rue one (on ly the fac ts have been c h a n g e d to fit the book ) a n d one w h e r e there is s t i l l c o n s i d e r ­ab l e d o u b t a n d m y s t e r y s u r r o u n d i n g the d i s a p p e a r a n c e of th i s m o d e r n ' s a f e ' l ine r . R e c e n t l y th i s c o n t r o v e r s y

w a s r e o p e n e d in the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e c o l u m n s of the T i m e s . W a s it the extra d e c k bu i l t on at the last m i n u t e that m a d e her top heavy a n d c a u s e d her to c a p s i z e or w a s it the c o a l b u n ­k e r e d on her d e c k s for the long voy­age, or p e rhaps it w a s in the freak s e a s e x p e r i e n c e d by the B r i t i s h C r u i s ­er H M S B i r a u g h a m d u r i n g the s e c o n d w o r l d w a r off the P o r d o l a n d coas t that the true s o l u t i o n l i e s ?

D o w n w i t h S k o o l ! by Geof f rey W i l ­l i a m s a n d R o n a l d S e a r l e . A r m a d a L i o n , 2 0 p .

D o y o u have h a u n t i n g m e m o r i e s of s c h o o l , d i d y ou keep d ragon f i i e s in " S i r ' s " desk or w a s it y ou that spo t ­l i gh t ed the s t a g e h a n d t i p t o e ing a c r o s s the set w h i l e the he ro ine s o b b e d in d a r k n e s s ? E v e n if y o u d i d none of these th ings , then y ou m u s t su r e l y r e m e m b e r t h o s e s a d i s t i c t e a che r s that t w e a k e d your ears a n d s h a v e d your h e a d w i t h a ru le r . ' D o w n w i t h S k o o l ' b r ings it a l l back in a d e l i g h t f u l l y g o o d - h u m o u r e d w a y . . . w e l l w o r t h l o o k i n g at.

M Y F A T F R I E N D J e n n i e L i n d e n i s the 2 9 - y e a r - o l d

Fat F r i e n d . Fo r the past 6 y ea r s , s i n c e her fa ther d i e d , s h e ' s h a d a rather e f f eminate boa rde r , H e n r y ( K e n n e t h W i l l i a m s ) . Las t y ea r she took in a n ­other . J a m e s , an 18 - y ea r - o l d S c o t , a na i v e , b u r l y b o o k w o r m w h o has jus t f i n i shed h i s first n o v e l . H e ' s a l s o the h o u s e c o o k .

Fat these pas t d o z e n yea rs , i t ' s on l y after m e e t i n g T o m in her book­s h o p that she e m b a r k s on a r e d u c i n g p l a n . H i s w o r k has taken h i m Eas t for four m o n t h s ; she w i l l s u r p r i s e h i m upo n h i s re turn at C h r i s t m a s .

T h e first a c t is f i l l ed w i t h H e n r y ' s funny , t hough o f t en s n i d e , r e m a r k s on her r o t u n d f i gure . H i s c a j o l i n g is i n ­s t r u m e n t a l i n k e e p i n g her w i l l p o w e r u p . H e h a s the bes t c o m i c l i n es i n L o n d o n , w h i l e J a m e s ' are na i v e l y w i t t y .

T h e s e c o n d ac t c h a n g e s t i m b r e . A l t h o u g h s t i l l c o m e d y , the r e ' s a n edge of d r a m a as she c o p e s w i t h l os ­i n g three s tone . J a m e s is upse t , a s he l i k e d her better (or at least as we l l )

" T H E R E A L I N S P E C T O R H O U N D " A N D " A F T E R M A G R I T T E " ( S H A W )

F o u r years a go I a t t e n d e d , very m u c h aga ins t m y better j u d g m e n t , a p lay b y a f e l l o w c a l l e d T o m S t o p p a r d . I h a d not hea rd of h i m , a n d the n a m e of the p lay " T h e R e a l Inspec tor H o u n d " ' h a r d l y s e e m e d i n s p i r e d ( " M o r e avan t - ga rde r u b b i s h " I though t ) . T h e e v e n i n g t r a n s f o r m e d m e , a n d I have b e c o m e a d e vo t e e of th i s w r i t e r ' s b r a n d of h u m o r o u s o b l i q u i t y .

T h e e v en ing at the S h a w s tar ts w i t h " A f t e r M a g r i t t e " , — a l i g h t w e i g h t p l a y w h i c h opens in the u t m o s t ob­s c u r i t y , w i t h ( amongs t o ther s e e m i n g a b s u r d i t i e s ) a m a n in w a d e r s t e l l i n g a g i r l in a ba l l d r e s s about a one-l egged f oo tba l l e r s k i p p i n g a l o n g w i t h a t o t to i se unde r h i s a r m , but ca r r i e s th rough to a c o n c l u s i o n that is a s ut ter ly l o g i c a l as it is funny , w i t h a l l e x p l a i n e d .

" T h e Rea l Inspector H o u n d " h o w ­ever , w h i c h f o r m s the b u l k o f the e v e n i n g , b e g in s qu i t e r e a sonab l y , w i t h t w o c r i t i c s , M o o n a n d B i r d b o o t , ( s i c ) a w a i t i n g the o p e n i n g of a W h o -

as she w a s be fore ; he is not h e l p i n g the " c a u s e " . T h i s f r i c t i o n m a k e s her more d e t e r m i n e d t h a n ever to r e m a i n s l i m .

The f inal s c e n e s h o w s a s u r p r i s e d , p e rhaps p e r p l e x e d , T o m c o n f r o n t i n g a n o t i c e a b l y c h a n g e d Fat F r i e n d . B u t the p lay e n d s , for m e , p u z z l i n g l y ; it w a s a m b i g u o u s . I w a s a m b i v a l e n t w h e r e at f i r s t I e m p h a s i s e d . T h e e n d i n g is not u n e x p e c t e d , just o d d .

T h i s p l ay a t t empts the t e r r ib l y d a u n t i n g task of c o m b i n i n g a c o m e d y (first act ) w i t h a d r a m a ( s e c o n d a c t ) . It w a s , in g e n e r a l , a s u c c e s s f u l s y n ­t h e s i s . O n l y the f inal m i n u t e puz z l e s me . S h e a n d T o m have f o u n d out s o m e t h i n g abou t t h e m s e l v e s a n d o the rs ; J a m e s has h a d a book a c ­c e p t e d , f ina l ly . B u t H e n r y has us baf f l ed . W e haven ' t a c l u e w h a t he is to d o . •

T h a t ' s m y o n l y c r i t i c i s m of an o th­e r w i s e fine p r o d u c t i o n . In a di f ferent v e i n f r o m m o s t W e s t E n d c o m e d y , it benef i ts thereby . H i g h y r e c o m m e n d ­e d . G l o b e theatre , S h a f t e s b u r y A v e .

J I M F E N N E R .

D u n n i t , w h i c h i n t i m e c o m e s to bear an u n c a n n y r e s e m b l a n c e to " T h e M o u s e t r a p " ( H e l l o ? T h i s the d r a w i n g r o o m of L a d y M u l d o o n ' s i s o l a t ed c oun t r y r e s i d e n c e one foggy m o r n i n g in ear l y sp r ing ' ) but by the e n d the c r i t i c s are on s tage ( d ead at that) a n d two of the cas t are g i v i n g the p l a y -w i th in - a -p l a y the b l a s t i n g it r i gh t l y d e s e r v e s , w h i c h M o o n a n d B i r d b o o t never d i d . T h e c o n v e n t i o n s of the W h o - D u n n i t • are l o v ing l y r o c k e d ('I've k n o w n w h o l e week ­e n d s w h e n M u l d o o n M a n o r , as th i s l ove l y Q u e e n A n n e H o u s e is c a l l e d , m i g h t a s w e l l have been f loat ing on p a c k - i c e for a l l the g o o d it w o u l d have d o n e p h o n i n g the P o l i c e ' ) , the c r i t i c s are s l a t e d , the p lo t t h i c k e n s a n d S t o p p a r d ' s u se o f l anguage t r i ­u m p h s o 'er a l l .

T h e cur r en t p r o d u c t i o n of " T h e R e a l Inspec tor H o u n d " is c o m i n g , w i t h its c o m p a n i o n p i e c e " A f t e r M a g r i t t e " into the last f o r tn ight of its run at the S h a w Thea t r e , (ha l fway be tween E u s t o n a n d S t . P a n c r a s S t a ­t i o n s ) , but it is s t i l l as w o r t h w h i l e as a n y s h o w in L o n d o n . T i c k e t s f r om 2 5 p for S t u d e n t s . Bob C a r t e r

T h e IC O p e r a t i c S o c i e t y put o n a c r e d i t a b l e p e r f o r m a n c e , for IC at least , w i t h t h e i r p r o d u c t i o n of " l o l a n t h e " last w e e k i n the U n i o n . T h e a u d i e n c e w a s a s p a c k e d a s the s tage d u r i n g the f ina le ; the ent i re cas t on s tage r e s e m b l e d more the rush hour on the C i r c l e L ine t h a n a c h o r u s l ine .

T h e i n d i v i d u a l p e r f o r m a n c e s that s t o o d out w e r e B a r n e y B u r n h a m a n d B r i a n P a r s o n s as the two E a r l s , Pat E l l i o t as the l o v e l o rn P h y l i s a n d Peter M i l l s a s the very s u s c e p t i b l e C h a n c e l l o r . U n f o r t u n a t e l y P r i va t e W i l l i s o f the G r e n a d i e r G u a r d s a p p e a r e d to be s t r u g g l i n g to f ind h is no tes , a n d an e l e c t r i c a l l y - c r a n k e d F a i r y Q u e e n w o u l d have been an a d ­vantage : the i m p r e s s i o n s of C i l i a

B l a c k , w i t h o u t the a c c e n t , c a m e ove r

above the m u s i c in a de f in i t i ve f a s h ­

i o n . T h e O r c h e s t r a , l a rge l y c o n s i s t i n g

of d ra f t ed m e m b e r s of R C M (as w a s the major i ty of the f e m a l e c h o r u s ) d i d the ir stuff w i t h v i g ou r : o n l y w h e n over l o u d or sub t l y qu i e t d i d they f a i l to s o u n d c o n v i n c i n g .

T h e s tage , set off by w h a t a p p e a r e d to be e m i n e n t l y ed i b l e s c ene r y , w a s seve re l y c r a m p e d . T h e fa i r i es t e n d e d to c o m e a c r o s s a s a 1st X V o n the i r o w n ; the effect w h e n j o i n e d by the E a r l s , D u k e s , M a r q u i s e s , V i s c o u n t s a n d B a r o n s w a s one of the O p s o c G a n g S h o w — a n d the i r o b v i o u s e n ­j o y m e n t of the w h o l e p r o c e e d i n g s c o n v i n c e d eve ryone that they w e r e r i d i n g a l o n g on the c r e s t of a w a v e .

Concert O n l y af ter a great last m inu t e rush

d i d . I m a n a g e to get to the conce r t on S a t u r d a y n ight . Un f o r tuna t e l y I m i s s e d the b e g i n n i n g of B a c k D o o r ' s set , but f r o m w h a t I hea rd (I c e r t a in l y c o u l d n ' t see a n y t h i n g for p e r i ods l onge r than five s e c o n d s ) , they s e e m e d to have d e v e l o p e d qu i t e an o r i g i n a l b r a n d of b luesy m u s i c , u s i n g bas s , d r u m s a n d saxes .

D u r i n g the in t e r va l , I m a n a g e d to squeeze into a rather s m a l l r eg i on on the f loor, but th is me r e l y sh i f t ed the d i s c o m f o r t a n d about quar te r of an hour af ter Fa i rpo r t h a d taken a s tage in a l m o s t t o ta l , but t empora r y , da rk ­ness , I w a s v i r tua l l y p r ay ing that e a c h n u m b e r w o u l d be the i r last .

A s for the i r m u s i c , I w a s s u r p r i s e d at the n u m b e r of s o n g s they bor ­r o w e d . T h e s e c o n s i s t e d of " C o u n t r y P i e " , D y l a n ' s Geo r g e J a c k s o n , a n d

a l s o ones f r om Je r r y R e i d a n d B u d d y H o l l y . T h e i r o w n c o m p o s i t i o n s w e r e qu i te g o o d , a n d gene ra l l y l i gh t on the ear, t h o u g h there w e r e t imes w h e n they j i g g ed a l o n g qu i te n i c e l y , e s p e c i ­a l l y in the enco r e , D a v e S w a r b r i c k ' s f i d d l i n g in j e c t ing a l i t t l e fire at these t imes .

No t unna tu ra l l y , they i n c l u d e d a few p i e c e s f r om the ir n e w a l b u m , " R o s i e " , a m o n g w h i c h w a s the t i t le t rack , a de l i gh t fu l b a l l a d . D e s p i t e a l l th i s , I c an ' t he lp f e e l i ng that they have seen better days in the i r l ong a n d c o m p l i c a t e d h i s t o r y . Fo r those w h o are in t e r es t ed , the presen t l ine ­up is J e r r y D o n n a h u e a n d T r e vo r L u c u s , e l e c t r i c a n d a c o u s t i c gu i t a r s , D a v e y Pegg , bass , D a v e S w a r b r i c k . f idd le a n d m a n d o l i n , a n d D a v e M a t ­t o cks , d r u m s , w i t h just abou t every­one hav ing a go at s i n g i n g .

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of the m o n t h . D i r e c t e d by M a r t i n R i t t

S o u n d e r is the n a m e of the dog b e l o n g i n g to a c o l o u r e d f a m i l y w h o l i ve a n d w o r k on a suga r f a rm in L o u i s i a n a d u r i n g the D e p r e s s i o n ( 1 9 3 3 ) . If y o u ( l ike me) have an i n s t i n c t i v e a b h o r r e n c e of a n i m a l f i l m s , d o n ' t be put off, b e c a u s e the story is more abou t the r e l a t i onsh ip be tween the s on a n d the father d u r i n g the d i f f i c u l t t i m e s they a l l have to go t h r o u g h . T h e father is a r r e s t ed for s t ea l i ng f o od a n d is s e n t e n c e d to a yea r ' s pena l s e r v i tude , but due to l o ca l p o l i c y , the f a m i l y are not a l ­l o w e d to k n o w w h e r e he is be ing kept . T h e s on m a n a g e s to f i n d out v ia a s y m p a t h e t i c l o ca l w h i t e w o m a n , a n d p r epa r es to m a k e the 5 0 - m i l e j ourney on foot to f i n d h is father . Even tua l l y he f i n d s the p r i s o n c a m p , but is unab l e to f i n d h i m , but is taken unde r the w i n g of a b l a c k s c h o o l ­m i s t r e s s w h o , r e c o g n i s i n g h is i n t e l l i ­g ence , of fers to t ake h i m into the s c h o o l for the next t e r m .

I c a m e out of th is f i l m f e e l ing

rather o v e r w h e l m e d by w h a t I though t w a s the e x c e s s i v e w h o l e s o m e n e s s , though th is may be, a s s o m e o n e po in t ed out , b e cause there is no rape s c ene or car c h a s e . W h a t is g o o d about th is f i l m , howeve r , is the s p l e n ­d i d a c t i ng by eve ryone , even the d o g , but more impor tan t , the b a s i c a t t i ­tude of the f i l m . T h e c o l o u r e d f a m i l y is dea l t w i t h s y m p a t h e t i c a l l y , but not ove r - indu l gen t l y ( w h i c h w a s one of my c r i t i c i s m s of " G u e s s W h o ' s C o m ­ing to D i n n e r " ) , the f a m i l y w e r e treated in exac t l y the s a m e w a y as if they we r e s o m e poor w h i t e f a m i l y in a 1 9 5 0 ' s H o l l y w o o d budge t m o v i e . There w a s no race - r e l a t i ons p r e a c h ­ing at a l l . Fo r that I w a s g ra t e fu l .

The d i r e c t i o n a n d c a m e r a w o r k were g o o d , but not o u t s t a n d i n g : the f i l m t ended to d rag on o c c a s i o n s , a n d the c a m e r a sho ts w e r e n i c e , but u n ­v a r i e d . ( M u s i c , i n c i d e n t a l l y , by Taj M a h a l , a n d very g o o d ) . S o go , a n d take your g i r l f r i end w i t h y o u , if y o u l ike to see n i c e p eop l e in n i c e su r ­r o u n d i n g s w i n n i n g t h r o u g h . Bu t if, l i ke me , y o u l ike to e s c a p e into a c i n e m a , don ' t wo r r y , the rest of the f i l m indus t ry is on our s i d e .

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C l a r k s o n C o l l e g e is a pr i va te $ 4 , 5 0 0 a year c o l l e g e of S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y in P o t s d a m , N e w Y o r k . He r e is an a r t i c l e r epr in t ed f r om the ir

H i there , h i gh s c h o o l s e n i o r s ! A r e y o u l o o k i n g for a p l a c e to s p e n d those u n d e c i d e d years be tween h i gh s c h o o l a n d w o r k i n g ? D o y ou w a n t a p l a c e to go to get a w a y f r om nagg ing t eache r s , nagg ing paren ts , nagg ing w o r l d p r o b l e m s a n d s i m p l e pa in of a r thr i t i s a n d n e u r a l g i a ? W e l l , f r i ends , y ou need look no far ther . C l a r k s o n C o l ­lege of T e c h n o l o g y is the p l a c e for y o u . Idea l ly s i tua t ed in love ly Po t s ­d a m N e w Yo rk , you w i l l be ove r l ook ­ing the s c e n i c Racque t t e R i v e r , k n o w n a l l over the N o r t h C o u n t r y for its f l ow ing wa te r . A r e y ou f r o m a b i g c i t y ? P o t s d a m is a f f l i c ted w i t h the h i ghes t u n e m p l o y m e n t rate in the state , w h i c h means y o u w i l l be ab l e to c h o o s e f r o m a w i d e range of s l u m s , m a r a u d i n g gangs of a l c o h o l -c r a z ed you ths , a n d perver ts o f a l l shapes a n d s i z e s . A r e y ou f r o m a s m a l l t o w n ? Y o u w i l l be ab l e to enjoy the latest in b ig -c i t y c o n v e n i e n c e s , s u c h as e l e c t r i c i t y , t e l ephones , a n d streets n a m e d after every i m a g i n a b l e s p e c i e s of tree. Y e s , peop l e f r om a l l types of env i r onmen t w i l l feel r ight at h o m e here in P o t s d a m .

But w h a t does P o t s d a m have to offer in the w a y of en te r ta inment , y ou a s k ? J u s t one of the h ighes t bars-per -cap i t a ra t ing in upsta te N e w Y o r k . M a n y of i n d u s t r y ' s f inest a l c o h o l i c s got the i r s tart r ight here in P o t s d a m . W e a l s o boas t the on ly $ 1 . 5 0 m o v i e theater left in the w o r l d a n d a l so a M c D o n a l d ' s a n d a C a r r o l l ' s a n d a M i s t e r D o n u t for those i n t e r m i n a b l y l ong , hazy n igh ts w h e n a l l y o u s e e m to do is get hungry . F o r the ma l e c h a u v i n i s t s w e have a w h o l e c o l l e g e f i l l ed w i t h g i r l s jus t a shor t w a l k away . F o r the f ema l e the m a l e s at C l a r k s o n o u t n u m b e r y o u 10 to 1. Re­m e m b e r y ou don ' t have to look pretty to m a k e it here at T e c h , a l l y ou need is a sense of adven tu r e , a des i r e to reach out for w h a t y o u w a n t a n d e n o u g h m o n e y to pay for it.

P o t s d a m is eas i l y a c c e s s i b l e by a l l major d o g s l e d l ines a n d by s o m e jeeps . D u r i n g the s u m m e r y ou w i l l be ab l e to leave P o t s d a m b y any f o rm of t r anspor ta t i on k n o w n to m a n . T h e s u m m e r usua l l y runs f r o m ear ly J u l y to late J u l y w h i c h m a k e s for a lot of fun in the sun excep t d u r i n g the ra iny s e a s o n — e a r l y J a n u a r y to late D e c e m ­ber. F o r those w h o w o u l d rather fly, the t o w n of P o t s d a m operates a large w e l l - e q u i p p e d c o w pasture w h i c h c a n eas i l y be conve r t ed into a parachute target area in t i m e s of na t i ona l emer­g ency .

A l l these th ings are mere l y f ros t ing on the cake , howeve r . No t o n l y is C l a r k s o n l o ca t ed in a f abu lous enter­t a inmen t m e c c a , but it is a l so the s i te of a fine eng inee r ing s c h o o l . W e offer c o u r s e s l ead ing to degrees in M e c h ­a n i c a l , E l e c t r i c a l , C h e m i c a l , C i v i l , a n d C h o o - C h o o T r a i n Eng inee r ing . No t to m e n t i o n our p i onee r ing Indust r ia l C o n s t i p a t i o n Depar tment , and the n e w l y m i s m a n a g e d Industr ia l M i s ­m a n a g e m e n t Depar tment . Bu t C l a rk ­s o n does not be l i eve in c lu t t e r ing a s t u d e n t ' s m i n d w i t h just facts a n d f igures . W e be l i e ve a w e l l r o u n d e d i n d i v i d u a l s h o u l d a l so have h is m i n d c lu t t e r ed w i t h h is to ry , nove l s , letter w r i t i n g a n d lots of c o m p o s i t i o n s w h i c h test your ab i l i t y to wr i t e lots of c o m p o s i t i o n s . O u r H u m a n i t i e s a n d S o c i a l Ins ign i f i cance Depa r tmen t are not o v e r l o o k e d just b e cause C l a r k s o n is an eng inee r ing s c h o o l . C l a r k s o n s p e n d s t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s a year of your m o n e y so that y ou w i l l k n o w w h o w a s the A s s i s t a n t Sec re ta ry of S ta t e in 1 8 3 2 a n d that the " G r a p e s of W r a t h " is not a book about v io ­l ence in the w i n e indus t r y .

But , a l l w o r k a n d no p lay m a k e s J o h n n y app l y to another s c h o o l a n d w e have a f i rm p o l i c y of not le t t ing go of any s tudent w h o can s t i l l pay

paper , the C l a r k s o n Integrator. N o t h ­ing l i ke I.C., of c ou r s e , as you'rt see . . . .

h is o w n w a y . There f o re , w e e m p h a ­s i ze f r e e d o m of c h o i c e in c h o o s i n g one ' s c o u r s e s a n d s c h e d u l e . Y O U have the f r e e d o m to pro tes t O U R c h o i c e of w h i c h c l a s s e s y ou are to a t t end . Y o u a l s o have the f r e e d o m to si t whe reve r you w a n t in the c l a s s un l e s s your p ro f e sso r m a k e s the c h o i c e for y o u . W e have recent l y be­gun to offer a n u m b e r of pass - fa i l o p t i o n s — y o u r p ro f esso r has the-op t i on , of c ou r s e . Thes e a n d other i nnova t i v e t e a c h i n g m e t h o d s have ea rned C l a r k s o n C o l l e g e the T h o m a s S . C l a r k s o n M e m o r i a l for M o d e r n In­s t ruc t i ona l M e t h o d s in a T e c h n o l o g i ­ca l S c h o o l L o ca t ed in or Near a S m a l l Rura l T o w n a n d For the P r e v e n t i o n a n d E x t i n c t i o n of L o q u a c i o u s n e s s .

M a n y of y o u c r inge , howeve r , a t the thought of a c c i d e n t a l l y l e a rn ing a n y t h i n g w h i l e en joy ing y o u r s e l f at co l l e g e . For a s l i gh t d e c r eas e in t u i ­t i on y ou may pursue a degree of B a c h e l o r of A r t s in E x t r a - C u r r i c u l a r A c t i v i t i e s . S o m e of the more note­w o r t h y g radua tes in th i s f i e ld i n c l u d e C l a r k s o n ' s B o a r d of T rus t ees , the P r e s i d e n t of Gene ra l P i n b a l l , a n d B u g s B u n n y . Y o u m ay a l s o c h o o s e to par t i c i pa t e in o u t s i d e a c t i v i t i e s i n a d d i t i o n to your other major . B e a D . J . on W T S C - F M . D o you l ike c o m i c b o o k s ? — g e t on the staff of the C l a r k s o n newspape r . D o y ou l ike to-s l e ep l a t e ? — c u t c l a s s e s . T h e r e ' s s o m e t h i n g for eve ryone here at T e c h . Y o u w i l l a l so be ab le to a t t end t h e many par t i es , d a n c e s a n d c a n c e l l e d c o n c e r t s w h i c h are j o in t l y s p o n s o r e d by C l a r k s o n a n d P o t s d a m Sta te .

O f c o u r s e , in order to m o r e fu l l y apprec i a t e your l i fe at C l a r k s o n , you-w i l l n e ed a p l a c e to l i ve . W e offer a var i e t y of l i v i n g c o n d i t i o n s w h i c h are d e s i g n e d to e m u l a t e the ne i gh ­b o r h o o d y o u w o u l d l i ke . The r e a r e dec r ep i t t enements k n o w n as H a m -l i n - P o w e r s , l o w i n c o m e h o u s i n g pro ­jec ts in the C u b l e y - R e y n o l d s - R o s s -B r o o k s c o m p l e x , m i d d l e - c l a s s " n i c e " r o o m s in M o o r e H o u s e a n d modern-pre- fabs for s o c i a l r e c luse s in D o r m s 5 a n d 6. W e rea l i ze that for m a n y o f y o u , th is w i l l be your first t ime l i v i n g away f r om your parents a n d y o u w o n ' t be p repared for s u d d e n inde­p e n d e n c e . T o m a k e your t r ans i t i on eas i e r , w e requi re y o u to l ive on c a m ­pus for at least two years . W e a l s o s u p p l y each floor w i t h a Res i d en t Babys i t t e r . Y o u w i l l not be a l l o w e d to dr i v e , have g i r l s in your r o o m , s m o k e pot, m a k e no i se af ter 1 0 : 0 0 p . m . or go out in the ra in w i t h o u t your rub ­bers . A f t e r four years at C l a r k s o n y o u w i l l have g a i n e d enough i ndepen ­dence to be ab l e to go out into the w o r l d and c r o s s the street by your ­se l f (don ' t forget to look both w a y s i y .

C l a r k s o n C o l l e g e of T e c h n o l o g y wan t s you to b e c o m e a r e spons i b l e , r e spec t ed m e m b e r of s oc i e t y for on ly $ 4 , 5 0 0 a year .

O u r a d m i s s i o n s r equ i r ements are b a s e d so l e l y on a c a d e m i c a ch i e v e ­ment . If y ou are a h i gh s c h o o l g r a d u ­ate, or expec t to be w i t h i n the next four y ea rs , p l ease e n c l o s e one yea r ' s tu i t i on and y ou w i l l b e c o m e a m e m ­ber of the c l a s s of ' 7 7 . T w o y e a r s ' t u i t i o n , p r e p a i d , w i l l qua l i f y you for the c l a s s of ' 7 6 ? a n d a l s o for our g r a n d pr i ze d r a w i n g of a free toaster .

D ue to a l i m i t e d a m o u n t of funds , s c h o l a r s h i p s can on ly be a w a r d e d to the mos t d e s e r v ing s tuden t s . There ­fore, anyone w h o pays for four fu l l years in a d v a n c e w i l l r ece i ve a f u l l -tu i t i on s c h o l a r s h i p to P o t s d a m S ta t e ' s C rane S c h o o l of M u s i c . Y o u r m o n e y w i l l be u s e d to f inance our new soc ia t s c i e n c e l ab , to be l o ca t ed in the A r l i n g t o n Inn.

If there are any further ques t i ons p l ease a d d r e s s a l l i nqu i r i e s to C h a n ­c e l l o r J o h n G r a h a m , s o m e w h e r e in the B a h a m a s .

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Phosphorous the Jobrot

and Ferocious Din Part nine of the serialisation of the book by

S. J. Swailes

S a i l s flapping, F a n n y l a y r o l l i n g i n a

t r o u g h . F e r o c i o u s e x t r i c a t e d h i m s e l f f r o m

u n d e r t h e T w i g w o r m , a n d t r i e d t o t h i n k

o f s o m e t h i n g t o d o .

" T h e a n c h o r ! " h e t h o u g h t . C l a m b e r i n g

o n t o t h e d e c k , h e m a d e h i s w a y t o t h e

f r o n t o f t h e b o a t , a n d l o o k e d f o r t h e

a n c h o r . T h e r e i t l a y , t i e d t o t h e d e c k

w i t h s o m e l i t t l e b i t s o f s t r i n g . W i t h w a t e r

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

u p h i s s l e e v e s , F e r o c i o u s u n t i e d t h e s t r i n g

a n d l i f t e d t h e a n c h o r f r o m t h e d e c k . W i t h

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

r i g h t t h i n g , h e flung i t o v e r t h e s i d e .

T h e r e w a s a r u m b l e a n d a r o a r , as t h e

c h a i n r u s h e d o u t , w h i s k i n g F e r o c i o u s '

l e g s a w a y f r o m u n d e r h i m . Y a r d s a n d

y a r d s o f c h a i n d i s a p p e a r e d o v e r t h e s i d e

a n d d o w n i n t o t h e w a t e r . I t o c c u r r e d t o a

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

c h a i n m i g h t n o t b e a t t a c h e d t o t h e b o a t .

H e h o p e d h e w a s w r o n g . L u c k i l y , h e w a s ,

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

a j e r k , a n d a c l o u d o f d a m p r u s t . T h e y

s t i l l s e e m e d t o b e d r i f t i n g a l o n g , b u t at

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

t o w i n d .

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b o a t — t h e y h a d b e e n c a r r i e d i n t o s h a l ­

l o w w a t e r a n d t h e a n c h o r h a d b i t t e n . T h e

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

s t r u m m e d l i k e a v i o l i n s t r i n g . I t s e e m e d

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

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

h e l d , a n d t h e F a n n y c a m e t o r e s t o n h e r

a n c h o r .

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l o o k e d a r o u n d t h e c r a f t . O b v i o u s l y t h e

n e x t j o b w a s to g e t t h e r e m a i n i n g s a i l s

d o w n . H e c a l l e d a f t t o P h o s p h o r o u s t o

c o m e a n d h e l p , a n d t o g e t h e r t h e y m a n a g e d

t o l o w e r t h e m i z z e n a n d t h e j i b .

" R i g h t , " s a i d a f u l l y - r e c o v e r e d F e r o c i o u s

D i n , " n o w to d e a l w i t h G e o r g e . "

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

t o find t h e T w i g w o r m a n x i o u s l y b e n d i n g

o v e r t h e p r o s t r a t e figure o f t h e c a p t a i n .

" O h , d e a r , " c r i e d t h e T w i g . " I d o n ' t

k n o w w h a t ' s t h e m a t t e r w i t h h i m , h e j u s t

k e e p s m u t t e r i n g . " T r u e e n o u g h , p o o r

G e o r g e s e e m e d to b e u n c o n s c i o u s , b u t a l l

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

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

n o s e n s e w h a t e v e r .

" T i n y r u b b e r b a n a n a s , " m u t t e r e d G e o r g e

c o n f i d e n t i a l l y , " o v e r i n t e n s i v e a g r i c u l t u r e

v a g r a n c y s i d e w a l k s i n t h e c o u n t r y , f e l l i n g

l i s t t o p o r t i n a s t o r m b o u n d . . . " s m i l i n g l y

h e r a m b l e d o n .

" W h a t d o y o u t h i n k w e s h o u l d d o ? " a s k e d

P h o s p h o r o u s .

" L e t ' s g e t h i m i n s i d e , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s .

C a r e f u l l y t h e y c a r r i e d G e o r g e d o w n t h e

c o m p a n i o n w a y , a n d l a i d h i m , s t i l l m u t t e r ­

i n g , o n h i s b u n k . " W e m u s t s e n d f o r s o m e ,

as i t w e r e , m e d i c a l a s s i s t a n c e , " s a i d F e r o ­

c i o u s i m p o r t a n t l y , " t h e r e m u s t b e s o m e

s o r t o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n s e q u i p m e n t o n

b o a r d " . T h e t h r e e s u r v i v o r s s e a r c h e d t h e

c a b i n f o r a r a d i o , o r e v e n a h o o t e r . T h e y

f o u n d n o t h i n g . S u d d e n l y P h o s p h o r o u s g a v e

a s h o u t .

" H e r e , " h e s a i d , " t h i s c o u l d b e i t . "

" T a r m a c a d a m a n d e v e , " s a i d G e o r g e

h e l p f u l l y . P h o s p h o r o u s h e l d u p a l i t t l e

b o x w i t h h o l e s d r i l l e d i n t h e t o p . W r i t t e n

o n o n e s i d e w e r e t h e w o r d s " F o e t i d M e s ­

s a g e s " .

" H o w s t r a n g e , n o t t o s a y m a c a b r e , "

c o m m e n t e d F e r o c i o u s , " o p e n i t t h e n , d e a r

b o y , d o n ' t k e e p u s i n s u s p e n s e . " H i s h a n d

s h a k i n g s l i g h t l y , P h o s p h o r o u s l i f t e d t h e

l i d .

" Y o u r a n g , S i r ? " s a i d a d e e p v o i c e f r o m

w i t h i n . P h o s p h o r o u s r e c o i l e d a n d n e a r l y

d r o p p e d t h e b o x .

" O h , g i v e i t h e r e , o l d s o n . " s a i d F e r o ­

c i o u s , i m p a t i e n t l y . H e t o o k t h e b o x f r o m

P h o s p h o r o u s ' t r e m b l i n g fingers a n d l o o k e d

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

t h e b o x . It b o w e d f r o m t h e w a i s t , a n d

s a i d ,

" G o o d e v e n i n g , S i r . I a m F o e t i d t h e s h i p ' s

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s s y s t e m . I f I c a n b e o f a n y

a s s i s t a n c e t o y o u , S i r , y o u h a v e o n l y t o

a s k . " F e r o c i o u s w a s m o m e n t a r i l y a t a

l o s s f o r w o r d s , b u t n o t f o r l o n g .

" W e l l , t i n y l e a t h e r y c r e a t u r e , i t i s l i k e

t h i s , " h e s a i d , " G e o r g e h a s b e e n s t r u c k d o w n

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

c a n n o t r e a l l y s a i l t h e b o a t w i t h o u t h i m .

S o w e n e e d t o s u m m o n h e l p o f a m e d i c a l

n a t u r e , as y o u m i g h t h a v e i t . " O n c e a g a i n

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

" M i g h t I s u g g e s t , S i r , t h a t I s u m m o n t h e

a s s i s t a n c e t h a t y o u r e q u i r e ? I c a n fly t o

a n y d e s t i n a t i o n w i t h i n fifty m i l e s , a n d

r e t u r n . "

" S p l e n d i d " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " o f f y o u go

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

G e o r g e . "

" C e r t a i n l y , S i r , " s a i d F o e t i d , a n d flapping

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

t h e d o o r a n d a w a y o v e r t h e s t o r m - t o s s e d

w a t e r s .

" B i t l i k e N o a h , r e a l l y , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s .

N i g h t w a s f a s t a p p r o a c h i n g , a n d t h e i n ­

t r e p i d t r i o m a d e t h e m s e l v e s as c o m f o r t a b l e

as p o s s i b l e , t o t r y a n d g e t s o m e s l e e p .

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

f e l l o n t h e r o l l e r s , a n d G e o r g e ' s m u t t e r i n g

w a s t o o l o u d t o b e i g n o r e d . F i n a l l y t h e

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

s l e e p . P h o s p h o r o u s w a s t h e first t o w a k e .

G e o r g e w a s s t i l l m u t t e r i n g a w a y o n h i s

b u n k , a n d P h o s p h o r o u s w e n t o v e r t o p e e r

a t t h e p a t i e n t .

" O s t r i c h e s C r o e s u s , " s a i d G e o r g e b y w a y

of g r e e t i n g .

" M o r n i n g G e o r g e , " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s . T h e

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

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

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

t o s s i n g a l l o v e r t h e p l a c e . I n f a c t h e c o u l d

s t a n d u p w i t h o u t h a v i n g t o h o l d o n t o a n y ­

t h i n g . H e m a d e h i s w a y o u t o n t o t h e d e c k .

T h e a i r h a d t h a t s i x a . m . f e e l a b o u t i t ,

c o l d a n d f r e s h , a w e a k s u n s p i l l i n g o v e r t h e

s e a . T h e l a t t e r w a s as f l a t as t h e p r o v e r ­

b i a l m i l l p o n d , j u s t a t i n y r i p p l e r u n n i n g

h e r e a n d t h e r e t o b r e a k t h e m i r r o r s u r f a c e .

P h o s p h o r o u s w a s i m p r e s s e d , a n d s t o o d f o r

a l o n g m o m e n t l o o k i n g o u t o v e r t h e w a t e r ,

t h i n k i n g t h a t p e r h a p s t h i s - b o a t i n g h a d

s o m e t h i n g t o i t a f t e r a l l . H i s d r e a m i n g w a s

i n t e r r u p t e d b y t h e a r r i v a l o f F e r o c i o u s D i n .

" M o r n i n g , d e a r b o y , " h e s a i d g l o o m i l y ,

" a t r i f l e n i p p y a b o u t t h e k n e e c a p s , is i t

n o t ? "

" I h a d n ' t r e a l l y n o t i c e d , " s a i d P h o s p h o r ­

o u s , a l i t t l e a n n o y e d at h a v i n g h i s m o m e n t

o f s o l i t u d e d i s t u r b e d .

" T h a t , d e a r l a d , i s b e c a u s e y o u a r e

w e l l c l a d i n a l a y e r o f f a t w h i c h I do n o t

p . s s e s s . M o r e ' s t h e p i t y at t i m e s . "

" U m , " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s , " p e r h a p s y o u ' r e

r l j h t . "

" D e a r l a d , " r e p l i e d t h e u n s q u a s h a b l e

F e r o c i o u s , " I a m a l m o s t a l w a y s r i g h t , b u t

d o n ' t l e t i t d i s t u r b y o u . I p r o p o s e t o c o n ­

c o c t s o m e b r e a k f a s t . W i l l y o u j o i n m e ? "

" I n a m o m e n t , " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s . F e r o ­

c i o u s d i s a p p e a r e d b e l o w , l e a v i n g h i s f r i e n d

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

o v e r t h e l e a d e n s e a , n o w t i n g e d w i t h c o p ­

p e r as t h e s u n r o s e h i g h e r .

H u n c h e d o v e r t h e l i t t l e p a r a f f i n s t o v e

i n t h e g a l l e y F e r o c i o u s w a s p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r

a v a s t p l a t e o f b a c o n , e g g s a n d s a u s a g e .

" T u r n , t ee , t u r n , " h e h u m m e d , d r o p p i n g

t w o e ggs d o w n t h e b u r n e r , " D r a t ! " h e s a i d ,

" I ' v e d r o p p e d y o u r e g g s d o w n t h e b u r n e r .

T w i g , S o r r y , " L u c k i l y t h e T w i g w o r m w a s

o n l y j u s t a w a k e n i n g , a n d w a s n o t t o o c l e a r

v/hat w a s g o i n g o n . It w a s n o t t o o l o n g

b e f o r e the t h r e e n o n - m u t t e r i n g c r e w m e m ­

b e r s w e r e s i t t i n g i n t h e c o c k p i t , e n j o y i n g

t h e i r f r y - u p a n d t h e w a r m t h o f t h e e a r l y

m o r n i n g s u n .

" I h " p e t h a t f u n n y l i t t l e b a t i s O . K . "

B" . id P h o s p h o r o u s , " H e ' s b e e n g o n e a l l

n i g h t . "

" D o n ' t w o r r y a b o u t h i m , " s p l u t t e r e d F e r ­

o c i o u s w i t h a m o u t h f u l l o f s a u s a g e , " h e

s e e m e d v e r y c o n f i d e n t w h e n h e l e f t . I ' m

s u r e h e ' l l b e b a c k a n y m i n u t e . "

B L A C K

CHIPS . • . A very singular occurrence hap­

pened to me last week. I ate in

Southside refec. Usually, I give

Mooney a wide berth and Southside

a desert. Like many others, I operate

a personal Mooney boycott which

takes me to the RCA, or Harrods staff

restaurant or even the Hot Pot at

Earl's Court. At all of these the taste-

buds can emerge well-satiated at a

price wholly competitive to C h e z M's

eating houses.

Occasionally, when time is short,

I eat in the Union but on this day cir­

cumstances took me to Southside.

Unfortunately the S .U . was not oper­

ating a boycott to dissuade me from

recklessness and I was swept inside

by the mixed aroma of vinegar and

the cashier's profuse adornment of

stale perfume. Any satisfaction to be

afforded by a Mooney meal is likely

to come from quantity rather than

quality though the one is prone to

usurp the other to such an extent that

most of any lavish portion is dumped

on the clearing table as the hasty re­

treat is made. I arrived at the head

of the queue full of optimism . . .

"Pork, please."

The woman serving the s p u d s w a s

the one in the b lue su i t , the boss-

woman. She seems to have more

hands than Eric Sykes but tends to

disappear up her own. I w i s h Victor

would t each her to smile. The guy in

front of me asks for roast potatoes.

Roast potatoes! That's a joke. He gets

two small ones. They bear a remark­

able resemblance to greasy dump­

lings squeezed into a pair of con­

doms.

"Chips , please."

I get about a third of a typical chip-

shop portion.

"Can I have some mo r e chips,

please?"

"That 's a p o r t i o n " she say s , glar­

ing at me s e x l e s s l y .

I arrest the bu lge w i t h i n my t rou­

sers , " i t ' s a vary s m a l l one , ' ' I say .

I d e c i d e to b e come wha t is c a l l e d

petulant in s u c h circumstances a n d

refuse to accep t th i s g ro tesque b l a ck

ob ' ec t w h i c h c o m p r i s e s about 10 per

cent of my c h i p s . S h e rep laces it w i t h

one other . U n h a p p i l y she unearths

many other rank, black s p e c i m e n s on

my plate t ak ing the one off. These

c o m p r i s e about 5 0 per cent o f my

dami-po . t ' on a n d I p r oceed to take

them off, one by one. S h e b e c o m e s

what is c a l l e d petulant in s u c h cir­

c u m s t a n c e s a n d snatches the plate

back. It is re turned w i t h the offend­

ing matter r emoved a n d r ep laced . I

m a s o c h i s t i c a l l y accep t a p o t i o n of

phosphorescen t green beans, hand

over 22 pence, eat the meal and

leave. I am s t i l l hungry . The pork w a s

qui te n i ce .

. . . A N D

REFECTORY

BOYCOTTS Student politics is a bit of a game,

really. New issues crop up each year,

only to be replaced by other, more

fashionable confrontations the follow­

ing. Double punishment and common

rooms have been and gone and oth­

ers, NUS membership, for example,

get resurrected every few years when

there is nothing else of special inter­

est raising its ugly head. This con­

tinual change of direction is mainly

due to the annual turnover of Union

officers and the radical alteration in

policy which often ensues. The col­

lege administration, however, doesn't

change very much at all. Many col­

lege negotiators have been sitting on

their committees for years. Some for

many years. Many for too many years.

What these many years have taught

them is the art of diplomacy — or, in

cruder terms — tactical bullshit.

If you write critical letters from one

company to another, say, very often

the reply you receive will not answer

many, if any, of the points you raised;

it may well appear to reply to a com­

pletely different letter. This non­

committal, procrastinating disease is

virulent in any sort of political con­

frontation and is a very effective wea­

pon against the enthusing but tactic­

ally naive student. Often non-de­

cisions are calculatingly delayed un­

til the summer vac. when they are

quietly forgotten under a mounting

blanket of dust. For others an abrupt

negative, weeks after the summer

term has ended when no-one is ar­

ound to put up much of a fight.

The prophylactic for this sort of op­

position is to concentrate on central,

perennial issues and to organise a

very effective campaign. Two obvi­

ously recurrent subjects, always of

immediate concern to students, are

grants and refectories and it appears

strange that tactics adopted by I.C.

Union are an attack on the second

on behalf of a campaign to increase

the first. Strange, maybe, but then

grant money is used to buy food and

the less the cost of the food, the

greater the actual worth of the grant.

In the opinion of many, I.C. refectory

food is both expensive and lousy (rel­

ative to comparable places) and any

boycott specifically to improve the re­

fectories would be justified.

Mooney, who is now talking in

terms of a 25 per cent increase in

refectory costs and has instructed his

staff to g i ve smaller portions may well

be ine f f i cent but this c an only be

shown by an examination of the ac­

counts. If it is so, internal changes

must be d e m a n d e d . The current boy­

cott however , is not c o n c e r n e d with

the e f f ic iency of the catering at IC,

but is st II re levant to refectories be­

cause the s y s t e m of Un:

versity financ­

ing (wh i ch includes the provision of

grants) d e m a n d s that they should be

sel f- f inanc'ng. A refectory boyco t t has

been he ld before when S o u t h s d e was

in fes ted w i t h cockroaches and it

b ought rapid improvements after

IVtooney 's i n ' t ' a l tantrum w h e n he

sent all the staff home so no supper

w a s s e r v ed . T h e current boycott is

unlikely to ach i eve such sw i f t results

pr imar i l y because its aims are not so

clea ly and loca l l y defined.

O n e of its c h e f aims s h o u l d be to

get the co l l ege , in the shape of the

rector, to publ cly declare support for

the grant campaign. He has e x p e n s e d sympathy for the students' plight pri­

vately so why not a public statement?

Perhaps Penney ' s delaying that one

until he ceases to be rector at all.

MARTIN D O U G H T Y

February 20th, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS The Significance of Popu la t ion G r o w t h In my last article I

said that the root cause

of the environmental

crisis was that industrial

civilisation has adopted

an ideal, that of non-stop

economic growth, which

has now become un­

workable owing to the

m a t e r i a l limitations

placed upon us by the

planet on which we live.

However, while resource

shortages and pollution

problems will be the

factors which most dir­

ectly affect the devel­

oped countries of the

world, the poorer na­

tions will find that a

third problem, that of

population growth, will

in most cases be their

major headache. This is

because their popula­

tions are growing much

more quickly than those

of the developed coun­

tries. The population

"doubling - t imes" of

most 'developing' coun­

tries are now about 20-

35 years, whilst for the

developed countries they

are in the region of 60-

100 years. That means

that a country such as

Kenya with a doubling-

time of 23 years, has, in

this short period, to

double its food-produc­

tion, its housing, its

schools, hospitals, roads

and all its other ameni­

ties and necessities

MERELY IN ORDER T O

P RE V E N T ITS PEOPLE'S

S T A N D A R D S OF LIVING

F R O M DETERIORAT­

ING.

A s far as food is c o n ­c e rned , an idea w h i c h seems to have ga ined popu lar i t y late ly is that the ' g reen r e v o l u t i o n ' has s o l v e d a l l the w o r l d ' s p r ob l ems for the fo reseeab le future. No th ­ing c o u l d be further f r om the t ruth . A l l it does is to a l l o w a short brea th ing space in the strugg le to feed the w o r l d ' s g row­ing popu la t i on . If use is not made of th is to re­d u c e the rate of g rowth by a s ign i f i cant amount , w e w i l l mere ly f ind our­se l ves con f ronted in a short w h i l e w i t h the same p rob l em on a lar­ger sca l e .

The l im i ta t i ons of the green revo lu t ion fa l l into two c l a s s e s , the ' h u m a n ' a n d the ' m a t e r i a l ' . The latter s t em f rom the s i m p l e fact that you can ' t p r oduce extra f ood out of n o t h i n g ! In order to ach i eve the h igh y i e l d s obta inab le f rom the new s t ra ins of whea t a n d r i ce , the plants mus t have p lenty of wate r and a l ibera l dose of f e r t i l i ser . T h u s un l ess po l i t i c a l and e c o n o m i c c i r c u m s t a n c e s a l l o w a good supp ly of the latter and p rov i s i on of a g ood supp ly of the former (un­less i r r igat ion can be used) advantages of g r o w i n g ' super - whea t ' are n i l . The on ly differ­ence between c rop - fa i l ­ure w i th the ord inary gra in var ie t i es and w i t h the ' s u p e r ' var ie t ies is

that in the latter case more people are l ike ly to starve as a resul t . Rea l benefit can on ly be ob­ta ined f r om the green revo lut ion if the neces­sary propor t ions of the increase in y i e l d is s t o ckp i l ed for use in a year when the c rop fa i l s .

G rave e c o n o m i c a n d human p rob l ems a l so ar­ise as a resul t of the green r evo lu t i on . These mos t l y s t em f r om the fact that g r ow ing a c rop of ' supe r -whea t ' requires a h igher in i t ia l invest­ment than for o rd inary wheat , par t ly because the seed is more expen­s i ve and part ly because of the cos t of the fer t i l ­iser. H e nce those w h o are r i ch enough to make the inves tment (or obta in a bank loan) can make good use of the new var ie t i es , wh i l s t the poorer people can often f ind themse l ves worse off than they were be­fore, if they rely on s e l l ­ing part of their c rop to pay for their other neces­s i t i es . Other p rob l ems can o c cu r as a result of the h igher pr ice of the seed for the new s t ra ins ; for examp le , adu l t e ra ­t ion of the seed w i th that of o rd inary var ie t i es by corrupt merchants or government of f ic ials. It is a l l very w e l l for the comfor tab l e , we l l - fed sc i en t i s t s of the indus ­tr ia l w o r l d to s i t in the ir laborator ies and ' s o l v e ' the p rob l ems of the de­ve l op ing count r i es . Too often, however , they to­tal ly fa i l to c omprehend wha t their s o - ca l l ed ' s o l ­u t i ons ' ac tua l l y mean in human te rms.

It is f requent ly point­ed out that we w o u l d go a long way t owards so lv­ing the p rob l em of star­vat ion just by d is t r ibut ­ing more equa l l y the food w h i c h w e a l ready have. W h i l e th is may be true at present , there are severa l l im i ta t i ons to this app roach . F i r s t l y , the greater the d i s tance over w h i c h the food has to be t ranspor t ed , the greater the quant i ty of resources w h i c h are used up in the process . S e c o n d l y , where f ood is t ranspor ted a c r o s s na ­t iona l boundar i e s , po l i t i ­ca l p rob l ems are l iab le to ar i se . D o w e rea l ly , for example , want to see a s i tuat ion in w h i c h many of the poorer peop les of the w o r l d have to depend heav i l y on food f rom Nor th A m ­er ica mere ly to stay a l i v e? T h i r d l y , it s eems l ike l y that the part that r ed i s t r ibu t i on can play in s o l v i n g the f ood prob­lem w i l l d i m i n i s h rap id ly in the longer t e rm. It has been es t imated that if a l l the count r i e s of the de­ve l oped w o r l d lower their b i r th rates to re­p lacement level by the year 2 0 0 0 a n d a l l the other count r i es by 2 0 4 0 , then the w o r l d popu la ­t ion w i l l e ventua l l y s tab­i l i se at s ome 1 5 1 thous­

and m i l l i o n peop le , over four t imes its present s i z e ! P r o d u c i n g f ood for even half that number w i l l be inc r ed ib l y diffi­cu l t . T h e on l y ra t iona l s o lu t i on to the p rob l em seems to be to s tab i l i s e the w o r l d ' s popu la t i on as fast as poss ib l e . If w e don ' t take s teps to do this ourse l ves then na ­ture w i l l s i m p l y do it for us .

The mos t w o r r y i n g as­pect o f the popu la t i on p r ob l em is perhaps the ques t i on of h o w m u c h a decrease in the rate of popu la t i on g rowth is in ­ev i tab ly t i ed to a cor res ­p o n d i n g increase in the mater ia l s t anda rd of l iv ­ing . W e k n o w that c o u n ­tr ies c an go through the so - ca l l ed ' d e m o g r a p h i c t r a n s i t i o n ' (i.e. a ch i eve a s ign i f i cant a n d pe rman­ent fa l l in the b i r th rate) w i thou t hav ing any par­t i cu l a r l y a d v a n c e d b i r th -cont ro l t e chn iques . T h i s happened in Br i ta in be­tween about 1 8 7 0 and 1 9 3 0 . In s u c h cases the decrease in birth-rate has gone hand in hand w i th the process of i n ­dus t r i a l i s a t i on and the r ise in the s t andard of l i v ing . W h a t does not seem to be c lear , how­ever, is whether a s i m i ­lar t rans i t i on can be brought about mere ly by m a k i n g ava i l ab l e s oph i s ­t i ca ted f a m i l y - p l a n n i n g me thods but w i thou t a c o n c o m i t a n t improve ­ment in mater ia l we l fa re . It s eems very un l i k e l y that it can be, un less co­erc ive measures are re­sor ted to, and w h o pre­c i s e l y is go ing to c l a i m the r ight to te l l other peop le how many c h i l d ­ren they can have?

Thus .the popu la t i on p r ob l em conce rns not on l y the unde r v e l oped count r i es but the de­ve l oped ones as w e l l , for it is the latter w h o by their excess i v e mater ia l greed and prof l igate was tage of resources are m a k i n g it m u c h more di f f icult for the former to ach ieve one of the re­qu i rements for s t ab i l i s ­ing their popu la t i ons (ie deve l opment ) . There ­fore, perhaps the m a i n way in w h i c h the deve l ­oped count r i e s can he lp so l ve the popu la t i on p r ob l em is to decrease their usage of r esources and make more ava i l ab l e to the rest of the w o r l d . One of the w a y s in w h i c h they can help do this is by s t ab i l i s i n g , or even r educ ing , their own

popu la t i ons . W h i l e th is w i l l ha rd l y be enough on its o w n , as I hope I made c lear in my last a r t i c l e , it is ce r ta in l y one of the th ings w h i c h s h o u l d be done and it is a l so a measure w h i c h , in Br i t ­a in at least, is l i ke l y to be p o l i t i c a l l y more ac­ceptab le in the short t e rm than , say, r educ ing the per -cap i ta use of re­sources .

MIKE ROBSON

(Chem.P.G.)

On the workings of Refectories and

Mr. Mooney's Mind T H E C O M M I T T E E

H o w is the Refectory Committee constituted? See green B lue B o o k pp 149-151. Thanks M a r t i n .

Wha t does it do? ft deliberates on a l l mat­

ters affecting the refecto­ries and bars (run for the benefit of members of the colleges and members of the Un ion ) , a l though its sub - committees largely handle Compla ints , F i n ­ance, Refectory bookings, Bars and the college cel­lars. The Refectory C o m ­mittee is responsible to the Govern ing Body .

A recent matter of great importance is hygiene — deal ing wi th cockroaches and mice pie. f personally think College has, by stu­dent bureaucrat standards at least, been incredibly slow in dealing w i th this problem. Bu t a fa ir ly r ig­orous procedure for clean­ing and pest control seems to have been f inally adopt­ed—al though not yet offi­c ia l ly by the Refectory Committee, we shal l find out at the the next meet­ing. (Of interest here was a recent story in the Even­ing News, relating to a fine on some establishment for fai l ing to mainta in a suffi­cient standard of hygiene: the proprietor of a s imi lar establishment in the same street was quoted as saying that infestation was not an insuperable problem. The reason — 'I keep my place clean'.)

P R I C E S A N D P O L I C Y

That wholesale prices of food have risen is not un­known. B u t the fo l lowing figures might surprise you.

% i n -Sep Feb crease

Beef 38p 49p 28 (lb)

L a m b 22p 26p 22 Po rk 26p 33p 24 Potatoes 60p 75p 20 (4 cwt) Frozen

peas .069p .075p 10

(per pea?) The wage b i l l rose f rom

£31,043 in the 5 months to 26/12/71 to £45,726 for the same period in 1972. The basic rate has risen by 1 2 ^ % , the rest of the in­crease being f rom the em­ployment of more staff in College B lock (with a re­sultant larger turnover: how about trying that in the Un i on Refectory?) and increase management ex­penses (e.g. last year the post of Deputy Manager was vacant for a consider­able t ime w i th conse­quent saving). So it is seen that food prices have risen twice as much as wages.

N o w , it is Government pol icy that catering should be self-balancing, i.e. run on a break-even basis. W i t h the exception of pub­l ic holidays, the refectories are run al l the year round, and the trading position varies wi th time. Briefly, the peak trading is Octo­ber (on arr iva l of the freshmen) is the ma in in ­put of profit to counteract

the losses made i n the vacations and the summer term.

W h e n prices were i n ­creased i n October by 2£"/o (the grant went up by a Whole 3%) it was thought that this would be a sufficient increase to break even this year. H o w ­ever the current rate of in ­f lat ion was not foreseen. So, even i f wholesale prices remain at their pre­sent level, the Refectories w i l l lose i n the region of £9,000 this f inancia l year.

T H E P R O P O S E D P R I C E I N C R E A S E

Several things could be done about this: 1. Part of the loss could be met f rom reserves (the total reserves are not large enough to cover the loss).

2. The bar profits (difficult to estimate because of the effects of V A T ) could be used to offset part of the loss instead of refurnish­ing Southside Bar .

3. The entire profits of the Col lege Ce l l a r might offset some of the loss.

4. Prices could go up — M r . Mooney proposed a 2 5 % increase in the ma in course charges, 2 0 % on chips and l p on vegetable servings. ( N B it is M r . Mooney 's duty as Cater ing Manager to table this pro­posal. Don ' t blame h i m — to do so is only side-track­ing the issue).

What w i l l be done? 2 and 3 are against both co l ­lege and U n i o n policy. The U n i o n reps w i l l cer­tainly fight any such pro­posals, and such proposals are extremely unl ikely. I. W i l l have to be used in part.

4. Th is is the interesting bit.

M r . Mooney wrote to the M in i s t r y regarding the effects of the 'price freeze' on the proposed increases. A copy of the reply is printed here. N o w tell me that Phase 2 is not a wage freeze. Does line 6 of the text mean you can't raise net profits, or per­centage profits? V e r y in­teresting.

T H E E F F E C T O N S T U D E N T S

First ly, I believe prices

are unl ike ly to be i n ­creased. Secondly, there is a m u c h broader, and I think quite clear, conc lu­sion.

Two years ago the N U S went to the (Conservative) government asking for major changes in the struc­ture (and amount) of grants. The Government refused to discuss the major demands, whilst the token concessions they made have been described by the C V C P as 'com­pletely inadequate. ' The Government, however, said that Universit ies should keep down the cost of accommodat ion and meals. However, the co l l ­ege have orders from the Government to make ac­commodat ion and refec­tories, self-financing, and are bound to do so. V a c a ­t ion letting has al lowed Imperials ' authorities to keep accommodat ion char­ges reasonably low, but there is no comparable i n ­come for refectories.

On one hand the U n i ­versity states " W e know students are in diff iculty but this can only be solved by the Government g iv ing larger grants". O n the other hand the government states "G ran t s wou ld be quite adequate if Un iver ­sities kept their prices down" . B o t h agree there is something wrong but neither side w i l l accept the ult imate responsibil ity for the students squeezed in the middle.

A C T I O N We therefore must

choose either to take some action or become poorer f rom year to year — or month to month. O n the question specifically of re­fectories, I believe that M r . Mooney has been invited to the next U G M (which is an hour before the next Refectory Commit tee meeting). B r ing questions and ideas.

A n d see you o n tomor­row's demo.

R o b Armi tage

(Mr . A rmi tage is one of the 5 Un ion reps on the Refec. Cttee. The others are John Lane , M C B , Steve Gardner and G o r d o n Jackson).

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February 20th, 1973

the sports page r a p i d r a m b l e s The Hyde Park Road Relay

The only c la im to fame that 1C X Country C l u b can boast at the moment is the Hyde Park Relay. A l though there are several imitations going about it is one of the largest and most respected road relays in Great Br i ta in and probably in Europe.

Each member of a 6 man team runs 3 miles over a course based on the Serpentine, the times for each leg vary between I3£ and 20 minutes.

Th is year we confidently expect a turnout of over 500 runners which wi l l include 12 teams f rom the Continent, inc luding Spain, Germany , France , Scan­d inav ia and Belg ium. A lmos t every Univers i ty or College in the U K that has a X country team (and even some without! ) w i l l be there, bringing O l ymp i c runners Dave Bedford, Ray Smedley and A n d y H o l -den, and many other internationals.

The local attractions included a weakened I C team and an O l d Boys team, (they're not so o ld , so watch out IC!). The R C M have answered the ca l l " Y o u too can run against Dave Bedford" , they have threatened to wi thdraw if he fails to turn up!

The race w i l l be started in Rotten R o w by the Rector at 3.00 on Saturday and the prizes presented by L a d y Penney in the union afterwards.

A n y b o d y wishing to help should contact Steve Webb or just arrive early at the U n i o n ; they wi l l be able to fight for tea with the rest.

football THREE IN A ROW FOR I.C.

BATES DESTROYS U.C.

A t Headstone Lane on Saturday 10th February , I C

made sure of their third U L cup final in three years by

defeating U C 2—0.

The condit ions were not suited to good footbal l and

the game was never a great spectacle, but there were a

few isolated moments of good play f rom both sides.

The first twenty minutes belonged to U C . They had a

shaky I C defence i n trouble several times and, but for

Gerwyn Edwards ' good work i n goal , I C would have

been in even more trouble. One save in part icular

showed the class of Edwards . A shot f rom 20 yards

was hit hard and low, w i th the w ind and despite the

greasy turf he managed a great dive to his left to push

it away for a corner.

A s the game wore on I C began to settle down and

once Pau l Worth ington had accustomed himself to the

poor surface, his winger was rarely in the game. The

man of the match, however, was Steve Bates whose

midfield tack l ing gave U C no chance to settle down

on the ba l l . But Bates did more than tackle — f rom a

partly-cleared corner he pul led the ba l l d o w n and

struck a deceptively lazy shot wh i ch swerved vic iously

under the despairing dive of the U C 'keeper.

W i t h this goal behind them I C took command for

the rest of the half and were unlucky not to score at

least another two goals. M a u r i c e Hast ings went close

wi th a header f rom a corner k i ck and B i l l y M i l n e beat

the 'keeper wi th a delicate shot after a good run, only

to see the bal l cleared off the line.

W h e n the half-t ime interval came I C were wel l i n

contro l of the game. But as often happens to I C they

started the 2nd half as they started the first, badly.

U C only really had one good scoring chance but the

general performance of I C dur ing this period was

poor. However, just as in the first half they came back

strongly. Steve Bates was st i l l getting the tackles i n

and it d id one good to see Pete Lonnen work ing so

hard in midfield. H e is undoubtedly much more useful

there than on the wing.

Chances to score were sti l l rare for both sides and most of the second half was played between the pen­alty areas. B y r o n Smi th and B i l l y M i l n e both had half-chances to score but w i th ten minutes to go the score was sti l l 1—0 and it d idn ' t look m u c h l i ke changing.

Then tragedy hit IC , a perfectly fair tackle left M a u r ­ice Hast ings w i th a nasty bruise, superimposed on four or five other ones which he has picked up dur ing the season. Hastings had to go off and the sub., a defen­der came on in midfield. A lmos t immediately I C launched the decisive attack of the match. One long bal l was cleared and Bates prompt ly chipped it back to the edge of the box where Smith headed it on to M i l n e who sent I C to Mo t spur again wi th a close-range shot.

U C didn ' t seem to appreciate that they had been fa ir ly beaten and the last 10 minutes were just a little sil ly. In fact they were b loody stupid. K i c k i n g a goal­keeper repeatedly when he is on the ground is not very clever. But then U C footballers never were very clever. I would l ike to be able to say that the referee was responsible for the game not deteriorating into a battle but it was in fact only the restraint of the I C team which kept the free k icks down to two a minute dur­ing the last five minutes.

N o w to nicer things: the final w i l l be at Motspur Park on Saturday 10th M a r c h when I C wi l l attempt to make it three i n a row against B i rkbeck or Bedford. There is also the possibil ity of winning the league af­ter a fine display in beating K ing ' s recently.

T e a m : G . Edwards , M . Mann ing , P. Worth ington, I. Postlethwaite, I. Be l l , J . Ke l ly , S. Bates, P. Lonnen , B . Smith, M . Hastings (sub. R. K i l l ) , W . M i lne .

On the same day at B i rkbeck ' s ground at Greenford i n

the Upper Reserves Cup Semi-F ina l IC 3rds defeated IC 5ths

i n a fast and open game. The 5ths produced some hard run­

n ing wh i ch unsett led their opponents and the opening min­

utes were evenly contested. Cont ro l was made difficult by a

heavy shower before the game and perhaps this was the fac­

tor wh i ch made the game close. Eventua l ly the 5ths were

pushed back into defence and a per iod of constant pressure

produced a fine angled dr ive f rom Geoff G i lber t wh i ch Gor­

don Lack managed to tu rn round the post. The 3rds were not

to be denied and short ly af terwards a goal came. A l a n Peter­

son received the ba l l near the edge of the box and floated a

shot into the corner of the net as the defence stood flat-

footed seemingly confused by the fl ight of the shot. Th is

proved to be the only goal of the hal f and the second-half

began w i th a further per iod of 3rd team pressure.

The 5ths counter-attacked and produced their best chance

of the game when a fine cross f rom the left beat the defence

and left Pete Bint l i f f w i th an open goal wh ich he surpr i s ing ly

missed f rom close in . A c l inch ing goal came when A l a n W i l ­

k inson surged through from defence and scored a typical

midf ie ld-str ikers goal when his 30 yards effort e luded Gordon

Lack to make the score 2—0. The 3rds now go on to meet

B i rkbeck 2nds in the final at Motspur Park on March 10th,

where they w i l l be t ry ing to make up for the 2nd teams'

thoughtlessness in a l lowing Goldsmith 's to w i n it last year.

Imperial 's other semi-finalists, the 6ths went down 2—0 to

an L S E IV wh ich looked not un l ike L S E II. However the 6ths

have done we l l to get this far and they st i l l have a good'

chance i n the League.

R . K . / A . P .

tiddlyw It has fallen to me once again to write a W i n k s

report, the one you've a l l been wai t ing for. O n Sun­day, U t h February , we ventured up the A 1 0 i n 2 cars, pul l ing our star player behind on an airbed. W e were visit ing Cambridge to play them i n the Pr ince Ph i l i p Silver W i n k competit ion, and our team was once again glorious in defeat. A s we were two players short, Bob and Helen each had to play a pair , whi le G l y n suffered J . J . and M i k e played wi th Shelagh (!)

The br i l l iant M r . Douglas (6 second interviews to date) managed to w in a game i n his own inimitable style while the rest of us lost, or drew.

We were drastical ly handicapped by the licensing hours and being boozeless could not attain the usual high standard of play reached on Thursday nights. C raw l ing around on the floor is not suitable for people with flash jackets or delicate young ladies (that means me and i f you disagree I ' l l bash you), but against these terrific odds we scored 22 (Helen 8^, B o b 8£, the rabble 5) to their 62.

A f ter 3 rounds we adjourned for m i l k and hot water (they cal led it " tea" ) , b ikk ies and the Beano.

Bob , the coiffeur, said he was great—perhaps that's why the car windows steamed up o n the way back to Southside bar for a pint or six, to end the day i n style.

The previous week we entertained Quesh, a team of ex-Southampton Univers i ty members. They had i n their c lan a certain A l a n Dean, the Eng l i sh champion , no less. Aga inst such formidable opponents we lost 1\—

55|, but the outstanding achievement of the year must surely be the gaining of a point off A . D . , the second point he'd lost i n five games!

Unfortunate ly we were without Bobby , before w h o m mountains collapse, ferocious beasts tremble and Winks players plead for clemency f rom the tortuous dealings of his squidger. Wi thout this maestro, how could we hope to win?

Thanks to a l l those that turned up to play, and to those that d idn ' t — * * ? ! £ ? * ! !

Thought for the day — is beef curry a new type of trouser cleaner?

The Wonder T e a m : He l en Isaac (latent genius), B o b

" F l a s h " Douglas, G l y n Jones, M i k e Ixer, J o h n James

and Shelagh Crawley . A m e n .

heckej/ Last Wednesday, the I.C. cup side quali f ied to meet Guy's

hospital i n the final of the U.L. cup, by defeating B a r t s 3-0.

Th is victory was achieved by the I.C.'s normal game of ten

men hockey, i.e. keep your own goalkeeper out of the game.

F o r the first ten minutes, the bal l was cont inual ly i n or

around the Bart 's twenty-five, but their goalkeeper was

untroubled in this per iod. Then for the rest of the first half,

neither of the teams could be bothered to get going, so the

game became bogged down between the twenty-fives. The

only moment that rel ieved the boredom was a goal by John

Schofield.

The second half was completely different, as I.C. scored

twice in the first five minutes. The first of these goals came

f rom a short corner pushed out by Ik i Ke l l e r to Jaz Missn,

who pushed the bal l into the centre for Jag Gah i r to push

home. The final goal was scored by John Schofield.

The previous Saturday, I.C. 1st X I met B.A.C. Weybridge

and deservedly won 2-1, the goals coming f rom Downs and

R i ckman .

Meanwhi le the 2nd and 3rd XIs were p lay ing Old Creights

1st and 2nd teams. The 2nds won 1-0, but the 3rds were

defeated 2-0.

Mixed Hockey Last Sunday the I.C. mixed hockey team played Westfield

College. V i c t o ry was assured, w i th tfte executioner on the

I.C. side and the final score was 2-1 to I.C. Straight f r om the

bul ly in the first half, I.C, swept into the attack, and scored,

but were unable to score again before half-t ime. Westf ield

came more into the game i n the second half, and after a

hectic scramble i n the I.C. goalmouth, Westf ield were

awarded a short corner, f rom wh ich they scored, to make the

final score 2-1. I.C. should have won this match much more

convincingly, when one considers the number of chances

they created.

F ina l l y , a special thanks to a l l the people who played on

Sunday luncht ime.