NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION

30th O C T O B E R 1973 F R E E No. 344

UGM Concert Hall

Thurs I p.m.

- Rent Strike

- Refectories

- Chile

P O L I C E C A L L E D I N

A S S T U D E N T S E N A C T

I C U N I O N P O L I C Y

COMMENT BY

JOCK VEALL

The college authorities went to tremendous Bengths last week to try and prevent too many students paying the old price for refectory meals.

They preferred to take good food from

students and T H R O W T H E F O O D A W A Y

rather than allow students to pay the old

price. The police were even called in the hopes

that they would be able to force students to

pay college's inflated prices instead of last

year's price.

The authorities backed

down at the last minute

and sent the police away;

instead college tried to

use itheir own 'police ' .

Chief of pol ice (security)

M r . Dawson warned that

a student cou ld be pro­

secuted under the theft

act for refusing to accept

the inflated college price.

M r . Dawson pointed out

(apologised?) that he d id

not make the laws and

that he only interpreted

them. H e made no com­

ment when i t was pointed

out that the law i n this

case was being used to en­

sure that students ( l ike

workers w i th the pay

Jaws) were being made to

accept the burden of i n ­

flation through these re­

fectory increases. The

authorities seemed so con­

cerned to ensure that

students were made to

pay, that they 'sent a long '

some of their higher

officials namely M r .

Mooney and M r . Seaford

to the refectories to i n ­

crease the line of 'heavies'

by the t i l l . .

U n i o n exec seemed to

have a strange way of

support ing union policy.

U n i o n exec threatened

a student w i th d isc ip l in­

ary action for implement­

ing union pol icy. It is

hardly reassuring to know

that our exec are w i l l i ng

to attack those who imple­

ment union pol icy. M r .

Seaford l ikewise issued

threats presumably w i th a

view to persuading stu­

dents f rom further ac­

tion?

College seem to accept

that any increase i n our

grant should be immedi ­

ately eroded- away by i n -

, creases i n college prices.

This comes f r om a body

who c l a i m to support the

grants campaign ! They

must feel an increase in

grant justifies higher

college prices so students

are no better off; instead

college can save on ex­

penditure by these i n ­

creases and delude stu­

dents that they have real

increase in income.

Nex t year I .C. students

can look forward to an

even bigger increase in

refectory prices, also a

rent increase for halls and

student houses! Judg ing

by this year's exec lack

of interest i n the grants

campaign (no body f rom

exec cou ld even be

bothered to g6 to last

weekend's nat ional con­

ference) and attempts not

to support un ion pol icy

on fighting refectory i n -

. creases; (Perhaps exec

have forgotten the situa­

t ion most students are

facing and are too busy

getting fat on their free

meals and sherry with

college?) we are unl ike ly

to expect a lead f rom

them i n a fight against

these increases. The only

people we can rely on are

ourselves.

NLP- End of

Occupation

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w a n t to k n o w e x a c t l y w h e r e w e 9 e t to t h i s k i n d o f s y s t e m |

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t h a t i s b y n o m e a n s an e a s y a n d n o t d i r e c t l y t o t h e c o l - |

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LETTERS Materialism

v Idealism

Sir,

F r o m your editorials i t

appears that y ou have one

fixed solut ion Ito a l l prob­

lems that may arise i n any

situation — to bu i l d the

revolut ionary party .

W h e n I was at schoo l i n

Ireland we were also given

one fixed solut ion to solve

a l l problems — to l ook

to the (Catholic) Church .

What 's the difference?

Yours sincerely,

Ka th leen Corco ran .

EDITOR'S REPLY

This , and your previous le t ter both come d o w n i n t h e last analysis to a quest ion o f epistemology. Ph i losophy i s s p l i t into two great c a m p s — t h e idealist's who assert t h a t thought 'is pr imary 'to m a t t e r and the mater ia l is ts who s a y 'that ideas arise out o f the mate r i a l wor ld i n -some way. If you subscribe to Ithe for­mer , then .end of correspon­dence for your arguments w i l l reduce to a quest ion o f g o d -g iven moral i ty , a n d y o u r po l i t i ca l pos i t ion t o one o f fervent reaction.

The '©arly mater ia l is ts as­sented that changes i n ideas came about f r o m 'changes i n the mater ia l wor ld , b u t o f course could not expla in t h e source of changes i n Ithe mate r i a l wor ld , a n d ascr ibed it ( l ike the ideal ists i n ex ­p la in ing the source o f changes of ideas ' d i d 'to a god or ' third f o r c e iof s o m e

kind ) to some c o n s t a n t l a w of Na tu r e—i t just works t h a t way!

These 'mechanical m a t e r i a l ­i s t s were j u s t a n o t h e r f o r m

of phi losophica l i d e a l i s t s , i n hav ing to l o o k outs ide t h e mater ia l w o r l d f o r s o m e

source o f c h a n g e s i n i t . '

D i a l e c t i c a l m a t e r i a l i s t s ( o f

wh i ch Marx w a s t h e f i r s t ) s a y on the c o n t r a r y (that i d e a s

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

t w e e n M a n a n d N a t u r e — a

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

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

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t h e r e a r e n o a b s o l u t e s — n o

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

i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t — j u s t (con­

t i n u a l c o n f l i c t .

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

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

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

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

g o v e r n m e n t , e t c .

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

o r more p r e c i s e l y a d e m o ­

c r a t i c c e n t r a l i s t o r g a n i s a t i o n

( d e m o c r a t i c t o a l l o w t h e f u l l ­

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

a b s t r a c t i o n s f r o m t h e ' p o l i t i c a l

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

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

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

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

d i s c u s s i o n ) i s t o p r o v i d e t h e

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

l e a d e r s h i p f o r i the m a s s e s .

Y S S S c l a s s " T h e r o l e o f t h e

r e v o l u t i o n a r y p a r t y . " M e c h .

E n g . 214, W e d n e s d a y , 1 p . m .

ENTS Dear Ali ,

I should like to clear

up a few misunderstand­

ings which may have

arisen out of the 'Felix'

coverage of the U G M of

October 16th regarding

the 'Ents Motion'.

Firstly, the council

motion of last term was

amendment was pro­

posed to allow Ents a

little more freedom than

the (amended) Counci l

Motion originally sug­

gested. John Lane's

amendment did not pur­

port to "increase the

number of 'large

groups' to four per

term"; it restricted the

number of optional ex­

tra concerts to one,

the overall effect being

to limit the number of

"large concerts" to four

per term.

Your reporter has

also grossly misinter­

preted the original

Counci l motion. It was

passed, not " . . . . to

ensure Ents cater for a

wider range of tastes",

but rather, and I quote,

that "I.C. Ents run

events to consist of

Weekly Hops combining

the Friday disco and a

'danceable' band. This

to be run on Fridays or

Saturdays as a social

event in the Union (Con­

cert Halt) . . . No big

concerts in the Great

Hall in the first term" (A

subsequent amendment

a l t e r e d "No " to

"Three") .

At the time this mo­

tion was passed Ents

had already been run­

ning films for a term.

The "Folk Groups"

(i.e. Ralph McTel l , pre­

sumably) this term,

hardl yqualify under the

above stipulation and

are, for the time being

at least, being planned

independently of both

the "Three Concert

Limit" and Ents. The

motivation to cater for

a wider range of tastes

has always existed in

Ents and was not influ­

enced by Counci l .

The attendance at

Tuesday's Osibisa con­

cert suggests to me at

least that plenty of I.C.

students are interested

in what Ents is doing.

S o can I encourage

everyone who is inter-

SOUP RUN For the past year I C C A G have been d o i n g a

soup run to Charing Cross and surrounding

areas. This happens each Wednesday and Fri­

day night and involves taking soup and bread to

people who for various reasons have nowhere

to go a n d are sleeping on the streets.

These are the p e o p l e who have slipped t h r o u g h

the net of the welfare state in what is meant

to be a c a r i n g and c o m p a s s i o n a t e society. Very

often the on l y a l t e rna t i ve to the street is a l o u s e d

up S a l v a t i o n Army H o s t e l o r a vast i m p e r s o n a l

G o v e r n m e n t R e c e p t i o n C e n t r e , I k n o w which I

w o u l d c h o o s e . M o s t of the p e o p l e at C h a r i n g

C r o s s have s o c i a l p r o b l e m s of o n e sor t o r a n ­

other , s o m e have m e d i c a l p r o b l e m s , w h i l e yet

o t h e r s a r e p u r e l y a n d s i m p l y h o m e l e s s . This

m a k e s t h e m u n a b l e to d r a w S o c i a l S e c u r i t y ,

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

S o wha t c a n w e a s s t u d e n t s d o a b o u t it all?

T h e mos t impo r t an t a c h i e v e m e n t is to m a k e per­

s o n a l c o n t a c t w i th s o m e of the " d o s s e r s " who

s o m a n y p e o p l e just p a s s by a n d i gno r e . It is

s u r p r i s i n g how q u i c k l y i n d i v i d u a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s

d e v e l op , e s p e c i a l l y for t h o s e w h o d o s o u p run

on a r e gu l a r b a s i s .

A s we l l a s s h o w i n g that w e at least d o c a r e

a n d c o n s i d e r it a s c a n d a l a n d a n o u t r a g e that in

our s o c i e t y there a r e p e o p l e s l e e p i n g o n the pave­

ment in front of s h o w r o o m s h o u s i n g c a r s , we

must a i m to h e i g h t e n p e o p l e ' s a w a r e n e s s a n d

rouse the i r c o n s c i e n c e s . If p u b l i c o p i n i o n was

suf f i c i ent ly s t r o n g th i s a p p a l l i n g s i tua t i on w o u l d

no l o n g e r be t o l e r a t ed a n d s o m e t h i n g w o u l d

have to b e d o n e . It is p e o p l e ' s a t t i tudes that

w e mus t try to c h a n g e — after a l l it c o u l d hap ­

p e n to a n y o n e of us . It's e a s y to e n d up on the

street , but not s o e a s y to get b a c k off it.

W e l l , t h i s i s wha t S o u p R u n is a l l a b o u t —

just s e e i n g a n d t a l k i n g to p e o p l e . It d o e s n ' t

t ake m u c h — w e a r e a l l h u m a n .

Claire.

S o u p R u n — Wednesday, 9.00, Selkirk Kitchen,

10.00 U n i o n Arch. Friday 10.00 Selkirk Kitchen,

11.00 U n i o n Arch. Meet Selkirk Kitchen or Union

Arch.

DECORATING WEEKEND

ICCAG proposes to help t h e aged . . . .

A decorating weekend

nas been organised by I O C

A G for the weekend 9 -

12th of November. This

involves decorating the

homes of people, usually

o ld people, in the W l l

area. W i l l anyone inter­

ested please sign up o n the

notice board i n the U n i o n

Lrtwer Lounge or contact

Roger Upton, Chem PG.

ested in being entertain­

ed to bring any helpful

suggestions to Ents. We

shan't be booking Led

Zeppelin or The Who or

Pink Floyd this term or

next term or ever, but

if anyone wants to know

why, or can suggest any

other way we could

work better, there'll al­

ways be someone from

Ents in the Union Office

(or in the Room at the

Top, when we get our

external phone re-con­

nected) at lunchtimes,

who will d iscuss any

suggestions.

Ents exists not for the

benefit of its members

but for the student body

as a whole . . . nuff said.

SID A M O R ,

I.C. Ents Chairman.

India's human calculating machine

SHAKUNTALA DEVI

S H A K U N T A L A D E V I was born in Bangalore, India in 1946. When she was three, she had a revela­tion that she was a mathematical genius. The revela­tion proved to be true, and even now, at the age of 32, she is baffling everybody with her mathematical! prowess.

A t six, Shakunta la demonstrated her 'talents ait the Universi ty o f Mysore to a large gathering of students and professors o f the Universi ty . T h e l i t t le g i r l worked out the most compl icated ar i thmet ica l m a n i ­pulations w i th 'lightning rapidi ty and scientif ic pre­cis ion, and kept the assembly astounded for two hours.

Shakuntala who later displayed her talents to people a l l over Ind ia came to be acc la imed as a c h i l d prodigy.

I n London , o n October 5th, 1950 the B B C present­

ed Shakunta la on T V . She gave qu i ck answers to prob­

lems set by the B . B . C . She also gave a presentatfon

at Leeds Univers i ty the next day.

A t ithe Univers i ty of Rome , one of her answers was found to be wrong by the ca lculat ing machine. A f ter re-checking i t was found that the ca lcu la tor had gone berserk.

I n Washington, . D .C . , the party o f reporters and.

mathematics professors who witnessed Iher demon­

stration i n J u l y 1952 were completely baffled. T h e

audience of D a n Seymour's " W e the Peop l e " T V show

i n N e w Y o r k witnessed Shakunta la compete w i th a n

electronic calculator and w i n by s ix seconds. She

appeared o n other shows i n the U .S .A .

Shakuntala also toured South A m e r i c a and the F a r

East. I n Japan she appeared o n the N i p p o n Te le­

vision Network, and i n C a m b o d i a she gave a per­

formance before H . H . the K i n g of C a m b o d i a .

I n Sydney, Aus t ra l i a , Shakunta la matched her wits

against a n £80,000 electronic b ra in " U T E C O M " o f

the Universi ty of South Wales. Seconds before the

complete question cou ld be fed into " U T E C O M " ,

Shakunta la had the answers. " I t is f r ightening ! " re­

marked one of the professors present.

Shakunta la Dev i has toured most of the countries

except Russ ia and C h i n a and some in Eastern Europe .

Nowadays, she is i n Br i t a in . Recent ly she appeared,

on T V and also featured in ithe da i l y newspapers.

She has challenged any computer o r ca lculator to

a match of mathemat ica l abi l i ty , whi le she is i n

Br i t a in . H e r record to date: Ex t rac t ing Ithe 20th

root o f a 42 dig i t number and mul t ip ly ing figures

that yielded- a 39 digit answer. Simple sums don ' t

take any time at a l l . B y " s i m p l e " she means calculat­

ing cube and fourth roots, etc.! She sa id modestly to

the D a i l y M i r r o r : " F o r b ig problems l i ke f ind ing the

10th root o f a 40-figure digit I have to concentrate

hard and it might take u p to 30 seconds to answer"..

Recently, the Sunday T imes put her to the test,

They took her to the accounts department, where

there was a very bright g i r l w i th a deft hand o n an.

electronic calculator . Shakunta la Dev i w o n each t ime

because her answers to a series o f extensive add i t i on ,

mul t ip l i ca t ion and div is ion were just about instan­

taneous; their g i r l hadn ' t h a d time to get them o n

the machine. There was no compet i t ion when i t came

to f inding a fourth root : the machine couldn ' t do it.

Shakunta la took three seconds.

Such a display of br i l l i ance is hard ly credible.

Nevertheless, it is true. Y o u too can witness the

wizards at work. Shakuntala will be appearing at

Imperial College (Great Hall), on November 8 th ,

1973, at 7.30 p.m. on invitation from I.C. India Soc,

Admission will be lOp. A l l are welcome.

Further information may be obtained from:

M . Bhadresha, Elec. Eng. 3;

or P. Chakrabarety, Chem. Eng. P G ;

or J . P. Singh, Mech. Eng. 3.

Please bring solved problems and verify the

answers yourself. Any complicated arithmetical prob­

lems welcome.

A WEEK Itf THE

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AROUND THE STUDENT WORLD Z Z I Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z = = Z Z Z Z = Z NUS REPORT = = = = = = T = = r = = I Z = =

Student Housing Protest

Grows Throughout the country, student unions have been

staging protests over their accommodat ion or lack of

St. The protests have one c o m m o n theme: that the

Government has a l lowed student numbers to expand

without mak ing any provis ion at a l l for f inding the

students somewhere to live, and without prov id ing

a grant b i g enough to pay for the accommodat ion

that isn't there anyway. Students are not ca l l ing on

•he Government to slow down the rate o f expansion

o f higher education: that wou ld be a n intolerable be­

trayal . N o r are they asking the Government to find

Students somewhere to l ive i n preference to finding

non-students somewhere to l i ve ; the Government 's

responsibil ity, Which it has consistently refused to

face, is to a l l people, students included, Who are pro­

hibited under its income controls f rom earning enough

to pay the prices charged under its Hous ing F inance

Ac t .

•Cambr idge Technica l Col lege students are occupy­

i ng Owlstone H a l l o f Residence, wh i ch wou ld pro­

vide 150 good, modern study-bedrooms for C a m ­

bridge Tech's students, and solve its accom­

modat ion prob l em—but wh i ch has been empty for

three years. It used to be a nurses home, but i n 1970

the Department of Hea l th and Soc ia l Security offered

i t t o Cambr idge Technica l College, and then a few

weeks later wi thdrew the offer, saying they wished

to pu l l it down, and bu i l d a hospital management

t ra in ing centre. It has la in empty ever since, unt i l

homeless students f r om Cambr idge Techn ica l Col lege

occupied it last week. The D.H.S.S. are now ready to

reverse their or ig inal decision and leave the bui ld ing

standing.

*Sussex Univers i ty students have just ended an

occupat ion of their administrative b lock. M a n y Sussex

students l ive a long way away, since accommodat ion

in Br ighton and Lewes has become expensive and

hard to find. They were demanding that the Univer ­

sity should make up the difference between what is

al lowed in the grant for board and lodging and what

the students were actual ly having to pay. The -Univer­

sity has now agreed.

T e e s s i d e College of Educa t i on students have just

finished occupying hal f their Col lege—the hal f wh i ch

was due to be pul led down last M o n d a y . The C o l ­

lege, and the students, were to ld that they had just

one week to pu l l out and a l low a development com­

pany to bu i ld on the site. Instead of pu l l ing out, they

occupied; and the caretakers refused to do overtime

to move the Col lege possessions out o f the threatened

hal f of the bui ld ing. They have now moved out, and

although the bui ld ing is sti l l t o be pul led down, they

have forced the loca l authori ty to provide temporary

accommodat ion for the displaced parts of the co l ­

lege.

Sympathetic vice-chancellors O n Monday , 12th October the Commit tee of V i c e

Chancel lor 's stated their concern that unless some­

th ing was done about student grants only the wealthy

would be able to go to university.

The V ice-Chance l lors are concerned that the pr in ­

c iple set down by the Anderson Commit tee i n 1960

is being eroded. This committee reported that grants

should be avai lable to cover the reasonable basic

maintenance costs of first degree students. The V i c e -

Chance l lors said that the "Governments have begun

to threaten this pr inciple by fixing grants which fa l l

short of basic l i v ing costs".

They expressed part icular concern at the current

cost of housing for students. They say that universities

must be able to fix rents in halls of residence at a

level which students can afford. The V i c e Chance l ­

lors are obviously worr ied that many students i n

halls of residence have to pay more for board and

lodging than is allocated i n the grant. Students

reacted to these high charges last year by refusing

to pay their rent.

The Committee of V i c e Chancel lors w i l l make their

views known to the D E S whi le the review of grants

for the next three years is underway. They want stud­

ent grants to be fixed in i t ia l ly at realistic levels and

want grants to be supplemented annual ly to take

account of changing prices.

The V i c e Chancel lors may feel sympathetic to the

students' predicament but it does not seem that they

are going to regard rent strikes w i th any sympathy.

The university heads regard rent str ike ac t ion as mis­

conceived. They say that it "wastes t ime and money

on conflicts wh ich are not created by universities and

• wh i ch are not i n their power to resolve."

Several recent incidents show that they may be

preparing to take a hard l ine over the rent str ike

issue. H a r r y K a y , the V i c e Chance l lor at Exeter

Univers i ty was asked by Peter Smart , President o f

J the Students' U n i o n to address a meeting o f first year

; students. It had been agreed before the meeting that

it would be simply a welcoming speech. However ,

M r . K a y , after expressing his delight at seeing rows

of new faces, then proceeded to tell them that rent

strikes were not a good th ing and hoped that they

would not themselves th ink o f part ic ipat ing i n one.

A l e c Mer r i son , V i c e Chance l lor o f Br i s to l Univer ­

sity, has been using the university news letter to warn

students against rent strikes.

Students take over

Music School A number o f Manchester students are squatt ing i n

the o ld Col lege of M u s i c situated near the Univers i ty

U n i o n bui ld ing . The property previously housed the

R o y a l Nor thern College of M u s i c wh i ch has since

moved to a £1 mi l l i on complex near the Univers i ty

Precinct Centre.

The squatters hope to develop the bui ldings as an

overspi l l for activities o f the Univers i ty U n i o n . A t

the moment it is prov id ing much needed temporary

accommodat ion for students who have- been unable

to find anywhere to live.

The Pr inc ipa l of the M u s i c College, A i r C o m m o ­

dore Vaughan , said i n reaction to the squat that the

bui ld ing is to stand for two years at least and is st i l l

used for occasional music practice. The city planners

have said that they want to pu l l the bu i ld ing down

by Chr is tmas to make way for a car park.

W h e n the squat first began the university threat­

ened to evict the students, but this no longer seerns

l ikely. A group o f the squatters and student union

officers f r om the university met representatives f rom

the M u s i c College and the university authorities and

agreed that they wou ld f ry to use the bu i ld ing as

litt le as possible dur ing the day whi le mus ic students

were using the practice rooms. A committee is being

set up to examine how best to util ise the bui ld ing.

The Wel fare V i c e President at Manchester Univers i ty

U n i o n said today that the most important th ing was

that the bu i ld ing was properly used and not just

al lowed to rot.

Sir Brian Flowers

deplores low grants . . . and student action to

defend living standards

The former C h a i r m a n of the Science Research

C o u n c i l , S I R B R I A N F L O W E R S , F R S , i n his first

pub l i c address since becoming Rec tor of Imper ia l

Col lege, today deplored the low level of student ma in ­

tenance grants. Speaking to an audience of Imper ia l

College's staff, students and their parents i n the R o y a l

A l b e r t H a l l , S i r B r i a n sa id that students' opportuni ­

ties to benefit f r om university life were be ing l imi ted

by the present depressed value of the grants they

received. E v e n i f one accepted the basis o n which :

grants were calculated i n 1971 (and he h a d reason!

to believe that this was not entirely satisfactory) a!

tr iennia l scale f ixed as it had turned out, for thej

three years i n wh ich inf lat ionary pressures had been;

exceptionally severe, and l ack ing any suitable mech-;

anism for adjustments meanwhile, was not one which;

commended itself to anyone but the most a r id o f

bureaucrats. Students believed that their grants were

now too low; but worse than that, they believed that

their genuine financial difficulties were unrecognized

but social ly divisive, that the level o f grant under­

valued the contr ibutions they already made to society,

Still more the contributions they were preparing them­

selves to make i n the future. S i r B r i a n said that he

shared these beliefs and that, so long as they were

being responsibly expressed, he wou ld support them.

Consider ing the posit ion of a n Imper ia l Col lege

undergraduate resident in a h a l l o f residence or

student house, Sir B r i a n said that he had calculated

that the present level o f undergraduate maintenance

grant was deficient by at least £100 a year. H e made

no comment, he said, about students in other c i r cum­

stances nor about the average student, whoever he

may be.

Sir B r i a n said that he recognized that any proposed

increase i n student grants had to be sought i n com- 1

petit ion w i th a l l other urgent cal ls on pub l i c funds 1

— f o r old-age pensions, new hospitals and schools. H e

also acknowledged that i t was not for the universities

to determine the social status o f students, but he

submitted that the proper f inancial welfare of our

young people in universities and colleges was a matter

most deserving o f the Government 's urgent attention.

Leeds Po ly Sit-in

Students at Leeds Polytechnic reconvened a U n i o n

meeting in the administrative b lock at (the Polytechnic

yesterday. A b o u t 600 students decided to move into

the administrative b lock at 1 p.m. and several dozen

stayed over night. They intend to remain i n occupa ­

tion of the b lock unt i l F r iday . They are protesting

at the inadequacy of teaching, catering and un ion

facilities.

T h e telephone to the Polytechnic has been cut off

by the P.O. at the request of the administrat ion.

The Director of the Polytechnic, Pa t r i ck Nutgens,

is i n Scotland at the moment, but the Assistant D i r -

ector, G o r d o n Wright , has expressed some sympathy

w i th the students. H e has agreed that on ly " essent ia l "

work w i l l be carried out by the administrat ion for

the next few days.

It is widely accepted amongst the adoi in is trat ion,

staff and students that facil it ies wh i ch were adequate

for 1,000 students are no longer adequate since there

has been a considerable expansion i n student numbers*

Leeds Educa t i on Committee are prepared to offer

some alternative accommodat ion i n Headrow i n

Leeds. A l d e r m a n A r t h u r Ta l l an t is expected to speak

to the students in occupat ion today,

Margaret Thatcher, M in i s t e r of Educa t i on , went to

Leeds on Fr iday to open a factory i n the morn ing and

a school in the afternoon. When she arr ived to open

the school she was greeted by a large number of,

students f rom al l over Yo rksh i r e .

The students marched f r om Leeds Polytechnic,

They protested about the plans for the future of edu-

cat ion as expressed i n last year's Wh i t e Paper, " A

framework for expans ion" and the inadequacies o f

the grant system.

Students without grants

Some Loca l Educat ion Author i t ies have not yet

sent out grant cheques to students who l ive i n

their area. Several colleges have reported that a n u m ­

ber of their students are Still wai t ing for their grant

cheques to come through.

Huddersfield Polytechnic, Hereford Col lege of E d u ­

cat ion and the Univers i ty of W a r w i c k seem to bs

part icular ly bad ly hit. Tony Bowers, President o f

Huddersfield Polytechnic Students U n i o n is hop ing

that students in this predicament w i l l be able to c l a i m

social security unt i l their grant arrives. W a r w i c k U n i ­

versity has had to tell some students that their grants

may not arrive for another six weeks.

One of the reasons for the delay i n the receipt o f

grants this year is that the L E A ' s have found i t

difficult to sort out the new grant regulations w h i c h

Margaret Thatcher announced to Par l iament on M a y

15th. The raising of the threshold level for parental

contr ibut ions f rom £1,100 to £1,500 has caused par­

t i cu lar difficulty.

Resignation of Camhridge

Executive The Cambr idge Students' Un i on Execut ive has

been forced to resign. The executive, the majority of

whom are on the right, was elected last term. Eve r

since they have said that ithey have been hamstrung

by the composit ion of general meetings, which by the

constitution of the union make a l l major po l i cy

decisions. They c l a im that general meetings are not

representative of the majority of students in C a m ­

bridge.

Las t Tuesday this executive cal led a referendum

to attempt to change the constitution so that po l i cy

was made by referenda and not by general meeting.

Students were asked i f they wanted ithe U n i o n to be

control led by referenda or general meeting.

W h e n the result of ithe referendum was known the

right found that they had been defeated by their o w n

tactics. 2,156 students voted i n favour of t ak ing dec i ­

sion mak ing power away f r om general meeting, but

3,046 students voted that the general meeting should

retain sovereign power. Th i s is the highest po l l that

has ever taken place among Cambr idge students.

Nev i l l e W a l t o n , who was elected as the Camhr idge

Student U n i o n president now finds himsel f i n a dif f i­

cul t posit ion. A s a sabbatical officer o n his resigna­

t ion he w i l l no longer be either a member o f the

university, because he is not registered at C a m *

bridge as a student this year, o r a member o f the

students' union. H e is reported to have since fled to

Germany .

Page 4 F E L I X October 30th, 1973

L o n d o n , October 2 5 — A new Electro­

nic Revo lut ion , imping ing upon v i r tu­

a l ly every form of h u m a n activity, has

begun ampl i fy ing the power of the

mind just as the Industr ia l Revo lut ion

ampli f ied the power of muscle, R C A

C h a i r m a n Rober t W , Sarnoff sa id here

today.

" T h e result through the rest of this

century w i l l be a fundamental and

growing shift i n patterns of work ing

and l i v i n g , " he said. " A growing varie­

ty of inexpensive, compact and versa­

tile devices w i l l per form the menia l

tasks of the m ind—ca l cu la t ing , remem­

bering, searching for references, mea­

suring risks and opportunit ies — the

whole variety of non-creative activities

that precede decis ion or creat ion. "

In ah address at the Commemora ­

tion D a y Ceremony of the Imper ia l

Col lege of Science and Technology, at

which he was named an Honora ry F e l ­

low, M r . Sarnoff sa id the Electronic

Revo lut ion is based on new solid-state

devices employing microscopical ly

smal l integrated circuits that contain

thousands of electronic elements i n the

t iny space of a few square mil l imetres.

B y . 1980, he predicted, such circuits

containing a m i l l i on elements w i l l be

mass-produced so cheaply that their

use w i l l involve pract ical ly no cost pet-

function, and made so precisely that

they w i l l be almost infinitely reliable.

" T h e Industr ial Revo lu t ion took

more than a century to gather fu l l mo­

mentum. The E lec t ron ic Revo lu t ion

may do so i n the next two decades."

he said. " I n contrast to its predecessor,

i t w i l l be silent, and it w i l l create nei­

ther environmental po l lut ion nor urban

blight. In ful f i l l ing its modest require-

ROBERT W. SARNOFF C h a i r m a n o f R C A C o r p o r a t i o n

ments for mater ia l and energy, we

shal l not have to plunder our planet.

" T h e Industr ia l Revo lu t ion tended

to subordinate the ind iv idual to the or­

ganisation even as it mul t ip l i ed h u m ­

an physical capabil it ies, productivity

and mater ial wealth. The Electronic

Revo lu t ion w i l l shape electronics into a

personal too l of universal appl icat ion.

It w i l l compress a mult i tude of systems

and devices — wi th the energy to run

' ' T h e e l e c t r o n i c r e v o l u ­t i o n i s a m p l i f y i n g b r a i n power i n the same way the i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u ­t i o n a m p l i f i e d m u s c le p o w e r . ' '

them — into packages smal l enough to

carry i n the h a n d . "

M r . Sarnoff said the new revolut ion

w i l l touch on every function of sensing,

control , communica t i on and informa­

tion processing — " indeed, just about

every k i n d of work now performed by

people or machines except generating

power or propel l ing vehicles."

The R C A C h a i r m a n cited examples

of the impact of the Electronic Revo lu ­

tion on the ind iv idua l , education, the

management of publ ic and private en­

terprise and the progress of undevelop-

sd nations:

— M a n a g e m e n t . Sma l l desk-top intel-

\ gent terminals w i l l enable a manager

to obtain instant data retrieval f rom a

computer, or to communicate w i th co l ­

leagues v ia a two-way television unit.

These and other electronic devices w i l l

make day-to-day decision mak ing simp­

ler and w i l l free top management f rom

less detailed supervision and permit

more emphasis on creative p lanning and

po l icy-making .

— T h e Home . The new technology

w i l l transform the domestic scene and

provide a mult i tude of attractive and

convenient services, inc luding a com­

prehensive home in format ion system

l ink ing the household in two-way com­

municat ions with people institutions and

computers in pract ica l ly any part of the

wor ld .

— E d u c a t i o n . W i t h large-scale integ­

rat ion and the development of compact

personal systems, the learning process

can be freed of physical l imitat ions. The

ind iv idua l pocket computer, the desk­

top interactive terminal and wideband

communicat ions can give the student i n ­

stant access to stored knowledge any­

where, mak ing the c lassroom a place

used exclusively for group discussion

and intellectual st imulat ion.

—Underdeve loped Areas. A s the new

technology reduces the cost and com­

plexity of handl ing in format ion in

great quanti ty and varied forms, its

products w i l l fa l l increasingly wi th in

the reach of developing nat ions—their

schools, publ ic agencies, business and

even indiv iduals. In effect, the E lec t ron­

ic Revo lu t i on can enable more than

hal f of mank ind to catch up wi th the

Industr ia l Revo lut ion .

M r . Sarnoff said the new electronicst

may be " o u r last, best hope to develop

an open, humanist society and to avo id

either l o ck ing step in a standardized

tecnological wor ld or dri f t ing toward

greater fragmentation and ult imate

chaos. "

" I f we succeed this time in coupl ing

a fundamental advance in technology

w i th human , social , cu l tura l and econo­

mic needs," he concluded, "we sha l l

achieve the greatest and most benefi­

cent revolution of a l l . "

S C A B

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Sat. 24th Nov .

in Great H a l l

IC Students 50p in advance

Tickets w i l l be available for sale

or collection in the U n i o n Office

between 12.30 & 2.00

Tickets can now be ordered

from the U n i o n Office anytitne

between 10.30 and 5.00

THIS TERM'S

F O L K CLUB

SINGERS

24 Oct . M i c k Pearce.

31 Oct . I cwa Ce i l i dh .

7 Nov . Ian Stewart.

14 Nov . Jeff and Penny Harr is .

21 Nov . C o m e - A l l - Y e .

28 Nov . Stan A r n o l d .

5 Dec. Staverton Bridge.

12 Dec. Ce i l i dh . B o b

Davenport and Rakes .

IC BROAD

LEFT STATEMENT It is becoming increasingly clear that

Imper ia l Col lege U n i o n is facing a c r i ­

sis of leadership. The attempt by some

members of the U n i o n to prevent the

organisation of any actions on grants

this term and the ineffectiveness of the

refectory prices campaign are but two

symptoms of a wider malaise, the ap­

pearance, not so m u c h of apathy but

of irrat ional i ty i n the U n i o n ; the ten­

dency to oppose motions or actions

simply because the left has proposed

them; to sabotage rather than argue

against; to in effect propose no act ion

on urgent issues, wh ich face students.

A n d prominent figures in the U n i o n

hierarchy have supported this trend.

Paradox ica l ly , the majority at U n i o n

meetings have continued to vote for the

policies proposed by the left and, as

on prices, have adopted the most m i l i ­

tant form of act ion suggested — but

without the commitment needed to

make it a success. The activists who

have tried to implement union pol icy

have been a smal l minor i ty , our m i l i ­

tancy may have publicised the issues to

students, but it has not persuaded them

to jo in in and turn minor i ty mi l i tancy

into majority mi l i tancy. C l ear l y a

major rethink of our approach is neces­

sary.

We believe that the fault does not l ie

in the policies of the left (and I .C. U n i ­

on) but in a lack of strategy wh i ch has

led to tactics wh ich have fai led to w in

the massive student support wh ich suc­

cess requires. O u r fundamen­

tal a im must be to w in

wide support for our policies, i t is

necessary to foster a greater under­

standing of the issues faced by students

and must be our pr imary task and

to w in the support, and part ic ipa­

t ion, of the majority of students, i n ac­

tions to achieve the Un ions ! aims. Prac­

tice has refuted the idea that the mass

of students are l ike a n explosive, to be

detonated by the actions of a mil i tant

handful . Bu t neither is it s imply a ques­

t ion of "Bet ter communica t i on . " Stu­

dents must themselves be involved in

actions. If less mi l i tant mass actions are

successful in getting support but fa i l to

w in our demands, the commitment, un­

derstanding a n d . perhaps, most impor­

tant, confidence in the U n i o n , w i l l have

been created for more mi l i tant act ion.

T o give this sort of leadership, to the

best of our abi l i ty , we propose to form

a Broad Left grouping i n I.C. U n i o n ,

w i th s imi lar policies to the B road Left

i n N .U .S . wh ich has been responsible

for the leftward shift there, i n recent

years, and in many other Student U n i ­

ons, eg. Sussex, Cambr idge , wh ich

manage to combine left policies wi th

the active involvement of the majority

of students.

(1) The most importance issues of

the last few years have been the de­

fence of student unions and the fight

against inflation, whether for higher

grants and demonstrat ing rates or

against price rises. M i l i t a n t mass act ion

has been at least part ia l ly successful at

both loca l and nat iona l level. B u t we

do not propose to concern ourselves

solely w i th the economic issues. One is­

sue of concern to a l l students wh i ch the

left has sadly neglected, is academic af­

fairs — what we are taught, how we are

assessed. In part icular we must take a

cr i t i ca l look at the increasing influence

of the profit motive i n determining

what we are taught and the research we

do.

(2) Students are badly in need of re­

l iable all ies. M a n y of the issues wh i ch

face us, inflation, housing, defence of

unions etc., are faced equally and often

more so by work ing people. The basis

for unity exists i f we work for it. B u t

not just through socialists students help­

ing workers struggles but i n a way

wh ich involves large numbers of ord in­

ary students and workers eg through a

joint campaign for grants wh i ch do not

exclude) work ing class chi ldren f rom

higher education (as N .U .S . suggest).

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(3) W e welcome the increasing w i l ­

lingness of student union and N U S to

express collective views on wider issues

eg rac ia l ism, the environment, South

A f r i c a . Th i s is part icular ly relevant i n a

college w i th such a large percentage of

overseas students. W e believe that I .C.

U n i o n should support not just our fel­

low students in other countries but their

fe l low countrymen against co lon ia l or

neo-colonial regimes.

In a l l these policies, our a i m is to get

m a x i m u m support while keeping to our

pr inc ipa l beliefs.

Unfortunately, when tactics have

been proposed which could have star­

ted to involve the majority of students

they have been directly opposed by or­

ganised groups in I.C. as was the case

when the proposal to launch a massive

petit ion campaign on prices to be de­

l ivered by a mass demonstrat ion to the

Govern ing Body , was defeated at the

last U G M . S imi lar ly , the policies of

N U S are rarely argued for, i n this U n i ­

on, because of hosti l i ty f rom both the

right and sections of the left.

In launching a B r o a d Le f t grouping

wh ich involves students f rom inside and

outside the Socialist Society in I C we

are i n no way counterposing it to Soc ia l ­

ist Society. Its value as a F o r u m re­

mains and, on pol icy, much unity ex­

ists, a l though on strategy and tactics

we differ. N o r do we c l a im to be over­

coming the sectarianism of the le f t—

n o doubt some people w i l l be quite

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October 30th, 1973 F E L I X Page S

WHO IS THE FIRST LADY OF

OF 170 QUEENS GATE?

IMPERIAL COLLEGE; WHO DWELLS BEHIND THE MAJESTIC WALLS

W e l l to begin w i th L a d y Flowers is

a very fr iendly woman w h o m you feel

you cou ld chat to for ages, she also

makes very good T u r k i s h coffee, though

Sir B r i a n I was to ld is the real expert.

L a d y F lowers l ikes people and shows

it. A great dea l of her life has been

spent do ing vo luntary social work. Be­

fore coming here, whi le l i v ing i n Isl ing­

ton, she worked for the ' Fam i l y Service

U n i t ' and also for the 'Nat iona l Asso­

c iat ion for M e n t a l Hea l th ' . Th i s was

whi le S i r B r i a n was cha i rman of the

Science Research Counc i l . She worked

to prevent the splitt ing up of famil ies

i n : one case and to br ing a greater

understanding of mental disorders i n

the other.

Na tura l l y L a d y Flowers is we l l aware

of the stresses and strains wh i ch we

poor, overworked students are subject

to and is very concerned. Be ing a very

sensitive person, who has at t ime suf­

fered depression and loneliness, she

realises the problems of people around

her, and tries to help. W o r k i n g w i th

the telephone Samaritans was another

work wh i ch she found very tax ing

emotional ly. Perhaps i t was as a re­

act ion to the misery and depression

wh ich she had come across, that she at

one point became a model . Be ing older

than most models she seemed to have

the knack of match ing clothes, natur­

al ly , and eventually dri f ted into t ra in­

ing models. H e r new customers w i th

their many and varied wardrobes were

a long way away f r om the women who

had never had more than one outfit.

The i r continued and expensive fight

w i th obesity had nothing i n common

wi th the struggle of the others. But , she

enjoyed model l ing and thinks that the

clothes consciousness wh i ch she ac­

quired w i l l never leave her, nor w i l l her

good posture.

L a d y Flowers makes her own clothes,

for her the achievement of mak ing

something outweighs the gratif ication

wh ich most women get out of buy ing

an expensive dress.

W i t h this background what does she

feel about the way g i r l students dress?

She l ikes the liberalness of the clothes,

though she feels (they cou ld be a l i tt le

neater. B u t a compl iment to a l l girls at

the I C W A Dinner , she thinks y ou were

very smartly dressed, she especially

Sir B r i a n plays the cello, and L a d y

Flowers the piano (in private). She has

always been a great concert

goer, and enjoys jazz and dancing. H e r

greatest pleasure is Ito listen to radio 3,

whi le do ing her cooking, a lways giving

it her personal touch. In answer to my

question about her l i terary aspirations,

she showed me a long row of cookery

books i n many languages and f rom

many more lands. She reads them in

bed for inspirat ion.

L a d y Flowers was born i n a middle

Class fami ly i n Manchester, and st i l l re­

members the servants i n her grand­

mother's house, who lived i n the attic,

had an outside lavatory and always

presented things on trays. H e r father

is the wel l -known l iberal S i r Leonard

Behrens. H e ran for parl iament twice.

LADY FLOWERS l iked the L a u r a Ash l ey clothes.

L a d y F lowers ' sense of co lour carries

over to her ki tchen and her paintings.

She is good at putt ing colours together,

i n contrast to Sir B r i a n who is predict­

ably more preoccupied w i th technical

problems i n paintings l i k e representing

glass on canvas, cy l indr i ca l shapes and

creases o n a wel l -worn pair of shoes!

T o do h i m justice, he d i d have a rather

good portrait of his sister o n the easel

in his studio.

unsuccessfully, but nonetheless never

lost his deposit. L a d y F lowers of course

took a view to the left o f her father

and became a Marx i s t . She thinks

M a r x and Engels make good reading

but the revolutionary zeal of her

younger days has watered down. She

has visited the U S S R , Czechos lovakia ,

Po land , and has been disi l lusioned per­

haps by the closed society o f the C o m ­

munist countries. She was very i m ­

pressed by the re-bui ld ing and publ ic

services i n East Be r l in and by the

achievements of T i t o i n his non aligned

policy.

Regard ing Br i t i sh pol i t ics she is a

m i l d Socialist and wou ld l ike to see a

lot of alterations, though wi thout a

revolution. A l t hough she has seen the

great misery and poverty o f many

people, she feels sorry that they have to

resort to strike act ion and does not sup­

port the extreme posit ion of some

trades unions. She is a floating voter

but has only voted Conservative once,

never to repeat it.

L a d y F lowers has not had t ime to

sort out the tangle of po l i t i ca l op in ion

at I C yet though l ike every Fresher she

has been bombarded w i th bumph . I

told her about the excit ing battles

waged in F E L I X , C E F E , B R O A D ­

S H E E T etc., and she said she wou ld

catch up over the weekend. G o o d luck

to her!

A t present Lady Flowers is occupied

with the various organisations she has

to deal wi th , l ike the I C wives c lub of

which she is cha i rman. She has to learn

a lot of names and is f inding out who

everyone is and how everything works.

Th is of course includes I C U and the

C C U ' s . She is interested i n meeting the

students and has got i n touch w i th

N o r m . Sayles and A n n e Short to ar­

range cockta i l parties and of course

l ike every other fresher she has realised

the difficulty of having a we l l balanced

gathering with the chronic shortage of

girls.

Are we studying anything Meaningful ?

H o w do we know if the subjects we

study are obsolete or meaningless?

Let 's look at some of the problems of

apply ing our I .C. acquired knowledge

dur ing our work ing life.

a) Energy resources

B r i t a i n is a n import-export country

who cannot feed herself out of her own

land (at least under present conditions)

in spite of using more than one calorie

of fuel to obta in each calor ie of food.

Fo r this reason i t is important not only

to know whether or not Br i t a in w i l l

have fuel i n the next decades but also

to know whether or not the countries

import ing costly high-fuel-consuming

Br i t ish-made machinery and products,

w i l l have fuel and money enough for

the imports to make any sense to them.

There are obviously very serious

foreseeable difficulties w i th o i l supplies,

be i t i n the next few years or i n the

'80's o r '90's. The same applies to coal ,

especially i n other countries. Nuc lear

power does not seem to promise any­

thing significant, given the size and

prox imi ty of the energy problem.

Less fuel abroad means less planes

coming to B r i t a i n , less tourists leaving

their foreign currencies, less high-fuel-

consuming Br i t ish-made machinery, less

high-fuel-consuming c i v i l engineering

Br i t i sh contracts abroad, etc.

b) Po l lu t i on

There are two k inds of increasing

po l lut ion problems brought about by

industr ial isat ion and "progress" . 1 —

, The higher levels of po l lu t i on due to i n ­

creasing numbers and concentrat ion of

machines, apparatus, etc., f r om the

river po l lut ing factory to our neigh­

bour 's noisy electric shaver that also

interferes our radio reception; 2 — The

norma l desire of people to relatively

improve their environment.

T o sOlve these problems the obvious

way out is to produce less, down to the

necessary level. T h i s impl ies such

taboos as reducing the G . N . P . and the

growth of large corporat ions and

monopolies, etc., so that only a few

non-industrial ised nations are l ike ly to

adopt this pol icy i n the near future.

The second pol icy , the one adopted by

industr ia l nations, is to produce anti­

po l lut ion devices and gadgets (the pro­

duct ion of wh i ch causes more pol lut ion)

at the expense of general increases i n

costs. The first pa£cy means for

Br i t a in , less exports of high-energy-

consuming machinery and techniques

and less exports of products i n general.

The second one means, ever higher

prices of products that can only be

afforded by an ever-reducing number of

people (unti l inflation al lows it) as we l l

as increasing demands for energy and

resources in general. ( G O TO ' a).

c) G r o w t h of populat ion and G N P

plus inflation mean shortages and

higher costs of basic resources such as

land, food, housing, etc., wh ich are the

things that Br i t a in either lacks or has

to import . A t the same t ime these

shortages divert the interests of the

consumers of Br i t i sh industr ia l pro­

ducts towards the more basic needs

both here and abroad. F o r example,

overpopulat ion plus increased need for

space for factories, mines, roads, a i r ­

ports, etc., means world-wide prices i n ­

crease, and hence less spare money for

T V s , cars, machinery and other typ ica l

Br i t i sh produdts, both home and

abroad. A l s o , the problems just men­

tioned worsen the above-mentioned

ones.

( G O T O a. O R b.)

A t I .C. we learn how to invent, de­

sign and bu i ld these h i gh l y sophisti­

cated, costly, Mgh-energy-consuming

, products that contr ibute to a l l these

troubles.

A l l these problems w i l l come well

w i th in our work ing l i fe: Pe t ro l rat ion­

ing was a reality i n the U.S. even be­

fore the M i d d l e East war ; petrol ration-"

ing due to po l i t i ca l reasons is a reality

now, and so are the pdtrol price rises;

tendencies towards self sufficiency and

low energy consumpt ion are a reality

now in some countries; escalating land

prices, over populat ion and housing

shortages are a wor ld wide real i ty to­

day and so are ris ing levels and costs

of po l lut ion.

Whey then are we compel led to study

h igh - energy - consuming technology

(with planned obsolesence) assessed

only by trad i t ional economics (if at all )

without taking a l l these problems into

account?

One of the reasons is that we have

been streamed into highly fragmented

fields, in order to achieve h igh levels of

specialisation, thus not getting to know

much even about neighbouring fields,

let alone ithe social, ecological and

poliitcal impl icat ions of our studies or

even why should we reach h igh levels

of specialisation or why should we pur­

sue this type of science and technology.

Another reason is that we didn ' t

have much choice anyway; we had to

"choose " f r om among a G I V E N n u m ­

ber of pre-packaged approved fields of

study (if we wanted to get a degree

and a "good job " , that is).

H a v e you heard of low energy tech­

nology? Al ternat ive technology? Tech­

nology assessment? Non- industr ia l

technology? Science for people? These

are S O M E ways by wh i ch people are

trying to face the real problems of to­

day and tomorrow, rather than " p l a n ­

ning for a future" wh i ch is nothing

but an extrapolat ion of the past and

hoping to solve the problems w i th a n

expansion of our obsolete remedies.

B u t are we al lowed to study such

things at I.C., w i th recognition and get­

t ing a degree? . . .

J . A G U I R R E , G v E n g 310

E L E C T R O N I C

M U S I C G R O U P

Meeting and

Record Recital

Haldane Library

at 7.30

Thursday, Nov. ist

JAZZ Sat. 3rd November —

M I K E OSBORNE TRIO

30p non-members

20p members

Start 8.00 in the Biology

C o m m o n R o o m

Sat. 17th November —

M I C H A E L G A R R I C K S E X T E T

with N o r m a Winstone

40p non-members

30p members

Start 8.00 in the Biology

Common R o o m

The persian society of I C

and U L U Iranian society

present:

cow Winner of: F i l m Cri t ics

Award Venice F i l m Festival

and Best Actor Award

Chicago Festival

Pag© 6 October 3(Nfe, 1973

REVIEWS

Os ib i sa

Be ing the first concert I've reviewed

for quite some time, I expected it to be

quite a difficult one, but it turned out

not to be the case in Osibisa.

A l l the music papers categorise their

music under the term " A f r o - R o c k " ,

though this is a l itt le vague. I wou ld

prefer to say that their music consists

of a very dr iv ing rhythm, wh ich is

played, bursting wi th exuberance, on

bass, keyboards and various percussion

instruments, wh i ch were dotted around

the stage. Superimposed on this are

equal ly dr iv ing passages o n brass. D n

the whole I f ound them very easy to

l isten to, despite not hav ing heard a

great deal of their music beforehand.

Wha t d id quite bewilder me was the

semi-hysteria they received f r om the

moment they were announced, and per­

sisting throughout the evening. Th i s was

encouraged b y the energy Os ib isa were

generating in turn enhancing audience

part ic ipation, wh i ch was wel l supported,

though tended to drag o n a l itt le towards

the end.

Ear l i e r , Heavy M e t a l K i d s had played

some fa ir ly good and basic heavy rock,

this t ime to a rather unresponsive audi­

ence. G . J . K .

R o n Geeson opened the evening with

a short set i n wh i ch he was not put off

by the barrack ing and impatient part of

the audience tout countered the shouted

remarks w i th equal ly witty comments.

H e is a rather eccentric Scotsman whose

Morcambesque antics w i th the banjo

and piano (which he played very well),

and several monologues (which he

enunciates very c lear ly and precisely in

a rather sinister fashion), were very

amusing.

Genesis were br i l l iant . The sound

was we l l mixed f rom a console i n the

middle of the stalls and the vo lume

was also used careful ly and subtly. It

was not a continued mind-shattering

blast but was gradual ly increased dur­

ing the one and three-quarter hour per­

formance.

The stage was backed by a white

c loth screen onto wh i ch slides were pro­

jected dur ing the songs. They helped to

accentuate the music and il lustrate the

lyr ics but on the whole were rather poor,

though the idea was good.

The product ion was excellent and

exact. Genesis are a band whose music

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it cou ld be said that there is l ittie

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tume, sinister dramatics and amusing

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'There comes a t ime i n every man's

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These words f r om M i l l i g an ' s o w n i n ­

troduct ion to this s l im vo lume of (very)

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p la in ing their existence. Spike has a l ­

ways been the campaigner, f r om w i l d

life preservation to the cure of mental

illness. N o wonder then that the serious

side of his character should express itself

i n a creative f o rm as we l l as the comic

side.

M o s t of the poems are shor t—but

very direct, very hard hi t t ing and

intentional ly so. There are i l lustrat ions

by Spike and also his w i l e L a u r a that

add a lot to the atmosphere of the

book. Some of the verse is so wel l

thought out that one finds i t ha rd to

believe "some of the poems were

written by dropping 800 Eng l i sh words

into a sack, taking them out one at a

t ime and ca l l ing them by their names

l ike 'He l lo Sa i l o r ' , " as M i l l i g a n wou ld

have us believe.

T h e topics of the poems range f rom

war and preservation to the tender

ones deal ing wi th the pl ight of ch i l d ­

ren in trouble, l ike those of Abe r f an ,

" I don't burn coa l any more . "

Th i s is not a book to be read on a

longish t ra in journey, but one to be

taken i n smal l selective doses so that

i t w i l l st imulate and provoke thought

on those topics and causes dear to Spike

M i l l i gan ' s heart.

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surpris ing book and at t imes confusing.

Some of the poems are presented twice,

o n opposite pages, once i n norma l type

face lettering and the other i n (pre­

sumably) Spike's or ig inal handwri t ing.

The poems deal w i th their subjects i n a

human , compassionate way and i n so

do ing give an insight to the man , the

fami ly man Spike M i l l i g a n , that is

rarely evident and certainly not obvious

in l i is many other books.

There are many short verses and

lines that are powerful enough to h i t

one immediately, l ike

'T f I die i n wa r you remember me.

If I l ive i n peace you don ' t . "

" G o d made night, but m a n made

darkness. "

N o w that this vo lume is avai lable i n

paperback for the first t ime you have

no excuse for not owning a copy. If

you're a M i l l i g an -mah iac y ou ' l l buy it

anyway and be pleasantly surprised, if

you're not you st i l l can't afford to be

without it. A n y t h i n g by Spike M i l l i g a n

is more than a book, i n this case it's

a testimony to our present wor ld and

way of life. A favourable testimony?

We l l get the book and find out . . . a

toil-of things.

J E R E M Y B A R K E R

Jack Ke rouac was born in 1922 i n

Lowe l l , Mass. , the son of a printer and

a French-Canad ian g i r l . H e attended

C o l u m b i a Univers i ty f rom 1940 to 1942,

and then left to hitch and odd-job his

way around, eventually becoming part

of the "unde rg round " of Greenwich

V i l l age , New Y o r k . H i s first book, The

T o w n and The C i t y , was successfully

published in 1950, but he was l i tt le-

known outside A m e r i c a unt i l 1956 when

he produced " O n the R o a d " which ,

w i th " H o w l and other Poems" by A r ­

thur Ginsberg became a sacred text of

the 'beatniks' .

Jack Kerouac has since written many

books, a l l fo l lowing the loose l ine of the

'beat poets', but his prose carries m o r e

than the mere trendy message of some

of his contemporaries. L i k e Orwe l l ,

Ke rouac only writes of what he knows,

and it is this autobiographical viewpoint

which gives his novels their relaxed

cohesion. The 'hero' of a Ke rouac story

w i l l be a thinly-veiled Ke rouac ; a point

to bear in mind when considering his

work. Even the T o w n and the C i t y is

not a narrative w i th the outsider look­

ing i n ; it is the insider, Peter, l ook ing

in and about, w'itto a l l the apprehensions

and stumbl ing errors of a teenager.

T h e T o w n and the C i t y is not, then,

the saga of each member of an A m e r i ­

can fami ly which you might expect

from a glance at the blurb. Instead it is

T h e t own a n d the c i ty

b y J a c k K e r o v a c

the saga of Peter, the third son in a

fami ly of five sons and three daugh­

ters, who finds that excellence in sport

is an art i f ic ia l and l imited cr i ter ion of

success, and sets out to look for truth.

O f the Other characters, Franc is and

Mr. 'George' M a r t i n are admirably

portrayed, and i n M i c k e y and Char ley ,

Kerouac reveals his keen memory and

understanding of the emotions of ch i ld ­

hood. The other members of the family-

have a n a i r of being 'extras': the sisters

are seen through the eyes of a busy

brother as part of home, yet different

beings on another plane of existence,

while M r s . M a r t i n leaves the impression

of a worr ied card-sharper rather than

the contented understanding mother.,

II seems l ikely that this re-issue is the

result of some publisher equating the

present 'off-beat' scene with that of

the '50s'. It pleases me to define literary

classics as writings wh ich always have

relevance, i n wh ich case I can sincerely

declare this book to be a classic . . .

and the publisher to have been, in a

sense, right.

F o r a paperback the book is well-

bound, w i th a pretty dust-jacket so you

can cover i t . If £1.75 is a bit steep for

a novel, put it on your Chr is tmas list or

give it to your fiancee. A t any rate, if

you haven't met Kerouac before, be sure

to read iit.

C A N E S ,

Johnathan L iv ingston Seagull cou ld

be described as the narrated story of

an extremely ind i v idua l gu l l who re­

jects the li fe of the seagull flock, "fight­

ing and screeching w i th the flock

around piers and fishing boats, d i v ing

on scraps of fish and bread , " l i v ing to

eat, never flying through the night,

through the storm, never leaving the

rocky shore behind.

Johnathan is a gu l l who "f inds and

fol lows a meaning, a higher purpose for

l i fe , " ever to learn to fly better. W e then

learn of Johnathan's conflict w i th the

flock, his increasing flying abi l i ty , unt i l

he learns to fly "as fast as a thought "

through t ime and space because he

knows himself to be unl imited " a per­

fect idea of freedom of flight."

" B u t to describe i t i n this way is not

to define it, the book has 93 pages, 43

of them pictures o f gulls i n flight, is a

glossy a n d pleasing presentation of a

real ly rather lovely and or ig ina l story.

I was rather surprised as you might be,

Johnathan Livingston

Seagull

as to how m u c h I enjoyed the tale of the

' 'ascent of the g u l l " .

B u t to say this much wou ld be to

leave the intended point of the book

unmentioned. J . Seagull goes on to

teach, to introduce other gulls to his

joy, thus the book becomes a direct

paral le l of Chr i s t teaching love. This

undisguised snowbal l ing element of the

book certainly detracted f rom my over­

a l l enjoyment of the story; though I a m

st i l i amused to feel that despite its in ­

tentions, those of a humanist outlook

wou ld see the story as more t ru ly a

paral le l of man's intel lectual ascent, a

search for puri ty i n knowledge.

The photographs, though not a l l

essential, do add something to one's

enjoyment, especially in the first half

of the book.

A t 50p it is an expensive hour's

reading, t t o u g h one that offers more

sheer emot ional pleasure than most, and

one wh i ch I cou ld repeat.

Ctateifcar mix, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

S P O R T Star* /or Lacrosse Club

Imper ia l Col lege Lacrosse C l u b began

the season In style last Saturday w i th a

15—2 away w i n over Cambr idge . De ­

spite last minute addit ions the team put

up an overpowering d isplay With Pete

D r u r y and Steve M o r r i s contr ibut ing the

b u l k of *he goals, col lect ing five and

four respectively.

O f the new players M i c k L a w m a n

showed that he was a n idea l replace­

ment i n midfield for P a u l " W h i z z K i d * '

Spooner, recently transferred to the first

d iv is ion, and P a u l Jepson i n defence

kept h is attacker very quiet.

The game was marred by one unfor­

tunate incident when Tony Hahett , who

has been reading too many coaching

manuals, tr ied a backwards, over-the-

shoulder Shot and a Cambr idge player

unwitt ingly used his head to check the

cross. H e took no further part i n the

match and under the gentlemanly laws

of lacrosse Pete M c D o n a l d , who had

been do ing some t ru ly start l ing forehand

volleys i n a style reminiscent of Stan

Smith , kept h i m entertained on the

touchline, no doubt w i th wi t ty anec­

dotes about life at Imper ia l College.

Despite the score i t was a hard match

w i th the m a i n differences between the

teams coming f r om an 80 per cent suc­

cess rate f r om Ithe face gained by the

Imper ia l College midfield, players, the

newly discovered (for lacrosse) tact ic

of an over lapping defender Which com­

pletely bemused the Cambr idge defence

and the goalkeeping of I an G u l l i f o r d

(which almost goes wi thout saying!).

T e a m : — I a n G u l l i f o r d , P a u l Jepson,

B o b Strangeway, Pete D r u r y , N i c k L a w ­

m a n , L i o n e l C l a rke , Pete M c D o n a l d ,

Steve Nor r i s , A l a n , Tony Ha l l e t t (capt.).

Cross Country Club Shoot Through Again ilffllll? 1**' *

Dave Howlbrook coasting downhill

The 20th was a t ru ly

memorable day. F i rs t l y the

Le f t A n k l e of the Cross

Count ry C l u b (Ian Isher-

wood) made h is first ap­

pearance of the year i n

the same manner as

George Best (i.e. w i th no

great glare of publ i c i ty

and several inches extra

i n girth), and d id extreme­

l y well ' considering his 6

months lack of training.

A n d then there was the

amazing way i n wh i ch

people found themselves

suddenly inc luded i n , and

then just as suddenly ex­

cluded f r om the first team

for this " U C " Re l a y

at Par l iament H i l l .

Th is was because of

the eleventh hour a r r i va l

of three star competitors.

They were theoretical ly

late because R o b and P a d

had decided that the race

would start at 2.30: how­

ever U C were unaware of

this and planned to start

at 3, though ithey actual ly

managed i t somewhat

later, wh i ch just goes to

show . . .

The course was 6 laps

of just under 2 miles of

ithe usual Par l iament H i l l

terrain. 33 teams finished;

here are O u r Resu l t s :—

1. 17 R i c h Garnet t

2. 16 R o b A l l i n s o n

3. 20 I a n E l l i s

4. 20 J . S. K a l i r a y

5. 18 N e i l B o a g

6. 20 P a u l C l a r k e

1

2

3

34 Dave Jones

33 Steve Webb

32 Pete Johnson

4. 33 Pat Donne l ly

5. 33 A Guest E s q .

6. 33 Ian E l l i s

11.54

9.44

9.59

9.43

10.00

1. 30 P h i l Mey l e r

2. 31 K e i t h Ah le rs

3. 31 Dave H ow l b r ook

10.32

4. 30 Dave Payne 9.56

5. 30 Ian Isherwood 11.16

6. 30 Geoff Spurr 10.23

N o b o d y fe l l d o w n the

h i l l a t the start, and no

one tad to wa lk up the

h i l l at the end . . . they

daren't w i th the rest of

combined I C teams cheer­

ing (jeering) them on f rom

the top of the h i l l . No t e

the incredib ly brave (fool­

hardy) second leg by Ian

E l l i s .

(Continued on page 8)

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P.A.W.N.0 B E E R A N D B I T S

D u r i n g the t ime of the last rector,

L a d y Penney used to h o l d get-togethers

for the female students a t I .C. Th i s year,

as a cont inuat ion of this, L a d y F lowers

w i l l be ho ld ing barbeques at 170 Queens

Gate. A s a change, however, there w i l l

be a mixed affair. A number of ma le

students are therefore inv i ted to app ly

for admittance to these events. I f you

wish to go, please leave your name w i th

Jen, the U n i o n clerk. She w i l l keep a

list o f those interested and let you know

when the do is.

H A I R D R E S S I N G

( A G A I N ? )

There is a new list of (times for when

male models are required for the ha i r -

dressing section of the L o n d o n School

of Fash ion . Pr ice for a cut is lOp and

the return fare is 16p. T h e school is

situated at O x f o rd C i r cus . I f y ou want

to know the times the l ist is pinned to

the notice board i n the U n i o n office.

B I C Y C L E R A C K S

I received a compla int this week

about the bicycle racks at electrical en­

gineering. A s a fo l low-up to this I had a

look at the bicycle racks i n college and

found that the rack near the post-office

in Imper ia l Institute R o a d had quite a

number o f empty spaces. F o r (those o f

you used to using on ly one rack there

are racks a t a) the rear o f Physics, b) the base of Blee E n g . c) near the

post-office, d) at the rear o f Chemistry .

U N I O N M E E T I N G

A U n i o n Genera l Meet ing w i l l be

held this Thursday in the U n i o n Concert

Ha l l . There is another, very fu l l agenda

and hopeful ly there w i l l be a lot of

very useful discussion. No te the change

in the venue.

U N I O N D U P L I C A T I N G

S E R V I C E

Th i s should be i n fu l l swing some­

time this week. W h e n it is fu l ly opera­

tive this w i l l be the source of dupl icat­

ing paper. The. Union 's own slocks w i l l

then only be needed for official minutes,

notices etc. and paper w i l l not be ava i l ­

able -from Jen the U n i o n C le rk .

P. A . Wadswor th

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F E L I X October 30th, 1973

ANTI - LOMBARD S o in reponse to the

threatened right-wing attack

o n students ' efforts to de­

fend their rapidly vanishing

grants, due on Thursday at

the U G M , IC C o m m u n i s t

Party has launched a c a m ­

paign for a broad left front

to meet this .

What po l ic ies wil l this

broad left g rouping have?

None other than those of the

N U S broad l e f t — w h i c h is a

communis t party inspired

group des igned to attract all

the f lotsam a n d jetsam o f

liberals, " p r o g r e s s i v e " chr ist ­

ians and other wet lefts.

The i r pol ic ies in short wi l l

tie those of the N U S execu­

tive in the D igby Jacks era

— t h o s e wh i ch after a year

of rall ies, demonstrat ions,

petitions, rent strikes, sit - ins

and refectory boycotts , i n ­

volving up to 5 0 0 , 0 0 0

students, 'won ' us a der isory

£ 2 0 wh i ch with the present

rate of inflation amounts to

a grant cut.

T h e numbers of students

involved in these reformist

{protest pol it ics , des igned to

'p ressur ize ' the Government

iMto agreeing to the four basic

N U S demands , was in fact

quite despite the overt bank­

ruptcy of their reformist pol i ­

c i e s

O n one hand you have the

Commun i s t Party and its re­

vis ionist sycophants , the IS

« n d the I M G , saying that we

can get higher grants if we

show the justness of our

cause, and add in s ome mi l i ­

tancy to show we really need

the demands met, and on the

ether you have the To ry Gov ­

ernment preparing the ground

to impose a fascist dictator­

ship.

A conflict is due in the

next p e r i o d — a conflict of re-

volutonary proport ions ,which

wi l l be resolved in one of

two ways: f asc i sm or soc i a l ­

i sm, the midd l e road of a

parl iamentary democracy has

vanished out of the w indow

and is d isappear ing over the

horizon in direct correlation

to the decreas ing c i rculat ion

• f the Guard ian .

T h e Tor i e s have legislated

sway nearly every right that

the working c lass has won

in over 150 years of struggle

— t h e right to strike, won

when the Taff Va l e judge­

ment of 1901 was repealed,

has g o n e — i t is illegal to

strike for more than the

Phase III norm of 7 per cent.

T h e right to form independ­

ent T rade Un ions , won when

the Combinat ions Ac t was

repealed in 1824, has gone

— U n i o n s have to register

under the Industrial Relations

Ac t , or e lse be liable for an

unl imited fine in the High

Cour t s , it goes without say­

ing that registration is c o m ­

plete state control of the

Un ions , such as we find in

Spain today.

T h e right to an unarmed

po l ice force has g o n e — n o t

o n l y has the armed Spec ia l

Patrol Group been expanded

enormous ly (and if you think

they were formed to guard

embass ies , then account for

them being based in H a m ­

mersmith , Brixton and Ley-

t ons tone—work ing c lass

areas, mi les from the nearest

embassy) but the pol ice have

-recently been equipped with

6 0 0 of the most powerful

rifles that the A r m y use.

There is a c ommis s i on taking

place to bring the Po l ice and

the A rmy under one central ­

ized control and furthermore

down in Winchester , the pol ­

ice and certain units of the

A rmy are being trained to­

gether in counter - insurgency.

So ld iers of lodav are no lon­

ge r t r a i n e d in C a e s a r ' s " D e

Bel lo G a l l i c o " but instead

are referred to Brigadier

Frank Ki tson ' s " L o w Density

Opera t ions " .

W h y are the Tor ies prepar­

ing like this? W h y did Heath

say in his address to the

United Nations in 1 9 7 0 : " T h e

seventies wil l not be a t ime

of war between nations, but

rather of CIVIL w a r " ? W h y

d i d Brigadier Calvert state

with such impunity, in an

Observer colour supplement

a few months ago, that it is

likely that there wi l l be an

attempted insurrection before

the end of the decade? How

do the Tor ies K N O W ?

T h e answer to that is de ­

monstrated every t ime you

go to the shops—in f l a t ion . In

order to boost up their flag­

ging balance of payments , in

order to inject value into

their worthless paper money,

they have floated down the

pound. T h i s enables them to

export easily to countr ies

like Ge rmany whose cur ­

rency has floated u p — b u t

at the s a m e t ime imports

cost that m u c h more. Hal f

of our foodstuffs are import­

ed and every t ime the Tor ies

float d o w n further and make

huge profits f rom exporting

more (on paper only inc iden ­

t a l l y — y o u can 't buy dear and

sell cheap and make a C O N ­

C R E T E profit!) our food

prices shoot to new record

leva's.

T h e Tor ies have to do

this, they have no choice , for

them to exist as a c lass they

have to export or d ie . But for

the working c lass it means

a rapidly d imin i sh ing stand­

ard of l iving and with every

law that passes onto the stat­

ute books of the Tor ies , the

s igning away of the d e m o ­

crat ic rights of the working

c l a s s — u n t i l today when it is

il legal to fight to D E F E N D

your standard of l iving.

Inflation? W e haven't

seen anything yet. W h e n the

Financia l T i m e s talks about

this being a per iod of Pre-

We imar inflation it means

that prices wi l l not just go

through the c e i l i n g — b u t

through the roof and into

interstellar overdr ive? Re­

member the one mark Ger­

man stamps overstamped one

mil l ion m a r k s ? — T h a t was in ­

flation dur ing the perod of

the We imar Republ ic of the

early 30s.

That the working c lass

wi l l fight to defend its rights

and living standards neither

the Tor i e s nor the Y S S S

have any doubt. Whether it

wins that struggle or not de ­

pends on the leadership of

the working c lass . W h e n we

are talking about this c o n ­

flict we are talking about the

question of power, of owner­

ship of the factories and fin­

ance houses, and the sole

way that the working c lass

can avoid the crushing de ­

feat of f a sc i sm is to take the

p o w e r — t o nationalise all the

major industries and banks

under workers ' control and

without compensat ion .

P laced against the back­

ground of the e conomic cr i s ­

is and the present prepara­

tions of the ruling c l a s s —

does not campaign ing with

petitions for higher grants

seem somewhat inadequate?

Except of course unless one

needs to learn through prac­

tice that petitions lead on l y

to full waste paper baskets

in the D E S and rent strikes

to fines or being sent down ,

per iod.

But is that not the lesson

of last year 's grants c a m ­

paign and the lesson of all

protest pol i t ics be they in

the T r a d e or Student Un ions ,

in this p e r i od—tha t re form­

ism leads to defeat, and that

a new, revolutionary, leader­

ship has to be built to fight

to take the working c lass to

power.

T h e n it fol lows that for

those in the broad left and

their adherents, to now

launch a campa ign to win

students to pol ic ies and

methods of struggle which

have been proved I N P R A C ­

T I C E to be incapable of w in ­

ning anythng except a fur­

ther cut in o u r grants,

constitutes a most enormous

betrayal o f t h e interests of

s t u d e n t s a n d t h e working

c l a s s .

T h i s i s n o t t o s a y t h a t i t

i s a b e t r a y a l t o f i gh t for

h i g h t e r g r a n t s , s i m p i y t h a t

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

i n t h e c o n t e x t o f a f i gh t to

b r i n g d o w n t h i s G o v e r n m e n t

and r e p l a c e it w i t h a l a b o u r

g o v e r n m e n t p l e d g e d t o s o c ­

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

t h a t w e w i n w e w i l l b e u n ­

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

£ 2 0 w e r e c e i v e d f o r this

y e a r , w i l l b e d e s t r o y e d by

i n f l a t i o n . F u r t h e r m o r e that

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

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

pare and o r g a n i s e .

T o finish w i t h t h e words

o f Horace : C a r p e d i em, for

t h e longer w e d a l l y — t h e

more our Brit ish junta is pre­

paring to crush o u r British

A l l endes .

E d i t o r

Medical A i d for Vietnam by A las ta i r H a y

The war in Indo C h i na , a l though it currently re­

ceives l ittle news coverage, is far f r om over. It is

reported that there are over 100 bombing missions a

day by the Saigon forces and that the number of

po l i t i ca l prisoners has increased f r om 200,000 to

300,000 i n the past few months. These are only two

of the violat ions of the Paris Peace Agreements. The

importance of the Agreements is recognised i n the

fo l lowing statement f rom M a d a m e Nguyen T h i B i n h ,

Minister of Fore ign Af fairs of the Prov is iona l Revo lu ­

t ionary Government of the Repub l i c of South V ie t ­

nam ( P R G ) in a letter to the Med i ca l A i d Committee

for V i e tnam, wrote:

" W e ardently wish that the sol idarity and the

precious support of your people w i l l continue, and

strengthen us in our struggle to ensure the strict

implementation by the U S A and the Saigon adminis­

trat ion of the Agreement signed, to acknowledge the

role o f the P R G , the genuine representative of the

people of South V i e tnam, to help hea l the wounds

of war to bu i l d up the l iberated zones and to support

the pol i t ica l struggle of the people of South V i e t n a m

for the right to sel f-determination."

Branson P. C l a r k , Execut ive Secretary of the

A m e r i c a n Fr iends Service Commit tee (a Quake r or­

ganisation) hav ing just returned f rom a week in N o r t h

V i e tnam, bad this to say: " T h e Vietnamese are pre­

pared for the possibi l i ty of renewed U.S. bombing on

their country. B u t at the same t ime they are l i teral ly

bu i ld ing homes, schools and publ ic bui ldings w i th

their bare hands in a n atmosphere of opt imist ic re­

construct ion. "

The whole story of destruction of V i e t n a m is not

yet known, but we have some details. Nea r l y s ix

mi l l i on square metres of housing completely destroy­

ed; 58 secondary and technical schools completely

destroyed; 2,867 pr imary schools completely

destroyed; agriculture was systerntaitioally destroyed.

B o m b i n g of the dams destroyed m a n y of the rice

fields; three-quarters of a l l chemica l plants were

destroyed; 80 per cent of the texti le and c loth ing

factories destroyed, three-quarters of the food i n ­

dustry destroyed. M i l l i o n s of square metres of ware­

houses, ho ld ing food and produce were reduced to

rubble.

W i t h the destruction of over 650 hospitals, recon­

struction of hospitals is special pr ior i ty .

The M e d i c a l A i d Commit tee for V i e t n a m

(M .A .C .U . ) sends med ica l supplies to the L i b e ra ­

t ion R e d Cross of South V i e t n a m and to the V i e t n a m

Red Cross for use in N o r t h V i e tnam, Laos and C a m ­

bodia. D r . Nguyen V a n T i n , V i ce -Min i s t e r of H e a l t h

of the D . R . V . N . and President of the V i e t n a m R e d

Cross i n a letter to M . A . C . U . acknowledges their

importance: " Y o u r a id and your expressions of sup­

port dur ing the war, as i n the in i t i a l phase of the

restoration of peace i n V i e tnam, touch us deeply and

give us great encouragement i n ou r struggle to safe­

guard our independence. In spite o f the b lockade

and the intensive bombardment by the U .S . A i r

Force, your consignments o f med ica l instruments

have arr ived at their destination . . . "

A l l the evidence avai lable indicates that the level

of destruction in C a m b o d i a is equal ly as that docu­

mented for V i e tnam. It w i l l be many years betore the

People of Indo C h i n a are able t o rebui ld Ithdr coun­

tries, and mainta in a lasting peace. M . A C " ' have

been assisting the Vietnamese for eight years and

hope to p lay a positive role i n the reconstruction

of N o r t h V i e t n a m and ithe l iberated areas of South

V i e tnam, Laos and Cambod i a . Together w i th other

European committees M . A . C . U . supplies urgent drugs

for the treatment and prevention of ma lar ia , tuber-

losis, cholera, po l io , measles, plague, and v i tamin

deficiency diseases. Surgical equipment, 500 dental

packs and 200 mobi l e hospi ta l units are the latest

items wh i ch have been requested. The surgical equip­

ment and dental packs have already been sent, and

125 hospital units w i l l be sent shortly. E a c h hospi ta l

unit costing £1,000 each and conta in ing over 1,000

instruments w i l l enable a team of six medica l per­

sonnel to treat people at vi l lage and commune level.

Together w i th ithe medica l supplies M . A . C . U . is

restocking hospi ta l and medica l l ibraries w i th the rele­

vant journals a n d textbooks. 20 tons o f l iterature,

worth approx. £30,000 has been sent this year. M e d i ­

ca l slides for the teaching of the basic medica l sciences

are also i n preparat ion-^four types i n Ana tomy ,

morb id anatomy, Physio logy and Midw i f e ry have a l ­

ready been sent.

The M e d i c a l A i d Commit tee relies for its w o r k o n

financial contr ibutions, for ind iv idua ls and groups,

street collections and ' R a g ' sponsoring. W i t h 'V ie t ­

nam ' rapidly becoming an issue of the past i t is

c ruc ia l to in fo rm people that the danger is not over.

M . A . C . U . workers wou ld be delighted to speak at

meetings and discuss their activit ies w i th any i n d i ­

viduals interested i n the reconstruction of Indo C h i n a .

F o r in format ion contact:

The M e d i c a l A i d Commit tee for V i e tnam,

P .O . B o x 100,

36 Wel l ington Street,

L o n d o n , W.C .2 .

C R U S Q i - C X X J N 1'KY

c o n t d . f r o m p a g e 7

Wednesday saw another

example of the chaos

which we seem to spread

wherever we go. Th i s t ime

it was a league race on

our own course at Peters­

ham. There were about

140 tak ing part and the

course was so cunningly

marked that the first ten

of .these went somewhat

wrong; i n fact a certain

Borough R o a d person,

who was at one stage

first, finished 37th because

of this. Some people

weren't very pleased.

Once again we were out

in force w i th four teams i n

a l l , finishing 6th of 12 i n

the 1st d iv is ion, and 7th,

14th and 19th of 24 in

d iv is ion 2. Besides those

who appeared on Satur­

day there were R. H a r ­

rington, W . Co l l ins , M i k e

Wel ford , Ash l ey Cooper

and R o b Madd i son , There

was some evidence of a

recurrence of our tradi­

t ional packing-at-the-back

wi th eight in the last 30.

F i rs t back was P a u l C la rke

at 29 th in 31m 03 fol low­

ed by R o b A l l i s o n (34th)

in 31m 18. Dave Payne

(who demanded a men­

tion) was 69th in 33m 15,

and is doubtless bui ld ing

up for an attack on his

personal best of 29m 30.

Ian E l l i s and P h i l Mey ler

starred i n their first

league race at 59th equal

(almost) in 32m 39. A l s o

mak ing a successful . first

appearance was the H o n ­

orary Foo tba l l w i th its at­

tendant Officer.

Pad said I should find

something good to say

about h i m this t ime: we l l

. . . he finished . . .

U . J .

C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 4

bitterly hostile to us. B u t we do be­

lieve that we can give many left-wing­

ers hope — a realistic way forward for

bui ld ing a strong IC Un i on with left

policies, and support from the students

to make them work.

In the immediate future we hope to

fight for our views in the U n i o n , help

formulate policies for the Broad Left

both here and nationally and sell and

contribute to the B road Left Journa l

(on sale soon). In the long term we hope

to transform the union, w i th an active,

fighting, left leadership and more im­

portant an active, fighting, th inking,

rank and file!

Trevor Phi l l ips, Chem. 3. John Por­

ter, Me ta l lu r gy—P/G. Pau l Watk ins ,

Mech . Eng . P/G. J o h n Lane , Maths ,

P/G. Pam Mou l t , Bot II. Ruper t Har­

per, Mech . Eng . I. D o u g Farmer , Mech

III. R o b i n F incham, Ind. Sociology.

Les Dickens, Physics 3. John R. Thorn-

back, Chem. II. M i c k W i l l i ams , Chem.

Eng . P/6. A l f Perry, C i v . Eng . 3. H . a l -

M o h a m m e d . Mech . Eng . A . S. A l - Ta i e ,

Chem. Eng. M . M . Salek, Aero . C a l l u m

Thomas, Zoology. Pete Canne l l . Maths

M . C . Pennington, Bot 3. M a r t i n D ig -

weed, Bot 3. N u a l a Moore . Bot 3. A t t o

W a r d . Bot. 3. Chery l C . Cashman, Bot.

3. A . Gi l l ies Bot. 3.

STOIC Tuesday, 30th October,

1973

12.45 M y Cho ice

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News.

13.00 Start ing 'Point .

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P a u l Wadsworth.

I n t r o d u c e d by

G i v e Dewey.

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to I N T 3061 or

come to the studio

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F r iday , 2nd November ,

J973

12.45 M y Choice.

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News.

13.00 l .C .S . — Imperial

College Societies.

17.45 B B C Televis ion

News.

18.00 New Soundscape.

(Progressive Mus i c )

18.20 I.C.S. — Imper ia l

Col lege Societies.

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