EVERY FORTNIGHT

No.68 . I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E NOV. 1 2 ™ 1 9 5 4

GUYS AND D O L L S What a n i g h t ! Guy Fawkes Day a t H a r l i n g t o n

was one o f t h e n o i s i e s t , most cr o w d e d , y e t e n j o y ­a b l e C o l l e g e f u n o t i o n s most p e o p l e oan remember. E v e r y o n e seemed t o be t h e r e . A c o n s e r v a t i v e e s t i ­mate o f t h e numbers was 850. D u r i n g t h e f e w d a y s b e f o r e t h e 5 t h t i c k e t s were s o l d o u t t w i c e , a n d a t F r i d a y l u n c h - t i m e t h e queues f o r t h e Snack B a r and f o r Guy Fawkes t i o k e t s became g l o r i o u s l y m i n g l e d .

The a i r was s l i g h t l y f o g g y t h a t e v e n i n g and fumes f r o m f i r e w o r k s , b o n f i r e s a n d t h e b a r b e c u i n g p i g a l l m i n g l e d .

The o f f i c i a l f i r e w o r k d i s p l a y and b o n f i r e f o l l o w e d t h e u s u a l p a t t e r n , s u p p o r t e d o f c o u r s e b y many i n d i v i d u a l e f f o r t s . F E L I X i s s u r p r i s e d t o f i n d t h a t no-one h a s c l a i m e d t h e B i g g e s t Bang; j u d g i n g by t h e number o f a t t e m p t s h e a r d b e t w e e n 9.00 and 10.00 we r a t h e r ought t o g i v e a f r e e c o p y t o t h e p e o p l e who d i d n ' t t r y .

Mohody managed t o s h o o t down t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s b a l l o o n , n o t e v e n t h e u n o f f i c i a l R.C.S. f i r i n g s q u ad. They s t a t i o n e d t h e m s e l v e s i m m e d i a t e l y u n d e r n e a t h t h e b a l l o o n s and e v e n t h e n were o n l y a b l e t o s e v e r t n e s t r i n g s o f one bunch o f t h r e e .

The b a r b e c u e d p i g was w e l l and t r u l y c o o k e d . Mr. Mooney d e a l t w i t h t h i s w i t h o u t any p r e v i o u s e x p e r i e n c e ; p e r h a p s we s h a l l be h a v i n g mass b u r -beoues f o r l u n c h f r o m now on! The t a s t i e s t t i t - , b i t s were f o u n d i n t h e f i r e a f t e r w a r d s . E a t i n g ' tnem f r o m a g a r d e n f o r k j u s t a dded t o t h e g l a m o u r o f t h e e v e n i n g .

Tj.nai.Ty "the daTrelng p a r t o f t h e feBa±vi-t±«B; c o n s i d e r i n g t h e c r o w d s o f p e o p l e p r e s e n t n o body r e a l l y e x p e c t e d t o d a n c e . The r e c o r d s were w e l l s e l e c t e d ' and i t was good t o h e a r b o t h "The S a i n t s " and some good o l d s t o m p i n g D i x i e - l a n d m u s i c .

REFECTORY COMMITTEE The 1 1 8 t h M e e t i n g ' o f t h e R e f e c t o r y

C o m m i t t e e w a s . h e l d o n Monday, O c t o b e r 2 5 t h . A p a r t f r o m t h e r o u t i n e b u s i n e s s muoh was

d i s c u s s e d w h i c h s h o u l d be o f g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t t o t h e U n i o n . I n p a r t i c u l a r t h e q u e s t i o n o f o v e r - c r o w d i n g a t l u n c h h o u r s was b r o u g h t up .and d i s c u s s e d e x t e n s i v e l y . The g e n e r a l f e e l ­i n g was t h a t e v e r y t h i n g p o s s i b l e s h o u l d be 'done t o r e l i e v e t h e c o n g e s t i o n . To t h i s end1, t h e s u g g e s t i o n o f some s o r t o f s t a g g e r i n g o f l u n c h h o u r s w o u l d be r e f e r e d t o t h e B o a r d o f S t u d i e s .

The Wine L i s t h a s b e e n c o m p l e t e d a n d p r i n t e d and a f u l l c e l l a r i s b e i n & l a i d down.

Mr. N e a l e h a d p l e n t y o f t h i n g s t o s a y a b o u t t h a t i n s t i t u t i o n s o n e a r t o o u r h e a r t s , t h e B a r . I n p a r t i c u l a r , i n v i e w o f i t s i m m i n e n t move t o t e m p o r a r y q u a r t e r s and t h e n e c e s s a r y d e s i g n i n g o f new p r e m i s e s , he f e l t t h a t c u s t o m e r s s h o u l d have t h e c h o i c e o f , h i g h e r q u a l i t y g r a d e s o f b e e r .

I n c o n c l u s i o n t h e C o m m i t t e e a l l a g r e e d t h a t t h e R e f e c t o r y f i n a n c e s were now i n a v e r y happy s t a t e , due a l m o s t e n t i r e l y t o t h e e n d e a v o u r s o f Mr. Mooney. He was t o be c o n g r a t u l a t e d on h i s s u c c e s s , and i t . was e x p e c t e d t h a t t h i s y e a r t h e - f i n a n c i a l l o s s on t h e R e f e c t o r y w o u l d be c o m p l e t e l y e l i m i n a t e d .

C h r i s t m a s c l o s i n g f o r t h e R e f e c t o r y w i l l be f r o m Wednesday, December 22nd ( l u n c h ) t o Wednesday, December 2 9 t h ( b r e a k f a s t ) . '

1. BARBECUED PIG BEING SERVED.

2. THE (iUY CONSTRUCTORS( AND THEIR GUYS.

Our t h a n k s a r e due t o t n e o r g a n i s a t i o n b e h i n d t h e good f u n . T h i s i s how t h e work was s p l i t u p : -

Dance - E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C t t e e . D e c o r a t i o n - E n t e r t a i n m e n t s C t t e e . and SCC F i r e w o r k s — R u g g e r C l u b B a r b e c u e - Hookey C l u b B o n f i r e - S o c c e r C l u b H o t Dogs e t c . - SCC Guy - ICWA T r a n s p o r t and G e n e r a l A r r a n g e m e n t s - E x e c u t i v e

COMMEMORATION SERVICE

In place of the usual, ceremony on Commemora­tion Day, a service was held in memory of Sir Roderic H i l l , Rector of Imperial College from l e t . October, 1948, to 6th. Ootober, 1954.

The service was held in Holy Trinity Church, on the 28th, October, at 11 . 3 0 a.m.; there were no College lectures during the day.

This was the order of service:-

The Sentences Psalm XXIII Psalm CXXI Lesson - Ecclesiasticus 39, 1 - 11 "Praise Hy Soul, the King of Heaven". Address - The Dean of St. Paul's "The King of Love my Shepherd i s " "God be In my head".

The Choir for the service was formed from "•embers of I.C. choir.

L A T E NEWS

MORPHY RESULT t GUILDS won by one length MINES and R.C.S. very olose together, probably MINES

second.

2 F E L I X

P R O F I L E

ANDY LEVINE

THE TRACTION ENGINE

P e t e r L e w i s L e v i n e h a s b e e n known a s "Andy" e v e r s i n c e h i s s c h o o l d a y s , when some­one n o t i c e d h i s r e s e m b l a n c e t o t h e f i l m - s t a r Andy D e v i n e , and, t h o u g h f o r some y e a r s he u s e d t o t r y t o i n t r o d u c e h i m s e l f a s " P e t e r " s t i l l , i t n e v e r w o r k e d f o r l o n g and he h a s a l m o s t g i v e n up now.

Andy e n t e r e d t h e c h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t i n 1951 and, l a r g e l y on a r e p u t a ­t i o n f o r h a r d work b u i l t up i n h i s f i r s t two y e a r s , g a i n e d a f i r s t c l a s s h o n o u r s d e g r e e i n 1954. Those f i r s t two y e a r s were s p e n t i n c o m p a r a t i v e o b s c u r i t y b u t , a f t e r a c h a r a c t e r b u i l d i n g p r o c e s s i n c l u d i n g a t t e n d a n c e a t , v a r i o u s hops and c a r n i v a l s and a t r i p t o F i n ­l a n d i n t h e summer o f 1953, he e n t e r e d t h e G u i l d s U n i o n C o m m i t t e e a s C h a i r m a n o f t h e Chem. Eng. S o c . Thus h i s q u a l i t i e s o f p e r -s e v e r e n c e , good s e n s e and good humour were b r o u g h t s u f f i c i e n t l y t o p u b l i c n o t i c e f o r h i s e l e c t i o n a s C. and G. P r e s i d e n t , a t t h e r e m a r k a b l y e a r l y age o f 20, l a s t summer.

W h i l e he was s t i l l a t s c h o o l a l l i n t e r e s t i n s p o r t was q u e n c h e d , so he t e l l s me, when he was f o r c e d t o go on a c r o s s - c o u n t r y r u n , i n J a n u a r y , w h i o h i n v o l v e d c r o s s i n g a p a r t i ­a l l y f r o z e n r i v e r ; b u t he d i d p l a y c r i c k e t f o r t h e L i n k s C l u b a g a i n s t t h e Chaps C l u b l a s t y e a r and c l a i m s t o h a v e t a k e n a w i c k e t , t h o u g h nobody remembers v e r y c l e a r l y . A l s o he h a s r e c e n t l y t r i e d t o g i v e swimming l e s s o n s on t h e 3rd f l o o r o f "tne u x d H o u s e i , b u t t h e s e l a p s e d t h r o u g h l a c k o f t h e r i g h t s o r t o f s u p p o r t .

A p a r t f r o m U n i o n a f f a i r s and work ( h e w i l l be s t a r t i n g r e s e a r c h i n Chem. T e c h . any t i m e now) h i s m a i n i n t e r e s t s are f l y i n g and women. H i s i s one o f t h e , b e s t known f a c e s i n xne U n i v e r s i t y A i r S q u a d r o n e d h i s f a v ­o u r i t e t o p i c o f c o n v e r s a t i o n i s aeropj.an.es. As f o r t h e s e c o n d i n t e r e s t - he h a s a s k e d me t o s a y n o t h i n g , a s some o f t h e i n t e r e s t e d p a r t i e s a r e c e r t a i n t o r e a d t h i s .

I f Andy c a n n o t be f o u n d i n room 36 ( O l d H o s t e l ) , Chem. T e c h . , t h e I . C . U n i o n O f f i c e o r t h e b a r , he i s p r o b a b l y i n a G u i l d s U n i o n Committee M e e t i n g . He may a l s o be s e e n a t n e a r l y a l l t h e B a l l s and C a r n i v a l s b u t r a r e l y v i s i t s a hop - u n l e s s he i s l o o k i n g f o r a new g i r l - f r i e n d , w h i c h i s q u i t e o f t e n a s he p r e f e r s to e s o o r t h i s l a d i e s t o t h e t h e a t r e o r c i n e m a , i f he t a k e s them o u t a t

N E W S F R O M T H E S . C . C .

The f i r s t m e e t i n g o f t h e S o c i a l C l u b s Commltte t o o k p l a c e on Monday 2 5 t h . O c t o b e r , i n t h e p l e a s ­a n t a tmosphere o f Committee Room A. Many w i s e coun­s e l l o r s and f a m i l i a r v o i c e s were m i s s e d , a n d t h e m e e t i n g must have been one o f t h e s h o r t e s t i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e Committee.

A f t e r d i s c u s s i n g a r e q u e s t f r o m t h e G l i d i n g C l u b f o r a t o u r g r a n t , f o r t r a v e l t o J u g o s l a v i a , where t h e I.C.G.C. w i s h e d t o be t h e f i r s t B r i t i s h g l i d e r s t o sweep t h e S e r b i a n s k i e s , t h e Committee p a s s e d on t o t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e and S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y C o n s t i t u t i o n s w h i c h were g i v e n a s e c o n d r e a d i n g and d u l y r a t i f i e d .

A f t e r a b r i e f d i s c u s s i o n as t o t h e m e r i t s and d e m e r i t s o f i t s own s t a n d i n g o r d e r s t h e Committee d e c i d e d t o h o l d t h e i r n e x t m e e t i n g i n D i n n e r J a c k e t s b e f o r e a t t e n d i n g t h e l a s t d i n n e r o f t e r m on Tuesday.December 14th.

The Mines' Union now has a steam t r a c t i o n engine. Though f i r s t mooted over a year ago t t • idea was considered s e r i o u s l y only during l a s t te* and a s u i t a b l e engine purchased a f o r t n i g h t ago. The question of a 'mascot' has been a hardy per-

- r a n i a l at Union meetings. Besides providing c e r --emonial transport f o r tha R.S.M. President and being a u s e f u l moral t r i b a l totem, an engine of t h i s type Is f e l t to be appropriate because of the strong l i n k s with the mining industry: at the turn of the century t r a c t i o n engines provided the nec--essary power f o r the opening-up of many remote mines. A c h i l d of the i n d u s t r i a l nineteenth century, the

t r a c t i o n engine has been l a r g e l y an English j r o d --uct. Machines were sent out from t h i s country to a l l parts of the world i n the 1880's and 1390's. Some, f o r use i n South America, were equipped r l t h conveyor b e l t s f o r feeding grass to the fire-box i n place of the more usual c o a l . The Science Museum l a s t year acquired a general

purpose engine of 1872. This early machine ha* no d i f f e r e n t i a l , the rear wheels being driven from the axle through stout s t e e l p i n s : to turn a cor--ner i t was necessary to stop, take out one of the d r i v i n g pins, and go round the corner with one wnsai anving. ine r e a l fun arose wnen i t oaae to a l i g n i n g the holes f o r the pin to be replaced. Engines f a l l i n t o one of three c l a s s e s : - (1) agr­

i c u l t u r a l engines, used f o r threshing, ploughing, and general haulage work; (2) showmen's engines, designed f o r d r i v i n g fairground machinery and ha u l i n g i t from one s i t e to another (these engines are always g a i l y painted, with burnished brasswork and dynamo f i t t e d on the smoke-box); and (3) road locomotives, used f o r road haulage. For t h i s l a s t type of work, John Fowler's of Leeds produced a standard model weighing 17 tons. At the other ex-- tsetse, many manufacturers produced engines of f i v e or s i x tons.

i The Mines' engine weighs 6 i tons loaded and was made i n 1919 by Avellng and Porter of Rochester ( a l l t h e i r engines carry the white Horse 'Invlcta' of Kent). I t has s o l i d rubber tyres which snould be a great advantage round London. B o i l e r pressure i s 200 l b / i n 2 . To stop i n a hurry the steam r e g u l ­a t o r i s s h i f t e d to apply steam to both sides of the p i s t o n s , thus e f f e c x i v e l y l o c k i n g them. Two speed gears are f i t t e d , the engine needing to be s t a t i o n a r y i n order to change. An endearing habit of steam contrivances that Interested spectators should be warned about i s 'priming'. When t h i s occurs, water that has accumulated i n the c y l i n d ­e r s i s suddenly shot up the chimney where i t p i c k s up l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s of soot before descend­i n g onto the surrounding observers. You have been warned I The Mines' Union intends to run the engine (she

i s as yet un-named; suggestions would be welcomed) to ceremonial functions such as Morphy Day, and a l s o to take p a r t i n some of the r a l l i e s that are held outside London. Although a r e l a t i v e youngster as regards both weight and age, her s i x tons should arouse a l i t t l e respect. I t i s NOT desired to f l ­aunt her as an aggressive and provoking means of attack on other colleges but use her rather as a sedate and respectable member of the Union. May she l o n g remain on amicable terms with Boanerges, even i f a t times there some f r i e n d l y r i v a l r y between them. Because of the upheaval of r e b u i l d i n g i n South

Kensington she i s to l i v e at Harlington f o r the present.

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Felix THE' NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE

E d i t o r s J.S. SEELEY C i r c u l a t i o n : 1°00

Most people who were at H a r l i n g t o n f o r t h i s year's November 5th. w i l l agree with us that i t was the b e s t organised Guy Fawkes n i g h t they oan remember. An I n t e r e s t i n g comparison oan be made with the a r t i c l e "November 5th. - The P a s t . " on page 5. I t seems as though w i t h the pronounce­ments of U.L. Senate, and of our own. A u t h o r i t i e s , that k i n d of November 5th. has gone. As l o n g as I.C., Union Executive oan organise evenings l i k e t h i s l a s t one at H a r l i n g t o n , nobody should be sorry,' exoept those i r r e s p o n s i b l e people who want to get themselves a r r e s t e d to complete an evening'a entertainment. No other C o l l e g e s attempted e i t h e r to crash i n on our b o n f i r e , or our Union b u i l d i n g s ; and as f a r as we know no I.C. men t r i e d to do the same to anyone else's b o n f i r e .

We oan c o n f i d e n t l y expect t h a t on f u t u r e occ­a s i o n s when, the Union r e q u i r e s r e a l l y good e n t e r ­tainment, i t w i l l be provided by our own Union o f f i c e r s and Executive. We would l i k e to extend our thanks to a l l those people who made Nov. 5th. , 1954 such a happy evening.

So i n e Mines have got t h e i r T r a c t i o n Engine a t l a s t . Long mac i t r o l l around Kensington. The Mines have a T r a c t i o n Engine, G u i l d s have Bo'. How about i t , R.C.S.? Su r e l y a spaoe -ship could be procured from somewhere. •

Next FELIX due on Nov. 26th. The i s s u e a f t e r that w i l l be a grand C h r i s t ­mas Number, the l a s t i s s u e t h i s term; get your c o n t r i b u t i o n s i n e a r l y .

FELIX i s rary pleased to announce the follow­i n g engagements, with congratulations.

Brynnle O r l f f a n - O l l l e n (R.C.S) to John Felton (ex R.C.S.)

Janet F l n d l a t e r (ex R.O.S.) to Tony Goodlngs (R.C.S.)

FELIX COMPETITION The FELIX Birthday danoe w i l l be held on Sat­

urday,Dec. 4th.,and w i l l be the f i r s t danoe to be put on i n I.C. Union t h i s Session. F u l l d e t a i l s w i l l follow i n the next i s s u e .

Two f r e e t i c k e t s w i l l be given to the best entry submitted i n our A d v e r t i s i n g Competition. The Object i s to design the best o r i g i n a l advertisement f o r a e l l l n g FELIX. Designs submitted can be'any shape,size or colour. Send YOUR entry to the Pub­l i c i t y Manager,whose Judgement i s f i n a l .

PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS

W i l l anyone playing C l a r i n e t , r i a n o or Bass and i n t e r e s t e d In Joining small modern amateur group contact A.Werner v i a the Union Rack?

WANTED - By person contemplating matrimony, to show Innumerable progeny, NOB. 32 (1952), 54, (1953), 62 and 64 (1954) of FELIX. Good p r i c e i n the bar f o r copies i n good condition.

-U.Gadsden, Room 101 (New Hostel) or Tech. Optics Dept. and usual o f f i c e s .

FOR SALE - Kodak Folding Brownie, Vlewfinder s l i g h t l y damaged. 30/- O.N.O.

- J.S.Seelay, thro' I.C.Rack.

V I E W P O I N T G O W N S

Why a l l t h i s f u s s a b o u t gowns? I f only those who w a n t e d to wear them, wore thern, t h e p u b l i c would a t l a s t know t h a t U n i v e r s i t y Students throng t h e s t r e e t s o f S o u t h K e n s i n g ­ton. Unfortunately i t seems v.e r e q u i r e some reason f o r wearing them. Many o f us have been so weighty i n our o p i n i o n s , o b s c u r i n g the simple reason f o r wearing a c a d e m i c c i r e s s . q u e s t i o n 1 u a o o n s ^ d e r » o n ° e a n d f o r a l l , t n e

We are, by d e f i n i t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y stud­ents and are t h e r e f o r e e n t i t l e d to wear gowns J n l i k e some other c o l l e g e s we are not, f o r ­t u n a t e l y , oompelled to wear them. Therefore, should we do so i t i s through our own w i l l and because we are proud to be s t u d e n t s of Imp e r i a l C o l l e g e . Make no mistake! I t oan be e a s i l y shown that we have every r i g h t to be most proud of everything concerning our p o s i t i o n as students of I.C.

F i r s t l y , of ourselves. By personal e f f o r t each one of us has earned the r i g h t to be c a l l e d a student of I.C. and a member of one of the g r e a t e s t U n i v e r s i t i e s i n the world. We work while we are hero, hard and with l o n g hours. A l l of us have to cope with s p e c i a l problems whioh a f f e c t our work.

Secondly, our own C o l l e g e . I n addition, to a deserved f i n e academic r e p u t a t i o n , i t has a Union. A Union, organised by our­selves, where we oan develop our p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t s and .which has made the word "Imperial" respected throughout the Clubs and S o c i e t i e s of our U n i v e r s i t y , and beyond.

We have every reason to show our p r i d e i n being students - and students of Imperial College.

A gown i s e a s i l y obtained, and i s r e l a ­t i v e l y cheap c o n s i d e r i n g i t i s hand-made. On, ileaving c o l l e g e I t may be s o l d to defray p a r t

i of the i n i t i a l cost. I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t h a t most students have t h e i r blue c o l l e g e b l a z e r s tailor-made. An ordinary b l a z e r of the same q u a l i t y (with I.C. badge) and a gown,oosts l e s s than a t a i l o r e d b l a z e r . A gown i s black and t h e r e f o r e seldom r e q u i r e s c l e a n i n g ! I t i s a l s o an e x c e l l e n t o v e r a l l , p i n a f o r e and I d u s t s h e e t - exoept where moving machinery i s I h e i n g used i n the Lab, when the gown should , Jbe taken o f f and hung on a peg. .

I t i s not regimentation, n e i t h e r i s i t snobbery to wear, of our own f r e e w i l l , a gown - i t i s our deserved p r i v i l e g e . L e t us use t h i s p r i v i l e g e w h i l s t we have the b r i e f opportunity.

K.K. Dent.

CASSANDRA SPEAKS AGAIN Cassandra i s glad that her l a s t a r t i c l e made

fewer enemies than usual. Let's see what thle one w i l l d o i -

Unlon Woman's Progress - Type Mo.2 The IflWArlan.

Advent. B r i l l i a n t career at good g i r l s ' school. Speech at Freshers' reception. A t t e n d Comment.Ball (partner arranged.) Survives r i r s t year. Success. Joins Dramatic Sooiety. D i s c i p l i n a r y o f f -- l o e r i n Hostel. Elected Secretary of ICIA. Surviv--es second year. Triumph. I.C.D.S. leading lady. Attends President* dinner (partner arranged.) F i r s t class degree and good research grant. Temptation. Vacation work on Continent. Returns noticeably glamourised. Discovers men. Mistaken f o r inhabitant of (J.A. Downfall. Appears i n R.C.S. Smoking Concert. Freq­uent p a r t i e s i n Old Hostel. Becomes habituee of CarnivalA- writes column i n FELIX. Ruin. Enters s o c i a l l i f e outside c o l l e g e . Ph.D. r e f e r r e d . Acquires M.A.(Oxon.). Departs i n Jaguar.

F.S. Cassandra w i l l be pleased to entertain to coffee anyone with an M.A.(Oxon.) and/or an XK120.

Cass andra.

I.C.Conearvatlve Society The Conservative group has now been reorganised as an o f f i c i a l c o l l e g e s o c i e t y . Forthcoming ev--ents Include the U.L.Cons.Aasn B a l l at ft.M.C.on Jiov 27th and Mock Parliament at U.C. on Dee.4th.

4 F E L I X

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The E d i t o r , FELIX I.C. Union.

Dear S i r , In your recant a r t i c l e on the Hops t h i s

tern you mention the unsuitable nature of the r e c ­ords f o r dancing. Could I add my plea f o r a better s e l e c t i o n of records. Most of the vocal num­bers have no discernable rhythm at a l l and are hence impossible to even attempt to dance to. Could we please have a few more s t r i c t tempo numbers, when perhaps fewer people would be seen s t r u g g l i n g to waltz or foxtrot to a quickstep tune.

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

I.G. HacBean.

Dear S i r , How many of us smiled s c o r n f u l l y when we

read the wording on our Guy Fawkes hop t i c k e t s ? But i n the shame of our ignorance we could not know that what seemed to us a c h i l d i s h s p e l l i n g error was Instead an adult subtlety of word, a nuance of meaning, that our guiding l i g h t , o u r Un--i o n . had thought f i t to reveal to us.

THEY d i d not need to seek the Shorter Oxford to know t h a t .

BUSS ( biiS),search.and d i a l . 1570 meant a k i s s .

From 7 p.m. these sweet greetings of the l i p s were to be free; and i n our hearts we ithanked) THEM f o r allowing us the chance, I f we were early, to capture Just-one wind blown buss before i t soared to Autumn's s t a r r y heavens.

I remain, S i r , your obedient servant

•A Humble Ignoramus'.

Royal School of Mines,

1st November 1954.

The E d i t o r , " F e l i x " .

Dear S i r ,

I must r e g i s t e r a strong p r o t e s t at the i n ­consistency i n the supply of the beef and yeast e x t r a c t , M-rm-t-( to the New Lounge Snack Bar. Whenever p o s s i b l e , my lunch-time d i e t c o n s i s t s of s i x or e i g h t sandwiches f i l l e d with t h i s precious f o o d s t u f f . I t i s on t h i s , and a d a i l y quota of blaok beer, that I depend f o r the energy and stamina t h a t i s r e q u i r e d f o r the strenous course f o r which the School of Mines i s noted.

A l a s , S i r , every three weeks or so, the sup­p l y of M-rm-t- i n the snack bar runs out and i t i s o f t e n a week before the stock i s r e p l e n i s h e d . I hope that through p u b l i c a t i o n i n your esteemed Journal, t h i s deplorable s t a t e of a f f a i r s i a r e c ­t i f i e d .

Yours f a i t h f u l l y

Ravenous J a c k .

45, E a r d l e y C r e s c e n t ,

L o n d o n , S.W. 5-

a s f r o m I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e .

To The E d i t o r o f " F e l i x " .

D e a r S i r ,

The r e c e n t a p p e a l i n y o u r c o l u m n s f o r r e s p o n ­s i b i l i t y i n t h e h a n d l i n g o f f i r e w o r k s a t H a r l i n g ­t o n p a s s e d by a l m o s t u n n o t i c e d .

May I , who h a d t h e d o u b t f u l h o n o u r o f b e i n g t h e f i r s t v i c t i m , s i n c e r e l y t h a n k t h o s e who h e l p e d me i n any way, p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e two g e n t l e m e n who e x t r a c t e d t h e s h r a p n e l f r o m my f o o t .

Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y ,

riylton B o o t h r o y d ( M a t h s . I l l )

Imperial College, Nov.7th.

Dear S i r , Despite overcrowding, the Guy Fawkes

celebrations passed o f f reasonably s u c c e s s f u l l y . However, I think that t h e i r organisation should be a l t e r e d f o r future years. I do not see why, Just because the function i s held at Harlington, the brunt of the work involved should be borne by o f f i c i a l s of the a t h l e t i c clubs, who already have t h e i r hands f u l l .

This year, f o r example, the Soccer Club had t h e i r 1st round cup match on Saturday, Nov.6th, and had arranged a p r a c t i c e match on the previous Wednesday. I t seems most u n f a i r that the o f f i c i a l s of the soccer club were burdened with the resp­o n s i b i l i t y of b u i l d i n g the f i r e -a very consid­e r a b l e task which they performed very well -during this* c r u c i a l period. In f a c t tha Captain had to miss nearly a l l the T r i a l Match which was consequently almost useless. The Rugger and Hock--ey o f f i c i a l s - also with Cup Matches approaching - were s i m i l a r l y obliged to carry out tasks

which could well have been performed by people with less r e s p o n s i b i l i t y already i n t h e i r hands.

I suggest that i n future the whole a f f a i r should be run by a Guy Fawkes committee which sho -uld c o n s i s t l a r g e l y of those people who other­wise contribute l i t t l e to the Union, but who a l --ways turn up to such functions as t h i s .

Even the c l e a r i n g up on Saturday morning was l e f t to about a dozen people, mostly aem--bers of the Rugger Club. When an attempt was made to persuade people to help with t h i s on the previous night, a profusion of absurd excuses was offered, of which the most abysmal was "work--ing"I

Whether the whole a f f a i r i s worth the very considerable expense which i t e n t a i l s , Just • to keep I.C.students o f f the London s t r e e t s , Is another problem. Personally I think the money Involved - aaid to be about a hundred pounds -could be put to a better purpose.

Yours s i n c e r e l y , A.Kitchener.

I.C. U n i o n .

3 0 t h O c t o b e r 1954

Dear S i r ,

On Road S a f e t y P o s t e r s we r e a d o f a r a c e of p e o p l e s o s i l l y t h a t we d o u b t t h e i r e x i s t e n c e .

The o t h e r day I met a c a r i n P r i n c e C o n s o r t Road, o r I s h o u l d s a y i t r a n i n t o me and t h r e w me o u t o f i t s way w i t h r e m a r k a b l e f o r c e a n d e f f i ­c i e n c y . I do n o t a d v i s e s t o p p i n g c a r s t h i s way, t h o u g h i t worked, t h e d r i v e r soon b e i n g b e s i d e me. I t i s n o t t h e most c o m f o r t a b l e way and v e r y humi­l i a t i n g .

When one f u l l y r e a l i s e s what a c l o t one has been, somebody u s u a l l y has to r u b i t i n t o b r i n g y o u down a peg and p u t t h e m s e l v e s up two. M i g h t I t h e r e f o r e t h a n k t h e d r i v e r , workmen and i n p a r t i ­c u l a r t h e s t a f f o f t h e New Lounge who h e l p e d me w i t h s m i l e s , sympathy and s t r o n g , sweet tea (no c h a r g e ) . N o t e v e n a s t u d e n t c u r s e d me and I t h i n k I l e a r n t my l e s s o n b e t t e r w i t h o u t i t , t h a n k s a g a i n t o them.

The m o r a l i s , I s u p p o s e , "Judge not" b u t I w r i t e b e c a u s e we o f t e n f o r g e t the kindness and h e l p f u l n e s s o f t h e R e f e c t o r y s t a f f , examples o f which,I have seen so o f t e n .

Yours etc.,

Robert B. Palmer.

Evening Dress AFT IO /6 Double

T H E E N G I N E E R S B A L L FRIDAY 26th NOVEMBER ' 8 jam. to 2 am.

5

NOV. 5™ - T H E PAST In these days of highly-organised Guy Fawkes

-Celebrations i t i s good to look back to a t i n e when a co n f l a g r a t i o n was only obtained i n the t e e t h of p o l i c e r e s i s t a n c e . Take 1949 f o r example. the f i r s t f i r e on the Albert Memorial steps was not a success. Though wood was being put on at a greater rate than i t s removal by the many p o l i c e on the scene, a f i r e ­work exploding i n the^ciddle of i t olew i t o u t . Two f i r e s were then s t a r t e d on e i t h e r side of a smoke screen, and -whilst the p o l i c e were putt i n g one out. the other th r i v e d u n t i l only the F i r e Brigade could deal with i t . This duly came, but r e t i r e d a f t e r a look, to await reinforcements. Ther followed an e x h i b i t i o n of pyrotechnics, burning Guys, and deep and muffled explosions that shook Albert v i s i b l y , the F i r e B r i ­gade returned, and a f t e r a pitched b a t t l e i n which a hose was nearly won f o r the Union, water was turned on to the crowd, and the f i r e put out. Dispossessed students then entered the main road and showed pas­s i v e resistance to the t r a f f i c , which had to be d i ­verted f o r two hours.

Result : Loss of 16 students and gain of umpteen helmets. The spot i s now commemorated by a chipped kerbstone on the upper roadwiy.

BO'

" B o a n e r g e s " - commonly known a s "3o" - i s t h e o f f i c i a l t r a n s p o r t o f G u i l d s ' P r e s i d e n t , and i s u s e d on a l l o c c a s i o n s w h e r e _ a t o w n c a r r i a g e i s r e q u i r e d - L o r d M a y o r ' s Day, M o r p h y Day, E n g i ­n e e r s ' Cup, F i e l d Cup, and so on. The c a r b e l o n g s t o G u i l d ' s U n i o n and t h e M o t o r C l u b a r e t r u s t e e s .

"30" i s a James and Browne c a r , b u i l t i n •Hammersmith i n 1902. 52 y e a r s o f m o t o r i n g and s t i l l g o i n g s t r o n g !

The c a r i s a h o r i z o n t a l p a r a l l e l t w i n o f 13hp ( a b o u t 2 l i t r e s ) . I t h a s a f o u r s p e e d g e a r b o x and f i n a l c h a i n d r i v e s t o t h e b a c k w h e e l . T u m b l e r c o i l s g i v e a t e r r i f i c s p a r k . T h e r e a r e b r a k e s i n t h e r e a r w n e e l s o n l y .

B r a k i n g i s g e n e r a l l y s u r p r i s i n g l y good, b u t l a s t week one b r a k e r o d b r o k e when p u l l i n g u p , f o r a p o l i c e m a n , b e h i n d a c a r t h a t s t o n p e d s h a r p l y . Bo d i d n o t s t o p !

T h i s i s n o t t h e f i r s t B o . B o a n e r g e s I was a s i n g l e c y l i n d e r R o v e r made i n 1905. When t h e RAC t i g h t e n e d up on t h e 3 r i g h t o n Run r u l e s i n 1933, e l i m i n a t i n g a l l c a r s b u i l t a f t e r 1904, Bo I was s o l d and Bo I I a c q u i r e d i n h i s p l a o e t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r .

Bo I I came f r o m a b l a c k s m i t h i n S h r o p s h i r e . He went o n a l l t h e B r i g h t o n r u n s up t o t h e war, and e v e r y one s i n c e . He came o u t f r o m h i s w a r t i m e r e t i r e m e n t i n 1946. On t h e B r i g h t o n Run o f 1949 he was d i s q u a l i f i e d f o r s p e e d i n g , a r r i v i n g t h e r e f i r s t ! L a s t y e a r Bo g o t t h e r e n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e r a i n . T h i s y e a r ' s r u n i s o n Sunday and Bo w i l l be t h e r e a s u s u a l .

I n 1939 Bo l a p p e d t h e m o u n t a i n LAH c i r c u i t a t B r o o k l a n d s a t 29 m.p.h. - i t i s n o t r e c o r d e d how f a r up t h e B y f l e e t b a n k i n g he went.

F i n a l l y , c o u l d someone t e l l me - what i s B o ' s sex? B o a n e r g e s - s o n - m a s c u l i n e . An o l d and r e v e r e d p o s s e s s i o n - f e m i n i n e . Or i n b e t w e e n -n e u t e r ?

COMING EVENTS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12th.

1.15P.m. I n Committee Room 'A1. I.C. RoVer Crew m e e t i n g .

5.15 p.m. i n Committee Room 'A 1. I.C. Cathollo S o c i e t y S t u d y Group.

5.15 p.m. I n B o t a n y L e c t u r e Theatre. Meeting o f M e t h o d i s t s i n I.C.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13th . A t Q.E.C. I.C. and Q.E.C. E n t e r t a i n m e n t s

Committees I n f o r m a l Dance. B a r , B a n d . R e f r e s h m e n t s I n c l u s i v e 2/-.

I.C. a n d B e d f o r d C o l l e g e J e w i s h S o c i e t i e s p r e s e n t a m i d - t e r m Dance a t H e r r l n g h a m H a l l , B e d f o r d C o l l e g e . B a n d , r e f r e s h m e n t s . Admission 3/-

, MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 5 t h . J.30 p.m. i n Brompton O r a t o r y . I.C. C a t h o l i c

S o c i e t y R o s a r y . . 1.15 p.m. I n B o t a n y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e . I.C.C.U.

Open M e e t i n g . Mr. G e o f f r e y B u l l : " C h r i s t i a n i t y i n C h i n a t o - d a y " . Sandwi j h e s o. s a l e . A l l welcome.

5.20 p.m. I.C. R o v e r Crew e v e n i n g meeting. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1 6th.'

6 p.m. a t B e v e r l d g e H a l l , S e n a t e House,U.L.U. D e b a t i n g S o c i e t y d e b a t e : "That t h i s House believes t h e l i n e must De drawn somewhere". P r o p o s e d by S t e p h e n P o t t e r and opposed by Kenneth Tynan. The d e b a t e w i l l be t e l e v i s e d .

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13th . 5.30 p.m. In C & G Room 15. Engineering Society:

"The R e - b u i l d i n g o f a C i t y " by J.Paton Watson, P l y m o u t h C i t y E n g i n e e r .

V.15 p.m. i n C & G C o u n c i l Room. I.C. Musical Society. E x c e r p t s f r o m Opera.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 9 t h . 1.15 p.m. i n Committee Room 'A1. F i r s t A.G.M.

1 o f the I.C. C o n s e r v a t i v e S o c i e t y . 5.15 p.m. i n Committee Room 'A'. I.C. Catholic

S o c i e t y . T a l k by Rev. J.J.Magulre,S.D.B.,on "Change o f P e r s o n a l i t y " ( d e a l i n g with t h e operation of l e u c o t o m y ) .

7.1C p.m. a t Richmond I c e R i n k . I.C. Ice Skating C l u b A r o s a M e e t i n g . T i c k e t s 2/-.

The s e a s o n ' s f i r s t C l u b Hop! I.C. Dancing Club I n f o r m a l Dance i n Queen A l e x a n d r a ' s House. 7.3O t o 11.30p.m. B a n d , b a r , n o v e l t i e s . p r i z e s . Tickets 2/-s l n g l e ; 3/6 d o u b l e .

MONDAY NOVEMBER 22nd. I.30 p.m. i n Brompton Oratory. I.C. C a t h o l i c

S o c i e t y R o s a r y . THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 5 t h .

1.15 p.m. i n C & G C o u n c i l Room. I.C. Musical S o c i e t y . G a r e t h M o r r i s ( f l u t e ) and Piano R e c i t a l .

5.30 p.m. i n C & G Room 15. Engineering Society: "The F l i g h t T e s t i n g o f A e r o E n g i n e s " by D.V.Flnch.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 6 t h . I.C. P h o t o g r a p h i c S o c l e t y e "Toning; Old and Maw

Methods",by T.P.Barling,F.R.M.S. Society try-out a f t e r d i n n e r .

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2 7 t h . London_Uni_vera 11v C o n s e r v a t i v e A s s o c i a t i o n

A n n u a l Ball,7 - 30 - 11.30 p.m.,at Q.M.C. . t i c k e t s f r o m A.Werner.

ADVANCE NOTICE

I.C. DRAM. SOC. PRESENT "THE WHITE SHEEP OF . THE FAMILY",by L.du GARDE PEACH & IAN HAY,at IQ.E.C. on DECEMBER 6th..7th.,8th.

A R T C L U a , AN ANNUAL EXHIBITION o f p a i n t i n g s ,

d r a w i n g s and s c u l p t u r e by members o f i m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , a r r a n g e d by t h e I . C . A r t C l u b , w i l l be h e l d f r o m 2 9 t h November t o 1 0 t h December d u r i n g c o l l e g e h o u r s i n C o m m i t t e e Room A, b y k i n d p e r m i s s i o n , o f t h e P r e s i d e n t and C o u n c i l o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n .

Works f o r e x h i b i t i o n must s u i t a b l y f r a m e d and l a b e l l e d , and - " " s l i v e r e d t o I . C . • U n i o n on F r i d a y , 2 b t h November w i t h t h e t i t l e o f t h e work and name o f t h e c o n t r i b u t o r on a l a b e l s u i t a b l y and s e c u r e l y a t t a c h e d ^ d u r i n g c o l l e g e h o u r s . Owing t o r e s t r i c t e d s p a c e , o n l y two w o r k s oan be a c c e p t e d f r o m e a c h e x h i b i t o r . I n t h e e v e n t o f t o o many w o r k s b e i n g s u b m i t t e d , t h e e x h i b i t i o n w i l l be a r r a n g e d i n two p a r t s . ***********************

An E x h i b i t i o n o f p a i n t i n g s b y D r . Hex Dadd and Mr. S. S o u n d r a n a y a g a i n i n t h e G a l l e r y o f A y r t o n H a l l h a s j u s t e n d e d . T h i s was a n e x c e l l e n t l i t t l e show o f two c o n t r a s t i n g s t y l e s , M r . S o u n d r a n a y a g a i n ' s p o r t r a i t s and p e n c i l s k e t c h e s were e s p e c i a ­l l y a d m i r e d ; w h i l e e v e r y o n e m a r v e l l e d a t t h e f e r t i l i t y o f D r . Dadd's i m a g i n a t i o n . Many o f h i s p a i n t i n g s r e c a l l e d s e v e r a l i l l u s t r a t i o n s and c a r t o o n s he drew f o r F E L I X a f e w y e a r s a g o .

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The I.C. 1st XI surmounted t h e i r second hurdle i n the U.L. Cup Competition at the expense of N.E.C. on Sat. 6th November. On a d u l l , miserable day, when the co n d i t i o n s were a l l against good f o o t b a l l the I.C. team proved them­sel v e s worthy winners with a score of 5 goals to 1.

The game began with the play q u i t e even on both sides with each team a t t a c k i n g vigourously, although I.C. looked the more l i k e l y to score. However, with the c o n d i t i o n very treacherous underfoot i t took some time f o r the teams to mas­t e r the d i f f i c u l t i e s . I.C. were the f i r s t to do so and a f t e r s e v e r a l near misses the home team took the l e a d with a goal scored by Hodge.

At h a l f - t i m e the score was s t i l l 1-0 but with more accurate shooting N.E.C. might have had to face a bigger d e f i c i t . I.C. were now i n the ascendancy and p l a y i n g as a team with every man doing h i s job very w e l l , and i t only seemed to be a matter of time before more goals would oome. But i n one of N.E.C.'a sporadic r a i d s on the I.C. goal the e q u a l i s e r came a f t e r a mix up amongst the I.C. defenders. This produced great conster­n a t i o n amongst the f o u r v a l i a n t supporters who had v i s i o n s of the pr e l i m i n a r y round when the r e s u l t was undecided u n t i l the l a s t few minutes.

The e q u a l i s i n g goal had an amazing e f f e c t on the I.C. team. They p u l l e d t h e i r socks up and goals then came at r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s u n t i l the end of the match. N.E.C. could not cope with a much f i t t e r and f a s t e r team and they f e l l t o piec e s , hodge cOmpleted'a nat u r i c x ana ureen a l s o added a goal whilst one of the N.E.C. de­fenders had the misfortune to put through h i s own goa l .

No-one has been s i n g l e d out f o r s p e c i a l men­t i o n ; t h i s was a case of eleven men p l a y i n g as a team.

Now f o r the next round.

SQUASH CLUB So f a r t h i s term the club have played f i v e

matches and, r a t h e r s u r p r i s i n g l y , have won a l l f i v e .

A f t e r l o s i n g three members from l a s t year's 1st team another l e a n season was expected. How­ever, with a f r e s h e r , B r a i t h w a i t e , p l a y i n g w e l l at No. 3» and a considerably improved Mark Abbott at 5> the prospects look somewhat b r i g h t e r .

The matches against I b i s and St. Edmund H a l l were both won by 3-2. I n the l a t t e r match Hart played b r i l l i a n t squash a g a i n s t the Oxford U n i ­v e r s i t y No. 2, narrowly l o s i n g i n the 5th game. Tom R i d l e y ' s V were a l s o beaten 3-2 i n a good matchr

The 2nd team have a l s o s t a r t e d the season w e l l by beating C.E.M. c o n v i n c i n g l y by 4 matches to 1. I n the. next match against L.S.E. S c o t t -White managed to beat h i s opponent by the odd po i n t i n the f i f t h game, a f t e r a magnificent s t r u g g l e , and so enabled I.C. to win by 3 games to 2.

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Since the last issue of Felix the Rugby Club has suffered one narrow defeat at the hands of Saracens Ex 1st but had two fai r l y comfortable wins in the preceding games.

The superiority of the I.C. backs over Borough Road and some fine goal kicking by Lewis enabled us to defeat them by 20pts to n i l , and on the following Saturday I.C. had no di f f i c u l t y in de­feating Rosslyn Park A by 25pts to n i l in a some­what scrappy game .

The following week, playing away to Saracens Ex 1st on a rain soaked pitch, the I.C. banks had most of the play while the balliremalned dry, and the forwards gained possession from the tight scrummages. The ball soon became extremely greasy however, and following a mishandle the opposition scored a break away try from the half way line which was unconverted. In the second half the play was dominated by the heavier and more experienced pack of the opposition, but despite this the I.C. defenoe held and there was no further score. Results. Wed.Oct 27th I.C. 20 - Borough Road 0 Sat.Oct 3©th I.C. 25 - Rosslyn Park A 0 Sat.Nov 6th I.C. 0 - Saracens Exist 3

CROSS COUNTRY CLUB.

I.C.v KING'S v R.M.A.SANDHURST. I n t h i s important f i x t u r e h e l d over the King's oourae a t Mitoham,I.C.were hoping to i n s p i r e pre-Championships confidence i n t h e i r team,but the r e s u l t was a d e c i s i v e win f o r King's.who scored 45 p o i n t s with I.C. and Sandhurst equal second (84 pts}

John Evans i n n i s f i r s t appearance r o r i.u.took t h i n g s easy and f i n i s h e d j o i n t f i r s t with T . 3 a i l e y but King's packed i n f o u r men before the I . C . t h i r d s t r i n g appeared.

The only excuse we oan o f f e r i s that seven of our team were a t H a r l i n g t o n the previous n i g h t .

OTHER MATCHES. Saturday 30th Oct. - A weakened I.C. f i r s t team

were plaoed second i n a three cornered match w i t h r

L l o y d s Bank over a 5fe m i l e course at Hayes (Kent) L l o y d s provided the i n d i v i d u a l winner,but Kent A.C by packing w e l l were worthy team v i c t o r s .

John Dearden (4th) was the f i r s t man home f o r I . e . Wednesday 27 t h Oot. - The f i r s t team beat L.S.E.

b' 3> pts.-45 p t s , over t h e 5i m i l e Richmond Park oi.-rse.T.Bailey (I.C.) was the i n d i v i d u a l winner w i t h a time o£ 28m-28 sees.

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