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EVERY

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C O S H S C A R E A T P U T N E Y A s c a n b e s e e n i n o u r s p o r t s r e p o r t s , a d o u b l e v i c t o r y f o r t h e 3 u i l d 3 w a s n o t t h e o n l y c a u s e o f

c e l e b r a t i o n o n t h e e v e n i n g o f N o v e m b e r 1 2 t h . On t h e s a m e a f t e r n o o n I . C . H o c k e y a n d R u g g e r C l u b s

w o n t h e i r f i r s t r o u n d t i e s i n U n i v e r s i t y C u p s , t h e l a t t e r w i t h t h e h a p p y s c o r e o f 2 2 t o n i l .

T h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y a t P u t n e y t h e U n i t e d

H o s p i t a l s ' R e g a t t a w a s a l s o i n p r o g r e s s , p r o v i d i n g

b o t h e x c e l l e n t a n d e n t e r t a i n i n g r o w i n g , a n d t h e

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

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

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

a p p r e c i a b l e f o r c e h a d r e t u r n e d a t f i v e o ' c l o c k .

E a r l i e r i n t h e w e e k , L o r d M a y o r ' s D a y s a w t h e

G - u i l d s a s s e m b l e d i n t h e c i t y . A t o n e t i m e t h e y

u r . k n o w i r . g l y p a s s e d w i t h i n y a r d s o f a l i g h t l y -

e s c o r t e d " R e g i n a l d " ( p r o p e r t y o f t h e S t r . .d U n i ­

v e r s i t y S c h o o l ) . O n t h a t M o n d a y F e l i x ' s f r a g i l e

p a p e r h e a d w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e U n i o n o f f i c e b y a

N o r t h a m p t o n s h i r e C o l l e g e o f R u b b e r T e c h n o l o g y .

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

n i n e t e e n l o n g h a i r s t h a t a r e F e l i x , we a r e n o t a b l e

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

M e e t i n g o f t h e L o r d M a y o r a n d t h e

P r e s i d e n t o f t h e G u i l d s , ' C h e a p s i d e , 1 9 5 ? ,

A b o a t - h o u s e r o o f e y e w i t n e s s , i n t e r v i e w e d h y

F E L I X , t e l l s :

" T h e c r u s h o f m a r c h i n g f e e t a c r o s s P u t n e y

b r i d g e h e r a l d e d t h e a r r i v a l o f R . C . S . , 1 0 0 s t r o n g ,

a r m e d w i t h b r o w n b a g s , a n d G u i l d s , 1 5 0 s t a l w a r t s

W i t h t h e S p a n n e r a n d B o . F i r s t m o v e b y G u i l d s ;

a b a r r i c a d e o f p l a n k s a c r o s s t h e t o w p a t h . T h e L a w

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

P u b l i c . Two p o l i c e m e n r i p p e d d o w n t h e b a r r i e r a n d

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

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

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

h a d g o n e d o w n .

T h e r e f o l l o w e d T H E S P E C T A C L E . A b r i c k T r a i l

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

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

i n g t h e r o a d s o u n a c c o u n t a b l y b l o c k e d , s t o p p e d .

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

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

w a s h e d a w a y i f t h e r i v e r f l o o d e d b e f o r e t h e r o a d

v/as o p e n a g a i n . T h e d r i v e r m a n a g e d t o g e t a w a y i n

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

M e a n w h i l e , f r o n t i e r p a t r o l s w e r e a l l o w i n g

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

Lav/ a r r i v e d , 6 o f i t , a n d , o f a l l p o s s i b l e c o u r ­

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

t h e y r e m o v e d t h e b r i c k s , w h i l e f l o u r y d u s t s e t t l e d

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

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

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

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

T o r e l i e v e t h i s p a i n f u l s i t u a t i o n , a n d a s a

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

p o l i c e c a r w i t h a b u c k e t o f w a t e r . H e d i s ­

a p p e a r e d , f o l l o w e d b y t h e b l u e s .

T h e r e w a s n o t r o u b l e w i t h t h e H o s p i t a l s

p e o p l e . I n d e e d a n y m i s b e h a v i o u r w a s o n o u r s i d e ,

f o r w e r e m o v e d t h e W e s t m i n s t e r f l a g f r o m t h e T h a m e s

b o a t h o u s e . I t i s u n d e r s t o o d t h a t i t w a s g i v e n

b a c k . "

a b o v e : a c c o m p l i c e s a f t e r t h e f a c t ,

b e l o w s t h e s c e n e o f t h e c r i m e .

F IRST A G A I N F E L I X i s i n f o r m e d t h a t A s s t . P r o f . A . S t e n h e n s o n h a s

b e e n e l e c t e d P r e s i d e n t o f U . L . H o c k e y . F E L I X i s n o t

s u r p r i s e d . He p r i n t e d t h i s same i n f o r m a t i o n i n 1 9 ^ 1

a n d w i t h d r e w i t l a t e r w i t h a n a p o l o g y . 'Ve now w i t h ­

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

a d a g e

"WHAT F E L I X PRINTS T O D A Y , LOUDON PERFORMS NEXT V E A R " ,

JACQUES ORCHESTRA

DEC 4 745 AT O.A.H.

2 FELIX

I t i s customary to ' P r o f i l e ' the R e t i r i n g E d i t o r o f

FELIX. A f t e r a l l , the E d i t o r , whi le i n o f f i c e , can

have cons iderab le in f l uence over the Union: h i s views

are as important as those o f most Union o f f i c e r s . Thus

i t comes about that Stephen H. Wearne (the H. i s s a i d t o

stand for Hobft) faces the o rdea l o f exposure by an u n ­

f l a t t e r i n g b iographer .

S. H . W. spent an unse t t l ed ea r l y l i f e at boarding

school and with r e l a t i o n s , developing a cons iderab le

degree o f independence and a d a p t a b i l i t y . Owning nowhere

as home, he chooses London as the only p lace where he i s

r e a l l y comfortable . Apprent iced at 16 to the De

H a v i l l a n d Schoo l , he l e f t a f t e r 7 months to become an

a r t i c l e d apprent ice t o a London f i r m . H i s factory ex­

per iences showed him some o f the f r u s t r a t i o n s o f 'shop

work, and gave h i s p o l i t i c s a t i l t from t h e i r r i g h t wing

p u b l i c school t endenc ies . He d i d part t ime studying at

a t e c h n i c a l c o l l e g e , from where he won a scho larsh ip to

Woolwich P o l y t e c h n i c , a f t e r having the unusual e x p e r i ­

ence o f be ing Union Sec re ta ry , and winding up a Union

at the end o f i t s emergency (war) f u l l - t i m e student

support . At Woolwich he rose to l s t C lass Honours by

way o f magazine E d i t o r , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , ( s inecure ) and

var ious s o c i a l c lub j obs . He wrote a radio s c r i p t for

Russian consumption t e l l i n g of the l i f e and prospects

o f an E n g l i s h t e c h n i c a l s tudent . T r ave l s i n F rance ,

Norway and Sweden produced a book o f remeniscences, u n ­

pub l i shed as y e t .

Back i n o f f i c e work, he found that h i s heart was i n

hyd r au l i c s so he got a Bursary to G u i l d s , and duly

obtained h i s D . I . C . He wrote a report f o r the t e c h n i ­

c a l p ress on h i s Spanish water power vac . work i n ' 5 1 ,

but denies having fu r ther ambit ion i n the s c i e n t i f i c

j o u r n a l i s t l i n e .

At I . C . , he d i d n ' t l i k e be ing a f r e she r , so he stayed

out o f t h i n g s u n t i l h i s eye was caught by a FELIX appeal

for l abour . He j o ined as a w r i t e r , and a p rod ig ious

volume o f work has s ince f a l l e n from h i s pen. H i s prose

i s " d i s t i n c t i v e and even unpo l i shed " according to h i s

own d e s c r i p t i o n , but he a l so uses h i s ea r l y draughtsman­

ship t r a i n i n g t o good account . Maps and head l ines are

often h i s work. For l i g h t a r t i c l e s he uses the

pseudonym "Imp", whi le h i s more ser ious work i s charac ­

t e r i s e d by a d i sp l ay o f semicolons; a hsb i t which the

new E d i t o r has caught from him.

I t was i n e v i t a b l e t h a t he should become E d i t o r ; and

at the beginning o f t h i s sess ion i t was n a t u r a l that he

should take the job a second t ime to organise the

wreckage o f the l a s t Board, a f t e r the disappearance of

the E d . E l e c t . He confesses to f i n d i n g FHLIX E d i t i n g

f r u s t r a t i n g ; there i s too much managing to be done;

not enough w r i t i n g and too much r o u t i n e .

He i s a keen boat-clubman. A f t e r 2 weeks as cox

(no prev ious experience) he was thrown out o f the

Gu i lds '51 Lowry crew, but t h i s year was i n i t and won.

Fond o f D e l i u s , Mozart , Brahms, Josh . White, and many

others ,he d i s l i k e s reading novels (Waste o f t i m e " ) ,

has an unuaual ly strong fear o f war, i s i n t e r e s t ed i n

most t h i n g s , i s very s e n s i t i v e to c r i t i c i s m , hates

f ace t ious a r t i c l e s ("they must be w i t t y or s ens ib l e " )

and has an abominable t a s t e i n puns. Un l ike the average

F e l i c i a n Boss , he doesn ' t want to wr i t e a p lay ( "there

are enough a l r e a d y " ) . On ' P r o f i l e s ' he says , with

c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s p r i g h t l i n e s s , "The subject should see i t

before i t i s p r i n t e d . "

H i s Boat Club Dinner account i n t h i s i ssue i s i n t e r ­

e s t i n g . He was seen, at tha t event , to be enjoying h im­

s e l f immensely and we view wi th deep susp i c i on any sug­

g e s t i on that he has not made the whole t h i n g up. Never­

t h e l e s s , we have no doubt tha t i t i s the most accurate

account ob ta inab l e , such i s our f a i t h i n him. � �S �

A�R

.

The Autumn Term meeting o f the Union Vacat ion Work

Committee was he ld on the 11th November. I t l a s t ed

i j - hours , spending most o f t h i s t ime i n d i scuss ions on

P u b l i c i t y , Insurance, standards o f f i r m s ' t r a i n i n g

programmes and complaints concerning students going

abroad. The meeting was attended by i t s f u l l member­

s h i p : Pro fessor Levy, the Chairman, and the eight other

sen ior members of the s t a f f represent ing the departments;

together w i th an F . B . I , r ep resenta t i ve for i ndus t r y ,

the two Union C o u n c i l student members, and the Secretary,

Mr. Newby. F i r s t the Annual Report t o the co l l e ge

Governing Body and I . C . Union C o u n c i l , and an abst ract

form o f i t for press r e l e a s e , were approved, and the

committee then rece ived r epo r t s o f va r i ous d e t a i l s o f

the I n t e r n a t i o n a l and home working of the scheme l a s t

year .

A r i s i n g from c e r t a i n acc idents to a few students , from

var ious c o u n t r i e s , abroad l a s t yea r , the costs and bene­

f i t s o f some Insurances were d i scussed . I t was agreed

to recommend s t r o n g l y , but not i n s i s t on , s i cknes s ,

i n d u s t r i a l and t r a v e l insurance to a l l students going

overseas . Since the major i ty o f students r e g i s t e r i n g

for next year had a l ready r e p l i e d , to a suggest ion made

t o each, tha t they were i n t e r e s t e d i n such cover , the

committee were happier about making t h i s a stronger p r o ­

p o s a l , than they were on how to meet one fur ther l i a b i l i t y :

the need f o r a fund to a s s i s t i n the expenses incur red

fo l l ow ing ser ious or f a t a l i l l n e s s o f the student abroad.

Such would not be covered by the reasonable premiums o f

the recommended insurance , and would cost much more to

cover . A p roposa l was the re fo re made tha t the Union, or

the committee, set up a fund for such (very rare ) cases ,

l e v y i n g a smal l sum, say 2/ - , from each student going

abroad, t o form the fund. The Union representat ives

agreed to put t h i s idea before the Union.

The massive d e t a i l o f the repor t - a copy o f which

i s i n the L i b r a r y - b o i l down to some i n t e r e s t i n g numbers:

a t o t a l o f 488 students went abroad from t h i s country last

summer, from 25 co l l eges and u n i v e r s i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g 119

from I . C . In exchange 602 came i n , B r i t a i n being one o f

the f i v e count r i e s o f the seventeen, tha t r ece ives more

students than they send out . The y e a r ' s t o t a l m u l t i ­

l a t e r a l exchanges t o t a l l e d 3493.

Near ly 80 reports by I . C . s tudents , o f t h e i r e xpe r i ­

ences abroad t h i s yea r , have now been eva luated, and these

i n d i c a t e tha t " the r e s u l t s s t i l l obtained are o f a very

h i g h l e v e l . "

T

T h i s y e a r ' s Boat Club Dinner was he ld two days a f t e r

Morphy Day, and i t was perhaps the fact that your r e ­

p o r t e r thus d i d not a r r i v e t i r e d from r ac ing and an a f t e r ­

noon 's beer tha t r e su l t ed i n h i s enjoying i t only i n par ts .

However i t was b e t t e r than l a s t y e a r ' s a l l - t i m e low i n

Refectory d inne r s : the meal was worth what the committee

pa id f o r i t

About 100 attended, i n c l u d i n g some 25 guests. Among

those w i th t h e i r p r i v a t e p i n o f beer - Bar b i t t e r only -

were the v i c t o r i o u s Gu i lds Morphy and Lowry crews. The

Capta in o f Thames R . C . , RR. Swatton, presented them w i th

t h e i r Cups and Pots ; and a l so the winners o f the c lub

smal l -boat competit ions w i th t h e i r cups :

T i z a r d Chal lenge Cup f o r Senior S c u l l s - R .G. Seaman

Webber Chal lenge Cup for J u n i o r S c u l l s - I .M. T i t chener

Lindsay Memorial Cup for Novice S c u l l s - A .R . Saunders

Wynne-Finch Cup for P a i r Oars -

J . P . Gibson & I .M. T i t chene r

The t oa s t t o "The Club"was proposed as u i u a l by

Char les Br i s tow. He r e f e r r ed to the f ine race g iven to

the Gu i lds by the Miie s, and he was g r ea t l y cheered i n

h i s p r a i s e f o r the stout e f f o r t s made by the two R . C . S .

crews against the odds. H i s t a l k l a s t ed the s u r p r i s ­

i n g l y snappy t ime of 22 minutes. The Cap ta in , P .D.R.

M a l t l e y , took up C h a r l e s ' o u t l i n e of the h i s t o r y and

aims of the Club concerning the past and present year .

H i s survey inc luded the l o s s o f the Walton Thames Cup,

but the r ega in o f the Sabin Tankard - which ghast ly

two -ga l l on (a capac i ty i t s so le v i r t u e ) t rophy was there

on the t a b l e .

The V i c e - C a p t a i n , Geoff Seaman, then proposed "xne

Thames Rowing C lub " - the f o s te r pa rents , taken so much

fo r granted by I . C . , who provide bar and t e a f a c i l i ­

t i e s for u s , and who i n exchange rece ive the worn-out

I . C . oarsmen when they leave c o l l e g e . "Swatt" i n

r ep l y had only four minutes vo ioe l e f t - from umpir ing

the races on Wednesday - and made a speech i n i t . One

would th ink tha t the Morphy Day behaviour o f I . C . ' s

supporters had never been n o t i c e d .

Pe te r GibBon, the Sec re ta ry , then proposed "The

Guests " , by short re ferences t o each o f them. Derek

Coomber i n rep ly made the popular speech o f the evening

w i th f o r m a l i t i e s p rope r l y s a id and jokes o f no content

we l l t o l d .

The company then r e t i r e d f o r the remaining hour i n

the bar . But the s ing-song was n o i s y . Perhaps

everyone f e l t they had to ca tch up i n the hour an even­

ing wasted on t a l k , and were t r y i n g to repeat the good

long even ing ' s vo i c e o f Wednesday. However, by tha t time

your correspondent and o the r , more s e n i o r , coxswains

present were beyond s t e e r i n g the course .

FELIX

Felix

T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E

EDITCRjA.R.BRAY CIRCULATION: 1250

We are deeply invo lved i n the General Studies l e c ­

t u r e s ; they are a great boon. But a r e a l danger l i e s

i n our pass i ve acceptance o f t h i s knowledge which i s

made a v a i l a b l e t o us . Dr . Jacques , who t a l k s every

week i n an i n c r e a s i n g l y overcrowded Gu i lds Counc i l Room

i s a l i v e t o the problem.

"Don ' t j u s t p l ay i t on the p i a n o , " he says. "P lay

i t on the oboe, the f i d d l e , the bassoon, anyth ing ,

soak yourse lves i n i t . "

T h i s formidable advice conta ins the essence of the

matter . The " t e l e v i s i o n s e t " a t t i t u d e i s f a r too

p reva l ent ; i t i s a s i gn o f decadence. The genera l

s tud ies l e c tu r e s are not a luxury ; they are necessary

t o an i n t e l l i g e n t and w e l l balanced out look .

R .C .S . seem to have been g u i l t y o f Contempt of

un ion . A f t e r o f f i c i a l l y a b o l i s h i n g the Morphy Day

Rag they went down t o Putney i n the u sua l s t y l e , though

the march down E x h i b i t i o n Road compared unfavourably w i th

prev ious e f f o r t s . There i s lamentable confusion over the

whole quest ion of Rags. Some sens ib l e proposals appear

on the l e t t e r s page: i t now remains for an I . C . Union

meeting to do something about i t .

Very r a r e l y do we r ece i ve comments about the a r t i c l e s

which appear i n FELIX. T h i s week there i s a complaint

about our U n i v e r s i t y Coverage: we w i l l t r y t o improve

t h i s i n fu ture . Another correspondent wr i tes about a

temporary lapse in to " a p p a l l i n g spacing and compos i t ion . "

Are tnere too many or too few humorous features? How

do you f e e l about Music C r i t i c i s m and L ib ra ry Reports?

Are there any s t a r t l i n g omissions or unnecessary i n c l u ­

s ions i n the coming events column? Please g ive us

some i dea , i n p r i v a t e l e t t e r s i f you dont want pub­

l i c a t i o n , o f what you Dre fe r . �E i g h t e e n m o n t h s a g o , t h e i n c r e a s e s i n p a p e r

a n d p r i n t i n g c o s t s o f F E L I X t h r e a t e n e d t o o v e r -

t i p t h e b a l a n c e o f p a y m e n t s a g a i n s t s a l e s i n c o m e ,

a n d s o t h e f i r s t F E L I X D a n c e w a s h e l d i n M a y ;

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

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

i s f a r p r e f e r a b l e t o d e p e n d e n c e o n a s u b s i d y f r o m

t h e U n i o n ; a n d t h a t t h e a l t e r n a t i v e m e t h o d o f

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

u n d e s i r a b l e ,

I t h a s b e e n d e c i d e d t h a i ; o u r T h i r d B i r t h d a y

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

We h o p e t h a t i t w i l l b e t h e c h a o t i c a f f a i r y o u

e x p e c t . The p rog ramme w i l l i n c l u d e a f i l m show

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

we s h a l l p r o d u c e a s p e c i a l 8 - p a g e C h r i s t m a s a n d

B i r t h d a y i s s u e , a t 3 d . L i g h t h e a r t e d c o n t r i b u t ­

i o n s a r e i n v i t e d . D a n c e t i c k e t s a r e 2/-.

S

F E L I X a n d u u r P r i n t e r w e l l o v e r s h o t t h e m ­

s e l v e s i n t h e e x p e r i m e n t s o f t h e l a s t i s s u e .

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

a F E L I X p r e p a r e d a s u s u a l w o u l d t a k e : t h e

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

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

i m n e r f e c t l y d o n e .

;fe a p o l o g i z e f o r o u r e n t h u s i a s m . S o m e

t r i a l s h a c i t o b e d o n e , a n d n o w we h o p e t h a t

F E L I X w i l l l e a r n t o u s e t h e n e w t o o l s t o a d ­

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

a r e t h a t t i m e t o p r o o f - r e a d h a s t o b e f o u n d

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

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

p r o c e s s . T h u s , i n t h i s ^ r e s e n t i s s u e , o n l y

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

n e w w a y .

ITSLIX Christmas Competit ion

A p r i n t a b l e l i m e r i c k , beg inning :

"There was a young lady o f Bude" , r e s u l t s t o appear i n the

next i s s u e . No p r i z e s , except Honour, as a l l the great

I . C . poets are expected to enter .

T

To d a t e two m e e t i n g s o f t h i s g r o u p have b e e n

h e l d and s u b s e q u e n t o n e s w i l l t a k e p l a c e on

T h u r s d a y l u n c h t i m e s a t 1 2 . 5 0 p . m . i n a C o m m i t t e e

Room.

The s u b j e c t s a l r e a d y d i s c u s s e d h a v e b e e n : -

t h e E c o n o m i c H i s t o r y o f t h e W o r l d , C o m m o d i t y P r o ­

d u c t i o n , a n d t h e e s s e n c e o f C a p i t a l i s t E x p l o i ­

t a t i o n .

T h e l i t e r a t u r e c u r r e n t l y b e i n g s t u d i e d i s

J o h n E a t o n ' s " P o l i t i c a l E c o n o m y . " A n y o n e i n t e r ­

e s t e d i n t h e s u b j e c t i s we lcome t o t h e m e e t i r - - ^

Viewpoint From t ime t o t ime F e l i x has pub l i shed l e t t e r s t o the

E d i t o r , A r t i c l e s , and even E d i t o r i a l s urg ing i t s readers

t o broaden t h e i r minds, en l i v en t h e i r i n t e l l e c t s and

cap t i va te c u l t u r e . A recent Viewpoint deplored the poss ­

i b i l i t y that c e r t a i n c lubs and s o c i e t i e s should d i e a

n a t u r a l we l l -mer i t ed long overdue death. Everywhere I

f i nd an enthusiasm for the expansion o f extra -mura l a c t i ­

v i t i e s , and for the encouragement o f a l i b e r a l educat ion.

What nonsense t h i s i s !

There i s always a b r i gh t s i d e , o f course . The Author ­

i t i e s do not want any broad-mindedness. Admittedly there

i s some such aim w i th our co l l e ge A u t h o r i t i e s , but l u c k i l y

they do not car ry much weight. The A u t h o r i t i e s that

n a t t e r , those that pay, agree unanimously w i th me. A

co l l ege should be , and ours i s , merely a posh name for a

po l y t echn i c . Both are i n s t i t u t i o n s accept ing people

of a c e r t a i n standard , i n s t r u c t i n g them, and t u r n i n g out

people o f a h igher standard. We are fortunate t o

belong to a mainly n o n - r e s i d e n t i a l co l l ege o f a main­

ly n o n - r e s i d e n t i a l U n i v e r s i t y , because we enjoy com­

pa r a t i v e immunity from corporate l i f e . We can bury

ourse lves i n our brown study f o r three years , without i t

being po s s i b l e t o b r i n g pressure against us and push us

out o f i t . P r a i s e be. You are not here t o l e a rn how

to l i v e , poor misguided misinformed f r e she r , as you w i l l

f ind out soon. You can l ea rn how to l i v e when you get

out i n to the wor ld , and you are earning your own l i v i n g ,

f o r then you w i l l have a much bet ter oppor tun i ty , and

much more t ime .

L u c k i l y many F e l i x readers are with me. A l l those

o f you who read the repor ts o f games and meetings merely

do so because you weren't t h e r e , and you don ' t know

anyone who was. I t i s to t h i s i n t e l l e c t u a l minor i ty

that I o f f e r my adv ice . Gather ye l a u r e l s wh i l s t ye

may.

.

I n Chem. T e c h . t h e name o f P r o f e s s o r W . A .

Bone i s l e g e n d a s t h e l a s t o f t h e o l d s c h o o l ,

w i t h a command o f l a n g u a g e and d i r e c t n e s s o f e x ­

p r e s s i o n n o t now a s s o c i a t e d w i t h P r o f e s s o r s . I n

1936 h i s p l a c e was t a k e n b y P r o f e s s o r A . C . E g e r -

t o n , and a g r e a t e r c o n t r a s t c o u l d n o t h a v e b e e n

f o u n d . S i n c e 1 9 3 6 , and i n s p i t e o f t h e wa r , t h e

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

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

A l f r e d , a s he i s now k n o w n . Now, i n h i s t u r n ,

he h a s r e t u r n e d t o g i v e p l a c e t o t h e new K i n g o f

Chem. T e c h . , P r o f e s s o r D . N e w i t t , a n o l d s t u d e n t

o f B o n i o .

A t t h e a n n u a l d i n n e r o f t h e Chem. E n g . S o c . ,

h e l d i n A y r t o n H a l l on t h e 1 4 t h , f a r e w e l l was

s a i d t o S i r A l f r e d . I t was a f a r e w e l l t e m p e r e d

w i t h p l e a s u r e h o w e v e r , a s he i s r e m a i n i n g a t I . C .

a s a P . G . and h o p e s t o do some more w o rk h i m s e l f ,

now he ha s h a n d e d o v e r t h e h e a v y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

b u r d e n . The e v e n i n g was n o t a b l e f o r t h e e x c e l l ­

e n c e o f t h e s p e e c h e s , b o t h s h o r t a n d l o n g , a n d

s u r p r i s e d many o f t h e p a s t s t u d e n t s who were p r e ­

s e n t . S i r A l f r e d h i m s e l f g ave a n a d d r e s s b e f o r e ­

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

r e m i n i s c e n c e . T h r o u g h h i s d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e

p e r s o n a l i t i e s o f s u c h men as N e r n s t and Ramsey

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

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

w i t h o n e ' s P r o f e s s o r w h i c h i s t o d a y a l l t o o r a r e .

A f t e r t h e d i n n e r t h e s p e e c h e s were many and

v a r i e d . I n d e e d s o w i d e was t h e s c o p e and so h i g h

t h e i n t e r e s t t h a t i t was a l m o s t p o s s i b l e t o f o r ­

g e t o n e ' s h u n g e r . C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r s we re e x h o r ­

t e d t o s t a n d on t h e i r own f e e t a n d s t o p b e i n g

a l m o s t a p o l o g e t i c a b o u t t h e i r e x i s t e n c e . I t was

s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e y had s u f f i c i e n t " n o u s " t o be

a b l e t o s e l e c t t h e i r own C u l t u r e when a n d whe re

t h e y l i k e d , b u t b y a l l means make l e c t u r e s c o m ­

p u l s o r y , e v e n f o r r e g i s t e r e d ' b r o w n b a g g e r s ' .

A n d i n l i g h t e r v e i n a n a p p e a l was made t h a t t h o s e

i n ' H i g h O f f i c e ' s h o u l d s p a r e a t h o u g h t f o r t h e

l e s s f o r t u n a t e , whose o n l y c o n s o l a t i o n was a

w a s p i s h l a n d l a d y . No s o f t hand t o s o o t h e t h e

t r o u b l e d b row - s a d i n d e e d t h e i r f a t e !

S u g g e s t e d r e m e d i e s f o r t h e l o n e l y s t u d e n t

we re e l a b o r a t e d a f t e r l e a v i n g t h e t a b l e a n d when

c l o s i n g t ime , came o l d f r i e n d s p a r t e d a f r e s h and

new f r i e n d s p a r t e d a s o l d . A n e v e n i n g t o be

r e m e m b e r e d .

HOLE I N YOUR

S H O E ? ^ THEN

A

D ••3 PUINCE

KEMPSON'S-44, Queen's Gate Mews;

4 F E L I X

U. L. DEBATES O n November 1 4 t h B a r b a r a C a s t l e , p r o p o s i n g

t h e M o t i o n - " t h a t t h e p r e s e n t l e v e l o f r ea rmament

c o n s t i t u t e s a d a n g e r t o W o r l d P e a c e " , s t a t e d t h a t

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

o r i g i n a n d t h a t t h e m o r a l c a s e f o r D e m o c r a c y , was

b e i n g n e g l e c t e d f o r t h e s a k e o f p o l i t i c a l e x p e ­

d i e n t s . M r . R u s s e l l , o p p o s i n g , r e p e a t e d t h e

u s u a l C o n s e r v a t i v e a r gument t h a t arms a r e a d e t e r ­

r e n t t o w a r a n d t h a t t h e U . S . S . R . i s t h e o n l y

t h r e a t t o p e a c e a t t h e moment . T h e r e w e r e l o u d

c h e e r s f r o m t h e s u p p o r t i n g b e n c h e s when he q u o t e d

M r . A r t h u r D e a k i n .

S p e e c h e s f r o m t h e f l o o r r a n g e d f r o m K o r e a t o

S . A f r i c a a n d b a c k t o C h i n a w i t h a s u r p r i s i n g l a c k

o f p o l i t i c a l b i a s . E v e n s o , one w o n d e r s w h e t h e r

t he M o t i o n w o u l d have b e e n c a r r i e d b y 8 4 - 2 7 v o t e s

i f t h e r e h a d n o t b e e n a C o n s e r v a t i v e d a n c e t h a t

n i g h t .

I. C . T R I A L D E B A T E No more t h a n 20 p e o p l e a t t e n d e d t h e d e b a t e ,

r u n on U . L . D e b a t i n g C up r u l e s , t h a t " T o b e o r n o t

t o b e i s n o t t h e q u e s t i o n , " Some o f t h e s p e e c h e s

we re d i f f i c u l t t o f o l l o w , o t h e r s l a c k e d h u m o u r ,

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

S p e a k e r s t e n d e d n o t t o a t t a c h , o r b u i l d o n ,

o t h e r s s p e e c h e s ; b u t t h i s s h o u l d b e c o r r e c t e d when

t h e n e w e r ' m e m b e r s g a i n e x p e r i e n c e .

R E C T O R A T C A M B R I D G E I n t r o d u c i n g t h e f i r s t o f t h e R e c t o r ' s s e r i e s

o f l e c t o r e s a t C a m b r i d g e , e n t i t l e d " Some Human

F a c t o r s i n W a r f a r e " , t h e M a s t e r o f T r i n i t y C o l l e g e

s a i d :

" S i r R o d e r i c H i l l i s n o t m e r e l y a n e x - A i r

C h i e f M a r s h a l , b u t a d i s t i n g u i s h e d e n g i n e e r .

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

w i t h w h i c h he h a s n o t b e e n c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d .

M o r e o v e r , he i s R e c t o r o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , w h i c h

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

s t u d y o f a p p l i e d s c i e n c e , a s w e l l a s p u r e s c i e n c e . "

I n h i s l e c t u r e t h e R e c t o r d r e w a t t e n t i o n t o

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

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

B a t t l e o f T r a f a l g a r t o i l l u s t r a t e h i s t h e m e , t h a t

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

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

I.C.W.A. COMPLIMENTED The Evening Standard,continuing i t s s p a s m o d i c

U n i v e r s i t y s e r i e s , l a s t w e e k p u b l i s h e d a p i c t u r e

o f e i g h t y o u n g l a d i e s , one o f whom was M i s s E . R .

T u r n b u l l , P r e s . I . C . W . A . T h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t remarked

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

, a " b l u e s t o c k i n g " woman s t u d e n t f r o m m o d e r n

U n i v e r s i t y l i f e .

f. B o b b y S o c k s " we re c e r t a i n l y more p o p u l a r a t

P u t n e y .

& to

Dear Sir,

There was much written in the last "Felix',

and much has been lately said in the college,

about the lack of I .C, . participation in organised

rags. The obvious solution to this problem is

the institution of an official rag committee. We

know that other col leges possess them and the neerrt'

for one in I . C . . i s self-evident.

I belivve that I speak for a large number of

others, as I know it was definitely intended to

raise the matter at the last Guilds' Union meeting,

had not time intervened. ^

Disorganised riots have their points, but I

am quite certain that organised rags achieve

better results and are usually more entertaining,

and we may be quite certain that without organ­

isation we shall not reach our proper position,

consistently at the head of University act ivit ies.

In any case it is time that some of the peace lov­

ing officials realised that they cannot prevent

rags by taking no part in them, and that by taking

a hand themselves, they may well guide the rags

away from some of the dreadful consequences they

seem to fear.

To organise a rag inafull union meeting would

be an awkward procedure, impossible in the time

available, and so I propose in open letter that

I.C. should have a full time, democratically elec­

ted rag committee, composed of enterprising, and

yet fairly responsible, individuals, for, if such

a thing ever existed in I.C.,,it died some years

back and not even its grave is now in evidence

{'unless some archaeologist would like to sort

about in our history in order to con found me).

Yours Faithfully ,

D. J. HIGSON

Si r ,

It is quite obvious from the general ,feeling

at the last I.C. Union Meeting etc. that the main

body of students within the union are tired of

being repressed annually by s u c c e s s i v e P r e s i d e n t s

on Guy Fawkes day, and are in favour of an I.C..

rag, on a well organised basis.

, 4 s one of your correspondents suggests, what

is wanted now is less talk and more action.

But unfortunately, we cannot have the one

without the other, so I suggest that, (next year

being Coronation year), a committee is immedi­

ately set up to examine the possibility of holding,

and the organisat ion of, a charity rag or a car­

nival through the streets of London, early in the

New Year. So that this venture should be fos­

tered from the top, the committee should be elected

by council from nominations posted on the union

board in the usual way. A rag of this type would

require thorough organisation so no time should be

lost.

If leadership had been forthcoming some weeks

prior to Guy Fawkes day, Harlington would have been

empty and I,C. would have been in their proper

place in the University Rag. As it was, nothing

futher was heard, after all the talk of the

meeting, and hundreds turned to Harlington for want

of something better.

Come on I.C., wake up and let's make 1953 a

really 'Imperial' year. D. INMAN.

Dear Sir,

In the last issue of 'Felix' we wre told

that College newspaers are to give more promi­

nence to U.L..activities • a very laudable inten­

tion and yet, in the same issue, there is not one

other mention of University of London, except on

the Sports page,

I cannot imagine that nothing worth report­

ing has occurred in the other Colleges during the

past fortnight, indeed a report on the two pre­

vious U.L. Debates was submitted but not pub­

lished, ostensibly due to lack of space, in spite

of a whole page beting devoted to sport each week.

At a time when the only solut ion to the grave

problems which beset the world is a resurgence of

critical and constructive thought in mankind, it

seems more than unfortunate that so much promi­

nence is given to those act ivit ies which directly

prevent this ren aissanc e .

Can it be that 'Felix' does not know what its

readers require, or does she copy her policy

directly from the commercial press, or is the

mentality of the students at Imperial College

really no higher than that of readers of the

cheap dailies?

Yours faithfully,

ROGER FISHES ( 2C)

Dear Sir,

The blood transfusion for student societies

announced in the last 'Felix' is likely to prove

to be of the wrong group, with the usual fatal

result. It i s not possible for the student so­

cieties to be part of the General Studies Scheme

as it new stands without their losing their iden­

tities. If they organise meetings with the help

of the college authorities in finding speakers

they are acting as middlemen instead of primary

pr oducers. In a General Studies lecture the con­

ditions are such that the audience is largely

passive; the shortness of the time, the size of

the audience participation which, I suggest,is

a very important feature of student society

meetings .

This difference in character between the

two types of meeting means that they must be kept

separate and some solution, such as starting at

9.30 every day, must be found to preserve both

of them.

Yours etc. ,

i.e.

Sir,

It is now over half a century since Guilds

last purchased a motor-car, (Boanerges 1901), and

we feel that it is time a more modern, yet equally

outstanding mascot is acquired.

We therefore regret the bargain recently

missed by the Motor Club - a B.R.M. would have

made a fitting successor to "Bo", having a

similar standard of reliability but less seating

capacity. A "Bo' body fitted to a B.R.M. chassis

wo uld have overcome this.

Failing this, we undestand that the Dockers '

Gold Daimler is now on the second-hand car market.

' Yours faithfully,

"WHITE ELEPHANTS'

FELIX

l + f UNION

T h 1 a p p a r e l m a y o f t p r o c l a i m t h e m a n , " bu t i t

s e e m s t o h a v e l i t t l e t o s a y a b o u t h i s p o e t r y .

C o n s e q u e n t l y v/e a r e t r e a t e d t o a c o m p r e h e n s i v e

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

1886 v i n t a g e d i t c h w a t e r g r e e n . I l o o k e d a t 20 o f

t h e m , a n d f o u n d t h a t o n l y S h a k e s p e a r e a n d M i l t o n

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

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

f a t e ( f i v e t i m e s i n 1951), a n d T . S . E l i o t h a s a

n u c l e u s o f f a n s . I t s o d d h o w t h e i n t e l l e c t u a d -

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

t a l l y i g n o r a n t o f t i m e - c o n q u e r i n g g i a n t s l i k e

S h e l l e y a n d P o p e .

K i p l i n g w a s a c o l o u r f u l w r i t e r . H i s " B a r r a c k

R o o m B a l l a d s " i s r e v e r e d b y t h e R e g u l a r A r m y : h e

m u s t b e t h e m o s t p o p u l a r p o e t e v e r . B u t b a d l u c k

w a s h i s l o t . H e w r o t e a b o u t " t h e w i d o w a t W i n d ­

s o r " , r e f e r r i n g t o a c e r t a i n l a d y a s " M i s s i s V i c -

t o r i e r " , a n d h e n e v e r b e c a m e P o e t L a u r e a t e . T h e n

h e d i e d two d a y s a f t e r G e o r g e V , a n d n o b o d y n o ­

t i c e d . S t i l l , M a u g h a m a n d E l i o t h a v e s t a r t e d

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

t u r e . A K i p l i n g d i s c i p l e , R o b e r t S e r v i c e i s r e ­

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

o f t h e m h a v e a w o n d e r f u l s e n s e o f r h y t h m : t h e y '

d o n t o f t e n r i s e t o t h e l e v e l o f p o e t r y , b u t

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

T h e r e s a b o o k o f v e r s e b y P r o f e s s o r A n d r a d e ,

i f y o u r e i n t e r e s t e d i n p o e t - s c i e n t i s t s , a n d a

s l i m v o l u m e o f H e n r y V I I I l o v e l e t t e r s i f y o u w a n t

a f e w t i p s . H o u s m a n a n d R u p e r t B r o o k e l i e u n d i s ­

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

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

W h e n y o u r w o r k g o e s w r o n g , o r w h e n y o u r e

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

d e r i n t o t h e l i b r a r y a n d r e a d a n e s s a y . T r y

R o b e r t L y n d o n c l e r g y m e n a n d u m b r e l l a s , o r H a r o l d

N i c h o l s o n o n t h e d i s c o v e r y o f s o m e o l d s t a m p s .

H e r e i s t h e f i n e s t t h i n g i n L i t e r a t u r e : p u r e

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

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

s t a n d a n d s t a r e . R e a d C h e s t e r t o n o n P e n n y D r e a d ­

f u l s , L a m b o n P o r k , B e l l o c , H a z l i t t ; t h e n a m e s

a r e l e g i o n . E s s a y s a r e n o t m e a n t t o b e t a k e n o u t .

N o b o d y r e a d s s t r a i g h t t h r o u g h a b o o k o f t h e m : y o u

j u s t s a v o u r o n e w h e n y o u f e e l l i k e i t : i n f a c t

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

t l e o f w h i s k e y . I f y o u l i k e i t n e a t y o u m i g h t t r y

B a c o n , b u t d o n t b e l e d i n t o t h i n k i n g t h a t h i s

c r y p t i c , c l o s e - s t r u n g e d i f i c e s o f r e m o r s e l e s s

l o g i c a r e t h e w o r k o f t h e m a n w e c a l l S h a k e s p e a r e .

B e t w e e n t h e h e i g h t s o f P a r a d i s e L o s t a n d t h e

d o u b t f u l l e v e l o f " M e r r y G e n t l e m e n , a B a c c h a n a ­

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

i n t h i s s e c t i o n o f o u r l i b r a r y ?

.

"The Inca o f Perusalem"

T h i s one-act p l ay was produced by the I . C . Dram. Soc.

for the U . L . One-act p lay F e s t i v a l . Shaw wrote the p l ay

dur ing the f i r s t War as a s a t i r e on the K a i s e r , who i s i t s

main cha rac t e r .

The prologue was very e f f e c t i v e and unusua l , ana the

Archdeacon's e x i t through the auditor ium was a su rp r i s e

to a l l .

In the p l ay i t s e l f , V a l e r i e Staoey was pe r f ec t as

t he t i m i d p r i nce s s and made the best o f h e r few minutes

on the stage. Jean Osborne as Ermyntrude had a l o t t o

say and she d i d i t very w e l l . But she had a l o t more t o

l i s t e n t o , and here she seemed merely t o be wa i t ing f o r

her cue in s t ead o f paying a t t e n t i o n t o the Inca . The

main p a r t , t h a t o f the Inca h i m s e l f , was p layed by N e i l

Blackmore w i th assurance. In p l aces he was too much at

ease and spoke more l i k e a r e t i r e d Co lone l than l i k e a

d i g n i f i e d Inca who takes h imse l f very s e r i o u s l y . Though

i t i s no r e f l e c t i o n on h i s a b i l i t y , i t must be s a id t h a t

he d i d not s u i t the p a r t , which needs a much more robust

person w i th a s t rong , c l e a r v o i c e .

The stage was l i t b r i g h t l y and evenly throughout,

thus handicapping the p l aye r s t o a c e r t a i n extent .

Shaw's stage d i r e c t i o n s , always complete, were fol lowed

f a i r l y c l o s e l y . Producer Adam Sobey i s t o be congra t ­

u l a t ed f o r t h i s and f o r the smooth flow o f the p l ay as a

whole. T h i s i s d i f f i c u l t i n a p l ay which has on ly two

main charac te r s w i th others peeping i n more or l e s s f o r

comic r e l i e f . D i f f i c u l t too i s ba l anc ing the f l a g r a n t l y

s i l l y p a r t s against two sober judgments the Inca passes

on the world and i t s d ip lomats . T h i s was executed

p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l , and the crowd which was laughing a

moment before sat and l i s t e n e d i n p in -d rop s i l e n c e t o

the two long speeches.

In a l l , i t was a worthjr f i rst e f f o r t t h i s year by

our Dram. S o c . , and we oan j u s t l y expect great t h i n g s from

them i n the fu ture .

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6 ^W3^1 u n i v e r s a l l y a c c e p t e d , i n t h i s c o u n t r v " . I . C . C h e m i s t r y l e c t u r e r .

SOC IAL

FR IDAY\ 2 8 T H NOVEMBER. F E L I X N o . 4 2 o n s a l e .

5 . 1 5 p . m . U . L . P h i l o s o p h i c a l S t u d y G r o u p . P r o f . A v e r

A y e r ( U . C . ) . w i l l s p e a k o n " S c i e n t i f i c m e t h o d i n

P h i l o s o p h y " a t t h e S c h o o l o f O r i e n t a l S t u d i e s .

5 . 3 0 p . m . T h e I . C . S k i C l u b a r e h o l d i n g a f r e e

f i l m show i n t h e M i n e s l e c t u r e t h e a t r e . A l l a r e

w e l c o m e .

6 . 0 0 p . m . U . L . U . A n i n t e r - v a r s i t y d e b a t e w i l l b e

h e l d i n t h e u n i o n A s s e m b l y H a l l . No f u r t h e r d e t a i l s

a r e a v a i l a b l e y e t .

6 . 0 0 p . m . T . C . M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b d e p a r t f o r

N o r t h W a l e s w e e k e n d . F u r t h e r d e t a i l s i n T . C . U .

SUNDAY, 3 0 T H NOVEMBER.

7 . 3 0 p . m . I . C . F i l m S o c . a r e s h o w i n g J a c o u e s ' " a t i s '

comedy " J o u r de F e t e " , a l s o " D e s i g n i n g f o r Women"

a n d " T h e n a t u r e o f P l a s t i c s " . N e w Louncre , I . C . U .

MONDAY, 1 S T DECEMBER.

F r o m t o d a v u n t i l F r i d a y a M a s s X - R a v w i l l b e h e l d

a t I . C . F u r t h e r d e t a i l s i n I . C . U .

1 . 1 5 p . m . I . C . C h r i s t i a n U n i o n . M r . L e i t h S a m u e l

w i l l s p e a k o n " I s f a i t h i n God a d e l u s i o n ? " i n t h e

B o t a n y l e c t u r e t h e a t r e .

5 . 1 5 p . m . A n I . C . S a i l i n g C l u b l e c t u r e w i l l b e

, g i v e n b y J C o n w a y - J o n e s o n " T r i m i n a l l d i r e c t i o n s ' 1

i n C o m m i t t e e Room ' A ' ,

TUESDAY , 2ND DECEMBER.

5 . 3 0 p . m . T h e p r e s i d e n t i a l a d d r e s s o f t h e T . C .

R a i l w a y S o c . w i l l b e g i v e n i n Room l f i i , C & G , o n

' R a i l w a y C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g ' b y E . C . C o o k s o n .

THURSDAY, 4 T H DECEMBER.

1 . 1 5 p . m . I . C . M u s . S o c . L u n c h - h o u r r e c i t a l w i l l

c o n s i s t o f w o r k s f o r f i v e w i n d i n s t r u m e n t s b y

H i n d e m u t h a n d d ' l n d y .

7 . 4 5 p . m . T h e Xmas C o n c e r t o f t h e T . C . ' C h o i r a n d

t h e J a c q u e s O r c h e s t r a w i l l b e h e l d a t Q u e e n A l e x a n ­

d r a ' s H o u s e . Among t h e w o r k s a r e V a u g h a n W i l l i a m s '

" S e a S y m p h o n y " a n d C o r e l l i " C h r i s t m a s C o n c e r t o " .

T i c k e t s a r e 2/6 ft 3 / 6 .

SATURDAY, 6 T H DECEMBER.

8 . 0 0 p . m . F e l i x B i r t h d a y P a r t v a n d F i l m Show

SUNDAY, 7 T H DECEMBER.

I . C . M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b t r i p t o S t o n e F a r m O u t c r o p ,

E a s t G r i n s t e a d .

MONDAY, S T H DECEMBER.

5 . 1 5 p . m . I . C . S a i l i n g C l u b l e c t u r e o n " R u l e s ,

B o a r d o f T r a d e a n d R a c i n g " w i l l be d r i v en b y M r . J .

W h e a t e r o f t . P l a c e t o b e a n n o u n c e d .

WEDNESDAY, 1 0 T H DECEMBER.

7 . 3 0 p . m . T h e I . C . D r a m . S o c . p r o d u c t i o n o f " T h e

J e a l o u s W i f e " , a c omedy b y G e o r g e C o l m a n , ' w i l l *

t a k e p l a c e n i g h t l y a t t h i s t i m e u n t i l D e c . 1 3 t h .

See a d v e r t i s e m e n t i n t h i s i s s u e o f F E L I X .

I . C . R a i l w a y S o c . V i s i t t o B e c k t o n Gas W o r k s . See

n o t i c e i n I . C . U . f o r f u l l e r d e t a i l s .

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 1 T H .

I . C . M u s . S o c . L u n c h h o u r r e c i t a l - B a c h c a n t a t a

N o . 2 1 .

F E L I X Y

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n o t b e i n g a b l e t o " . L . S . E . L e c t u r e r .

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FOR S A L E • 2 6 " h i g h p r e s s u r e f r o n t w h e e l ( c h r o m i u m

p l a t e d s t e e l ) .

G o l d r i n g m a g n e t i c g r amophone p i c k - u p .

B o t h i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n .

O f f e r s ? B . R . i i d w a r d s , R . C . . ! .

SUNNY FURNISHED FRONT ROOM i n Queens Gate Ter race to LET

from l s t . December. In second f l oo r f l a t , and wi th ba lcony.

Rent £2.12.6, i n c l u s i v e o f l i g h t i n g , h ea t i ng , baths , and

use o f k i tchen, evening and morning. Phone WEStern 8414.

W i l l t h e p e r s o n who t o o k t h e O l y m p i c b e r e t

b e l o n g i n g t o t h e Thames R o w i n g C l u b b o a t m a n on

M o r p h y Day p l e a s e r e t u r n i t t o t h e C a p t a i n o f

t h e B o a t C l u b a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e a s i t h a s g r e a t

s e n t i m e n t a l v a l u e (Ho r e p r i s a l s ) .

W i l l t h e owner o f the Black Singer behind Gu i l d s

p lease oontact B .L .Fenou lhet (R .S .M. Met .3 ) .

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U . L . C U P l s t . ROUND: I . C . - 22 p t s . U . C . - 0 p t s .

The game a t H a r l i n g t o n on November 1 2 t h . was n o t

one o f t h e h a r d , n a r r o w l y - d e c i d e d c o n t e s t s w h i c h a r e u s u a l

i n t h e Cup c o m p e t i t i o n . I . C . we r e r a r e l y e x t e n d e d and won

a s c o m f o r t l y a s t h e s c o r e s u g g e s t s . The v i s i t i n g f o r w a r d s

we r e a n i n e f f e c t u a l c o m b i n a t i o n , so t h a t t h e c o l l e g e

a l m o s t m o n o p o l i s e d t h e b a l l f r o m t h e s c rums and l i n e - o u t e ,

and t h e s t r a i n on t h e U . C . d e f e n c e was t o o g r e a t . The

f i r s t b r e a k came when H y k i n c u t t h r o u g h d i a g o n a l l y on t h e

l e f t a n d f o u n d D a v i e s up in3 ide h i m f o r a s c o r i n g p a s s .

K n o x c o n v e r t e d t h i s t r y , and l a t e r k i c k e d a p e n a l t y g o a l .

F u r t h e r t r i e s were added a r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s by Ho l raan ,

D a v i e s , R o b i n s o n a n d C r o s s l e y , and one was c o n v e r t e d b y

K n o x .

The t h r e e q u a r t e r s c a n be c r i t i c i s e d f o r t o o o f t e n

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

r o l l i n g g r o u n d - k i c k s . T h e r e were a l s o some b a d o f d r o p p e d

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

o p p o n e n t s ; b u t t h e d e t e r m i n e d r u n n i n g o f H e a r n and Holraan

was a. good f e a t u r e . The f o r w a r d s a p p e a r e d d i s i n c l i n e d t o

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

-nuch more i n t e n s i v e b a c k i n g - u p , b o t h i n d e f e n c e and

a t t a c k , w i l l be needed i f we a r e t o r e t a i n t h e C u p .

RECENT RESULTS

N o v . l 2 t h . I . C . v U n i v e r s i t y C o l . Won 2 2 - 0

1 5 t h . v ¥/adham(0xon) Won 1 6 - 0

1 9 t h . v S t . M a r y ' s C o l . Won 13-6

2 2 n d . v R o s s l y n P a r k ' A ' Won 20 -3 �S

T h i s s e a s o n h a s s o f a r s h o w n a t a d h a r v e s t

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

i n e x p e r i e n c e . I n p r e v i o u s s e a s o n s we h a v e h a d a

l a r g e p e r c e n t a g e o f e x - s e r v i c e m e n , t h e m a j o r i t y

o f w h o m h a d a t t a i n e d c o n s i d e r a b l e ' c l u b '

e x p e r i e n c e . H o w e v e r , s o m e o f t h e f r e s h e r s a r e

s h o w i n g g r e a t p r o m i s e . n o t a b l y C o x , C u r t i s , a n d

B r o e k m a n ; t h e I s t . X I i s b e g i n n i n g t o s e t t l e

d o w n a n d we h o p e n o w t o e n j o y s o m e h a r d - f o u g h t

a n d c l o s e m a t c h e s .

T h i s s e a s o n we h a v e f o u r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y H o c k e y t e a m a n d t h e i r

a b s e n c e i s r e f l e c t e d i n t h e C l u b ' s r e c o r d s o

f a r . O f t h e t w e n t y - o n e m a t c h e s p l a y e d o n l y t w o

h a v e b e e n w o n a n d t w o d r a w n . H o w e v e r we h o p e

t h a t U . C . i s p o l i s h i n g t h e U . L . H o c k e y C u p f o r

u s a s we h a v e a v e r y g o o d c h a n c e o f w i n n i n g

i t w h e n t h e f o u r U n i v e r s i t y p l a y e r s h a v e a d d e d

t h e n e c e s s a r y ' z i p ' .

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

N o v e m b e r I 2 t h . a g a i n s t L o n d o n H o s p i t a l M e d i c a l

S c h o o l a n d a f t e r a r a t h e r s c r a p p y g a m e I . C .

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

a g a i n s t K i n g ' s a n d h a s b e e n b r o u g h t f o r w a r d t o

W e d n e s d a y , 2 6 t h . N o v e m b e r s o t h a t b o t h c o l l e g e s

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

T h e m i x e d t e a m h a s a g a i n h a d s o m e a m u s i n g

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

G o d s o n M o u n t O l y m p u s c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e

m e t e o r o l o g i c a l a s p e c t s . �S �

On a c o l d , we t and w i n d y November a f t e r n o o n t h e M i n e s

M o t l e y M i x t u r e s t r o v e m a n f u l l y t o t r y a n d p r o d u c e a g i a n t -

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

R . C . S . , t h e y we r e u n s u c c e s s f u l . W i t h o n l y t h r e e r e g u l a r

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

s p i r i t , p r o v i d e d p o o r o p p o s i t i o n f o r a t eam w h i c h i s a s ­

p i r i n g t o w i n t h e Cup f o r t h e 4 t h y e a r i n s u c c e s s i o n .

The s t r o n g w i n d p r o b a b l y u p s e t t h e M i n e r s who d i d n o t

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

R . C . S . we r e a l s o g u i l t y o f t h i s f a u l t a t t i m e s , b u t when

i t was c o r r e c t e d g o a l s f o l l o w e d n a t u r a l l y . J a c k s o n and Lowe we r e t h e s c o r e r s , t h e l a t t e r r e g i s t e r ­

i n g a h a t t r i c k .

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

i n t h e m a t c h e s a g a i n s t N . E . C . and F o s t e r ' s T r a n s f o r m e r

Company.

A g a i n s t N . E . C . t h e r e s u l t w a s i -

Swimraing, won by I . C . . . . . 24-14 p t s .

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