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Paper of Imperial College Union

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F r e e

ON A POINT OF

ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN

I'M BORED O L I V E R D O W S O N visits the N U S Emergency Conference on Grants.

The Grants issue is dead, at least unt i l the start of next year. Th is was the only

message to come out of the N U S Emergency Conference on Grants held at Imper­

i a l College in South Kensington on Saturday. Student leaders now have no clue of

what to do next.

The conference was not­

able among N U S confer­

ences for the poor qual i ty

of the speeches, the almost

total lack of organisation,

and the general confusion.

O f the 800 delegates and

observers, less than 400

stayed to witness the end

of the 48-amendment,

seven-hour debate. A n d

the usual cameraderie was

gone, too. Those that d id

stay rushed off home as

fast as they could after­

wards.

Suspicions

It was the general feel­

ing before the conference;

indeed, for many weeks

beforehand, that it would

be a complete waste of

time. The suspicions were

well-founded. Every sug­

gestion for new forms of

act ion — or. indeed, for

any action at a l l — was

crushed, leaving a sub­

stantive motion that serv­

ed only to reiterate po l i ­

cy agreed upon at the E x ­

eter Easter Nat i ona l Con ­

ference.

Campaign

Continues

In brief, the N U S has

now rejected the Govern­

ment's officer as inade­

quate, and have decided

to continue the campaign

in order to attempt to sec­

ure the demands at the

triennial review, which

happens next year.

The N U S has made es­

pecial demands for the

abol i t ion of discretionary

awards, on which no ac­

t ion was taken in this

yaer's interim award, and

married women students'

grants. The government

has already promised revi­

sion of married women's

grants next year.

Mass Action

Conference, hardly sur­

prisingly, is convinced

that mass action is the

only way to win a grant

increase, and the mot ion,

contained this gem under

the heading of 'Campa ign

Phi losophy. '

'Conference realises

that the foundation of ef­

fective mass action is the

commitment and under­

standing of the student

body. Conference is fully

aware of the magnitude of

the task of bui ld ing the

campaign from the start

of the academic year.

Conference envisages a

steady escalation of the

campaign dur ing the au­

tumn term as a consci­

ousness of the issues in­

volved is developed with­

in the student movement.

Conference recognises

that bui ld ing such a firm

base is an essential part

of a campaign that w i l l

have to be sustained

throughout the year."

The only problem

would seem to be that a l ­

though they are "aware

of the magnitude of the

p r ob l em" they have no

way of solving it. Rent

strikes are to continue

and be stepped up where

possible, and this is the

only action now envisag­

ed. One speaker warned

against " turn ing rent

strikes into a r e l i g i o n " —

but conference d id not

C O U N C I L D & D

Friday 22nd June 1973

7 for 7.30 p.m. Un i on B u i l d i n g B a r extension unt i l 3 a.m.

£2.25 Single

Everybody welcome (not just Counci l )

T I C K E T S F R O M H O N . S E C R E T A R Y I.C. U N I O N

heed his words. Mi l i tant

act ion, such as sit-ins. a

Nat i ona l Occupat ion

Week and other "unspec i ­

fied mil i tant a c t i o n " was

decided against by a

crushing majority.

Boring

But, assuming you

know what's happened

this year. I need hardly

continue. If you've been

reading the student press

this year you w i l l be as

bored wi th the grants

campaign as conference

was on Saturday.

Come December. M a r -

gale A n n u a l Conference

wi l l be upon us. Then

there should be some de­

cisions and some new

pol icy. It won't be in the

middle of exams, and de­

legates wi l l be in a con­

ference mood in fami l iar

surroundings. U n t i l then,

one can hardly expect the

campaign to get off the

ground — and by Decem­

ber (say January before

anything gets going) it w i l l

probably be too late.

Students of L o n d o n , if

you want a grant increase

for 1974/5, you'd better

lay your faith in the Gov ­

ernment. T h e N U S won't

do much for your cause.

Reds take

over IC Union

Building M a n y an old l . C . student w i l l turn in his grave this

summer. F r o m Ju ly 21st to 29th the Unin .

Bu i l d ing wi l l house some 300 left wingers discussing

the Marx i s t view of everything from Economics to A r t

and Design.

The students of the 5th Communis t University of

L o n d o n wi l l have two complementary aims.

F irst ly they wi l l work out their crit icisms of the pre­

va i l ing bourgeois th inking which, consciously or uncon­

sciously, underlies most academic teaching of every

subject in the Western world today.

Secondly, they wi l l regard M a r x i s m , not as a dry,

book-learned dogma from the past, but as a l i v ing

guide to act ion in the present day. They wi l l be discuss­

ing and developing M a r x i s m themselves.

Students of the Communis t University can attend: 1

Specialist Course f rom the fo l lowing: A r t and Design.

Economics , Educat ion History , L a w , Li terature, Phi los­

ophy, Science and Technology. Sociology or an " Intro­

ductory Course on M a r x i s m . "

Plus 1 Genera l Course f rom: Marx i s t Phi losophy.

'Marx is t Economics , The State and Class struggle, Im­

perial ism.

In addit ion there are lectures on The Marx i s t A p ­

proach to Phi losophy and History , The Marx i s t V i e w

of M a n , Br i t i sh R o a d to Socia l ism.

The course on Science and Technology should es­

pecial ly interest I.C. students few of whom w i l l have

heard a Marx i s t viewpoint on the controversies raging

in the scientific Wor l d . T o pick out just a few: "Science

in Advanced capital ist Society" " The Cris is of M a n and

the Env i ronment , " "Technology as a F o r m of Soc ia l

Con t ro l and D o m i n a t i o n " " M o n o d s , " crit ique of M a x -

i s m " in choice and necessity and " T h e Non-Neutra l i t y

of Science."

The left in Br i t a in have a very poor record for work­

ing out the theory that underlies their practice. The

A n n u a l Communis t University aims to change a l l that.

If you want to take part or want to know more contact:

Pau l Watk ins , 'Mech. Eng . P/G or John Lane , c/o I .C.

U n i o n Office, or write for a Prospectus to: B i l l Sweeney

16, K i n g Street, L o n d o n W C 2 E 8 H Y .

VERY

HAPPY

VACATION

from everyone at Felix

Page 2 F E L I X June 12th, 1973

NATIONWIDE STUDENT NEWS

Rent Strike Continues

at Reading

14 Students to be disc ipl ined

Despite set backs the rent strike st i l l

continues at Read ing . A l t h o u g h every­

body pa id their h a l l fees for last term,

about 1,400 are wi thhold ing rent for the

summer term.

T w o weeks ago the authorities at

Read ing wrote to the parents of a l l stu­

dents who had not pa id last term's h a i l

fees. The letter that ithey sent threatened

the parents w i th legal act ion i f the

money owing to the Univers i ty was not

pa id prompt ly . Since that letter was sent

a l l the money owing f r om last term has

been paid . In protest against the U n i ­

versity's act ion, wh ich the President of

the Un ion , M a r k C a n n , described as

mora l b lackma i l , an occupat ion was

started. However i t was discontinued o n

the first evening after the V i c e Chance l ­

l o r had entered the occupied bu i ld ing

w i th others, to see i f any of the people

tak ing part cou ld be identif ied. F o u r ­

teen people were identified and internal

d isc ip l inary act ion is to be taken against

them. The V i c e Chance l l o r himself is

to be judge, prosecutor and jury.

The students at Read ing are t ry ing to

delay the disc ip l inary hearings unt i l

after exams have finished on 12 June.

They are wr i t ing to the secretary of

the d isc ip l inary committee saying that

the V i c e Chance l l o r is too deeply i n ­

volved and commit ted on one side to be

an impar t ia l judge.

University regulations forb id a staff

member w i th knowledge of an incident

leading to disc ipl inary act ion to sit on

a. d isc ipl inary committee. T h e students'

un ion believes that the same should

apply to the V i c e Chance l lor . They feel

that someone else should be appointed.

If they are successful i n delaying the

hearings they hope to ho ld a nat ional

ra l ly in Read ing soon after 12 June.

They are sending out notices of this to

a'.l student unions.

Art Colleges

Campaign The Spring Bank Ho l i day weekend

saw act ion by art college students, pro­

testing at Government plans for art edu­

cat ion. The art students are opposed to

the Delaney Report , and to the raising

of the entry requirement for the D i p ­

l oma in A r t and Design to two A levels.

The Delaney Report , produced by the

local authori ty pool ing committee,

recommends a worsening of staff, stu­

dent ratios of, i n some cases, 50 per

cent. A cut of this size threatens both

students and staff i n art colleges. It

part icular ly threatens part t ime teaching

staff at art colleges. Art is ts often depend

on part time teaching. It is frequently

the only way they can eat and practice

their art at the same time.

T o draw publ ic attention to their

case that it is not relevant for art co l ­

leges to insist that students have two A

levels and that the Delaney Repor t

should not be implemented, various ac­

tivities were planned and carr ied out a l l

over the country.

Students at H a r r o w School of A r t

made a sculpture out of scrap metal

outside the H a r r o w c iv i c centre. A t

Chelsea Col lege of A r t and at Ma ids tone

students engaged in an a l l night work-

in . Petitions were delivered to loca l au ­

thorities by a l l manner of means, inc lud­

ing effigies of M r . Heath and 60 foot

dragons at Wolverhampton Polytechnic.

Portsmouth Polytechnic performed

st'-eet theatre in the town's shopping

c :ntre. Where students d id not use paper

as a base for their protest they painted

on the pavements.

Derby Col lege of A r t held a teach-in

on 9 June and the Art is ts ' Un i on plans

to hold a conference here at Imper ia l

Col lege on 23 June, preceded by a

demonstration f r om Hyde Pa rk Corner .

L o n d o n art college students are hoping

to be able to take a coffin into the

Nat i ona l Ga l l e ry this F r iday as a fur­

ther example of their feelings about the

Delaney Repor t and the two A level re­

quirement for the D i p A D .

Maidstone College of

Ar t Exhibi t ion F r o m 19 June to 1 J u l y the wal ls and

floors of the Institute of Contemporary

A r t w i l l be given over to the work of

students at Maidstone Col lege of A r t .

The I C A believes that the exhib i t ion of

paint ing and sculpture w i l l show the i m ­

mense diversity of the work going on at

Maidstone. It w i l l stress forc ib ly that a

pol icy wh i ch includes drast ic cuts i n

staff c an on ly result i n loss of qual i ty

and invention. Ma ids tone is one of the

colleges wh i ch wou ld suffer bad ly f r om

the Delaney recommendations. T h e I C A

hopes that the exhib i t ion w i l l be seen as

a fine example of what can be achieved,

and hopes that the D E S w i l l th ink again

before mak ing 'further cuts i n teaching

staff.

Alternative Education

at Garnett College Students at Garnett Col lege, dissatis-

field w i th the way i n w h i c h they are

taught, took over the college for a day

on 7 June. Garnet t trains students to be

teachers i n Colleges of Fur ther E d u c a ­

t ion and a Garnett student described the

college as "one of the more normal ly

apathetic colleges of educat ion" . A pro­

gramme of alternative lectures has been

devised covering such topics as free-

school ing, alternative systems of educa­

t ion and course content. A s we l l as lec­

tures and seminars pract ica l work­

shops w i l l be running throughout the

day. Departments of the college w i l l be

opening up to a l low students to try their

hands at things wh ich are normal ly not

included i n their course. There w i l l be

opportunities for scientists to attend a

music workshop and for musicians to

turn lathes.

M o r e news f r om Garnet t is that Buz z ,

the student newspaper, is going to merge

wi th the Roehampton V i l l age Vo i ce , a

local communi ty paper, on 1 June. The

union has approved the move. B u z z is

taking a four page spread and paying

for its product ion. Th i s merger should

help to integrate the students more

closely into the communi ty and involve

the loca l communi t y more closely w i th

the students. Th i s is thought to be the

first t ime that a communi ty paper has

merged w i th a student paper.

Invitations to South

Afr ica and Rhodesia

not to be withdrawn A b o u t 300 students demonstrated i n

Ed inburgh o n M o n d a y i n protest against

the attendance of delegates f rom South

A f r i c a and Rhodes ia at the congress o f

the Assoc ia t ion of Commonwea l th U n i ­

versities. .The demonstration was t imed

to coincide w i th a meeting of the court

of governors of Ed inburgh Univers i ty ,

wh i ch met to consider its response to

a petit ion signed by 2,500 people. The

petit ion asked for the invitations to

South A f r i c a n and Rhodes ian Univer ­

sities to be withdrawn. A t the end of

the meeting the court anounced that

they were not wi thdrawing their inv i ta­

tions.

The E d i n b u r g h students say that if

the invitations are not to be wi thdrawn

the A C U should find somewhere else to

hold their congress. Speakers, inc luding

D i gby Jacks , President of N U S , ad­

dressed the protesters.

No more Sabbaticals A work ing party of the Governors at

the C i t y of Leicester Col lege of E d u c a ­

t ion have refused to recommend the ap­

pointment of a fu l l t ime Deputy Presi­

dent. Three U n i o n Genera l Meetings

had taken the decision to elect a second

sabbatical officer and an Ext raord inary

U n i o n Mee t ing last week expressed its

disgust at the Governors ' decision. A

mot ion passed by an overwhelming ma­

jor i ty stated:

" T h i s U n i o n believes that this de­

cis ion is completely contrary to the i n ­

dependence of the U n i o n as stated i n

the Art ic les of Government . "

The U n i o n has decided to campaign

for a second sabbatical officer and is

hoping to be given five minutes speak­

ing rights on the subject at the N U S

Emergency Conference on 9 June.

T h e C o u n c i l of Senate at Cambr idge

have refused to give a sabbatical to any

officers other than the President of the

U n i o n . A meeting of the Cambr idge

Student U n i o n last week voted to go

ahead w i th elections anyway. The fin­

ance for another sabbatical officer w i l l

come f rom an extra 7^p a head on the

colleges' Cambr idge Student U n i o n con­

tr ibut ion. M i s s M u r r a y , Cambr idge

University 's next V i c e Chance l lor , is

strongly opposed to more than one sab­

bat ical officer. However, last term on

the representation committee she

strongly advocated three sabbatical offi­

cers. A petit ion is being organised ask­

ing her to expla in her two faced be­

haviour.

Censorship Protest at

Edinburgh

A loca l trade union branch i n E d i n ­

burgh has protested to the E d i n b u r g h

Univers i ty authorities about the exclu­

sion of an article on homosexual i ty f r om

the Bul l e t in , wh i ch is the Universi ty 's

official publ icat ion. The reason for its

exclusion was stated to be o n the

grounds that it was Hot a " n e u t r a l " ex­

posit ion of the subject.

The article was submitted by M i c h a e l

Cou lson , a member of the university

staff. A teach-in on homosexual i ty held

at the Univers i ty was the reason for the

article. The protest has been made by

the Ed inburgh branch of the Assoc ia ­

t ion of Univers i ty Teachers. They be­

lieve that to decline an art ic le on the

grounds that i t is not " n e u t r a l " is d i r ­

ectly counter to any idea of intel lectual

freedom. T h e A U T branch i n its sub­

mission to the Univers i ty Const i tut ion

and Structure Commit tee recommends

that " the way i n wh ich the editor ial

pol icy of the Bul l e t in is determined

should be reviewed."

Protests against

Portugal -

The D u k e of Ed inburgh , who flew

to Portugal on 5 June, was dogged last

week by demonstrators charging that the

tr ip marks Br i t i sh approva l for Por tu­

guese imper ia l ism. The protests are part

of the E n d the A l l i ance C a m p a i g n

launched on 1 M a y by the Commit tee

for Freedom i n Mozamb ique , A n g o l a

and Guine . A t the We lsh vi l lage of

Bryn Siecyn on 16 M a y about 50 stu­

dents harassed h i m when he arrived to

inspect the oyster beds, and handed h i m

a petition w i th 350 names protesting at

the L i s b o n visit. T h e y also staged a

gueri l la theatre piece on Portuguese op­

pression of its A f r i c an colonies.

In Scotland the fo l lowing day he was

picketed at an Ed inburgh c lub and later

at a Glasgow club. A t the Northsea hel i ­

copter base outside Aberdeen he was

also greeted by demonstrators. In L o n ­

don women's groups took up the picket­

ing at the Chelsea F lower Show.

The E n d the A l l i ance Campa i gn also

plans pickets outside the 21 Portuguese

consulates i n Br i t a in on 16 June, anni ­

versary of the all iance. The vice presi­

dent of F re l imo (Front for the l iberat ion

of Mozambique ) w i l l speak at a meet­

ing i n Cent ra l H a l l , Westminster, o n 20

June. A mass demonstrat ion w i l l be

held i n L o n d o n on 16 June when Por tu­

guese premier, Ma r c e l o Caetano, starts

an official visit to Br i t a in .

Pr inc ipa l Forbids

NUS Af f i l iat ion

The P r inc ipa l of Ket ter ing Techn ica l

College has refused to a l l ow the stud­

ents' union to affiliate to N U S . Susan

M i t che l l , President of the college un ion ,

sa id : " A t the moment the un ion gets

£400 a year grant for soc ia l functions.

B u t the Pr inc ipa l , M r . M c K i n e l y , has

threatened to stop this if we jo in N U S " .

Apparent l y M r . M c K i n l e y ' s objections

to N U S stem f rom his belief that N U S

is only concerned w i th polytechnics and

universities. H e does not believe that

its activities concern technical colleges

or further educat ion colleges.

Presumably M r . M c K i n l e y is not

aware that the focus of the N U S grants

campaign has been on discretionary

awards, wh i ch wou ld affect most of his

students. M r . M c K i n l e y said this morn ­

ing: " T h e students ta lked to me about

jo ining N U S . I to ld them to give me

a breakdown of the costs and benefits

and then I wou ld consider i t " . Presum­

ably M r . M c K i n l e y has come to the

conclusion that the costs wou ld out­

weigh the benefits to his students.

Joint Statement by

NUS and the A T C D E

Sabbatical Leave for Union Officers im

Colleges of Education.

A joint statement by the Assoc iat ion

of Teachers i n Colleges and Depart­

ments of Educa t i on has just been issued.

The subject i t covers is sabbat ical leave

for un ion officers in Colleges of E d u c a ­

tion. A previous joint statement by

A T C D E and N U S was agreed i n M a y

1967. A t the t ime i t was written no

president of a student union i n a college

of education had ever been granted sab­

bat ica l leave. The first such leave was

granted i n 1967/8 and has become more

common ever since. The statement by

the new work ing party fol lows the m a i n

principles la id down i n 1967, but be­

lieves that it is important to review pro­

cedures i n the light of the last five years*

experience.

In this five years the question has ar­

isen as to whether a college authori ty

can veto the appointment of a part icu lar

person to a sabbat ical office. The state­

ment insists that provided the correct

const i tut ional procedures have been

fol lowed the college authorities have no

right to interfere w i th a part icular ap­

pointment. T h e student's loca l author i ty

and the D E S must be in formed if a

sabbatical posit ion involves an interrup­

t ion of a course.

A student officer o n a sabbat ical year

must retain the status of a student sub­

ject to the same regulations as other

students. T h e joint wo rk ing party rec­

ommends that a f o rma l exchange of

letters should take place between the

college and the student officer elect so

that his status is clear and uncontra-

versial. It suggests that the sabbatical

officer should in his own interests m a i n ­

ta in some contact w i th his academic

studies, but that college authorit ies

should not lay down " f o rma l academic

commitments as a precondit ion for

granting sabbatical leave to student offi­

cers" .

The statement also mentions the i m ­

portance of adequate finance being pro­

vided if the student official is to be able

to carry out his job adequately. It be­

lieves that financial support should be

met f rom union funds to safeguard i n ­

dependence and should at the m i n i m u m

be equivalent to the student grant. B o t h

the college authori ty and the student

union should try to provide the best con­

dit ions it possibly can for student union

sabbat ical officers. The statement con­

cludes that " the contr ibut ion wh ich *

good student union president can make

to the relationship between the college

authorities and the student union is

inest imable."

J u n e 12th, 1973 F E L I X Page 3

President's Report on the year

AS PRESENTED TO ICUGM

7th JUNE, 1973

President's A n n u a l Repor t

T h e essential purpose of a student union must be to

defend and extend the rights, the standards of l i v ing

and education of its members. The social , cu l tura l and

athletic persuits of the Un ion as wel l as being very i m ­

portant in their own right br ing added strength and in­

volvement to the Un ion . But the standard against which

the Un i on must measure its success or fai lure is

whether it has tr ied to improve the lot of its members.

There is always a danger that the U n i o n w i l l work

wi th in the l imitat ions of the Col lege and end up wi th

its officers s imply assisting the Col lege administrat ion

i n its job. — which is not what we pay sabbatical offi­

cers for. Some minor reforms may be made but the

major problems facing students, the cont inual erosion

of our standard of l iv ing, the accommodat ion crisis,

etc., cannot be solved without going beyond the con­

fines of this College and challenging Government

pol icy. The po l i t i ca l impl icat ions have to be faced up

to.

The U n i o n must decide what is needed for its mem­

bers and then a im to involve them in whatever action

is necesary to w in the demands we are asking. The

grants issues has c la imed the greatest attention, and

quite r ightly so. The inadequacy of our grants is ex­

c lud ing many potential students f rom higher education,

part icular ly those f rom the work ing classes. It is caus­

ing increasing hardship amongst students, and makes

the financing of refectories and hal ls of residence

chaotic. I C Un i on , in spite of its not jo ining the

national rent strike — by a very narrow marg in—has

played a very active role with its own demonstration to

the D E S , jo ining the London demonstration of Febru­

ary 21st, the refectory boycotts, a bigger strike on

M a r c h 14th than J think anyone had thought possible,

and many thousands of leaflets distributed in the lo­

cality.

O f course, there have been weaknesses. The main

act iv ity has come from the left of the U n i o n , with a

few noticeable exceptions from the "modera te " wing.

Th i s natural ly weakens our efforts to involve very large

numbers of IC students.

i It was a Tory government in 1962 which considered

the undergraduate grant level to be a bare m i n i m u m .

A n y right-wing student who wishes to assist the present

To ry government in its glorious mission of solving the

problems of Cap i ta l i sm at our expense would do far

better to send their grant cheque to the London Rho ­

desia Company (Lonrho) than to hold the rest of us

back.

The concentration on grants has led to a num­

ber of spin-offs wi th in the college. I believe it con­

tributed to the freezing of hal l rents for next year. We

have gone some way towards freezing refectory prices

and la id the basis for a fight against any increases next

session. O n field course grants we have achieved an

improvement though whether a satisfactory one is not

quite clear. O n post-graduate demonstrating rates nego­

tiation is under way and the PG ' s themselves are getting

organised to win their c la im for £2 an hour. Aga in

ar is ing f rom the activ ity among P G ' s we have achieved

an insurance cover for A L L students in IC. Ano ther

important spin-off of the grants campaign is the in­

creased contact between the Un i on and the I C trade

unions and the Hammersmi th Trades Counc i l .

I n other ways it has been a depressing year. The

lack of a sabbatical President in the first term caused a

considerable lack of interest by some Un i on officers

and especially departmental reps. The number of elec­

tions, the non-viabi l i ty of Northside H a l l ; vandal ism

in the Un ion Bui ld ing a l l cast a shadow over us.

But I believe the smal l victories we have won,

should encourage us to fight for major victories both

in the Col lege and over the Government next session.

T o do this wi l l immensely strengthen the confidence

and support our members give the U n i o n . We have

made a start this year which must be built on.

See you on the floor of the U G M next year.

J O H N L A N E

Oliver Dowsorfs

Its' strange now to th ink back

and realise that, 28 issues of F e l i x

later, I've only been edit ing the

paper for nine months. Men t i on

of mine months tempts me to

plunge forth o n a discourse on

the growth of the foetus over that

time, and that Fe l i x is now ready

to be reborn, and trash l i ke that

. . . but I shall resist temptation.

1 think — and rather hope —

that F E L I X changed right f rom

the start. There was a new look

to it — not so much a glossy

newspaper-size magazine, more a

newspaper-sized newspaper, and

a considerable change i n empha­

sis on contents. Th i s year we have

printed three times as many

pages as in the previous record

year (1970/71). Cr i t i cs of what

they c la im to be " a total lack

of news i n F e l i x " may be sur­

prised to learn that news as a

percentage of copy carr ied is up

on last year f r om (rough estimates

only) 10% to 2 5 % and feature

articles and reviews are down

by a s imi lar amount. Yes , F E L I X

could carry more news — there's

lots that goes on that doesn't get

printed, and I've always been the

first to admit it — but unfortuna­

tely no one's ever to ld me about

it (or, better st i l l , written about

it) except on rare occasions. A n d

don't you dare te l l me that the

Fe l i x E d should K N O W what's

happening. One can't (for ex­

ample) keep try ing to f ind the

Vo l l e yba l l Cap ta in to f ind out

if there coach was struck by

l ightning on the Costa B r a v a last

week.

Thus , a plea. If you want more

news in Fe l i x next year (I th ink

next year's Ed i t o r is p lanning to

step it up anyway) you 'd best tell

h im about anything you hear of.

I hope you've enoyed reading

Fe l i x this year. I also hope that

you have some pract ical sugges­

tions for the future — and as

you ' l l discover on page — we're

offering five double tickets to

a West E n d c inema in return for

wri t ing and tel l ing us about them.

One temptation I 'm afraid it's

impossible to resist is to write a

post-mortem on the year. F o r it 's

been a most curious one, one in

which the credibi l i ty of I C U n i o n

has dropped more than ever be­

fore. Fortunate ly the constituent

college unions have not streng­

thened at the same time, or at

least not significantly.

The fundamental change is i n

the composi t ion of U n i o n meet­

ings. N o t only are there less

" commun ican t s " than ever be­

fore — nearly every meeting has

been on the verge of inquoracy (if

not completely inquorate) f rom

the start — those going to meet­

ings are of a different i lk . U G M ' s

might as well be re-named Socsoc

meetings. It's significant that the

latter's stopped ho ld ing meetings

of its own! Th i s has presumably

happened for two reasons. F i rs t l y ,

Socsoc have put in so many mo­

tions irrelevant to the b u l k of

the incumbent student body that

few can mainta in interest. Sec­

ondly, only Socsoc members (be­

cause of their interest in their

motions) can survive the petty

wafflings and methods of steering

the meetings adopted b y Messrs.

B lack and Jowitt .

Fortunately, the second prob­

lem should be solved next year,

since the regime then doesn't look

as if it has a s imi lar proport ion

of ego-trippers. If a l i t t le more

spice can be added to U G M ' s , the

first " p r o b l e m " (sorry to ca l l it

that, Socsoc, 'cos you've every

right to put up your motions)

won't need to be solved. Every

mot ion — wel l , A L M O S T every

motion — w i l l get chucked out

automatical ly.

The administrat ion has had

pretty severe problems . . . es­

pecial ly that of a lack of Presi­

dent for several months. Obv i ­

ously 1 must congratulate John

Lane on his work since then, but

unfortunately his efforts have

been almost exclusively devoted

to work on the Grants Campa i gn

and other nat ional campaigns, at

the expense of the coherence of

the members of the U n i o n . God

knows, he's tried to get them in ­

volved — he's the only one who

has, really — but, important issue

though it is, grants doesn't seem

to have won the hearts of the rank

and file. Basica l ly this college is

as wool ly-minded moderate as

ever, and the sheer mention of

polit ics just turns off most people

N o , I don't know what's going

to be done about it, but why not

try involv ing everyone i n some­

thing non-pol i t ica l ( l ike an I C U

swim in the Serpentine on the last

day of ithe Chr is tmas term?) and

sl ip i n a teaspgonful of the pol i ­

t i ca l e l ix i r when they're not look-

ins

I don't really think it matters

H O W people get involved, as long

as they do. Nex t year's hierarchy

have got themselves quite a job

as far as that's involved. I hope

that they don't ignore the task.

Qui te honestly, the best way I

can see of strengthening I C U n i o n

— and I've wanted to say this

for a long t ime, unfortunately

no one else ever does in print

or election manifestos — is to

abol ish the constituent college

unions. A relic of the — thank

heaven — long-since-gone days of

mascotry, they now serve no pur­

pose other than syphoning off en­

thusiasm and involvement into i r ­

relevances. Everything the C C U ' s

do — except fai l — a united I C U

can do better. Society is split

enough as it is without splitting

I C U society into miners, guilds-

men and rcsians.

Whoops! There is one thing the

C C U ' s seem to do better . . .

wel l , with more hi lar i ty . A n d

that is Un ion Meetings. But then,

surely I C U could institute the

occasional totally s i l ly un ion

meeting (don't tel l me, they're

al l si l ly anyway). Just think, if

you put together the tota l attend­

ance at three ind iv idua l C C U

Un i on Meetings and ca l l ed it an

I C U G M it would be nearly three

times quorate!

C a n Y O U honestly th ink of any

useful function that the C C U ' s

perform? Even their r i va l ry sys­

tem of rag collections doesn't

work — most other universities

(and none of them have a C C U

system), do far, far better. I C U

is probably now one of the

weakest student unions (bearing

in mind its size) in the country

— certainly in London — despite

having some of the best facilities

to draw on.

I don't think that the weakness

of I C U hinges on apathy. It's

the disease-ridden, consumptive

organisation that's at fault. I

hope something is done about it

next year. The year after W I L L

be too late.

O L I V E R D O W S O N

P.S. M y thanks to everyone

who has helped or crit ic ised me

dur ing the year, and especially

to a l l those who have encouraged

me sufficiently to last out the

year.

P.P.S. Have a very happy v a c —

I hope you get good egzam re­

sults, and that I ' l l see you back

in October.

P.P.P.S. 1 hope you're look ing

forward as much as I a m to see­

ing the next issue of Fe l ix on

October 2nd!

i

Page 4 F E L I X June 12th, 1973

GAY STUDENTS COME OUT T h i s a r t i c l e w i l l be read by some w h o are defi­

n i te ly gay, s o m e w h o are de f in i te ly not, and s o m e

w h o aren ' t sure . 1 can ' t write in a w a y that speaks

equa l l y to everyone , but I hope that gay people

read ing th is w i l l put up w i t h my answe r ing a f ew

c r i t i c i s m s first before c o m i n g to the ma in po int of

the ar t i c l e .

That word 'gay' puts me off straight away_. Why

can't you be honest and say 'homosexual'.' Or

'queer'?

The w o r d s don ' t mean the same th ings . ' Q u e e r ' is

derogatory , as in " y o u ' r e just a load of queers

r e a l l y " . I d o n t ' m i n d us ing ' h o m o s e x u a l ' , but it has

m e d i c a l or sc ient i f i c over tones to it, as in " H o m o ­

sexua l i t y in the ten-sp ined s t i c k l e b a c k " . The th ing

about each other . It sugges t s s ome th ing you can

ary th ing , that it is an ad jec t i ve not a noun so that

it d esc r i bes f ee l ings and re la t i onsh ips w i thou t put­

t ing people into boxes , and that it w a s c o i n e d by

homosexua l peop le themse l v es as a w a y of ta lk ing

about each other- It sugges ts s o m e t h i n g you can

enjoy rather than some th ing to wor ry about .

But it's not ordinary like you say. 'I've never met

a homosexual, and the ones you see sometimes in

the street have very peculiar mannerisms, they're

not ordinary at all. There can't be any to speak of

in I.C.

Y o u ' v e probab ly met lots of gay peop l e w i thou t

r ea l i s ing it. J7ew h o m o s e x u a l men choose to ta lk

l ike Larry G r a y s o n , a n d you probably have no aware­

ness of gay w o m e n at a l l . There are probab ly as

many gay s tudents in I.C. as anywhere e l s e . S o m e

conf ident and k n o w i n g where to go in London for

p leasure , s ome s i t t ing a lone every even ing desper­

ate ly lone ly ; s ome en joy ing s t eady af fairs, s ome

w h o can ' t a d m i t their f e e l ing to themse l v e s , let

a lone to anyone e lse . S o m e gu i l t i l y p u s h i n g t h e m ­

se lves into affairs w i t h the other sex, s o m e shy l y

and qu ie t l y in love w i t h the i r best f r i ends . There ' s

no d i s t i n g u i s h i n g mark of gay peop l e exept the i r

sexua l a n d emot i ona l need of their o w n sex .

If it's as common as you say, why don't I ever

see it?

B e c a u s e w e were brought up the same w a y as

everyone , to see homosexua l fee l ings as r i d i c u l o u s ,

in fer ior , shame fu l . A l t h o u g h w e f ind out how fa lse

th is v i e w is , w e are very aware of how preva lent

it i s , a n d w e h ide our f ee l ings so as not to be

laughed at and re jec ted. It's very easy to l ead a

doub l e l i fe and pass s t ra ight .

That's only sense. What's the point of your

soc i e t y then, won't it make you more laughed at?

If I were a homosexual, I'd keep it to myself.

One reason w h y gay peop le are d e s p i s e d is that

they are secre t i ve . Ano the r th ing is that peop l e

are ignorant about wha t we are l ike . A n d w e have

been too a f ra id to s tand up for ourse l ves . Each of

us has g rown up in a w o r l d very hos t i l e to our In­

nermost f ee l ings , and it is often w i t h great di f f iculty

and on ly after long bat t l ing w i th the gu i l t i n d u c e d

in us by parents , s c h o o l , c h u r c h and the m e d i c a l

p ro f ess ion that w e c ome as i n d i v i d u a l s to accep t

and enjoy your homosexua l i t y . S o m e of n o w want

to go further than that, to aot in a w a y that w i l l

m a k e it eas ier for future generat ions of gay peop le

to d i s cove r their sexua l i t y , and a l so to cha l l enge

the d i s c r i m i n a t i o n to w h i c h w e are s t i l l sub jec t .

T h i s is not some th ing w e c an do as i n d i v i d u a l s ;

the oppos i t i on of soc i e ty is too m a s s i v e a n d daunt­

ing . The po int of f o rm ing a soc i e t y s u c h as the

Un i v e r s i t y Gay S t u d e n t s ' S o c i e t y is that a little

mutua l suppor t can ach ieve a great d e a l . T h e fact

that it ex i s ts as a un ive rs i t y soc i e t y l ike any o ther

p u b l i c i s e s the lack of shame a n d the con f i dence

in our va lue as h u m a n be ings that o the rw i se w o u l d

be k n o w n on ly in our pr ivate l i ves . We have been

able to arrange openly p u b l i c i s e d d i s c o s a n d dances

for gay s tudents , and to get a G a y R igh ts r eso lu t i on

passed at the N . U . S . C o n f e r e n c e — t h i n g s that

w o u l d have been unth inkab l e a f ew years back a n d

qui te imposs i b l e for an i n d i v i d u a l to a ch i e v e . T h e

un ivers i t y G a y s o c (as it is usua l l y ca l l ed ) is meant

or a l l gay people in the U n i v e r s i t y — i t doesn ' t de­

m a n d i n d i v i d u a l m i l i t ancy or . c o m m i t m e n t to a

po l i t i c a l po int of v i ew , but it is b a s e d on the idea

that it is wo r th d o i n g s ome th ing open ly to suppor t

each other.

You won't make me a homosexual.

I don ' t wan t to . But our ta lks and d i s c u s s i o n s

are open to anyone interes ted in sexua l l i be ra t i on .

To gay readers: The L .S .E . , Un i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e

and K i n g ' s Co l l e ge have their o w n G a y s o c s , a n d

it w o u l d be n ice to see I.C. f o l l ow . If s omeone took

the in i t ia t i ve th is term by go ing th rough the f o rma l

p rocess of set t ing up an I.C. G a y s o c then there

c o u l d be pub l i c i t y for it in the F r e s h e r s ' Fa i r next

Oc tober . I can ' t pre tend i t 's easy c o m i n g out a n d

do ing that, but gay peop le in I.C. are p r o m i s e d the

ful l suppor t of the Un i v e r s i t y G a y s o c and the en ­

couragement of the I.C. U n i o n . I w o u l d suggest that

anyone interested s h o u l d contac t us first.

Information: G a y s o c has meet ings ( ta lks or d i s ­

cuss i ons ) every F r i day in the Un i v e r s i t y U n i o n , at

7 .30 p .m. There is a l so a dance and a party ar­

ranged for later th is t e rm. P lease wr i t e for further

in fo rmat i on to The Secre tary , G a y s o c , U . L . U . , M a l e t

Street , L o n d o n , W . C . 1 , or te l ephone 3 8 8 - 0 0 6 3 .

T h i s ar t i c l e has been con t r i bu ted by A n d r e w

Hodges , w h o is a research s tudent in ma themat i ca l

phys i c s at B i rkbeck Co l l e ge .

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June 12th, 1973 . F E L I X Page S

Royal

Circular

Af te r mon ths of g r o w i n g specu l a t i on ,

rumour and den ia l the engagement has been

a n n o u n c e d be tween M r . M i c h a e l Doher ty a n d

M r . M a r t i n Doughty .

It mus t be admi t t ed that the o l d c l i c h e

" w e ' r e on ly g ood f r i e n d s " w a s wear ing a l i t t le

th in and f ew peop le rea l ly be l i eved that it was

a mutua l love of w o m e n that had brought them

together.

Cour t c o r r e sponden t J o n a t h a n G o n a d

wr i t e s : " T h e coup l e are be l i eved to have first

met at a gangbang near O l y m p i a . M r . Doher ty ,

k n o w n to his f r i ends as " d i p p e r " , den ies that

he took part by v i r tue of go ing first. A w o m a n

is a l so be l i e ved to have been present though

severa l eye -w i tnesses d i spute th i s . O n l y re­

cen t l y the coup l e were seen d a n c i n g together

at a Be i t Ha l l party and managed to exp l a in it

a w a y by us ing a s u b w a r d e n as a f r o n t . "

A s the p rocess i ona l car p u l l e d into P r ince

Conso r t Road large c r o w d s had to be re­

s t ra ined by po l i c e , s o m e a r m e d though many

l eg less . C r i e s of " s h o w us your b o b b y ' s he l ­

m e t " were c l ea r l y a u d i b l e above the chee r ing

of the ga ther ing .

It is unde r s t ood that M r . Doughty may take

a cour tesy t i t l e . Readers are inv i ted to s end in

sugges t i ons to the ed i tor .

M A R T I N D O U G H T Y

U P SHIT C R EE K NOTE:

Where quotation marks surround anything that

Mr. Doughty has said, speak it to yourself with

a very nasally, almost puffy voice.

Where quotation marks surround anything

that I have said, speak it with a firm, mascu­

line, but not too butch, voice.

It'll help you get the picture.

I was first in t roduced to M r . M a r t i n " h o w ' s your

b u m " Dough t y a c oup l e of weeks before he ran off

to l ive w i t h my g i r l f r i end .

W h e n they went to l ive in O x f o rd I thought I'd

seen the last of h i m — not so lucky .

On re turn ing to co l l ege this year who s h o u l d I

see s t r o l l i ng out of the U n i o n A r c h but the coy

f aced , sore b u m m e d , under w o r k e d , over s e x ed

M r . G . M . Dough ty (d idn ' t you know he has a " G "

in h is name — doesn ' t tel l many peop l e ) .

W e l l , d i d n ' t have t ime to turn r o u n d and pre tend

I'd left my coat back in C h e m . Eng . , so I just kept

on go ing , expec t ing h i m to ca l l my name .

" O y — get my D a v i d B o w i e h a i r c u t . "

— not an unexpec t ed first c o m m e n t f r om M a r ­

t in , even though I hadn ' t seen h i m for over a

year .

" B l o o d y Q u e e n , " I was th ink ing .

" S h e w a s n ' t so good after a l l , " he w a s t e l l i ng

me . . .

F r o m then on it went f r om bad to wo rse , he

s tar ted phon ing me up, c a l l i n g me " h i s f r i e n d " —

you can imag ine h o w horr ib le it a l l b e came .

Pret ty s oon he was a feature wr i t e r for s eve ra l

w e l l - k n o w n newspapers — " T h e H i g h Peak Repor­

t e r " , " F e l i x " , and even " T h e G u a r d i a n " once (by

mis take ) — s e n d i n g the same ar t i c l es everywhere ,

hop ing for the break.

I was never sure what he was t ry ing to do in h i s

a r t i c l e s —- so I w e n t r ound to h is flat and ask'SCt

h i m . A long t ime later w h e n he f inal ly s t opped talk

ing about h imse l f a n d h is D a v i d B o w i e ha i r cu t I

rea l i zed he ' d m i s s e d the po int .

" L o o k , " I s a i d , " y o u r a r t i c l es use in fo rmat i on

that P a u l Foot th rew out last year . W h a t do you

say about that? "

M a y b e I w o u l d get my answer n o w !

" D o you l ike my D a v i d B o w i e h a i r c u t , " he w h i n ­

n i e d . H e c o n t i n u e d , " J u s t bought a n e w a l b u m by

George M e l l y — he wr i t es f i lm c r i t i c i s m s for the

' O b s e r v e r ' and p lays the sax. w i th a t rad , jazz band

He ' s great and he 's my hero.

" I ' m l earn ing sax . n o w too. D ' y w a n n a hear m e

p lay , M i k e . Do you . . ? "

A n d so it went on . P a i n f u l .

Af ter three hours in h is flat I r ea l i zed I'd spent a

who l e even ing w i t h a b u n c h of s h i n i n g w i t s . I refer

you to Prof Spooner .

1 don ' t often wr i t e in " F e l i x " — and it m ay be

r u m o u r e d , therefore, that this a r t i c l e has been wr i t ­

ten in revenge for cer ta in re ferences , made i n M r

Dough t y ' s c o l u m n , about me tak ing part in a gang-

bang in O l y m p i a . Tha t is abso lu t e l y not the reason

— in fact it c o u l d n ' t be further f r o m the t ruth . I a m

w r i t i n g th is a r t i c l e out of c omp l e t e b o r e d o m Wi#i

r e v i s i on and the fact that M r . Dough ty c on t inuous l y

takes the p i s s out of me in h i s bana l , s e l f - i ndu l gen t

a s in ine and comp l e t e l y t r i v ia l a r t i c l es is of no inter­

est to me wha tsoeve r .

B e s i d e s , wha t ' s a gangbang?

A n y w a y , enough s a i d . Don ' t wan t to go o n tog m u c h .

M I K E D O H E R T Y (abso lute ly no re lat ion]

HARROD$ Mid

I N T H I S P A R T T W O A R T I C L E I W A N T T O E X ­

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

A N D M O S T L A V I S H S T O R E I N E U R O P E F U N C ­

T I O N S . T H E M Y T H IS T H E W I D E L Y H E L D

B E L I E F T H A T H A R R O D S IS A V E R Y D I F F E R ­

E N T S T O R E T H A N A N Y O T H E R ; T H E R E A L I T Y

IS T H E C O N D I T I O N S A N D H I E R A R C H Y U N D E R

W H I C H T H E S T A F F H A V E T O W O R K .

1. T H E M Y T H

If you ever look at the

advertisements on the sides

of L o n d o n buses, chances

are you've seen the " H A R ­

R O D S S T O P . . . E V E R Y ­

T H I N G L O N D O N . . .

S T O P . " T h e widely held

belief wh ich this is aimed

at propagating is that at

Har rods of Knightsbr idge,

SW1 , L t d . you can buy

l i teral ly everything. The

L o n d o n guides to incom­

ing tourists say just that.

It is not true.

A s the House of Fraser,

Harrods parent company,

their ever soaring profits

have sought to increase

(Sir H u g h Fraser is Gua r ­

d ian businessman of the

year) they have been re­

lentlessly pruning the store

of any sections which are

not geared to m a x i m u m

profit. A few remain, for

instance the bank and the

zoo, but only because, in

their very different ways,

they are both great c rowd

pullers. Over the past few

years, however, the fol low­

ing low yield departments

have d isappeared:—

Key Cut t ing

Heel B a r

Post Office (not even a

posting box now).

The bank ing ha l l has

moved up to the fourth

floor f r om the more con­

venient ground level to be

replaced by a large and

very profitable perfumery

section.

The lounge, daytime

sleeping quarters of the

o ld Knightsbr idge dears

complete wi th t ra i l ing furs

and mini -dog has moved

f rom the ground to the

fourth and the l ibrary has

gone to a remote corner

of the th i rd , lost amid the

gigantic beds and four

poster baths of the furni­

ture department. The lat­

est v ic t im is musica l in ­

struments. Clar inets , vio­

lins and trombones were

a l l half-price in the Janu-

ary sale only because the

super-store was getting

r id of them a l l and now

only deals in pianos, plus

guitars and recorders now

in the toy department.

A n d what of the H a r ­

rods customers? Typ ica l l y ,

Harrods customers, or , at

least, the ones that matter

to the House of Fraser,

can be div ided into two

types: R i c h inhabitants of

SW1 and other such post­

codes and rich inhabitants

of U S A and other such

corruptions. The latter of

course seasonal and i m ­

pressed; the male the lar­

ger of the species sport ing

phosphorescent g r e e n

chequered suit and exhib­

iting a hang-up about

toilets:

"Say M a c k . Where's the

ba throom?" whispers W i l ­

bur.

" D o you want to buy

one or use one? "

The former are resident

and bemoaning the H a r ­

rods of late. M a n y re­

peatedly c la im they are

close relations of the

Queen and , therefore, de­

serving of better and al l

appear to have little sense

of direct ion as they are de­

livered by tax i , pointed in

the direction of the lifts by

the green m a n at the door

and pointed towards the

requisite department by

the l i f tman.

"Does this lift go to

C h i n a ? "

" N o . It just goes up and

down . " No marks for

guessing who said that.

" C a n I br ing m y dog

u p ? " Words fa i l .

When there's a sale on

(and Harrods sales do

have the odd bargain) the

regular customers try and

make out that they

wouldn ' t have come i f

they'd known — despite

the place being plastered

wi th S A L E posters and

ten times the number of

people inside.

" G o o d grief! It's aw­

ful ly crowded today, is

there a sale on or some­

th ing? "

" Y e s . "

" I thought there were a

lot of those dreadful east-

enders about the place. "

That was a guy about

thirty!

The Harrods customer

often appears to have

more money than sense,

likes a record cover and

buys the record for the

Hon . James who doesn't

l ike it and it gets sent

back. The Harrods bur­

eaucracy is appal l ing. Tt

may take a letter sent to

the store a week to get

through to the right de­

partment. The reply then

takes a week to be typed

and sent out. Meanwhi l e

the complainant, anger

and frustration increasing

dai ly , sends further let­

ters higher on up the heir-

archy as a reply fails to

materialise. It is not un­

known for Sir Hugfo'e

memo to arrive i n the de­

partment before the orig­

inal correspondence.

A n d finally, Harrodri

customers, irate in defer­

ence to their own self-im

portance, 'love to splurge

out vague and belligerent,

notes about something fel­

l ing apart (and they do}

which they bought a few

months before in the Way-

In boutique and this

shouldn't happen because -

it's Harrods and no they

haven't got a receipt and^

they sent the garment by

separate post wh ich H a r ­

rods must have lost but k

cost £12.50 and Harrodi i ,

in recognition of their own

pathetic bureaucracy and

in preservation of their

publ ic image pay up -

by the hundreds.

Y o u know, I reckon i t

might be worth a try'. . . . .

Just give yourself another

barrel to the name and

your £10 w i l l come back:

by return. W e l l , not quite

by return,

M A R T I N D O U G H T Y

Page 6 F E L I X June 12th, 1973

COLOURS I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N A W A R D S 1972/3

Ath le t i c C lubs Commit tee F u l l Co lours H a l f Co lours

Assoc iat ion Footba l l C l u b

M . M c C o n v e y

B a d m i n t o n C lub

D . ' P . W a r d ( e x ) C . F . C h i e n ( r a )

R . T h o m a s T . L i m ( r a )

R . P a l m e r P . B l e n n e r h a s s e t

S o c i a l C o l o u r s

Boat C lub

A . H i l l ( e x )

D . G . B e v a n

M . J . S i s l e y

J B l a n d

P. H u g h e s R . H . G l e d h i l l

H . B . E d m u n d s o n

G . K . L l o y d

M . T . L u t h m a n

F . E l l i s

C r i c k e t C l u b

R . S m i t h ( ex , r a ) K . S c h o f i e l d

J . W i l l i a m s ( r a ) D . R a w l i n s o n

B . S a w f o r d R . M a t t h e w s

J . K e l l y R. W h i t t i n g t o n

R . G i b b s R . D e a n

G . E d w a r d s D . R i d l e y

C . P o t t e r ( r a )

C r o s s C o u n t r y C l u b

R . J . P a r k e r ( e x ) S. W e b b

P . C l a r k e D . P a y n e

R . A l l i n s o n

H o c k e y C l u b

J . A s t l e y J . G a h i r

R . P a l m e r ( e x ) A . B r o w n

D . R i c h m a n G . P o p p l e

K . W . B o u l t o n T . H a n s o n

R . C a m e r o n

M . D o w n s

P." E v a n s

J u d o C l u b

P . C a l l a h a n ( ex )

K a r a t e C l u b

E . J a c o b s ( r a )

G . A l k e r ( r a )

T . A n d e r s

L a w n T e n n i s C l u b

C . S t e e l e ( e x ) J . P r i c e

C . A t k i n s o n M . W h i t e

S. M e c k c h a k n i e

R u g b y F o o t b a l l C l u b

J . M c D o n o u g h ( e x ) D . R i m m e r

R . M a t t h e w s ( r a ) B . B r a d l e y

R : R i c h m a n

R, C a m e r o n

J . A n d r e w s

M . A d a m s ( r a )

J . H u n t ( r a )

C . F l a n a g a n

R . S t e r n

P . R a n s o n

A . S m i t h

D . O s b o r n e

A . W a l t o n

F . M u s g r a v e

C . L e w i s

I, P a r t r i d g e ( ra ) .

K . H o r s e m a n ( ra )

C . W r i g l e y (ra)

S a i l i n g C l u b

M . A . P . M a r t i n P . B a r r e t t

( e x )

5 . J . M . B r i s c o e B . T . R o g e r s

M . R o s k e l l

S q u a s h C l u b

D . H o d g s o n ( e x )

K . D a l y

M . K e n y o n

S w i m m i n g a n d W a t e r P o l o C lub )

M . M c C a r t n e y ( e x ) P . K i n d l e

P . F r i e z i e A . S m i t h

M . G a r n e a u ( r a )

M . D j u r o v i c ( r a )

P . T a y l o r

T a b l e T e n n i s C l u b

6 . E d w a r d s ( e x )

T e n P i n B o w l i n g C l u b

K . C r u m p e r ( r a ) ft: B a n k s

( e x )

R H o r s l e y

V o l l e y b a l l C l u b

J . L a n k s ( e x )

P . N e v e s

R . J o n e s

L . A d a m s

R. S u i t o r

D . S a s s o n

Women ' s Sports C lub

M r s . H . A d a m s

( ex , r a )

M i s s A . P u r v i s

M i s s H . Y a t e s

M i s s G . E p s t e i n

M i s s J . B u z z a r d

.Miss G. S. B o w d e n

Miss A . T h o m p s o n

Miss K . B e r t r a m

M i s s I. W h i t e

Miss S. A r n o l d

M i s s D . E d s t e i n

M r s . M . H i l l

Ms. M . S t u a r t

Recreat ional C lubs Committee

Social Co lours

D . B r o w n V i c e C h a i r m a n R C C

M-. B u c k l e y O p e r a t i c S o c i e t y

W . C o l l e t t D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y

W . G i l k s S e c r e t a r y R C C

J . G i b b o n s D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y

S . F i r t h T r a n s p o r t S u b C o m m i t t e e

F. G . I r v i n g G l i d i n g C l u b

R . L e w i s F i l m S o c i e t y

J . N i c h o l i s U n d e r w a t e r C l u b

P . C . S h a r k e y D a r t s C l u b

R e a w a r d s: F . H . P o t t e r , S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r R C C

P . J . J e n k i n s C h a i r m a n R C C ( ex -o f f i c i o

Soc ia l C lubs Committee

J . H a l l S o c i e t y f o r S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n

S c i e n c e

S. H i l s u m J e w i s h S o c i e t y

P . K i r k h a m H . G . W e l l s S o c i e t y

S. R i c h a r d s o n S .E . . A s i a S o c i e t y

M . S c h a f f e r J e w i s h S o c i e t y

P . T o t t e r d e l ! H . G. W e l l s S o c i e t y

R e a w a r d s :

Carn i va l K . A r u n d a l e

M i s s C . B i n g h a m

A . B o w i e r

M i s s M . C a s s o n i

A . C l a p h a m

M i s s J . H a l l

A . L e w c o c k

R . L . L . L o l l e y

D . R u m s e y

J . S h e e h y

A . S t e e r

R e a w a r d :

G . D . D . J a c k s o n C h a i r m a n a n d C e c r e -

t a r y S C C ( ex -o f f i c i o )

T r e a s u r e r

G e n e r a l

P r o c e s s i o n

S e c r e t a r y

W a l k

S e c r e t a r y

S t u n t s

G e n e r a l

E n t e r t a i n m e n t s

M i n e s c o l l e c t e d m o s t m o n e y

P o s t e r s

P . H o s k i n g C h a i r m a n ( ex -o f f i c i o )

Entertainments Committee S . D . A m o r P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r

G . C o d d C l e a n i n g O f f i c e r

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

J . M i t c h e l l T i c k e t s O f f i c e r

P . S p o o n e r S e c r e t a r y

D . T r i m m S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r

R e a w a r d : P . W a d s w o r t h C h a i r m a n ( ex -o f f i c i o )

Imper ia l Col lege U n i o n Au tomat i ca l l y awards Soc ia l

Co lours to those who have received Constituent Col lege

U n i o n Genera l Awards .

F o r m y f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s i n A u s t r a l i a . .

THE

BETRAYAL

T h r e e s i n g l e w o r d s w e r e p r o u d l y s u n g

in F r e n c h , t h e d i p l o m a t i c t o n g u e :

" — L i b e r t e I — E g a I i t e I — F r a t e r n i t e I "

Y e t F r e n c h m e n t h o u g h t t h e e c h o e s h e a r d

T o o w e a k f o r e a c h a s p i r i n g w o r d .

W i t h l e t h a l c l o u d a n d G a l l i c p r i d e .

B e n e a t h t h e S o u t h e r n C r o s s t h e y c r i e d :

" — L i b e r t e I — E g a l i t e ! — F r a t e r n i t e I "

B u t j u s t a c r o w i n g c o c k w a s h e a r d

T o e c h o e a c h e x p l o s i v e w o r d .

Roya l Col lege of Science

Roya l Schoo l of Mines

C i ty and Gui lds Col lege

I C U n i o n R. A d a m s

R . A . A r m i t a g e

S . I. C a s t e l d i n e

P . R . C o r b y n

M i s s L . C . C r e a g h

D . J . E a s t e r b r o o k

D . F i n n

M r s . D . H a i n s

W . G . H o r s e m a n

P . M . M o r g a n

M i s s C . B i n g h a m

D . D a w s o n

J . A . N u t t a l l

M i s s R . A . P a r k e r

N . C . S e d g w i c k

A . R . W i t h e r s

D . J . H u n t e r

R . J : J e n n e r

F . M u s g r a v e

A . T . W . P a t r i c k

J . W . R . S h e e h y

G . H a n s o n

R . Ml L o l l e y

M . G . N e w m a n

R . P . M o u n c e

T h e L a d y P e n n e y

J . R . P o r t e r

D . J . R i c h m a n

M i s s J . A . R o g e r s

N . T . S a y l e s

J . P . S m i t h

J . S t o c k d a l e

M . J . L . W i l l i a m s

M . K . W i l i a m s

U n i o n Genera l A w a r d s M . C . B l a c k H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y

M . F . D o h e r t y A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e r

P . J . J e n k i n s C h a i r m a n R C C

P . W . J o w i t t D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ( r e - a w a r d )

M . J . M a t t h e w s C h a i r m a n C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n G r o u p

T h e R t . H o n . T h e L o r d P e n n e y

J . A . L a n e ex -o f f i c i o

I. W . M a c k e n z i e ex -o f f i c i o ( r e a w a r d )

QUESTIONING

QUAKERISM

A r e Q u a k e r s b l e s t w i t h p e a c e w h o s e e k

T h e s t r e n g t h ' t o t u r n t h e o t h e r c h e e k " ;

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

' T o t u r n t h e t a b l e s ' i n r e p l y ?

A r e Q u a k e r s l o s t i n a c t i v e t h o u g h t ,

W h i c h c o u n t s t h e c o s t b u t c o m e s t o n a u g h t ;

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

T h e w a y t h e h u m a n r a c e s h o u l d g o ?

B o t h © N . R a c i n e - J a q u e s , 1 9 7 3 .

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a holiday.

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where you ' l l have the satisfaction of both

work ing , and having a holiday. A s a

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Kibbutz Representative Office,

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Te l : 0 1 : 9 3 0 6 1 8 1 . J

TICK TOCK M I N U T E S O F A G E N E R A L M E E T ­

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

U N I O N , H E L D O N T H U R S D A Y M A Y

17 1973 I N T H E G R E A T H A L L O F

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E

1 T h e P r e s i d e n t , M r . L a n e , w a s i n

t h e C h a i r a n d a b o u t 300 m e m b e r s

p r e s e n t .

2 T h e M i n u t e s o f t h e M e e t i n g s h e l d

o n M a r c h 15 a n d 20 w e r e t a k e n as

r e a d .

3 T h e R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r f o r t h e e lec ­

t i o n o f P r e s i d e n t a n d H o n o r a r y

S e c r e t a r y o f t h e I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e

U n i o n f o r t h e s e s s i o n 1973/74 p r e ­

s e n t e d h i s r e p o r t . ( F i l e d i n t h e

M i n u t e B o o k ) .

M r . E a s t s a i d t h a t s o m e m e m ­

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

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

t i o n / U n i o n c a r d s . T h e H o n . S e c .

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

m a t t e r w i t h t h e R e g i s t r a r a s s o o n

as p o s s i b l e .

T h e R e p o r t w a s a c c e p t e d t o t u m u l ­

t u o u s a p p l a u s e .

4 E l e c t i o n s

T h e P r e s i d e n t p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e

U n i o n s u s p e n d i t s p o l i c y a b o u t

e l e c t i n g t h e A u t u m n N U S d e l e g a ­

t i o n a t t h e f i r s t s u m m e r U G M a n d

p o s t p o n i n g t h e e l e c t i o n t o t h e

a u t u m n t e r m .

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

A c c o m m o d a t i o n C o m m i t t e e h a d

w i t h d r a w n . T h e R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r

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

c a n d i d a t e s t o g i v e w r i t t e n n o t i c e

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

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

i n g t h e w i t h d r a w a l .

U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n R e p r e s e n t a ­

t i v e

M r . L a n e , o n b e h a l f o f M r . A s h -

w o r t h , a n d M r . D o w s o n b o t h

s p o k e . /

A f t e r b r i e f q u e s t i o n i n g t h e m e e t ­

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

T h e F o l l o w i n g c a n d i d a t e s f o r t h e

p o s i t i o n o f F l o o r R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

f o r s e s s i o n 1973/74 s p o k e f o r o n e

m i n u t e : —

R. B a i n C . L e w i s

J . B e r r y K . M . L a w

M i s s C . B i n g h a m N . C . S e d g w i c k

D . D a w s o n P . W a t k i n s

R . E z b a n K . R i c h a r d

J . H e r r i c k W h i t b r e a d

A . L e w c o c k M . J . L . W i l l i a m s

C . W r i g l e y .

A s e c r e t b a l l o t w a s h e l d .

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

b e r s h i p o f t h e D e l e g a t i o n t o t h e

N U S e x t r a o r d i n a r y c o n f e r e n c e

s p o k e f o r t h i r t y s e c o n d s : —

M e s s r s :

A r m i t a g e

C a n n e l l

C o r b y n

G i l l e t t

H o c h f e l d e r

L a m b e r t

L a n e

M i l t o n

P h i l l i p s

P o r t e r

S a y l e s

S m i t h

T a s k e r

V e a l l

W a t k i n s

A s e c r e t b a l l o t w a s h e l d .

5 R e f e c t o r y P r i c e s

M r . J a c k s o n s p o k e b r i e f l y a n d s u p ­

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

p r i c e p r o b l e m .

M r . A r m i t a g e e x p l a i n e d p a s s a b l e

a l t e r a t i o n s a n d p r o p o s e d : —

T h i s H o u s e n o t e s t h e r e p o r t o f t h e

R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e p r o c e e d i n g

o f 1 7 t h M a y , 1973, a n d t h a t t h e

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

o n t h e 1 8 t h M a y so t h a t t h i s U n i o n

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

s i t u a t i o n .

I C U b e l i e v e s t h a t :

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

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

i n g B o d y s h o u l d m a k e g o o d t h e

p r o b a b l e d e f i c i t .

F u r t h e r t o t h i s , I C U M a n d a t e s i t s

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

C o m m i t t e e a n d G o v e r n i n g B o d y t o

e n s u r e t h a t t h e i r u n i o n ' s v i e w i s

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

t i o n .

T h e R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e r e p r e ­

s e n t a t i v e s a n s w e r e d q u e s t i o n s .

M r . T h o m a s s p o k e a g a i n s t t h e

m o t i o n .

A m e m b e r p r o p o s e t h e m o v e t o a

v o t e w h i c h w a s p a s s e d .

M r . A r m i t a g e s u m m e d u p .

T h e m o t i o n w a s p a s s e d 73 v o t e s t o

51 w i t h 4 a b s t e n t i o n s .

A m e m b e r c h a l l e n g e d t h e q u o r u m .

T h e p r e s i d e n t c l o s e d t h e m e e t i n g

d u e t o i n q u o r a c y a t a p p r o x . 2.39.

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than 200 words what changes you think he ought to make in F E L I X next year. The letters will be judged

by Mr . Campbell, and any containing any mention of God, Christ, religion in general, Columbia-Warner Dis­

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June 12th, 1973

M A R T I N ' S

L A S T

B I T

I hope that you have enjoyed this year at Imper ia l

Col lege. I most definitely have done so. I shal l be leav­

ing the U n i o n Office for the last t ime at the end of

J u l y so this treatise w i l l ooze nostalgia for the next

few paragraphs.

M a r t i n ' s B i t this year has been witty, informative, a

m i r r o r of the U n i o n Bureaucracy and factual ly accu­

rate. It has reflected the trend i n the Col lege and U n i o n

to return to, perhaps, a more t rad i t i ona l style of life.

M o r e people, for example, are going to Dinner an H a l l

now than dur ing the last few years. The interest i n

mascotry is brewing aga in—I can almost see M i k e

once more sitting on its p l inth i n the lower lounge. O u r

sporting c lubs are thrashing a l l opposit ion and bringing

back vast numbers of si lver cups.

It is very difficult to p i ck out one or two events

dur ing the year wh i ch are especially worthy of men­

t ion. I suppose that the profusion of elections stand

out i n most minds but there have been other things:

every U n i o n Mee t ing bar two was closed due to i n -

quoracy, the new U n i o n lounge ba r is s t i l l not opened,

Piers C o r b y n is st i l l wearing the same pul lover that

he had i n my first year. T h e pol it ics of I .C. U n i o n have

gone fu l l c irc le. Piers was president of the U n i o n i n

1969, his H o n , Secretary, K e i t h G u y , had been C h a i r ­

m a n of both Ents and the Conservative Society. Nex t

session w i th N o r m a n Sayles i n the H o t Seat, shortly to

be vacated by Comrade Lane , we are promised a year

of moderacy; I th ink P a u l Wadswor th must have a few

capital ist leanings--I-ints made £1,000 profit this year

(the money has been spent on a new carpet i n Southside

Uppe r Lounge) .

I have tried to take as much part i n the life of the

College as I cou ld . I realise nobody w i l l believe me

when I say that I have been work ing so hard for the

U n i o n that I haven't had t ime to find myself a j o b —

but it 's true. W h e n M G B leaves I.C., unless something

turns up i n a Micawber - l ike fashion, he w i l l be un­

employed.

But enough of th is—to business. There are one or

two happenings worthy of note.

The C o u n c i l D & D w i l l take place on Fr iday , 22nd

June, 1973. Tickets, avai lable f r om me, are only £2.25

sach wh i ch includes a fu l l dinner, sherry, wines and

port, a cabaret and a bar unt i l 3 a.m. The Guest Speak­

er Wi l l be Ian Hogg , Esq . , P .C .

M i s s L i n d a Creagh, the U n i o n C l e rk , is leaving at

the end of term to get marr ied. W e w i l l be mak ing a

smal l presentation to her to mark her "ret irement" .

Anyone who wants to contribute should send or br ing

h i s donations to me (cheques made payable to I.C.

Union ) . t

I a m st i l l interested in buy ing copies of photographs

of me do ing interesting/silly things to show to my grand­

chi ldren when I 'm r ich and famous. Th is is a serious

notice and should not be treated either l ightly or wi th

subtle references to Lords L a m b t o n and Jell icoe.

The I.C. U n i o n Co lours L i s t appears elsewhere in

Fe l ix . Ties can be purchased f rom the bookshop. If

anybody can think of a suitable substitute for a tie

for a lady please let me know.

I a m informed b y reliable sources that there is a cycle

thief at large i n I.C. Please lock up your cycle when

you leave it at Co l l ege—you know i t makes sense.

JOURNALIST COMP. In 1969 Lady Ca ther ine Pakenham and M i ss G ina R i chard ­

son, both at that t ime w o r k i n g ion ithe ed i tor ia l staff of The

Dai ly Te legraph Magazine, were (tragically k i l l e d i n a car

crash. They were young, ibult t h e i r enthusiasm and talent

showed promise o f rea l achievement.

The Cather ine Pakenhaim M e m o r i a l T r u s t was formed by

Cather ine 's ifamily a n d M e n d s i n he r memory w i t h the

specific a i m of encourag ing other g i r l s who are already

work ing , or ser ious ly in t end ing to work, i n j ourna l i sm by

offering a substant ia l pr ize o r prizes to the winners of an

annual compet i t ion.

Previous w inners of Ithe Cather ine Pakenham Memor i a l

A w a r d are i n emphat ic agreement that the prestige was

of immeasurable he lp i n the i r icareers. Magaz ine and news­

paper editors are cont inua l l y searching f o r young wr i ters

w i th real abi l i ty and the A w a r d is also, therefore, of great

benefit ito them.

T h e Cather ine Pakenham M e m o r i a l A w a r d is open to any

g i r l o v e r . t h e age o f 18 o r under 30 o n September 1, 1973,

who is resident i n B r i t a i n .

The 'closing date f o r th is year's compet i t ion is September

1, 1973. Ent rants are inv i t ed to submit a sample o f the i r

journa l is t i c work , Which mus t be not less t h a n 700 and not

more Ithan 2,500 words long. It cart consist e i ther of publ ished

or unpub l i shed work, Ibut i n the la t ter case entrants must

show evidence that they have h a d some journa l i s t i c work

publ ished. To enter, send f o r the rules of the A w a r d and

an entry f o rm to:

Sal ly Bake r ,

Secretary,

Cather ine Pakenham Memor ia l Award , ,

C/o Cout ts & Co.,

188 Fleet Street,

London , E.C.4.

The entr ies w i l l be judged b y a dist inguished pane l of

wri ters and journal ists . They are the Countess of Long ford

(Cha i rman ) ; M iss Mar jor i e Proops; Miss Mar ina Warner ;

Mr . J o h n Ans tey (Edi tor of The D a l l y Te legraph Magaz ine ) ;

Mr . P a u l Johnson and Mr . W i l l i am Dav i s (Edi tor of Punch ) .

A t the i r d iscret ion the prize money, w h i c h totals about

£300, may be d iv ided among w inne r s or awarded ito one

outr ight winner. Runners-up ito prev ious A w a r d w inners were

presented w i th . £10 book tokens. The prize money must be

spenlt toy the w inners i n furtherance of itheir journa l is t i c

careers.

VAC INVOLVEMENT

Dear Ed i t o r ,

We are wonder ing i f you wou ld be so k i n d as to inc lude

th is le t ter i n your newspaper or magazine, i n order , perhaps,

to ca!tch those waver ing beings who have not yet dec ided

how ito spend their summer v a c ?

! 'The Fo re i gn Leg ion i s dead'. B u t there A R E al ternat ives

fdr a t rue hero or hero ine Of Modern Adventure . W h y not

come and spend your summer w o r k i n g w i t h The C y r e n i a n s ? —

there are now C y r e n i a n projects i n many cit ies a n d towns

throughout E n g l a n d and Scot land.

'The Cyrenians exist to care for uprooted, social ly iso lated

people who have nowhere to go. In the case of the single

homeless person the most needy are often rejected or repulsed

by Ithe ex is t ing fac i l i t ies ; The Cyrenians try to reach those

for whom no adequate prov i s ion exists, or who refuse to

accept cer ta in k inds of exist ing he lp .

i

(They therefore set up projects, w h i c h may differ accord ing

toj ithe loca l need—which is , perhaps, for a night-shelter i n

Which there is food, overnight accommodat ion, a n d the offer

of companionship ; a second-tier house; or a th i rd- t i e r , long-

tenm residential house. Cyren ian houses are sma l l and i n ­

formal , func t i on ing as communi t i es a n d not as hostels, and

general ly offer no special isat ion walth one par t i cu lar 'p rob lem'

gr|oup o r isex. Ideally, ou r res ident ia l communit ies accommo­

date about 10 residents a long w i t h itwo o r ithree workers ,

a l though a shelter w i l l have larger numbers. Wo rke r ident i f i ­

cat ion is s t rong—Cyren ian worke rs l ive alongside the resi­

dents a n d share the l i fe of Ithe house i n a l l respects, get t ing

the same pocket money as a man on Soc ia l Secur i ty wou ld

have. T h e idea of resident par t i c ipat ion is also v i ta l—res i ­

dents are asked to co-operate i n the r u n n i n g of the house

arid part ic ipate i n the weekly house meetings.

W o r k e r s norma l l y come for a per iod of between six and

twelve months, but we also need people f o r short- term per iods

of between s ix and twelve weeks i n ithe summer .

'pf y o u are interested i n f inding out more wri te to ; The

Cyrenians. 13 Wi-ncheap, Canterbury , Kent .

Your s sincerely,

A N G E L A C R E E D ,

Admin i s t ra to r .

Page 8 F E L I X June I2 th , 1973

FENCING The end of the season sees the fencing c lub reaching

new heights of enthusiasm after a rather shaky start at

the beginning of the season. The main result for the

team has been a clean sweep in a l l its fixtures in the

2nd div is ion of the London League. Defeated teams

have included Nat . West B ank (7—2), L loyds B ank

(5—4) and K ing ' s Cross F .C . (8—1). Th is means-cer­

tain promot ion to the first d iv is ion next season and

thanks are due to regular team members Ju l i an Tyson

(Capt.), Steve Thompson, Geoffe Ko lbe , G o r d o n

M a c k a y and Lawrence Boyd .

C l u b indiv iduals have also been featuring promin­

ently in nat ional and international competit ions. K a y

N icho lson and Ju l i an both fenced in the Br i t i sh Univer­

sities competit ion at Meadowbank in Ed inburgh w i th

K a y reaching the quarter-f inal of the ladies' fo i l . K a y ,

Steve and Ju l i an are a l l regular members of the L o n ­

don Univers i ty team wi th Ju l i an gaining a place on

the highly successful Univers i ty tour to Ho l l and at

Easter. Ju l i an also fences regularly in competit ions wi th

considerable success, recently reaching the final of both

the foi l and epSe at the Nott ingham Nat iona l Tourna ­

ment.

The c lub entered a Sabre team at the Leamington

Tournament held at Easter. Steve, R o m a n Gomez and

Gustavo Chape la fenced wel l before being el iminated

by strong international competit ion. R o m a n reached

the last 16 of the ind iv idua l competi t ion before e l imina­

tion. Steve has also represented Br i t a in i n the under

20's sabre team, a very high dist inct ion.

W i t h nearly a l l of this year's membership returning

in October plans are in hand for a 2nd team, hopefully

fencing i n the L o n d o n League. The introduct ion of a

c lub evening meet is also proposed to increase the

social and dr ink ing side of the sport wh i ch up t i l l now

has been rather neglected. Th is should prove popular

wi th members.

New members," inc luding beginners, are needed for

next year — especially girls. N o experience is necessary

as there are plenty of w i l l ing young blades to show you

the basic positions — so come along girls! L D B

A selection of athletics photographs contributed by an un­

known beneficiary. Many thanks, it's great to have some pic­

tures at last.... but what the hell are they of, please??????

Next time, please let us know!

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