D e c e m b e r 11th, 1973

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 U N I O N

F R E E ! I S S U E No. 350

GUILDS UGM M.E. 2201.15 pm Tues

Have a Happy Xmas

Everyone!

G R A N T I N C R E A S E

I M M I N E N T -A n i n c r e a s e in grants is about to

b e r e c o m m e n d e d i n a con f ident ia l

Gove rnment report to be dra f ted

s oon .

A c c o r d i n g to the Da i l y Te l eg raph

this increase " w i l l not, in present

e c o n o m i c c i r c u m s t a n c e s , app roach

the 3 5 per cent i n c r eas e d e m a n d e d

at the recent N U S con fe rence in M a r ­

g a t e " .

T h e leve l of the r es idua l i n c o m e

(at present £1400) may be ra i sed to

£1800 o r h igher . T h i s is the a s s e s s ­

able i n come left after mor tgages ,

supe rannua t i on , e tc .

No th ing w i l l be done about d i s ­

c re t ionary a w a r d s , or the m e a n s test,

and the Gove rnmen t s e e ms cons tant

about wha t to d o w i t h mar r i ed w o m ­

en ' s grants and P G awards .

S i r B r i an is thought to have s a i d

that the increase about to be offered

is about £100.

S u c h an inc r ease w i l l in no w a y

br ing us up to the ha l c yon days o f

the 1 9 6 2 level and c o u p l e d w i t h i n ­

f lat ion of 4 0 per cent pa expec ted by

C h r i s t m a s , a c c o r d i n g to the G u a r d i a n ,

th is means that the £100 c o u l d be

w i p e d out over the C h r i s t m a s v a c a ­

t i on .

S tuden t s next t e r m cannot af ford

to be c o m p l a c e n t about the po l i t i c a l

and e c o n o m i c c r i s i s , they w i l l e i ther

be s tarved out of h i ghe r educa t i on by

r i s ing p r i ces o r the grants c a m p a i g n

is fought on a h i ghe r l eve l : that of

an a l l i ance w i t h s e c t i o n s of the T rade

U n i o n movemen t t o br ing d o w n the

To r i e s .

The D E S has re fused to let s t u d ­

ents keep the ir l i v i n g s t andards a n d

has l aunched a t tacks through the

C V E P to v i c t i m i s e s tudents w h o take

ac t i on (rent s t r ikes , e tc . ) .

The rent s t r ikes o f IC next t e rm has

to be fought in con junc t i on w i t h a l l

s ec t i ons of s tudents a n d trade un i on ­

ists to br ing d o w n the To r i e s a n d

their b latant con tempt for s tudents .

PURPLE PATCH A s th is i s the last pa tch o f the

te rm, and many of y ou Wi l l shor t l y

b e go ing home , or at least away f rom

C o l l e g e , I w o u l d l ike y ou to th ink

about a f e w t o p i c s other than those

w h i c h d i r e c t l y affect y o u r s tudent

l i ves .

W h e n those of y o u w h o are lucky

enough to be g o i n g home to see your

parents and f a m i l i e s , a r r i v e there and

get se t t l ed in b e s i d e the n ice w a r m

f ire, w i t h M u m fuss ing over y o u , a n d

D a d o f fer ing to take y o u out for a

pint , p l ease spare a thought for those

w h o cannot ge t home t h i s C h r i s t m a s .

T h i n k f o r a f ew m o m e n t s of the for­

e i gn s tudents f r om the C o l l e g e (a l ­

m o s t 1000 ) w h o are h a v i n g to spend

their vaca t i on i n s o m e c o l d and d ingy

beds i t in N e a s d e n , d r e a m i n g o f the

C h r i s t m a s s e s i n the past w h i c h they

have spent at h o m e w i t h the ir parents

and f am i l i e s . I a m sure that none of

y ou w o u l d a rgue w i t h the fac t that

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

a l one in L o n d o n i n y o u r l i t t le beds i t -

t h i n k i n g of a l l the peop le w h o have

gone h o m e to the i r f a m i l i e s , is not a

very w a r m i n g i d e a .

I w o u l d a l so l ike to th ink of your

o w n pos i t i on t h i s C h r i s t m a s . T h i n k

o f h o w lucky y o u are to b e at home ,

a n d h o w n i ce i t i s for a change to

be ge t t ing g o o d mea l s a n d a l so a

g o o d bed to s l eep i n . T h i n k about

your " M i s e r a b l e " g rant and h o w you

c a n on ly af ford " O n e squa r e m e a l

e a c h day of the w e e k " . T h e n try to

i m a g i n e yourse l f i n the pos i t i on of

s omeone in a b a c k w o o d t own i n V i e t ­

n a m or the w a r r i dden areas of Greece

o r C h i l e . Imag ine yourse l f as an 18

year o l d b l a c k boy in the m i d d l e of

R h o d e s i a . W h a t w o u l d y o u feel l i k e

if y o u c o u l d on ly get one square mea l

each m o n t h , o r had been k i c k e d ou t

o f Un i v e r s i t y for a d m i t t i n g that your

lecturer w a s p r e jud i c ed aga ins t y o u

for the c o l o u r of y o u r s k i n ? I'll t e l l

y ou w h a t y o u w o u l d feel l i k e , y o u

w o u l d p robab l y fee l very s i c k , a n d

w o u l d be J U S T I F I E D in th ink ing that

soc i e t y w a s w o r k i n g aga inst y o u . Y o u

w o u l d f ind it di f f icult to be l i e ve that

the s tudents i n the W e s t e r n w o r l d

we re pro tes t ing at on ly ge t t ing £15

each week to l i v e on , and not be ing

ab le to l ive a l i fe of l u x u r y .

T h i s C h r i s t m a s w h i l s t y ou are at

home , p lease spend a l i t t l e t ime

th ink ing about those a r ound the w o r l d

w h o have far les pr i v i l eges than y o u ,

and yet w h o are b i o l o g i c a l l y exac t l y

the same as y o u . T h i n k about those

peop le i n Nor thern Ireland Who are

a f ra id to g o ou t a f ter 8 .0 in the even­

ing b e c a u s e of a fear of be ing i n ­

vo l v ed in a terror is t gun batt le .

A s a f inal thought , if y o u do not

k n o w very m u c h or d o not be l i eve

wha t y o u have hea rd about th i s m a n

J e s u s C h r i s t , then p lease s p e n d a

l i t t le t ime over the va ca t i on t r y ing to

sort out What i t is a l l about .

Fo r those overseas s tudents w h o

w i l l b e s tay ing i n L o n d o n over the

C h r i s t m a s va ca t i on , I w o u l d g ive you

one t i p , that in many of the C h u r c h e s

a r ound the area y o u w i l l be ab l e to

f ind f r i ends w h o w i l l b e on ly too

happy to share the ir C h r i s t m a s enjoy­

ment w i t h y o u . If y ou l i v e i n the area

a r ound Co l l e g e y o u w i l l f ind that

Sa in t P a u l ' s C h u r c h , O n s l o w Square ,

has a very large numbe r of s tudents

and overseas v i s i t o r s i n the congre ­

gat ion w h o w o u l d be on ly too h a p p y

to he lp y ou have an en joyab le Chr i s t ­

m a s .

To each and every one of y o u , I

w i s h y o u a very merry C h r i s t m a s a n d

hope that those C h r i s t i a n s amongs t

y ou w i l l pray for those in the rest of

the w o r l d l e s s fortunate than us , a n d

that those n o n - C h r i s t i a n s a m o n g s t

y ou W i l l g i v e a l i t t l e t i m e to th ink

about those in the rest of the w o r l d

less for tunate than us .

See y ou a i l after C h r i s t m a s .

N o r m .

P.A.W.N.O. A t 6 .00 p .m.on F r iday even ing I

d i d a tour of the h a l l s of r es idence

to c o l l e c t the n o m i n a t i o n f o rms for

the Imper ia l Co l l e g e Tenants A s s o ­

c i a t i on Execut i v e C o m m i t t e e . I f o u n d

c o m p l e t e d f o rms on ly i n Be i t and

Se l k i r k . N o w , at 4 . 0 0 on S u n d a y the

s i tua t i on is the same . I can announce

that M e s s r s . Tony Tay l o r and D igby

J a m e s are the e l ec t ed representa­

t ives for Be i t H a l l and M r s . A v e r i l

D e w i n g is the Representat i ve for S e l ­

k i rk H a l l . A s yet, the cons t i tu t i on that

I've prepared h a s yet to be f o rma l l y

approved . B e c a u s e of th is I may f ind

it necessary to alter it s l i gh t l y to en ­

able the Execut i v e C o m m i t t e e to be

f o r m e d . I hope I don ' t have to do this

but it w i l l a l l d epend on the response

to the nom ina t i on papers du r ing the

rest of the week .

D u r i n g the last t e rm it has been

my task (an a l m o s t thank l ess one)

to adver t i se the U n i o n Genera l meet­

ings . A t mos t of these (and there

have been s ix ) there h a s been some

d i s c u s s i o n on the rent s t r ike a n d the

grants c a m p a i g n . Howeve r , excep t

for the in i t ia l d e c i s i o n to have a rent

s t r ike , very f ew other agreement have

been r eached . W h y ? M a i n l y because

of the lack of people present at the

meet ings , w h i c h have there fore been

d e e m e d inquorate . The q u o r u m is at

present 3 0 0 out of a tota l of 4 , 0 8 6

s tudents ; a pa the t i ca l l y s m a l l p e r cen ­

tage. Ye t the tota l turn-out at the

C C U meet ings has been co l l e c t i v e l y

more than the IC U G M q u o r u m .

If y o u cons i d e r that y o u r C C U

bus iness (and th is is N O T a k i c k at

the C C U ' s ) i s m o r e impor tant than

the amount of money that y o u have

i n your pocke t s then tha t is your

bus ine s s . Howeve r , it i s no use b l a m ­

i n g the ICU E x e c for not t ry ing to

get the grants ra i s ed if y o u , the s t u d ­

ent b o d y , are not prepared to do

s o m e t h i n g about it a l s o . T h e r e a re

too many peop le at th is c o l l e g e w h o

jump at the c h a n c e to c r i t i c i s e , to ta lk ,

to argue, but there are very f ew w h o

are w i l l i n g to ac t . It is not c r i t i c i s m ,

t a l k ing , a n d a rguments that get wha t

w e want . W h a t is needed is a c t i o n .

M a s s a c t i on that invo l ves a s many

s tudents as poss i b l e . The rent s t r ike

is one of these , but not the on ly one .

T h i s not on l y needs peop le p a r t i c i ­

pa t ing , it a l so means that s o m e of

the peop le that do a l l the t a l k i n g

mus t b e w i l i n g to he lp out w i t h the

o rgan i sa t i on , the leaf let t ing, the pub­

l i c i s i n g , the p r o d u c t i o n o f pos te rs ,

etc . , e tc . If i t takes one person 4

hours m i n i m u m to put up posters in

a l l ava l lab i l e p l aces , then it t akes less

than ha l f -an-hour for a dozen peop le

to do the same . Next t e rm ' s rent

s t r ike is go ing ahead and i f you wan t

it t o wo rk , i f you rea l ly be l i eve that

w e need h igher grants (and y ou mus t

b e nuts if y ou think the present grants

s y s t e m is sat i s fac tory ) then you mus t

be w i l l i n g to work for it ; you must be

w i l l i n g to act .

The first mee t i ng of the Imper ia l

Co l l e g e Tenants A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l be

he ld th i s week .At present the venue

i sn ' t f ina l i sed (it w i l l , I hope , be the

U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l o r M e c h . Eng .

220 ) but every res ident w i l l be get­

t ing a note to let h i m or her k n o w

where it w i l l be. P l ease try a n d c o m e .

The t ime w i l l b e T h u r s d a y at 5 .45

w h i c h I hope w i l l not c l a s h w i t h any ­

th ing . P l ease try a n d s h o w that the

person put t ing up the no t i ces about

apathy soc i e t y is w r o n g about th is

co l l ege .

Duplicating Machines. S o m u c h

for one of my rare po l i t i c a l p i e ces ,

n o w for s ome th ing a bit l ighter .

Those of you w h o have had cause to

use the d u p l i c a t i n g mach ines du r ing

the last t e rm may have no t i c ed that

they are sad l y l a ck ing in va r i ous o d d

i t ems, e.g. ink d r u m s , fuses a n d

others . A R o n e o rep f inal ly , after more

phone ca l l s than I care to m e n t i o n ,

d e c i d e d that he w o u l d c o m e a n d

have a look. He gave th em a thorough

inspec t i on a n d then an es t imate for

the cos t of pu t t ing them back into

a lmos t n ew c o n d i t i o n . N e e d l e s s to

say, it, is on l y s l i gh t l y more expen ­

s i ve to buy new ones . It is hoped ,

therefore, that by the end of the

C h r i s t m a s vaca t i on w e w i l l have two

new mach ines p lus one of the o l d

m a c h i n e s for less impor tant w o r k .

The two new ones w i l l be l o c k e d

away in the d u p l i c a t i n g r oom and

w i l l be for l i m i t ed pe rsonne l on l y . It

w i l l be necessa ry to i n s i s t that a i l

peop le w h o w i s h to use the new

m a c h i n e s w i l l have to a t t end a d e ­

mons t ra t i on g i ven by s o m e o n e f r om

Roneo . A d e q u a t e w a r n i n g w i l l be g i v ­

en be fo rehand .

Christmas is upon us , under us ,

a r o u n d us . S o o n , m o s t of y o u w i l l be

w i n g i n g your w a y h o m e ( a s s u m i n g

y ou c an get petro l for your v e h i c l e ,

that the a i r l i n es ge t fuel for the i r

p l anes , that the t r a in d r i v e rs don ' t go

on s t r ike a n d that there i s e n o u g h

e l ec t r i c i t y to l i gh t your w a y h o m e ) .

O n c e there y o u can s i t d o w n t o t u r ­

key ( 50p a lb . , don ' t eat t oo m u c h )

and a l l the t r i m m i n g s (probab ly 50

per cent more expens i v e than last

y ea r ) . Y o u can dr ink yourse l f m e r r y

(at least 3 p more than a t c o l l e g e f o r

each d r i n k ) . W a r m yourse l f i n f ront

of the f ire (I h o p e you ' ve g o t enough

c d a l . O h ! a n d w h i l e I r e m e m b e r — ;

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S .

Successful n o m i n a t i o n for T i r a n d

H a l l : D. R. G r a y , A n d y H i g m a n .

P. A . W a d s w o r t h .

B R I T I S H A S S O C I A T I O N O F

S T U D E N T S C I E N T I S T S

T h e r e w i l l b e a f o u r - d a y c o n f e r e n c e f r o m

2 n d t o 5 t h J a n u a r y , 1 9 7 4 , i n L o n d o n , t h e

t h e m e o f w h i c h w i l l b e " T h e S o c i a l r e s p o n ­

s i b i l i t y o f t h e s c i e n t i s t w i t h i n t h e c o m m u n ­

i t y " .

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

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

P l e a s e a p p l y i n w r i t i n g t o N o r m S a y l e s ,

U n i o n O f f i c e b y 4 . 3 0 T h u r s d a y , 1 3 t h D e ­

c e m b e r .

Anyone wanting a week in Paris,

a l l expenses paid, at an

engineers/scientists conference

in late January should apply to

N o r m Sayles immediately.

G o o d knowledge of French

essential.

Page 2 FEJLIX December 11th, 197S

L E T T E R S

The

historical (?)

roots of.

Christ ianity T h e lack of s o l i d fact

in J o c k ' s recent expose

of the fo l l y of those w h o

k n o w J e s u s Chr i s t as

Lo rd and S a v i o u r w a s

expec t ed . T h i s is be­

cause the fac ts are so

o v e r w h e l m i n g l y c lear .

The B i b l e , T a c i t u s , P l i ny

and T h a i l u s a l l w i t n e s s

to J e s u s C h r i s t as be ing

for more than a mere

m a n .

One of the mos t over ­

w h e l m i n g p i eces of e v i ­

dence is the a c c u r a c y of

p rophecy in the B i b l e ,

even to th is very day .

J e s u s C h r i s t fu l f i l l ed

coun t l e s s messages of

p rophecy d u r i n g h i s l i f e

on earth, pa r t i cu l a r l y l u ­

c i d are those c o n c e r n i n g

h is death a n d resurrec ­

t i o n . T h e e v i d ence for

C h r i s t ' s r esur rec t i on has

never been sa t i s f ac to r i l y

e xp l a in ed away , d e sp i t e

many a t tempts . These

are d o o m e d to f a i l u r e ,

because the fac ts speak

for themse l v es , they say

that J e s u s lis w h o He

sa i d H e w a s , the S o n of

G o d . T h e f ac t s about

C h r i s t are as s o l i d a s

any upon w h i c h w e do

our sc i ent i f i c r esearch

a n d ye t peop le s t i l l

a v o i d the i s sue ins tead

of f a c ing it h e a d o n . T h i s

is i n fact further e v i ­

dence that J e s u s is

s o m e t h i n g s p e c i a l .

T h e f inal e v i dence is

w h e n a m a n c o m e s in to

a persona l r e l a t i onsh ip

w i t h C h r i s t , then he c a n

say "I k n o w J e s u s is

a l i ve today and l o v e s

m e " .

If anyone s e r i ous l y

doubts th i s w e suggest ,

before w a s t i n g m o r e

space in Fe l i x , that they

look very ca r e fu l l y at the

facts w i t h a n o p e n and

(for y o u , A l l ) a t ru l y

sc i en t i f i c m i n d . W e w e l ­

c o m e a n y b o d y to c o m e

and talk to us about th i s

and w e w i l l share w i t h

them what w e k n o w a n d

have d i s c o v e r e d s ince

w e a s k e d J e s u s C h r i s t

into our l i v e s as Sav i ou r

and Lo rd .

M a u r i c e M o l o n e y C h e m

3

A n n e M o l o n e y C h e m 3

D i gby J a m e s 'Chem 3

Chr i s t i n e L i t t le I F .

Yours

patronisingly,

etc.

S i r ,

H a v i n g been s h o w n

the a r t i c l e i n y o u r c o l ­

lege magaz ine o n the

' H i s t o r i c a l r oo t s of re l i ­

g i o n ' 1 feel I mus t reg is ­

ter my to ta l d i sagree ­

ment w i t h a l m o s t a l l the

ideas p u t f o rward by M r .

V e a l l . He appears to have

l im i t ed exper i ence of the

deep-seated o r i g ins o f

r e l i g i on . It i s not a s u b ­

ject to b e s u m m e d - U p

l i ght ly as M r . V e a l l b e ­

l i eves b y br ie f ly d i s c u s ­

s ing a f ew h i s t o r i ca l oc ­

cur r ences .

W i t h o u t d e l v ing too

deep l y into What | regard

as the t ruth i n th i s mat ­

ter ('the t r u t h ' a s O s c a r

W i l d e so r i ght ly says ' i s

rare ly pure and never

s imp l e ' ) so I w o u l d

mere l y r e c o m m e n d M r .

V e a l l t o read Be than ' s

' A n a l y s i s of R e l i g i o n ' b e ­

fore he d i s c u s s e s th i s

mat ter a ga i n .

Rev . D a v i d H a r d i n g .

Racism

S i r ,

I have just b e en r ead ­

ing a copy of the recent­

l y p u b l i s h e d IC Rag M a g .

I fee l I mus t ra ise m y

v o i c e in p ro t es t about

one of the a r t i c l e s i n ­

c l u d e d i n i t .

Sure l y , as ' i n t e l l i g en t '

s tudents , w e s h o u l d b e

s t r i v ing to b r eak d o w n

the barr i e rs o f r ac ia l h a t ­

r ed , exp l o i t a t i on a n d

p re jud i ce that w e r e

c rea ted by our ' C o l o n i a l

He r i t age ' . Ye t one i t em

in the m a g a z i n e (on page

2 2 , I be l i eve ) b l a tan t l y

sets out to i n s u l t B l a c k

Peop l e . I w o n d e r What

i mpr e s s i on of w e s o - ca l ­

led in te l l ec tua l a n d l i b ­

eral w h i t e s th i s w i l l

leave w i t h s o m e of t h e

ove rseas s tudents w h o

are s t u d y i n g at th i s c o l ­

lege.

O .K . Let 's a l l have a

g ood l a u g h — a n d let 's

ra ise money for char i ty

at the s a m e t i m e ; bu t

N O T at the expense of

be ing de f in i t e ly unchar ­

i tab le to o p p r e s s e d m i n ­

or i t i es .

G r a h a m K e r w i n .

V Luv

kisses

Lo rd Gnome

Eye P u b l i c a t i o n s ,

3 4 Greek Street ,

L o n d o n , W 1 .

3 r d December .

Dear S i r ,

W i t h re ference to the

pub l i c a t i on of a qu i te ob­

v i o u s l y bogus c o r r e spon ­

dence , s i g n e d b y a M r .

B . M c K e n z i e , i n your

qu i te o b v i o u s l y bogus

' paper ' , I b e g to in f o rm

y o u that y o u w i l l shor t l y

be hea r ing f r o m our S o l ­

i c i t o rs , M e s s r s . S u e ,

Grabtoit, a n d R u n n e , i n

c onnec t i on w i t h i n ­

f r ingement of the C o p y ­

r ight A c t , 1 9 6 1 .

Y o u m ay or m a y not

be awa r e that ou r C o m ­

pany h a s the Copy r i gh t

o n , a n d the so l e p u b l i c a ­

t i on r ights to, the expres­

s i o n s : —

" b a n g s l ike a sh i thouse

doo r i n a g a l e , "

a n d

" a g ood set of t op -bo l ­

l o c k s . "

The s e quo ta t i ons are

the -private a n d very per­

sona l proper ty of one

Bar ry H u m p h r i e s , E s q . ,

w h o W i shes to r ema in

a n o n y m o u s .

W e are qui te r eason­

ab l e p eop l e , rea l l y , a n d

w e are 'prepared to d r o p

the mat te r c o m p l e t e l y if

y ou pr int a p u b l i c a p o l ­

ogy i m m e d i a t e l y a n d p a y

m e £267,000 by 6 .00

p . m . t o m o r r o w ( leave it

in l o cke r 2 3 8 in the Phy ­

s i c s Depa r tmen t ) .

Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y , a n d

hope fu l l y .

E. S t robes ,

pp Lo rd G n o m e .

G n o m e V E R Y W o n d e r f u l

Cast - I ron Guaran t eed

R i p Off C o m p a n y Inc.

Jock Vea l l

waters the

wrong roots

S i r ,

I w a s m u c h a m u s e d to

read J o c k V e a l l ' s e x p o s i ­

t i on on the ' H i s t o r i c a l

Roo t s of R e l i g i o n ' . T o

d e s c r i b e the a r t i c l e a s

' d r i v e l ' w o u l d be pay­

ing it far t oo great a

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

c on t inuous f low of m i s ­

c oncep t i ons . Indeed so

g l a r ing are these m i s c o n ­

cep t i ons that if I we r e to

be t o l d tha t M r . V e a l l

p o s s e s s e d e ven the

s m a l l e s t of b r a i n ce l l s

I w o u l d not hes i ta te to

a c c u s e h i m of l i b e l . Fo r ­

tunate l y no one I've met

has sugges t ed that he

has any b r a i n a t a l l so

I can refer to h is errors

as m i s c o n c e p t i o n s .

In h i s a r t i c l e M r . V e a l l

p l a ces in b l o ck cap i ta l s

" R e l i g i o n is f a l se c o n ­

s c i o u s n e s s " . A t f irst

s i ght s u c h a s ta t ement

s e e m s s o mean ing l e s s

that i t appears to be ' im­

p o s s i b l e to a rgue for or

aga ins t s u c h a concep t .

Pe rhaps th i s is h is in ten­

t i on . Howeve r , in r ead ing

the p r eamb l e to th is

s w e e p i n g phrase one

f inds h i m t a l k i n g of the

' f undamen ta l c o n t r a d i c ­

t i ons b e tween m a n a n d

na ture ' as ' m a n w a n t i n g

to c on t r o l nature bu t n a ­

ture not w a n t i n g to be

c on t r o l l ed by m a n ' . T h i s

c o n t r a d i c t i on w e are t o l d

l eads to the e vo lu t i on of

r e l i g i on . R e a l l y ?

I sha l l not g o on as I

do not w i s h to b e too c r i ­

t i c a l so I sha l l leave the

s u m m a r y to M r . V e a l l

h imse l f . H e refers to ' a

f an tas t i c force ou ts ide o f

h is c o n t r o l ' . It s e ems

that h e w a s apt ly de­

s c r i b i ng h i s o w n c a p a b i l ­

ity to d i s c u s s th i s t o p i c .

N i g e l Fos ter .

T U E S D A Y , 11th D E C :

12.55 B B C News!

13.00 The Liquidator!

A f i lm starring Rod Taylor.

Adventure, women and

money lure an ex-army ser­

geant into a life of k i l l i ng

for MI5.

£500

for

dead

students W e h a v e n o w been

able to f ina l i se the ar­

rangements for the

G r o u p Pe rsona l A c c i d e n t

P o l i c y . T h e pos i t i on i s

as f o l l o w s : —

W i t h effect f r om 1

Oc tobe r , 1 9 7 3 , a l l s t u d ­

ents w h o are a t t end ing

Co l l e g e on a fu l l - t ime

bas i s or a t t end ing short

post -graduate c o u r s e s ,

a re cove r ed under a

G r o u p Pe rsona l A c c i d e n t

P o l i c y . The i n s u r a n c e is

in force 2 4 h o u r s a day

dur ing t e rm t i m e s o s t u d ­

ents do not have to be

in Co l l e g e o r o n Co l l e g e

b us i n e s s to be c o v e r ed .

S tuden t s are a l s o i nsured

Whi le o n Co l l e g e or U n ­

ion sponso r ed ac t i v i t i e s

ou ts ide t e r m t ime , e.g.

f ie ld t r i p s , spor ts t ours ,

e tc .

The po l i c y p r o v i d e s

the f o l l o w i n g b e n e f i t s : —

Dea th £500.

Pe rmanen t T o t a l D i s ­

ab l ement £2,000

(For in jur ies l e a d i n g

to pe rmanen t pa r t i a l

d i s a b l e m e n t there i s

a p re -ar ranged s e a l *

of benef i ts l a i d d o w n

w i t h paymen t s mad©

dependent upon the

sever i ty of the in jur­

ies.)

T empora r y To t a l D i s ­

ab l ement £10 per w e e k

U p to a m a x i m u m o f

1 0 4 w e e k s f r o m the

fifth w e e k of d i s a b i l i t y

o n w a r d s .

In a d d i t i o n a s p e c i a l

d i s c r e t i onary fund o p ­

erates w h i c h enab l es

the insurers to c o n s i d ­

er a d h o c p a y m e n t s .

The p o l i c y does no t

i n c l u d e cover to those

s tudents w h o par t i c ipa te

in m o u n t a i n e e r i n g , po t -

h o l i n g , rock cl imbingf,

c a v i n g , g l i d i n g , b a l l o o n ­

ing , s u b aqua a n d s k i n

d i v i n g , sur f ing , m o t o r

r a l l y ing , j udo , karate , g o -

kart r a c ing , w i n t e r

spor ts , s k i - i n g , a n d ri f le

a n d p i s t o l shoo t ing . M

the va r i ous U n i o n C l u b s

require t h i s cover , t h ey

s h o u l d negot iate d i r e c t

With E n d s l e i g h Insur ­

ances (Brokers ) L td .

Petrol rationing

and RCC transport

In v i e w o f the present

uncer ta in ty r egard ing

petro l r a t i on ing , R . C . C .

T ranspor t S u b - C o m m i t ­

tee has d e c i d e d , if ra t ­

i on ing is i n t r o d u c e d , t o :

a) Con t ro l the coupons

fo r R . C . C . v eh i c l e s ,

excep t l . C . C . A . G ' s .

v e h i c l e W h i c h w i l l b e

the r e spons ib i l i t y o f

the c o m m u n i t y a c ­

t i o n g roup .

b) A s k every pr ior i ty

c l u b to m a k e the i r

book ings aga in for

next t e r m , g i v i n g a n

order of pre ference

for eaCh t r i p and an

e s t ima t ed mi l eage

(as accura t e a s pos ­

s i b l e ) .

c) Res t r i c t pr ior i ty c l ubs

to one or t w o week­

e n d s next t e rm, de­

pend ing o n h o w

m u c h petro l i s a l l ow ­

ed per m o n t h , a n d

the d i s t ance o f the i r

t r i p s .

d) T r y t o ' ensure that

c l u b s use the ve­

h i c l e s a s ful ly as

p o s s i b l e ,

e) O n l y a l l o w o ther

c lubs a n d pr ivate u s ­

ers to use the v e h ­

i c l es i f there are any

su rp lus c o u p o n s .

T h e a b o v e proposal®

a s s u m e that petro l rat­

i on ing i s i n t r o d u c e d o n

the s y s t e m W h i c h i s at

present be ing p r epa r ed .

If r a t i on ing i s i n t r o ­

d u c e d i m m e d i a t e l y a f ter

the i ssue of c o u p o n s i s

c omp l e t e , then the t w »

tours p l anned for the v a ­

ca t i on w i l l have to toe

c a n c e l l e d , a n d th e c o u p ­

ons saved fo r next t e r m .

If ra t i on ing i s n ' t i m m e ­

d ia te l y i n t r o d u c e d tbenr

the w i n t e r t ours w i l l be

a l l o w e d to c on t inue , tout

the users m u s t k e e p m

contac t w i t h the n e w s ­

papers and rad i o , so as

soon as def inite news ht

g iven out they mus t re­

turn to L o n d o n .

G e r a l d C a u s e r

(Sec . R . C . C . T r a n s p o r t

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December 11th, 1973 FELIX Page

Poetry Corner

THE REIGN OF PEACE

O Ir ish fr iends across the sea,

W e differ s t i l l , but let 's agree

T o end the ch i l l i ng past that 's gone.

C a n you forgive, forget, m a r c h on ,

So wars, l ike snakes, are no more seen

Ac ross the bitter, blood-stained green?

L e t love now melt the shearing edge

O f frozen faith's d iv id ing wedge.

H o w great was Peter 's fa i th, and fear,

I n slashing.off the soldiers' ear;

Though Chr is t , so boundlessly humane ,

Then healed it on and stopped the pa in .

P ray parted Ir ish eyes transmit

T h e scene each side can see to fit

A s single sight w i th in the m i n d ,

A n d blind-spots see by sight combined.

M a y each h iberna l , Chr i s t i an l ight

Le t insight ca lm the Py r rh i c night.

W h e n motes impede our sight it seems

E a c h other 's chur ch has many beams.

Wha t ra inbow spans your haunted isle

F r o m L a r n e to far K i l l a r n e y whi le

M e n echo one another 's prayer

Then fight wi th in the faith they share?

" O u r Fa ther . . . " pray, " T h y w i l l be done

D i d Jesus ever use a gun?

" G i v e us this day our dai ly bread . . . "

They 've shot another h u m a n dead.

" D e l i v e r us f rom e v i l " . . . now

A n d end this God- forsaken row.

I dream that Jesus lives again

A n d cries a loud for peace to re ign!

T h e n a l l of Ire land's risen slain

R e t u r n and walk where they have l a in ,

T o dampen hate, ext inguish pa in ,

W i t h tears that fa l l wi th I r ish ra in .

N » Rac ine-Jaques , 1973

" T h e Re ign of P e a c e " was pub l i shed in

the magaz ine " Y o u n g Q u a k e r " last year ,

with the om iss i on of the s e c o n d s tanza :

A d v i c e has come our way, you see,

F r o m those who chant the l i turgy,

" T h e second stanza has to go , "

God ' s censors whispered to us: " N o ,

i Rephrase it in another way,

B u t don't offend the I R A . "

F r o m o u r T h e o l o g i c a l C o r r e s p o n d e n t .

So,

Steve Chudy of

Physics 11 -

W h y did your hair turn

Black

Overn ight ?

I saw you get pissed on Saturday

In the bar,

A n d do a Z u m b a .

Kei th 's M u m says

if she'd been there

She would have poured

A pint of Ta r tan on

You r balls.

E. Jorvis Thribb (17).

Adventures in the Union Quadrangle:

O n Sa turday , D e c e m b e r the f irst, a n amaz­

i ng and unpreceden ted event took p l a c e in the

U n i o n Quadrang l e . A t about t en to m idn i gh t ,

s o m e peop le w i t h l e f t -w ing v i e w s on free speech

a t tacked peop le t ak ing part in a s i ng - song .

T h i s c a m e to happen in the f o l l o w i n g w a y :

there w a s a mee t ing of le f t -or ientated peop l e in

the U n i o n Lower Re fectory on Sa tu rday a f ternoon

and even ing , and m a n y of t h o s e present s t ayed

a f t e rwards for a d r ink in the Lower Lounge . K n o w ­

ing S o c . S a c ' s v i e w s , peop le in the bar d e c i d e d

to have a bit of fun by h o l d i n g the Sa turday n ight

s ing -song in the Lower Lounge . T h i s w a s a s u c ­

c ess , perhaps due to the better a c ous t i c s o f the

lounge , and a g ood t ime w a s h a d by a l l , unt i l at

e leven o ' c l o c k they ret i red to the ba r f o r a f inal

p in ta . The s ing - song c on t inued there , unt i l they

we re c h u c k e d out, w h e n it m o v e d to the Q u a d .

V a r i o u s songs were sung , a n d f inal ly they s a n g

the bar v e r s i on of ' T h e Red F l a g ' .

A t th i s , m e m b e r s of S o c . S o c , w h o felt that a

song w h i c h had great s i gn i f i cance to t h em w a s

be ing m o c k e d , emerged f r om the Lounge equ ipped

w i th bot t l es , and a t tacked s o m e of the s inge rs .

See ing that an u n e q u a l fight, w t h only, one poss i b l e

ou t come , w a s on the c a rds , s o m e m e m b e r s o f the

Rugby C l u b a t t empted to restore order by p u l l i n g

apart those w h o we r e f ight ing. T o do s o , they

had to ho ld one of their members , w e l l k n o w n

for h i s ab i l i t y in a fight, to the f loor. A t t h i s the.

person w i t h w h o m he h a d been f i ght ing k i c k e d

h i m in the face .

T h i s made the s ingers rea l i se that S o c . S o c .

rea l ly w a n t e d a fight, so they rap id l y t ook t h e m

apart , and drove them out of the Q u a d . Y o u m a y

be p l eased to hear that the pe rson k i c k e d i n the

face is a l l r ight, apart f rom, a broken tooth, a n d

tha t the k i cke r r e ce i v ed h is just r ewa rd .

J E M I M A P U D D L E - D U C K

H o w w o u l d your c l u b / o r g a n i s a t i o n l ike to be

in a pos i t i on to earn a great dea l of m o n e y ? Of

course it w o u l d , every c lub or o rgan isa t i on can

a lways use extra c a s h .

W e are p r omo t ing a na t i onw ide c ompe t i t i on

to l aunch a new automot i ve product . W e require

the a s s i s t ance of o r gan i s ed peop le , l ike y ou r s e l ­

ves , to enable us to reach the p u b l i c .

Interested c lubs w i l l be a s k e d to p roduce a

t eam or t eams of t i cke t se l l e rs . No one t eam s h o u l d

be of more than ten people . These t eams can earn

a great dea l of money by s e l l i ng compe t i t i on

t i cke ts . The t i cke ts cos t 9 5 p each , every t i cket

p u r c ha s e d br ings a free samp l e of the p roduc t ,

and the pr izes are rea l ly f antas t i c .

The t eams earn the cash for the c l u b , or t h e m ­

se l ves , by r ece i v ing 20p f rom e a c h t i cke t s o l d .

T h i s amounts to £2 f r om every 10 t i cke t s s o l d

or £1000 w h e n 5 0 0 0 t i cke ts have been s o l d .

There are further incent i ves s u c h as c a s h pr izes

for the i n d i v i d u a l and team Who se l l the mos t

t i cke ts na t i onw ide .

If your c lub/o r gan i sa t i on is interested in earn­

ing a great dea l of money p lease comp le t e the

a t tached f o rm.

i It w o u l d be very m u c h apprec i a t ed if you w o u l d

return the f o rm as soon as poss ib l e as the c o m ­

pet i t i on is to beg in very shor t l y .

Y o u r s fa i th fu l ly ,

A . N O T T .

Nott & P r i d d y ,

T e m p l e House ,

4 3 - 4 8 N e w Street,

B i r m i n g h a m .

T e l . : 0 2 1 - 6 4 3 4 5 7 7

S T A P O W E R C O M P E T I T I O N

\ P l ease comp l e t e the f o l l o w i n g

I us ing b lock cap i t a l s : |

| C l u b / O r g a n i s a t i o n I

| A d d r e s s I

I T e l No I i S e c r e t a r y/Organ i s e r |

I H o m e T e l . No !

| I

J N umbe r of T e a m s

T h i s c l u b / o r g a n i s a t i o n is in teres ted in t h i s '

| project . P l ease s e n d comp le t e de ta i l s a n d |

| t i cke ts .

I S ignature —j

T o u c h s t o n e

"The place of cars in

Society3

It de feats me h o w there are so many s tudents

to W h o m T o u c h s t o n e is a c o m p l e t e mys te ry . O n e

of those events w h i c h y ou see posters for, but s t i l l

haven ' t any idea w h a t i t 's a l l about . M a y b e th i s

a r t i c l e w i l l h e l p c la r i f y t h ings .

T o u c h s t o n e i s , bas i ca l l y , a d i s c u s s i o n w e e k e n d ,

though i t has many other g ood po in ts bes ides

that. It starts off, s oon after you arr ive w i t h a

talk g i v en by the gues t speaker , w h o is usua l l y

of h igh r enown in h is subjec t . T h i s lasts roughly

an hour , and i s f o l l o w e d by a n open f o rum in

w h i c h y o u can fire ques t i ons at h i m on any quer i es

a r i s i n g .

A f t e r d inner g roups of ha l f a dozen or more

are f o r m e d ; and once a c h a i r m a n and s c r i be is

e l e c t ed y ou can d i s c u s s - c u m - a r g u e over s ome set

ques t i ons e i ther unt i l y ou ' v e s a i d your lot, you ' r e

b lue in the face, or bed , bar or snooker takes its

t o l l .

Next mo rn ing , after breakfast you can do as

y o u p lease (except stay in b e d ) , though pe rson­

a l l y , no th ing short of a m o n s o o n w o u l d keep

me f r o m a w a lk in nearby W i n d s o r Great Park ,

w h i c h i s beaut i fu l at a l l t i m e s of year . If y ou go

in w in t e r though , b e w a r e of V i r g i n i a Wa t e r , a s

the ice m ay not be as s turdy as it s e ems . Indeed

it c l a i m e d two of our party (me inc luded ) When

w e t r i ed to m a k e our w a y ac ross one of the

narrower parts . A l s o to enab l e y ou to return in

t ime for l unch maps are i s sued , and are qui te

use fu l .

T o r ound off w i t h , everyone congrega tes in the

af ternoon' and resu l ts of the prev ious n i gh t ' s d i s ­

c u s s i o n are c o m p a r e d (hence the necess i t y o f

seribes) , w i t h the speaker g i v i n g h i s po in t o f v i ew ,

he having; the advan tage of k n o w i n g the ques t i ons

by the w e e k e n d .

Peop l e w h o have a l r eady been to a Touchs t one

w e e k e n d may have no t i c ed that I have so far

a v o i d e d the sub jec t of f o o d . T h i s is by no means

b e c a u s e it is b e l ow par. Qu i t e the con t ra ry i n fact .

It cannot fa i l t o sa t i s f y , g ou rme t s a n d ganne ts

a l i k e , a n d even the wate r tas tes n i ce r over there ,

f r om the Institute for T ranspor t S t u d i e s , Un i v e r ­

s i ty o f Leeds , a n d the t o p i c under e x a m i n a t i o n

w a s " T h e P l a c e of Ca r s to S o c i e t y " . Peter H i l l s

w a s very i n vo l v ed in the B u c h a n a n Report a n d

th i s didi, inev i tab ly , enter h i s ta lk . B a s i c a l l y it c o n ­

cern's, the p r ob l em of traffic in urban d i s t r i c t s , a n d

va r i ous m e t h o d s c once rn i ng th is p r o b l e m we r e

d i s c u s s e d . O n e of t h e m o s t interest ing ideas , I

thought , w a s the i n c l u s i o n o f a b lack b o x in every

car , a n d theore t i ca l l y t e chno l ogy w o u l d enab le

this, d e v i c e to reg is ter at a faster rate in c i t y

cen t res than in the count ry . W i t h road tax based

on t h i s , i t w o u l d hope fu l l y , act as a restra int o n

car usage both because it w o u l d c o s t m o r e to

t rave l i n c i t y cen t res a n d a l s o the dr i ve r w o u l d

be cons tant l y r e m i n d e d o f h o w m u c h he is s p e n d ­

ing .

The first two of the ques t i ons invo l v ed the per­

sona l f r e edom of the i n d i v i d u a l to purchase and

opera te h is o w n car , a n d to What extent s h o u l d

l aws protect th i rd part ies , passengers , and dr i ve rs

themse l v es . It it w a s genera l ly agreed that i n d i ­

v i d u a l s s h o u l d not be prevented f rom b u y i n g ca rs ,

though restra ints s h o u l d be l a id d o w n w h e n the

safety or r ights of o the rs i s c o n c e r n e d , i.e. p ro ­

tect the innocent f r o m the f oo lhardy , but not the

f oo lha rdy f r om themse l v e s , as i t is c o m p a r a b l e

to th ings l ike sk i - i ng and m o u n t a i n - c l i m b i n g . T h u s

seat be l t s s h o u l d not be en fo r ced t h o u g h preven­

t i on o f d runken d r i v i ng and s p e e d i n g s h o u l d .

For the t h i r d ques t i on it w a s d e c i d e d that the

tax d i s t r i bu t i on for dif ferent m o d e s of t ranspor t

was not equ i tab le or t ru ly ref lect ive of s o c i a l

cos t s that each impose on the c o m m u n i t y , and

p u b l i c t ranspor t s h o u l d be compe t i t i v e w i t h p r i ­

vate t ranspor t w i t h the intent ion of r e d u c i n g traf­

f i c c onges t i on . T h i s led to number f our : that the

va lues a s s o c i a t e d w i t h c i ty centres s h o u l d be

c onse r v ed even if it res t ra ins pr ivate car usage ,

in those centres .

The last t w o ques t i ons were both t e c h n o l o g i c a l ,

c once rn i n g a r ep lacement for the au tomob i l e , a n d

the threat of the c on t inued exp lo i t a t i on o f c rude

o i l ' t o the natura l e c o s y s t e m , though nobody

s e e m e d rea l ly qua l i f i ed to answer these w i t h m u c h

a c c u r a c y .

G . J . K.

Page 4 FELIX December 11th, 1973

UGM-HORROR SHOCK EXPOSE A shock tactic was unveiled again

at the U G M last Thursday when a

"Jesus-freak" evangelist challenged

the quorum during the grants debate.

C l a i m i n g t o be speak ing aga ins t

the subs tant i ve mo t i on . w h i c h w o u l d

have manda t e d Exec to p u b l i c i s e and

h o l d mee t i ng s about the Grants C a m ­

pa ign next t e rm , M r . J . C h r i s t k n o w s -

wha t (31) of 12 A n g e l M e w s ,

C l o u d - c u c k o o l a n d , W 1 0 , th rea t ened

to cha l l enge the q u o r u m at the e n d o f

his spe e ch .

T h i s t a c t i c , w h i c h h a s r ema ined in

c o l d s torage s i n c e last t e r m , h a s n o w

been repa in ted b lue a n d equ ipped

w i th a s h i n i n g n ew ha lo (25p ava i l ­

ab le f r om Evange l i c a l A c c e s s o r i e s

L td . , M i l e E n d 'Road, ha l o e s , s e p u l ­

chres , j ackboo ts a n d other Naz i r e l i c s ,

ca l l e r s w e l c o m e ) .

C a l l i n g h i m s e l f " t h e v o i c e of the

s i lent m a j o r i t y " , M r . C h r i s t w b a t a b o r e

had c a l c u l a t e d the mee t ing to be i n -

quorate and there fore not represent­

at ive of IC s tudents .

" T h i s in no w a y inva l ida tes our

firm bel ie f tha t any dec i s i on p a s s e d

at a U G M quorate or not, i s unrepre­

senta t i ve un l ess vo ted for by over

hal f the reg is te red s t u d e n t s " , h e

c o n t i n u e d .

H e a d d e d : " i n the u n l i k e l y event

of s u c h a th ing happen ing , w e w o u l d

of c o u r s e c ons i d e r it unrepresenta ­

t ive of the m a s s of the s tudent b o d y

in th is count ry , etc. , e t c . " .

T H U N D E R B O L T S

Desp i t e M r . C h r i s t k n o w s m y m o t h e r -

a n d b e k n o w s h e r b l o o d y w e l l ' s Cha l ­

lenge, N o r m Say l e s ra l l i ed v a l i an t l y

for about 3 0 s e c o n d s , c l a i m i n g that

a cha l l enge to the q u o r u m does not

const i tu te a spe e ch aga ins t , the s u d ­

den c r a s h of thunde rbo l t s and the

mys t e r i ous a p p e a r a n c e of a f l aming

bush o n th e s t age w h i s p e r i n g i n a

deep vo i ce , " q u o r u m , a l r e a d y " made

h i m accept the cha l l enge and dec la re

the m e e t i n g C losed .

'However , be fore M r . C h r i s t ' s pec­

u l i a r l y t i m e d cha l l enge (Mr . C h r i s t

is a d i r e c t o r of " N o - n a i l C r u c i f i x e s "

L td . , K i dde rm ins t e r ) a m o t i o n , hor ­

r ib l y unrepresentat i ve of the vast

m a s s of s ens ib l e s tudents , h a d de­

c l a r ed IC ' s c o n d e m n a t i o n of the

mi l i t a ry c o u p in C h i l e and g iven a n

enormous s u m of money (be l i eved to

be about 0 .3 per cent of the U n i o n ' s

funds) to a commi t t e e for r e scu ing

u l t ra -marx is t re fugees and peasants

f rom the junta ' s just i f ied and proper

torture , r a n d o m execu t i on and pau­

per i sa t i on p r og ramme .

A n at tempt to a m e n d the mot i on

was made b y Pete Lamber t w h o

c l a i m e d that the p o l i c i e s of A l l e n d e ,

w h i c h h a d led to the coup , we r e

iden t i ca l to those of the C o m m u n i s t

Party in this c oun t r y and that a c o n ­

demna t i on of the idea l i s t nature of

the so - ca l l ed " p e a c e f u l road to

s o c i a l i s m " was needed .

SOLIDARITY

Th i s was spoken aga ins t by a M r .

J o h n Lane of the C P G B ( S ) , one t ime

pres ident of I C U , Who c l a i m e d that

the vast major i ty o f Students we re

not ' interested in the tes t ing of the

var i ous theore t i ca l roads t o a so lu t i on

of s tuden t s ' p r o b l e m s in prac t i ce .

He c l a i m e d " s o l i d a r i t y " w a s w h a t

w a s needed now and offered to start

an " A d - h o c c ommi t t e e for the lay ing

of wrea ths on the t ombs of dead

S t a l i n i s t s " .

T h i s w a s a m e n d e d b y M r . J o c k

V e a l l (squatter , of no f ixed abode )

w h o sugges ted the conven ing of a

" P o p u l a r Front aga ins t popu la r front-

i s m " and offered to send out inv i ta ­

t i ons to H . W i l s o n , Len M u r r a y , J o h n

G o l l a n , T . Cl i f f , Gery Law l e s s of

M I 5 , the A r c h b i s h o p o f Cante rbury

a n d any other part ies interested in

the s e l l i ng out of the w o r k i n g c l a s s .

T E A - C U P S

There w a s m u c h d i s c u s s i o n on the

mean ing of the w o r d so l i da r i t y , bu t

P i e r s C o r b y n (Red W e a k l y s e l l e r o f

28 J a y M e w s and revo lut ionary d i l e t ­

tante) expa ined " s o l i d a r i t y w i t h the

m i n e r s " as mean ing g i v i n g them cups

of tea and h o l d i n g h a n d s on p i cke t

l ines , h o w e v e r " s o l i d a r i t y w i t h the

C h i l e a n w o r k i n g c l a s s " c l ea r l y re­

qui res a dif ferent strategy, due to the

tea get t ing c o l d after be ing sent

8 , 0 0 0 m i l e s , name l y the s e n d i n g of

messages of suppor t and the donat i on

of m o n e y , bo th to be intercepted b y

the mi l i t a ry j u n t a — b u t i t ' s the

thought that c o u n t s !

T h e idea of so l i da r i t y m e a n i n g

uni ty i n ac t i on , w i t h a l l s e c t i o n s of

the w o r k i n g c l a s s brought into c o n ­

f l ict w i t h t h i s G o v e r n m e n t over the

ques t i ons of inf lat ion and the de fence

of d e m o c r a t i c r ights , to remove the

Tor i e s , w a s d i s m i s s e d by these so -

c a l l e d r evo lu t i onar i es as " c o r r e c t "

and " t h e on ly w a y f o r w a r d " a n d

therefore to b e fought aga inst , in the

interests of the bourgeo i s i e .

NO J O K E

However this is no laughing matter,

for as the capitalist system enters a

worldwide period of recession as it

is today, hightened by the "oil cr is is"

the building of a revolutionary party

based on a firm bedrock of marxist

principles becomes the paramount

question for students, trade unionists

and professional workers everywhere.

Whitelaw has been brought back

from Ireland to spearhead a series of

Tory attacks and provocations on the

working class.

He has been well trained in all the

skills of military rule, not least of

which has been the experience of

dealing with the reformist S D L P

leaders in Ulster.

NATIONALIST

He will cajole and threaten the

labour leaders in this country into

selling out every struggle of the work­

ing class in the coming period.

Shaping up very fast at the mom­

ent is the likelihood of a "nationalist"

coalition government composed of

the Tory party. Prentice, Jenkins.

Shirley Will iams and other Labour

Party right-wingers.

A "red scare" will be made with

which to frighten the confused middle

class into permitting the full scale

use of police and army suppression

of the working class.

A s this crisis deepens daily that is

the vista which is opening up befor»

our eyes.

A vista of unemployment, poverty,

police and army brutality that, as one

Wall Street financier put it, "wiH

make the 30's seem like a summer

holiday".

Unless, that is, the working class

takes the power and establishes soci­

alism, a planned economy, and the

systematic removal of poverty which

is concomitant with such an increase

in the productive forces.

Chile isn't just a small "banana

republic" thousands of miles away,

Chile is capitalism, Chile is inflation,

Chile is here in this country. It's no

coincidence that the Telegraph talks

about a "Chilean solution may have tm

be found if the miners don't back

down", when we have all the econ­

omic problems here fast approaching

Chilean standards that produced

Allende, that produced the junta and

will be our future unless we build the

Workers Revolutionary Party and the

Young Socialist Student Society right

away. Editor.

APOLOGY T h e Ed i t o r w i s h e s t o a p o l o g i s e for hav ing sug ­

ges ted in last T h u r s d a y ' s U G M that three of the

mi l i t a ry l e a d e r s — P r e s i d e n t A l l e n d e of C h i l e , i n ­

v i t ed i n t o h i s cab ine t shor t l y be fore the c o u p

later emerged as leaders of the mi l i t a r y junta

w h i c h o v e r th r ew h i m .

In f a c t i t w a s (only ) t w o . Bu t s o m e h o w I fee l

that t o m a k e s u c h a c o r r e c t i o n , in the in t e r e s t s of

h i s t o r i c a l v e rac i t y , w a s not t h e m o t i v e s b e h i n d

the oa l l s of " l i a r ! r u b b i s h ! " that sprang f rom

the l i p s of a r ch -S t a l i n i s t s J o h n L a n e a n d Renato

Ezban on hear ing the a f o r ement i oned i n a c c u r a c y .

Christian-Marxists

FOLK CLUB

CEILIDH I With Bob Davenport

jand Rakes

{Wednesday, Dec. 12th

17.30 p.m. Concert Hall

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c/-

A v i d f o l l owers of the

th r i l l - packed Fe l i x theo­

l o g i c a l debate m u s t f ind

it h a r d to be l i e v e that ( in

recent years ) the m a i n

t rend i n the re la t i ons b e ­

tween M a r x i s t s a n d

C h r i s t i a n s h a s been to­

w a r d s d i a l ogue .

'S ince Ka r l M a r x ' s

f amous " o p i u m of the

p e o p l e " ph rase h a s been

men t i oned let u s e x a m ­

ine it in context .

" R e l i g i o u s suf fer ing is

the e xp r e ss i on o f real

suf fer ing a n d at the

s a m e t ime the protest

aga ins t real su f fe r ing .

Re l i g i on is the s i gh of

the o p p r e s s e d c rea ture ,

the heart of a heart less

w o r l d , as it i s the sp i r i t

of sp i r i t l e ss c o n d i t i o n s .

It is the o p i u m of the

p e o p l e " .

Even t h i s is on ly part

of the p ic ture . A n g e l a

D a v i s has po in t ed ou t

that w h i l e Ch r i s t i an i t y

was u s e d to just i fy s lav­

ery in the Sou the rn

States , to s l a v e a s w e l l

a s master , it a l s o i n ­

sp i r ed the revol t o f the

s laves . A s i m i l a r d i cho ­

t omy has appea red in

count l e ss peasant revo l ts

in Europe . A n d today ,

the mos t r espec ted

C h r i s t i a n s are sure l y

those s u c h as the S p a n ­

i sh worker -p r i e s t s o r

the Lat in A m e r i c a n pr i es t

and gue r i l l a l eade r , Tor­

res, w h o have sac r i f i c ed

their f r e edom, comfo r t ,

and even l ives to fight

opp r e s s i on . T h r o u g h o u t

its h i s to ry " C h r i s t i a n i t y "

has c on ta in ed t w o re l i ­

g i ons . One , usua l l y the

dominan t , has just i f i ed

opp r e s s i on and encour ­

aged pass i v i t y , accept ­

ance of one ' s p l a ce , do-

g o o d i n g . T h e o ther h a s

insp i r ed revo l t . A n

attack o n a l l C h r i s t i a n s

i s , therefore, not very

smart .

Un fo r tuna te l y t h e

mos t voc i f e r ous spokes ­

men for Chr i s t i an i t y i n

IC be l ong to a t h i r d

t r end , the evange l i s t s .

A l t h o u g h hos t i l e t o the

es t ab l i shed C h u r c h , they

are if any th ing m o r e re­

ac t i onary . T h e evange l ­

ist be l i eves he has f ound

G o d , tha t th i s m a k e s

h i m a better pe rson , a n d

that h i s l i fe s h o u l d b e

spent t e l l ing peop le how

to " t u r n on to J e s u s " .

Eventua l l y , w h e n every­

one has been conve r t ed

w e w i l l a l l b e " g o o d "

and then , and on ly then,

can the w o r l d ' s prob­

l ems b e s o l v e d . M e a n ­

wh i l e s u c h i r r i ta t ions as

m a s s s tarva t i on , f asc i s t

states and exp lo i ta t i on

are of m ino r i m p o r t a n c e

c o m p a r e d to the b u r n i n g

i ssue of m a k i n g the next

conver t . I b e l i e v e th i s

a t t i tude is arrogant , ego­

t i s t i c a l , an t i -human a n d

se l f i sh , i n fact , sure ly ,

a n t i -Chr i s t i an?

The ques t i on r ema ins :

is M a r x i s t h u m a n i s m a

better bas i s for h u m a n

a d v a n c e than even the

most progress i ve Chr i s t ­

i an i t y?

Tha t can on ly rea l ly

be proved in prac t i ce , as

those many C h r i s t i a n s

w h o go b e y o n d char i t ­

ab le " f i r s t - a i d " work in

soc i e t y and try to fight

the root cause of poverty

and in jus t i ce , have rea l ­

i s ed . In c o n c l u s i o n , the

incomprehen 'd ing theo­

log i ca l bat t le i n Fe l i x is

a was te o f t ime . Bu t i f

there a re C h r i s t i a n s in

IC w h o feel that a genu­

ine Commun i s ' t jChr i s t i an

d ia l ogue w o u l d be

w o r t h w h i l e , i t ' s easy to

contac t me,

J o h n Lane.

Public debate

challenge

S i r ,

I, t oo , a m f ed up w i t h

th is " r e l i g i o n " con t rov ­

ersy w h i c h h a s f i l l ed

space in your paper over

the past few w e e k s ; a n d

to end it I cha l l enge M r .

V e a l l to state h i s v i e w s

at a p u b l i c debate on the

matter . I a m prepared t o

organ ise a n d p u b l i c i s e

s u c h an event, at w h i c h

a fa ir i nd i ca t i on of the

interest of s tudents w i l l

be ga ined f r om the n u m ­

ber w h o a t t end . H a v i n g

made these con ten t i ous

c l a i m s , M r . V e a l l s h o u l d

ei ther de f end them i n

pub l i c or s top w r i t i n g

these a r t i c l e s , as h e i s

only h i d i n g beh ind the

impersona l i t y of the

press . In any case , F e l i x

readers w i l l have a rest.

If M r . V e a l l i s g o o d

enough to con tac t me

we can d i s c u s s arrange­

ments .

A. N. Syrop.

JEWSOC

TUESDAY, l l t h DECEMBER 1973

ROOM 408, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

at 1 p.m. there will be a meeting with the Information Counsellor and a

talk about "Middle East — where next?"

December 11th, 1973 FELIX Page 5

Televisions and Klepto­maniacs

Those of you w h o reg­

u la r l y ra ise yourse l v es

up to the first f loor of the

U n i o n , to s a m p l e the de­

l ights of I .C .W.A . lounge

or M o o n e y d inner , may

have no t i c ed that in the

T . V . r o om w h i c h c on ­

ta ined , in days gone by,

honour boards and a c o l ­

our t e l e v i s i on , no th ing

r ema ins but the echoes

of " c o c k - a - l e e k y " and

" T h u m p e r " . T h i s miser ­

ab l e state of affairs has

been c a u s e d by a rather

puer i l e theft by Un i ve r ­

s i ty C o l l e g e and d o w n ­

r ight l i es o r inef f ic iency

on the part of the T . V .

h i re f i rm. The name-

boards have been re­

turned and s h o u l d be

hang ing in the T . V . r o om

by the t ime th is a r t i c l e

appears . Un fo r tunate l y ,

B r i t i s h indus t ry hasn ' t

yet been ab l e to p roduce

a su i t ab l e co l our T . V .

(w i th v ideo input capa ­

c i t y for S T O I C ) w i thou t

a w a i t i n g l is t w h i c h ap­

pears to increase as t ime

passes . In the mean t ime ,

a b l ack and wh i t e set

w i l l be there. W h e n the

new co l ou r set appears

the b l ack a n d wh i t e set

w i l l go over to S o u t h s i d e

to rep lace the present

m o d e l . A t ce r ta in t imes

(Tuesdays and F r idays

at 1 p .m . and 6 p.m.)

S T O I C puts out pro­

g r amme s for l .C . s tu ­

dents . These can be seen

by ad jus t ing the new

t e l ev i s i ons to the b road­

cast input pos i t i on .

If you see anyone

w a l k i n g out of the b u i l d ­

ing w i th a T . V . set p l ease

s top them and te l l secur ­

ity or the Depu t y -P r e s i ­

dent , D a v i d S i n c l a i r .

IT 'S N O T T O O

L A T E T O T R Y

A N E W S P O R T !

or don't be lax

— play it! Perhaps y ou are f ed

up w i t h p l a y ing the s a m e

o l d sport that you have

a l w a y s p l ayed , or you

f ind that represent ing the

' n t h ' f oo tba l l or rugby

t eam is a less than aus ­

p i c i o u s o c c a s i o n . . . or

perhaps you d i d n ' t j o in

a c l u b at the beg inn ing

of the year and n o w w i s h

you had . . . W e l l , here 's

g o od news . Next term

there w i l l b e v a canc i e s

in the Imper ia l Co l l e g e

Lac rosse t eam. O.K . ,

What is Lacrosse?

M e n ' s l a c rosse s h o u l d

not be c on fused w i t h

w o m e n ' s l a c r o s s — t h e

he lme ts , v i zors and p a d ­

d e d leather gaunt le ts w e

wear w h e n p l a y ing are

not for decorat ion— i t ' s a hard a n d f as t -mov ing

game . T e a m s are ten-a­

s i d e a n d a s m a l l ba l l is

s l u n g a r ound the p i t ch

w h i c h in layout and s i ze

of goa ls is s o m e w h a t

l ike an i c e J h o c k e y p i t c h .

W e p lay London teams

and O x f o rd and C a m ­

br idge Un i v e r s i t i e s .

Why vacancies now?

T h e Imper ia l l ac rosse

t eam had its mos t s u c ­

cess fu l s eason last year

when it w a s based on a

nuc l eus of 2nd-year s tu ­

dents w h o had been i n ­

t r oduced to the game the

p rev i ous year . No t sur­

p r i s i n g l y the t e a m n o w

has severa l th i rd -years

in it, and the t ime has

c o m e to b u i l d a team

aga in for next year .

So, what should you do?

M e e t under the U n i o n

a r ch at 2 p .m . on the

first W e d n e s d a y of next

t e rm. The C l u b w i l l pro­

v ide necessary equ ip­

ment and w e w i l l go into

H y d e Park to g ive you

an idea of the game . It

doesn ' t matter if you

have never p l ayed before

and of c ourse puts you

under no ob l i ga t i on . W e

have league f ixtures

every Sa turday a n d you

c o u l d be p l ay ing for Im­

per ia l Co l l e g e w i t h i n a

f ew w e e k s .

If in teres ted , just drop

a note into one of the

f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r - r a c k s —

U n i o n — A . J . Ha l l e t t

( cap ta in ) ; Z o o l o g y — P .

J e p s o n , Zoo l o g y I; Phys ­

i c s—-L . J . C l a r k e , Phys ­

ics III.

W e w i l l be happy tc

answe r any ques t i ons

about the ac t i v i t i e s of

the c l u b .

RCC Transport Sub-committee

-change in driver selection

procedure

(from 21st January 1974) F r o m 21s t J a n u a r y ,

1 9 7 4 R . C . C . T ranspor t

w i l l requi re :

(a) A £5.00 pe rsona l

depos i t f r om a l l d r i ve rs ,

before i n c l u s i o n on the

dr i ve rs l is t . ( Th i s re­

duce s the c l u b s l i ab i l i t y

to £20.)

(b) A n y a c c i d e n t o r

damage to the v eh i c l e s

resul ts i n the d r i v e rs

au tomat i c r emova l f r om

the l is t and loss of h i s /

her depos i t .

D r i v e r s c an appea l

aga ins t the above ac t i on

to R . C . C . T ranspor t

w h o s e d e c i s i o n sha l l be

f ina l .

A l l present dr i ve rs

w i l l be r emoved f r om

the ex i s t ing l ist on 21s t

J a n u a r y 1 9 7 4 a n d w i l l

be p l a c e d o n the new

dr i v e rs l is t p r o v i d e d : —

(a) T h e y have a c l ean

d r i v i n g l i c ence ,

he ld for at least 2

years ;

(b) T h e y comp l e t e a

d r i v i n g test sa t i s ­

f ac to r i l y . There w i l l

be no appea l

aga ins t test f a i lu re ;

(c) T h e y pay the £5.00

persona l depos i t ,

w h i c h is re turnable

w h e n they request

w i t h d r a w a l f rom

the l is t ;

(d) T h e y re-apply be­

fore the end of the

a u t u m n t e r m

( 1 4 / 1 2 / 7 3 ) other­

w i s e they w i l l be

subject to another

test fee ( 25p ) .

A l l new dr i ve rs w i l l be

subject to c o n d i t i o n s a ,

b a n d c above and in

a d d i t i o n pay the 2 5 p test

fee.

If for any reason

R . C . C . T ranspor t are u n ­

able to carry out (b) in

the above c o n d i t i o n s be­

fore 2 1 s t J a n u a r y , 1 9 7 4

dr i vers w i l l be provision­ally a c c e p t e d o n sat is fy ­

ing c o n d i t i o n s (a) and

(c) above .

N e w dr i ve rs a p p l i c a ­

t ion f o rms w i l l be a va i l ­

ab le f r om G. Cause r

(Se lk i rk 4 8 8 ) or P a m ,

the U n i o n recept ion is t .

( C o n t d . f r om p . 6)

' B u t there are no t i g ­

ers in these par t s . '

' Tha t ' s r ight. Effect­

ive , i sn ' t i t ? ' " .

M o s t of the ta les are

longer than these , but

the m i n d-b o g g I i n g

punch l i n e s are a feature

of them a l l . M a y b e it is

pure madness , but i t i s

a pecu l i a r b rand w h i c h

has s u r v i v e d for near ly a

thousand years , and it

covers a deep w i s d o m

and unde r s t and ing . A f t e r

a l l , w o u l d it s t i l l be so

funny if it d i d n ' t ?

A must for anyone

p re t end ing to a sense of

humour , but a l so a book

for t h i n k i n g over . Def in­

itely r e c o m m e n d e d .

C A N D I .

P .S . The " b o o k " re­

v i e w e d two weeks a g «

was " F a d e o u t " by J .

Hansen (Quartet 4 0 p ) .

Devalued Degrees? W e cannot be expec ted to hope for m u c h out of

our degrees w h e n :

1. — S i z e of t e chno l og i ca l a n d sc i en t i f i c pro jects

are cons tant l y i nc r eas ing , thus a l s o inc reas ing the ir

d ependence on e c o n o m i c a l a n d po l i t i ca l d e c i s i o n s ,

t rade u n i o n s ' d e c i s i o n s , supp l y or a va i l ab i l i t y of

land and resources , pressure g r o u p s ' c l a i m s , inter­

nat iona l re la t ions , etc . a n d , w h i l e none of these

fac tors l o o k very p r o m i s i n g , a l l of them are b eyond

the con t ro l o f the s c i en t i s t or eng ineer .

2. — J o b s , sa la r i es and c o m p e n s a t i o n s depend

ever more on supp ly and d e m a n d , exper i ence , bar­

ga in ing power (un ions , nat iona l po l i c i e s , e tc . ) ,

mee t ing the e m p l o y e r s ' d e m a n d s (rather than the

c o l l e g e ' s ) ; and less on degrees , qua l i f i ca t i ons , c o l ­

lege 's prest ige , etc.

3 . — P e o p l e inc reas ing l y lose the i r c on f i dence i n

" e x p e r t s " (i.e., we ) , p o l i t i c a l par t i es , very large pro ­

jects ( f rom l a r g e b u i l d i n g s and roads to M a p l i n s

and C o n c o r d e s ) , s oph i s t i c a t ed t e chno l o gy (e.g.,

nuc l ea r power , e tc . ) .

4 . — P r i c e s of fue l , l a n d a n d resources i n genera l

are s o a r i n g up, p l u s " o c c a s i o n a l " ra t i on ings , p lu s

cons tant l y d e c r eas ing expec ta t i ons i n fue l reserves ,

p lus more and more dependence on f o r e i gn c o u n ­

t r i e s ' supp l i e s a n d d e m a n d s , p lus i n c r e a s e d de­

pendence o n supra na t i ona l c o rpo ra t i ons , p lus

" o c c a s i o n a l " s t r ikes ; w h i c h means l e s s chances for

our large s ca l e , h i gh l y s oph i s t i c a t ed , h i g h l y o rgan­

i s ed a n d cos t l y ( in r esources a n d money ) s c i ence

and t echno logy .

5. — E v e r larger sca l e , c e n t r a l i s e d a n d m o r e c o m ­

p l i c a t ed t e chno l ogy p roduces eve r more po l lu t i on

(d i rec t ly or i nd i r e c t l y ) ; dep le t i on o f r esources ;

d r a s t i c env i r onmenta l changes ; o b s o l e s c e n c e of

ob j ec t s , t e chn iques a n d t ra ined or s k i l l e d peop le ;

m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s , s u s p i c i o n , m i s t rus t and b l i n d

dependence f r o m the ma jo r i t y of peop le ; l a rger

s ca l e up red i c t ed s i de ef fects, e tc .

W h y , t h e n , is it not pos s i b l e to d e d i c a t e s o m e o f

the t ime of our cu r r i cu l a (pre ferably the t ime t aken

by exams ! ) to the jus t i f i ca t ion , purpose and future

of our ca r e e r s? O n w h a t g r ounds are w e expec t ed

to accep t the present w a y s of " e d u c a t i o n " ? — ' d o e s

our op in i on count at a l l ? O r does i t on ly c oun t

When w e say s ome th ing " a c a d e m i c " ? O r are w e

expec t ed to learn What is g iven to us w i thou t ques­

t i on ing and yet be l i e v e that w e are not be ing some­

h o w indoc t r ina t ed?

No doubt the qua l i t y of s c i ence is d e c l i n i n g ; no

doubt there is d i s enchan tmen t w i t h t echno logy ;

how can w e be expec t ed to be p r oud of a P h . D . , i f

w e don ' t k n o w w h a t P h i l o s o p h y or real t h i n k i n g

m e a n s ? If w e don ' t k n o w Why or for What w e are

l e a r n i n g ? A r e w e expec t ed t o be l i eve ( l ike many

peop le do! ) that gen iuses can be p r o d u c e d l i k e

boxes of t i s sues?

Wha t e ve r the reasons for th i s state o f th ings

( t rad i t ion , the w o r l d , the gove rnment , c a p i t a l i s m ,

etc.) it is necessary tha t w e a l l l o ok into a l l these

ques t i ons as w e l l as into w h a t k i n d of e d u c a t i o n ?

For w h o m ? W h e n ? H o w ? By W h o m ? A f te r a l l , wha t

is educa t i on? If w e can ' t a n s w e r th i s one c l ea r l y ,

Why bother w i t h e x a m s ?

M e r r y Exams and H a p py N e w T e r m .

J . A g u i r r e , C i v . E n g . 3 1 0 .

Concert

Review:

Lindisfarne W h a t a way to e n d up th i s t e r m ' s s e r i e s of c o n ­

cer ts . It w a s c e r t a in l y the one I en joyed the most .

Be f o r ehand I w a s unsure wha t to expect , hav ing

heard so l i t t le of L ind i s f a rne s i n c e the departure

of A l a n H u l l , w h o w a s a very impor tant member ,

but they haven ' t c h a n g e d m u c h . They ' r e s t i l l the

same m a n l y G e o r d i e s that I r emember f r om w a y

back , w i t h the i r f amous N e w k y , w h i c h they even

sang a s o n g about . Indeed , if i t w a s n ' t for L i n d i s ­

farne, N e w c a s t l e B r o w n migh t never have r eached

as fa r s ou th as L o n d o n .

A s for t h e i r , m u s i c , i t is s u c h that it h a s an i n ­

s tantaneous a n d las t ing impac t . T h e i r songs c a n

be just as en joyab le on the first hear ing as they

are on the h u n d r e d t h . T h e t h i n g about L ind i s f a rne

i s the extra s o m e t h i n g they put into the a tmos ­

phere , i n d u c i n g aud i ence pa r t i c i pa t i on w i t h i n c a l ­

c u l a b l e ease. Even peop le l i k e m e , w h o be l ong , I

suppose , to the s o - ca l l ed " s i t - d o w n - a n d - b e - c o o l "

c l a s s , f ee l t em p t ed to c l a p the i r hands in the a i r .

They d i d seve ra l of the i r newer c ompos i t i ons ,

w i thou t forget t ing the o l d f avour i t es . They w e r e

a l l there : " N o T i m e to L o s e " , the ghos t - song " L a d y

E l a n o u r " , (n ice ly changed f r om the o r i g ina l three-

year o ld v e r s i on too ) , and " F o g o n the T y n e " ,

the naughty verse of w h i c h they d e d i c a t e d , " S i n c e

we ' r e in L o n d o n " , to M a r k and A n n e , and let the

a u d i e n c e s i n g i t severa l t imes . T h e y f in i shed the i r

s c h e d u l e d set w i t h " W e C a n S w i n g T o g e t h e r " , a

s o n g w i t h an in teres t ing h i s t o r y , i n w h i c h Ray

J a c k s o n s t i l l does h is med l e y o n h a r m o n i c a , >§

m u c h neg l e c t ed ins t rument n o w a d a y s , l as t ing qu i t e

s ome t i m e a n d Wi thout be ing b o r i n g . N o mean

feat of endurance , w h e n you can do that a n d s t i l l

have enough brea th le f t to s i ng the f inal verse as

w e l l .

For the encore they d i d yet another one f r om the

" N i c e l y Out of T u n e " a l b u m , " C l e a r W h i t e L i g h t " ,

and f inal ly " W h e n the W a r i s O v e r " , a song w i t h

a l engthy very n ice p i ano - voca l i n t r oduc t i on .

It w a s qui te a p leasant surpr i s e to me to f ind

that C l a i r e H a m m i l w a s d o i n g the suppor t act , a s

I th ink she ' s got a love ly vo i c e , and desp i te h e r

recent at tack of l a r yng i t i s (we l l that ' s w h a t she

s a i d ) , she sang s o m e n i ce gent le songs , though 1

thought she fa i r l y c ruc i f i ed the W a l k e r Bro thers "

" Y o u ' v e Lost that Lov ing F e e l i n g " .

G . J . K .

Page 6 FELIX Decembei 11th, 1973

Mermaid Theatre Company

PLAY REVIEWS

The re w e we r e last

S u n d a y week h u d d l e d in

our seats , the stage w a s

in p i t ch b lack . T h e red

l ights f r o m eager a m p l i ­

f iers p i e r c ed the g l o o m y

b l a ckness , dark s h a d o w s

m o v e d s o l e m n l y about

as the open ing s t ra ins of

" P i n b a l l W i z a r d " c r i ed

o u t into the m e r c i l e s s

a i r . It s oa r ed and surged ,

to its inev i tab le c l i m a x

a n d w e awa i t ed the mas­

s i ve bass notes, it d r ew

c l ose r and c l ose r and

f inal ly — K E R S P L U N G !

" . . . W e l c o m e to the

show , f o lks , w e l c o m e to

the s h o w . W e hope that

we w i l l a l l be f r i ends be­

fore i t 's t ime to g o " .

There s t ood the n ine

m e m b e r s of G r i m m s

a d o r n e d in c l o w n hats

a n d ruffs and w e knew

w e were in for a rare

treat — w e we r e i n d e e d .

G r i m m s rea l l y defy des­

c r i p t i on . Y o u c o u l d ca l l

them a rock b a n d , a

group of poets , a set of

c l o w n s or c o m e d i a n s ;

you c o u l d , but to do so

w o u l d be inaccura te .

They are a l l th i s a n d

more , they are a n atmo­

sphere , a f ee l ing , a ray

of hope in this God- fo r ­

saken p lanet w e ca l l

home .

G r i m m s are enter ta in­

ing , now that 's a w o r d

you can ' t use about

many g roups . T h e y are

pure, c omp l e t e a n d abso­

lute enter ta inment , never

p r ed i c t ab l e , never ever

bo r ing and abso lu t e l y a

joy to w a t c h . O n the

m u s i c a l s ide the hon­

ours go to Ne i l Innes

a n d A n d y Rober ts . N e i l

is an u n r e c o g n i s e d

g en ius , he c an p lay h is

gui tar very c ompe t en t l y

a n d his va r i ous key­

boards supe rb l y ; he can

wr i t e and ac t in a t o ta l l y

o r i g ina l way . W h o c o u l d

res ist h i m as he sat a l l

a l one on stage , p l ay ing

p iano w h i l s t he s a n g the

t i t le s ong f r om his latest

so l o a l b u m " H o w sweet

to be an i d i o t " . A n d y

Roberts is a v i r tuoso

a c o u s t i c and e l ec t r i c

gui tar p layer , together

w i t h Ne i l and Zoo t

M o n e y he h o l d s t h e m u ­

s i c a l s i d e of the ac t to­

gether a n d wr i t es s o m e

a m a z i n g l y good m u s i c

that w o u l d eas i l y s tand

up on its o w n in a pure

rock context . T h e

rock in ' . ' n ' h o p i n ' Zoo t

M o n e y was surp r i s ing l y

s u d u e d in the f i rst ha l f

of the s h o w , but treated

us to s o m e tasty t o ons

in the s e c o n d half a n d is

a l so a very v i sua l per­

fo rmer w h e n he gets

go ing . A s we l l as the

m u s i c , there ' s the poetry

and no one c an doubt

Roger M c G o u g h ' s t a l ­

ents in th is f i e ld . H i s

w o r k s are a de l i gh t to

l i s ten to, the shor t c ryp­

t i c r emarks , the de l ibe ­

rate ly co rny puns , the

w o r d p lays and long love

s tor i es a l l read out in h i s

very s oph i s t i c a t ed m a n ­

ner, i t 's sheer poetry. If

you l ike B r i an Pa t ten ' s

very i n d i v i d u a l i s t i c s ty le

of w r i t i n g and v o i c e then

his poetry, a l though very

imag ina t i v e a n d hard to

unde r s t and , as read by

h i m the way it w a s in

t ended is to ta l l y cap t i ­

v a t i n g . O n a c o u p l e of

o c c a s i o n s the poems

were read over su i t ab l e

m u s i c a l b a c k g r o u n d s ,

M c G o u g h ' s " V a m p i r e "

a n d Pa t ten ' s " P r o p h e t "

for e xamp l e , and it

w o r k e d so very w e l l that

one w o n d e r s just w h y

G r i m m s is the on ly

mus i c -poe t ry g roup to

c ome to p u b l i c no t i c e .

But as w e l l as the

m u s i c and the poetry,

there is the c o m e d y and

here J o h n G o r m a n , a

natura l c o m e d i a n if ever

there w a s one, c o m e s to

the fore. T h e y have re­

ta ined P . C . P l o d , w h o is

no longer w o r r i e d about

W . P . C . H o d g e s , but is

more c o n c e r n e d w i t h

m i n d - r e a d i n g acts and

t e l l i ng us about " a

p o l i c e m a n ' s l o t " . T h e

ske t ches , in w h i c h Gor­

man w a s invar i ab l y i n ­

vo l v ed , c o v e r ed an ob­

scure p lay , three pr i es t s ,

" B u g g e r me, d ' ya k n o w

What it sez 'ere, it sez

that in three days he cre­

a t ed the ' eaven a n d the

e a r t h " , a h i l a r i ous ver­

s i on of D e c k of C a r d s .

" W h e n I see the knave I

th ink of N i x o n and w o n ­

der w h y he doesn ' t jack

it i n " , " W h e n I see the

10 , I th ink of No . 10

D o w n i n g Street , w h e n I

see the J o k e r I th ink

of the m a n w h o l ives in

. . . A l t h o u g h I m i s s e d

G o r m a n ' s in terpre ta t ion

of the road ie . F l a s h ,

" F u e k i n ' h e l l , move the

f u c k i n ' th ing yer f u c k i n '

se l f , fuck y o u " , he w a s

r e p l a c e d by the m a n w h o

put the w o r d D i e in

D i c t i ona ry — T h e M a s k ­

ed Poet . O n leapt Gor­

m a n in a p s eudo B a t m a n

— D a r t outf i t and pro­

c e e d e d to spout a m a s s

of o b s c e n e poetry ( ? ) .

H e a l s o en l i s t ed the h e l p

of s ome y o u n g lad ies

f r o m the a u d i e n c e a n d

after g r app l i ng w i t h

th em burst into s o n g

w i t h the rest of the b a n d .

T h e b a c k i n g (mus i ­

ca l l y ) w a s p r o v i d e d by

Ger ry C o n w a y ( d rums ) ,

D a v i d R i c h a r d s (bass)

and J o h n M e g g i n s o n on

p iano , a n d they w o r k e d

supe rb l y w e l l w i t h the

other s i x present . A s I

left c l u t c h i n g the

G r i m m s T - sh i r t I had

bought before and the

a l b u m cove r s I had care­

fu l l y r i pped off the d i s ­

p lay s t ands after the

concer t , it s u d d e n l y oc­

cu r r ed to m e that M i k e

M c G e a r hadn ' t . been

there . If they put o n a

show l ike that for 2\

hours w i thou t one of

the ir major s tars , and

leave us s tunned w i t h a

vaudev i l l e a cous t i c n u m ­

ber and 8-foot Innes'

" H u m a n i z e d B o o g i e " as

a doub l e encore and the

aud i ence s t i l l wan t more ,

then it b e comes obv i ous

h o w b r i l l i an t they are,

so w h y do they keep ap­

pea r ing at the grotty

l i t t le Cent ra l Po l y i n ­

s tead of our huge, capa ­

c i t y - f i l l ed Great H a l l ,

M r . Ents C h a i r m a n ?

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

A b o u t two years ago

a g roup of IC s tudents

felt that they had heard

enough of the p rob l ems

of p o l l u t i o n , r esource de­

p le t i on and popu la t i on

g rowth to be c o n v i n c e d

that these are r ea l . W i t h ­

out d e n y i n g the need for

further d i s c u s s i o n s , po l i ­

t i ca l a c t i on a n d so on ,

th is g roup d e c i d e d to

prov ide a ser ies of acti­

vities w h i c h w o u l d en­

able m e m b e r s to invo lve

t h emse l v e s in imple ­

m e n t i n g s o m e of tneir

ideas both to d e m o n ­

strate their o w n conv i c ­

t ions and to b r ing these

ideas to the at tent ion of

others. Tnes e ac t i v i t i e s

have been numerous a n d

w i d e s p r e a d , but the

iongest - s t a n d i n g has

been the " C o m p u t e r

Paper R e - c y c l i n g C a m ­

p a i g n " . T h e was t e of

tons of compute r pr int­

out has s t ruck many

ac t i v i s t g roups in other

co l leges as wo r thy o f

. e n . on , but no other

c o l l e g e c a n c l a i m , a s far

a -e know, any th ing ap-

. roacn ing the s u c c e s s

a ch i e v ed by IC Eco-

.ct .on.

T h e c a m p a i g n , l aunch ­

ed in January 1 9 7 2 after

Taking the T

out of re'f'use

l e g : A d m i n i s t r a t i o n

Heads of Depar tments ,

etc. , was based on the

p r o v i s i o n of boxes in a l l

depar tments into w h i c h

anyone c o u l d d i s c a r d

unwanted pr int -out and

cards . These boxes were

empt i ed p e r i od i c a l l y a n d

the paper s to red in a

s m a l l room k i n d l y pro­

v i d e d for the purpose by

the D o m e s t i c Bursa r .

W h e n a su i tab l e quan­

tity (about 1 to 2 tons)

had been thus a c c u m u -

dated , it was r emoved

by a char i t y — Re-

reach into C h i l d B l i n d ­

ness — w h i c h spec i a ­

l ises in fund - ra i s ing by

s e l l i n g compute r was te

for r e - cyc l i ng . D u r i n g

near ly two years of ope­

ra t ion , the group co l l ec t ­

ed about 3 5 tons of

paper in the f o l l o w i n g

ca tegor i es :

compute r pr int-out

.25}- t ons w c t h approx .

£510

compute r ca rds

7 tons wortl ' i approx .

£210

Phone books , j ourna ls ,

etc .

2\ tons wor th approx .

£20.

Note that these p r i ces

are rough ly those pa id

by paper dea le rs if they

co l l e c t f r om source ; if

the paper is de l i v e r ed to

the dea l e rs , the pr i ces

are s i gn i f i c an t l y h igher .

There is a l so a re lated

sav ing to the c o m m u n i t y

as the London rate-payer

has to pay £6 to £10 for

the c o l l e c t i on and d i s ­

posa l of every ton of re­

fuse.

T h e long- term a i m of

the c a m p a i g n was to

demons t ra t e to the C o l ­

lege author i t i es the f i ­

nanc i a l v i ab i l i t y of the

s cheme and to th is end

a de ta i l ed report was

s u b m i t t e d to trie Rector ,

the Secre tary and the F i ­

nanc i a l Secre tary in M a y

1 9 7 2 . Th i s report, not­

ing that Co l l e g e em­

ployees have a l ready

to move refuse f r om

source to c o l l e c t i on

po.nt s h o w e d than an a n ­

nua l i n come of up to

£2,000 c o u l d be gene­

rated w i t h a m i n i m u m of

segregat ion . T a l k s c o n ­

t inued for w e l l over a

year unt i l f ina l l y , last

m o n t h , ' the C o l l e g e

agreed to take over the

w h o l e s cheme ( cut t ing

out R I C B , of c o u r s e ) . T o

g ive them a start, the

group presented the C o l ­

lege w i th 3 t ons of c o m ­

puter was te w h i c h was

recent ly s o l d for over

£70.

The fu l l imp l emen ta ­

t ion of the s c h e m e is de­

pendent on W e s t m i n s t e r

C o u n c i l ' s i ns ta l l a t i on of

a genera l was t e c o m ­

pressor — a Dumps t e r

in M e c h . Eng . , s i m i l a r to

that at present opera t ing

in Sou th S i d e . O n c e

th is is done , the s m a l l

br i ck b u i l d i n g in the

East Cour t can be used

as a paper store. There

may a lso be p rob l ems

w i t h N U P E to be i r oned

out. In the meant ime ,

anyone w i t h a large

quant i ty of eas i l y

hand l ed paper was te

s h o u l d in fo rm M r . Brack­

ing of S u p p l i e s — Int.

3 2 0 6 .

M A R K B A L D W I N

on behal f of IC

E c o - A c t i o n

Digby the biggest dog

i n the world

FILM O n e of th i s year ' s C h r i s t m a s presents to c h i l d ­

ren f r om O d e o n s throughout the count ry w i l l be

D i g b y the B igges t D o g in the W o r l d " (Cert . U )

T h e f i l m stars " D u l u x " as D i gby , J i m D a l e as Jef f

E l d o n , S p i k e M i l l i g a n as the G e r m a n D r . Harz ,

A n g e l a D o u g l a s as an at t rac t i ve w i d o w , J a n i n e ,

R i c h a r d B e a u m o n t as her son B i l l y , M i l o O ' S h e a

and D i n s d a l e Landen .

Jef f is e m p l o y e d as an a n i m a l p s y c h o l o g i s t at

secre t r esearch centre , w h i c h is w o r k i n g o n

project ' X ' — a n e w d r u g that can g row twen ty

f i ve feet l ong c u c u m b e r s . Jeff s t ea l s s o m e of the

n e w c h e m i c a l a n d takes it home to g i ve to h i s

roses , hop ing they w i l l w i n h i m a pr ize at the

C h e l s e a F l ow e r S h o w . There he d i s c o v e r s D i g b y

g i ven t o h i m by B i l l y as h is grandfather w o u l d

not a l l o w h i m to keep it. J a d i n e arr i ves a n d g ives

D i g b y the secre t d r ug , b e l i e v i n g it to be m i l k .

B i l l y c o m e s b a c k the next day to co l l e c t D i gby

as h i s grandfather has c h a n g e d h i s m i n d . D i g b y

has a l r eady s tar ted to g row a n d so Jeff t e l l s h i m he

has g i ven the d o g away a n d is then made to eat

the t i n of P A L in h is hand c l a i m i n g it to be h is

d inner . Dr . Harz observes th i s a n d is n o w c o n ­

v i n c e d that Je f f t h inks he is a dog .

A s D i gby g rows , Je f f d e c i d e s to take h i m to h i s

A u n t Ina in the count ry a n d dresses h i m as a

horse . T w o c r ooks , T o m and Je r r y ( N o r m a n Ros

ngton and J o h n B lu tha l ) , w h o have a c c i d e n t a l l y

s t u m b l e d a c r o s s D i gby n o w stea l h i m w h i l e Jef f

is hav ing a mea l in a t ranspor t ca fe (a very funny

scene ) a n d s e l l h i m to a c i r c u s . D i g b y is seen o n

the t e l e v i s i on , and Jeff and B i l l y set ou t to rescue

h i m at the c i r c u s . T h e R ingmas t e r is not too happy

about D i gby , now f i f ty feet t a l l ("If he l i f ts h is

leg, h e ' l l d r o w n f i f ty k i d s " ) . D i g b y breaks out of

h is c h a i n s , pu l l s the b i g top d o w n as peop le f l ee

and starts r ampag ing t h r o u g h the coun t r y s i d e ter

ro r i s ing a l l .

No one c a n cope w i t h h i m now , he ' s b igger

than K i n g K o n g , a Na t i ona l Emerg enc y faces the

country , a Cab ine t mee t i ng is he ld a n d i t is de­

c i d e d that the o n l y a n s w e r is to b o m b D igby . W i t h

D i gby t rapped in a rav ine the bombe r s move i n .

T h e f i l m is d i r e c t ed by J o s e p h M c G r a t h a n d

p r o d u c e d by W a l t e r S h e n s o n . I f e l t that the s p e c i a "

effects we re qui te we l l done and the f i l m is fu l l

of l aughs . If y ou are t ak i ng y o u n g c h i l d r e n , par

t i cu la r l y very y o u n g c h i l d r e n to the c i n e m a t h i ;

C h r i s t m a s , or r e c o m m e n d i n g a f i l m , o r if y ou

w o u l d l i ke to see a f i l m w i t h o u t sex a n d v i o l e n c e

then D i gby is a n idea l f i l m .

T h e f i l m is n o w s h o w i n g at S t u d i o One , O x f o r d

C i r c u s , a n d w i l l be o n genera l re lease in t ime

for C h r i s t m a s . HARRY HILL

The exploits of the

Incomparable

Mwlla Nasrndin

by Idries Shah

Picador 40p

BOOK One of the bas i c tenets of the M u s l i m re l i g i on

is that there is no abso lute rea l i ty but G o d , but

the on l y doc t r i ne to t ake th is to its l o g i ca l c o n c l u ­

s i on is S u f i s m . In his book, "The S u f i s " , Idries

S h a h has in t r oduced the De rv i shes a n d the i r ph i l o ­

sophy : the centra l f i gure in a se r i es of med i e va l

jokes used to i l lus t rate the t each ings of S u f i s m

w a s M u l l a N a s r u d i n .

In th is ser ies of ta les , N a s r u d i n takes the part

of teacher , f oo l , beggar or p h y s i c i a n , yet a l w a y s

manages to exh ib i t the aerobat i c con to r t i ons to

w h i c h the h u m a n m i n d is prone. O n th is leve l ,

then, th i s is a se r i ous book, but on another p l ane

it is a l so w h o l l y a n d h i l a r i ous l y funny. Here is

the home g round of the G o o n s a n d M o n t y P y thon ,

and the o r i g in of many ches tnuts of the M u s i c

H a l l :

" N a s r u d i n s ' w i f e ran to his r o o m w h e n she

heard a t r emendous thump.

No th ing to w o r r y about , ' s a i d the M u l l a , ' i t w a s

on l y my c loak w h i c h fe l l to the g r ound ' .

'Wha t , and made a no i se l ike t h a t ? '

' Y e s , I w a s ins i de it at the t ime . ' " .

" N a s r u d i n w a s th row ing hand fu l s of c r u m b s

a round h is house .

' W h a t are y ou d o i n g ? ' s omeone a sked h i m . ' K e e p i n g the t igers away ' . ( cont. page 5"

December 11th, 1973

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FELIX Page 7

EDITORIAL

A w e e k last Sa tu rday ,

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

t ook on the m i gh t of

L . S . E . at P e t e r sham.

T h i s s h o u l d have been

a t r i angu l a r m a t c h , but

S a n d h u r s t c o u l d n ' t m a ke

it, hav ing c o cked -up

the i r f ix ture l is t . Our 10

runners n a r r o w l y lost to

the i r 1 1 , a l though L . S . E .

d i d f i e ld a n i l l e ga l r u n ­

ner, so w e w o n rea l l y .

F i r s t home for l . C .

w a s Rob A l l i n s o n in

t h i r d p l ace in a s c o r c h ­

ing pe r sona l best o f 2 8 m

5Ts , f o l l o w e d by Ian

" S a i l o r " E l l i s in 3 0 m

12s (you k n o w w h a t they

say about peop le w h o

wea r pu rp l e ) . O u r last

three runners , Ke i th

" t h e y d i d n ' t s ee m e

meat , d i d t h e y ? " A h l e r s ,

P. D o n n e l l y , E s q . a n d

D a v e J o n e s ( f rom the

h u b of the W e s t , H e m -

mersm i f f ) , f i n i shed to­

gether , w e l l d o w n the

f i e ld .

T h e U n i o n Bar then

w i t n e s s e d the unbe l i ev ­

ab l e P a d R E F U S I N G a

free p in t ( f laker) a n d the

equa l l y unbe l i e vab l e one

of Ian b u y i n g a r o u n d .

CROSS-COUNTRY

O F F T O T H E B O L T O N S In fact , o n l y three P A ' s

s tayed the c o u r s e t i l l

c h u c k i n g out t i m e —

M i k e , Ian, I and Ke i th

(near ly ) , the" la t ter be ing

a p e rmanen t f ix ture in

the B a r .

Dave Payne w a s on a

d i r ty w e e k e n d in the

M i d l a n d s , so he can ' t

get a men t i on for th i s

one . T h e g i m p w a s a l s o

absent , u n d o u b t e d l y

ge t t ing on s omeone

e l se ' s w i c k .

O n S u n d a y the t eam

p l ayed C . W . E n g . I at

f oo tba l l , l o s i n g out 1-0

(un lucky , P a d ) . Dave

J o n e s kept a t i ght gr ip

on the oppos i t i on , par t i ­

c u l a r l y their f ema l e

w inge r .

O n W e d n e s d a y we

ran the Os te r l ey Pa rk re­

lay in su rp r i s e , surpr i s e ,

"Oster l ey Park, F i v e

t eams had been entered ,

but on l y three c o u l d be

r a i s e d due to in jur ies ,

m a n y be ing c a u s e d by

non C r o s s - C o u n t r y a c t i ­

v i t i e s . W e c o u l d s o o n

be b a c k to the h a l c y o n

days of last s eason .

Dave J . w a s w o r k i n g

ha rd (so he c an b e c o m e

Dr . S p o c k ins tead of

p l a in M r . S p o c k ) .

Rob A l l i n s o n d i d a n ­

other s u p e r m a n run

(quote, " M y va luab l e s

are in- m y t r o u s e r s " ) ,

d o i n g the three -mi l e

c ou r s e in 1 5 m 2 7 s . T h e

c ou r s e i tse l f w a s as f lat

as a w i t c h ' s t i t , w h i c h

perhaps a c c o u n t s for

P a u l " G r a n n y " C l a r k e

d o i n g 1 6 m 4 0 s ( sn i f f ) .

The rest of the f i rs t t eam

w a s P h i l M E E - l e r a n d

J o c k S t rap , w h o r ea l l y

put the ba l l s o n it by

a l l o w i n g L . S . E . to beat

us .

The s e c o n d t eam w a s

" A n k l e " W e b b , A s h l e y

Coope r , H . A r t i s t a n d

M i k e W e l f o r d . S teve d i d

a very f as t t i m e , s u g ­

ges t ing s o m e secre t

t r a i n i n g had been go ing

on .

T h e W - n k e r s t e am

fu l l y l i ved up to its

name , w i t h Dave Payne

not qui te r ecove red f r om

it. P. A r t i s t ( Pad ) , Dave

H o w l b r o o k e and A n d y

Fa i r he a d . T h i s w a s not a

pe r f o rmance of mer i t .

A f t e r the race , a rap id

ad journment w a s m a d e

to the Queens , r eached

2 0 m inu tes before open­

ing t ime , and then on to

the U n i o n . W h e n the

mee t ing f i na l l y d i s ­

pe rsed , A l f hadn ' t been

for one and a hal f hours

and M i k e ( A C C II) W e l ­

f o rd w a s s t i l l g o i n g

s t rong ( i t 's the t ankard

tha t m a k e s y ou ex c e l . . .

uuuh . ) . V i s i t s w e r e then

p a i d to Ke i th a n d P a d ,

w h o w a s n ' t i n . W e had

thought of go ing to see

the g i m p , but d e c i d e d he

m i g h t not l ike h is s i n k

p -ssed i n .

T h e League resul ts

have n o w been correc t ­

ed aga in — the f i nde rs

o f a n y more m i s t akes

w i l l be r ewarded w i t h a

boot up the arse (keep

s e a r c h i n g R o n a l d ) .

T h i s w e e k ' s mot to : A

dehydra t ed m a n can ' t

a d d . H a p py C h r i s t m a s ,

and don ' t get too p i s s e d !

U . B . C O N S O R T I U M

IC 0, KINGS 2

l . C . t r ave l l ed to C o l ­

l i e rs W o o d last Satur ­

d a y to p l ay K i n g ' s C o l ­

lege in the F i r s t R o u n d

of t h e U L U C u p , w h i c h

w e have w o n for the past

three years . T h e game

w a s p l ayed under a r c t i c

c o n d i t i o n s on a rock

h a r d p i t c h .

A f t e r f i v e m inu tes

S tev i e Bates w a s in jured

in a c o l l i s i o n w i t h t h e

K i n g ' s le f t -back, w h i c h

s l o w e d h i m d o w n for the

rest of the game . T h i s

w a s shor t l y f o l l o w e d by

in jur ies to Ron (V.P. )

K i l l a n d B o b Day . Bob

brave ly c a r r i e d o n , but

l . C . w e r e f o r c ed to sub ­

st i tute h i m ten minutes

later a n d brought o n

P a u l W o r t h i n g t o n . K i n g ' s

had the better of the

f i r s t hal f , but no goa l s

w e r e s c o r e d . T h e refe­

ree gave severa l u n u s u a l

d e c i s i o n s c o m p l e t l y baff­

l ing the l . C . t eam.

In the s e c o n d hal f

I .C. 's re -shuf f l ed t eam

began to se t t le d o w n a n d

the i r s t r eng th began to

t e l l . T h e K i n g ' s goa l

w a s unde r a state of

s i ege , but desp i t e c o n ­

stant p ressure , l . C . f a i l ed

to create m a n y c h a n c e s .

T h e two best Chances

f e l l to Ba tes i e a n d Ian

B e l l , but both sho t w i d e .

A s ex t ra- t ime d r e w near

FOOTBALL SLIP DP IN CUP SHOCKER

l . C . we r e c on f i d en t of

w i n n i n g as the K i n g ' s

t eam we r e t i r ing bad l y .

W i t h f i ve m inu tes to go

l . C . p u s h e d a l l the i r men

up to f o rce a goa l . A .

Ba tes i e b l o ckbus t e r h i t

a K i n g ' s de f ender and

f l ew up the p i t ch to a

lone K i n g ' s p layer , and

f r om th is b reakaway

K i n g s s c o r e d a lucky

goa l .

N o w w i t h no th ing to

lose , l . C . a t t a cked w i t h

every m a n and f r om a n ­

other b r eakaway K i n g ' s

s c o r e d in the last m i n ­

ute to make it 2-0 . O n

a day w h e n the de f ence

h a d p l ayed w e l l , I .C. 's

a t tack was just not good

enough .

A f t e r the game , d i s ­

appo in t ed cap ta in B e l !

b l a m e d it " a l l o n the

re f " . Never m i n d , Ian,

there ' s s t i l l a job for you

at B r i g h t o n .

T e a m : N . B a k e w e l l , R.

K i l l , A . W i l k i n s o n , I.

Pos t l e thwa i t e , D . C a s h ,

S. Ba tes , I. B e l l ( capt . ) ,

J . K e l l y , M . H a s t i n g s , S .

A n a s t a s i , D . S a n d e r s o n ,

S u b . P. W o r t h i n g t o n .

IC II 4, KINGS II 1

M e a n w h i l e , at Har -

l i ng t on , the s e c o n d t eam

g a i n e d revenge by beat­

ing K i n g s II by 4-1 in the

Upper Rese rves C u p .

K i n g s adap t ed better to

the t r i cky c o n d i t i o n s , but

we re d e n i e d any r eward

by I .C. 's s o l i d de f ence .

B i l l P i ke opened the

s c o r i n g , f o l l o w i n g up a

M a r t i n C l a r k shot . Shor t ­

ly a f t e rwards K i n g s

equa l i s ed w i t h a so f t

goa l (Oh w h a t a g ive­

away ! ) . Howeve r , the

K i n g ' s goa lkeeper w a s

let d o w n by h is de f ence

and B i l l P i ke s c o r e d two

more goa ls be fore half-

t ime , i n c l u d i n g a

' S a m m y N e l s o n S p e c i a l '

f r o m th i r ty y a r d s . I.C.

p l a y ed bad l y at the start

of the s e c o n d hal f and

were on l y saved by the

courage of A n d y Rober ts

in goa l w h o m a d e two

magn i f i c en t saves . I.C.

then took over the game

comp l e t e l y and due to

the f ine K i n g s goa lkeep­

er c o u l d not score more

than the s i ng l e hal f goa l

f r om Geoff G i l be r t .

T e a m : A . Rober ts , R.

Y o u n g , M . M a n n i n g , D.

A n s e l l , D. Pu rv i s , L.

H y s l o p , G . G i lbe r t , J .

M i l e s , B . P i k e , A . Peter­

son (capt . ) , M . C l a r k .

IC III 5, CHELSEA II 0

T h e th i rd t eam p l ayed

Che l s ea II a l so at C o l l i e s

W o o d a n d w o n very

eas i l y by f i ve goa ls to

n i l desp i t e be ing he ld to

no s co re at hal f t ime .

T o n y R i c h a r d s s c o r e d a

b r i l l i a n t hat - t r i ck a n d

J o h n Bu t t on a n d P a u l

S i n g l e t o n a l so s c o r e d .

T e a m : G . E d w a r d s , C .

A n a s t a s i a , R. Perr i t , J .

Hey, A . J a c k s o n , K.

A l a m o u t i , J . Bu t t on , C .

S a n k u , T . R i c h a r d s , P.

S i n g l e t o n , A . (Beer Gut )

W i l l i a m s .

IC V 5, LSE III 1

The F i f th t eam p l ay ing

aga ins t L . S . E . Ill sur ­

v i v ed a lot of f i rs t ha l f

p ressure a n d led one-n i l

at ha l f t i m e through a

b r i l l i a n t o w n goa l . In the

s e c o n d hal f , they got on

t op , and desp i t e the re­

feree ran out eas i l y 5-1

w i n n e r s w i t h goa l s f r om

M i k e But t e rwor th , C o l i n

H i g h a m , Pete B in t l i f t

a n d the lone Ranger .

(Ed . bad ref a g a i n ? ! ) .

T e a m : R. C o l s t o n , S .

Pa r sons , R. Hunte r , J .

Dav i e s , M . S e l w y n , M .

But t e rwor th ( cap t . ) , C .

H i g h a m , P. B i r c h , P.

B in t l i f t , T . Ranger , S .

H a n c o c k , S u b . I. L o n n o n .

P E T E D A V I S and

A L A N P E T E R S O N

A f t e r a f ine pe r f o rm­

ance aga ins t W a s p s

V a n d a l s the Sa turday be­

fo re , the l .C . t e am h a d

no wo r r i e s w h e n they

l earned that they were

to p l a y U . C . on Sa tur ­

day, D e c e m b e r 1st.

H a v i n g a r r i v ed on the

p i t ch w i t h their usua l

apa the t i c a t t i tude , l . C .

w e r e lucky not to have 2

tr ies s c o r e d aga ins t them

RUGBY

I.C. G O D O W N A T U.C. in the f i rs t ten m inutes .

O n l y the i ncompe t ence

of the U . C . backs s a v ed

l . C . Howeve r , after let­

t ing in a gi ft try, l . C . be­

gan to p lay very w e l l ,

s c o r i ng a try through

A l a n C r o s s l e y conve r t ed

by Dave R i m m e r . Dave

a l so s c o r e d two pena l ty

goa l s in the f i r s t ha l f .

The s co re at hal f t ime

w a s 12 -6 in f avour of

i.e. .;, ._ , ' — •

Throughou t the sec ­

o n d hal f l . C . were Com­

p le t e l y ou tp l ayed by a

m u c h more en thus ias t i c

U . C . t eam and dese rved ­

ly lost by the f r i ghten­

ing marg in of 2 5 - 1 2 .

T h i s was the first ma t ch

lost by l . C . to a c o l l e g e

t eam for 2\ years and

ended a run of seven

s u c c e s s i v e w i n s aga ins t

U . C . »

Is the spo r t i ng reputat ion of l . C . in j e opa rdy?

W h a t is the cause of the d e c r eas ing number of

s tudents pa r t i c i pa t i ng in spo r t i ng a c t i v i t i e s ? Is i t

a d e c l i n e in interest w h i c h has r educed the n u m ­

ber of f oo tba l l t eams f r om 7 or 8 to a mere 5 t h i s

s eason . Pe rhaps the present e m p l o y m e n t s i tua ­

t ion is p r e s su r i s i ng s tudents into ge t t ing the best

degree , i n c r eas ing the w o r k load a n d r e d u c i n g

le isure t i m e ? Or c o u l d it be the lack of money ,

w h i c h w e are hear ing so m u c h about , p reven t ing

spo r t smen j o in ing in the s o c i a l as w e l l as spo r t i n g

ac t i v i t i e s of the c l u b s . W h a t can be done to i m ­

prove the s i tua t i on , to encourage h i d d e n ta lent to

c o m e f o r w a r d a n d enjoy the not to be m i s s e d

camerade r i e of l . C . spor ts c l u b s . Pe rhaps if

c l u b s w e r e to use the f a c i l i t y of the Fe l i x spor ts

page to p u b l i c i s e the ir a c t i v i t i e s , interest may be

a r oused , by s tudents be ing s h o w n that c l u b s not

o n l y ex is t , but in fact do have s o m e f i x tu r es ! It

is the duty of every cap ta in to see that h is c l u b

uses its r ight fu l space in Fe l i x to the f u l l , s o

submi t your a r t i c l es by W e d n e s d a y night to the

Spor t s E d . c/o U n i o n letter rack.

B O B B .

FLOGGING

WINTER TERM REVIEW There can be f ew more nos ta l g i c expe r i ences

ava i l ab l e to m a n k i n d than l o ok ing back over a

t e rm 's go l f . C y n i c s m i gh t say " R u b b i s h ! " and not

be far w r o n g , but h o w can one counter s u c h abso ­

lutes as " a b i r d i e at the l ong n i n t h " or " a ten a n d

8 v i c t o r y " w i thou t every fibre in the body s t i f f en ing

in supreme exh i l a ra t i on . Non-go l f e rs usua l l y

refer to " L o v e " as the u l t ima te abso lu t e , but

those we l l v e r s ed in the " r u b o f the g r e e n " m e r e l y

use th is as s o m e t h i n g to fa l l back on w h e n the i r

s w i n g fades . Indeed it is wo r th a m o m e n t ' s

thought to th ink h o w d i f f e rent m a n ' s ou t l ook o n

l i fe m i g h t h a v e been h a d J e s u s b e e n born at

Roya l M i d - S u r r e y ins tead of Be th l ehem and been

g i ven " g o l f CIUDS, m e m b e r s h i p c a r d a n d t a l e n t "

by the " t h r e e w i s e m e n " ins t ead of t h e o ther

th ings . Howeve r , that ' s C h r i s t m a s , and not the

m a i n theme of th is a r t i c l e .

T h i s a r t i c l e is d e d i c a t e d to those f ine w a r r i o r s

of I .C .G .S . Who t rudge the nob l e road to R i c h m o n d

w e e k after week . M a n y have yet to appear in a

m a t c h l ine-up and so have not been p u l l e d d o w n

by the g l i t t e r ing hand of p u b l i c i t y . Fo r t h e m it i s

the mys t e r i ous lure of the g a m e w h i c h d r a w s them

to the i r fate.

A r ev i ew of the t e rm w o u l d no t be c omp l e t e w i t h o u t m e n t i o n i n g our r e co rd so far:

U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e lost A\ Bar t s H o s p i t a l w o n 4 ^ — 1 1

x.

-14 1 2

K i n g s t o n P o l y w o n 4 i - . 1 1 1 2

The reports o n these matches have appea red

in p rev i ous ed i t i ons , so I s h a l l not t r oub l e y o u

w i t h a b l o w - b y - b l o w a c c o u n t except to say that

the t eam has i m p r o v e d m a r k e d l y w i t h each

m a t c h and is n o w ex t r eme ly f o rm idab l e .

T h e hard w o r k put in by the c o m m i t t e e a l so

is no tab le . B i l l C a l d e r w o o d (v i ce -capta in ) has put

in h o u r s of to i l s c o u t i n g for g ood p laye rs as w e l l

as p e r f o rm ing h is major task of be ing the f i rs t

t eam supers tar . J u l e s Dan has taken on the one­

rous task of secre tary w i t h the zest that B a r r y

M a c k e n z i e m igh t d e s c r i b e as " o f an abbo t u c k i n g

into h is f irst f u rbu rg e r " . A d r i a n Evans has

a l so a d d e d h is c on t r i bu t i on to the soc i e t y as

t reasurer . H i s t ough ba rga in ing t e chn ique has l e d

to the U n i o n t reasury c o n s i d e r i n g our c lub more

equa l than o thers , just as h is exce l l en t d i p l o m a c y

has m a d e h i m a m a n m a r k e d for s u c c e s s .

F i n a l l y , I have been a sked h o w these s o c i e t y

reports c o m e about . It's s i m p l e . N i g e l Foster

wr i t e s it, J u l e s D a n reads it, B i l l C a l d e r w o o d

changes it , a n d A d r i a n Evans pays for it.

N I G E L F O S T E R

CABER-TOSSING i

F o l l o w i n g the s u c c e s s of our team aga ins t

the C a l e d o n i a n C l u b of U . C . whe r e w e t h r a s h e d

them 14-1 last Sa turday , w e turned our a t tent ion

to more man l y oppos i t i on .

It w a s w i t h h i gh expec ta t i ons that w e went t »

N e a s d e n f oo tba l l g r ound to cha l l enge W i l l e s d e n

and D i s t r i c t F r e emasons to the sport of m e n .

W e took the f ie ld f i rst , and A n g u s M c F a r l a n d ,

u s i n g h is s p e c i a l s tee l t i pped pro jec tocaber , m a n ­

aged a magn i f i c en t 5 6 0 yards to skewer the roof

of the c h a n g i n g r ooms , in w h i c h the o p p o s i t i o n

were c r i n g i n g . No one was hurt ( m u c h ) .

Desp i t e y o u n g b rawny A l e c M c C a w l e y ' s ex­

ce l l en t th row of 3 4 0 yards , un for tunate ly , how­

ever b a c k w a r d s , w e w o n 6-0 due t o the o p p o s i ­

t i on re t i r ing w i t h mu l t i p l e he rn ias .

- H A M I S H M c P S E U D O N Y M I T A B L E

Page 8 FELIX December 11th, 1973

D R A M S O C

CAMINO REAL BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Beit Theatre (Union Concert

Hall) 5th to 8th December. Pr ince C o n s o r t Road w a s f i l l ed w i t h cars a n d

50-seater c o a c h e s , c r o w d s m i l l e d in the streets ,

it is F r i day n ight and D r a m s o c are about to per­

f o rm " C a m i n o R e a l " .

P a r a g r a p h o n e o n the C a m i n o R e a l r e v i ew —

l ights d o w n , enter D o n Qu i xo t e and S a n c h o Panza

f r o m the back of the h a l l . W e no t i c e the stage has

a large ex t ens i on , b l a ck c l o th cove r s the ra i s ed

po r t i ons a n d the charac te rs enter and ex i t v ia

these c i o ths . O b v i o u s l y th is is to be no o rd inary

p l ay , the aud i ence is here to get i n vo l v ed , not

mere l y sp e c t a t e . D o n Q u i x o t e en t e r s the C a m i n o

Rea l , h is c o m p a n i o n S a n c h o runs back to La

M a n c h a , Qu i xo t e s l eeps . . . .

Paragraph two on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —

a n age ing gen t l eman in wh i t e su i t a n d p ink b o w

t i e , a M r . G u t m a n , announces B l a c k 1 on the

C a m i n o Rea l , he is to be our narrator , an overseer ,

s o m e o n e of s o m e impor tance . But let us cons ide r

the a c t i on , the p l o t ? A surv i vo r c r a w l s f r om the

dese r t on to the p l a z a , he tu rns t o w a r d s the S i e t e

M a r e s , desp i t e a d v i c e to the cont rary . A l oud

shot r ings out a n d the desperate m a n fa l l s to the

g r o u n d , c r a w l i n g over the d r i ed -up f oun ta in .

J a c q u e s C a s a n o v a is a p p a l l e d by these events ,

there is no th ing he can do . G u t m a n is n o w on

the phone to h is super i o r , d e s c r i b i n g the scene ,

a b l i n d g i r l and a gu i tar - to t ing d r eamer ass i s t the

surv i vo r , but no t for l ong . " T h e surv i vo r is no

longer s u r v i v i n g " .

Pa ragraph three on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —

' K i i r o y is c o m i n g " , wr i t t en in cha lk on the w a l l ,

enter an ex-boxer born a n d bred in Texas , Y e s s i r ,

" K i i r o y is h e r e " . H i s hear t , the s i ze of a baby ' s

h e a d , has g r own w e a k a n d a pa i r of g o l d e n b o x i n g

g loves d raped round his neck r ema in as a r eminder

of h is g l o r i ous past . H i s wa l l e t is s to l en by street

vagrants . In t yp i ca l A m e r i c a n s t y l e he s tands h is

g r o u n d , con f ronts M r . G u t m a n , w h o offers h i m a

job as a " P a t s y " — a c l o w n . K i i r o y tr ies to escape

h i s fate, he is caught and fo rced to wear the

c l o w n ' s mask , the f l a sh ing nose .

Paragraph four on the C a m i n o Real r ev i ew —

r e m e m b e r the surv i vo r , h e is c a r r i e d off in a dust ­

b i n by " T h e S t r e e t c l e a n e r s " , the same fate be fa l l s

t h e B a r o n d e C h a r l u s u p o n h i s d e m i s e , is there any

e s cape f r om th is . . . . th is p l a c e ? O h yes , ac ross

the desert , the no th ing , no th ing and more no th ing ,

t o the s n o w - c o v e r e d moun ta ins o n the ho r i z on .

K i i r o y is c l o w n , end of B l a c k 6, in te rva l .

Pa ragraph f ive on the C a m i n o R e a l r e v i e w —

" I t ' s not so m u c h a p lay as a state of m i n d " —

It's very i m p r e s s i v e , i sn ' t i t " — L o o k , d a r l i n g , it

says in the p r o g r a m m e that everyone reaches the

C a m i n o Rea l at s o m e stage in their l i fe , w e leave

t h e i l l u s i o n s of you th b e h i n d a n d e a c h has to f ace

the Te r ra Incognita (the desert ) of age in your o w n

w a y " — "I don ' t ge t i t " — " W h a t ' s it a l l a b o u t ? "

— " W h a t does it m e a n ? " — M E A N ? M E A N ?

W H A T D O E S IT M E A N ? The f oo l s , do they th ink

they ' v e c o m e to see " C o r o n a t i o n S t r e e t " ?

Paragraph s i x on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w — T h e

great lover , J a c q u e s C a s a n o v a , i s t a l k ing w i t h the

fa i r Margue r i t e , she s t i l l d w e l l s on the angu i sh

o f the c o m i n g of her menopause , " i t ' s a lways a

w h i t e f l owe r n o w , never a p i n k " . C a s a n o v a ' s

thoughts are on love and res t ing on the C a m i n o

Rea l , Ma rgue r i t e ' s are on escape . S u d d e n l y , there

in the sky , that no ise , g e t t ing louder , i t ' s the u n ­

s c h e d u l e d f l i ght , the F u g i t i v o ! C h a o s , peop le run ­

n ing , shou t ing , cases , t i cke ts , money , papers , C u s ­

t oms , " q u i c k J a c q u e s , get my money , my c l o thes ,

m y papers — let me get out — the F U G I T I V O ! " —

hur r y , more chaos , no i se , peop le r u n n i n g , Lo rd

M u l l i g a n ca r t ed off by the street c l eaners , more

peop l e r u n n i n g , the no ise , the l ights , the Fug i t i v o

leaves. M a r g u e r i t e is left on the steps s t r anded ,

«in tears , t r apped . She no longer wan t s J a c q u e s

C a s a n o v a , she leaves h i m .

Paragraph seven on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —

L o r d B y r o n l e a v e s the Siete M a r e s to re turn to h i s

ene m a i n devo t i on in l i fe . . . . to . . . .? W h a t is

h i s one m a i n devo t i on? B y r o n exp l a ins h o w h is

heart is in the on l y ins t rument he s h o u l d l i s t en to .

F e l i x i s p u b l i s h e d b y t h e E d i t o r f o r a n d o n b e h a l f 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 P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d a n d i s p r i n t e d b y

F . B a i l e y a n d S o n L t d . , D u r s l e y , G l o s . G L 1 1 4 B L .

not r ows of p a i d m u s i c i a n s ; in the b a c k g r o u n d the

dreamer qu ie t l y p lays , B y r o n w a l k s up the s ta i rcase

to the Te r ra Incogni ta , " s o m e o n e s top h i m , w a r n

h i m of the d e s e r t " , B y r o n is u n d a u n t e d , he k n o w s

wha t he is d o i n g , he w a l k s out of C a m i n o Rea l

a n d is gone. W h a t of those that r ema in , they have

a l l pa id the pr i c e of a d m i s s i o n — D E S P E R A T I O N .

T h o s e w i t h c a s h in the S ie te M a r e s , those w i thout

e i ther in the " R i t z — M e n O n l y " or on the streets .

T h e set of the ent ire p lay is s i m p l e , but ef fective,

r ea l i s t i c . T h e S ie te M a r e s , whe r e the r i ch re­

s ide on the r ight, the pawnbroke r s a n d " P i t y — M e n

O n l y " on the left.

Pa rag raph e ight on the C a m i n o Rea l r ev i ew —

it is F ies ta t ime , jo in in the fun , ton ight the r i s i ng

m o o n w i l l turn E s m e r a l d a , the G y p s y ' s daughter ,

in to a v i r g in , a n d a chosen hero w i l l b e f o u n d .

K i i r o y hocks h is go l den g loves to f inance an ex­

ped i t i on a c r o s s the deser t and away . C a s a n o v a

wears h is c r o w n of h o r n s , o b l i v i o u s to the c r o w d ' s

taunts . H a i l E s m e r a l d a , the v i r g i n , she chooses

K i i r o y as her hero , he is torn be tween escape

and the t empta t i ons of the G y p s y ' s daughter , t emp­

ta t ion w i n s , longer in te rva l .

Pa rag raph n ine o n the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —

" L e t ' s get d o w n t o the bar before everyone e l s e " —

" W a n t a choco la t e or a bar ley sugar , d e a r ? " " N o w

I'm b e g i n n i n g to unde r s t and it, the C a m i n o Rea l

i s obv i ous l y that s tage in a pe r son ' s l i fe w h e n

he (or she) has to f ace the a g o n i s i n g rea l i ty

of g r o w i n g o l d . If one c an accep t th is then they

c an c ross the Terra Incognita w i t h no p r o b l e m s .

C a s a n o v a ' s w h o l e l i fe is cen t red a r o u n d his v i r i ­

l i ty and as this d ec l i n es w i t h h is i n c r eas ing age he

c a n n o t c o m e to t e rms w i th it a n d s o is s t r a n d e d

on C a m i n o Rea l . S i m i l a r l y , K i l r o y s ' w h o l e l i fe

w a s h is box ing career , w h e n his heart g rew weak ,

and the m e d i c s w o u l d n ' t O .K . h i m for any more

f ights he too c o u l d n ' t face h is fate, c o u l d n ' t face

o l d age, so he too r ema ins on C a m i n o Rea l . Lo rd

B y r o n , however , once he has a c c e p t e d the m i n o r

po in ts of o l d age, is ab le to return to h i s poetry

and c an con t inue w r i t i n g as long as he l i kes , so

he can b l i t h e l y w a l k out of the p lace . Margue r i t e

d w e l l s too m u c h on her past to be ab l e to e scape

no matter h o w m u c h she wants t o " — " W e ' d

better get back now , i t ' l l be s tar t ing aga in s o o n " .

Paragraph ten on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —

the G y p s y f i l l s in the chosen he ro f o rms for K i i r o y

and Nurs i e br ings in E s m e r a l d a . She stre tches

s educ t i v e l y on the c o u c h , two s m a l l c o i l e d green

snakes g u a r d i n g her breasts . K i i r o y is too wor ­

r i ed about the G y p s y ' s news that he is next on the

street c l eaners l ist to concent ra te on the Job at

h a n d . He spends a long t ime impr e s s ing Esme ­

ra lda w i t h h is s ince r i t y and is f i n a l l y a l l o w e d

to l i ft her v e i l . He is th rown out by the G y p s y

a n d lands on . . . . •

Paragraph e leven on the C a m i n o Real r e v i e w —

K i i r o y is o n the p laza , G u t m a n ass i s t s C a s a n o v a ' s

exi t f rom the S ie te M a r e s . K i l r o y ' s heart is too

weak to carry the be f r i ended C a s a n o v a ' s bag into

its n ew home , the R I T Z — M e n O n l y . K i i r o y de­

c ides to s l eep out under the s tars , he is j o ined by

Marguer i t e and w h e n the street c l eaners approach

he is ready for them. Bu t his r es i s tance is too

weak , a l l in v a i n .

Pa rag raph twe l v e on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —

K i l r o y ' s body is be ing inves t i ga ted by a d i s s e c t i o n

c l a s s , the ins t ructor r emoves the heart, a g o l d e n

one the s i ze of a b a b y ' s head , K i i r o y grabs h is

heart f r om the ins t ructor and in t ry ing to c o n v i n c e

the s l e ep ing E s m e r a l d a he is more t h a n a t om­

cat , p a w n s his heart for a c o l l e c t i o n of c h e a p

s tones and furs to impress the s l e ep ing G y p s y

daughter . H e fa l l s to the dry f ounta in , b r oken ,

s c r e w e d , r obbed , deso la te , a w r e c k . . . . D o n

Qu ixo t e awakes a n d w a s h e s h is face , c l e a n s h is

teeth in the f resh c l e a n water of the f oun ta in . T h e

c r o w d of vagrants are s t u n n e d , they leap upon

the f ounta in as K i i r o y a n d Qu i xo t e c l i m b the sta ir ­

case together , t owards the Ter ra Incogni ta .

Pa rag raph th ir teen on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —

cred i t s : The p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i r e c t i on of D e n y s

Bennet t w a s as i m m a c u l a t e as " T h e C r u c i b l e "

and the genera l s t anda rd of a c t ing rea l ly exce l l en t .

A l t h o u g h not per fec t , it is i m p o s s i b l e to faul t the

p r o d u c t i o n , a very d i f f i cu l t p lay indeed to pe r f o rm,

one w h i c h w a s t a c k l e d in a very adven turous a n d

p ro f e s s i ona l manner . T h e props , c o s t u m e s a n d

scenery we re very r ea l i s t i c and c o n v i n c i n g . T h e

on l y rea l ly ou t s t and ing i n d i v i d u a l p e r f o rmance w a s

that of Pat G o r m a n as K i i r o y , a l though Steve

Grove (Gutman) M i k e S t ranger (Casanova ) , P enny

P y k e (Marguer i t e ) and C a r i n a S t a n d i n g ( G y p s y ) ,

not forget t ing S h e i l a H u g h e s (her daughter ) sup ­

por ted very w e l l . T h e p lay w a s perhaps too sur ­

rea l i s t i c for s o m e peop le to enjoy on the super­

f i c i a l l eve l , but cho r eog raphy (by M a d e l i n e

C laque ) and superb l i gh t ing (by A l e c M a c A n d r e w )

e n h a n c e d the ent i r e p r o d u c t i o n to s u c h a d e g r e e

that everyone mus t have got some th ing out of it.

It's a p l a y to t h i n k about , t o interpret in your o w n

w a y to w o r k ou t for yourse l f ; c o n s i d e r your o w n

s i tua t i on , d r a w your o w n c o n c l u s i o n s , w r i t e your

o w n rev i ew. " T h e cu r t a in l ine has been s a i d , s o

lower i t " . A m e n .

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

VACANCY The pos t of sabba t i ca l edi tor of FEL IX w i l l be­

c o m e vacant s ta r t ing at the end of th i s t e rm.

H o l d e ve ry th ing ! Be fore you a l l r each for the

a p p l i c a t i o n f o rms , let me te l l y ou that it m igh t

not ex is t next t e rm, dependent on last n i gh t ' s

C o u n c i l d e c i s i o n s .

FEL IX has been in deep f i nanc i a l wa t e r s i n c e

hal f t e rm, d u e to a p e c u l i a r s ide-ef fect of the e c o ­

n o m i c c r i ses w h i c h has made f i rms change the ir

m i n d s about adve r t i s ing in London s tudent news ­

papers (except Senne t ) .

They a l l used to get their ads f r om one brokers

c o m p a n y w h i c h has s ince p a c k e d i n a l l cont rac ts

w i t h London s tudent newspapers as even they

can ' t get a d s .

Be fore M i n e s News le t t e r p ipe up w i t h s tor i es of

the ir un r i v a l l ed f i nanc i a l a c u m e n in ex to r t ing a

c o u p l e of q u i d ' s wo r th of ads per for tn ight off

l oca l t raders , may il state that FEL IX needs over

£50 per week w o r t h of a d v e r t i s i n g to avert large

in jec t ions of U n i o n cap i t a l .

C o u p l e d w i t h t h i s d rop in adve r t i s ing revenue

h a s been s oa r ing newspr in t cos ts w h i c h I fee l

makes the present f o rmat of FEL IX (8-page

w e e k l y ) no l onge r f eas ib l e .

A n y o n e interested in he lp ing w i t h whatever

m e d i a pro ject C o u n c i l d e c i d e to back to d i s s e m i ­

nate news , spews and rev i ews r ound the C o l l e g e

s h o u l d con tac t N o r m Say l e s or Pau l W a d s w o r t h

in the U n i o n office, e i ther n o w or s t ra ight away

next t e rm .

In case anyone ' s w o n d e r i n g w h y I'm j a c k i n g in

the s tudent ed i tor s cene , the answer can be de­

d u c e d f r om the statement"£400 grant for my th i rd

year next year a n d no parenta l c on t r i bu t i on a va i l ­

a b l e " .

Ergo e lk Py thon d i x i t .

A n y w a y , be fore any more Lat in quota t i ons c rop

up w h i c h have to be taken c u m grano sa l i s as they

say, th is has been a rea l l y great t e rm ed i t i ng FEL IX

a n d I'm sorry that it has to e n d in s u c h a f i d u c i a l

conf lagrat ion , bu t I have no doubt that that scro t ty

moggy w i l l re-appear aga in next t e rm, a l though in

a d i f ferent hat, no doubt .

Espec i a l thanks are due to Dave , S i m i n e a n d

G r a h a m for m i n d - s t u n n i n g layouts , s co res of n o m s -

de^plume a n d real p e o p l e for a r t i c l e s , r ev i ews a n d

Ron A p p l e b y ' s ca r t oon , the C P , IS, I M G for acute

a t tacks of W e i m a r m e m o r i a l nausea , G o d s q u a d

w i thou t w h i c h I m igh t have an extra r i b , P a u l G e e

for pre fer r ing t yp ing courses to ba r r i cades , S c a -

ramanga for not g i v i n g my secret away , N o r m ,

Pau l a n d Dave for be ing better t h a n the d e v i l s

y ou don ' t k n o w , B o b Bar l ey for spor ts ed i t o r i a l

of the t e rm, B o b M i l s o m for f i r s t - c l ass cour i e r ing

a n d env iab l e pa t i ence a n d last but not least J e n

for 1,001 th ings a day. A L I .

CROSS-COUNTRY Se r i ous l y though (see 2 3 ) , the rest of the team

e l s ewhere ) , the X - C o u n - f i n i s h e d w i t h a more

t ry C l u b s a w its f ines t t h a n u s u a l p a c k i n g i n t h e

hour (so far) at the U L m i d d l e ; Pau l C l a r k e 3 1 s t

C h a m p i o n s h i p s th is S a - ( 3 1 m 4 3 ) , P h i l M e y l e r

turday past . Desp i t e the and S t eve W e b b 3 4 a n d

loss of no less than f i ve 3 5 t h ( 3 2 m 2 7 / 8 ) , Dave

of o u r more p rominen t W e s t 4 0 t h , R i c h H a r r i n g -

s tars by injury, ou r t r a - ton 4 4 , Dave J o n e s 4 7 ,

d i t i o n a l p l a c i n g of fourth M i k e W e l f o r d 5 0 , Dave

(just ou t s ide the meda l s ) Payne 5 3 , P a d D o n n e l l y

w a s once aga in ach i ev - 60 th and Pete J o h n s o n ,

ed . Even the b i t t e r l y c o l d w i t h in jured leg , 61s t .

w i n d c o u l d not s t aunch H a v i n g s a i d w e w e r e

the e n t h u s i a s m of the 4 t h , w e were a l s o 5 th

dozen of us w h o r a n , (the s e c o n d team) in

though those w h o s e f r on t of L S E B (aga in ) ,

ab i l i t y na tura l l y be f i t s S i x t eams f i n i s h e d ,

them (except D a v e m a n y s tar t ed . A n ex-

Payne) for a p l a c e at the ( 1 9 5 7 ? v intage ) cap ta in

back had to f i n i s h in a of I C C C C w a s a l so r u n -

bl i zzard of h a i l : the pro - n i n g .

pos i t i on that c ross c o u n - T o counte rac t the ef-

try is more f un in these feet of the f oo tba l l

c ond i t i ons w a s not w e l l ma t ches , R o b is prepar-

r ece i ved , e s p e c i a l l y by ing C h r i s t m a s T r a i n i n g

the t w o in jured lans w h o S c h e d u l e s ; the effect of

we re t i m e k e e p i n g o n top these w i l l no doubt b e

of the h i l l . o b s e r v ed next t e rm.

O n c e aga in led by D J

R o b A l i n s o n , 18th in 3 0 m (un l ike others not h u m -

11 for the 5 m i l e s and m i n g ) .

Ne i l B o a g (25th, 3 1 m

the end of first lap—Steve Webb about to pass

these two.

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AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF MONEY

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

ents to u t i l i s e the s m a l l a m o u n t s of m o n e y w h i c h

a r e a v a i l a b l e to b e s t p o s s i b l e a d v a n t a g e . F r o m

as l i t t le as 17p p e r w e e k you c a n g e t s t a r t e d w i t h

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

WHO ARE WE?

S T U D E N T S & G R A D U A T E S I N S U R A N C E a r e

the s p e c i a l i s t i n s u r a n c e b r o k e r s w h o d e a l s o l e l y

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

W e a r e a n e s t a b l i s h e d a n d r e s p e c t e d c o m p a n y

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

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

e x p e r i e n c e d the k i n d of p r o b l e m s y o u a r e

f a c i n g t o d a y .

O u r s e r v i c e i s a v a i l a b l e i n a l l m a j o r p o p u l a t i o n

c e n t r e s w h i c h e n s u r e s that y o u r i n v e s t m e n t c a n

b e a d j u s t e d to m e e t y o u r c h a n g i n g r e q u i r e ­

m e n t s w i t h o u t fuss o r e x p e n s e .

WHAT WE OFFER

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

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

a n d / o r o b l i g a t i o n .

W e d e a l s o l e l y w i t h the t o p c o m p a n i e s i n the

i n s u r a n c e a n d i n v e s t m e n t f i e lds , s u c h as Sco t t i sh

W i d o w s , E q u i t y & L a w , S t a n d a r d L i f e — t h e s e

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

l en t r e s u l t s for o v e r a c e n t u r y . Y o u h a v e the

a s s u r a n c e of the h i g h e s t r e t u r n o n y o u r i n v e s t ­

m e n t , w h i c h c a n start f r o m as l i t t le as 17p p e r

w e e k .

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i n v e s t m e n t s that w e w i l l b e a b l e to h e l p y o u w i t h

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