F O U N D E D IN 1949 N E W S P A P E R OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION

NO. 427 F r i d a y , 17th September 1976. F R E E

Tricia Greenwood resigns

Will Residence cope?

Houses ready on time Q U I C K A C T I O N by C o l l e g e

and Un ion o f f i c i a l s . has

ensured the a l l e v i a t i o n o f

pre l im inary fears that three

s tudent houses wou ld not be

o p e n a t t h e s ta r to f the s e s s i o n .

T h e houses concerned are

51 E v e l y n Gardens (part of

M i n i n g H o u s e ) , 69 E v e l y n

Gardens (part of W i l l i s J a c k s o n

House ) and 14 Queensber ry

P l a c e ( R a y l e i g h H o u s e ) ; a l l

three had o n l y recen t l y been

acqu i red by C o l l e g e and are

cur ren t ly undergo ing major

b u i l d i n g work to br ing them

up to the s tandard o f other

s tudent h o u s e s .

The C o l l e g e had i n i t i a l l y

in tended that rennovat ion work

shou ld not s p i l l in to the new

term. Howeve r a de lay i n

commenc ing the work c a u s e d

the es t ima ted f i n i s h i n g date to

dr i f t w e l l in to term-t ime.

B u i l d i n g s Secre ta ry , D o n

C l a r k e , who was o v e r s e e i n g

the work for I C , was on ho l i day

at the t ime. In h i s absence

Domes t i c Secretary C a p t a i n

L i n d l e y and U n i o n P r e s i d e n t

N i c k B r a y s h a w r e a l i s e d the

d e l a y and took e v a s i v e a c t i o n .

On Mr C l a r k ' s return a l l

three eager l y set about

renego t ia t i ng the b u i l d i n g

con t rac t . T h i s h a s now been

done and rennova t ion work

shou ld c e a s e by September

27 th . T h i s a l l o w s jus t enough

t ime to get ca rpe t s back into

51 and 69 . O n l y minor work ,

s u c h as the pa in t ing of

k i t chens i s e n v i s a g e d be ing

pro longed into term-t ime.

Vandals L a s t Sunday at around 4pm

a cupboard in the Snooker room

(top f loor o f the Un ion ) w a s

broken in to and v a n d a l i s a t i o n

done. The cupboard i t s e l f i s a

wr i te off, as i s the rest u s e d

to p r i se open the cupboard .

The I C U Deputy P r e s i d e n t

wou ld l i k e , t o hear from anyone

i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g at the

t ime.

N U P E T h e C o l l e g e b ranch of N U P E

(Na t i ona l U n i o n of P u b l i c

E m p l o y e e s ) he ld a meet ing

las t Thu rsday to e l e c t i ts new

o f f i c e r s . The s u c c e s s f u l

con tes tan ts were: R O N

B U R N E T T (Secre tary) , F R E D

B U R R I D G E (Cha i rman) , R O N

P A R K E R (Minutes Secre ta ry ) ,

J A C K N U T B E A M (Aud i to r ) and

J O H N M c H A L E (Aud i to r ) .

With l e s s than two weeks to go to the start of term, the

resignat ion of Res idence Of f icer T r i c i a Greenwood has

posed doubts as to whether the overworked and understaffed

Res idence Of f i ce can cope with the immense volume of

work a s s o c i a t e d with the new term'.

It was p r e c i s e l y on the

grounds of s ta f f i ng that M i s s

Greenwood had res i gned i n

A u g u s t . F o r months she had

t r ied i n v a i n to i nc rease the

c l e r i c a l work force i n the

o f f i ce from three to four . She

po in ts out that i n the las t few

months she had needed to

he lp out her s ta f f s o much

that she found he rse l f s t a y i n g

i n C o l l e g e un t i l 7pm most

w e e k d a y s , as w e l l a s coming

into her o f f i c e on Sa tu rdays .

T h i s , she admi t s , w a s just

about keep ing th ings a f l oa t .

'Nevertheless I felt I was

banging my head against a

brick wall over the issue of

more staff, so I decided to

leave' s a y s T r i c i a .

D e s p i t e her con f i denc e in

her former c o l l e a g u e s M i s s

Greenwood doubts whether

they w i l l be ab le to cope th is

t ime around. 'The whole thing

just could collapse'.

Not su rp r i s i ng l y T r i c i a fe l t

that the super io rs i n C o l l e g e

Adm in i s t r a t i on d i d not f u l l y

unders tand the s p e c i a l p rob lems

faced by her o f f ice i n p r o v i d i n g

an e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e .

F E L I X b roached the sub jec t

of under s ta f f ing w i th M i s s

G r e e n w o o d ' s immediate super io r ,

D o m e s t i c Secre ta ry C a p t a i n

L i n d l e y , but he prefer red not

to comment on the s i t ua t i on

e x c e p t to say : 'I've every

confidence in the staff there

( R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e ) and we've

every intention of coping. I

realise the difficulties but

we've every intention of copmg'.

Union blaze Minor damage w a s s u s t a i n e d

to the U n i o n C o n c e i t H a l l l as t

T u e s d a y (7th September) when

a f i re broke out on the s tage

f loor . Prompt a c t i o n by two

i n d i v i d u a l s e n a b l e d the f i re to

be put out w i t h i n f i f teen

m i n u t e s , before it c o u l d take

h o l d . A n a rea of four square

feet o f f loor was la ter r e p l a c e d .

A t the t ime o f the f i re , the

stage f loor was undergoing

s a n d i n g . T h e sander used for

the job had been unp lugged ,

a l though the machine had been

w e l l u s e d throughout the

af ternoon. The c a b l e s wound

around the m a c h i n e ' s dus tbag

were rather hot , and e v e n t u a l l y

these c a u s e d the dus tbag to

i gn i t e . T h e dus tbag i n turn

set f i re to the c a b l e s and the

stage f loor .

Smoke had engu l fed the

stage when Andy S tevenson o f

P a n d o r a Theat re ar r ived on the

s c e n e . H e empt ied two f i re

e x t i n g u i s h e r s on the f i re before

c a l l i n g for the a s s i s t a n c e o f

D P De r r i c k E v e r e t t . F i v e

minutes la te r , at about 5pm,

the f i re had been comp le te l y

e x t i n g u i s h e d .

The s tage floor h a s now

been resanded a n d r e s e a l e d .

inside-S P E C I A L

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ISSUE

ICU Exec - P g 2

Editorial - P g 3

Reading festival - P g 4 / report 5

Reviews - P g 6

Cricket - P g 7

X-Word - P g 8

2 - F E L I X , S E P T E M B E R 17th 1976

A s you may be aware by now, the

p r i ces in the c o l l e g e re fec to r ies were

inc reased by 10% on the 1st of September.

If you have found that your favor i te (or

indeed any) meal has inc reased in p r i ce

by more than 10% then p lease let me

know.

A l though we are aware of the o f f i c i a l

p r i ces in the re fec to r ies it is d i f f i cu l t to

know whether these are ac tua l l y the

p r i ces being charged , wi thout your h e l p .

A l s o , any comments you may have a s

to the qua l i t y , quant i ty or temperature of

the food would be inva luab le because if

you are paying an ext ra 10% for your meal

you ought to be ab le to expec t a co r res ­

ponding inc rease in the standard of food

of fered.

International Club Imperial C o l l e g e Union i s current ly

i nves t i ga t i ng the p o s s i b i l i t y of forming an

" In te rna t iona l C l u b " w i th in IC . I t 's

purpose would be to co-ord ina te the

a c t i v i t i e s of the numerous na t iona l

s o c i e t i e s w i th in the Un ion and it wou ld

a l s o provide a forum for promoting

mul t i -na t iona l s o c i a l even ts and cu l tu re

d i s p l a y s .

I wou ld s t r e s s that th is is on ly a

tentat ive sugges t i on and comments as to

i t ' s potent ia l v i a b i l i t y would be

app rec ia ted .

A l s o , we are great ly in need of

volunteers to man an informat ion d e s k for

Ove rseas Students in the Sher f ie ld

B u i l d i n g ent rance h a l l . The more

PRACTICAL RABBIT

by IC Union Hon. Sec.

Chalky White Afore I beg in , we lcome to the new look

IC U n i o n . A l l the o ld cobwebs have been

b lown out and we are current ly i n s t a l l i n g

our own! N i c k ' s busy in i t i a t ing p o l i c y ,

D e r r i c k ' s busy decorat ing and I'm b u s y , s o

don ' t d is tu rb m e . . . . u n l e s s of cou rse you

want even the t i n i es t l i t t le th ing , when

I s h a l l be on ly to happy to he lp out.

Who am I? Oh yes . . . .me . . . .we l I I'm

your U n i o n ' s Secretary for next year ,

in i t ia l l .y accorded the tag John White,

now invar iab ly I answer to Chalky.

In my o p i n i o n , th i s P o s t Graduate

i s s u e i o f F E L I X demands a cer ta in k ind of

f lavour , not to put too f ine a point on it

RELEVANCE. There fore , we h i t the road

w i th a few t o p i c s wh i ch I hope w i l l be

re levant to YOU, the P o s t Gradua te .

Insurance Here are some general po in ts wh i ch

have recent ly been c l a r i f i e d by E n d s l e i g h

Insurance and Mr F red A n n a s , the C o l l e g e

Accoun tan t .

T o quote E n d s l e i g h :

" . . . f u l l t ime post graduate s tudents

are covered by the Group P e r s o n a l

A c c i d e n t Insurance P o l i c y 24 hours a

day dur ing term t ime and w h i l s t tak ing

part in C o l l e g e or Un ion a c t i v i t i e s dur ing

v a c a t i o n s . . . . "

There used to be some m isapprehens ion

about a P G ' s insurance s i tua t ion w h i l e

PRES CUTTINGS by IC Union President

Nick Brayshaw

vo lunteers we get , trie l e s s t ime each

person wou ld be required but if you were

ab le to offer a coup le of hours a week to

te l l incoming O v e r s e a s Students genera l

( loca l ) informat ion it would be great ly

app rec ia ted .

Interested — p l e a s e phone me in the

Un ion ( int. 3915) or Mr WS Robe r t son ,

Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g ( int . 3951) as soon as

p o s s i b l e .

Ladies Lavatories F o l l o w i n g the most regret table even ts

which have occur red in the Un ion L a d i e s

demonst ra t ing to undergraduates . T h i s

was s p e c i f i c a l l y around an area i nvo l v i ng

the cove r of the po l i c y tak ing into

account that the P G ' s were be ing paid to

demonst ra te .

T o c l e a r up th is s i t ua t i on I quote

E n d s l e i g h yet a g a i n :

" . . . . t h i s cove r (the Group P e r s o n a l

A c c i d e n t Insurance P o l i c y ) wou ld inc lude

demonst ra t ing performed for the benef i t of

undergraduate s tuden ts . The fact that the

post graduate s tudents are paid for

p rov id ing these demonst ra t ions has no

bear ing on th i s i n s u r a n c e . "

Fur ther to t h i s , Mr A n n a s informs me

that " a P G , if sued by another student

when ca r ry ing out h is du t ies as a

demonstrator for in ju r ies rece ived through

n e g l i g e n c e , i s protected under the

C o l l e g e ' s L i a b i l i t y P o l i c y . "

My thanks go to Mr F red A n n a s for

p rov id ing a l l th i s in format ion.

Parking Dur ing the Summer V a c a t i o n , what

l i t t l e of it there is left, the park ing of

c a r s by s tudents w i th in the C o l l e g e

grounds is under the w ing of Mr Ted

F i s h e r , T ra f f i c Con t ro l l e r , Imperial

Inst i tute R o a d . If you w i s h to park in

the C o l l e g e grounds go and see Mr F i s h e r

(hut at the ent rance of Imperial Inst i tute

Road ) . He w i l l take down the necessa ry

d e t a i l s of your v e h i c l e and , prov ided

s p a c e is a v a i l a b l e , g ive you the ok .

When term s ta r ts the P a r k i n g Permi t

Scheme w i l l be in operat ion as u s u a l .

A p p l i c a t i o n forms for P a r k i n g Pe rm i t s are

now a v a i l a b l e from the Un ion O f f i c e ,

(note - these forms are for U G and P G

students on l y ) . They must be returned to

the Un ion O f f i c e by THURSDAY 7th

OCTOBER. The IC Un ion P a r k i n g

Commi t tee w i l l meet that weekend and a

l i s t of s u c c e s s f u l app l i can t s w i l l be

pub l i shed in the f o l l ow ing F r i d a y ' s

F E L I X . I wou ld take th is opportuni ty to

warn you not to expec t to get a permit

s imp ly because you have app l i ed and

YOU b e l i e v e that your reasons are

s u f f i c i en t l y s t rong to warrant the i s s u e

of a permit . IC UNION RECEIVES

OVER 800 APPLICATIONS FOR 200

Loo over the past yea r , the b u i l d i n g s

sec t i on have been a c t i v e in t ry ing to make

the area sa fe for those g i r l s who use

these f a c i l i t i e s . The measures being

taken inc lude leav ing the s t a i r c a s e l igh ts

on a l l the t ime (by means of l ocks on the

s w i t c h e s ) , putt ing f rosted g l a s s on the

doors , and i n s t a l l i n g a number of b e l l -

pushes connec ted to prominent p o s i t i o n s

in the Un ion and c o l l e g e . I cannot over

emphas i ze the grav i ty of the s i tua t ion and

hope that a l l members of the c o l l e g e w i l l

treat these i n s t a l l a t i o n s wi th the respec t

they dese rve .

Photographic Booth We are current ly invo lved in nego t ia t ions

wi th a supp l i e r of photographic booths

wi th a v i e w to i n s t a l l i n g one of the i r

mach ines in the Un ion B u i l d i n g . The

current s tate of a f fa i rs is that a machine

w i l l be i ns ta l l e d s o o n , and w i l l be p laced

in the main ent rance to the Un ion B u i l d i n g

(by the ent rance to the R e f e c ) . A l l being

w e l l , the mach ine w i l l produce four

g lo r ious b lack -and-wh i te photographs for

a nominal sum, wh ich w i l l be su i t ab le for

c o l l e g e reg is t ra t ion c a r d s , N U S c a r d s ,

B r i t i s h R a i l ca rds , passpor ts e t c . The

i ns ta l l a t i on of t h i s machine is cond i t i ona l

upon: -

(i) Su f f i c ien t trade being generated to

v i a b l e p ropos i t i on .

( i i ) No se r ious damage or vanda l i sm

occur r ing to the mach ine . Y o u

have been warned!

N i c k B r a y s h a w

PERMITS EVERY YEAR! The s e l e c t i o n

commit tee has f irm g u i d e l i n e s as to i ts

s e l e c t i o n po l i cy and these w i l l be

adhered to. P l e a s e note that w i t h i n the

C o l l e g e grounds, once the scheme has

commenced , THE PARKING OF VEHICLES

NOT DISPLAYING PARKING PERMITS

IS PROHIBITED.

P r o v i s i o n i s a l s o made for the park ing

of m o t o r c y c l e s and scoo te rs in s p e c i a l

a reas d is t r ibu ted throughout the C o l l e g e

grounds . It is not necessa ry for motor­

c y c l e s or scoo te rs to d i sp l a y permit

l abe l s of any k ind but the reg is t ra t ion

numbers of a l l mach ines must be no t i f ied

to the Secur i ty O f f i ce (165, Sher f ie ld

B u i l d i n g ) at least 48 hours before a

mach ine is f i rs t brought into the C o l l e g e

grounds.

Flat-hunting It you are look ing for a f la t or w i l l be

before the start of term, I have prepared a

" r ough g u i d e " to the ' g a m e ' . Inc luded

in t h i s l i terary mas te rp iece i s : genera l

a d v i c e , l i s t s of accommodat ion a g e n c i e s

and e s t a t e agents re l a t i ve l y near at

hand , a B r i t i s h C o u n c i l l i s t of a g e n c i e s ,

a U L Accommodat ion Bureau l i s t of

a g e n c i e s and a l s o pho tocop ies of the

s e c t i o n s " A c c o m m o d a t i o n A g e n c i e s " and

" E s t a t e A g e n t s " from the Y e l l o w

P a g e s (cent ra l ) .

If you wou ld l i ke a copy , there are

some in the Un ion O f f i c e .

The FLATSHARE scheme s ta r t s on

Sat 18th September, so if you ' re l ook ing

for a f la t or want to f i l l a vacancy in your

f la t the Un ion O f f i c e is where i t ' s a l l at .

The scheme runs t i l l the 25th September.

Hours of b u s i n e s s ? 10am to 5pm.

T o f i n i sh off th i s P G - o r ien ta ted

a r t i c l e I would just a s k you to support

your P o s t Graduate A f f a i r s O f f i ce r ,

R i c k P a r k e r . With R i c k at the helm the

P o s t G radua tes ' lot can be put into

pe rspec t i ve for a l l to see but, and i t ' s

a b ig ' bu t ' , he needs your support and

d i rec t i on in order to be representa t ive

of your v i e w s .

B y e for now, see you around and take

c a r e .

C h a l k y

F E L I X , S E P T E M B E R 17th 1976 - 3

Telix Newspaper ot Imperial C o l l e g e Union

Editor — C l i v e Dewey

Publ ished by the Editor on behalf of the Imperial

Co l lege Union Pub l ica t ions Board'. Pr inted offset

litho on Union premises'.

Many thanks to G i l l , Ian, P a u l , Dave, J e n , T o m ,

Er ic R ick and Mike without whom this i ssue would

not have come out'.

F E L I X Of f ice , Imperial C o l l e g e Union ,

Pr ince Consort Road , London SW7 2 B B

T e l 0 1 - 5 8 9 5111 ext 1048/1042/3 Int 2881

Welcome to the f i r s t ed i t i on of F E L I X under my ed i to rsh ip . "

A s i s normal for t h i s t ime of year the edi tor i s jus t about

manag ing to f ind some c l a r i t y amongst the jumble of t a s k s

l a b e l l e d h i s j obs . I hope I w i l l be i n f i t ter shape come the

beg inn ing of term, l i t e ra l l y as w e l l a s metaphor i ca l l y s i n c e

I'm jus t recover ing from a dose of f lu (wh ich probab ly goes for

you too no doubt!)

Apa thy i s a word conned qui te of ten to desc r i be IC s tuden ts .

I 've used i t many t imes myse l f , yet I had thought that IC

P o s t Gradua tes wou ld have submi t ted more copy for t h i s i s s u e

than has been the c a s e . That in i t s e l f i s a shame s i n c e

P G i s s u e s of F E L I X w i l l on ly cont inue if the ed i tor f e e l s

they are wanted. T h e response so far seems to i n d i c a t e , they

are not.

Tricia Greenwood C o l l e g e Admin i s t ra t i on can not af ford to l o s e peop le of

the ca l i b re of T r i c i a Greenwood . In s i x teen months she had

come to terms wi th the prob lems conf ront ing s tudents where

many of her super io rs had f a i l e d . She was prepared to t a c k l e

the un ique prob lems p resen ted by s tudents in a f r iend ly yet

e f f i c ien t manner.

T h i s earned her o f f i ce h igh student respec t and co -opera t i on .

Ba r r i ng R e g i s t r y there i s not another C o l l e g e admin is t ra t i ve

department that q u a l i f i e s for the same p r a i s e . Y e t the f rust ra t ing

nature of the IC Administration finally claimed her as its

next victim.

Certainly if College residence prices are forced up much

more, by bodies above Residence Office, then the College

will need all the student goodwill it can get to avoid empty

hall places. The attitude of College Administration at large to

students hardly fosters this student co-operation/

Captain Lindley says he understands the problems of

Residence Office." Does he really? I'm told three weeks ago

he didn't even know the details of 'overallocation', even

though the lack of overallocation saw vacant hall places at

the beginning of last session.

What I find embarrasing about the whole affair is that

after Miss Greenwood had resigned she was asked to go to

Personnel department. Here she was asked for a description

of what her job involved so that an advertisement for her

replacement could be drafted. Apparently Mr Mellors was

embarrased at having to ask her this, and admitted the same.

Surely Captain Lindley, the girl 's immediate boss, could

have given an accurate job description, thus saving Personnels

face.

If Captain Lindley does understand the problems that

Residence office face, then why did Tr ic ia Greenwood resign,

when she was generally acknowledged to be doing a good job?

Furthermore if the Captain doesn't fully comprehend

Residence office problems, what of the future of the latter?

Captain Lindley was on the selecting committee for the new

Residence Officer.

Captain Lindley prefers to hide behind a wall of s i lence/

That he is quite entitled to do provided the service to

students does not suffer. I hope for the students' sake that

Residence can indeed cope, and that Tr ic ia 's successor is

not fettered with the administrative strait-jacket worn so

unwillingly by Miss Greenwood/

SMALL ADS

L a s t remain ing A M S T R A D

2000 M K IV Stero amp l i f i e r .

M O T , t axed and t e s t e d . N i c e

smooth runner — w i l l g ive

you hours o f en joyment ! !

Sa le pr ice £15 (or no o f fe rs )

F o r e i g n currency a c c e p t e d .

Con tac t N i c k Brayshaw I C U

O f f i c e int 3915 4320 (evening)

Once upon a t ime there was a happy

p l a c e c a l l e d ICU wh ich was ruled over

by the w i s e K i n g , N i c h o l a s I, and h i s

henchmen C h a l k y and M o l e . The former,

a propagator of wh i te l i es was under the

impress ion that the power behind the

throne was h i s ; but in fact it was the

w i s e o ld Mole who pu l led the s t r ings and

fa i thfu l Jen was a l w a y s on hand, of

cou rse , to change the i r n a p p i e s .

Enough of th i s f l i ppancy ; you a l l

thought th is was go ing to be a l i t t le

fairy s tory , d idn ' t you? Wel l look here ,

th is is a se r i ous a r t i c l e by someone

doing a se r ious job - s e r i o u s l y . So what,

you may s a y ; what is ICU to me, or me to

ICU? Most postgraduates seem to th ink

that the answer to both ques t i ons i s

" n o u g h t " . Many s tudents spend yea rs

at IC wi thout go ing into the Un ion

B u i l d i n g let a lone the o f f i c e . T h e r e ' s

nothing we can do about that — we can

only prov ide the f a c i l i t i e s and se t t le

your g r i e v a n c e s .

So what is my job, as Deputy President?

E s s e n t i a l l y , to main ta in and extend those

f a c i l i t i e s . A t present , I'm doing qu i te a

few odd jobs in the Un ion — ca rpe t i ng ,

putt ing in new cu r ta i ns , buying furn i ture,

having f loors sanded , and s o o n . The

s tage is to be rewired in the near future,

wh ich is a pretty major job. Y o u may have

no t iced a coup le of new, orange no t i ce -

boards in the Un ion Lower Lounge , and

a few more are on the way . The new pool

ORANGE

MOLE tab le w i l l be i n s t a l l e d in the lounge any

day now and we ' re a l s o get t ing a photo

booth put in the ent rance h a l l . The J C R

has been decora ted and we ' re th ink ing

about new c a r p e t s . A l l I can say i s — use

the f a c i l i t i e s , and look after them! If you

have any comp la i n t s or s u g g e s t i o n s , put

them in wr i t i ng and send them to me.

My b igges t headache at present i s the

organ isa t ion of F r e s h e r s ' F a i r . A t las t

count I'd a l l o c a t e d one hundred and ten

s t a l l s (110) and at present I'm produc ing

maps showing the loca t ion of each s t a l l ,

to be g iven out on the day (October 5th).

C o u l d a l l s o c i e t y Commi t tees make sure

that they are o rgan ised for the fa i r ;

i dea l l y s t a l l s shou ld be set up by one

o ' c l o c k . Dort't forget that everyone i s

we lcome—come a long and jo in someth ing .

Derrick Everett

T i c k e t s are current ly

a v a i l a b l e for a record ing of a

new B B C R a d i o deba t ing

programme. The programme i s

to be cha i red by D i c k T a v e r n e

and the f i r s t d i s c u s s i o n i s

' P r o v i d e d he k e e p s to the

l a w , a p o l i t i c i a n ' s l i f e i s h i s

own a f fa i r . ' T h e debate w i l l

be recorded i n the Conce r t H a l l

of B r o a d c a s t i n g House on

Wednesday 29th September at

7pm. T i c k e t s from the U n i o n

O f f i c e .

The F E L I X staff would like

to wish Linda Roussel ,

College Publications depart­

ment a happy 24th birthday,

which she celebrated yesterday/

FELIX

sends belated

birthday

greetings

to the Rector

who was 52

on Monday

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R e a d i n g hadn ' t p romised to be great, i n fac t on

paper th i s yea r ' s l ina-up w a s n ' t a patch on l a s t

y e a r ' s appearances b y Yes, Robin Trower and

Wishbone Ash. Neve r t he l es s few fans came away

d i sappo in ted from th is y e a f s event . T h e h i g h s p o t s

of the f e s t i v a l came on Saturday and Sunday n ights

when b lues gu i ta r i s t Rory Gallagher and t r op i ca l

sound ing Osibisa r e s p e c t i v e l y head l i ned the

b i l l .

Saturday 's honours were a l s o shared by

Camel and Manfred Man's Earth Band. Manf red 's

band were on f i rs t at 5pm, j us t after a s t i r r ing

set by John Hiseman's Colosseum 11, and a

performance I'd rather forget from the Sadista

Sisters. D e s p i t e suf fer ing the f i r s t heavy shower

of the day , the Ear th B a n d managed to p u l l

together a t ight , va r i ed performance of b a s i c

rock ming led w i th s l i gh t exper imenta t ion ,

featur ing numbers from the 'Nighingales &

Bombers' L P and 'A Word In Your Ear', thei r

l a tes t a lbum r e l e a s e d two w e e k s ago. Two

numbers that were pa r t i cu la r l y haunt ing and

cap t i va t i ng were 'Father Of Day, Father Of Night'

and , would you b e l i e v e , one of Man f red ' s own

compos i t i ons "Mighty Quinn".

I was expec t ing great c o s m i c happenings from

Phil Manzanera & His Band, pa r t i cu la r l y s i n c e

the latter i n c l ude d the much a c c l a i m e d B r i a n E n o

and e x - C u r v e d A i r keyboard man F r a n c i s Monkman

In rea l i t y I found thei r nett o f fer ing rather drab

and un insp i r i ng , as d id the c rowd . A t f i rs t the

band ' s rythm s e c t i o n h e l d a strong le tharg ic

beat , comp le te l y i nh i b i t i n g E n o . They changed

tempo later on and got a c red i tab le ve r s i on of

'Babe's On Fire' and the Kink's 'You really got

me'.

Compere John P e e l w a s n ' t happy e i ther ,

L i v e r p o o l had los t , h i s on l y c o n s o l a t i o n be ing

that E v e r t o n had suf fered the same fa te . S t i l l

Camel made up for eve ryone ' s d isappo in tments ,

showing E n o jus t how exper imenta l rock shou ld

be p l a y e d . The group have on ly recen t l y come to

the fore w i th an e x c e l l e n t concep t album 'Snow

Goose' i n s p i r e d by P a u l G a l l i c o ' s famous short

s tory . R i c h guitar harmonies and P e t e B a r d e n ' s

keyboards dominate the group's mus i c , w h i c h

l i e s somewhere between rock and j a z z . B a c k

p ro jec t ion , smoke and l i gh t i ng enhanced thei r

rend i t ion of the a lbum.

Af te r a hal f -hour encore 'Lady Fantasy' from

Sunday saw B r i t i s h B a n d s Osibisa and

Sutherland Brothers and Quiver t ak ing most of the

s p o i l s ; the h igh-energy rock and ro l l of Black

Oak Arkansas earn ing them many f ans , a l though

another Amer i can Ted Nugent p roved a cu r ious

phenomenon!. Fo reve r p a s s i o n a t e l y thank ing the

aud ience , he seemed to be on a di f ferent p lanet to

the c rowd, who were on ly to g l ad to get r i d of

h i m .

The other two h igh-energy bands of the day ,

AC/DC and Sassafras were another s tory . The

latter were t roub led by a heavy shower that saw

ha l f the P r e s s enc losu re s tampeed out i n two

minutes f lat . N e v e r t h e l e s s , the i r b r a s h , ab ras ive

Welsh- rock , produced a charming innate response

from the c rowd , w h o ' d been long ing to get on thei r

feet, ever s ince the a c c o m p l i s h e d performance of

The Enid just after midday . The band i s headed

by a r i s toc ra t i c Rober t God f rey , complete w i th

ve l ve t D J , bow t ie and cream t rousers , whose w i t

and humour went down e x c e e d i n g l y w e l l w i th the

aud ience . The Enid's m u s i c w a s good to boot , a

rather unexpected treat so e a r l y in the l i ne -up .

The A u s t r a l i a n band AC/DC weren ' t qui te up

to the ca l i b re of Sassafras, but they were great

to w a t c h . P a r t i c u l a r l y en te r ta in ing was the stage

an t i cs of gu i tar is t A n g u s Y o u n g , who at 16 i s an

e x c e l l e n t c o m i c . T h e i r a lmost p u n k i s h form of

heavy r ock i s very s i m i l a r to that of the Heavy

Metal Kids. On th is out ing they over d id the

dramat i cs , but are a band to watch out for in the

future.

A year ago Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

were at the point of b reak ing up. Fo r tuna te l y ,

due main ly to manager N i c k B l a c k b u r n , they

perservered and are today one of B r i t a i n ' s a l l -

round rock h o p e s . S B & Q have a lmost a u n i v e r s a l

appea l as their even t chart s i ng le "Arms of

Mary" showed. The band took a few numbers to

f ind thei r s t r ide but never l ooked back after

"Dirty City". T i m R e n w i c h was in great form,

l i t e ra l l y shak ing venom out o f h i s gui tar on

"Dirty City", "Love on the Moon", and a new

number "Dark Powers". "Secrets" i s another

bouncy new number on the i r next L P , and e v e n

though the group c l a i m e d they d idn ' t know the

song, i t came over t remendous ly w e l l . T h e

band f i n i s h e d , w i th boog ie numbers 'Dream

World' and 'Bluesy World'. S B & Q w e l l earned the

app lause that f o l l o w e d .

Top marks for organisation For the last sixteen years the Marquee organisation has put on a National,

Jazz and Rock festival. They were first held in Richmond, but the last five

years have seen the festival at Reading, right next to the River Thames.

Not many of you will have heard of the Reading festival and I'd guess that's

because it 's well organised, very little trouble occurs, and it therefore doesn't

make newspaper headlines.

Yet in 1975 crowds averaging 35,000 attended this three-day extraveganza

and this year the totals exceeded an.average 25,000. The reason for this

year's drop l ies chiefly with last year's festival which stretched facilities to

near breaking point. This year the Marquee Group pledged to Reading Borough

Council that crowds would be limited to 30,000. To achieve this they booked

less enterprising bands/ They needn't have bothered; Reading was in line for

many a bank holiday shower, which, besides keeping people away, stiffled any

fears about the tinder-like campsite/

With the weekend over local residents, Pol ice and festival organisers all

agree that the 16th National Jazz , Blues and Rock festival has been almost

trouble-free/ The only 'major' incident occured on the first night, Friday, when

a couple of fans and a local reporter were slightly hurt by flying beer cans /

The trouble came after a reshuffle in the line-up of the groups caused two

reggae groups to follow each other/Rock fans became restless during the second

West Indian act, MightyDiamonds, and shouted abuse at rival reggae fans."

Empty beer cans were later thrown between the two factions, who were

seperatedby the Press enclosure/This lasted about fifteen minutes/

Although less fans attended this year's festival, there were more arrests.

Figures released by the Pol ice were as follows (with last years figures in

brackets): Total arrests 155 (115), drug arrests 121 (69), public order offences

2 (15), drunkenness 6 (7). Despite the increase in arrests a Pol ice spokesman

eA report by Clive Dewey on the recent National Jazz, Blues and Rock festival at Reading

Camel i t l ooked l i ke Rory Gallagher was in for a

tough t ime. F a r from i t . Y o u ' d never have b e l i e v e d

that h e ' d p l a y e d a g rue l l i ng concer t i n Stuttgart

that af ternoon; Rory was menac ing from the

start , h i s mesmer ic guitar., b l a z e n i n g a t ra i l of

mag ic throughout the 90 minute set . I t ' s a wonder

the guy doesn ' t get heart f a i l u r e , the way he

r e l e n t l e s s l y p loughs o n , hard ly paus ing for

breath be tween songs as he utters a garb led

" t h a n k you ve ry m u c h " .

The band star ted off w i t h " / Take What I

Want" a gutsy up-tempo track that sets the stage

for wha t ' s to f o l l ow . B y the third number R o r y ' s

b e l c h i n g vapo r i sed breath , a lmost d ragon- l i ke ;

on the o u t s i z e d T V sc reen you c a n even see the

sweat pour ing off h i s arms. R o r y hasn ' t changed

m u c h . H e ' s s t i l l wear ing that sweat soaked red

and whi te chequed shi r t and p l a y i n g h i s bat tered

gui tar , s l ung h i p - w i s e , a lmost p h a l l i c l i k e .

A l l the o ld favor i tes were there, "Tatoo

Lady", the a c o u s t i c "Too Much Alcohol", and

many more b e s i d e s . T h e band p rev iewed the new

G a l l a g h e r A lbum "Calling Card" due out at the

end of the month. Rory f i n i s h e d up w i t h a 12

minute rend i t ion of the ever -popu lar "Bullfrog

Blues" and stomped back to an energet ic encore

w i th "Messing With The Kid". Who c o u l d w i s h

for more?

I found Ted Nugent rather un insp i r i ng , i n fac t

I ga ined more enjoyment from j o i n i ng i n the

c r o w d ' s perenn ia l chorus of ' J o h n P e e l i s a c * * * '

( this w e l l known phase was i n s p i r e d by the D J

h imse l f , pa r t i cu la r l y when the sound eng ineers

p l a y e d havoc w i t h h i s reco rds ) .

B y the end of Nugent an overdose of rock

and ro l l was i n order. Black Oak Arkansas

prov ided i t . T h e y ' r e abso lu te p ro fess i ona l s who

produced a c r s i p , t ight set that no-one can

faul t . Head s inger J i m Dandy i s a no nonsense

showman and gu ided the band a long l i k e an

exp ress t ra in , w i th hard ly a minute to spare, h is

b lond mare t ra i l i ng beh ind h im as he stut ts around

the s tage .

Inspite o f the ra in they had one he l l of a party

and sent everyone away i n h igh sp i r i t s as w e l l .

It was perhaps j us t as w e l l they d id s ince the

weather had the l a s t laugh; f i ve minutes after

Osibisa had left the s tage it poured down w i t h

r a i n , a s though i t hadn ' t ra ined for months!

Exuberant fans seemed to take it i n their str ide

and by morning c l o t h e s and tents had begun

to dry. F a n s trudged the i r way through muddy

paths that had been green g r a s s the night before,

and wended the i r way home, secure in the

knowledge that they had w i t n e s s e d another

we l l - o rgan i se d s u c c e s s f u l rock f e s t i v a l .

commended the vast majority of fans on being very well behaved. In his view

the festival had gone off very well.

Numerous problems have bugged many a festival in bygone days, many of

which can be classified under 'shortage of reasonably cheap food', and sanita­

tion. Reading overcomes the latter by ordering large numbers of 'mobile loos'

each with its own hot and cold water supply. Conditions here might not be

perfect, but at least these prove satisfactory. Another innovation of the

Reading festival is the daily clearing of the camp arena^nabling disposal of

the large quantity of beer cans. Glass is not allowed into the arena/ Both

measures keep casualty figures for cuts down to a minimum, indeed the hospital

tent was barely troubled during the whole festival.

The festival arena is plastered with many posters listing the agreed prices

for foodstuffs. Local traders in the arena charge no more than these prices, in

fact the Salvation Army tent were charging 2—5p less per item! A rough sample

of these prices in Tea lOp, coffee 13p, Hot Dogs 25p, Hamburger 30p, Chicken

and Chins 55p. Booze prices are similarly limited/

The festival opens just after noon and goes on to midnight. Later

performances are strongly discouraged, since every year the Marquee lodges

£5.000 with the Borough Council . For every minute after midnight that the

event goes on, the Marquee loses £100. Last year they lost 3,400, this

year they lost nothing.

So there you have it folks, what is probably the best organised festival of its

kind, certainly in Britain, and probably in Europe. I dare say you won't hear

much of future Reading festivals, unless you're a music fan, because they

continually win top marks for organisation.

Sutherland Brothers and Quiver grace the stage

6 - F E L I X , S E P T E M B E R 17th 1976

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mums D o n ' t e x p e c t a n o t h e r P s y c h o

FAMILY P L O T - directed by Alfred

Hitchcock. (Empire, Leicester Square &

A B C Fulham Road)

T h i s H i t c h c o c k th r i l l e r earns an ' A '

C e r t i f i c a t e from the B r i t i s h Board of

F i l m C e n s o r s s o do not expect another

' P s y c h o ' ; if it were not for the few

uncha rac te r i s t i c swear words and

un fu l f i l l ed p a s s i n g re ferences to 'hopp ing

into b e d ' , I am sure Lord H a r l e c h ' s

Board wou ld have granted a unanimous

' U ' .

One of A l f r e d ' s l ighter f i lms then,

but none the worse for that.

T h e four lead ing p layers pai r off

neat ly into two ' t r i c k y ' c o u p l e s - K a r e n

B l a c k and B ruce Dern p lay a rather

c h a r a c t e r l e s s c o u p l e o f b ig- t ime k idnappers

whose ransom demand is a l w a y s a

large gemstone, rather apt s i n c e Mr

De rn ' s legal l ine is as a f ash ionab le

j ewe l l e r . The other coup le are a medium,

B l a n c h T y l e r (Barbara Har r is ) and her

cab -d r i ve r f r iend (Wi l l iam D e v i n e ) . T h e i r

t r i ckery is s imp l y s m a l l - t i m e - B l a n c h e ' s

sp i r i t ua l powers are not a l l that they

c o u l d be and s o her f r iend is sent to

f ind informat ion wh i ch she can use in

her next ' t r ance ' and thus keep her

c l i e n t s s u p p l i e d wi th messages from

the other s i d e . S i n c e these two are the

' g o o d i e s ' thei r parts are not qu i te s o

b land ly c o n c e i v e d .

T h e paths of these c o u p l e s are

unknowing ly brought together in pure

H i t c h c o c k s t y l e and much fun is had

out of the s i t ua t i on in wh ich the sma l l e r

f i sh sw im more and more out of thei r

depth . There are the usua l H i t c h c o c k set

p i e c e s w h i c h inc lude a wi t ty k idnapp ing

of a B i s h o p in fu l l v i e w of h i s c o n ­

g rega t ion .

Wi l l i am D e v i n e , who p lays the c a b -

dr iver turned inept de tec t i ve , has severa l

de l igh t fu l moments, knock ing out h i s

pipe on a l l manner of ob jec ts and seeming

to f ind e n d l e s s p e n c i l s and paper for

h i s no tes .

The pace is a l i t t le s l ow and the

s c r eenp lay , from a nova l by V i c t o r

C a n n i n g , becomes rather t ransparent

when s t re tched over two hours , but

H i t c h c o c k a l w a y s presents an in teres t ing

p ic ture and Barbara Har r i s and her

partner are good enough to- carry the

f i l m ' s thinner moments .

Eric Stovell

Thin thread throughout grotesque film T H E T E N A N T - - directed by Roman

P o l a n s k i ; starring Roman Po lansk i

and Shel ley Winters'.

T h e f i rs t hal f of Roman P o l a n s k i ' s

new f i lm , The Tenant, port rays the

gradual onset of a persecut ion comp lex

in a shy young F renchman . A f te r about an

hour, however , you begin to fee l that it

cannot las t much longer and are su rp r i sed

to f ind that the thread i s go ing to be

spun out for another hour.

P o l a n s k i , h imse l f , p l a y s T r e l k o v s k y ,

a mousy young c le rk who t akes over a

two-roomed f la t in a seedy P a r i s b l o c k .

T h e p rev ious tenant Mademo ise l l e

C h o u l e , has thrown herse l f out of the

w indow and through a sky l i gh t f i f ty feet

b e l o w . F a t e draws T r e l k o v s k y to the

hosp i t a l where he meets S t e l l a , a gr ie f -

s t r i c k e n fr iend of the s u i c i d e ; together

they w i t n e s s the f ina l death- throes and a

b lood-curd l ing sc ream wh ich e c h o e s

round the h o s p i t a l .

The landlord i s de l igh ted to have such

a qu ie t tenant, but f i nds that a l l i s not

w e l l when T r e l k o v s k y inv i tes some

f r iends round for a Rouse-warming . The

neighbours comp la in of the n o i s e but

the gues t s don ' t ca re and make a no i s y

departure, i nc reas ing the tenan t ' s

anx i e t y .

A s e r i e s of b izar re inc iden ts l ink

T r e l k o v s k y wi th M i l e . C h o u l e . T h e

c o n c i e r g e d e l i v e r s her let ters to h im, and

at a nearby bar he i s served w i th hot

choco la te and c iga re t tes that she l i k e d .

H e beg ins to s e e a c o n s p i r a c y of the

other tenants that w i l l d r ive him to

f o l l ow h i s p redecessor and he s e e k s

refuge w i th S t e l l a . . B u t it i s too la te .

H e returns to the f la t and the f i lm ends

wi th a grotesque sequence w h i c h cannot

have been des igned to have the recept ion

it rece ived when I saw it.

The f i lm is cha rac te r i sed more by an

emphas i s on de ta i l wh ich somehow

det rac ts from the who le . Ind iv idua l

s c e n e s , l i ke that in wh i ch one of

T r e l k o v s k y ' s no i sy f r iend turns h i s

record p laye r on fu l l vo lume in the middle

of the night and tears a s t r ip off a t imid

neighbour who comes to c o m p l a i n : the

comple te an t i t hes i s of T r e l k o v s k y ' s

s i t u a t i o n , are memorable, where the

plot i s not . It is perhaps because

P o l a n s k i cannot succee d in p lay ing so

much of the f i lm by h imse l f - he comes

off better when in company.

There is a de l igh t fu l performance from

She l l e y Winters as the C o n c i e r g e , not

m i s s i n g an opportuni ty to dust the

ban is te r as she takes T r e l k o v s k y up the

long s t a i r c a s e to see the f la t .

Thomas Stevenson

The Welsh Connection Sassafras — Riding High (Chrysal is )

In a s t r i c t l y m u s i c a l s e n s e , I don ' t

suppose any part of the country has

taken more to the sun-s toned id iom of

the West C o a s t than South W a l e s . L e t s

face it, the bands emanat ing from the

Card i f f — S w a n s e a area have that

de f i n i t e sun b l e a c h e d , ha l f - s toned (!)

mus i ca l ideo logy that has t yp i f i ed the

Ca l i fo rn ia f i mus i c s c e n e s i n c e 1966.

(No p r i z e s for guess ing where Ian

Morse comes from — Ed)

If Man have leant h e a v i l y towards

the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver, then

S a s s a f r a s have l i s tened a lot to the

more country or ientated bands l i ke the

Burritos and Eagles; S a s s a f r a s ' s

mus ic being a comb ina t ion of country

raunch and hard h i t t i ng t r u c k i n ' m u s i c .

With th is new a lbum the group have

taken thei r West C o a s t s l an t i ng a

s tep further, t ry ing to present t hemse lves

in a way more ak in to the i r l i v e l y s tage

p resen ta t ion . T h e album c o n s i s t s most ly

of count ry - t inged t r uck i n ' songs wi th the

o c c a s i o n a l ba l lad thrown in for con t ras ts

s a k e .

The t i t l e t rack s tar ts the record off in

s t y l e the band main ta in throughout the

se t . E a g l i s h in f e e l , the song d r i ves

a long in f ine s t y l e , wi th the t ight harmonies

and shor t , tas te fu l gu i ta r work prov id ing

the main in terest . T h e s l i g h t l y harder

h i t t ing 'Nothing to loose' i s next up,

fo l l owed by another up-tempo tune

'Bad Blood'. A f te r the f i rs t three l i ve l y

openers , the f i rs t s i d e d e s o l v e s into the

s lower ba l l ad 'See Through a Mountain'.

Side T w o opens w i th 'New York

Collapse', the two lead gu i ta rs combin ing

to g ive a w is t f u l a i r to the song ;

Its in teres t ing changes of tempo remind

me a lmost of some Spirit's e a l i e r work .

Af ter the we l l used Dankol Charles

song 'Small Town Talk' comes another

d r i v i ng s o n g , 'Long Short Lover' wh ich

has f ine harmony work and again the

twin lead gu i ta rs are used to very

tas te fu l e f fec t .

The next song just doesn ' t seem to

f i t in w i th the rest of the se t , 'The

Band Refused to Play', a s low moody

p iece that has l i t t l e in common wi th the

rest of w h a t ' s been la id down . Then to

end the album off, i t ' s back to the

d r i v i n g rock of 'Keep Rock 'n' Roll',

played in the s t y l e I suspec t the band

en joys most .

Whether S a s s a f r a s move up a d i v i s i o n

as a resu l t of t h i s record i s doubtfu l

perhaps l i ke Man , wha ts needed is a

stomping l i ve a lbum, wh ich is rea l l y

what S a s s a f r a s are a l l about .

Ian Morse

F E L I X , S E P T E M B E R 17th 1976 - 7

Have you ever become d i s s a t i s f i e d with well known writers churning out the stuff week in week out. D C lark son has .

Here he sets out to copy the sty le of M . Park inson on Cr icke t .

Glarkson on P a r k i n s o n on Cricket A S I wa tched the p r o c e s s i o n of weary

E n g l a n d batsmen wend ing their way back

to the p a v i l i o n on the second af ternoon of

the recent T e s t Ma tch , I was reminded of

a s im i l a r p r o c e s s i o n w h i c h takes p l a c e

every even ing as the day-sh i f t trudge out

of the m i l l i n B a m s l e y . The re are men

in that m i l l , however , who un l i ke the

present E n g l a n d team, c o u l d t e l l you a

th ing or two about c r i c k e t . In fac t , come

to think of i t , my aunt Be r tha c o u l d t e l l

you more about c r i cke t than most

p r o f e s s i o n a l c r i c k e t e r s bron south of

the Humber.

Lord Pongo T o f f s XI

T h e r e ' s one pa r t i cu la r game that I

s h a l l a l w a y s t reasure , from the summer

o f 1903. It was the great event of the

year , when B a t l e y M i l l p l a y e d L o r d

' P o n g o ' C l a r k - S m y t h e ' s T o f f s X I .

L o r d C la r k -Smy the , who owned the m i l l

and most of our h o u s e s , was a town

c o u n c i l l o r and pres ident of the gol f c l u b ,

the c o n s e r v a t i v e a s s o c i a t i o n and a l i f e

member of the M C C . It i s in a b s o l u t e l y

no way whatsoever an exaggera t ion to

v i e w th is annual f ix ture as the ent i re

" A u t u m n ' s h e r e ! " came the cry as the

C h r i s t m a s ca rds ousted the suntan lot ion

f r o m . t h e s h o p s . I t 's t ime to turn our

minds away from the drought and ways

of producing re f resh ing summer d r inks

from old bathwater , towards the impending

academic year and a l l that it has in

s tore.

The new year w i l l br ing wi th it a new

leve l of grant (£1380) for most of us ,

wh ich shou ld put us back on f r iend ly

terms wi th our bankmanagers , at leas t

for a few w e e k s . If Mr C a l l a g h a n and h i s

sh iny new cab ine t can keep in f la t ion

de f la ted , we may even last a l i t t le

longer.

F o r t hose in need of f i nanc i a l a id there

is a l w a y s the re f resh ing thought that

demonst ra t ing rates w i l l be going up.

The Commi t tee of V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s and

P r i n c i p a l s ( C V C P ) is l i ke l y to recommend

a minimum rate of around £2.20 / hour.

The A s s o c i a t i o n of U n i v e r s i t y T e a c h e r s

w i l l be p ress ing for a rate of £2.90 and

the N U S w i l l be topping the table by

p ress ing for £3.00 / hour. We can only

hope that the NUS w i l l be s u c c e s s f u l in

putt ing the i r c a s e for our ha rdsh ip .

(Nat iona l Un ion of Students not Seamen —

the former don ' t seem to have qu i te the

s t rang leho ld on the economy that the

latter do) . T w o y e a r s ago the C o l l e g e

paid a rate of £2.00 and at that t ime

the f i rs t C V C P minimum was set at £1.50.

One year later the C V C P rate rose by a

s tagger ing 40% to £2.10 and we leapt up

an earhtshat ter ing 5% to £2.10. I do not

be l i ev e that we shou ld get more than the

C V C P recommendat ion, but we must

p ress for t h i s to be a reasonab le amount.

A w a y from high f inance to another

c loudy v i s i o n from my c r ys ta l b a l l . The

C o l l e g e Pos tg radua te Working Par ty i s

about to make known i ts f i n d i n g s . A m o n g s t

the recommendat ions i s l i ke l y to be the

se t t i ng up of commi t tees at both c o l l e g e

and department leve l to look into and

after a l l a s p e c t s of Graduate S tud ies at

IC . The department commi t tees , apart

from prov id ing hours of enjoyment for

un i ve rsa l s t ruggle in m i c rocosm; as Us

aga ins t Them; the peop le aga ins t the

i d l e r i c h ; e x p l o i t e d aga ins t e x p l o i t e r s ; or,

in shor t , r ight aga ins t wrong; good

aga ins t e v i l .

Our groundsman, 108 year o ld B i l l

G r i t ( s t i l l as tough now as when , a mere

schoo lboy , he hooked the legendary

'Speedy ' Sam Strong for s i x , forward of

square) had prepared a t y p i c a l m i l l -

w i c k e t . T h i s meant that the T o f f s , be ing

used to p l ay i n g o n l y o n b i l l i a r d t a b l e s , had

no c h a n c e .

Spilt a le and unsuspect ing worms

Our open ing bowler w a s , qu i te s i m p l y ,

the fas tes t bow le r i n the northern

hemisphere . H i s name was George

P a r k i n s o n and not for h im the i n f l a ted

run o f these modern -weeds (for whom I

am re luctant to use the h a l l o w e d term

' bow le r ' ) . H e wou ld lumber i n decep t i ve l y

s l o w l y from about 20 y a r d s , and then

br ing h i s arm ove r i n an a c t i o n so

fe roc ious that fa in t -hear ted spec ta to rs

wou l d s p i l l their a l e . U n s u s p e c t i n g

worms to a depth of seve ra l ya rds w o u l d

undoubtedly f ee l the impac t , as the

those s i t t i ng on them and he lp ing the

C o l l e g e to get into the G u i n n e s s Book of

R e c o r d s for hav ing the largest pr ivate

c o l l e c t i o n of commi t tees ou ts ide the

C i v i l S e r v i c e , w i l l need P G reps , from

the groups and departments c o n c e r n e d . I

trust that you w i l l a l l g i v e se r ious

thought to th i s matter and be ab le to

supply peop le of the r ight c a l i b r e and

dexter i ty to s e r v e ; o therw ise I'll br ing

back c o n s c r i p t i o n .

T o c a s t my mind back br ie f l y to the

sub jec t of f i nance and then forward to

1 9 7 7 / 7 8 , (it makes you qu i te d i z z y ) ,

you w i l l probably have no t i ced in the

press that d r a s t i c changes are be ing

proposed in the sys tem of f e e s . T h e s e

may resul t in fees of £750 or more for

both home and ove rseas s tuden ts . Whi le

many of you w i l l not be d i r ec t l y a f fec ted ,

many of your c o l l e a g u e s w i l l and the

number of research p l a c e s is a l s o threat­

e n e d . A na t iona l campa ign w i l l be mounted

to oppose these changes and I trust I

can count on a l l of your support when

the t ime c om es .

On the s o c i a l s i d e , I hope we can

o rgan ise a few out ings and s o c i a l even ts

but I do not be l i ev e that the P G G shou ld

be t ry ing to prov ide c o l l e g e - w i d e even ts .

I th ink that we wou ld do better to work

wi th the other groups a l ready o rgan i s ing

such even ts to ensure that they are aware

of P G tas tes and pecu l i a r h a b i t s , and

a l s o to promote and he lp w i th s o c i a l

o rgan isa t ion at department l e v e l .

Now I must go and have another bath

s o that we can water the tomatoes.

P l e a s e get in touch w i th me c / o the

Un ion if you have any bright ideas or

p rob lems. The other two members of the

P G G E x e c are just s l i gh t l y prett ier than

me s o you may prefer to contac t them.

They are Gabriel le Dai ley and K a f e

Ducie, both in the Botany department.

Happy New Y e a r ! ! !

Rick Parker

ICPGG Chairman

leather cannon-ba l l s t ruck earth and

f l ew at the w i c k e t , de fended now by on ly

a pa le shadow of the con f iden t young

h o p e f u l , who, mere moments before, had

s t ro l l ed to the w i c k e t .

T h e T o f f s managed to sc rape together

53 runs , and at 2 runs for 6 w i c k e t s we

began to f ee l that the game was go ing

aga ins t u s .

Jimmy to the rescue

Nex t in was our f ind of the s e a s o n ,

one J immy P a r k i n s o n , who even then,

at the age of 9 , had the soundes t de fence

i n E n g l a n d , and whose father grew

mushrooms i n h i s c o a l - s h e d and of ten

won p r i z e s at the l o c a l work ing -men 's

show.

Su f f i c i en t to say that J immy s c o r e d

an undefeated 5 0 , and we won by 4

w i c k e t s ; a v i c to r y that few there w i l l

ever f

orge t , I have not s e e n a bet ter

i nn ings by an E n g l i s h ba tsman , and i f

the s e l e c t o r s had e v e n ha l f an eye for

ta len t , P a r k i n s o n wou ld su re l y have

p l a y e d i n every T e s t Match from the

that day to t h i s .

DR C L A R K S O N

New courses

for PGs For far too long has the accusation

been made, often with justification

that scientists are totally ignorant of

subjects outside their particular

discipline. However, from the beginning

of October, postgrads at IC have a

chance to rectify this. The Associated

Studies Board are opening their courses,

previously run solely tor undergrads, to

MSc and PhD students.

Unlike the undergrads, for whom the

courses constitute part ot their degree,

postgrads will not be expected to take

exams and a fairly informal basis is

intended, with a strong emphasis on

seminars rather than a rigid lecture

schedule.

Associated Studies cover a wide

range of subjects within the Arts,

Languages, the Humanties and Social

Sciences. As well as being of general,

interest, several ot the courses are

particularly relevant to postgrads, such

as that on communication which would be

very useful for anyone writing up a

thesis or considering a career in

lecturing or certain branches of industry.

In response to a suggestion by the

Postgraduate Group, an information

sheet will be issued to all postgrads

via the registry at the beginning of term.

For anyone who feels that within their

hard, scientific shell there is a budding

historian, economist, politician or

linguist begging to be let out, all ICUPGG

reps will have a copy of the full synopsis

and timetable. (So it you don't know who

your departmental rep is, now's your

chance to find out! Contact me in the

Botany dept on int 2263).

Kate Duc ie

Parker's Piece

8 - F E L I X , S E P T E M B E R 17th 1976

No holiday for Clem T h e Summer B a n k H o l i d a y

w a s no h o l i d a y for C l e m e n t i n e

II, the R o y a l S c h o o l of M i n e s '

1926 Morr is ' C o m m e r c i a l . She

spent the w e e k e n d at the Is le

o fW igh tS team R a i l w a y C e n t r e ' s

annua l Summer Show.

The journey to the I s le of

Wight was unevent fu l ( i t took

4 hours to get to Por tsmouth ! )

and i nc luded a tr ip on the

Por t smou th to F i s h b o u r n e c a r

ferry w h i c h , l i k e C l e m , i s i n

i ts 50th year .

C l e m was the o ldes t in terna l

combust ion eng ine v e h i c l e of

the twenty o r s o o n d i s p l a y

and had t r a v e l l e d the greates t

d i s t a n c e to at tend the show.

O n e a c h o f the three days o f

the show she w a s e x p e c t e d to"

appear i n the grand parade of

v e h i c l e s and then , after the

events for s t eam power v e h i c l e s ,

to take part i n the d r i v i n g

test for commerc ia l v e h i c l e s .

The three d r i ve rs w i t h

C l e m took turns in the d r i v i n g

t e s t . T h e y were requ i red to

d r i ve be tween o i l drum

markers , a compara t i ve l y

e a s y task for a sma l l v e h i c l e

l i k e C l e m d e s p i t e her poor

s tee r ing l o c k . O f the d r i v e r s ,

one d e m o l i s h e d an o i ld rum,

another had a c lea r round and

the th i rd managed to s t a l l the

e n g i n e .

The return journey was

more e v e n t f u l . J u s t ou ts ide

Po r t smou th , C l e m ground to a

hal t on a h i l l . A b r ie f

i n s p e c t i o n showed that

someth ing w a s awry w i t h the.

t r a n s m i s s i o n . A te lephone c a l l

was made to the A A and

shor t ly af terwards a bemused

pat ro lman a r r i ved , hav ing been

to ld that " 1 9 2 6 M o r r i s " must

r ea l l y mean " 1 9 7 6 L e y l a n d " .

He arranged for A A R e l a y

to c o l l e c t C l e m and af ter a

coup le o f hours o f G a l e s

R e a l A l e s a l l were aboard for

the t r ip b a c k to L o n d o n . One

change o f R e l a y v e h i c l e and

C l e m w a s returned to her

res t ing p l a c e i n the Mines

quad at 3 .30am. Many thanks

are due to both the A A and

Imper ia l C o l l e g e Secu r i t y for

the i r help a n d coope ra t i on .

It i s hoped that C l e m w i l l be

i n f u l l runn ing order in the

near future.

(At present all three

motorised mascots are off the

road, although Guilds' Bo and

Mines Clem should be mobile

prior to the start of term — Ed).

J G Phi l l is

Secretary RSM Motor Club

Help Wanted

A n y s tudents want ing to

he lp o rgan i ze a recep t i on for

O v e r s e a s F r e s h e r s , p l e a s e

con tac t N i c k B r a y s h a w ( IC

Un ion o f f i ce , int 3915 , i n -

day , int 4320 i n e v e n i n g s ) .

No expe r i ence n e c e s s a r y .

Would any pos tgrad from

E l e c t i r c a l eng inee r ing , Z o o l o g y ,

G e o l o g y or M i n e s who i s w i l l i n g

to act as 1976/77 departmental

rep for the I C U Pos tg radua te

Group p l e a s e con tac t K a t e

D u c i e , B o t a n y 2.8 ( int 2263)

as soon as p o s s i b l e . V e r y

l i t t l e work i s requ i red ; we

merely want some means of

l i a s o n w i th each department

for a d v e r t i s i n g s o c i a l even ts

e t c .

V I S A I N F O O v e r s e a s students are

a d v i s e d to app ly for a n e w v i s a

to s tay in B r i t a i n at l e a s t 14

days before their o l d v i s a

e x p i r e s . T h i s f o l l o w s a recent

c a s e where i t t ransp i red that

the Home O f f i c e had been

wrong ly in terpret t ing the l a w .

The ' o l d ' procedure was

that peop le app l i ed for the i r

new v i s a at the time that the

o l d one e x p i r e d . The ' n e w '

p r a c t i c e i s that you must app ly

for a new v i s a before the o l d

one runs out. T h i s e n a b l e s an

u n s u c c e s s f u l app l i can t to

appea l before the o l d v i s a runs

out, when they wou ld be

fo rced to l eave the count ry .

Jan Vincent

F E L I X regrets to announce the

death of J a n V i n c e n t a th i rd

year p h y s i c s student who had

jus t graduated from I C . Jan

p l a y e d an e n t h u s i a s t i c ro le

w i t h i n R C S R a g and E n t s

throughout her three yea rs at

I C , and w i l l be fond ly remem­

bered by many.

B U M P E R C R O S S W O R D Unlikely though it may

seem the bat has again chased

the dog for more insanity

which is provided below. Note

due to the vagaries of 2D

spacer-one letter has had to be

omitted from an answer, and

another word has been Cycled.

Proceed at your peril.

Across & Down

1. H e wrote a book (Oh what a

g i v e a w a y ) (Ugh???)(2)

2 . C l o s e to an o ld meadow.

Get t ing warm

3 . Where they s tore " d e s h i t "

(Note - maybe hash i s more

a c c e p t a b l e , but not such a good

pun)

4 . An t i s o c i a l ac t s (s ingular)

5 . Roya l Soc ie ty of Ar t or

A n t i q u a r i e s

6. A s a f e p l a c e to have a lo t

7. E g g (As usua l )

8 . L i gh t snack of M a j i c Bond

9 . P r e mari tal sexua l d i f ferent ­

ia t ion

10. Man ioc ( Y e s , 0 intended)

11 . A s p e c i e s noted for i ts

nose

12. V u l c a n may have a c o l l e c t i o n

of these

13. A n ox, not a l i sp i ng

1 z. j 4 t, 1 «

9

II

(>*• if It 1 7

is

12.

2-3 24-

25 ES 2 7 29

X9 S<~ •

ii

po l i ceman

16. Worker now pa landromic (See

in t roduct ion)

(Some backwards for a change)

14. H a l e s in the psa lms

15. D a s h e d aga in paint word,

what a m e s s for hi red labour

30 . Nove l but not a book

26 . Consumed (forever and

ever , Amen)

2 7 . S o u r c e of go ld of the E a s t ?

28 . Normal cond i t i ons for

reac t ion

22 . Bearded as bar ley

A n d now back to normal (???)

1. The oppos i te of an

encourag ing supe rv i so r ?

10. A l m o s t , but for (see into-

duct ion) putt ing up wi th a sma l l

increment .

12 . T r a n s l a t i o n of the c h e i n (2)

17. Insul t to a beach

18. T h e emphas i s is T i t o n i c in

porno-bookshop

19. T h e french la i r i s loaded

2 1 . lemon t rans la t i on to frui t

22 . She comes out at night and

is l a id backwards

23.1 t r ip

24. Not the so le a im of

U n i v e r s i t y l i fe

2 5 . Seat or backwards seat

28 . A l l yes for bamboo eater

29 . With reference to one

ga l le ry (which i nc iden t l y has

shown works by author in 1

a c r o s s ) , repea ts , when ordered,

c a l c u l a t i o n

21 .Way of lo ts from r e p l i c a

31 .Where B a l l o o n F e l l o w of the

R o y a l Soc ie ty d r inks wi thout

50 o the rs?

Solution to Crossword in F E L I X No". 426

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