EVERY

F O R T N I G H T

Ko.l'- IMPERIAL COLLEGE FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY 1951

REFECTORY DEFICIT AGAIN Changes are l i k e l y i n the Gefeotory. At th e i r meetings on Tuesday, Jan JOth and on Monday 5th February the Refectory Committee considered a number of plans designed to reduce the huge d e f i c i t i n the Refectory Budget, A report has been submitted to the 'Governors of the College nhioh, we understand, w i l l be discussed at their meeting today (Fri.) No details oan be published u n t i l the Governors' decisions have been announced.

As the position i s s t i l l sub judioe a f u l l report on Refectory matters i s held over t i l l the next issue of FELIX.

(The reasons f o r the serious state of the Refectory f inanoes are c l e a r i y analysed i n an a r t i c l e i n the current PHOENIX).

Z - S T U D E N T S M A Y B E

C A L L E D B E F O R E J U N E

HARDSHIP CASES MAY GET DEFERMENT

C l a s s Z s t u d e n t s may have t o do t h e i r f i f t e e n day's s e r v i o e w i t h . t h e Army b e f o r e the June examinations Mr. Straohey s a i d l a s t week i n the Commons t h a t "due c o n s i d e r a t i o n would be g i v e n t o those studying f o r examinations? no automatic deferment was t o occur. I t appears t h a t s t u d e n t s would have t o use the o r d i n a r y f a c i l i t i e s f o r h a r d s h i p c a s e s .

T h i s means t h a t a c l a i m f o r s p e c i a l c o n s i d e r ­a t i o n has t o be sent t o the M i l i t a r y Record O f f i c e from which the c a l l - u p n o t i c e , i s r e c e i v e d . Theie i s no guarantee t h a t students s l a i m s would be admit­t e d , though they would p r o b a b l y r e c e i v e sympath­e t i c c o n s i d e r a t i o n .

R.A.F. r e s e r v i s t s are more f o r t u n a t e . Only r a d a r tradesmen were wanted and, i n any case, t h e y are t o be a l l o w e d t o choose the f o r t n i g h t i n which they w i s h t o s e r v e . There w i l l be p r o v i s i o n f o r cases of h a r d s h i p , as i n the case of the Army.

L.B.D.S. Festival

The Annual F e s t i v a l of one a c t p l a y s organ­i z e d by l.U.D.S. takes p l a c e next F r i d a y and Sa t ­urday (16-17 Feb) a t the I n s t , of Efluc. Theatre, Senate House. I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Dramatic S o c i e t y are p r e s e n t i n g Shaw's " P a s s i o n , P o i s o n and P e t r e -f a c t i o n , " on the F r i d a y e vening. For d e t a i l s see n o t i c e board i n Union. T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e from D.R. Knapp, 72, New H o s t e l or Union Rack.

DEBATES CONTEST

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e debated w i t h Westminster i n the s e m i - f i n a l of the i n t e r - c o l l e g i a t e debates c o n t e s t on 7th Febuary, ( R e s u l t too l a t e f o r p r e s s . I n the other s e m i - f i n a l round are Wye v K i n g s . The f i n a l round w i l l be p l a y e d i n the ULU Hut, Bloomsbury on £2rd Febuary.

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l E L 1 i n o t i o e B w l n a P P e a r on the PHOENIX n o t i c e board. Anyone who can spare an a f t e r n o o n on occas­

i o n a l Sundays t o help i n the make-up of FELIX i s asked to s i g n a l i s t which w i l l be d i s p l a y e d t h e r e

NATURE STUDY

From l a s t week's 'Nature':

"The seoond annual conference of the S o c i e t y f o r the Study of F e r t i l i t y w i l l be h e l d a t G i r t o n C o l l e g e , Cambridge."

T . B . S A N A T O R I U M A P P E A L

On J a n . 1 s t o f t h i s y e a r was la u n c h e d the b i g ­g e s t a p p e a l f o r funds t h a t has eve r been attempted by s t u d e n t s i n t h i s c o u n t r y .

The sum o f £50,000 i s r e q u i r e d t o b u i l d a san­a t o r i u m f o r t h o s e s t u d e n t s who are r e c o v e r i n g from T.B. I n t h i s s a n a t o r i u m f a c i l i t i e s f o r s t u d y i n g w i l l be one o f t h e c h i e f f e a t u r e s , so t h a t when a st u d e n t r e t u r n s t o h i s o r h e r c o l l e g e the l o s s o f time t h r o u g h i l l n e s s w i l l be as s m a l l as p o s s i b l e .

I n Gt. B r i t a i n and N. I r e l a n d t h e r e are appro­x i m a t e l y 160,000 s t u d e n t s . I f we a l l g i v e a min­imum o f h a l f - a - c r o w n , t h i s Fund w i l l r e a c h £20,000 i m m e d i a t e l y . T h i s sum i s e o n s i d e r e d by t h e Appeal O r g a n i s e r s t o be s u f f i c i e n t l y l a r g e t o a c t as a " c a t a l y s t " f o r wide range o f a c t i v i t i e s t h a t a r e pl a n n e d i n o r d e r t o r a i s e the r e m a i n i n g £30,000.

I t i s d e s i r a b l e t h a t each C o l l e g e s h o u l d have i t s own Appeal O r g a n i s a t i o n . So f a r , two members o f I.C., Mr. J. P . O ' B r i e n and Mr. A.A.Levy have sho­wn a keen i n t e r e s t i n t h i s a p p e a l and are f o r m i n g t h e n u c l e u s o f t h e I.C. O r g a n i s a t i o n .

You can h e l p i n a t l e a s t t h r e e ways:-TT~ O f f e r y o u r h e l p t o t h e I.C. O r g a n i s a t i o n 2) Come f o r w a r d w i t h any i d e a s you may have

f o r r a i s i n g f unds i n I.C. 3) Pay y o u r h a l f - a - c r o w n when the c o l l e c t i o n

s t a r t s - i t w i l l be g i v e n f u l l p u b l i c i t y . H a l f - a - c r o w n per head i n I.C. means a t o t a l o f a t l e a s t £200 - s u r e l y we can beat t h i s t a r g e t !

T h i s i s a r e a l l y d e s e r v i n g cause - l e t us show the N a t i o n a l O r g a n i s e r s t h a t I.C. knows how t o sup­p o r t "A GOOD THING".

A l l e n q u i r i e s s h o u l d be made t o D.Y.Coomber, J. P . O ' B r i e n o r A.A.Levy, c/o I.C. Union. ,

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Bedford and I.C. a t t h e i r j o i n t . D e b a t i n g Soc­i e t i e s ' meeting ( p l a y e d away: l o s t 42-23) managed t o say n o t h i n g - q u i t e w e l l and -juite o f t e n , on the motion t o 'Vote no Orch i d s f o r H i s s B l a n d i s h . ' K i s s Mary L a v i n e , P r e s i d e n t of Bedford D.S. was i n the c h a i r , and the d e n i a l of o r c h i d s was proposed by M i s s Jean Day. John Osborne prepared t o oppose, f o r t i f i e d w i t h beer from h i s despatch box, and then produced EVIDENCE - 1) The book (o f the f i l m - of the p l a y - of the book which *was banned) and 2-the p l a y - of the book which was Banned) and 2) M i s s B l a n d i s h , i n a 2-dimensional p r o j e c t i o n - sele c t e d -

from 200 o f f e r e d from a n o t a b l e c o l l e c t i o n .

M i s s J a q u e l l n e L e i g h seconded, p o i n t i n g out the comparison t h a t , whereas S c a r l e t t O'Hara and Amber S t . C l a i r were h e r o i n e s who were prepared t o pay f o r t h e i r a m b i t i o n s , M i s s B. was a mere ( s u b j e c t i v e ) • dummy i n s e v e r a l games - and not worthy of c o m p l i ­ments a t 10. a sp r a y .

Max R e i s c l i n c h e d the o p p o s i t i o n s ' case w i t h q u o t a t i o n s from the book, some o r c h i d s which he p re­sented J o M i s s B. to keep her warm, and some red h e r r i n g s (such as d i s c u s s i o n of the o r i g i n a l motion, on debauchery, i n which B e d f o r d , a p p a r e n t l y , would'nt Bacchus.) He then f i n i s h e d the b e e r , ranged from oomph t o cabbages and t i l t e d a t the Wind­m i l l and F o l i e s B e r g e r e s . Mr L.G. Palmer spoke no l e s s than seven times (from the f l o o r ) ; the hon. opposer c o i n e d the word " i n d i s p i t a b l y " ; The P r e s i ­dent a t one time s a i d her members' honour v u In danger; i t was found however, on a show of h-nds, t h a t o n l y 4 persons p r e s e n t had r e a d the book.

H a l f of I.C. were t o o l a t e f o r the v o t e , but of course were i n time f o r the r e f r e s h m e n t s , the dance, and the l a d i e s - which between them devoted the r e s t of the e v e n i n g t o h e a l i n g outrageous m i s f o r t u n e .

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L e t t e r s to the Editor

S i r - The Gloomy Jeremiah i n the " V i e w p o i n t " c o l ­umn (FELIX Jan. 26th) has expr e s s e d an o p i n i o n which we hope i s not shared by oonscious members of t h i s c o l l e g e . To say t h a t London U n i v e r s i t y can o n l y c o n s i s t of a t h l e t i c r i v a l s and an exam­i n i n g body i s a d e p r e s s i n g s u r r e n d e r t o the d i s ­advantages of i t s l a y o u t . The d i f f i c u l t i e s are many, but we b e l i e v e t h a t "The U n i v e r s i t y " i s an e x c e l l e n t s t a r t towards g r e a t e r i n t e g r a t i o n o f the s o c i a l l i f e of the v a r i o u s c o l l e g e s . I t i s up t o a l l s t u d e n t s ( i n c l u d i n g i i . H . ) to support t h i s f i r s t move.

Yours e t c . , S.A.Burdett, A.Gura, R.F.Weston.

Our c o n t r i b u t o r r e p l i e s :

W h i l s t not a g r e e i n g w i t h the views expressed one admits they form a l e g i t i m a t e c r i t i c i s m and another p o i n t of view.

1-I.H.

I.C. Union, Jan. E9th 1951

S i r - I f the a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d 'The Paper U n i v e r s i t y ' deserves an answer a t a l l , i t i s : - Bunkum.

P l a c e s a t Oxford and Cambridge are sought a f t e r , not because they p r o v i d e degrees - b i g g e r and b e t t e r ones can be o b t a i n e d elsewhere - or unique a c c e n t s , f o r which no E d u c a t i o n i s r e q u i r e d a t a l l (Gaw S t r u t h i but because they a s s o c i a t e the i d e a of a U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a wider E d u c a t i o n .

A t s c h o o l the c o n t e n t i o n t h a t house s p i r i t s h o ul d be encouraged, and s c h o o l s p i r i t d i s c o u r a g e d , would have been r e c o g n i z e d as f o l l y by the youngest of hero-w o r s h i p p i n g f a g s . At I.e. we can c l a i m t o p r o v i d e f a c i l i t i e s as good as those of any s m a l l U n i v e r s i t y . But we a r e a l s o members of a major U n i v e r s i t y , and whatever e l s o may occur a t other major U n i v e r s i t i e s we at London should ensure t h a t a B.Sc. (Lond.) has has not only gained a t e c h n i c a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n but a l t o g e t h e r b e n e f i t e d b y . h i s y e a r s a t London U n i v e r ­s i t y .

h a p p i l y support f o r U.L. i s s t r o n g a t I.C.:and r i g h t l y so, f o r i t ' s a poor C o l l e g e which can't con­t r i b u t e i t s f a i r quota towards U n i v e r s i t y a c t i v i t i e s as w e l l as or g a n i s e some decent C o l l e g e ones.

Yours s i n c e r e l y , K.J.Brookman, Hon. S e c , U.L. A t h l e t i c Club.

Our c o n t r i b u t o r r e p l i e s :

I f r e a d e r s remember the a r t i c l e they w i l l r e a l ­i z e t h a t Mr. Brookman's f i r s t paragraph i s even more i r r e l e v a n t than i t i s i n c o h e r e n t .

I c o u l d n ' t agree more w i t h h i s second paragraph but a t the r i s k of b e i n g drawn by h i s r e d h e r r i n g I might p c i n t out t h a t few s c h o o l s have houses as f a r a p a r t as Holloway C o l l e g e and Woolwich P o l y t e c h n i c .

Your c o r r e s p o i n d e n t ' s c l a i m t h a t I.C. support f o r U.L. i s s t r o n g . I d i s p u t e t h i s . I n every f i e ­l d but a t h l e t i c s , and I covered t h i s p o i n t , the f e e l ­i n g a t I.C. of U.L.U. i s j u s t s l i g h t l y l e s s than somewhat.

I t i s , s h a l l we say, e n t r a n c i n g , t o ask how Mr. Brookman i n noble rage s e i z e s t h i s pen and beg i n s , " S i r . . . " But l i t e r a r y e f f o r t d i s s i p a t e s t h i s f e r ­v o u r and i n the warm a f t e r - g l o w of a wrong r i g h t e d Mr. Brookman s i g n s o f f w i t h , "Yours s i n c e r e l y " .

H.H.

K. U. S. AGAIN.

J a n . 2 9 t h , 1951

S i r - I n an a r t i c l e a p p e a r i n g i n t h e FELIX of J a n . 2 6 t h , t h e r e was a r e f e r e n c e t o th e r e c e n t r e f e r e n ­dum h e l d by the N.U.S. on a proposed d i s a f f i l i a t i o n f rom the I.U.S. ; t h e r e s u l t i s s i g n i f i c a n t .

The t o t a l membership* o f the N.U.S. i s 105,000, y e t of t h i s t o t a l o n l y 54,438 ( r o u g h l y 30%) s t u d ­e n t s v o t e d ; t h i s i s i n d i c a t i v e of the g e n e r a l d i s ­g u st f e l t b y s t u d e n t s at the b e h a v i o u r of the P r e s ­i d e n t o f th e N.U.S.

At the C o u n c i l meeting l a s t November, he and o t h e r members t h r e a t e n e d t o c e s i g n because o f th e d e c i s i o n o f the C o u n c i l (757 t o 622) t o remain a f f i l i a t e d t o t h e I,U.S. T h i 3 u n d e m o c r a t i c t h r e a t r e s u l t e d i n the p r e s e n t referendum.

The i s s u e w i l l be r a i s e d a t th e n e x t C o u n c i l m e e t i n g t o be h e l d soon and the r e a l w i l l o f t h e s t u d e n t s , f o r c o n t i n u e d a f f i l i a t i o n , must t r i u m p h .

Y o urs t r u l y , B.G.Bower, Botany P e r t . , RCS.

J a n . 29th,1951

S i r - I t h i n k t h e i n f o r m a t i o n and correspondence i n y o u r column c o n c e r n i n g N.U.S., I.U.S. e t c - , o n l y shows how r i g h t I.C. were t o d i s a f f i l i a t e when t h e y d i d .

Yours t r u l y , S.H. Mearne.

SATES

J a n . 27th, 1951 S i r - I am alarmed by the l a p s e of time between t h e w r i t i n g o f Mr- P a u l G. J e f f r e y ' s l e t t e r t o FELIX on the 8 t h J a n . 1930 and i t s i n c l u s i o n i n y o u r l a s t e d i t i o n .

I am p l e a s e d t o n o t e , however, t h a t Mr. J e f f ­r e y h i m s e l f , i s f u l l y aware o f the s h o r t c o m i n g s o f tod a y ' s p o s t a l s e r v i c e s and i s t a k i n g no chances i n t h a t he has a l r e a d y despatched i n v i t a t i o n s t o s e v e r a l n o t a b l e p e r s o n a l i t i e s t o a t t e n d the B r a i n s T r u s t a r r a n g e d f o r Thursday, Feb. 27th.

I b e l i e v e t h a t the next y e a r i n w h i c h Feb. 27

happens t o be a Thursday w i l l be 1958. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , J . S . K i n g , I.C. U n i o n .

Which Tu r n i n g ? Feb. 1st , 1951

S i r - I have n o t i c e d on many o c c a s i o n s t h a t o u r bus d r i v e r s , and I am sure many o f our v i s i t o r s , have d i f f i c u l t y i n f i n d i n g our s p o r t s ground a t H a r r i n g ­t o n .

W h i l s t I am not s u g g e s t i n g t h a t we move o u r ground t o some more prominent s i t e (Hyde Park p e r ­haps?) I t h i n k i t would save f u r t h e r b o t h e r i f a s i g n b o a r d i n d i c a t i n g t h e whereabouts o f the I.C. S p o r t s Ground -were p l a c e d at the c o m e r o f S i p s o n Lane and H a r l i n g t o n H i g h S t r e e t , i . e . on t h e waste p l o t o p p o s i t e t h e Red L i o n . To complete the p i c ­t u r e we might even ' s t r a d d l e ' H a r l i n g t o n C o r n e r w i t h two s i g n b o a rd s p r e f e r a b l y b e a r i n g t h e emblem o f t h e R.A.Cw o r the A.A.

J.A. Mossman, GUILDS.

(We commend t h i s t o the n o t i c e of t h e A t h l e t i c

Ground Committee. - Ed.)

OPPORTUNITY! Jan . 2 6 t h , 1951

Esteemed S i r , Your r a t h e r d e s p a i r i n g E d i t o r i a l has a c h i e v e d

something. I t has i n s p i r e d me - a humble s e c r e t ­a r y w o r k i n g f o r a p r o f e s s o r and a department amongst the e l i t e o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e - t o a i r my g r i e v a n ­ces. You " p r i n t almost a n y t h i n g " - c o u l d I dare t o presume t h a t you would l i s t e n t o t h e woes o f a v e r y u n l e a r n e d young l a d y ?

As I sa y , I am young. I l i k e f u n . But be­cause I have not a s c i e n t i f i c b r a i n and cannot s t u d y f o r exams., because I cannot wear an I.C. s c a r f , because I may not e n t e r the s a c r e d p o r t a l s of the I.C. U n i o n as a member, I am d e n i e d a l l the i n n o c e n t j o y s and p l e a s u r e s t h a t the C o l l e g e p r o ­v i d e s .

S i r , i t i s f r u s t r a t i n g ! I want t o watch the r u g g e r matches and th e S e r p e n t i n e R e g a t t a . I wan­t e d t o see the Lowry Cup boat r a c e . I would l i k e t o h e l p c h e e r I.C. t o v i c t o r y i n t h e i r f o o t b a l l and hockey games. I l i k e d r a m a t i c s , a r t , music, p h i l o s o p h y and th e r e s t . I even l i k e b e ards -though I do not ask t o j o i n the Beaver C l u b ( n o r , may I h a s t e n t o add, would I be e l i g i b l e ) . But a l l I can do i s r e a d the r e p o r t s i n FELIX ( d e a r FELIX) and hope t h a t one g l o r i o u s day someone w i l l remember t h e p o o r , p i n i n g s e c r e t a r i e s t h a t are i n yo u r m i d s t - ( I was t h i n k i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y o f t h o s e under 25).

W e l l , anyway, I f e e l b e t t e r now! Yours f a i t h f u l l y . " H o p e f u l " ( M i s s )

(The E d i t o r would p o i n t out t h a t we do not n o r m a l l y p u b l i s h l e t t e r s under noms de plume u n l e s s f u l l name and address are e n c l o s e d . Would M i s s "Hope­f u l " k i n d l y s u p p l y t h e s e d e t a i l s ( p l u s t e l e p h o n e • number) a t h e r e a r l i e s t c o n v e n i e n c e . They w i l l , o f c o u r s e , be t r e a t e d w i t h t h e s t r i c t e s t c o n f i d e n c e )

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As newspaper(1) men o t i r s e l v e s , we are n a t u r -a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n the w e l f a r e of our oontempory 'The U n i v e r s i t y , ' and f e e l i n s c l 'The U n i v e r s i t y , ' and f e e l i n c l i n e d .to put our spoke i n the wheel of c o n t r o v e r s y s e t i n motion by the a r t i c l e - 'Paper U n i v e r s i t y , ' i n our l a s t i s s u e .

W h i l s t a g r e e i n g w i t h M.H. t h a t London i s a g e o g r a p h i c a l l y i m p o s s i b l e U n i v e r s i t y i n comparison w i t h b o t h Oxford and Cambridge, s u r e l y i t i s j u s t f o r t h i s r e ason t h a t the' p u b l i c a t i o n of 'U n i v e r ­s i t y ' should be la n d e d : through l i s pages we can at l e a s t m i t i g a t e the disad v a n t a g e s of s p a t i a l s e p a r a t i o n from our b r o t h e r and s i s t e r c o l l e g e s . ' U n i v e r s i t y ' may no/ be capable of f o s t e r i n g a U n i v e r s i t y S p i r i t but a t l e a s t i t g i v e s us news of other c o l l e g e s .

M.H. r i g h t l y a d m i t t e d i n t e r - c o l l e g e co-oper­a t i o n i n s p o r t . T h i s h a r d l y needs emphasis, f o r i t i n t h i s f i e l d as much as any t h a t a U n i v e r s i t y ' s p i r i t ' i s f o s t e r e d . But t h e r e are other f i e l d s i n which i n t e r - c o l l e g e a c t i v i t i e s are r e a l enough. To name a few: t h e r e are the i n t e r c o l l e g e de­bates ( i n which t h i s c o l l e g e p l a y s a prominent p a r t - we are s e m i - f i n a l i s t s i n t h i s y e a r ' s De­bates c o n t e s t ) ; our Dramatic S o c i e t y l i a s e s w i t h the U n i v e r s i t y S o c i e t y and w i l l n e x t week be t a k ­i n g p a r t i n the One-Act P l a y F e s t i v a l ; and a l t h o u g h we cannot c o n v e n i e n t l y use the Union f a c i l i t i e s at Bloomsbury as much as we would w i s h , i t i s s u i t e c e r t a i n t h a t I.C. puts a l o t of enthusiasm and hard work i n t o the r u n n i n g of U.L. Union through U.L.U. C o u n c i l . I n f a c t , i n s p i t e of our 'out of' town' l o c a t i o n , the i n f l u e n c e of I.C. i n U.L.U. a f f a i r s has seldom been g r e a t e r .

Though many of us would l i k e t o see a more compact U n i v e r s i t y o f out own b u i l t around the nucleus of the p r e s e n t c o l l e g e s a t South K e n s i n g ­t o n , u n t i l t h i s d e s i r a b l e s t a t e of a f f a i r s i s r e a ­l i s e d we must make the be s t of the p r e s e n t s c a t t e r ­ed U n i v e r s i t y . We f e e l t h a t the newspaper 'Un i v e r ­s i t y , ' i n s p i t e of i t s l i m i t a t i o n s and sho r t w w l n f s , has a u s e f u l c o n t r i b u t i o n t o make i n the present c i r c u m s t a n c e s and deserves our s u p p o r t .

TOUCHSTONE

There w i l l be another Touchstone t h i s week-end (Saturday Febuary 10th}.The s u b j e c t t o be d i s c u s s e d w i l l be " S u p e r s t i t i o n " . O n e member of the Board was the 13th t o a p p l y .

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N a p i e r i s j u s t l y renowned f o r h i s work on th e common l o g a r i t h m , by means of which m u l t i p l i c a t i o n i s t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a d d i t i o n : b u t how much more i l ­l u s t r i o u s t h e man who can t r a n s f o r m a t e d i o u s add­i t i o n i n t o t h e s i m p l e m u l t i p l i c a t i o n o f two i n t e g ­e r s ! A f t e r a l i f e t i m e spent i n r e s e a r c h , I now c l a i m t o have s o l v e d t h i s p r o b l e m , which has b a f f ­l e d m a t h e m a t i c i a n s down t h e ages. I t r u s t t h a t my work, here p u b l i s h e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , may be of v a l u e t o t h o s e ' L e s s e r breeds w i t h o u t t he law' as K i p l i n g so n e a t l y d e s c r i b e s e n g i n e e r s and chem­i s t s , as w e l l a s m a t h e m a t i c i a n s . The l o n g t i m e t a k e n o v e r my r e s e a r c h e s i s p a r t l y tbbe a t t r i b u t e d t o the a b s t r a c t i o n o f t h e b r i e f case c o n t a i n i n g my notes from my b a r r e l one day when I was abse n t .

An example i s s u f f i c i e n t to expound my t e c h ­n i q u e . Suppose, f o r i n s t a n c e , we w i s h t o add two clumsy numbers such as 17.69897 and 35.778I5. We d e r i v e the a n t i l o g a r i t h m s o f t h e s e numbers (f r o m t a b l e s ) . These a r e 5 x 1 0 n and 6 x 10*° . R e f e r ­ence t o f i v e t i m e s t a b l e s shows the p r o d u c t o f these tobe 30 x lO* 1*, t he l o g a r i t h m o f wh i c h i s 53.47712. T h i s i s t h e answer r e q u i r e d .

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a b l e . Dai ( ' T a f f y ' ) Ogenes.

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PROBLEMS FACING BRITAIN

P o l i t i c i a n s and P r i n c e s may have t h e i r g r a n d c h i l d ­r e n , and They that l a b o u r i n E a r t h may not l a b o u r i n Bevan - but above a l l t h e r e a r e two g r e a t e r problems b e f o r e us:

1) W i l l the F r e n c h p l o t the r e t u r n of our g a l l - s t o n e s ?

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was honoured w i t h the presence o f P r o f . Weiner, the d i s t i n g u i s h e d American m a t h e m a t i c i a n , e x p e r t on C y b e r n e t i c s , when he gave a l e c t u r e e n t i t l e d "The Two I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n s " i n the G u i l d s L e c t u r e T h e a t r e .

P r o f . L e v y , the c h a i r m a n , i n t r o d u c e d P r o f . Weiner t o t h e audience c o n s i s t i n g o f the R e c t o r and o v e r 200 s t a f f and s t u d e n t s , by s t a t i n g t h a t ' P r o f . Weiner and he had s t u d i e d t o g e t h e r a t Go.tt-i n g e n U n i v e r s i t y - T h i s f a c t was f r e q u e n t l y r e f ­e r r e d t o i n t h e subsequent l e c t u r e and d i s c u s s i o n when each P r o f e s s o r i n t u r n r e v e a l e d a p a r t of the o t h e r ' s s t u d e n t l i f e , i n a c o n s t a n t f r i e n d l y I n t e r ­n a t i o n a l b a t t l e .

P r o f . Weiner's l e c t u r e was c a l c u l a t e d t o s t i r h i s a udience t o t h o u g h t . He began by r e c o u n t i n g some o f the g r e a t , changes w h i c h had come o v e r t h e w o r l d as a r e s u l t of the f i r s t I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u ­t i o n , when ateam power was f i r s t h a r n e s s e d b y man. He r a p i d l y c a l l e d h i s a u d i e n c e ' s a t t e n t i o n t o the' f a c t t h a t t h i s was not i n d e e d the f i r s t i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n , b u t t h a t a minor one had preceded i t : t h a t i n w h i c h the c l o c k had been b o r n . The c l o c k -makers had been t h e f i r s t t o ma s t e r t h e c r a f t o f w o r k i n g t o f i n e l i m i t s , and had been t h e f i r s t t o i n v e n t t he machines which were t o be t h e f o r e r u n ­n e r s of the l a t h e s w i t h o u t which e n g i n e e r i n g today

c o u l d not e x i s t . He c o n t i n u e d by r e c a l l i n g t h e e f f e c t s t h e . f i r ­

s t i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n had upon t h e w o r l d ; how t h e r e v o l u t i o n had made c o n d i t i o n s such t h a t man " c o u l d no l o n g e r s e l l h i m s e l f as a so u r c e o f power" Man had t o r i s e t o a h i g h e r p l a n e t o f i n d employ- . ment. He had n o t o n l y t o do work, but t o make de­c i s i o n s , w h i c h depended upon p r e v i o u s d e c i s i o n s .

P r o f . Weiner t h e n p a s s e d on t o t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f a second i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n , w h i c h we were j u s t about t o e n t e r . He c l a i m e d t h a t the d e v e l ­opment o f computing machines and s i m i l a r a p p a ratu s had r e a c h e d such a stage t h a t i n t h e n e x t few year;, f a c t o r i e s c o u l d be made l a r g e l y a u t o m a t i c and r e q ­u i r e o n l y a s m a l l maintenance s t a f f t o keep them r u n n i n g smoothly. T h i s p r o c e s s would be a c c e l e r ­a t e d i f war were t o break o u t , w h i c h , s a i d the Pro f e s s o r , e v e r y B r i t o n and American hoped would not be so. I f man d i d not misuse h i s newly won powers, when the second r e v o l u t i o n came, the w o r l d ' s i n h a b ­i t a n t s would be f a c e d w i t h a much l a r g e r amount of l e i s u r e . They must t h e r e f o r e f i n d u s e f u l , c o n s t r ­u c t i v e ways of employing t h e i r l e i s u r e t i m e , and f o r t h i s purpose he s u g g e s t e d a r e v e r s i o n to the c o t t a g e i n d u s t r i e s o f weaving and c a r p e n t r y .

P r o f . Weiner c o n c l u d e d by s p e c u l a t i n g on t h e p r o b a b l e d i f f e r e n t course o f the .development o f the Western World i f the e l e c t r i c motor had been i n v e n ­t e d b e f o r e t h e steamengine. I t was h i s o p i n i o n t h a t t h e c o t t a g e i n d u s t r i e s would n e v e r have ceased as power c o u l d have been brought t o th e home. He f e l t t h a t i n t h e e a s t , where the f i r s t I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n had not s t r u c k a. f u l l b l o w , t h e two rev­o l u t i o n s may w e l l come t o g e t h e r and a new c i v i l i z ­a t i o n b e g i n .

A l i v e l y and l e a r n e d d i s c u s s i o n f o l l o w e d . P r o f . L e v y asked i f i t were p o s s i b l e t o make a machine to w r i t e m u s i c . H i s machine c o u l d be s e t a t a l e n g t h

o f tune o f 20 b a r s , s a y , and be i n s t r u c t e d what no­t e s t h e tune was t o c o n t a i n . I t would t h e n , at the t o u c h o f a s w i t c h "churn o u t " e v e r y tune of t h a t l e n g t h w h i c h had been w r i t t e n and whi c h w i l l e v e r be w r i t t e n . The q u e s t i o n a r o u s e d g r e a t l a u g h t e r i n the audience which t u r n e d t o h e a r t y applause when a v o t e o f t h a n k s was c a l l e d f o r t h e P r o f e s s o r a t the c o n c l u s i o n o f the meeting.

(Our FELIX i n v e n t o r f o u n d t h e t a s k o f p r o d u c i n g the music machine a complete s n i p , so q u i c k l y b r i e f e d out the drawings here r e p r o d u c e d , showing the f i r s t d e s i g n . I t i s f e l t t h a t ' i t w i l l soon be p o s s i b l e t o produce t h e machine i n a l i t t l e more compact fo r m , when i t s h o u l d become a boon t o ev e r y house­w i f e ) . B_.__

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P R O F I L E - S h e r r y

Those of you who do not know " S h e r r y ' s " r e a l name are about t o be e n l i g h t e n e d - i t i s M i s s C. Sherwood, A f a i r d e s c r i p t i o n of her would be " F a i r y Godmother and l a d y of the Lamp", as a l l r e s ­i d e n t s w i l l agree.

When she came here a t a tender age m the e a r l y 19£0's she was a J u n i o r Shorthand T y p i s t . W i t h i n a v e r y few y e a r s , however, she ros e t o S u p e r i n t e n d ­ent Shorthand T y p i s t , i n which c a p a c i t y she was c a l ­l e d upon t o take on a l l the correspondence of *he then R e c t o r , S i r Thomas H o l l a n d , and of t h e S e c r e t ­a r y , Mr. Alexande r Gow.

R e l i n q u i s h i n g the t i t l e of Superintendent Typ­i s t i n 1934, she con t i n u e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y t o the R e c t o r and amanuensis t o the S e c r e t a r y . I t was i n these c a p a c i t i e s t h a t she had access t o S t a f f r e c o r d s and began t o l e a r n the b i r t h dates of con­s i d e r a b l e numbers of C o l l e g e p e r s o n a l i t i e s . The c e l e b r a t i o n of b i r t h d a y s became q u i t e a hobby, and i t i s anybody's guess how much of her p e r s o n a l i n ­come has been spent on b i r t h d a y p r e s e n t s f o r her l a r g e adopted f a m i l y .

D u r i n g the l a s t war M i s s Sherwood was an a c t ­i v e and l e a d i n g member of the C o l l e g e Maintenance P a r t y , and i t was d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d t h a t she acqu-i r e d t h e nickname of "Sherry." - though.that name d i d not g e n e r a l l y c a t c h on u n t i l about 1946. Nowaday, of course , a l l r e s i d e n t s know her as S h e r r y . Beiore-$939 the h o s t e l was an a l l - m a l e i n s t i t u t i o n , Neces-s i t o u s c i r c u m s t a n c e s a l t e r e d t h i s s t a t e of a f f a i r s when the M a i n t a i n a n c e P a r t y l i v e d t h e r e d u r i n g the war. So i t was not u n n a t u r a l t h a t on i t s r e b i r t h i n 1945, the h o s t e l emerged w i t h a s m a l l female con­t i n g e n t . As a d i r e c t r e s u l t of t h i s change, Sherry a q u i r e d y e t another t i t l e , t h a t of H o s t e l H o s t e s s . I n t h i s c a p a c i t y she g r a d u a l l y devoted more and more

of her time t o the w e l f a r e of the r e s i d e n t s u n t i l about 18 months ago, even her room moved c o n s i d e r a ­b l y n e a r e r the h o s t e l .

Who,now,could be more N e l s o n i c than she, when a case of s l i g h t i n f r i n g e m e n t of H o s t e l r e g u l a t i o n s occurs? Or who more l i k e a m i n i s t e r i n g a n g e l t o a l l those who f a l l s i c k ? Every one gets p e r s o n n a l a t t e n t i o n , e v e n i n g,n e p i d e m i c l

Who d e l i g h t s more than she i n a thorouh know­ledge of the " a f f a i r ( e ) s " of the r e s i d e n t s ? And who could be a more constan t s u p p o r t e r of Union S o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s , from D i n n e r - i n - H a l l to C a r n i v a l s .

So much f o r her h i s t o r y . I t i s the s t o r y of a g r e a t - h e a r t e d l a d y who has combined e f f i c i e n c v and keen i n t e r e s t i n a v a r i e t y of jobs w i t h a k i n d l y d i s p o s i t i o n and who i s now somewhat a k i n t o "The Old Woman Who L i v e d I n a Shoe" - w i t h t h i s d i f f e r ­ence - She r r y v e r y d e f i n i t e l y does know what t o do, and does i t t o the g r e a t b e n e f i t of a l l her " c h i l d ­r e n " .

S L I D I N G I N S N O W D O N I A

Those members who f o r s o o k , e a r l y a f t e r C h r i s t ­mas, t he s e a s o n a l i n d u l g e n c e s and assembled i n t h e f a m i l i a r N o r t h Wales C l i m b i n g ground were rewarded w i t h snow and i c e c o n d i t i o n s p a r e x c e l l e n c e . A t f i r s t i t was n e c e s s a r y t o a c c l i m a t i s e o u r s e l v e s t o th e r i g o u r s o f the A r c t i c i n Snowdonia, b ut t h r o u g h out s p i r i t s were h i g h and even when t h e summits were! i n v i s i b l e , t h e y were a t t a i n e d .

To the p l e a s u r e o f w i n t e r c l i m b i n g was added t h e b e s t o f accommodation and t h e S p a r t a n New Y e a r c e l e b r a t i o n s were q u i t e u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f o u r K e n s i n g t o n h a b i t s , as we remarked t o each o t h e r i n t h e b a r o n t h e f i r s t day of term. T h i s was as w e l l , as New Y e a r ' s Day saw us i n v o l v e d i n t h e aus­t e r e b u s i n e s s o f mountain r e s c u e .

O c c a s i o n a l e f f o r t s o f t h e g e o l o g i s t s t o brown-bag were f r u s t r a t e d , and i f s c i e n t i f i c methods app­e a r e d i n o u r c l i m b i n g , t h a t was p u r e l y c o i n c i d e n t a l . E f f o r t s t o t r a c k the Abominable Snowman were a f a i l - j u r e . I n a l l , a grand t r i p , w i t h many re m i n d e r s o f a good t e n d a y s , not t h e l e a s t b e i n g t h e p h y s i c a l one: t h a t t o b o g g a n i n g on one's s e a t was not th e moStj s a t i s f a c t o r y way of coming down a g u l l y !

JEWISH SOCIETY

A J e w i s h S o c i e t y has r e c e n t l y been formed i n t h e C o l l e g e . I t i s hoped t h a t a l l J e w i s h s t u d e n t s w i l l b e i n t e r e s t e d and o f f e r t h e i r s u p p o r t . D e t a i l s , o f t h e f i r s t m e e t i n g w i l l s h o r t l y be announced. The Hon. Sec. i s M i s s S. Cohen ( U n i o n o r H u x l e y r a c k s ) .

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Preceded a t 5 p.m. by the D i s t i n g u i s h e d V i s i t ­o r ' s address - " P l u t o and o t h e r p i p e l i n e s " by A.C. H a r t l e y Esq., C h i e f E n g i n e e r o f The A n g l o - I r a n i a n O i l Co., t h e annual d i n n e r o f t h e C. & G. E n g i n e e r ­i n g S o c i e t y was h e l d on Feb. 1 s t . The f u n c t i o n was a t t e n d e d by 77 members and g u e s t s .

P r o f . W i l l i s J a c k s o n p roposed "The S o c i e t y " , r e m a r k i n g on the advantages o f s i l e n t s u p p l i c a t i o n when l o c a t i n g o r c o r r e c t i n g m e c h a n i c a l f a u l t s i n machinery.

R e p l y i n g , t he chairman, Mr. H.J. M e r r i c k r e f e r ­r e d t o t h e g r e a t i n t e r e s t shown by members of t h e S o c i e t y i n v i s i t s o f an e d u c a t i v e , b ut n o n - t e c h n i ­c a l n a t u r e , t o such p l a c e s o f i n d u s t r y as S t a g Brew­e r y . He s t r e s s e d t h e need f o r more s t u d e n t papers and hoped t o see some l i v e l y c o m p e t i t i o n f o r t h e L i n k s Club Memorial P r i z e .

P r o f . Yeoman (RSM) w i t h h i s r e p l y t o "The Gue­s t s " p r o v i d e d j u s t t h e r i g h t amount "of l i g h t - h e a r t ­ed b a n t e r r e q u i r e d t o b a l a n c e the eve n i n g ' s speeches R i s i n g w i t h a remark t o the e f f e c t t h a t he had been known t o go on f o r two h o u r s , P r o f . Yeoman was content w i t h f i v e minutes of remark-punctuated l a u g h t e r .

E r s k i n e Sinies Esq. K.C. i n p r o p o s i n g "The P r o ­f e s s i o n " gave as h i s e n g i n e e r i n g q u a l i f i c a t i o n one week's e n g i n e e r i n g w i t h a p i c k and s h o v e l , (Course work on b o a t s and barges ) w h i l e s e r v i n g as PBI Sub­a l t e r n d u r i n g the Great War. S i n c e t h e n , he added, h i s a c t i v i t i e s a t t h e b a r ( l e g a l v a r i e t y ) have f r e ­q u e n t l y been dueto the a m b i t i o n , o r f a i l u r e , o f en­gineer's t o a p p r e c i a t e s u c h p o i n t s as the p r e c i s e l e g a l d i f f e r e n c e between a p i p e and a sewer. He t h e r e f o r e t o o k p l e a s u r e i n p r o p o s i n g t h e c o n t i n u e d p r o s p e r i t y o f e n g i n e e r s and t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n .

The b a r r e l s , a f i r k i n o f b i t t e r and a p i n of m i l d , were put t o good u s e , and a t 11.15 t h e l a s t 10 s u r v i v o r s , t h e i r r e p e r t o i r e o f amusing b u t , a l a s , u n p r i n t a b l e s t o r i e s s t i l l a p p a r e n t l y i n e x h a u s t i b l e , were e j e c t e d f r o m t h e U n i o n , w e l l s a t i s f i e d w i t h an e n j o y a b l e and s u c c e s s f u l e v e n i n g . _____ ,_ ,_iLJiJJ<~ilo.flmb£J

L O C A L A M E N I T I E S "Good a f t e r n o o n , S i r . No, you are not t o o l a t e , i t ' s o n l y f i v e t o f i v e . I t ' s always s t u d e n t s who dome i n a t t h e l a s t m i n u t e . They seem t o t h i n k we are here t o s u i t them. We've got o u r h o u r s , t h e same as everyone e l s e . And a l i t t l e c o n s i d e r ­a t i o n . . .

"How would you l i k e i t c u t ? You've v e r y w i r y h a i r which would l o o k v e r y n i c e i f you t r e a t e d i t p r o p e r l y . I suppose y o u use some a d v e r t i s e d cream. I t ' s no good. You are g e t t i n g v e r y t h i n on t h e t o p - I do w i s h I c o u l d persuade you to t r y some of our s p e c i a l p r e p a r a t i o n ; i t w i l l keep y o u r h a i r t i d y and h e l p i t t o grow. Now, i f you l e t me g i v e you a shampoo i t w i l l get r i d o f a l l t h a t n a s t y s c u ­r f and w i t h o u r s p e c i a l o i l you w i l l n e v e r be t r o u ­b l e d a g a i n .

" W e l l , i f you were s i c k y ou would go to a doc­t o r and I am a t r i c h o l o g i s t and know what I'm t a l k ­i n g about.

"Have i t y o u r own way! The customer knows b e s t and I always get on v e r y w e l l w i t h them. I f t h e y are s a t i s f i e d t h e y t i p me - some o f t h e s t u d ­e n t s t i p even h a l f - a - c r o w n - and, as you say, i f t h e y are not t h e y would not come a g a i n .

"How i s t h a t ? Shampoo? A l i t t l e of o u r s p e c i a l cream? Are you a l l r i g h t f o r b r u s h e s , combs, r a z o r b l a d e s , n a i l f i l e s , e y e b r o w - p l u c k e r s , h a i r - - - Your c o a t , S i r ! Thank you, S i r ! "

Pause w h i l e a l o o k of astonishment c r o s s e s the v i s a g e and t h e n weakly:

"Good-night" • ___ — -Beachcomber N e w s s e r v i c e ?

"To accommodate t h e t h i c k n e s s o f the tongueat the

t i p o f a s t r a i g h t - c u t s w i t c h , the s t o c k r a i l i s

j o g g l e d t o form a r e c e s s i n w h i c h t h e s w i t c h t i p

can l i e s n u g l y and. a f f o r d a smooth t u r n - o u t . "

(From Proe. I.E.E., P a r t 1A, March 1950,page 83,

p a r a . 5-1)

C a b i n e t Changes-

Jan. 2 6 t h , 1951

S i r - May I c o r r e c t a m i s t a k e i n the v e r s i o n o f .Mr. N i c h o l a s ' l e t t e r t o Mr. Coomber p r i n t e d i n the l a s t e d i t i o n o f y o u r esteemed j o u r n a l ? He d i d not w r i t e " I would be g r a t e f u l i f , a t yo u r c o n v e n i e n c e , you would r e l i e v e me of my p r e s e n t appointment", but "I would be g r a t e f u l i f you would r e l i e v e me of-my p r e s e n t appointment a t y o u r convenience".

Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y , A.G.S., Imp. C o l l . On.

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D R I N K I N G M A N S G U I D E 6:The E a r l o f L o n s d a l e

U n l e s s one d r i n k s f o r d r i n k i n g ' 3. sake - and • t h i s can be done almost anywhere - the c r i t e r i a f o r an e v e n i n g out are good company, good b e e r and t h e r i g h t atmosphere.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , the atmosphere i n t h e average London Pub i s as .cheery as a c h a r n e l house, as mer­r y as a morgue. We w e l l remember s i t t i n g i n a h a l f - e m p t y s a l o o n b a r i n Bayswater. A m a g n i f i c ­ent E n g l i s h b u l l d o g , b r o a d of c h e s t and heavy o f j o w l , l i f t e d h i s l e g a n d t r i e d t o put out t h e f i r e . As grand a g e s t u r e of contempt f o r u n c o n g e n i a l and i n e f f i c i e n t h e a t i n g as we would imagine. But d i d the company cheer? Not t h e y - by t h e e x p r e s s i o n ­l e s s , f i s h l i k e s t a r e s under heavy e y e l i d s t h e y mi­ght have been at L o r d s .

The l o n g r u l e o f V i c t o r i a and t h e l i c e n s i n g laws have l e f t t h e i r mark on the London Pub. Ma-hoganu, e t c h e d g l a s s , weak b e e r and p a i n t e d b a r ­maid - by t h e s e we know them.

But t h e r e i s n o t h i n g wrong w i t h mahogany o r e t c h e d g l a s s and o c c a s i o n a l l y one f i n d s an example b f a London Pub - a s t u r d y , genuine pub; not h a l f t i m b e r e d i n 1927, not a d o c k s i d e t a v e r n i n w h i c h no s e l f - r e s p e c t i n g s a i l o r would be seen dead -such a pub i s t h e E a r l o f L o n s d a l e .

The E a r l of L o n s d a l e s i t s , a t t h e t o p o f the P o r t o B e l l o Road market. Perhaps the b e s t t i m e t o v i s i t i t i s on S a t u r d a y l u n c h t i m e , a f t e r s u r ­v e y i n g what i s almost c e r t a i n l y London's most i n ­t e r e s t i n g s t r e e t market.

I n common w i t h a l l Hermeky's houses t h e b e e r s i t u a t i o n i s good and t h e Wine and s p i r i t s l i s t s are e x c e l l e n t . The p u b l i c b a r and t h e s a l o o n are o f t e n crowded and are not t o o c o m f o r t a b l e , but t h e lounge i s a l a r g e room w i t h p l e n t y o f c h a i r s and an e f f i c i e n t but o p t i o n a l w a i t e r s e r v i c e . The de­c o r a t i o n s have a p l e a s a n t E n g l i s h haphazardness : two o i l s o f j o v i a l c h a r a c t e r s v i e w i t h empty magnume and a m a g n i f i c e n t s e t of copper j u g s , which range i n s i z e downwards from o n e o i n w h i c h one c o u l d , a l b e i t w i t h inconve.P.ence, t a k e a b a t h .

The company i s q u i e t and c l e a r l y e x p e c t s t o r e ­main s o , t h e lounge i s w e l l - l i t , ( s o f t l i g h t i n g may f l a t t e r the l a d i e s ' complexions and be v e r y r o m a n t i c but i t k i l l s c o n v e r s a t i o n ) . I n g e n e r a l one may say t h a t t h e E a r l of L o n s d a l e i s a pub from w h i c h t o s t a r t c r a w l i n g r a t h e r t h a n one i n which t o spend a l o n g e v e n i n g .

V i t a l s t a t i s t i c s : Henneky's, C l o s i n g t i m e 10.30, O c c a s i o n a l l y a. t r i f l e c h i l l y

_ in, w i n t e r .

S H O R T C U T TO H E A V E N .

MOUNTAINEERING: BY PROFESSOR FINCH

On Tuesday, i n h i s t a l k t o t h e M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b , P r o f . F i n c h showed us some e x c e l l e n t p h o t o ­graphs o f c l i m b i n g i n the A l p s , the C o r s i c a n Moun­t a i n s and t h e H i m a l a y a s . He gave t h e C l u b some­t h i n g t o t h i n k about. One p h o t o , showed about 6 peaks w h i c h l o o k e d a commendable day's c l i m b i n g f o r any man. A f t e r c r o s s i n g a l l 6 he "stopped j u s t down t h e r e f o r b r e a k f a s t " .

On Mt. B l a n c t h e r e was a c l i m b which he admit­t e d was a " b i t s t e e p " . H i s companion thought he had l e a n t h i s i c e - a x e s a f e l y a g a i n s t t h e r o c k o n l y t o f i n d t h a t he had m i s j u d g e d t h e a n g l e o f t h e r o c k : the axe was l e a n i n g outwards, i m m e d i a t e l y o v e r b a l ­anced and f e l l 300 f t . b e f o r e b o u n c i n g and d i s a p p ­eared from view.

He was w i t h t h e E v e r e s t e x p e d i t i o n and t o l d us t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e y s u f f e r e d what we would c a l l ex­treme h a r d s h i p s and d" i s c o m f o r t t h e y were q u i t e hap­py and t h o u g h t t h e m s e l v e s c o m f o r t a b l e up t h e r e be­cause t h e d i s c o m f o r t i n c r e a s e d o n l y s l o w l y as t h e y ascended. They were m a i n l y d e f e a t e d b y t h e weath-er« the extreme c o l d f o r c e d them t o r e t r e a t from q u i t e n e a r the summit, and b y t h e t i m e t h e y had r e ­c o v e r e d f r o m f r o s t b i t e e t c the monsoon had a r r i v e d .

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S g C t i C W o r ^ C . J - ) R C H E S t f t a .

EVENTS SATURDAY,lOth FEB.

I.C.R.E.C. v. F i t z w i l l i a m House, Cam. Home. I.C.H.C. v. High Wycombe, Home. > I.C.C.C.C. v. Southampton,Univ., Away. I.C.A.F.C. v. U.C. C a r d i f f , Home. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. G o l d s m i t h s , Hone. I.C. Ent. C t t e . , 'Hop', Union 8.0 p.m.

SUNDAY, 11th FEB. I.C. M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b . "Step C u t t i n g " n r . Dor­

k i n g . MONDAY, 1 3 t h FEB.

L.LF.C.U. "The P l a c e o f the B i b l e i n the C h r i s t i a n F a i t h " Rev. Turvey, B o t . L e c t u r e Theatre 1*15

I.C.Mus.Soc. V i s i t t o S a d l e r * W e l l s , "Don G i o v a n i " G u i l d s Radio Soc. 3 Student papers. Room N.86.

TUESDAY, 1 3 t h FEB. Ends _ Means L e c t u r e , P r o f . G.I.Finch,F.R.S.

"Adventure i n F n q u i r y " , Chem. beet. Th., 4.15 I.C.Railway Soc. "A R a i l w a y M i s c e l l a n y " Room N.86

G u i l d s 5.15 I.C.Boxing C l u b : v. K i n g ' s , Gym, 6.0 I.O.Riding C l u b . Zoo L e c t . Th. 5.15.

WEDNESDAY, 1 4 t h FEB. I.C.H.C. v. U n i v e r s i t y C o l l . Away Technology Cup. R.S.M. v. G u i l d s I . C . R i d i n g C l u b . Richmond Park G u i l d s Radio Soc. V i s i t G.P.O. Faraday B u i l d i n g .

THURSDAY, 15th FEB. C.G.Eng.Soc. " S i t e I n v e s t i g a t i o n " by Harding

Room 15 G u i l d s , 5.0. Maths. & Phys.' Soc. Dance. Gym 7.30.

FRIDAY, 16th FEB.

SATURDAY, 17th FEB. I.C.R.F.C. v. i l l . C o l l . o f S c i e n c e , Home. I.C.H.C. v. Indiamen. Home. I.C.A.F.C. v. Borough Rd. C o l l . Home. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. M a r i a Grey C o l l . Hone. I . C . E n t . C t t e . 'Hop' Union 8.0.

SUNDAY, 1 8 t h FEB. I.C.Y.H.A. Group & M o u n t a i n e e r i n g C l u b , j o i n t meet w i t h B e d f o r d C o l l e g e . Caving i n Dene Holes I . C . F i l m Soc. "Qua! de Brumes" New Lounge 7.30

MONDAY, 19th FFB. L.I.F.C.U. "The P l a c e o f Jesus C h r i s t " 1.15 P o l . Soc. S o c i a l i s t Croup meet. Ctte.Room A. 1.15 G u i l d s Radio Soc. P r e s . Address H.Bishop, C^B.F.

"Broadcast E n g i n e e r i n g " f o l l o w e d by P r e s . P i n n e r . Upper D i n i n g H a l l , 7.00 f o r 7.30

TUESDAY. 30th FFP-. Maths. & Phys. Soc. "Asymmetry and Symmetry i n

Maths. & Phys." by Whyte, Phys.Lect.Th. 5.15 WEDNESDAY, 31st FEB.

I.C.H.C. v. London D i s t r i c t Hockey, Home. I.C.Railway Soc. V i s i t t o Whitemoor Hump Marsh a l l i n g I . C . R i d i n g C l u b , Richmond Park Yard. I.C.A.F.C. v. S t . Mark & S t . John, Hoae. I.C.W.S.C. N e t b a l l v. Chelsea P o l y . Away.

THURSDAY, 23nd FEB. Ends & Means L e c t . P r o f . L.C.Martin,D.Sc. ' O p t i c a l

C i n d e r e l l a ' . R.C.S. Chem. L e c t . Th. 4.15 FIRDAY. 33rd FEB.

I.C.Boxing C l u b . P r e l i m . Rds. o f i n t e r - c o l l , cotnp. 6.0.

PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS

BE IN a p o s i t i o n t o enjoy your h o l i d a y s i n France'. P o l i s h up your French'. Lessons o f f e r ­ed by impecunious young French l a d y ; times & terms arranged by phone. Apply lime Zwobada. Tudor 2812.

Amajting o f f e r t o Club S e c r e t a r i e s . " T e l e ­

phone Message R e c o r d i n g , the Howarth Way."

P r i c e 3d.

E v e n i n g c l a s s e s i n s l i d e r u l e m a n i p u l a t i o n i n c l u d i n g l o g l o g e x c u r s i o n s . Apply Weston. G u i l d s .

P e t e r Lind,"The Man w i t h the Camera" w i l l take

your p a s s p o r t photographs i n G u i l d s any l u n c h -

t i m e . Only 2/- f o r f o u r .

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H.C.S. 3 - 0. & G. 0

I n 1947 t h e R.C.S. Hockey C l u b was formed w i t h 12 p l a y i n g members, and d u r i n g i t s f i r s t s e ason t h e numbers were o f t e n augmented by temporary t r a n s f e r s ( n o n - p e c u n i a r y 1) from the o t h e r e ~ l i e g e hockey t e a ­ms. The Club has s i n c e grown i n numbers and s t r e n g t h and on Wednesday, } l s t J a n u a r y i t f u l f i l l e d t h e a m b i t i o n s of p r e v i o u s y e a r s ' s i d e s i n b e a t i n g t he C i t y and G u i l d s by 3 g o a l s t o 0. T h i s v i c t o r y was p a r t i c u l a r l y g r a t i f y i n g t o two f o u n d e r members, M c C a l l and Groocock who are s t i l l p l a y i n g f o r t h e C l u b .

A l t h o u g h G u i l d s had l o s t two p l a y e r s t o th e Un i v e i ' - i i t y s i d e , t h e teams appeared w e l l matched b e f ­ore the s t a r t . I n t h e f i r s t h a l f , t h e game was even and dominated b y two s t r o n g d e f e n c e s p l a y i n g v e r y s t e a d i l y on t h e muddy s u r f a c e . H a l f - t i i e saw R.C-S. l e a d i n g t h r o u g h a g o a l by Watson, and a f t e r the i n t e r v a l t h e y f o r g e d ahead w i t h g o a l s from Tay-l e r and Pu r s l o w . A r e a r r a n g e d G u i l d s f o r w a r d l i n e u n s u c c e s s f u l l y adopted s h o r t p a s s i n g t a c t i c s i n t he f a c e of the r e s o l u t e t a c k l i n g , but f a i l e d t o s c o r e .

I n t e r - C o l l e g e Hockey T a b l e

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I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e 1 - S t . C a t h a r i n e ' s C o l l e g e 3

T h i s match a t H a r l i n g t o n on S a t u r d a y 27th J a n . was p l a y e d on a g l u e p o t p i t c h and ended I.C.-'s run o f 11 matches w i t h o u t d e f e a t .

I.C. s t a r t e d o f f i n an a t t a c k i n g v e i n and see­med t o be h a v i n g t h e b e s t o f the e a r l y p l a y ; how­e v e r w h i l e s e v e r a l o f o u r s h o t s at g o a l n a r r o w l y missed the post S t . C a t h a r i n e ' s broke away and.by good p a s s i n g movements on t h e wings p i e r c e d t h e defence and'scored two g o a l s i n r a p i d s u c c e s s i o n .

A f t e r the i n t e r v a l t h e I.C. defence was happ­i e r and p l a y e d b e t t e r t o g e t h e r ; b u t n o t h i n g went r i g h t f o r the f o r w a r d s . S e v e r a l s h o t s were put j u s t p a s t the p o s t , i n two cases by a l a s t min­u t e ' s d e f l e c t i o n from the g o a l k e e p e r ' s o u t s t r e t c h ­ed t o e I A m u f f l e d push shot a t an open g o a l must be passed o v e r as d i s c r e e t l y as p o s s i b l e ! S t . C a t h a r i n e ' s s c o r e d a g a i n b e f o r e I.C. r e p l i e d t h r ­ough a r e a l beauty from c e n t r e f o r w a r d Jones.

Though the v i s i t o r s won b y t a k i n g t h e i r few chances, I.C. a t t a c k e d s p i r i t e d l y t h r o u g h o u t , w i t h ­out l o s i n g h e a r t . Ho cause f o r despondency o r alrsrm; i t was not o u r l u c k y day.

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Ko o f f i c i a l mention has y e t been made t h a t I.C.W.S.C. i s now v e r y p r o u d l y r u n n i n g two n e t b a l l team3. The second team l o s t t h e i r f i r s t match but should not be di s c o u r a g e d . We f e e l t h a t w i t h p r a c t i c e t o g e t h e r they w i l l be more s u c c e s s f u l i n the f u t u r e . With t h i s and i n view a p r a c t i c e was h e l d l a s t Weds, a t which two members of the Rugger Club o f f e r e d t o p l a y i n o r d e r t h a t we should have a complete team. However as they i n s i s t e d on u s i n g a rugger b a l l the o f f e r was r e f u s e d We would l i k e to take t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y of w i s h i n g the second team the b e s t of l u c k f o r Saturday, when they p l a y G o l d s m i t h s , and f o r a l l t h e i r f u t u r e matches.

J . S .

RESULT.

In p o u r i n g r a i n , ICW3C l o s t t o R o y a l Holloway C o l l i n an away match p l a y e d l a s t S a t u r d a y .

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A t l a s t Saturday's I n t e r n a t i o n a l , Wales s u f f e r e d another overwhelming d e f e a t - t h i s time a t the hands of S c o t l a n d .

I n t h e second match o f t h i s y e a r ' s Technology Cup c o m p e t i t i o n , R.S.H. g a i n e d a w e l l m e r i t e d v i c ­t o r y o v e r R.C.S. by 3 - 2 . Mi n e s , who i n c l u d e d 4 r u g g e r p l a y e r s i n t h e i r team, s c o r e d f i r s t t h r o ­ugh B o w t e l l but R.C.S. fought back and g o a l s by Browne and Buckroyd put them ahead. However, g o a l s by B o w t e l l a n d t h e K,0.S• c e n t r e - h a l f r e s ­t o r e d t h e Mines l e a d which t h e y h e l d t o th e end.

The teams were: R.C.S. : Reynolds ( L . F , ) ; Hanson, Lodge; Webb,Abb­

o t t , Buckrowd; Browne, Watson, Thompson (D.E.) c a p t . , Jackman, Reynolds (R.J.)

R.S.M.: Edwards; C o l l i n s o n ( c a p t . ) ; T a y l o r (C.G.); Hanan, S t e v e n s , R o g e r s , E i d r i d g e , Rowse, D a v i e s ( J . P . ) , B o w t e l l , J a r v i s .

T h i s r e s u l t e n s u r e s t h a t R.C.S. w i l l p l a y i n the f i n a l and Mi n e s , p r o v i d e d t h e y a v o i d a 3-goaI d e f e a t i n t h e i r game a g a i n s t G u i l d s , w i l l be t h e i r opponents.

Many I.C. games have had t o be c a n c e l l e d owing t o the u n f i t c o n d i t i o n of opponents' p i t c h e s but the 1 s t X I have b e a t e n the A d m i r a l t y 4-3 and R.N.R. 6-0 i n t h e i r two matches.

The 2nd X I have drawn league games w i t h C h e l ­sea P o l y , and west Ham T.C., w h i l e I.C. 3 r d X I have won t h r e e league e n c o u n t e r s i n s u c c e s s i o n ; a g a i n s t B a t t e r s e a P o l y . ( 8 - 0 ) , C h e l s e a P o l y , (5-1) and Ro y a l D e n t a l ( 4 - 0 ) .

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I.C.RFC. 2nd.XV. t r a v e l l e d t o Cambridge on S a t u r ­day t o p l a y Sydney Sussex C o l l e g e 'whom they d e f e a t ­ed by 12 p o i n t s to 6 a f t e r a v i g o r o u s bout of mud w r e s t l i n g . The f i r s t XV should have t r a v e l l e d w i t h them t o p l a y S t . John's C o l l e g e and the 'A'XV sho u l d n o t have t r a v e l l e d t o Oxford s i n c e t h e i r game a g a i n s t S t . John's C o l l e g e , Oxford had been c a n c e l l e d . Due t o a f a u l t whioh, i t has been a u t h o r i t a t i v e l y s t a t e d , was due t o the P o s t O f f i c e telephone s e r v i c e , the above two teams d i d not and d i d r e s p e c t i v e l y .

I n t e r v i e w e d l a t e t h a t n i g h t the Hon S e c r e t a r y , Mr Jack Howorth, s t a t e d t h a t something must have gone a wrong but he s t i l l c o u l d ' n t see why he had b e e * c a l l e d upon t o p r o t e c t h i s t r o u s e r s a g a i n s t the a s s a u l t s of t h i r t y f u r i o u s rugger p l a y e r s a t such em b a r a s s i n g l y f r e q u e n t I n t e r v a l s throughout the course of the "Hop."

( We have been unable t o t r a c e the s o u r c e , or indeed f i n d any b a s i s f o r Mr Howorth's i n f o r m a ­t i o n . - Ed.)

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