fCUM THE NEWSPAPER QF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

P A C K S P U N C H

Friday 9th. December. 1960. No 154

HOW f C C t X INTRODUCTION^

- H a v e you ever stopped to think how much' ef f o r t i s involved i n producing the newspaper that you are reading now? I t * s very doubtful. ''Most new recruits to the s t a f f are absolutely amazed at the amount of work which i s necessary. In order to give you a better idea we now take you behind the scenes and for the f i r s t time i n F e l i x history we show you "how i t ' s done."

RAW MATERIAL. .

To start with we need raw material. F e l i x only has a few writers on i t s s t a f f , we depend on you to produce •Ost of the copy. Some people need very l i t t l e prompting to pick up their pens and pencils. However-the vast majority have to be cajoled, or even threatened. This i s a pi t y beoause 'this newspaper should refleot the S p i r i t which makes the Union what i t i s .

SUNDAY WORKING

Once the copy i s i n the hands of the F e l i x staff i t i s read through and any errors, grammatical or other-wise, are corrected. Much of th i s i s done as soon as the material i s received. However we r e a l l y get down to business on the Sunday before the Friday of issue. We begin to gather i n the Press Room (opposite t h e v l i f t on the third, floor of the Uniua) a t a time i n the morning whioh seems to be almost completely unheard of i n student c i r c l e s , sometimes as early as 7.30 a.m.

"PREPARATION OF THE COPT

One of the f i r s t tasks i s to type out a l l the copy into columns just aver thxae inches »i<is.This l a usually enough to keep three or four ^.typewriters busy for seven or eight fcoura*:« These columns are then Inspected f o r mistakes. These are corrected by typing out the oca*-plete l i n e i n which the mistake occurs, car e f u l l y cutting out this single l i n e of type and pasting i t over the o r i g i n a l l i n e . Once the oolums are olear of mistakes they are arranged oh large white boards, each one of which represents one side of one page of the

paper. At the same time the t i t l e s and headings of the a r t i c l e s , etc. are being s t e n c i l l e d . An average eight page -issue carries well over f i v e hundred l e t t e r s produced by this method. This keeps one person busy from about 6 p.m. almost u n t i l work i s finished which may be as late as 1 a.m. on Monday.

When a l l material f o r one page i s ready and the layout has been determined then the job of"sticking down' begins. With the help of guide l i n e s drawn with a blue penc i l on the boards a l l the typewritten copy, the headings, and any photo-graphs are pasted on accurately with a substance known as "cow gum." This i s a type of rubber Solution which.allows the copy to be removed easily from the boards so that they .can be used again. F i n a l l y the straight black lines are put onto the boards to separate the different A r t i c l e s and* the boards are ready to be taken to the printer,.

PBDTOGRAIHING THE BOARDS

At the printers'premises each board i s marked accurately with centering l i n e s , one horizontal,one v e r t i c a l , and then set up before a camera eleven feet long. High contrast orthochrcmatice f i l m i s used so that our blue guide lines do not appear on the finished newspaper. Then a l l the photographs i n the paper are removed from the boards and photographed separately on half-tone f i l m so that i n the finished newspaper they' render a correct tone contrast.

MAKING THE PLATES-

Once the f i l m s have oeen developed and dried the half-tone or "screen" f i l m i s cut up and the pieces are inserted into windows cut into the high-contrast or " l i n e " film,thus mak-ing a negative equal i n size to the page which you are reading now. .Should our work at I.C. not be up to standard, and thi s i s very often the case, then these

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negatives have to be retouched before the "offsett 1 1 printing plates can be prepared. ?hese are f l e x i b l e sheets of aluoinitm which Lave a pre* sensitised surface over which the negatives are placed and then exposed f o r seven minutes to a carbon axe leap. Been of these offsett plates carries two pages of F e l i x , making four plates i n a l l for an eight page copy. Thus one plate carries pages one and eight, another oarries pages two and 3even, and so on.

T H E P R I N T I N G P R O C E S S

Although the offsett plates have perfectly smooth surfaces those parts whioh have been exposed to the arc lamp through the negative have a different reaction towards, the printing ink than do those parts whioh have not. The plates, once mounted on the drum of the printing machine, are then set to work and F e l i x begins to r o l l off the press. Each sheet of paper whioh mades up this magazine passes twice through the press, once for eaoh side. In a l l i t takes only three hours f o r F e l i x to go through the actual printing process.

PUTTING THE PAGES TOGETHER

Having been printed the eight page F e l i x i s s t i l l i n two separate pieces. The oopy whioh you are reading now has been put together and folded by hand. So. have a l l the other one thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine. This i s easily the most monotonous part of the printer's job. I t takes three people over three hours.

T H E S A L E S M A N A G E R T A K B S O Y E R

WEST LONDON OFFSET CO who print FELIX 10th year already.

Originals are photographed on a miniature camera.

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Developed and dried films are retouched.

Sensitised aluminium plate covered by the negative is exposed to an

arc-lamp.

Plate developed and ready for printing.

Felix is printed on an offset R.30 machine.

Onoe the papers have been counted and pat into bundles of f i f t y they are ready to be oolleoted by the sales manager. He telephones the printer at 4 p.m. on the day before publication to fi n d out what time the paper w i l l be finished and ready f o r collection. In the oaae of the last issue this was 9.30 p.m. but i s usually e a r l i e r than t h i s . Having collected the papers from the printers the sales manager then distributes them around the College buildings ready f o r the sales s t a f f i n the morning. The rest of the story you already know.

Bythe time that you are holding your oopy of F e l i x i t has consumed about one hundred man hours of time. We, ourselves, aooount f o r seventy of these.

It ' s a l l yours f o r l+d.

Folding machine.

M O C K P A R L I A M E N T

Already tills term we have had the fi r s t In the series of four Mock Parliaments. At this, we had a Labour Government with a Liberal Opposition, the Conservatives and Communists being uncommitted back-benchers. The debate was divided into two seotionsi Question Time, which was mainly an attack on the Parliamentary Labour Party's two-way position on defence, and the presen-tation of a B i l l on Education. The lat-ter led to some lively exchanges on Comprehensive and Public Schools.

Early next term, probably at 7.0. p.m. on January 10th., the next iibck Parliament will be held, with a Lib-eral Government and Communist Oppo-sition. The main topic under discus-sion will be Home Rule. Everyone who thinks - or doesn't think - on this subject is welcome to attend and add to the discussion, irrespective of their political or non-political opin-ions, or whether they come from Pair Isle, Birmingham, or the Falkland Isles.

R A I L W A Y S O C .

by tf.N. King.

On Wednesday 2 3 r d November, 6 members of the Society t r a v e l * led out to Amersham, f o r a t r i p i n the brake-van of the afternoon l o c a l goods t r a i n on the Metropolitan l i n e to Harrow. The inspector at Amersham received us, having been summoned from h i s o f f i c e by an, "Oi", from the gum-chewing and overweight t i c k e t c o l l e c t o r . He t o l d us that the t r a i n would not leave f o r some time as he thought there was no guard. Someone then quoted the departure time given i n the working timetable. "Ah", said the inspector, "but you can't, go by that, can you?"

Our guard eventually alighted from a goods t r a i n , passing i n the other dir e c t i o n , and we started o f f . We could

A B R A K E

have ridden inside the van, but being railway maniacs, we rode on the front balcony, which enabled us to take photos and see more, although we nearly froze.

We spent about half an hour at Chalfont & Latimer, shunting into a siding, while various main l i n e t rains went by. A f t e r a few signal stops, we steamed majestically through Rickmansworth without stopping, and from Moor Park to Harrow, we had a wonderful view of the works i n progress in widening the l i n e from 2 to 4 tracks. F i n a l l y our freight tra"in made a special stop i n the middle of Harrow station and we dismounted to the interested stares of hordes of schoolgirls on the opposite platform.

MORPHYMANIA SEQUEL The Baiter, Felix.

Dear Sir, X am sere that « y feir person en

the tenpath at Putney en Morphy Day will agree mat Mei'eajaaala was a good t i t l far the burbling* of the President ftt R.C.S. an the afternoon's events. I give him great credit far the vast extent of his imagination wale* mast, be second only to that of Edward Lear.

I agree with his estimates er the respective nnabers. I believe versanally t h a t t h e perennial failure ef R.C.S. te turn eat adequate support for their areas sad B a s e s t is a clever plot te aaderaias the morale ef stoat Guildasaa who prefer te fight i f anything against the adds.

It is for this reason that twe special squads were detailed set te fight but te guard the aawaitlen damp at the rear and te guard the spanner. Having left me with the THERMOMETER, tan President ef R.C.S. halved his efforts and responsibilities and doubled mine.

This outburst of partisanship Is designed elaarly te overshadow the eraam-iag vietery ef the twe Guilds' eights in the Merphy and Larry raoes.. The total effect ef the afternoon an R.C.S. was m i r r o r e d i s the faces ef these who rede away from Putney ea Jesabel* The* seemed te reflect the gloom ef t»<" evening sdst ever the river.

Above a l l , I take exeeptien te tea printing of one-aided lepeate ef this nature i s Felix without the eaamoe ef reply by the other aide in the same issue. lea should, Sir, take mere ears te avoid the eharge ef being prejudiced.

I weaU like to take this opportunity ef thanking Messrs. Gay and Bareford for suggesting that "Gtoildsmsa would be able te find eeagenial hostel aoseaedatien i s the intkrapeld section (of the Natural History Museum)." Since we live at present in sues surroundings wader the three callage arrangement, the term 'congenial' is well chases.

Speaking as one who lives in the same Hall as Mr a Guy, I weald not,fled the ehaage ef atmosphere sad eempsay at al l abrupt,

loura sincerely, K.B« Greaves,

Pres. C.&C. Snin.

Dear Sir, Does the aenearable Felix, self-

styled "newspaper ef the Imperial College", asw equate himself with one ef the lesser oelleges, aad eeaspire la perpetrating false ramears eenoera-ing the deeds ef the esteemed City aad Gauss college? This is eertaisly the impression one receives frea the front page ef Issae Ne.153. In fair-ness I will aay that Felix was oerreot in aiving proeedaaee ef ooaaoat te a Bomber e f the side which lest both battle aad raoes am Meraay Day,, bet surely he has the cosmos deoenoy te ensure that i t i s fair oeane at? J It weald be tedious te l i s t the atreoioos roneris made i s the ax-Hale; snffioe te say that i f the •assets were , in fast, sot involved in the battle aa waa stated, then R.C.S. was gailty ef meet unfair play, since they were dearly seen attempting te deprive the Guilds' President ef their tensest.

It only remains for me te say that i f Felix dees set shew a smart iqareveawat in his manners, he will k m lost at least one reader,

lasers faithfelly. R.A.Steek.

Dear Sir, The viae President of the City

and Gailds Union decides to stay la bed one Sunday: the editor of Felix i s ac-cused ef being predjudioed. These twe statements may seem totally uneemeeted yet there is a most significant connect-ion. Let me explain; the vine-Presid-ent of C&G. stays in bed' , falls to write a.report ea Merphey Day for f e l i x aad the Baiter is aeeesed ef wafsir

It seems strange that the President ef C.&G. should have to wait until the fi.CS. Union reports en Marphy Day before being being able te offer oesment, er perhaps the President of C.AG. was net aware that Felix had asked his Union fo a report on Morphy Day.

Did Mr. Stock f a l l asleep en Merphy Bay? The result of'the cattle , sir , was a draw ; perhaps you are not aware that both Presidents were thrown in the Thames, this was intended te signif* a drawn battle.

Why did the President ef C.&G. burden himself with the Mascots in the battle ? It was agreed that they shs/old set be involved; why invent (post V Attle?) battle plans to protect them? Why create extra responsibilities? Why-not .just leave the Mascots en the side of the ' tewpath where .they were deposited after the custard-pie. fracasff Does the answer l i e l a the C.4G. Union? Were they capable ef adhering to the agreed rules of combat, oapable of leaving the Maseota untouched? Obviously their President thought net.

The Swimming Gala at the U.L.U. bath en Deo. 9 th. is the next. inter -oollege tournament; i t seems a logical continuation ef Marphy Day, yet there is l i t t l e opportunity for war. Unless we consider the Presidents race-excuse me, I must go te see my Trophy Officer- my water wings may be in danger.

Tears faithfully, Alan Logan.

PSB3IDEHT OF O H SUMS IT UP

Dear Sir, As as impartial observer ef tie

aerphy Day fracas any I endorse Mr. Logans suggestion that a l l those with doubts eenoeraiag the beat rase should come te the gala ea Dee. 9th sad ameer their respective Presidents to vietery.

Surely this will prove who was on Marphy Day in the eld established trial-4r/-*ater method

Tours e t c , Paul L. Boot,

Pros. R.3.M.U.

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CKTOASAt COfMCtt? The oorreapondenoe concerning the

admittance of the f a i r gender to the bar seems to be reaching unmanagable proportions.

The opinions expressed by the Misses Bradford are widely held, not only among members of I.C.W.A. but also among v i s i t o r s . Very few women want to invade t h i s masculine stronghold. Judy Cox draws attention to the inconvenience caused to would be hostesses, while Mr, P.W. J o l l y puts forward some constructive suggestions whioh warrant much closer inspection,

What would be the advantages of a mixed bar? As Mr. J o l l y points out somewhere i s needed for those of us who would l i k e to entertain our lady friends. He also says that at the week-end " i t could help to alleviate some of the crush that spoils the main bar," I t would also be of advantage to those people who f i n d themselves i n the same predicament as Mrs. Cox. In addition i t could provide a forum f o r those who Just simply l i k e to meet people f o r the exchange of ideas and opinions,

On the debit side i s that omnipresent ogre - money. Any structural alterations are going to cost money. Would the benefits balance the expense? I think they would.

I agree with Mr. J. Carter that the use of the present bar

should be r e s t r i c t e d to the male members of the oommunity. A haven where those who wish to oan prove their capacity for alcohol, where they can sing their bawdy songs, where they can demonstrate fcheir "masculinity" without causing embarrassment, annoyance and discomfort to others.

Robert P. Cheeney.

The Baiter would like te express his gratitude te a l l these who have un-aelfiaaly given their time in helping te prepare this issue. They include Jean Jennings,Dave Owen, Ian Gibson, Diane, Dave Gilbert, Aubrey Frdoker, Cy Lyle, Ian Guy, Alan Muare, Dave Wilbraham, Jim Carter, and te that anonymeus bedy af people known as the Felix Contributors. John MeNeil has made his artistic talent freely available. Te ana and a l l the Miter wishes a very merry Christmas.

Dear S i r , In the years that we have

been at t h i s college, we have been at one time or another, annoyed by i t , fed up with i t , and completely at a loss as to what t o make of i t . But never, u n t i l Friday night, have we been actually disgusted by i t ( or more correctly by some of our fellow-students here).

During the cabaret at Guilds Carnival we heard a sura t o t a l of a dozen complete phrases from the stage, and we were s i t t i n g one-and -a half, and three yards from i t . What we did hear was a continuous barracking that could never, by any stretch of the imagination, be taken as in t e l l i g e n t audience p a r t i c i p -ation. I t seemed to us to he a deliberate attempt to ruin the cabaret and, as far as we are concerned, i t worked perfectly.

Now s i t t i n g on a hard, crowded f l o o r f o r over half an hour can be d i f f i c u l t . . Some people might subscribe to the view that i f a cabaret turns out to be... well l e t ' s say "weak" th i s gives them the right to barrack. Personally we would be i n favour of s i t t i n g i t out i n silence, i f only out of appreciation of the six weeks hard work put i n by the producer, cast, band, etc.. However, on Friday we had no chance to judge whether the performance was i n fact, good or bad. The bad behaviour certainly wasn't a vote of censure because i t start-ed the moment the f i r s t man came onto the stage and from then on i t was sheer h e l l . We heard not one of the witty phrases "from the f l o o r " that used to be a regular feature of Carnival cabarets.

Presumably some 1+0% of those at the carnival were from outside the college, almost certainly there w i l l have been a few fo r whom t h i s was the f i r s t r e al association with the so-called "top 3%" who go to the university. Three of our friends had never been here before, they went away convinc-ed that some of us were nothing but loud-mouthed louts. So did we.

Yours, etc.,

John M. McNeil Mike Smith

Dear Sir,

DnfVssrtoaately I am usable te yretmos a oepy af Felix Ma. 151 far waiea yea effevea 10/- in He. 153, but I have gat U* oepies ef Me. 113 (May 27ta and Oct LVfch), taeegh X have net get N*. 349

Dear S i r ,

On the subject of allowing women i n the bar there have been various c a l l s on the me.x of the college to oxslhda the fair sex, thus assuming that a war exists between the sexes over this issue. In fact we are"-;*:,%

quite sure that the vast majority of us have not the slightest wish to invade" the "male Hbly-of-Holies." The incident which" brought about t h i s latest spate of "Keep them out" was entered upon as a dare to enliven a Freshers Dinner which was proceeding very tamely. This fact was shown by the number of Pictures of the "Holy-of-Holies" who had deserted the bar f o r lass potent (?) l i q u i d refresh-ment on the t h i r d floor.

Soberly yours,

Beverly Bradford Christine Bradford

Dear S i r ,

Have yourtwo correspondents, on the subject of women i n the Bar i n the l a s t issue of F e l i x , realised that at times i t can be quite inconvenient that woman cannot enter? We cannot take our friends into the bar or j o i n them there, or even go inside to buy them a drink: instead we have to ask someone to buy f o r us. At present, though, . iti.aaves my pocket, sinoe I don't pay f o r drinks under these circumstances.

Tears fsitarolly CNigel King.

H l M n l a t o ,

*T ***» * « alaataa hat

Tours sincerely. Jetty Cox.

Dear S i r ,

btt us once and for a l l time . f i n i s h the annual bickering that' ar i s e * over the -bar.

l e t us be r a t i o n a l and faced with the. increasing numbers of aquariums allowed into I.C. each Year,; l e t us b u i l d a co c k t a i l bar. A mixed bar where those of us who enjoy taking their friends f o r a drink may >go."

That no such place exists could be quickly remedied leaving generations to come indebted to those who held office this year.

At f i r s t i t need only be opened during the evenings of the weekend when i t could help to al l e v i a t e some of the crush that spoil3 the main bar. 'whatever arrangements are decided on, <̂ -C. needs a mixed bar.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y , P.W. J o l l y .

Dear S i r ,

Since correspondence on the drinking habits of young ladies about College seems to be i n fashion may I beg space i n your columns to bring to your attention a most disturbing occurence.

I recently had occasion to attend a Sherry Party organised By that most austere of bodies, namely the Imperial College Women's Association. To my utmost horror I found on my a r r i v a l that the only beverage .available was sherry. How oan the correspondent "Well wisher" i n the l a s t issue possibly claim that such "I.C.W. Arians" are "pure and innocent" when suoh corruption i s r i f e among them. To my great discomfort I was forced by etiquette to consume two whole glasses of t h i s obnoxious f l u i d as a result of whioh I relapsed into a highly inebriated state. I f such i s the code of behaviour, S i r , then I oan only c a l l upon the men of Imperial College to remain united against the impending female onslaught

Yours i n good f a i t h .

R.F. Cheeney (WHO?)

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.Dear S i r ,

Might I say how much I enjoyed the l e t t e r written by the Misses Bradford? I t would he somewhat churlish to suggest that they are, perhaps, somewhat biased in their views, nevertheless, i n a l l fairness, one must, I f e e l , put forward the, what I' might c a l l , patrician point of view.

Being an ancient and a philosopher, I have noticed certain trends and currents in the social atmosphere at I.C. Jn my younger days, i t was a well known aphorisa tfcat Tfemg ladies sheuld be sew and net hssr*". f a r be i t from me to suggest that this i s the formulation of a fundamental and necessary law of nature. But I f e e l i t mast be pointed out that i n those happy days of yore, many of the most talented sons of I.C. were never to be seen i n the company of Icwarians. It was considered a social stigma i n that happy time to treat any of these young ladies i n any but the most p o l i t e way. I fear that today this i s not so.

ToV^tum to the point of issue. The most disturbing facet of the recently rejuvenated rejectionism, i f I may term i t so, i s the constantly reiterated cry "We don't want to go into the bar! " Surely the Misses Bradford cannot expect us to believe their somewhat ingenuous explanation that " I t was done for a 'dare' "? I t is a well known fact that curiosity i s the most prevalent f a i l i n g of our entirely d e l i g h t f u l Women's Associat-ion. Unhappily, they seem to have forgotten the old proverb about curiosity and the cat. May I humbly suggest that they do not, as the vul-gar phrase has i t , ?!Poke €h$ir pretty noses into what does not concern them?"

C O M M E N T

JOHN 00X.

Oar govsrnmemt seems to make a habit of appointing commissions anc ignoring their orecomenda'tions. This column w i l l not be used for the diso-ussion of the Devlin or tho Monkton Reports, but a few weld* on their • treatment of the Anderson Committee's report may not be out of 'place.

This committee was set up by the government partly beoause of pres-sure from RUS, to investigate the structure of the system of awarding student grants - not, i t should be noted , the value of grants. It rec-eived memoranda from numerous organ-isations, covering every aspect of this knotty problem and by February 1960, i t was r e l i a b l y reported that the recomendations were ready for publication. Inspired leaks Indicated that one major decision of the Comm-itee would be that the means test would be abolished a proposal whioh was known to run counter to Govern-ment polioy.

Since there seems l i t t l e point i n appointing high powered committee's unless you intend to l i s t e n to their conclusions, i t was op t i m i s t i c a l l y hoped that the means test would be abolished i n time for this session. However , for some 1jason or another publication- was delayed u n t i l i t was too late for any change to be made f o r this session. Nevertheless, since the oommittee were v i r t u a l l y unanimous (the one dissident i s reported - by a usually reli a b l e source - to have been absent from nearly a l l the work of the oommittee), the Government were expected to implement the reoom-endations next session.

Instead the Government has announced only a revision of t r - scales Allowing for the r i s e i n mostpeoplea incomes , this revision leaves us app-roximately i n the same state as we were i n a few years back.

F i n a l l y , I must say what pain the f i n a l part of their l e t t e r gave me. Surely the Misses Bradford cannot be so naive as to think that any regular attenaer i n the bar, would leave the place where his needs could surely be sat i s f i e d with a small brown, a Keg, a Tankard, or even that most invig-orating of a l l drinks, a Black-ana-Tan, to taste of the f r u i t of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? I refer of course to what i s now, i n the rather disgusting modern idiom, referred to as, much as I hate to say i t , "Third f l o o r Coffee."

No, S i r ! I f e e l that I must add my voice to those of that fine body af men whose tankards are never raised except to be emptied; whose hands are never placed i n their back pocket, except to buy the next round; whose consolation i s beer.

Yours f a i t h f u l l y ,

J. Carter'.

Sear Sir, I weald like te eentribwte the

Missing eautismary tale by Hilarious Bales* te the epiaiems af the law HIT -atlve D.3.Kexeer and the ieelaHatie Dam Harney.

One. ape* maay a dameeratie time age there was a primitive uawini 11 ty of troglodytes whioh had aa headmen, se the elders of the tribe eleoted eas -amah against pepmlar opinion. However, he was neither fast nor alever enemgh and was eaten by a bear, ae the keen yseng man elected a now leader - meek against papular apin&aa. This ens was

ae elevsr that he f e l l late his

ova bear-trap and was eatea by the trapped eooapamt, sa the elders and the ye—g mam and everyone else who was alever aaeagh te vote assembled i s a vast oavara (a l i t t l e cavern weal* net meld them all) and eleoted the best man far the jab. He was the best and aamsequeatly he lived happily ever after, the tribe, sever vent thirsty and was always oapably represented at tap troglodyte Amotions.

whioh a l l gsea te Shew that even trage oan think and eheese far themselves sometimes.

Terrrs faitarally Bryan Keeper, ' Chemistry Dept.

Dear Sir The dlffiamlties of abtaiaiag a

satisfactory shower in the men's ohang-iag Kami have te be ezparienaed ta be believed. There ar* two main faults with -the showers.

One most either have a tepid shower er be subjected te a lew-pressure steam -blast, the mixing valves giving very l i t t l e adjustment between these sxta emeu.

. If, by aame flake, one baa adjusted one ef the ahevewe te be just right, eemeene altars the eenaitieas «f see of ike ether three, which aeaekew are fullt iaterdependent. This completely spoils ernes originally aamfai table skewer.

Ceald the skewers be made mere worthy ef a scientific college than a spartan military camp, please? This, sight entail replacement ef the present mixing valves, bat weald be well worth the tremble,

Tears sineerely J«B.Rutter,

. 2.C*. Bag.

It cannot be argued that the government has had new facts presented to them, or that they have themselves come out with new arguments against the abolition of the means test.( It i s rumoured that the Government's announcement was brought forward bec-ause of the projected HUS "Protest' Weak " on grants. This timing i s i n t -ended to itqp the campaign before i t starts- by giving the impression that a l l has beam completely deoided and that more pressure w i l l have no effeot. . These rumours, i f correct, indicate that the Government i s f u l l y aware of the shortcomings of i t s case). The only "argument" so f a r presented has been that to abolish the Means Test would be technipally extremely d i f f i c u l t ! • T e l l that i s Parkinson.

Mention of NHS reminds me, I see from the printed accounts of the Union that the balance l a s t session would have been s u f f i c i e n t to a f f i l -ate to NO'S four times over and was i t s e l f greater than the t o t a l income of the majority of the colleges within NUS. -. -

Christmas i s the season of good-w i l l to a l l men (including "Fe the ring-ham" i f she or he i s male) and I would l i k e to take t h i s opportunity of con-gratulating the e d i t o r i a l board of FELIX on t h e i r l a s t issue - easily the best for at least a session. We a l l look forward to the projected new look for FELIX and i t i s comforting to know that the content of FEIJJCmight be wor-thy of a more impressive format. I w i l l not indulge i n any obvious crack about "COUNTER CCCIEWi

C O U N T E R C O M M E N T

Every sesame1 Sunday afternoon I sit damn with pea aad paper ta try and reply ta the meandering vagaries -and illogicalities af OOMMBHT. This weak looks worse than mast aa Mr. Cex has liberally smeared his artial. with" that hiah smelling rem barring — H.S.S.

Ismat.admit that li t is difficult-to •comprehend,why 1 the Government sets up comm-issions only to ignore their reoommendationi In the ease af the Andersen Cemaittee i t may be that the geveraaent thinks that its awn army ef of permanent c i v i l servants engaged in educational admin— istratiaa are better suited te deciding polioy than a fevlaymen whs spend a few — t h e OTaain'ng tho problem. If this sa, why wast* money em a.0—illusion at a l l . One Ahing far sure - whatever mysterious ultar-1 — wetive i t was that

prompted tae employment of the Andersen rCemmissien, i t was not because ef the puny pressure exerted by suoh a paltry organisation as N.U.S.

• According te Mr. Cox the Government is in such terrvx- and trepidation at the projected N.U.S. 'pretest' week'that the Government has brought forward its reply to scotch their activities. This no doubt has avoided a week of student uprising and pitched battle, culminating in tho ever-throwing ef tyranny and the establishment-of a Peoples (or Student's) Daojeeraay.

Last session the Ualea finished with a substantial ballsnco, whioh has bean carried forward. This balance was Mainly owing to the Athletics and Social Clubs spending less than estimated. Is view of the ever increasing number ef Social (and new Reereatianal ) Clubs, I de not think any such balance will materialise this year. Also the Union is now ocamittod to large expenditure, with .tfee.aew Sports Centre. Oils will probably' remove any illusion of flowing oash and lucre. Even i f wo had the spare aeaey, I da not think that i t is worth spet, bag £300 to have the honour of sending a delegate to vote, along with delegates from such seats of learning as Bast .Croydon Technical College, an a'action of Solidarity with Puerto Rioana.

1 thank Mr. Cox far his greetings, but moat express ay amasement at his acknowledgement of what is a Christian Festival. Perhaps 'Mr. Cox' is also a pseudonym cloaking same publieity-avoiding strident.

R.T.L.Fethertagha».

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Dear Sir,

As a continuation of the a l -ready extensive correspondence on the subject of choosing the President of the Union, I would like to make a few points on behalf of the supposed mor-onic majority who are treated as being incapable of making any intelligent contribution to Union affairs.

The situation at present saws to be that we are considered unfit to vote for a President ourselves on the grounds that we know insufficient of the potentialities of the candidates. Yet we are permitted -the ge«t honour ef electing at Union Meetings a body ef {supermen known as the union Council'' who aie deemed f i t to speak for us . a l l in choosing the.President. But i t must be patently obvious that less is known about the numerous candidate* _ for the counoil poets by those who choose them as their mouthpiece, than would be known about the much smaller number of candidates for the single post of President, i Furthermore.these members of the council' who are elected at Union meetings can only speak for the few hundred or so who are present at such meetings .

I suggest that the apparent rel-uctance at the top to open the flood gates of democracy is a reactionary trait among the social cliques oppo-sed to any reduction of their infla-enoe in the college .

I submit that the only positive approach to the question is to bold a referendum to see what proportion of us - the students of I.e.- axe prepared to be responsible for elect-ing our President democratically.

At present we hear only trn chorus ef the extrovert indnority -the important factor is surely the

opinion that lies in the deep s t i l l waters of the majority.

Assuming that tha majority vote to i>a in favour of a democratically elected president let the Oounoll f u l f i l a useful: function by org-anising'publicity and hustings in suoh a way that every member of the Union will have ample opportunity (and interest) to form an opinion a. about the candidates.

A democratically eleete**p*esl-dent would help to break down the amah deplored barrier between .the brown baggers and those active in the soil-age l i f e . In any ease the present feudal, system is an Insult to intel-ligent human beings.

Vive lea serfsI

H.H.KET-

Dear Sir,

Tour Editorial opinion that there is a case for "radical changes" in I.C. teaching methods expresses what very many students have been thinking for years • namely, that the present system of lectures, tutorials, and private study is appallingly waste-ful. It is only when a lecture oourse is outstandingly good that one's orig-inal notes are better, for revision purposes, than a textbook.

In the Services, the aim of a training course i s to teach a maximum of information in a minimum of time. This may well be a false ideal of Uni-versity education, but a l l the same the military process is remarkably efficient. One of its main features i s the show ing of films, which give a general picture of the subject in a vivid pictorial manner, leaving i t to the lecturer to f i l l In the mathemati-cal details. It is a sign of long-awai-ted progress that an enterprising lec-turer in the Physios Department i s supplementing hie Eleotronics oourse with a Bevies of films from tft.illard's. This technique could nave far wider, ap-plication.

However, the backbone of every coarse will remain the lectures, and the general standard of these is low. It may be true that good lecturers are born rather than made) but there is one pieoe of advice that any lecturer oould followi cultivate a good Board Tech-nique.

Host students find i t impossible to listen to what the lecturer says end at the same time write down what he has just written. Thus i t is up to the lecturer to provide, on the black-board, enough information - oamplet* with headings - to build a coherent skeleton of the topioj"ao that oven i f the student cannot hear a v oxd, ha will be able to slog through his notes at soma latex date and make sense of than. What the lecturer actually says weald be the flesh to olotho «at* skeleton. XT fite student oan digest seas of this as v e i l , so snob, the better.

This advice may seem obvious, bet X am amazed at the number of leetexexe that never seem to have realised i t , especially status they mast have enee been students themselves and been exes* pa rated by leUtoWoali who write eaeetlona i n odd corners of the beard, or wLo rub Oat, '• or • cover" ewrwaetKwieewhave jest written, .or never pat a heading up, or do any of the imndxed-and -one things-that are slowly driving JM. etadents •ad.

Tours sincerely,

tier way*

by P. Dowel1.

The t r i p started at 7 p.m. on Friday 18th November with the departure by coach from the Union of 34 members of the I.C. & Bedford Youth Hostel Groups. The Journey to Buttermere was uneventful, although most theor-i e s on how to get ben e f i c i a l sleep were disproved. Neverthe-less a 200 yard. walK along a frosty road to the Youth Hostel served to awaken most of us. By breakfast time the sun had come out, and thus the various parties set out i n high s p i r i t s .to such places as Great Gable, High S t i l e and P i l l a r .

There was snow on many of the tops, and with the Autumn t i n t s of the lower slopes the views were quite beautiful. One unforgetful sight was the panor-ama from the top of Great Gable, which included Helvellyn snow capped, and with cloud just touching the top. Such were the murals of our rocky dining room as we ate our lunches of. corned beef, date cake, Ryvita, etc.. The snow was useful as a t h i r s t quencher and also enabled us to have a snow-ball f i g h t to use up "Surplus energy". The descent by way of Scarf Gap was complet-ed just a8 dusk was f a l l i n g . After supper most people adjourn-ed to "The Fish" and having suitably refreshed themselves, returned to the hostel t i r e d out, but unwilling te admit i t .

To the surprise of everyone the next day was also dry. However, our departure from the hostel was s l i g h t l y delayed by the disappearance of three pairs of boots. When they were found i t was stated that they had been hidden because of alle/ged "shining" by t h e i r owners. Owing to a mistake the only crime of the young lady who owned one p a i r was to have small feet.

The Sunday was spent i n similar fashion to the previous day, although the walks tended — to be les3 strenous, and contained such things as a demonstration by a graduate engineer on how to dam a mountain stream. As tea had been arranged at "The Fish", most people were down s u f f i c i -ently early to come and partake, before the coach l e f t at 5 o'clock.

The effect of meal and pub stops i n quick succession was to put most people i n a j e l l y mood. Hence there followed a hectic hour or so, during which shoe stealing and f r i e n l -l y f i g h t s were r i f e . At about 11 o'clock everyone settled down peaceably. The coach arrived back at I.C. at 4:30 on Monday morning, and i t i s perhaps fortunate that there was aa one about to see the odd looking types who got out of i t .

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Shuffled along V i c t o r i a St. toward* the square. Sun well up i n a s o l i d looking bluish sort of sky; colour of I den't know what, but looking like a promise of sure eternity. Orange light pouring everywhere. Twin towers of the Abbey shining a bright washed white-Clock i n l e f t hand tower, new1 v-painted. Bright red and yellow. Dar) blue. Gleaming l i k e a Jewel on eondensated Cloud. Tha,. concentration o£' wxigfiaaUtoV

across tne green, high aDove toe leaves, standing,tall, superior, majestic, with supreme spire on top. Big Ben. Shining in the sunlight. Golden. Yellow, Jdnea of grey, white »tlW ̂dxV.oiVuadmco^ Bisalb wttit • ng spidery blautehandsi: slowlyfluafciaig the faoe. ..-What i s the time? What i s t i ~ .

Two monks i n black robes cheep-er lng along the sidewalk, with strange irregular, regular gait. Black robes. Not much colour about that. Robes down below the knee, nearly to the emtftH-i cut leaving a apace f o r grey sock and large dusty black shoe. Kye-oatoning, jraor oa»a»foi,!*«re**tsAi floating, on. nothing. Biaaeceared through an arohnay into the Deans Yan* Was drawn unquestioningly i n their wake.

In the Yard, a l l i s r e s t f u l peace, embalming the s p i r i t . There are some minor signs of imperturbable l i f e . A figure appears i n a doorwav

and i a gone again. A cloaked body glides across a eornar. Through a window, a roomful of boys. A t a l l

s i lent woman, standing i n i n arobway,

and a glimpse of the Clock.

Sross. Trees, What trees. Kaon one a blaze of transcendent l i g h t with every leaf a small reflector of variant fane. Yellows. Greens. Yellow-Greens. Splashes of orange. Touches of ochre. Impressionist. A i l l i g h t . Purple shadows, and the whole-fixea on that amethyst sky. Foundation of, every-thing. More permanent that the rooks.

Basis of Knowledge.

Stood fascinated. Gazed upwards. Soaked up the colour and quizzed the i n f i n i t e about time. Where was i t ? F i n a l l y broke away. Tustle of the soul and exertion of the w i l l only to be caught by the grey stones, worn by time (how oould time be active?) Fat archways and short passages. Yellow sandstone on the grey. . Crumbl-ing with age.

A smell of dust as the o l o i s t e r i s reaohed. L i f e l e s s , grey a l l around, but with v i v i d verdant patch i n the centre. The focus of attention. A l l humanity gazing inwards. M i l l i o n s of faces staring over the stone, and peering through the iron work. A l l wondering. A l l intent. A l l seoking an an»wert*0',tna<iU«:iini*e; question. Avid concentration. Restless feet. White knuckles. Hair f a l l i n g anywhere.

dust. Sunlight gone and the smell of

J A Z Z N E W S

JAZZ AT B B losae*

W * M « n«V wa PnTTItARBCmu wee*. ±oag this behind ay lee areas tray at the 1 smith Gaument en Beaeay 27th. War.. Like , frankly, i t was a gas • first group te appear was the Oawnenben Addorly Quintet, who avoauood aeae ef the meat swinging ssands I have heard far a long time. A l l their work was exalting; Caaaeaball took eaea number apart, theaput tha bite baok into plaee. Bat Adderly provided seme booting trumpet sad Victor Pel anas some funky plane. Felesan, who is an ̂ gUi'mrn who west sueoesfully feat, get a great reception from the amdieaoe. His plane playing Justified i t . Other members ef the group were Sam Jonas (bass) and Louis Hayes (dress). Best nsmber,ln ay Opinion , were "Blue Daniel", a driving waltz, and Nat Adderly's "Work Seng".

Next earn* a group featuring Csiesan Hawkins, Bey Eldridge, Den Bias , Benny Carter and Jo JOaea. Itwas the big j dlaaaaeiatBsaterthe evening. i**.9nJy Musioiaa who produced anything lice xn» form expected Carter. Hawkins was a bore,,aafcBlariage'a playing about as

subtle aa a esreadua plated teapot. I mesa, I know they oould have dene better than that. Je Jones provided a solid beat, but was about 15 years out ef date.

I unfortunately missed J.J.Johnson's set, ai the beginning ef the seeend half eftke show*, sines I had to unload the. iee-eream tray. However T am told he put on a really polished swinging performance.

The eliaax ef the evening was the Dizzy Gillespie quintet. Thir contri-bution wasa suite "Gilleapiana*. Qlllespies trumpet was above any sort ef eritisa. the ether howanvas Lee Wright who blew seae beautiful alto and flute. The whsle.greup was perfectly balanced and well they Just blew . The final number ef the ev*aiag.waa "Caravan" fostering Candid* (like, King of the Conga drum) . Tea'vo never heard one tub belted like tide one . He made the thing a l l but talk, and finished up playing at higfajjaood with elbows and

Fiaelly. a **XtIeeter¥ Item, The peraeeael eV the CamenbafiCa***»<!Iy* trie, already a legend, has recently been made poblio. The trie oeaprises Lady 0. on JO shell and harp, the gamekeeper playing bass, and eld ana 0. am virginal and toast-rack. There ia seas Jurynoiae ea the reoard. "

P H O T O S W A N T E D

7th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES' PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

The Austrian Students1 National Union (Die Osterreiohische Hoohsohnlsr-sohaft) will arrange 'the 7th. European Universities' Photographic Exhibition from Hay 15 th. until June 3rd., 1961. Authorised to take part axe a l l regular students of a European University or College.

The aaxlaua number of entxiee 1* four black-and-white prints, else 12 by 16 inches unmounted, surf too and tone-'' cpUaaal. ThereJld BO taposial .these; the best entries receive awards. Be coloured entries oan be accepted in this eoape-titioa.

The deadline fox the entiles le April' 15th. Please request entry forms from the Austrian Students' National Union, Office for Cultural Affaire, attention "Photogxenble Exhibition", Wte»4T;. ;*a&ohgesse 10.

A selection of the best prints entered in the Photographic 8*oi*thjB\s . Annual Bxhibition (to be held next Feb-ruary ) will be entered in this oompetion

We hope to repeat our sucess of two years ago when the college submitted the winning panel of prints and had the hon-our of organising last years exhibition, whioh as organisers we did not enter competitively. ,

J.P.Jennings.

(Vioe Bros Photo See.)

W H Y N O T ?

I shall always remember that day. The rain had stopped around lunoh time, and the sun was warn on our backs aa w* walked arm in am towards th* rainbow at the ot**r and of th* bay. But th* wind blow strong, flecking th* iron **a with foam, a wild misty wind that touslad our hair, pummelled our bodios and polished our ch**k* until they gloved, wail* shivering th* beads of glistening aoiatur* on th* sea grass.

J is and I war* so content that we didn't n**d to talk or laugh or anything. ¥• Just walked. Then- Oh Bliss- Jim drew a* oloso and h*ight*n*d our wordless ecstasy as only h* know how. Placing hi* hand in th* inn*r jacket pooket of his twenty gns, Bur on tailored, county tweed suit, h* withdrew two copies of PHOENIX.

It was madness to try and read our ffiOENICES in that wind, but we did, t i l l . at last we case upon a sheltered hollow in the dunes. And there we lay, aid* fay side, I reading the Sooial Page and Jia the poetry I shall always remember that afternoon; the wind, the aea and our copies of PHOENIX.

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C O M M O N W E A L T H

Br. ".JJI.Alport, Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, was present at a lecture held at Imperial College in oonneotion with the City of London Commonwealth Week. Professor DJC. Hewitt, F.R.B., spoke of the strong and close links over the years'between the College and the Commonwealth. The Reotor, Sir Patrick Llnstead, F.R.S., was in the Chair and the Minister of State proposed a vote of thanks.

ADDRESS BT

SIR CYRIL HInSHELW00D,0.M.,P.R.S.

OR COMMEMORATION DAY 1960

Copies ef t h i s address faro available to a l l members ef the college. They ens. be obtained (price: 6d.) from the Bookstall or from the Registry,.

S M O K I N G C O N C E R T

S . C . C

The Smoking Concert i s unique i n I.C. to R.C.S. and i t has been going strong since the days of B.G.Wells. I t s purpose i s to enable the audience to smoke, drink and be entertained. There were 550 pints to drink and a show to entertain but nothing to smoke. But what else oan you'expeot f o r 2/6d?

The ale may not have been the best,but the show was. The presen-tation was s l i o k and the number of poor acts was at a minimum. I t was good to see so many varied acts, some of whioh would not have disgraced the West End stage. The acts suited every taste and ranged from slap-s t i c k to some pretty acid ccount about the new physios building. The audience responded very well and enjoyed every minute of i t . Unfor-tunately an irresponsible few rushed the stage,'but l i k e everything else about the show they were quickly dealt with before they caused damage.

It i s impossible to pick out the best aot, as so many were equally good In their own way, but Anne P h i l l i p s , C l i f f Adams and Robin Hiddihough, were tho outstanding individual performers, Stan Salmon and Mike Smith provided the auaio and were as excellent as ever. The gap caused by the passing of Malcolm Green to older places was well f i l l e d by John MoManus who proved himself to be the oampere with the most hair. But the man of the moment was undoubt-edly the producer, Norman Franklin,who encouraged and helped a l l the acts and put them together to make a Concert worthy-of the fi.C.S.

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R U T H O L D H A M

How many freshers have heard of the Thorpe-Whiteley ? Ruth Oldham has not only heard of i t but has worked there i n her f i r s t month at I.C. ! She finished the Organic P r a c t i c a l course i n half the a l i o tod time'. There was. nothing more for her to do i n the Hoffmann so she was transferred to the Thorpe-Whiteley lab. We understand that she wis assisting Dr.A.C.Cross i n his research into the constitution of scymnol.

Br i l l i a n c e i n P r a c t i c a l Organic Chemistry i s not Ruth's only,claim to fame. She i s one of Britain's leading long, distance swimmers. She became the f i r s t woman to swim Ullswater only four months after she had taken up the sport. She has also swum Windermere and More--oombe Bay (three times each) and Con--iston Water once. Her next objective i s that l i t t l e gap between us ani the rest of Europe. She i s a member of I.C. swimming team and i s the only female member of the College to represent the University for a3 long as we can remember.

Another of her interests i s horse-raoing. She hunts and points-to-points with the Vale of Lone Harriers, and has paraded horses at nearly every National Hunt meeting i n the North and Midlands, including the Grand National.

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°lhe S.C.C. met on the 21st.' Nov. f o r the second time t h i s term .

Mr. Quereshi was elected to the S.C.C. Executive - a place being vacant due to the unfortunate departure of Mr. Chandmal las t term.

The Chairman reported that Council had agreed to the debating society being placed i n the S.C.C.

Mr. H i l l reported that the matter of the expansion of the Internal Mailing System , so that i t could be used by a l l members of the College had been passed t o the Domestic Bursar but no further deotaions had been made.

For some time now several oluba have been running a bookstall on the f i r s t f l o o r of the Union, on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes , There was considerable'disc-ussion on how t h i s could be brought more into the publio eye and henoe made more suoesaful . I t was decided s-

1) To approach the Domestic Bursar with a view to opening a bookstall i n part of the Lounge i n Ayrton H a l l .

2) To ask the union Council i f the bookstall oould also be held on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes

3) The S.C.C. executive was directed to investigate the p o s s i b i l i t y a f moving I t to another position i n the Union.

Since the meeting«the Domestic Bursar has agreed to the use of part of the Ayrton H a l l Lounge f o r t h i s purpose.

There was further discussion of our responsibility towards Overseas students i n College . To sa t i s f y their expressed desire to meet B r i t i s h Students.inform-a l l y , so that genuine friendships oould be formed and understanding created , an ea r l i e r meeting had deoided to i n i t i a t e a number of informal "Contact Groups". This meeting discussed how the people to start suoh groups should be chosen , and what o f f i c i a l control i f any, there should be once the soheme was underway. After a long discussion the Chairman summed up i n the following wordst

"There are two basio tendencies -one to make the scheme o f f i c i a l with reports e t c , and the other that there i s no formal or o f f i c i a l i n t e r -ference at a l l . We have to decide, between the two ; we must start off with a small number and work upwards . We -must take care i n selection of the oontaoters. I am hoping to bring i n one or two older and more experienced peo pie l i k e the » Wardens and Treasurers i n on the select-ion pfas f a r as the sporting clubs are concerned lam i n agreement with involving them i n the soheme." I t was proposed that the S.C.C. approve of the exeoutive going ahead on the l i n e s l a i d down above; t h i s was carried unan-imously.

The Chairman reported that council had made the following decisions on Col-ours:-

1) Colours s h a l l be awarded f o r repr-esent! tive competitive a c t i v i t i e s only

2) Athletic colours s h a l l be awarded by oluba an the Athletic Cluba Committee

J) Social Colours s h a l l be awarded by oluba on the Recreational and S o c i a l Clubs Committees whioh take part i n represent-ative competitive a c t i v i t i e s .

I t was thought that there should be "some"form of recognition given to people who contributed to corporate college l i f e but who were not now eli g a -ble f o r colours and the Union General Award, e.g. non playing secretaries of sports teams , o f f i c e r s of Social and reoreational oluba,and a motion to t h i s effect was sent to Council,

Brian Ford, Hon. Sec S.C.C.

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EDUCATION

Last Thursday tho Huxley Society held a discussion on education. The talk was led by Finlay D. MaFhereen. He first of a l l gave a short talk:-

"Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends? Disraeli's statement made in 1&74 s t i l l rings as true today as i t did then. Since this field is so inport--ast, so correspondingly i t is wide. For the purposes of this discussion we will consider the eduoation of the rul--ors of society.

The purpose of education is the developing of a latent character image or, as Herbert Spencer said, "Education has as its object the formation ef char--actor." In addition to this, eduoation is a process ef fitting a citizen to take up a role in society. The trouble with education at present in this country i s that the Government have forgotten the first aim, and concentrated on "fitting out" technologists and ether roles in society.

The entire sohool system at present with its specialist lines i s aimed at providing the country with the. quota ef scientists etc. i t needs. This polioy was in effect stated by Sir David Socles when he oaae te I.C. a fortnight ago.

In order to visualise the difference betwwen the two types of education, let us take an analogy. Suppose there is a large park, completely walled in: new imagine a child i s placed inside and told that there is a gate at the ether aide i f he wants to get out. There are two possible ways of equipping the child. Firstly, you oan give him a map ef the way te the gate, t e l l him how ta read the map and t e l l him he must get to the gate where a prize awaits. This corresponds to the English system where the examination and university entrance i s the ultimate prize. Secondly, you can place the child in the field and say merely, there is a gate at the other end ef the park. By this method the child is fcreed te develop*; and think no matter what he does; i f he stays put he has at least sade the decision to stay put, i t has not been sade for his.

This is what is wanted is the sehoels Net as suoh specialisation and exam, hunting; not segregation by examination but spontaneous grading as in the comp-rehensive school; sore emphasis on pri-nciples, oonoepts and matters ef inter-est , *h'»lriwg rather than faot learning

There is no reason for specialisat-ion at school ; i t oould easily be abo-lished by making university degree 0oursas longer

Is oonoluslon, i f we do not want our future administrators to be narrow slsflos specialists worn cut at the age ef 35 by the pace of the- competition , then the Government should start think-ing of the real meaning of education ; "that whioh fits the citizen to perform skillfully and magnanimously a l l the affairs both private and publio in both peaoe and war".

In the subsequent dissuasion the question of National Service and the unfortunate effects it's abolition is having wag discussed and the mixing of classes and discipline were cited.

The teacher rjhild relationship was deplored as was the attitude af parents to the education of their children, "My Johnny's leaving i sohool when he's 15 ; I's net having him going i n for a l l this studying nonsense ".

Finally the meeting agreed that purely scientific colleges were a bad idea and that the educational policy today was a shortsighted and a dangerous policy.

The meeting was then declared

closed.

Finlay D. MoFherson.

O B I T U A R Y

OTIS

GRISWOLD COFFIN Otis Griswold Coffin was found dead

i n nis home i n Cripple. Creek, Fa. His ' death had been caused by the accidental discharge of his hunting r i f l e while he was cleaning i t .

l i r .Coffin was born at Newcomers Town Pa. on Sept.6th.1873,the son of'Julius V e s t e l l and Huldah(Orcutt) Coffin. He was descended from Tristram Coffin, the foun-der of the Coffin family i n America,and one of the f i r s t settlers i n Nantucket I s . Mass. L i t t l e i s known about the an-cestry of his mother.

He entered the engineering college of the University of Wooster,Wooster, Ohio, and received the degree of B.Sc i n liech.Sng. He then went to the Pratt In-sti t u t e where he received the degree of a. So.

*He served i n Company H of the 5 th. pa. Volunteer Infantry i n the Spanish-American war and belonged! to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Spanish-American War Veterans. During the World War,he acted as Director of sales f o r the Liberty Loan Drives i n the 7th.Federal D i s t r i c t .

Mr. Coffin entered the employ of the Texas Pipeline Co.'as a junior engineer, and was assigned to the task of testing pressure gauges,but l a t e r transferred to the Chicago Rapid Transit Co. During the next seven years,he was connected with the E l e c t r i c Axle l i g h t and Power Co.and the Chase Elevator and Manton Windlass Co. Following this,he moved overseas and directed operations f o r the Manilla and Dagupan Railroad Co. of the P h i l l i p i h e I s . After two years,he retur-ned to take the post of Executive Vice-President of the Hual Constuction Co., builders of conduits,sewers,etc.

He served on the Power Test Codes Congressional Committee on Displacement Compressors,Blowers and Internal Combus-tion.Engines.He was amember of'the Pa, Charitable Mechanics Association,the Engineers and Professional Men's As-sociation of N.E.Pa.jthe Inventors Guild and the Society of Terminal Engineers.

Mr. Coffin was a Rotarian.an Odd-Fellow,a 32nd»Degree Masonand ar Member of the Shrine. He was also a member of the Cripple Creek Country Club,the Every-man's Bible Classat the Third Prebyterian Churoh at Cripple Creek,the Charitable I r i s h Society,the Camp-Fire Club of Amer-i c a , the Sons of the Amerioan Revolution, the Sons of the Colonial Wars, the Kay-flower Descendants, the National Society of Puritan Descendants,the Society of Colonial Wars i n the Commonwealth of Pa., the vuiet Birdmen,the Blizzard lien of 1888,and he was Chairman of the Four-minute Speakers.

A close friend said of him:-"When the f r - a t Otis Coffin saw a need.He did not rest u n t i l he had s a t i s f i e d i t . He was true to the family motto:-' I f I r e s t , I rust.

He was predeceased by his wife,Fan-nie Floye(Dinwiddie)Coffin,and survived by one daughter,Lulu.

GUILDS CARNIVAL

On Friday December 2nd, Guilds held t h e i r annual carnival with the usual success. This year's theme- Shakespearean cum Elizabethan, o f f i c i a l l y e n t i t l e d "MEASURE FOR PLEASURE" or "OVENOFF WITH JULIET" provided good material for both the f l o a t s and the cabaret.

The transformation of the Concert Ha l l , which i s the greatest problem f o r the organiz-ation of any function, into the main street of a sixteenth century v i l l a g e was most authen-t i c . The effect of depth was achieved by built-out structures of large proportions. One was an olde inne-"Ie Come & Grip", notable f o r i t s masterpieces i n o i l . A backcloth to the stage, constructions over each door and a v i l l a g e pump completed the atmosphere. The lax morals of Shakespeare's England were depicted f u l l y on the f l a t s .

The cabaret was a ne». teparture f o r Carnivals, and one ihat deserves f a r more investig-ation. At the carnival t h i s revue style of cabaret was put under considerable d i f f i c u l t y -one of the microphones being rendered inoperative. The whole show had to be performed at shouting pitch i n opposition to several unwelcome and unamuslng "gentlemen" who found entertainment i n trying to ruin the enjoyment of the audience,

The continuity of the show was excellent throughout. The wily c r i t i c i s m that has been le v e l l e d at the form of the acts i s that they r e l i e d too much on the spoken word f o r t h e i r i n t e r -est and that an element of farce would have added to the enjoyment. The s p i r i t of a carnival cabaret should allow, I think, f o r a considerable amount of audience partici p a t i o n to keep up the fes t i v e atmosphere.

I would l i k e to express my congratulations to those who helped produce a carnival of such high standard.

Norman B. Greaves

WORMY The following was dictated to

year aasj asp earl est by two young ladies (Ma Bedford College who sosaifcwiloft the verses from the i s ahnriheetl. The tree literary asexLt ef the piece has recently boas roeogrjlisd by the B.B.O. who tsoladofl1 the poem la a reoeat prognose an the Third BrCgraas<i.

Nobody likes as, owybody hates so, I'm going leas the gardes te

Lass; this sliay ones. Short fat fassy ones, Gooy, goey, geey, gooy, vans.

The long this slimy saas alls doom easily. The short fat fassy ones stick.

The short fat fussy esoa Stick i s your threat And the jalae goes sch, sea, sob.

Site off the heads and suck out the.juices And throw the skins away.

Bfobody knars law I samvo , Os » haadiiod worms a day.

It

SPORT

I.CW.S.C. BASKETBALL JUDO

I.C.W.8.0. Swimming has won two. of its three league matches and has defeated U.C., Westfield , Mldd-Iseex^fiolpital and q.H.C. and loaiuit only to" Bedford and OoI&sBiths.

Host of, the credit for Ibis goes to Buth Oldham and Janet Elsooz. Rath a long distance svisser , 10 hoping to swia the Channel in June . and Looh •esa ia July next jresr Jeuet i s a

Lancashire oountyi

I.C.W.S.C. hockey team i t i l l unbeaten, have reached the f i n a l of the University 2nd XI Knock-Out Tournament by beating Bedford Colleg" 5-0.

JUDO CLUB

V

I.CW.S.C. This is a true story, only the

facts have been altered to preserve the records. At 6 o'olook on the evening of Hov. 30th.i in a room on the third -floor old hostel; a challenge vas laa--uei. The I.C.l.A. oorridor was go in to play the Judo Olub at aatball.

After the Initial bargaining i t Ok. deelded that as the girls team vas dae short, two of the Judo Club would a*** to change sex and play for them, TOSS the battle eoaneneed.

I . C . W . A . soon took the lead with a quick goal, whioh they failed to convert and the game took a sterner look. At one point the Judo team weza a man abort when their oaptala, "Crusher Baaabottoa* dissappeared head first through the 3ya. door. But these gallant asa were act to bb deterred, and a brilliant seven goal spell by Crasher KassbettoB, and three by Idiot Jim after olever sohoslng by Bashes Shepherd, gave than a good lead by half time.

An equally exalting second half brought a further six goals, three by "Horrible Hodsoa" and three by "Crush--or Baasbottoa? Heatlma a horribly week defence of Dick, Bob, John and Aaar alL> -owed the girls to sneak in 13 points, much to the disgust of the brilliant players up in attaok.-

At 10 o'olook discussion » vara bald between the two captains as to whether the game should be continued or whether to retire to the bar, When, however , Capt. Raws bottom turned round his team had already vanished. So a trace was deolaxed with the final scorei-

JTJDO CLUB 15 I.C.W.A.- 13

Teaoj-Baaber Shepherd, Horrible

Hodson, Bead Bye Biok, Bungling Bob. and Idiot jla.

The Basketball team has got off to a poor start this season, having won only four of the eight B a t c h e s played. There are probably two reasons for this, lack of adequate practise at the beginning af the term caused by the polio oase, and the need to build a fresh team. Only four of last year's team have survived to remain at College, which has meant that we have had ta rely almost entirely on this, year's freshers.

The team has entered for two leagues this year, the University League, and <tt» - LttBdcn Laea^ mviaien I, fhWgjfeaaea promoted after last year's rucoessTul season. The team has won a l l its B a t c h e s in the U.L.U. league beating H.C.L.5J-24, U.O.L. 45-24. and Batter.ea 45-40. The.game against Battersea was a needle m a t c h as they were the only team to gain victory against us in the U.L.U. league last year. It was an exciting match, won only after exra time. However i t developed into a rugger match, the re-feree having ao control over the game. In the London League we have been far from successful, beating only one olub, Croydon, by a narrow margin.

lor the first tine this year we decided to enter the Rational Championships In the first round we were drawn against London University and Chelsea In a three eexnexed play off. Both teams got the better of us. We were Beaten by Chelsea after a bard match b y 38-44 having been level with three minutes to go. London University gave us a good lesson on how to play basketball. They are an a l l Aaeriesa team, probably the best in the Country and we did well to hold them to JI-90.

Outstanding individual players have bean Dennis Wiokenden as Captain in de--fenoe together w i t h Eon Parke* and TJiathews In attaok. As the season pr-piogreases we should improve and we look forward to sore suooess, hoping to reach the high playing standard of last year's

R.S.Ralph, (Hon. Seo.)

TABLE TENNIS

Our unbeaten racerd same to am end the ether day when the second team l o s t 10-0 to Chelsea I , The club had • chance ©f reveage, however, a* our f i r s t taaa war* da* t a play them i a tho cup tho following week. I t was a elosely fought natch but I.C. vara an top and came out as' tho winners by 6 games to 3 . They now'ga. on to C.E.M. f o r a

?lace l a the semi-finals. IK aague matches the f i r s t , taaa

continue t h e i r f i g h t f a r promotion a f t e r l a s t season's relegation and have boatoa U.C. I l l & Batt.III, 6-4 aad 7-3 respectively. Tho t h i r d and fourth teams are bath doing exceedingly well, tho fonsar having dropped 1 point i a ZD aad the l a t t e r only 1 i a 24.

The dab save got off to a vary good start tills season with flse viBtorieo ever Kings aad Goldsmiths. 9t

the two newcomers to ta Hike Heine and Roger limns, has bees very esoosi eglsg; both of team have was their oanteata this term is quite a OOsvisaisg manner.

The CSab Secretary Pete Tessa; has aeos showing very good fern and has reeeided two isprosaivo victories i s the B a t c h e s ao fas.

She Olub aontalas throe swab era who have fought rsgalary for the asiveraity teas. These tattoo, sanely Jean Shepherd, -lefts Bowles asd Kiel Raanfeettes also had the honour of biesg selected to fight far t h e South Bast England Bsiversitias team i n the Uhivorait* ChasBdsashipa held several weeks ago i s Birmingham. Shis is t h e third year is smeeossias that Shepherd and Rassbottoa have bees ehaeas for the South Baste** teas, quite a oosslstost peifexsaaoe. The beginners class has shown surprising keeness asd tenacity asd aevewal of thorn will sees bo quit* liessjli haadfulls for anyone to take as

MOTORING

FRESHENS RALLY

The City sad Osilds Motor Cltfb Fresher'a Bally started la Barest os Sunday 20th. Hov. Those wore tvowty-aao estreats, who after fallowing a simple resto ta the first control,were gives some fifteen sap safaroacoa giving a oevrs. which had to be followod to a assvor a variety af questions. A mtm--ilar roste f allowing spot heights completed the rem far the 15 flsiahars who arrived at the Battle Axes Ins, ijsmhss ia time for a soggis asd setter A l l declared that they had had a vary enjoyable evenings metering.

l l -H t . R.7.Daysamd. (Q.M.C.) 2sd. P.R.Tatham. (C.4 8.) 3rd. J.Tresthas, (K.0. )

SWIMMING GALA

TONIGHT AT

ULU.

12

GOLF

Golf, hockey, and croquet, have undisputed s i m i l a r i t i e s . A l l adopt d i f f e r i n g methods of propelling a round object around the globe, but basically the desire to direct the b a l l into an opening , whether i t be goal, hole or stirrup, i s the same.

Similar too are the regulations as to swing. In hockey, i t i s required that one does not raise the atick above ones shoulder l e s t one should f e l l a fellow player. Golf asserts that i f the swing should become too large, the body w i l l enter a state of highly c r i t i c a l equilibrium, and I am informed by a croquet authority, that these are inherrant personal problems i f the mallet be raised too f a r .

It seems unlikely that many people are well versed i n a l l these games,, but d i s t i n c t traces of each were noticeable on Wednesday l a s t when a return battle was fought with U.C., amid the muds of Highgate. I am led to understand that many of those present were overcome by a desire to "keep the b a l l low" into the wind and while the majority considered hockey a good approximation under the prevailing conditions. I gather that our vice-captain was observed to be assaulting the b a l l i n a croquet l i k e manner on the putting green. However, i t must be stated here, that he and four others of our side, came home smiling as a result of a 5:1 defeat of our oponents, which to say the least was favourable. (

We have our f i n a l match of the team versus L.S.E. at Sundridge Park next Wednesday, and should i t occur that we beat these monetary fellows the record of played 5; l o s t 1, drawn 1, won 3, w i l l doubtless ^ jjer-riae to a l u s t .for beer.

SOCCER

On Saturday 26th. of November

the College sides were engaged i n Cup

matches .

The I s t XI , playing away against Chelsea College, thrashed the home side by 13-2. The goal scorers were Mousset-Jones (3), Finney ( 3 ) , Casemore ( 3 ) . Harris (2), Oldlng ( l ) , and Cox (1). The I s t XI now go on to play Gold-smiths i n the second round.

The I.C. 2nd XI v. U.C. 2nd. XI match was abandoned with f i v e minutes to go . At that time U.C. were leading 3-1. Playing at Harlington both the fourth end f i f t h elevens l o s t . The former by 3-1 to 9..M.C. and the l a t t e r by 4-2 to Chelsea I I .

0* Wednesday JO^ ott Soyeabei I.C. I s t . XJ played Goldsmiths i n an away fixture . The match , played under heavy conditions , resulted i n a 6-1 win for I.C.. On the same day I.C, IV.and I.C. V.were playing Goldsmiths I l a n d l H respectively i n league aerobes at sari 1 ngton. The • res u l t s were i -

I.C. IV- 1 Goldsmiths I I - 5 I.C. V- 5 M " I I I - 5

' i . C I I lost to Shoreditch College by 5-1 i n a friendly.'

On Saturday 3rd of December the f i r s t Technology cup match was played ; i n a close game Guilds ran out 5-3 winners over Mines.

On the same day I.C. I I and I I I met i n a league match , which resulted i n a 3-2 win for the seoonds. I.C. VI. were heavily beaten by Chelsea I I I (8-1 ) i n a league matoht while 1,0. V lest.to Bhuttleworw*4elUa> t>7 6-1

I t i s pleasing to note that the tlbllege baa now rtour people playing regularly i n the University sides. . Casemore, Harris and Fisher play for the f i r s t XI , while Ingram keeps goal for the Sidonians . Basil James i s now oat of hospital and hopes to be f i t by the beginlng of next season.

The olub hold i t s hop i n the Union on December 3 r d . ^s i n previous years i t proved to be suoassful , and we are pleased to report that a p r o f i t was sade on the bar i n the upper ref -ectory -

Fin a l l y I should l i k e to remind players to t i c k o f f , and to make sure they arrive on time for matches.

THE WISHES of th* lnoky number ooapetition la the last edition of FELIX is the holder of issue numberi-756923 1̂276946375601768041

CROSS COUNTRY

The t r i p s to Sheffield and Oxford: on Nov.t9th.were the f i r s t to be made this year by Dormobiles. They were very sucessful trips,both from the point of view of s o c i a l and economic aspects,and especially i n the case of the Sheffield trip,where we were able to stay to a hop a very enjoyable time was had by a l l . At She f f i e l d , we were unfortunate enough, to) f i n d both Manchester and Sheffelld at f u l l strength and we were w e l l and t r u l y swamped,our f i r s t man being led Wilkins i n 1 3 t h .position. At Oxford we were more auoessful,beating B e l l i o l and a Univer-s i t y College-St.John's combined team,only coming; second, tar Westaojaater. The jiirst aen home f o r I.C.were John Young (3rd.) , D.Fearn(5th.),and R.Partridge ( 6 t h . )

In the University matches on Wed. 2 3 r d . ,the I.C. f i r s t team was at f u l l strength and took the d i v i s i o n 1 mateh easily,with the scoring f i v e a l l i n the f i r s t twelve. (J.Cleator,2 n d , J.Collins, lfth, J.Bernard ,8th, D.Hammonds.iOth, and P.Warren, 1 2 t h . ) In the same divi s i o n , I.C. second team were 5th.out of 10 teams mainly da* to fine rune by Tony Larkum,7th and J e f f Greenleaf 1 9 t h . Team res u l t s : 1 I.C. 1 s t . 2 1 8 ;

2 Q.M.C. 1 s t . 168 3-L.S.E. I t s t . 1 l ^ i k ST.M.H. 14.1 5 I.C. 2 n d . 132

6 ST.T.H. 122

The t h i r d team running In di v i s i o n two,did not fare so well being 7 t h out of 9 teams. This result i s not r e a l l y surprising as t h i s d i v i s i o n has several teams with one or two outstanding runners. The winner on this occasion was Littlewood' with Quinlan second,both being University

Oh'Saturday Nov.26th;, the f i r s t fceea juat scraped home against Wimbledon A.C.The scores were equal,but I.C.'s l a s t soaring man was home before Wimbledon'*. The seoond team lost to Goldsmith 's,31-24 despite a f i n e win by Alan Hooker.

*ed.Nov.30th.sai» the I.C.team r u n very well aa a pack, gaining fine wins over Reading University , NOwlanda Park and Battersea over our home course a t Petersham. Reading had the individual winner i n Jack Heywood but I.C." had t h e next fOur. (Larkum and Hammonds^ equal 2nd, and P.Warren'and J, Barnard equal 2»thJ Result:' 1 .0.1st. " 22.

Reading U. 7 2 . Devlands Fk. 7 6 . I.C.2nd. 8 5 . Battersea 92 . I.C.3rd. 157.

On Saturday Dec.3rd.,we were a g a i n on our home course f o r o u r a n n u a l match with' Southampton University and Ranelagn Barriers, the team was seriously depleted due t* University commitments and i n j u r i e s I t i# a pity that we l a v a to- turn up to ' these h'igh class matches w i t h what i s v i r t u a l l y a strengthened second team, as i t disappoints the opposition and throws an unfair burden on the lower members of the team. I.C.had three men wall up, ( J . Bernard,5th.,T.Larkum,6th.,and P.Warren, 8th.)but with our l a s t three scoring sen at 1 6 t h . , 1 9 t h .and 20th,we were beaten into 3rd,place.

Result: Rsnelagh H., " 3 7 Southampton B. 64 I.C. 7V

The t h i r d team had a f r i e n d l y match against U.C,and L.d.B. on the same day and case second to U.C. w i t h Dave Fearn a very creditable 3rd. Result: D.C. 22

I.C. 28 L.S.E. 45

J.Bernard.