fC4 i T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E UNION

No 131 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 , 1959 4d

E D I T O R I S D I S M I S S E D

The President, H. H. T. Qarnett an-nounced to the Union Meeting on Tuesday last that David Irving had

been dismissed from the post of Editor of PHOENIX due to his unwillingness to co-operate with the Board of Directors.

This i s the final and inevitable step in the controversy that has swept I.C. during the past few months. In-evitable because of the truly unique psychology of Mr. Irving" who "accepts no middle path or in his own words:-'is the only one in step'" - I quote Dave Clark.

A lengthy debate ensued on the whole question of PHOENIX, and geheral Editorial polioy. John Cox summed up the the widespread feeling by saying that the magazine w i l l only be success-ful i f there i s mutual trust between the Editor, Editorial Board and the Board of Directors, and that the Editor should indeed accept any recommendations made by the Board. No such trust has existed recently, leading to perfidy on a l l sides.

But this was not the only topic of interest at the meeting; there were also two motions before the House:-

(1 ) That the Union should commit the mascots of the three constituent oolleges to a place of reverence and safety, and that they should be left there as a symbol of the hooliganism of the past.

This was proposed by Messrs. Chad-wick and Bramley. The motion was proposed "as a stimulus for introspect-ive analysis" Chad said that the constituent college Presidents were somewhat peeved, and slightly embarras-sed by their mascots. Do they, in fact serve any useful purpose? Why i s i t necessary to follow the example of lesser London College?

Mike Amos, i n reply, described Chad (ex-I.C. President) as one who had given a l l his usefulness and vitality to the college. Accordingly he prop-osed an ammendment to the motion to the sffect that past Presidents as well as the mascots should be committed hence. This was further ammended to include Mr. Bramley, who then seconded the motion and urged us to throw away "those s i l l y l i t t l e toys"

Peter Kassler declared that in re-lieving their mental constipation, C. & B. had completely missed the point. Dave Clark agreed, and considered that the mascots had a maturing influence on a new President, while Graham King con-tended that they did not use their mascot as a rallying point as Miners had sufficient spirit there already. The motion was rejected.

A. J. PRITCHARD SCORING THE FIRST GOAL FOR L, u. AGAINST BBJGS

ESSAY PRIZE

The winners of the Sir Artnur Ac-land Essay Prize for 1959 have just been announced. The Prize has been divided between Fred Wheeler, who receives 15 gns and Alan Logan, who receives 10 gns. The Titles of the winning essays are, resp-ectively : -

"The aesthetio and the ethical"

and

"The drama or T. S. Eliot"

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MAY BALL The I.C. Union is to uold a May

Ball which will commence around 9 or 10 o'clock on the 22nd and will con-tinue until breakfast, a running buffet being served for several hours during the night.

The Entertainments Committee fully expect an attendance of over 600, and for this reason the whole of the Union Building will be used, including the quad, where a beer-garden will be in-stalled.

Since i t is the last function of any importance in the Union before the final examinations in the summer, there is l i t t l e need for me to stress the fact that i t . f e i l l be well worth attending.

R.H.T. GARNET!,

President I.C. Union.

Team: J.G. Moss, S.J.B. Pick, R.A. Dytham, B.D. Joyce, B.R. James, A.J. Pritchard, C. Casemore, M.M. Crawley, D.A. Coups, H.R. Finney, G.J. Wenk.

AT Motspur Park on Saturday 21st. February, I.C's soccer team finally realised their ambitions

when they won the London University Cup by soundly beating Kings College 3 - 0 . This i t the greatest prize available to London colleges and I.C. have only won the trophy once before. In this year's final I.C. were opposed by a team which had been successful in the previous three seasons, and was hoping to equal L.S.E. 's record performance of holding the Cup from 1929-1932

However only one player who had received Cup winners medals for the last three seasons ran out on to the beau-t i f u l Motspur turf last Saturday. This was Tony Pritchard who is now playing in I.C. colours, and i t was h« who put I.C. firmly onto the victory path against his old team mates by scoring a brilliant goal. Kings defence was undergoing considerable pressure after about twenty minutes of the second half, when a clearance from the goalmouth sent the ball to Pritchard outside the penalty area. He quickly controlled the ball and hit a tremendous shot into the top corner of the net giving the goal keeper no chance whatso-ever*

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GENERAL STUDIES

SHEER POETRY

Poetry "began as a branch of magic the "basis of the rhythmic implications through which roan could describe l i f e to himself, h i s means of exploring for knowledge by imitating nature. This imit a t i o n continued i n England up to the Augustan period, said C e c i l Day Lewis i n hi3 lecture on "The Poet i n Theory", as a form of moral improve-ment, p i c t u r i n g virtue i n words and educating by example.

The poet i s a spokesman of the community, i n so f a r as he i s influenced by society: h i s poetry i s inseparable from propaganda f o r building up morale, i n the same way as the a r t i s t ' s paintings i n the Middle Ages followed C h r i s t i a n i t y . Further, t h i s recording and praising of l i f e is f o r giving us pleasure at the same tine.

Poetry has now become a recreation, where the poet explores l i f e to further his own personal understanding: he i s not primarily concerned with corarrrunica-t i n $ anything, and i s oblivious of his future audience. In the past, copying had no shame attached to i t , but now o r i g i n a l i t y i s at a premium, and Mr. Lewis believes that f r i c t i o n between the poet and society w i l l produce the best effects.

But, theorising apart, poetry i s to give pleasure: ancient man used r e f r a i n and r e p e t i t i o n to remove e v i l s p i r i t s - t h i s was the e a r l i e s t dem-onstration of man*s desire f o r form and order in the hitherto untethered d i v e r s i t y of l i f e . Tod -y, "the fertilisation of the soul i s the reason for the necessity of art:" i t ijMreeses our understanding of l i f e by giving us k knowledge unobtainable elsewhere, and i s the only means of s t a b i l i s i n g the f l e e t i n g moment and emphasising i t .

Since words are used for so many purposes other than poetry, poetic language, the source of whioh was the religious incantation, has been i n t r o -duced, although t h i s also brings the danger of a l o t of t a l k without any meaning. Nevertheless, poetry i s great by v i r t u e of i t s language rather than pure o r i g i n a l i t y , and any Torce i s der-ived s o l e l y from the i n t r i n s i c v i r t u e of the lines themselves.

ICWA WINS THE TOSS

Twelve o'clock on Shrove Tuesday found the Chairman of Entertainments supervising the preparation of the "batons" for the annual men . I.C.W.A. Pancake Race. Being an engineer he directed the mixing and cooking of the pancakes with s t r i c t adherence to B r i t i s h Standards.

I.C.W.A. were sporting a strong team, mostly members of the victorious I.C.W.S.C. team which went to Delft. The men's team included our beloved Warden (see photo.), Dr. Kenneth Wooley (see Sennet) a l i a s Ken Weal, and a remarkably ag i l e President.

The men, fortunately bleseed with a rather tough B r i t i s h Standard panoakej l o s t much ground due to excessive back-bending, and i n the l a s t l e g , Tony ^Tub) Iwart was necking and necking with H i l a r y Torapsett, but, with 50 yards and two tosses to go he dropped the pancake. There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth among the assembled throng. Thus I.C.W.A. won the contest, and gained the ooveted Shrove Tuesday f r y i n g pan.

E N G I N E E R ' S B A L L

Last Friday, C i t y and Guilds College presented t h e i r annual Engineer's Dinner and Dance. The Dinner, held i n the Lower Dining H a l l and the Upper Refect-ory, was indeed a welcome change from heme cooking and the usual dismal prod-uct of the Mooney cuisine. ' iest of Honour was Professor Saunders, the Dean of C i ty and Guilds, who proposed the toast of the college, to which the Pres-ident Dave Cxark responded. Mike New-son got up to speak and launched into a long series of Engineering jokes, and i t was not u n t i l long a f t e r that j * was found that he was welcoming the Guests. Ruby Rubenstein, an Old Centralian, r e -sponded , and closed the o f f i c i a l pro-ceedings.

The exceedingly replete assembly migrated to the Concert H a l l , and i t was not u n t i l much l a t e r , when the effect of the meal wore o f f , that the term "danoing " could be applied to t h e i r circumambulation. The band may have been lacking i n n\unerical strength, but t h e i r sheer stamina was prodigious, as was more than adequately displayed i n t h e i r marathon Cha-cha-chas. The evening was characterised by a r e a l sense of f r i e n d l i n e s s , so often lacking on formal occasions such as these. The evening, or rather, the morning as i t then was, closed with the t r a d i t i o n a l Boomalaka.

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L O O N - C O O N

Forty-nine oompetitiors aet oat from the Start of the C. * G. Meter dub's Loon-Goon Night Rally last Feb. 6th. Although the weather was crisp and clear to begin with, the route soon ran into thick fog whioh began to take its t o l l of competitors by one means or another. With vi s i b i l i t y down to 20 f t . and less, and a tight time schedule to keep to many oars had dam-aging encounters with parts of the scenery. 'lie stories naturally beoaaw al l the better for the telling, but briefly the oaaualty l i s t was as follows:

An Austin 7 over-looked a left header, rolled onto its roof, and then somersaulted back onto i t s wheels. It was driven home.

A Biley Special stoved i t s front in on a bank when the driver lost the road in the fog at a T-juntion, and went straight on.

A Marri3 Minor van couldn't leaide whioh branch of a fork to take so the driv e r ohose the middle path. There was a house there.

A Ford Anglia grazed a bank and bent a wing, whilst a Ford Taunus bumped the curb and dislocated the front suspension.

Mechanical f a i l u r e s put out another Austin 7 and another R i l e y ; w h i l s t one crew r e t i r e d with oarbon monoxide poisoning.

In addition to a l l thi3 a marshal lost two front teeth in a fight (with a non-competitor) and even this was after he had been in the ditch off a motor-bike.

With the conditions as they were i t is not so surprising that only 19 out of the original 4 9 finished the course. The winner was G.F. Howard closely followed by M.J. Gibson, both of whom were Guildsmen.

UNION MEETING

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(2) That t h i s Union considers that, i n general, Wardens of College Halls of Residence should be appointed from the Academic St a f f .

I t was proposed by Peter Levin, who s a i d that through the medium of Hostel l i f e , the students and S t a f f exert a c i v i l i s i n g influence on one-another. Fe pictured an hostel run by one of the Admin, as a barracks; an i n s t i t u t i o n with personnel devoted to running student lif<_. He declared that the Admin were " l i k e ruddy r a b b i t s , or rather worse as one rabbit by i t s e l f is r e l a t i v e l y harmless."

When aaked whether the motion, i f passed would carry any weight with the Power.-thab-be, the President said that, c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y , the matter was no ooncern of the students. In general, i t was f e l t that although not a l l of t the Admin, would necessarily be bed, i t was better t o adopt a safe p o l i c y by choosing the Academic S t a f f . The motion was c a r r i e d with only three vot-ing against.

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RCS. UNION

MEETING H A L L S O F R E S I D E N C E

An R.C.S. Onion meeting was held on Tuesday, 10th February, the main part of the proceedings being devoted to debate on Constituent College Hostels.

Mr. Butters, Prepo&ing-, said that I.C. i s what i t i s j u s t because of the existence of the constituent colleges; mixed h a l l s of residence would extermin-ate the constituent colleges. The Old Student Associations have roots i n the college system and i t i s d i f f i c u l t to see how they would continue. The system produces four d i f f e r e n t admin-i s t r a t i v e bodies giving p o s s i b i l i t y t o a f a r greater number of people taking part, and raise the I.C. President above petty or small l o y a l t i e s .

Mr. Finch, i n opposing the motion, suggested that R.C.S. should mix with Guilds i n order to turn them into decent c i t i z e n s . Even the Rector could see t h i s argument and the Rector had not been an o f f i c i a l of the R.C.S. Onion. On a more serious l e v e l tMr. Finch sug-gested technical d i f f i c u l t i e s i n s p l i t -t i n g up between three colleges seven h a l l s of residence to be b u i l t within a period of f i f t e e n years.

Mr. Emerson, seconding the motion, s a i d that as we have no Arts here but have a broad range of character i n each college, we shouid have college hostels as competition encourages resource and se l f - r e l i a n c e ; I.C. would therefore, t h r i v e . In the hostels as planned i t would be the aim of each Warden to get hostel l o y a l t i e s and eventually Presidents of H a l l would appear 4 to the detriment of I.C.

Mr. Royee pointed out that constituent collage hostels would lead t o ragging, broken furniture and obscene drawing, enough to turn the Rector i n t o a sleepless Knight.

Mr. P f e f f e r from the f l o o r waffled around the proposition and opposition and advised the Onion t o abstain. I t had been stated by the Rector that there would be no i n t e r -hostel sport and inmates would *S distrib u t e d by b a l l o t thus no hostel l o y a l t y would be created.

Apart from a few red herrings l i k e Imperial Oniversity and the Cambridge system no new matter was brought up from the f l o o r . However concern was expressed f o r the e x i s -tence of I.C. and the constituent colleges.

The motion wa3 l o s t by 46 votes to 55 with 25 abstentions.

CONVOCATION ELECTION

Elected to Standing Committee of Convocation at the January meeting i n Senate House:

Dr. L.E.C. Hughes, B.Sc. (Eng)., Ph.D., -a- graduate of Imperial College -and l a t e r a Recognised Teacher. As Chairman of the S o c i a l Sub-Committee of Convocation he has organised nine of the annual Conversaziones.

Oleo-palias Meedle

Imperial College, the College of men, i s imprinted on the minds of students of London University. On being t o l d that there are a few women students, 88 in a l l , they immediately imagine the "blue stocking" and " j o l l y hookey stiok" type, attempting t o compete with the men on and o f f the field.

This impression i s also held by the majority of students at I.C. The women belong t o an Association whose members are considered to be unapproach-able, scheming, unattractive females. In faot, they're I.C.W.A. I.C.W.A. Keep outj This cry of former years i s now almost an echo along the t h i r d f l o o r corridor of the hostel. Perhaps i t i 3 due to the increase i n numbers which both sexes have welcomed We have r e a l i s e d that the mens a t t i t -ude has changed and they are slowly recognising the tremendous support we give to the College. (This i s not a column of appraisal but a plea to the few students who s t i l l condemn the women at I.C.)

In return members of the Union have rendered many services to I.C.W.A., who wish to recognise these servioes i n the e l e c t i o n of Mr. I.C.W.A. Many nominations have been received but how many of these are serious and appropriate w i l l be discovered at the next General Meeting of I.C.W.A., to be held early i n March. My personal choice i s the Production Manager of t h i s publication, a f f e c t i o n a t e l y known as Tub. This l i t t l e man has a unique way with women and has caused much heart ache among the women at I.C. He i s also a great sportsman, renowned i n the climbing of mountains and scaffolding leading to young ladies windows.

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M.RHONER

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

LditoHiat Comment

A well-known, and vocal. Union Officer remarked "Well, that sort of thing couldn't happen here, you know". He was referring, in fact, to the situation reported in 'Sennet' as being in force at Battersea. This was (at the time), that the Presi-dent had resigned, and after some reported machinations, the Principal had taken over the Union.

The bright remark heading t h i s c o l -urn i s t y p i c a l of the complacency which, magnified a l i t t l e , permits revolutions to happen, allow a Dachau to be b u i l t unquestioned and so forth. That i t i s u n l i k e l y to happen i n Imperial College i s true, but that does not rule out the p o s s i b i l i t y .

I f , f o r example, some prominent (or stentorian) member of the student body was to be p u b l i c l y rude to some High Personage and t h i s Persona/re was to take such remarks to heart and -having some power over the Union -decide that t h i s Union were u n f i t to elect i t s o f f i c e r s " i f that's the way they are going to behave..." Very soon, of course, he would dictate who was to hold which post, and so on.

Such o take-over need not be sudden, but could be so gentle that few would even notice.

This i s a far-fetched, of course, but who doubts that an oak can grow from an acorn?

THANKS

The Editor wishes to express h i s gratitude to those members of h i s s t a f f who have r a l l i e d round to produce t h i s issue of F e l i x , i n h i s unavoidarible absence due t o i l l -health. (In p a r t i c u l a r , he wishes to thank his predecessor f o r h i s invaluable help i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n ) .

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

Friday, March I8tto, at 8 p.m.

the world-famous Polish pianist

MAIiCUZIMBKE

Only appearance in London this season. Proceeds in aid of Scholarships, tenable in the University of London for students from Poland.

Tickets 7/6 and 5/- obtainable at the I.C. Union Office.

Not a l l human emotions are happy one3, and yet those which produce f r u s t r a t i n g circumstances i n r e a l l i f e , or in a play, may w e l l arouse i n the audience a f e e l i n g of happiness and pride i n the heroism of the characters involved.

Such a s i t u a t i o n i s created i n A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS, by Arthur M i l l e r , the American playwright, t o be presented on Granada T.V. at 9 p.m. t h i s evening. I t has been described by the author as a "pathetic coraedy", and t e l l s of a boy who works among peo-ple f o r a couple of years, sharing i n t h e i r troubles, t h e i r hope3 and successes: and when the time comes to depart, they barely notice i t . He i s l e f t to endure alone the absence of hope of a l l that he had l i v e d for.

Several theatres outside the West End have plays p r i o r or subs-equent to t h e i r main London production and these may provide excellent enter-tainment with less t r a v e l l i n g : f o r example, t h i s week at the Streatham H i l l Theatre i s EXPHESSO BONGO, the l i v e l y musical set i n a coffee bar, which ran for nine months at the S e v i l l e Theatre. Then, at the Wimbledon Theatre i s Arthur M i l l e r ' s A VIE' FROM THE BRIDGE, which has now escaped from- the Theatre Clubs,

Also in South London, at the Richmond Theatre t h i s week, i s Robert Anderson's TEA .vND SYMPATHY while at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, E., is a new play FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE t e l l i n g of Fred

Ji 6 watth knowing.

Cochran's attempts to run a dilapidated dive, constantly v i s i t e d by the police u n t i l he i s ousted by a smart new boy with a r i v a l establishment.

As to new f i l m s , apart from LA GRANDE ILLUSION at the Academy Cinema (mentioned i n the l a s t issue), there i s DANGER WITHIN at the Odeon, Leicester Square, s t a r r i n g Richard Todd, Richard Attehborough, Michael Wilding and Donald Houston. This i s another war story set i n a prison camp, but f o r some reason, which i s not very apparent there i s one man who does not want the others to escape: however, f o r a f i l m on t h i s theme to receive good Press reports, as t h i s one has, i t must have something to r a i s e i t above the milieu.

Turning to exhibitions, on u n t i l next Friday at the Building Centre, Store Street, i s LE CORBUSIER Exhibition celebrating the seventieth birthday of t h i s v e r s a t i l e exponent of architecture, T>ainting, sculpture and tapestries. Also at the same place i s a permanent but changing ex h i b i t i o n of buildings and t h e i r equipment.

Then, u n t i l the end of next week there i s an e x h i b i t i o n at Selfridges of "Leather Furniture on Parade", to reawaken any i n t e r e s t i n the p o s s i b i l -i t i e s of a material which has l o s t much of i t s popularity since the war.

L I T . & D E E

The 12th February wa3 an important day for the Debating Society when Dr. Donald Soper and Mr. Charles Curran came to college to debate the motion: "That the Government's Nuclear Policy is Inconsequent".

The Chairman, Dr. Allan, said that he had some doubts on the meaning of the ward "inconsequent", but took the motion to mean that some people were in favour of the govt's policy while others were against i t . Accordingly, he invited Dr. Soper to speak against i t .

"It is wrong for Christian count-ries to attempt to carry a cross in one hand and a nuclear weapon in the other", said Dr. Soper. He was also opposed to the policy on practical grounds: "It is reokless to muck about with cosmio forces which are not fully under-stood.

"Whom the gods destroy they fi r s t make mad", he said and carried on to condemn " s i l l y men like Selwyn Lloyd and Dulles. Tt was wrong for Dulles to say he would go to war". He quoted Lord Birdwood who had said that he would rather die than live under Communist tyranny, and asked i f Lard Birdwood would be willing far millions of other people to die because of his personal views. Dr. Soper advocated an inter-national solution to the problem, as he thought national barriers to be no longer opposite.

Mr. Curran disliked Dr. Soper's

presentation of the argument, saying

that- i t was not a choice between lunatics

on one side and intelligent people on

the other. Both Labour and Conservat-

ive governments had pursued the policy

of the nuclear deterrent. He pointed out that there was a Labour government when the fi r s t A-bomb was dropped, and that i t was the decisions of a Labour government to manufacture H-bombs and allow American air bases i n this coun-try. He quoted Earl Attlee: "I supported making the bomb, because i t was the only policy whioh has kept the Red Army where i t i s " . If Donald Soper thought Christianity was opposed to farce, then said Mr. Curran, he should start by converting the Arch-bishops of Canterbury and go on to the Vatican. As he did not agree with capitulation to the Soviet threat, and as nuclear knowledge could not be eradicated, he thought the only solution was one to be brought about by p o l i t i -cal discussion.

Floor speeches were noticeably lacking in opposition to the motion. The theme of a number of speakers was that money spent on defence would be better used in the economic war for the support of the underdeveloped coun-tries. Some people felt the Russians were ignorant. A number of non-politicians present thought the problem was a l l the fault of the "blasted politicians".

Summing up. Dr. Soper said he did not think the Russians were waiting far war, and therefore he was in favour of abandoning the cold war.

Mr. Curran thought that Communism was s t i l l a treat and that what was wanted was a bargain. "But," he said, " i t takes two to make a bargain", and the Russians always stuck at the idea of foreign observers.

The Chairman declared the "ayes" to have i t , after a show of hands, but the House was obviously quite evenly divided.

/celiacs

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Dear S i r ,

I t was obvious, from the v i o l e n t reaction from the f l o o r at the Soper-Curran debate on B r i t a i n ' s Nuclear P o l i c y , that there are a large propor-t i o n of I.C. students sympathetic t o the cause of Nuclear Disarmament. I f t h i s be the case, why on earth do they continually f a i l to respond to the challenge and not support a Nuclear Disarmament Group at I.C.? Such a Group has existed since l a s t March,and yet the response t o a l e t t e r t o F e l i x and a meeting l a s t May was n e g l i g i b l e .

I t i s true that the Nuclear Disarmament Committee has been severely r e s t r i c t e d i n i t s manoeuvres: the establishment i s seldom enamoured to the thought of spontaneity, obvious i n the condition for the formation of a new society. To have t o pass a c o n s t i t u -t i o n through t o two s i t t i n g s of the S o c i a l Clubs Committee which meets one a term i s quite ludicrous. Furthermore, to f o r b i d the use of notice boards w i t h -out the conoession of a right-wing Union Off i c e i s quite c l e a r l y designed t o k i l l a l l i n i t i a t i v e at b i r t h ; t o have t o stand o f f the pavement t o d i s t r i b u t e l e a f l e t s at I.C. i s wicked, e s p e c i a l l y i n weather such as t h i s . How much warmer and congenial are the conditions i n s i d e the Union lounge?

Ih s p i t e of the d i f f i c u l t i e s enumerated above, i t i s s t i l l possible f o r a Nuclear Disarmament Group t o funotion e f f e c t i v e l y w i t h i n the College. A l l that i s required i s a nucleus of some twenty or t h i r t y people who are prepared t o give a few hours a week. Considering the time spent by the average student sipping coffee or beer t h i s would amount t o a very small s a c r i f i c e .

I n olosing I would sympathise with with one of your correspondents S i r , who recently complained of the d i s -appointment he f e e l s about student l i f e and attitude at I.C. I would add a further complaint: lethargy. I w i l l i n g l y salute my active opposition; at l e a s t they have convictions. I a l s o acknowledge the devotion t o duty d i s p l a y i d by the majority of Union o f f i c i a l s , t o whom we are a l l indebted. The i r r i t a n t i s the student who i s unable to see beyond the p i n t , text book or confines of h i s college or home.

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

David Finney

EDITOR'S NOTE

On points of information:-

a) The c o n s t i t u t i o n of a new society does not have t o pass through two s i t t i n g s of the S.C.C. Onoe the S.C.C. has passed i t and i t has been approved by the Union Executive, the society oan be formed.

b) The S.C.C. s i t s at l e a s t two or three times per term, more frequent meetings are unnecessary as there i s i n s u f f i e n t business to merit them.

e) The Nuclear Disarmament Committee has"never applied f o r membership of S.C.C.

MAC REPLIES

Dear S i r ,

Mr. Brookes' l e t t e r gives the impression that he i s t o t a l l y unaware of the position of the cartoonist when presenting such issues as that dealt with by my cartoon.

I think that i t i s reasonable t o c l a s s i f y t h i s cartoon as broadly " p o l i t i c a l " - i n t h i s context " p o l i t i -c a l " denotes that i t dealt with o o n f l i o t i n g opinions, not that the con-troversy was of p o l i t i o a l o r i g i n . In such circumstances i t i s not the place of the cartoonist t o state h i s own opinion (which i s of no interest) but t o observe the widely-held views of others and present them through his p a r t i c u l a r medium i n a way that i s (he hopes!) mainly humourous, yet with a s l i g h t undercurrent of acerbity.

I had always considered that anon-ymity was a p r i v i l e g e to be invoked by any w r i t e r - or cartoonist - who cared to do so, that i t could even be a v i r t u e . ( I have c e r t a i n l y never heard the r i g h t t o use a nom de plume questioned except i n oases of black-mail. ) Mr. Brookes, however, thinks otherwise. More, he dictates that ^ should think otherwise, f o r h i s parenthetic comment " i s he ashamed t o reveal h i s i d e n t i t y ? " i s not j u s t an exclamation requiring no r e p l y , but a challenge that he knows I cannot refuse. Thus I must sign t h i s l e t t e r -sorrowfully, becuase I know of one person at least who w i l l be very d i s -appointed (he confided i n me that "Mao" was r e a l l y Mr. Garnett seeking solace i n h i s o l d age by drawing!) -

but I s h a l l continue to use my "nom de cartoon". I t i s f o r the very 'great, and them only, t o w r i t e t h e i r f u l l names on t h e i r doodles, and I am c e r t a i n l y no Ronald Searle.

Yours, etc.

J.M. McNeil

(Aero. 1)

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

Due to the increasing numbers of Freshers every year at Imperial College there has "been f o r many years a very evident need f o r the streamlining of the Freshers 1 receptions, which are held by the I.C. Union immediately p r i o r to the commencement of the academic session i n October.

The main d i f f i c u l t y i n the past has been the l i m i t e d space and also the short time available i n the afternoon. The Freshers' Reception next year w i l l there-fore occupy the complete day aid more space w i l l be made available i n the Union Building f o r the s o c i a l and athr-l e t i c clubs.

Previously Freshers were separated according to whether or not they perm-anently resided i n t..e v i c i n i t y of London, but the d i \ . sion w i l l now be made in t o undergraduates and postgrad-uates.

This i s only a small step, long overdue, but I sincerely hope that i t w i l l be the f i r s t one leading to a very much improved Reception.

R.ff.T. GAR&PITT

President, I.C. Union.

NELSON S COLUMN

Members of the R.S.M. Union were amazed to hear at t h e i r l a s t Union "neeting, that t h e i r Hon. Pornographer had been locked i n the Hostel room of an ICWArian of very high o f f i c e . (She has made a sp e c i a l request that her name should not be mentioned i n t h i s column again) However, the Miners await t h e i r next meeting with bated breath.

Nelson congratulates Cleopatra upon hearing that Bedford College wish to p r i n t her Wallulk Rating i n t h e i r news-paper. However, he doubts the accuracy of i t s int e r p r e t a t i o n , f i n d i n g that h i s own i s + 20.

Congratulations also to Guilds cm organ-i s i n g the best Carnival of recent years, although one wonders whether the door-handles were torn off the Concert H a l l doors by those t r y i n g to gain entrance or those t r y i n g to escape.

Whilst the competition f o r Mr I.C.W.A. of 1959 has aroused a great deal of amusement at I.C., Nelson would have thought that the ladies of I.C.W.A. were f a r more q u a l i f i e d than the men to propose the nominees - w e l l , Just look who's been proposed!

No wonder the Miners made a come-back i n the Rector's Cup - h a l f of them were watching International, no-holds-barred wrestling i n the Albert H a l l on the previous enening.

The other Thursday afternoon Nelson ob-served "Jezebel" almost obscured under a swarm of female models being photo-graphed i n Imperial I n s t i t u t e Road. In an exclusive interview , however, Mr. Peter Kassler B8c., A.R.C.S., .President of the R.C.S.U., neither denied nor confirmed the rumour that copies are to be c i r c u l a t e d to 300 female i n s t i t u t i o n s throughout the country i n order t o a t t r a c t more g i r l s t o R.C.S.

TOAST

Dear S i r ,

With reference t o the oomment of your reporter on the a c t i v i t i e s of I.C.W.S.C., I would l i k e t o point out that although IC men are notoriously discourteous, only a small proportion of the "gentlemen" present at the H a l l Dinner mentioned refused t o toast "Victorious Women". I am sure that l!hey,like myself, modified the toast t o "Victorious ICWSC".

I am S i r , yours etc.,

Misogynist

MINES CARNIVAL

H o s r t r

OIL

FELIX

S£/?/OUSLY SPEAKING

BY SIG

The writings of Sig are, to a rather obvious extent baaed on such material - emphasising ludicrous connections and exaggerations, suoh as one would expect to find in dreams. This, of oourse, requires l i t t l e talent, but oan provide both amuse-ment and instruction far the partici-pants. Amusement? because the human mind i s not an entirely serious machine-there is always a plaoe far that elusive quality called 'humour' and which we always consider everyone else has a twisted sense of.

Far several weeks now, thi3 column has been a vehicle f o r some rather curious a r t i c l e s - made up very l a r g e l y of psychologically "loaded" material. This has been far a reason, n a t u r a l l y , and S i g hopes that h i s readers w i l l f i n d i t of inte r e s t . F i r s t of a l l , by way of introduction, why should there have been any discus-sion at a l l of the 'rubbish' (as some have c a l l e d i t ) that has appeared here? Admittedly, i t was nonsense of a type. In faot, nonsense does not exist -everything has a reason and can be connected with something else - "non-sense" i s merely something that does not appear to t i e i n with the accepted l i n e s of thought or the customs of the p a r t i c u l a r society that you l i v e i n . I f there i s no nonsense, i n the usually accepted meaning of that word, what then are we l e f t with? Consider your dreams, fo r i t i s then that the car e f u l guard that you normally have over your thoughts i3 no longer on duty. How often do we a l l dream what we are s a t i s f i e d to c a l l "nonsense". Yet i t i s t h i s very material - without connections, r e l a t i o n s or any obvious reference to our s p a t i a l l i v e s which i s constantly i n the process of being moulded i n our unconscious.

Was the writing of Sig necessary or important? The answer to that is neither "Yes" nor "No". Because they have been written directly, with-out the interference of thought and analysis, Sig' s soribblings' have appealed mainly to people who feel rather than think: such people are neither better nor worse than anyone else, they are just different. It so happens (otherwise he could not have written them) that Sig believes in the "engagement" theory of human existence which means that we are in instantaneous contact with the outside world. What we each make of, and with, this world depends on the mental attitudes that we each have, and have developed. It is a medical faot that, barring mal-formations, we a l l possess the same physical basis to our mentality. What differs between 'personalities' i s the relative fle x i b i l i t y and nimbleness of that delicate machine, the human brain. This faot makes nonsense, in l i t e r a l terms, of barriers, whether social religious or otherwise.

This also means that for anyone to claim a complete understanding of the human spirit or the totality of human wisdom, i s as ridiculous as to claim that any one human language oan contain anything but a fraction of the total of human truth and beauty.

The Chinese have a proverb:

"The bullfrog rent it s throat trying to t e l l the eagle how to fly" This i s a timely reminder to a l l who would write and t e l l others what they

COLLEGE OIL-STRIKE YESTERDAY STUDENTS

Of IMPERIAL COLLBQB

S1KUCK OIL IN THE QUAD.

LAST N/SHTi SXCLUSIVfi PICTURE OF THE IMPERIAL C0H.E6E GUSHER

"DON'T BE A F F E C T E D B Y RICHES

A P P E A L S RECTOR the i .c .«fct<jr

said last *j0«t that «£ hoped students would not l e t wealth coto their heads. the presid-ent had 5et a splendid example .... his only concession to new-found wealth was a

NEWTIrt OFSlMOtilZ FOR

His scooter .

unfortunately some students werc Letting the whole colleoe down . they did not think 0fothe/& with the «es uu that workers at rolls-

„ _ ROYCE WiHE NOW MS£ ON "DOUBLE- TlMl

" I T W A S J M R K A N a j DAMP JOWIa* THEftg

/V'WflJL"REPORTER last n1&ht questionedf> Student about work ok the oil well.

" with only one companion i spent z months in a conf'hed

SPACE. IT WFIS J>ARri and damp, " he said .

later officials

denied that he had any

connection with the

discovery, he ha?

been locked under THE STAuE SjNCe THE RCS. CARNIVAL and COULD SOT HAVE KNOW/* ABOUT ITTILL TODAY

later. the president of the

Colle&e denounce} As

"vio0u6 rumours" reports

that there was a connection

Between the oil s trihe a hp

the recent aquisltion by

the college of at job-lot

of ex-oover»aent oil-axes

{<h,soo were bought for

t/6d. AND HAVE SINCE BEElt

SOLD AT £1 per AXE ).

MR. OrAANSTT AJMITTfcH TO A "WAIL" REPORTER WAT THE

COLLEGE HAD HAD ENORMOUS

LUCK IN (KECEHT QE0L06ICAL

SURVEYS C READERS WILL

RECALL THAT ON MONDAY

bOLy WAS FOUND IN PRINCE

consort road, on tuespay

laroe Deposits of uranium

were discovered under the

albert hall, and on

wednesday a v a s t umkr-

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OUINNESS WA& UNEARTHED

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THE MIRE OUTS-JPE THE X C .

BOATHOUSE ARE CONF/PSNT

OF 5TR.IKIN& A DIAMOND

SEAM ANY J>AY NOW.

must do. But an excuse can be found f o r a l l who would w r i t e , surely, f a r , i f they can produce one new thought during t h e i r l i f e t i m e , then a l l that has been wasted i s only so by compari-son? Human progress i s not c a r r i e d forwards by one great i n d i v i d u a l , but by a whole body of i n d i v i d u a l s . We are a l l great i n some way, but i t remains fo r us t o f i n d out i n which way our greatness l i e s . A l l wishful thinking, you say?

As a f i n a l consideration of the material that i s poured down the long-suffering throats of the "publio" there i s that element of d i s t o r t i o n which i s so essential i n l i f e . With-out d i s t o r t i o n s of dif f e r e n t kinds, there would be no ar t . An exaggeration upon a point i n time and space, upon an event and an emotion produce the sonnet and the painting. The very exercise of the s e l e c t i v e f a c u l t y by a human mind implies d i s t o r t i o n of some kind.

We are a l l right, we are a l l wrong-because we- are human. We possess emotions, which, because we are scien-tists, we are not supposed to allow to develop. In this case, we are a l l in danger of becoming mere cabbages. Because we are human, we have emotions. This i s so much a matter of faot that to be ashamed of i t , or to try to pretent otherwise i s ludicrous and doomed in the and to failure. To those that think and Feel, Sig would like to try and explain how other people think and look at the world around him. But remember, because you look at the world in one way, and the rest of Society in another, i t does not necessarily mean that you are wrong. Ibsen's famous play "Pillars of Society" ends with the line "The strongest man in the world, i s he who stands aost alone".

Coming. £uent&

Saturday, 28th February

Road Relay i n Hyde Park. Y.H.A. meeting i n Wales.

Monday, 2nd March * j T

I.C.C.U. "The End of the World" by Rev. W.I.C. White i n R.S.M. 1.15 p.m.

?uesdey, 3rd Karch

Wine Tasting Society Meeting: Erar;dy

Wednesday 4th March

I.C. Railway Society. A l l day v i s i t t o Margam.

Thursday. 5th March

I.C. Union Meeting.

Friday. 6th March

Mountaineering Club Week-end.

Monday, 9th March

I.C.C.U. "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" i n R.3.M. 1.15 p.m.

Tuesday, 10th March

I.C. Union Debate. I*C. Railway Society. "The

Post-War B r i t i s h Tramway Scene", by W.J. Wyse.

Thursday. 12th March

"Surrealism" by Robert M e l v i l l e .

FELIX

C R O S S C O U N T R Y .

The most important event during the past fortnight was the S.W.E.T.C. Trophy Raoe on 11th Feb. This race is a London Colleges Championship, run over a 4 i mile course, partly in Epping Forest and partly on roads.

I.C. entered three teams and these finished l3t, 4th and l j t h . The winning of this Trophy was a fine performanoe, as U.C. had held i t for 4 years. We also provided the individual winner in John Collins, who finished 30 sees, ahead of Mitchell (U.C.) and Mead (Q.M.C.). The I.C. team was completed by Cleator (4th), Jaeger (6th), Briggs (9th) and Brown (15th); M. Barber, running for the second team, came 7th, so that I.C. actually had 5 men in the f i r s t nine positions.

The following Saturday, on our home course, our fi r s t team defeated the Metropolitan Polioe, and our second team lost to Brentwood School but managed to beat Old Brentwoodians. The outstanding performances in this match were those of 0. Gilbert and M. Barber, who finished 2nd and 3rd.

On Feb. 18th, I.C. fielded two 'A' teams of equal strength, one to run against Q.M.C., the other to run against L.S.S. and King's. There was thick fog on the Q.M.C. course, and due to their Captain getting lost and taking three of our men with him, we narrowly lost the race by 25 pts. to 30 (rather good tactics!t) The indiv-idual winner was John Collins, who finished 4 mins ahead of the next man. Then oame James (4th), Sandoz (7th) Smith (8th), and Huntley £l0th).

Our other team beat L.S.E., but narrowly lost to King's 71, I.C. 76 and L.S.E. 88. Our scoring men were T i l l y (6th), Warren (7th), Briggs (9th), Rayment ( l l ) , Clare (12), Cheeney (14) and Barker (17).

Last Saturday (21st Feb) the I.C. f i r s t team lost to Aylesbury A.C., but defeated Deptford Park A.C., while the second team again defeated Pearl Assurance. J. Cleator was f i r s t I.C. man home (5th) in the excellent time of 28 rains 56 s. Ihe I.C. team also comprised Bernard and Brown (equal 8th), T i l l y (10), Gilbert ( l l ) , and Warren (15). In the second team Rob Cheeney improved his personal best time by more than a minute.

HYDE PARK ROAD RELAY

Tomorrow, 28th Feb., i s the date of the Eleventh Hyde Park Road Relay, which w i l l be started by Brian Hewaon at 3 p.m. at the West end of Rotten Row.

The raoe i s larger than ever before, as 64 teams have 30 far entered, so that at least 384 athletes will be competing. We believe t h i 3 is now the largest Relay race in this country, and probably in the world.

Favourites to win the Sir Roderick H i l l Cup are Loughborough College, but i t is impossible to forecast who will take second place. This is tradition-ally the position occupied by Imperial College, but many other teams will attempt to displace them. Durham the new U.A.U. Champs should do well.

RUGBY

O N T O F I N A L

I.C. once again meet Kings in the final of the U.L. Cup, having beaten Wy< 5-0 in the semi-final on February 11th. The game, played at Wye, was unexpec-tedly long and hard fought, and i t wasn't until the second ten minutes of extra time that I.C. managed to score to the great relief of the large number of enthusiastic supporters.

In the first half the expected superiority in the scrum did not materialise, and play was very even, with a slight advantage to Wye who had the slope.

In the second half, although I.C. seemed to be pressing harder, several dangerous breaks were made by Wye's competent backs, but no side managed to score.

Twenty minutes extra time, hav-ing been previously agreed upon in the event of a tie, was played. I.C. managed to hold off Wye's last down-h i l l challenge and in the second ten minutes the I.C. backs showed their true form when an outside break by Tony Seed with the ball quickly along the line put Paul Buet over the line in the left hand corner. Dai Phillips produced a magnificent kick to put I.C 5 points up. From that moment on-wards the true I.C. superiority in the scrum showed and for the last five minutes 10t>£ possession of the ball from the line out made the I.C. victory certain.

Both the team and the now hoarse I.C. supporters spent a very enjoyable evening in Wye leaving the GEORGE at 10.30 under the watchful eyes of the whole Wye police force.

Without the wonderful support given to the team by the I.C. spectators the result may well have been different. We look forward to seeing them at Motspur Park for the final on Saturday, March 4th.

ICWSC

The only match played in the last fortnij^it was a squash match against Kings. After having lost JaW at the beginning of the term, I.C.W.S.C. turned the tables to win convincingly by 4 matches to one. Of the 8 matches played against the 1st teams from other colleges this season I.C.W.C. have won 5, a very good second.

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C R I C K E T I

ATTENTION OF ALL PEOPLE INTENDING TO PLAY CRICKET THIS YEAR is drawn to not-ices posted on the Cricket Club notice board (which adjoins the Bar), giving f u l l details of the Club's activities and arrangements for trials.

The I.C. team will be chosen from the following:-

J. Collins, M. Barber, A. Larkum,

J. Cleator, J.F. Jaeger, 0. Gilbert

and D. Briggs.

Help is needed with the work irvolved in running this race, and with the Crosscountry Club Dance in the Union in the evening. YoIu«iccrc should apply to Dave Briggs (Relay Organiser) or to G.P. T i l l y (C.C. Cap-tain).

On the following Saturday the 1st XV played O.M.T. 'A' in a mood of anticlimax and won 12-0 after a rather disappointing game. Last Saturday they lost their 3rd game of the season, 6-9, rather surpris-ingly to a good R.A.F. Farnboro' side, the 2nd XV winang 32-0.

The "Bards", fresh from their con-vincing win over the Kerchsjit Taylors, crushed a powerful Harrow XV at Harling-ton last Saturday. The forwards dom-inated a rugged pack battle and, with excellent service from the base of the scrum, the free scoring backs, combining aggression with a rock-solid defence, contained the opposition within their own 25 for the major part of the game.

The team, well led as U3ual from the pack by Dave Titley and inspired by the re- appearance of ex-captain B i l l Shakespeare (The Bard), showed a con-summate sk i l l which bodes well for their future match against the 'B' XV on the morning of the Cup match, March 14th.

The result: The Bards 23 pts Harrow 0 pts

Scored: Jim (2), Jack, B i l l Big Bike, Terry, Ginger, Slim Jim (1 conversion)

Missed: Rush ( 4 conversions!)

H O C K E Y

The fortunes of the Hockey Club have unfortunately taken a turn for the worse. The 1 st XI after losing only one match last term, have won only three of their eight matches this term. Our defeat in the semi-final of the U.L. Gup by U.G. ( 4 - 0 ) was a bitter disappo-intment. The margin of the defeat was somewhat harsh, as two goals were scored after we had lost full-bick Macrae* through injury. ",'e did r.ot take early opportunities and were defeated by the better team (on the day).

Injuries and illness are two of the reasons far the toss of form. Another may be summed up in the phrase "nothing succeeds like success". Last term we were riding on the crest of a wave; w* had beaten Battersea in the cup end were going from win to win, This term started with frustrating canceH ations broken only by defeat on a frozen pitch. There is s t i l l time to break out of this vicious circle, and end the season on a winning note.

Now, as you probably a l l know, Jim Carter, our vociferous and ebullient goalkeeper, is enlivening a hospital ward with a broken ankle. ?fe wish you a speedy recovery Jim.

FELIX

B P v C T EDITED BY K.W.LUDLAM.

CONTINUED FT'OM FRONT PAGE

SOCC£P COP

E a r l i e r i n the afternoon the two teams had tr o t t e d out onto the p i t c h t o a great roar of welcome from the large crowd of supporters, i n which I.C. students f a r outnumbered Kings. The two sides l i n e d up along the centre l i n e to be presented to Professor S i r David Hughes-Parry, >C. ,M.A. ,L1.D., D.C.L., Director of the I n s t i t u t e of Advanced Legal Studies and Chairman of the University .AlJiletiO: Ground Committee, and a f t e r the National Anthem the game began i n almost i d e a l conditions.

The experienced I.C. eleven, containing ten players who have appeared f o r University teams, s e t t l e d down much more quickly tha.:, t h e i r opponents, and caused the Kings defence much trouble by feeding t h e i r extremely dangerous wingers with a stream of long passes. However, the goals did not come and gradually Kings were allowed to come more and more into the game, but were u n f i l e to burst through the s o l i d 1.0. defencej. On one occasion a goal was only pi-evented by Dytham kic k i n g o f f the l i n e .

A f t e r the i n t e r v a l , I.C. r e a l l y began to get on top with both wingers being continually set i n action by t h e i r team mates, and only a great display by the Kings goalkeeper prevented a score before Pritchard performed his great deed. This gave the team a tremendous boos*', and from then on Kings were subjected to continuous pressure, which was encouraged by a powerful roar of "I.C.,I.C.,I.C.," from the touchline. The second goal came when Coups forced the b a l l home and the same player began the move fo r the tl l i r d by breaking away down the r i g h t jwing. "His centre was met by Crawley whose shot was only p a r t i a l l y 3aved and Casemore was on the spot to complete the scoring. On several other occasions the forwards very nearly added to the score, and once Coups h i t a weak goal-kick with a tremendous f i r s t time shot which pro-duced a magnificent save from the keeper.

A f t e r the f i n a l whistle I.C. skipper, Dai Joyce, h i s ambition now achieved, triumphantly led his team up i n t o the stand to be presented with the Cup. Every member of the team had played h i s heart out i n t h i s great performance, and had so worthily earned the medals they received from Prof. S i r David Hughes-Parry. F i n a l l y the team l i f t e d t h e i r skipper a l o f t with the Cup, and c a r r i e d him i n t o the changing rooms to the acccrrrpaniment of the cheers of the I.G. Supporting contingent, t o a l l of whom the club would l i k e to extend i t s thanks for t h e i r encouragement. Then while the crowd dispersed t o the bar or back to I.C. by coach, t r a i n , or on the two mascots "BO" and "JEZ", the team celebrated t h e i r success by drinking from the Cup. Later the team returned with the Cup to I.C. where i t i s hoped that i t w i l l remain f o r many years, i n company with the rugby Cup for which I.C. play Kings i n a fortnights time.

R E C T O R S

CUP MINES This year, for the f i r s t time, the

entry was l i m i t e d t o two boxers i n each weight from each College. This natur-a l l y l e d to the cream of the talent being brought forward and a more balanced programme.

A olose contest was forecast from the s t a r t and the evening l i v e d up t o i t s expections. Minesraen were resplendent i n dinner-jackets and cigars and the Guildsmen (probably saving t h e i r dress s h i r t s far the Engineer's B a l l thd next evening) were more modestly dressed. (Two prominent Guildsmen appeared i n c l o t h caps and mu f f l e r s j ) . The entire audience was enthusiastic and very a l i v e t o the sport inside the r i n g and outside too. Vocal and musioal (trumpets and bugles) support was much i n evidence.

U n t i l the very end the soores were absolutely l e v e l . Before the f i n a l s were boxed only one point separated the three Colleges. The eventual r e s u l t put Mines and Guilds (who won l a s t year) even with 43 points each, and RCS a shade behind with 39 points. This does not give an ind i c a t i o n of the q u a l i t y of the i n d i v i d u a l bouts, some of which ware very close indeed. Several dark horses~were brought to l i g h t and t h i s augers w e l l f o r the I.C. team next year. The standard of boxing was due to the e f f o r t s of the team captains and the I.C. tr a i n e r .

Another innovation was the award of a cup f o r the best l o s e r which was very kindly presented by the Club's President , O.C. Seaford Esq. I t was won by J . F a i r f i e l d of Mines. Another Min-esman P. Mousset-Jones was voted the best s t y -l i s t i n the competition.

I t i s very d i f f i c u l t to pick the best bouts of the evening. The mem-orable high l i g h t s were: a few rousing b a t t l e s ; Wronski vs. Bridges, Tine vs. Ebsworth, Owen vs. Cox, M i l l e r vs. Lance; also the s t y l i s e d f i s t s of Mousset-Jones and the cool e f f i c i e n c y of Yorke and Faulkner. Many of the losers too ought t o be congratulated upon the plucky display they pro-vided.

TIE WITH

GUILDS The i n d i v i d u a l Champions were:

Flyweight P. Sribhibhadh Bantamweight H. Kirpalani Feather weight A. Cox Lightweight D.Young Light welterweight... G. Yorke Welterweight L.Williams Light middleweight. T.Banks

Middleweight. P.Mousset-Jones Light heavyweight P.Vine Heavyweight C.Wronski

In conclusion the Club would l i k e to thank the gentlemen of the L.A.B.A. for the hard work they did i n judging and refereeing the bouts. We should l i k e to thank Dr. Weale f o r g i v i n g away the pr i z e s . John Bramley waa a masterful compere and h i s handling of the audience a display of pluok and science i n i t s e l f . Also the seconds who worked i n the two corners f o r so long and with such e f f i c i e n c y . Those who helped to organise the evening can f i n d no words s u f f i c i e n t t o thank Mr. Henry f o r the splendid job he d i d i n organising the o f f i c i a l s and boxers. And t o those who came t o watch our thanks f o r making i t a successful evening.

SWIMMING

Last Saturday the I.C. swimming and water polo teams went down to B r i s t o l f o r a match with B r i s t o l University. Unfortunately B r i s t o l oould only f i e l d one man i n each event so we put two si n g l e - s t r i n g teams i n the swimming events. The r e s u l t was a win f a r the I.C. f i r s t s t r i n g s with 23 points t o B r i s t o l s 15 points and I.C. second strings 10 points. Since there were only nine I.C. men t h i s was a par t i c u -l a r l y f i n e e f f o r t and demonstrates the v e r s a t i l i t y of the team. Two fi n e lengths by Maomillan being the high-l i g h t of the

The water polo match was won by s i x goals to one, h a t - t r i c k s t o Barham and Jones giving us the necessary score. I.C.'s team had only four f i r s t team players i n the water.

The f i r s t team wan a league match against Q.M.C. l a s t Tuesday by 9 goals to 2 i Both teams were la c k i n g two of t h e i r men because of the U.L. team's tour of Germany, but due t o our greater reserve of players we beat the league leaders; t h i s was t h e i r f i r s t defeat t h i s season.

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