D e c e m b e r 11th, 1973
N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N
F R E E ! I S S U E No. 350
GUILDS UGM M.E. 2201.15 pm Tues
Have a Happy Xmas
Everyone!
G R A N T I N C R E A S E
I M M I N E N T -A n i n c r e a s e in grants is about to
b e r e c o m m e n d e d i n a con f ident ia l
Gove rnment report to be dra f ted
s oon .
A c c o r d i n g to the Da i l y Te l eg raph
this increase " w i l l not, in present
e c o n o m i c c i r c u m s t a n c e s , app roach
the 3 5 per cent i n c r eas e d e m a n d e d
at the recent N U S con fe rence in M a r
g a t e " .
T h e leve l of the r es idua l i n c o m e
(at present £1400) may be ra i sed to
£1800 o r h igher . T h i s is the a s s e s s
able i n come left after mor tgages ,
supe rannua t i on , e tc .
No th ing w i l l be done about d i s
c re t ionary a w a r d s , or the m e a n s test,
and the Gove rnmen t s e e ms cons tant
about wha t to d o w i t h mar r i ed w o m
en ' s grants and P G awards .
S i r B r i an is thought to have s a i d
that the increase about to be offered
is about £100.
S u c h an inc r ease w i l l in no w a y
br ing us up to the ha l c yon days o f
the 1 9 6 2 level and c o u p l e d w i t h i n
f lat ion of 4 0 per cent pa expec ted by
C h r i s t m a s , a c c o r d i n g to the G u a r d i a n ,
th is means that the £100 c o u l d be
w i p e d out over the C h r i s t m a s v a c a
t i on .
S tuden t s next t e r m cannot af ford
to be c o m p l a c e n t about the po l i t i c a l
and e c o n o m i c c r i s i s , they w i l l e i ther
be s tarved out of h i ghe r educa t i on by
r i s ing p r i ces o r the grants c a m p a i g n
is fought on a h i ghe r l eve l : that of
an a l l i ance w i t h s e c t i o n s of the T rade
U n i o n movemen t t o br ing d o w n the
To r i e s .
The D E S has re fused to let s t u d
ents keep the ir l i v i n g s t andards a n d
has l aunched a t tacks through the
C V E P to v i c t i m i s e s tudents w h o take
ac t i on (rent s t r ikes , e tc . ) .
The rent s t r ikes o f IC next t e rm has
to be fought in con junc t i on w i t h a l l
s ec t i ons of s tudents a n d trade un i on
ists to br ing d o w n the To r i e s a n d
their b latant con tempt for s tudents .
PURPLE PATCH A s th is i s the last pa tch o f the
te rm, and many of y ou Wi l l shor t l y
b e go ing home , or at least away f rom
C o l l e g e , I w o u l d l ike y ou to th ink
about a f e w t o p i c s other than those
w h i c h d i r e c t l y affect y o u r s tudent
l i ves .
W h e n those of y o u w h o are lucky
enough to be g o i n g home to see your
parents and f a m i l i e s , a r r i v e there and
get se t t l ed in b e s i d e the n ice w a r m
f ire, w i t h M u m fuss ing over y o u , a n d
D a d o f fer ing to take y o u out for a
pint , p l ease spare a thought for those
w h o cannot ge t home t h i s C h r i s t m a s .
T h i n k f o r a f ew m o m e n t s of the for
e i gn s tudents f r om the C o l l e g e (a l
m o s t 1000 ) w h o are h a v i n g to spend
their vaca t i on i n s o m e c o l d and d ingy
beds i t in N e a s d e n , d r e a m i n g o f the
C h r i s t m a s s e s i n the past w h i c h they
have spent at h o m e w i t h the ir parents
and f am i l i e s . I a m sure that none of
y ou w o u l d a rgue w i t h the fac t that
the p rospec t of s p e n d i n g C h r i s t m a s
a l one in L o n d o n i n y o u r l i t t le beds i t -
t h i n k i n g of a l l the peop le w h o have
gone h o m e to the i r f a m i l i e s , is not a
very w a r m i n g i d e a .
I w o u l d a l so l ike to th ink of your
o w n pos i t i on t h i s C h r i s t m a s . T h i n k
o f h o w lucky y o u are to b e at home ,
a n d h o w n i ce i t i s for a change to
be ge t t ing g o o d mea l s a n d a l so a
g o o d bed to s l eep i n . T h i n k about
your " M i s e r a b l e " g rant and h o w you
c a n on ly af ford " O n e squa r e m e a l
e a c h day of the w e e k " . T h e n try to
i m a g i n e yourse l f i n the pos i t i on of
s omeone in a b a c k w o o d t own i n V i e t
n a m or the w a r r i dden areas of Greece
o r C h i l e . Imag ine yourse l f as an 18
year o l d b l a c k boy in the m i d d l e of
R h o d e s i a . W h a t w o u l d y o u feel l i k e
if y o u c o u l d on ly get one square mea l
each m o n t h , o r had been k i c k e d ou t
o f Un i v e r s i t y for a d m i t t i n g that your
lecturer w a s p r e jud i c ed aga ins t y o u
for the c o l o u r of y o u r s k i n ? I'll t e l l
y ou w h a t y o u w o u l d feel l i k e , y o u
w o u l d p robab l y fee l very s i c k , a n d
w o u l d be J U S T I F I E D in th ink ing that
soc i e t y w a s w o r k i n g aga inst y o u . Y o u
w o u l d f ind it di f f icult to be l i e ve that
the s tudents i n the W e s t e r n w o r l d
we re pro tes t ing at on ly ge t t ing £15
each week to l i v e on , and not be ing
ab le to l ive a l i fe of l u x u r y .
T h i s C h r i s t m a s w h i l s t y ou are at
home , p lease spend a l i t t l e t ime
th ink ing about those a r ound the w o r l d
w h o have far les pr i v i l eges than y o u ,
and yet w h o are b i o l o g i c a l l y exac t l y
the same as y o u . T h i n k about those
peop le i n Nor thern Ireland Who are
a f ra id to g o ou t a f ter 8 .0 in the even
ing b e c a u s e of a fear of be ing i n
vo l v ed in a terror is t gun batt le .
A s a f inal thought , if y o u do not
k n o w very m u c h or d o not be l i eve
wha t y o u have hea rd about th i s m a n
J e s u s C h r i s t , then p lease s p e n d a
l i t t le t ime over the va ca t i on t r y ing to
sort out What i t is a l l about .
Fo r those overseas s tudents w h o
w i l l b e s tay ing i n L o n d o n over the
C h r i s t m a s va ca t i on , I w o u l d g ive you
one t i p , that in many of the C h u r c h e s
a r ound the area y o u w i l l be ab l e to
f ind f r i ends w h o w i l l b e on ly too
happy to share the ir C h r i s t m a s enjoy
ment w i t h y o u . If y ou l i v e i n the area
a r ound Co l l e g e y o u w i l l f ind that
Sa in t P a u l ' s C h u r c h , O n s l o w Square ,
has a very large numbe r of s tudents
and overseas v i s i t o r s i n the congre
gat ion w h o w o u l d be on ly too h a p p y
to he lp y ou have an en joyab le Chr i s t
m a s .
To each and every one of y o u , I
w i s h y o u a very merry C h r i s t m a s a n d
hope that those C h r i s t i a n s amongs t
y ou w i l l pray for those in the rest of
the w o r l d l e s s fortunate than us , a n d
that those n o n - C h r i s t i a n s a m o n g s t
y ou W i l l g i v e a l i t t l e t i m e to th ink
about those in the rest of the w o r l d
less for tunate than us .
See y ou a i l after C h r i s t m a s .
N o r m .
P.A.W.N.O. A t 6 .00 p .m.on F r iday even ing I
d i d a tour of the h a l l s of r es idence
to c o l l e c t the n o m i n a t i o n f o rms for
the Imper ia l Co l l e g e Tenants A s s o
c i a t i on Execut i v e C o m m i t t e e . I f o u n d
c o m p l e t e d f o rms on ly i n Be i t and
Se l k i r k . N o w , at 4 . 0 0 on S u n d a y the
s i tua t i on is the same . I can announce
that M e s s r s . Tony Tay l o r and D igby
J a m e s are the e l ec t ed representa
t ives for Be i t H a l l and M r s . A v e r i l
D e w i n g is the Representat i ve for S e l
k i rk H a l l . A s yet, the cons t i tu t i on that
I've prepared h a s yet to be f o rma l l y
approved . B e c a u s e of th is I may f ind
it necessary to alter it s l i gh t l y to en
able the Execut i v e C o m m i t t e e to be
f o r m e d . I hope I don ' t have to do this
but it w i l l a l l d epend on the response
to the nom ina t i on papers du r ing the
rest of the week .
D u r i n g the last t e rm it has been
my task (an a l m o s t thank l ess one)
to adver t i se the U n i o n Genera l meet
ings . A t mos t of these (and there
have been s ix ) there h a s been some
d i s c u s s i o n on the rent s t r ike a n d the
grants c a m p a i g n . Howeve r , excep t
for the in i t ia l d e c i s i o n to have a rent
s t r ike , very f ew other agreement have
been r eached . W h y ? M a i n l y because
of the lack of people present at the
meet ings , w h i c h have there fore been
d e e m e d inquorate . The q u o r u m is at
present 3 0 0 out of a tota l of 4 , 0 8 6
s tudents ; a pa the t i ca l l y s m a l l p e r cen
tage. Ye t the tota l turn-out at the
C C U meet ings has been co l l e c t i v e l y
more than the IC U G M q u o r u m .
If y o u cons i d e r that y o u r C C U
bus iness (and th is is N O T a k i c k at
the C C U ' s ) i s m o r e impor tant than
the amount of money that y o u have
i n your pocke t s then tha t is your
bus ine s s . Howeve r , it i s no use b l a m
i n g the ICU E x e c for not t ry ing to
get the grants ra i s ed if y o u , the s t u d
ent b o d y , are not prepared to do
s o m e t h i n g about it a l s o . T h e r e a re
too many peop le at th is c o l l e g e w h o
jump at the c h a n c e to c r i t i c i s e , to ta lk ,
to argue, but there are very f ew w h o
are w i l l i n g to ac t . It is not c r i t i c i s m ,
t a l k ing , a n d a rguments that get wha t
w e want . W h a t is needed is a c t i o n .
M a s s a c t i on that invo l ves a s many
s tudents as poss i b l e . The rent s t r ike
is one of these , but not the on ly one .
T h i s not on l y needs peop le p a r t i c i
pa t ing , it a l so means that s o m e of
the peop le that do a l l the t a l k i n g
mus t b e w i l i n g to he lp out w i t h the
o rgan i sa t i on , the leaf let t ing, the pub
l i c i s i n g , the p r o d u c t i o n o f pos te rs ,
etc . , e tc . If i t takes one person 4
hours m i n i m u m to put up posters in
a l l ava l lab i l e p l aces , then it t akes less
than ha l f -an-hour for a dozen peop le
to do the same . Next t e rm ' s rent
s t r ike is go ing ahead and i f you wan t
it t o wo rk , i f you rea l ly be l i eve that
w e need h igher grants (and y ou mus t
b e nuts if y ou think the present grants
s y s t e m is sat i s fac tory ) then you mus t
be w i l l i n g to work for it ; you must be
w i l l i n g to act .
The first mee t i ng of the Imper ia l
Co l l e g e Tenants A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l be
he ld th i s week .At present the venue
i sn ' t f ina l i sed (it w i l l , I hope , be the
U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l o r M e c h . Eng .
220 ) but every res ident w i l l be get
t ing a note to let h i m or her k n o w
where it w i l l be. P l ease try a n d c o m e .
The t ime w i l l b e T h u r s d a y at 5 .45
w h i c h I hope w i l l not c l a s h w i t h any
th ing . P l ease try a n d s h o w that the
person put t ing up the no t i ces about
apathy soc i e t y is w r o n g about th is
co l l ege .
Duplicating Machines. S o m u c h
for one of my rare po l i t i c a l p i e ces ,
n o w for s ome th ing a bit l ighter .
Those of you w h o have had cause to
use the d u p l i c a t i n g mach ines du r ing
the last t e rm may have no t i c ed that
they are sad l y l a ck ing in va r i ous o d d
i t ems, e.g. ink d r u m s , fuses a n d
others . A R o n e o rep f inal ly , after more
phone ca l l s than I care to m e n t i o n ,
d e c i d e d that he w o u l d c o m e a n d
have a look. He gave th em a thorough
inspec t i on a n d then an es t imate for
the cos t of pu t t ing them back into
a lmos t n ew c o n d i t i o n . N e e d l e s s to
say, it, is on l y s l i gh t l y more expen
s i ve to buy new ones . It is hoped ,
therefore, that by the end of the
C h r i s t m a s vaca t i on w e w i l l have two
new mach ines p lus one of the o l d
m a c h i n e s for less impor tant w o r k .
The two new ones w i l l be l o c k e d
away in the d u p l i c a t i n g r oom and
w i l l be for l i m i t ed pe rsonne l on l y . It
w i l l be necessa ry to i n s i s t that a i l
peop le w h o w i s h to use the new
m a c h i n e s w i l l have to a t t end a d e
mons t ra t i on g i ven by s o m e o n e f r om
Roneo . A d e q u a t e w a r n i n g w i l l be g i v
en be fo rehand .
Christmas is upon us , under us ,
a r o u n d us . S o o n , m o s t of y o u w i l l be
w i n g i n g your w a y h o m e ( a s s u m i n g
y ou c an get petro l for your v e h i c l e ,
that the a i r l i n es ge t fuel for the i r
p l anes , that the t r a in d r i v e rs don ' t go
on s t r ike a n d that there i s e n o u g h
e l ec t r i c i t y to l i gh t your w a y h o m e ) .
O n c e there y o u can s i t d o w n t o t u r
key ( 50p a lb . , don ' t eat t oo m u c h )
and a l l the t r i m m i n g s (probab ly 50
per cent more expens i v e than last
y ea r ) . Y o u can dr ink yourse l f m e r r y
(at least 3 p more than a t c o l l e g e f o r
each d r i n k ) . W a r m yourse l f i n f ront
of the f ire (I h o p e you ' ve g o t enough
c d a l . O h ! a n d w h i l e I r e m e m b e r — ;
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S .
Successful n o m i n a t i o n for T i r a n d
H a l l : D. R. G r a y , A n d y H i g m a n .
P. A . W a d s w o r t h .
B R I T I S H A S S O C I A T I O N O F
S T U D E N T S C I E N T I S T S
T h e r e w i l l b e a f o u r - d a y c o n f e r e n c e f r o m
2 n d t o 5 t h J a n u a r y , 1 9 7 4 , i n L o n d o n , t h e
t h e m e o f w h i c h w i l l b e " T h e S o c i a l r e s p o n
s i b i l i t y o f t h e s c i e n t i s t w i t h i n t h e c o m m u n
i t y " .
T h e c o s t w i l l b e m i n i m a l , a n d a f e w
s c h o l a r s h i p s f r o m t h e c o l l e g e a r e a v a i l a b l e .
P l e a s e a p p l y i n w r i t i n g t o N o r m S a y l e s ,
U n i o n O f f i c e b y 4 . 3 0 T h u r s d a y , 1 3 t h D e
c e m b e r .
Anyone wanting a week in Paris,
a l l expenses paid, at an
engineers/scientists conference
in late January should apply to
N o r m Sayles immediately.
G o o d knowledge of French
essential.
Page 2 FEJLIX December 11th, 197S
L E T T E R S
The
historical (?)
roots of.
Christ ianity T h e lack of s o l i d fact
in J o c k ' s recent expose
of the fo l l y of those w h o
k n o w J e s u s Chr i s t as
Lo rd and S a v i o u r w a s
expec t ed . T h i s is be
cause the fac ts are so
o v e r w h e l m i n g l y c lear .
The B i b l e , T a c i t u s , P l i ny
and T h a i l u s a l l w i t n e s s
to J e s u s C h r i s t as be ing
for more than a mere
m a n .
One of the mos t over
w h e l m i n g p i eces of e v i
dence is the a c c u r a c y of
p rophecy in the B i b l e ,
even to th is very day .
J e s u s C h r i s t fu l f i l l ed
coun t l e s s messages of
p rophecy d u r i n g h i s l i f e
on earth, pa r t i cu l a r l y l u
c i d are those c o n c e r n i n g
h is death a n d resurrec
t i o n . T h e e v i d ence for
C h r i s t ' s r esur rec t i on has
never been sa t i s f ac to r i l y
e xp l a in ed away , d e sp i t e
many a t tempts . These
are d o o m e d to f a i l u r e ,
because the fac ts speak
for themse l v es , they say
that J e s u s lis w h o He
sa i d H e w a s , the S o n of
G o d . T h e f ac t s about
C h r i s t are as s o l i d a s
any upon w h i c h w e do
our sc i ent i f i c r esearch
a n d ye t peop le s t i l l
a v o i d the i s sue ins tead
of f a c ing it h e a d o n . T h i s
is i n fact further e v i
dence that J e s u s is
s o m e t h i n g s p e c i a l .
T h e f inal e v i dence is
w h e n a m a n c o m e s in to
a persona l r e l a t i onsh ip
w i t h C h r i s t , then he c a n
say "I k n o w J e s u s is
a l i ve today and l o v e s
m e " .
If anyone s e r i ous l y
doubts th i s w e suggest ,
before w a s t i n g m o r e
space in Fe l i x , that they
look very ca r e fu l l y at the
facts w i t h a n o p e n and
(for y o u , A l l ) a t ru l y
sc i en t i f i c m i n d . W e w e l
c o m e a n y b o d y to c o m e
and talk to us about th i s
and w e w i l l share w i t h
them what w e k n o w a n d
have d i s c o v e r e d s ince
w e a s k e d J e s u s C h r i s t
into our l i v e s as Sav i ou r
and Lo rd .
M a u r i c e M o l o n e y C h e m
3
A n n e M o l o n e y C h e m 3
D i gby J a m e s 'Chem 3
Chr i s t i n e L i t t le I F .
Yours
patronisingly,
etc.
S i r ,
H a v i n g been s h o w n
the a r t i c l e i n y o u r c o l
lege magaz ine o n the
' H i s t o r i c a l r oo t s of re l i
g i o n ' 1 feel I mus t reg is
ter my to ta l d i sagree
ment w i t h a l m o s t a l l the
ideas p u t f o rward by M r .
V e a l l . He appears to have
l im i t ed exper i ence of the
deep-seated o r i g ins o f
r e l i g i on . It i s not a s u b
ject to b e s u m m e d - U p
l i ght ly as M r . V e a l l b e
l i eves b y br ie f ly d i s c u s
s ing a f ew h i s t o r i ca l oc
cur r ences .
W i t h o u t d e l v ing too
deep l y into What | regard
as the t ruth i n th i s mat
ter ('the t r u t h ' a s O s c a r
W i l d e so r i ght ly says ' i s
rare ly pure and never
s imp l e ' ) so I w o u l d
mere l y r e c o m m e n d M r .
V e a l l t o read Be than ' s
' A n a l y s i s of R e l i g i o n ' b e
fore he d i s c u s s e s th i s
mat ter a ga i n .
Rev . D a v i d H a r d i n g .
Racism
S i r ,
I have just b e en r ead
ing a copy of the recent
l y p u b l i s h e d IC Rag M a g .
I fee l I mus t ra ise m y
v o i c e in p ro t es t about
one of the a r t i c l e s i n
c l u d e d i n i t .
Sure l y , as ' i n t e l l i g en t '
s tudents , w e s h o u l d b e
s t r i v ing to b r eak d o w n
the barr i e rs o f r ac ia l h a t
r ed , exp l o i t a t i on a n d
p re jud i ce that w e r e
c rea ted by our ' C o l o n i a l
He r i t age ' . Ye t one i t em
in the m a g a z i n e (on page
2 2 , I be l i eve ) b l a tan t l y
sets out to i n s u l t B l a c k
Peop l e . I w o n d e r What
i mpr e s s i on of w e s o - ca l
led in te l l ec tua l a n d l i b
eral w h i t e s th i s w i l l
leave w i t h s o m e of t h e
ove rseas s tudents w h o
are s t u d y i n g at th i s c o l
lege.
O .K . Let 's a l l have a
g ood l a u g h — a n d let 's
ra ise money for char i ty
at the s a m e t i m e ; bu t
N O T at the expense of
be ing de f in i t e ly unchar
i tab le to o p p r e s s e d m i n
or i t i es .
G r a h a m K e r w i n .
V Luv
kisses
Lo rd Gnome
Eye P u b l i c a t i o n s ,
3 4 Greek Street ,
L o n d o n , W 1 .
3 r d December .
Dear S i r ,
W i t h re ference to the
pub l i c a t i on of a qu i te ob
v i o u s l y bogus c o r r e spon
dence , s i g n e d b y a M r .
B . M c K e n z i e , i n your
qu i te o b v i o u s l y bogus
' paper ' , I b e g to in f o rm
y o u that y o u w i l l shor t l y
be hea r ing f r o m our S o l
i c i t o rs , M e s s r s . S u e ,
Grabtoit, a n d R u n n e , i n
c onnec t i on w i t h i n
f r ingement of the C o p y
r ight A c t , 1 9 6 1 .
Y o u m ay or m a y not
be awa r e that ou r C o m
pany h a s the Copy r i gh t
o n , a n d the so l e p u b l i c a
t i on r ights to, the expres
s i o n s : —
" b a n g s l ike a sh i thouse
doo r i n a g a l e , "
a n d
" a g ood set of t op -bo l
l o c k s . "
The s e quo ta t i ons are
the -private a n d very per
sona l proper ty of one
Bar ry H u m p h r i e s , E s q . ,
w h o W i shes to r ema in
a n o n y m o u s .
W e are qui te r eason
ab l e p eop l e , rea l l y , a n d
w e are 'prepared to d r o p
the mat te r c o m p l e t e l y if
y ou pr int a p u b l i c a p o l
ogy i m m e d i a t e l y a n d p a y
m e £267,000 by 6 .00
p . m . t o m o r r o w ( leave it
in l o cke r 2 3 8 in the Phy
s i c s Depa r tmen t ) .
Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y , a n d
hope fu l l y .
E. S t robes ,
pp Lo rd G n o m e .
G n o m e V E R Y W o n d e r f u l
Cast - I ron Guaran t eed
R i p Off C o m p a n y Inc.
Jock Vea l l
waters the
wrong roots
S i r ,
I w a s m u c h a m u s e d to
read J o c k V e a l l ' s e x p o s i
t i on on the ' H i s t o r i c a l
Roo t s of R e l i g i o n ' . T o
d e s c r i b e the a r t i c l e a s
' d r i v e l ' w o u l d be pay
ing it far t oo great a
c o m p l i m e n t f o r s u c h a
c on t inuous f low of m i s
c oncep t i ons . Indeed so
g l a r ing are these m i s c o n
cep t i ons that if I we r e to
be t o l d tha t M r . V e a l l
p o s s e s s e d e ven the
s m a l l e s t of b r a i n ce l l s
I w o u l d not hes i ta te to
a c c u s e h i m of l i b e l . Fo r
tunate l y no one I've met
has sugges t ed that he
has any b r a i n a t a l l so
I can refer to h is errors
as m i s c o n c e p t i o n s .
In h i s a r t i c l e M r . V e a l l
p l a ces in b l o ck cap i ta l s
" R e l i g i o n is f a l se c o n
s c i o u s n e s s " . A t f irst
s i ght s u c h a s ta t ement
s e e m s s o mean ing l e s s
that i t appears to be ' im
p o s s i b l e to a rgue for or
aga ins t s u c h a concep t .
Pe rhaps th i s is h is in ten
t i on . Howeve r , in r ead ing
the p r eamb l e to th is
s w e e p i n g phrase one
f inds h i m t a l k i n g of the
' f undamen ta l c o n t r a d i c
t i ons b e tween m a n a n d
na ture ' as ' m a n w a n t i n g
to c on t r o l nature bu t n a
ture not w a n t i n g to be
c on t r o l l ed by m a n ' . T h i s
c o n t r a d i c t i on w e are t o l d
l eads to the e vo lu t i on of
r e l i g i on . R e a l l y ?
I sha l l not g o on as I
do not w i s h to b e too c r i
t i c a l so I sha l l leave the
s u m m a r y to M r . V e a l l
h imse l f . H e refers to ' a
f an tas t i c force ou ts ide o f
h is c o n t r o l ' . It s e ems
that h e w a s apt ly de
s c r i b i ng h i s o w n c a p a b i l
ity to d i s c u s s th i s t o p i c .
N i g e l Fos ter .
T U E S D A Y , 11th D E C :
12.55 B B C News!
13.00 The Liquidator!
A f i lm starring Rod Taylor.
Adventure, women and
money lure an ex-army ser
geant into a life of k i l l i ng
for MI5.
£500
for
dead
students W e h a v e n o w been
able to f ina l i se the ar
rangements for the
G r o u p Pe rsona l A c c i d e n t
P o l i c y . T h e pos i t i on i s
as f o l l o w s : —
W i t h effect f r om 1
Oc tobe r , 1 9 7 3 , a l l s t u d
ents w h o are a t t end ing
Co l l e g e on a fu l l - t ime
bas i s or a t t end ing short
post -graduate c o u r s e s ,
a re cove r ed under a
G r o u p Pe rsona l A c c i d e n t
P o l i c y . The i n s u r a n c e is
in force 2 4 h o u r s a day
dur ing t e rm t i m e s o s t u d
ents do not have to be
in Co l l e g e o r o n Co l l e g e
b us i n e s s to be c o v e r ed .
S tuden t s are a l s o i nsured
Whi le o n Co l l e g e or U n
ion sponso r ed ac t i v i t i e s
ou ts ide t e r m t ime , e.g.
f ie ld t r i p s , spor ts t ours ,
e tc .
The po l i c y p r o v i d e s
the f o l l o w i n g b e n e f i t s : —
Dea th £500.
Pe rmanen t T o t a l D i s
ab l ement £2,000
(For in jur ies l e a d i n g
to pe rmanen t pa r t i a l
d i s a b l e m e n t there i s
a p re -ar ranged s e a l *
of benef i ts l a i d d o w n
w i t h paymen t s mad©
dependent upon the
sever i ty of the in jur
ies.)
T empora r y To t a l D i s
ab l ement £10 per w e e k
U p to a m a x i m u m o f
1 0 4 w e e k s f r o m the
fifth w e e k of d i s a b i l i t y
o n w a r d s .
In a d d i t i o n a s p e c i a l
d i s c r e t i onary fund o p
erates w h i c h enab l es
the insurers to c o n s i d
er a d h o c p a y m e n t s .
The p o l i c y does no t
i n c l u d e cover to those
s tudents w h o par t i c ipa te
in m o u n t a i n e e r i n g , po t -
h o l i n g , rock cl imbingf,
c a v i n g , g l i d i n g , b a l l o o n
ing , s u b aqua a n d s k i n
d i v i n g , sur f ing , m o t o r
r a l l y ing , j udo , karate , g o -
kart r a c ing , w i n t e r
spor ts , s k i - i n g , a n d ri f le
a n d p i s t o l shoo t ing . M
the va r i ous U n i o n C l u b s
require t h i s cover , t h ey
s h o u l d negot iate d i r e c t
With E n d s l e i g h Insur
ances (Brokers ) L td .
Petrol rationing
and RCC transport
In v i e w o f the present
uncer ta in ty r egard ing
petro l r a t i on ing , R . C . C .
T ranspor t S u b - C o m m i t
tee has d e c i d e d , if ra t
i on ing is i n t r o d u c e d , t o :
a) Con t ro l the coupons
fo r R . C . C . v eh i c l e s ,
excep t l . C . C . A . G ' s .
v e h i c l e W h i c h w i l l b e
the r e spons ib i l i t y o f
the c o m m u n i t y a c
t i o n g roup .
b) A s k every pr ior i ty
c l u b to m a k e the i r
book ings aga in for
next t e r m , g i v i n g a n
order of pre ference
for eaCh t r i p and an
e s t ima t ed mi l eage
(as accura t e a s pos
s i b l e ) .
c) Res t r i c t pr ior i ty c l ubs
to one or t w o week
e n d s next t e rm, de
pend ing o n h o w
m u c h petro l i s a l l ow
ed per m o n t h , a n d
the d i s t ance o f the i r
t r i p s .
d) T r y t o ' ensure that
c l u b s use the ve
h i c l e s a s ful ly as
p o s s i b l e ,
e) O n l y a l l o w o ther
c lubs a n d pr ivate u s
ers to use the v e h
i c l es i f there are any
su rp lus c o u p o n s .
T h e a b o v e proposal®
a s s u m e that petro l rat
i on ing i s i n t r o d u c e d o n
the s y s t e m W h i c h i s at
present be ing p r epa r ed .
If r a t i on ing i s i n t r o
d u c e d i m m e d i a t e l y a f ter
the i ssue of c o u p o n s i s
c omp l e t e , then the t w »
tours p l anned for the v a
ca t i on w i l l have to toe
c a n c e l l e d , a n d th e c o u p
ons saved fo r next t e r m .
If ra t i on ing i s n ' t i m m e
d ia te l y i n t r o d u c e d tbenr
the w i n t e r t ours w i l l be
a l l o w e d to c on t inue , tout
the users m u s t k e e p m
contac t w i t h the n e w s
papers and rad i o , so as
soon as def inite news ht
g iven out they mus t re
turn to L o n d o n .
G e r a l d C a u s e r
(Sec . R . C . C . T r a n s p o r t
A W E E K IM T H E L I F E OF ml 8 Y R ON A P P L E T
*/tt-Y w e S * * S W T
ptrs/o $eo?t TR£V jus I F ey W M
G O I 6 . Y OP- Tt+€
* i u v r e .
December 11th, 1973 FELIX Page
Poetry Corner
THE REIGN OF PEACE
O Ir ish fr iends across the sea,
W e differ s t i l l , but let 's agree
T o end the ch i l l i ng past that 's gone.
C a n you forgive, forget, m a r c h on ,
So wars, l ike snakes, are no more seen
Ac ross the bitter, blood-stained green?
L e t love now melt the shearing edge
O f frozen faith's d iv id ing wedge.
H o w great was Peter 's fa i th, and fear,
I n slashing.off the soldiers' ear;
Though Chr is t , so boundlessly humane ,
Then healed it on and stopped the pa in .
P ray parted Ir ish eyes transmit
T h e scene each side can see to fit
A s single sight w i th in the m i n d ,
A n d blind-spots see by sight combined.
M a y each h iberna l , Chr i s t i an l ight
Le t insight ca lm the Py r rh i c night.
W h e n motes impede our sight it seems
E a c h other 's chur ch has many beams.
Wha t ra inbow spans your haunted isle
F r o m L a r n e to far K i l l a r n e y whi le
M e n echo one another 's prayer
Then fight wi th in the faith they share?
" O u r Fa ther . . . " pray, " T h y w i l l be done
D i d Jesus ever use a gun?
" G i v e us this day our dai ly bread . . . "
They 've shot another h u m a n dead.
" D e l i v e r us f rom e v i l " . . . now
A n d end this God- forsaken row.
I dream that Jesus lives again
A n d cries a loud for peace to re ign!
T h e n a l l of Ire land's risen slain
R e t u r n and walk where they have l a in ,
T o dampen hate, ext inguish pa in ,
W i t h tears that fa l l wi th I r ish ra in .
N » Rac ine-Jaques , 1973
" T h e Re ign of P e a c e " was pub l i shed in
the magaz ine " Y o u n g Q u a k e r " last year ,
with the om iss i on of the s e c o n d s tanza :
A d v i c e has come our way, you see,
F r o m those who chant the l i turgy,
" T h e second stanza has to go , "
God ' s censors whispered to us: " N o ,
i Rephrase it in another way,
B u t don't offend the I R A . "
F r o m o u r T h e o l o g i c a l C o r r e s p o n d e n t .
So,
Steve Chudy of
Physics 11 -
W h y did your hair turn
Black
Overn ight ?
I saw you get pissed on Saturday
In the bar,
A n d do a Z u m b a .
Kei th 's M u m says
if she'd been there
She would have poured
A pint of Ta r tan on
You r balls.
E. Jorvis Thribb (17).
Adventures in the Union Quadrangle:
O n Sa turday , D e c e m b e r the f irst, a n amaz
i ng and unpreceden ted event took p l a c e in the
U n i o n Quadrang l e . A t about t en to m idn i gh t ,
s o m e peop le w i t h l e f t -w ing v i e w s on free speech
a t tacked peop le t ak ing part in a s i ng - song .
T h i s c a m e to happen in the f o l l o w i n g w a y :
there w a s a mee t ing of le f t -or ientated peop l e in
the U n i o n Lower Re fectory on Sa tu rday a f ternoon
and even ing , and m a n y of t h o s e present s t ayed
a f t e rwards for a d r ink in the Lower Lounge . K n o w
ing S o c . S a c ' s v i e w s , peop le in the bar d e c i d e d
to have a bit of fun by h o l d i n g the Sa turday n ight
s ing -song in the Lower Lounge . T h i s w a s a s u c
c ess , perhaps due to the better a c ous t i c s o f the
lounge , and a g ood t ime w a s h a d by a l l , unt i l at
e leven o ' c l o c k they ret i red to the ba r f o r a f inal
p in ta . The s ing - song c on t inued there , unt i l they
we re c h u c k e d out, w h e n it m o v e d to the Q u a d .
V a r i o u s songs were sung , a n d f inal ly they s a n g
the bar v e r s i on of ' T h e Red F l a g ' .
A t th i s , m e m b e r s of S o c . S o c , w h o felt that a
song w h i c h had great s i gn i f i cance to t h em w a s
be ing m o c k e d , emerged f r om the Lounge equ ipped
w i th bot t l es , and a t tacked s o m e of the s inge rs .
See ing that an u n e q u a l fight, w t h only, one poss i b l e
ou t come , w a s on the c a rds , s o m e m e m b e r s o f the
Rugby C l u b a t t empted to restore order by p u l l i n g
apart those w h o we r e f ight ing. T o do s o , they
had to ho ld one of their members , w e l l k n o w n
for h i s ab i l i t y in a fight, to the f loor. A t t h i s the.
person w i t h w h o m he h a d been f i ght ing k i c k e d
h i m in the face .
T h i s made the s ingers rea l i se that S o c . S o c .
rea l ly w a n t e d a fight, so they rap id l y t ook t h e m
apart , and drove them out of the Q u a d . Y o u m a y
be p l eased to hear that the pe rson k i c k e d i n the
face is a l l r ight, apart f rom, a broken tooth, a n d
tha t the k i cke r r e ce i v ed h is just r ewa rd .
J E M I M A P U D D L E - D U C K
H o w w o u l d your c l u b / o r g a n i s a t i o n l ike to be
in a pos i t i on to earn a great dea l of m o n e y ? Of
course it w o u l d , every c lub or o rgan isa t i on can
a lways use extra c a s h .
W e are p r omo t ing a na t i onw ide c ompe t i t i on
to l aunch a new automot i ve product . W e require
the a s s i s t ance of o r gan i s ed peop le , l ike y ou r s e l
ves , to enable us to reach the p u b l i c .
Interested c lubs w i l l be a s k e d to p roduce a
t eam or t eams of t i cke t se l l e rs . No one t eam s h o u l d
be of more than ten people . These t eams can earn
a great dea l of money by s e l l i ng compe t i t i on
t i cke ts . The t i cke ts cos t 9 5 p each , every t i cket
p u r c ha s e d br ings a free samp l e of the p roduc t ,
and the pr izes are rea l ly f antas t i c .
The t eams earn the cash for the c l u b , or t h e m
se l ves , by r ece i v ing 20p f rom e a c h t i cke t s o l d .
T h i s amounts to £2 f r om every 10 t i cke t s s o l d
or £1000 w h e n 5 0 0 0 t i cke ts have been s o l d .
There are further incent i ves s u c h as c a s h pr izes
for the i n d i v i d u a l and team Who se l l the mos t
t i cke ts na t i onw ide .
If your c lub/o r gan i sa t i on is interested in earn
ing a great dea l of money p lease comp le t e the
a t tached f o rm.
i It w o u l d be very m u c h apprec i a t ed if you w o u l d
return the f o rm as soon as poss ib l e as the c o m
pet i t i on is to beg in very shor t l y .
Y o u r s fa i th fu l ly ,
A . N O T T .
Nott & P r i d d y ,
T e m p l e House ,
4 3 - 4 8 N e w Street,
B i r m i n g h a m .
T e l . : 0 2 1 - 6 4 3 4 5 7 7
S T A P O W E R C O M P E T I T I O N
\ P l ease comp l e t e the f o l l o w i n g
I us ing b lock cap i t a l s : |
| C l u b / O r g a n i s a t i o n I
| A d d r e s s I
I T e l No I i S e c r e t a r y/Organ i s e r |
I H o m e T e l . No !
| I
J N umbe r of T e a m s
T h i s c l u b / o r g a n i s a t i o n is in teres ted in t h i s '
| project . P l ease s e n d comp le t e de ta i l s a n d |
| t i cke ts .
I S ignature —j
T o u c h s t o n e
"The place of cars in
Society3
It de feats me h o w there are so many s tudents
to W h o m T o u c h s t o n e is a c o m p l e t e mys te ry . O n e
of those events w h i c h y ou see posters for, but s t i l l
haven ' t any idea w h a t i t 's a l l about . M a y b e th i s
a r t i c l e w i l l h e l p c la r i f y t h ings .
T o u c h s t o n e i s , bas i ca l l y , a d i s c u s s i o n w e e k e n d ,
though i t has many other g ood po in ts bes ides
that. It starts off, s oon after you arr ive w i t h a
talk g i v en by the gues t speaker , w h o is usua l l y
of h igh r enown in h is subjec t . T h i s lasts roughly
an hour , and i s f o l l o w e d by a n open f o rum in
w h i c h y o u can fire ques t i ons at h i m on any quer i es
a r i s i n g .
A f t e r d inner g roups of ha l f a dozen or more
are f o r m e d ; and once a c h a i r m a n and s c r i be is
e l e c t ed y ou can d i s c u s s - c u m - a r g u e over s ome set
ques t i ons e i ther unt i l y ou ' v e s a i d your lot, you ' r e
b lue in the face, or bed , bar or snooker takes its
t o l l .
Next mo rn ing , after breakfast you can do as
y o u p lease (except stay in b e d ) , though pe rson
a l l y , no th ing short of a m o n s o o n w o u l d keep
me f r o m a w a lk in nearby W i n d s o r Great Park ,
w h i c h i s beaut i fu l at a l l t i m e s of year . If y ou go
in w in t e r though , b e w a r e of V i r g i n i a Wa t e r , a s
the ice m ay not be as s turdy as it s e ems . Indeed
it c l a i m e d two of our party (me inc luded ) When
w e t r i ed to m a k e our w a y ac ross one of the
narrower parts . A l s o to enab l e y ou to return in
t ime for l unch maps are i s sued , and are qui te
use fu l .
T o r ound off w i t h , everyone congrega tes in the
af ternoon' and resu l ts of the prev ious n i gh t ' s d i s
c u s s i o n are c o m p a r e d (hence the necess i t y o f
seribes) , w i t h the speaker g i v i n g h i s po in t o f v i ew ,
he having; the advan tage of k n o w i n g the ques t i ons
by the w e e k e n d .
Peop l e w h o have a l r eady been to a Touchs t one
w e e k e n d may have no t i c ed that I have so far
a v o i d e d the sub jec t of f o o d . T h i s is by no means
b e c a u s e it is b e l ow par. Qu i t e the con t ra ry i n fact .
It cannot fa i l t o sa t i s f y , g ou rme t s a n d ganne ts
a l i k e , a n d even the wate r tas tes n i ce r over there ,
f r om the Institute for T ranspor t S t u d i e s , Un i v e r
s i ty o f Leeds , a n d the t o p i c under e x a m i n a t i o n
w a s " T h e P l a c e of Ca r s to S o c i e t y " . Peter H i l l s
w a s very i n vo l v ed in the B u c h a n a n Report a n d
th i s didi, inev i tab ly , enter h i s ta lk . B a s i c a l l y it c o n
cern's, the p r ob l em of traffic in urban d i s t r i c t s , a n d
va r i ous m e t h o d s c once rn i ng th is p r o b l e m we r e
d i s c u s s e d . O n e of t h e m o s t interest ing ideas , I
thought , w a s the i n c l u s i o n o f a b lack b o x in every
car , a n d theore t i ca l l y t e chno l ogy w o u l d enab le
this, d e v i c e to reg is ter at a faster rate in c i t y
cen t res than in the count ry . W i t h road tax based
on t h i s , i t w o u l d hope fu l l y , act as a restra int o n
car usage both because it w o u l d c o s t m o r e to
t rave l i n c i t y cen t res a n d a l s o the dr i ve r w o u l d
be cons tant l y r e m i n d e d o f h o w m u c h he is s p e n d
ing .
The first two of the ques t i ons invo l v ed the per
sona l f r e edom of the i n d i v i d u a l to purchase and
opera te h is o w n car , a n d to What extent s h o u l d
l aws protect th i rd part ies , passengers , and dr i ve rs
themse l v es . It it w a s genera l ly agreed that i n d i
v i d u a l s s h o u l d not be prevented f rom b u y i n g ca rs ,
though restra ints s h o u l d be l a id d o w n w h e n the
safety or r ights of o the rs i s c o n c e r n e d , i.e. p ro
tect the innocent f r o m the f oo lhardy , but not the
f oo lha rdy f r om themse l v e s , as i t is c o m p a r a b l e
to th ings l ike sk i - i ng and m o u n t a i n - c l i m b i n g . T h u s
seat be l t s s h o u l d not be en fo r ced t h o u g h preven
t i on o f d runken d r i v i ng and s p e e d i n g s h o u l d .
For the t h i r d ques t i on it w a s d e c i d e d that the
tax d i s t r i bu t i on for dif ferent m o d e s of t ranspor t
was not equ i tab le or t ru ly ref lect ive of s o c i a l
cos t s that each impose on the c o m m u n i t y , and
p u b l i c t ranspor t s h o u l d be compe t i t i v e w i t h p r i
vate t ranspor t w i t h the intent ion of r e d u c i n g traf
f i c c onges t i on . T h i s led to number f our : that the
va lues a s s o c i a t e d w i t h c i ty centres s h o u l d be
c onse r v ed even if it res t ra ins pr ivate car usage ,
in those centres .
The last t w o ques t i ons were both t e c h n o l o g i c a l ,
c once rn i n g a r ep lacement for the au tomob i l e , a n d
the threat of the c on t inued exp lo i t a t i on o f c rude
o i l ' t o the natura l e c o s y s t e m , though nobody
s e e m e d rea l ly qua l i f i ed to answer these w i t h m u c h
a c c u r a c y .
G . J . K.
Page 4 FELIX December 11th, 1973
UGM-HORROR SHOCK EXPOSE A shock tactic was unveiled again
at the U G M last Thursday when a
"Jesus-freak" evangelist challenged
the quorum during the grants debate.
C l a i m i n g t o be speak ing aga ins t
the subs tant i ve mo t i on . w h i c h w o u l d
have manda t e d Exec to p u b l i c i s e and
h o l d mee t i ng s about the Grants C a m
pa ign next t e rm , M r . J . C h r i s t k n o w s -
wha t (31) of 12 A n g e l M e w s ,
C l o u d - c u c k o o l a n d , W 1 0 , th rea t ened
to cha l l enge the q u o r u m at the e n d o f
his spe e ch .
T h i s t a c t i c , w h i c h h a s r ema ined in
c o l d s torage s i n c e last t e r m , h a s n o w
been repa in ted b lue a n d equ ipped
w i th a s h i n i n g n ew ha lo (25p ava i l
ab le f r om Evange l i c a l A c c e s s o r i e s
L td . , M i l e E n d 'Road, ha l o e s , s e p u l
chres , j ackboo ts a n d other Naz i r e l i c s ,
ca l l e r s w e l c o m e ) .
C a l l i n g h i m s e l f " t h e v o i c e of the
s i lent m a j o r i t y " , M r . C h r i s t w b a t a b o r e
had c a l c u l a t e d the mee t ing to be i n -
quorate and there fore not represent
at ive of IC s tudents .
" T h i s in no w a y inva l ida tes our
firm bel ie f tha t any dec i s i on p a s s e d
at a U G M quorate or not, i s unrepre
senta t i ve un l ess vo ted for by over
hal f the reg is te red s t u d e n t s " , h e
c o n t i n u e d .
H e a d d e d : " i n the u n l i k e l y event
of s u c h a th ing happen ing , w e w o u l d
of c o u r s e c ons i d e r it unrepresenta
t ive of the m a s s of the s tudent b o d y
in th is count ry , etc. , e t c . " .
T H U N D E R B O L T S
Desp i t e M r . C h r i s t k n o w s m y m o t h e r -
a n d b e k n o w s h e r b l o o d y w e l l ' s Cha l
lenge, N o r m Say l e s ra l l i ed v a l i an t l y
for about 3 0 s e c o n d s , c l a i m i n g that
a cha l l enge to the q u o r u m does not
const i tu te a spe e ch aga ins t , the s u d
den c r a s h of thunde rbo l t s and the
mys t e r i ous a p p e a r a n c e of a f l aming
bush o n th e s t age w h i s p e r i n g i n a
deep vo i ce , " q u o r u m , a l r e a d y " made
h i m accept the cha l l enge and dec la re
the m e e t i n g C losed .
'However , be fore M r . C h r i s t ' s pec
u l i a r l y t i m e d cha l l enge (Mr . C h r i s t
is a d i r e c t o r of " N o - n a i l C r u c i f i x e s "
L td . , K i dde rm ins t e r ) a m o t i o n , hor
r ib l y unrepresentat i ve of the vast
m a s s of s ens ib l e s tudents , h a d de
c l a r ed IC ' s c o n d e m n a t i o n of the
mi l i t a ry c o u p in C h i l e and g iven a n
enormous s u m of money (be l i eved to
be about 0 .3 per cent of the U n i o n ' s
funds) to a commi t t e e for r e scu ing
u l t ra -marx is t re fugees and peasants
f rom the junta ' s just i f ied and proper
torture , r a n d o m execu t i on and pau
per i sa t i on p r og ramme .
A n at tempt to a m e n d the mot i on
was made b y Pete Lamber t w h o
c l a i m e d that the p o l i c i e s of A l l e n d e ,
w h i c h h a d led to the coup , we r e
iden t i ca l to those of the C o m m u n i s t
Party in this c oun t r y and that a c o n
demna t i on of the idea l i s t nature of
the so - ca l l ed " p e a c e f u l road to
s o c i a l i s m " was needed .
SOLIDARITY
Th i s was spoken aga ins t by a M r .
J o h n Lane of the C P G B ( S ) , one t ime
pres ident of I C U , Who c l a i m e d that
the vast major i ty o f Students we re
not ' interested in the tes t ing of the
var i ous theore t i ca l roads t o a so lu t i on
of s tuden t s ' p r o b l e m s in prac t i ce .
He c l a i m e d " s o l i d a r i t y " w a s w h a t
w a s needed now and offered to start
an " A d - h o c c ommi t t e e for the lay ing
of wrea ths on the t ombs of dead
S t a l i n i s t s " .
T h i s w a s a m e n d e d b y M r . J o c k
V e a l l (squatter , of no f ixed abode )
w h o sugges ted the conven ing of a
" P o p u l a r Front aga ins t popu la r front-
i s m " and offered to send out inv i ta
t i ons to H . W i l s o n , Len M u r r a y , J o h n
G o l l a n , T . Cl i f f , Gery Law l e s s of
M I 5 , the A r c h b i s h o p o f Cante rbury
a n d any other part ies interested in
the s e l l i ng out of the w o r k i n g c l a s s .
T E A - C U P S
There w a s m u c h d i s c u s s i o n on the
mean ing of the w o r d so l i da r i t y , bu t
P i e r s C o r b y n (Red W e a k l y s e l l e r o f
28 J a y M e w s and revo lut ionary d i l e t
tante) expa ined " s o l i d a r i t y w i t h the
m i n e r s " as mean ing g i v i n g them cups
of tea and h o l d i n g h a n d s on p i cke t
l ines , h o w e v e r " s o l i d a r i t y w i t h the
C h i l e a n w o r k i n g c l a s s " c l ea r l y re
qui res a dif ferent strategy, due to the
tea get t ing c o l d after be ing sent
8 , 0 0 0 m i l e s , name l y the s e n d i n g of
messages of suppor t and the donat i on
of m o n e y , bo th to be intercepted b y
the mi l i t a ry j u n t a — b u t i t ' s the
thought that c o u n t s !
T h e idea of so l i da r i t y m e a n i n g
uni ty i n ac t i on , w i t h a l l s e c t i o n s of
the w o r k i n g c l a s s brought into c o n
f l ict w i t h t h i s G o v e r n m e n t over the
ques t i ons of inf lat ion and the de fence
of d e m o c r a t i c r ights , to remove the
Tor i e s , w a s d i s m i s s e d by these so -
c a l l e d r evo lu t i onar i es as " c o r r e c t "
and " t h e on ly w a y f o r w a r d " a n d
therefore to b e fought aga inst , in the
interests of the bourgeo i s i e .
NO J O K E
However this is no laughing matter,
for as the capitalist system enters a
worldwide period of recession as it
is today, hightened by the "oil cr is is"
the building of a revolutionary party
based on a firm bedrock of marxist
principles becomes the paramount
question for students, trade unionists
and professional workers everywhere.
Whitelaw has been brought back
from Ireland to spearhead a series of
Tory attacks and provocations on the
working class.
He has been well trained in all the
skills of military rule, not least of
which has been the experience of
dealing with the reformist S D L P
leaders in Ulster.
NATIONALIST
He will cajole and threaten the
labour leaders in this country into
selling out every struggle of the work
ing class in the coming period.
Shaping up very fast at the mom
ent is the likelihood of a "nationalist"
coalition government composed of
the Tory party. Prentice, Jenkins.
Shirley Will iams and other Labour
Party right-wingers.
A "red scare" will be made with
which to frighten the confused middle
class into permitting the full scale
use of police and army suppression
of the working class.
A s this crisis deepens daily that is
the vista which is opening up befor»
our eyes.
A vista of unemployment, poverty,
police and army brutality that, as one
Wall Street financier put it, "wiH
make the 30's seem like a summer
holiday".
Unless, that is, the working class
takes the power and establishes soci
alism, a planned economy, and the
systematic removal of poverty which
is concomitant with such an increase
in the productive forces.
Chile isn't just a small "banana
republic" thousands of miles away,
Chile is capitalism, Chile is inflation,
Chile is here in this country. It's no
coincidence that the Telegraph talks
about a "Chilean solution may have tm
be found if the miners don't back
down", when we have all the econ
omic problems here fast approaching
Chilean standards that produced
Allende, that produced the junta and
will be our future unless we build the
Workers Revolutionary Party and the
Young Socialist Student Society right
away. Editor.
APOLOGY T h e Ed i t o r w i s h e s t o a p o l o g i s e for hav ing sug
ges ted in last T h u r s d a y ' s U G M that three of the
mi l i t a ry l e a d e r s — P r e s i d e n t A l l e n d e of C h i l e , i n
v i t ed i n t o h i s cab ine t shor t l y be fore the c o u p
later emerged as leaders of the mi l i t a r y junta
w h i c h o v e r th r ew h i m .
In f a c t i t w a s (only ) t w o . Bu t s o m e h o w I fee l
that t o m a k e s u c h a c o r r e c t i o n , in the in t e r e s t s of
h i s t o r i c a l v e rac i t y , w a s not t h e m o t i v e s b e h i n d
the oa l l s of " l i a r ! r u b b i s h ! " that sprang f rom
the l i p s of a r ch -S t a l i n i s t s J o h n L a n e a n d Renato
Ezban on hear ing the a f o r ement i oned i n a c c u r a c y .
Christian-Marxists
FOLK CLUB
CEILIDH I With Bob Davenport
jand Rakes
{Wednesday, Dec. 12th
17.30 p.m. Concert Hall
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c/-
A v i d f o l l owers of the
th r i l l - packed Fe l i x theo
l o g i c a l debate m u s t f ind
it h a r d to be l i e v e that ( in
recent years ) the m a i n
t rend i n the re la t i ons b e
tween M a r x i s t s a n d
C h r i s t i a n s h a s been to
w a r d s d i a l ogue .
'S ince Ka r l M a r x ' s
f amous " o p i u m of the
p e o p l e " ph rase h a s been
men t i oned let u s e x a m
ine it in context .
" R e l i g i o u s suf fer ing is
the e xp r e ss i on o f real
suf fer ing a n d at the
s a m e t ime the protest
aga ins t real su f fe r ing .
Re l i g i on is the s i gh of
the o p p r e s s e d c rea ture ,
the heart of a heart less
w o r l d , as it i s the sp i r i t
of sp i r i t l e ss c o n d i t i o n s .
It is the o p i u m of the
p e o p l e " .
Even t h i s is on ly part
of the p ic ture . A n g e l a
D a v i s has po in t ed ou t
that w h i l e Ch r i s t i an i t y
was u s e d to just i fy s lav
ery in the Sou the rn
States , to s l a v e a s w e l l
a s master , it a l s o i n
sp i r ed the revol t o f the
s laves . A s i m i l a r d i cho
t omy has appea red in
count l e ss peasant revo l ts
in Europe . A n d today ,
the mos t r espec ted
C h r i s t i a n s are sure l y
those s u c h as the S p a n
i sh worker -p r i e s t s o r
the Lat in A m e r i c a n pr i es t
and gue r i l l a l eade r , Tor
res, w h o have sac r i f i c ed
their f r e edom, comfo r t ,
and even l ives to fight
opp r e s s i on . T h r o u g h o u t
its h i s to ry " C h r i s t i a n i t y "
has c on ta in ed t w o re l i
g i ons . One , usua l l y the
dominan t , has just i f i ed
opp r e s s i on and encour
aged pass i v i t y , accept
ance of one ' s p l a ce , do-
g o o d i n g . T h e o ther h a s
insp i r ed revo l t . A n
attack o n a l l C h r i s t i a n s
i s , therefore, not very
smart .
Un fo r tuna te l y t h e
mos t voc i f e r ous spokes
men for Chr i s t i an i t y i n
IC be l ong to a t h i r d
t r end , the evange l i s t s .
A l t h o u g h hos t i l e t o the
es t ab l i shed C h u r c h , they
are if any th ing m o r e re
ac t i onary . T h e evange l
ist be l i eves he has f ound
G o d , tha t th i s m a k e s
h i m a better pe rson , a n d
that h i s l i fe s h o u l d b e
spent t e l l ing peop le how
to " t u r n on to J e s u s " .
Eventua l l y , w h e n every
one has been conve r t ed
w e w i l l a l l b e " g o o d "
and then , and on ly then,
can the w o r l d ' s prob
l ems b e s o l v e d . M e a n
wh i l e s u c h i r r i ta t ions as
m a s s s tarva t i on , f asc i s t
states and exp lo i ta t i on
are of m ino r i m p o r t a n c e
c o m p a r e d to the b u r n i n g
i ssue of m a k i n g the next
conver t . I b e l i e v e th i s
a t t i tude is arrogant , ego
t i s t i c a l , an t i -human a n d
se l f i sh , i n fact , sure ly ,
a n t i -Chr i s t i an?
The ques t i on r ema ins :
is M a r x i s t h u m a n i s m a
better bas i s for h u m a n
a d v a n c e than even the
most progress i ve Chr i s t
i an i t y?
Tha t can on ly rea l ly
be proved in prac t i ce , as
those many C h r i s t i a n s
w h o go b e y o n d char i t
ab le " f i r s t - a i d " work in
soc i e t y and try to fight
the root cause of poverty
and in jus t i ce , have rea l
i s ed . In c o n c l u s i o n , the
incomprehen 'd ing theo
log i ca l bat t le i n Fe l i x is
a was te o f t ime . Bu t i f
there a re C h r i s t i a n s in
IC w h o feel that a genu
ine Commun i s ' t jChr i s t i an
d ia l ogue w o u l d be
w o r t h w h i l e , i t ' s easy to
contac t me,
J o h n Lane.
Public debate
challenge
S i r ,
I, t oo , a m f ed up w i t h
th is " r e l i g i o n " con t rov
ersy w h i c h h a s f i l l ed
space in your paper over
the past few w e e k s ; a n d
to end it I cha l l enge M r .
V e a l l to state h i s v i e w s
at a p u b l i c debate on the
matter . I a m prepared t o
organ ise a n d p u b l i c i s e
s u c h an event, at w h i c h
a fa ir i nd i ca t i on of the
interest of s tudents w i l l
be ga ined f r om the n u m
ber w h o a t t end . H a v i n g
made these con ten t i ous
c l a i m s , M r . V e a l l s h o u l d
ei ther de f end them i n
pub l i c or s top w r i t i n g
these a r t i c l e s , as h e i s
only h i d i n g beh ind the
impersona l i t y of the
press . In any case , F e l i x
readers w i l l have a rest.
If M r . V e a l l i s g o o d
enough to con tac t me
we can d i s c u s s arrange
ments .
A. N. Syrop.
JEWSOC
TUESDAY, l l t h DECEMBER 1973
ROOM 408, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
at 1 p.m. there will be a meeting with the Information Counsellor and a
talk about "Middle East — where next?"
December 11th, 1973 FELIX Page 5
Televisions and Kleptomaniacs
Those of you w h o reg
u la r l y ra ise yourse l v es
up to the first f loor of the
U n i o n , to s a m p l e the de
l ights of I .C .W.A . lounge
or M o o n e y d inner , may
have no t i c ed that in the
T . V . r o om w h i c h c on
ta ined , in days gone by,
honour boards and a c o l
our t e l e v i s i on , no th ing
r ema ins but the echoes
of " c o c k - a - l e e k y " and
" T h u m p e r " . T h i s miser
ab l e state of affairs has
been c a u s e d by a rather
puer i l e theft by Un i ve r
s i ty C o l l e g e and d o w n
r ight l i es o r inef f ic iency
on the part of the T . V .
h i re f i rm. The name-
boards have been re
turned and s h o u l d be
hang ing in the T . V . r o om
by the t ime th is a r t i c l e
appears . Un fo r tunate l y ,
B r i t i s h indus t ry hasn ' t
yet been ab l e to p roduce
a su i t ab l e co l our T . V .
(w i th v ideo input capa
c i t y for S T O I C ) w i thou t
a w a i t i n g l is t w h i c h ap
pears to increase as t ime
passes . In the mean t ime ,
a b l ack and wh i t e set
w i l l be there. W h e n the
new co l ou r set appears
the b l ack a n d wh i t e set
w i l l go over to S o u t h s i d e
to rep lace the present
m o d e l . A t ce r ta in t imes
(Tuesdays and F r idays
at 1 p .m . and 6 p.m.)
S T O I C puts out pro
g r amme s for l .C . s tu
dents . These can be seen
by ad jus t ing the new
t e l ev i s i ons to the b road
cast input pos i t i on .
If you see anyone
w a l k i n g out of the b u i l d
ing w i th a T . V . set p l ease
s top them and te l l secur
ity or the Depu t y -P r e s i
dent , D a v i d S i n c l a i r .
IT 'S N O T T O O
L A T E T O T R Y
A N E W S P O R T !
or don't be lax
— play it! Perhaps y ou are f ed
up w i t h p l a y ing the s a m e
o l d sport that you have
a l w a y s p l ayed , or you
f ind that represent ing the
' n t h ' f oo tba l l or rugby
t eam is a less than aus
p i c i o u s o c c a s i o n . . . or
perhaps you d i d n ' t j o in
a c l u b at the beg inn ing
of the year and n o w w i s h
you had . . . W e l l , here 's
g o od news . Next term
there w i l l b e v a canc i e s
in the Imper ia l Co l l e g e
Lac rosse t eam. O.K . ,
What is Lacrosse?
M e n ' s l a c rosse s h o u l d
not be c on fused w i t h
w o m e n ' s l a c r o s s — t h e
he lme ts , v i zors and p a d
d e d leather gaunt le ts w e
wear w h e n p l a y ing are
not for decorat ion— i t ' s a hard a n d f as t -mov ing
game . T e a m s are ten-a
s i d e a n d a s m a l l ba l l is
s l u n g a r ound the p i t ch
w h i c h in layout and s i ze
of goa ls is s o m e w h a t
l ike an i c e J h o c k e y p i t c h .
W e p lay London teams
and O x f o rd and C a m
br idge Un i v e r s i t i e s .
Why vacancies now?
T h e Imper ia l l ac rosse
t eam had its mos t s u c
cess fu l s eason last year
when it w a s based on a
nuc l eus of 2nd-year s tu
dents w h o had been i n
t r oduced to the game the
p rev i ous year . No t sur
p r i s i n g l y the t e a m n o w
has severa l th i rd -years
in it, and the t ime has
c o m e to b u i l d a team
aga in for next year .
So, what should you do?
M e e t under the U n i o n
a r ch at 2 p .m . on the
first W e d n e s d a y of next
t e rm. The C l u b w i l l pro
v ide necessary equ ip
ment and w e w i l l go into
H y d e Park to g ive you
an idea of the game . It
doesn ' t matter if you
have never p l ayed before
and of c ourse puts you
under no ob l i ga t i on . W e
have league f ixtures
every Sa turday a n d you
c o u l d be p l ay ing for Im
per ia l Co l l e g e w i t h i n a
f ew w e e k s .
If in teres ted , just drop
a note into one of the
f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r - r a c k s —
U n i o n — A . J . Ha l l e t t
( cap ta in ) ; Z o o l o g y — P .
J e p s o n , Zoo l o g y I; Phys
i c s—-L . J . C l a r k e , Phys
ics III.
W e w i l l be happy tc
answe r any ques t i ons
about the ac t i v i t i e s of
the c l u b .
RCC Transport Sub-committee
-change in driver selection
procedure
(from 21st January 1974) F r o m 21s t J a n u a r y ,
1 9 7 4 R . C . C . T ranspor t
w i l l requi re :
(a) A £5.00 pe rsona l
depos i t f r om a l l d r i ve rs ,
before i n c l u s i o n on the
dr i ve rs l is t . ( Th i s re
duce s the c l u b s l i ab i l i t y
to £20.)
(b) A n y a c c i d e n t o r
damage to the v eh i c l e s
resul ts i n the d r i v e rs
au tomat i c r emova l f r om
the l is t and loss of h i s /
her depos i t .
D r i v e r s c an appea l
aga ins t the above ac t i on
to R . C . C . T ranspor t
w h o s e d e c i s i o n sha l l be
f ina l .
A l l present dr i ve rs
w i l l be r emoved f r om
the ex i s t ing l ist on 21s t
J a n u a r y 1 9 7 4 a n d w i l l
be p l a c e d o n the new
dr i v e rs l is t p r o v i d e d : —
(a) T h e y have a c l ean
d r i v i n g l i c ence ,
he ld for at least 2
years ;
(b) T h e y comp l e t e a
d r i v i n g test sa t i s
f ac to r i l y . There w i l l
be no appea l
aga ins t test f a i lu re ;
(c) T h e y pay the £5.00
persona l depos i t ,
w h i c h is re turnable
w h e n they request
w i t h d r a w a l f rom
the l is t ;
(d) T h e y re-apply be
fore the end of the
a u t u m n t e r m
( 1 4 / 1 2 / 7 3 ) other
w i s e they w i l l be
subject to another
test fee ( 25p ) .
A l l new dr i ve rs w i l l be
subject to c o n d i t i o n s a ,
b a n d c above and in
a d d i t i o n pay the 2 5 p test
fee.
If for any reason
R . C . C . T ranspor t are u n
able to carry out (b) in
the above c o n d i t i o n s be
fore 2 1 s t J a n u a r y , 1 9 7 4
dr i vers w i l l be provisionally a c c e p t e d o n sat is fy
ing c o n d i t i o n s (a) and
(c) above .
N e w dr i ve rs a p p l i c a
t ion f o rms w i l l be a va i l
ab le f r om G. Cause r
(Se lk i rk 4 8 8 ) or P a m ,
the U n i o n recept ion is t .
( C o n t d . f r om p . 6)
' B u t there are no t i g
ers in these par t s . '
' Tha t ' s r ight. Effect
ive , i sn ' t i t ? ' " .
M o s t of the ta les are
longer than these , but
the m i n d-b o g g I i n g
punch l i n e s are a feature
of them a l l . M a y b e it is
pure madness , but i t i s
a pecu l i a r b rand w h i c h
has s u r v i v e d for near ly a
thousand years , and it
covers a deep w i s d o m
and unde r s t and ing . A f t e r
a l l , w o u l d it s t i l l be so
funny if it d i d n ' t ?
A must for anyone
p re t end ing to a sense of
humour , but a l so a book
for t h i n k i n g over . Def in
itely r e c o m m e n d e d .
C A N D I .
P .S . The " b o o k " re
v i e w e d two weeks a g «
was " F a d e o u t " by J .
Hansen (Quartet 4 0 p ) .
Devalued Degrees? W e cannot be expec ted to hope for m u c h out of
our degrees w h e n :
1. — S i z e of t e chno l og i ca l a n d sc i en t i f i c pro jects
are cons tant l y i nc r eas ing , thus a l s o inc reas ing the ir
d ependence on e c o n o m i c a l a n d po l i t i ca l d e c i s i o n s ,
t rade u n i o n s ' d e c i s i o n s , supp l y or a va i l ab i l i t y of
land and resources , pressure g r o u p s ' c l a i m s , inter
nat iona l re la t ions , etc . a n d , w h i l e none of these
fac tors l o o k very p r o m i s i n g , a l l of them are b eyond
the con t ro l o f the s c i en t i s t or eng ineer .
2. — J o b s , sa la r i es and c o m p e n s a t i o n s depend
ever more on supp ly and d e m a n d , exper i ence , bar
ga in ing power (un ions , nat iona l po l i c i e s , e tc . ) ,
mee t ing the e m p l o y e r s ' d e m a n d s (rather than the
c o l l e g e ' s ) ; and less on degrees , qua l i f i ca t i ons , c o l
lege 's prest ige , etc.
3 . — P e o p l e inc reas ing l y lose the i r c on f i dence i n
" e x p e r t s " (i.e., we ) , p o l i t i c a l par t i es , very large pro
jects ( f rom l a r g e b u i l d i n g s and roads to M a p l i n s
and C o n c o r d e s ) , s oph i s t i c a t ed t e chno l o gy (e.g.,
nuc l ea r power , e tc . ) .
4 . — P r i c e s of fue l , l a n d a n d resources i n genera l
are s o a r i n g up, p l u s " o c c a s i o n a l " ra t i on ings , p lu s
cons tant l y d e c r eas ing expec ta t i ons i n fue l reserves ,
p lus more and more dependence on f o r e i gn c o u n
t r i e s ' supp l i e s a n d d e m a n d s , p lus i n c r e a s e d de
pendence o n supra na t i ona l c o rpo ra t i ons , p lus
" o c c a s i o n a l " s t r ikes ; w h i c h means l e s s chances for
our large s ca l e , h i gh l y s oph i s t i c a t ed , h i g h l y o rgan
i s ed a n d cos t l y ( in r esources a n d money ) s c i ence
and t echno logy .
5. — E v e r larger sca l e , c e n t r a l i s e d a n d m o r e c o m
p l i c a t ed t e chno l ogy p roduces eve r more po l lu t i on
(d i rec t ly or i nd i r e c t l y ) ; dep le t i on o f r esources ;
d r a s t i c env i r onmenta l changes ; o b s o l e s c e n c e of
ob j ec t s , t e chn iques a n d t ra ined or s k i l l e d peop le ;
m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s , s u s p i c i o n , m i s t rus t and b l i n d
dependence f r o m the ma jo r i t y of peop le ; l a rger
s ca l e up red i c t ed s i de ef fects, e tc .
W h y , t h e n , is it not pos s i b l e to d e d i c a t e s o m e o f
the t ime of our cu r r i cu l a (pre ferably the t ime t aken
by exams ! ) to the jus t i f i ca t ion , purpose and future
of our ca r e e r s? O n w h a t g r ounds are w e expec t ed
to accep t the present w a y s of " e d u c a t i o n " ? — ' d o e s
our op in i on count at a l l ? O r does i t on ly c oun t
When w e say s ome th ing " a c a d e m i c " ? O r are w e
expec t ed to learn What is g iven to us w i thou t ques
t i on ing and yet be l i e v e that w e are not be ing some
h o w indoc t r ina t ed?
No doubt the qua l i t y of s c i ence is d e c l i n i n g ; no
doubt there is d i s enchan tmen t w i t h t echno logy ;
how can w e be expec t ed to be p r oud of a P h . D . , i f
w e don ' t k n o w w h a t P h i l o s o p h y or real t h i n k i n g
m e a n s ? If w e don ' t k n o w Why or for What w e are
l e a r n i n g ? A r e w e expec t ed t o be l i eve ( l ike many
peop le do! ) that gen iuses can be p r o d u c e d l i k e
boxes of t i s sues?
Wha t e ve r the reasons for th i s state o f th ings
( t rad i t ion , the w o r l d , the gove rnment , c a p i t a l i s m ,
etc.) it is necessary tha t w e a l l l o ok into a l l these
ques t i ons as w e l l as into w h a t k i n d of e d u c a t i o n ?
For w h o m ? W h e n ? H o w ? By W h o m ? A f te r a l l , wha t
is educa t i on? If w e can ' t a n s w e r th i s one c l ea r l y ,
Why bother w i t h e x a m s ?
M e r r y Exams and H a p py N e w T e r m .
J . A g u i r r e , C i v . E n g . 3 1 0 .
Concert
Review:
Lindisfarne W h a t a way to e n d up th i s t e r m ' s s e r i e s of c o n
cer ts . It w a s c e r t a in l y the one I en joyed the most .
Be f o r ehand I w a s unsure wha t to expect , hav ing
heard so l i t t le of L ind i s f a rne s i n c e the departure
of A l a n H u l l , w h o w a s a very impor tant member ,
but they haven ' t c h a n g e d m u c h . They ' r e s t i l l the
same m a n l y G e o r d i e s that I r emember f r om w a y
back , w i t h the i r f amous N e w k y , w h i c h they even
sang a s o n g about . Indeed , if i t w a s n ' t for L i n d i s
farne, N e w c a s t l e B r o w n migh t never have r eached
as fa r s ou th as L o n d o n .
A s for t h e i r , m u s i c , i t is s u c h that it h a s an i n
s tantaneous a n d las t ing impac t . T h e i r songs c a n
be just as en joyab le on the first hear ing as they
are on the h u n d r e d t h . T h e t h i n g about L ind i s f a rne
i s the extra s o m e t h i n g they put into the a tmos
phere , i n d u c i n g aud i ence pa r t i c i pa t i on w i t h i n c a l
c u l a b l e ease. Even peop le l i k e m e , w h o be l ong , I
suppose , to the s o - ca l l ed " s i t - d o w n - a n d - b e - c o o l "
c l a s s , f ee l t em p t ed to c l a p the i r hands in the a i r .
They d i d seve ra l of the i r newer c ompos i t i ons ,
w i thou t forget t ing the o l d f avour i t es . They w e r e
a l l there : " N o T i m e to L o s e " , the ghos t - song " L a d y
E l a n o u r " , (n ice ly changed f r om the o r i g ina l three-
year o ld v e r s i on too ) , and " F o g o n the T y n e " ,
the naughty verse of w h i c h they d e d i c a t e d , " S i n c e
we ' r e in L o n d o n " , to M a r k and A n n e , and let the
a u d i e n c e s i n g i t severa l t imes . T h e y f in i shed the i r
s c h e d u l e d set w i t h " W e C a n S w i n g T o g e t h e r " , a
s o n g w i t h an in teres t ing h i s t o r y , i n w h i c h Ray
J a c k s o n s t i l l does h is med l e y o n h a r m o n i c a , >§
m u c h neg l e c t ed ins t rument n o w a d a y s , l as t ing qu i t e
s ome t i m e a n d Wi thout be ing b o r i n g . N o mean
feat of endurance , w h e n you can do that a n d s t i l l
have enough brea th le f t to s i ng the f inal verse as
w e l l .
For the encore they d i d yet another one f r om the
" N i c e l y Out of T u n e " a l b u m , " C l e a r W h i t e L i g h t " ,
and f inal ly " W h e n the W a r i s O v e r " , a song w i t h
a l engthy very n ice p i ano - voca l i n t r oduc t i on .
It w a s qui te a p leasant surpr i s e to me to f ind
that C l a i r e H a m m i l w a s d o i n g the suppor t act , a s
I th ink she ' s got a love ly vo i c e , and desp i te h e r
recent at tack of l a r yng i t i s (we l l that ' s w h a t she
s a i d ) , she sang s o m e n i ce gent le songs , though 1
thought she fa i r l y c ruc i f i ed the W a l k e r Bro thers "
" Y o u ' v e Lost that Lov ing F e e l i n g " .
G . J . K .
Page 6 FELIX Decembei 11th, 1973
Mermaid Theatre Company
PLAY REVIEWS
The re w e we r e last
S u n d a y week h u d d l e d in
our seats , the stage w a s
in p i t ch b lack . T h e red
l ights f r o m eager a m p l i
f iers p i e r c ed the g l o o m y
b l a ckness , dark s h a d o w s
m o v e d s o l e m n l y about
as the open ing s t ra ins of
" P i n b a l l W i z a r d " c r i ed
o u t into the m e r c i l e s s
a i r . It s oa r ed and surged ,
to its inev i tab le c l i m a x
a n d w e awa i t ed the mas
s i ve bass notes, it d r ew
c l ose r and c l ose r and
f inal ly — K E R S P L U N G !
" . . . W e l c o m e to the
show , f o lks , w e l c o m e to
the s h o w . W e hope that
we w i l l a l l be f r i ends be
fore i t 's t ime to g o " .
There s t ood the n ine
m e m b e r s of G r i m m s
a d o r n e d in c l o w n hats
a n d ruffs and w e knew
w e were in for a rare
treat — w e we r e i n d e e d .
G r i m m s rea l l y defy des
c r i p t i on . Y o u c o u l d ca l l
them a rock b a n d , a
group of poets , a set of
c l o w n s or c o m e d i a n s ;
you c o u l d , but to do so
w o u l d be inaccura te .
They are a l l th i s a n d
more , they are a n atmo
sphere , a f ee l ing , a ray
of hope in this God- fo r
saken p lanet w e ca l l
home .
G r i m m s are enter ta in
ing , now that 's a w o r d
you can ' t use about
many g roups . T h e y are
pure, c omp l e t e a n d abso
lute enter ta inment , never
p r ed i c t ab l e , never ever
bo r ing and abso lu t e l y a
joy to w a t c h . O n the
m u s i c a l s ide the hon
ours go to Ne i l Innes
a n d A n d y Rober ts . N e i l
is an u n r e c o g n i s e d
g en ius , he c an p lay h is
gui tar very c ompe t en t l y
a n d his va r i ous key
boards supe rb l y ; he can
wr i t e and ac t in a t o ta l l y
o r i g ina l way . W h o c o u l d
res ist h i m as he sat a l l
a l one on stage , p l ay ing
p iano w h i l s t he s a n g the
t i t le s ong f r om his latest
so l o a l b u m " H o w sweet
to be an i d i o t " . A n d y
Roberts is a v i r tuoso
a c o u s t i c and e l ec t r i c
gui tar p layer , together
w i t h Ne i l and Zoo t
M o n e y he h o l d s t h e m u
s i c a l s i d e of the ac t to
gether a n d wr i t es s o m e
a m a z i n g l y good m u s i c
that w o u l d eas i l y s tand
up on its o w n in a pure
rock context . T h e
rock in ' . ' n ' h o p i n ' Zoo t
M o n e y was surp r i s ing l y
s u d u e d in the f i rst ha l f
of the s h o w , but treated
us to s o m e tasty t o ons
in the s e c o n d half a n d is
a l so a very v i sua l per
fo rmer w h e n he gets
go ing . A s we l l as the
m u s i c , there ' s the poetry
and no one c an doubt
Roger M c G o u g h ' s t a l
ents in th is f i e ld . H i s
w o r k s are a de l i gh t to
l i s ten to, the shor t c ryp
t i c r emarks , the de l ibe
rate ly co rny puns , the
w o r d p lays and long love
s tor i es a l l read out in h i s
very s oph i s t i c a t ed m a n
ner, i t 's sheer poetry. If
you l ike B r i an Pa t ten ' s
very i n d i v i d u a l i s t i c s ty le
of w r i t i n g and v o i c e then
his poetry, a l though very
imag ina t i v e a n d hard to
unde r s t and , as read by
h i m the way it w a s in
t ended is to ta l l y cap t i
v a t i n g . O n a c o u p l e of
o c c a s i o n s the poems
were read over su i t ab l e
m u s i c a l b a c k g r o u n d s ,
M c G o u g h ' s " V a m p i r e "
a n d Pa t ten ' s " P r o p h e t "
for e xamp l e , and it
w o r k e d so very w e l l that
one w o n d e r s just w h y
G r i m m s is the on ly
mus i c -poe t ry g roup to
c ome to p u b l i c no t i c e .
But as w e l l as the
m u s i c and the poetry,
there is the c o m e d y and
here J o h n G o r m a n , a
natura l c o m e d i a n if ever
there w a s one, c o m e s to
the fore. T h e y have re
ta ined P . C . P l o d , w h o is
no longer w o r r i e d about
W . P . C . H o d g e s , but is
more c o n c e r n e d w i t h
m i n d - r e a d i n g acts and
t e l l i ng us about " a
p o l i c e m a n ' s l o t " . T h e
ske t ches , in w h i c h Gor
man w a s invar i ab l y i n
vo l v ed , c o v e r ed an ob
scure p lay , three pr i es t s ,
" B u g g e r me, d ' ya k n o w
What it sez 'ere, it sez
that in three days he cre
a t ed the ' eaven a n d the
e a r t h " , a h i l a r i ous ver
s i on of D e c k of C a r d s .
" W h e n I see the knave I
th ink of N i x o n and w o n
der w h y he doesn ' t jack
it i n " , " W h e n I see the
10 , I th ink of No . 10
D o w n i n g Street , w h e n I
see the J o k e r I th ink
of the m a n w h o l ives in
. . . A l t h o u g h I m i s s e d
G o r m a n ' s in terpre ta t ion
of the road ie . F l a s h ,
" F u e k i n ' h e l l , move the
f u c k i n ' th ing yer f u c k i n '
se l f , fuck y o u " , he w a s
r e p l a c e d by the m a n w h o
put the w o r d D i e in
D i c t i ona ry — T h e M a s k
ed Poet . O n leapt Gor
m a n in a p s eudo B a t m a n
— D a r t outf i t and pro
c e e d e d to spout a m a s s
of o b s c e n e poetry ( ? ) .
H e a l s o en l i s t ed the h e l p
of s ome y o u n g lad ies
f r o m the a u d i e n c e a n d
after g r app l i ng w i t h
th em burst into s o n g
w i t h the rest of the b a n d .
T h e b a c k i n g (mus i
ca l l y ) w a s p r o v i d e d by
Ger ry C o n w a y ( d rums ) ,
D a v i d R i c h a r d s (bass)
and J o h n M e g g i n s o n on
p iano , a n d they w o r k e d
supe rb l y w e l l w i t h the
other s i x present . A s I
left c l u t c h i n g the
G r i m m s T - sh i r t I had
bought before and the
a l b u m cove r s I had care
fu l l y r i pped off the d i s
p lay s t ands after the
concer t , it s u d d e n l y oc
cu r r ed to m e that M i k e
M c G e a r hadn ' t . been
there . If they put o n a
show l ike that for 2\
hours w i thou t one of
the ir major s tars , and
leave us s tunned w i t h a
vaudev i l l e a cous t i c n u m
ber and 8-foot Innes'
" H u m a n i z e d B o o g i e " as
a doub l e encore and the
aud i ence s t i l l wan t more ,
then it b e comes obv i ous
h o w b r i l l i an t they are,
so w h y do they keep ap
pea r ing at the grotty
l i t t le Cent ra l Po l y i n
s tead of our huge, capa
c i t y - f i l l ed Great H a l l ,
M r . Ents C h a i r m a n ?
J E R E M Y B A R K E R
A b o u t two years ago
a g roup of IC s tudents
felt that they had heard
enough of the p rob l ems
of p o l l u t i o n , r esource de
p le t i on and popu la t i on
g rowth to be c o n v i n c e d
that these are r ea l . W i t h
out d e n y i n g the need for
further d i s c u s s i o n s , po l i
t i ca l a c t i on a n d so on ,
th is g roup d e c i d e d to
prov ide a ser ies of acti
vities w h i c h w o u l d en
able m e m b e r s to invo lve
t h emse l v e s in imple
m e n t i n g s o m e of tneir
ideas both to d e m o n
strate their o w n conv i c
t ions and to b r ing these
ideas to the at tent ion of
others. Tnes e ac t i v i t i e s
have been numerous a n d
w i d e s p r e a d , but the
iongest - s t a n d i n g has
been the " C o m p u t e r
Paper R e - c y c l i n g C a m
p a i g n " . T h e was t e of
tons of compute r pr int
out has s t ruck many
ac t i v i s t g roups in other
co l leges as wo r thy o f
. e n . on , but no other
c o l l e g e c a n c l a i m , a s far
a -e know, any th ing ap-
. roacn ing the s u c c e s s
a ch i e v ed by IC Eco-
.ct .on.
T h e c a m p a i g n , l aunch
ed in January 1 9 7 2 after
Taking the T
out of re'f'use
l e g : A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
Heads of Depar tments ,
etc. , was based on the
p r o v i s i o n of boxes in a l l
depar tments into w h i c h
anyone c o u l d d i s c a r d
unwanted pr int -out and
cards . These boxes were
empt i ed p e r i od i c a l l y a n d
the paper s to red in a
s m a l l room k i n d l y pro
v i d e d for the purpose by
the D o m e s t i c Bursa r .
W h e n a su i tab l e quan
tity (about 1 to 2 tons)
had been thus a c c u m u -
dated , it was r emoved
by a char i t y — Re-
reach into C h i l d B l i n d
ness — w h i c h spec i a
l ises in fund - ra i s ing by
s e l l i n g compute r was te
for r e - cyc l i ng . D u r i n g
near ly two years of ope
ra t ion , the group co l l ec t
ed about 3 5 tons of
paper in the f o l l o w i n g
ca tegor i es :
compute r pr int-out
.25}- t ons w c t h approx .
£510
compute r ca rds
7 tons wortl ' i approx .
£210
Phone books , j ourna ls ,
etc .
2\ tons wor th approx .
£20.
Note that these p r i ces
are rough ly those pa id
by paper dea le rs if they
co l l e c t f r om source ; if
the paper is de l i v e r ed to
the dea l e rs , the pr i ces
are s i gn i f i c an t l y h igher .
There is a l so a re lated
sav ing to the c o m m u n i t y
as the London rate-payer
has to pay £6 to £10 for
the c o l l e c t i on and d i s
posa l of every ton of re
fuse.
T h e long- term a i m of
the c a m p a i g n was to
demons t ra t e to the C o l
lege author i t i es the f i
nanc i a l v i ab i l i t y of the
s cheme and to th is end
a de ta i l ed report was
s u b m i t t e d to trie Rector ,
the Secre tary and the F i
nanc i a l Secre tary in M a y
1 9 7 2 . Th i s report, not
ing that Co l l e g e em
ployees have a l ready
to move refuse f r om
source to c o l l e c t i on
po.nt s h o w e d than an a n
nua l i n come of up to
£2,000 c o u l d be gene
rated w i t h a m i n i m u m of
segregat ion . T a l k s c o n
t inued for w e l l over a
year unt i l f ina l l y , last
m o n t h , ' the C o l l e g e
agreed to take over the
w h o l e s cheme ( cut t ing
out R I C B , of c o u r s e ) . T o
g ive them a start, the
group presented the C o l
lege w i th 3 t ons of c o m
puter was te w h i c h was
recent ly s o l d for over
£70.
The fu l l imp l emen ta
t ion of the s c h e m e is de
pendent on W e s t m i n s t e r
C o u n c i l ' s i ns ta l l a t i on of
a genera l was t e c o m
pressor — a Dumps t e r
in M e c h . Eng . , s i m i l a r to
that at present opera t ing
in Sou th S i d e . O n c e
th is is done , the s m a l l
br i ck b u i l d i n g in the
East Cour t can be used
as a paper store. There
may a lso be p rob l ems
w i t h N U P E to be i r oned
out. In the meant ime ,
anyone w i t h a large
quant i ty of eas i l y
hand l ed paper was te
s h o u l d in fo rm M r . Brack
ing of S u p p l i e s — Int.
3 2 0 6 .
M A R K B A L D W I N
on behal f of IC
E c o - A c t i o n
Digby the biggest dog
i n the world
FILM O n e of th i s year ' s C h r i s t m a s presents to c h i l d
ren f r om O d e o n s throughout the count ry w i l l be
D i g b y the B igges t D o g in the W o r l d " (Cert . U )
T h e f i l m stars " D u l u x " as D i gby , J i m D a l e as Jef f
E l d o n , S p i k e M i l l i g a n as the G e r m a n D r . Harz ,
A n g e l a D o u g l a s as an at t rac t i ve w i d o w , J a n i n e ,
R i c h a r d B e a u m o n t as her son B i l l y , M i l o O ' S h e a
and D i n s d a l e Landen .
Jef f is e m p l o y e d as an a n i m a l p s y c h o l o g i s t at
secre t r esearch centre , w h i c h is w o r k i n g o n
project ' X ' — a n e w d r u g that can g row twen ty
f i ve feet l ong c u c u m b e r s . Jeff s t ea l s s o m e of the
n e w c h e m i c a l a n d takes it home to g i ve to h i s
roses , hop ing they w i l l w i n h i m a pr ize at the
C h e l s e a F l ow e r S h o w . There he d i s c o v e r s D i g b y
g i ven t o h i m by B i l l y as h is grandfather w o u l d
not a l l o w h i m to keep it. J a d i n e arr i ves a n d g ives
D i g b y the secre t d r ug , b e l i e v i n g it to be m i l k .
B i l l y c o m e s b a c k the next day to co l l e c t D i gby
as h i s grandfather has c h a n g e d h i s m i n d . D i g b y
has a l r eady s tar ted to g row a n d so Jeff t e l l s h i m he
has g i ven the d o g away a n d is then made to eat
the t i n of P A L in h is hand c l a i m i n g it to be h is
d inner . Dr . Harz observes th i s a n d is n o w c o n
v i n c e d that Je f f t h inks he is a dog .
A s D i gby g rows , Je f f d e c i d e s to take h i m to h i s
A u n t Ina in the count ry a n d dresses h i m as a
horse . T w o c r ooks , T o m and Je r r y ( N o r m a n Ros
ngton and J o h n B lu tha l ) , w h o have a c c i d e n t a l l y
s t u m b l e d a c r o s s D i gby n o w stea l h i m w h i l e Jef f
is hav ing a mea l in a t ranspor t ca fe (a very funny
scene ) a n d s e l l h i m to a c i r c u s . D i g b y is seen o n
the t e l e v i s i on , and Jeff and B i l l y set ou t to rescue
h i m at the c i r c u s . T h e R ingmas t e r is not too happy
about D i gby , now f i f ty feet t a l l ("If he l i f ts h is
leg, h e ' l l d r o w n f i f ty k i d s " ) . D i g b y breaks out of
h is c h a i n s , pu l l s the b i g top d o w n as peop le f l ee
and starts r ampag ing t h r o u g h the coun t r y s i d e ter
ro r i s ing a l l .
No one c a n cope w i t h h i m now , he ' s b igger
than K i n g K o n g , a Na t i ona l Emerg enc y faces the
country , a Cab ine t mee t i ng is he ld a n d i t is de
c i d e d that the o n l y a n s w e r is to b o m b D igby . W i t h
D i gby t rapped in a rav ine the bombe r s move i n .
T h e f i l m is d i r e c t ed by J o s e p h M c G r a t h a n d
p r o d u c e d by W a l t e r S h e n s o n . I f e l t that the s p e c i a "
effects we re qui te we l l done and the f i l m is fu l l
of l aughs . If y ou are t ak i ng y o u n g c h i l d r e n , par
t i cu la r l y very y o u n g c h i l d r e n to the c i n e m a t h i ;
C h r i s t m a s , or r e c o m m e n d i n g a f i l m , o r if y ou
w o u l d l i ke to see a f i l m w i t h o u t sex a n d v i o l e n c e
then D i gby is a n idea l f i l m .
T h e f i l m is n o w s h o w i n g at S t u d i o One , O x f o r d
C i r c u s , a n d w i l l be o n genera l re lease in t ime
for C h r i s t m a s . HARRY HILL
The exploits of the
Incomparable
Mwlla Nasrndin
by Idries Shah
Picador 40p
BOOK One of the bas i c tenets of the M u s l i m re l i g i on
is that there is no abso lute rea l i ty but G o d , but
the on l y doc t r i ne to t ake th is to its l o g i ca l c o n c l u
s i on is S u f i s m . In his book, "The S u f i s " , Idries
S h a h has in t r oduced the De rv i shes a n d the i r ph i l o
sophy : the centra l f i gure in a se r i es of med i e va l
jokes used to i l lus t rate the t each ings of S u f i s m
w a s M u l l a N a s r u d i n .
In th is ser ies of ta les , N a s r u d i n takes the part
of teacher , f oo l , beggar or p h y s i c i a n , yet a l w a y s
manages to exh ib i t the aerobat i c con to r t i ons to
w h i c h the h u m a n m i n d is prone. O n th is leve l ,
then, th i s is a se r i ous book, but on another p l ane
it is a l so w h o l l y a n d h i l a r i ous l y funny. Here is
the home g round of the G o o n s a n d M o n t y P y thon ,
and the o r i g in of many ches tnuts of the M u s i c
H a l l :
" N a s r u d i n s ' w i f e ran to his r o o m w h e n she
heard a t r emendous thump.
No th ing to w o r r y about , ' s a i d the M u l l a , ' i t w a s
on l y my c loak w h i c h fe l l to the g r ound ' .
'Wha t , and made a no i se l ike t h a t ? '
' Y e s , I w a s ins i de it at the t ime . ' " .
" N a s r u d i n w a s th row ing hand fu l s of c r u m b s
a round h is house .
' W h a t are y ou d o i n g ? ' s omeone a sked h i m . ' K e e p i n g the t igers away ' . ( cont. page 5"
December 11th, 1973
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FELIX Page 7
EDITORIAL
A w e e k last Sa tu rday ,
l . C . C r o s s - C o u n t r y C l u b
t ook on the m i gh t of
L . S . E . at P e t e r sham.
T h i s s h o u l d have been
a t r i angu l a r m a t c h , but
S a n d h u r s t c o u l d n ' t m a ke
it, hav ing c o cked -up
the i r f ix ture l is t . Our 10
runners n a r r o w l y lost to
the i r 1 1 , a l though L . S . E .
d i d f i e ld a n i l l e ga l r u n
ner, so w e w o n rea l l y .
F i r s t home for l . C .
w a s Rob A l l i n s o n in
t h i r d p l ace in a s c o r c h
ing pe r sona l best o f 2 8 m
5Ts , f o l l o w e d by Ian
" S a i l o r " E l l i s in 3 0 m
12s (you k n o w w h a t they
say about peop le w h o
wea r pu rp l e ) . O u r last
three runners , Ke i th
" t h e y d i d n ' t s ee m e
meat , d i d t h e y ? " A h l e r s ,
P. D o n n e l l y , E s q . a n d
D a v e J o n e s ( f rom the
h u b of the W e s t , H e m -
mersm i f f ) , f i n i shed to
gether , w e l l d o w n the
f i e ld .
T h e U n i o n Bar then
w i t n e s s e d the unbe l i ev
ab l e P a d R E F U S I N G a
free p in t ( f laker) a n d the
equa l l y unbe l i e vab l e one
of Ian b u y i n g a r o u n d .
CROSS-COUNTRY
O F F T O T H E B O L T O N S In fact , o n l y three P A ' s
s tayed the c o u r s e t i l l
c h u c k i n g out t i m e —
M i k e , Ian, I and Ke i th
(near ly ) , the" la t ter be ing
a p e rmanen t f ix ture in
the B a r .
Dave Payne w a s on a
d i r ty w e e k e n d in the
M i d l a n d s , so he can ' t
get a men t i on for th i s
one . T h e g i m p w a s a l s o
absent , u n d o u b t e d l y
ge t t ing on s omeone
e l se ' s w i c k .
O n S u n d a y the t eam
p l ayed C . W . E n g . I at
f oo tba l l , l o s i n g out 1-0
(un lucky , P a d ) . Dave
J o n e s kept a t i ght gr ip
on the oppos i t i on , par t i
c u l a r l y their f ema l e
w inge r .
O n W e d n e s d a y we
ran the Os te r l ey Pa rk re
lay in su rp r i s e , surpr i s e ,
"Oster l ey Park, F i v e
t eams had been entered ,
but on l y three c o u l d be
r a i s e d due to in jur ies ,
m a n y be ing c a u s e d by
non C r o s s - C o u n t r y a c t i
v i t i e s . W e c o u l d s o o n
be b a c k to the h a l c y o n
days of last s eason .
Dave J . w a s w o r k i n g
ha rd (so he c an b e c o m e
Dr . S p o c k ins tead of
p l a in M r . S p o c k ) .
Rob A l l i n s o n d i d a n
other s u p e r m a n run
(quote, " M y va luab l e s
are in- m y t r o u s e r s " ) ,
d o i n g the three -mi l e
c ou r s e in 1 5 m 2 7 s . T h e
c ou r s e i tse l f w a s as f lat
as a w i t c h ' s t i t , w h i c h
perhaps a c c o u n t s for
P a u l " G r a n n y " C l a r k e
d o i n g 1 6 m 4 0 s ( sn i f f ) .
The rest of the f i rs t t eam
w a s P h i l M E E - l e r a n d
J o c k S t rap , w h o r ea l l y
put the ba l l s o n it by
a l l o w i n g L . S . E . to beat
us .
The s e c o n d t eam w a s
" A n k l e " W e b b , A s h l e y
Coope r , H . A r t i s t a n d
M i k e W e l f o r d . S teve d i d
a very f as t t i m e , s u g
ges t ing s o m e secre t
t r a i n i n g had been go ing
on .
T h e W - n k e r s t e am
fu l l y l i ved up to its
name , w i t h Dave Payne
not qui te r ecove red f r om
it. P. A r t i s t ( Pad ) , Dave
H o w l b r o o k e and A n d y
Fa i r he a d . T h i s w a s not a
pe r f o rmance of mer i t .
A f t e r the race , a rap id
ad journment w a s m a d e
to the Queens , r eached
2 0 m inu tes before open
ing t ime , and then on to
the U n i o n . W h e n the
mee t ing f i na l l y d i s
pe rsed , A l f hadn ' t been
for one and a hal f hours
and M i k e ( A C C II) W e l
f o rd w a s s t i l l g o i n g
s t rong ( i t 's the t ankard
tha t m a k e s y ou ex c e l . . .
uuuh . ) . V i s i t s w e r e then
p a i d to Ke i th a n d P a d ,
w h o w a s n ' t i n . W e had
thought of go ing to see
the g i m p , but d e c i d e d he
m i g h t not l ike h is s i n k
p -ssed i n .
T h e League resul ts
have n o w been correc t
ed aga in — the f i nde rs
o f a n y more m i s t akes
w i l l be r ewarded w i t h a
boot up the arse (keep
s e a r c h i n g R o n a l d ) .
T h i s w e e k ' s mot to : A
dehydra t ed m a n can ' t
a d d . H a p py C h r i s t m a s ,
and don ' t get too p i s s e d !
U . B . C O N S O R T I U M
IC 0, KINGS 2
l . C . t r ave l l ed to C o l
l i e rs W o o d last Satur
d a y to p l ay K i n g ' s C o l
lege in the F i r s t R o u n d
of t h e U L U C u p , w h i c h
w e have w o n for the past
three years . T h e game
w a s p l ayed under a r c t i c
c o n d i t i o n s on a rock
h a r d p i t c h .
A f t e r f i v e m inu tes
S tev i e Bates w a s in jured
in a c o l l i s i o n w i t h t h e
K i n g ' s le f t -back, w h i c h
s l o w e d h i m d o w n for the
rest of the game . T h i s
w a s shor t l y f o l l o w e d by
in jur ies to Ron (V.P. )
K i l l a n d B o b Day . Bob
brave ly c a r r i e d o n , but
l . C . w e r e f o r c ed to sub
st i tute h i m ten minutes
later a n d brought o n
P a u l W o r t h i n g t o n . K i n g ' s
had the better of the
f i r s t hal f , but no goa l s
w e r e s c o r e d . T h e refe
ree gave severa l u n u s u a l
d e c i s i o n s c o m p l e t l y baff
l ing the l . C . t eam.
In the s e c o n d hal f
I .C. 's re -shuf f l ed t eam
began to se t t le d o w n a n d
the i r s t r eng th began to
t e l l . T h e K i n g ' s goa l
w a s unde r a state of
s i ege , but desp i t e c o n
stant p ressure , l . C . f a i l ed
to create m a n y c h a n c e s .
T h e two best Chances
f e l l to Ba tes i e a n d Ian
B e l l , but both sho t w i d e .
A s ex t ra- t ime d r e w near
FOOTBALL SLIP DP IN CUP SHOCKER
l . C . we r e c on f i d en t of
w i n n i n g as the K i n g ' s
t eam we r e t i r ing bad l y .
W i t h f i ve m inu tes to go
l . C . p u s h e d a l l the i r men
up to f o rce a goa l . A .
Ba tes i e b l o ckbus t e r h i t
a K i n g ' s de f ender and
f l ew up the p i t ch to a
lone K i n g ' s p layer , and
f r om th is b reakaway
K i n g s s c o r e d a lucky
goa l .
N o w w i t h no th ing to
lose , l . C . a t t a cked w i t h
every m a n and f r om a n
other b r eakaway K i n g ' s
s c o r e d in the last m i n
ute to make it 2-0 . O n
a day w h e n the de f ence
h a d p l ayed w e l l , I .C. 's
a t tack was just not good
enough .
A f t e r the game , d i s
appo in t ed cap ta in B e l !
b l a m e d it " a l l o n the
re f " . Never m i n d , Ian,
there ' s s t i l l a job for you
at B r i g h t o n .
T e a m : N . B a k e w e l l , R.
K i l l , A . W i l k i n s o n , I.
Pos t l e thwa i t e , D . C a s h ,
S. Ba tes , I. B e l l ( capt . ) ,
J . K e l l y , M . H a s t i n g s , S .
A n a s t a s i , D . S a n d e r s o n ,
S u b . P. W o r t h i n g t o n .
IC II 4, KINGS II 1
M e a n w h i l e , at Har -
l i ng t on , the s e c o n d t eam
g a i n e d revenge by beat
ing K i n g s II by 4-1 in the
Upper Rese rves C u p .
K i n g s adap t ed better to
the t r i cky c o n d i t i o n s , but
we re d e n i e d any r eward
by I .C. 's s o l i d de f ence .
B i l l P i ke opened the
s c o r i n g , f o l l o w i n g up a
M a r t i n C l a r k shot . Shor t
ly a f t e rwards K i n g s
equa l i s ed w i t h a so f t
goa l (Oh w h a t a g ive
away ! ) . Howeve r , the
K i n g ' s goa lkeeper w a s
let d o w n by h is de f ence
and B i l l P i ke s c o r e d two
more goa ls be fore half-
t ime , i n c l u d i n g a
' S a m m y N e l s o n S p e c i a l '
f r o m th i r ty y a r d s . I.C.
p l a y ed bad l y at the start
of the s e c o n d hal f and
were on l y saved by the
courage of A n d y Rober ts
in goa l w h o m a d e two
magn i f i c en t saves . I.C.
then took over the game
comp l e t e l y and due to
the f ine K i n g s goa lkeep
er c o u l d not score more
than the s i ng l e hal f goa l
f r om Geoff G i l be r t .
T e a m : A . Rober ts , R.
Y o u n g , M . M a n n i n g , D.
A n s e l l , D. Pu rv i s , L.
H y s l o p , G . G i lbe r t , J .
M i l e s , B . P i k e , A . Peter
son (capt . ) , M . C l a r k .
IC III 5, CHELSEA II 0
T h e th i rd t eam p l ayed
Che l s ea II a l so at C o l l i e s
W o o d a n d w o n very
eas i l y by f i ve goa ls to
n i l desp i t e be ing he ld to
no s co re at hal f t ime .
T o n y R i c h a r d s s c o r e d a
b r i l l i a n t hat - t r i ck a n d
J o h n Bu t t on a n d P a u l
S i n g l e t o n a l so s c o r e d .
T e a m : G . E d w a r d s , C .
A n a s t a s i a , R. Perr i t , J .
Hey, A . J a c k s o n , K.
A l a m o u t i , J . Bu t t on , C .
S a n k u , T . R i c h a r d s , P.
S i n g l e t o n , A . (Beer Gut )
W i l l i a m s .
IC V 5, LSE III 1
The F i f th t eam p l ay ing
aga ins t L . S . E . Ill sur
v i v ed a lot of f i rs t ha l f
p ressure a n d led one-n i l
at ha l f t i m e through a
b r i l l i a n t o w n goa l . In the
s e c o n d hal f , they got on
t op , and desp i t e the re
feree ran out eas i l y 5-1
w i n n e r s w i t h goa l s f r om
M i k e But t e rwor th , C o l i n
H i g h a m , Pete B in t l i f t
a n d the lone Ranger .
(Ed . bad ref a g a i n ? ! ) .
T e a m : R. C o l s t o n , S .
Pa r sons , R. Hunte r , J .
Dav i e s , M . S e l w y n , M .
But t e rwor th ( cap t . ) , C .
H i g h a m , P. B i r c h , P.
B in t l i f t , T . Ranger , S .
H a n c o c k , S u b . I. L o n n o n .
P E T E D A V I S and
A L A N P E T E R S O N
A f t e r a f ine pe r f o rm
ance aga ins t W a s p s
V a n d a l s the Sa turday be
fo re , the l .C . t e am h a d
no wo r r i e s w h e n they
l earned that they were
to p l a y U . C . on Sa tur
day, D e c e m b e r 1st.
H a v i n g a r r i v ed on the
p i t ch w i t h their usua l
apa the t i c a t t i tude , l . C .
w e r e lucky not to have 2
tr ies s c o r e d aga ins t them
RUGBY
I.C. G O D O W N A T U.C. in the f i rs t ten m inutes .
O n l y the i ncompe t ence
of the U . C . backs s a v ed
l . C . Howeve r , after let
t ing in a gi ft try, l . C . be
gan to p lay very w e l l ,
s c o r i ng a try through
A l a n C r o s s l e y conve r t ed
by Dave R i m m e r . Dave
a l so s c o r e d two pena l ty
goa l s in the f i r s t ha l f .
The s co re at hal f t ime
w a s 12 -6 in f avour of
i.e. .;, ._ , ' — •
Throughou t the sec
o n d hal f l . C . were Com
p le t e l y ou tp l ayed by a
m u c h more en thus ias t i c
U . C . t eam and dese rved
ly lost by the f r i ghten
ing marg in of 2 5 - 1 2 .
T h i s was the first ma t ch
lost by l . C . to a c o l l e g e
t eam for 2\ years and
ended a run of seven
s u c c e s s i v e w i n s aga ins t
U . C . »
Is the spo r t i ng reputat ion of l . C . in j e opa rdy?
W h a t is the cause of the d e c r eas ing number of
s tudents pa r t i c i pa t i ng in spo r t i ng a c t i v i t i e s ? Is i t
a d e c l i n e in interest w h i c h has r educed the n u m
ber of f oo tba l l t eams f r om 7 or 8 to a mere 5 t h i s
s eason . Pe rhaps the present e m p l o y m e n t s i tua
t ion is p r e s su r i s i ng s tudents into ge t t ing the best
degree , i n c r eas ing the w o r k load a n d r e d u c i n g
le isure t i m e ? Or c o u l d it be the lack of money ,
w h i c h w e are hear ing so m u c h about , p reven t ing
spo r t smen j o in ing in the s o c i a l as w e l l as spo r t i n g
ac t i v i t i e s of the c l u b s . W h a t can be done to i m
prove the s i tua t i on , to encourage h i d d e n ta lent to
c o m e f o r w a r d a n d enjoy the not to be m i s s e d
camerade r i e of l . C . spor ts c l u b s . Pe rhaps if
c l u b s w e r e to use the f a c i l i t y of the Fe l i x spor ts
page to p u b l i c i s e the ir a c t i v i t i e s , interest may be
a r oused , by s tudents be ing s h o w n that c l u b s not
o n l y ex is t , but in fact do have s o m e f i x tu r es ! It
is the duty of every cap ta in to see that h is c l u b
uses its r ight fu l space in Fe l i x to the f u l l , s o
submi t your a r t i c l es by W e d n e s d a y night to the
Spor t s E d . c/o U n i o n letter rack.
B O B B .
FLOGGING
WINTER TERM REVIEW There can be f ew more nos ta l g i c expe r i ences
ava i l ab l e to m a n k i n d than l o ok ing back over a
t e rm 's go l f . C y n i c s m i gh t say " R u b b i s h ! " and not
be far w r o n g , but h o w can one counter s u c h abso
lutes as " a b i r d i e at the l ong n i n t h " or " a ten a n d
8 v i c t o r y " w i thou t every fibre in the body s t i f f en ing
in supreme exh i l a ra t i on . Non-go l f e rs usua l l y
refer to " L o v e " as the u l t ima te abso lu t e , but
those we l l v e r s ed in the " r u b o f the g r e e n " m e r e l y
use th is as s o m e t h i n g to fa l l back on w h e n the i r
s w i n g fades . Indeed it is wo r th a m o m e n t ' s
thought to th ink h o w d i f f e rent m a n ' s ou t l ook o n
l i fe m i g h t h a v e been h a d J e s u s b e e n born at
Roya l M i d - S u r r e y ins tead of Be th l ehem and been
g i ven " g o l f CIUDS, m e m b e r s h i p c a r d a n d t a l e n t "
by the " t h r e e w i s e m e n " ins t ead of t h e o ther
th ings . Howeve r , that ' s C h r i s t m a s , and not the
m a i n theme of th is a r t i c l e .
T h i s a r t i c l e is d e d i c a t e d to those f ine w a r r i o r s
of I .C .G .S . Who t rudge the nob l e road to R i c h m o n d
w e e k after week . M a n y have yet to appear in a
m a t c h l ine-up and so have not been p u l l e d d o w n
by the g l i t t e r ing hand of p u b l i c i t y . Fo r t h e m it i s
the mys t e r i ous lure of the g a m e w h i c h d r a w s them
to the i r fate.
A r ev i ew of the t e rm w o u l d no t be c omp l e t e w i t h o u t m e n t i o n i n g our r e co rd so far:
U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e lost A\ Bar t s H o s p i t a l w o n 4 ^ — 1 1
x.
-14 1 2
K i n g s t o n P o l y w o n 4 i - . 1 1 1 2
The reports o n these matches have appea red
in p rev i ous ed i t i ons , so I s h a l l not t r oub l e y o u
w i t h a b l o w - b y - b l o w a c c o u n t except to say that
the t eam has i m p r o v e d m a r k e d l y w i t h each
m a t c h and is n o w ex t r eme ly f o rm idab l e .
T h e hard w o r k put in by the c o m m i t t e e a l so
is no tab le . B i l l C a l d e r w o o d (v i ce -capta in ) has put
in h o u r s of to i l s c o u t i n g for g ood p laye rs as w e l l
as p e r f o rm ing h is major task of be ing the f i rs t
t eam supers tar . J u l e s Dan has taken on the one
rous task of secre tary w i t h the zest that B a r r y
M a c k e n z i e m igh t d e s c r i b e as " o f an abbo t u c k i n g
into h is f irst f u rbu rg e r " . A d r i a n Evans has
a l so a d d e d h is c on t r i bu t i on to the soc i e t y as
t reasurer . H i s t ough ba rga in ing t e chn ique has l e d
to the U n i o n t reasury c o n s i d e r i n g our c lub more
equa l than o thers , just as h is exce l l en t d i p l o m a c y
has m a d e h i m a m a n m a r k e d for s u c c e s s .
F i n a l l y , I have been a sked h o w these s o c i e t y
reports c o m e about . It's s i m p l e . N i g e l Foster
wr i t e s it, J u l e s D a n reads it, B i l l C a l d e r w o o d
changes it , a n d A d r i a n Evans pays for it.
N I G E L F O S T E R
CABER-TOSSING i
F o l l o w i n g the s u c c e s s of our team aga ins t
the C a l e d o n i a n C l u b of U . C . whe r e w e t h r a s h e d
them 14-1 last Sa turday , w e turned our a t tent ion
to more man l y oppos i t i on .
It w a s w i t h h i gh expec ta t i ons that w e went t »
N e a s d e n f oo tba l l g r ound to cha l l enge W i l l e s d e n
and D i s t r i c t F r e emasons to the sport of m e n .
W e took the f ie ld f i rst , and A n g u s M c F a r l a n d ,
u s i n g h is s p e c i a l s tee l t i pped pro jec tocaber , m a n
aged a magn i f i c en t 5 6 0 yards to skewer the roof
of the c h a n g i n g r ooms , in w h i c h the o p p o s i t i o n
were c r i n g i n g . No one was hurt ( m u c h ) .
Desp i t e y o u n g b rawny A l e c M c C a w l e y ' s ex
ce l l en t th row of 3 4 0 yards , un for tunate ly , how
ever b a c k w a r d s , w e w o n 6-0 due t o the o p p o s i
t i on re t i r ing w i t h mu l t i p l e he rn ias .
- H A M I S H M c P S E U D O N Y M I T A B L E
Page 8 FELIX December 11th, 1973
D R A M S O C
CAMINO REAL BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Beit Theatre (Union Concert
Hall) 5th to 8th December. Pr ince C o n s o r t Road w a s f i l l ed w i t h cars a n d
50-seater c o a c h e s , c r o w d s m i l l e d in the streets ,
it is F r i day n ight and D r a m s o c are about to per
f o rm " C a m i n o R e a l " .
P a r a g r a p h o n e o n the C a m i n o R e a l r e v i ew —
l ights d o w n , enter D o n Qu i xo t e and S a n c h o Panza
f r o m the back of the h a l l . W e no t i c e the stage has
a large ex t ens i on , b l a ck c l o th cove r s the ra i s ed
po r t i ons a n d the charac te rs enter and ex i t v ia
these c i o ths . O b v i o u s l y th is is to be no o rd inary
p l ay , the aud i ence is here to get i n vo l v ed , not
mere l y sp e c t a t e . D o n Q u i x o t e en t e r s the C a m i n o
Rea l , h is c o m p a n i o n S a n c h o runs back to La
M a n c h a , Qu i xo t e s l eeps . . . .
Paragraph two on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —
a n age ing gen t l eman in wh i t e su i t a n d p ink b o w
t i e , a M r . G u t m a n , announces B l a c k 1 on the
C a m i n o Rea l , he is to be our narrator , an overseer ,
s o m e o n e of s o m e impor tance . But let us cons ide r
the a c t i on , the p l o t ? A surv i vo r c r a w l s f r om the
dese r t on to the p l a z a , he tu rns t o w a r d s the S i e t e
M a r e s , desp i t e a d v i c e to the cont rary . A l oud
shot r ings out a n d the desperate m a n fa l l s to the
g r o u n d , c r a w l i n g over the d r i ed -up f oun ta in .
J a c q u e s C a s a n o v a is a p p a l l e d by these events ,
there is no th ing he can do . G u t m a n is n o w on
the phone to h is super i o r , d e s c r i b i n g the scene ,
a b l i n d g i r l and a gu i tar - to t ing d r eamer ass i s t the
surv i vo r , but no t for l ong . " T h e surv i vo r is no
longer s u r v i v i n g " .
Pa ragraph three on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —
' K i i r o y is c o m i n g " , wr i t t en in cha lk on the w a l l ,
enter an ex-boxer born a n d bred in Texas , Y e s s i r ,
" K i i r o y is h e r e " . H i s hear t , the s i ze of a baby ' s
h e a d , has g r own w e a k a n d a pa i r of g o l d e n b o x i n g
g loves d raped round his neck r ema in as a r eminder
of h is g l o r i ous past . H i s wa l l e t is s to l en by street
vagrants . In t yp i ca l A m e r i c a n s t y l e he s tands h is
g r o u n d , con f ronts M r . G u t m a n , w h o offers h i m a
job as a " P a t s y " — a c l o w n . K i i r o y tr ies to escape
h i s fate, he is caught and fo rced to wear the
c l o w n ' s mask , the f l a sh ing nose .
Paragraph four on the C a m i n o Real r ev i ew —
r e m e m b e r the surv i vo r , h e is c a r r i e d off in a dust
b i n by " T h e S t r e e t c l e a n e r s " , the same fate be fa l l s
t h e B a r o n d e C h a r l u s u p o n h i s d e m i s e , is there any
e s cape f r om th is . . . . th is p l a c e ? O h yes , ac ross
the desert , the no th ing , no th ing and more no th ing ,
t o the s n o w - c o v e r e d moun ta ins o n the ho r i z on .
K i i r o y is c l o w n , end of B l a c k 6, in te rva l .
Pa ragraph f ive on the C a m i n o R e a l r e v i e w —
" I t ' s not so m u c h a p lay as a state of m i n d " —
It's very i m p r e s s i v e , i sn ' t i t " — L o o k , d a r l i n g , it
says in the p r o g r a m m e that everyone reaches the
C a m i n o Rea l at s o m e stage in their l i fe , w e leave
t h e i l l u s i o n s of you th b e h i n d a n d e a c h has to f ace
the Te r ra Incognita (the desert ) of age in your o w n
w a y " — "I don ' t ge t i t " — " W h a t ' s it a l l a b o u t ? "
— " W h a t does it m e a n ? " — M E A N ? M E A N ?
W H A T D O E S IT M E A N ? The f oo l s , do they th ink
they ' v e c o m e to see " C o r o n a t i o n S t r e e t " ?
Paragraph s i x on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w — T h e
great lover , J a c q u e s C a s a n o v a , i s t a l k ing w i t h the
fa i r Margue r i t e , she s t i l l d w e l l s on the angu i sh
o f the c o m i n g of her menopause , " i t ' s a lways a
w h i t e f l owe r n o w , never a p i n k " . C a s a n o v a ' s
thoughts are on love and res t ing on the C a m i n o
Rea l , Ma rgue r i t e ' s are on escape . S u d d e n l y , there
in the sky , that no ise , g e t t ing louder , i t ' s the u n
s c h e d u l e d f l i ght , the F u g i t i v o ! C h a o s , peop le run
n ing , shou t ing , cases , t i cke ts , money , papers , C u s
t oms , " q u i c k J a c q u e s , get my money , my c l o thes ,
m y papers — let me get out — the F U G I T I V O ! " —
hur r y , more chaos , no i se , peop le r u n n i n g , Lo rd
M u l l i g a n ca r t ed off by the street c l eaners , more
peop l e r u n n i n g , the no ise , the l ights , the Fug i t i v o
leaves. M a r g u e r i t e is left on the steps s t r anded ,
«in tears , t r apped . She no longer wan t s J a c q u e s
C a s a n o v a , she leaves h i m .
Paragraph seven on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —
L o r d B y r o n l e a v e s the Siete M a r e s to re turn to h i s
ene m a i n devo t i on in l i fe . . . . to . . . .? W h a t is
h i s one m a i n devo t i on? B y r o n exp l a ins h o w h is
heart is in the on l y ins t rument he s h o u l d l i s t en to .
F e l i x i s p u b l i s h e d b y t h e E d i t o r f o r a n d o n b e h a l f o f t h e
I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d a n d i s p r i n t e d b y
F . B a i l e y a n d S o n L t d . , D u r s l e y , G l o s . G L 1 1 4 B L .
not r ows of p a i d m u s i c i a n s ; in the b a c k g r o u n d the
dreamer qu ie t l y p lays , B y r o n w a l k s up the s ta i rcase
to the Te r ra Incogni ta , " s o m e o n e s top h i m , w a r n
h i m of the d e s e r t " , B y r o n is u n d a u n t e d , he k n o w s
wha t he is d o i n g , he w a l k s out of C a m i n o Rea l
a n d is gone. W h a t of those that r ema in , they have
a l l pa id the pr i c e of a d m i s s i o n — D E S P E R A T I O N .
T h o s e w i t h c a s h in the S ie te M a r e s , those w i thout
e i ther in the " R i t z — M e n O n l y " or on the streets .
T h e set of the ent ire p lay is s i m p l e , but ef fective,
r ea l i s t i c . T h e S ie te M a r e s , whe r e the r i ch re
s ide on the r ight, the pawnbroke r s a n d " P i t y — M e n
O n l y " on the left.
Pa rag raph e ight on the C a m i n o Rea l r ev i ew —
it is F ies ta t ime , jo in in the fun , ton ight the r i s i ng
m o o n w i l l turn E s m e r a l d a , the G y p s y ' s daughter ,
in to a v i r g in , a n d a chosen hero w i l l b e f o u n d .
K i i r o y hocks h is go l den g loves to f inance an ex
ped i t i on a c r o s s the deser t and away . C a s a n o v a
wears h is c r o w n of h o r n s , o b l i v i o u s to the c r o w d ' s
taunts . H a i l E s m e r a l d a , the v i r g i n , she chooses
K i i r o y as her hero , he is torn be tween escape
and the t empta t i ons of the G y p s y ' s daughter , t emp
ta t ion w i n s , longer in te rva l .
Pa rag raph n ine o n the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —
" L e t ' s get d o w n t o the bar before everyone e l s e " —
" W a n t a choco la t e or a bar ley sugar , d e a r ? " " N o w
I'm b e g i n n i n g to unde r s t and it, the C a m i n o Rea l
i s obv i ous l y that s tage in a pe r son ' s l i fe w h e n
he (or she) has to f ace the a g o n i s i n g rea l i ty
of g r o w i n g o l d . If one c an accep t th is then they
c an c ross the Terra Incognita w i t h no p r o b l e m s .
C a s a n o v a ' s w h o l e l i fe is cen t red a r o u n d his v i r i
l i ty and as this d ec l i n es w i t h h is i n c r eas ing age he
c a n n o t c o m e to t e rms w i th it a n d s o is s t r a n d e d
on C a m i n o Rea l . S i m i l a r l y , K i l r o y s ' w h o l e l i fe
w a s h is box ing career , w h e n his heart g rew weak ,
and the m e d i c s w o u l d n ' t O .K . h i m for any more
f ights he too c o u l d n ' t face h is fate, c o u l d n ' t face
o l d age, so he too r ema ins on C a m i n o Rea l . Lo rd
B y r o n , however , once he has a c c e p t e d the m i n o r
po in ts of o l d age, is ab le to return to h i s poetry
and c an con t inue w r i t i n g as long as he l i kes , so
he can b l i t h e l y w a l k out of the p lace . Margue r i t e
d w e l l s too m u c h on her past to be ab l e to e scape
no matter h o w m u c h she wants t o " — " W e ' d
better get back now , i t ' l l be s tar t ing aga in s o o n " .
Paragraph ten on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i ew —
the G y p s y f i l l s in the chosen he ro f o rms for K i i r o y
and Nurs i e br ings in E s m e r a l d a . She stre tches
s educ t i v e l y on the c o u c h , two s m a l l c o i l e d green
snakes g u a r d i n g her breasts . K i i r o y is too wor
r i ed about the G y p s y ' s news that he is next on the
street c l eaners l ist to concent ra te on the Job at
h a n d . He spends a long t ime impr e s s ing Esme
ra lda w i t h h is s ince r i t y and is f i n a l l y a l l o w e d
to l i ft her v e i l . He is th rown out by the G y p s y
a n d lands on . . . . •
Paragraph e leven on the C a m i n o Real r e v i e w —
K i i r o y is o n the p laza , G u t m a n ass i s t s C a s a n o v a ' s
exi t f rom the S ie te M a r e s . K i l r o y ' s heart is too
weak to carry the be f r i ended C a s a n o v a ' s bag into
its n ew home , the R I T Z — M e n O n l y . K i i r o y de
c ides to s l eep out under the s tars , he is j o ined by
Marguer i t e and w h e n the street c l eaners approach
he is ready for them. Bu t his r es i s tance is too
weak , a l l in v a i n .
Pa rag raph twe l v e on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —
K i l r o y ' s body is be ing inves t i ga ted by a d i s s e c t i o n
c l a s s , the ins t ructor r emoves the heart, a g o l d e n
one the s i ze of a b a b y ' s head , K i i r o y grabs h is
heart f r om the ins t ructor and in t ry ing to c o n v i n c e
the s l e ep ing E s m e r a l d a he is more t h a n a t om
cat , p a w n s his heart for a c o l l e c t i o n of c h e a p
s tones and furs to impress the s l e ep ing G y p s y
daughter . H e fa l l s to the dry f ounta in , b r oken ,
s c r e w e d , r obbed , deso la te , a w r e c k . . . . D o n
Qu ixo t e awakes a n d w a s h e s h is face , c l e a n s h is
teeth in the f resh c l e a n water of the f oun ta in . T h e
c r o w d of vagrants are s t u n n e d , they leap upon
the f ounta in as K i i r o y a n d Qu i xo t e c l i m b the sta ir
case together , t owards the Ter ra Incogni ta .
Pa rag raph th ir teen on the C a m i n o Rea l r e v i e w —
cred i t s : The p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i r e c t i on of D e n y s
Bennet t w a s as i m m a c u l a t e as " T h e C r u c i b l e "
and the genera l s t anda rd of a c t ing rea l ly exce l l en t .
A l t h o u g h not per fec t , it is i m p o s s i b l e to faul t the
p r o d u c t i o n , a very d i f f i cu l t p lay indeed to pe r f o rm,
one w h i c h w a s t a c k l e d in a very adven turous a n d
p ro f e s s i ona l manner . T h e props , c o s t u m e s a n d
scenery we re very r ea l i s t i c and c o n v i n c i n g . T h e
on l y rea l ly ou t s t and ing i n d i v i d u a l p e r f o rmance w a s
that of Pat G o r m a n as K i i r o y , a l though Steve
Grove (Gutman) M i k e S t ranger (Casanova ) , P enny
P y k e (Marguer i t e ) and C a r i n a S t a n d i n g ( G y p s y ) ,
not forget t ing S h e i l a H u g h e s (her daughter ) sup
por ted very w e l l . T h e p lay w a s perhaps too sur
rea l i s t i c for s o m e peop le to enjoy on the super
f i c i a l l eve l , but cho r eog raphy (by M a d e l i n e
C laque ) and superb l i gh t ing (by A l e c M a c A n d r e w )
e n h a n c e d the ent i r e p r o d u c t i o n to s u c h a d e g r e e
that everyone mus t have got some th ing out of it.
It's a p l a y to t h i n k about , t o interpret in your o w n
w a y to w o r k ou t for yourse l f ; c o n s i d e r your o w n
s i tua t i on , d r a w your o w n c o n c l u s i o n s , w r i t e your
o w n rev i ew. " T h e cu r t a in l ine has been s a i d , s o
lower i t " . A m e n .
J E R E M Y B A R K E R
VACANCY The pos t of sabba t i ca l edi tor of FEL IX w i l l be
c o m e vacant s ta r t ing at the end of th i s t e rm.
H o l d e ve ry th ing ! Be fore you a l l r each for the
a p p l i c a t i o n f o rms , let me te l l y ou that it m igh t
not ex is t next t e rm, dependent on last n i gh t ' s
C o u n c i l d e c i s i o n s .
FEL IX has been in deep f i nanc i a l wa t e r s i n c e
hal f t e rm, d u e to a p e c u l i a r s ide-ef fect of the e c o
n o m i c c r i ses w h i c h has made f i rms change the ir
m i n d s about adve r t i s ing in London s tudent news
papers (except Senne t ) .
They a l l used to get their ads f r om one brokers
c o m p a n y w h i c h has s ince p a c k e d i n a l l cont rac ts
w i t h London s tudent newspapers as even they
can ' t get a d s .
Be fore M i n e s News le t t e r p ipe up w i t h s tor i es of
the ir un r i v a l l ed f i nanc i a l a c u m e n in ex to r t ing a
c o u p l e of q u i d ' s wo r th of ads per for tn ight off
l oca l t raders , may il state that FEL IX needs over
£50 per week w o r t h of a d v e r t i s i n g to avert large
in jec t ions of U n i o n cap i t a l .
C o u p l e d w i t h t h i s d rop in adve r t i s ing revenue
h a s been s oa r ing newspr in t cos ts w h i c h I fee l
makes the present f o rmat of FEL IX (8-page
w e e k l y ) no l onge r f eas ib l e .
A n y o n e interested in he lp ing w i t h whatever
m e d i a pro ject C o u n c i l d e c i d e to back to d i s s e m i
nate news , spews and rev i ews r ound the C o l l e g e
s h o u l d con tac t N o r m Say l e s or Pau l W a d s w o r t h
in the U n i o n office, e i ther n o w or s t ra ight away
next t e rm .
In case anyone ' s w o n d e r i n g w h y I'm j a c k i n g in
the s tudent ed i tor s cene , the answer can be de
d u c e d f r om the statement"£400 grant for my th i rd
year next year a n d no parenta l c on t r i bu t i on a va i l
a b l e " .
Ergo e lk Py thon d i x i t .
A n y w a y , be fore any more Lat in quota t i ons c rop
up w h i c h have to be taken c u m grano sa l i s as they
say, th is has been a rea l l y great t e rm ed i t i ng FEL IX
a n d I'm sorry that it has to e n d in s u c h a f i d u c i a l
conf lagrat ion , bu t I have no doubt that that scro t ty
moggy w i l l re-appear aga in next t e rm, a l though in
a d i f ferent hat, no doubt .
Espec i a l thanks are due to Dave , S i m i n e a n d
G r a h a m for m i n d - s t u n n i n g layouts , s co res of n o m s -
de^plume a n d real p e o p l e for a r t i c l e s , r ev i ews a n d
Ron A p p l e b y ' s ca r t oon , the C P , IS, I M G for acute
a t tacks of W e i m a r m e m o r i a l nausea , G o d s q u a d
w i thou t w h i c h I m igh t have an extra r i b , P a u l G e e
for pre fer r ing t yp ing courses to ba r r i cades , S c a -
ramanga for not g i v i n g my secret away , N o r m ,
Pau l a n d Dave for be ing better t h a n the d e v i l s
y ou don ' t k n o w , B o b Bar l ey for spor ts ed i t o r i a l
of the t e rm, B o b M i l s o m for f i r s t - c l ass cour i e r ing
a n d env iab l e pa t i ence a n d last but not least J e n
for 1,001 th ings a day. A L I .
CROSS-COUNTRY Se r i ous l y though (see 2 3 ) , the rest of the team
e l s ewhere ) , the X - C o u n - f i n i s h e d w i t h a more
t ry C l u b s a w its f ines t t h a n u s u a l p a c k i n g i n t h e
hour (so far) at the U L m i d d l e ; Pau l C l a r k e 3 1 s t
C h a m p i o n s h i p s th is S a - ( 3 1 m 4 3 ) , P h i l M e y l e r
turday past . Desp i t e the and S t eve W e b b 3 4 a n d
loss of no less than f i ve 3 5 t h ( 3 2 m 2 7 / 8 ) , Dave
of o u r more p rominen t W e s t 4 0 t h , R i c h H a r r i n g -
s tars by injury, ou r t r a - ton 4 4 , Dave J o n e s 4 7 ,
d i t i o n a l p l a c i n g of fourth M i k e W e l f o r d 5 0 , Dave
(just ou t s ide the meda l s ) Payne 5 3 , P a d D o n n e l l y
w a s once aga in ach i ev - 60 th and Pete J o h n s o n ,
ed . Even the b i t t e r l y c o l d w i t h in jured leg , 61s t .
w i n d c o u l d not s t aunch H a v i n g s a i d w e w e r e
the e n t h u s i a s m of the 4 t h , w e were a l s o 5 th
dozen of us w h o r a n , (the s e c o n d team) in
though those w h o s e f r on t of L S E B (aga in ) ,
ab i l i t y na tura l l y be f i t s S i x t eams f i n i s h e d ,
them (except D a v e m a n y s tar t ed . A n ex-
Payne) for a p l a c e at the ( 1 9 5 7 ? v intage ) cap ta in
back had to f i n i s h in a of I C C C C w a s a l so r u n -
bl i zzard of h a i l : the pro - n i n g .
pos i t i on that c ross c o u n - T o counte rac t the ef-
try is more f un in these feet of the f oo tba l l
c ond i t i ons w a s not w e l l ma t ches , R o b is prepar-
r ece i ved , e s p e c i a l l y by ing C h r i s t m a s T r a i n i n g
the t w o in jured lans w h o S c h e d u l e s ; the effect of
we re t i m e k e e p i n g o n top these w i l l no doubt b e
of the h i l l . o b s e r v ed next t e rm.
O n c e aga in led by D J
R o b A l i n s o n , 18th in 3 0 m (un l ike others not h u m -
11 for the 5 m i l e s and m i n g ) .
Ne i l B o a g (25th, 3 1 m
the end of first lap—Steve Webb about to pass
these two.
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a r e a v a i l a b l e to b e s t p o s s i b l e a d v a n t a g e . F r o m
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a s u b s t a n t i a l a m o u n t of s e c u r i t y .
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e x p e r i e n c e d the k i n d of p r o b l e m s y o u a r e
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a n d / o r o b l i g a t i o n .
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a s s u r a n c e of the h i g h e s t r e t u r n o n y o u r i n v e s t
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