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ED^rORIAL

We were e x t r e m e l y g r a t i f i e d by the r e c e p t i o n g i v e n t o our f i r s t i s s u e ; i t was, i t seems, a s u c c e s s . 600 c o p i e s were p r i n t e d and a l l were s o l d "before 10 a.m., and i t was r e p o r t e d t h a t some sportsmen were o f f e r i n g t h e i r c o p i e s t o t h e l a t e c o m e r s a t 4d, and f i n d i n g p l e n t y of t a k e r s . The cure f o r any b l a c k market i s t o i n c r e a s e the s u p p l y , and so 1000 c o p i e s of t h i s i s s u e w i l l be p r i n t e d , and we hope t h a t . t h i s w i l l meet the demand. However, f i r s t a f f a i r s are.' a x i o m a t i c a l l y never e n t i r e l y s u c c e s s f u l In the l i g h t of f u r t h e r • e x p e r i e n c e , and we hope s t e a d i l y t o improve, the q u a l i t y of FELIX w i t h each s u c c e e d i n g i.saue . Any s u g g e s t i o n s .and- c r i t i c i s m s are v e r y welcome, and i f you cannot be b o t h e r e d t o put' a note t o the E d i t o r i n the I.G.Union r a c k , you probably.know some members of the Board, at l e a s t by s i g h t , and can mention your s u g g e s t i o n s when nex t you meet.

In t h i s I s s u e we are s t a r t i n g two f e a t u r e s e r i e s w h i c h we hope t o c o n t i n u e i n each i s s u e . The f i r s t i s a " P r o f i l e " , a f e a t u r e c o p i e d u n b l u s h i n g l y from a l e a d i n g Sunday newspaper. In i t we s h a l l , p r e s e n t p e r s o n a l i t i e s of whom we t h i n k you would w i s h t o know more; s t u d e n t s p a s t or p r e s e n t , s t a f f , and i n s t i t u t i o n s . We w i s h to avoid, making t h i s a mere c a t a l o g u e of P r o f e s s o r s and Union o f f i c i a l s , and s h a l l s t r i v e t o g i v e as much v a r i e t y as p o s s i b l e . F o r t h i s r e a s o n we are s t a r t i n g the s e r i e s w i t h " a P r o f i l e on the Union b a r , f o r few would deny t h a t t h i s e x c e l l e n t • i n s t i t u t i o n has g r e a t p e r s o n a l i t y , and few know i t i n a l l i t s v a r y i n g moods.

The second new f e a t u r e i s "The D r i n k i n g Man's Guide t o London" Those who do not know London are o f t e n b e s e t w i t h the problem of where t o go when they want a d r i n k , f o r , of the thousands of pubs i n London, so few are r e a l l y p l e a s a n t . I n t h i s s e r i e s , t h e n , we s h a l l i n t r o d u c e you t o some of the b e t t e r h o s t e l r i e s i n town, and t r y t o i n d i c a t e the f e a t u r e s o f each, the type of person who f r e q u e n t s them, whether t h e y be q u i e t or c o n v i v i a l , the k i n d of b e e r , c l o s i n g time and so on. We t r u s t t h a t the s t a r t i n g of t h i s s e r i e s i n ' t h e same i s s u e as a " P r o f i l e " o n the ba r w i l l n u t be h e l d t o g i v e i t too much of a b e e r y b i a s , but the l a t t e r i s a non­r e c u r r i n g f a c t o r and so the b i a s w i l l be temporary.

I n our next i s s u e we i n t e n d t o s t a r t an Agony Column i n which we s h a l l p r i n t any s m a l l a d v e r t i s e m e n t s you may w i s h t o i n s e r t . No charge w i l l be made f o r t h i s , but the a v a i l a b l e space w i l l be l i m i t e d and so we cannot guarantee t o p r i n t e v e r y 'advertisement w h i c h may be s u b m i t t e d . To save space, a d v e r t i s e m e n t s w i l l be numbered, and

r e p l i e s s h o u l d be a d d r e s s e d t o " A d v e r t i s e r No ' F e l i x " and

p l a c e d In. the Union r a c k . A d v e r t i s e r s must note the number of t h e i r a d v e r t i s e m e n t and c o l l e c t the r e p l i e s t h e m s e l v e s , but they must submit t h e i r names and C o l l e g e s t o the E d i t o r w i t h t h e i r advertisement.

For the b e n e f i t of t h o s e who cannot be sure of b u y i n g t h e i r FELIX on F r i d a y mornings, we are p r e p a r e d t o r e s e r v e a number of c o p i e s which may be c o l l e c t e d from the b a r . Those who w i s h t o have t h e i r c o p i e s r e s e r v e d s h o u l d g i v e t h e i r names t o the E d i t o r .

C o n t r i b u t i o n s must be i n by the Monday p r e c e d i n g the date of the next i s s u e , but i t w i l l be a p p r e c i a t e d I f they are s u b m i t t e d sooner . They s h o u l d be a d d r e s s e d t o The E d i t o r , F e l i x , I.C.Union. C o n t r i b u t o r s must s u p p l y t h e i r names and c o l l e g e s w i t h t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n , though they may w r i t e under sioms de plume i f they wish.

MUCH ADO ABOUT; NOTHING.

Much Ado from the Dramatic S o c i e t y .

R e v i e w i n g the I.C.Dramatic S o c i e t y ' s l a s t e f f o r t , "Much Ado

about N o t h i n g " , performed on F r i d a y December 9 t h , ' t h e o u t s t a n d i n g

success was Mr. John P r i g m o r e . Of co u r s e he was h e l p e d by an

a p p r e c i a t i v e audience but perhaps Shakespeare might even have s m i l e d

at the s i g h t of a s t o o p i n g bearded Gentleman s h u f f l i n g f o r w a r d t o ..

the accompaniment of ' " c h u f f - c h u f f , c h u f f - c h u f f " . T h i s chorus from

the audience u n d o u b t e d l y s i g n i f i e d Mr . Pri'gmore 1 s • i n t e r e s t i n

r a i l w a y s , B r i t i s h or o t h e r w i s e .

The c h o i c e of Shakespeare f o r a Comedy l e d t h e a u d i e n c e • t o

make i t s own l a u g h s , and t h i s t h e y d i d u n t i l t e m p o r a r i l y checked

by the a r r i v a l of the R e c t o r at the end of the second a c t .

R e g a r d i n g o t h e r d i s t i n g u i s h e d performances: Joan Spencer's

B e a t r i c e v/as v e r y f i n e ; B r i s c o e ' s Don Pedro e x c e l l e n t ( e s p e c i a l l y

i n the use of h i s h a n d s ) ; Derek Howe's B e n e d i c k was v e r y competent,

as was C h r i s . McKoen's Dogberry. Now f o r the b r i c k b a t s ' . I hope

t h e s e remarks won't r u i n the c a r e e r s ( d r a m a t i c or o t h e r w i s e ) of

the p l a y e r s c o n c e r n e d .

I t was u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t some of the s u p p o r t i n g c a s t were

not up t o s t a n d a r d ; Hero i n p a r t i c u l a r was a m i s t a k e i n c a s t i n g , and

the Messenger might have been b e t t e r employed i n s c e n e - s h i f t i n g . I t

was f e l t t h a t o n l y t h e b r e e d i n g i n the more e x p e n s i v e s e a t s , and the

R e c t o r ' s presence amongst the " s h i l l i n g s " p r e v e n t e d v i o l e n c e from

a c t u a l l y b r e a k i n g out on two o c c a s i o n s .

At times t h i s performance was n o t up t o the u s u a l Dramatic

S o c i e t y s t a n d a r d . One remark h e a r d from the cheaper s e a t s as the

audience d i s p e r s e d , " I f I had known the p l a y was by Shakespeare I

wouldn't have come", shows what a w o n d e r f u l job i s done, by our

s c h o o l s .

Much Ado from the Mi n e s .

I f Shakespeare's bones remained i n e r t the n i g h t the Mines

a t t e n d e d t h e Dra m a t i c S o c i e t y ' s p r o d u c t i o n of "Much Ado about

N o t h i n g " t h e n t h e r e i s no f o r c e w i t h i n them, and the r e s u r r e c t i o n of

the body i s not f o r W i l l i a m .

S i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y audience s were r e p u t e d l y h a r d oh the

p l a y e r s , but these m i n e r s w o u l d have been o u t s t a n d i n g i n a me e t i n g

of .Communists b e i n g a d d r e s s e d by C h u r c h i l l on ' P r i v a t e E n t e r p r i s e

f o r t h e Masses'. L e s t t h a t c r e a t e an u n f a i r i m p r e s s i o n i t s h o u l d

be added t h a t the b a r r a c k i n g was w i t t y , seldom v i c i o u s and borne

most m a n f u l l y by the a c t o r s . P e n e t r a t i n g q u e s t i o n s were asked of

Don John's v i l l i a n y , B a l t h a s a r ' s manhood and Antonio's'make-up, and

the speeches on Hero's c h a s t i t y were s u b j e c t e d t o a most r i g o r o u s

e x a m i n a t i o n . \

Bene d i c k r e c e i v e d g r e a t a c c l a m a t i o n f o r t w i c e answering

q u e r i e s from the mob w i t h complete n o n c h a l a n c e , and f u r t h e r

d i s t i n g u i s h e d h i m s e l f , w h i l s t l o o k i n g i n the a r b o u r , by q u a f f i n g two

p i n t s of beer handed out from b a c k s t a g e by an anonymous stage-hand

caught up i n the n p i r i t of the o c c a s i o n . And B a l t h a s a r ' s r e n d e r i n g

of "Hey Nonny No" so f i r e d the audience t h a t they c o u l d n o t be

r e s t r a i n e d from j o i n i n g in. the ch o r u s ; the f a c t t h a t the r e s u l t

sounded more l i k e " Old McDonald had a farm" c o u l d d o u b t l e s s b e ,

a11r i b u t ed t o ov e r-exub eranee.

Those who accuse miners of b e i n g h a r d - b i t t e n m a t e r i a l i s t s ,

immune t o the f i n e r f e e l i n g s of man, would have been a g r e e a b l y

s u r p r i s e d at the p o i n t when B e a t r i c e f i n a l l y s u b m i t t e d t o Ben e d i c k ' s

embrace and l o v e was t r i u m p h a n t . The audience was so overwhelmed

t h a t i t i n s i s t e d on an encore and the whole T h e a t r e shook w i t h

e m otion, bosoms.were f i l l e d t o o v e r f l o w i n g w i t h g o o d w i l l and

t e n d e r n e s s ; the open-heartedness of t h a t moment was r e c o r d e d f o r a l l

time by a g r e a t generous c r y from the back of "Nov/ l e t P r i g g y have

a got

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T h i s was s l a p s t i c k at 1151' b e s t and b o t h c a s t s , the miners- '

and the a c t o r s , deserve e q u a l mention; the f i r s t f o r t h e i r w i t ,

the second f o r t h e i r dogged d e t e r m i n a t i o n , and b o t h f o r t h e i r

good-humour t h r o u g h o u t . I t wasn't Shakespeare, but I t must have

been the b e s t bobs w o r t h of i n t e l l i g e n t lowbrow e n t e r t a i n m e n t

i n London t h a t n i g h t .

Much Ado

As the c u r t a i n f e l l f o r t h e l a s t t i m e , a f e e l i n g of g r e a t

r e l i e f f i l l e d the c a s t and l u s t y v o i c e s sang i n joyous u n i s o n the

" S o n g - h i t " of the P l a y . Make-up was p u l l e d , rubbed and squeezed

o f f ; crumpled costumes and t i n w e a r were f l u n g a s i d e , and .stage­

hands proceeded w i t h gay abandon t o c l e a r t h e i r h i t h e r t o v a l u a b l e ..

s e t s , a s i d e .

I n a s h o r t time the S o c i e t y , i n mixed but not u n r e s p e c t a b l e

a t t i r e , was a t t a c k i n g the masses of f o o d ; speeches were made, of

e x q u i s i t e s h o r t n e s s ( R o l a n d Cox s a i d goodbye y e t a g a i n ! ) then the

c a s t , q u a f f i n g good a l e , b e l l o w e d l u s t i l y t o the p i a n o p l a y i n g of

Old Leonato ( D a v i d G r e e n f i e l d ) , w h i l e the stage hands p r e p a r e d

t h e i r one-act f a r c e . By t h i s time almost a n y t h i n g was f u n n y , and

t h i s proved t o be almost a n y t h i n g . The f a r c e o v e r , i n d i v i d u a l

t u r n s r e v e a l e d much h i d d e n t a l e n t ; Bob Gigg sang a f i n e Cowboy

song, d e s p i t e the f a c t t h a t he knew few of the words; S p i k e B r i s c o e

compensated f o r l a c k of words by r e n d e r i n g a t g r e a t speed G i l b e r t i a n

words t o something r e s e m b l i n g S u l l i v a n ' s m usic, and a f i n e I r i s h

s k e t c h . By t h i s time the p a r t y was made, and s a t f o r many h o u r s . The

exuberance l a s t e d w e l l i n t o the n i g h t , and the mood s o f t e n e d

p l e a s a n t l y as Reg» G i l l p r e s e n t e d h i s R e c o r d programme i n subdued

l i g h t i n g * As pangs o f hunger began t o be f e l t the r e m a i n i n g s t a l w a r t s

sought b r e a k f a s t at J o e Lyons' - and began t o t h i n k of the n e x t

P l a y J

GENERAL ELECTION, , . We .would l i k e t o remind those who are l i v i n g away from

home"that . i f they w i s h t o vote by post they must f i l l i n a form o b t a i n a b l e from the e l e c t o r a l r e g i s t r a t i o n o f f i c e r v i n t h e i r c o n s t i t u e n c y , and t h i s f o r m must be r e t u r n e d by -'February 5 r d . You have a f o r t n i g h t .

THE MOUNTAINEERING CLUB.

The I . C . M o u n t a i n e e r i n g Club h e l d i t s w i n t e r meet i n the

Lake D i s t r i c t , t h r e e n i g h t s were spent i n B o r r o w d a l e 'A' Y.H. and

s i x i n the P e l l and Rock C l i m b i n g Club hut i n L a n g d a l e . The weather

was not k i n d t o t h o s e o p t i m i s t i c members who had c a r r i e d i c e axes

a l l the way from London much t o t h e d i s p l e a s u r e o f employees of

p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t . I t r a i n e d c o n t i n u o u s l y on a l l but one of the n i n e

days o f t h e meet.

The weather however d i d not damp the s p i r i t s of members who

s e t out r e g u l a r l y t o c l i m b a p a r t i c u l a r c r a g ; the weather o f t e n

t h w a r t e d t h e i r i n t e n t i o n s and they r e t u r n e d wet, hungry but f o r e v e r

c h e e r f u l t o the hut t o s t a r t t h i n k i n g of p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r supper.

The f o o d can be c o n s i d e r e d as one of the s u c c e s s e s of the meet,

f o r members e x c e l l e d themselves i n t h e g e n t l e a r t o f c o o k i n g , no

doubt l e a r n t i n the c o l l e g e l a b o r a t o r i e s .

ss 4 "

P r o f i l e ; THE BAR.

Great annoyance i f o f t e n o c c a s i o n e d by the o l d boy who w i l l

say " I remember when t h i s was Green f i e l d s — " , but i t seems we

have few i n our m i d s t who have the m e n t a l span t o bore us w i t h

t a l e s of h o l l y hock where now s e a t s are warmed at the window

r a d i a t o r . However, by much p a t i e n c e , p e r s e v e r a n c e and l o n g s e r v i c e ,

the t a l e of The B a r , of the U n i o n b u i l t around i t and the H i s t o r y

c o nnected w i t h i t have enable d t h i s w r i t e r t o say: " I have met

people who remember when "

Queenie's f a t h e r , J i m Peacock, was the f i r s t barman, s t a n d i n g

i n a s t a l l o u t s i d e the p r e s e n t Union b u i l d i n g - w i t h g r a s s and no

b u i l d i n g s i n f r o n t of him - s e l l i n g sandwiches, r o l l s and b o t t l e d

b e e r . T h i s was the f i r s t C o l l e g e Bar i n the C o u n t r y , and i n a few

y e a r s i t s p l a c e i n h i s t o r y was a s s u r e d by the f o r m a t i o n of 4 olubs

c l o s e l y c onnected w i t h i t and by i t s f i r m i n s t a l l a t i o n n e x t the

l a v a t o r y . The 21, 22, Chaos & L i n k s Clubs made the Bar a c o n g e n i a l -

m eeting p l a c e , a good t a l k i n g - s h o p , a p l a c e f o r w a r r i o r s t o r e t u r n

t o t e l l the t a l e and l i c k the odd wound (from r a g or honest game),

and of c o u r s e a p l a c e i n w h i c h t o l i b e r a t e g r e a t exuberance - f o r

s uch i s the joyous outcome of b i b u l a t i o n .

Such i t was made, and such i t r e m a i n s . Ted S mith, j o i n i n g

J i m Peacock i n 1927 ( j u s t a f t e r I was b o r n ) , soon became stee p e d i n

the g r e a t t r a d i t i o n s of the p l a c e . He t e l l s w i t h obvious j o y of

the days when women were not a l l o w e d i n the Union p r e c i n c t s except

f o r the Upoer E n t r a n c e H a l l - any i n f r i n g e m e n t s b e i n g f i r m l y d e a l t

w i t h by the P r e s i d e n t of the U n i o n . I n 1930 Ted s e r v e d Lawrence of

A r a b i a w i t h a m i l d and b i t t e r , w i t h as l i t t l e f u s s as when he gave

G e n e r a l Smuts a l a r g e w h i s k e y when t h a t Worthy was i n v e s t e d w i t h two

c h a i n s of o f f i c e i n one day (the o t h e r at the G u i l d h a l l ) .

The Bar i s ever c h a n g i n g i n c h a r a c t e r ; i n h a l f an hour i t

can change from a q u i e t p l a c e t o have s c h a t , t o -he most h i l a r i o u s l y

e a r - s h a t t e r i n g c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f humanity t h i s s i d e of Wapping. Long

may i t s r a f t e r s r i n g i n r o u s i n g t u n e f u l song. ' '

IMPERIAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB. HOLLAND TOUR•

December 1949.

"Honkers i n H o l l a n d "

A f t e r much p r e p a r a t i o n d a t i n g back t o August, p a l l y Goss,

armed w i t h IV of e v e r y t h i n g n e c e s s a r y f o r a C o n t i n e n t a l Soccer ,our

i n c l u d i n g p l a y e r s , r e p l a c e d h i s shoes a f t e r c o u n t i n g the Doys pas t h e b a r r i e r at L i v e r p o o l S t . , and e v e n t u a l l y /got through h i m s e j , o n l y to f i n d everybody i n a l l but the s e a t s ' ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n Qilav t o u r was l a u n c h e d ! S i m i l a r procedures ensued at P a r k e s t o n quay,

the boys e v e n t u a l l y s e t t - l e d " i n t h e s a l o o n , t h a t i s w i t h t h e •

exception, of two from Wale-s and a S e c r e t a r y who unanimously agreed

t h a t f o r more th a n one r e a s o n , the S a l o o n Ear p r o v i d e d the b e s t

a s s u r a n c e of a h e a l t h y c r o s s i n g !

F o l l o w i n g ham and eggs f o r b r e a k f a s t a t the Hook, where

some embarrassment was caused upon e n c o u n t e r i n g a female s l o t

machine t o g a i n e n t r y t o the "Heeren", we betook o u r s e l v e s t o

Amsterdam, and a f t e r l u n c h , t o our f i r s t encounter w i t h the h u t c h

s t u d e n t s . An i n t e r e s t i n g i n n o v a t i o n h e r e was "he use of c a n a l s f o r

t o u c h l i n e s , and. A r t h u r B r i s c o e was the agreed r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of

I.C. f o r t e s t i n g the d e p t h of same- he f o u n d them knee-deep. The

game opened i n f i n e s t y l e , a t l e a s t a l l but the photograph of t h e

k i c k - o f f w h i c h never m a t e r i a l i s e d , and a f t e r two passes Spud H a y t e r

promptl y d e c i d e d t h a t he had had enough f o o t b a l l (22.25 sees.) and

was removed t o the " p a v i l i o n " , where he s l e p t f o r the r e s t of the

game, n u r s i n g a w a t e r e d knee. E a s t l a n d Minor l a t e r d e c i d e d t h a t he

t o o had had enough, and was c a r r i e d o f f w i t h a t w i s t e d sense of

humour, w h i c h remained t w i s t e d f o r the r e s t of the t o u r .

A f t e r each team had s c o r e d two g o a l s , and d i v e r s d escents

had been made t o r e t r i e v e l o s t b a l l s f r o m the- s u r r o u n d i n g c a n a l s ,

we r e t u r n e d t o b a l l o t f o r the o r d e r of washing under one c o l d t a p .

E v e n t u a l l y a r r i v i n g at the S o c i e t e i t i n Amsterdam, T a f f y W i l l i a m s

s e t t l e d h i m s e l f between two of our t h r e e t e e t o t a l l e r s (shame t o

ensure h i m s e l f of a f a i r s u p p l y of a n y t h i n g t h a t was g o i n g . Such

low cunning'. N e e d l e s s t o say, t h i s had the d e s i r e d e f f e c t , and

soon we were t o see T a f f y and Don. B o w t e l l t r y i n g to d e c i d e who

s c o r e d our o t h e r two g o a l s , h a v i n g b a f f l e d c o m p l e t e l y our opponents

by r e p e a t e d l y a s s u r i n g them t h a t we had won 4-11 T a f f ' s c o n s t i t u t i o n

l a t e r s tood a heavy meal, but Don. was c o n t e n t t o slumber i n the

B i l l i a r d ' R o a m , t h o u g h l a t e r he was r e s u r r e c t e d and f r e q u e n t l y had

t o be d i s s u a d e d from p u t t i n g h i s head i n t h e f i r e . Other members

of the p a r t y t o u r e d the n i g h t l i f e of Amsterdam and r e t u r n e d w i t h

enough m a t e r i a l t o w r i t e a K i n s e y r e p o r t I

Next morning we t r a v e l l e d t o D e l f t , where a g a i n a match was

t o be p l a y e d the same a f t e r n o o n . T h i s t o o k p l a c e on an e x c e l l e n t

ground i n the suburbs of The Hague, w h i c h was reached by means of

a c a r e v i d e n t l y c o n s t r u c t e d b e f o r e the I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n . Of

the o r i g i n a l 18 c y l i n d e r s o n l y two were s a i d t o be i n o p e r a t i o n ,

one of t h e s e f a i l i n g f a s t . T h i s c a r r i e d 9 i n s i d e , w i t h s e a t i n g

accommodation f o r two more on the r e a r bumper, w h i l s t k i t f o r b o t h

teams was c a r r i e d on t h e numerous p r o j e c t i o n s o u t s i d e . S e a t e d i n

t h i s and d r i v i n g en the r i g h t (but wrong) s i d e of the r o a d , was a

somewhat h a r r o w i n g e x p e r i e n c e . T h i s game we l o s t 9-0, t o the

s t r o n g e s t team put out a g a i n s t us - the 12t h man b e i n g sent o f f

some minutes a f t e r the s t a r t ' . At l e a s t one r e f e r e e of our p a r t y

would p r e f e r t o f o r g e t i n c i d e n t s of t h i s game. The e v e n i n g was a

complete honkers s e s s i o n (5 p.m.-5 a.m.), the h i g h l i g h t s b e i n g a

b eer r a c e i n mrhich John Houghton s u r p r i s e d us a l l w i t h h i s

l i g h t n i n g d e s p a t c h of h a l f of P i l s e n e r , and Derek Hand's knowledgeable

e x p o s i t i o n of the pro's and con's of the m a r r i e d s t a t e . As a r e s u l t ,

on F r i d a y morning we were a l l s p l i t up because of s t a g g e r e d hours

of r i s i n g , though i t i s known t h a t some took the o p p o r t u n i t y of

s e e i n g D e l f t - u n f o r t u n a t e l y Buckroyd was u n a b l e t o get i n t o

m o t i o n i n any sense of the word, p r o b a b l y due t o a s u r f e i t of

f r i e d eggs. However, the l a s t match was t o be at 2.00 and between

1.45 and 2.15 most of the p a r t y g a t h e r e d on the D e l f t m u d - f l a t s f o r

t h i s l a s t e n c o u n t e r . By t h i s time everyone was f a r from f i t f o r

f o o t b a l l , and a l l c r e d i t i s due t o t h o s e who p l a y e d h e r e , some f o r

the t h i r d time i n 4 d a y s . The match was e v e n t u a l l y drawn 1-1,

though i t i s s a i d t h a t had T a f f y W i l l i a m s used the r i g h t p a i r of

hands and caught the r i g h t b a l l when he was suddenly c o n f r o n t e d

w i t h (he says) 18 m u l t i c o l o u r e d spheres f l a s h i n g g oalwards, the

game might have been saved'. L a t e r t o the accompaniment of "Come on

the 10 men and the Captain." a v e r y t i r e d P e t e . Vessey was s p u r r e d

t o i n t e r c e p t a p i g e o n moving f a s t down t h e l e f t w i n g . N e e d l e s s t o

say he d i d not c a t c h i t

The e vening's e n t e r t a i n m e n t commenced i n a l o c a l "pub.",

complete w i t h d i n n e r and speeches, a f t e r w h i c h , the D e l f t v e r s i o n

c f the "Yard" was i n t r o d u c e d . T h i s comprised a g l a s s boot ( s t i e f e l )

of c a p a c i t y about 5 p i n t s . F or emptying t h i s at any stage of i t s

j o u r n e y round the t a b l e , the poor u n f o r t u n a t e p r e c e d i n g the winner

had. the d o u b t f u l p l e a s u r e of p a y i n g f o r a r e f i l l . A f t e r a token s i p

by the Dutch P r e s i d e n t , who s t a r t e d the s t i e f e l on i t s j o u r n e y ,

Spud H a y t e r d i d l i k e w i s e , t h i n k i n g i t v e r y s a f e so to do w i t h a l l

but 5 p i n t s s t i l l r e m a i n i n g , whereupon a Dutch s t u d e n t s e i z e d the

a r t i c l e and d r a i n e d i t ! T h i s was t h e h a r d l u c k s t o r y of t h e t,;ur.

T h i s e v e n i n g f i n i s h e d c o m p a r a t i v e l y e a r l y , at about 4 a.m.

P r e v i o u s l y a r r a n g e d , almost a l l met next morning t o v i s i t

The Hague f o r s h o p p i n g , where Immense q u a n t i t i e s of a l l k i n d s of

s u s t i n e n c e , b o t h l i q u i d and s o l i d , were p u r c h a s e d . Due back at

D e l f t l a t e r i n the a f t e r n o o n , we d u l y a r r i v e d and were t a k e n by

the D u t c h boys t o Rotterdam, where we ended up i n a Chinese

R e s t a u r a n t f o r a f a r e w e l l d i n n e r , w h i c h a l l ate but A r t h u r B r i s c o e ,

who had good reasons of h i s own f o r not p a r t a k i n g . From here we

j o u r n e y e d back t o Rotterdam s t a t i o n , where many d i s p o s e d of

r e m a i n i n g Ptttch c u r r e n c y by b u y i n g l a r g e amounts of c h o c o l a t e . Hence t o the B o a t , and f a r e w e l l H o l l a n d . But oh what a c r o s s i n g . awaited us

Memories.

Bon. B o w t e l l ' s " l i f e s i z e " toy s o l d i e r (and i t s r a t t l e )

the o b j e c t of much s p e c u l a t i o n at the Customs--.

E a s t l a n d M i n o r ' s never e n d i n g s u c c e s s i o n of " b l a c k s " -

Danny would, have been green w i t h envy!

P e t e . Vessey's speeches and. accompanying f a c i a l

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

Techwyn Jones• temporary p r o m o t i o n t o C a p t a i n t o

f a c i l i t a t e A n glo-Dutch r e l a t i o n s .

A r t h u r B r i s c o e - under the i n f l u e n c e - s e a r c h i n g the D e l f t

U n ion f o r some l o s t j e w e l l e r y ( a r i n g we b e l i e v e ) .

Gordon Lodge t o Bernard. Buckroyd. "For Petes sake keep

q u i e t , y ou ! r e a 1 w a y s t a 1 k i n g'.'

W a l l y Goss always t o be seen, m u l t i p l y i n g or d i v i d i n g by

17, a l s o h i s c o l l e c t i o n of t i c k e t s of a l l k i n d s , i n batches of 17.

B r i a n ^ ' o l l i n s o r ( f r e q u e n t l y ) " i t ' s a good job Pat can't

see me now"

4 men s e a r c h i n g The Hague f o r a sweater f o r a c e r t a i n f i a n c e e .

Our thanks are due t o : - (a) a l l Dutch s t u d e n t s , f o o t b a l l e r s or n o t ,

who gave us such a w o n d e r f u l t i m e .

(b) D a v i e s T u r n e r , T r a v e l Agency, whose

s e r v i c e was most e f f i c i e n t - f u t u r e t o u r s p l e a s e n o t e .

(c) W a l l y Goss whose u n t i r i n g energy i n

o r g a n i s i n g the t o u r , made i t s s u c c e s s a c e r t a i n t y .

(d) Pete Vessey, u n t i r i n g i n h i s e f f o r t s

on t h e f i e l d , of p l a y at a l l t i m e s .

THE INFERNO.

Having s e a r c h e d G u i l d s , Mines & R.C.S. f o r someone t o say

how good the C a r n i v a l was, but f i n d i n g people who c o u l d remember

o n l y t h a t i t was good, i n f u r y and d e s p e r a t i o n I have had t o say

i t m y s e l f . Unashamedly I avow t h a t , a ) never have I had' such a good

t i m e , b) -never have I seen so many peopl e both'drunk and happy, -

c) never have I f o u n d so many people who remember so l i t t l e about

a n i g h t they e n j o y e d so much.

H a l f an hour a f t e r the a d v e r t i s e d s t a r t , Frank Shepherd and

Geoff F i s h w i c k put i n the l a s t drawing p i n and sank t h e i r f i r s t

w h i s k e y s . By t e n o ' c l o c k the I n f e r n o was a most t e m p t i n g encouragem

f o r merrymaking - i f H e l l i s l i k e t h a t ! H o s t e l rooms emptied and

f i l l e d ( I imagine) and towards 12.30 DCH w i t h o n l y h a l f a f a n c y

d r e s s l e f t was f r a n t i c a l l y s e a r c h i n g f o r c a b a r e t p e r f o r m e r s . J u s t

i n time Pete Hayward f l o a t e d up the s t a i r s , w i t h every appearance

of calm. A f a r t o o l i v e l y audience•was brought i n t o s l i g h t

s u b m i s s i o n by P e t e r F o s t e r ( i n the c h a i r as u s u a l ) and the show was

on. A p p a r e n t l y i t was good, a p p a r e n t l y people laughed and sang -

somehow the c a s t remembered where they were at the r i g h t moment.

From then on, r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s shed, my memory i s vague -

f o r t u n a t e l y perhaps! H i l a r i t y c o n t i n u e d u n t i l 5 o r so ( I t h i n k )

when ham and c o f f e e s e t t l e d p l e a s a n t l y on v i o l e n t l y i l l - t r e a t e d

stomachs.I g a t h e r Reg G i l l p l a y e d some r e c o r d s from 4 o ' c l o c k -

thanks Reg! Thanks a l s o t o a l l who h e l p e d i n the masses of work -

a l o t of you. were Miners & R.C.S,* t o Mr. Seers f o r the i n s p i r e d

p i a n o p l a y i n g and thanks t o the C a r n i v a l Sub-Committee wh i c h

Spent vso many e n j o y a b l e evenings i n my room.

F o o t n o t e : Who p i n c h e d my pot? " D.C.HOWE.

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THE DRINKING MAN'S GUIDE TO LONDON.

1 - THE WIMPSOR CASTLE

The Windsor C a s t l e , w h i c h the i r r e v e r e n t sometimes r e f e r

t o by I t e i n i t i a l s , stands at the c o r n e r of P e e l S t r e e t and Campden

H i l l Road i n K e n s i n g t o n . P e e l s t . i s a t u r n i n g t o the l e f t h a l f way

up Church S t r e e t , and may he r e a c h e d f rom C o l l e g e e i t h e r by 52 bus

or v i a the Goat and the P r i n c e of Wales.

The Windsor i s a q u i e t pub; s o f t l i g h t i n g , dark oak p a n e l l i n g ,

p o l i s h e d copper cans and e x c e l l e n t s c e n e r y . There i s always a

c h e e r f u l f i r e i n w i n t e r , and b e i n g one of the b e s t K e n s i n g t o n pubs

i s f r e q u e n t e d m a i n l y by the R i g h t s o r t of people - i c i on p a r l e

a n g l a i s . I n the summer, d r i n k s are s e r v e d i n the w a l l e d garden

b e h i n d the S h e r r y b a r , and t h i s makes i t the most p o p u l a r rendezvous

i n London at l u n c h t i m e on a f i n e Sunday, and t h e groundwork may be

l a i d t h e r e f o r many an. e x c e l l e n t Sunday a f t e r n o o n . A word of

w a r n i n g h e r e - one needs t o be t h e r e by 12 o ' c l o c k t o be sure of a

s e a t i n the garden, and I t i s almost u s e l e s s t o expect l u n c h b e f o r e

2 o ' c l o c k . "• i

Other e s s e n t i a l d a t a : - C h a r r i n g t o n ' s b e e r , v e r y w e l l k e p t ,

the I P A b e i n g l / 8 d and the b i t t e r and m i l d l / 4 d a p i n t . C l o s i n g

times are 3 p.m. and 10.30 p.m., and on Sundays the u s u a l 2 p.m.

and 10 p.m. No b a r m a i d s , but the head barman's name i s M a u r i c e -

s m a l l , dark and s l i g h t l y d e a f . No meals are s e r v e d , but one can

u s u a l l y get a r o l l of one k i n d or a n o t h e r .

F u l l marks f o r t h i s e x c e l l e n t h o s t e l r y .

HEARD IN COURT.

I t was a t i n y c o u r t room.,used o n l y when the main one was f u l l .

The m a g i s t r a t e , p r o s e c u t o r and d e f e n c e , accused and w i t n e s s e s , two

r e p o r t e r s and one s p e c t a t o r f i l l e d i t t o c a p a c i t y . Mr. Guest, the

m a g i s t r a t e , wore a b l a c k l o o k .

" C a l l D.C.H.," s a i d the Beak,'- and the case was on. T h i s

m i s c r e a n t had t r i e d t o i n t e r f e r e w i t h the a p p r e h e n s i o n of a

c o l l e a g u e . "He took the law i n t o h i s own hands. Twenty S h i l l i n g s

f i n e and twenty s h i l l i n g s costs"., s a i d the Beak. Things l o o k e d bad.

The f a t e of the next c u l p r i t was much t h e same. "You have

been v e r y s i l l y and t h i s i s a most u n f o r t u n a t e a f f a i r " , was the

comment. There appeared t o be no case a g a i n s t Clegg and he was

asked t o l e a v e , t a k i n g a l l h i s money w i t h him. George was not so

f o r t u n a t e ; Mr. Guest j u s t d i d n ' t b e l i e v e him and f i n e d him £1 w i t h

s i m i l a r c o s t s . Carder was accused of s t r i k i n g an o f f i c e r . He i n s i s t e d

d e s p i t e c o u n s e l , t h a t i t ' h a d p r o b a b l y been i n t e n t i o n a l and he had

been "under the i n f l u e n c e " at the t i m e . T h i s p l e a s e d the Beak who

s a i d , "But f o r the honest way I n w h i c h you gave your e v i d e n c e ,

I s h o u l d u n d o u b t e d l y have sent you t o p r i s o n . I s h a l l t h e r e f o r e

f i n e you £1 f o r o b s t r u c t i o n and £1 f o r a s s a u l t w i t h £1 c o s t s " . I.C.

s i g h e d w i t h r e l i e f . Thus w i t h the o t h e r f i n e s the Law was £11

r i c h e r .

The m a g i s t r a t e r e f u s e d t o say he thought the m a t t e r was

not too s e r i o u s , s a y i n g " I w i l l have no f u r t h e r hand i n t h i s

a f f a i r " . We a l l l e f t .

G u i l d s Boanerges devotees s u f f e r e d c o n s i d e r a b l e shock t h i s term on d i s c o v e r i n g t h a t the 4 t h y r . Miners had a r i v a l of u n q u e s t i o n a b l y g r e a t e r a n t i q u i t y . T h i s i s on view outside- the Union - the proud owners b i g g e s t problem i s how t o get i t away a g a i n w i t h minimum l o s s of d i g n i t y or l i f e . S u g g e s t i o n s t o M e s s r s . H i l l , N o r r i s , H a y w a r d and B a r n e s .

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

The E d i t o r of F e l i x .

S i r ,

I w ould l i k e , as Chairman of the I.C.Union E n t e r t a i n m e n t s

Committee, t o r e p l y t o the l e t t e r from " W a l l f l o w e r " p r i n t e d i n

the l a s t i s s u e of F e l i x .

We agree e n t i r e l y w i t h the s e n t i m e n t s e x p r e s s e d and w h i l e

we view w i t h some s a t i s f a c t i o n the i n c r e a s e i n p o p u l a r i t y of

the S a t u r d a y n i g h t "hops", we do n e v e r t h e l e s s w i s h t o overcome

as much as p o s s i b l e the overcrowded c o n d i t i o n s . 1 would a s s u r e

W a l l f l o w e r t h a t much time has been spent r e c e n t l y , b o t h toy my

Committee and by t h e I.C.Union C o u n c i l , i n t r y i n g t o f i n d a

s o l u t i o n . As a r e s u l t , a d i f f e r e n t arrangement Is t o be t r i e d

t h i s term so t h a t the Upper D i n i n g H a l l can be a v a i l a b l e as w e l l

as t h e Gym. d u r i n g the whole of the e v e n i n g .

At t h i s p o i n t , I wish, t o make an a p p e a l . The arrangements

w i l l not operate s a t i s f a c t o r i l y u n l e s s we have some c o - o p e r a t i o n

from the people a t t e n d i n g the "hops" . My Committee c o n s i s t s of

s i x people o n l y and w i t h a l l of them on duty e v e r y S a t u r d a y

n i g h t , we have only' j u s t enough people t o keep t h i n g s r u n n i n g .

We have no spare persons t o s t a t i o n at each door of the Union

c h e c k i n g membership c a r d s . Nor have we s u r p l u s energy w i t h

w h i c h t o e v i c t u n i n v i t e d guests e i t h e r w i t h or w i t h o u t l o s s

of a p p a r e l . I f W a l l f l o w e r " , or anyone e l s e , can. f i n d s u f f i c i e n t

people w i l l i n g t o s t a n d by a l l . the doors d u r i n g the whole of

ever y S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g , t h e n maybe we can c a r r y out the

s u g g e s t i o n s .

I hope we s h a l l f i n d c o n d i t i o n s somewhat b e t t e r w i t h the

new arrangements. I t ' s up t o the people who a t t e n d t o h e l p t o

make them work. I f they don't - w e l l the next s t e p w i l l have

t o be ad m i s s i o n by t i c k e t o n l y w i t h a l i m i t e d number of t i c k e t s

and I f o r one don't want t o see t h a t s t a t e of a f f a i r s brought

about. 1 , /'

Yours e t c . ,

R. GILL • •

My dear F e l i x ,

I'm v e r y g l a d t o meet you!

As your E d i t o r went t o some c h i v a l r o u s p a i n s t o make

c l e a r I am s e r e n e l y i n c a p a b l e of h a v i n g k i t t e n s (except perhaps,

between o u r s e l v e s , around, t h e time of my f l a m i n g p u b l i c a t i o n )

so "no one k a i n ' t p i n n u t h i n ' on me". Thus, my p l e a s u r e on y o u r

b i r t h d a y was s t r i c t l y a v u n c u l a r , y e t I hope t o s t a n d you a pot

- of m i l k - F e l i x on your f u t u r e a n n i v e r s a r i e s , and many of 'em.

B e l i e v e me, you're v e r y welcome t o t'.P\ o l d Man. So welcome

i n d e e d t h a t I have thought i t prudent t o arrange w i t h y o u r E d i t o r

t o get h o l d of you through, him i f y o u r p u b l i c a g a i n monopolises

you c o m p l e t e l y .

I t r u s t t o see you wax o l d and w i s e , grow i n t o a s t r o n g and

v i r t u o u s but w i t h a l , a. merry Cat . B e i n g y e t young you may have

some t r o u b l e w i t h b i t s of D o g - L a t i n , but your E d i t o r w i l l

t r a n s l a t e f o r yon " N i l i l l i g i t i m u s carborundum" F e l i x !

B l e s s your f u r and w h i s k e r s . Y o u r s ,

"PHOENIX" P.S. You might mention t o your E d i t o r t h a t mine i s f o n d of b e e r .

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t h a t we on N e t b a l l

• SPJ3RT .

Owing t o extreme s h o r t a g e of space i n t h i s i s s u e we r e g r e t , s h a l l have t o d e f e r u n t i l our next i s s u e the r e p o r t s

and t h e 6 a s i d e Soccer w h i c h we had hoped t o Row i n s

p r i n t t h i s time

UNIVERSITY CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP.

F i v e I.C. teams r a n i n the U n i v e r s i t y C r o s s - C o u n t r y Championships h e l d at Roehampton l a s t term. The c o n d i t i o n s f o r the c o u r s e were' f i n e but r a t h e r windy. From a f i e l d of 168, c o m p r i s i n g

Watts (I.C.) and Ede s e t a f i e r c e pace at the o u t s e t • 28 teams,

but soon r e l i n q u i s h e d t h e l e a d t o G r i g g s , B a r r e t t , S h o r t and

W h i t l o c k ( I . C . ) G r i g g s m a i n t a i n e d h i s l e a d t o the end thus b e i n g

the f i r s t man home f o r the f o u r t h y e a r i n s u c c e s s i o n ; h i s time

of 25m.24secs. was a r e c o r d . W h i t l o c k ran. a v e r y f i n e r a c e

f i n i s h i n g second i n 25m.56secs t o s e t a new I.c'. r e c o r d . The

n e x t e i g h t I.C. r u n n e r s t o f i n i s h were G i g g , W a t t s , S a d l e r , B a g l e y

H e s s l i n g , McKechnie and Fawcett but u n f o r t u n a t e l y Simpson, I.C.

(6o~ p o i n t s ) l o s t the- cup t o Q.M.C. (49) w i t h K i n g s t h i r d ( 7 0 ) .

I n the i n t e r - c o l l e g e Championship Mines were v i c t o r i o u s f o r

the f i r s t time i n many y e a r s . I t was a w e l l d e s e r v e d s u c c e s s

and G u i l d s were the r u n n e r s - u p .

On December

Socc e r c o n t e s t wer

r e a c h e d the f i n a l ,

UNIVERSITY SIX-A-SIDE. 10th the matches i n the London s i x - a - s i d e

e p l a y e d at Motspur Park. The I.C.'A' s i d e

o n l y t o l o s e i n " e x t r a time t o U n i v e r s i t y

C o l l e g e .

SPORTS RESULTS.

HOCKEY. Wed. J a n . 11.

G u i l d s I v Lond. D i s t r

G u i l d s I I v L.S.E.

R.C.S . v R.S.M.

W .4-0

L.2-3

W.5-2

S a t . J a n . 14.

Imp.I v O . C r e i g t o n i a n s W4-0

Imp.II v " I I W4-0

I m p . I l l v Broxbourne W3-0

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R.C.S. v E a l i n g G.i L.0-6 Imp.I v Borough Rd.C

Imp.II v K i n g s C o l l . I I

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RUGBY

G u i l d s I v 1 . L i s t . P o l i c e D 8-8

G u i l d s A v S.E.Essex C o l l . W 8-0

R.S.M. A v 4 L i s t . P o l i c e L 0-12

Imp.I v L.S.E. W22-3 Imp.1st.A v R.A.Est. W3-0 Imp 2nd.A v Bor.Rd.ColA L4-11 I m p . l s t E x t . A v V i c k e r s W l l - 0 Imp.2ndExt.A v O.Gravesend

L6-8

We have been asked t o p r i n t the names of the F e l i x B o a r d .

They are as f o l l o w s : -

E d i t o r : E.M.Hughes (C & G)

Sub E d i t o r : J.K.Booth (R S M)

S p o r t s E d i t o r : G.Sim (C & G)

A d v e r t i s i n g Manager: R.K.Smith (R 3 M)

Members:- Mary Mayer, J . M i d s l e y (R C S ) , J.S.Burton (R C S )

P.G.Taylor (R C S ), J . T a y l o r (R S M),D.C.Howe (C & G),

D . J . P o w e l l (C & G), R.G.Dalton (C k G), C.M.Hargreaves (Chem.Tech.).