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Why isn't the gymnasium finished yet? Once again we, the members of the Union, are suffering from the incompetence of the powers that he to plan anything i n such a way that i * i s completed on time, or even within months of ths specified date.

A week before the beginning of this term, workmen moved i n to carryout work that was ordered to be done l a s t WAT. Ifore time seems to be spent drinking tea than doing the work that the tax-payer i s paying f o r .

The whole business of the gymnasium Is one of blunders: this may sound a strong word to use, but i t s s u i t a b i l i t y i s demonstrated by the following facts:

1, The gym was designed i n sueh a way that i t i s two feet too short for Bad­minton. Consequently the Badminton Club w i l l suffer for a good many years by bar­ing to play on outside courts. � The radiators sera f i t t e d into re­cesses i n the walls so that they would be out of the way, leaving the wjklls f l a t so that b a l l games could be played i n safety. However, over the radiators were b u i l t box arrangements which protruded about three inches from the walls, mak­ing b a l l games highly dangerous. This was both unnecessary and stupid, when a simple f l a t panel was a l l that was required. At great expense these are at l a s t being mod­i f i e d by continuing the panelling along the whole length of the wall- The result looks

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extremely shoddy and the finished a r t i c l e i s not nearly as good as i t would have been I f the job had been done correctly ths f i r s t time.

3. The ropes are s t i l l awaited, and i t i s rumoured that we mlidit eventually get some wallbars.

4. The date of completion i s s t i l l

In conclusion, the athletio clubs are to be congratulated on the restraint they have shown, and our sympathies go to thorn for a l l the inconveniences they have had to put up with.

BALL

A comment that appeared i n the Editor­i a l of a recent copy of Phoenix with reference to "ball-gams players* being un f i t t e d t o choose a grand piano was disproved on Thursday, Oot. 3rd. The new piano, chosen by Council i n prefer­ence to a baby grand as suggested by some members of the S.C.C. whose mem­bers were d i r e c t l y oonneoted with the instrument, was moved against s l l i n s t ­ructions t o the Upper Refectory. The piano bought by the Union l a s t term was intended t o remain on the stage and be used by professional musicians.

An over snthuaiastio group of i r r e s ­ponsible members of our Union man­handled * j e piano t o ths Upper Refectory. She front wss forced off and the look badly damaged i n an endeavour t o make the instrument available t o the Jazz Band.

During the course of the evening two large burns appeared on the top - ob­viously made by smouldering cigarettes. The "ball-game players" are d e a r l y mare i n touch with the standard of behaviour of the OTHER Union Mashers.

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Her. 5th. celebrations. Keep sn eye on notios boards and FELIX for f u l l details.

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T O D A Y ' S E V E N T S

3 .CM. Open a*eting."Is there a Oodt" Prof. HJ>. lewis. Room 128 CM. 1-lOpm. Sandwiches available.

COLLEGE XTESIHO CHAPEL. Holy Trinity Church. 5-05pm.

CHRISTMAS ISLAMffiRS. "On ths beach!" Mr Bavid Jones. Literary readings and discussion. Committee Boom B.(Off Union Leung*,) 5-15pm.

LIBERAL SOC LETT. Mr. Peter BeseelX, prospective Liberal candidate for Bodmin, will speak at l-15pn in Cosmdttsa Boom B.

CHESS CLUB. Freshers' Crisis In Chess room at 5-16pm.

pEOTOaRAPHIO 800. Open evening. All me where, sspselally Trsshsrs, wal-

"Bsverlng to S B B O S S S . "

Bisenssiatt. Meet at l-10pm Bain entrance

B.C.S.

OBEX. E M O . SOU. Meeting In Chsau

rsoh. at 1-lOpm.

SAXUDB SUB. Meeting In Betas City and Osdlds. i l l freshers welcome. 5-151*.

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BOTANISTS, ORANSAY

Daring August t h i s year, a party of seven members of the Zoology Department took part i n an expedition to the I s l e of Oransay, one of the most westerly islands of the Inner Hebrides. I t was led by Bob Sturrook who, with the rest, had just completed his second year i n the Zoology Dept., and included two g i r l s .

The t r i p was run to gain experience i n planning, camping and working under expedition conditions and to see how the the members survived each other's company over a reasonable period of time. Armed with t h i s knowledge, the planning of an expedition to Ghana i n 1958, to follow the one t h i s year, should be greatly f a c i l i t a t e d .

On August 1st. s i x Members joined the seventh on the i s l a n d t o s t a r t the camp. They had f a i l e d to meet three days e a r l i e r because of a f a i l u r e on B r i t i s h Railways which resulted i n the main party being unable t o catch t h e i r boat. Yfliilst refusing to accept r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , B r i t i s h Railways generously footed the b i l l for extra expenses incurred during a three day "Tour of the Scottish Islands" as the party made i t s way by an alternatve route to i t s destination.

For the next three weeks no major set­backs interfered with the camp and l i f e progressed smoothly. Problems, including an investigation of l i t t o r a l insects, a survey of the d i s t r i b u t i o n of craneflies, an examination of the l i v e r f l u k e *)f the isla n d and general b i o l o g i c a l c o l l e c t i n g , were carried out with reasonable success.

A revealing insight into i s l a n d l i f e was obtained one night during a "Ceilidh 1' (pronounced caley as i n tray) on a neighbouring island - the effects of which were v i s i b l e f o r several daysj

After t h i s , gales from various d i r e c t ­ions combined with heavy r a i n showers began to play havoc with the camp. A l l the tents were damaged and running repairs had t o be made continuously under a l l conditions of gale, v i s i b i l i t y and r a i n . Eventually four of the aeven tents collapsed under the s t r a i n . Two of these were of a design reputed by the makers t o have been tested i n a South Georgia winter - some comment on our English summer! Throughout t h i s period the morale of the camp remained high, although we l o s t one member f o r external uncontrollable personal reasons (female).

With the subsidence of the gales the expedition ran quietly to an end. On August camp was struck and members reg r e t f u l l y l e f t the islands for t h e i r homes. The kindness of the islanders impressed i t s e l f an everyone and t h e i r h o s p i t a l i t y w i l l be long remembered.

The whole venture was undoubtedly successful and provided a l l the experience hoped far. A detailed report w i l l be given to the R.C.S. Natural History Society sometime i n November, together with a f i l m made during the t r i p .

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Attempts have recently been made to improve the f a c i l i t i e s of the Huxley Building. They necessitated the draining of the central heating system. The heating engineers eventually did arrive to r e f i l l the system, a l l going well u n t i l lunchtime when the job was only half-finiahed. True to the t r a d i t i o n of B r i t i s h Workmen, every­thing stopped for tea; that i s , except the water supply to the radiators which was l e f t running. The Inevitable happened. Slowly but unceasingly the water crept higher and higher; one by one the radiators started to leak. I t was found later that a l l the air. release vents had been l e f t open, and several laboratories were flood­ed as a r e s u l t .

The 'piece de resistance', however, was the culmination of the whole episode. The cold water (hot never goes throtudi these radiators) at l a s t reached the top of the heating system and issued forth from an upper-otorey window aa a long, penetrating j e t ; so penetrating, i n f a c t , that a row of motor- bicycles parked outside the neighbouring Royal College of Art reoeived an unasked f o r , but nevertheless 'alghly effective, shower bath.

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Every year a large number of those leaving I.C. go abroad i n search of a change of scenery, or money, usually both. But very few have tr a v e l l e d aa

f a r away as C.M.Smith (ex-Cham. Dept.) intends to go. He w i l l spend the next two and a half years at a F.I.D.S. base i n the Argentine Islands, Graham Land, Antarctica. As a change from organic chemistry he w i l l be doing meteor­olog i c a l work, some of i t i n connection with the International Geophysical Year.

Martin, who i s well known i n the College f o r his mountaineering and photographic a c t i v i t i e s , s a i l s scon on the "John Biscoe", and after a short stay i n Port Stanley he w i l l be landed at the base, which he w i l l share with eleven other s c i e n t i s t s , the penguins and'the seals. His 3pare time i s to be spent doing photography and. bird-ringing.

We rather think that he w i l l f i n d l i f e a l i t t l e b i t quieter down there than i t i s i n I.C.

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They've thrown us together, those Chemists up there And I hope you w i l l see that i t ' s r e a l l y unfair — You're merely a number, whilst I have a name; Our status i n l i f e i s hardly the same. A l l thermodynamics can't make us combine For I'm Kangaroo i n and you are 1-9.

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The following i s an aeoount of tha I.C. Xoologloal Expedition to Ghana which took place t h i s rammer, sponsored by the Exploration Board i -

Ghana i s a young oonntry and i s almost- Impatient i n i t s desire to solve I t s many problems, especially the a g r i c u l t u r a l ones. The object of our expedition was ecologies! explo­ration with an economic i n c l i n a t i o n and touched on the most fundamental t r o p i c a l problem, which i s s o i l con­servation. The usual method of farming, away from the coastal p l a i n , i s by clearing the mature forest and planting crops i n the forest s o i l . The sun im­mediately begins to dry the humus and the s o l i nutrients, now no longer held by an extensive root system, are etched away by the r a i n , and the area Is a l ­lowed to degenerate to a secondary bush vegetation.

The f o c a l point of the investigat­ions of the three entomologists, two botanists and the s o i l s c i e n t i s t s was the factors affecting the formation and destruction of humus, although each member also studied isolated subjects. Two main areas were studied. One was a s t r i p transect i n the Bobiri forest Reserve extending from a stream through a swamp, into thick forest on a sl i g h t h i l l ; the other was once a swamp by a ri v e r but has been drained and deforest­ed and now supports an annuel crop of rl o e . Rice has only reoently been i n t r o ­duced there and the area can probably be compared di r e o t l y withthe other swamp which i s s t i l l forested.

During the eight weeks several t r i p e were made by one or a l l of the members, and Wiawso, Cape Coast, Ach-imota university i n Ghana, Kano i n Nig­e r i a , and Agades on the fringe of the Sahara were a l l v i s i t e d . A truck and driver were supplied by the department of Agriculture i n Komasi (the c a p i t a l of Ashanti) to make the t r i p s i n Ghana possible. Kumasi i s only 20 miles from the Bobiri Reserve, and as i t i s the headquarters of the Opposition Party, we got a good idea of the background to the deportations, r i o t s and court oases which have occurred recently.

The expedition weur led by Hick Jago who, together with Janet Petersen and Joyce Farmer organised the cook and two steward boys who performed our chores, We l i v e d i n two mosquito-proof bungalows, fortunately equipped with a refrigerator which was constantly main­tained by Chris Green. This machine i s of v i t a l importance when the tempera­ture i s constantly around 80 degrees Fahreneit and the r e l a t i v e humidity i s 100 *.

On October 1st we should be i n Freetown, Sier r a Leone, where we are assured of a pleasant stay, as i t i s the home town of H i l t o n J a r r e t t , the s o i l s o i e n t i s t . At the moment (Sept. 27th) we are only one day from Tak-oradi Harbour, In a f r e e l i n g tempera­ture of 76 F, on our way to a B r i t i s h ainter and a l o t of work awaiting us.

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The University Grants Committee has recently produced the report of i t s sub­committee cm Halls of Reslaonce. This -page document published by Her Majesty' i

HuMmtxy Office, i s very good value f o r three s h i l l i n g s .

I t discusses the whole problem of ensuring that every student derive* t h a f u l l benefits of a university l i f e . I t strongly advocated the provision of more Halls of Residence as the means of doing t h i s . Only when a l l students spend a period i n residence (the report recommends at l e a s t two years and preferably mare) w i l l the bruwnbagging 9 to mentality be eradicated.

The v i t a l educational role of hostel l i f e should be of great interest to Imperial College, f o r whose students ten of so new hostel units, each containing about 90 residents, are t o be b u i l d i n Prince* Gardens during the next few (?) years.

The booklet discusses a student who, having just l e f t school, continues t o l i v e at hone whilst attending college. To him are denied "the stimulus of fresh scenes, the e x h i l a r a t i o n of independence, the sense that a new adventurous phase of l i f e i s pending"'. Digs may have the advantage of being much doses- to oollege, but are a very poor second t o l i v i n g i n a hostel. They are l i a b l e to be expensi­ve, and acme are squalid and d i f f i c u l t to work In. As the report says, "digs do nothing to help a student t o i n t e r ­pret the wnivorsity world". I t goes on to emphasise the " c i v i l i s i n g and humanising" influence of a hostel. Half of a student's university education i s obtained i n h i s college department, the other ha l f , equally important, by mixing with his fellow students. Only a resident oan appreciate the second h a l f f u l l y . He oan obtain a thoroughinterchange of ideas with his fellows and can benefit from an understanding of the co-operation and teamwork whioh spring from l i v i n g i n a student community.

The report recommends a mixture of a l l "years" and postgraduates i n hostels, and emphasises tha importance of a sprink­l i n g of s t a f f , as w e l l , i n order t o im­prove staff-student relationships. Mem­bers of s t a f f should act as "moral tutors* t o the students.

A hostel depends a great deal, says the report, on the preaonality of i t s warden. Bis must he resilient! And host The sub-oommittec thinks that the post of warden should be held in university status: that the onetime possession of a wardenahip should count favourably whan Sfppedataents to professorehips are Being made. This produces one Implication whioh will have to be watched carefully at X.C. Hitherto ear wardens and sab-wardens have been asm with.a genuine aad active interest in student affairs: they have taken on the job more as a beany than for money. Hew i t seena possible that an aafcitioea academician may seek a wardenship for purely professional ends, and i t is unlikely that he would make a satisfactory and tolerant warden. It ia to he hoped that there will always be eaJV ficdent staff to take on wardonshias far

the fun and great interest i t oan pro­vide rather than possible promotion l a t e r .

The report also attempts t o discuss the possible impact of a large r e s i d e n t i a l population! i n various h a l l s , each holding about 100, en college l i f e i n general. Bare i t i s impossible t o generalise on the complementary functions of h a l l s and unions: 80 much depends on the distance that the h a l l s are froa the college centre, the existence of an active union etc., and t h i s i s different f o r every university i n the country. The report speaks of a t h l e t i c clubs run by each h a l l : students not actually i n residence would be considered as 'associate members* of a h a l l f o r t h i s purpose, with the r i g h t to use lounges and fl-trHwg rooms i n the h a l l . This, no doubt, i s a reasonable idea f o r a oollege or university •where the h a l l s are scattered and remote from the Union or s o c i a l center. But at I.C., with a large and active Union, which divides naturally i n t o the three consti­tuent oollege unions when the situation or numbers demand, i t seems u n l i k e l y that any of the h a l l s i n Princes Gardens w i l l f e e l any need to organise t h e i r own major a c t i v i t i e s . The I.C. Governing Body report, 1955-56, emphasised that the Princes Gardens project was designed to encourage the corporate feeling of the oollege as a whole, and a l l residents would use the same refectories and lounges. Nevertheless each h a l l w i l l need acme sort of administering committee, l i k e the present hostel's Resident's Committee whioh, happily, contains a considerably greater student representation than the U.G,C'& report appears to think r i g h t a and proper.

This sub-committee's report has been based on evidence received from many u n i ­v e r s i t i e s and colleges. The university Grants Committee v i s i t e d I.C. i n November, 1955, and i t i s very satisfactory to r e c a l l that the Union Council's memorandua t o the oooBittee was devoted e n t i r e l y to a request f o r more h a l l s of residence, f o r reasons s i m i l a r to those described i n acme sections of t h i s report. The purchase of Princes Gardens followed a few months l a t e r . This Council was subjected to the perennial and t o t a l l y irrelevant c r i t i c i s m that i t contained too many sporting and ball-games types. They certainly seem to have h i t the b a l l good and hard on t h i s occasion.

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E D I T O R : P E T E R L E V I N ��������� YANKS

The Planning Office has come i n for considerable castigation, both i n these columns and elsewhere, during the l a s t three years. Their latest embarrassment i s the"pirated" a r t i c l e that appeared i n the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN recently, describ­ing the plans f o r the new Prince's Gardens Hostel,

The College, i t transpires, has sug­gested that the hostel be designed i n such a way that during the long vac. i t con be converted into hotel accomodation of a standard that would be attractive to Amer­ican t o u r i s t s . This i s an excellent idea. Although new to t h i s country, i t i s very common i n Scandinavia, where such hotels are exceedingly popular.

The advantages of the scheme are ob­vious. We congratulate the Planning Office and trust that they w i l l carry i t out with­out skimping on materials and workmanship. We have too many examples of false economy around us already. Only the best w i l l stand up to student wear and tear, and only the best w i l l appeal to our v i s i t o r s from abroad.

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Commemoration Day i a shortly upon us again. To a l l those who have never attend­ed, especially freshers, we say see for yourself what goes on. I t i s a side of College l i f e that i s a l l too r a r e l y glimps­ed. Apart from anything else, you get the rest of the day off and a free tea into tlm bargain.

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As usual at the beginning of the session, the Lower Refectory i s bearing the brunt of the lunchtime scramble. Freshers are reminded that lunches are also served i n the Upper Refectory (top f l o o r of the Union ), i n Queenies (Ayrton Hall) and In the refectory under the Imperial I n s t i t u t e . Sandwiches are available i n the Hew Lounge (opposite the Union O f f i c e ) ,

COMMEMORATION BALL.

The Ninth Annual Commemoration Ball wil l be held en ThursdayOctober in the Ballroom of Claridgea Hotel, Panning to the music of ths BILL SAVTLL ORCHESTRA is from p.m. to a.m.

Tickets may he purchased at ths Union Office.

SATURDAY H O P S

Dear S i r , Last year there were f a i n t

rumours of the Entertainments Committee organising a l l our informal dances, with no Club hops. Let us hope that we are to be spared t h i s fate, i f l a s t Saturday's hop was an example of the best the E.C. can do.

What i s t h i s ridiculous nonsense of

having Ladies' Invitation and Ladies' Exouse-me dances? These appeared to be equally unpopular both with the men and the ladies present. May we express cur surprise and disgust at having a 'change partners' dance at pm. This sort of thing w i l l t o t a l l y change the t r a d i t i o n a l character of I.C. hops.

We cannot have band leaders taking charge of our dances and running them as though t h i s were an East End Working Men's Club! The M.C. should d e f i n i t e l y be a responsible member of t h i s College, and not a band leader.

Lastly, we must protest about the extreme d i f f i c u l t y of obtaining drinks. The organisers of the dance should have been prepared f o r the large number of people requiring drinks.

The E.C. should set a better example on how to run a hop, especially a f t e r t h e i r c r i t i c i s m of several Clubs l a s t year over the organisation of t h e i r dances.

Yours, i n disgust,

P.S.Smith P.Porgess.

TRIPE!

My dear F e l i x ,

Tour Uncle Phoenix (remember him?) begs a l l freshers t o cons­id e r him at t h i s time and to ask themselves whether or not they might have some d e l ­i g h t f u l short story, an essay or two, an a r t i c l e , a set of anecdotes, some a r t ; just a drib or drab of something up t h e i r sleeves.

Should they have such talent surely they are bound t n f i l i a l obligation t o contact The Editor, The Phoenix o/o the Union Rack as soon as possible so that the Christmas E d i t i o n o f Phoenix due out i n the f i r s t week of December may be t r u l y ambitious.

My benevolent greetings, Phoenix

"JKA

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Dear S i r , I would advise your readers to

take no heed of your so-called remedy for Asian ' f l u . The l a s t man to t r y i t woke the whole hostel up at one i n the morning y e l l i n g that h i s btd was on f i r e . The Warden came and pulled him out. "Ton b — — y idioty he remarked. "I suppose you l i t your candle under the bed-clothes. "NonshenshV the suf­ferer i n s i s t e d . "The bed'wash a l i ^ i t when I got into i t ?

Tours f a i t h f u l l y , Henry Shoe.

THAT G U A R D I A N A R T I C L E

Dear S i r , FELIX always used to be f i r s t with

the news of College a f f a i r s . Why i s i t , then, that we have to read the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN i n order to learn of the latest details of the hostels i t i s proposed to b u i l d i n Princes' Gardens.

Why cannot we get the news that we want and pay for?

Tours sincerely, K. C. Reader.

Our Architectural Correspondent writes:- Enquiries at the Planning Of­f i c e and to the College Administration have f a i l e d to elucidate any information to amplify these reports. We could get no information whatsoever; i n fact your cor­respondent was ushered away from the model while he was i n the process of i n ­specting i t . I t i s hoped that there Ml A t be some information by Christmas. The Planning Office states that the GUARDIAN'S report was pirated, but i s ignorant of the source.

TOUCHSTONE

Prof. A.R.Ubbelohde i s the guest speaker at the f i r s t Touchstone Week­end of the new session* Speaking on "The Purpose and Techniques of a Uni­v e r s i t y Education", he i s f u l f i l l i n g a great need i n cur college, f o r a l l too few of our number come to college with the Intent of being educated.

Any who have heard the Prof, speak, I use t h i s term rather than lecture, w i l l need no compelling t o apply f o r a place on t h i s weekend; but to the f a r larger masher who have not ye* had t h i s pleasure,

I h e a r t i l y oommend h i s great learning and understanding of university teaching, and h i s vast knowledge of the beauties of ths TbigH«h language.

Ton wil l a l l have an enjoyable time, and come away refreshed by the invigorating Berkshire countryside. The raonosiUnffli are informal, in pleasant surroundings a and plenty of time is awailable for gene­ral ' U i i — i t r n ,

AH application forms, whioh oan be obtained from most notice boards In ths College, should be oomplsted and sent to Mr. C. K. MoDoamll. at 178, Queens' Gate, as soon as possible.

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Th* R.C.S. Motor Club and Jezebel were honoured by the eompany of I.C.'s President on her t r i p round Hyde Park on the second of the two Freshers' days. The Old lady was allowed through the Park unimpeded,although accosted i n Exhibition Road by a gentleman(?) i n blue,whose lack of humour may hare been due to a vulgar noise she has recently acquired.

I t waa regretted that Bo and Clem­entine were unable to be present.

FASHION

U.C. and Bedford hare challenged Kings to a duel. Kings, a small semin­ary on the banks of the Thames — s t i l l smarting from the "washing of their backside" l a s t s e s s i o n — have arranged with a West End store f o r some of t h e i r woman to take part i n a mannequin par­ade next week. The squabble i s the res­u l t of Kings' claim to be the "best dressed College In the university?

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i n I.C.W.A. representative i s reported to have said "Are there any other woman i n the university?"

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I.C.W.A. don't need dressing up.

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C O M E T H I S F R I D A Y

�FELIX HEALTH GUIDE.

How to deal with Asian ' f l u .

Obtain a pottl e of whisky and r e t i r e to your room with plenty of hot water handy. Here soak your feet i n hot mustard and water, l i g h t a candle and go t o bed. Keep sipping the hot whisky and water preferably sweetened with honey,until you oan see two candles. Continue t h i s t r e a t ­ment u n t i l you oan see three candles, then blow out the middle one, turn over and go to sleep.

I f t h i s proves unsuccessful, t r y dosing yourself with an interesting potion c a l l e d a Zombie. For t h i s you need.

I02. Jamaica rum. 2oz. Cuban rum* 1oz. V i r g i n Island rum. 1 tablespoon Demerara rum. loz. each: lime; pineapple:

Papaya juice.

Shake a l l but the Demerara rum with ice pour the f l u i d without straining into a 14oz. glass. Float the Demerara rum (l51degrees proof) on top. Garnish with a cherry, pineapple s t i c k , s l i c e of orange, sprig of mint dusted with sugar. Sip very slowly.

LETTER TO

Dearest IJinotchka with the so very

enchanting round figure, why have you l e f t the warmth of my bosom for the cold loneliness of the outer space? With every glimpse I have of you, my heart rockets up and s a t e l l i s e s : and I wish that I could lay my burning fore­head upon your cool, cool hands.

Perhaps, you misguided one, you have been seduced by the man i n the noon. T i l l you return, there w i l l be no more songs i n the a i r , or sweet coo­ing lovers i n the shadow of the Kremlin,

So please cone back to your beloved,

Ze-arth.

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When WILL there be a suggestions book i n the lower refectory, Nelson i s impatient to question the recent unannounced increase i n prices ... ... or do suggestions hurt too much.

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At l a s t one of the Union f l a g * Doles has been nut too crood use, i t flew a small black a r t i o l e of cloth­ing the other day; no doubt mourning i t s lack of use.

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After over a year they are STILL thinking what to do with i t ; inquiries are now to be made to decide whether Coloutts tower w i l l stand by i t s e l f . Let the planners stand or f a l l by their bunsrlings and decide before they are drowned in the collapse of t h e i r own f o l l i e s .

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And s t i l l they come Further marrioges :-Vere Atkinson - (ex Secretary I.C.U.) Peter Kale - (er Secretary C.&.G.U.) John W»lton - (e* Aero) to P a t r i n i a

Woodhnms (ex Chemistry)

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A balding gentleman with a crew-cut sat unconcernedly reading 'H.,lth and Eff.c..ncy' i n the refectory la s t weekend. On the table i n front of him was the lntest copy of 'The Ps.eh.lvcr.st M.g.z,ne' . A psychol­ogists renort on t h i s would make food for thought.

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The Millerhom. The renaming of Mount Bcmbakstetta was nrompted by the temporary loss of the true name, and the i n a b i l i t y of anyone to rem­ember i t s involved spelling.

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Once b i t t e n , twice any. We observe that one of our beautiful freshwomen had her ankle i n bandages after only four nights i n the Hostel.

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Prominent nemasr of Union Council: " I shall make a disgrace of myself tonight*.

Editor of Felix: "Tnis Cow Guam a let streamer than It was". Wow •sah have you half

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FELIX GUIDE TO THE GODS

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Joan Regan

Anthony Ireland

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Pleasures of Paris

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S A B R I N A

Dickie Henderson

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VIEWPOINT

O B September 29th, there appeared in. Reynolds News an a r t i c l e by a Dr. Brian Welbeck ass a i l i n g our educational system and the products thereof, with p a r t i c u l a r emphasis on the s c i e n t i f i c and technological aspects, bringing up some points quite commonly met with.

Dr. Welbeok asserted that present-day sixth-formers suffer from a s u r f e i t of sports and scdenoes. They are not being taught to think f a r themselves, but merely have the contents of other men's minds pouredt i n t o t h e i r own. "Everything that might Broaden the scholar's mind and encourage tvftn to browse i n wide pastures of culture, l i t e r a t u r e and philosophy has heem d r a s t i c a l l y pruned. Latin and ©reek and the wealth of human culture that they open up are supppsed to be dead subjects? I t appears to us neces­sary t o point out, once and for a l l , that l i t e r a t u r e and philosophy, L a t i n and Greek just do not constitutes every­thing that might broaden a scholar's mind. Does th i s insistence on teaching the culture of the past, while young minds are being actively stimulated by the s c i e n t i f i c achievements that are taking place now (the Russian earthi-satellite provides a t o p i c a l example) betray some rather out-of-touchi wishful thinking? We s h a l l return to t h i s point.

"One can be a good technician while remaining something l e s s than human, while being v i r t u a l l y uneduc­ated" writes Dr..Welbeck. Agreed. One can. And who has not heard of the lawyer, schooled i n Greek and Latin, who spends his time doing nothing but looking up precedents.

"... a c i v i l i z a t i o n i s judged, not by i t s machines of war, but by i t s creative a r t i s t s , i t s l t i e r a t u r e , i t s philosophy and i t s poets" Well, there has been nothing new at the R.A. Summer Exhibition f o r donkeys' years. How many giants of l i t e r a t u r e and poetry are there nowadays? Dr. Welbeck seems to rea l i s e that the Latin-Greek culture i s dying a slow death — he does not r e a l i s e that i t i s being inevitably superseded by a new culture, with mathematics the l i v i n g language; a culture appealing to the youth, of to­day because i t s i g n i f i e s progress. He does not admit that Science i s creative. Readi the newspapers, Dr. Welbeck. The only creative people nowadays are Scien­t i s t s and Technologists. When our c i v ­i l i z a t i o n i s judged according t o i t s works, the discoveries of the former and the more tangible monuments of the l a t t e r w i l l stamp t h i s age as the re­naissance.

Dr. Welbeck goes on: "We honour the Romans not because they were s k i l ­led engineers but because they laid th foundations of Civ i l Law? Do the aeneefueta deserve no honour? "Comparing ouraalvas with, the kiddle Ages which produced the Cathedrals, we must blush to think that the best we oan show are monstrous office blocks and the inter-continental ballistie missile" One need not quote examples to show that Dr. Welbeok is here compering the best of one world with the worst of another. A scientific education would have taught him objectivity, while one might hear i a Bind that in those same Middle Ages

Galileo Galilei was. persecuted and imprisoned for supporting the view that the planets revolved round the sun.

"The 19th century ... produced MEN ... men who were not afraid to think widely, to challenge accepted citadels of thought..." Were not the atomic theory and the quantum theory evolved by such men? Asa. are not today's c i t ­adels being challenged by Scientists? Dr. Welbeok has already stated his preference for the C i v i l Law of the Romans and the architecture of the Mid­dle Ages.

una f i n a l quotation: "Today we turn out, by the score, conveyor-built pimply-faced l i t t l e s c i e n t i s t s and chemists who think that the whole world is Bounded by a test-tube! Welbeck has no weapon save r i d i c u l e with which to attack us. Heaven help him. His a r t i c l e , l i k e too many others, conjures up a picture, of a man running round i n c i r c l e s , sensing that he has l o s t something but ignorant of what he seeks and how to f i n d i t . unable t o face the future, he takes refuge behind a door that i s very nearly closed.

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COMING

SUNDAY OCT. 13th. Y.H.A. Ramble with Bedford College

i n Flatford(Essex)Ar«a. Meet at Liver­pool ST. Stn. at 9.30am. MDKDAY OCT. 14th.

MLN.&MET. SOC. "The History of the Royal School or Mines." Dr,C.3.Smith, C. B.E. at 5,10pm. TUESDAY OCT. 15th.

POLISH SOC. A.G.M. 1.15pm i n Comm­itte e Room B.

WINE-TASTING SOC. "Sherry" 5.30nm. i n the Snack Bar. WEDNESDAY OCT. 16th. RAILWAY SOC. V i s i t to Barking Engin­eering Works. THURSDAY OCT. 17th.

ART CLUB. General Meeting, 1.30pm. i n Committee Room B. FRIDAY OCT. 18th.

Y.H.A. W#*y Weekend at Chaldon with Bedford College.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOC. "Colour Photo­g r a p h y — a hundred years of Progress." D. H.0.Johns B.So.A.H.C.S.,ETo.

ROVER CHEW. "The In & Out i n Scout­ing." Talk by Me l v i l l e B a l s i l l l e . TUESDAY OCT. I2nd. RAILWAY SOC. " I r i s h Railways" H.C. Casserley.

LIT, & DEB. SOC. "This House believes that Love's Labour i s l o s t . " (Guest speakers from Bedford College) FRIDAY OCT. t5th.

HOVER CREW. Plarning of next years Summer Camp.

BAP ORGY

Peter Rowe has the following extract column of the Manchester about Tuesday 11th.

"A striking lesson upper l i p is given in the weekly bulletin C i v i l Engineering prints the following layer in Barbados to worked:

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l e t t e r from a b r i c k -the firm for which he

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the barrel with I went to the line. Chfortun-

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out. I was now and so started to

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I respectfully request

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SPORTST R I A L S

SOCCER

The t r i a l s were held at Harlington on October 2nd. and 5th. i n glorious weather. Ths standard of the t r i a l i s t s was good hut there were few players of f i r s t team standard. College f o o t b a l l i s f aster and more robust than the f o o t b a l l played at most schools, and when the freshmen become accustomed t o the change than more w i l l q u a l i f y f o r places i n the top teams. I t i s there­fore better that these players are seleoted f o r lower teams at f i r s t , but t h i s w i l l not mean that t h e i r claims t o better f o o t b a l l w i l l be forgotten.

About 110 students have indicated t h e i r wish to play f o o t b a l l f o r the College. I t i s impossible f o r ths club to include everybody at f i r s t , but selection of tho teams w i l l be as f a i r as possible, e n t i r e l y on a b i l i t y , and the competition f o r places should prove a great incentive to everyone.

RUGBY

The Club'i. t r i a l s , whioh were hold at Harlington on Wednesday and Saturday, were very successful and attracted w e l l over 100 players. This year's F i r s t Eleven should be as strong as ever and the lower teams, apart from a certain shortage of full-backs and fly-halves, should also do well.

Teams f o r Saturdays are normally posted on the Rugby Club notice board on Tuesday lunchtlmes. Flayers are asked to look at t h i s notice board, whioh i s just outside the Bar, early i n the week and not leave i t u n t i l Friday afternoon. I f available f o r the match, players should put a t i c k beside t h e i r names and i f not available, a cross. I t i s essential that players whose names appear on the reserve l i s t should also t i c k o f f as no Club oan function with­out reserves. Fast experience has shown that almost every reserve who t i c k s off gets a game; any reserve who t i c k s o f f two weeks i n succession w i l l be picked f o r a side i n the t h i r d week.

Players who went to the U.L. t r i a l s and who now want to play f o r I.C. should sign the l i s t they w i l l f i n d on the notice board.

Rugby fixtures ( f i r s t team):

Sat. Oct. 12 th. Wed.0ct.16th.

Sat.Oct.19th. Wed.0ct.23rd.

Streatham Ex.1 (A) Charing X Hosp. (A) Old Stortfordians (H) Royal Tets. (A).

CROSSCOUNTRY

So f a r t h i s season ths Crosscountry Club has had no competitive f i x t u r e s , but two t r i a l s have been held. I f the freshers f u l f i l the promise they have shown i n the t r i a l s , we oan perhaps hops f o r another season as successful ss the l s s t , when we won the university Champ­ionship and were seoond i n the Hyde Park Road Relay.

Two very useful additions t o our membership are R.C.Landbeck (ex-South­ampton) and J.F.Jaeger (ex-Cambridge), and also freshers A.Brown, A. Brash and K.Ludlam showed considerable promise. However, of greater importance, i s the fact that the Club has gained a f a i r l y large number of freshers of moderate a b i l i t y who w i l l form the packing strength of the Club i n the future.

Crosscountry fixtures ( f i r s t team): Sat.Oct.12th. U.C. Relay (A) Sat.Oct.19th. Poly M)b Match (A) Sat.Oct.26th. U.L. T r i a l s (A)

BOA

On Wednesday afternoon about 70 Freshmen were shown, round the Boat-house and given tea. Following t h i s pleasant event, the more serious side of the sport has got i n t o f u l l swing with s i x Fresher crews being boated and tanked on Saturday.

The Morphy and Lowry crews have already started t h e i r t r a i n i n g f o r November 6th. Morphy Day. These poor people have to row at 8.00 am. fo r the honour of t h e i r constituent College on three mornings a week.

"Greater love hath no man''

RIDING

During the recent vac. three members of the Club spent an eventful 16 days trekking through Yorkshire, both high and low, reoeiving quite incredible h o s p i t a l i t y at many of the farms v i s i t e d . V i s i t s wore made to both racehorse and showjumping trainers, while the tour ended with a v i s i t to the York Music F e s t i v a l and a rids back to Burnley.

The only discomforts experienced were due to non-waterproof tents (on two oc­casions), and ones or twice the nobis animals mistook human feet f o r stones — and trod on thorn.

I t Is hoped to r i d s In a similar trek on the continent next summer, probably i n Swltssrlsnd.

SAILING

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On and October racing at the Welsh Harp was f o r open competition and entries arrived from nine Clubs scattered over the Thames area, i n addition to the College, University, and l o c a l Clubs.

"Fumble* (Janet Stevens and Mike Collyer) got the winning gun i n the practice race, and went on to win the Welsh Harp S a i l i n g Association's Autumn Trophy from a f l e e t of starters. (Note: The Trophy was won i n by s i s t e r ship "famulus", also I.C.^.

"Faust", s a i l e d by fresher Graham Taylor, received a consolation prize f o r a good performance i n very l i g h t a i r s , and we hope the Club may benefit from Graham's talent.

For the information of those who do not already know, the names of the I.C .Sailing Club's boats are: Fumble, Famulus, Faust, Furious, F e l i x ( a l l National F i r e f l y c l a s s ) .

ATHLETIC

Though I.C.A.C. functions mainly i n the summer term, i t i s hoped that members (and would-be members) w i l l take an active interest i n the Club In the winter terms. Weight-lifting and c i r c u i t training fac­i l i t i e s w i l l be provided as soon as the I.C. and U.L. ermnasia are opened. At present both are temporarily closed; the former for repairs and the l a t t e r for draining as i t was flooded when the awinf-ming bath at U.L.U. was f i l l e d .

One f i x t u r e takes place this term. This i s the University's th i r d Winter f i e l d Events and Relays Competion. Last year we lo s t the"TJalve Trophy" for f i e l d events to Middlesex Hospital and were second i n the relays. We particularly request F.E. men to reserve Wed. 13th Nov. to add t h e i r support to the I.C. team. By strengthening our F.E. section, especially i n the Jumping events,we can go a long way towards achieving our aim of regaining our t i t l e of University champions-which was loat to University College l a s t year.

The attention of a l l members,old or new,of any standard,and whether inter­ested i n the Winter meeting or not,is drawn to the Atfeletio Club l o t i o e Board (situated outside the Bar) where a notice concerning a l l i s exhibited.

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