16th JANUARY 1973

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F R E E ! No. 324

"THE

GOOD NEWS

PAPER"

. . . BUT IT'S A

CLOSE THING

UGM rejects Rent Strike

New Halls levy to continue Militant students at Friday's U G M

erupted in uproar when the meeting narrowly

threw out the idea of a rent strike in TC in aid

of the grants campaign.

About 350 students turned up to vote at

the meeting, fifty less than attended Thurs­

day's meeting which had to be adjourned to

Fr iday.

Starting twelve minutes

late because of the late ar­

r iva l of the I C U Execut ive

and general disorganisa­

t ion i n the Great H a l l ,

Thursday 's meeting really

got under way With M i k e

Terry, Na t i ona l Secretary

of the Na t i ona l U n i o n of

Students, speaking on rent

strikes and the grants

campaign and answering

questions f rom the floor

about them. H e to ld the

meeting that using the

rent strike weapon: " the

only economic power we

have" : was the best way

of forcing the government

to pay students higher

grants.

Strong concern for post­

graduate students was ex­

pressed i n the questions

put to M r . Terry, mainly

focused on the op in ion

that the campaign seemed

to concentrate solely on

increasing undergraduate

grants. M r . Terry said

that this op in ion was fa l l ­

acious, and that the cam­

paign was for an increase

for a l l students. (Our po l i ­

t i ca l correspondent, how­

ever, points out that it is

significant that l ittle if any

mention of postgraduates

was made at either the

N U S conference at M a r ­

gate last November or at

the Campa ign Co-ordinat­

ing Committee 's first

meeting i n December). A n

amendment to the mot ion,

passed by an overwhelm­

ing majority, cal led for an

immediate £100 increase

in the postgraduate grant

and the restoration of the

London weighting, and

demanded that the N U S

executive should give

these points equal pr ior i ty

w i th the other objectives

of the campaign.

D o r i Schmetterl ing then

spoke against the part of

the mot ion wh ich wou ld

have abolished the 35p

per week new halls levy.

Pau l Jowitt , Deputy Presi­

dent, to ld the meeting that

he was sure that future

generations of students

would look back in grati­

tude to the meeting and

th ink that "Tin 1973 I C U

acted to get its students a

higher grant, yet banished

them to live i n Wimb le ­

d o n " . It was further

pointed out that were it

not for the existence of

the levy it wou ld be i m ­

possible to finance the

bui ld ing of the new

Nor th side H a l l .

The paragraph of the

motion cal l ing for the abo­

l i t ion of the levy was

forthwith removed f rom

the mot ion by an amend­

ment that was passed

overwhelmingly.

The m e e t i n g then

moved on to consider am­

endments to the mot ion.

T o save time the presi­

dent, J o h n Lane , who

proposed the substantive

mot ion, accepted large

parts of these; but consid­

erable t ime was spent on

the others because Of pro­

tracted speeches f rom

Piers C o r b y n and Pete

Gi l le t t .

So long, in fact, that the

meeting had to be ad­

journed at 2.25 unt i l F r i ­

day.

Ga in ing i n inefficiency,

this meeting started a

quarter-of-an-hour late at

1.00, but, fortunately for

the quorum, few left for

lectures at 1.30. The wi th­

drawa l of a mot ion by

Dave B r o w n recognising

" that a rent strike in Im­

perial College would not

achieve any useful pur­

pose and only aggravate

publ ic op in i on " i n favour

of his speaking against the

substantive, and the rapid

defeat of a Pete Gi l le t t

amendment, meant that

considerable discussion

(by IC U G M standards)

on the substantive was

possible. M a j o r speeches

in favour came from John.

Lane, John M u r l i s , R o b

Armi tage and S o n i a

Uochfelder; speeches ag­

ainst came from B i l l Ger-

rard, R o n Marples and

Dave Brown .

The mot ion was voted

on i n parts (all 14 of

them) and the majority of

it, pledging the back ing of

I C U to the demands of

the N U S for higher grants

and a new grants struc­

ture was passed over­

whelmingly.

The decisive moment

came when section F 2 was

arrived at: " I C U resolves

to use the only economic

power we have, the abi l i ty

to w i thho ld house and

hal l rents, to force the co l ­

lege authorities to put in­

tense pressure on the G o v ­

ernment to concede our

c l a i m . "

O n the count, the vote

was:

IN F A V O U R 166

A G A I N S T 1 7 5

ABSTENTIONS 13

— very close. The other

section of the mot ion re­

ferring to rent strikes was

defeated much more sub­

stantially.

However , a ca l l to fo rm

a rent strike organisation

committee was passed —

this committee w i l l now

co-ordinate the grants

campaign i n IC.

Fo l l ow ing the vote, a

mil i tant faction headed by

Piers Co rbyn issued a pet­

i t ion for an E G M to be

held on Thursday, the

1.8th. The text of the

statement is reproduced

i n the box on this page.

The Petition C A L L F O R A N E M E R G E N C Y G E N E R A L M E E T I N G

" T h u r s d a y ' s 5 5 0 s t rong U G M vo t ed for an a m e n d m e n t w h i c h s a i d : " T h e d e m a n d s o f the rent s t r ike apart f r om the po in ts w h i c h are part of the N U S c a m p a i g n to be : i . . . , i i . . . , i i i . . . , iv . . .

T h i s a m e n d m e n t — c a r r i e d after a debate a n d vote by a subs tan t i a l major i ty — a s s u m e s there is to be a rent s t r ike . A n i s sue once vo t ed on cannot be vo t ed on a s e c o n d t ime at a n ad j ourned mee t ing . W e a l l k n o w that.

S o the c h a i r m a n of the s m a l l e r 3 5 4 s t rong a d ­j ourned U G M on F r i day w a s out of order to put to the vote s e c t i ons of the mo t i on c o n ­c e r ne d w i t h whe the r the rent s t r i ke w o u l d take p lace .

T h e vo t ing after a lot of t ime w a s t i n g there fore of 1 6 6 for a rent s t r ike a n d 1 7 5 aga ins t , 1 3 abs t a in ing , w a s n u l l a n d v o i d . E s p e c i a l l y s i n c e there w a s on ly 9 in i t !

T h e rest o f the m o t i o n suppo r t i ng the grants c a m p a i g n w a s p a s s e d a lmos t u n a n i m o u s l y .

C a n a s m a l l e r ad j ourned mee t ing over turn the d e c i s i o n o f a larger m e e t i n g? O f c ou r s e notM

T h e on ly fair s o l u t i o n is to r e d i s c u s s the mo­t i on as a m e n d e d so far at an E G M .

W e there fore c a l l o n the P r e s i d en t to o r gan i s e an E G M on T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 18 , at 1.00 p .m . in the Great H a l l . M e a n w h i l e don ' t pay y o u r H a l l B i l l .

S i g n th i s Pe t i t i on . Ge t your f r i ends to s i g n . Return to the U n i o n O f f i c e . "

MOTION: Page 5

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'One thing, though: Th is stuff should soon be down to £4.50 a bottle.

Page 2 F E L I X January 16 ,1973

MARTIN'S BIT H o w many times have y ou thought that

one aspect of the U n i o n Act iv i t ies was

misguided.

D o you ever think that we aren't doing

something we should?

I want to know what you want out of

Imper ia l Col lege U n i o n .

Compla ints are useful to us to know

what i t wrong, but i t is even more useful

to know what the cure is.

People have been compla in ing about

" F e l i x " . Wha t sort of articles, in forma­

t ion or stories do you want to see in

"The Newspaper of Imperial College."

H ave you enjoyed reading "Phosphorous

the Jobrot and Ferocious Din", for ex­

ample?

D o you go to Ents Concerts, o r the F r i ­

day N ight discotheques or do you spend

every evening i n the B a r because you

don' t l ike the entertainments the U n i o n

provides?

I want you to write to me in the U n i o n

Office w i th your suggestions, ideas and

complaints about any aspect of I C

U n i o n : wh ich reminds me of a true

story:

"Once upon a time in a jar off land a

dictator awaking one morning decided

that he wanted to know what the people

thought of him. He thus made a procla­

mation.

"I am a dictator, hut I am a benign

dictator and I want to know what

you think about the regime. Please

write to me and tell me.

By order,

The Dictator."

Now the people did write to him, but so

many of them wrote that he didn't even

bother to read the letters and decided

that he would stop being a friendly dic­

tator and dictate a little, because it was

obvious that the plebs didn't know what

they wanted and he knew much better.

And HE lived happily ever after".

I am not a dictator, but I w i l l read every

letter and take note of what you want

— and we might even get something

done about it.

A n d unti l then, I remain

M a r t i n C . B l a c k

G e t t i n g

C l e a n —

M i n d e d

M o s t people at I C w i l l have at least heard the name T R A N S C E N D E N T A L M E D I T A T I O N . T h e name by itself is misleading, conjur ing up images of Eastern mysticism.

T . M . is s imply a mental technique for inducing a state of consciousness in which the body enters an extremely pro­found rest state whi le the m ind remains alert (R .F . Scientif ic A m e r i c a n , Feb. , 1972). Th i s has a wide range of effects, for example the complete remova l of stress and tension f r om the nervous sys­tem (think about the impl icat ions of that).

I f taught properly, the technique is easily learnt, and a course is held at I C most weekends. If you want to find out more about T . M . and its uses wander along to Elec. Eng . 606 any Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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T h e L u i g i R a b b i t O r g a n i s a t i o n w a s c o m i n g

s t e a d i l y n e a r e r , w a v i n g i t s a r m s a n d s h o u t ­

i n g .

" A t fu i l the r p r o b l e m , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s .

" D o n ' t j u s t s t a n d t h e r e w a f f l i n g , " s n a p p e d t h e p l a n e , " g e t i n a n d w e c a n g o . I t i s a f t e r a l l w h a t I h a v e b e e n w a i t i n g f o r a l l t h i s t i m e . "

" S m a r t t h i n k i n g " , m u r m u r e d F e r o c i o u s , as t h e y c l a m b e r e d i n t o t h e c o c k p i t . F o r a l l t h e p l a n e ' s s i z e , t h e c o c k p i t w a s n o t v e r y l a r g e . I t w a s q u i t e a t i g h t s q u e e z e , a n d a f t e r a m o m e n t o f p a n i c w h e n i t a p p e a r e d t h a t t h e T w i g w o r m w a s g o i n g to s i t o n b o t h F e r o c i o u s a n d P h o s p h o r o u s , t h e y s o r t e d t h e m s e l v e s o u t — w i t h F e r o c i o u s a n d P h o s ­p h o r o u s s i t t i n g o n t h e T w i g w o r m .

" A H r i g h t ? " a s k e d t h e p l a n e a n d w i t h o u t w a i t i n g f o r a r e p l y S t a r t e d i t s e n g i n e s . T h e y c o u g h e d a n d s p l u t t e r e d i n t o l i f e a n d c l o u d s o f f o u l s m e l l i n g b l a c k s m o k e s p r e a d o v e r t h e s a n d .

" J u s t l i k e t h e m o d e r n s t u f f , " s a i d F e r o ­c i o u s , t o p i c a l l y . T h e w h o l e f r a m e w o r k o f t h e a i r c r a f t b e g a n to t r e m b l e a n d s h a k e . A n o m i n o u s r a t t l e c a m e f r o m b e n e a t h t h e T w i g w o r m ' s s ea t .

" O h d e a r " , h e m o a n e d , " I d o n ' t t h i n k I

l i k e t h i s f l y i n g . "

" N o n s e n s e , " g r u n t e d F e r o c i o u s u n f e e l ­

i n g l y .

T h e L u i g i R a b b i t O r g a n i s a t i o n h a d n e a r l y r e a c h e d t h e p l a n e — t h e y c o u l d m a k e o u t t h e R a b b i t ' s S t a r i n g w h i t e - r i m m e d eyes , a n d D i n o ' s b a t t e r e d f a c e — w h e n t h e h u g e m a c h i n e s l o w l y t u r n e d , a n d b e g a n t o m o v e a l o n g t h e b e a c h . S a n d w h i r l e d u p i n t h e r o a r i n g w i n d f r o m t h e t w i n p r o p e l l e r s , a n d as t h e p l a n e g a t h e r e d s p e e d , t h e L u i g i R a b ­b i t O r g a n i s a t i o n d r o p p e d o u t o f s i g h t .

" I c a n ' t s a y I ' m s o r r y t o see t h e b a c k o f t h o s e d e a r c h a p s , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s .

" M e n e i t h e r , " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s . W h i l e t h e y w e r e t a l k i n g t h e p l a n e h a d r i s e n s m o o t h l y , i f n o i s i l y , f r o m t h e b e a c h , a n d t h e p a l m t r e e s w e r e a l r e a d y t u f t e d m a t c h s t i c k s b e n e a t h t h e m .

" U u u u u r g h ! " g u l p e d t h e T w i g w o r m as h e i n a d v e r t e n t l y g l a n c e d o v e r t h e s i d e .

" D o n ' t l o o k o u t t h e r e , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s h e l p f u l l y , " s t u d y t h e i n s i d e o f t h e c o c k p i t i f t h e o u t s i d e i s w o r r y i n g y o u . " T h e T w i g ­w o r m s t a r e d i n d u s t r i o u s l y a r o u n d t h e i n s i d e o f t h e c o c k p i t . I t w a s l u x u r i o u s l y p a d d e d i n l e a t h e r , w i t h a h u g e s t e e r i n g w h e e l o n a p o l e , s t i c k i n g u p b e t w e e n P h o s p h o r o u s ' l egs .

" W h a t ' s t h i s ? " a s k e d t h a t w o r t h y , g i v i n g i t a p u s h . T h e p l a n e p l u n g e d f o r w a r d i n t o a d i v e , t h r o w i n g t h e t h r e e a d v e n t u r e r s i n t o a n u n t i d y h e a p .

" I d i o t s ! F o o l s ! I n c o m p e t e n t s ! " b e l l o w e d t h e p l a n e , as , w i t h a s i n g i n g o f r i g g i n g , a n d a t h r o b b i n g o f e n g i n e s , i t p u l l e d o u t o f t h e d i v e .

" D o n ' t t o u c h a n y t h i n g , " i t s h o u t e d , " I a m d o i n g t h e f l y i n g i n t h i s a i r c r a f t , d o y o u u n d e r s t a n d ? "

" S o r r y " , s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" A l l r i g h t " , s a i d t h e p l a n e , " j u s t w a t c h i t . I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t a d v e n t u r e r s a r e c o m i n g t o . . . . " h e g r u m b l e d o n u n d e r t h e t h r o a t y r o a r o f t h e e n g i n e s .

F e r o c i o u s h a d b e e n t h i n k i n g .

" W h e r e , e x a c t l y , a r e w e g o i n g , d e a r o l d a i r b o r n e s t r u c t u r e ? " h e i n q u i r e d .

" I h a v e a b s o l u t e l y n o i d e a , " s a i d t h e p l a n e p r o u d l y .

" B u t y o u c a n ' t k e e p o n f l y i n g a r o u n d i n ­d e f i n i t e l y , c a n y o u , " p r o t e s t e d F e r o c i o u s .

" L o o k " , s a i d t h e p l a n e , " I ' v e h a d j u s t a b o u t e n o u g h c h e e k f r o m y o u . M y i n s t r u c ­t i o n s w e r e to p i c k F . D i n a n d P . t h e J o b r o t p l u s T i n y T w i g w o r m off t h e b e a c h , a n d f l y a r o u n d i n a n a d v e n t u r o u s m a n n e r . "

" W h a t h a p p e n s w h e n w e r u n o u t o f p e t r o l ? " a s k e d F e r o c i o u s , c a s u a l l y .

" I w o u l d a s s u m e t h a t w e c o m e d o w n , o r l a n d , as w e s a y i n t h e t r a d e . "

" B u e w e a r e o v e r t h e s e a . "

" U m , " p o n d e r e d t h e p l a n e , " P e r h a p s y o u ' v e g o t a p o i n t t h e r e . I m u s t a d m i t t h a t t h o u g h t h a d n ' t o c c u r r e d t o m e . " F e r o c i o u s w a s u s e d t o P h o s p h o r o u s ' b r a i n , s o h e w a s n o t des-< pe ra i t e l y s h o c k e d .

" P e r h a p s i t w o u l d b e a g o o d i d e a , " h e s u g g e s t e d , " t o l o o k f o r s o m e w h e r e t o l a n d ? "

" P e r h a p s y o u ' r e r i g h t , " c o n c e d e d t h e p l a n e , " I w i l l k e e p a n e y e o u t . "

H a r d l y h a d h e s p o k e n t h a n a s m a l l , b l a c k

c l o u d a p p e a r e d o n t h e h o r i z o n . I t m o v e d

s l o w l y t o w a r d s t h e t r a v e l l e r s .

" L o o k s l i k e r a i n " , s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" O h d e a r " , s q u e a k e d t h e T w i g w o r m , " a n d

I ' ve l e f t m y u m b r e l l a b e h i n d . "

" H a n g o n , d e a r l a d s , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " I d o n ' t I t h ink t h a t ' s a r a i n c l o u d . I t l o o k s m o r e l i k e s o m e j o l l y o l d b i r d i e s . " A s t h e c l o u d c a m e n e a r e r , t h e y c o u l d s e e t h a t F e r o ­c i o u s w a s r i g h t — i t w a s a f l o c k o f b i rds . -S t r a n g e b i r d s t h e y w e r e t o o — l o n g s c r a w n y n e c k s ; b u l b o u s b o d i e s , l i k e b u n d l e s o f d i r t y w a s h i n g ; a n d t i n y w i n g s f l a p p i n g f u r i o u s l y t o k e e p t h e i r g r o t e s q u e f o r m s i n t h e alr« T h e i r l o n g f u r r y l e g s d a n g l e d u n h a p p i l y b e n e a t h t h e m , a n d f r o m t h e i r t i n y p i n - h e a d s p r o t r u d e d r a z o r s h a r p s t a b b i n g b i l l s , l i n e d w i t h s p i k y t e e t h .

" Y u c h ! " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" W h a t o n e a r t h a r e t h o s e n a s t y t h i n g s ? ' * a s k e d F e r o c i o u s , " a n d a r e t h e y f r i e n d l y ? "

" T h o s e , " s a i d t h e p l a n e w i t h a n o t e o f t e r r o r i n h i s t i c k - o v e r , a r e G r e a t e r G n a s h i n g S c r a w n s , a n d t h e y a r e n e v e r f r i e n d l y . "

" O h , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " s h o u l d n ' t w e d o s o m e t h i n g ? "

" W e l l , i f I j u s t c r u i s e o n , a n d t u r n m y e n g i n e s of f , " s a i d t h e p l a n e " t h e n t h e y m i g h t n o t n o t i c e u s . " F e r o c i o u s d i d n o t t h i n k t h i s p a r t i c u l a r l y l i k e l y , b u t h e k e p t q u i e t .

T h e p l a n e c u t i t s e n g i n e s , a n d b e g a n t « g l i d e , i t s c o m p l i c a t e d r i g g i n g s i n g i n g i n t h e s l i p s t r e a m . T h e S c r a w n s w e r e n e a r l y l e v e l w i t h t h e a d v e n t u r e r s , a n d s e e m e d to b e a b o u t t o pa s s w i t h o u t n o t i c i n g t h e m , w h e n t h e l e a d e r l e t o u t a s c r e e c h .

" H o l d i t , m e l a d d o s , t h e r e ' s a n i c e j u i c y p l a n e as ' u d m a k e a t a s t y s n a c k . "

" O h n o , " s c r e a m e d t h e p l a n e , " t h e y ' r e a i r b o r n e c r o c o d i l e s , t h o s e t h i n g s , t h e y ' l l t e a r t h e c a n v a s off a f e l l o w , a n d l e a v e o n l y t h e u n d e r - c a r r i a g e . "

" W e l l d o s o m e t h i n g ! " s h o u t e d F e r o c i o u s . T h e a p p r o a c h i n g d a n g e r d r o v e t h e p l a n e i n t o a c t i o n . W i t h a . s p l u t t e r a n d a r o a r h e r e s t a r t e d h i s e n g i n e s , a n d b e g a n t o d i v e s t e e p l y t o w a r d s t h e s ea . Z o o m , t h r o b . D o w n h e p l u n g e d , t h e t h r e e p a s s e n g e r s c l u t c h i n g f r a n t i c a l l y a t t h e s i d e o f t h e c o c k ­p i t . B u t t h e S c r a w n s w e r e n o t t o b e p u t o f f so e a s i l y . L i k e a s c r e a m i n g b l a c k w e d g e t h e y p l u m m e t e d o u t o f t h e s u n i n h o t p u r ­s u i t . I n a m a t t e r o f m o m e n t s t h e y w e r e u p w i t h t h e p l a n e , a n d s n a p p i n g a n d t e a r i n g a t i t s t a i l .

" G r e a t ! " s h o u t e d t h e l e a d e r , " I t ' s a l a t e '28 I t h i n k , p r o b a b l y H a n d l e y P a g e , E a s t e r n h a n g a r . V e r y a c c e p t a b l e . " W i t h S c r a w n s c h e w i n g a t i t s w i n g - t i p s t h e p l a n e t r i e d t o c l i m b a g a i n , a n d o u t s t r i p t h e t e r r i b l e b i r d s . B u t t o n o a v a i l ; i t h a d n e i t h e r t h e p o w e r n o r t h e h e i g h t .

" T r y a n d f i n d s o m e w h e r e to l a n d , " b e l ­l o w e d F e r o c i o u s , o v e r t h e s k w a l k i n g a n d s m a c k i n g o f b e a k s

T h e P l a n e w a s n o t r e a l l y i n a n y s t a t e t o m a k e r a t i o n a l d e c i s i o n s , b u t h e b l i p p e d h i s e n g i n e s , a n d d r o p p e d e v e n l o w e r , u n t i l h i s w h e e l s w e r e p r a c t i c a l l y t o u c h i n g t h e s e a . P h o s p h o r o u s a n d F e r o c i o u s w e r e s t a n d i n g u p i n t h e c o c k p i t s w a t t i n g a t t h e S c r a w n s , w h e n t h e T w i g w o r m l e t o u t a s q u e a k .

" T h e r e ! " h e s h o u t e d , " l o o k , a n i s l a n d . " S u r e a n o u g h a t i n y p a l m - f r i n g e d a t o l l l a y i n t h e i r p a t h .

" L a n d t h e r e , d e a r o l d h a r d - p r e s s e d a i r

p e r s o n . " T h e p l a n e n e e d e d n o e n c o u r a g e -

( c o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 5)

January 16, 1973 F E L I X Page 3

D i s t i l l e r s '

m a k e £ 2 0 m

o f f e r

- but spirits boycott

continues There has been controversy over the case of the

thal idomide v ict ims for quite some t ime now, and on

Fr iday , 5th January the Dist i l lers Company L im i t ed

made an offer of twenty m i l l i on pounds, to be paid over

a period of ten years, to the thal idomide vict ims, w i th

this an immediate cash payment of £50,000 to the

parents. Th i s offer has come about ma in ly as a result

of the pressure appl ied by Prudent ia l Insurance. The

leader of the parents involved, D a v i d M a s o n , has not

as yet commented on the offer.

Fo l l ow ing a vote by an I C U G M to boycott D C L

products, the Col lege Refectory Committee have show­

ed their sympathy wi th those concerned by agreeing

not to stock any spirits f rom Dist i l lers i n their bars.

A s a result of this decision they have replaced them

wi th other brands, and now there should be no Dis t i l ­

lers' stocks remaining.

O n the subject John Lane said last Thursday at the

U n i o n meeting that the boycott should continue unt i l

the parents have finally accepted an offer.

The matter continues.

A D V E R T I S I N G F E A T U R E

"ADOLF HITLER -my part in nis downfall

A f t e r

Y o u n g W i n s t o n

- Y x i n g

M i l l i g a n !

J I M D A L E as Spike Milligan

A R T H U R L O W E

B I L L M A / N A R D IN

, ' A D O L F

H I T L E R - M Y P A R T

I N H I S D O W N F A L L a

""—SJOHNNY BYRNE s:?iSS:S.,-./-."SS;KBWILfRED BURNS ™",:GREGORy SMriH a NORMAN COHEN/"""BNORMAN COHEN

A NORMAN COHEN FILM IN COLOUR

fc F R O M T H U R S D A Y J A N . 18 B

L O N D O N P A V I L I O N P I C C A D I L L Y C I R C U S T E L 4 3 7 - 2 9 8 2 L i e B a r

C o n t . P r o g s . M o n . — S a t . 12.55, 3.00, 5.30, 8.10. S u n . 3.00, 5.30, 8.10. S e p . l a t e s h o w . S a t . 11.15 p . m .

THE BASICS OF LIFE ASSURANCE EXPLAINED

Li fe A s s u r a n c e is bas i c ­

a l l y a very s i m p l e sub jec t

a n d the purpose of th is

a r t i c l e is to g ive a qu i ck

thumbna i l ske t ch of the

m a i n p r in c i p l e s i n vo l v ed .

There are three types of

insurance cover :

W h o l e L i f e — E n d o w m e n t

— T e r m

W h o l e L i fe A s s u r a n c e is

wha t it says . The cover

is on a pe r son ' s l i fe u n ­

t i l he d i e s .

E n d o w m e n t A s s u r a n c e :

Here a t e rm of years is

se l e c t ed by the buyer . If

he surv i v es that t e rm, he

co l l e c t s h is money .

S h o u l d he d i e w i t h i n the

s t ipu la t ed p e r i o d , the

S u m A s s u r e d is pa id out

to h is dependants .

T e r m A s s u r a n c e : T h i s is

the very cheapes t f o rm

of Li fe A s s u r a n c e . A per­

son takes out a po l i c y to

cover h imse l f for a per­

iod of years . S h o u l d he

d ie w i t h i n that pe r i od

the fu l l amount of the

S u m A s s u r e d w o u l d be

payab le to h is depen­

dants . If, however , he

s u r v i v e d , he gets no th ing

at a l l except the sa t i s fac ­

t ion of k n o w i n g he had

bought a te rm of protec­

t ion at a very l ow cos t .

W i t h a n d W i t h o u t Prof it

P o l i c i e s

O n both W h o l e Life and

E n d o w m e n t A s s u r a n c e ,

the p rospec t i ve buyer

can e lect to have h is

p o l i c y w i t h or w i thout

prof i ts .

E x a m p l e s :

(a) A man dec i d e s to

take out a wi thout-pro f i ts

po l i c y for £2,000 S u m

A s s u r e d . S h o u l d he l ive

or d ie that exact amount

is wha t s omeone w o u l d

eventua l l y rece ive .

(b) If, however , the same

m a n had d e c i d e d on a

£2,000 s u m A s s u r e d

w i t h profits po l i c y , he

w i l l share in the profits

made by h is chosen

c o m p a n y on their invest­

ments . The top c o m p a n ­

ies over a 25-year pe r i od

pa id out in 1 9 7 0 a return

of 7 % per a n n u m net to

their p o l i c y ho lde rs . The

true returns are ac tua l l y

h igher than th i s . Li fe

A s s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s

qua l i f y for i n come tax

rel ie f ; th i s is now wor th

1 5 % of the p r e m i u m for

a s t andard rate taxpayer .

These k inds of return are

a very impress i v e invest­

ment .

The mos t important

th ing to bear i'n m i n d on

a with-prof i t po l i c y is the

eno rmous di f ference be­

tween the Life A s s u r a n c e

c o m p a n i e s . For ins tance ,

a m a n s tar t ing a w i t h -profit po l i c y in 1 9 4 5 at aged 2 9 pay ing £50 a year w o u l d have rece iv­ed in 1 9 7 0 £3,183 f r om the top c o m p a n y and £1,899 f r om one at the other end of the s ca l e .

D o ensure that you obta in good impar t i a l a d ­v i c e f r om a reputable broker , pre ferab ly one w h o is e i ther a m e m b e r of the Co rpo ra t i on or the A s s o c i a t i o n of Insurance B roke r s .

U n i t T rus t s

T h e last d e cade has seen the in t roduc t i on of another type of insurance l i nked w i t h inves tment . Un i t T rus t s en joyed a b o o m pe r i od in the S i x ­t i es , w h e n the S t o c k M a r k e t w a s genera l l y buoyant . W i t h th is type of contract , the c o m p a n ­ies invest your p r e m i u m s on the s tock exchange and severa l U n i t T rus t g roups have r e co rded very impress i v e capt i ta l ga ins for the i r c l i en t s . One mus t r emember , however , that the S t o c k M a r k e t can go d o w n , as we l l as up , but the g rowth rate s h o w n in mos t c o m p a n i e s ' pro jec­t i ons 5 % — 7 % per a n n u m net, s h o u l d be at ta inab le . One w e l l k n o w n Un i t T rus t has , in fact , apprec i a t ed by 1 8 % net per a n n u m every year

s i n c e its f ounda t i on 7 years ago . Do , however , choose a po l i c y w h i c h g i ves y ou f r e edom to let your cont rac t run on for a w h i l e i f necessary after the matur i ty date , just in case th i s date happens to c o i n c i d e w i t h a S t o c k M a r k e t s l u m p . A g a i n , the a d v i c e of a g oo d qua l i f i ed broker is e s sen t i a l .

L i fe A s s u r a n c e p lays an impor tant part in our l i ves . It both protects us and p rov ides us w i t h a safe but g ood inves tment a n d inc iden ta l l y can prove use fu l for H o u s e Purchase .

H o u s e P u r c h a s e

M o s t d i s c e r n i n g men w i s h , eventua l l y , to o w n their o w n homes . The no rma l w a y of se t t ing out to do th i s is to app roach a B u i l d i n g Soc i e t y for a loan . The amoun t they w i l l l end you is no rma l l y three t imes your annua l sa lary , but one or two new s c h e m e s have c o m e out recent ly in w h i c h the a d v a n c e is greater than th i s . A s s u m i n g y ou are a c c e p t e d for a loan , you w i l l have to repay both the cap i ta l y ou have bor­r owed , and the interest cha rged on it, at month l y in terva ls .

M o s t y oung men w i th r e spons ib i l i t i e s (w ives and fami l i e s ) protect

th i s loan w i t h an insur ­ance po l i c y , so that s h o u l d the w o r s t happen h is dependants w i l l have a roof over their heads . The mos t advantageous way of buy ing a house is w i t h o u t doubt to have th is i nsurance cove r on a wi th-pro f i t bas i s . T h i s me thod is the mos t ex­pens i ve to adopt , but s h o u l d be a i m e d at. L ike every th ing e lse in l i fe one gets wha t one pays for.

S u m m a r y

I ronica l ly enough , the greatest advantage of Li fe A s s u r a n c e is de r i v ed by the peop le w h o beg in at a y o u n g age. The i r p r e m i u m payments are l ow and i r respec t i ve of inf lat ion cannot be i n ­c r eased , though you can bet every th ing e lse w i l l . It a l so makes sense be­cause genera l l y the younger you are, the heal th ier y ou are. Every day m idd l e - a g ed men o f poor heal th are a s k e d to pay heav i ly for the Li fe A s s u r a n c e cover they idea l l y s h o u l d have had as younger men .

W o r t h w h i l e po l i c i e s for men in their ear ly twent ies c an start f r om as l i t t le as £1 per mon th .

Peter Beve r l ey , B . A . , A . A . I . B . ,

E. H a r r i s o n ( Insurance B roke r s ) L i m i t e d .

H E L P ! 1 — Help yourself to a good

Life Assurance investment plan

2 — Help yourself to our

House Purchase plan

3 — Help yourself to our advice fit's free)

4 — Help yourself to our coupon

Then we'll help you, just as we've helped thousands of

students since 1951.

E. Harrison : Associated Insurance Brokers

T o : H a r r i s o n ' s , R o u n d C h u r c h Street , C a m b r i d g e .

| N A M E

I T E R M A D D R E S S

' P l ease s e n d m e your c o m p r e h e n s i v e leaf let on Li fe A s s u r a n c e . *

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EDITORIAL " S o l i d a r i t y w i t h t h e w o r k e r s ! "

" W o r k e r s a n d s t u d e n t s f o r t h e s t r u g g l e ! "

" W o r k e r s a n d s t u d e n t s a g a i n s t t h e S t a t e ! "

T h e s e p h r a s e s , v o g u e e x p r e s s i o n s o f ' 7 2 d e s t i n e d

t o b e c o m e t h e c l i c h e s o f ' 7 3 , s e e m t o r i n g i n m y

e a r s p e r p e t u a l l y . I a l w a y s e x p e c t e d i t o f t h e N U S .

N o w i t i s b e c o m i n g t h e d o m i n a n t v o i c e o f IC a s w e l l .

S w e p t i n w i t h t h e w a v e o f p o l i t i c s t h a t c r a s h e d o v e r

I C a t t h e e n d o f 1 9 7 2 , t h e y a r e n o w g l i b l y a n d c o n ­

f i d e n t l y b e i n g u s e d a s t h e v o i c e o f IC s t u d e n t s .

I c a n n o t b e l i e v e t h a t y o u , t h e s t u d e n t s o f t h i s f i n e ,

t r a d i t i o n a l l y s u p e r - r e a c t i o n a r y c o l l e g e s i n c e r e l y s u b ­

s c r i b e t o t h e s e e m o t i o n s . T h e b r o a d m a s s o f s t u d e n t s

w o u l d b e h o r r i f i e d a t b e i n g d r o p p e d i n t o t h e s t a g n a n t

v a t o f " t h e o r g a n i s e d w o r k i n g c l a s s " , a n d j u s t i f i a b l y

s o . E v e n t h e T U C w o u l d n ' t l u m p u s w i t h t h e w o r k e r s :

w i t n e s s t h e i r r e f u s a l o f m e m b e r s h i p t o t h e N U S .

S t u d e n t s a r e , i n g e n e r a l , e d u c a t e d p e o p l e , a n d

g e n t l e m e n : a n d e d u c a t e d p e o p l e a n d g e n t l e m e n , i n

g e n e r a l , a r e p r o u d o f t h e f o u n d a t i o n s o f b u r e a u c r a c y

o n w h i c h t h i s c o u n t r y i s s o s u c c e s s f u l l y b u i l t : n e g o ­

t i a t i o n a n d c o m p r o m i s e .

O n e h a s t o s t r e t c h o n e ' s i m a g i n a t i o n q u i t e c o n ­

s i d e r a b l y t o d e s c r i b e o u r " e l e c t e d " r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s i n

t h e N U S a s " g e n t l e m e n " , i n t h e c o m m o n s e n s e o f t h e

w o r d , a n y w a y . It i s t h e y w h o n e g o t i a t e o n o u r b e h a l f

w i t h t h e g o v e r n m e n t f o r s u c h t h i n g s a s h i g h e r g r a n t s .

B u t t h e N U S E x e c u t i v e , a n d s u f f i c i e n t S U p r e s i d e n t s

a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y t o t w i s t t h e a r m o f N U S c o n f e r ­

e n c e s , b e l i e v e i n t h e s t u d e n t - w o r k e r c o n c e p t . A n d t h e y

b e l i e v e t h a t , l i k e m i l i t a n t t r a d e s u n i o n s , t h e y s h o u l d

n o t b e i m p l i c a t e d i n a n y d e c i s i o n m a d e b y t h i s

" W i c k e d T o r y G o v e r n m e n t " .

S o t h e y w o n ' t e v e n n e g o t i a t e f o r h i g h e r g r a n t s . W e

a r e w o r k e r s , n o t s t u d e n t s , s o w e c a n ' t a s k f o r m o r e .

A c t i o n n o t w o r d s . G o o n s t r i k e . R e n t S t r i k e s . A n d

f o r c e t h e G o v e r n m e n t t o l i c k o u r f e e t a n d g i v e u s a

G o o n , l a u g h — w h a t e l s e c a n y o u d o ? W h a t d o e s a

R e n t S t r i k e d o ? M a k e l i f e u n c o m f o r t a b l e f o r t h e u n i ­

v e r s i t i e s . T h e u n i v e r s i t i e s a r e n o t p o p u l a r w i t h t h e

G o v e r n m e n t ( p r e s u m a b l y s i n c e t h e y w o n ' t o p t t o b e ­

c o m e p o l y t e c h n i c s ) — b u t t h e y a r e n e g o t i a t o r s . T h e

w h o l e i d e a i s t h a t t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s w i l l n e g o t i a t e f o r

h i g h e r g r a n t s f o r u s . Is i t n o t m u c h m o r e l i k e l y , t h a t

t h e y w i l l n e g o t i a t e b e t t e r t e r m s f o r t h e m s e l v e s — l i k e

d i r e c t p a y m e n t o f h a l l f e e s ?

G e t t i n g s o m e o n e e l s e t o n e g o t i a t e f o r y o u i s a n

e a s y w a y o u t : b u t i t i s d a n g e r o u s . A n d , i n y o u r h o m e ,

t h e N U S i s i n d a n g e r o f m u f f i n g i t u p . T h e s o o n e r w e

p e r s a u d e o u r " r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s " t h a t w e a r e e d u c a t e d

g e n t l e m e n , a n d n o t t h e " o r g a n i s e d w o r k i n g c l a s s " ,

a n d w i s h t o d e a l a s s u c h , t h e b e t t e r . It w i l l b e n e c e s ­

s a r y i f w e a r e t o g e t t h e g r a n t i n c r e a s e w e w o u l d l i k e

n e x t y e a r : t h e r e i s l i t t l e h o p e u n d e r t h e s y s t e m w e a r e

a t p r e s e n t l u m b e r e d w i t h .

Y o u h a v e d i s s o c i a t e d y o u r s e l v e s f r o m a r e n t s t r i k e

i n I C . I w o n d e r w h a t i t w i l l m e a n t o t h e N U S . M a y b e

t h e y ' l l b e t h i n k i n g t h a t w e a r e j u s t t h e m i s i n f o r m e d

w o r k i n g c l a s s . S o w a t c h t h o s e " r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s " o f

y o u r s — u n l e s s y o u r e a l l y w a n t D a y s o f A c t i o n , n o t

w o r d s ( a n d f i g u r e s , a n d b i g g e r o n e s ) o n y o u r g r a n t

c h e q u e s .

Letters Rent Strikes ;

losing public sympathy? Sir,

I write this letter as storm-

clouds are gathering for

Thursday's U.G.M. over the

'rent-strike' issue, and in par­

tial anticipation of the deci­

sion to be reached.

Firstly, I agree that stu­

dent grants have, once

again, become inadequate, es­

pecially to those people in

flats, digs, etc. However, I

think that the action of with­

holding hall and student-

house fees would not achieve

its purpose.

Point 1. In the "campaign"

aims, listed on the bumph-

sheet distributed to Hall

residents, is to "win public

support."

This will probably sound

'old-hat', but to, once again,

put up the 'revolutionary

students' image, although it

might appeal to those of us

with more extreme views, will

certainly not "win public sup­

port". We have only to re­

member the Stirling affair

last year, which cost the stu­

dent cause thousands, to

realise that the same thing is

likely to occur if rents are

withheld. At the moment the

public are bored with student

demonstrations.

Although the Union might

consider that they are not out

to cause such strife, surely

they must realise that if they

got to work on the public

rather than the authorities

they might produce better re­

sults.

I see no logical reason

why the withholding of rents

should do anything towards

getting grants increased—in

fact quite the reverse. I hope

that I am proved incorrect for

the sake of next year's grant

earners.

Yours, etc.,

R. C. WOODWARD,

Chem. 3.

A

JOWITT

COLLEC­

TION

(again)

Sir — / wait with bated

breath for the final episode

and presumably the end of

"Phosphorous the Jobrot and

Ferocious Din".

Yours T.T.C.C.H.,

PAUL JOWITT

U n l e s s I r e c e i v e a p i l e o f

l e t t e r s t h i s w e e k a s k i n g m e

n o t t o , I h a v e d e c i d e d t o e n d

" P t h e J a n d F D ' s " a d v e n ­

t u r e s i n t h i s i s s u e , a l t h o u g h

t h e r e w e r e t o h a v e b e e n f o u r

m o r e e p i s o d e s . — E d .

Sir—Likewise "The Land-

snapper Sneeze".

Yours I.W.T.W.,

PAUL JOWITT.

I w i l l n o t s t o p t h e

" S n e e z e " . W h a t d o e s

" I . W . T . W . " m e a n ? — E d .

Sir—Up.

Yours,

PAUL JOWITT

A r e f e r e n c e t o b e e f p r i c e s ?

— E d .

Cutting

the

cleaners

Sir,

I agree wholeheartedly

with Tim Bradbury's remarks

in last week's edition of

Felix. After all, we already

have a million unemployed:

a few more on the scrapheap

would not really be noticed,

would it? Also, since a great

number of the women invol­

ved are widows or have sick

husbands to keep, let us

follow the trend of this pre­

sent heartless society, Tim,

the most needy must be the

first to go. What I would also

suggest is that if you are

prepared to clean your own

room, why not also maintain

the buildings, deliver your

own mail, keep the sports

centre clean, cook your own

meals, and serve your own

drinks. Just think, this would

reduce the staff by several

hundreds. Who knows? Such

reductions might not only

keep the halls fees stable but

may even reduce them.

Therefore, Tim, why don't the

Students' Union and the

trade unions in I.C. get to­

gether on this. Who knows,

perhaps one day you will

become a Tory M.P. and even

be knighted for services to

the country.

Yours sincerely,

RON PARKER

(Be it Hall Messenger and

Sometimes N.U.P.E. Shop-

Steward).

'Cancerous

growths'

Dear Oily,

This is a letter for printing

in Felix.

I am dismayed to find that

the articles I write for Felix

—MARTIN'S BIT for ex­

ample—often seem to have

suffered from cancerous

growths. I refer to the nause­

ating practice of amending

articles without the know­

ledge or consent of the

author.

I respectfully remind you

of your obligations:— "to re­

port and provide independent

comment on Union affairs, to

publicise future Union and

College activities and to pro­

vide articles of general in­

terest or of inoffensive enter­

tainment value". (Felix con­

stitution),—my underlining.

I hope that you will let me

see the form of this letter

after you have castrated it

before publishing.

You are Sir, the Union's

obedient servant.

MARTIN C. BLACK

Entertainment

= Vandalism?

"...an experiment in plotless absurdity and formal playfulness on the order of Duck Soup, The Big Sleep

or A Woman is a Woman.:, fames Ivory's first american film displays a sheer precocious love for what movies can 'say' that I haven't seen since the

films of this early New Wave."

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When my future biographers finally

get around to analysing my intriguing

l iterary style, I th ink it hat they w i l l be

mystified. " C o u l d it be," I can imagine

their saying " that there is here an abso­

lutely unique style in Twentieth Cen­

tury L i terature? Is ithis man the true

descendant of Shakespeare and Swift?

The heir of the golden styles of Jonson

and Surtees?"

The answer (lest I stray f rom this in -

depth film review), of course, is that my

reading at school was totally dominated

by Charles Dickens and A l i s t a i r M a c ­

lean. So, despite the dreadfulness that

the film-makers made of the " Ice Station

Z e b r a " and " W h e n Eight Bells T o l l , "

1 was compulsively drawn to " F ea r is

the K e y " (all over the place). I w i l l say

right f r om Hhe beginning, that the film

was immensely pleasing, and is one of

the best thri l lers for a long time.

There are the usual components—an

excellent car-chase, a few bouts of fisti­

cuffs—ibut the real strength of the film

lies in its clever adaptation of the

orig inal plotting. A l l M a c l e a n stories are

very involved with niggers abounding in

wood-piles, but this has been neatly

handled and the two people with me

(neither of whom knew the book) were

not mystified at a l l . L ight entertainment

but fun

/ feel I must write to you

about the behaviour of some

certain people last Saturday

night. I am referring to the

vandalism that occurred in

the toilets at the Strawbs

concert. It is a great shame

that the entertainment pro­

vided cannot be enjoyed by

all, but there is no need at

all for the odd few out to

spoil the enjoyment of

everyone else by such be­

haviour. This action, as heard

by all present, forces the

Ents committee to think care­

fully about future concerts,

and it would be catastrophic,

if, after obtaining such fine

bands, they should have to

cancel any. I just wish that

the people involved show a

little more consideration for

others in future.

Yours faithfully,

GRABBLE THATCHETT,

(Name and address supplied)

T h e r e ' s m o r e t o

l i f e o n a K i b b u t z

t h a n p i c k i n g O r a n g e s .

of life. on an ie I s; as

J o i n this most chal lenging way of A s a temporary work ing visitor; on " U l p a n " , the work/study scheme devised for potential immigrants; a student or quali f ied person for a year to cont inue your studies or get practical experience of your chosen subject. S .A .E. for details Kibbutz Representative Office, FE. 1 King Street, London S. W .1 . Tel : 0 1 - 9 3 0 51 52 Ext. 333

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Entertaining

Mr (and Ms) Student Another sell-out series?

H a v i n g already had one sell-out this term (Strawbs on Saturday) I C Ents has got a lot of good concerts l ined up for the rest of the term. Th is Saturday was have an all-night event with I. Ge i ls Band . A l s o appearing are Sam A p p l e Pie, B a b y Whale , Gasworks, the f i lm " T h e M a g i c C h r i s t i a n " and Disco T i m . The price for this goody is just 70p in advance, 80p on the door, ad­vance tickets avai lable f rom the book­shop.

The fo l lowing week we have a stomp in the U n i o n with Brett M a r v i n and the Thunderbol ts (of Terry Dac t y l and the Dinosaurs fame). Pr ice only 50p.

O n Monday , January 29, we have an exclusive C h u c k Berry date, the only Br i t i sh college date. Pr ice for this is £1.20.

O n Saturday, February 3rd we have Jeff Becks new band. Beck, Bogert, A p -pice. Th i s is their first tour and great things are expected of them. Pr ice is 90p in advance, £1 on door.

O n February 17 we have the re­united Fa i rpor t Convent ion. Th is re­places the date they were unable to fill i n last October. Pr ice is 60p advance, 70p door.

O n M a r c h 12, we have a t r iumphant return of superstar E l t o n John. The price w i l l be £1 advance, £1.20 on door.

Some I C students may have realised that some of our concerts sell out. Th is makes i t useless to try and buy tickets the day before the concert. The reason tickets are sold i n advance in the book­

shop is to enable Y O U , the student, Who doesn't have to travel far to obta in your ticket easily. Th is can only be done if you obta in your t icket at least a week beforehand. We are wi tho ld ing outside publ ic i ty for the E l t o n J o h n date to a l low loca l students to obta in tickets.

If there are any queries there is usu­al ly at least one Ents person i n the U n i o n office at d inner t ime and of course we sha l l soon be mov ing to the R o o m at The T o p where we w i l l have posters and in format ion avai lable. I leave you then wi th a list of dates as we know them.

January

20 J . Ge i l s Band , S a m A p p l e Pie, Baby Whale , Gasworks , F i lms and Disco, all-night. 70p adv. 80p door.

27 Brett M a r v i n and the Thunderbolts ,

50p

29 C h u c k Berry £1.20 adv.

February

3 Beck. Bogert. App ice , 90p adv. £1 door.

10 Sharks (price to be announced).

17 Fa i rpor t Convent ion 60p adv. 70p door.

M a r c h

10 C a n , 60p adv. 70p door.

12 E l t o n John , £1 adv. £1.20 door.

17 H o m e (price to be announced).

THE GRANTS MOTION

(COMPLETE AND UNEXPURGATED)

AS PASSED AT UGM,

FRIDAY, 12th JANUARY 1973

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n r e a f f i r m s i t s de ­m a n d f o r "£100 i n c r e a s e i n t h e g r a n t n o w " a n d " t h e f u l l g r a n t f o r a l l w h o s t u d y " . I C U r e i t e r a t e s t h e p r i n c i p l e o f t h e f u l l g r a n t f o r a l l s t u d e n t s t h i s a i m to b e a c o m p l i s h e d b y t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e m e a n s t es t . I C U r e c o g ­n i s e s t h a t t h e m e a n s t es t , l i k e t h e d i s c r e t i o n ­a r y a w a r d , i s a p e n n y p i n c h i n g a n d d i s c r i m i n ­a t o r y m e a s u r e , a n d t h a t i t s r e t e n t i o n w o u l d m a k e n o n s e n s e o f a n y c l a i m f o r i m m e d i a t e i n c r e a s e , s i n c e t h e 80 p e r c e n t o f s t u d e n t s w h o d o n o t r e c e i v e t h e f u l l g r a n t w o u l d o n l y g a i n a p a r t o f t h e c l a i m , u n l e s s t h e y g e t t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n c r e a s e i n p a r e n t a l c o n t r i b u ­t i o n .

I n t h e i n t e r e s t s o f a u n i t e d c a m p a i g n , I C U p l e d g e s f u l l b a c k i n g to t h e i m m e d i a t e de ­m a n d s o f t h e N U S f o r 1. A n e n d to t h e d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d sys ­

t e m w h i c h a l l o w s l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s t o p a y l o w e r g r a n t s to m a n y s t u d e n t s , p a r ­t i c u l a r l y t h o s e i n F E c o l l e g e s .

2. A n e n d t o d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t m a r ­r i e d w o m e n s t u d e n t s

3. A n i n t e r i m g r a n t i n c r e a s e o f £65 to c o v e r t h e c o s t o f i n f l a t i o n s i n c e 1971.

4. A n a n n u a l g r a n t r e v i e w b a s e d o n a s t u ­d e n t c o s t i n d e x .

T h i s u n i o n d e m a n d s a n i m m e d i a t e i n c r e a s e o f £100 p .a . i n t h e p o s t - g r a d u a t e g r a n t , t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o f t h e L o n d o n a l l o w a n c e ; a n d t h e N U S E x e c u t i v e t o g i v e t h e s e t w o p o i n t s e q u a l p r i o r i t y w i t h t h e f o u r p o i n t s i n c l a u s e B .

I C U n o t e s t h e r e n t s t r i k e s b y n i n e s t u d e n t u n i o n s l a s t t e r m a n d t h o s e p r o p o s e d b y 25 u n i o n s t h i s t e r m , a n d e x p r e s s e s i t s w h o l e ­h e a r t e d s o l i d a r i t y w i t h a l l u n i o n s o n r e n t s t r i k e , w h e t h e r a g a i n s t e x c e s s i v e r e n t s o r f o r h i g h e r g r a n t s as p a r t o f t h e N U S c a m ­p a i g n . I t i s t o b e u n d e r s t o o d t h a t t h e r e n t s t r i k e i s p a r t o f t h e g r a n t s c a m p a i g n a n d n o t d i r e c t e d t o w a r d s l o w e r i n g h a l l f e es i n I C .

I C U is a w a r e o f t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e f r e e z e p o l i c y i n r e s p e c t o f t h e d e c l i n i n g v a l u e o f t h e s t u d e n t g r a n t a n d t h a t a n y a t t e m p t b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t t o " f r e e z e " g r a n t s m u s t b e s t r e n u o u s l y a n d v i g o r o u s l y o p p o s e d .

I C U n o t e s t h a t t h e m a j o r a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e G r a n t s C a m p a i g n w i l l c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e ex­p i r a t i o n o f t h e first 90 d a y s o f t h e f r e e z e ,

a n d t h a t a t t h i s t i m e a l a r g e n u m b e r o f de­m a n d s f o r w a g e i n c r e a s e s w i l l b e c o m i n g f o r w a r d f r o m t h e o r g a n i s e d l a b o u r m o v e ­m e n t .

I C U r e s o l v e s o n a t w o - p r o n g e d c a m p a i g n a i m i n g 1. t o w i n p u b l i c s u p p o r t , a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r

t h a t o f t h e o r g a n i s e d w o r k i n g c l a s s , f o r o u r c l a i m t o d e m o n s t r a t e t h e u n i t e d a n g e r o f 600,000 s t u d e n t s a t t h e d e t e r i o r ­a t i o n i n o u r l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s a n d t h u s m a k e i t p o l i t i c a l l y v e r y d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e g o v e r n m e n t t o r e j e c t o u r d e m a n d s .

2. T o e x p l a i n t h a t t h e G o v e r n m e n t m u s t t a k e f u l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e f i n a n c i n g o f h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n — n e i t h e r s t u d e n t s n o r w o r k e r s a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h i s . T h e G o v e r n m e n t a n d i t s b a c k e r s m u s t p a y f o r t h e i r p r o b l e m s h e r e a n d e l s e w h e r e , s t u d e n t s w i l l n o t p a y w i t h h i g h e r r e n t s , n o r w o r k e r s w i t h l o s s o f j o b s .

I C U t h e r e f o r e m a n d a t e s 1. t h e e x e c u t i v e n o t t o a c c e p t as s u f f i c i e n t

r e a s o n f o r e n d i n g l o c a l a c t i o n a n o f f e r b y l o c a l c o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s t o r e d u c e h a l l o r c a t e r i n g f ees .

2. t h e P r e s i d e n t , E x e c u t i v e a n d C o u n c i l to o r g a n i s e s u p p o r t f o r t h e N U S g r a n t s c a m p a i g n , i n p a r t i c u l a r f o r

t h e U S K a r e a a c t i v i t i e s t h e L o n d o n d e m o n s t r a t i o n o n F e b r u a r y

2 1 s t t h e N a t i o n a l D a y o f A c t i o n o n M a r c h

1 4 t h 3. t h e P r e s i d e n t a n d D e p a r t m e n t a l R e p r e ­

s e n t a t i v e s to o r g a n i s e d e p a r t m e n t a l m e e t i n g s to d i s c u s s t h e g r a n t s c a m p a i g n .

4. t h i s m e e t i n g to e l e c t a c o m m i t t e e t o o r ­g a n i s e a r e n t s t r i k e . T h i s c o m m i t t e e a l s o to i n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f u s i n g t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f o t h e r c o l l e g e s o f o r ­g a n i s i n g l i g h t n i n g r e f e c t o r y b o y c o t t s a n d to r e p o r t b a c k to t h e n e x t U & M .

T h e d e m a n d s o f t h e r e n t s t r i k e a p a r t f r o m t h e p o i n t s w h i c h a r e p a r t o f t h e N U S c a m ­p a i g n t o b e :

( i ) £100 i n c r e a s e i n t h e g r a n t n o w ; a n d a f u l l g r a n t f o r all w h o S t u d y t i e d d i r e c t l y to any i n c r e a s e i n t h e c o s t o f l i v i n g .

( i i ) N o c u t b a c k i n c l e a n e r s ' j o b s ( i i i ) N o r e n t i n c r e a s e s ( i v ) T h e D E S m u s t p a y f o r all f u t u r e H a l l s

( c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 2 )

m e n t , a n d h e a d e d s t r a i g h t f o r t h e i r o n l y

h o p e o f r e s c u e . O v e r a n i d y l l i c l a g o o n h e

f l e w a n d p l u n g e d d o w n o n t h e b e a c h . S a n d

f l e w e v e r y w h e r e , a n d t h e p l a n e c r a s h e d i n t o

t h e u n d e r g r o w t h . B i t s o f b u s h f l e w e v e r y ­

w h e r e , t i n y c r e a t u r e s f l e d f r o m t h e c a r e e r ­

i n g p l a n e as i t s k i d d e d t o a h a l t a m o n g s t

a c l u m p o f s t i n g i n g n e t t l e s . F u e l p u m p

t h r o b b i n g , a n d p r o p e l l o r s s t i l l s l o w l y t u r n ­

i n g , t h e p l a n e w a s i n n o c o n d i t i o n t o t a l k .

" W o n ' t t h e S c r a w n s l a n d , a n d f i n i s h u s

o f f ? " a s k e d F e r o c i o u s .

" N o , " g a s p e d t h e p l a n e , " t h e y c a n ' t l a n d ,

t h e i r l e g s a r e t o o l o n g , t h e y j u s t f l y a r o u n d

u p t h e r e d e v o u r i n g i n n o c e r i t p l a n e s , a n d '

n e v e r c o m i n g d o w n . "

" T h a n k g o o d n e s s f o r t h a t , " s a i d P h o s p h o ­

r o u s , " t h e y w e r e n ' t v e r y n i c e a t a l l . "

D e s p i t e h a v i n g e s c a p e d t h e d r e a d e d

S c r a w n s , t h e i n t r e p i d t r i o w e r e s t i l l i n

t r o u b l e d e e p . T h e y w e r e m a r o o n e d o n a n

i s l a n d , t h e y k n e w n o t w h e r e , w i t h n o f o o d

a n d a b r o k e n a e r o p l a n e .

" A r e y o u b r o k e n ? " a s k e d F e r o c i o u s o f

t h e i r l a t e t r a n s p o r t .

" N o t s e r i o u s l y , " a s w e r e d t h e p l a n e , " a

c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f c a n v a s s e e m s to b e m i s s ­

i n g f r o m m y t a i l p l a n e , a n d m y u n d e r ­

c a r r i a g e is a t r i f l e b e n t , b u t o t h e r w i s e I ' m

n o t s o b a d , t h a n k y o u . " F e r o c i o u s l o o k e d

t h o u g h t f u l .

" B u t c a n y o u f l y ? " h e a s k e d .

" I f I c a n g e t o u t o f t h e s e b u s h e s — u n ­

d o u b t e d l y . "

" R i g h t , d e a r b o y , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " M a y

I s u g g e s t t h a t y o u d o j u s t t h a t , a n d t h e n

w e c a n b e o n o u r w a y . " W i t h m u c h r e v v i n g

a n d c h u r n i n g , t h e p l a n e e x t r i c a t e d i t s e l f

f r o m t h e b u s h e s , a n d p o s i t i o n e d i t s e l f f a c i n g

d o w n t h e b e a c h .

"O.KC i t s h o u t e d , " C h o c k s a w a y , a n d a l l

t h a t . " T h e r u m b l e o f t h e e n g i n e s r o s e to

a w h i n e , a n d t h e p l a n e b e g a n to m o v e s l o w l y

f o r w a r d . I t s s p e e d i n c r e a s e d a n d t h e w i n d

p l a y e d a r o u n d t h e p a s s e n g e r s ' e a r s . T h e

t a i l l e f t t h e g r o u n d , a n d t h e w h o l e c r a f t

b e g a n t o r i s e . B u t t h e e n d o f t h e b e a c h

w a s f a s t a p p r o a c h i n g .

" W e ' r e o f f ! " s h o u t e d P h o s p h o r o u s , h o p e ­

f u l l y . T h e y w e r e n o t . W i t h a s q u e a l o f

p a s s e n g e r s , t h e p l a n e p l o n k e d h a c k o n to

t h e b e a c h o n c e m o r e , a n d s k i d d e d t o a h a l t

i n t h e d u n e s a t t h e e n d o f t h e b e a c h .

" U m , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " w e a p p e a r n o t t o

h a v e m a d e i t , as i t w e r e . "

" W e ' v e t oo m u c h w e i g h t a b o a r d , " ex­

p l a i n e d t h e p l a n e , " f o r t h e l e n g t h o f b e a c h . "

" W e l l , w e w i l l j u s t h a v e to t h r o w s o m e ­

t h i n g o u t , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s . T h e y p e e r e d

a r o u n d t h e i n s i d e o f t h e c o c k p i t f o r s o m e ­

t h i n g to t h r o w o u t . T h e r e w a s n o t h i n g

t h a t i m m e d i a t e l y c a u g h t t h e e y e .

" T h e r e d o e s n ' t s e e m to b e a n y t h i n g t h a t

w e c a n t h r o w o u t , " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" O h y e s t h e r e i t i s " , s a i d t h e p l a n e , n a s t i l y .

" W h a t ? " a s k e d P h o s p h o r o u s , b e f o r e h e

n o t i c e d F e r o c i o u s l o o k i n g p o i n t e d l y a t , t h e

T w i g w o r m .

" O h , " s a i d t h e w e i g h t y c r e a t u r e , " p l e a s e

d o n ' t t h r o w m e o u t , I w o u l d n ' t k n o w w h a t

t o d o . "

" Y o u c o u l d h a i l a p a s s i n g s h i p , o r s o m e ­

t h i n g , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , u n f e e l i n g l y .

" B u t I ' m t h e W h o l e r e a s o n f o r y o u r a d -

v e t u r e , " p r o t e s t e d t h e T w i g w o r m .

" Y o u c a n h a v e t oo m u c h o f a g o o d t h i n g , "

s a i d F e r o c i o u s .

" O h F e r o c i o u s , " i m p l o r e d P h o s p h o r o u s ,

" y o u c a n ' t l e a v e t h e p o o r T w i g r w o r m a l o n e

o n t h i s b e a c h , a n d w e a r e s u p p o s e d t o be

t a k i n g h i m b a c k to h i s p a r e n t s . "

F e r o c i o u s p o n d e r e d f o r a m i n u t e .

" I s u p p o s e , d e a r b o y , t h a t y o u a r e r i g h t .

I n w h i c h case w e w i l l a l l h a v e to g e t o u t

a n d le't o u r f r i e n d h e r e g o w i t h o u t u s . "

" Y o u ' r e q u i t e r i g h t , I ' m s u r e , " s a i d t h e

p l a n e , w h o s e o n e d e s i r e w a s to l e a v e t h e

i s l a n d , a n d p r e f e r a b l y t h e ? d v e n t u r e r s as

w e l l . " Y o u j u s t h o p o u t , " h e c o n t i n u e d , " a n d

I ' l l h a v e a n o t h e r go . I f T d o g e t b a c k , I ' l l

t e ! 1 t h e a d v e n t u r e p e o p l e w h e r e y o u a r e ,

a n d I 'm s u r e t h e y ' l l s e n d s o m e h e l p . "

" I ' l l b e t , " m u t t e r e d F e r o c i o u s , a n d t h e y

a l l c l i m b e d o u t . T h e p l a n e s w u n g r o u n d

a n d s h o t of f d o w n t h e b e a c h a g a i n . W i t h a

z o o m a n d a b o u n c e i t l e f t t h e g r o u n d , t a k ­

i n g a s m a l l t r e e w i t h i t , a n d j u s t c l e a r i n g

t h e b u s h e s . T h e h u g e m a c h i n e t u r n e d a n d

r o a r e d o v e r h e a d , w a g g l i n g i t s w i n g s o n c e ,

b e f o r e h e a d i n g o u t t o s e a .

" W h a t d o w e d o n o w ? " a s k e d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" O n c e a g a i n , d e a r l a d , y o u r g u e s s i s a s

g o o d as m i n e , " c a m e t h e r e p l y .

F e r o c i o u s s t r e t c h e d o u t i n t h e s u n t o

t h i n k , a n d t h e T w i g w o r m d i d i t s p i l e - o f -

p u t r e s c e n t - r u b b e r i m p r e s s i o n b e s i d e h i m .

M e a n w h i l e P h o s p h o r o u s w a s w a n d e r i n g a b o u t

alt t h e w a t e r ' s e d g e . I d l y g l a n c i n g o u t o v e r

t h e s u r f , h e c a u g h t s i g h t o f s o m e t h i n g

f l o a t i n g , a b o u t a m i l e of f s h o r e .

" H e y ! " h e y e l l e d , " L o o k a t t h a t , F e r o ­

c i o u s a n d T w i g w o r m , w h a t d o y o u t h i n k

i t c a n b e ? "

" A t f i r s t g l a n c e , d e a r b o y , " d r a w l e d F e r o ­

c i o u s , " i t w o u l d a p p e a r to b e a f l o a t i n g

c o u n c i l r e f u s e t i p , h o , h o . " B u t t h e T w i g ­

w o r m h a d l e a p t t o h i s f e e t .

" I t ' s a T w i g w o r m e r y , " h e c r i e d , " o h , a n d

i t ' s M y T w i g w o r m e r y . S t o p i t , p l e a s e . O h

d e a r , i t ' s g o i n g t o g o p a s t . W h a t a r e w e

to do . O h , s t o p i t , p l e a s e . " T e a r s w e l l e d u p

i n t h e T w i g w o r m ' s s o u l f u l e y e s , a n d g r e a t

s o b s s h o o k i t s h u g e f o r m . F e r o c i o u s w a s o n

h i s f e e t , a n d r u n n i n g d o w n t o t h e w a t e r .

" S h o u t a n d w a v e a n d s u c h t h i n g s , " h e t o l d

P h o s p h o r o u s , " W e m u s t m a k e a f i r e t o a t ­

t r a c t t h e i r a t t e n t i o n . " P h o s p h o r o u s o b l i g i n g l y

w a v e d h i s a r m s i n t h e a i r a n d s h o u t e d

" H e l p " a n d " H e l l o , T w i g w o r m s " a n d e v e n

" G o o d A f t e r n o o n " . F e r o c i o u s d a s h e d b a c k

u p t h e b e a c h t o m a k e a f i r e . S u d d e n l y a

t h o u g h t s t r u c k h i m . T h e y h a d n o m a t c h e s .

" W e c a n r u b t w o s t i c k s t o g e t h e r , " h e

t h o u g h t . T h e m o r e h e t h o u g h t a b o u t t h i s

i d e a , t h e l e s s p r a c t i c a l i t s e e m e d . H o w e v e r

i t w a s w o r t h a t r y , so h e g a t h e r e d a h a n d f u l

o f d r y t w i g s f r o m t h e e d g e o f t h e j u n g l e

a n d r u s h e d b a c k to t h e w a t e r ' s e dg e . P h o s ­

p h o r o u s s t i l l b e l l o w i n g a t t h e s l o w l y de ­

p a r t i n g T w i g w o r m e r y , a n d t h e T w i g w o r m

w a s c r y i n g q u i e t l y i n a h e a p o n t h e s a n d .

" A r e t h e y a l l a s l e e p , o r s o m e t h i n g ? " a s k e d

F e r o c i o u s a n g r i l y , a n d r e c e i v e d n o r e p l y .

H e b u n d l e d h i s s t i c k s i n t o a f i r e - s h a p e d p i l e ,

a n d s t a r t e d i n d u s t r i o u s l y r u b b i n g t w o o f

t h e l a r g e r o n e s t o g e t h e r . V e r y l i t t l e h a p ­

p e n e d , e x c e p t t h a t s o m e o f t h e b a r k c a m e

of f t h e s t i c k s , a n d F e r o c i o u s ' a r m s b e g a n

to a c h e . " B a d e n - P o w e l l n e v e r h a d t h i s

t r o u b l e , " h e c o m p l a i n e d .

I t w a s n o g o o d . T h e T w i g w o r m e r y h a d

s l o w l y d r i f t e d p a s t a n d d i s a p p e a r e d b e h i n d

t h e i s l a n d .

" D r a t ! " s a i d F e r o c i o u s . T h e T w i g w o r m

s o b b e d to i t s e l f .

" W h a t d o w e d o n o w ? " a s k e d P h o s ­

p h o r o u s ,

" D e a r o l d c h u m " , s a i d F e r o c i o u s

t h r o u g h c l e n c h e d t e e t h , " I f y o u s a y t h a t

j u s t o n c e m o r e , I ' l l b a n g y o u o n e o n t h e

n o s e . "

" S o r r y " , s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s , s t e p p i n g s h a r p l y

b a c k . F e r o c i o u s w a s l o s i n g s o m e o f h i s

m u c h - p r i z e d c o o l .

" O . K . , " h e s a i d , " j u s t w a t c h i t , t h a t ' s a l l . "

P h o s p h o r o u s t u r n e d h i s a t t e n t i o n t o t h e

T w i g w o r m .

" C h e e r u p , " h e s a i d , " I ' m s u r e w e ' l l g e t

y o u b a c k i n t h e e n d . "

" O h , I d o h o p e s o , " s n i f f e d t h e T w i g w o r m ,

" b u t to see t h e m f l o a t a w a y l i k e t h a t i s

a w f u l l y s a d i f y i n g . " F e r o c i o u s h a d b e e n t h i n k ­

i n g .

" G e n t l e m e n , " h e s a i d , " t h e T w i g w o r m e r y

w e n t o u t o f s i g h t b e h i n d t h e i s l a n d . I t

i s j u s t p o s s i b l e , i f a n y o n e w a s s t e e r i n g t h e

t h i n g , t h a t t h e y i n t e n d e d t o S t op o n t h e

o t h e r s i d e o f t h e i s l a n d . T h e r e f o r e I p r o ­

p o s e t h a t w e a b a n d o n t h i s b e a c h , a n d h e a d

i n t o t h e j u n g l e — h o p i n g to e m e r g e o n t h e

o t h e r s i d e w h e r e t h e T w i g w o r m e r y w a s l a s t

s e e n h e a d i n g . A n y q u e s t i o n s ? "

P h o s p h o r o u s w a s s u r e t h a t t h e r e w e r e

s e v e r a l h o l e s i n F e r o c i o u s ' a r g u m e n t , b u t

c o u l d n o t p u t h i s f i n g e r o n t h e m a t t h a t

v e r y m o m e n t .

" O . K . , " h e s a i d , " t h a t s o u n d s f i n e t o m e . "

" W o n ' t t h e r e be a n y f i e r c e a n i m a l s i n

t h e j u n g l e ? " a s k e d t h e T w i g w o r m n e r v o u s l y .

" I w o u l d n ' t be a t a l l s u r p r i s e d , " s a i d

F e r o c i o u s , " b u t y o u a r e a b o u t t h r e e t i m e s

as b i g as a n e l e p h a n t so I d o n ' t see w h a t

y o u ' v e g o t to w o r r y a b o u t . "

P h o s p h o r o u s t h o u g h t t h a t a w o r l d w h i c h

i n c l u d e d S c r a w n s a m o n g s t i t s f a u n a , m i g h t

w e l l h a v e b i g g e r a n d c r o s s e r a n i m a l s t h a n

a T w i g w o r m . H e d i d n ' t l i k e t o m e n t i o n

i t i n F e r o c i o u s ' p r e s e n t m o o d , a n d t h e

T w i g w o r m s e e m e d s a t i s f i e d , so h e k e p t q u i e t .

" G o o d , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " i f w e a r e aM

a g r e e d t h e n l e t ' s g o . " T h e t h r e e b r a v e ex­

p l o r e r s w a l k e d u p t h e b e a c h , a n d i n t o t h e

l o o m i n g j u n g l e .

T H I S M A Y B E T H E L A S T E P I S O D E O F P H O S P H O R O U S T H E J O B R O T A N D F E R O C I O U S D I N T O A P P E A R IN F E L I X . T h o s e w h o are voc i f e r ous about F E L I X object to it. There fore , un l e ss there is c o n s i d e r a b l e c o r r e spon ­dence f r o m y o u , the reader , r eques t ing the cont rary , w e s h a l l not p u b l i s h the r e m a i n i n g four ep i s odes . P l ease wr i t e to the Ed i t o r w i t h your o p i n i o n s on th i s or any other aspec t of the paper .

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"And what has

King's that I.C.

has not tool"*

Wel l , they've got an Ar t s Fest iva l for a start.

K ing ' s College U n i o n have asked F E L I X to tell you

about their A r t s Fest iva l , wh i ch begins tomorrow and

continues unt i l Saturday week. Eighteen events, t imed

both at lunchtimes and evenings, are packed into the

ten-day festival, ranging f r om T o m and Jerry cartoons

through poetry recitals to films and a brass band. None

o f the events w i l l cost you more than 30p entrance, and

many are free. E v e n were you to go to every event

it wou ld only cost you £2—and those of you who do

can buy a season ticket for £1. A double ticket to both

Wednesday night concerts—the Sutherland Brothers

o n the 17th and Renaissance on the 2 4 t h — w i l l cost

y ou 50p.

W e have printed the events i n the coming week i n

the F E L I X D I A R Y , marked " K C A F " . T h e others

appear below.

F o r those of you who don't know, K ing ' s is i n the Strand . . . catch the Distr ic t o r C i r c l e l ine to the Temple , turn left out of the station then first right. O r catch a N o . 9 bus to the A l d w y c h . A n d , should y ou get lost, or want more in format ion, o r want to buy a season ticket, try r inging 836 5454 ext 2602.

Events f rom January 2 3 :

Tuesday 23rd: Stravinsky's "R i t es of Sp r i ng " (Piano

Recital ) 1315, G t . H a l l , lOp.

T r a d and Brass: Mels ter Swinaers? and Fu lwe l l

Brass Band . 1930, N L T , 15p.

Wed . 24th: F i l m " G o d d a r d Po lanski and the Do-it-

yourself cartoon k i t " 1315, N L T , lOp.

Concert wi th Renaissance, C i t y Waites, 16th & 17th-

century music. G t . H a l l , 20.00, 30p.

Thursday 25th: P lay : " N e w Year 's Reso lu t i on " . N L T ,

1315, lOp.

T a l k on A r t by Andre K a l m a n . Counc i l Rm„ 1700.

Free.

F r i day 26th: Chamber Rec i ta l , N L T , 1315. Free.

A r t s F i lms : " E l e c t r a " and " The N u n and the D e v i l " ,

N L T , 1700 and 2100, 15p.

There's also an exhibit ion of arty things l ike sculp­

ture and paintings f rom the 22nd to the 26th i n the

C o u n c i l R o o m and Great H a l l . A n d not the least arty

part of the Fest ival may turn out to be the Graf f i t i wa l l

in the entrance to the college. Fel ix w i l l be sending a

photographer to record it for you—watch next week's

issue.

* W i t h apologies to Shakespeare.

F e l i x D i a r y

FEL IX No . 3 2 4 ; T u e s d a y , January 16 , 1 9 7 3 .

Ed i t ed by O l i v e r D o w s o n , w i t h grate fu l ly-

r ece i v ed con t r ibu t i ons of w o r d s , p c tures

and t ime f r om Pvlartn B l a ck , Rob Car ter ,

J i m Fenne ; , Dave G . i b b l e , D a v i d H o b m a n ,

G . a h a m K i n g , J o h n Lane, G o r d o n Reece a n d

P a u l W a d s w o r t h ( in a l p h a b e t c o rder ) .

Fe l i x is pr in ted by F. Ba i l e y and S o n Ltd . ,

Durs l e y , G L 1 1 4 B L .

A d v e r t i s ' n g is by Un i v e r s i t y P r e ss Repre­

senta t i on , G r a n d B u ' l d i n g s , Tra fa lgar

Square , W C 2 .

Fe l i x l i ves on the th i rd floor of the U n ' o n

B u i l d i n g , add r e s s : Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n ,

L o n d o n S W 7 2 B B , te l ephone 0 1 - 5 8 9 5 1 1 1

ext 2 2 2 9 ( P O ) , 2 8 8 1 ( n t e r n a l ) . T h e E d tor

l i ves in W e e k s H a l l , R o o m 14 , te l 0 1 - 5 8 9

9 6 0 8 ( P O ) , 4 2 3 6 ( in terna l ) . C on t r i bu t i ons

and he lp for Fe l i x are a l w a y s w e l c o m e .

P u b l i s h e d by the Ed i to r for and on behal f

o f the imper i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l cat ons

B o a d .

A l l r ights reserved . © 1 8 7 3 .

Fe l i x is a f ounder m e m b e r of the London

S tudent P ress A s s o c a t i on .

Key: KCAF i nd i ca t es " K i n g ' s C o l l e g e A r t s Fes t i ­

v a l " Event . GS i nd i ca t es a Genera l S t u d i e s event .

TUESDAY, 16th JANUARY

1300 Y o u n g S o c i a l i s t Soc i e t y mee t ing : " S u p p l e ­

mentary G r a n t s " . M E 2 1 4 .

S T O I C presents " M u s i c A l i v e " w i t h s o u n d s

of P i n k F l o y d and Fat J a c k on T V in J C R

and S o u t h s i d e .

1330 P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d mee t ing . Ct tee R m A .

" E q u a l i t y and F r e e d o m " . 1: S o c i a l C l a s s ,

by Dr . D . D . Raphae l . GS. M E 2 2 0 .

" L o s t L o n d o n — t h e R i v e r " by H e r m i o n e

Hobhouse . GS. Phys L T 1 .

" L i s t e n i n g to Con t empora ry M u s i c " . 1: A

D i v e r s i t y of S t y l e s , by S a r a h T h o m a s . GS.

M E 3 4 2 .

1800 " T h e Crue l S e a " (Char l e s F r e n d ; B r i t a i n ;

1 9 5 2 ; 126 m i n s ) . F i l m in " A t t i t u d e s to W a r "

se r i es . GS. Free . Great H a l l .

I.C. T r ansc enden ta l M e d i t a t i o n in t roduc to ry

ta lk . EE 6 0 6 .

1930 B a l l r o o m D a n c i n g for beg inners . Conce r t

H a l l .

WEDNESDAY, 17th JANUARY

1315 KCAF. T o m & Je r r y Ca r t oons and Te l e

Goons . N L T (means N e w Lecture T h e a t r e ? ? ) .

F ree !

1830 M e e t i n g on Gove rnmen t W h i t e Paper o n

E d u c a t i o n at U L U .

7 9 0 0 I.C. A r t C l u b in R C A annexe (beh ind H u x l e y ) .

They e spec i a l l y wan t p rospec t i ve s cu lp t o r s .

1930 I.C. Fo lk C l u b presents J e r e m y Tay lo r . U n i o n

Lower Refec, be ear ly .

2000 KCAF. Su the r l and Bros , in Conce r t w i t h

L l o yd W a t s o n . Great Ha l l ( theirs not o u r s ) .

3 0 p .

THURSDAY, 18th JANUARY

0930-1730 D A I L Y U N T I L 10th F E B R U A R Y . —

Exh ib i t i on of pa in t ings , co l l ages and water-

co l ours by J o y c e C l i s s o l d , E l i zabe th Stewar t -

J o n e s and M u r i e l Rose . Conso r t Ga l l e r y

(Ante R o o m , C o l l e g e B l o c k ) .

1300 S U B J E C T T O S U F F I C I E N T S I G N A T U R E S

B E I N G O B T A I N E D : Ex t rao rd inary Gene ra l

M e e t i n g of ICU re Rent S t r i kes . W a t c h

boards for de ta i l s .

7375 KCAF. Poetry Rec i ta l by Dr . Dann i e A b s e .

NLT . Free.

7330 " A n c i e n t C h i n a " . 1: C h i n e s e Scu lp tu r e and

the B u d d h i s t . M e s s a g e , by D o m i n i c de

G r u n n e . GS. M E 2 2 0 .

" P o e t s in A n g e r " . 2: Soc i e t y ,

D i c k i n s o n . GS. Phys LT2 .

by Pa t r i c

Conce r t w i th Ro l f W i l s o n ( v i o l in ) , C a r l i n a

Carr ( P i a n c ) : Ce sa r F r a n c k ' s Sonata in A

Major, P roko f i ev ' s Sonata No. 2 Op. 94. GS.

1730 FEL IX mee t ing . C o m e and wr i te , draw, lay

out, m o a n , cha l l enge the Ed i t o r ' s ru l ing or

just w a t c h . F e l i x Office, U n i o n , 3 r d f loor.

Y o g a . P h y s i c s C o m m o n R o o m . (Enqu i r i e s :

s t and on head and r ing Int 2 1 9 3 ) .

1900 I.C. A r t C l u b in R C A annexe ( beh ind H u x l e y ) .

7 9 3 0 " M o n t e C a r l o or B u s t " : W e l l s o c f i lm s h o w

in M E 2 2 0 .

KCAF: " B a r r o w P o e t s " . N L T . 1 5p .

FRIDAY, 19th JANUARY

1230 I.C. C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n G r o u p mee t ing on

O l d Peop l e v i s i t i n g . Ct tee R o o m A .

7 3 0 0 S T O I C presents " T o p i c " magaz ine pro ­

g ramme) on T V s in J C R a n d S o u t h s i d e .

7 3 7 5 KCAF. C o n c e r t w i t h the K i n g ' s S ing e r s . N L T .

Free .

7800 S T O I C : Repeat of 1 3 0 0 t r a n s m i s s i o n , s o m e

p l aces .

7 9 3 0 "Z" a n d " E n d of a n A g e n t " : IC F i l m S o c i e t y

presenta t ion in M E 2 2 0 . N o n - m e m b e r s 2 0 p

at door .

2000 KCAF. " S a l ' s M e a t M a r k e t " ( M i m e ) N L T .

15p .

K h o r o v o d Russ i a n S o n g and D a n c e C o m p a n y .

Internat ional S tudent House , 2 2 9 Gt . Po r t l and

Street . 2 5 p members , 5 0 p non -members .

SATURDAY, 20th JANUARY

1000 on. N U S Areas Br ie f ing Con f e r ence at U L U .

7 9 3 0 KCAF. C l a s s i c a l N i gh t . P i ano rec i ta l by

Marguer i t e Wol f f . Great H a l l ( the i rs ) . 15p .

2000 U L U ents presents Edgar B rough ton B a n d

p lus Ro -Ro p lus L l o yd W a t s o n . 6 5 p adv , 7 5 p

on door .

2100-0700 ICU Ents presents the J . Ge i l s B a n d

p lus S a m A p p l e P i e . A l l - n i g h t in the Great

H a l l . 7 0 p in advance f r om IC B o o k s h o p , 8 0 p

on door .

SUNDAY, 21st JANUARY

1000 H o l y C o m m u n i o n (C . of E.) . An t e R o o m , C B .

7 700 M a s s ( R C ) . M o r e H ouse , 5 3 C r o m w e l l R d .

7 5 0 0 & 1630 N e w Z e a l a n d ac t i on songs , po i

dances and s t i ck games per fo rmed by the

London M a o r i C l u b . Free . C o m m o n w e a l t h

Institute, Kens ing t on H i g h St .

7 8 0 0 Fo lk M a s s ( R C ) . M o r e H ouse , 5 3 C r o m w e l l

R d .

MONDAY, 22nd JANUARY

1315 KCAF. " P a s s i o n " — a p lay by E d w a r d B o n d .

NLT , 10p .

7700 KCAF. " A l i c e ' s R e s t a u r a n t " (Ar ts F i l m ) . N L T

15p .

7930 W e l l s o c : " N e w A p p r o a c h e s to the Trea tment

of C a n c e r " by Prof . P. A l e x a n d e r . M E 2 2 0 .

U L U S t u d e n t s ' Representat i ve C o u n c i l Meet ­

ing , U L U .

B a l l r o o m D a n c i n g — A d v a n c e d C l a s s . U n i o n

Conce r t H a l l .

2000 KCAF. Rec i ta l by Eve F i sher (Opera S inge r ) .

Great Ha l l ( the i rs ) . 10p .

January 16, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

C A N T E R B U R Y T A L E S

C o m p a r i n g this performance wi th that of a year ago, Canterbury Tales, un l ike H a i r , has remained unchanged, if not s l ight ly improved. The cast shows no signs o f fatigue or perfunctory per­formance; i t is as l ive ly as last year.

Superf icial ly, the show entails a series of sketches more-or-less based on Chaucer : bawdy beauti ful (Pun). If a l l y ou want is an evening of good enter­tainment, enough said. However, there is a more subtle story underlying the tales, requir ing careful attention, and re­tention of the sketches.

T h e opening starts wi th a banging "1 have a noble c o c k ! " (Yanks w i l l catch this) , goes through various stages of sexual relationships to end by answer­i ng (correctly, I thought) the question " W h a t do women most des i re?" A bit

melodramatic — perhaps daunt ing — but it leaves one th ink ing , as every good play should.

W e l l wor th a visit, even if the music does d rown some songs, (an unfortun­ate indictment against every musica l I've seen i n London ) the worst case be­ing the beautifully haunt ing " L o v e W i l l Conquer A H " . It 's performed twice a show, mak ing it four tries — I've yet to hear it, even though sitting i n a £1.50 Stalls or £1.50 Dress C i r c l e seat.

B u t one need not pay a pound; early performances a n d student groups of any size have reductions. M y ticket each time was 25p for the £1.50 seat.

I recommend a visit — except C h a u ­cer addicts, who may not recognise i t . It's at the Phoenix Theatre, Cha r ing Cross R o a d , one w i t h reasonable acous­tics.

J i m Fenner

Felix

Culture

" F e a r and Loath ing in Las Vegas "

by Hunter S. Thompson (Paladin, 40p)

" The A m e r i c a n Dr eam is something

that most of us are probably not look­

ing for, unl ike N i x o n and A g n e w " : yet

M r . Thompson presents a good take-off

of this very subject i n his latest book.

The story starts w i th our heroes some­

where around Barstow, on the edge of

the desert. W h e n the drugs take ho ld , a

voice was screaming " H o l y Jesus! What

are these goddam a n i m a l s ? "

Then it was quiet again.

T h e attorney had taken his shirt off

and was pour ing beer on his chest to

facilitate the tanning process and so

on . . . across the desert at frightening

speed.

N o t hav ing tried out most of the

drugs used i n the book, I felt a l itt le

left out of the story. E v e n so, one can

sti l l imagine the "per i lous drug-enlivened

confrontations w i th casino operators,

bartenders, pol ice officers w i th a special

interest i n the narcotics prob lem and

other representatives of the silent major­

ity who have a hal luc inatory humour

and nightmare terror rarely seen o n the

printed page."

The book is very " interest ingly" i l l u ­

strated w i th drawings by R a l p h Stend-

man hitched from 'Rolling Stone'. I say

" interest ingly" as I found the drawings

of the characters grotesque and quite

horr i fy ing—but perhaps that's what i t 's

a l l about.

Hunte r Thompson is an unusual and

refreshing writer who contributes regu­

lar ly to such unl ike ly publ icat ions as

the New York Times Magazine, Ram­

parts, and, of course, Rolling Stone.

Thompson 's most famous book is prob­

ably " H e l l ' s Ange l s " , and it is easy t o

see a resemblance i n " F ea r and Loa th ing

in L a s Vegas" .

T h e whole book tends to bo i l down to

a mad, corrosive piece of prose poetry

going, where who knows, but certainly

going. The N Y T claims that i t picks up

where N o r m a n M a i l e r leaves off. I don' t

think that that is a very good compar i ­

son, as M a i l e r certainly gets more out

of his wri t ing than Hunter .

I enjoyed my savage journey to the

Hear t of the A m e r i c a n D r e a m — b u t I 'm

glad I bought the return ticket.

D A V I D H O B M A N

The Landsnapper Sneeze b y

D a v e C r i b b l e

Page 8 F E L I X January 16 ,1973

Dip. H. E. Blacked Government cut-back in

Higher Education condemned The Universities' Specialist Conference at Sheffield on January

5th—7th voted to black the introduction of the Diploma of Higher

Education (Dip HE) award which was outlined in the recent Govern­

ment White Paper on Education (reported in last week's FELIX) .

The mot ion on the Whi te Paper said that it was can-sidered that the introduc­t ion of this two-year course requir ing University en­trance quali f ications (5 G C E s , 2 at A-level) was simply a move to reduce student numbers, since it would become a substitute for existing three-year courses.

The M o t i o n , wh i ch has been priorit ised for discus­sion at the N U S Nat iona l Conference at Exeter in A p r i l , also condemns the cutback in projected stud­ent numbers for 1981 f rom 835,000 to 750,000 and the increase in the student: staff rat io of 10:1. The conference regarded the posing of different parts of the education system against each other as "short sighted and educa­tionally disastrous", and condemned the Govern­ment for paying little at­tention to education while they were increasing the defence budget, for exam­ple, by 10 per cent.

Other motions discussed and carried inc luded ones on Cater ing, B inary Sport and a Space Adver t is ing Agency. The catering mo­tion affirmed that "the fight to reduce catering prices is part of the Union 's general pol icy of fighting for a grant in ­crease". Conference de­plored the Universit ies ' Grants Committee ( U G C ) pol icy of mak ing catering self-balancing, said that bar profits should not be used to subsidise refector­ies.

Conference recognised that the binary .system ex­tends to sport in the B i n ­ary Sport mot ion. They welcomed the decision of the Br i t i sh Committee for Student Sport to form a unified organisation for student sport.

Br isto l Universi ty, at last gaining an opportun­ity to put forward their regular mot ion on space advertising agencies (the agancies that persuade companies to advertise i n union publicat ions, e.g. " F e l i x " ) accused these of "gross profiteering", and conference voted that the

Universities'

Specialist

Conference

The Universi ty 's Specialist Conference i s as its name implies, a m i n i - N U S Conference about university affairs and attended exclusively by dele­gates of university unions. The most recent was held at R a n m o o r House , a hall-of-residence-plus, at Sheffield Universi ty on F r i d a y — S u n d a y , 5 th—7th January . Rather more than 100 dele­gates attended f rom Br i ta in 's 44 universities, i n ­c luding five f rom Imper ia l : R o b Armi tage , Charles Dingley, T r c v Ph i l l ips , M a l c o l m Matthews and

. Piers Co rbyn turned up too to lend his voice and that of the I M G to the proceedings, and wi th yours t ru ly there to report the jamboree, Imper ia l was probably the best-represented College there.

The Universit ies ' Specialist is one of several specialist conferences run every year by the N U S for different sectors of higher and further educa­t ion which report back to the nat ional conferences in December and A p r i l .

Impressive for the efficiency wi th wh ich discus­sions were held and motions passed, most dele­gates thought the conference very wor thwhi l e—as wel l as an excellent excuse for a few frolics in stainless* surroundings.

*a reference to steel.

N U S Exec should investi­gate the possibil ity of set­ting up their own non­profit mak ing agency.

A major feature of the conference was the way it was split up for part of the t ime into discussion groups on various topics, including Trade Unions and Universit ies, N U S Areas and Universit ies, H a l l Fees and Cater ing charges, Representation, the Env i ronment and Stu­dent Communi t y Ac t i on , the E . E . C . . V i e t n a m and South A f r i c a . Mos t of these groups put motions forward to the whole con­ference, and they were a l l passed.

D r . R. Hunter, V ice -Chancel lor of B i rmingham University, spoke to the

conference, supposedly on the subject of "Un ivers i ty A u t o n o m y " , but was eith­er deliberately evasive or knew little. A n inconse­quential speech was fol­lowed by an hour's ques­tions, and the delegates' tempers frayed rapid ly at the seemingly endless re­plies of "no comment " or " I don't k n o w " .

A b o u t the only coherent facts to appear f rom this session was the reiteration of D r . Hunter 's opinions on representation: that stu­dents should play as fu l l a part as possible in univer­sity affairs, but must not play any part i n decisions on the appointment or sal­aries of staff or the aca­demic assessment of stu­dents!

FEUX FINANCIALLY F E L I X F I N A N C I A L L Y w i l l be re turn ing next week , w h e n Derek C u m m i n g s ,

our regular expert cont r ibutor , w i l l be t e l l ing y ou " H o w to Lose M o n e y W i t h o u t Rea l l y D y i n g " .

H e w i l l a l so be appea r ing in the f lesh at IC on four c onsecu t i v e T u e s d a y s , s ta r t ing on J a n u a r y 3 0 t h . H i s Gene ra l S t u d i e s l unch t ime l ec tures , as anyone w h o has been to th em in the past can te l l y o u , are p a c k e d w i t h p u n c h — i n fact , y o u ' l l p robab ly th ink y o u d i d n ' t k n o w money ex i s t ed unt i l y o u hear Derek te l l y o u h o w to m a k e it w o r k for y o u .

F E L I X next w e e k w i l l be ca r r y ing fu l l d e t a i l s : i n the m e a n t i m e , Derek w e l c o m e s ques t i ons a r i s i n g f r om h i s se r i es o f a r t i c l e s that have appeared in F E L I X s o far th i s year , w h i c h may be a n s w e r e d e i ther at the mee t ings or in an ar t i c l e . W r i t e to h i m c/o F E L I X , or t e l ephone Int 2 8 8 1 .

I0NN LANE Wel l , at least we have a grants pol icy !

N o rent strike and not much in the way df suggestions as to what else we should actual ly do to get the much needed i n ­crease, but at least we have a start — what I.C. students actual ly want: the inter im increase of £65, an annua l re­view based on the student cost index and a b ig fight at N U S conference on the £100 increase, abol i t ion of the means test and the post-graduate demands for an extra grant for L o n d o n , the " L o n d o n weight ing" (Everyone except P C ' s gets more money for l i v ing i n London) .

A n increase for postgraduates and an end to the means test are N U S pol icy — it 's up to us to see that N U S as a whole pushes for these demands and that Wil l not happen unless I C is very active i n the rest of the grants cam­paign. F o r instance I C is over one-third postgraduates. Unless the un ion gets them organised and active we can hardly expect the Government to listen to the N U S c l a i m on their behalf. A l ­though the election of P G Af fa i rs Offi­cer has been postponed (there are quite a number of my fel low P C s getting i n ­volved and there is no reason why a P G affairs committee could not start to function almost immediately.

A l s o if we hope to convince delegates f rom o'ther universities at N U S confer­ence that our more mi l i tant demands are serious, we must expla in to them the reasons why I.C. let them down over the nat ional rent strike. W e must not get the reputation of being talkers and not doers!

W h y N o Rent Str ike?

One reason I must say was a tactical error on my part. T h e wi thdrawal of the new halls levy should have been dis­cussed, at length, separately. O n Thurs­day it just confused the issue.

B u t more important is the bread and butter one that students in ha l l have comparat ively low rents and I fai led to convince them that they should l ook to the future or assist their fel low students

or even help themselves for next year.

I think also we have failed to realise that no matter how eloquent a case the Rector may make for us to the Govern­ment the simple fact of I C students be­ing on a mass rent strike wou ld have re­vealed far better our determination to put an end to the drop i n our standard of l iv ing.

W e w i l l be t ry ing to enlist the Rec­tor's support for our case of course. Bu t I can't see that bis humble plea on our behalf w i l l carry anything l ike as m u c h weight as those vice-chancellors facing rent strikes and refectory boycotts. B u t every drop counts, of course.

A n d now on t o brighter things, cast off this g loomy spell and on to the idy l l i c surroundings of happier regions of I C — l i k e —

Mooney

I haven't eaten i n Mooney a l l week owing to wr i t ing bumph sheets, speeches, President's Pieces and attending U G M s (A lso my grant/pay isn't through yet). I've almost forgotten what " i t ' s " l i ke ! However, it was rather disturbing to hear at the Refectory Commit tee that nothing had been done on the problem of hygiene and cockroaches since the previous meeting. Admi t ted ly this was the hol iday period and a steam cleaning machine had broken down, but as I said before the holidays, the situation needs to be watched carefully.

Ents .

D u e to some mess and damage at a few concerts last term, the Col lege has asked the union to consider its enter­tainments policy. D o we want really b ig concerts weekly, letting i n a very big proport ion of non-students to subsidise our own students? A r e too few students interested to make i t worthwhi le? O r do you l ike the set up as it is?

Democrat ic decisions need an in ­formed discussion and the sooner we hear your views the batter.

'1 can do anyfink' G u i t a r i s t p r o v e s w i l d c l a i m in p u b l i c

a t Ents C o n c e r t

The Great H a l l was packed, as always,

for the concert last Saturday. Strawbs

have now turned more towards the rock

side of music since the replacement of

lead guitarist Tony Hooper by Dave

Lamber t , whose guitar work was crystal

clear at most times. The i r set contained

several of their more recently written

mater ial , inc luding their two recent

singles " L a y D o w n " and " P a r t of the

U n i o n " , presumably both of wh ich w i l l

be on their forthcoming a l bum "Burs t ­

ing at the Seams".

The i r old mater ia l was not forgotten,

however, and no Strawbs concert wou ld

be complete without the classic " H a n g ­

man and the Papis t " . When introducing

this Dave Cousins became serious for

once, g iv ing a short vo ic ing of his op in­

ions on war, otherwise there tended to

be longish gaps i n between numbers

while he to ld rather humorous anecdotes.

Dave Lamber t continued wi th the com­

edian role, when i t came to his solo

spot. Rather unexpectedly, he played

" T h e W i l l i a m T e l l Over ture" by slapping

his cheeks and hold ing his open mouth

to the microphone, fol lowed by " I C a n

D o A n y f i n k " , which he dedicated to a l l

skin heads.

They also performed several of the

stronger tracks f rom their "G rave N e w

W o r l d " a lbum, inc lud ing the title track

wh ich they used to open their set, pro­

ducing a very fu l l sound, each music ian

blending together nicely, w i th some very

good keyboard play from B lue Weav­

er. The acoustic piece was played by

John F o r d and R i c h a r d Hudson , who

moved f rom bass guitar and drums to

acoustic guitars.

The supporting group, Wheels, con­

sisted of three guitarists, a bassist and a

drummer. The i r set tended to lack suffi­

cient substance, though they d id produce

a few good tunes, notably their last

number wh i ch stood out f rom their more

usual melodic sound.

G . J . K .