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I 2 i h . i m t r i ; i 7 : i
F r e e
ON A POINT OF
ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN
I'M BORED O L I V E R D O W S O N visits the N U S Emergency Conference on Grants.
The Grants issue is dead, at least unt i l the start of next year. Th is was the only
message to come out of the N U S Emergency Conference on Grants held at Imper
i a l College in South Kensington on Saturday. Student leaders now have no clue of
what to do next.
The conference was not
able among N U S confer
ences for the poor qual i ty
of the speeches, the almost
total lack of organisation,
and the general confusion.
O f the 800 delegates and
observers, less than 400
stayed to witness the end
of the 48-amendment,
seven-hour debate. A n d
the usual cameraderie was
gone, too. Those that d id
stay rushed off home as
fast as they could after
wards.
Suspicions
It was the general feel
ing before the conference;
indeed, for many weeks
beforehand, that it would
be a complete waste of
time. The suspicions were
well-founded. Every sug
gestion for new forms of
act ion — or. indeed, for
any action at a l l — was
crushed, leaving a sub
stantive motion that serv
ed only to reiterate po l i
cy agreed upon at the E x
eter Easter Nat i ona l Con
ference.
Campaign
Continues
In brief, the N U S has
now rejected the Govern
ment's officer as inade
quate, and have decided
to continue the campaign
in order to attempt to sec
ure the demands at the
triennial review, which
happens next year.
The N U S has made es
pecial demands for the
abol i t ion of discretionary
awards, on which no ac
t ion was taken in this
yaer's interim award, and
married women students'
grants. The government
has already promised revi
sion of married women's
grants next year.
Mass Action
Conference, hardly sur
prisingly, is convinced
that mass action is the
only way to win a grant
increase, and the mot ion,
contained this gem under
the heading of 'Campa ign
Phi losophy. '
'Conference realises
that the foundation of ef
fective mass action is the
commitment and under
standing of the student
body. Conference is fully
aware of the magnitude of
the task of bui ld ing the
campaign from the start
of the academic year.
Conference envisages a
steady escalation of the
campaign dur ing the au
tumn term as a consci
ousness of the issues in
volved is developed with
in the student movement.
Conference recognises
that bui ld ing such a firm
base is an essential part
of a campaign that w i l l
have to be sustained
throughout the year."
The only problem
would seem to be that a l
though they are "aware
of the magnitude of the
p r ob l em" they have no
way of solving it. Rent
strikes are to continue
and be stepped up where
possible, and this is the
only action now envisag
ed. One speaker warned
against " turn ing rent
strikes into a r e l i g i o n " —
but conference d id not
C O U N C I L D & D
Friday 22nd June 1973
7 for 7.30 p.m. Un i on B u i l d i n g B a r extension unt i l 3 a.m.
£2.25 Single
Everybody welcome (not just Counci l )
T I C K E T S F R O M H O N . S E C R E T A R Y I.C. U N I O N
heed his words. Mi l i tant
act ion, such as sit-ins. a
Nat i ona l Occupat ion
Week and other "unspec i
fied mil i tant a c t i o n " was
decided against by a
crushing majority.
Boring
But, assuming you
know what's happened
this year. I need hardly
continue. If you've been
reading the student press
this year you w i l l be as
bored wi th the grants
campaign as conference
was on Saturday.
Come December. M a r -
gale A n n u a l Conference
wi l l be upon us. Then
there should be some de
cisions and some new
pol icy. It won't be in the
middle of exams, and de
legates wi l l be in a con
ference mood in fami l iar
surroundings. U n t i l then,
one can hardly expect the
campaign to get off the
ground — and by Decem
ber (say January before
anything gets going) it w i l l
probably be too late.
Students of L o n d o n , if
you want a grant increase
for 1974/5, you'd better
lay your faith in the Gov
ernment. T h e N U S won't
do much for your cause.
Reds take
over IC Union
Building M a n y an old l . C . student w i l l turn in his grave this
summer. F r o m Ju ly 21st to 29th the Unin .
Bu i l d ing wi l l house some 300 left wingers discussing
the Marx i s t view of everything from Economics to A r t
and Design.
The students of the 5th Communis t University of
L o n d o n wi l l have two complementary aims.
F irst ly they wi l l work out their crit icisms of the pre
va i l ing bourgeois th inking which, consciously or uncon
sciously, underlies most academic teaching of every
subject in the Western world today.
Secondly, they wi l l regard M a r x i s m , not as a dry,
book-learned dogma from the past, but as a l i v ing
guide to act ion in the present day. They wi l l be discuss
ing and developing M a r x i s m themselves.
Students of the Communis t University can attend: 1
Specialist Course f rom the fo l lowing: A r t and Design.
Economics , Educat ion History , L a w , Li terature, Phi los
ophy, Science and Technology. Sociology or an " Intro
ductory Course on M a r x i s m . "
Plus 1 Genera l Course f rom: Marx i s t Phi losophy.
'Marx is t Economics , The State and Class struggle, Im
perial ism.
In addit ion there are lectures on The Marx i s t A p
proach to Phi losophy and History , The Marx i s t V i e w
of M a n , Br i t i sh R o a d to Socia l ism.
The course on Science and Technology should es
pecial ly interest I.C. students few of whom w i l l have
heard a Marx i s t viewpoint on the controversies raging
in the scientific Wor l d . T o pick out just a few: "Science
in Advanced capital ist Society" " The Cris is of M a n and
the Env i ronment , " "Technology as a F o r m of Soc ia l
Con t ro l and D o m i n a t i o n " " M o n o d s , " crit ique of M a x -
i s m " in choice and necessity and " T h e Non-Neutra l i t y
of Science."
The left in Br i t a in have a very poor record for work
ing out the theory that underlies their practice. The
A n n u a l Communis t University aims to change a l l that.
If you want to take part or want to know more contact:
Pau l Watk ins , 'Mech. Eng . P/G or John Lane , c/o I .C.
U n i o n Office, or write for a Prospectus to: B i l l Sweeney
16, K i n g Street, L o n d o n W C 2 E 8 H Y .
VERY
HAPPY
VACATION
from everyone at Felix
Page 2 F E L I X June 12th, 1973
NATIONWIDE STUDENT NEWS
Rent Strike Continues
at Reading
14 Students to be disc ipl ined
Despite set backs the rent strike st i l l
continues at Read ing . A l t h o u g h every
body pa id their h a l l fees for last term,
about 1,400 are wi thhold ing rent for the
summer term.
T w o weeks ago the authorities at
Read ing wrote to the parents of a l l stu
dents who had not pa id last term's h a i l
fees. The letter that ithey sent threatened
the parents w i th legal act ion i f the
money owing to the Univers i ty was not
pa id prompt ly . Since that letter was sent
a l l the money owing f r om last term has
been paid . In protest against the U n i
versity's act ion, wh ich the President of
the Un ion , M a r k C a n n , described as
mora l b lackma i l , an occupat ion was
started. However i t was discontinued o n
the first evening after the V i c e Chance l
l o r had entered the occupied bu i ld ing
w i th others, to see i f any of the people
tak ing part cou ld be identif ied. F o u r
teen people were identified and internal
d isc ip l inary act ion is to be taken against
them. The V i c e Chance l l o r himself is
to be judge, prosecutor and jury.
The students at Read ing are t ry ing to
delay the disc ip l inary hearings unt i l
after exams have finished on 12 June.
They are wr i t ing to the secretary of
the d isc ip l inary committee saying that
the V i c e Chance l l o r is too deeply i n
volved and commit ted on one side to be
an impar t ia l judge.
University regulations forb id a staff
member w i th knowledge of an incident
leading to disc ipl inary act ion to sit on
a. d isc ipl inary committee. T h e students'
un ion believes that the same should
apply to the V i c e Chance l lor . They feel
that someone else should be appointed.
If they are successful i n delaying the
hearings they hope to ho ld a nat ional
ra l ly in Read ing soon after 12 June.
They are sending out notices of this to
a'.l student unions.
Art Colleges
Campaign The Spring Bank Ho l i day weekend
saw act ion by art college students, pro
testing at Government plans for art edu
cat ion. The art students are opposed to
the Delaney Report , and to the raising
of the entry requirement for the D i p
l oma in A r t and Design to two A levels.
The Delaney Report , produced by the
local authori ty pool ing committee,
recommends a worsening of staff, stu
dent ratios of, i n some cases, 50 per
cent. A cut of this size threatens both
students and staff i n art colleges. It
part icular ly threatens part t ime teaching
staff at art colleges. Art is ts often depend
on part time teaching. It is frequently
the only way they can eat and practice
their art at the same time.
T o draw publ ic attention to their
case that it is not relevant for art co l
leges to insist that students have two A
levels and that the Delaney Repor t
should not be implemented, various ac
tivities were planned and carr ied out a l l
over the country.
Students at H a r r o w School of A r t
made a sculpture out of scrap metal
outside the H a r r o w c iv i c centre. A t
Chelsea Col lege of A r t and at Ma ids tone
students engaged in an a l l night work-
in . Petitions were delivered to loca l au
thorities by a l l manner of means, inc lud
ing effigies of M r . Heath and 60 foot
dragons at Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
Portsmouth Polytechnic performed
st'-eet theatre in the town's shopping
c :ntre. Where students d id not use paper
as a base for their protest they painted
on the pavements.
Derby Col lege of A r t held a teach-in
on 9 June and the Art is ts ' Un i on plans
to hold a conference here at Imper ia l
Col lege on 23 June, preceded by a
demonstration f r om Hyde Pa rk Corner .
L o n d o n art college students are hoping
to be able to take a coffin into the
Nat i ona l Ga l l e ry this F r iday as a fur
ther example of their feelings about the
Delaney Repor t and the two A level re
quirement for the D i p A D .
Maidstone College of
Ar t Exhibi t ion F r o m 19 June to 1 J u l y the wal ls and
floors of the Institute of Contemporary
A r t w i l l be given over to the work of
students at Maidstone Col lege of A r t .
The I C A believes that the exhib i t ion of
paint ing and sculpture w i l l show the i m
mense diversity of the work going on at
Maidstone. It w i l l stress forc ib ly that a
pol icy wh i ch includes drast ic cuts i n
staff c an on ly result i n loss of qual i ty
and invention. Ma ids tone is one of the
colleges wh i ch wou ld suffer bad ly f r om
the Delaney recommendations. T h e I C A
hopes that the exhib i t ion w i l l be seen as
a fine example of what can be achieved,
and hopes that the D E S w i l l th ink again
before mak ing 'further cuts i n teaching
staff.
Alternative Education
at Garnett College Students at Garnett Col lege, dissatis-
field w i th the way i n w h i c h they are
taught, took over the college for a day
on 7 June. Garnet t trains students to be
teachers i n Colleges of Fur ther E d u c a
t ion and a Garnett student described the
college as "one of the more normal ly
apathetic colleges of educat ion" . A pro
gramme of alternative lectures has been
devised covering such topics as free-
school ing, alternative systems of educa
t ion and course content. A s we l l as lec
tures and seminars pract ica l work
shops w i l l be running throughout the
day. Departments of the college w i l l be
opening up to a l low students to try their
hands at things wh ich are normal ly not
included i n their course. There w i l l be
opportunities for scientists to attend a
music workshop and for musicians to
turn lathes.
M o r e news f r om Garnet t is that Buz z ,
the student newspaper, is going to merge
wi th the Roehampton V i l l age Vo i ce , a
local communi ty paper, on 1 June. The
union has approved the move. B u z z is
taking a four page spread and paying
for its product ion. Th i s merger should
help to integrate the students more
closely into the communi ty and involve
the loca l communi t y more closely w i th
the students. Th i s is thought to be the
first t ime that a communi ty paper has
merged w i th a student paper.
Invitations to South
Afr ica and Rhodesia
not to be withdrawn A b o u t 300 students demonstrated i n
Ed inburgh o n M o n d a y i n protest against
the attendance of delegates f rom South
A f r i c a and Rhodes ia at the congress o f
the Assoc ia t ion of Commonwea l th U n i
versities. .The demonstration was t imed
to coincide w i th a meeting of the court
of governors of Ed inburgh Univers i ty ,
wh i ch met to consider its response to
a petit ion signed by 2,500 people. The
petit ion asked for the invitations to
South A f r i c a n and Rhodes ian Univer
sities to be withdrawn. A t the end of
the meeting the court anounced that
they were not wi thdrawing their inv i ta
tions.
The E d i n b u r g h students say that if
the invitations are not to be wi thdrawn
the A C U should find somewhere else to
hold their congress. Speakers, inc luding
D i gby Jacks , President of N U S , ad
dressed the protesters.
No more Sabbaticals A work ing party of the Governors at
the C i t y of Leicester Col lege of E d u c a
t ion have refused to recommend the ap
pointment of a fu l l t ime Deputy Presi
dent. Three U n i o n Genera l Meetings
had taken the decision to elect a second
sabbatical officer and an Ext raord inary
U n i o n Mee t ing last week expressed its
disgust at the Governors ' decision. A
mot ion passed by an overwhelming ma
jor i ty stated:
" T h i s U n i o n believes that this de
cis ion is completely contrary to the i n
dependence of the U n i o n as stated i n
the Art ic les of Government . "
The U n i o n has decided to campaign
for a second sabbatical officer and is
hoping to be given five minutes speak
ing rights on the subject at the N U S
Emergency Conference on 9 June.
T h e C o u n c i l of Senate at Cambr idge
have refused to give a sabbatical to any
officers other than the President of the
U n i o n . A meeting of the Cambr idge
Student U n i o n last week voted to go
ahead w i th elections anyway. The fin
ance for another sabbatical officer w i l l
come f rom an extra 7^p a head on the
colleges' Cambr idge Student U n i o n con
tr ibut ion. M i s s M u r r a y , Cambr idge
University 's next V i c e Chance l lor , is
strongly opposed to more than one sab
bat ical officer. However, last term on
the representation committee she
strongly advocated three sabbatical offi
cers. A petit ion is being organised ask
ing her to expla in her two faced be
haviour.
Censorship Protest at
Edinburgh
A loca l trade union branch i n E d i n
burgh has protested to the E d i n b u r g h
Univers i ty authorities about the exclu
sion of an article on homosexual i ty f r om
the Bul l e t in , wh i ch is the Universi ty 's
official publ icat ion. The reason for its
exclusion was stated to be o n the
grounds that it was Hot a " n e u t r a l " ex
posit ion of the subject.
The article was submitted by M i c h a e l
Cou lson , a member of the university
staff. A teach-in on homosexual i ty held
at the Univers i ty was the reason for the
article. The protest has been made by
the Ed inburgh branch of the Assoc ia
t ion of Univers i ty Teachers. They be
lieve that to decline an art ic le on the
grounds that i t is not " n e u t r a l " is d i r
ectly counter to any idea of intel lectual
freedom. T h e A U T branch i n its sub
mission to the Univers i ty Const i tut ion
and Structure Commit tee recommends
that " the way i n wh ich the editor ial
pol icy of the Bul l e t in is determined
should be reviewed."
Protests against
Portugal -
The D u k e of Ed inburgh , who flew
to Portugal on 5 June, was dogged last
week by demonstrators charging that the
tr ip marks Br i t i sh approva l for Por tu
guese imper ia l ism. The protests are part
of the E n d the A l l i ance C a m p a i g n
launched on 1 M a y by the Commit tee
for Freedom i n Mozamb ique , A n g o l a
and Guine . A t the We lsh vi l lage of
Bryn Siecyn on 16 M a y about 50 stu
dents harassed h i m when he arrived to
inspect the oyster beds, and handed h i m
a petition w i th 350 names protesting at
the L i s b o n visit. T h e y also staged a
gueri l la theatre piece on Portuguese op
pression of its A f r i c an colonies.
In Scotland the fo l lowing day he was
picketed at an Ed inburgh c lub and later
at a Glasgow club. A t the Northsea hel i
copter base outside Aberdeen he was
also greeted by demonstrators. In L o n
don women's groups took up the picket
ing at the Chelsea F lower Show.
The E n d the A l l i ance Campa i gn also
plans pickets outside the 21 Portuguese
consulates i n Br i t a in on 16 June, anni
versary of the all iance. The vice presi
dent of F re l imo (Front for the l iberat ion
of Mozambique ) w i l l speak at a meet
ing i n Cent ra l H a l l , Westminster, o n 20
June. A mass demonstrat ion w i l l be
held i n L o n d o n on 16 June when Por tu
guese premier, Ma r c e l o Caetano, starts
an official visit to Br i t a in .
Pr inc ipa l Forbids
NUS Af f i l iat ion
The P r inc ipa l of Ket ter ing Techn ica l
College has refused to a l l ow the stud
ents' union to affiliate to N U S . Susan
M i t che l l , President of the college un ion ,
sa id : " A t the moment the un ion gets
£400 a year grant for soc ia l functions.
B u t the Pr inc ipa l , M r . M c K i n e l y , has
threatened to stop this if we jo in N U S " .
Apparent l y M r . M c K i n l e y ' s objections
to N U S stem f rom his belief that N U S
is only concerned w i th polytechnics and
universities. H e does not believe that
its activities concern technical colleges
or further educat ion colleges.
Presumably M r . M c K i n l e y is not
aware that the focus of the N U S grants
campaign has been on discretionary
awards, wh i ch wou ld affect most of his
students. M r . M c K i n l e y said this morn
ing: " T h e students ta lked to me about
jo ining N U S . I to ld them to give me
a breakdown of the costs and benefits
and then I wou ld consider i t " . Presum
ably M r . M c K i n l e y has come to the
conclusion that the costs wou ld out
weigh the benefits to his students.
Joint Statement by
NUS and the A T C D E
Sabbatical Leave for Union Officers im
Colleges of Education.
A joint statement by the Assoc iat ion
of Teachers i n Colleges and Depart
ments of Educa t i on has just been issued.
The subject i t covers is sabbat ical leave
for un ion officers in Colleges of E d u c a
tion. A previous joint statement by
A T C D E and N U S was agreed i n M a y
1967. A t the t ime i t was written no
president of a student union i n a college
of education had ever been granted sab
bat ica l leave. The first such leave was
granted i n 1967/8 and has become more
common ever since. The statement by
the new work ing party fol lows the m a i n
principles la id down i n 1967, but be
lieves that it is important to review pro
cedures i n the light of the last five years*
experience.
In this five years the question has ar
isen as to whether a college authori ty
can veto the appointment of a part icu lar
person to a sabbat ical office. The state
ment insists that provided the correct
const i tut ional procedures have been
fol lowed the college authorities have no
right to interfere w i th a part icular ap
pointment. T h e student's loca l author i ty
and the D E S must be in formed if a
sabbatical posit ion involves an interrup
t ion of a course.
A student officer o n a sabbat ical year
must retain the status of a student sub
ject to the same regulations as other
students. T h e joint wo rk ing party rec
ommends that a f o rma l exchange of
letters should take place between the
college and the student officer elect so
that his status is clear and uncontra-
versial. It suggests that the sabbatical
officer should in his own interests m a i n
ta in some contact w i th his academic
studies, but that college authorit ies
should not lay down " f o rma l academic
commitments as a precondit ion for
granting sabbatical leave to student offi
cers" .
The statement also mentions the i m
portance of adequate finance being pro
vided if the student official is to be able
to carry out his job adequately. It be
lieves that financial support should be
met f rom union funds to safeguard i n
dependence and should at the m i n i m u m
be equivalent to the student grant. B o t h
the college authori ty and the student
union should try to provide the best con
dit ions it possibly can for student union
sabbat ical officers. The statement con
cludes that " the contr ibut ion wh ich *
good student union president can make
to the relationship between the college
authorities and the student union is
inest imable."
J u n e 12th, 1973 F E L I X Page 3
President's Report on the year
AS PRESENTED TO ICUGM
7th JUNE, 1973
President's A n n u a l Repor t
T h e essential purpose of a student union must be to
defend and extend the rights, the standards of l i v ing
and education of its members. The social , cu l tura l and
athletic persuits of the Un ion as wel l as being very i m
portant in their own right br ing added strength and in
volvement to the Un ion . But the standard against which
the Un i on must measure its success or fai lure is
whether it has tr ied to improve the lot of its members.
There is always a danger that the U n i o n w i l l work
wi th in the l imitat ions of the Col lege and end up wi th
its officers s imply assisting the Col lege administrat ion
i n its job. — which is not what we pay sabbatical offi
cers for. Some minor reforms may be made but the
major problems facing students, the cont inual erosion
of our standard of l iv ing, the accommodat ion crisis,
etc., cannot be solved without going beyond the con
fines of this College and challenging Government
pol icy. The po l i t i ca l impl icat ions have to be faced up
to.
The U n i o n must decide what is needed for its mem
bers and then a im to involve them in whatever action
is necesary to w in the demands we are asking. The
grants issues has c la imed the greatest attention, and
quite r ightly so. The inadequacy of our grants is ex
c lud ing many potential students f rom higher education,
part icular ly those f rom the work ing classes. It is caus
ing increasing hardship amongst students, and makes
the financing of refectories and hal ls of residence
chaotic. I C Un i on , in spite of its not jo ining the
national rent strike — by a very narrow marg in—has
played a very active role with its own demonstration to
the D E S , jo ining the London demonstration of Febru
ary 21st, the refectory boycotts, a bigger strike on
M a r c h 14th than J think anyone had thought possible,
and many thousands of leaflets distributed in the lo
cality.
O f course, there have been weaknesses. The main
act iv ity has come from the left of the U n i o n , with a
few noticeable exceptions from the "modera te " wing.
Th i s natural ly weakens our efforts to involve very large
numbers of IC students.
i It was a Tory government in 1962 which considered
the undergraduate grant level to be a bare m i n i m u m .
A n y right-wing student who wishes to assist the present
To ry government in its glorious mission of solving the
problems of Cap i ta l i sm at our expense would do far
better to send their grant cheque to the London Rho
desia Company (Lonrho) than to hold the rest of us
back.
The concentration on grants has led to a num
ber of spin-offs wi th in the college. I believe it con
tributed to the freezing of hal l rents for next year. We
have gone some way towards freezing refectory prices
and la id the basis for a fight against any increases next
session. O n field course grants we have achieved an
improvement though whether a satisfactory one is not
quite clear. O n post-graduate demonstrating rates nego
tiation is under way and the PG ' s themselves are getting
organised to win their c la im for £2 an hour. Aga in
ar is ing f rom the activ ity among P G ' s we have achieved
an insurance cover for A L L students in IC. Ano ther
important spin-off of the grants campaign is the in
creased contact between the Un i on and the I C trade
unions and the Hammersmi th Trades Counc i l .
I n other ways it has been a depressing year. The
lack of a sabbatical President in the first term caused a
considerable lack of interest by some Un i on officers
and especially departmental reps. The number of elec
tions, the non-viabi l i ty of Northside H a l l ; vandal ism
in the Un ion Bui ld ing a l l cast a shadow over us.
But I believe the smal l victories we have won,
should encourage us to fight for major victories both
in the Col lege and over the Government next session.
T o do this wi l l immensely strengthen the confidence
and support our members give the U n i o n . We have
made a start this year which must be built on.
See you on the floor of the U G M next year.
J O H N L A N E
Oliver Dowsorfs
Its' strange now to th ink back
and realise that, 28 issues of F e l i x
later, I've only been edit ing the
paper for nine months. Men t i on
of mine months tempts me to
plunge forth o n a discourse on
the growth of the foetus over that
time, and that Fe l i x is now ready
to be reborn, and trash l i ke that
. . . but I shall resist temptation.
1 think — and rather hope —
that F E L I X changed right f rom
the start. There was a new look
to it — not so much a glossy
newspaper-size magazine, more a
newspaper-sized newspaper, and
a considerable change i n empha
sis on contents. Th i s year we have
printed three times as many
pages as in the previous record
year (1970/71). Cr i t i cs of what
they c la im to be " a total lack
of news i n F e l i x " may be sur
prised to learn that news as a
percentage of copy carr ied is up
on last year f r om (rough estimates
only) 10% to 2 5 % and feature
articles and reviews are down
by a s imi lar amount. Yes , F E L I X
could carry more news — there's
lots that goes on that doesn't get
printed, and I've always been the
first to admit it — but unfortuna
tely no one's ever to ld me about
it (or, better st i l l , written about
it) except on rare occasions. A n d
don't you dare te l l me that the
Fe l i x E d should K N O W what's
happening. One can't (for ex
ample) keep try ing to f ind the
Vo l l e yba l l Cap ta in to f ind out
if there coach was struck by
l ightning on the Costa B r a v a last
week.
Thus , a plea. If you want more
news in Fe l i x next year (I th ink
next year's Ed i t o r is p lanning to
step it up anyway) you 'd best tell
h im about anything you hear of.
I hope you've enoyed reading
Fe l i x this year. I also hope that
you have some pract ical sugges
tions for the future — and as
you ' l l discover on page — we're
offering five double tickets to
a West E n d c inema in return for
wri t ing and tel l ing us about them.
One temptation I 'm afraid it's
impossible to resist is to write a
post-mortem on the year. F o r it 's
been a most curious one, one in
which the credibi l i ty of I C U n i o n
has dropped more than ever be
fore. Fortunate ly the constituent
college unions have not streng
thened at the same time, or at
least not significantly.
The fundamental change is i n
the composi t ion of U n i o n meet
ings. N o t only are there less
" commun ican t s " than ever be
fore — nearly every meeting has
been on the verge of inquoracy (if
not completely inquorate) f rom
the start — those going to meet
ings are of a different i lk . U G M ' s
might as well be re-named Socsoc
meetings. It's significant that the
latter's stopped ho ld ing meetings
of its own! Th i s has presumably
happened for two reasons. F i rs t l y ,
Socsoc have put in so many mo
tions irrelevant to the b u l k of
the incumbent student body that
few can mainta in interest. Sec
ondly, only Socsoc members (be
cause of their interest in their
motions) can survive the petty
wafflings and methods of steering
the meetings adopted b y Messrs.
B lack and Jowitt .
Fortunately, the second prob
lem should be solved next year,
since the regime then doesn't look
as if it has a s imi lar proport ion
of ego-trippers. If a l i t t le more
spice can be added to U G M ' s , the
first " p r o b l e m " (sorry to ca l l it
that, Socsoc, 'cos you've every
right to put up your motions)
won't need to be solved. Every
mot ion — wel l , A L M O S T every
motion — w i l l get chucked out
automatical ly.
The administrat ion has had
pretty severe problems . . . es
pecial ly that of a lack of Presi
dent for several months. Obv i
ously 1 must congratulate John
Lane on his work since then, but
unfortunately his efforts have
been almost exclusively devoted
to work on the Grants Campa i gn
and other nat ional campaigns, at
the expense of the coherence of
the members of the U n i o n . God
knows, he's tried to get them in
volved — he's the only one who
has, really — but, important issue
though it is, grants doesn't seem
to have won the hearts of the rank
and file. Basica l ly this college is
as wool ly-minded moderate as
ever, and the sheer mention of
polit ics just turns off most people
N o , I don't know what's going
to be done about it, but why not
try involv ing everyone i n some
thing non-pol i t ica l ( l ike an I C U
swim in the Serpentine on the last
day of ithe Chr is tmas term?) and
sl ip i n a teaspgonful of the pol i
t i ca l e l ix i r when they're not look-
ins
I don't really think it matters
H O W people get involved, as long
as they do. Nex t year's hierarchy
have got themselves quite a job
as far as that's involved. I hope
that they don't ignore the task.
Qui te honestly, the best way I
can see of strengthening I C U n i o n
— and I've wanted to say this
for a long t ime, unfortunately
no one else ever does in print
or election manifestos — is to
abol ish the constituent college
unions. A relic of the — thank
heaven — long-since-gone days of
mascotry, they now serve no pur
pose other than syphoning off en
thusiasm and involvement into i r
relevances. Everything the C C U ' s
do — except fai l — a united I C U
can do better. Society is split
enough as it is without splitting
I C U society into miners, guilds-
men and rcsians.
Whoops! There is one thing the
C C U ' s seem to do better . . .
wel l , with more hi lar i ty . A n d
that is Un ion Meetings. But then,
surely I C U could institute the
occasional totally s i l ly un ion
meeting (don't tel l me, they're
al l si l ly anyway). Just think, if
you put together the tota l attend
ance at three ind iv idua l C C U
Un i on Meetings and ca l l ed it an
I C U G M it would be nearly three
times quorate!
C a n Y O U honestly th ink of any
useful function that the C C U ' s
perform? Even their r i va l ry sys
tem of rag collections doesn't
work — most other universities
(and none of them have a C C U
system), do far, far better. I C U
is probably now one of the
weakest student unions (bearing
in mind its size) in the country
— certainly in London — despite
having some of the best facilities
to draw on.
I don't think that the weakness
of I C U hinges on apathy. It's
the disease-ridden, consumptive
organisation that's at fault. I
hope something is done about it
next year. The year after W I L L
be too late.
O L I V E R D O W S O N
P.S. M y thanks to everyone
who has helped or crit ic ised me
dur ing the year, and especially
to a l l those who have encouraged
me sufficiently to last out the
year.
P.P.S. Have a very happy v a c —
I hope you get good egzam re
sults, and that I ' l l see you back
in October.
P.P.P.S. 1 hope you're look ing
forward as much as I a m to see
ing the next issue of Fe l ix on
October 2nd!
i
Page 4 F E L I X June 12th, 1973
GAY STUDENTS COME OUT T h i s a r t i c l e w i l l be read by some w h o are defi
n i te ly gay, s o m e w h o are de f in i te ly not, and s o m e
w h o aren ' t sure . 1 can ' t write in a w a y that speaks
equa l l y to everyone , but I hope that gay people
read ing th is w i l l put up w i t h my answe r ing a f ew
c r i t i c i s m s first before c o m i n g to the ma in po int of
the ar t i c l e .
That word 'gay' puts me off straight away_. Why
can't you be honest and say 'homosexual'.' Or
'queer'?
The w o r d s don ' t mean the same th ings . ' Q u e e r ' is
derogatory , as in " y o u ' r e just a load of queers
r e a l l y " . I d o n t ' m i n d us ing ' h o m o s e x u a l ' , but it has
m e d i c a l or sc ient i f i c over tones to it, as in " H o m o
sexua l i t y in the ten-sp ined s t i c k l e b a c k " . The th ing
about each other . It sugges t s s ome th ing you can
ary th ing , that it is an ad jec t i ve not a noun so that
it d esc r i bes f ee l ings and re la t i onsh ips w i thou t put
t ing people into boxes , and that it w a s c o i n e d by
homosexua l peop le themse l v es as a w a y of ta lk ing
about each other- It sugges ts s o m e t h i n g you can
enjoy rather than some th ing to wor ry about .
But it's not ordinary like you say. 'I've never met
a homosexual, and the ones you see sometimes in
the street have very peculiar mannerisms, they're
not ordinary at all. There can't be any to speak of
in I.C.
Y o u ' v e probab ly met lots of gay peop l e w i thou t
r ea l i s ing it. J7ew h o m o s e x u a l men choose to ta lk
l ike Larry G r a y s o n , a n d you probably have no aware
ness of gay w o m e n at a l l . There are probab ly as
many gay s tudents in I.C. as anywhere e l s e . S o m e
conf ident and k n o w i n g where to go in London for
p leasure , s ome s i t t ing a lone every even ing desper
ate ly lone ly ; s ome en joy ing s t eady af fairs, s ome
w h o can ' t a d m i t their f e e l ing to themse l v e s , let
a lone to anyone e lse . S o m e gu i l t i l y p u s h i n g t h e m
se lves into affairs w i t h the other sex, s o m e shy l y
and qu ie t l y in love w i t h the i r best f r i ends . There ' s
no d i s t i n g u i s h i n g mark of gay peop l e exept the i r
sexua l a n d emot i ona l need of their o w n sex .
If it's as common as you say, why don't I ever
see it?
B e c a u s e w e were brought up the same w a y as
everyone , to see homosexua l fee l ings as r i d i c u l o u s ,
in fer ior , shame fu l . A l t h o u g h w e f ind out how fa lse
th is v i e w is , w e are very aware of how preva lent
it i s , a n d w e h ide our f ee l ings so as not to be
laughed at and re jec ted. It's very easy to l ead a
doub l e l i fe and pass s t ra ight .
That's only sense. What's the point of your
soc i e t y then, won't it make you more laughed at?
If I were a homosexual, I'd keep it to myself.
One reason w h y gay peop le are d e s p i s e d is that
they are secre t i ve . Ano the r th ing is that peop l e
are ignorant about wha t we are l ike . A n d w e have
been too a f ra id to s tand up for ourse l ves . Each of
us has g rown up in a w o r l d very hos t i l e to our In
nermost f ee l ings , and it is often w i t h great di f f iculty
and on ly after long bat t l ing w i th the gu i l t i n d u c e d
in us by parents , s c h o o l , c h u r c h and the m e d i c a l
p ro f ess ion that w e c ome as i n d i v i d u a l s to accep t
and enjoy your homosexua l i t y . S o m e of n o w want
to go further than that, to aot in a w a y that w i l l
m a k e it eas ier for future generat ions of gay peop le
to d i s cove r their sexua l i t y , and a l so to cha l l enge
the d i s c r i m i n a t i o n to w h i c h w e are s t i l l sub jec t .
T h i s is not some th ing w e c an do as i n d i v i d u a l s ;
the oppos i t i on of soc i e ty is too m a s s i v e a n d daunt
ing . The po int of f o rm ing a soc i e t y s u c h as the
Un i v e r s i t y Gay S t u d e n t s ' S o c i e t y is that a little
mutua l suppor t can ach ieve a great d e a l . T h e fact
that it ex i s ts as a un ive rs i t y soc i e t y l ike any o ther
p u b l i c i s e s the lack of shame a n d the con f i dence
in our va lue as h u m a n be ings that o the rw i se w o u l d
be k n o w n on ly in our pr ivate l i ves . We have been
able to arrange openly p u b l i c i s e d d i s c o s a n d dances
for gay s tudents , and to get a G a y R igh ts r eso lu t i on
passed at the N . U . S . C o n f e r e n c e — t h i n g s that
w o u l d have been unth inkab l e a f ew years back a n d
qui te imposs i b l e for an i n d i v i d u a l to a ch i e v e . T h e
un ivers i t y G a y s o c (as it is usua l l y ca l l ed ) is meant
or a l l gay people in the U n i v e r s i t y — i t doesn ' t de
m a n d i n d i v i d u a l m i l i t ancy or . c o m m i t m e n t to a
po l i t i c a l po int of v i ew , but it is b a s e d on the idea
that it is wo r th d o i n g s ome th ing open ly to suppor t
each other.
You won't make me a homosexual.
I don ' t wan t to . But our ta lks and d i s c u s s i o n s
are open to anyone interes ted in sexua l l i be ra t i on .
To gay readers: The L .S .E . , Un i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e
and K i n g ' s Co l l e ge have their o w n G a y s o c s , a n d
it w o u l d be n ice to see I.C. f o l l ow . If s omeone took
the in i t ia t i ve th is term by go ing th rough the f o rma l
p rocess of set t ing up an I.C. G a y s o c then there
c o u l d be pub l i c i t y for it in the F r e s h e r s ' Fa i r next
Oc tober . I can ' t pre tend i t 's easy c o m i n g out a n d
do ing that, but gay peop le in I.C. are p r o m i s e d the
ful l suppor t of the Un i v e r s i t y G a y s o c and the en
couragement of the I.C. U n i o n . I w o u l d suggest that
anyone interested s h o u l d contac t us first.
Information: G a y s o c has meet ings ( ta lks or d i s
cuss i ons ) every F r i day in the Un i v e r s i t y U n i o n , at
7 .30 p .m. There is a l so a dance and a party ar
ranged for later th is t e rm. P lease wr i t e for further
in fo rmat i on to The Secre tary , G a y s o c , U . L . U . , M a l e t
Street , L o n d o n , W . C . 1 , or te l ephone 3 8 8 - 0 0 6 3 .
T h i s ar t i c l e has been con t r i bu ted by A n d r e w
Hodges , w h o is a research s tudent in ma themat i ca l
phys i c s at B i rkbeck Co l l e ge .
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Royal
Circular
Af te r mon ths of g r o w i n g specu l a t i on ,
rumour and den ia l the engagement has been
a n n o u n c e d be tween M r . M i c h a e l Doher ty a n d
M r . M a r t i n Doughty .
It mus t be admi t t ed that the o l d c l i c h e
" w e ' r e on ly g ood f r i e n d s " w a s wear ing a l i t t le
th in and f ew peop le rea l ly be l i eved that it was
a mutua l love of w o m e n that had brought them
together.
Cour t c o r r e sponden t J o n a t h a n G o n a d
wr i t e s : " T h e coup l e are be l i eved to have first
met at a gangbang near O l y m p i a . M r . Doher ty ,
k n o w n to his f r i ends as " d i p p e r " , den ies that
he took part by v i r tue of go ing first. A w o m a n
is a l so be l i e ved to have been present though
severa l eye -w i tnesses d i spute th i s . O n l y re
cen t l y the coup l e were seen d a n c i n g together
at a Be i t Ha l l party and managed to exp l a in it
a w a y by us ing a s u b w a r d e n as a f r o n t . "
A s the p rocess i ona l car p u l l e d into P r ince
Conso r t Road large c r o w d s had to be re
s t ra ined by po l i c e , s o m e a r m e d though many
l eg less . C r i e s of " s h o w us your b o b b y ' s he l
m e t " were c l ea r l y a u d i b l e above the chee r ing
of the ga ther ing .
It is unde r s t ood that M r . Doughty may take
a cour tesy t i t l e . Readers are inv i ted to s end in
sugges t i ons to the ed i tor .
M A R T I N D O U G H T Y
U P SHIT C R EE K NOTE:
Where quotation marks surround anything that
Mr. Doughty has said, speak it to yourself with
a very nasally, almost puffy voice.
Where quotation marks surround anything
that I have said, speak it with a firm, mascu
line, but not too butch, voice.
It'll help you get the picture.
I was first in t roduced to M r . M a r t i n " h o w ' s your
b u m " Dough t y a c oup l e of weeks before he ran off
to l ive w i t h my g i r l f r i end .
W h e n they went to l ive in O x f o rd I thought I'd
seen the last of h i m — not so lucky .
On re turn ing to co l l ege this year who s h o u l d I
see s t r o l l i ng out of the U n i o n A r c h but the coy
f aced , sore b u m m e d , under w o r k e d , over s e x ed
M r . G . M . Dough ty (d idn ' t you know he has a " G "
in h is name — doesn ' t tel l many peop l e ) .
W e l l , d i d n ' t have t ime to turn r o u n d and pre tend
I'd left my coat back in C h e m . Eng . , so I just kept
on go ing , expec t ing h i m to ca l l my name .
" O y — get my D a v i d B o w i e h a i r c u t . "
— not an unexpec t ed first c o m m e n t f r om M a r
t in , even though I hadn ' t seen h i m for over a
year .
" B l o o d y Q u e e n , " I was th ink ing .
" S h e w a s n ' t so good after a l l , " he w a s t e l l i ng
me . . .
F r o m then on it went f r om bad to wo rse , he
s tar ted phon ing me up, c a l l i n g me " h i s f r i e n d " —
you can imag ine h o w horr ib le it a l l b e came .
Pret ty s oon he was a feature wr i t e r for s eve ra l
w e l l - k n o w n newspapers — " T h e H i g h Peak Repor
t e r " , " F e l i x " , and even " T h e G u a r d i a n " once (by
mis take ) — s e n d i n g the same ar t i c l es everywhere ,
hop ing for the break.
I was never sure what he was t ry ing to do in h i s
a r t i c l e s —- so I w e n t r ound to h is flat and ask'SCt
h i m . A long t ime later w h e n he f inal ly s t opped talk
ing about h imse l f a n d h is D a v i d B o w i e ha i r cu t I
rea l i zed he ' d m i s s e d the po int .
" L o o k , " I s a i d , " y o u r a r t i c l es use in fo rmat i on
that P a u l Foot th rew out last year . W h a t do you
say about that? "
M a y b e I w o u l d get my answer n o w !
" D o you l ike my D a v i d B o w i e h a i r c u t , " he w h i n
n i e d . H e c o n t i n u e d , " J u s t bought a n e w a l b u m by
George M e l l y — he wr i t es f i lm c r i t i c i s m s for the
' O b s e r v e r ' and p lays the sax. w i th a t rad , jazz band
He ' s great and he 's my hero.
" I ' m l earn ing sax . n o w too. D ' y w a n n a hear m e
p lay , M i k e . Do you . . ? "
A n d so it went on . P a i n f u l .
Af ter three hours in h is flat I r ea l i zed I'd spent a
who l e even ing w i t h a b u n c h of s h i n i n g w i t s . I refer
you to Prof Spooner .
1 don ' t often wr i t e in " F e l i x " — and it m ay be
r u m o u r e d , therefore, that this a r t i c l e has been wr i t
ten in revenge for cer ta in re ferences , made i n M r
Dough t y ' s c o l u m n , about me tak ing part in a gang-
bang in O l y m p i a . Tha t is abso lu t e l y not the reason
— in fact it c o u l d n ' t be further f r o m the t ruth . I a m
w r i t i n g th is a r t i c l e out of c omp l e t e b o r e d o m Wi#i
r e v i s i on and the fact that M r . Dough ty c on t inuous l y
takes the p i s s out of me in h i s bana l , s e l f - i ndu l gen t
a s in ine and comp l e t e l y t r i v ia l a r t i c l es is of no inter
est to me wha tsoeve r .
B e s i d e s , wha t ' s a gangbang?
A n y w a y , enough s a i d . Don ' t wan t to go o n tog m u c h .
M I K E D O H E R T Y (abso lute ly no re lat ion]
HARROD$ Mid
I N T H I S P A R T T W O A R T I C L E I W A N T T O E X
P L O R E T H E W A Y I N W H I C H T H E L A R G E S T
A N D M O S T L A V I S H S T O R E I N E U R O P E F U N C
T I O N S . T H E M Y T H IS T H E W I D E L Y H E L D
B E L I E F T H A T H A R R O D S IS A V E R Y D I F F E R
E N T S T O R E T H A N A N Y O T H E R ; T H E R E A L I T Y
IS T H E C O N D I T I O N S A N D H I E R A R C H Y U N D E R
W H I C H T H E S T A F F H A V E T O W O R K .
1. T H E M Y T H
If you ever look at the
advertisements on the sides
of L o n d o n buses, chances
are you've seen the " H A R
R O D S S T O P . . . E V E R Y
T H I N G L O N D O N . . .
S T O P . " T h e widely held
belief wh ich this is aimed
at propagating is that at
Har rods of Knightsbr idge,
SW1 , L t d . you can buy
l i teral ly everything. The
L o n d o n guides to incom
ing tourists say just that.
It is not true.
A s the House of Fraser,
Harrods parent company,
their ever soaring profits
have sought to increase
(Sir H u g h Fraser is Gua r
d ian businessman of the
year) they have been re
lentlessly pruning the store
of any sections which are
not geared to m a x i m u m
profit. A few remain, for
instance the bank and the
zoo, but only because, in
their very different ways,
they are both great c rowd
pullers. Over the past few
years, however, the fol low
ing low yield departments
have d isappeared:—
Key Cut t ing
Heel B a r
Post Office (not even a
posting box now).
The bank ing ha l l has
moved up to the fourth
floor f r om the more con
venient ground level to be
replaced by a large and
very profitable perfumery
section.
The lounge, daytime
sleeping quarters of the
o ld Knightsbr idge dears
complete wi th t ra i l ing furs
and mini -dog has moved
f rom the ground to the
fourth and the l ibrary has
gone to a remote corner
of the th i rd , lost amid the
gigantic beds and four
poster baths of the furni
ture department. The lat
est v ic t im is musica l in
struments. Clar inets , vio
lins and trombones were
a l l half-price in the Janu-
ary sale only because the
super-store was getting
r id of them a l l and now
only deals in pianos, plus
guitars and recorders now
in the toy department.
A n d what of the H a r
rods customers? Typ ica l l y ,
Harrods customers, or , at
least, the ones that matter
to the House of Fraser,
can be div ided into two
types: R i c h inhabitants of
SW1 and other such post
codes and rich inhabitants
of U S A and other such
corruptions. The latter of
course seasonal and i m
pressed; the male the lar
ger of the species sport ing
phosphorescent g r e e n
chequered suit and exhib
iting a hang-up about
toilets:
"Say M a c k . Where's the
ba throom?" whispers W i l
bur.
" D o you want to buy
one or use one? "
The former are resident
and bemoaning the H a r
rods of late. M a n y re
peatedly c la im they are
close relations of the
Queen and , therefore, de
serving of better and al l
appear to have little sense
of direct ion as they are de
livered by tax i , pointed in
the direction of the lifts by
the green m a n at the door
and pointed towards the
requisite department by
the l i f tman.
"Does this lift go to
C h i n a ? "
" N o . It just goes up and
down . " No marks for
guessing who said that.
" C a n I br ing m y dog
u p ? " Words fa i l .
When there's a sale on
(and Harrods sales do
have the odd bargain) the
regular customers try and
make out that they
wouldn ' t have come i f
they'd known — despite
the place being plastered
wi th S A L E posters and
ten times the number of
people inside.
" G o o d grief! It's aw
ful ly crowded today, is
there a sale on or some
th ing? "
" Y e s . "
" I thought there were a
lot of those dreadful east-
enders about the place. "
That was a guy about
thirty!
The Harrods customer
often appears to have
more money than sense,
likes a record cover and
buys the record for the
Hon . James who doesn't
l ike it and it gets sent
back. The Harrods bur
eaucracy is appal l ing. Tt
may take a letter sent to
the store a week to get
through to the right de
partment. The reply then
takes a week to be typed
and sent out. Meanwhi l e
the complainant, anger
and frustration increasing
dai ly , sends further let
ters higher on up the heir-
archy as a reply fails to
materialise. It is not un
known for Sir Hugfo'e
memo to arrive i n the de
partment before the orig
inal correspondence.
A n d finally, Harrodri
customers, irate in defer
ence to their own self-im
portance, 'love to splurge
out vague and belligerent,
notes about something fel
l ing apart (and they do}
which they bought a few
months before in the Way-
In boutique and this
shouldn't happen because -
it's Harrods and no they
haven't got a receipt and^
they sent the garment by
separate post wh ich H a r
rods must have lost but k
cost £12.50 and Harrodi i ,
in recognition of their own
pathetic bureaucracy and
in preservation of their
publ ic image pay up -
by the hundreds.
Y o u know, I reckon i t
might be worth a try'. . . . .
Just give yourself another
barrel to the name and
your £10 w i l l come back:
by return. W e l l , not quite
by return,
M A R T I N D O U G H T Y
Page 6 F E L I X June 12th, 1973
COLOURS I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N A W A R D S 1972/3
Ath le t i c C lubs Commit tee F u l l Co lours H a l f Co lours
Assoc iat ion Footba l l C l u b
M . M c C o n v e y
B a d m i n t o n C lub
D . ' P . W a r d ( e x ) C . F . C h i e n ( r a )
R . T h o m a s T . L i m ( r a )
R . P a l m e r P . B l e n n e r h a s s e t
S o c i a l C o l o u r s
Boat C lub
A . H i l l ( e x )
D . G . B e v a n
M . J . S i s l e y
J B l a n d
P. H u g h e s R . H . G l e d h i l l
H . B . E d m u n d s o n
G . K . L l o y d
M . T . L u t h m a n
F . E l l i s
C r i c k e t C l u b
R . S m i t h ( ex , r a ) K . S c h o f i e l d
J . W i l l i a m s ( r a ) D . R a w l i n s o n
B . S a w f o r d R . M a t t h e w s
J . K e l l y R. W h i t t i n g t o n
R . G i b b s R . D e a n
G . E d w a r d s D . R i d l e y
C . P o t t e r ( r a )
C r o s s C o u n t r y C l u b
R . J . P a r k e r ( e x ) S. W e b b
P . C l a r k e D . P a y n e
R . A l l i n s o n
H o c k e y C l u b
J . A s t l e y J . G a h i r
R . P a l m e r ( e x ) A . B r o w n
D . R i c h m a n G . P o p p l e
K . W . B o u l t o n T . H a n s o n
R . C a m e r o n
M . D o w n s
P." E v a n s
J u d o C l u b
P . C a l l a h a n ( ex )
K a r a t e C l u b
E . J a c o b s ( r a )
G . A l k e r ( r a )
T . A n d e r s
L a w n T e n n i s C l u b
C . S t e e l e ( e x ) J . P r i c e
C . A t k i n s o n M . W h i t e
S. M e c k c h a k n i e
R u g b y F o o t b a l l C l u b
J . M c D o n o u g h ( e x ) D . R i m m e r
R . M a t t h e w s ( r a ) B . B r a d l e y
R : R i c h m a n
R, C a m e r o n
J . A n d r e w s
M . A d a m s ( r a )
J . H u n t ( r a )
C . F l a n a g a n
R . S t e r n
P . R a n s o n
A . S m i t h
D . O s b o r n e
A . W a l t o n
F . M u s g r a v e
C . L e w i s
I, P a r t r i d g e ( ra ) .
K . H o r s e m a n ( ra )
C . W r i g l e y (ra)
S a i l i n g C l u b
M . A . P . M a r t i n P . B a r r e t t
( e x )
5 . J . M . B r i s c o e B . T . R o g e r s
M . R o s k e l l
S q u a s h C l u b
D . H o d g s o n ( e x )
K . D a l y
M . K e n y o n
S w i m m i n g a n d W a t e r P o l o C lub )
M . M c C a r t n e y ( e x ) P . K i n d l e
P . F r i e z i e A . S m i t h
M . G a r n e a u ( r a )
M . D j u r o v i c ( r a )
P . T a y l o r
T a b l e T e n n i s C l u b
6 . E d w a r d s ( e x )
T e n P i n B o w l i n g C l u b
K . C r u m p e r ( r a ) ft: B a n k s
( e x )
R H o r s l e y
V o l l e y b a l l C l u b
J . L a n k s ( e x )
P . N e v e s
R . J o n e s
L . A d a m s
R. S u i t o r
D . S a s s o n
Women ' s Sports C lub
M r s . H . A d a m s
( ex , r a )
M i s s A . P u r v i s
M i s s H . Y a t e s
M i s s G . E p s t e i n
M i s s J . B u z z a r d
.Miss G. S. B o w d e n
Miss A . T h o m p s o n
Miss K . B e r t r a m
M i s s I. W h i t e
Miss S. A r n o l d
M i s s D . E d s t e i n
M r s . M . H i l l
Ms. M . S t u a r t
Recreat ional C lubs Committee
Social Co lours
D . B r o w n V i c e C h a i r m a n R C C
M-. B u c k l e y O p e r a t i c S o c i e t y
W . C o l l e t t D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y
W . G i l k s S e c r e t a r y R C C
J . G i b b o n s D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y
S . F i r t h T r a n s p o r t S u b C o m m i t t e e
F. G . I r v i n g G l i d i n g C l u b
R . L e w i s F i l m S o c i e t y
J . N i c h o l i s U n d e r w a t e r C l u b
P . C . S h a r k e y D a r t s C l u b
R e a w a r d s: F . H . P o t t e r , S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r R C C
P . J . J e n k i n s C h a i r m a n R C C ( ex -o f f i c i o
Soc ia l C lubs Committee
J . H a l l S o c i e t y f o r S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n
S c i e n c e
S. H i l s u m J e w i s h S o c i e t y
P . K i r k h a m H . G . W e l l s S o c i e t y
S. R i c h a r d s o n S .E . . A s i a S o c i e t y
M . S c h a f f e r J e w i s h S o c i e t y
P . T o t t e r d e l ! H . G. W e l l s S o c i e t y
R e a w a r d s :
Carn i va l K . A r u n d a l e
M i s s C . B i n g h a m
A . B o w i e r
M i s s M . C a s s o n i
A . C l a p h a m
M i s s J . H a l l
A . L e w c o c k
R . L . L . L o l l e y
D . R u m s e y
J . S h e e h y
A . S t e e r
R e a w a r d :
G . D . D . J a c k s o n C h a i r m a n a n d C e c r e -
t a r y S C C ( ex -o f f i c i o )
T r e a s u r e r
G e n e r a l
P r o c e s s i o n
S e c r e t a r y
W a l k
S e c r e t a r y
S t u n t s
G e n e r a l
E n t e r t a i n m e n t s
M i n e s c o l l e c t e d m o s t m o n e y
P o s t e r s
P . H o s k i n g C h a i r m a n ( ex -o f f i c i o )
Entertainments Committee S . D . A m o r P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r
G . C o d d C l e a n i n g O f f i c e r
M . I n g h a m G e n e r a l w o r k f o r t h r e e y e a r s
J . M i t c h e l l T i c k e t s O f f i c e r
P . S p o o n e r S e c r e t a r y
D . T r i m m S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r
R e a w a r d : P . W a d s w o r t h C h a i r m a n ( ex -o f f i c i o )
Imper ia l Col lege U n i o n Au tomat i ca l l y awards Soc ia l
Co lours to those who have received Constituent Col lege
U n i o n Genera l Awards .
F o r m y f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s i n A u s t r a l i a . .
THE
BETRAYAL
T h r e e s i n g l e w o r d s w e r e p r o u d l y s u n g
in F r e n c h , t h e d i p l o m a t i c t o n g u e :
" — L i b e r t e I — E g a I i t e I — F r a t e r n i t e I "
Y e t F r e n c h m e n t h o u g h t t h e e c h o e s h e a r d
T o o w e a k f o r e a c h a s p i r i n g w o r d .
W i t h l e t h a l c l o u d a n d G a l l i c p r i d e .
B e n e a t h t h e S o u t h e r n C r o s s t h e y c r i e d :
" — L i b e r t e I — E g a l i t e ! — F r a t e r n i t e I "
B u t j u s t a c r o w i n g c o c k w a s h e a r d
T o e c h o e a c h e x p l o s i v e w o r d .
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Roya l Schoo l of Mines
C i ty and Gui lds Col lege
I C U n i o n R. A d a m s
R . A . A r m i t a g e
S . I. C a s t e l d i n e
P . R . C o r b y n
M i s s L . C . C r e a g h
D . J . E a s t e r b r o o k
D . F i n n
M r s . D . H a i n s
W . G . H o r s e m a n
P . M . M o r g a n
M i s s C . B i n g h a m
D . D a w s o n
J . A . N u t t a l l
M i s s R . A . P a r k e r
N . C . S e d g w i c k
A . R . W i t h e r s
D . J . H u n t e r
R . J : J e n n e r
F . M u s g r a v e
A . T . W . P a t r i c k
J . W . R . S h e e h y
G . H a n s o n
R . Ml L o l l e y
M . G . N e w m a n
R . P . M o u n c e
T h e L a d y P e n n e y
J . R . P o r t e r
D . J . R i c h m a n
M i s s J . A . R o g e r s
N . T . S a y l e s
J . P . S m i t h
J . S t o c k d a l e
M . J . L . W i l l i a m s
M . K . W i l i a m s
U n i o n Genera l A w a r d s M . C . B l a c k H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y
M . F . D o h e r t y A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e r
P . J . J e n k i n s C h a i r m a n R C C
P . W . J o w i t t D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ( r e - a w a r d )
M . J . M a t t h e w s C h a i r m a n C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n G r o u p
T h e R t . H o n . T h e L o r d P e n n e y
J . A . L a n e ex -o f f i c i o
I. W . M a c k e n z i e ex -o f f i c i o ( r e a w a r d )
QUESTIONING
QUAKERISM
A r e Q u a k e r s b l e s t w i t h p e a c e w h o s e e k
T h e s t r e n g t h ' t o t u r n t h e o t h e r c h e e k " ;
O f b l a m e d i f t h e y , i n s t r i f e , s h o u l d t r y
' T o t u r n t h e t a b l e s ' i n r e p l y ?
A r e Q u a k e r s l o s t i n a c t i v e t h o u g h t ,
W h i c h c o u n t s t h e c o s t b u t c o m e s t o n a u g h t ;
O r d o t h e i r p a s s i v e a c t i o n s s h o w
T h e w a y t h e h u m a n r a c e s h o u l d g o ?
B o t h © N . R a c i n e - J a q u e s , 1 9 7 3 .
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TICK TOCK M I N U T E S O F A G E N E R A L M E E T
I N G O F T H E I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E
U N I O N , H E L D O N T H U R S D A Y M A Y
17 1973 I N T H E G R E A T H A L L O F
I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E
1 T h e P r e s i d e n t , M r . L a n e , w a s i n
t h e C h a i r a n d a b o u t 300 m e m b e r s
p r e s e n t .
2 T h e M i n u t e s o f t h e M e e t i n g s h e l d
o n M a r c h 15 a n d 20 w e r e t a k e n as
r e a d .
3 T h e R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r f o r t h e e lec
t i o n o f P r e s i d e n t a n d H o n o r a r y
S e c r e t a r y o f t h e I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e
U n i o n f o r t h e s e s s i o n 1973/74 p r e
s e n t e d h i s r e p o r t . ( F i l e d i n t h e
M i n u t e B o o k ) .
M r . E a s t s a i d t h a t s o m e m e m
b e r s o f t h e U n i o n h a d n o t b e e n i s
s u e d w i t h r e p l a c e m e n t R e g i s t r a
t i o n / U n i o n c a r d s . T h e H o n . S e c .
p r o m i s e d t h a t h e w o u l d d i s c u s s t h e
m a t t e r w i t h t h e R e g i s t r a r a s s o o n
as p o s s i b l e .
T h e R e p o r t w a s a c c e p t e d t o t u m u l
t u o u s a p p l a u s e .
4 E l e c t i o n s
T h e P r e s i d e n t p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e
U n i o n s u s p e n d i t s p o l i c y a b o u t
e l e c t i n g t h e A u t u m n N U S d e l e g a
t i o n a t t h e f i r s t s u m m e r U G M a n d
p o s t p o n i n g t h e e l e c t i o n t o t h e
a u t u m n t e r m .
A c a n d i d a t e f o r m e m b e r s h i p o f t h e
A c c o m m o d a t i o n C o m m i t t e e h a d
w i t h d r a w n . T h e R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r
e x p l a i n e d t h a t i t w a s u s u a l f o r
c a n d i d a t e s t o g i v e w r i t t e n n o t i c e
o f a n y i n t e n t i o n t o w i t h d r a w . T h e
m e e t i n g v o t e d i n f a v o u r o f a c c e p t
i n g t h e w i t h d r a w a l .
U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n R e p r e s e n t a
t i v e
M r . L a n e , o n b e h a l f o f M r . A s h -
w o r t h , a n d M r . D o w s o n b o t h
s p o k e . /
A f t e r b r i e f q u e s t i o n i n g t h e m e e t
i n g v o t e d b y s e c r e t b a l l o t .
T h e F o l l o w i n g c a n d i d a t e s f o r t h e
p o s i t i o n o f F l o o r R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
f o r s e s s i o n 1973/74 s p o k e f o r o n e
m i n u t e : —
R. B a i n C . L e w i s
J . B e r r y K . M . L a w
M i s s C . B i n g h a m N . C . S e d g w i c k
D . D a w s o n P . W a t k i n s
R . E z b a n K . R i c h a r d
J . H e r r i c k W h i t b r e a d
A . L e w c o c k M . J . L . W i l l i a m s
C . W r i g l e y .
A s e c r e t b a l l o t w a s h e l d .
T h e f o l l o w i n g c a n d i d a t e s f o r m e m
b e r s h i p o f t h e D e l e g a t i o n t o t h e
N U S e x t r a o r d i n a r y c o n f e r e n c e
s p o k e f o r t h i r t y s e c o n d s : —
M e s s r s :
A r m i t a g e
C a n n e l l
C o r b y n
G i l l e t t
H o c h f e l d e r
L a m b e r t
L a n e
M i l t o n
P h i l l i p s
P o r t e r
S a y l e s
S m i t h
T a s k e r
V e a l l
W a t k i n s
A s e c r e t b a l l o t w a s h e l d .
5 R e f e c t o r y P r i c e s
M r . J a c k s o n s p o k e b r i e f l y a n d s u p
p l i e d b a c k g r o u n d t o t h e r e f e c t o r y
p r i c e p r o b l e m .
M r . A r m i t a g e e x p l a i n e d p a s s a b l e
a l t e r a t i o n s a n d p r o p o s e d : —
T h i s H o u s e n o t e s t h e r e p o r t o f t h e
R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e p r o c e e d i n g
o f 1 7 t h M a y , 1973, a n d t h a t t h e
a d j o u r n e d m e e t i n g r e c o m m e n c e s
o n t h e 1 8 t h M a y so t h a t t h i s U n i o n
M e e t i n g c a n d i s c u s s t h e f o o d p r i c e
s i t u a t i o n .
I C U b e l i e v e s t h a t :
t h e r e s h o u l d b e n o i n c r e a s e i n
r e f e c t o r y p r i c e s , t h a t t h e G o v e r n
i n g B o d y s h o u l d m a k e g o o d t h e
p r o b a b l e d e f i c i t .
F u r t h e r t o t h i s , I C U M a n d a t e s i t s
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o n t h e R e f e c t o r y
C o m m i t t e e a n d G o v e r n i n g B o d y t o
e n s u r e t h a t t h e i r u n i o n ' s v i e w i s
h e a r d a n d i f p o s s i b l e p u t i n t o a c
t i o n .
T h e R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e r e p r e
s e n t a t i v e s a n s w e r e d q u e s t i o n s .
M r . T h o m a s s p o k e a g a i n s t t h e
m o t i o n .
A m e m b e r p r o p o s e t h e m o v e t o a
v o t e w h i c h w a s p a s s e d .
M r . A r m i t a g e s u m m e d u p .
T h e m o t i o n w a s p a s s e d 73 v o t e s t o
51 w i t h 4 a b s t e n t i o n s .
A m e m b e r c h a l l e n g e d t h e q u o r u m .
T h e p r e s i d e n t c l o s e d t h e m e e t i n g
d u e t o i n q u o r a c y a t a p p r o x . 2.39.
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QODJ5PEU COMPETITION "Godspell", the phenomenally successful stage musical based extremely loosely on the life of Christ, has
been running in Iondon (at Wyndham's Theatre) for more than a year, and has also been produced in Paris,
Toronto, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Melbourne and Sydney. Columbia Pictures have
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at the Odeon Haymarket and Odeon St. Martin's Lane three times daily.
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B I T
I hope that you have enjoyed this year at Imper ia l
Col lege. I most definitely have done so. I shal l be leav
ing the U n i o n Office for the last t ime at the end of
J u l y so this treatise w i l l ooze nostalgia for the next
few paragraphs.
M a r t i n ' s B i t this year has been witty, informative, a
m i r r o r of the U n i o n Bureaucracy and factual ly accu
rate. It has reflected the trend i n the Col lege and U n i o n
to return to, perhaps, a more t rad i t i ona l style of life.
M o r e people, for example, are going to Dinner an H a l l
now than dur ing the last few years. The interest i n
mascotry is brewing aga in—I can almost see M i k e
once more sitting on its p l inth i n the lower lounge. O u r
sporting c lubs are thrashing a l l opposit ion and bringing
back vast numbers of si lver cups.
It is very difficult to p i ck out one or two events
dur ing the year wh i ch are especially worthy of men
t ion. I suppose that the profusion of elections stand
out i n most minds but there have been other things:
every U n i o n Mee t ing bar two was closed due to i n -
quoracy, the new U n i o n lounge ba r is s t i l l not opened,
Piers C o r b y n is st i l l wearing the same pul lover that
he had i n my first year. T h e pol it ics of I .C. U n i o n have
gone fu l l c irc le. Piers was president of the U n i o n i n
1969, his H o n , Secretary, K e i t h G u y , had been C h a i r
m a n of both Ents and the Conservative Society. Nex t
session w i th N o r m a n Sayles i n the H o t Seat, shortly to
be vacated by Comrade Lane , we are promised a year
of moderacy; I th ink P a u l Wadswor th must have a few
capital ist leanings--I-ints made £1,000 profit this year
(the money has been spent on a new carpet i n Southside
Uppe r Lounge) .
I have tried to take as much part i n the life of the
College as I cou ld . I realise nobody w i l l believe me
when I say that I have been work ing so hard for the
U n i o n that I haven't had t ime to find myself a j o b —
but it 's true. W h e n M G B leaves I.C., unless something
turns up i n a Micawber - l ike fashion, he w i l l be un
employed.
But enough of th is—to business. There are one or
two happenings worthy of note.
The C o u n c i l D & D w i l l take place on Fr iday , 22nd
June, 1973. Tickets, avai lable f r om me, are only £2.25
sach wh i ch includes a fu l l dinner, sherry, wines and
port, a cabaret and a bar unt i l 3 a.m. The Guest Speak
er Wi l l be Ian Hogg , Esq . , P .C .
M i s s L i n d a Creagh, the U n i o n C l e rk , is leaving at
the end of term to get marr ied. W e w i l l be mak ing a
smal l presentation to her to mark her "ret irement" .
Anyone who wants to contribute should send or br ing
h i s donations to me (cheques made payable to I.C.
Union ) . t
I a m st i l l interested in buy ing copies of photographs
of me do ing interesting/silly things to show to my grand
chi ldren when I 'm r ich and famous. Th is is a serious
notice and should not be treated either l ightly or wi th
subtle references to Lords L a m b t o n and Jell icoe.
The I.C. U n i o n Co lours L i s t appears elsewhere in
Fe l ix . Ties can be purchased f rom the bookshop. If
anybody can think of a suitable substitute for a tie
for a lady please let me know.
I a m informed b y reliable sources that there is a cycle
thief at large i n I.C. Please lock up your cycle when
you leave it at Co l l ege—you know i t makes sense.
JOURNALIST COMP. In 1969 Lady Ca ther ine Pakenham and M i ss G ina R i chard
son, both at that t ime w o r k i n g ion ithe ed i tor ia l staff of The
Dai ly Te legraph Magazine, were (tragically k i l l e d i n a car
crash. They were young, ibult t h e i r enthusiasm and talent
showed promise o f rea l achievement.
The Cather ine Pakenhaim M e m o r i a l T r u s t was formed by
Cather ine 's ifamily a n d M e n d s i n he r memory w i t h the
specific a i m of encourag ing other g i r l s who are already
work ing , or ser ious ly in t end ing to work, i n j ourna l i sm by
offering a substant ia l pr ize o r prizes to the winners of an
annual compet i t ion.
Previous w inners of Ithe Cather ine Pakenham Memor i a l
A w a r d are i n emphat ic agreement that the prestige was
of immeasurable he lp i n the i r icareers. Magaz ine and news
paper editors are cont inua l l y searching f o r young wr i ters
w i th real abi l i ty and the A w a r d is also, therefore, of great
benefit ito them.
T h e Cather ine Pakenham M e m o r i a l A w a r d is open to any
g i r l o v e r . t h e age o f 18 o r under 30 o n September 1, 1973,
who is resident i n B r i t a i n .
The 'closing date f o r th is year's compet i t ion is September
1, 1973. Ent rants are inv i t ed to submit a sample o f the i r
journa l is t i c work , Which mus t be not less t h a n 700 and not
more Ithan 2,500 words long. It cart consist e i ther of publ ished
or unpub l i shed work, Ibut i n the la t ter case entrants must
show evidence that they have h a d some journa l i s t i c work
publ ished. To enter, send f o r the rules of the A w a r d and
an entry f o rm to:
Sal ly Bake r ,
Secretary,
Cather ine Pakenham Memor ia l Award , ,
C/o Cout ts & Co.,
188 Fleet Street,
London , E.C.4.
The entr ies w i l l be judged b y a dist inguished pane l of
wri ters and journal ists . They are the Countess of Long ford
(Cha i rman ) ; M iss Mar jor i e Proops; Miss Mar ina Warner ;
Mr . J o h n Ans tey (Edi tor of The D a l l y Te legraph Magaz ine ) ;
Mr . P a u l Johnson and Mr . W i l l i am Dav i s (Edi tor of Punch ) .
A t the i r d iscret ion the prize money, w h i c h totals about
£300, may be d iv ided among w inne r s or awarded ito one
outr ight winner. Runners-up ito prev ious A w a r d w inners were
presented w i th . £10 book tokens. The prize money must be
spenlt toy the w inners i n furtherance of itheir journa l is t i c
careers.
VAC INVOLVEMENT
Dear Ed i t o r ,
We are wonder ing i f you wou ld be so k i n d as to inc lude
th is le t ter i n your newspaper or magazine, i n order , perhaps,
to ca!tch those waver ing beings who have not yet dec ided
how ito spend their summer v a c ?
! 'The Fo re i gn Leg ion i s dead'. B u t there A R E al ternat ives
fdr a t rue hero or hero ine Of Modern Adventure . W h y not
come and spend your summer w o r k i n g w i t h The C y r e n i a n s ? —
there are now C y r e n i a n projects i n many cit ies a n d towns
throughout E n g l a n d and Scot land.
'The Cyrenians exist to care for uprooted, social ly iso lated
people who have nowhere to go. In the case of the single
homeless person the most needy are often rejected or repulsed
by Ithe ex is t ing fac i l i t ies ; The Cyrenians try to reach those
for whom no adequate prov i s ion exists, or who refuse to
accept cer ta in k inds of exist ing he lp .
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(They therefore set up projects, w h i c h may differ accord ing
toj ithe loca l need—which is , perhaps, for a night-shelter i n
Which there is food, overnight accommodat ion, a n d the offer
of companionship ; a second-tier house; or a th i rd- t i e r , long-
tenm residential house. Cyren ian houses are sma l l and i n
formal , func t i on ing as communi t i es a n d not as hostels, and
general ly offer no special isat ion walth one par t i cu lar 'p rob lem'
gr|oup o r isex. Ideally, ou r res ident ia l communit ies accommo
date about 10 residents a long w i t h itwo o r ithree workers ,
a l though a shelter w i l l have larger numbers. Wo rke r ident i f i
cat ion is s t rong—Cyren ian worke rs l ive alongside the resi
dents a n d share the l i fe of Ithe house i n a l l respects, get t ing
the same pocket money as a man on Soc ia l Secur i ty wou ld
have. T h e idea of resident par t i c ipat ion is also v i ta l—res i
dents are asked to co-operate i n the r u n n i n g of the house
arid part ic ipate i n the weekly house meetings.
W o r k e r s norma l l y come for a per iod of between six and
twelve months, but we also need people f o r short- term per iods
of between s ix and twelve weeks i n ithe summer .
'pf y o u are interested i n f inding out more wri te to ; The
Cyrenians. 13 Wi-ncheap, Canterbury , Kent .
Your s sincerely,
A N G E L A C R E E D ,
Admin i s t ra to r .
Page 8 F E L I X June I2 th , 1973
FENCING The end of the season sees the fencing c lub reaching
new heights of enthusiasm after a rather shaky start at
the beginning of the season. The main result for the
team has been a clean sweep in a l l its fixtures in the
2nd div is ion of the London League. Defeated teams
have included Nat . West B ank (7—2), L loyds B ank
(5—4) and K ing ' s Cross F .C . (8—1). Th is means-cer
tain promot ion to the first d iv is ion next season and
thanks are due to regular team members Ju l i an Tyson
(Capt.), Steve Thompson, Geoffe Ko lbe , G o r d o n
M a c k a y and Lawrence Boyd .
C l u b indiv iduals have also been featuring promin
ently in nat ional and international competit ions. K a y
N icho lson and Ju l i an both fenced in the Br i t i sh Univer
sities competit ion at Meadowbank in Ed inburgh w i th
K a y reaching the quarter-f inal of the ladies' fo i l . K a y ,
Steve and Ju l i an are a l l regular members of the L o n
don Univers i ty team wi th Ju l i an gaining a place on
the highly successful Univers i ty tour to Ho l l and at
Easter. Ju l i an also fences regularly in competit ions wi th
considerable success, recently reaching the final of both
the foi l and epSe at the Nott ingham Nat iona l Tourna
ment.
The c lub entered a Sabre team at the Leamington
Tournament held at Easter. Steve, R o m a n Gomez and
Gustavo Chape la fenced wel l before being el iminated
by strong international competit ion. R o m a n reached
the last 16 of the ind iv idua l competi t ion before e l imina
tion. Steve has also represented Br i t a in i n the under
20's sabre team, a very high dist inct ion.
W i t h nearly a l l of this year's membership returning
in October plans are in hand for a 2nd team, hopefully
fencing i n the L o n d o n League. The introduct ion of a
c lub evening meet is also proposed to increase the
social and dr ink ing side of the sport wh i ch up t i l l now
has been rather neglected. Th is should prove popular
wi th members.
New members," inc luding beginners, are needed for
next year — especially girls. N o experience is necessary
as there are plenty of w i l l ing young blades to show you
the basic positions — so come along girls! L D B
A selection of athletics photographs contributed by an un
known beneficiary. Many thanks, it's great to have some pic
tures at last.... but what the hell are they of, please??????
Next time, please let us know!
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