Issue No. 514 Friday. 23rd March. 1979
THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE TOTAL BOYCOTT! Students Urged to Eat Elsewhere Next Term The Union is mounting a continuous boycott of all College student refectories from the start of next term. This drastic action is a Union Meeting's response to the latest 4 per cent price rise and the certainty of large monthly price increases to follow. An Emergency Union Meeting to be held on the first Thursday next term will also consider a proposal to withdraw Union cooperation from College's "Meet-IC" day. The Union Executive has made no firm plans for the provision of alternative food but was waiting to see the response to yesterday's boycott. They are urging all students to arrange to eat outside College or bring sandwiches. Lists of restaurants near College will be available. Faced with the prospect of a 10 College might have done better per cent refectory price rise in 5 to close these as well, for very few- months and the constant refusal of lunches were served. By 1.30 pm College to consider the Union's only 17 customers had entered the views, the Union Meeting Union refectory and an decided that an all-out boycott alternative food service was doing was the only way left to force well. College to listen to the students. The success of the action now The Sherfield Buttery was deserted except for one customer depends on all students observing at 12.30, normally the peak lunch the boycott. time period. In contrast a long- The Union Lower Refectory at 1.15 pm during yesterday's boycott The "Meet IC" day, to be held queue had formed for Union- on 2nd May, is being organised by provided alternative food in the College to improve . relations Junior C o m m o n Room. between College and the local Departmental Representative community. About 300 local Chris Hunt reported that he had COUNCIL REPORT residents will be invited to see the taken over £50 for food such as The Union is asking College to buy more houses for student College and several Union sausages and hamburgers. His accommodation and to set up head tenancy schemes. Societies have been asked to comment: "It is busier than provide exhibits. There will also Sainsbury's". IC Union Council, meeting on Monday, heard that the University be a social meeting between the Grants Committee is unable to give College any more money for Downstairs in the Sherfield visitors and stall'and students. accommodation. The meeting passed a motion asking College to use Lower Refectory only 6 people any money available for investment to purchase the freehold or Union President Mary were eating at 1.10 p.m. A lew leasehold of houses and suggested that College could use Housing Attenborough has already more bad got in earlier due to a Corporation finance to build or convert property through a Housing written to the societies involved slow start to picketing at 12.00. Association. asking them to consider but Union Secretary Mike Elkin withdrawing from the scheme if said that only 12 people had got College is considering taking up a head tenancy in property in the Union Meeting decides not to past him at one door of the Lexham Gardens. Council empowered the Union Executive to enter participate. Several Union refectory. Kirslen Pratt picketing such a scheme on the Union's behalf if College cannot be persuaded to activists believe that College at the main Consort Gallery go ahead. would be very annoyed by entrance said that most people Posts Filled student noncooperation. had been turned away. Following Sheyne Lucock's resignation Council elected John In response to yesterday's one- The one-day boycott has been a Passmore as Acting External Affairs Officer. John Passmore has da)' boycott of all refectories great success, exceeding ail but already been elected External Affairs Officer for next year in a vote at College closed Southside the most optimistic predictions last week's Union Meeting. refectory during lunch and and there now is every indication Deputy President Malcolm Brain is to fill the posts of Council supper, leaving only three that next term's continuous Chairman and student representative on College's Governing Body, refectories for the Union to picket. boycott will be successful. .contd. on back page Page 2 LETTERS Dear Sir, - 1. So! Our noble president, as many see it, is Union members are total sheep intend to expand further in this President, Miss Mary Attenbor- hierarchical and therefore not who follow what "higher direction. Next term we are ough ehose to call quorum at the very nice. I didn't really realise I authority" tells them (and if they repeating Capital Radio's last UGM (March 8th) simply didn't agree with the concept of are it's about time somebody excellent documentary "Bedsit because she didn't like the motion being president until I was elected educated them out of it). I have Jungle", to help listeners find which was on the verge of being and I thought that maybe people campaigned for Presidential acommodation next session. wouldn't notice. As far as I am candidates for the last 3 vears passed. How sickening! The irony I hope Mick now understands concerned I am just another (1976 Nigel Miller got 130 votes, was that Mademoiselle the reasons for these changes; I Union member who happens to 1977 Peter Chalk got 260 votes Attenborough's election posters would be pleased to discuss any of do a full time job for the Union. and me in 1978 got 1023 votes) were displayed up at the front, these points with him if he should Contrary to popular belief you get mostly unsuccessfully. and the word 'Democracy' was so wish. prominent on them. She knew absolutely no privileges (except Yours non-hierarchically, Yours sincerely, what kind of a Union she was the odd free dinners) by being Thingy John Allen, going to be president of, and she president certainly no greater Maths PG Station Manager, I.C. Radio still chose to stand. Simply power (nor should you do). I because she doesn't approve ol therefore object to the fact of Dear Sir, - We would like to make what the majority of students here having all the disadvantages of our views on South Africa quite Dear Sir, - It has been brought to feel does not absolve her from being president (like working clear: our attention that blatant acting in accordance with those most evenings and bits of (i) We wouldn't work there discrimination is being practised wishes. Quorum calling is all good weekends) and also having my (ii) Like any fundamental by the College authorities. From fun, but not when it comes from rights as a ordinary Union injustice we hope apartheid soon deep within us we feel that this the president. It is a pity that member taken away from me. comes to an end. uncomfortable predicament must be brought to the surface. It someone who has proved to be so Any Union Member can call We were obviously glad to sec beneficial to ICU, and has shown appears that most of the mens' quorum at a Union meeting and our proposal on job recruitment toilets in college are supplied with herself to be genuinely concerned also campaign for someone to be passed at the last U.G.M. with the welfare of most of her hard scratchy (and noisy) toilet, elected to any post in the union However we felt it was not paper, while most ofthe womens subjects, should be responsible lor (they can also commit slander as interpreted in the spirit it was such perlidity. are provided with soft, pink, two- long as they pay their own legal intended and therefore thought it ply toilet tissue (except in Botany - 2. Will nothing placate WTSc. (or costs). was necessary to make known the are they hardened to it?) WIST or PIST or whatever they points above. II every time someone called call themselves nowadays)!? The Yours sincerely, We men must not sit idly by quorum they went out and did a male strippers were inserted for and let this sexism pass unnoticed. lot of work to make sure the next Mark Clegg their titillation, but they'll be Let those of us of a senstive nature meeting to discuss the subject was M. Corrigan picketing as usual. I presume they stand up and lodge a protest. quorate as I did, I can see no just like picketing for picketings Dear Sir, -1 write to answer Mick With the backing of a mass grounds at all for complaint. I sake (maybe they hope to be Berry's letter in last week's movement a motion could be certainly don't call quorum picked up?). II, as I assume, the FELIX about I.C. Radio's recent presented to a UGM and an indiscriminately - in fact once in majority of these pickets are the programme changes. I am attempt made to rectify this harsh six "years - and it was based on a type that attend the Women's pleased to see that he is situation. personal decision that such an self-defence classes your concerned, even though he does Yours etc. important decision - involving the illustrious publication advertises, not agree with our policy. The issue of vast repression in South N. Morton Biochem PG then I should like to volunteer my changes followed many long Africa, could not be taken at an A. Walker Chem PC services as a would-be assailant. I discussions (late into the night!) inquorate meeting. can guarantee a very realistic within the station. We felt the Dear Mr. Harris, - One at my performance. Many people challenge specialist programmes were agents informs me that doubt has quorum just because they are creating much negative feedback been cast on my existence. I refer, I have the honour to be Sir, in oored with a subject and can't be with little positive response. of course, to the letter of Jan eager anticipation ofthe return of bothered to argue it out. I can Because our potential audience Czernuszka which appeared in The Times, your most obediem understand getting annoyed with is small, we must be sure that any your esteemed organ last week. and obsequious servant, someone in such circumstances - it minority programme reaches a My existence is beyond doubt, Shlomo Godsi ME II has happened to motions I large portion of that minority. and furthermore, when the time is support all the time. But I have This did not appear to be right, I shall be swept into power never been self righteous about Dear John, - I feel perhaps that I happening. For example, Opus by the multitude of my faithful my feeling annoyed. Anyone can should say a few things about the 301, our classical slot, could not supporters and shall immediately call quorum whenever they like. many insults, attacks etc compete with the wider scope and institute a change in the 'fabric of We can only ask them to be launched at me in last week^ superior sound quality of Radio 3. our society'. responsible. FELIX. Perhaps 1 will taxe them R 'n B, disco, heavy metal, and in order of importance. May such mindless cloons as Mark Ciegg is obviously U.S. Rock can all be heard in our Mr. Czernuszka take warning. Firstly I dislike intensely being completely unable to read or pay general programming. Yours in indignation, called 'Miss'. I Know that most attention to UCM's because I Mr. Berry is unfair in calling Jan Czernuska people do this in order to annoy disagreed with the Ireland motion our output "mindless pop". The me and I can only admit that it enough to have a written station's presenters have a great Dear Sir, - Rastus has noticed that succeeds in doing so. I see no amendment which I spoke to ai deal of individual choice as to big white chief John Harris has reason at all why a woman should the meeting. Furthermore, I am what music they play, and I feel been censoring his articles. Big be forced to proclaim her marital not out of touch with Union that this gives a far wider range of white chief John Harris had status as though it were of prime members, I just don't necessarily musical styles than on most other better stop doing this otherwise he importance whether or not she #gree with them! This is not a British radio stations. will either; has got a 'full time* man. (A change. I have always supported woman without a man is like a fish lost causes at Union meetings - The station's aims, set out in (i) be made to play a frame of without a bicycle - to quote my being in a minority position does our constitution, are: to provide snooker against Al Leclezio, when favourite saying). For people who not frighten me. Surely I have the an immediate news service, to Al is in one of his better ("I can't finds Ms. totally unpronouncable right as a Union member to put relay information of college play on this table! Any other or lor other reasons unacceptable forward my own personal views as events, and to entertain hall table! any other table!") moods, (although its accepted for long as my actions as Union residents. In order to achieve the or registration at College and for President are based on concern first two of these, we must iiave a (ii) become Rastus' Easter ... passport purposes) you are for Union policy and as long as I reasonable number of listeners. Sunday lunch. perfectly entitled to call me Mary. make every possible effort to Consequently, our general If you feel this is bordering on inform the Union of what is being programmes are directed at the Yours sincerely, being friendly towards me you done on their behalf. That is what widest audience possible. Rastus Adolf Napoleon can always call me "thingy". I meant by my election slogans lor Odinga Odinga a compaigning, democratic and Since the changes, we have A few people attack me for not informed Union. been giving more attention to behaving the way that a president good non-music programmes, MORE LETTERS is supposed to. My major problem I did support an election such as our extensive coverage of is that I think the concept of a candidate. I do not believe that the sabbatical elections, and we PAGE 6 CO 10 > C CO CD O ^C to g ra °> : >. C co : Em o CD > ,. E O-^ ** o CO ™ x: TOW;; O 3 +r w O tD X5 O ?! 1 p " ° > CO ^D — ,_ c ~ o ra CD 5 > XI S " TO O > E S TOg - o < CD CO Q. 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to major ingredients, or we would have Still more snow virtually nothing to eat." Eight inches of snow fell in some parts of Wednesday 14th Concorde in "near-miss" incident northern Britain over the weekend and road conditions particularly in the North-east Controversy broke out today over the Seven thousand mile journey to avoid school remained hazardous. Thousands of schools safety of the skies around Kennedy Airport face closure because of the chaotic state of Twelve-year old Vincent Kelly did not want after a British Airways pilot's complaint that the roads. to go away to boarding school, so he ignored his supersonic Concorde airliner was customs, immigration and ticket checks and involved in a "near-miss" with a private plane. flew 7,000 miles from Johannesburg to London. Commercial airlines have been growing Monday 19th increasingly angry in recent months about America's first women in space the rising number of private planes using the Young TV star dies Six women, dubbed "Chris's Angels", (after air space near Kennedy Airport, one of the Richard Beckinsale, the 31 year old actor, Christopher Kraft - the director ofthe Lyndon busiest in the United States and the major who played Ronnie Barker's cell-mate in the Johnson Space Centre), will be trained for American gateway to Europe. comedy series Porridge, died today. America's space shuttle. The six were chosen Beckinsale appeared in a string of TV from 8,079 applicants to train as "mission successes. In Porridge and its successor, specialists" for America's next 'galactic' Saturday 17th Going Straight, he played Lenny Godber. In adventure placing, servicing, and Rising Damp, with Leonard Rossiter, he was maintaining space satellites. Wales 27, England 3 Alan the lodger. Albert Einstein Wales won their Rugby Union international Richard is believed to have died of a heart against England by scoring five tries. Wales 100 years ago saw the birth of Albert attack, although recent medical checks were leading by only 7-3 but in the last 21 Einstein. showed that he was in good health. minutes of the game they scored 20 points. To-day's scientists talk about Einstein One of the oddest features of the match was Monkeys trained to help the handicapped almost as if he was a god .... but despite his the poor standard of placekicking (3 American scientists are experimenting with wide knowledge he still said before he died successes in 18 attempts). The Welsh intelligent monkeys in an ambitious attempt "He who can no longer pause and wonder, or captain, JPR Williams, in his 52nd and final to provide servants for paralysed invalids. A stand wrapt in awe, he is already half dead. international, was forced to miss the last monkey called Crystal has shown that His eyes are shut." quarter of the game & had eight stitches put preparing sandwiches and putting LPs on in a wound in his calf. record players are not impossible tasks. If Thursday 15th France 21, Scotland 17 further training shows the same success then monkeys might end up as the biggest victims Scotland found themselves at the bottom of of all in man's exploitation of animals. Volunteers needed in hospitals the international table after an entertaining It was announced by the Health and Social performance against France. Just one point Services Secretary, Mr. David Ennals, that above them is England and then Ireland with Tuesday 20th volunteers are to be asked to help out in Wales beating France by I point to carry off hospitals during periods of serious industrial the championship for the fourth time in five Civil Service strike threatens Budget action. years. The Government was warned that if it does Sugarberg to feed bees Nottingham Forest 3, Southampton 2 not produce realistic pay proposals by the A mixture of white sugar, charcoal and The League Cup final recaptured the end of the week Civil Service Unions will powdered garlic is to be offered cut-price to competition's early days at Wembley. A Day make it impossible for any new measures in Britain's bees. The sugar comes from the By Day reporter noted that the crowd came Mr. Healey's Budget to be introduced. An Common Market department of surpluses away talking about the variety of goals and independent Pay Research Unit looking at (also in charge of butter mountains and wine the strong individual qualities that lay behind comparisons has indicated that rises of 20 lakes). It is 'dematured' to make it repellent to the result. Gone was the violence that can be and 30 per cent are needed for some grades humans - "The garlic puts people off all seen so regularly at Saturday's league of civil servants to bring them into line with right", said the Intervention Board for matches ....this was replaced by good- the private sector. humoured rivalry among the supporters who Agricultural Produce, "But it also gives the Unemployment falls bees indigestion, so they add charcoal to sort carried giant red teddy bears, waved yellow that out." flags or simply wore their team's colours. A welcome fall of 49.623 to a total of 1.402,254 people unemployed in the United Oxford win boat race Kingdom has given the Government hope in Friday 16th The 125th boat race between Oxford and their fight against unemployment. The Cambridge was the closest for a number of improvement was borne out by seasonally Ayatollah halts Iran executions years with Oxford winning by 3 and-a-half adjusted figures which show the biggest lengths. Cambridge suffered a severe March drop for 20 vears. Pressure from the government and the psychological shock before they put their Prime Minister has forced the Ayatollah Export licences for 'modern' paintings boat into the water. They had to change the Khomeini to ban further political executions. seating order of their crew and bring in a Masterpieces by artists such as Picasso, The revolutionary courts will be suspended substitute from their reserve crew, Goldie, to Cezanne and Van Gogh will now need export until new regulations can be worked out. replace their unfit stroke. Oxford's win was a licences if their owners wish to take or sell Carrots can damage your health comfortable one achieved by leading all the them abroad, under changes to the export system. Carrots have been found to contain way on calm water. carotatoxin, a potent nerve poison, not to The announcement by the Department of mention myristicin, a hallucinogen. It also Education and Science means that many has isoflavones - they show strogenic effects, Sunday 18th more major works of art are temporarily which means that they imitate one of the stopped from export to give museums a female sex hormones. Onions, olives, ham, Golborne colliery explosion chance to purchase them. Before the new melons, potatoes, wine and many other Three men were killed and eight seriously rules were passed only works of art over 100 natural foods contain similar harmful burned in an underground explosion at years old needed a licence. Now all works of substances - the Food Manufacturers Golborrie colliery, near Wigan in Lancashire. art over 50 years old will need a licence, Federation's national conference was told. National Coal Board investigations into the embracing such artists as the late The managing director said of natural foods: cause of the explosion, believed to be of Impressionists and the early 20th-century "We apply safety standards we dare not apply methane gas, will take several days. abstract artists. Page 6 Mary Mutters- about Refectories Uppermost in most FELIX readers' minds must be the account an 8% expected wage rise during the year (which is what the subject of the refectory boycott. Just in case you aren't University Grants Committee had allowed for as an estimate for this convinced enough that this action is necessary I thought I'd year). I adjusted my paper because I realised that initially I had not better include an account of the Great Refectory Pricing Saga. taken into account that there are two things that you need to cover in terms of refectory income and refectory prices. The income is needed to The story really starts, from my point of view, back in December cover the overall increased costs during the year and the price is needed 1978, when it was recommended by the Refectory Committee there to match up to the current costs ofthe meal at the end of any particular should be a 2% price increase in the refectories. Prior to that us students year. It is therefore very difficult to take account of a discreet rise in cost had been revolting (not half as much as the food), and complaining which comes about on the date ofa wage settlement. I proposed that a about the high price for the quality. Union policy had been passed that 0. 2. increase per month, with an adjustment ofa 1.3% increase at the the Union representatives on the Refectory Committee should accept beginning ofthe financial year would totally cover an 8% increase in no price increases until the quality ofthe food was improved. So, we wages cost (assuming that wages in fact account for 43% of refectory started to complain and a rather brilliant paper was presented to the costs). As you can see from this calculation even a 16% wage increase Rector about the proposed price increase. It was then that we realised could be accounted by a 0.4% increase in refectory cost per month. that there was something very much up with the regulator. According Despite this well-argued case that has been put forward. College is to the minutes ofthe Refectory Committee and Governing Body the sticking to the idea that there is going to be a 20% increase in labour regulator was only supposed to cover food cost increases and yet, the costs, which can only be accounted for by this 1% increase per month. entirety ofthe financial Times Grocery Index increase was added on to The 20% increase in labour costs is based on the total increase in labour our food prices every month. This seems strange considering that food cost over last year's account, and does not take into account that there only constitutes approximately 56% of cost to the Refectory account. has been a 16% increase in cash turnover in that period. The argument We used it as one part ofthe argument against the proposed 2% termly being put forward is rather similar to that of saying that if the amount of review increase to go on from the lst January, and on that occasion we chips bought by the refectory doubles then the cost of chips should be won and no extra increase was incurred that month. doubled to take account of the increased chip cost to the refectory It seems now that this was just one small move to fob off students from account. complaining too much. Unfortunately, from the College point of view, As if all this had not been enough not only was the new regulator it did not succeed. We wanted a discussion on the use ofthe regulator approved by the Rector but it has also been backdated to take account and tried to push lor one at Refectory Committee. However, Professor of the January increase in the Financial Times Grocery Index and to Eilon. who doesn't like the idea of consumers having any say in pricing add on 1% for each ofthe months of February and March. This means in the refectories whatsoever, refused to allow a discussion actually at that there was a 4% increase in refectory prices on March 15th. Refectory Committee and instigated instead a discussion at Refectory Following is an outline ofthe increases we have met this year so far. Finance Sub-committee and then, presumably in an attempt to go over the heads of'the Committee altogether referred it to the Rector, which 1. A 4% increase on the lst August, 1978. led to the discussion at the Finance and Executive Committees ofthe 2. A 1.9% increase on the lst December, 1978 (to take account ofthe College. At Finance and Executive Committees we put our case total of the Financial Times Grocery Index increase during November). forward that the regulator was only ever meant to cover food cost 3. A 1.4% increase on the lst January, 1979 (to take account ofthe total increases and it had, in fact, been misapplied in the past. We argued Financial Times Gorcery Index increase during December). that the regulator could only be sensibly used to cover food cost increases and further more we had to argue against a move, proposed to 4. A 4% increase on the 15th March, 1979 (broken down as follows - 60% that Committee, that all pricing control should be taken out of the of the Financial Times Grocery Index increase during January equals hands of the Refectory Committee. Such a move would have been the 60% x 3.3 which equals 2% plus 1% wages element increase for that end of any possibility of democratic say for students. The proposals month plus 60% of Financial Times Grocery Index increase for coming out of that Committee were not too bad. They were that the February, which was only 0.1 % so they ignored it plus 1 % wages element Refectory Committee should have a discussion upon the type of increase lor February. regulator to be used, but that the regulator should cover food cost I think everyone must agree that price increases have been excessive increases and other regular increases to the Refectory account. This this year and that we cannot accept increases that go on in this way. As would be in association with proper termlv reviews of refectory prices. any other consumer group we have the right to voice a protest and this The understanding being that it was possible for refectory prices to go we are doing by boycotting the refectories. The Union Meeting on the down as well as up in such reviews. 15th March decided by an overwhelming majority to carry on with an Being naive, the student representatives on the Refectory Committee all-out boycott ol the refectories from the beginning of next term. Please expected that there would be a full discussion on the use of the regulator support the boycott. held at Refectory Committee. We should have realised there was The other decision made was to pull out ol "Meet Imperial College' something up Professor Eilon's sleeve. He allowed us to support the il the Executive so decided. Because the voting on this was relatively proposal to have two parts ofthe regulator. A two-tier regulator seemed close, (something like 170 to 130 votes), I felt we should have another more sensible to us. as we'd been told by F'inance and Executive discussion on this issue, before finally taking the step, which we will do Committees that wages had to be taken into account, as one could have on Thursday, 26th April, at a Union meeting to be held in the one section to account for food price increases and another part to Concert Hall. Meanwhile, keep on boycotting. Sec you next term. account for wage increases which could be based on current Mary Attenborough, expectations. A vote was taken at the Committee as to whether we President should have the old regulator based on the full increase ofthe Financial Imperial College Union Times Grocery Index or whether we should have the new regulator which would be 60% of the Financial Times Grocery Index plus a constant element to take account of wage cost increases. We voted for the second naturally assuming that any clement to take account of wage cost increases would only be a small one. That was when Professor Eilon Dear Sir, - I would like to point term. pulled the final rabbit out of his hat and said that it was not up to us to out some information which I The club officers lor this session decide what the wages element should be, that was just administrative think will be of interest to FELIX are: myself (Captain), Simon action. He then announced, verbally only, a long argument on how he readers. Middleboe, Civ. Eng. II proposed to justify a 1% prices increase per month on top ofthe food The Prince's Garden's tennis (Secretary), Julia Towns, Zoo II element increase to the refectory prices. We were astounded and courts are situated behind (Ladies Capt.) and Guy Buckley, amazed, realising that this could lead to something near a 10% increase Linstead Hall. These tennis Chem II (Treasurer). in prices by the end of this financial year. Eilon was obviously courts are for the use ol Imperial If anyone has any points to raise overjoyed, believing that he'd won the final battle to put down any College Lawn Tennis Club or questions to ask, please ask one members only. Membership is opposition to his views. The final insult came when he then proposed of the above. II anybody wishes to one pound, which is good value that he would not suggest any increase in the termly review that term. join the Tennis Club could they considering public courts cost fifty This was not particularly surprising, seeing as how he had just ensured please contact the treasurer or me pence per hour to hire. that the refectory account would certainly end with a vast profit for this (via Union Office). session. The nets and posts are in We didn't panic immediately (much) because we believed that no excellent condition and the lines Barry Witts (Maths III) way could the Rector possibly agree to this scheme. I went to see the will be repainted soon. A booking PS: I didn't mention a certain Rector and also quickly prepared a paper which would take into scheme will be introduced next book nor a certain operation. Page 7
"Even Serpents Shine" The shoulders rolling, or whatever tunc, slapped on to show off the the effect of Mr.Perrett's singing is Only Ones (CBS). appreciative body movement dexterity of the guitar player, as greatly enhanced when some happens to be your own personal so often seems to happen. pleasing, though occasional, harmonies are introduced. Considering that 1979 is perference. The greatest weakness of the popularly supposed to be "The The most obvious strength of group must be Peter Perrett's II you ever heard the Only Year of the Disco", and that this the album is the drumming, voice, and although he admirably Ones' last single - "You've got to album is little more suited to which comes from Mike Kellie succeeds in creating the most pay".- don't be put oil'; it must be Disco play than is Dvorak's New who played for Spooky Tooth in gloomy and morbid of moods, the weakest track on the album, World Symphony, it is hardly the late sixties and early seventies. which matches the depressing and why it was ever chosen is a surprising that the music critics This carries you through every lyrical content of his songs mystery as there is one particular love it. track, keeping the beat, steady yet perfectly, (this is largely because track - "Out there in the night" - his voice sounds as though he has Nevertheless, "Even Serpents with infinite variations, in perfect which just screams out to be the recently swallowed a cheese- Shine" is a record very worthy of time with the bass player Alan next single. grater) singing is not Mr. Perrett's being Imperial College Radio's Mair. Together they lay down an Although "Serpents" is by no forte. The range of notes that he Album of the Week this week. It is intense and tight rhythm, out of means a Classic it is well worth appears to find easily attainable is not light entertainment, but which naturally grow the riffs trying to get hold of a copy and limited to about three, although definitely needs to be sat down from John Perry's lead guitar, playing it through a couple ol when he does attempt to exceed and listened to. That's not to say which ride alongside, and blend times. into the basic rythm, rather than this range it tends to put your that it won't set your feet tapping, Chris Watts being awkward additions to the teeth on edge. Having said that, fingers strumming, head nodding, P.S. It grows on you.
"Travesties" by Tom Stoppard Imperial College Dramatic Society Tom Stoppard's plays, with their techniques of pastiche, controlled absurdity and intricate double entendre are ideal material for Dramsoc, and well suited to a college audience. Ross Darling's production of "Travesties" illustrates this perfectly. Its small, well-rehearsed cast makes this one of the best Dramsoc plays I have seen. The play is a collage of distorted scraps from the memory of Henry Wilfred Carr. Invalided out of war service in 1917 by a gaping wound in his otherwise immaculate attire, Carr had recuperated in Zurich under the auspices of the British Consulate. Obsessed by sartorial trivia he now recounts his meetings, real and imagined, with James Joyce, Tristan Tzara and Lenin. This framework presents a vehicle for one of Tom Stoppard's favourite devices; repeating sections of dialogue almost in entirety, but with subtle differences. In "Travesties" the idea is taken further. These are branching-points in the narrative, particular lines which act as common beginni ngs for many totally different versions of the same scene. It is soon impossible to say projections of Carr's own imagination or funny performance as James Joyce, which versions are true (if any), and which are desires. The story is unfolded using a wide equipped with a consistent but not range of methods including farce, striptease, exaggerated Irish accent. The rigid mock-Shakespearian drama, limericks, dialectical approach of Lenin (Mike O' Brien) doggerel and even a "Mastermind" type quiz. was well contrasted with the extravagant randomness of the Dadaist, Tzara (Mark The whole production was rather stylish Robinson - well acted). Isobel Beames as without being over-elaborate. Music was Gwendolen acted with her usual skill, and from sources as diverse as Beethoven, Hoist Karen Webb as Cecily survived her ageing and The Temperence Seven. The slide process beautifully. Nadya (Victoria Scott) Projector which caused such drastic bathos narrated her section clearly. in "Macbeth", Dramsoc's previous production, was here used efficiently to The audience (which enjoyed the show as provide film-style opening credits. Cast, much as the cast seemed to) was adequate, lighting and sound effects were all really well- but should have been much larger, rehearsed, the occasional stumble in the considering the quality of the production and dialogue being the only slight criticism. The the low price of 75 p. cavorting dance towards the end was "77?e clever people try to impose a design absolutely hilarious and must have taken a lot on the world and when it goes calamitously of practice. wrong they call it fate. In point of fact, Graham Brand as Henry Carr made a everything is chance, including design basically good job of a hard role. It must be the causes we know everything about depend daunting for a student to portray old age in on causes we know absolutely nothing about. the absence of latex makeup, but apart from a And it is the duty of the artist to jeer and howl few distracting hand and eye movements and and belch at the delusion that infinite nervous gestures. Graham's Henry Carr generations of real effects can be inferred passed from senility to youth with, at times, from the gross expression ot apparent startling effect. Bennett, the supercilious and cause". secretly radical butler was portrayed with - Tristan Tzara From "Travesties" by Tom suitable emotionless, lofty indifference by Stoppard. Mark Hope, Mark Wiszewaty gave a really Paul Williams Physics II Page 8
CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY COMMUNITY A.G.M. ACTION What you are about to read is an extremely rare 'Societies Page' c article from the CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.... and what better subject to write one about than the Consoc. A.G.M..which was held on Tuesday GROUP 20th March. In addition to 14 Consoc. members was Gilly Gillespie, the Just a little article this week as London Conservative Students Chairwoman/person/man who arrived OFFICIAL NOTICE there isn't a great deal to say at the late thanks to the architect who designed the three-dimensional maze moment, Easter and all that. called Huxley Building. Official notice to the members The only bit of real information of the Royal College of Science To kick off, the minutes and various committee members' reports is that Simon Chandler has (especially those with lots of were disposed off with the exception of the Treasure's report which was decided to take on the job of Red money they don't want) deferred to a later meeting - probably only to confirm that Consoc. is Cross volunteer co-ordinator. flat broke. Well not every society can afford massive College-wide Tickets for the Royal College of This will be the job of organizing wall poster campaigns and huge recruitment drives, especially when as Science Annual Ball to be held at hospital visiting, trolly shops and in our society, the claims by last year's Publicity Officer meant that part Silwood Park on the 11th of May the like, as the college Red Cross of last year's expenses were added to this year's. 1979 are to be put on sale to Detachment has mountains of members of the Royal College of requests for such volunteers but Next on the agenda was the extremely important elections of next Science Union ONLY on Friday hasn't the organization to fill them year's committee and just when most people had the impression that for April 27th. Tickets will be issued at the moment. Therefore in future the fourth A.G.M. in succession all the posts would be unopposed it was from 12.30 pm on that date upon this branch of community action revealed that we have a contested "Morning Cloud' editorship post production of a Valid Union card will be looked after by them. between the absent Nick Griffin and John Narborough. By scrawling on and eighteen pounds. (Postdated I would also like to use this bits of computer paper kindly donated by Stephen Poley, our present cheques not accepted). They will space to gripe on how no-one Chairman, the voters elected John Narborough by a majority of 8 to 5 to be sold from theRCSU Office only turned up on Sunday morning to fill the post. The rest of the candidates were ratified, though the doctor (ie don't ask me for one in the bar said it wasn't serious, and are as follows: - in the evening) and any not sold in help paint the "providence Row" place. I suppose with it being Chairman Mark Clegg that lunchtime period will be Sunday morning with the clocks Vice Chairman Robert Gould offered for sale to any member of just having come forward it was all Secretary Sally Heslop Imperial College from 12:30 on that could be expected but at the Treasurer Tim Lawes the following Monday, and subsequent lunchtimes until all same time there was quite a Sadly, nobody wanted to take the post of Publicity Officer, currently are sold. reasonable turn out from the held by me. There were rumours that Shlomo Godsi was wanting to Catholic Chaplaincy at More stand but since neither did he appear in person nor was his name on the M. Maghar, Ents Cttee Chairman. House. nominations paper the post was left vacant. So if you, Shlomo, or Oh Well, see you all next term, anyone else out there wants to stick up posters (Blu tac supplied) and unless there's a soup run tonight. write the (very) odd article for FELIX then just let our chairman know. PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH Bye, Two members. Sally Heslop and Chris Webb made it known that they Postgraduates! Boycott the John Whitehouse Chem PG. wished to attend the Federation of Conservative Students annual refectories on 2nd April. Come int 4162. Conference in Liverpool and since nobody present minded them each and join other PGs for a good spending £20 of SCO money, they were ratified to be our delegates. meal at a very low price. Our Chairman, Stephen Poley then wafted about a rather thick wad of This year's second Plough- printed sheets (printed on both sides so they can't be used for rough man's lunch will include real ale, paper) which constituted the motions submitted to the F.C.S. Annual The Annual Inter-CCU Small bread, cheese, sausages, pickle, Conference. His suggestion that the examination of these motions, in Bore Rille Competition For The etc. ail for the amazing price of 50 view of voting in the priorities ballot, be deferred to a meeting of the Courtman Shield was recently delegates and any interested members of the executive was- gladly P- held at the Rifle Range in The accepted. The place is the Union Senior Sports Centre. The R.C.S. team Unfortunately, the current Publicity Officer had to leave early in order Common Room .(1st floor, Union were firm favourites to win and it to attend a lecture on immunopathology, thus maintaining his (World?) Building); the time is 12.30 pm on was clear that they had done so record of only missing thre (yes three) lectures in the three years hejias Monday 2nd April. Tickets are on before their last man shot. The been at I.C.I On that note which is not entirely relevant to the article Twill sale now from Jen in the IC Union battle lor second place was rather conclude, thanks for reading it. Love and best wishes, Office. Hurry before they are all closer with C and G managing to Martin Sladdin sold out. beat R.S.M. into third place.
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The match started well with Chris Callow obtaining a big advantage Congratulations to Guilds You may have read about the out of the opening on board 6 and Bob Coles, on the board above, Hockey Team for winning the FELIX constitution that was picking up an extra.pawn by neat tactical play. The opposing captains Stephenson's Cup match against recently accepted by publications quickly drew a very boring game on board 1 and when Dave Lock r.c.s. the score was 1-0. board. Just in case you thought refuted an unsound sacrifice the match looked over. FELIX was only a newspaper that However, despite my prediction However Islington fought back. On board 4, Shahin Rouhani tried too appeared at various places on a and the support of about 15 hard to force a win and blundered away a piece and the game. John Friday morning, I'll outline what intrepid (insane?) Guildsmen who Freeman fell into a prepared bookline, sacrificed unsoundly and, in FELIX as a society has to offer: braved the rain and freezing wind time-trouble, lost his queen. At this point, Islington seemed to have to encourage the Guilds Rugby (1) Excellent opportunities to chances of saving the match as, on board 3, Pete Anderson was Team in the Sparkes Cup against learn something of how a struggling to maintain an equal position and on the bottom board, mines, we lost. The Guilds team newspaper is produced and in Damian Hassan, although a pawn up, could not break through his made a brave attempt against a particular how FELIX itself is opponent's defenses. strong mines team and were planned, typed, pasted up etc. Fortunately, Pete managed to draw and Bob duly won a fine game leading at half time. Mines took right through to distribution. advantage of the wind and their leaving the match tied at 3-3. As both Chris and Damian have won greater weight in the second half (2) Use of the magnificent positions, IC look certain to score another victory although not in as to win the match 17-10. This facilities that exist in the FELIX convincing style as expected. means that mines win the Sparkes Office(s). Advice will usually be IC I v CENTYMCA DRAGONS cup unless r.c.s. performed a on hand if needed. miracle on Wednesday. Despite a disappointing performance against Islington, the same (3) Your big chance to work on team was selected to play against the division 1 leaders. Centymca FELIX, meet the boss and find out The only coming event of Dragons. This was a crucial promotion match with IC needing a win to what he spends his sabbatical interest in the near future is the have any chance of promotion this season. on. Four Year Course Reception, this Although an IC victory seemed unlikely, our chances were enhanced is at 7.00 p.m. next Tuesday in the (4) Fun; 'cos we promise there when the opposition arrived with only 7 players, defaulting on board 7. S.C.R. Sherfield and consists of a will be the odd social event. Prospects looked even brighter when Bob Coles obtained a positionally slide show of Guilds events and a WHY NOW? won game and Pete Anderson held onto two extra pawns, sacrificed by chat with the 4 Year Course Please, don't say "I'll wait 'til his opponent, without obtaining an inferior position. On board 6, Chris students, most of whom are in next year". We need you so badly Callow was forced to accept a draw by perpetual check and Dave Lock, industry at the moment. that we're going to slash our promoted to board 4, drew quickly, missing a simple win on the way. Hunk prices so you'll only be asked to John Freeman recovered his early season good form and smashed up fork out 30 p instead of 50 p for the London U-10(!) champion, N. Carr, on board 2, accepting all his RCS WIN AGAIN nextyears membership, if you join opponent's sacrifices on the King-side and then destroying him on the now. Queenside. (Carr was handicapped by his size, being unable to reach The Rifle Competition was DO IT NOW! past the fourth rank). On the top board, Phil Maguire lost a pawn to a followed by the Pistol Match for strong opponent and, although managing to survive a wild time- Walk boldly through those the Hungtindon Cup. The scramble, was never able to overcome this material deficit. infamous guillotine swing doors. outcome of this event was much Focus on the someone who is in Meanwhile Pete Anderson had converted his advantage to a win but due to the less predictable the office (He's the Editor) tell him Bob Coles had erred and was fighting for a draw. Damian Hassan, on the inconsistent standards of many of you wish to join FELIX, (and also bottom board, was also struggling in a difficult position and by the the pistol shooters within the how to spell you name) and make adjournment the match was poised 4-2 in IC s favour, with Bob and clubs. Once again the winners a quick exit in case he doesn't Damian still to finish. A draw from either game would secure victory for were R.C.S. with an under- forget to ask for your money. IC and leave the team with a good chance of promotion to the Premier strength C and G team coming John Shuttleworth Division. second. P. Maguire O0ST A rATwre \ fHfrX CAUT (§tiT^HVM ftT Lft£Tp Mef Tft*r WAS "hCAvoe's-? wsw/seh. i^cruAu-Y ~ WITH -wse A-S. GI#°OCHO \ Go BACJK & JTHtS IS cjzfctX, r-hu P \ OP Docrt1- WHAT IS -rue VALIDITY &? im Gat*xepT feeber©R>AiNMtaVj AMYUAY? f t«fc OUT nevrr re&A \N -S/Socrcws -y...... Page 10 REVIEWS I and frankly they sound like Anyone would like to RECORD Focus on a bad day, which is true who of much of the patchy material on FRANK ZAPPA - this album. review films, plays, books, SHEIK YERBOUTI Side Three is the highlight and "Hey! Do you know what you are? possibly worth the asking price on records etc. please contact You're an asshole! AX ASSHOLE!" it's own. The short "Baby Yes, Dirty Uncle Frankie is Snakes" goes straight into Mark Smith via Physics 2 back! Sheik Yerbouti, a double "Tryin' to Grow a Chin", a song semi-live album, and his first since with a persecution complex if ever letterracks or the FELIX Office. signing with CBS from Discreet there was one; "Why am I livin'? I Records, is certainly what Zappa wish I was dead. Please kill me." fans have been waiting for. Get the picture? We've heard it Showing much of his old all before but what the heck. FILMS imagination, and quirkly A bit of applause, the first on California Suite (AA, Herb Ross) Pryor play two doctors who are shrugging off the "Sleep Dirt" this "live" album, and we're into The Royal Film Performance intense rivals. Marvin Michaels is disaster, /ierdo takes the stage "City of Tiny Lights", featuring 1979. the inevitable innocent party, again. whose wife arrives to find a guitarist. Adrian Belew on vocals. Having seen this film at 10.30 on woman in his room. The album's first track, "I have Possibly the strength of this a Monday morning my recollec- been in you", promises much with sequence is the interchanging tions may not be too accurate. With all of these couples, love its interesting lyrics, interplay between vocalists, also including Well, I did beat the Queen to it and marriage are the common between lead and backing vocals drummer. Terry Bozzier. Back to anyway. This is the latest in a factors. The way in which these and line sound quality. This Zappa now on "Dancin' Fool", string of films based on the plays are dealt with is very funny, but catches the ear and it is at this soon out as a single. This takes the of American writer Neil Simon. there are some very serious and point that one realises that the whole disco scene and rips it up The star-studded cast includes moving scenes. This is especially vocals are not the original piece by piece. The suave pick-up such greats as Michael Caine, true for Diane Barry (Maggie recording, but an overdub onto artist also suffers; "Hey Darlin' Alan (M.A.S.H.) Alda, Bill Cosby, Smith) and Sidney (Michael the live backing track, which was ...Can 1 buy you a drink? Walter Matthau, Jane Fonda and Caine). Fine performances from taken from a recent Hammer- II ail a minute I've got il... You're more. both actors are a pleasure to smith Odeon performance, as was Italian! Hah? The setting is the world famous watch. Neil Simon is extremely a majority of the album's Yer Jewish? Love your nails ....You Beverly Hills Hotel, cocktails, sun, clever in that there is no limit on material. This eoupled with the must be a Libra." palm trees and all. Five separate the types of comedy he can interesting feature of editing each If you don't buy the album, at couples converge on the hotel for introduce by keeping the film as track into the next, rare for a least treat yourself to this various reasons and through the four separate stories. There is studio or live album, maintains excellent single. observation of their separate slapstick as well as some very the flow of sounds. "Broken The final track on side three, stories an original, amusing plot is clever (dare I say) intellectual Hearts for Assholes" is typical "Jewish Princess", is peppered obtained. The various progress- humour. Zappa; a sort of cross between ions in personal relationships are insanity and Jazz-rock, which he with sexual innuendo and as such should pick up bans all over the heavily exploited to create some This film has something for combines with his penchant for place, although I'm sure IC hilarious moments. In an effort to everybody and should not be audience abuse. Radio will be playing it. avoid giving away too much of the missed if you like "situation- Nothing on side two. on which, story, I can only list the various comedy" type television incidently, we have moved to the Side Four is terrible - Forget it. couples. programmes. new York Paddladium, is worth a Unless of course you're a Zappa freak in which case it's probably Diane Barry is an actress who That is not to say that it is like a mention, including two half- right up your street. has been nominated for an Oscar cheap midweek television show. minute tracks, until the superb award and arrives from England On the contrary, the money and "Bobby Brown" - a sort of "look Well that's your lot; I'll be back with her husband Sidney. Hannah acting talent has been used at me, I'm proud to be American" after the Easter Break taking a and Bill Warren are divorced and carefully to produce a polished take off, about a guy who loses his look at some of the records that are both seeking custody of their and very enjoyable comedy. bearings; Zappa in fine form. The come out in the meantime. daughter. Bill Cosby and Richard Mark Smith last two tracks are from Berlin. Jon Firth Invasion of The Body Snatchers are not portrayed as "zombies" to rid the world of the invaders. making you feel that you too are (X, Philip Kaufman) but as a different kind of man, The conflict which follows is very threatened. perhaps superior due to a lack of interesting and, thanks to some The film has several drawbacks This remake of Don Siegel's emotion. Our hero cannot excellent camera work and a fine however. It is not one of those 1956 classic is bound to arouse a appreciate this and is determined sound track, the film succeeds in really memorable movies, lot of interest over Easter, but is it probably because of the worth it? All of this and more will outrageous story. Far too many be revealed below "red herrings" are thrown in which Matthew Bennell (Donald may intrigue a few but confuse Sutherland) is a public health most. The most ridiculous thing in inspector who is in love with his my mind was the inclusion of assistant Elizabeth Driscoll "Amazing Grace" in the (Brooke Adams). She, however, is soundtrack at an inappropriate living with Geoffrey who has been point. Why this happened I just acting very strangely lately. It don't know. sounds a bit like "Crossroads" but To summarise I would say that this is the relationship which leads even though parts of the film are Matthew and Elizabeth to believe spurious and dull, it is generally that alien beings have invaded very entertaining and shocks in Earth and are taking over human the desired way. Remakes are bodies. Their fight for survival is very difficult and this must rank as aided by friends, including Dr. one of the best, if only for the David Kibner (Leonard Nimoy), appearance of Don Siegel and and opposed by masses of Kevin McCarthy (a star in the emotionless aliens. mm original) as extras. Even if you've After a poor start the film seen the original you could really accelerates to an exciting pace. enjoy it. The large publicity The aliens seem unbeatable and campaign may also mean you are given a quite unusual Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) captured by aliens can't avoid it! treatment. The people taken over Mark Smith Page 11 his way to a fine (if lucky) victory in a "TABLE TENNIS The 153 starters struggled in driving snow over a first five miles of ploughed fields before respectable 16 mins 15 sec. He was followed If there is anyone still out there on planet hitting roads for the next fifteen miles, all but in by Littlewood and Pickard in the "silver" I.C. reading this FELIX, then this report was the leading pack of four taking advantage of and "bronze" medal positions. Little Ian's worth writing (if not worth reading!). Mars bars supplied at 14 and 19 miles out. delight was somewhat tarnished, however, The last 6 miles of a marathon are bad when he discovered that he would be In chronological order of matches played: enough without including a league of muddy required to fill the cup to its full 6 pint I.C. IV v AMALG. DENTAL (Home) 9-0 fields, with fences, ditches and railway lines capacity. A well-drilled fourth team played like a gas to traverse. Navigational error took its toll, Saturday gave us the annual race against with Lambert and Cobrin winning all three routing arrows having been stolen: our own the Old Boys and by 3:30 pm there were a sets for the first time ever Rutherford of Mark Pickard was misdirected onto a short mere 14 individuals at the start. The thought course did his usual bit. cut, taking him to the finish in first place, of splashing around Richmond Park honesty and a four minute penalty reducing evidently being considerably less attractive I.C. Ill v. BARBICAN Computer Centre II him to 3rd in 2 hrs 48 mins 20 sees. First place (Away) 4-5 than sitting in front ofthe TV watching the was taken by Cambridge's Chris Hirst in Boat Race and the Rugby and downing a The match was finally resolved in the 8th- 2.44.20, with M. Ellison one minute behind. quiet gallon. As was eventually inevitable, set, when I lost21-18inthe3rd game and thus The two-man Imperial team was completed hangovers caught upon Ian Morton and he left the score 4-4. As the final match was after 3.10.06 when Geoff Sherwood, didn't arrive at all. This only served to lift against BARBICAN's top player, the eventual disguised as an icicle, staggered into the finish Acford's spirits to a previously unknown high 4-5 defeat was a formality, though Reed made in 7th place, causing the snow to stop in so as he scented a maiden victory. Rich a gallant effort. He won one of his three sets, doing. Harrington was obviously of the same Stean won two, and me one. opinion as he tried to persuade each With the competitive season drawing I.C. II v. EAGLE III (Home) 7-2 competitor, in turn, to give a bit extra and try to a close, this is the time of year when to "Wobble" Acford. But the "Carthorse" Much discussion took place on the subject clubs settle internal rivalries and give was not to be denied and he steamed off in of Sobhanpanah's and Ugoala's serves. It was one another trophies, I.C. are no fine style without even pausing to glance resolved (partly) when I commented that one exception. Last Wednesday saw the behind. Some even claimed to have seen of the Eagle players had an equally "illegal" annual club 5000m race, held at a smoke issuing from his ears as he carreered ofl serve. I.C. eventually won a tense match windswept and rain-lashed West into the distance. Acford was a convincing thanks to Farzin (3 sets), Tye (2 sets) and Eze London Stadium. For several weeks victor with Ian Isherwod winning the tustle (2 sets). past Ian Morton had been making daily for 2nd place from the ageing Chris James. I.C. IV v. D of E IV (Home) 6-3 trips to the Union Office in order to eye up the rather impressive piece of Silver Fourth home was the aforementioned Weng Leong (with my bat!!) pulled off three which the winner holds for one year, Harrington enjoying a glorious swansong. great wins and with Lambert (2 wins) and such was his desperate desire to win, The remaining finishers being, in order, Gary Cobrin (1 win) ensured victory. and so break the domination of recent Longhurst, Alf Garnett, Ian Alvey, Dave Well, as this is an end-of-term report here years by the Physics Dept. Cleator, Maurice Wilson, Dave Briggs, Pete are the results of a Universal (one person) Johnson, Martin Tarnowski, Dave Jones and He even took his war of nerves to the length Poll on my efforts: Sppeling: 98%, Gramma: finally Miriam Rosen. The result was rigged ofa late arrival in order to shatter the spirits Nout, Wit: Less, Sado-masochistic in order to achieve the traditional draw. of his rivals. When the race got underway it tendencies: 3 and a half. Next term, cricket was the fast starting Mark Thwaites and This almost marks the end of the season, reports from Super Smooth? Danny Clarke-Lowes who set off at a but for those of you who enjoy shorter blistering pace. Soon Stu Littlewood and distances, the Inter-CCU Athletics I CROSS COUNTRY Mark Pickard took the lead with Bryan Championships are being held on For the second time this term the Acford and Morton close behind. At the Wednesday April 25th at the West London presence of IC runners in Cambridge 2000m mark Acford made his move, (with a Stadium. Do come along and support your has brought blizzards, on this occasion notable lack of success) he held the lead for 3 CCU, as the standard is pretty low, and a for the Boundary Run, an annual 26 mile laps until Morton skated through, and good time is had by all, you may even see trot around the city, to be completed proceeded to storm onward over the final Mark Corrigan in steeplechase action! within 6 hours. 1500 m and eventually slipped and slithered L'Escargot (again) REVIEWS! Friday 16th March completely. Hoist: Hymn of Jesus The harmonies employed by Hoist are chromatic, often unusual and Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle very effective. Great beauty is achieved by a careful use of dissonance If the last week at IC is any indication, then the music of Gustav Hoist rather than from saccharine consonances. An example is the "Glory to is enjoying a vigorous revival, if indeed it has ever been neglected. Last thee, Father", where the last word is accented and enhanced by first a week DramSoc chose for incidental music the best known of Hoist's major chord, and then by one of the most harmonically remote chords music, "The Planets", and on Wednesday the Wind Ensemble possible (for those of a technical disposition, the minor triad a tritone programme featured more of the music written by this composer. distant) as the lower strings plunge into their descending scales. On Friday the IC Choir, under the direction of Professor Eric Brown, The Rossini piece is an interesting choice for the Choir, since it has a performed Hoist's "Hymn of Jesus", a piece written only two years after strong emphasis towards the soloists, with few opportunities for the "The Planets" at the end of the Great War. Despite its origin in such chorus to come into the foreground. Perhaps this enabled the Choir to turbulent years, the Hymn is calm, reflective and full of sustained voices save their energies, since the choruses were very brilliant. This Writer reminiscent of "Neptune, the mystic". Its text is a setting of early was particularly impressed by the "Cum Sancto Spiritu" of the "Gloria", Christian writings, from the "Apocryphal Acts of St. John", and was for which one could not imagine a finer performance. The soloists were translated by the composer himself. The piece is dedicated to Ralph highly competent, and Jeffrey Cresswell's singing of the "Domine Vaughan Williams, who had also studied under Stanford at the RCM. Deus" was particularly enjoyable. The Hymn opens with an unaccompanied plainsong melody from a The "Petite Messe Solennelle" is a piece which I had heard only once trombone (a solo in this performance rather than the stipulated pair in previously, and I suspect that it was less familiar to most ofthe audience unison). The prominence ofthe trombone is no doubt attributable to the than Rossini's earlier "Stabat Mater". Although Rossini is best known composer being himself a player of that instrument. On this occasion today as a composer of opera, he also turned out quite a few sacred the orchestra was extremely competent, although the strings had some pieces. The "Petite Messe" is not particularly short, nor is it noticeably difficulty with the asymmetrical rhythms at the beginning of "Divine more solemn than any of these other pieces. Indeed, the earlier sections Grace is dancing." abound with cheerful little tunes, many of which are thrown away quite At times the plainsong themes and the use of a small male semi- casually, which would not have been out of place in any Rossini opera, chorus evoked a rather monastic atmosphere, but for the most part the and the Mass only becomes solemn towards what would presumably, in music was luxuriant rather than ascetic, with long high descants (in the liturgical performance, be the actual Celebration. The Choir seemed to original sense, of a melody sung above the plainsong) and bell-like be more confident in the conventional harmonies and melodies of chords from the orchestra. As in many other pieces by this composer, Rossini, and they achieved some beautiful tone with accurate singing, the bass line is predominantly a heavy, treading scalic descent, a sort of right up to the long and intricate final Amen. anchor which prevents the chorus from drifting away from the Earth Derrick Everett Page 12 contd. from front page and Union President Mary Attenborough will be student representative NEWS IN BRIEF on College's Overseas Students' Committee. JEWISH STUDENT BOTTLE BACK Council passed a vote of thanks to Sheyne Lucock for all the work he has done for the Union. ARRESTED The Mines Bottle is back in the Boris Kalendarev, the Soviet Union Bar following its rescue Publicity Jewish student adopted by IC from Chelsea College on Monday The Meeting made several small changes to Union publicity rules. Union last year, has been arrested night. Clubs and Societies will no longer need to ask permission to put up by Soviet police. It is expected But it still bears the marks of its posters but individuals will still be required to do so. Only the Union that he will be charged with adventure as the words "Chelsea Publicity Officer will be able to grant permission. No dayglo posters of evasion of conscription, which College" with dates have been any colour will be permitted. All election posters will have to show the could lead to a sentence of three engraved on the bottle. date of the relevant election. years in a labour camp. It was Ken Newton of the Recognising that the Constituent College Unions regularly use A1 The Union has responded with Sports Centre who discovered its (48" x 32") size posters, previously illegal under Union rules, Council protest telegrams to President whereabouts. He was drinking at amended the rules to allow posters up to A1 size. Brezhnev and USSR State Chelsea's Bar and overheard In a discussion on publicity for Union Meetings and the distribution of Prosecutor Rudenko. Union Chelsea students boasting about "Executive News" it was suggested that it could be distributed as a President Mary Attenborough all the mascots they had collected. supplement to FELIX as well as separately before and during a UGM. has also written to Foreign This w'.i be tried to see if it is feasible. Secretary David Owen and Peter On Monday evening he Brooke, MP for Westminster, returned accompanied by Miners Following criticism of Mary Attenborough's active support for Sheyne asking them to urgently take up and asked for the bottle. It was Lucock's presidential campaign, a suggestion was made that sabbatical Boris's case. handed over without fuss. Union officers should not be allowed to campaign on behalf of any election candidate. However Council decided not to discuss this. She has also sent a letter to TOPIC WRONG Rudenko strongly urging him to WUS Collection IC Union Executive are release Kalendarev and saying annoyed about an article which Council agreed to support the new World University Service that his arrest is "in flagrant appeared in last week's TOPIC scholarship to enable a "third world" student to take a one year defiance of the Helsinki agreement and suggesting that Refectory advanced course at IC. The WUScollection to betaken at the beginning breaches every acceptable standard of Committee proposed the one per of the session during registration will now be devoted specifically to that human rights. cent monthly wages element in purpose. 21 year old Boris has been the new regulator. trying to emigrate from the Soviet SOCIAL LIFE CHEAP FURNITURE Union President Mary Union. He applied for an exit visa FOR HARLINGTON FOR LINSTEAD Attenborough has pointed out in 1973 three years before he was that the scheme was proposed by A meeting of the Athletics The University Grants eligible for military service. In Refectory Committee Chairman Grounds Committee discussed Committee has allocated only 1977 he was expelled from Professor Eilon and not discussed means of enabling students to £35,000 to furnish the new College for applying to emigrate i by the committee. meet socially at Harlington after Linstead Hall extension. A and since then the Soviet matches. A subcommittee of the working party has found that authorities have tried to force him MORE HELP FOR IRANIANS Athletics Clubs Committee is to even using the cheapest furniture into the army. discuss several possibilities of The Department of Health and available more money will be arranging late coaches back to IC Union along with other Social Security has extended the needed. A Governing Body College or a shuttle service to student unions adopted Boris as period during which they will working party is to consider how Hatton Cross tube station, to part of a national campaign in give financial assistance to more money can be found. allow students to stay at support of the right of Soviet Jews Iranian students. IC has frozen Harlington after the main to emigrate to Israel. Students are their fees. The Home Office has NEW UNION CARD coaches leave at 6.00 p.m. urged to assist Boris by writing to granted them visas and they will ICU Honorary Secretary is Dr. Owen and to their local MPs, probably be given work permits OVERSEAS STUDENTS designing next session's Union urging them to take up his case. A so that they can earn money QUOTA Card and is looking for list of MPs is available at IC suggestions for its improvement. during the vacations. The University Grants Union Office. He has already agreed to include Committee has told College that PHONIC EAR Western protests have in the the 'phone numbers of Eleven year old Jerome Canvin it must reduce the number of its past resulted in the release of "Nightline" and "Release" on and six of his friends from the overseas students by 7 per cent in Soviet Jews. Boris's fate now the back of the card. Honniton Primary School Deaf 1981-82. depends on sufficient pressure Unit attended a special party in IC's Governing Body rejected a UGM INQUORACY being exerted on his behalf. college last Sunday. The event proposal by Lord Annan, Vice Publicity for Union Meetings was organised by RCSU in order AP HELP NEEDED Chancellor of London University, has been better than last year but to present Jerome with a special Academic Affairs Officer that Colleges should get round the there is still room 1 o r "Phonic Ear." Roger Stotesbury has organised a quota by charging the full improvement, according to a economic cost on some courses. "paste-in" this weekend to paste- The aid was purchased with paper on inquoracy at UGMs up the Alternative Prospectus £'800 raised by a special RCS rag Governing Body agreed with prepared by the Union ready for printing. The session collection - over a one-quarter of Mary Attenborough that the Permanent Working Party. will start tonight and continue which was raised by Zosia concept of full economic cost was The PWP has suggested until the work is finished. Any Zbrzezniak alone. Zosia made the unrealistic. She pointed out that improved poster design and wider volunteers will be welcome. No presentation personally. the imposition of quotas was advertisement on all Union previous experience is required. abhorrent to academic freedom. A teacher from the unit media. They have also proposed Government policy on overseas VANDALS AGAIN d'emonstrated the unique setting up an ICU stall at students was not properly thought qualities of the aid, which allows Freshers' Fair and a shorter, more Two coin-operated telephones out and they had ignored the communication with the children readable, Freshers' Guide to have been installed in the benefits to this country of at up lo half a mile, via a radio UGMs. There could be a entrance foyer of the Union educating overseas students. Building. They have been placed system. permanent display of information on the Union in the Lower on the wall instead of in cubicles Jerome's family joined in the She told Governing Body that Lounge. To ensure Union in an attempt to make them less celebration and expressed their College should not be complacent Officers become known to prone to vandalism. This has been sincere gratitude to all of those about quotas thinking that students the Council photograph -to no avail - one of them has who had helped in any way. Party overseas student numbers would should be produced early in the already been vandalised. games were followed by a fall anyway because of high fees. Autumn term. mountain of food. After the Protests should be made about the principle. TOP OF RAG children had left, the exhausted The PWP also suggested that Zosia Zbrzezniak, RCS Queen students only just mustered the Governing Body Chairman Union Meetings should ol'Jez is the country's number one strength to down a barrel of beer, Henry Fisher said he would automatically be adjourned at rag collector. She has individually one of their well-earned rewards. communicate the Governors' 2.25 pm and that Executive collected more for rag this session The event was covered by the opposition but take no further reports should not include any than any other student. national press. action. proposals.