AD HOC COMMITTEE Union £800 Down, Reveals Exec

LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION UNIVERSITY GRAPHIC STUDIOS Presidential 157A, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds 2 Hustings Phone 22293 UNION NEWS Tuesday, 2nd February OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED PHOTOGRAPHER No. 272 Friday, January 29th, 1965 Price 3d. Dinnertime, R.S.H. General Meetings will make policy decisions AD HOC COMMITTEE Union £800 down, reveals Exec. CUTS OUT uc to Young to call for changes J T was revealed at Monday’s meeting of Executive Landrovers Committee that only two months’ after a very by NEWS EDITOR tight budget was balanced by Union Committee, the Union is £770 to £800 in the red. STARTLING moves were proposed at Wednesday’s meeting of the meet more Constitutional Revision sub-committee. Set up at last Union Com The main losses of money stem from the mittee meeting, this sub-committee has been investigating the govern Freshers’ Conference, ball hospitality (Union Ball mental system of the Union, and the fairness of representation of the trouble lost £127), Union News (which has so far made a ordinary Union member within this system. AFTER being repaired loss of £150), Anti-Apartheid (loss of £40) and Drastic changes of the constitution were be re-named “ committee,” and that they be responsible only a few days worst of all Union socials, which are £500 down on decided to be long overdue by many members of to General Meetings in place the sub-committee. Union of Union Committee. previously, one of the the corresponding time Day to day administration Union Land-Rovers has secretary Robin Young, should remain in the hands last year. as secretary of the sub of Executive Committee, who again broken down. Much discussion was pro committee, intends to would be responsible to The trouble, a cracked voked by the revelation that Merry-go-Sound propose a motion at General Meetings. differential casing, was dis the Union’s adopted student, covered on Wednesday morn Sam Mhlongo, was being Monday’s Union Com- chtnge the^xec. Structure ing when the vehicle was mittee meeting calling i£j that its officers should be being used by Men’s Basket given £360 a y ear o ut of non ball. existent hop profits. for these changes to be e' T dth^ k °Pteh • ba'Iot „ It was recommended that , I think this move will Because of the breakdown, the proceeds of four consecu maae. consolidate rather than the team had to be carried tive hops — which would be n weaken the power of Execu- by emergency transport hired billed as special Anti- rurposes tive,” said Grant. from a local firm. theid hops—should be given The abolition of Union N.U.S. secretary has not Jinx to A.-A.; and more specifically Committee, and its replace- previously been a member of Only on Friday both to Sam Mhlongo. ment by government through Exec., but now it is proposed General Meetings, is the basis that the office be made open vehicles broke their half- of the proposed changes, and for election as part of the shafts while they were on Big groups around it most of the other Executive elections, the road. Belief that the proposals are hinged. Union Land - Rovers are The problem of m aking plagued by some sort of hops pay also received con The purposes of the con- Quorum jinx were further strength siderable attention on Mon stitutional changes planned ened by this “twin sympathy” day Union President Ian are stated by the committee, It was decided that the breakdow n. Morrison felt that more as follows: quorate number for a General One Land-Rover taking a money than necessary was 1. To provide for more Meeting should stand at one- Women’s Basketball team to being spent on first-rate adequate representation. hundred members. Sheffield was replaced by a groups when second-rate 2. To secure greater . Ja quorum of this size hired vehicle, but Methodist groups would probably draw efficiency. is not reached,” said Grant, Soc., in the other, were not just as many people, for less 3. To eliminate anomalies. “then the Union doesn’t so lucky, and their trip to cost. deserve any form of govern Swaledale had to be called Ex-Rag Chairman Laurence m ent.^ off. The committee recommen Grant, with Vice-President ded that all expenditure Alan Hunt, a prime mover in President of the Union, Ian Mike Hollingworth of exceeding £60 should be sub the proposals, told Union Morrison, said of the prop Services Section said that one mitted to Exec, for approval. News that abolition of Union osals of the sub-committee, vehicle was still under “This represents a thoroughly guarantee, and the half Entertainments Secretary Committee would mean that any Union member may practical revision of the con shafts would have taken only Ed Jowitt was dissatisfied stitution, and would give rise about four hours to repair, with Exec.’s recommendation. attend, “and take part in” to a system better than the m eetings “but this latest trouble could H e told Union News that deciding Union one we have at present ” cost ab o u t £20.” Entertainments Committee policy and the use of Union . ■ we nave present. always work on more than m oney. £60—usually a t least £100 is spent on groups each week. Decisions Jowitt is certain that big “ Do the majority of GLASS ASSAULT: students want money spend hops pay, not the small ones. ing on things in which they “T h e £60 rulin g prevents have no say, and do they us from taking advantage of want policy decisions made snips/' said Jowitt. “Often Sweet music to the ears of ball fans when Acker when they have no vote in STUDENT FINED groups have to be booked the matter?” w ith in 10 m inutes o r we lose Bilk stars at Wednesday’s Physics-Textile Ball It is further proposed that th e m .” sub-committee structure re main substantially the same, “Smashed glass in face” except that “sub-committee” by a STAFF REPORTER A YOUTH had to have 28 stitches after a student Student health lectures on had “either thrown or smashed” a beer-glass STOP PRESS into his face in Fred’s at the end of last term, said Mr. Ian Pollard, use of contraceptives With presidential nomi Mr. Almond and some of prosecuting, at Leeds his friends got up to speak by Union News Reporter nations closing tomorrow City Court on Monday. to Tutill about his behaviour only two candidates had, Edward Peacock Tutill, 19, and, without saying a word, Y ^U N G unmarried adults should be taught the aspect of sex, which “had its at time of going to pleaded not guilty to unlaw Tutill either threw or smashed consequences.” fully and___ 4iivkiiwuuuijmaliciously wound- the rem aining glass into Mr. use of contraceptives: this was the salient He stressed the need for press, handed in papers. ing*7 V ictor Jo h n Alm ond on ^ lr??on? ,s face> alleged Mr. feature of a controversial lecture given by Dr. biological and psychological December 16th. Pollard. Still, of Student Health, on Tuesday. He was giving preparation. Women in par They are Union Sec. The incident occurred Tutill, in evidence, said he ticular could become frus and finals politician, during the Trog Soc. carol threw beer over the table the first of a series of talks on sexual morality trated if the potentiality for Robin Young, and House singing night. Mr. Almond because they sang an msult- parenthood were not fulfilled. at the Oxford Univer Sec. Roger White, a post was in the bar with some in£ song about engineers, sity Christian Graduates’ how to use contraceptives. “I The Registrar, Dr. Loach, friends. Some time after He was found guilty and want them to know the said on Tuesday that students grad Civil Engineer. nine o’clock Tutill, who had was fined £50 with £4 4s. Society. mechanics and the psychology seeking advice on contra two glasses of beer, threw costs. It was submitted in He told a mixed audience of the use of contraceptives ception could contact Student the contents of one, which evidence that he had already of 300 students that he taught as well,” he said. He ex- Health, just as they could was partly full, on to the been sent down from the students, many of whom were plained that contraception did contact other doctors, and table at which Mr. Almond University by the Vice- ignorant in sexual matters, not negate the reproductive “ might receive instruction.” was sitting. Chancellor. U N IO N NEW S— Friday, January 29th, 1965 UNION NEW S— Friday, January 29th, 1965. Reviewed by M. F. Bull BLAZE CAUSE A TRAIN TO REMEMBER NEXT WEEK'S FILMS NOT KNOWN JjAST week’s spate of decent films Michael Anderson, with Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark and George Chakiris). was obviously too good to last. A saga of the Air-Sea Rescue Service with University bans leaks So we’re left with the usual load of plenty of flashbacks to show just what rubbish to look at. makes Air-Sea Rescue pilots tick. UNION NEWS REPORTER Top of the bill for the second week Most of this is rubbish, with a script running comes the PLAZA with Only Two that ranges from the sophisticated to the AFTER a bad scare concerning a similar incident Can Play (with Peter Sellers and Mai banal. The action scenes are great, but Zetterling). This is an old, but excellent the film is otherwise badly written, badly film, s h o t th ro u g h w ith b its of b eau tifu lly acted and badly cast.

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