Felix Issue 085, 1956

3 EVERY FORTNIGHT No. 92 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 18th MAY, 1956 I.C. WINS THREE U.L.CUPS ANOTHER EVANS VICTORY RESIDENTS RIDICULED Last Saturday, Imperial College won three U.L.U. Cups May the 1st was the last day by whioh application forms at the University Athletics C for admission to the College Hostel had to be submitted. Championships at Hotspur Park. 250 students applied for residenoe, and if they had read the regulations they would have noted that there were no rules The men won the Roseberry ofbehaviour sinoe these could not be both oomprehensible and Challenge Cup by four points enforceable. Moreover, such rules would tend to be oppressive. from the University Collage Eviction was the punishment for any student whose conduct was who beat us by a similar considered an extreme oase of irresponsibility. margin last year. Ibis is the sixth time the college has won Residents have long been proud of this liberal treatment, the cup sinoe the war, though and have learned to tolerate other peoples idiosyncrasies or it never had Imperial College to tell them off appropiately. Unfortunately, on the evening inscribed on it until 1946. of May 1st., the ruLss were modified. The Residents committee I.C.W.S.C. retained the 'agreed' that the disciplinary sub-oommittee be empowered to Imperial College Challenge 'gate' Residents who oomrait certain disciplinary offences Cup and the Sherwood Cup. (unspecified). If it was agreed, then the student represent The Challenge'Cup, which is a ativea betrayed their electorate. More likely it was passed awarded for most points has b by a majority. The senior residents now outnumber the been won four times sinoe 1947, students by seven to four on -this committee. It was.also while the Sherwood Cup whioh agreed without consultation with the disciplinary committeec takes into consideration the who nominally would have to mete out this punishment. number or students in the Col- leges has been won by I.C.W.S.C. six times sinoe 1947. Twenty-eight Year Plan Pour members of the College won individual events; Fortunately moat of the current residents have not been D.Smith Hop, Step and Jump. intimidated by this absurd sanction, and have actually tended D.J.Pain 3000 metres steeple- to be more boisterous than before it was introduced. This chase. may be to determine the standard of offences which entail L.C.Looke 200 metres. gating, or purely competition to achieve this honour. Many J.S. Evans One mile and three see this as the thin edge of a wedge whioh will reduce i miles. John Evans, winner of the Hostel life to the silence of a monastery and desperation Brands. Walker 80 metres hurdles. University one and three of a Rowton House. mile races. Already the powers of the harden are dictatorial, though it must be admitted that be doesn't take full advantage of them. Nevertheless, he has h1a automation mtmll control perfectly minions on the Residents com- Vtf/i mittee, he selects the majority of the disciplinary committee, and his latest move has been the standard of oar htgd-jrade sausages to reject one of the Imperial College union representatives on the selection of residents committee. He already had the power to reject anyone the selected anyway, and although the the disciplinary committee nominal evicts students, it must do so when the Warden requires it. It is possible that the reigning Warden ia as much embarassed by the power that has been vested in him as. the Residents are afraid that it might fall into the hands of an autocrat. Enquiries in the Refectory have shown that no attempts are being Bade to mechanise it oonpletely, and a large number of students will still be re- quired to perforin the menial task of eating the food provided. The kitchen does give a caw. scope for changing production methods, and night be prevailed upon to eooept suggestions from those students who have at acne stage in their College oourse bean aenbers of the eleotrioal engineering, ehenloal engineering and either the soology or the tut any deportments. 1 FELIX BRITISH INTER-UNIVERSITY WHO DUNNIT? CONFERENCE This Easter an informal Inter-University conference was held at Southampton University. The purpose of this meeting was to enable the officers of Students Unions to get together and discuss the many problems whioh arise in the running of a University or College Union, and the different ways in deal- ing with them. An air of spontaneity and free exchange of information and points of view was maintained throughout ths conference, and kept up a discussion free from points of order, points of information and debating trioks, whioh seem some- what to mar other student gatherings. Of the many topios discussed, one of particular interest was the problem of introducing overseas students to British University life and helping them to settle down. It was generally agreed that overseas freshers' receptions are a bad thing, as it makes the student feel oonspicious, and does not help to integrate him'into the community. Similar sentiments were expressed about the existance of "NationalisfClubs, which, owing to their "oliquish" tendency draw freshers into a small oommuty of his own oountrymen, and do not introduce his to the student body in general. The be3t approach to this was presented by Nottingham University whore each overseas fresher is met by one English host who accompanies him for the first fortnight of the sess- ion. First he helps the fresher with general problems (e.g. currency), and then introduces him informally to university life by showing him around the union, inviting him to ooffee parties etc., so that he nill meet people quickly and soon find his feet. This will prevent the fresher from retiring into his shell and wishing to meet only people from his own Whilst t'other night at Ayrton Hall oountry. I* Guildmen held their Annual Ball, We would be interested to reoieve the opinions of over- A miniature man in brazen manner seas students on these points of view. Forcibly removed the spanner The problem of maintaining a decent standard of behaviour We cannot bear to see such fool* in a new Union building was mentioned. Other unions who have As Engineers without their tools, recently opened new premises had found that making an appeal And so we sent the damned thing back in their newspapers when the buildings had been opened, and We're sorry that it's broken "Jack". unobtrusive verbal approaches to bad offenders, had proved sufficient. Any system of fining was strongly deprecated. A poem similar to this appeared with a large part of the Guilds Spanner in the Beit 'Quadrangle. The slight alteration During the discussion on Religious and politioal Societies, is the elimination of the name of the University Boxing Cham- their existence was agreed to j pion who fears to be associated with the dastardly deed. provided that the nana of the Union waj never allowed to be- come associated with oontrovssw sial views which these sooieties may express. Of the twenty Unions H ° which attended the meeting, five give no financial aid to such sooieties, and moat unions have m TO similar rules to I.C.U. far their m formation. It is interesting to note that I.C. Bar is the only Union ) OH I I t) 1 Bar in the oountry to open on (Monday) \ ]• Sundays, and that several unions >> h> .^-i imi in i t t restrict union facilities during vacations and on Sundays, when some are not even allowed their _i — athletic grounds. TERPSICHOREAN ACTIVITIES Nearly all the twenty unions present at the oonfsreoos publish a newspaper. All, except FELIX, have union subsidy. Th* last fortnight has seen three dances of completely different nature organised by the three constituent colleges. Th* Engineers Ball was the most ambitious affai-, being preceded by a dinner. One of the best aspects of this, was ' that all the dancers were present at the beginning, and the tboucbiwtcwe arrival of couples when it had 'warmed up' was avoided. The lavish dinner farmed a compulsory warming up. Ths Country House Ball is unique, The Royal College of The Touohstone weekend on Hay 5th-6th was on the topic Solano* being the only one with an out of town residence. The of 'Bohioide and the Death Penalty'. *he Guest Speaker , damning In itself was oonfinod to a small hall, and after Mr. C.R. Hewitt, gave one of the most intereting talks heard considering the inconvenience of transport to Silwood Park, in many a long day. Only the clook noticed that he talked the small numbers able to attend, and the difficulties of for two hours instead of onei The normal procedure of catering, on* is not surprised that ths atmosphere was a splitting the group into small discussion groups went by the little subdued. Ths early morning view of the quiet country- board in our eagerness to hear more from Mr. Hewitt. aids was ample recompense. The weather was kind, spring Unlike th* larger Colleges with mare funds for entertain- was obviously sprung and ment, ths Royal School of Mines had to content itself with a 5ilwood and the countryside were very pleasant. Sitting on •ussar was usual type, the lawn on Sunday afternoon only one diehard wanted to Dsns* on a Saturday evening. This the Hang the lot!' and ths only item of Interest was th* cabaret, whioh In a sober oondition was entertaining enough, and hence shows flesh The next Touohstone is on 2nd Jane. proBis* far th* next osmivsl. INTERNATIONAL FIXTURE Are you looking far something to do during toe vac? If yen would like a cheap holiday abroad and if you are prepared to liv* rough-do asm* manual labour, you could do a very worth- while Job.

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