BEECHING WARNS

Commemoration Day

Address

Scientists tend not to branch away from scientific occupations—this was one conclusion readied by Lord Beaching, Director of Imperial Chemical Industries, in his address as the Special Visitor at Commemoration Day. Lord Beeching's speech was the finale to ICs annual pomp and circumstance. The celebration, held in the Royal Albert Hall, began with in adjacent fields of knowledge, un- the colourful entrance of the student til eventually he is 'likely to take Presidents, Readers, and Wardens, interest in the overall effectiveness Professors and the principal officers with which science and technology of the Governing Body. The proces- is applied within our social and sion was effectively performed to a economic structure. background of 'Gaudeamus igitur' 'iVis led him to a visual represent- sung by the IC Musical Society ation of the distribution of science Choir. graduates and social science and An unprogrammed event was a arts graduates in 'the jobs... filled by brief speech by Lord Sherfield, well-educated men'. The diagram Chairman of the Governing Body, of was difficult to follow but by care- Lord Beeching giving his address on Thursday. the regret of the College at the death : ful consideration it can be seen to of the late Rector. He spoke of the | represent the situation. He described moving address by Lord Florey at 1 a rectangular display in which the Memorial Service and of the "scientists" are represented by black tributes in the Press. The College, spots and "artists" by crosses, while he said, has lost a sympathetic ad- those job filled by none graduates are ministrator, the University a staunch marked with circles, «| Moving across member and all who have come in- the diagram from left to right the Memorial Service- to contact with hind have lost a good scietific content of the jobs increas- friend. es, climbing up the diagram the Deputy-President David McBain organisation level and degree of in- was the Student Orator and gave a fluence increase. Lord Beeching con- glowing tribute dignified rendering of the Opening cluded that black spots would con- Proclamation. gregate in the lower left corner and The reading was followed by the spread upwards more or less vertic- Lord Florey paid slowing tribute to Sir Patrick I .instead in his address presentation of Associateships and ally; the crosses would be spread at the Memorial Service for the late Rector. The College had lost this dedi- Diplomates to an accompaniment by across the- lower right-hand side but cated and sympathetic person at the height of his powers. In a period when the orchestra, the orchestra winning these move sideways as they rose. most had a dread of being incompetent he stood out and determined that by several lengths. Lastly the six 'At the very top levels of the diagram, we should not fail. | representing the levels of most new Fellows were presented with Following his appointment as | powerful and widespread influence, their Parchments by Lord Sherfield. Rector in 1955, he became involved Lord Florey ended with the reminder we se a lot of circr'es, a lot of cros- in discussions at Government level on that Sir Patrick Linstead was a ses, but very few black spots'. education and research. From then scientist of great distinction and a The Address on he devoted the finest years of his splendid friend. life to the College and it is due to Lord Flory. who is Provost of The Special Visitor's, Address fol- his great administrative ability that Queens College, Oxford, was a great lowed 'Tlie Clerk of Oxenford' from Our fault the College owes it present position. friend of the late Rector and the the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Its students will have cause to be emotion he felt at the loss was readily Chaucer and sung by the Choir. He expressed regret at the situation grateful to him all their lives. discernible in his speech. Lord Beeching's Speech touched but pointed out that it is partly the To achieve a sufficient, control over Among the many distinguished visi- on one of the vital issues one might "scientists" fault and arises from a the College, another man might have tors present with Lady Linstead were have expected from such a dis- viscous circle which we can do much been ruthlessly efficient, but under Sir members of the Governing Board ; tinguished industrialist. Its content to break. There is an opinion, he Patrick one sensed a happy atmos- Lord i Sherfield. Sir Charles was much more relevant to IC and said, that "scientists" are less vers- phere about the College. It was Cunningham, Dr. D. H. Follet. Lord quite uncontroversial Lord Beeching, atile than "artists" and the conclusion always his aim that although the Stamp : also present were The Mayor who is a Diplomate of IC, devoted was drawn that this is due to inabil- principal task was to produce scien- of Kensington and Chelsea, the Lord the first quarter of his Address to an ity. In fact it is a result of the ex- tists, the products should be Mayor of Westminster, Sir Edmond explanation of how he had changed cessive demand/supply ratio and the " rounded " scientists. and Lady Playfair, Sir Solly and Lady Zuckerman; and in.ic.J a veritable since leaving the College. He just- relative qualities of arts and science Lord Florey pointed out that Sir host of dignitaries. They were seated ified this as a warning, that, as an teachers. The graduate of "science" Patrick was a vcrv human person and enjoyed his homedife. Without the in the nave with the senior members observer and commentator "I am is less rounded than an "arts" man. great help given by Lady Linstead the of the" Union. biased by my own particular exper- It is our job, he concluded, to success would not have been achieved. iences". think of ourselves 'as highly intel- The service was simple and lasted liget, which you are; as well-educat- At the Royal Society Sir Patrick only half an hour. The lesson wnas Moving on to his main subject he ed people, which you should be; and and Lord Florey worked together ; on read by President Tony Duke and this postulated the average graduate never hesitate to broaden your ex- Lord Flottjy's election to President he progressed after prayers led by the starting out 'pursuing a career... perience'. was toiJ lie was luck) to have Sir Rev. Cleverly Ford, to Lord Florey's within the confines of (his) own The two hour ceremony finished Patrick there to keep him straight. In address. The blessing v,js given by speciality'. Then later in life find- with the Choir leading the Assembly judgement and action he was superb the Bishop of London and the l.C. ing himself 'increasingly interested in 'God Save The Queen'. and made a delightful colleague. choir then sang. 2 FELIX General Studies: JAZZ BENNY THE TWO CULTURES' GREEN Such is the drawing power of Leonardo da Vinci Benny Green that two or three hun- dred people gathered in Mech Eng re- On Tuesday 18 October' in the him was the sight of a mnn suitermg He then travelled to Muntua be- cently to hear the first talk in his General Studies course "The Two from the effects of lynching. From fore returning to Florence. There, as General Studies lecture on " Aspects Cultures" the Rev. Gordon Phillips, Florence Leonardo went to Milan well as painting and designing, he of Jazz." Senior Chaplain to the University, where he made his name as a lute researched into the natural world. In this talk Green examined the Rave the record of his discourses on player, doing little painting but de- He began by disecting and drawing music of the contemporary players, Leonardo da Vinci. He set out and. signing a number of buildings includ- of human bodies, and then he "pro- Louis Armstrong and Bix Beider- in his own brilliant way, succeeded ing a brothel with concealed doors, gressed" to examining the animal and beche, and compared the differences to give the most important events in for embarrassed customers, and a botanical worlds. He continued his in their music with the differences in the life of Leonaido and to connect stable with an automatic feeding work until his death on May 2 1519 their environments. Whereas Louis these events with aspects of this most system. after .a stroke. is the epitome of the negro jazz-man, interesting personality. This period also brought a number The conclusions drawn by Mr. having dragged himself up from Leonardo recievecl only a basic of designs for machines which had Phillips were that Leonardo was poverty to the pinnacle of acclaim as education, first in the peasant home many usefuLaccesspries, but he did brilliant but odd. He mostly painted a trumpet player, Bix was the of his mother and then later in the not find a practical means to propel the natural, the old, the innocent or middle-class white man who " made more luxurious Florentine home of them. These included a 50 ton "hand the horrific. He had unusual views good"' in the Jazz world and, as his father. He spent his apprentice- powered" tank, a steam cannon and on sex, with his painting of sexless Benny Green demonstrated with re- ship with Verriccho where his stvle wings for men, madonnas and statements that sex was cords, this difference in class and up- of ' over neat" paintings and sexless . Before leaving Milan he painted beneath man and had an ability bringing is reflected in their music. subiects emerged. the famous "last supper". His method to unite "mirror writing" exemplified As boys, both were musically ad- It was at this time that he was was to work for periods up to 24 in his 7,000 pages of notes, the vanced although in different direc- chareed with, and cleared of sodomv. hours without stopping for food or original source of most of this in- tions. Louis was born with jazz in Another event of this period which, rest and then to work on something formation. his soul, while Bix's music was in- according to Mr. Phillips, obsessed else before his next stint days later. itially guided along most " respect- able " lines. The social pressure of the day prevented Beiderbeche from After Tynan, Gascoigne, Gilliatt... EBULLIENT playing in public with the better musicians of the period, who were mainly negro, so his records are, as MINES Benny lOreen said, " indifferent {re- 67% of Minesmen turned out to cordings with one redeeming feature welcome Chris Molam and his Ex- —Bix Beiderbeche." One the other ecutive back to college for what looks hand, Armstrong was able to record like being the best year EVER for with top-class jazz-men, an uncom- Ronald Mines. mon example of social inequality. Molam managed to bulldoze his But, after hours, the two frequently way through the more important played together and such was their business of the meeting, despite the mutual respect that Bix called Louis light-hearted efforts to dive;', the at- " the greatest trumpeter that ever Bryden lived," while Louis called Bix " the tention of the masses by the Enter- tainments officer and his motley crew. greajest trumpeter that ever lived." Lapel bages, with Mines crests, However, while Armstrong's forte Why? How? What's it like? we being ordered and should be was improvisation, Beiderbeche had availably by Christmas. Thiid year a strong sense of harmonic values and and' P.G. students were invited to be- towards the end of his short life was RONALD BRYDEN was born in Trinidad and went to school come Associate members of the experimenting and trying to bridge the RSMA and as such they would en- gap between jazz and classical music, in Canada. He produced shows there. When his college joy the full advantages of the RSMA. with little success. Armstrong has put on 1066 And All That he played the Decline and Fall The financial situation of Mines now expanded his horizons and be- of the Roman Empire. Do we have here the first, distant *_nion is still healthy; assets now come perhaps more of an entertainer t;tal £300. In the opinion of the stirrings . . . ? than a jazz musician. Senior Treasurer they could have So, Bix Beiderbeche died early of Cambridge. Bryden was at Cambridge from 1951 to 1955, amounted to £400 had it not been harmonic insecurity; Louis Armstrong where incidentally he wrote theatre notices for the for overspending by the Rugby Club entertains on, and Benny Green and generous gifts to 'ambassadors' Cambridge Review. When he went down he wrote for The will undoubtedly return to play out his who visited foreign mining schools series of lectures to the same applause Spectator, moved on to become the New Statesman's on behalf of RSM. The Rugby Club as he started them. dramatic critic. It was the success of his work here— was reprimanded by the Treasurer for the slipshod way in which they intelligent, witty, literary—that led to his being chosen by handled their finances. The first 'Mines Night' of this ses- The Observer. The IFMMS congress (reported in sion will be the evening of Morphy FELIX" at "the end^fkrt'tennPhS J** ***?JS ^ usn*l this Full marks for homework. Being The Observer's theatre been a great success. Bob Slater, the ™" gJ$LV«. 5E. WS* critic is hard work. He has to see a lot of plays, obviously. London branch chairman, thought the ^-President made a plea for bet- It takes research. Bryden was the only London critic to find, Federation could be of particular use ter ^»viour than on die last such in attracting intelligent young men occasion, itne Resident won t be then read, a copy of Lope de Vega's La Fianza Satisfecha, into the Mining and Metallurgical tea wlth"' ^ Mother the original of Osborne's A Bond Honoured. (The Guardian industries. 0115 ><-Jf- had started a rumour that it didn't exist.) Still not bored. After more than 1,000 plays Bryden has still not been bored. Whatever the reason for this, it seems to CAVANAGH AT SOC SOC result in not being boring. Read him in The Observer every " You have to bring it home to the possessed a great deal of power in the Sunday. You may agree. average Union member that the beer Union seemed to escape them. isn't going to be turned off when a He was particularly critical of the student politician takes over," de- political societies at I.C. They were clared Keith Cavanagh president of always talking, he said, but never R.C.S. At the time, last Monday really doing anything. (He gave this evening, he was addressing a well- as his reason for leaving Soc Soc attended meeting of the Soc Soc on some years ago.) the topic of " Student Politics at I.C." It also transpired in the course of He spoke profusely on how the his talk that he is in favour of I.C. student politician (as opposed to joining N.U.S. and of a truly demo- the clowning, beer swilling union cratic election of the president of I.C. official) could make himself most The meeting then closed after the effective in the union. He did,electio n of three new committee mem- however, emphasise that some clown- bers. ing was necessary for some people There was a special committee were actually bored by long disserta- meeting held afterwards to decide tions on politics. what action should be taken in sup- He regretted that so many students port of Battersea Soc. Soc., which has at I.C. seemed unaware and uninter- been closed down after some dubious Bryden The Observer Every Sunday ested in what was happening politi- manoeuvring by the president of cally on a nationwide basis. They Battersea Union. Three members of were interested only in what affected Battersea Soc. Soc. had come to them personally, and regarded the appeal for help in trying to get their Union as a society for organising society reinstated, hops and socials. The fact that they FELIX 3 FAIR GUILDS RENTS UNION FOR MEETING

RCS Guilds Union held the first of their usual rowdy meetings on the Last Thursday R.CJS. became 20lh. October. The meeting began the twenty-first Student Union to and Ian Gledhill, the secretary, promtly refused to read the minutes realise that the Rent Acts can of the last meeting of last term in help students just as much as any other language than English. other tenants. Morphy Day plans were outlined Briefly, all rents of unfurnished flats by Phil Marshall, Vice-President, of are now frozen until a " Fair Rent" which the essential feature was his has been fixed. >o!e as diicilor of operations from Premiums, Key money and exces- a convcient treetop. The President sive charges for fixtures and fittings then mentioned the I.C. Carnival ar- are now illegal. rangements and appealed for volunteers to enter a pedal car race As a tenant, you can apply to your next Spring. local Fair Rents Officer for your rent to be reduced. If you or your land- The election for Guilds Rep on lord do not like his judgement, your I.C. Council, a position vacated by rent goes to the Rent Assessment 1 ony Duke's relhemot to I.C. Committte. This hears both sides and Prcsidiiii followed; neithei of the then fixes the rent for three years, at a two candidates appeared to know fair level. much about the position they were Scarcity is not considered as a fac- seeking, i.everliitiess lony Limn was tor. Only the accommodation itself duly ek'cted. ) is valued. So if your rent is arti- After a mention of Guilds—Mines ficially high because you're in an " ex>- Carnival, to be held on Nov. 25th., pensive area" it will probably be the floor was handed over to Jerry greatly reduced. Stockbridge who refused to take any Furnished tenants can go to the responsibility for the Revue wliich local Furnished Rent Tribunal. You followed. get six months security automatically —even if you are under notice to quit. This is also the place to go if you are in digs. Leeds University Union encourages members to apply for a rent reduc- tion, and also provides free legal ad- How can you tell vice on the merits of each case. This scheme has bean working for over a year. I asked Vice-President Jack Straw some questions : what it's like till Q. What has been the overall ect? A. A number of students have you've worked there d their rents reduced. Many more ve bargained with their landlords, d got reductions by threatening to

Q. Do landlords discriminate ;ainst students as troublemakers? A. No more than usual, and our 'dgings bureau hasn't noticed any lange. F. FUCHS

FOLLOWING the short article on the i,ondon Technical Colleges Confer- ence Mr. Frank Fuchsgavean interest- ng interview to FELIX. He explained ;hat the LTCC was in no way a 'backdoor" to NUS and that the Conference was not directly linked with NUS. It is a forum sponsored oy NUS where technical colleges, both members and non-members of NUS could meet and discuss matters of That's always the difficulty with choosing a career; you can't Dommon interest. Mr. Fuchs, who knows several get much idea what it's really like from the outside—which members of NUS Council, said that he would like to yuggest to HCS is why Unilever is giving you a chance to getan inside view. Committee that they send observers Next vacation, from Jan 2-4, we're holding an Introduction along to an LTCC meeting. However since he had not heard from the to Industry Course in London; it's designed to cover every Chairman Chris Miller, President of the Borough Polytechnic, for some essential aspect of industry; talks, discussions, a visit to a time, he was doubtful of the outcome. When asked why he intended to factory are all on the programme. Accommodation is in a suggest this to RCS rather than hotel, and all expenses will be met. 1C Union, he explained that there had not been the oppor- For obvious reasons, places are limited.So if you're interested, tunity to present it to Council and also that he felt he knew RCS ^nd in your final year, get in touch with your Appointments Union.better than Council, of which he is a member. Officer as rapidly as possible. He'll give you an application He felt that there would be no form and all relevant details. Or write direct to:— serious objections to considering joining as it would, provide an im- portant meeting point for NUS and non-NUS technical colleges in Lon* C. R. Stewart, Esq., Personnel Division, don. The Conference would be keen for us to join as this is such an im- Unilever Limited, Unilever House, London, E.C.4 portant college. FELLX

Imperial College Union Prince Consort Rd. London, S.W.7 Internal 2881/2799 Telephones : KEN 2963 COLCL With the Board of Governors of IC no doubt deliberating on ifie appoint- ment of a successor to Sir Patrick Linstead, it might be as well to take a quick look at the recent events at LSE which have hit the headlines. LSE EDITOR C. G. HARBISON Union, home of such lost causes as CND from time immemorial, has given an ultimatum to the Director-designate of LSE, Dr. Walter Adams, demand- ing that he answer certain charges laid against him by an extremist (and judging from their pamphlet, inarticulate) group of students. If Dr. Adam's Acting Asst. Editor : Nigel Shindler Also : Stuart Barnes, Colcutt, Roger answers are unsatisfactory, then the Union will oppose his appointment. Sports Editor: Alan Robins Cooper, David Cooper, Adam Several points of interest arise from this situation. First, the Union meeting Business Manager : Richard Davies Gawronski, Paul Heath, Les Johnson, condemning Dr. Adams appears to have been badly conducted, allowing vir- Sales : Chris Palmer, Peter Mundy Geoff Lockwood, Frank Morris, Dave tually no defence of his reputation. Second, the charges made against him Asst. Sales Manager : Judith Pearson Ormiston, David Potter, Paul Smith, (tolerance of Government oppression of academic freedom, isolation from Advertising Manager : Robin Hall David Sullivan, M. K. Yu, Stephen students and staff, inefficiency and indecision) are all very poorly substantiated Cartoonist : Bob Russell Walter, Ian Williams. and most probably totally untrue. His past history clearly shows him to be What's On Editor : Ken Simpson a champion of academic freedom and the very apotheosis of a racialist. Besides, in that great bastion of freedom of political thought, is an academic appointment to be opposed on political grounds ? The charges of isolation Advertising Agency: Educational Publicity (Partners) Ltd. from students and staff are based on an unpublished report, the author of which was very quick to dissociate himself from the happenings at LSE. CHA 6081 As regards, indecision or inefficiency, surely the Board of Governors are in a £ar better position to judge Dr. Adams' personal qualities as an administra- tor than the long-haired, weirdie trouble-makers of LSE Union. This brings me to the third and final point—especially relevant to IC at the by the moment. The appointment of Director of LSE as of Rector of IC is a matter for the Board of Governors to decide, and, whilst in the case of controversial appointments, no doubt a reasoned Union view would be listened to, the editor Union has no part to play in the decision-making, and should have none. Quite apart from the fact that the Board is in a far better position to judge potential nominees, academic appointments are quite simply outside the realm of the Union's job. Imagine the furore if the Board attempted to veto the election of a particular Union President. As Lord Bridges, Chairman of the This Sporting Life LSE Board, wrote to " The Times" a week ago, it is ". . . neither necessary, nor indeed proper, that any reply should be made by LSE. . . ." The power of LSE Union has been immeasurably weakened by this hysterical outburst. Let us hope that IC is a little more grown-up than its baby sister in Houghton ..." difficult years for the Exec' ' . . "clean up Freshers' Dinners" Street. ..." Murphy Day: Public v IC." The letter published jn this issue from Roarer Redmayne is typical of Such topics were up for discussion be the result?—as Colcutt points out several complaints I have heard about my last article. I did not imply that Union last year, indeed they have come up a new Rector or the Senior Warden officials were unaware of Murray and Comptons' failure to return, and I agree. for many years ; this year they arise might decide to take matters into his Murray was about College just prior to this term, but as regards Ents., he yet again in the first weeks of term, own most capable, most responsib'e, seems to have been less than helpful, as apparently neither the Exec, nor Keith now with an added urgency in the most restricting hands. Guy were given any indication of what has been done and what has not. void following the death of Sir Patrick So why prescribe the limits of Minutes,books did not appear to exist. I agree that both Murray and Compton Linstead. What do we want from Union behaviour too strictly; isolated did a lot of good work last year, but to say because of this they are above Union life? Are we to be all poker- " incidents " will happen and it would criticism is analagous to saying that because the N.C.B. does a good job in faced, serious'-minded intellectuals take a restrictive policy to stamp general, minor incidents such as Aberfan may be overlooked. If Mr. shouldering the cares of the College, them out completely. Let us leave it Redmayne, bless him, is unable to decide whether I am him or her, why can't the country and the cosmos? Or should to Colcutt to slam whoever deserves he be like everyone else and just say " it."- we disregard our responsibilities and slamming and allow the Union to I was told the other day that R. Hayfork and His Wooden Spoon Club enjoy our freedom in drinking and continue its training process. are making Guilds a new, lightweight Mini-spanner. rough-houses? In the last few weeks there have € 9 been several " incidents " created by Shameful ! inebriated members who are out for Some Other GUYS some fun. On one occasion following an RCS Freshers' Dinner a Theta "... indebted to him all their lives " bearer had his room ransacked by was the phrase used by Lord Florey IN THE LAST ISSUE of FELIX The article was based on informat- Minesmen—no serious damage was at the Memorial Service todescribing an article was published desribing done and no one was harmed but it was the respect and gratitude due to the ion obtained from responsible and the running of the Freshers' Hop and an ugly situation for a few minutes. late Rector. Yet less than fifty stu- supposedly reliable sources and in this contained references to Mr. Jim On 9 November comes Morphy Day, dents turned up apart from those in- ignorance of the facts stated by Mr. Murray, ex-Chairman of Ets. Com- that " traditional" day for mock- vited individually. The service was Murray. The Editor regrets these er- mittee. In particular it was stated fighting and general horseplay. This widely publicised on College and rors and apologises to Mr. Murray that the bass-guitarist and the singer is an excellent opportunity for all Union notice boards. The last lec- for any embarassment the article may boisterousness to be run off and ture of the morning was cancelled so of the group 'Some Other Guys' were have caused. directed into harmless channels. that undergraduates could attend personally connected with Mr. without missing studies. It says much Murray. Mr. Murray emphatically for the responsibility of the students denies any such connection. It was THE EDITOR does not necessarily Our 'image' that less than 2 per cent of the under- also stated in several places that Mr. agree with the opinions expressed by graduates made the effort to attend ; Murray had failed his Final exams; advertisers, columnists or correspon- dents. The " sporting " events are a com- perhaps we are too complacent, too in fact he obtained' his ARCS and mon feature of Union life and why ready to accept our good fortune, merely failed to return to the Col- should there not be some levity, some which is due to the efforts of the late lege and take up his appointment as horseplay among undergraduates? Rector—or simply too lazy. Carnival Organiser. ART OF SCIENCE The products of a University: doctors, EXHIBITION lawyers, scientists, chartered engineers are respected members of society, re- sponsible, dependent members of a INTERESTED IN: world which is less kind than the QUOTATIONS principality of South Ken. The under.- LAMLEY'S MORE ENTRIES graduate life is the ideal situation to QUIZZES WANTED FOR: learn responsibility by trial and error—if you get drunk, who worries? QUAKERS technical & general Better to err now than learn the hard books Music way in the outside world ; the College Then come to the Robots is your training ground. However let us not forget our pub- art materials Inventions lic image. A Union of unreliable, Science Fiction irresponsible drunks could not work HALDANE drawing for long and would not be permitted Time Capsule for long. This sporting life can be instruments Films & Photos extremely enjoyable for all concerned LIBRARY but should its consequences be inflic- stationery ted on the general public ? Is it neces- 13 Princes Gardens sary to litter the pavements with for a book about it. paperbacks broken glass, hold a toll-gate across Final closing date Nov. 4th. Exhibition Road in the rush-hour or attempt to play football in Ken High 1.3 & 5. Exhibition Rd., Entry form r'rom Street? This kind of levity brings Open 11-7pm. daily (11-5.30) critiscism of the College, not spe- C.E. Phillips, Monday & Wednesday cifically the Union, and what might London S.W.7. 667, 'lizard Hall. FELIX 5 AS IN THE PAST the Editor will be pleased to receive letters for publica- tion. However, the right to withold In defence itUeA4 to FELIX from such letters, either in part or in toto, is reserved. Sir, Not only rubbish, but anonymous rubbish! It could not possibly be considered the responsibility of Jim STUDENTS: Addenda Murray or Brian Compton to have continued the arrangement of the MIKE damaged Freshers' hop. On failing their exams FAIR R E N TS —which failure can be largely at- Sir, tributed to their wholehearted efforts Sir, On the evening of Wednesday 26th for IC Union all last year—they pre- Sir, sumably had jobs to take up, which, You are publishing an advertise- October certain members of the Union At the first R.C.S. Union meeting even if in London, would presum- ment on the Vietnam war today. On saw fit to tamper with the uncom- this session a motion was passed, ably occupy their whole working day. a recent visit to the United States, pleted micrometer MIKE on its plinth that "all students" in flats should ap- Further, Colcutt's implication that I heard of 60 US Congressmen or in the lower Union lounge. In spite ply to the rent tribunal. It was said Union officials were not notified in Senators who have pledged support of a notice to the effect that it was un- that this would produce a pool of advance of their absence during the for the policy of withdrawal of' US finished they thought it would be coming session appears to be er- low fixed rents. troops. Senator Morse is the best clever to dismantle part of it and roneous as I saw Jim Murray in the I believe that this will not hap- know among them. A mother whose leave most of the pieces as evidence Union buildings over a week before pen, because students form too son was fighting in Vietam and who of their supreme intelligence. I per- he start of term. small a proportion of the flat-dwelling carried a sticker in her car reading sonally had never thought that even To use his (her?)own words, it is population of London. 'Support the Fighting men in Viet- students of fC would sink so low as typical of the malaise that runs It would be naive for a student nam revealed to me that whilst out- to damage their own mascot. through much of Colcutt that a large body to try and force rents down wardly she wats all support given to It has made it apparent to me that part of his comment should be devot- when it is in such a minority. The the American Commitment, at the MIKE needs protecting more from the ed to sleighting two of the Union's only effect of such a move would be ballot box she would vote for a policy lower, drunken elements of fCU than hardest workers who are not now to create a "studentbar" making it advocated by the above 60. from any external college, ft has also in a position to reply. impossible for students to find flats made me doubt whether the effort put Peace can only come by political Roderick J. Redmayne at all. Landlords and their estate- action and this makes the advertising into this project by so many people agents would soon notice that flats you have published so important. was really worthwhile, or rather Ed.; Mr. Redmayne has requested rented to students were being con- Paul Eisenklam whether the students of IC are worthy that 'On failing their exams' be sidered by the Rent Tribunal. The of it. amended to On failing to return . estate-agents would be unwilling to R. N. Conforth. send client such tenants and would veto all students.

If a student feels that his rent is excessive he could apply individual- ly to the tribunal. A register of rents fixed in the area is open for inspect- ion at the local authorities offices, so it is easy to check if an application A CAREER IN is worthwhile. A tenant is given six months security of tenure, after tlie tribunal's decision, after which time the tenant can apply for an extens- ion. The tribunal can limit the secur- ity to as little as seven days and even if a longer period is granted the landlord can apply to have it reduced if the tenants' behaviour has been unsatisfactory. For example, if he has not complied with the terms of his contract. Modern developments in the Generating Board such as Advanced Gas Cooled It seems a pity that when London Reactors and the 400 kV transmission supergrid require graduates of the highest colleges are expanded little or no calibre. Our graduate training schemes are intended for mechanical and electrical government money is directed to- wards student accommodation. engineers and honours physicists who are interested in a career in operational S.E. Bames aspects of the Board's work. The Board is carrying out a number of research programmes closely related to its engineering interests. These include such topics as plasma physics, aerodynamics, combustion studies, stress and vibration analysis, heat transfer, erosion and WE won? corrosion studies, materials research and reactor physics. Research careers are available . . . Sir, In view of the statement apparent- ly made at the last Guilds Union Meeting and also in the almost non- existent IC Union Handbook to the effect that Guilds were the winners Si MATHEMATICIANS MISTS of the 'towpath' event at Morphy Day last year, I would be pleased if you could allow me to make use of your PHYSICISTS METALLURGISTS columns to state that in fact RCS were in possesion of the pushball AS WELL AS for the whole of the event except the first ten minutes and thus there is no question but that they and not Guilds were the winners. ENGINEERS R.D. lames If you would like to learn about the Generating Board and career opportunities you will be interested in the following:— Carnival mess Visits to our Research Laboratories. Visits will be arranged for postgraduates Sir, and final year undergraduates to our Laboratories at Leatherhead, Berkeley and 1 should strongly like to recom- mend to whoever was in charge of Marchwood and to our Computing Branch during the week 2 to 6 January 1967. the Carnival squad on Saturday the Two-day Engineering Course. This will be at Headquarters in London on 2 and 3 22nd October that, if it is absolutely January 1967 for those interested in operational work. necessary to use the tennis courts for cleaning bill-boards on, that in Vacation Training. This is given in all aspects of the Boards work. Those interested future he comes to some arrange- should apply as soon as possible. ment with the tennis captain over reserving the courts in Princes University Visits. Representatives of this Industry will visit this university on Gardens. As I believe these boards CITY * CUILDS FEB. 15. PHYSICS DEPT. JAN. 27. CHEMISTRY/METALLURGY JAN. 30. MATHEMATICS FEB. 20. were being taken over to the Chemistry Dept. Might I suggest and will be pleased to meet you to discuss opportunities. they be cleaned on the car park which, is relatively free on Saturdays Further details from your Appointments Officer or W. H. F. Brooks; and where the mess created would Recruitment and University Liaison Officer, Sudbury House, 15 Newgate be free to run into the public drains. I believe the Chemistry Dept. has Street, London E.C.1. running water so that the hose would pose no problem. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD R.P. Ibbitt FELIX VIETNAM

The war in Vietnam has meant untold suffering for the country's 31 million inhabitants. Peace can only be achieved by the implement- ation of the 1954 Geneva agreement. This, necessitates an immediate cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. aircraft. Britain, as co-chairman of the Geneva Conference, must work for the carrying out of the Geneva agreement. We therefore urge the British Government to :— 1. Cease support for the U.S. presence in Vietnam. 2. Intensify its efforts to reconvene the 1954 Geneva Conference. 3. To accord the N.L.F. (Vietcong) full status as an independent negotiating body at such a conference. 4. Work towards the complete implementation of the 1954 agreements, including the reunification of Vietnam.

Dr. J. P. Astbury Mr. A. E. Lowe

Mr. N. C. Barford Miss P. R. Martins

Dr. I. Butterworth Prof. P. T. Matthews

Mr. K. Cavanagh (Pres. RCSU) Dr. C. W. A. Newey

Mr. R. Conn (Vice-Pres. RCSU) Mr. B. Parker (Hon. Sec. ICU)

Mr. R. G. Davies Mr. S. P. Patience

Dr. S. Doniach Dr. S. Raimes

Mr. A. Duke (Pres. ICU) Dr. J. L. Robinson

Dr. A. R. Edmonds Dr. S. Rose

Mr. H. Fail-brother Dr. K. H. Ruddock

Mr. J. A. Gee Mr. A. G. Siel

Dr. J. S. R. Goodlad Professor J. T. Stuarf

Mr. A. D. Greenwood Dr. D. L. Thomas

Prof. W. K. Hayman Dr. R. J. ThreffaM

Mr. J. C. de C. Henderson M.JJ. Warren (Hon. Sec. RCSII)

Dr. H. H. Hopkins Mrs. D. E. C. Wedderhurn

Dr. T. W. B. Kibble Mr. R. Wilkius FELIX 7 TOP PEOPLE Tony Duke- President of ICU

Tony Duke was elected President of ICU in June of this year. At the time the reaction of many people was ; " Who ?" Even now his genial features are none too well known, though most evenings he can be found Sir Owen in Southside bar—" I'm trying to get to know the people." During the speculation last year concerning possible candidates it was Saunders pointed out as a guide that tile Presi- dent usually came from the lower ranks of Council. Tony came in from quite a different direction so let -Ac ting us trace his rise to the Presidency. Having grown up in a rough area of Plymouth he arrived at IC with an impressive sporting record. At Rector school he was Captain of Swimming and he played Rugby for the school (Plymouth College) and the country. At IC he went straight into the 1st The sudden death of the late XV in which he still plays. His Rector Sir Patrick Linstead leaves a other social activities have included gap at the head of Imperial Col- beijig Leader of the Church Society lege's administration. The gap has and owning (and bending) sports cars, filled by Sir Owen Saunders, Pro the present one being an MG TF. Rector at Imperial College since 1964, It is now four years since Tony and now appointed Acting Rector. arrived at IC as a-» Fresher in Civ Sir Owen Saunders, has a distinguish- Eng. For the past three years (Uvo ed record both in the academic field undergraduate and one postgraduate) and in an administrative capacity, in he has been a Year Rep on Guilds' various academic bodies, inside and Council and would this year have outside the College. Born in 1904 he been GuildsV Rep on IC Council. was schooled at Emmanuel School A knowledge of Council procedure he and Birkbeck College, London. He considers to be " not essential "; what entered Trinity College, Cambridge does matter is that he has a great as an undergraduate and there be- ' understanding of the general layout— came a Senior Scholar. His long as- probably best obtained from outside. sociation with Imperial College began Tony comes to the Presidency with when be was appointed to a Lecture- an open mind, probably as a result ship in Applied Mathematical Physics the groups within the departments of not working previously on Coun- in 1932. Academically his work has and a more fluid motion of ideas cil which can have a restricting in- been centred on Applied Thermo- between these groups must be aim- fluence. The accomplishments of the dynamics and in particular heat ed at. The broadening of Imperial Union and its present state he finds transfer. Made Professor of Mechan- College can be achieved, too, by in- satisfactory but he feels that there is ical Engineering and Head of the corDorating new schools within the a lack of pride in the Union, an in- Department in 1946. he became College. In this sense, the Acting sufficient loyalty to it. To him it Dean of City and Guilds College in Rector will continue to work, as Sir seems that there are far too few active 195S. Patrick ^instead did, for an amalgam- members ; all that is needed is for everyone to support one or two clubs While the function of Sir Owen ation with the School oi the or organisations really actively and Saunders appointment is to bridge' Architectural Association. In general, the Acting Rector de- there would be a great improvement gap before a permanent appointment m reply to the suggestion that scribed himself as a liberal. He would in the Union's strength. Probably this is made, his task is not a light one, many undergraduates treat imperial like to minimize compusion on stud- support could come equally from (-.ouege as an educational iactory, and the College is going through a ents but attract them by stimulation. undergrads and P.GS.—the latter rather than participating more fully stage of vast development and re- Above all Imperial College is a col- could help greatly by bringing in their in the lite or the College, Sir Owen organisation. He sees this task as lege of a university, containing a experience and responsibility while maintaining the momentum of the thought that there were three ways w-ide range of sciences which should the former have great scope available change and the policies introduced to remedy this; much of which is interlock with and stimulate each to them. by the late' Rector. It would be dis- already provided. The Halls of Re- other. It contains postgraelnates and This is a difficult year for the Exec, sidence must be expanded, eventual- astrous, and ill-fitting too, to the undergraduates, mutually depent : a the President sees danger to the ly to absorb more students. Resid- memory of Sir Parick Linstead, to large ratio of postgraduates is neces- Union's freedom from " empire encial life will then be the centre allow the pace of the College's pre- sary to achieve a high academic builders " and fears that a new Rector sent development to lag. The Act- of tne College outside academic af- standard, but without the undergrad- might be less permissive than was the ing Rector compared himself to a fairs. Those living in digs will then uate the College would degenerate late Sir Patrick Linstead. It is a caretaker Government, and while his naturally gravitate to the Residences into a Research Institution. year for the Union to demonstrate hands are not bound, not a great deal for a corporate cultural and social its solidarity and responsibility, can be initiated in the interim period life. " though I don't mind a little horse- before a new Rector is appointed. Secondly, Imperial College provid- play." Whatever happens Tony Duke His job is to see that the present de- es and should provide a wide range feels that the Union will run happily. velopment is carried through with of social and cultural facilities; vigour. In particular, the Sports whether the student uses them is Centre, the new College Block- another matter. All that can be done both started in October 1964—and here is to see they exist and to help the new Halls of Residence will be them flourish. advanced to completion. Thirdly a greater contact with Sir Owen's view of Imperial Col- other Colleges of London University lege is that it has a 'twin role' to could be achieved. London Univers- fulfill. It is an institute to produce ity as a whole provides a vast range specialists, specialists that a techno- of activities. logically based community requires, A general complaint of British and for this it must be a centre of Universities is that the undergraduate academic excellence, holding a courses are too specialised, and re- special, if not unique, position in strikted .directly to their own British training and research. In ad- discipline. This, in particular, is a dition, die College must' provide a problem at Imperial College where 'University Education'—in the broad a high academic level must be sense cf the term—to produce future achieved within a ,3 year under- leaders of industry and business who graduate course. Sir Owen would like may move completely outside their to see the undergraduate courses own specific discipline. It contains a broadened so that students may defer broad spectrum of discipline from the their decision to specialise in a giv- Pure to the Applied—Mathematic to en direction till the end of their first Engineering—and to help to achieve yea-. Some departments are anxious this latter role, greater contact to see this change although others between the departments, between fear a lowering of standards. CROSSWORD Clues Across I Almost a giggle from the goose! 19 Colourful fruit at point blank (6) range. (6) 4 Does the pianist play this by ear? 20 Many get the wind up in this Hardly! (5) vessel. (5) 7 Spoil a most singular planet. (3) 21 Ill-treatment if you make the 8 A profit of 501-6-500? Put an end short sailor use it. (5) to it then. (8) 23 Fifteen ? Could be, but certainly 9 Set loose for nothing ... (4) conscious. (5) 1Z . . ., as the Romans used to say. 24 A point from twenty across. (4) (5) 14 He tops the bill each night. Only one,- though ? (4) 16 Don't work on this one. (7) 17 A sporting arbitrator. (7) S.D.WALTER 18 Pack in a suitable place. (4) 20 Brewer is muddled, as yet, but growing! (5) 22 Estimate a measure of speed. (4) 25 " Eine Kleine Nachtmusi'k," by Crossword Chopin ? No, but the right idea! (8) 26 Equipment for a small cat, com- Result of monly. (3) 27 An heraldic wave-top, perhaps. (5) 28 Make certain of getting this one. No 235 (6) Clues DOwn 1 Bub small particles roughly in the fireplace ? (5) 2 The perfect cure for headaches? How cutting! (10) 3 Expel six in a headless sect. (5) 4 Birds do this to stop getting ruffled. (5) 5 Subtract and almost infer. (6) ... 6 A second string ? Certainly not! (6) 7 It's a mistake to cover a lady's hands. (4) 10 Cook those changed rotas! (5) The 10/- for the best Crossword goes this week to S.D. Walter of Maths. II The Spanish bow—in the arm. (5) 1. The Crossword is judged by the Editorial Board, whose decision is 13 In a Latin test I need inspira- final. The Board reserve the right to hold over to a succeeding issue any tion ; the appendix, perhaps ? (10) Crossword submitted. Entries must be received by the Wednesday before 14 How to direct an ox. (5) 15 On this ? Luok out then ! (6) publication. 18 It's still found from attics in con- fusion. (6)

Some might call him a zebra. To me he's Socrates. Matches the scarf, too. Difficult in the digs. But not at Martins. They understand. They're so friendly at Martins—especially to students. MARTINS Martins have an especial knowledge of a student's need to budget grants and allowances carefully which is why so BANK many students find it worthwhile to open an accountat.Martins. Martins go to extremes to be helpful LIMITED FELIX

IC Methodist Soc. Debate "This House Wishes That Guy Fawkes Had Suc- Folk Club ceeded. 16.30 Hinde St. Methodist WEDNESDAY 2 Church, Manchester Sq., Wl. Folk Concert Featuring The Young Presbyterian and Congregational Soc. Tradition. 3/-, 5/- and bar. Upper Christianit yand Medicine by Dr. Refectory, 19.30. WHAT'S ON P. Backus Whitefields Memorial THURSDAY 3 Church, Tottenham Court Road, FELIX 12.45 Press Room. Wl. 16.00. Irish Rover Crew : Safety on Mountains, Catholic Chaplaincy. Social Evening. Ill Gower Street. 20.00. The McPeake family, a traditional 303 Mines, 12.35. Irish folk group, brought a new and Wells Soc. Art of Science. Exhibition. Exploration Society Travelling with MONDAY 7 1C Union Meeting. Concert Hall, enjoyable tvpe of music to I.C. when Judging of Music entries. Room the News, Room 303 Mines 17.10 Flying Club ULU 19.30. 13.15. they were the guests at the first Folk 220, Mech Eng. 19.30. Dancing ,Club. Intermediate Latin TUESDAY 8 Song Club meeting. Despite only Gliding Club 254 Aero, 17.45. Anglican Chaplaincy, Eucharist, 08.30. American 20.45 to 22.00 Concert Fencing Club Trials. ULU Badminton half of their normal complement of Dancing Club : Beginners Ballroom, six being able to appear, they gave a Concert Hall. Hall. Court 18.30. 19.30 to 20.45. Upper Refectory varied, and, judging by the applause, THURSDAY 10 WEDNESDAY 16 Inter Faculty Christian Union. Gen- an extremely well received perform- International Relations Club/Political FELIX Staff meeting. 12.45 Press Folk Concert featuring Nigel Denver, eral Committee Meeting, Council ance. The combination of an original Societies Council. The American presentation of Folk Music seasoned Room. 4/-, 3/- and bar. Upper Refectory Room ULU 19.00. Political System : David Moore. by traditional Irish wit, produced General Studies. It there a limit to 19.30. WEDNESDAY 9 splendid entertainment for the Club. Physics Building, 20.00. progress (contd.) (arranged by Wells Anglican Chaplaincy, Eucharist 08.30 English Folk Dancing Soc. School of FRIDAY 4 Martin Beer, a new member of the Soc.). Trades Unions within the Concert Hall. Pharmacy Brunswick Sq. 19.30. Folk Club introduced the evening, Films. Hitchcocks "The Birds" and Modern State. Fuels, Brains Trust Conservative Society. Commonwealth North America Club Films of some followed by an older resident. Steve "Conquering the World's Highest arranged by IC Chemical Engine- Grant, whose songs varied from the Comm. Guest Sneaker, Sir Alec of the U.S.A.'s National Parks. unaccompanied traditional to those of Peak," 19.30 Concert Hall. ering Society. Douglas-Home, at ULU. 19.30 at UC. Derek Hall. Unabashed by their lack Folk and Square Dancing : Snack Bar Wells Soc. Is there a limit to Pro- THURSDAY 17 THURSDAY 10 of numbers, the McPeake family con- 19.30 to 22.30, Beginners welcome. tinued until the interval. An Irish gress, by Mr. E. F. Schumacher, FELIX Staff Meeting. 12.45 Press Christian Science Organisation. Room Selkirk Party. 20.00 onwards. Wine, harp and Killien pipes—a form of Lecture 2 13.30. Films, Things Room. 3A ULU 20.00. beer, spirits, women, free. Irish bagpipes played with bellowsand to come, the first men in the Moon. "Guide Working Party" by a Guide Folk Song Club. Peggy Seeger and operated by the elbow—produced a SUNDAY 6 Room 220, Mech Eng, 19.30 Tickets, Commissioner Rover Crew 303 Ewan MaColl. Members 3/- non novel sound for two instrumental, Catholic Students Mass followed by while cuitar and banio were used to 1/- members, 2/6 non members from Mines 12.35. members 5/-. Middlesex Hospital social. Little Oratory, Cromwell accompany traditional songs. Committee. General Studies. Collective Bargain Medical School. Cleveland St.. Wl. Road, 07.30. Locai College talent resumed the Rover Crew. Crew Summer activities ings Response to Automation's South side of GPO tower. 20.00. evening after the interval. The While Anglican Chaplaincy. Eucharist, 09.00. 1966. 12.35 303 Mines. Challenge. FRIDAY 11 City Ramblers moved through some Evensong, 19.30, St. Augustines, CND Neocolonialism in Vietnam by Conservative Society. Annual Dinner, University of London Natural History well known melodies, followed by Queen's Gate. Ivor Grayson-Smith, in good form Malcolm Caldwell. Main Botany Union Dining Hall, 7 for 7.30 p.m. Soc. Nov. 11/12/13 Trip to Gibral- MONDAY 7 after his illness. Sheila Henrywood Theatre, 13.15. Tickets, 25/-. ter Point Nature Reserve. Lines. and Steve Grant. Christian Union. Colossians 1, The Dancing Club, Beginners Ballroom, Gliding Club. 254 Aero, 17.45. Leader J. S, Harrison. Numbers The McPeake family returned to Supremacy of Christ. Rev. K. H. 19.30 to 20.45, Upper Refectory. Dancing Club. Beginners Ballroom, limited. complete the evening; their repertoire Hooker. Room 266 Aero. 13.10. extended by tin-whistle and bones (a Gliding Club, 254 Aero, 17.45. 19.30 to 20.45 Upper Refectory. John Clifford Soc. Annual Weekend Joint Christian Societies. The Col- traditional form of spoons). Both Corsrr-'r^'T Society, Rt. Hon. FRIDAY 18 Conference. St. George's Place their traditional songs and instrumen- oured Community. Rev. Wilfred Quintin Hogg, OC, M.P, Kensing- Folk and Square Dancing, Snack Bar, Baptist church Canterbury. Speaker tal produced loud applause, to the ex- Wood. 303 Mines 13.10. .»p Town Hall, 20.00. 19.30 to 22.30. Beginners welcome. Rev. Michael Walker. "Trends in tent that the end of their performance was protracted by overwhelming en- Wells Soc. Dinner, Union Upper Re- modern Theology." FRIDAY 11 cores. fectory. Lounge Suits, 19.00 .Tickets FoiK and Square Dancing, Snack Bar, SATURDAY Vi An excellent start to the term was from Mrs. V. Burdess E.E. P.G. and 19.30 to 22.30. Beginners welcome. Inter Faculty Christian Union. Mis- undoubtably produced for the Folk Committee. Club. For those unfortunate to miss Wells Soc. Art of Science Exhibition. sionary Conference. Bedford Col- Dancing Club. Beginners Ballroom. it, the next concert will feature the Wine and Cheese Party. Will enable ULU lege 16.30 Young Tradition. 19.30 to 20.45. Beginners Latin exhibitors to meet the judges, 19.30. SUNDAY 13 American, 20.45 to 22.00 Concert Tickets, 7/6 from Committee. C of E in University of London, Hall. SATURDAY 12 WEDNESDAY 2 Christ the King Church. Gordon TUESDAY 8 Organisation for Social Service. Work English Folk Dancing Society. School Sq. 08.00 Holy Communion, 09.30 Pooh: a FELIX Staff meeting. 12.45 Press party for weekend, 12-13 Nov. See of Pharmacy, Brunswick Sq. 19.30. University Eucharist and Sermon, Room. notice Southside. THURSDAY 3 19.30 Evening Service and Univer- General Studies. Across Two Cul- SUNDAY 13 Marxist Soc. The English Revolution. sity Sermon, 20.30 Evening Eu- tures 5. Music and the Two Cul- chump? Catholic Students Mass followed by Ian MacCalman. LSE 13.00. charist. tures ? The Logic of the Emotions. social. 07.30, Little Oratory, Crom- Debating Society. Assembly Hall selling" Mr. Anthony Mann. Hinde Catholic Society Mats. 12.35, 11 The Pooh Club, on its fourth Ex- well Road. 19.30 "There is two much litter in St. Methodist Church, Manchester puotition, wont to the Ancient Roman Princes Gardens. Anglican Chaplaincy. Eucharist, literature and sin in the cinema." Sq. Wl. 16.00. City of Verulainium in search of a Wells Society. Is there a limit to 09.00. Evensong, 19.30 St. Augis- Hellenic Soc. General Meeting. ULU Catholic Chaplaincy. Literature and National Poohsticlcs Bridge, and was progress? by Mr. E. F. Schumachen. declared to be "the Biggest Load of tine's Queen's Gate. 19.30. Society by Terry Eagleton. |111 13.30 First of two lectures. Chumm I've ever seen" l)v a self- MONDAY 14 Christian Science Organisation. Room Gower St. 20.00. appointed spokesman for the local Films : War of the Worlds, The Time Christian Union. Do All Roads 3A ULU 20.00. Presbyterian and Congregational Soc. Residents Assoshiation. Machine. Room 220 Mech Eng. Notwithstanding, it was a Good Lead to God? by Ed Reis. Room FRIDAY 4 Film of a visit to the Holy Land. Game, The match was won by the 19.30 Tickets 1/- members, 2/6 non Regent Sq. Presbyterian Church, 266 Aero 13.10. John Clifford Soc. Group Discussions ex-officio chairman, who dropped his members from committee. Joint Christian Societies, Mrs. Parry, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church Wakefield St. WC1. 20.00. last stick at 5.30 p.m., by the light Railway Society. Professor E. R. " Teilhard de Chardin " 303 Mines. Shaftesbury Ave. WC 2 19.00. MONDAY 14 of tlie Cat's well buttered Mini. Laithwaite, Presidential address. 13.10 Joint Chaplaincies Dinner Film Soc. "Gigi" 19.15 ULU. Bridge. Duplicate Pairs Contests. Room 554, Mech. Eng, 17.40. Southside Refectory, 19.30. Inter Faculty Christian Union Eastern ULU games room, 18.15. 1CWA Sherry Party, ICWA Lounge, Dancing Club. Beginners Ballroom, Lecture, 19.30 Alliance Club. Flying Club ULU 19.30. 18.00 All Icwariam welcome. 19.10 to 20.45 Beginners Latin SATURDAY 5 TUESDAY 15 Advertise Free American, 20.45 to 22.00. Hop. Malet Street 3/6d. 19.30 to 23.00. 'History of the .Mormon Church" at Dancing Club. Intermediate Ball- Wells Soc. After the Moon by Prof. Inter Faculty Christian Union. Bible North America Club, ULU 19.30 YOU CAN advertise free of charge in Felix, subject to certain conditions. room. 19.30 to 20.45. Intermediate Humanist Soc. " The Handicapped Sir Harrie Massey. Room 408 Reading, Rev. H. M. Carson. Bed- Our WHAT'S ON column is open to Latin American. 20.45 to 22.00 Elec. Eng. 19.30. ford College 19.30. Child " Mr. Peter Henderson. everyone at Imperial College, though Concert Hall. TUESDAY 15 SUNDAY 6 WEDNESDAY 16 particularly to club organisers, to advertise events to which any student WEDNESDAY 9 English Folk Dancing Soc. School of FELIX Staff meeting, 12.45 Press C of E In University of London. of IC may go. Private individuals Engineering Soc. Visit BBC t.v. Room. Christ the King Church, Gordon Pharmacy, Brunswick Sq. 19.30. may take advantage of this service Centre, 13.15 General Studies, Across Two Cultures Sq. 08.00 Holy Communion 09.30 THURSDAY 17 only at the discretion of the edtloral board, under whose scrutiny all word- Methodist Society. Communion Ser- Debate. "John Bull's Term of Office 6. Prehistoric Anotolia. Aspects University Eucharist and Sermon. ing must pass. Please address to vice, Main Botany Lecture Theatre, of Jazz. 119.30 Evening Service and Uni- in Northern Ireland Must be Termi- What's On, delivered to (he Felix Rev. Neville Ward, all Christians Catholic Society Mass, 12.35, 11 versity Sermon. 20.30 Evening Eu* nated." Assembly Hall ULU 19.30. pigeonhole in the Union rack by Tuesday week before publication. welcome. 13.15. Princes Gardens. charist. Christian Science Organisation. Room 3A ULU 20.00.

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WOW SHOWING GUILDS -CZECH FOR A SEASON ASTORIA CHARING CROSS ROAD; Tel. GERrard 5385 Performances Daily: achieve what we set out to do. In Mats. 3.0 p.m. Eves. 8.15 p.m. EXCHAN GE fact, it did mean a great deal in Sundays: 4.30 p.m. and 7.45 p.m terms of personal friendships mem- Circle : 20/- 15/6 bers of our group established. We Stalls : 12/6 10/6 7/6 did get the unique opportunity of ed and showed them a great deal of seeing the Communist community at A .PAUL CZINNER PRODUCTION by our institution. After London the work and play. Language diffcultiee Czechs were taken to Cardiff where were enormous and certainly made THE they saw the Steel Co. of Wales. a lot of difference in the standard of Tidu This industrial visit was of special intellectual conversation. What we ROYAL BALLET interest to the Czechs since they were. discoveied on the whole was that the all engineering students. Ex. Guilds Czechs were friendly people, but . MARGOT // RUDOLF Malni President Dai Howell, who now lacked humour. This is something FONTEYN NUREYEV ~ works there, used his influence which we hope we gave them in- V* This year saw the first internation- to obtain trantlators and after- dividually and certainly as a group. al exchange visit organised by the wards tea. This was followed I am certain that we made more C. & G. Union. by a tour of the countryside friends than enemies. Ten Czech students arrived in and a beautiful day by the sea near I have been asked a great deal Romeo London in June for the first part of the Gower. From Wales we went to about future trips and the costs of the trip. The students (7 girls, 13 Coventry where we saw the 'hese visits. On this my opinion is boys) were led by Senior Lecturers Cathedral and Community Centre. purely personal. These exchanges are in Civil Engineering. All efforts were This was followed by trips to invaluable; but either a) learn their made to familiarise the Czechs with Stratford-on-Avon and Oxford language, or b) go to countries where DAVID DESMOND the English way of life from the very University. English is spoken e.g. Scandinavia „ BLAIR DOYLE beginning of the trip. The majority ana U.S.A. Finance—the trip can if* JUL! A MICHAEL FARROW SOMES of the people had never been out of cost a great deal—we contributed their country and the ones who had Guilds personally for the visit and I think travelled had been only to Russia. we could slightly increase this con- SERGE PROKOFIEV/I Therefore this trip had very special tribution, and also get more help goes ChoreoQraphv byl significance. from Industry. Finally, these trips KENNETH MACMILLANI ought to have a definite timetable Scenery and Costumt abroad printed well ahead of the trip, dis- NICHOLASl 6EORGI ADISJ Seven of our students then went cussed and agreed by the two The Orchestra of Czechs trie Royal Opart Hows* to Czechoslovakia—the trip was very Universities involved. I am fully in Covant Gar similar in plan though their ideas were favour of such visits provided the Produced and a bit different. During our stay we financial burden be shifted from the Diracted toy in PAUL CZINNER saw a gieat deal of the country and Union to Inunstry. met very many students—we saw In conclusion, on behalf of the Ex England some very interesting plays using President and members of the ex- rather advanced drama techniques change, I would like to, thank C and The visitors were shown around which to the best of our knowledge G Union. Centralians, I.C. Union for had not reached London. SPECIAL London extensively by members of their kind help and trust in us to CONCESSIONS the College. Trips included sight- It is very diffcult to accurately as- carry through the first, and I hope POR PARTIES Of as OR OVER seeing, shopping, theatres and visits sess the significance of such an ex- not the last, exchange with a foreign K9 to Dubs The staff kindly co-operat- change However, it did almost University.

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SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO NATIONAL FIREFLY WEEK Fireflies and wind at the Spot the ball as I.C. attack. Welsh Harp.

Winners And... THE COLLEGE made news in the field of sailing, during the NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC summer, by winning National Firefly Week, held at Felixstowe Ferry Y.C. John Pattissou, an eighteen -year-old 1st year, sailed the TAKEN TO EXTRA TIME College's new 5Vfk. II Firefly, "Petnla," to gain four wins during the week—thus taking the maximum number of points and producing I.C. 7 : NORTHERN POLYTECHNIC 4. the most overwhelming victory for years. Scorers for I.C.: Easteel 3 Hopwood 3 Sauire 1. Beginners "OVERCONFIDENCE IS THE ally of defeat." Thi; was cert- THE CLUB HELD its preliminary trials on Saturday, 15th October in ainly true at Harlington last Saturday when I.C. stumbled to the bright sun and good wind, which is rather unusual for the Welsh Harp. brink of defeat, only just managing to scramble back from the abyss Eighteen people, mostly Freshers, sailed in four races during the morning, and go through to the second round of the U.L.U. Cup Competition. and showed great promise. The standard of racing was unusually high for The difference between the two teams was only apparent in fitness, such an event, and there appeared to be no one who had not raced previously— footbuiiwise neither had anything to offer—when the teams tried ten goals though some were hampered by unfamiliarity with Fireflies and the " Harp." were scored in forty minutes, including fifteen minutes of blind mans Team racing practices will be held on Saturdays, and the club hopes to be bull in near darkness. able to field some very strong teams. The game started oft in a scrappy fashion, and continued in a similar Sailing lessons for novices will be held on Wednesdays, thus giving the vein foi the first hour; the only real -iit'orts, for I.C., coming from Taylor, club even more talent, in the future. This Easter a cruising holiday on the at half hack. Northern Polytechnic opened the scoring when slack marking North Sea is planned—details will be appearing on the notice board, in the by the l.C. defence allowed on' inside forward to scramble to ball home. near future. The exhausted state of the opposition slowly began to show in the second half, as I.C. gradually began to predominate. Eventually flashes of I.C. Sharp ability from Eastell produced three goals in as many minutes, putting I.C. in the lead. The third goal, from thirty yards, bulged the back of the net Commodore I.C.S.C. before the keeper had moved. It said much for the courage of the Northern Poly team that in the last four minutes they came back from near defeat and forced I.C. to extra Sports Shorts time. The college defence was again easily pierced and the match entered a half hour extra time with the score three all. The gallant Northern team could not summon up the reserves of energy PURPOSE of spirit to beat their superiors in fitness, and I.C. scored four mors gciils in extra time, coming frem Hopwood, Eastell and Squire, to the opponent's The chief purpose at his page is one. to give an overall picture of the Col- EXHAUSTED I.C.will indeed be relieved to get through this round after coming so lege sporting scene. This may be c'fwe to ignominious defeat. Firmer control is needed in midfield, bv the somewhat dominated by the 'big' wing halves and inside forwards—someone with the ability to read the clubs, but there is room for every- I.C.4 — QJE.C. 0 game woulH be welcome. one,—so reports etc. will be greatly The fighting spirit and the will to win at all cost is necessary in every appreciated. game, when I.C. leam and practise this thev will be n better team AFTER AN HOUR of -hockey, eleven exhausted Icwarians stagger- PROJECT ed victoriously from the field, hav- ing beaten Q.E.C. 4-0. This was the Ntxt issue there will be a full first game of the season, and as page report on the Underwater training matches were only ten Club's summer exhibition—mainly minutes each way, the tiredness was relying on pictorial content. It is hop- not sumrismg. Though the game was ed to run similai articles on other somewhat untidy, the victory was 'big events. very worthwhile. To combat the lack of fitness, the intensity of training it to be doubled, and coupled with the arrival of several promising fresheis, the season should be quite successful. What about a supporters' club ? FELIX M. Paluch Small Ads Sorry!

Apologies to the Rugby Club for When the pressure's on, strange things can happen. FELIX small ads. from 8d. per line. the truncation of your report— For more details contact Adman normal service will be resumed as Photographs by D. Cooper Robin Hall via FELIX rack. soon as possible. Actually thuogh, iy was a Printers' error over which I have little, or no control. Report by R. Grundy A. Robins 2 FELIX WEEKEND CARNIVAL WEEK POP CONCERT?

FELIK This year's Carnival Board intends Phil Marshall, Vice-President of DEADLINE to hold a " gigantic concert" next Guilds, is trying to organise an auc- March, in the Albert Hall, lerry tion to be held in the Union. He Stockbridge, the Carnival Co-ordin- wants articles such as cars, tape-re- ator has contacted the manager of the corders, record-players, in fact, any- hall and is confident that the proposal thing of reasonable value. The aim is is practicable. If this were to come to sell the articles—if necessary with off. Carnival would have the choice a reserve price—for the students. Car- of either a concert of classical music nival taking a percentage as commis- which involves hiring an orchestra sion for the service. Contact him at and charging high ticket prices or a Guilds Union Office or I.C. Rack. pop concert which would certainly attract more students but would need insurance and extra staffing if a big name group were obtained. Accord- ing to estimates supplied by the OSS R.A.H., a pop concert might produce takings of £2,400 at normal prices— i.e. maximum of 1 guinea. It is hoped WEEKEND that the concert will be held in early March. Carnival Week will be May 6—13, PROJECT the possibility of holding it in March was discussed—a FELIX survey, last An O.S.S- working party recently year, showed that the end of the Eas- completely redecorated one room of ter Term was the most popular period an elderly couple's flat. This was the for Carnival—but this has been re- first weekend project carried out by jected in view of the present policy O.S.S., the newly-formed college so- to extend Carnival over the whole ciety which arranged for bands of year and use Carnival Week as the volunteers to undertake projects in last fling before exams. In keeping the Kensington and Notting Hill with this policy it was proposed that areas. film shows, concerts, etc., be held in The project arose in a fairly typical March and the Easter term in general way. The need for redecoration, while still retaining important events with its attendant boost to morale, was Professor Sir Willis Jackson such as the Carnival Hop and the first noticed by an organisation for fete until .May. It is unlikely that a social work, and they passed the re- Carnival Profession will be allowed quest on to O.S.S. The Ministry of this year as a result of a bye-law for- Social Security provided the neces- bidding processions. sary equipment and materials and Jackson Committee everyone concerned gave their services free. Similar projects will continue through the session and anyone wish- WELLS SOC: ing td offer his or her services will be on manpower welcome. As projects are arranged, lists to be signed by volunteers will appear on the O.S.S. notice board, COSMOLOGY which may be fond at boot level By 1908 it is predicted that for the the "student tends to enter univers- near the lower refectory. South Side. first time in recent history, the ity already convinced that research number of scientists required in is the goal worth setting his heart Looking at the stars without a You can help O.S.S. to help others Britain will be greater than the on". It was this view whic'i Profes- telescope! Professor Bondi in his by being involved yourself. number of engineers. This is one of sor Laithwaite attacked at a recent lecture to Wells Soc. presented and the conclusions of the Jackson Com- meeting of the Eng. Soc. In his explained some of the basic thones mittee report on Manpower Resourc- opinion graduates needed for re- Oi tlio Universe. es which was published recently. search were being lost to industry Speaking to a very large audience, In reply to a question on the idea where their talents were wasted. The committee was reporting a he showed how from a few classic- of an expanding Universe, he said comprehensive survey of the deploy- Jackson Committee Report on Man- al physics' concepts the modern this was really a misnomer. It is ment of technically qualified people. power Resources for Science and model of the Universe is built up: true that the distant stars are reced- Technology H.M.S.O. 5/6d. The committee, which was headed ing at tremendous speeds but not Swann Committee Report on Man- how the elements were formed and by Professor Sir Willis Jackson, Head into a void. This would contradict power Parameters for Scientific why their natural distribution is as of Eiec. Eng., also produced the first one of the basic ideas of the Universe Growth. H.M.S.O. 3/-. it is. The concept of time as seen study of tire employment of technical which states that it is completely supporting staff. by classical physics (time is revers- ible) and as seen by thermodynamics uniform. This shows how difficult it The figures for 1968 are based on (time not reversible) and how these is to picture the modem idea of the the results of enquiries made to in- concepts fit into the picture of the Universe. dustry on their requirements and are, SCRUTINY' Universe as we see it; the reason However, Professor Bondi was as »uch, only estimates. The output why a gyroscope keeps a set position extremely clear in his presentation of of scientists from universities for that with respect to the distant stars and the complex ideas liehind modem year would have to be 14,000 while how it is postulated that the distant cosmology which led to a stimulating 12,000 engineering graduates are re- WOUND discussion after his lecture. quired. This is 24% in excess of the stars are moving away from us at a foreseeable numbers and could only speed proportional to their distance. be met by redeployment from other sectors. UP Another revealing fact produced in the report is that although during the period 1963-66, there has been an SEEING THE RISK increase of 35% in the numbers of THE POOR ATTENDANCE at this heat or cold and even prolonged con- engineers employed in teaching at At the Social Clubs Committee year's Safety Lecture was extremely stancy of temperature are likely to university level, at school level, meeting on October 25th, it was de- disappointing, only about fifty of all cause concentration to flag and in- where students are choosing their cided to wind up SCRUTINY, the the undergraduates, postgraduates, crease the likelihood of accidents. careers, there has been only a 5% Committee's magazine. The reason technicians and staff of the college However, in many cases, machinery increase in the number of engineers given for this was that it was im- bothering to attend. Even despite can be built to concentrate the atten- employed. possible to obtain sufficient advertis- the poor publicity, considering tion of the operator on important in- On the same day, the Swann Com- ing : it was suggested that the literary the the fact that the workshops and struments or on dangerous parts of mitee Report on Manpower Para- geniuses of S.C.C. should apply their laboratories of the college contain no the machinery to help stop the mind meters showed that from the 4,000 talents to PHOENIX, which at the fewer dangers than a modern factory, wandering from them. engineers and 9.000 seientists who a greater attendance would have been moment has no editor to accept or Much work remains to be done on graduated in 1965. 19.6"', of the expected. reject their efforts. Apparently the subject, which is increasingly engineers and 34.2% of the scientists PHOENIX has plenty of advertising The lecture, entitled " Seeing the more important as more complex went on to IlighiT studies and re- but "could use more cn]>\ ' in view Risk," was given by Dr. R. B. machinery is introduced into industry, search. 5.1% of the scientists left the of these facts, the motion to wind up Buzzard, who said that most acci- but at any rate, as Dr. Buzzard in- country, as did 5.9% of the engineers. SCRUTINY was passed by a con- dents are cause by lapses in con- formed us I.C. has a safety record to Tiie committee, of which Profes- siderable majority. centration and not by slow reflexes as be proud of (despite the attendance sor M. M. Swann, Principal of had once been thought. Extremes of at his lecture). Edinburgh University, was chairman, criticised the present system in which Published by C. G. 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