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UNION NEWS No. 216 LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION FRESHERS EDITION Friday, 28th September, 1962 Price 3d. Plea from Lodgings Warden brings great response from Leeds public ALL BUT ONLY JUST Major Lodgings WHITHER NOW? Leeds Girl Takes Over Newspaper Crisis A verted Changes Will Be Made By the News Editor UE to a big response to appeals for JJR IN G IN G out the first Student News of the session almost single-handed this week is last Dlodgings from Leeds townspeople, there year’s Union Senior Vice-President Mary Squire, will be no tents on the Moor this year. who got the job as editor Last week it had been feared that more in August after she left Leeds, having graduated than 120 students would begin the term in history. without a roof over their heads. Editing Student News is only part of her job, however. But the situation is still very serious. Yester Her proper title is N.U.S. Pub licity Officer, and this in day, Miss Carol Abell, the Men’s Lodgings Warden, cludes organizing the Student said that although she even had a few more places Journalist Conference once a year, and editing the Student than she needed for British students, there were Guide to London and other still a number of overseas students without lodg annual booklets, as well as Student News, which is the ings. About 70 have not yet contacted her, and N.U.S.’s official newspaper. there are over 100 who have been accepted by the The first Leeds person to do University but have not confirmed that they are the job, she is not the first woman. Twenty-three-year-old coming. Mary, who comes from Swan sea, takes over from David MARY SQUIKE All women students have been found places. Harris, who has been Publi city Officer for the past reporter asked her. “ I inteid Much of the accommodation is only temporary eighteen montho. to try and n^ak'e it look m or One difficulty will be her like a newspaper,” she said, however. Appeals from pulpits a fortnight ago had lack of any previous journal- “ At present it is rather quiet a great effect, and bedding has been made available istic experience, although and ljke a magazine rather by the Yorkshire Association of Baptist Churches. while she was at Leeds, she than ' a newspaper/' Also wrote for Union News and planned are a regular arts This will be used for housing overseas students in Gryphon occasionally. page and a column about Weetwood Pavilion should the need arise. students in parliament. She also wants to include much AssistUKlCC more news than in the past. As for the other parts of However, she is confident her job, she says quite simply she will manage, for she has that “ N.U.S. must be known, expert advice and assistance This means more contacts, This is what it’s like. Fortunately most freshers won’t now close at hand from her wider publicity, etc.” have to wander the streets as soon as they arrive to start journalist fiance, She is not sure what she their university course. But there will still be a few, who, MacArthur who works on the would like to do career-wise like him, will have the beginning of their careers marred by Yorkshire Post. eventually, but she thinks it the Government’s failure to provide an adequate educational She works virtually single- will probably be something to policy for the nation. handed at present, but the do with public relations work, publicity department is ex panding so fast that she thinks she will have to have an assistant fairly soon, or IN THIS ISSUE alternatively divide the job M I S S A B E L L MRS. SLEDGE between two people — one Room at the Top . Men’s Warden Women’s Warden Manchester may become being editor of Student News This is Union News . and the other publicity officer. Your Voice in the Union . But there is promise of lodgings from a very Student News only started News ................................. large number of university staff, which could solve “ Slum University” in 1958, but it has a national Health and the Student circulation of 50,000 and The Reason Why .... the problem. comes out eight times a year PRESSURE of numbers at Manchester University at a penny a time. Learning to Feel...................8 Most of the temporary accommodation will has now become so great that the intake of This is Your C ity ...................9 What sort of policy would S p o r t......................................10 only be available for a few weeks, but by then freshers has been limited this year for the first she follow? Had she any Miss Abell estimates that enough permanent room time. Heads of depart changes in mind? our will have been found elsewhere. ments have been told to cut down on their num Clearing House “ We shall probably manage to muddle through Official Outfitters ber of admissions. Opens WITHIN this year,” she said, “ but what on earth shall we The Registrar, Mr. Vincent to Leeds Q P E N IN G this month is do next year? ” Two hundred and fifty or more Knowles, blamed the Govern EASY ment for the fact that the the long-needed and long- University Union extra freshers are due in October, 1964. university could not expand awaited clearing house for its numbers either this year university applications. REACH ^ The Tie House of the North. or next. Senior Vice-President of the Union, Paula Applicants will send one FOR YOUR Over 500 different designs always in O’Neill, commenting on the situation, said it was He warned that before form to this central office, stock including the full range of numbers were increased, a and photostat copies will be University Ties. disgraceful. “ If we had sufficient residential accom new refectory and new halls sent to the universities named OUTFITTING modation all this would never have arisen. The ulti of residence had to be built. by the applicant. After all ★ Dress Wear Hire Service. Otherwise Manchester was in the candidates have been NEEDS For any occasion you can hire the mate blame must lie with the Tory Government danger of becoming a “ slum chosen in this way, the clear complete outfit, and for such a for their niggardly policy towards grants for university," he said. ing house will put unsuccess ful applicants in touch with moderate charge. universities.” Last year, they had taken any remaining vacancies. more students than they had Yes, you’re within easy reach of the Student’s Best Friend intended in anticipation of The scheme will only be “ But I think the University lodgings authori enough money from the fully operative for technology ties have done a great job in the face of such Government. Now, after the applicants to begin with, but Lawson tremendous difficulties.” Government’s cuts in univer the headaches of headmasters, sity grants, they were having applicants, and university H ardy’s Ltd. to reduce their numbers. selectors will still be greatly Leeds is hardest hit by the present nation-wide lightened. In charge of it all 57-59 New Briggate, Leeds 1. Tel. 24226 crisis, but in Hull and Sheffield there is much This year's 2,250 freshers is the former senior assistant Official Outfitters to the University Union will bring the number at registrar at Leeds, who left anxiety too. Manchester to about 8,500. the University last year ■ I S. 2 U N IO N N E W S— Friday, 28th September, 1962 The 7 men and of the 1 woman in the ROOM AT THE TOP Union This will be Tony’s second that the present buildings but here in Leeds such is year on Executive, as he are bursting at the seams. the wealth of successful was last year’s secretary, May we take this oppor enterprises, that this new and so his experience will tunity of reminding him experiment is almost cer UNION NEWS takes a look at prove to be one of his most that Union News could do tainly assured of success. valuable assets. Despite his with a larger office, and The choice of Ian for this heavy duties in the Union wish him the best of luck post has been a wise one. has been one of Leeds’ out he still finds time to be an in his onerous and often He is a student of Psy this year's Executive standing speakers and de all-round athlete, and he is tedious tasks. chology, of whom it has baters. Last year he was a keen swimmer, rugby been said, he “ generates Chairman of Debates, and player, and tennis enthu new ideas like other men he reached the semi-final t t ERE they are! The Union’s eight Top People siast, though he is said to brew tea.” His enthusiasm of the N.U.S. debating be hopeless at picking for everything will be a tournament. The General Athletics who will be controlling your destiny this year draws on football coupons. Secretary is Tony Lavender, great asset, and we hope in the fields of finance, sport, and societies. Who Politically he is a member who describes himself as that he will in the coming of the flexible far Left, and year establish a pattern are these men of power? Three of them are he has been president of the which will last for a long married, three have grown beards over the Labour Society. He only The Union’s coffers are time.