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LEEDS UNIVERSITY U N IO N N E W S UNION Friday, April 29th, 1966 Price 3d. Quorum Challenger Gags Union OGM BLOCKED BY NADEEM? Discuss the weather” By the News Editor EX-VICE CHANCELLOR T HIRTY-SIX YEAR OLD, second year lawyer Mahmud Nadeem may well have TO OPEN wrecked next Tuesday’s O.G.M. Late on Wednesday, Nadeem, who challenged the quorum at the last O.G.M., informed Union Vice- CHARLES MORRIS President Jack Straw of a constitutional clause which forbade any discussion of matters on the agenda of last f ) N E of the ex-Vice-Chancellors of the University, Sir term’s inquorate meeting. Charles Morris, is to open to Hall bearing his name. This would mean, in effect, that Frank Odds’ political The new Chancellor, H.R.H. motion and Tony Whipp’s The Duchess of Kent, will be motion on the Nabarro/ present at' the opening, which Griffiths ban motion cannot is part of the installation day be debated, together with programme. Roger White’s Sabbatical year. Sir Charles Morris was Nadeem evoked a clause in Vice-Chancellor from 1948-62. the O.G.M. constitution that rules that any business left over after a meeting has been H.R.H. will enter the Hall declared inqiuorate must be by the new ‘Red Route’ and referred back to the next U.C. will meet student' members of meeting. As there was no U.C. the Hall She will go on a meeting this term before the tour of the various types of O.GjM., no official decision accommodation and it is then can be reached by the meeting. hoped she will meet students Jack Straw promised that informally. there will be some informal discussions on the three Because of the visit, students motions, but no vote can be in the Hall will not get a taken that will be binding. Mahmud (Maurice) Nadeem, who believes that overseas mid-day meal. Instead they Sir Charles Morris students would be insulted if will be given 3/- to buy Vice-Chancellor 1948-62 Childish Griffiths and Nabarro were to something for themselves. enter the Union. Frank Odds, who was pro-*, posing that all political and religious motions should be dealt with by an OjG.M., said disgustedly: “I don’t know Boat Club what Nadeem thinks he’s playing at, <he has shown me how childish and irresponsible he really is.'’ get wet LAWSON HARDY Tony Whipp, involved in T AST Monday’s executive the Naibarro/Gniffiths issue, THE STUDENTS' BEST FRIEND said: “I realise that he is con­ meeting heard how stitutionally correct. But I Boat Club nearly came to find it sad that someone sup­ posed to be responsible has a watery end. succeeded in merely prolong­ They were told that York­ ing the whole issue.” shire Water Board officials Jack Straw said, “ This is a were astonished when they All your Outfitting needs prime example of a good visitecj the University boat­ rule being misused.” house'. within easy reach Nadeem, when questioned The reason. Over 230,000 by one of our reporters, said gallons of water were regis­ that he did lit to stop further tered on the domestic meter. talk about the Griffiths/ It was claimed that a tap had Nabarro ban. “I suggest that been left running for several Dresswear Hire Service we discuss the weather rather days. than making our overseas As one member of the Union guests a political football to commented afterwards, ‘ There at very moderate charges be kicked about between the must be an awful load of drips Left and Right wings,” in the Boat Club”. Tony Whipp was indignant when he heard of this. “All Undergraduate and Nadeem is doing is prolonging this question, which is not BIGGEST All it needed to one of political football, but Academic Gowns one of conscience/’ ISSUE always in stock make it complete" STOP PRESS MISSING GIRL — Page 7 rPHIS was one of the printable comments we received It is now reported that she EVER when we went to the Henry Price to see what its has returned to Leeds. It is •nmates thought of the giant reactor type lift shaft that understood that she was Union News was voted appeared tacked on to the building. staying in Coventry. At the LAWSON HARDY moment nobody knows why the “ most improved Mike Spiller, captain of Rugby Club, was of the opinion she was there. student newspaper” at lhat it was . “A marvellous phallic symbol, kinky. This is Douglas Alexander has the recent Student magnificent parody of the whole set-up/’ 57-59, NEW BRIGGATE, LEEDS 1 resigned from his position as Journalist Conference in One dentist thought that it “finished the whole building.” Entertainments Secretary due Vlost people thought that it was “just plain awful” and left to pressure of work. London. I it at that. UNION NEWS — Friday, April 29th, 1964 UNION NEWS — Friday, April 29th, 1966 : . V-, people and events UNION TO SEEK UNION m NEWS behind the headlines Chancellor's Route Where she will be and how she is getting there. Weekly Newspaper of Leeds University Union STUDENT VIEWS Just follow the dotted line and you should see H.R.H. April 29th, 1966 r«z. tseei Ex-editor Cal Eberts remembers— in “far too little known” by the Assistant News Editor brief “ XfiAR too little is known about the ordinary Union After a lot of agitation from members of Entertainments member! Too many decisions about their views are N.U.S. Committee the Union has now reached through arguments amongst people ignorant of got a licence to play records at the subject. The census will LYNCHING THREATS Hops. Desmond Donnelly, who remedy this.” hot ju t habits of Union mem D ° n t misunderstand the reports you will read should have been coming to These were ‘ among the bers, as if it is just of habits, the Union this term, lis not now it will not be much use.” about the recent N.U.S. Council in this paper reasons put forward by Union earning. In a letter to the treasurer ‘lari Me nay for the and others. It wasn’t all feuding about inter­ Secretary of Debates he proposedUnion census.. and Sue Winnon was a give-away explained that Jie has now Though' this is only a theory national policies and campaigning for various been given extra responsibili­ ties in the government. at the moment, if it does come candidates in executive ejections. Too many people have been to fruition it will probably be invited to the ceremony of the held in the second term of JVTY experiences on Union News, as I remember them installation, and to the lun­ next session. W e give prominence to these matters because The census will be aimed at now, were nothing but a succession of mishaps, cheon afterwards. The Univer­ finding out about people’s they are the things that add spice to the bread interspersed with disaster. Life then seems to have been sity has written to a number f people telling them that catering habits, grants, and and butter of Council business and we believe this one long series of solicitors’ letters, misplaced picture 7 parental contributions to they regret that they cannot them, political views, and lively presentation is what you want to read. captions, threatened lynchings, and missing reporters. now take guests as they were accommodation. It is to be originally invited to do. organised along professional But resolutions on student loans and grants, I remember the day the printers dropped the page on Two prizes from the Hop lines, with a pr ofessio na 1 cen - the floor, the day the photographer lost his camera, the Raffle, held last Saturday and sus-taking body analysing the parental means test contributions, students in organised by W.U.S., were still results. day the full-page ad. did not arrive and the day the unclaimed at the deadline last A census of this form was Rhodesia and many anomalies in our education car broke down on the__ Monday. They were a bottle of Martini and a free hair-do. held by Queen Mary College system are just as important and receive their way to the printers. hair drier has been London about the ‘means test’. A n e w This was oreganisd by fair share of Council time. I have a clear recollection installed in the Ladies’ cloak­ “ R IGG ED ” room. The idea, produced to National Opinion Polls. of standing beside a Linotype reduce queues, originated in The provisional plans for the It is very easy to get out of proportion the good machine at 6.30 one Thursday No-one quite got round to an executive minute proposed census were passed at morning, trying, above a rigging the Union Committee by Chris Fielden. Mondays’ meeting of Exec. Union Treasurer, Ian work done by the delegations and by the members Opinion varies, on this sub- M rNnv nripinnfnr ni thp splitting headache resulting elections, but they rigged A scheme for insurance ject, but one Union member MCJMay, originator oj me of N.U.S. Executive, all of whom work very hard from a night in Manchester everything else. Since then, I against exam failure is being offered by Stewarts of Cardiff. summed it up, “I hope this idea. and think very deeply to ensure students are with the cricket club, to fear there has not been quite census will be of opinions, and dictate a sports report. to much to fight about. If 250 people enrol in the adequately represented nationally.

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