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Despondency on the Left MONDAY 19. OCT. 1963 UNION NEWS No. 241 18th Year LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION Frida/, October 18th, 1963 Price 3d. "Labour Society a laughing stock,” says Young DESPONDENCY ON THE LEFT WHERE ARE THEY NOW? CND committee Bigger members resign and By A STAFF REPORTER Bigger A L L E G A T IO N S in the Conservative maga­ “THIS is the crest of zine “ Blue Rag” of ‘ Political sterility5 a wave of Hop popu­ larity/' said Entertain­ in Labour Society have brought into the open ments Secretary, Mike misgivings about the state of Union left wing Brent, this week. A societies. new record for Hop The election of a new committee in a few attendance was reach­ weeks is seen as a crucial point in the society’s ed last Saturday when progress as are the resignations of several lead­ 1,609 people came. ing members of Nuclear This figure is 520 up on five committee members and the corresponding hop last Disarmament Society. the prevailing air of despon­ year and 79 up on the re­ dency, the future of the cord crowd last week. Un­ Debates Secretary, Union branch of CND is like last week, however, Robin Young, who is now in jeopardy. there were no queues to get standing for President Robin Jenkins gave these in. Warned to buy tickets CND activity last year — members sell Peace News at an RAF camp. reasons for his resignation: beforehand, 900 people had Second from the left is Sue Bovill, centre Gerald Kennedy, and extreme of Labour Society, told “I see no reason for con­ done so. right Robin Jenkins. Who will continue the fight? Union News that the tinuing a declining move­ The only queue during the society was the ‘laugh­ ment. Having accomplished evening was in Caf, where its original aims of publicis­ Canister Red Barrel was ing stock of the Union.’ ing nuclear weapons, there being served for the first This, however, had seems little constructive time. As a consequence of policy left. You cannot this, Fred’s was not as Compulsory Sex Education caused a reaction and change things with a nebu­ crowded as usual. several people were lous, passive group which “ We don’t yet know will become part of the whether this will be a regu­ concerned to see that social scene, like the lar thing or not,” Mike to be demanded at NUS the society regarded its RSPCA.” Brent told Union News. “It rightful influence on President Peter Abell, will have to be confirmed by 4 CALL for compul­ ination performance as un­ awards to married stu­ with Norman Ellis and the Catering authorities.” proven and calls for a full dents.” This comes before a Union politics. Valerie Fenn (who both held sory sex education investigation. motion asking the Minister open seats) have resigned is among motions to go Vince Moran said what of Education to tie grants to Bazaar Day’s recruiting because of academic com­ was needed were facts to the National cost of living figures for the society mitments; Sue Bovill, for­ Chaplain speaks forward from the Union throw back at people when index. showed a large drop, with mer literary secretary, while to next month’s Coun­ they made unsupported A motion dealing with eighty members this year as agreeing basically with claims about the ill-effects student unions criticises the opposed to 149 last year. Robin Jenkins’ reasoning, on morals cil of the National of student marriage, as the authorities at York Univer­ Commenting on this, wants to devote more time Union of Students at Vicar of Leeds had done re­ sity for not making provi­ to the present Anti-Apart- T H E R E was yet an- cently. sion for a union for at least Young said it was preferable Margate. to have a small number of heid campaign. This latter other sermon about Another motion strongly ten years. It urges the Exe­ movement, it is hoped, will cutive to protest and work active people rather than “ a The motions — there condemns the South African contingent of freshers which achieve the same national students morals on Government for the shoot­ for the establishment of recognition achieved by are 27 of them — were autonomous unions in uni­ joins all the societies it can Sunday, This time, ing and imprisonment of afford and is never seen CND. however, the preacher, adopted without dele­ Dennis Brutus, an honorary versities and colleges where again. This mismanagement, tions and few amend­ Vice-President of the Union, none exist. he said, was typical of the Apathetic Response Anglican Chaplain the and instructs Executive to indifferent organisation of The present misgivings Rev. G. Bumingham, ments at a special make continual representa­ Delegates last year. arise from the apathetic Union Committee meet­ tions to the Foreign Office Among other motions are response of Nuclear Dis- came out on the side of to take resolute measures to ones dealing with the set­ Important tasks for the armers here to the recent students. ing on Wednesday. ensure his speedy release. ting up of scholarship funds society this year, he said, Fallex 63 march in Birming­ They had been recom­ There is also a motion for South African students include the organisation of ham. This was a new Speaking in Emmanuel asking for increased main­ as part of the Anti-Apart­ more meetings and discus­ attempt to draw public Church, he said he had mended by N U S Sub­ tenance grants to cover heid movement, the grants sions and the creation of an attention to the problem; worked among under­ committee on Monday. vacations. Some speakers of students taking a post­ active membership. “ Fresh­ the actual march followed graduates for more than emphasised that, at present, graduate training course in ers who come to the Univer­ the limits of a theoretical twenty years. He had been The motion on sex educa­ many students were forced a University Department of sity anxious to support the fall-out from a hydrogen impressed by the number of tion states: “ Council, noting to seek employment during Education, an dthe exten­ Labour Movement should bomb dropped on the town. them who had remained im­ the provision in the 1944 the vacations, when they sion of educational radio not be disappointed.” (Fallex 62 was the preced­ pervious to the “ cynical Education Act for optional should be continuing their and television programmes. ing NATO exercise whose contempt ” with which tra­ instruction in sexual mat­ studies. The delegation from Leeds results were illegally pub­ ditional moral values were ters, recognises the need for will be led by Union Presi­ Pointless feud lished in the “ Spies for often regarded. amoral education in this dent Tony Lavender. The A prime aim, thinks Robin Peace” movement). “ The root of the present field particularly with re­ Discrimination list of delegates recom­ Young, is to end the “ point­ moral sickness is lethargy,” gard to the use of contra­ It asks the Minister of “ What’s the good?” said he said. It grew out of ceptives. Council thus re­ mended by NUS sub-com­ less feud with the City Robin Jenkins. “ It should wealth and the worship of Education to issue regula­ mittee numbers seven othes. Labour Party.” Debates are have been done two years commends that compulsory tions for the payment of They are Alan Hunt, Andy also important ,he said. Op­ wealth. There was a desire courses be instituted in ago; they’ve seen it all to get rich quick by exploit­ grants in four equal instal­ Tudor, Firoz Karim, Dave position to the Conserva­ before on television.” secondary education so that ments, the fourth being at Merriman, Penny Walt, tives had been undertaken ing those appetites which this need may be filled.” the beginning of the long Nick Lilwall, and the Senior almost entirely by Commun­ (Comment—Page 4) were most easily exploited. The proposer of the vacation, resulting in a Vice-President when elected. ists. motion, Cultural Affairs grant increase of one-third. Secretary Andrew Tudor, Six observers were also Former Tory President told Union News: “There Another controversial elected: Vincent Moran, Dave Cooper claimed that are quite a few unmarried motion is one: “concerned Anna Miller, Doug Sandle, Labour Society was politi­ girls of, say, fifteen and six­ about the unfair financial Michael Bateman, John Sut­ cally defunct. It was run by teen, having children, and discrimination against mar­ ton and Dick Holmes. a “ lunatic fringe of pseudo­ BANK WITH we want to prevent tra­ ried female post-graduates, This list is not yet final— intellectual self-styled social­ gedies caused by this. We calls for the application of it must be approved by ists.” m m want sex education to be equal pay for equal study in Union Committee when it Young’s proposer, former compulsory, otherwise many relation to post graduate meets on Monday. Liberal Peter Kennedy, schools will do nothing accused the Tories of a about the matter.” “ vicious smear campaign.” FILM SOCIETY TO RUN CINEMA Labour Society made at­ Biology TTNION CINEMA, until now officially run by a Union tempts to be “ practical ” Ex-NUS Secretary Tony ^ sub-committee, will probably be taken over by Film while the Tories' efforts Pritchard said many secon­ Society. An Exec, recommendation to this effect will be were only “ theatrical.” dary schools dealt only with considered by Union Committee on Monday. Although there is some the biology of frogs and rab­ During the last year Union Cinema had run into diffi­ optimism in Labour Society & bits when teaching sex, there is little in CND. With whereas information about culties and was receiving more and more help from Film Bazaar Day recruiting down men and women was Society.
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