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IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION NO. 288 12th FEBRUARY, 1970 Penney Drops "Conditions do not A.A. exist for a merger" After eight years of nego- tiations towards the merger of the Architectural Asso- ciation with Imperial Col- lege, the Governors of I.C. called off the talks last week. Lord Penney, writing to John Dennys, the acting President of the Architectural Association said that "the The Architectural Association in Bedford Square, whose Association has raised funda- existence is now threatened by I.C's. decision. mental issues, and events have taken place in the Norman Morrison course of the negotiations which have finally caused my colleagues and I to realise wins Tower Race that the requisites for a suc- Last Friday evening I.C. ance tests for Carnival Char- successful merger do not entered a team of three for ity. Help is still needed for carnival in the G.P.O. Tower exist'. those competing in the "Five Race. What's more Norman Capitals Hitch-Hike' race The decision to call off the Morrison of Maths III won, next weekend. All you have negotiations left the Archi- knocking twenty-five seconds to do is buy a ticket to guess tectural Association stunned off the previous record in the the time the winner takes to and many students at I.C. attempt, to finish the cork- complete the course. The and the A.A. dissatisfied. screw run of eight hundred nearest three guesses will win Thirdly, Lord Penney and meeting and had even ar- steps in four minutes, twenty prizes totalling eighteen per The I.C. governors raised his colleagues were not con- ranged future dates. This the COCKROACH one seconds. cent of the takings. Tickets three issues in particular in fident that "even if the Asso- A.A. found "hard to believe, are obtainable from year coming to their decision. On ciation accepted the Imper- without giving us some clear APOLOGY This is a year of endur- reps, and carnival office. the actual fusion of the A.A. ial College position, this ac- indication of what was in within a composite College ceptance would be endorsed your (Lord Penney's) mind." A number of readers have of Science and Technology, and fulfilled by the School said that they thought that and 'community' following a Fund raising Lord Penney wrote that the the pictures of cockroaches Pywell A.A. desired the fusion "only merger". The move was taken at a in the last issue of FELIX on their own terms'. time when the President of were not genuine. In fact Reply the Association, Miss Jane Drew, was in the U.S.A. try- they were photos of cock- resigns Participation Recovering their compos- ing to raise money for the roaches caught by the in- ure, Mr. Dennys replied on Barry Pywell has resigned Of more relevance to new buildings needed by the trepid FELIX staff big game behalf of the A.A., that the as RCS Vice-President in Imperial College students, A.A. on the I.C. campus. hunter during a safari to die "A.A. did not agree that a disgust at the Union's atti- the Governors had this to Until last week's decision, basis for a merger no longer Southside kitchens. tude to Carnival Charity say on the much greater level the A.A. was running a com- existed". This comment came collections. His resignation of student participation at petition for these new build- They were both photo- at the end of a chilly letter was announced at last week's the A.A. "The stress laid on ings, and had only just com- graphed (deceased, he's not to Lord Penney in which Mr. RCSU meeting. the participation of architect- mitted themselves to several that intrepid) in a Southside Dennys expressed amaze- ural students in negotiations thousand pounds additional room and they are/were Close friends of this beard- ment that "such a distin- about the terms and condi- expenditure in announcing called Batella Germanica. ed stalwart of Physics 3 guished body should have tions of appointment of aca- the second stage of the com- point out that Barry has behaved so irresponsibly". Shortly after the FELIX- been virtually the sole sup- demic architectural staff, and petition. effort. PROBE safari to lower porter of Carnival in RCSU. also in examination process- Nevertheless, despite his Moreover, the A.A. felt Mooney a few weeks ago, our The year rep system appears es raises matters, which, as No members of the Asso- protest resignation, Barry ciation were present at the that the Governors' decision, intrepid entymologist suffer- to have broken down com- we have said, are wholly un- will continue to support Car- Governors meeting which de- and their letter, lid not "ex- ed a psychological break- pletely; many year reps have acceptable to Imperial Col- nival, and will act as un- cided to drop the A.A., even press one word of regret for, down, so FELIX is now un- done nothing to arrange col- lege. official RCSU Carnival Or- though three Imperial Col- nor shown any understanding informed as to the state of lections, etc., the same can be ganiser for the rest of this ("Unlike life tenures at lege students were there. In- of, the possible results on the kitchens or the cooking said of the Department Reps, term. He hopes to drag the I.C, the A.A. only appoints deed, the I.C. governors had their action in setting at haz- in Lower Southside. Thus who are in overall charge of Union out of its present state staff for up to five years, in permitted working party ard the education and future we would be interested to the Carnival effort in their of apathy, which has resulted the belief that this keeps meetings and discussions careers of the students and hear from readers on the Dept. Barry is reported to be in under six people turning teachers up to date.") right up to this particular staff of the school." culinary situation. disgusted at their lack of up at recent collections! Page 2 FELIX 12th February, 1970 He came back for a short encore, 12 seconds, then finally disappeared, bringing to a close the first carnival concert. CARNIVAL CONCERT The estimated profits were about £200, the cost for the artists being only £145 because they had all agreed to take reduced fees in view of the concert proceeds going to charity. It was almost a sell out, only some of the 10/- tickets being left unsold. The concert itself was basically organised CHAPTER ONE by Phil Taylor and Barry Pywell, who brought the Gasworks to the attention of the Carnival Committee. It looks likely that there will be a second Carnival Concert, with ex- At half-past eleven, Thursday 29th January, Carnival The Gasworks were the ideal opening act with a come-on- Fairport Convention lead singer Sandy Denny's new group Concert No. 1 finished, after three hours of folk music why-don't-you-all-join-in brand of folk; the introductions to as a possible attraction. performed in three completely separate ways. the songs were longer than the songs themselves, and just as funny. They finished their act with the saga of the finding If it is as successful as the first there should be little It was a success, both in making money for Carnival of an ancient Roman stone tablet in a Wigan pit which worry about making any substantial loss which would spoil and in giving maximum enjoyment to almost a thousand detailed the trials and frustrations of Mark Antony when his Carnival's steady success story. people who filled the great hall and gave enthusiastic sup- own shyness interacted with Cleopatra's lack of verbal en- port to the Gasworks, Bridget St. John, and Al Stewart. couragement. The chorus to the song was a whispered 'Please verbalize your pre-orgasmic tensions . .' Following the brashness of the Lancashire duo there were the quiet, almost naive, songs of Bridget St. John. She was dressed in a trailing black niaxi-dress, and her long dark hair almost completely obscured her face. A single spotlight shone on her from each end of the stage, leaving the rest of the stage and hall in darkness. Her songs, sung in her low, almost monotonous voice, had a curious haunting quality: each song was vaguely reminiscent of the one before, but it was never boring. The last song was the only song she didn't compose herself, Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne', which was beautiful. The audience, which had been lively and noisy for the preceding act, was silent throughout every St. John song. During the interval, the audience evaporated towards the bar, where they congregated ten deep. The second half of the concert was all Al Stewart, looking completely different from all the posters and photos I've seen. His manner in introducing his songs was casual but his singing and guitar playing were not. Each song was accompanied by an annec- dote; one, 'Zero she flies', was preceded by a complete bizarre explanation, which, I must admit, seemed to bear no relation to the song on first hearing. His main piece was his own version of Dylan's 'It's alright, Ma, I'm only bleeding', which was also the longest song. The last verse was separated from the rest by a period in which Stewart seemed to devote all his ability to a long guitar instrumental. His act was fully balanced and not just a simple pro- cession of songs; he recited one of his songs as a poem and finished the hour with another poem, a much better one, accompanying himself solely on the bass string of his guitar.

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