IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION NO. 284 20th NOVEMBER, 1969 6(1. Did You Know? This years' Carnival is for ing between eleven and mid- Out of Isolation the Society for Mentally night on the 5th of Decem- Handicapped Children and ber. Those arriving back Carnival has already col- sore of foot and parched of I.G.U. Votes to Rejoin N.U.S. lected some money ! ? Guilds thirst will be greeted by girls is doing phenomenally well, of Maria Assumpta bearing having collected more than breakfasts. A Darts Mara- At the first Union Meet- asked for someone to speak image. Only through being more so. He asked if four £270, including £150 from thon is also among events ing to toe held in the new against the motion. No one members of a national union hundred students at a Union the Lord Mayor's Show and proposed for that week so Great Hall in College Block, stirred. Disbelief among old could I.C. Union make an meeting could accurately re- most of the rest at the what about volunteers from indeed the first massed hands at I.C., for this peren- impression on national stu- flect the feelings of the whole Guilds - Mines terrifying the Union Bar. gathering in that noble nial motion has provided dent affairs such as these. of Imperial College on this tiddly - winks tournament. place, the Union voted in grist to the mill of I.C. de- Blasting away through the issue. A deep question which R.C.S. also did well out of A successful Albert Hall favour of rejoining the Na- baters for donkeys years. amazing acoustics of the drew a deep reply from the crazy conkering in the Concert will be the main fea- tional Union of Students Ken Barker spoke. He Great Hall Les entreated the David Logan on the use of King's Road. R.C.S. netted ture of next term's Carnival after an absence of thirteen didn't, he said, really want Union to join N.U.S. again. democratic structures, They more than £100 from a Week, followed by a fete. The Rag Mag will also be years. to speak against the motion Gwyn Hughes was un- exist for people to use and pedestrian speed trap there if an insufficient number of on sale then, so if we have The meeting opened nor- but he thought more time affected, in his opinion join- to total £210. Mines has also should be devoted to con- people use the system then collected about £53 ! any volunteers for salesmen mally, late. Mr. Seaford ing N.U.S. would double the in Outer Bongolia . sider such items as cost, workload of council, and, government must continue apologised humbly that there in the absence of interest. It seems that carnival can were no carpets to place our feelings of other colleges quoth he, Who would listen raise a lot of money collect- In a special effort to have dainty feet upon, and hoped not in N.U.S. For Mr. Bar- to Corbyn anyway at an Someone sneakily asked ing at such events and all the Carnival Committee we would excuse the in- ker this was no matter to be N.U.S. conference. about last years unfavour- there is no reason for not fail their exams, these and efficiency of I.C's adminis- treated lightly. able referendum on joining enjoying yourself at the other events will be carried David Logan, of N.U.S. on continuously throughout tration and himself in not Les Ebdon obviously executive give his views to N.U.S. Irrelevant, said Mike same time, so how about having the place ready for Green, if people had wanted supporting the Trad Jazz the year, so I hope you'll en- thought this poor stuff and the meeting and pertinent joy yourself participating, us. girding his loins strode questions directed at him to come and vote, they Group busking in High would have done so. Street Ken. on 22nd. of especially with the help of across to the microphone. from the floor drew lucid all the Corbynian USK Col- According to Ken Weale's More time, Les said, but replies. Someone asked if The sands of time were November. This, plus last financial report, I.C. union running out as two thirty weekend's bed-race to South- leges who are putting in a we've been bandying this N.U.S. can do anything lot of work. is technically in the red, to idea about for thirteen years. more concrete than demon- approached. Dave Wield ampton and the three legged the tune of £900, but this Cost? Anthony Crosland strate? Nobody ever gets summed up, Mr. Guy asked pub crawl provide devious L. SMITH. was offset by investments of himself, in his halcyon days everything he asks for said if visitors would stand uo forms of entertainment for £1,620, and Mr. Weale as Minister of Education Mr. Logan. How big a voice and be counted. So the pre- anyone with enough energy The following leading ad- thinks the Union should just gave an assurance at an I.C. would I.C. have in N.U.S.? sident of the A.A. and Chris to lift a collecting tin in one vertisers support Felix. get by this year. general studies lecture that Mr. Logan said that college Walmsley, president of U.C., hand and a beer in the other. Proctor & Gamble; Dave Wield proposed the joining N.U.S. would be a representatives control N.U.S. stood up and were deftly This term's Carnival Week B.P. Chemicals (U.K.) motion that I.C.U. rejoin valid reason for an increase through a proportional re- counted. The vote was 192 is from 28th of November Ltd. N.U.S. His arguments, he in Union fees. Sailing on in presentation scheme of dele- for, 143 against and 7 ab- to 6th of December and admitted, were much the full command of his subject, gates with voting rights. stentions. seems to be well supported same as Jack Straw (N.U.S. other bogies were laid to N.U.S.'s achievements rolled Piers applied for member- by feet, with the round Bri- president) gave at I.C, a rest without anybody even freely from Mr. Logan's ship last Monday, and mem- tain hitch-hiking race start- U.S.K. fortnight ago (see page ten raising them. Participation, lips, but the Union was bership should be ratified ing on 28th November, and for a fuller report). Piers student unrest, the student wary. Dennis Taylor even soon. the Carnival Walk start- by Rake LTnstitute Francais, 289 pretty, intelligent, stunning girls only 5 minutes away from I.C. and what are we doing ? NOTHING. President Linda Jackson complains that the lack of men ruins social life. I.C. Halls, bars clubs and so- cieties take note because this is your chance to wake up and live ! Invite the girls to join. Our arts magazine Phoenix tried the personal approach and now has articles, sales girls and typists galore. The Drama group needs male actors and advisors together with bi-sex football, hockey, pub-crawl- ing is being organised by the social secretary Jaquie Crisp. There is also a dance on the 5th December with the Con- sortium and Discotheque. So join me at the Institute Francais between South Ken. tube and Cromwell Road in Cromwell Place S.W.7. RAKE. Page 2 FELIX 20th November, 1969 ONFUSION Lyon Playfair Under-used AT The Lyon Playfair Library has now settled down in its new site in the Library Block, with the builders only remaining in parts of the basement. OUNCIL The book collection, has been tremendously ex- panded, though still leaving over 70% of the space The addition of the department reps to ICU empty to allow for the envisaged expansion. The Council further increased the the size, squabbling, number of spaces for students to study has been and cumbersome unmanageable nature of the increased to 500, from 80 in the old building, and second Council meeting this year, held in the old the library now stays open until 9.30 in the even- Astro-mooney on Monday, 10th November. ing, and is open until 5.30 on Saturday. The meeting was notable for a large amount of There are also carrels and study rooms in which confusion. This was largely due to poor chairman- academic staff and post graduates can work in ship by Messrs. Corbyn and Guy, the latter of peace. whom took the chair so many times that he was accused of acting as a co-chairman! Both of these Although borrowing of books has increased, the had, at times, difficulty in controlling the meeting. reading and study areas are very little used. Endless line of filing cabinets Disagreement frequently flared up between Guy and Corbyn, or one of these and the floor, some- Since the Lyon Playfair library now works in even closer Also on this level is the "Restricted Loans" section. Here collaboration with the neighbouring Science Museum library, are kept the textbooks on the departmental reading lists. times resulting in quite sharp exchanges and many which is very strong in periodicals, the Lyon Playfair has Every member of the academic staff has been asked to recom- "oh, shut up you" type incidents. decided to concentrate on buildings up its collection of text- mend books for this section. They are kept behind a special books and advanced monographs, so that the libraries will counter, and may be borrowed for no more than three hours, The matters dealt with were, with 3 or 4 important excep- complement each other.