COUNCIL MINES' SPLIT AT BOTTLE JURGO This year's first meeting of JURGO, the Joint Union, STOLEN Rectors and Governors Committee, took place on the 2nd December and found the student ranks in disarray. With a negative attitude being shown by the Rector and Deans, The much revered Council failed to press home some of the decisions made "Match Bottle," held by at their pre-JURGO meetir j the previous week. R.S.M. as winners of the an- nual rugby match between President Rex Lowin re- Other matters discussed themselves and Camborne quested representation on by JURGO included the School of Mines, was stolen three college committees; general situation regarding from its resting place behind the Exploratory Committee, the timetables of lectures the Union bar last Thurs- which considers policy items and laboratory sessions for day evening, presumably by prior to discussion by the Wednesday afternoons. students. Camborne and Board of Studies, the De- Special reference was made R.S.M. officials are shocked velopment Committee and to the Chemistry depart- and surprised, as the bottle the successor to the Centen- ment which has, in the past, is not a mascot and of no ary Appeal Fund Commit- been notorious in this re- cash value. tee. Lord Penney beat spect. about the bush and said he The Pro-Rector, Lord At about 9.30 p.m., the would discuss the first two Jackson, reported that Pro- with the relevant chairmen head barman, Gus, turned fessor Ring (Infrared Astro- round from serving at the and consider the third when nomy) and Professor Cherry far end of the bar to see four a successor was found. (Telecommunications) were strangers removing the interested in the conference trophy. He gave chase, on Teaching and Learning shouting " Stop thief," but Rector Rules Methods, which would be nobody else lifted a finger or From there to the ques- held at the end of the Easter even lowered a pot to help tion of discipline, where term. For other tit-bits of information from the Union meeting see page 2 him. The raiders ran out to Council had basically form- a getaway car in Prince Con- ulated three proposals: Non—Event sort Road, breaking a glass The formation of a central door panel in their haste. disciplinary committee, abo- Penney closed the meet- INCREASE IN NUMBER Although Gus was delayed lition of the idea of double ing swiftly without asking when the thieves jammed punishment (e.g. punishment for any other business, this the double door outside the by college authorities of stu- action setting the seal on an bar with a large knife, he dents already convicted in apparent unwillingness by OF FRESHERS IN HALL? was just, in time to take down the car number. court) and abolishing the the administration to listen A controversial suggestion for a change in the structure Others matters decided by concept of punishment for to the student points of of Halls of Residence at I.C. has recently come to a the Residents' Committee at " bringing the name of the view. If the administration head. Proposals to alter the number of freshers in Hall the previous meeting are as After a 999 call, two college into disrepute." want to " improve the follows: - policemen interviewed Gus Nothing concrete was de- from the present level of 25 per cent to one of 50 per good name of the college " cent (425 places) have caused considerable discussion over Residents in Student and Mines President Barry cided. The rector spun as far as the decreasing Houses will be pleased to words and certain council the last week or two. Sullivan in the bar, and an number of prospective stu- What, after all the fuss, are the facts ? know that all rents have "all cars" alert was put members failed to uphold dents goes, they should at Last May, Peter_ Mee, referred to the next U.G.M. been reduced by 10/- per out. The car was soon the collective decisions least lend a sympathetic ear week as from 1st October Registrar to the College, The Halls Rep. on Council, traced to a Hertfordshire made by council the week to students already here. last, and so everyone will be suggested the increase, on "Spike" Bantin, has been address, but police refuse to before. (See "They Tell JURGO, it seems, is a non- getting a refund. behalf of the Admissions collecting opinion from give this address or the cul- Me " for further comment.) event. PIERS CORBYN Policy Committee, in the all quarters to put before Deficit prits' names unless Mines hope of checking the fall in the Residence Committee. prosecute. However, this tgSEEia^EE^IaislHEIalalalsEaQl applications for I.C. which, Under this category comes However, a deficit of has been decided against, so 01 he claims, is greater than for a motion passed by £5,000 on Halls and Student the raiders remain anony- other Universities, because R.S.M.U. suggesting an in- Houses is expected by 1970, mous. m of a shortage of residential crease to 35 per cent. How- which will be met by an For Jxirthcr El places. As reported else- ever, the Committee has* al- increase in rents. One where in FELIX, this was ready said that 50 per cent suggestion is that Halls Going* en.Ll^rfenment 01 brought up after an unex- is an impracticable figure, should partly finance Stu- and the Wardens have stated 01 plained delay of 6 months, dent Houses in order, to to a dance? that only a small increase We can fix you immediately see pcx^e "7 on the part of the College, bring rents more into line El at the recent I.C. Union can be tolerated. Mean- with modern S/B Dinner Suit, considering the type of ac- shirt, collar, bow, studs & while, the number of 01 Meeting. However, amidst commodation offered. shoes for 35/-. No deposit, some confusion, no decision Freshers in the new Student no cover charges. Eol was reached. The final de- Houses has been provision- The camp beds idea for P. BERNSTEIN 99 BRICK LANE, E.I BIS 3018 SI cision on whether to increase ally set at one in six. At the accommodating overnight Freshers' places in Hall will time of writing, it was hoped (male) guests in Southside How to get there: Shoreditch station El 200 yds. from premises (change at White- be made by the Student that a final decision would has been rejected after all chapel). Station open from 9.30 a.m. Re-open 4 to 6.30 p.m. Also cards with 131 Residence Committee, on have been reached yesterday Wardens reported that there directions from Sennet Office, U.L.U. (see report in FELICITY). 01 which only three students are unused guest rooms at Open Mon., Tues., Thu., Fri. 9-6. Sun. 9-2 |^E1E]E]E]E]EIE]E]E]E]E]E]E]E]B]E]E1Q1 sit. The matter will not be weekends. 2 FELIX 11 December 1968 A GHOST FROM THE PAST INQUORATE UNION MEETING TOUCHSTONE persuaded to amend the mo- About twenty people spent iast twenty years and this questions raised in the Attendance at the last IC Union meeting on Thursday tion to cover all College the weekend 30th Novem- rise showed no signs of speech. 28th November returned to a more familiar level of about residence, including Student ber/ 1st December discussing levelling off. Similar in- Although it was unde- 200, and, as well could have been predicted at the outset, Houses, and it was immedi- the Society amid the creases in the divorce rate eided whether degeneracy in it was put out of its confused agony when the quorum ately pointed out that, since peace and tranquillity of and the number of heroin society really mattered or was challenged. Four motions were considered, including the proportion of freshers in Silwood Park. The Speaker addicts apparently showed not, it was generally agreed a most important one from George Assimakis which was Student Houses was rela- was Dr. Jonathan Gould, a other signs of degeneracy in that a fully permissive so- lost in a cloud of amendments before finally being killed tively small, as the number consultant psychiatrist for- our society. However, Dr. ciety, where all crime, im- by Les Ebdon. of Houses grew, the percen- merly of St. Bartholomew's Gould made it clear, with morality, etc. was tolerated, But. first things first. The would be able to get in Hall, tage of freshers in Hall Hospital, making his second the aid of statistical evi- would be both imoractical would rise. Before the mo- proposal to accept the stand- and it was these who formed visit to Touchstone, who be- dence, that this degeneracy and undesirable. However, tion could be amen -d fur- ing orders, copies of which the backbone of most so- gan bv defining the words only affected a very small no ideas were put forward ther, Les Ebdon rose to were circulated among those cieties and committees. It "degenerate" and "society," percentage of the popula- as to how to stop society de- would also mean that stu- deliver the finishing thrust, hence coming to a conclu- tion. generating and the discus- present, was accepted nem. accusing all concerned of dents failing to get a place sion on the definition of the The rest of the weekend, sion finally degenerated con. after some amend- "not doing their homework" in Hall for their first year " degenerate society." apart from Sunday morning when we went and had tea. ments were accepted, and a and complaining about the would have little chance of (spent in reading the papers Incidentally, Touchstones motion calling for suoport procedure. He moved the Crime — even excluding and walking for miles across are worth 15/- even if-you for Iranian students suffering getting in at all. next business and this was motoring offenses—had in- Windsor Great Park), was only go for the much-better- tinder oppression from the thankfully carried. Persian Government went creased three times over the taken up in discussing the than-Mooney meals! unopposed. Speaking against the mo- Finally, Piers Corbyn pro- tion, Rob Collinge said that posed that I.C. should do- the majority of freshers were nate £25 to MORADE, the Halls forced to spend their first movement to improve the FESTIVAL year in digs and so had little standard of art education, ELECTRONIC MUSIC Then, the motion that chance of playing a very and this was opposed by OF produced the great dissen- active part in College affairs. Rob Collinge, whose main "Consider weighted para- the converted and the ad tion. George Assimakis This was supported by Jon argument was that if we're metric simultaneities be- venturous. proposed that the percentage Shields, who pointed out going to give money away, tween channels to be a func- An interesting point arises FOOLS of freshers in Halls of Resi- that freshers were in he there must be something tion of poetic accent." from the Garburo sleeve dence should remain con- worst position to go into more worthwhile to give it Rather confusing, as is note. "You are required FESTIVAL OF FOOLS '68 stant at 25 per cent, con- digs, and proposed that the to. the music to which this ex- to assemble isolated pho- A new perspective for trary to the College Admini- percentage in Hall be taken At this point, Bob Mack- tract from a sleeve note re- nemes, words and word fool-watching is provided stration's recommendation to 35 per cent, an amend- man, last year's RCS Presi- fers. It was taken from a chains by, way of mental by the FESTIVAL OF to offer half of next year's ment which was rejected by dent, decided to challenge new set of "Nonesuch" juggling activity." Instruc- FOOLS '68 when Ewan applicants a place in Halt George Assimakis. the quorum and with a hun- records, Polydor's subsidi- tion presumably on how to MacColl and the London He argued that such an in- dred too few people in the ary label, in which electronic construct an approachable Critics Group deliver this crease would mean very few Under prompting from Concert Hall there was no and contemporary music is form of the music; I feel it year's edition at a London 2nd and 3rd year students Les Ebdon, however, he was alternative but to finish. presented. would be better " juggled " pub-theatre (New Merlin's There are five single LPs, before recording. Cave, Margerv St., W.C.I) Kenneth Garburo's Music The collection also in- from 27th to 30th December for voices, instruments and cludes a boxed double LP. and from 1st to 12th Janu- electronic sounds," Andrew "The Nonesuch guide to ary. It is produced and Rudin's "Tragoedia," Iannis eloctronic music." Very in- directed by Ewan MacColl, NEWSFROMTHE Xenahis and Krzystof Pen- formative and the opening assisted by Peg^ Seeger, derecki, John Cage and track, " Peace Three " is and Written by MacColl and Lukas Foss's " Baroque excellent but would suit a the London Critics Group Variations," and Morton record library rather than a and a group of young singers PROVINCES Subotnik " Silver apples on personal collection, m less of and writers. the moon." course you're kinky .or pure This new batch takes sine waves and sawtooth FESTIVAL OF FOOLS ICs mascot Mike, still with us 18 days aftei its recovery, this will have to be ratified some time to play and even waveforms, etc. '68 uses song, poetry, drama was paraded round the three constituent college union by a further meeting of longer to enjoy. At first the If anyone knows of the and mime to dissect and re- meetings on December 3rd. In a break from tradition, RCSU. Also, RCS decided music tends to intrude rather "Jasperson resonance chart" veal the events of 1968— the Mines' Union meeting discussed, for the first time in that Mines should give 50 than form a background but please drop a note to FE- their facts, their implica- living memory, a motion on a subject which is really ICU pints of blood for the return all the records are well pro- LIX, also experimenting in tions, their inanities. Often business, the percentage of freshers in hall, while RCS of the Davy Lamp. duced and retail at about electronic music. direct, but more often sati- talked about Morphy Day and their internal politics. Guilds 25/- each, good value for rically hilarious, FESTI- occupied themselves with entertaining the members of their VAL OF FOOLS '68 inverts congregation. the world to present it as it is .. . not as one might wish Guilds it to be. The inferences are Mines the Mines Ball on the last surprising, disturbing, per- day of term. On a more haps angering. The con- light-hearted note, the mas- clusions are open to the The motion at Mines re- cot bearers were sentenced Over in Guilds, a motion harsh realm of choice. commended that 35 per cent to walk placarded and be- was proposed in, it is hoped, of nest year's freshers chained along Oxford Street a light-hearted manner by C. 11|X 1 TICKETS (7/6) FROM should be given Hall places at the Mines Carol Singing t i Parker censuring FELIX Sift* '-f0M 1 S. O'CONNOR, 75 CHAN- and after a lot of discussion tomorrow. DOS AVENUE, W.5. this was passed. This seems This was passed " unani- an eminently sensible idea mously " Although no op- posing speeches were al- and a good compromise be- R. CS. lowed. The only item of tween the existing arrange- importance was a letter fro n ments and the proposals Meanwhile, in the Che- ALL MY the organisers of the Brigr. which have recently been mistry building, RCS were discussing ways of making ton Veteran Car Rur in- brought forward by the ad- forming us that Boanerges LOVING ministration to raise the the Morphy Day battle less would probably not be al- "All my Loving" was the level to 50 per cent (see dangerous, a motion being lowed to take part in the most stirring piece of tele- front page article). Also passed dissociating RCSU from the towpath battle run next year. This is appar- vision to appear in recent discussed was the annual ently due to arriving too while still supporting the months. Apparently the foreign students visit in the early in Brighton this year. director, Tony Palmer, is last week of term when 12 boat race. A motion was Entries were invited from At the last Guilds Union meeting, a copy of FELIX is prepared to show the colour or 13 students from Nor- passed almost unanimously, departments for the Festival waved hysterically in the air as Chris Parker proposes a film and talk about it after- way, Germany, Jugoslavia recommending that the post for Music and Culture, to of RCSU rep. on Council be motion of censure on this popular publication. Because wards. Can some society and other places will be be held at Guilds' next organise this? A unique automatically filled by the of jeering from our loyal supporters, very little of his entertained by R.S.M. at meeting. opportunity. various functions including Academic Affairs Officer; speech was heard! FELIX 11 December 1968 3

All this has forced ICU Council to set up a sub com- mittee to discuss the affair. JURGO It consists of Jane Pearson, ex-Con. Soc. Chairman Rex The first meeting of THEY TELL ME.... Lowin, ex-Con Soc vice- JURGO—The joint Union- Chairman, Keith Guy, an- Rectors-Governors Commit- other ex-Con. Soc. Chair- tee—was held on Monday man, Jeff Steer, Union It is probably one of the By all accounts the Rector JURGO is not a real con- and Dances now run for the Deputy President, Piers Cor- Dec. 2nd. The chairman was oldest principles of English as chairman was prepared to sultative body but merely a in-crowd. Many people Lord Penney, former direc- byn and popular Vinod Common Law that nobody steam-roller his views rubber stamp to the Rector, think that Ents profits could Garga. Piers and Vinod are tor of the Atomic Weapons can ever be tried twice for through, and, in fact, his as most of Council now seem be better spent than on Research Establishment and fighting for the comprehen- the same offence, and to task was made easier by a to think, then it is even more functions such as the Presi- sive rethinking of the D and new Rector of Imperial Col- have this written into any disgusting sell-out by certain useless than we thought; if dent's Dinner and Dance. lege, and the main purpose D—perhaps including it with college code of discipline Council members. Barry Hood and Lowin, in particu- At this function, held on the May Ball to which all of the meeting was to advise would be elementary natural Hood, Secretary of Mines, lar, are prepared to back the last Friday of the Sum- the Governing Body on the ULU Presidents are in- justice, thus making it im- who spent the relevant sec- down on this issue, and al- mer Term, about £400 is vited to consume free liquor. disciplinary procedures in possible for the Rector, or tion of the Council meeting low IC to further punish spent by the President giv- I.C. JURGO is composed Lowin, Steer and Pearson anybody, to try students on reading " The Evening people that the law of the ing free tickets to those who of the Rectors, ICU Council are basically opposed to charges which the police News," (that well-known 'and feels have been ade- have helped him during the and three Governors and change whereas Guy would had already taken up. pro-I.C. " news" paper), quately punished, then the year. The guests are divided like any sensible body of like to make the whole af- actually spoke in favour of students at this college no into two classes—the five- fair more exclusive and take negotiators ICU Council longer want them as their pennies who receive a dinner met prior to the JURGO the double punishment. I.C. it to a private hotel. Sell-out President, Rex Lowin, who, representatives and they ticket and the fourpennies meeting to discuss a papei should resign. who only receive a dance tic- Maybe they will deign to on discipline from the Go- in contrast, we have always consult the ordinary Union Unfortunately, to Lord thought took his duties re- ket, both double of course, verning Body. A number of Penney such a principle Many in protest stay away member before the tickets decisions were made and sponsibly, also spoke for go out this year, and then would undermine the right double punishment on cer- ft ft ft and last "year a number of stands for the meeting adop- of the Governors " to safe- people made a more tangible again maybe they won't, as ted. It is clearly minuted by tain occasions. Chris Kent it is unlikely that ordinary guard the good name of the and Lilas Campion are also protest against waste and Council that one of the prin- college," and the Rector was Waste " cronyism " by giving the members would support the ciples they would fight for said to have failed to stand idea of free beer for the determined that JURGO Perhaps in the near future money they would have would be that nobody firm on Council's agreed de- bosses. should agree that the " good ICU Exec will tell us how wasted on DJ's etc. to " War should ever be punished cision. name of the college" was much has been lost on sub- on Want." LES EBDON twice for the same offence. Two points thus arise—if more important than justice. sidies for the various Balls Carnival Walk 189 students turned out for the Carnival walk last Friday, and together raised about £1,000. Each walker How does your degree was sponsored for a certain amount of money for each mile walked. They set off with varying qualify you for a degrees of keenness—some ran, some went straight into the pub until closing time. At Kingston (for the top job in industry? second time), which was 16 miles out, there was coffee waiting, and back at college a hot breakfast cooked by Let's be frank. It doesn't. But it is a most valuable start. none other than Mooney in person awaited the walkers at the end of their 27 mile You may feel that there is a great gulf fixed between your University course trek. and the sort of experience which leads to the highest positions in industry. The success of the event, In a sense there is such a gulf and Unilever have taken steps to bridge it with which has raised a substan- tial part of Carnival's target their Unilever Companies' Management Development Scheme. total, musf be attributed to Annie oradles Billy Hicks in the more realistic surroundings Maggie Hymans and Paddy This Scheme is designed to develop management skills in graduates of all of a local churchyard. Sterndale, the organisers. disciplines and give them the training and opportunities to become the people who will, in future, be able to undertake high level responsibility in Strong Characters ICA Unilever Companies. Fluorescent If you would like to know more about this Scheme, ask your Appointments Officer for a copy of the booklet "Careers in Unilever 1969" or write to the and Strong Language Chrysanthemum address shown below. This booklet is not a glossy graduate bait. It discusses A review of last weeks' Dramsoc. Christmas P,v ..uction. An exhibition of modern frankly, with examples from graduates who have recently joined Unilever, Japanese art in many media what happens when you join; your likely future career; your financial Serjeant Musgrave's Dance is a play well suited to Dram- —sculptures, graphics, pos- prospects; and even the reasons why some people leave (not many do—but Soc's talents. It is about war, the men moulded by war ters, music, visual scores joining Unilever is not a life sentence!). It also tells you about the selection and the unchanging reaction of ordinary people to war. and films. It is so called be- Strong characters and strong language dominate and the cause the chrysanthemum is procedure, and how you join the Scheme. unusual use of verse and ballads at critical moments is the ancient Imperial symbol particularly successful in the final prison scene. On the of Japan and many contem- The minimum starting salary is £1,200 for a first degree, and more for whole a vital pace is kept up—a slightly sticky patch de- porary Japanese artists work relevant post graduate study or experience—a Ph.D., for example, would velopes in the second aCt—and the final " dance is both with fluorescent plastics and start at £1,500. gripping and chilling. The production did however lack pigments. Showing until any of the sense of history which Arden intended. January 26th, this exhibition In a play with many different scenes, the sets were will be reviewed by FELTX excellent and the standard of acting generally good. Par- next term. Apply now to your Appointments Officer or write to: ticular mention must go to Julian Robertson as a thoroughly Note that ICA member- C. R. Stewart, Personnel Division, Unilever House, London, E.C.4. convincing Musgrave. Of the other parts, the colliers ship is closing for several were consistently sound and Roger Gift gave a spirited months on 31st December. rendering of Joe the Bargee, There is a possibility of IC Unilever will be visiting your University during the This was a very entertaining production—worthy of becoming a group member Spring Term to interview students. Details of this visit much better support than it received on the Tuesday night. of ICA—watch out for fur- can be had from your Appointments Officer. ther details if you are inte- ANN SHEPHERD rested in joining. 4 FELIX "A December 1968 FELIX 11 December 1968 5

it—as - typical Japanese girl met with by COMEX I in I, was married to Rosie three and six inches high, 1959. It is hoped that the would tell you—even if she 1965 and the tragedy of Roberts of the same con,.n- continuing for 400 miles. 20 coaches (from as many was chewing gum. It i* in- INDIA COMEX II. While Mr. Wil- gent. Early in July, Bob (The optimum speed is 27 regions) will be broken up teresting to note that wes- son with his infamous ma- iBebbington of Cambridge mph for minimum oscilla- into three contingents travel- tern style" dance halls in chinations with Ian Smith and Julie Harris of Cardiff tion.)" ling by different routes to advances another step in DETAILS Japan do not function in at were married. There may be "The second night of India. The individual cost all the way you might expect Frankfurt, Saltzburg, Sa- wrecking the Common-' others!" COMEX II—Concert of is about £50 there and back. The International Association for the Exchange of them to, and many Japanese lonika, Istanbul, Damascus, wealth, 500 people are de- " There is no signpost to dances, choirs and jazz mu- The participants are expec- Students for Technical Experience will send students over- young people imagine there Baghdad, Esfahan, Teheran, ciding to go overland to Delhi from Charing Cross sic . . . there could be no ted to do all the organizing seas to jobs in industry relating to their University course. is some kind of " step " to Herat, Kabul, Khyber Pass, India to demonstrate their but the road over London doubt about it, this is what themselves in a co-operative Preference is given to second year students and to students " go-go " (party dancing). Lahore, Simla, Delhi—what faith in it. Bridge was approximately the Delhi boys and girls fashion: eg fund raising, who have had industrial experience in Britain. The number The Japan "paternalistic" do these names have in com- in the right direction." Being a member of COK wanted. Long after the agreeing to exist on chapatis of places available abroad depends largely on the number travel bureau might give the mon? Those who are map "In Turkey, an additional EX II, I can safelv assert th's show was over you could and marmite to keep costs of overseas students seeking employment in British industry. wrong idea about Japan. addicts and others who take navigating task is to wave to an interest in the activities is an experience not to be not separate the Delhi teen- down. Students have to make their own travel arrangements but You need to go on a few little boys with stones in agers from their counter- Help to make COMEX IAESTE will obtain work permits and make special slow trains, sleep on some of the Sunday Express and missed and once accom- their hands so that they will Sunday Telegraph will re- plished, not to be forgotten. parts of COMEX." (More III a flawless success. arrangements in certain cases to allow work for a limited stations and go off the tour- drop them to wave back in- goodwill was achieved than N.B.—The best loo between period (for example, in the U.S.A., where you may other- ist tracks to discover the cognise these as being To give an idea of what stead of throwing them." roughly on the route to all the politicians of the here and India is on the road wise be in danger of being drafted.) Insurance against Japanese people. Every- COMEX does and achieves " In Iran we discovered India. it suffices to quote some Commonwealth can hope to between Linz and Maribor personal accident and baggage loss is strongly advised and where you go the people are the meaning of the word produce.) in Austria, Five star—not can be arranged through Sanders' International Travel The Commonwealth Ex- comments on it. very kind, polite and ex- corrugation. The road is COMEX III will depart Ltd.. 134/136 Cromwell Road, Tel: 373 6401. pedition 1969—COMEX III "On 29th July, Duncan to be missed. tremely helpful apart from made up of regular humps, on 15th July 1969 and re- is already under way des- Matthew, leader of the Scot- Applications should be made to Mr. Meacock at the being a little curious about four feet apart, between turn to London on 8th Oct. RAKESH MOHAN AUSTRALIA you; but westerners who pite the political troubles tish contingent of COMEX Registry. have a habit of taking sel- B.U.N.A.C. lians spend much of their fish disadvantage of the self- Early last July, 120 students met at the English Speak- The British Universities North America Club, as its name time at weekends eating bar lessness of others should ing Union in Charles Street having won places on a 12- implies, is concerned solely with the States and Canada. bequed steaks in their na lieve that " ancient Japan " learn an ancient Japan. °. week visit to Australia. The briefing, accompanying the It arranges cheap transport and sometimes employment JAPAN tional parks, and you. will is preserved only for the saying " Never ask even handing out of tickets was short and to the point, with there, though the latter may not be connected with the likely find yourself doing "Japan is a state of tourist and has been largely your father to do something frequent warnings of " when-in-Australia-do-as-the-Aus- student's course. Would-be travellers must be members of the same. mind —so say past obser- superceded by " modern for you unless it is neces- tralians " type. BUNAC for six months before they intend to go abroad, vers—meaning everything is Japan," which is an imita- sary." Our flight left in the early evening and arrived in Aus- After working, there are and it costs 10s. to join. Applicants need not be under- related to everything else tralia 24 hours later, after stops at Bahrain, Karachi and several weeks to spare be- graduates, but a separate society INTERGRAD has been tion America. I do not Japanese people are very and oversimplification is Singapore. fore flying back. A number set up for ex-BUNAC members. Anyone interested should accept this view, both ready to accept foreigners dangerous . " Japans" operate simul- The trip, whose full title tural Engineering firm in of people flew round the see Chris Schofield, 464 Selkirk, or S. Mudan, 73 Weeks. who are genuinely interested Western Australia, prefer- continent; this is an expen- My first impressions of taneously and together. was The 1968 Australian The BUNAC office is at 157 Victoria St., S.W.I. Tel. 828 in Japan but have preferen- ably in Perth. What was ar- sive way to spend the time Japan were from Tokyo : — Most Japanese live in small working visit for British Un- 3577, and the actual travel arrangements are made through ces—a student told me that ranged for me was Produc- A friend and I bought a huge sprawl, buzzing with houses with ratomi (bamboo dergraduates, was the 6th to the British Universities' Student Travel Association, Japanese preferred English be run by the ESU. There tion Engineering and Re- seventeen year old Austin BUSTA, at the same address. great throngs of people all matting)bedroom, wear the to Americans because they kimono as it suits them, un- are two qualifications : you search and Development pointed it,towards Sydney, E.S.U. (with Comex) the time, motor cars, noisy have " cultural and historic work with a firm making derstand the importance of must be an Undergraduate and set off. Three days and The English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth streets, crowded trains, neon experience and appreciation, tractors and ' farm ma- the tea ceremony (every at a British University, and a thousand miles later, two arranges visits to Australia every summer for British-born signs, full shops, crazy gam- but the Americans do not." chinery, some five miles educated young girl has you must have £150 to pay exhaust valves burnt out, undergraduates. Applicants should apply as early as pos- bling arcades, the hard sell Finally I should say what from the centre of Perth. on the edge of the Nul- —other towns are similar. learned it), eat Japanese for the air fare. If they sible (the closing date is March 14th). The ESU also the " national character " I lived with the family of labor desert. After a day's Simultaneous with this food with chop sticks, re- Now that practically all like you at the interview, awards travel scholarships to American Universities for spect and use the temples respects—in England it is of Europe has come within you will get a seat on the one of their employees. The delay while new valves were graduates. Further details can be obtained from ESU, Japan you can be shown inventiveness, high quality benefits of this were two- brought from Adelaide 400 " ancient Japan " : — Tem- occasionally), revere Japa- the scope of three-week plane; you usually hear Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, nese morals, manners and and high performance—in package tours, FELIX looks about a month after the in- fold : I had a good chance miles away, we set off again. W.l. Tel. 629 7400. ples (for 10,000 religions), We reached Sydney four customs. Coca-Cola, pop, Japan it is hard work, the beyond our little backyard. terview. to see the Australian way B.U.S.A. the tea ceremony, national ability to learn from others, of life at first hand, and it days before our return flight dress (kimono), ancient fast cars, gambling and ima- Summer vacations offer A condition of the trip is The British Universities Society of Arts. This is mainly ges of swinging London go and study. enabled me rapidly to dis- after another change of dancing, Geysha girls, com- students the time to go al- that you should work for valves. We got only £5 (a concerned with finding jobs in South Africa (usually around hand in hand with the rest PIERS CORBYN most anywhere in the world, eight weeks or more, al- cover the ins and outs of my the Johannesburg area) for students during the summer plicated customs. job. Other students lived in loss of £40) for our mobile of life but will not supercede while there are many orga- these organisations are listed though some people seemed vacations. Although it is not always possible, BUSA will Some western people be- hostels, flats, hotels, or one museum-piece, and the end nisations which offer the op- in our "details" column, LIX. to work for less time. The try to arrange your job before you leave for South Africa Your College years are room digs. I think living of a fascinating journey of biggest support came from portunity, through cheap while elsewhere some IC job is arranged before you and will also find you lodgings. Science students can In the summer I was a time of correspondence. The possibly your last chance to with a family was as good as three thousand miles. second major problem was the John Beard travelling charter flights or in other people tell you what they leave England by ESU, who usually be employed with the mining companies and the member of a third year see the world. You could anything. Over the whole trip I group project arranged with money. The first break fund of the Institution of ways. Longer journeys planning—now is the time did last summer. You can take into account your own average wage is about £15 to £20 a week. BUSA will make always join the Army, of Obviously enough, the spent £40 on top of the £150 the University of Sierra came with £75 from the Old Electrical Engineers who inevitably require earlier to start acting. Many of contact them through FE- preference. The final con- travel arrangements, or you can make your own. It is best course. weekdays were spent at for the plane : it would be Leone through contacts in contributed £300. firmation is left to you— to apply around February or March and the subscription is Centralians and useful con- work. At the weekends I hard to live for three months the IC Electrical Engineer- tacts were supplied by their Our work included instal- if you are unlucky a small 10s. Further details from B.U.S.A., 32 Shaftesbury Ave. would look round the city, and travel 35,000 miles for W.l. Tel. 437 7270 and 437 0821. BUSA also arranges ing Department. i Secretary Mr. Holbein, as ling a 15kVA generator, re- for the Tobacco farm where fortune can be spent on air or fly to places like Kalgorie less than £190. travel to North America, East Africa, India and Singapore. There were some difficul- well as by the Pro-Rector, pairing a smaller one, erect- I was to work for six weeks. mail letters to Australia. I I quit after two weeks, my or Pemberton. The Austra- ROBIN HAMILTON U.N.S.A. ties in organising the pro- Lord Jackson of Burnley. I ing li miles of overhead lir r from boozy bottle parties to was lucky enough : I asked wages were much less than The United Nations Students Association deals with ject. To begin with there would suggest that the only and designing a hydro extravagant barbecues, with for a job with an Agricul- the SlOOdollars I had hoped travel to the States, Africa, and India at cheap rates. Like were two military coups in way to finance a trip like scheme. a group to provide the mu- for. Back in Toronto and BUNAC, UNSA requires students to be members for six Sierra Leone during our this is peronal contact!" The JOHN T.GRAY. sic, and enough drink to down to my last $30 I took a frightening flight months beforehand, and it also makes its travel arrange- keep the School of Mines bought the $30 ticket to right into the canyon and ments through BUSTA. It is more for students who wish paralytic for a year. The work one was given Winnipeg where my sister took some very good photo- to be shown around the country they're visiting, and depended on one's course, During our time there we lives. I worked in Winni- graphs. arranges tours and visits to places of interest there. More were given ten days paid and to a certain extent what peg as a shipper for three To St. Louis next, through information can be obtained from the UNSA offices at 93 leave. Most people took it one was interested in. As a weeks and then set out with Page Cedar City and Denver Albert Embankment, S.E.I. Tel 735 0181. at the end of the stay, there- mechanical engineer I spent $200 to see the U.S.A. in (again); Here I lost my N.U.S., G.S.T.S, and other foreign student organisatigns by having effectively a fort- one month on the surface the three weeks left. I baggage but managed to night. Some people used The NUS does not arrange travel outside Europe, but and one month underground travelled on a "visit U.S.A." retrieve it after two hours. this time travelling to Cape membership is essential if you want to take advantage of (being concerned with plant unlimited air travel ticket. I had to change my plans of Town to come back by boat, the numerous travel services operated by all the European maintenance). However, going to Chicago because of living like millionaires for My first stop was via Kan- student organisations. The NUS is at 3 Endsleigb St., W.l. like any. industrial training riots there so flew via Nash- eleven long days, spending sas City, Denver and Las Tel: 387 1277, and the German Student Travel Service at it depended on the indivi- ville to New Orleans. all their hard-earned sav- Vegas, to San Francisco, the Terminal House, Lower Belgrave Street, S.W.I. This will dual how much benefit he make arrangements fev travel on their own services, and got from the work. ings. Others, like me, by Golden City. A fellow pas- I found New Orleans hitch-hiking and hiring a car senger gave me free accom- second only to San Fran- also arranges special tours in various countries such as On the social side, meet- modation, which is typical Cisco. It was suffocatingly Russia. India, and Africa, for which English students are ing people was made much toured Zambia, seeing the Kariba dam, the Victoria of the San Franciscan's humid but the jazz was ^eligible. ^ easier by joining some of the fantastic hospitality and great. many sports clubs. Girls Falls and the Fafue game AMERICA parks, places you normally friendliness. A couple of days before r were in short supply but not Pan-Am DC-8 BUNAC charter flight No. NA6037 my home flight was due to impossibly so, judged by the seen only in films. A flight over Southern arrived in New York on a warm humid July afternoon. Californian swimming pools leave I travelled to New U.S.A. fact that one student had Although Zambia is not Two hours later I was installed in a large luxurious hotel brought me to Phoenix— York via an English Air Prepared by Are you interested in four girls clamouring to play a place I am likely to return room with a telephone and a thirteen-channel T.V. town with the highest mur- Force base, where I had to North America? with him in the mixed tennis to, and at' times life was der rate in the U.S.A. and surrender my camera, and ANTARCTICA IAN CARR Telephone: 01-437 5374 Last summer I spent ten weeks in Zambia, not far from tournament and he wasn't extremely dull, I found the My first evening was spent " the crooked cops." They Washington. I arrived back even a good tennis-player. in a bar—quite unlike Eng- offered to sell me a second not wishing to stay the night the Congo border, working in one of the copper mines. scholarship very worthwhile I pushed on to the Grand just in time to catch my Join University Students In the evening life tended lish pubs—talking to five hand Impala for $90 which Unfortunately, no one from IC visited Antartica. By IAN QUARRINTON This was made possible by winning an Anglo-American for the first-hand knowledge Canyon. flight back to the damp Abroad very much to revolve around American youths amidst re- I politely refused—it used a way of r isolation, External Affairs plan to make arrange- Vacation Scholarship, which comprised the air fare to and I received of this part of green fields of England. International House, the bottle. At week ends Africa in political, racial marks like, " If Nixon be- pint of oil every thirty miles! No amount of commer- ments with various travel organisations for representation PAT ROTHERAM from Zambia, pay at £70 per month, a four-bedroomed cialism could spoil this ter- at IC. Details will possibly appear in the Union Upper 40 Shaftesbury Avenue, there was usually a private and economic terms. comes President I'm gonna I made Toronto two days bungalow (shared with four others), a houseboy and a rific monument to nature. I C*S. MUD AN Lounge, early next term. London, W.1 bicycle. party to go to. These varied MIKE COCKERTON emigrate to Australia," and later but soon had to leave I FELIX 11 December 1968

The editor reserves the right to withdraw all or part of any letter from publication.Letters Felix printed contain the opinions of the correspondents and not LETTERSnecessarily thos e of FELIX When the Architectural Association becomes part of Censure Imperial College in a few years' time, there will have to be Dear Sir, an Order in Council, i.e. Parliamentary Approval, recon- The City and Guilds stituting the Governing Body of the College in order to Union has requested me to bring in members of the A.A. This presents the best of all JUS* Relevance to I.C write to the EDITOR of possible opportunities for the student body to gain repre- Dear Sir, of the vote, just 2.7 per cent wild-eyed extremists of the FELIX informing him of sentation on the most important of College Committees. The NUS conference in short (from FELIX figures). left are bent on a course the following motion v/nich Why should we have a voice on the Governing Body? Margate the Saturday be- IC Union should be in- leading to violence." was passed unanimously at Well, take a look at the recent happenings in Art Colleges fore last was given front volved in this debate which The NUS is clearly a po- the General Union i.ieeting like Guildford and Hornsey. In these places, the admini- page coverage in both Sen- so ciearly affects the funda- litical organisation if its on December 3rd. stration has paid scant attention to the views and demands net and FELIX. It was mental nature of the only president sees fit to produce "City and Guilds Union of their students. The only action that has been taken is concerned mainly with beat- national student union. To this kind of statement and condenn the wholly mis- to seemingly double-cross the student. In this College we ing off the left-wing chal- remain outside is to be im- IC Union should join the representative attitude ex- are fortunate in having a fairly benevolent Rector who, lenge to the authority of the potent and ridiculous. NUS so that it has a share pressed by FELIX of both while he may not be exactly pro-student, is concerned bureaucracy presented by Geoff Martin showed the in shaping the organisation students and staff at the about ICs external image and would probably go a long the proposed amendment to invalidity of his own posi- that is always taken as pre- demonstration on the 30th October (i.e. Mornhy Day), way to avoiding a situation such as the one that periodically the constitution which would tion of opposition to the senting the concensus of and it also condemns the crops up at LSE. The reconstitution of the Governing allow political issues to be motion in his speech the day opinion among students in grossly inflammatory nature Body would provide an adequate opportunity to sidestep :"scussed at NUS confer- before. He said " There is Britain. of the articles. this danger by making provision for student representation ences. This motion needed a real possibility that the MAI HEW "Previous weeks' b.'^sed on the committee. It is also important to realise that such a § majority to be carried frightening 'Powellite hys- DUNCAN-JONES. a reporting in FELIX was fol- danger does exist, even in this most insular and reaction- and in fact got 64 per cent teria ' of the right and the Chairman, Socialist Soc. ary of colleges. The events at Birmingham University (a sci- lowed in later issues by in- ence biased university) could hardly have been foreseen a citement to violence. FELIX few years ago and the growing awareness of student rights has been corrupted and is coupled with external stimuli, like the events at LSE and Does Exec. Communicate? now no more than an instru- Birmingham, could easily create a similar situation here Dear Sir, to be held at the same time What is the purpose of the ment of militant left-wing in the near future. Communicate, Communi- as the only Union debate of Overseas Students' Commit- pseudo-intellectualism. What can we do to help ourselves to get suvi a voice cate ... so the theme goes the term (mentioned in. all tee anyway? Mini IC Wog " We condemn this misuse in the Union this year. But in College affairs? The first requisite is, obviously, to General Studies program- Union (ICWU) or a welfare of Union resources and the the Mock Mock trial de- have a strong Student Union, a Union which really does, as mes). In addition, the out- committee primarily there to total misrepresentation of monstrated the Union Ex- the Blue Book puts it, "safeguard and advance the in- going Overseas Students' provide adequate reception the views of a vast section of ecutive's inability to com- terests of students at the Imperial College." The Union Comm lee (under SCC) has to overseas students? If the IC Union students and de- municate: They failed cA must be representative of the students at IC and be able decided to ask all overseas latter, should it not be run plore (the present Sack abysmally to take advantage mainly by the host students, to act democratically and swiftly in the fields of policy and students (only) to vote ^or editorial policies in FELIX of an excellent novel oppor- i.e. British students. Who decision making. It should be with this thought in mind the new Committee (under and request the existing edi- tunity provided by the De- decided that only overseas that Martin Bland and bis Constitutional Reform Com- Welfare) also at the same torial staff to review the bate's Committee to present students be allowed to vote situation with the object of mittee are working. Two things they have in mind are time—the Union debate on their views to the ordinary Race Relations. If the at the new elections? Whose ensuring better representa- lowering the quorum for the Union General Meeting and member of the Union. In- Union bureaucrats can't opinions' were elicited? tion of IC opinion and more democratic election of the President by ballot of the whole stead they indulged in an communicate among them- Communicate, communicate factual reporting by that Union. There is another proposal before them, one which orgy of " in "-jokes. Now selves how do they expect paper in the future. could only be included at the expense of having the whole they have engineered the to do so with the other MAHARISHI RAKESH City and Guilds Union new constitution rejected. This proposal is the abolition council-year rep meeting, members of the Union? of the Constituent College Unions. YOGI request the President to write to FELIX to inform The fust essential of a strong Union is that people feel them of this motion." a part of it. The general feeling at the present is that people belong to RSMU, C&GU, or RCSU, rather than Quoracy Changes D. F. CORR Carnival I President, C. & G. College ICU. This, in many ways, is the wrong attitude to take. Dear Sir, Yet once again the Union ED : —Two FELIX repre- It is Imperial College Union that deals with the important I was fascinated by Der- Meeting, last week, was sentatives attempted to matters like grants, student housing and union facilities. Queen mott Corr's letter in the forced to break up because speak at the Guilds Union Although the constituent college unions do valuable work ONE member of the Union latest edition of FELIX. 6— 4 N. Montenay Apart from his evasive pro- Meeting in question. D, F. in the field of academic affairs and staff-student relations, chose to exercise his "de- Corr ignored them arid these might well be better dealt with by either ICU or 7— 4 Mrs. Corr mocratic" right only when it nouncements on Morphy S. Jones Day, to which RCS has re- several others and declared (preferably) by the individual departments concerned. Im- suited his personal whim. the motion unanimously mense damage is done to ICU by the importance which is 85—40 Erica Oily (Mr. Mackman has been plied appropriately, his cri- 7—2 Pauline Shelton ticism of FELIX was most passed. In view of this the attributed to the three smaller unions. Remember, a known to moan several FELIX editorial staff have Strong ICU is necessary for adequate participation in Col- 11—2 I. Songin times last session about poor revealing. C. Groundwater When dealing with FE- instructed me to brin-* to *,he lege and nationals Student affairs. It is about time there attendance at Union Meet- notice of all the world a mo- was some reconsideration of the role of the Constituent 100—9 P. Rossetti ings and that people get LIX'S biased presentation of E. Budden facts, he refers solely to in- tion passed at a recent Cdlege Unions (and the Constituent Colleges themselves). discouraged from attending FELIX editorial meeting*. 100—8 H. Rudge these meetings because they accurate implications about The time for this is now, before the Architectural Asso- "FELIX condemns the ciation comes to add to the confusion. 100—7 S. Williams do not seem to get some people's drinking capacities. 20—1 J. G. Queer concrete decisions from Is this a positive reflection childishness of the C&GU 25—1 C. C. Seaford them!) If Mr. Mackman is of life at ICU? I find it fair. Meeting on December 3rd. Imperial College 500—1 R. Stafford against the idea of conduct- Personally, I would con- Previous meetings have in- London, S.W.7 1,000—1. . . W. N. Kliff ing Union meetings without gratulate Felix for managing cluded perverted entertain- Tel. KEN 2963 R. Spooner a quorum, then he should to adopt any attitude, posi- ment and incitement to vio- Internal 2881 2,000-1 . . . M. Exell have challenged the quorum tive or negative, to the trivial lence before the demonstra- non-events that pass for tion of October 30th (i.e. EDITOR; PAUL HEATH These are the official odds a long time before he actu- being offered for the CAR- ally did or could it be that news-items. Of course it Morphy Day). C&GU has Asst. Editor: Mary Ford What's On Editor: Pat Upson NIVAL QUEEN contest. he realised that a large ma- bores everyone stiff, but been corrupted and is now News. Editor: Chris Slee All proceeds to Carnival. jority of members present what is the alternative? no more than an instrument Art. Editor: Keef Rowan of incoherent right-wing Features Ed: Pat Rotheram Please apply to sympathised with MOR- Sennet faces much the 461 Selkirk ADE and the motion would same problem, but resolves pseudo-intellectualism. FE- Sports Editor: Bob Pine LIX condemns this waste of Bwiinr r Manager: WITH: 681 Selkirk have been carried. it by dealing with issues of 31 Garden national and world-wide im- Union money and suggests John Sommer VINOD GARGA portance. Not so in IC! it be put to better use in .jditor, FELICITY: Malcolm Williamson, Ian Carr, fICU Floor rep) The outside world is not financing the nofsery for John Probst Kenneth Hughes, Elsie Yu, SMALL ADS visible over the Union Bar. married students." Ed : —When asked about P.S.—Love from Felicity. Advertising: Pete Chapman, John Schofield,RobinGostick, FOR SALE: Super Paxette Within the College, tradition Frances Campbell, Ian Quar- the letter, Bob Mackman appears sacred and is served Geoffrey Graig, Phil Rainey, 2L 35mm in good condition. rinton, Ann Whitley, Ian said " I think it an insult to accordingly ... or was until & Hilary Parkinson. £19 o-\o. Contact P. ICU that a floor rep should Circulation Managers: Dave Williams, Les Ebdon, Piers that curious business about Apology Corbyn, Andrew Holman, Rotheram, Tizard 442. say things like this. The RCS and Morphy Day. This Chant & Moragh McGregor Missing from this week's Patsy, Sally, Caroline, Dud reason why Union meetings is only the first rumbling of FELIX are Rex's column Photographic Editors: John Miles, Dick Hale, Ken Papworth are unattended is because change—both in activities (she wishes all readers a Rogers & John Langley. all our gallant proof readers, KEITH, motions like the one in ques- and in attitudes. Then, per- Happy Christmas), and also Production Manager: Tony and all our super sales girls. My two Chinese cousins, tion are continually brought haps, someone might say or Wan King and Wun Hung up. Floor reps don't just Aunt Vera's contribution Kirkham. do something worth print- she has eloped with our Advertising Agency: Lo are coming to Linstead represent the idiots who go ing. Hall for Christmas. See you to Union meetings but 3,500 (News Editor). Apologies to D. CHRISTOPHER J.E.P. and Associates. Tel: 01-353 3712 there. Paul. other students as well." ardent readers of both ar- Maths I ticles. FELIX 11 December 1968 7 3. "Jon! Mitchell " Elektra For modern folk purists, Joni Mitchell's first LP on CHRISTMAS Elektra, wistfully titled "Joni Mitchell," is an excel- free lent buy. Joni, a slim, golden - haired Canadian, STOCKING-IT-TOYOU sings simple and very pretty Records to buy your granny for Christmas. songs accompanying herself on guitar. The best tracks " CBS Rock machine turns on this beautiful LP are yoa on." " Spoonful," good solos bv child " and " The trees they "Marcie" and "So busy We've mentioned "The Clapton and 15 minutes of do grow high " are the best being free." Rock Machine" before; drum solo from Ginger songs on this brilliant LP. this is a cheap LP, which at Baker. Whether a drum- 4. Rolling Stone* mer of Baker's skill warrants 4. Tom Paxton. " Morning 15/- for 15 tracks is aston- "Beggar's Banquet" Again." Elektra. ishingly good value for a solo of such length is Rather overshadowed by See last week's review. If money. The album features doubtful. The studio LP, the Beatles' LP release, bat you enjoy Tom Paxton 15 different artists and is similar to their earlier work, probably typical Stones' ma- you'll enjoy this LP. obviously intended to whet offers an interesting contrast terial, since written by Jag- 5. The Family; "Music in your appetite so that you to their live performance. ger and Richard. An expensive record, but a a Doll's House." Reprise will rush out and buy their 5. Incredihle String Band RLP 6312 individual L.P.s. The artists must for all Cream fans and "Wee Tarn ai** the Big The Family are one of themselves are a good cross- a very good example of con- Huge." Elektra the better groups currently section of contemporary temporary blues-based Bri- Reviewed in last issue of tish pop. around. They come from American folk-rock musi- FELIX. Leicester; the Farinas, two cians, with Simon & Gar- 3. Pentangle. "Sweet 6. Jimi Rendrtx of whom form the nucleus funkel, Taj Mahal, Moby Child." Transatlantic Very eye-catching cover of the Family, were a big Grape, Leonard Cohen, and TRA 178 if you're a " Playboy " fan. name locally some years ago. 11 others, all good. The Yet another of the flock Reported to be Hendrix As the LP came out a while only fault of this record is of double LPs being issued served with ultra-electronics. ago, I won't go into much that the material is arranged of late is the Pentangle's Single LPs for the re- detail. It is good. The so as to give continual " Sweet Child." This, their respected minority, the des- group have an American changes of pace and mood, eagerly awaited second LP, titute and the sensible: flavour about them. John which doesn't for instance consists of two sides recor- 1. "Bookends." S & G. Whitney, one of the original make it a good party record. ded live at the group's con- CBS 63101 stereo. Farinas, has leanings to- This is a minor criticism cert at the Festival Hall last This is not a new LP, wards jazz, and plays clari- however, and fc those with June and two sides studio having been released over net or sax on stage. There a leaning towards prophet recorded. The Pentangle four months ago. The justi- is also an electric violin in Peel, this offers a cheap in- sing and play traditional and fication for including it here the lineup. Try and see troduction D musical mind modern folk, jazz and blues is that it is probably one of them for yourselves. expansion. Buy it. with fantastic originality and the most beautiful records skill in rhythm and timing; 6. Big Brother and the Double LPs for your to be issued this year. The Holding Co. " Cheap nearest and dearest (at their versatility is certainly soft and caressing melodies, demonstrated on this LP. Thrills." CBS £3 15s. they are certainly with the tender lyrics, partly A " live on stage " album Instructions: This is a balloon. Blow it up, then release air the dearest): The two guitarists, Bert explain the record's un- features, or more correctly, slowly by stretching its neck. 1. " The Beatles." Apple Jansch and John Renbourn, doubted charm. The songs is dominated by the in- If you haven't heard it I stretch from Charlie Min- do not tell a story, merely credible voice of Janis Jop- hope you enjoy life as the gus's " Goodbye Pork-pi attempt to produce an image lin. The album is a selection recluse of Amos Grove. hat" to " Three dances," a or tie down a line of from two gigs by Big Bro- short collectiorr of very tra- thought, giving the record a good indication of where Excellent, but probably a ther and the Holding Com- box, etc. appears 10 uavw. mistake making it a double ditional lute ballads. Jacqui timeless quality. To my pop music is going. pany at San Francisco's & been relegated to the ranks, McShee's penetrating voice mind, the best record of folk 7. Hair." RCA-Victor LP; all the good tracks on Auditorium; on five of the producing a good all-round can deliver blues such as to emerge from America (RD 795*) one disc would outsell seven tracks Janis takes the LP. Some excellent tracks "Your money green" and since Dylan went rock. S.P.L.H.C.B. lead. Her voice, sometimes This LP. produced from noticeable among a collec- traditional songs like " But- 2. "Wheels of Fire." 2. Jethro TulL " This was." soft, mostly raw and wild, the controversial West End tion of good background ton Town" and "Sovay" Cream. Polydor. Island overlays a series of crude show, exemplifies the excel- music. with equal effect. Terry lent musical scoring and This is a double LP, one A modern blues trecord skeletal backings to produce There are many more re- Cox and Danny Thompson, demonstrates its full poten- record made in the studio with some Cream influence. one of the most exciting cords worthy of mention but and the other a live record- two former " session men," On the "Island" label, the current sounds around. tial. provide good rhythm backr pace and time don't permit. ing made at the Fillmore record is well produced for Raw, violent, harsh, im- 8. Traffic. "Traffic." ing on bass, drums and oc- Examples are Fifth Dimen- Stadium, California. This a small company. It be- mediate, the whole L.P. Island casionally glockenspiel. sion, Jefferson Airplane, live performance features comes somewhat tedious un- parallels much of present- A slightly different, more Arlo Guthrie (begat of two very long tracks, The title track "Sweet less one is an enthusiast. day imagery. It's also a enjoyable Traffic. The fuzz- Woodie Guthrie), etc. Lab." or the smaller-group Q. " What and where is the cinemas (Cameo, Gala) London Film Festival?" London FiIm there appears to be no way A. The London Film Festi- Open out of the /Vicious circle! val is the " Cannes " of " Open Films " plan exten- the U.K. and it is over so sions through willing student you have missed it—Sir! Festival Films societies etc., in all parts Q. "Why did I not hear of the country. They can about it?" provide a free service be- A. Because there was no cause their material is sup- publicity—Sir! Q. "Why is the National the fact that you will have be shown at College to- squares with a view to show- plied by organisations like Q. "Was open to the Film Theatre chosen to wait till God-knows-when morrow—free of charge. ing the M.G.M., Rank, the National Film Board of Public?" for the screenings?" to see The Rolling Stones, My contact was one of a A.B.C.-orientated chap that Canada, Granada Ltd. and A. Why of course—but A. Because it can only seat Battersea Junk yards and group of young people who cinema does not end with The Swedish Film Institute purely as an exercise in 519 people and, there- Brutal Black Power through operate under the title of " The Dirty Dozen." There and through the Avant- mailing ticket applica- fore, almost exactly 100 Jean Luc-Godard's meta- Open Films. They have just may have been draughts and Garde directors like Godard tions since, having done per cent of any one film's physical lens in "One plus got off the ground by run- paving stones for air-con- whose sympathy is spectacu- so, the return post would potential audience miss one " (you will probably be ning an " Open Film Festi- ditioning and deep-pile but larly altruistic. there were no entrance fees have informed you that it—and we always try to dratting having missed the val " comprising works by students of film technique and the principle was good. the N.F.T. was booked work in round numbers spectacle of the said direi tor In short, the movement is out on all the nights you you know! applying the non-metaphy- and moving-art forms, plus As yet the Open Films towards the fusing of the requested—Sir! If you are neither slightly sical fist to his prod :er !) films by established direc- movement is minute com- " Cinema d'Auteur " philo- Q. " Who patronised it baffled nor mildly amused Neither, as your mandated tors like Luc-Godard, Pen- pared to the time-honoured sophies wherein the stars will then?" by the above you will be one reviewer, can I alleviate nebaker and Bertolucci distribution system under be the Directors and the (whose film " Partner " was which most of us see what A. The 1 per cent of the of those disappointed people your torment since out of a actors taken off the street. exhibited at the Festival). the film maker has assessed 65,000 members of the who know, through experi- total of 27 exhibits I could To allow Godard the last This happened concurrently to be compliant with our British Film Institute ence, the truth of it all. You only get tickets for a paltry word " We have to make will know that you may half dozen. Take heart, with the N.F.T. affair, the taste—this of course being pictures not FOR people who were smart enough films being projected in moulded continually by the to get their application never see Pennebaker's clas- however; I have just spo- but FROM them ... We ken to a young American several different parts of films we see. Thus for those forms in during the first sic " cinema-verite " docu- must go to the factory and woman who assured me London at the same time unfortunate provincial dwel- week of their three week ment " Don't look back "— come back with a film." that, at the word, "go," with a mobile unit roaming lers who lose the advantages priority booking period the film of Dylan's epic '65 More on this next term! BOTH the above films could the streets, parks and of places like the "Arts —Sir! British tour. You will mourn JOHN SPENCE 8 FELIX 11 December 1968 cross country SPORTS NEWS THREE TRIES I.C. WIN U.L. for DEVANEY Westcambe Park 10 pts. I.C 18 pts. This was an excellent and well-deserved win by I.C., pro- CHAMPIONSHIP viding an encouraging end to this first half of the season. The game was to have been played at Harlington, butas beating Kings College first many pitches were unfit it was switched to the Park's The University of London team. ground which was even more unfit! Cross-Country Champion- The previous Wednesday EDITORIALship s were held last Satur- The Park started very strongly with some dynamic pass- the first team, having their ing, rucking and running from their forwards. Close to half day at Parliament Hill Fields best season for many years, This week as you can see is more the turn of the smaller in extremely muddy condi- time, I.C. found themselves 10 pts to 3 down—two good clubs. Taking full advantage of their new facilities the increased their lead in the tions. After a fast start London League held at goals against a penalty, when the backs received some Squash Club are going from strength to strength with a very Nick Barton and Norman really good possesions; on Parks 10 yds line; Keith Devaney active membership. Trent Park. They now have Morrison of IC settled into a lead of 45 points over was put away on the right wing, rounding his man, and The girls too, are having a steady season but are still first and second positions, Borough Rd. College. The scoring an excellent try wide out. looking for new recruits now that the initial keenness has with St. George's Hospital second team are in sixth In the second half I.C.'s superior fitness began to tell, waned a little. and UC runners tucked in position, just behind LSE and with their pack getting on top, the backs had a field The larger clubs are beginning to feel the strain of behind them. The remainder I, and the third team are day. Keith Devaney scored two more tries following good putting out several teams twice a week with injuries posing of IC's runners were be- eleventh in League II, al- 3/4 movements, Keith Heaton scored his customary many problems. Last week, no less than 7 of 1st XV were tween twentieth and thirtieth. though they finished seventh opportunist try and Dave Bell too ploughed his way over unavailable through injury, most of whom are our more After the first lap of three in this race. The main after good break by scrum half Rend Weisner. Ex B2 John experienced players. miles, Barton and Morrison strength of the IC team this Smithies and John Ballard kept a firm grip on the centre The 1st XI (Soccer) found themselves without a game on were clear leaders and Barry year is its depth. The se- although J.B. perhaps needn't have gone as far as knock- Saturday as their opposition, a neighbouring London Dobrowski, Ashley Deans cond team are very keen and ing himself out in the process. College, decided that I.C. were just too good and that they and Tony Mason were provide a hard core of ta- didn't want to be beaten 11-2 again—quite a compliment! working their way up the lented athletes from which Pride of place must of course go to the Cross Country field endeavouring to break to choose replacements- for progress reports Club, who, making full use of their abundant talent had the St. George's and UC first team injuries. the U.L. Championships all sewn up despite extremely packs. Next term should see New trying conditions. Squash Badminton Nick Barton was first Zealand international Barry home in 29 mins 33 sees; Jones recovered from his Over recent years, the The first half of this sea- second was Norman Mor- heel injury. Having just squash club has been in a son has been reasonably rison i> 30 mins 23 sees. missed selection for the state of decline despite in- successful for the club. Both Next in for IC were Barry Mexico Olympics, he will be creased numbers. The for- the men's first team and the GIRLS'SPORT mation of a London Univer- Dobrowski, 11th; Ashley very keen to show good mixed team have lost only Deans, 13th, and Tony form and will make the IC sity Squash League last year one league game each out of Mason 15th. The second team a very hard one to changed this and IC now the matches played so far; - STEADY team also finished well up beat has a record number of four the mixed team lost its first teams, each playing at least match of the season to UC Badminton is the game 20 league matches in the 5—4; however, hope of win- This year so far the for- which seems most geared to season. ning the league still runs tunes of I.C.W.S.C. have our talents this year and With the increased pros- high. not been as good as last both the ladies and mixed pect of getting into a team, The only representative year. teams have a 100 per cent members have responded from IC in the recent BUSF The hockey team has won winning record. with great enthusiasm and championship held at Crys- several matches but lacks Table tennis has two the club has become one of tal Palace was Lynne Bey- the overall shooting power teams competing in the the most active sporting non in Chem I. Lynne that it had last year. We had U.L.U. league, which, in bodies; and the Wednesday played very well and a bye in the 1st round of the spite of great promise have afternoon coaching sessions reached the quarter-finals U.L.U. cup and our 2nd no wins under their belts. have proved quite success- in the Ladies singles, the round match was rained off Netball and Judo are still ful. semi-finals in the Ladies last Saturday, so we can seeking recruits to make This season the fixture list Doubles and the last 16 in boast of no great successes them quorate and in fact contains about 110 matches, the mixed doubles, an yet. The newly founded any team captain will be about the same as last year, achievement well worth swimming team has been happy to see a new face. as against 36 for the previ- noting. The mixed team unfortunate to have had Keep-fit is held in the gym ous year. must draw great inspiration counter-attractions on at every Monday evening and A knock-out tournament from her badminton (the both of its matches this term is followed by badminton will be continued this year captain anyway). which have lured its star practice. Squash coaching and there are hopes of a big Recent results : is held in the Sports Centre members. Given a full I.C. Extra lsts in action. ladder competition. Also Mens I st team we could have a mea- from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. being arranged are squash Friendlies: sure of success. on Wednesday afternoons tours of Cambridge and Ox- Newland Park L. 7—2 The squash team is still and swimming training on ford, taking two teams on Oxford II L. 5—4 competing in the men's Monday from 6.30 p.m. and VOLLEYBALL CLUB each tour. League: league with some success. Friday from 6.00 p.m. With interest running at Woolwich Ply W. 8—1 its present high level, IC is Mixed: IN GOOD FORM well on its way to becoming League: West Ham W. 7—2 London Regional League the force it once was in Lon- don University Squash. R. Holloway W. 6—3 The Volleyball club has this year; unfortunately affi- U.C. L. 5-4 FIFTHS HIT 6 had an excellent start to the liations had to be in before GuysII-2, ICV-4 season, having narrowly lost we returned to college. only one match of the five Next term we hope to visit DEVALUATION IC's debutante full-back goals. After 65 minutes played so far. Due to in- Exeter and Southampton ESCALATION LAMLEY'S opened Guys' account after Day bobbed up for the creased membership this universities as we did last RACIAL SEGREGATION five minutes when his back equaliser and our boys went year, and sustained support year, and on our present Do you need A pass left keeper Roswell ecstatic when Gunnell rose of the club, we have been form we stand a good for your— Information or stranded. Minutes later ICs to head home a corner for able to field a strong team chance of beating them twin-stopper Mountford ran resulting in easy wins over both. In the summer term Simply Edification ? M the third. Soon after, the Exercise your own BOOKS 30 yards to rob Guys' Southgate Technical College, we shall again be entering centre-forward completed discrimination by i centre-forward and slip the St. Mary's College (two the Annual Simmarian Vol- L his hat trick. visiting the ART MATERIALS ball past the advancing Shortly before the end, teams) and Gunners Volley- leyball Tournament and Roswell to put Guys fur- bustling wingman Park was ball Club. The Soviet Em- hope to do one better than KmF ther ahead. struck by a Guys defender, bassy has been the only team we did last year and win the HALDANE PAPER BACKS to beat us this season. If sup- who was sent off for his Division Two Cup. We were v port of the club continues STATIONERY The Fifth's forwards, pains. runners up last year. LIBRARY J in its present way we hope however, were more erratic Team : S. .Roswell; D. I hope members will con- to be able to run a second Wood; J. Grant; A Mount- tinue to support the club in in their shooting and it was team next term. another half hour before ford ; G. Hamer; G. Mo what promises to be our Open 10-7 & Neilly; R. Park; J. Davies All the matches played most successful season yet. (10-5.30 Wednesdays) Gunnell reduced the arrears. 1 EXHIBITION ROAD, S.W.7 In a thrill-packed second- B. Gunnell; R. Day; A. Laf have been friendlies as the A. J. HOWARD half, IC pressed for more ferty; Sub : J. Darley. club is not a member of the Captain Published by Paul Heath on behalf of ICU Publications Board and printed by West London Offset Co, 86 Lillw Road, S.W.6 Issue No 268 11th. December #68

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V \ / / Guaranteed .not to fly straight^by ^foy'Kirkham and Ian Williams*,. COUNCIL VOTES COUNCIL INTO II PI Monday'"s Council meeting degenerated into a farce of petty bickering. Many tppics which should have brought fruitful discussion were killed by swift proposals to move to next business. Under rather reak chairmanship from President lowin only the more , aggressive members were able to get much business done. It is likely that the number of freshers in Hall will be unaltered next year and that there will be 25,i in Student Houses. It was decided to recommend this to the, Rector, after Spike Ban tin reported that the majority of student opinion favoured no change in present Halls structure. The Rector will circulate Council's report around the Wardens, and it. is expected that they will agree with the recommendations. In addition, Council expressed dissatisfaction at the scrapping of the camp beds idea; guest rooms are not popular because -peovle do not like to use other people's bedrooms. Application forms for Hall & Student Houses will be in different colours next year, and Group applications for houses will be accepted. Lon't forget that one house (out of 2) will be for WOMEN! Council also voted themselves back into Hall, recommending the removal of the rule restricting residence for officers to 3 years. £310 was authorised for a nursery to cater for 15 students but Piers Corbyn's motion to donate £25 to MDRADE was again rejected. However on a motion by Dave ¥/ield, Council is to give lOgns for group membership of Institute of Contemporary Arts. Members are abie to go to exhibitions, poetry readings, films and plays arranged by I.C,A, at half price, Ents report Traffic having broken up cannot play at the Albert Hall Concert. Butl.C. may engage Stevie Winwood plus the erstwhile members of the Cream, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton, The security, of Mike is now the responsiblity of the Deputy President, I,C.U. is to reimburse the £5 each payed by the constituent College Unions to buy our mascot from the clutches of Kings College. It was mentioned that after the Stoats Club Dinner when Beit residents were disturbed in the early hours of the morning and several guests stayed overnight in the S.G.R., the position of the dinner is to be reviewed next term. It has been decided to extend the amnesty on returning glasses to the bar until the end of January owing to poor response. So if you have any glasses in your room get them back soon. Remember, stolen and broken glasses cost £12000 a year of your money. Dave Y/ield walked out in digust just before the end, and other Council members dissociated themselves from the proceedings. P.A.H. and M.J.W. PARKING- A barrier is to erected at Southside to secure the resident's parking places, and each holder of a resident's permit will be given a key on payment of a 10/~ deposit. The space in. front of Southside at present used for scooters will be reallocated to cars atid alternative accommodation found for scooters. Also at the meeting of the parking committee yesterday, it was decided, in view of the number of places left vacant in commuter zones, to over-allocate, and thus gain an extra "ten places. FAVOURITISM IN MINES? FELIX has received a copy of a circular which has been passed around RSM this week. This circular alleges unfairness in the selection, by RSMJ, of students for foreign visits. It quotes the example of a Paris trip, for which two names were placed on the list for the two places available. One of the applicants had later been told that he had been replaced by a person whose name was not on the list. LETTER Dear Sir, I would like to dissociate myself from the duplicated sheet at present being passed around concerning the RSMU selection for overseas visits, and thoroughly object to my name being printed without my permission on the said sheet. The sole reason I signed the petition was to enable an RSM Union meeting to be called to discuss the matter. ROBIN DIBBLEE, MOONEY CHRISTMAS DINNER today 3A Alka-Seltzer will be provided by FELIX in exchange for 3-v completed years back dated. :,; SMALL ADS \

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