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Don't forget UNION MEETING [Thursday ll.OOhrs Great Hall 31st October, 1972 FREE ISSUE No. 316 f BEE! ISSUE*. 315. 1\ ABSTAIN /'4 WGfll pet lh* * know. That's the message Armitage 128 nfrom Friday's FELIXPOLL Smith • IIS Last week's FELIX front page. Spoilt Papers 28 ABSTENTIONS 833 ALBERT HALL SEATS come. The choir gave some respite with their - the hard facts singing and there it was, Few could have been surprised by the result of last week's presi- like a nightmare, forever dential election. The opinion poll that we published last week showed The voice of MCB reverberated around the hall. Was haunting—over 700 DICs this another Union meeting? — couldn't be, not a paper awarded. Thank God, not that as early as the Friday before the election many had the intention all were there to receive of registering an abstention, and the amount of literature put around dart in sight. What was this gathering of people, clothed them. the college by the constituent college Unions over the weekend in garb so rarely seen. Could it be a rehearsal for Commemoration Day? No ... it was the real thing. A Gradually you could clinched the matter. On Monday morning, when balloting opened, few seconds before, as the procession of college digni- feel the chairs in the Al- bert Hall becoming less leading executive members were still more than doubtful that this pro- taries crawled forward the Albert Hall was transformed comfortable. The air began, paganda would have any positive effect other than people staying into Westminster Abbey — the choir singing and the to seethe with restlessness. people standing. Was this all the famous away from the polls: but on Tuesday evening, when it was learnt that rites consisted of? the magic threshold figure of one thousand had been reached, and Thus it came to pass the poll was valid, no-one had any further doubts. ers and as each cloaked Dr. Whitrow assumed that MCB stood at the figure advanced across the the role of Eamonn And- rostrum. Was it the stage the loudspeakers rews giving us potted For those of you who smaller scale. Nominations minutes of the last Union boomed a name. biographies of the 5 new meeting he was reading? have been dazed by the are posted on a board in The results of three aca- fellows of the college who A list of parking alloca- demic years are acknow- events of recent weeks included the rector's suc- the Union with twenty tions? No. It was just the ledged by a bow from the cessor, Sir Brian Flowers, and/or have missed our editorial seconders' names append- introduction to the cere- chairman of the board of Sir Edward Playfair, mony. The half full (or articles and Union meet- ed. On the Thursday fol- governors. Those years of whose name needs no in- half empty, if you're a lectures, reams of notes, ings, and of course for troduction and last but lowing the close of nomi- pessimist) Albert Hall was hours of computing, sleep- not least Professor Sir the Martians who will be nations there is a Union tense with excitement, less nights, gallons (oops I Alan Hodgkin, President reading "Felix" in cen- comment Meeting at which "hust- necks craning, ears intent mean litres) of coffee lead of the Royal Society. on the softest whisper and to a set of letters after turies' time and wondering ings" for the candidates eyes straining to witness your name and a bow or, The chairs seemed to be what the heck we were all are held: that is, the pro- the strange rites to be per- a handshake, if you are getting more uncomfort- up to in 1972, it would President (and for that poser makes a short speech formed that afternoon. one of the lucky ones with able. The sound of seem worthwhile to repro- matter the Editor of a prize. watches being wound was in favour of the candidate, Lord Penney in his last duce here a potted guide to be heard as Sir Alan "Felix") for the coming the candidate speaks for rectorial address was mer- But mum was pleased, Hodgkin moved forward to election procedure and academic year are elected himself, the same happens cifully short but, alas, the so was dad and after alltowar d the rostrum. Can how it has operated over by college-wide ballot. for the others standing, presentation of associate- it's only once in your life. you find a relationship be- ships which followed the last few weeks. I mean, it's not as though tween History of the col- These elections are con- and the audience then proved not to be so. What you have to go every year. lege, including of course ducted in the same way as asks questions of the as- can be said of those 50 Imagine how the people details of Prince Albert; Every Spring, the Presi- a Parliamentary election, sembled candidates. On minutes? Sweet music who have to sit through it the building of Japanese straining from the stage, supertankers and the sci- dent, Secretary and Deputy though on a necessarily (Cont. on page 3) every year must feel like. the fragrance of the flow- There was worse to (Cont. on page 3) October 31, 1972 Page 2 FELIX Cars daubed EXHIBITIONS Protection racket formed 1. Science in South Kensington During the past weeks there has been a sharp in- crease in the number of cars parked in the precincts of I.C. Several cars have already had headlamps and windscreens whitewashed and tyres let down. On a recent visit to the Lyon Playfair Meteorology departments at present This deplorable state of affairs has come to the notice USA Library you may have noticed the exhi- housed within it are moved to the new of a group of students. These students have formed a bition "Science in South Kensington" building in 1974, the name will move society called the Imperial College Automobile Protec- which is running on Level 1. The exhi- with them and the building will again be tion Society (or Racket?—Ed.) or ICAPS for short. CAMPS The purpose of ICAPS is to ensure that these vicious bition commemorates the first associa- used for government purposes. attacks are stopped. To do this ICAPS needs money. tion of Imperial College with South The exhibition traces the history of FELIX will shortly be Since they have no bank account, Rag has agreed to Kensington, when three departments of the School of Mines and other constitu- endorse their efforts and given ICAPS permission to running a feature on the Royal School of Mines moved into ent colleges of Imperial College from use its account — for in payments only, naturally. BUNACAMP and the newly built Science schools in Exhi- their foundation until the beginning of Cheques, P.O.'s and cash should be sent to IC Union other Camp Counsel- bition Road during the autumn term, the first World War, using items taken Office and made payable to Imperial College Carnival ling schemes. Would Charities account. IF you could also include your car 1872. Eventually the building housed all usually from the Imperial College At", anyone who has had registration numbers, ICAPS Will make sure that these the departments of the School of Mines chives. The exhibition lis arranged by the experience in a North vicious attacks on your car are stamped out. and the Royal College of Science. When College Archivist, Mrs. J. Pingree, who American camp Please be generous and help ICAPS stop these at- Imperial College was founded in 1907 has also compiled an excellent com- please contact ROB- tacks . you never know what might happen to your the Governors were granted the con- panion catalogue. It is open until Nov- automobile if you don't have ICAPS protection. ERT CARTER (Aero tinued use of the building which be- ember 4, and is worth visiting if only 2 or Weeks 24) or the (Next week: The Imperial College Pushbike Protec- came called the "Huxley Building" in to find out what COULD be done in tion Society). Editor, since we wish 1932 in recognition of T. H. Huxley's the Hux. to base this article on outstanding services to the constituent (Article adapted from foreword to Ex- as wide an experience colleges: a memorial plaque was affixed hibition catalogue with additional mat- as possible. in 1933. When the Mathematics and erial from our own reporter). New Hall Thank you for your Plans co-operation. Last week, in his "Presidents's Piece", Ian Mackenzie wrote about the new Northside Hall. Now, as promised, we are reproducing below a detail from the plans. Our diagram shows a typical flatlet, containing 6 single and 2 double rooms with its own kitchen/dining room. There will be 35 such flatlets in the hall: 2 together with a common room on level 1, 4 on each of levels 2 to 9 inclusive, and 1 flat plus 2 penthouses on level 10. Lift access will be at levels 1, 6 and 10 and stairs will run to the other levels. The full plans can be seen in the Union office. -1 4—^ StetaB|,.:.jJ 2. Andrzej Kuhn's Paintings LJOOS There is at present, in the Consort ies: blocks clearly defined, patterns usu- 2 Gallery (alias the Ante-Room, College ally based on ia chequered design, or, Block) an exhibition of some 36 paint- finally, blended in a way Which is like ings by Andrzej Kuhn. Although the a macroscopic view of the blending images themselves are somewhat remin- shown by the French impressionists.

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