U.C. set up a working party to look Union into the function of O.G.M’s News No. 375 6d. FRIDAY 24th OCTOBER, 1969 “OGM’S NO MEET RAG PUSSY USE99 SAY COUNCIL by U.N. Reporter
COLLOWING a series of inquorate O.G.M’s, last u.c. Monday’s Union Council voted to set up a working party to look into the viability of O.G.M.’s as an organ of Union Government. in briei work, but admitted that if The general consensus of the present trends continued he Council was that General Meet would back their abolition at The Union Council of ings were of no use in their the next A.G.M. '‘It’s up to Monday the 20th of Octo This is Rag Pussy, the symbol of this year’s Rag. The kitten is only a jew months old, present form. iMore than half the Working party,” he said, ber lasted 6 hours and: the O.G.M.S last session were “The ‘fact that students all Let’s hope this nice pussy can raise a jew pounds for Rag. inquorate and only 100 of the have an equal say through an —Vetted and passed the University’s 8,500 students O.G.1M. in the running of the minutes of the previous attended the first one of this Union is a valuable privilege U.C. and Exec committee term. 150 are needed for a which is being abused.” meetings. quorum. STUDENT He hoped that if people in —Noted that the colour Comment the Union realised that they T.V. was going into a Investigation might lose this privilege they EVICTED would start coming to O.G.M.s lounge in the new Extenr 'Q'NION NEWS Is the independent newspaper of Leeds Mark Cooper, U jC. member again. sions. A First year student was and former Secretary of the University Union and as such, it represents the Union, proposed the idea of a An amendment to Mr. —Elected F. Moore, Julia evicted from his digs Cooper’s original motion, pro interest of all the students of this University. working party: “I put it for Hartley, M. Newman, J. earlier this week after his ward with mixed feelings and posing that “this meeting of Wright, A. Sugar, and C. Union Council disapproves of Therefore, we do not intend to be intimidated by landlady alleged she found was surprised how eagerly Smith to the Disciplinary him in bed with a girl. Council took it up,” he said. the Union News editor’s abuse hysterical outbursts from frustrated sections of the com of this paper to undermine the Tribunal Appeals Commit The landlady, a Mrs. Gills, Several U.C. members sug democratic basis of this tee. munity, in attempts t o _ University Union,” was said she was taking aspirins gested that O.G.M.S should be —Elected Dave Lowrie undermine our indepen-1 W{J af£ also accused of and warm milk to a sick abolished at the next Annual defeated. student, When she knocked on General (Meeting in February. Accommodation Secretary. deuce. attempting to “undermine the alleged miscreant’s door and It was considered that any The motion was proposed by —Received the minutes of received no reply. important items for discussion Penny Red editor Frank ... the democratic basis of the could be brought up at S.G.M.s. Moore, and referred to an Cultural Affairs Committee As a responsible news- University Union”, by pub- Hearing a tape-recor er play editorial in Union News on Union News Ed. Board, paper, we do not wish to jishing an Editorial criticis- ing loudly she entered the room The working party will pub October 10th which noted the Rag, WUS and SCARD. where she claimed to have licise its decisions and sugges numiber of inquoralte O.G.M.s lower ourselves by attempt- |ng present O.G.M. sys- found the couple in bed. —Told “The other Paper” ing to reply to the verbal tem tions before the end of term and advocated reform of the iShe is reported to be writing and its members have been sysltem. to present a proper cost and written abuse that has ... . to the Vice-Chancellor. instructed to bring forward any analysis for the next meet been bantered about this £ ’ W1 in , a week, * definite proposals to the Only iMr. Moore voted for working party has been set The student, whose name A.GJM. next term. the motion. He told Union ing. w up to look into this very has not been released, was Council: “I am going to present —Resolved that Rag, given accommodation earlier Mr. Cooper stated that he a censure motion on the Union Two serious charges have problem, this week by members of was in favour of an O.G.M. News editor to the nex Action Soc., Art Soc., and been levelled at us. We are We repeat our previous Action Society. system if it could be made to O.G.M.” Arts Festival be given accused of distorting and statement that 150 students accommodation in the inventing facts. in an O.G.M. is not rep Woodhouse Lane property. resentative of the student New Fire Engine on Campus —Dealt with the business of And who are our body of 8,500. the inquorate O.G.M. and accusers? None other than , f piRE engines arrived at the University at 11 o’clock on Sunday, causing some specula tion among passers-by. No fire was apparent. passed a policy decision Communist Society, those , repeat tnat t e a safeguarding students9 in shining examples of honesty „ £ S “ha Fire officers explained that this was only a practice, however. A shiny new fire terests with reference to and truth, who claim to f,re inqfuor. e .Js PJ°? V + appliance worth £23,000 was being tried out on the wide range of buildings at the central files on academic have interviewed our Editor the ™st majority 0f students University. performance and employ and have invented sourious ment. 'The engine was larger than Debate Cancelled —Unanimously re-affirmed ST 2S ‘° str“sthen S S » S 2“ normal because it has a new We therefore give a warn- TH IS week there is no debate. It was called off after the Union’s opposition to 85 foot ladder on an hydraulic Apartheid. If any political society, ing to those who think platform. There are only a little publicity. 1 whether left or right, wishes that they can silence Union So far this term there has who have any time are in- —Voted for a boycott of to bring its speakers into News and remove our in- dozen engines of this size been only one regular debate, experienced. I hope the situa- B.UJS.A. and of South operating in the country. held on a Thursday_____ „ evening tion will improve although I’m African goods in the Union the Union, that society dependence by this kind of ■ “ a bit pessimistic. should expect to have what smear, last week and designated catering services even if this “public.” The traditional debate A further anomaly in this led to higher prices. the speaker says reported. Our function is to serve Ladder on the first day of term was term’s debates organization is part of the Freshers’ conference the apparent decision to con —Called for non-violent If the speaker must press ?uUC*entj an-^ programme. tinue Wednesday afternoon direct action against the a secretive party line, we t^le staff, both academic The engine was last seen Chairman of Debates, debates, despite the meagre forthcoming South African can only suggest that they Tand non-academic, of this way trying to squeeze its recently elected Internal Vice- Wednesday afternoon audiences rugby tour. choose a less public place University, through the arches by the New President Martin Verity when of the previous two sessions. than the T.V. lounge. Alter- We will not be silenced Arts Block. A spectator com asked to explain the infre Mr. Verity commented that —Voted to set up a work quence oif debates, replied last week’s evening debate was ing party to look into the natively, they can hardly by those who see us as a mented, “by the time that thing “We’re suffering at the moment an exception and an experi complain if what the threat to their own am- gets through there the whole of a rapid turn-over in Debates ment, designed to attract the viability of O.GJVL’s as an speaker says is reported. bitions. Leeds could burn down.” Committee. The only people public. organ of Union government 2 UNION NEWS — Friday, 24th October, 1969 PAKISTANI STUDENT | IIN IO N NEWS has been attacked this week for 1 being undemocratic in its attitude to O.G.M.s. by H various members of the left-wing political societies. H A second charge laid against Union News was that it IN ARMLEY Red Bus For Rag J was News of the World in style and attitude when it J| comes to dealing with them. I ® *° answer these I wjngers g0 Up to the | two charges. Firstly these Engineers and find out BY U N. REPORTER j learned gentlemen of the w^at ordinary students do, | ^ *° realise that or pjay games on a Satur- JAIL m there are over 8,000 day like I do and meet a §j students in the University few# A Pakistani student, Ashiq Hussain, has been prevented J not all of the same politi- from entering the country and is now imprisoned in | cal persuasion as them- The News of the World Armley Jail. M selves. charge arose from a head- Mr. Hussain arrived in Britain on the 8th September ( line ‘‘Communist Advances I Many of these are not University Infiltration”. to start a two year study course in Textiles at the | of the same or any political Union News> interested in Bradford Technical College. He was refused entry into U persuasion, but are bored jnformjng the students Britain because an Immigration Official did not consider | with Union politics, a fact w|iat gQ€S on ;n the him to be a bona fide student j that was illustrated at the u njversity, sent a reporter 'Mr. Hussain was however i granted permission to leave >October 14th this year in which I *ast inquorate O.G.M, to a Communist Society Pakistan by the Pakistani High permission to stay in, Britain m where a vote was taken not meeting. Commission after they had was refused, Mr. Hussain was to resume the O.G.M. on Satisfied themselves that he had incarcerated in Armley Prison, | the following day. Thus He was one of the few in fact been accepted by Brad Leeds. ( the meeting just did not who turned up to hear the ford Technical College and had B happen. emminent Communist, been assigned a course there. Bail was refused despite Mr. Hussain’s financial security. 1 _ , Fergus Nicholson speak. Certificate H The President of the |-ieac||ine is based on A Home Office spokesman 1 Engineers said to me that the story and was written He possesses a Lahore said, “His solicitors are now | if Engineers came to an by the News Editor who Matriculation Certificate which going to consider reappealing has been verified by the Joint for him to stay.” = O.G.M. they wouid be free|y admits his left wing Matriculation Board in Man- Rag Red Bus parked outside the Union U bored. These are the |,eaningS and is an avid dhes'ter. Mr. Hussain is being sup 1 pe°ple that very occa- reacjer of Socialist Worker. The Home Office pressed for ported by the Bradford Paki DLANS by Rag to feature a display of old buses has had U sional O.G.M’s. on a Deportation Order and after stani Association for Immi to be shelved because of a lack of space. 1 important matters with Union News is written in a High Court hearing on grants. Rag’s P.S.V. (Passenger Service Vehicle) maniac has, however, 1 quorums of 400 would the interests of the ordin- persuaded Rag Committee to buy him a consolation prize—a 1 cater for. ary students to inform twenty-one foot red double decker. 1 them what goes on in the Sporting an 8.1 litre diesel engine, the Bristol bus cost £325 | Not everyone can have Universit„ |t is written by Mrs BAKER ON RACE and is to be used for transporting Rag volunteers to the 1 a say in the mundane day- students for students. It is LEADING figure in race relations, Mrs. Maureen appropriate front. ■ t0" day r_u.n n in g of tJe aimed to cover all stratas Previously used in and 1 Union. These are Baker, Secretary of the Leeds branch of CORE, *. of political M VI ■ v 1 V.M ■ opinion,VVIIIIVH^ as in-111- around Reading by the Thames | ordinary students who ^eed jts staff js representa- Valley Bus Company it is nine Congress on Racial Equality, addressed Comm. Soc. on gj come to the University to t jye Qf t |1js teen years old. The dealer from Rag Monday. The audience was sparse but vocal. whom it was bought will, it is §j get a degree and have a hoped, take it back again after 1 good time. Engineers and Union News is not for Mrs. Baker aimed her biggest 1 Rag—estimates of depreciation Football m ordinary students want a the Union in-crowd either, guns at the ‘Sun’ newspaper,1 are about £20. recently acquired by the Aus because they lacked a Leader jj good time which for many it is for everyone in the and were unable to communi In addition to itts transport | means a pint of beer, a University. My advice to tralian newspaper magnate cate with the people. Match Richard Murdoch. She attacked use the bus will also be a I game of Rugby on a my left-wing critics is to I EEDS Greyhound Stadium the paper as an example of the Touching on race, Mrs. vehicle for Rag publicity and S Saturday and the company look at students in general is expected to attract wide propoganda machine the Baker suggested that West on Sunday, 26th October ■ of a member of the oppo- and not at a few in an Labour party used to promote Indians wanted their own cul attention. It certainly did so will be the scene of two outside a party last Saturday 1 site sex. I advise the left O.G.M. or in the M.J. its own interests. She thought ture. ‘The West Indian doesn't great soccer matches in aid it an inadequate medium be want to be a black-white man* night when bystanders and llillllllllllllllllllH tween the party and the people. £he said. She mentioned that police were flabbergasted by its of Rag. appearance. Kick off for the first game West Indian history classes Even so, the Moratorium’s Tn these technological times* would shortly be starting in between an all girl team from So far it has been involved the G.P.O. and a wholly organizer, 26 year old Divinity said Krautt ‘we must be pre Pessimism Leeds, based on the writings of in one mishap and caused college drop-out Sam Brown, pared to accept new ideas.’ He West-Indians, not whites. female team from the York another. The driver opened his shire Evening Post. has announced that the cam has decided to devote himself cab door while alongsid a car full time to his brother-in-law’s Mrs. Baker justified her pes A floor speaker disagreed. The Yorkshire All Stars paign will escalate, as planned, simism by pointing to the and shattered Che car window. organised by Ronnie Hilton in November, with a 2-day organization — ‘The Flat Earth He said he’d lived in the West Society’ (Oxford branch). present miners’ strike. She had Indies for seven years and The other mishap was when will challenge Reowisskow stoppage, incorporating a seen how bitter and angry the pointed out that the people the former Union Secretary Green’s TV wrestlers in the march in Washington and Los miners were; their only solu there wanted the culture of the Mark Cooper had his attention second match. The referee will Angeles. OXFORD tion, the strike, was inadequate white man with all its benefits. diverted by it and drove into either be Jackie Charlton or A lighter touch about the a concrete lamp post. Arthur Ellis. moratorium — students showing Oxford students fought with identification were admitted local 'skinheads’ in Pembroke USA free to performances of the Street, Oxford, last weekend. tie CANADA British film ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ at eight centres across the Before the fight the skinheads PREGNANCY TESTING JAMAICA nation. had been singing ‘Onward AFRICA Gillette Razor Blades’ to the Accurate Confidential tune of ‘Onward Christian FAR EAST LIVERPOOL Soldiers’. A freshman described For quick results and MIDDLE EAST them as ‘a load of uneducated instructions, write : EUROPE Girls at a Liverpool College of thugs’. Greatly reduced Education are being molested and A.C. CLINICS (HU2) student fares peeped at by local youths. Even Join 19 Cumberland Avenue, UNIVERSITY during the day the girls, from MANCHESTER Kirkby Fields College on the Fixby, Huddersfield or STUDENTS ABROAD, International House, outskirts of Liverpool are Manchester is to be the Host Phone; 40 Shaftesbury Avenue, University for the fifteenth London, W .l. molested and abused. In a recent Huddersfield 29746 Tel. 01-437 S374 incident four girls were accosted NUS Student Drama Festival, by a group who pushed one of to be held during the Christmas the trainees into a hedge and vacation. cut the head of another with a After last year’s success with stone. original works by student ST. CHRISTOPHER DRIVING Vigilante groups have been authors, the organizers have port estimated that about 18% formed to ward off prowlers who decided to confine this year’s U.S.A of the population left classes peer through girls’ windows late festival to new works. These SCHOOL or work for anti-war activities. at night. may be new plays, new docu 11 HYDE PARK CORNER AST week’s Vietnam Mora Nevertheless 18% in the U.S. mentaries or translations of L is still 36 million people. plays not previously shown in LEEDS 6 torium may prove to have OXFORD further reaching impact than its this country. Telephone 53636 or 55167 student organisers ever expec President Nixon is to broad An Oxford student, 23 year Also for the first time this REDUCED RATES FOR STUDENTS ted. Originally a day of student cast to the nation on November old Sergius Krautt has announ year there will be distinction in (Group Lessons 10/- per hour) protest, the October 15th 3rd and is expec xl tn try ced the break up of his the award of prizes. The demonstration eventually found some new ploy tc draw his "Oblong World Society. ’ He Sunday Times trophy will be Recommended by University Union Services Department active support in all branches country out of the Vietnam became convinced of the error awarded for the best perfor R.A.C. and M.O.1. Member of of American society. A Govern morasse. Recent hints point to df his ways after a trip across mance of any play, and the APPROVED INSTRUCTOR I.A.M. & R.O.S.P.A. ment spokesman, in an effort a possible unilateral cease-fire the Channel in his brother-in- NUS plaque for the second to belittle the stoppage’s sup on the part of American troops. law’s private hovercraft. best. ELECTION CANDIDATES minutes”). Immediate consternation. Everybody’s lost. BRIAN DOWNIE JOHN ALLSOP “That’s the orange bit.” Relief dawns on every dripping Dept.: Civil Eng. Year of Entry: 1967 brow . . . ) is many dozen pages long, with countless Dept.: Management Studies addendums (addenda and other indeterminate pieces of Year of Entry: 1969 Proposed by: JOHN TOUGH rainbow fare neatly stapled into vital fluttering extras Seconded by: MARK COOPER that nobody’s got... Proposed by: D. TRANFIELD With a bit of luck you’ll find a few pieces blank on Seconded by: R. A. FOGG I have been at the university for two years now. the back. Always useful for those of artistic bent. To make an informed, fair and objective choice in I have no political affiliations but am willing to Such is life at meetings of our left dishonourable the current Union Council elections, voters need to know listen to any viewpoint. and illusory Union Council. Or so it has been. And I the following about candidates:— I spend most of my day in either the Union or my have observed many of its meetings. But that was the department and I can easily be found in either place. pasta. No wis the time for a little change. (1) their experience and ability If elected to Union Council, I will try to cut down (2) their motives for standing I am prepared to give up the necessary time to the time taken in dealing with ‘red tape.’ serve on U.C., to read its glorious agendas inside out, in I have had two years’ experience in various elected JOHN ALLSOP. fact to work. Perhaps even to help it become a left union posts at my last university and feel that I have honourable and illustrious Union Council. the ability to be a useful member of the Union Council. As regards my motives — I have two reasons for NIL DESPERANDUM! standing:— Ever noticed the desperation in the M.J? It lurks (1) I enjoy working in student affairs, just as some GRAHAM F. A. BACON everywhere. So do I. Like all amiable fools. of you enjoy participating in other activities. Dept.: Elec. Eng. Year of Entry: 1968 PATRICIA BAILEY. (2) I want to contribute to the Union through active participation. Proposed by: DAVE ALLSUP If elected I promise to work towards achieving what Seconded by: JOHN BISBROWNE is in the best interests of the Uion. How will I know what is in the best interests of the Last year’s Union Council was full of extremists Union? I will seek to find this out through students’ playing at being politicians, and as a consequence, many G. J. BULL views expressed at general meetings, in the union news of the practical motions were forgotten and postponed paper and through talking to students about the at O.G.M’s — instead, such important and burning Dept.: Politics Year of Entry: 1968 university campus. issues (?) as the L.S.E. took up the valuable time of the BRIAN DOWNIE. students who came along to Che meetings. Take, for Proposed by: H. BAIRD example, the small issue of the Juke Box in the Union: this was first mentioned iat the beginning the Easter Seconded by: G. D. SOETAN term and was postponed again and again at meetings: ANDREW JAROSZ even now, TEN months later, we are still waiting for The Union is a vital part of the University. It plays the Juke Box in the Union Bar to even so much as a considerable part in the life of every student, not only Dept.: Econ/Geog. hiccup . . . No wonder the average student is becoming socially but academically. However it is the current apathetic — can you blame him? fashion among students to be indifferent about most Year of Entry: 1968 things, but especially about the union and its activities. If I do get elected ito this Union 'Council (which is Proposed by: MIKE DILLON already renowned for its moderate political views), I A lot of the indifference can be excused when one Will try my very hardest to keep politics out of U.C., reflects on the number of narcissists who have crept their Seconded by: GEOFFREY DARNTON and practical topics (such as better refec. food, and way into the ‘seats of power’ in the union. Most people drink on Saturday night in the Union if you don’t want are bored stiff by their ‘petty politicking’, I know I am. Rag Publicity Manager 1968-69 And this is one of the reasons I have decided to stand to go to the hop — or can't) at the top of the list where Rag Allocations Committee J968-69 they rightfully belong. By doing this, I hope to make for this election. I am not an egotistical exhibitionist who has to be in the limelight; the election regulations the average student not only interested, but proud of Meals on Wheels Working Party 1969 his Union. have an adequate description of me ‘an ordinary student Shop Working Party 1969 GRAHAM F. A. BACON member.’ I only wish to see the union make full use of its great potential in enabling students to make even Rag Newspaper Working Party 1969 better use of their brief university life. Only when the As a member of Rag Committee I have watched union is run by the ‘ordinary’ student members will the closely the activities of the Union and Union Council apathy disappear and will the students get full value PATRICIA BAILEY for their money. for the past year, and have gained considerable know ledge of what is being done in the Union, how it is Dept.: Politics Year of Entry: 1968 I do not, by this, mean that Executive or even done, and what could be done to improve them. Union Council should be abolished, the vote at last Union Council meetings can degenrate into lengthy Proposed by: JOHN DAWSON years’ A.G.M. shewed the majority is against this and discussions over reams of minutes — but it is after all, want the present system maintained. Yet government by Seconded by: CHRIS BARLOW from U.C. that all the ultimate decisions which will referendum led to chaos, as, I think, the O.G.M’s give affect yo u and me emerge. Thus it is essential that U.C. ample evidence. So it would seem that the best way to Apparently I’m an amiable fool. So perhaps you contains people who are prepared to forsake much of run the Union would be to keep the present system with might vote for me. Seeing as what U.C’s supposed to be their time and assist in creating a really effectively only one O.G.M. per term, a T.G.M. in fact, and also representative like. On the other hand you might not. functioning organ of the University students. with the number needed for a quorum raised consider All things being equal. Which they’re not, of course. ably. This has been advocated before but, I believe, put I am prepared to spend my time on the matters Hopefully you will vote for people who understand into practise it would lead to more decisive and con- which affect our environment — I have no time for the time and work involved in serving on Union Council. structr r> union action on such matters as car parking politics and have no time for those who preach it — I Meetings (like most manifestos) frequently last for hours and a nursery, and other defects which should and wish to use my background of serious committee-work and are distinctly boring . . . to an observer at least. The could be remedied. to infuse new ideas into the Union and not spend my multi-coloured agenda (and now we’ll go on to W.U.S. G. J. BULL. (continued overleaf) time twiddling thumbs and just chipping in the odd way of meeting the dictates of the Plutocrats in You can see from above that I am not a politics man word here and there. industry, commerce and the financial “world”, British but an AGRIC. Nor do I intend to be with those We see the value of our money dropping daily — governments have produced an educational system with dreaded people called APATHETICS. yet, why have we no large scale discount purchase over-sized classes, under-staffed schools, colleges and schemes here? (The opportunity was there last year, but universities, with rigid course structures that fail to meet My policy is no doubt the same as 80% of the nom dt was rejected. Why?) the requirements of an Education. Grants are miserable, ination papers around me but I intend to work for the We have no shops or stalls seeling the very things less in value now than in 1962, many students at common interests of YOU. which we cannot obtain from the places which are being colleges and some at university are on the poverty line. demolished all around the precinct. Why? Your humble and obedient servant, No progress can be made towards achieving a just and If the students spend £2,000,000 a year in Leeds, democratic educational system unless students improve VIC PARKER. Why, cannot we obtain some return from those who their own conditions. The way to do this is by mass pocket the profit? participation in the various campaigns conducted by the If not, Why does the Union venture into these Union and N.U.S. U.C. can play a part in evoking enterprises on their own? interest on all these student issues. These Questions remain unanswered but, something must be done about these matters which affect our daily FRANK MOORE. lives. __ DAVID PAUL ROLFE U.C. has done a great deal in recent times to try and match up to the students needs both with services Dept.: Politics Year of Entry: 1968 and facilities, but more remains to be done. Give me the ROSEMARY NEWPORT opportunity to put in a lot of time and effort in Union Degt.: English Year of Entry: 1967 Proposed by: J. K. S. ALMOND Committees and I will help to keep things moving and get things done. Proposed by: JOYCE OXLEY Seconded by: K. C. PEPPERELL ANDREW JAROSZ. Seconded by: ROBIN KING Rag Asst. Donations Manager
The biggest deficiency in the Union is communica Acommodation Working Party tion. As a member of Action Society I have helped to JOHN HOWARD JOSEPHS improve communications slightly by initiating an organ Chairman of Monday Club Degt.: Law Year of Entry: 1967 isation to deal with student problems — either by refer ring students with tangible problems such as accommo The hairy unwashed of the Blood and Revolution Proposed by: MIKE TINSLEY dation or finances to the relevant body or by offering Brigade are at last rejected by the reactionary common- help ourselves in such cases as boredom, depression or sense of the voting masses, and we now have the oppor Seconded by: JEREMY BARLEY inability to integrate. This is work which, when it is tunity of running this Union for the majority of mem “A toothless Bulldog” firmly established, could benefit every member of the bers. It is the purpose of Union Council to make sure That is how an African delegate described Britain Union. I need a place on Union Council as it will speed that your elected Officers do their job properly, and at last year, and at present, I feel the same way about up the process considerably, especially since many of the same time communicate to them, the needs of myself. these problems are constantly recurring ones and need ordinary members. At the moment, I hold an ‘ex-officio’ non-voting their root causes examining instead of the superficial seat on Union Council as the Secretary of Union News remedies which we are able to give. My main proposals are: Editorial Board. If elected onto Union Council, I do not intend to CAR PARKING — Total opposition by all means at Last year, however, I was a fully-fledged member use my position solely as a mouthpiece for Action. I the Union’s disposal, to the University’s plan to ban all have considerable interest in all aspects of Union affairs. representing the interests of the Union, not just a sub cars owned by students, from the campus. Also, However, I refuse to make extravagant promises of committee, and 1 considered it my duty to harry the adequate provision for cars nearer than the present launderettes, constant hot meals, contraceptive Exec, and officials as much as possible, to ensure that parking spaces. they were doing their tasks as efficiently as they ought. machines, fish and chip shops, etc. etc., as I do not However, while I am still able to criticise, rebuke want to insult your intelligence by expecting you to SHOPS — The nearest shop for people living on the and accuse those officials, 1 am unable to put my views believe that a novice member of U.C. could get then Precinct is now about 1000 yards away. A full investiga into full effect by voting against them when necessary; I for you. tion of the possibilities of rectifying this should be made. am a bulldog without molars. The promises I AM prepared to make are as follows: NUS — A close scrutiny of this organisation to ensure This is why I am apparently asking you to waste (1) To help as many students in difficulties as I can. that we are getting value for money out of the £3,000 your vote by voting for someone who is already a mem (2) To endeavour to improve communications we contribute to it every year. ber of U.C. But, 1 assure you that your vote will not be between U.C. nd the rest of the Union. wasted. Although I shall be sitting round the Council O.G.M’s. — The quorum should be raised to at least Although these premises are hardly revolutionary, table whether or not you vote for me, it is in your hands 5% of Union membership so that they cannot be mani 1 hope to be given a chance to keep them, as I think whether I attend as a toothless puppy, or as a ferocious pulated by politically-motivated minorities. The number they are very important. watchdog. ROSEMARY NEWPORT. of O.G.M’s should be reduced to two a term, so as to JOHN HOWARD JOSEPHS. maintain interest. Union Officers should be required to submit a report of their activities during each term for V IC PARKER the scrutiny of one of the O.GJM’s. FRANK MOORE Dept.: Agriculture DAVID PAUL ROLFE. Dept.: Elec. Eng. Year of Entry: 1965 Year of Entry: 1968 Proposed by: ADRIAN GLENN Proposed by: GERRARD STUBART Seconded by: ANNE SUFFOLK Seconded by: KIETH PEPPERELL U.C. stil has a useful, but minor, role to play as an Assist, Convener of Debates 1968-69 PETER MICHAEL WALSH adjunct of the Union Ordinary General Meeting, oper Convenor & Secretary of Debates ating only when O.G.M’s are inquorate. The O.G.M. is Dept. Elec. Eng. Year of Entry: 1968 the only body at which the ordinary Union member has 7968-69 the right to question or censure officials and thus protect Clerk to the House of Debates and Proposed by: DAVE ALLSUP his/her rights, express opinions and formulate Union Secrtary 1969 Seconded by: KEN HIND policy. Occasions arise when O.GJM’s are inquorate but these are usually due to lack of interest in a dull agenda, Ex officio seat on Union Council 1968 other pressing engagements such as revision for exams Sports Editor, Union News 1969 I am standing for Union Council with the a'm of at Christmas and in the summer term, and an absence bringing some common sense into Council and its deci of coverage of student issues by Union News due to Dear Voters, sions. I wil lnot take part in political squabbles but will try instead to influence Council decisions by sensible abuses by hostile editors. Many, many hours have I sat through the drab discussion and sensible voting, for the good of the Much of the present crisis in Higher Education can ramblings of the Union politicians on U.C. and I have Union membership. be directly attributed to the penny-pinching policies of decided that the time has come for me to remove one the present and past governments. Desirous of a cheap of their votes and put it to better use. PETER MICHAEL WALSH. UNION NEWS — Friday. 24th October. 1969 3 WEETWOOD GIRL ATTACKED 2'B?Coi by Robert Lizar Rag Beauties on Parade AN attractive young brunette was returning to Weet- wood Hall last Tuesday night when she was attacked by a man who was hiding in the bushes. The winding path to the Hall is lit at intervals by stop and had mistaken a short neon lights. The man jum cut to his home in Adel Lane. ped out of the shadows, However when the two young behind the girl, grasped her men offered to accompany him ‘ home” he became embarrassed by the neck and breathed and would go no further. They “Don’t say a word, or I’ll handed him over to the police strangle you.” He then and he was taken into custody. struck her three violent After this attack a police blows on the head with his patrol of the grounds was in fist. stituted. One student commen ted “There are ninety girls in Miss X, whose name has this Hall and no anti-burglar been withheld by request, devices or watch-dogs — so screamed in panic, struggled what do you expect?” free and ran off towards the Hall. The screams were mis As a sequel there was a taken for “pranking first years” further alarm on Friday. Two until Miss X arrived. She was girls were returning home via unable to say more than the the rugby field when two word “man” and was in a state middle-aged men drew up in a o£ hysteria. white Triumph Herald. One got out and vaulted the fence but Two visitors from Bodington, the girls had already made a Dick Sutcliffe and Peter Bruce quick getaway. One said later ran out in pursuit and caught “I’m not sure what he looked up with a man in the middle like, but 1 know the car was of an adjacent rugby field. definitely a white Herald — if When challenged he claimed he it had been a white Mercedes had got off a bus at the wrong we might not have run so fast.” SECOND BAR OPENS THE second new bar, sandwiched between the basement 1 bar and the new coffee lounge, opened with the minimum of publicity on Monday, a few minutes behind schedule. Only three students were present for the august Four of the five Rag Queen finalists chosen on Tuesday. occasion. , * , _ , . | staff shortage. He points out , The opening completes the as a compellsation he is bar facilities in the Union and ^ to rices is expected to take much of the ' r INTERNAL pressure off the basement bar, Most draught beers, for in- which had been subject to great stance, cost less than they congestion during its first week would in public houses, ACTION of use. Customers have had to Draught Guiness costs 2/10 as wait for as long as fifteen opposed to 3/- in most Leeds y^CTION Society’s latest minutes to buy a drink during pubs. Double Diamond sells the busiest time of the evening for 2/4 in the Union, against offshoot, Internal Action, —between 9.30 and 10.30. 2/6 in other parts of Leeds. starts work officially today. , TA . Ai „ Another advantage of the EXEC. BULLETIN Bar Steward, Denis Arkell bars jn the extensions is the The orgnization was started says he is unable to offer the fact they can be opened pronrpt service he would like Saturday to non hop-goers. as an attempt to offer help to offer because of a severe J Those who buy Hop tickets to any student in any sort of are relegated to the plainer sur difficulty, practical or per roundings of the old bar. Three changes take place on the Executive question of a Union Contraceptive Vending sonal. as from the beginning of this week. Martin Machine is to be raised again. Three years M ore Flats ago, it was first mooted that the Union One of the organisers, Rose Verity lakes over from Tim Caudery as j^EWLY opened Springfield mary Newport, htird year Internal Vice-President; he should be con should obtain such a machine, but many Mount flats have alle Coat Theft English student said: “We be sulted about any problems concerning Wel people objected strongly on moral grounds. viated the University’s per- A valuable fur coat was gan operating during the gan operating during the fare Information or Publicity. He’ll also be So fierce was the argument that the decision renial accommodation prob stolen from a late-night Freshers’ Conference, when we able to advise on printing. was finally taken by a referendum; by a party given by the Editor had a room for two days. Since narrow majority, the idea was voted out. lems. and the News Editor of then we have been recruiting Pete Jennings is the new House Secretary; Old Victorian houses were Union News last Saturday. members and collecting relevant complain to him about anything connected A censure motion on the Editor of ‘Union used in the conversion in the information on sources of The coat, a boot length black financial, legal and medical with the Union Building. News’ questions one of the most jealously already student populated off- cony fur was worth £35. It was help, etc. Unofficially we have guarded institutions on the paper — the taken from an attic cloakroom Society secretaries and students seeking campus area. Those eager for already helped several people right of the Editor to say what he likes in a change should not raise their which contained other coats to find accommodation and to loans will need to make the acquantance of and valuables. Nothing else was his editorial. At the beginning of term, the hopes, however, since all flats get loans; we have also helped Chris Greenfield, the Student Treasurer. missing from the party. several students to adjust more Editor wrote alleging the utter failure of the have already been filled by The owner of the coat, 19- sucessfully to University life.” Elections for Union Council take place O.GJVL’; terming them “the non-event of students. year-old Union News fashion this week; polling is on Tuesday and Wed Editor, Mary Wise was visibly The group will be operating the year.’ This may well have discouraged There were still complaints upset by the incident. The coat on a rota basis 12—2 p.m. and nesday. Polling Stations will, as usual, be students, especially freshers, from attending from the accommodated few. A had special sentimental value 5—7 p.m. daily in the old in the Engineering Block, the Union Foyer General Meetings. Was the Editor justified ceramics student criticized his for her since it was bought by Union bar (downstairs in the milldewed walls while another her father. It was not insured. old part o fthe Union) when and the lipman Building. Union Council in writing as he did? How vital is the deplored the late arrival of his members will be available per members are your representatives in the independence of the paper? The Union furniture. The police were informed and the householder and Miss sonally to offer help with diffi Union machinery — use your vote to make decides on Tuesday. culties ranging from finance to Wise were questioned by both sure that the people you want fill these uniformed and pla in-clothes loneliness. Other methods of Further motions discuss a proposed in Student Dies police, who did not hold out contact will be by letter (via important posts. much hope for the return of the Action pigeonhole) and crease in Leeds bus fares, and aspects of the A second year Chemical En the garment. tannoy. At the Ordinary General Meeting on continuing Arab/Iraeli conflict This could gineer was killed on Monday A reward of £3 has been Joyce Oxley, another third Tuesday there should be heated debate on be one of the most interesting General when his car smashed into a offered for the return of the lamp-post after colliding with year English student and a number of controversial motions. The Meetings of the Term. coat by Miss Wise, a resident organiser, said: “I think the a petrol tanker. He was Keith of Charles Morris Hall. Barber, 18, of Wash way Road, organisation should be quite Sale, Cheshire. Miss Wise commented on the useful when it starts operating loss, “I think it was a very officially. There are already 20 The accident occured in Gel- nasty thing to do, and if I see enthusiastic helpers involved dard Road, Gildersome, near it Heaven help the person and we hope for more to join Leeds. who’s wearing i t ” us later.” 4 UNION NEWS — Friday, 24th October, 1969 NEWSIGHT "Hypnotism is a recognised Medical Remedy " HYPNOTISM- MEDICAL VALUE? by John Josephs
THE.scene is familiar. A light is shining in your eyes. A man, perhaps dressed up like a wizard, is wagging his hands in front of your face in exotic, mystic movements, This girl is being hypnotised . . . but will she be cured? muttering strange incantations, telling you that you are becoming tired. This is how most people think of hypnotism. But, is it like this in twentieth cen culled in public. I asked Mr. tism. He is also critical of the inadequacies of the present Hamid for his opinion on these present sysftem of medicine and medical set-up. He said: “ The tury society? What part does hypnotism play in medicine today? performances. He said, “If they treatment in this country. He claim that 60% of people in I went to see a hypnotherapist, living in Leeds, Mr. M. A. Hamid. Mr. Hamid is are done for no other purpose said: “There is far too much hospital are suffering em otion emphasis on drugs. They give quite well known, and advertises on many Leeds buses. He has a large house in one of except to make someone look a ally is a sweeping statement fool, or just for fun they are pills for everything.” He went which is nonsense. Everyone in Leeds’s most select areas, and I was quite surprised when he showed me into his con not good.” on, “60% off people in hospital hospital is in distress. I could sulting room. The room reminded me of any doctor’s surgery. One wall was lined with today are emotionally ill. The claim that 100% of them h a
>1 IT’S RAG WEEK 1969 by David Rolfe
IF you were in the vicinity of the Union last Friday evening, you may have seen a red double-decker bus, plastered with Rag stickers. It was a reminder that Rag week is now upon us, and the other day I went to Rag office to find out what is happening. This evening, things start off with a bang on Woodhouse Moor at 11 p.m. where a firework display is followed by a torchlight procession through the town, ending at the Civic Theatre steps where there will be folk-singing. Thrills and spills is the theme tomorrow, from 1 p.m. | Rag Ball on Thursday features a zany look at modern per on the Moor, Motor Club is Fat Mattress, with Deep Purple missive Britain as it has never organising a Motor Gymkana, Idle Race, Pretty Things and been seen before. It stars the and at 3 p.m. about a dozen Herbie Goins. In addition, titillating “Rosie Butok”, with teams will take part in a Bed there will be two discos a music by The Sychopated Cod Race over a l i mile obstacle light show ,and two bars. Fancy Piece. course. Each team will carry a dress is optional. suitably attired young lady on Sue Kirby is in charge of its bed, and the winners will To round off the week, there this year’s Rag Procession, the be awarded a barrel of beer. are two Hops. Simon Dupree theme of which is “Inter In (the evening, the Hop will and the Big Sound is at Trinity national”. She is also organis feature Sam Apple Pie, and Aill Saints in Horsforth on Fri ing a fun-fair on the Moor on Brian Auger. day night. On Saturday, the Friday and Saturday, and in Pyjama Hop, complete with cluding roast chestnuts. All prety girls in their nighties, profits wiill go to charity. ends the Week in entertain All sorts of funny things can happen in Rag, it appears this copper never saw Blood ments. The driver of the double- an Agnoc before On Sunday, at the Grey Besides these major attrac decker bus is Andrew Jarosz. hound Stadium opposite Elland tions, there is a variety of mini- The bus will be used for free Road Football Ground, a ents. They are being organised transport to and from Rag seven-a-side football match be by Stan Norman, and take events. Andy is also organising tween the G.P.O. telephone place in the Garden of Rest the Sponsored Walk, which girls and the Yorkshire Even outside the Art Gallery, and starts from the Union steps at ing Post girls begins at 2.30 include mock trials, Scottish midnight tomorrow, and a dis p.m. The main match is be dancing, fencing and possibly play of heavy vehicles, ancient tween Ronnie Hilton’s York judo. Other activities include and modern on the Moor on shire All Stars, including Fred snail race, bubble-blowing, November 1st. Trueman, Brian Close and tiddly-winks, pea-pushing, hop Keith Archer, ex-Leeds United scotch and many others under player, and the T.V. Wrestlers, the general heading of Hobbits. including A1 Miquet, Jon Cor In addition there is a mixed Football tez, Paul Luty and Mick rugby maitch between the McMichael. Engineers and the Polytechnic on November 1st on Wood However, if you would pre The Midnight Movies in the house Moor. fer to help Rag lying down, a Union on Monday and Tues ton of student blood is required day are “It Happened Here” Some of the events wiill be within the next week. AH you which is about a German in running throughout the week. have to do, is to sign your vasion of Britain in the last The usual Tyke trips to out name on the board outside the War, and “Topkapi” a classical lying towns, and as far as Union Shop, and then go along robbery story. Tom and Jerry Liverpool and London, will be to No-Mans-Land by Rag cartoons are featured on both organised during the week. Office at the prescribed time. nights. Rag Disco takes place in the Christian Centre from Monday, Chairman Geoff Darnton is Wednesday’s Hop will be at with refreshments provided outimistic about the success of St. James Hospital Nurses from donations. Rag Week. “We are going to Home. To supplement these make £16,000 this year” was lovely nurses, there will be Twice nightly at City alii he had to say. For charity’s plenty of beer and live groups Varieties, Rag Revue provides sake, let’s hope he is right! Knickers to you as well> I can think of easier ways to carry a bird!
ODEON 2 THE UNION HOP tonite, tomorrow; 7.05 This, the Tyke Day Hop, features “The Best House in London” ® the Brian Auger Trinity. Their David Hemmings & Warren Mitchell supporting group is the Sam Apple Preview of Tyke in various unlikely positions, Pie. Tickets go at 7/6 and quickly. Dateline next week; “The Graduate” ® INCREDIBLE” . . . The Sun “Disgusting” . * . The People “The Dustin Hoffman and Anne Baxter GRAND THEATRE TOWN HALL tonite, 7.30, tomorrow 8.00 An international music group of A Essence Of Sheer Wit” . . . The Gardener’s Weekly “A Little “Trio” twenty five voices from twelve Far Fetched” . . . The Times. “Literature For All Illiterates” . . . MERRION ODEON An ex-London production and a rare countries, The Gen Rosso, is giving The Morning Star “Orgiastic concubissence of Freudian Misanth a season; 7.15 Tickets from 55- a concert on Thursday 30th at 7.30 ropy” . . . The Observer “Great Bog Paper” . . . The Catholic “A Lion In Winter” © chance to see Michael Denison here, The tickets, at 6/6 and 8/6 can be Times (Vatican Edition). Reviewed two weeks ago. next week, 7.30 bought at Barkers, the Porters “D ’Oyly Carte Opera Company” (lunchtime), or Civ. Eng. This is how the Worlds Press | Mon. “HJM.S. Pinafore” replied to the enormous intell- reverentially covered, I must add Tues. “Mikado” ectual challenge of last year’s that assailed his most noble eye THE TOWER Wed. “Ruddigore” “Tyke”. pleased him greatly. It was not HYDE PARK tonite, tomorrow; 6.45 Thurs. “Patience” recorded how Mrs. Canterbury tonite, tomorrow; 7.15 “3 Into 2 Won’t Go ® Fri. “The Pirates of Penzance” This year, by all accounts, “The Sex Tile” ® Rod Steiger, Clare Bloom and The Opera’s annual visit, they need their respective Sports Editors reacted to this. Described (by Hyde Park) as Judy Geeson attempting some vERY no introduction, so I’ll shut up. But will again be given the same Doubtless she turned to the being outrageously funny. interesting three way relationships. they are here ne*t week as well. women’s page (a real encyclo Any of you girls having an affair chance to read and suitably “ Escalation” ® with a married man should see this. consume this most incredible of paedia of knowledge, culture and next week; 7.00 “ Eye Of The Cat” an ® filler, LEEDS CIVIC social, religious, political and interest is “Tyke”) and found to “Stolen Kiss”
City Varieties It has been a strip started off as room, joint, playhouse and entrance, half a now is run by two pint. Now it is one brothers and give its of the only name to a famous
musichalls left. Some of the audience outside the City Varieties. T.V, programme LEEDS CITY VARIETIES this little theatre in Leeds He bought it and was in charge of the company until he died, when we took over.” The brother have spent more than sixty thousand pounds on renovating and redecorating the theatre. One of the places where this is most obvious is STRIP JOINT? in the Circle bar with its famous Grandfather Clock. Q VER two hundred and there’s a pretty good programme mushroom'd into “We organise ooach parties Around the walls are posters years ago a fine selec chance they know what you are what is now one of ti e most to come here. We contact The City Varieties during the “Good Old Days” programme. talking about. coach hiring firms who try and of past productions and signed tion of bawdy pub songs popular of B.B.C. tee vision photographs of famous person What is the reason for this productions both in Bril^in and get a full coachload of people City Varieties exists largely could be heard every night on the continent. to come to the City. They shop alities who have appeared there. international claim to fame? Over the years these have on money made from events at the old White Swan Inn in the town centre during the which are not strictly to do Says one of the directors ‘The Good Old Days enjoys included Charlie Chaplin just off the Headrow, a high viewing figure h many afternoon, have something to with the music hall. As well as Michael Joseph: eat and come here in the Harry Secombe and Jimmy Leeds. countries and is Sweden’s Tarbuck. the Good Old Days the theatre “Obviously to a large extent favourite Television prod evening. is also used by other outside Charii* Chaj»8n Jack-Hyiton wnk* Admission was by a tan the T.V. programme. A lot of uction. “Some of the people come ARTISTS concerns. kard of beer and the credit must go to that. It’s What the many people who from some way away. We have At the moment, for example, made the theatre quite well atmosphere was as informal watch and enjoy th< show had coachloads from Newcastle The bar seating is uphol it is closed for three months known over the years.” and Birmingham and we’ve as possible. Only a single don’t realise is tha until stered in red imitation velvet and is being used as a studio Bttd Flanagan Hetty Kng The programme Mr. Joseph recently Leeds City Varieties, had enquiries from a Swedish for Yorkshire television. Their chairman - cum - compere and the walls papered with red refers to is the B.B.C. veteran around Leeds at least, had a firm ‘Torline’ although nothing velvet embossed wallpaper. children’s programme ‘Junior Plonk Forde Lfiy Langtry was there to guide the pro ‘The Good Old Days.’ Sixteen very different type of reput has come of that yet.” Showtime’ is produced there ation. Says Michael Josephs: ceedings. years ago, the B.B.C. decided Do people who watch the and it has been used to televise to produce one, single pro “Theatre bars have a reput a series of ‘Joker’s Wild’. The highlight of the^ nightly Good Old Days on television ation for being notoriously That was Leeds City gramme from the era of the old show ‘At the Varieties’ was a like to dress up in period dress Radio Leeds has used it’s music halls. shapely female stripper. Leeds cold. We’ve gone to the other Varieties — as it used to be. when they come to the City extreme to create a warm facilities for its Saturday To create the right atmos City Varieties was a strip joint. Varieties? Michael Joseph said intimate atmosphere where morning programme ‘Join in Since its time as a pub sing and sing’ where shoppers ing room, the theatre has pro phere the audience were asked But at Christmas 1968 even that some people do. people can sit down and enjoy to dress up in the clothes of the the stripping had to go—to a drink and even stay there could just walk into the theatre gressed and changed to become “We don’t discourage people and join in the singsong. the oldest and one of the most time and a theatre was found make way for a pantomime. who phone and ask if they can all evening if they want to. famous music halls in the which still looked as it did in As .Mr. Josephs explains. “For come dressed up. In fadt we But perhaps the most unusual the first time in years City This intimacy of atmosphere world. Mention Leeds City the heyday of the music hall. had a whole coachload of is Characteristic of the City event ever performed in the Varieties to anybody in Sweden That theatre was the Leeds Varities put on a Christmas people not long ago who came Varieties actual auditorium. City Varieties was a film made Denmark, Holland or Belgium Cilty Varieties and that single pantomime which didn’t to a matinee in fancy dress. there by a Doctor. He wanted involve stripping. Only five hundred people can They help to create the right be seated or seven hundred the words and music of a song We found that we hs d many type of atmosphere.” called ‘Laughing gas’ to provide close friends. The theatre is in light relief during a series of people coming to see the show To the Joseph brothers, who fact much smaller than it looks who had’nt been to the theatre lectures he was giving on the own the company, atmosphere on T.V. subject. Continues Mr. Joseph: for twenty years. We took a Ydt admission charges are Left gamble that people woild keep is all important. The City “We found him the words Varieties still looks the same very reasonable. The most you and sent them to him. A few the coming and did away with the as it did a hundred years ago can pay is twelve shillings and strip tease act all together. I when ilt was changed from the you can get a seat for only months later he asked if he famous think the change of po icy has could come here and have a paid off.” pub singing room into a proper four shillings, three shillings music hall. short film made of somebody Chand- if you are willing to stand at singing the song. Harry Tate “We had a big redecoration the back. DECISION “We told him that he could lier done in 1956. We put up the Does the theatre make a big chandelier and generally and the film was made. It only of the That decision made a radical profit on such charges? lasted aboult eight minutes. renovated the place. Comments Mr. Josephs: T heatre difference to the Iheatre’s Little Tich Vesta Victoria policy. In view of the success “Yes we do. We run as a “It was used on lectures all Since (then, all we’ve been over the world and a few years Far of the pantomime’s sic week able to do is paint the theatre completely commercial con Harry Weldon run it was decided to scrap cern. We don’t get any form of ago the British Film institute out in little bits as it begins added a copy to their archives. left the old system of a chinge of to need it. The expense of grant from Leeds Corporation Arthur Prince Bransby Wiliams programme every week and to from the Arts Council or any It had a much wider fame than an old redecorating the whole place is we ever imagined.” replace it with a series of collossal.” body. We are entirely self Mark Sheridan Robb Wflton poster. short seasons throughout the sufficient.” But such events provide only whole of the year. The Joseph family have The stated policy of the a veneer covering City Varie “We get a good cross section owned City Varieties since Josephs is to give the puplic ties’ main role as probably the of the public in here now to 1941. Before that, the two what they want. That’s why last music ball in the country. brothers and their father see our productions. the strip tease act was a regular City Varieties was the first, operated the Lewisham Hipp feature of the show and that’s Our regulars have obviously odrome London until it was and now it is the last. It has suffered a little from not being why the strip act was stopped. outlasted them all and looks bombed during the war “We’d put it on again if we able to come every week, but Explained Michael Joseph. as though it will still be around over all I don’t think we’ve thought we could get more when many modern theatres hurt anybody too much.” “It was really that which people by doing so. Come to have fallen into disuse. A large proportion of the made us decide to leave that we’d put on Ballet if we audience of the City Varieties London. Dad looked around thought people would come to Houdini a past performer at the City Varieties} come from outside Leeds. for somewhere else and found watch it.” by K. Overbury s UNION NEWS — Friday, 24th October, 1969 c discourse REVIEW* A FTER several months wait the new Led Zeppelin album is now available. On first hearing the tracks seem considerably better than those of the group’s previous effort and they seem to have picked some more interest fashion ing material. In particular “Whole Lot of j---- Love” seems a standout piece,',» nextnexi record wiill be eagerly I feel m/self tempted to talk about knitwear again this but whether it will prove to be awaited. week, being caught up in a fresh wave of enthusiasm generally popular remains to be Similarly during the holidays for the dust/ pink and slate blue jumper/dress/tunic I seen. One of the most interest- that pleasant country offering saw about Leeds today. You can pick up really good things ing bands I’ve heard in the past by Roy Clark “Yesterday year, Lighthouse, have a new When I Was Young” intro- for prices which are student-geared. album out very shortly and dueed the public to a promising I got a granny vest today for £ 2 /10s. which is very judging by the few tracks which singer who apparently has been practical, as it can be worn with trousers or just on its have already gained airplay often seen on American T.V. own, and really warm, made in Shetland wool. But I’ll say and those of earlier albums by This song was, incidentally, the group this seems a bold composed by French star no more! Not about knitwear, anyway. venture. Charles Aznavour. The time has come the walrus,---- The group is composed of John Mayall’s Polydor album said, to talk about the rain. | Nice to wear with the maxi 13 people who have all had “The Turning Point” has pro- Which is, as you might have length macs are Mary Quant’s considerable experience in jazz ducing a hit song “Don’t Waste noticed, a substance in plent Puddleducks—shiny boots in band, rock group and Sym- iMy Time.” This folksy item is iful supply in this part of the lovely poster colours, which are phony orchestra. The overall certainly Mayall in lighter en- world! Rainwear is a lot of only 69/11. Trousers tucked result may, in my opinion be tertaining mood. Lonnie Mack fun this year, especially if into these farmer Giiles-style compared to John Hisemann’s is back! His new number from you're a maxi fan. Even if look good, and if you’ve got band Coilloseum. (On reflection his Elektra album “Whatever’s you’re not, maxi-length rain an Andy Capp flat hat, all the the latter group probably do Right” is not yet named but coats are worth considering, as better! have more improvisation and the overall sound of the new they are so ultimately practical, As far as macs for men go, ballet sponteniety, but the two groups Mack is certainly gritty stuff, and aesthetic as well, I think. the leather look is way in, do attempt the same involved Apparently he’s done some There are some nice ones especially antique leather. If and colourful works.) wondering around since his about Leeds, which, although the real thing is out of your IT may not generally be known that the Ballet Rambert Taj Mahal’s album “Giant demise a few years ago, but obviously more than the short reach, there are some very good of today is very much a modern dance company. New Step” mentioned last week has his fans have certainly never coats, aren\ all that expensive. imitations about which keep produced a single “Six Days on forgotten “Memphis”. Finally There are P.V.C. ones for as the rain out just as well. ballets by contemporary choreographers replace the the Road”, which is a very as we go to press the first littel as £8. If you’re a real Go for the dark brown, familiar classics such as “Giselle” and “Coppelia”, and moving tale. In a similar bag, weepie song seems to be very extrovert, splash out on a pillar maxi-length, double breasted instead of principals and corps-de-ballet, there are just of course was the huge summer- prominent “Nobody’s Child” box red one, and everyone will look; button it right up to the seventeen soloists, who alternate in leading roles. time success of Kelly Gordon” by Karen Young, and Peter see you coming from about top, and turn the collar up. and his “He Ain’t Heavy He’s Paul and Mary, as predicted three miles off! Looks fantastic! Alternatively, During its one week season On Tuesday, October 28th, My Brother.” Gordon is cer recently, have success with their I think the best I’ve seen is go for a maxi-length gabardine, at the Harrogate Theatre from the company is inviting anyone tainly a man to watch and his “Jet Plane” number. a sage green trench-coat, which with a Borg fabric furry collar. October 27th to November 1st, interested to come to the really has a super line, and the If you’re affluent, you can the company is to present two Harrogate theatre in the morn by Ian Squires right amount of elegance. Worn get boots to match this look. different programmes, chang ing between 10.30 and 1.0 to ______with a rust or purple coloured, By Roger Vivier for Cerruti, ing on the Thursday. Six of the watch an ‘open’ class and re- long knitted scarf, this could they have huge turn-downs in eight ballets being given have look fantastic. Borg fabric, and look really been created within the last menanuer reporn As far as short macs go, superb. three years and the choreo corned afterwards and the com- ______Dannimac’s range this year is Umbrellas are way out by graphers have used contem pany will endeavour to give ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ much more imaginative, and I the way. Buy a large hat if porary scores, both jazz and satisfactory answers. especially like their Reporter you’re worried about your hair, electronic, as well as music by Admission is free, so don’t IN his inaugural lecture to the University last Monday, coat, in neutral gabardine, or just let it blow about in Handel and Mahler. The miss this opportunity of find Professor W. G. Arnott discussed the comedies of the which has a red fleecy lining the lovely Leeds atmosphere modern designs are both un ing out what modern dance is Greek playwright Menander. This was not confined to the and a lovely hood, P.V.C. ones and forget it! But don't be seen usual and effective. all about. are abundant, and a little bit with a rolled up umbrella— significance of the abundant recent finds of Menander's out. Those flowery ones are there’s nothing that kills an b y M o g papyri but he also enlarged on their importance in ancient really bad! outfit so stone dead! ...... Athens. These comedies, over one by Mary Wise hundred in all, heralded the (which Professor Arnott likened super powers ‘new comedy’ of Gercian litera to the Senate and its commit ture from which Professor Ar- tees . . . but without saying not drew the ancestry of which Senate!) these were the rag revue Moliere, Jeeves, and other characters. QPENING this session’s series of Public lectures Sir comedies of error. Though But the setting of the plays Roger Stevens welcomed Mr. Iverach Macdonald of largely ignored when written. reflected the decay of the T H IS year, Rag Revue looks like being the best ever. the Times to speak on “The Super Powers Today” in the f^lays of Menander devel- Greek Empire which Menan- Seen in rehearsal the five-man cast of Rod Bath, oped into a cult throughout the der saw too clearly. The wars the Rupert Becket last week. Mediterranean world after his and famine, the Parthenon re Simon Brogan, Keith Erskine, Dave Heap and Keith Mr. Macdonald, closely j-----. death but were then lost under dueed to a house of concubines Pepperell are working very well together, and the produc associated with the city since» China as well as the increasing the ruins of Rome and Alexan- and drinking, provide the back- tion looks extremely professional. his days at Leeds Grammar doubt and dissent in the home dria. Only his reputation lin- doth. Quoting the great Marx School and his subsequent affairs of America. Despite gered until 1917 since when in- (i.e. Groucho) “if Menander is Between them, the members [be the Court Scene, which work on the Yorkshire Post their wounding pride both are creasing numbers of his scripts the kind of comedy you like, of the cast produce a vast features the whole cast, was for 14 years the Diplo- yet again confronting each have been found in excavating then you will like Menander." gamut of characters, complete matic Correspondent of the other in the Middle East and During the evening you will Times. He covered all the post neither can readily pull back— houses and even wrapped round Though his style was some- with immaculate accents in see Bath in Drag, Brogan in mummies. what pedestrian, Professor most cases. If for nothing else, a cot, Erskine in the pink, war Allied conferences be- defeat, military or otherwise Thus Professor Arnott was Arnott’s lecture was by no the show is worth seeing for Heap on an assortment of bog- fore assuming his present posi- being very nearly classed as an able to read several amusing means too long for he presen- the “Chicken Tango” sketch, seats, Pepperell on the Bench, tion as the Associate Editor. In “un-American activity.” Des- passages from the plays to ted a clear picture of the play featuring Messrs. Bath and the producer, Paul Sprague re discussing “The Super Powers Pite their growing understand- illustrate the similarities be wright and his influence on Pepperell. If they manage to covering in a mental home, and Today” he is obviously well *ng °f each others problems tween Menander and his more later literature with little or no complete this on the night the Syncopated Cod Piece in qualified, his sober analysis of and the slow evaporation of the recent counterparts. Young repetition. On this initial im without collapsing in hysterics all their (well deserved) glory. the confrontation between the partisan Berlin Wall attitude, slave girls in trouble, “slain” pression it would seem that themselves, make sure your Tickets are on sale in the States and the Soviet Union there is still a great gulf of dis- warriors returning to interesting the Department of Greek corsets aren’t too tight. Another Foyer now, and the show will reflecting this. Avoiding the trust, for which reason Mr. family developments, and like should gain added impetus highlight of the evening should be on every night next week. emotions so frequently genera- Macdonald sees little immedi- able villians playing for time from this appointment. ted by this topic, his talk was ate hope for successful con- by Critic nevertheless imaginative and ferences or agreements (except stimulating. in military proliferation). How- by Pete New By flexing their muscles and ever, he held out cautious endeavouring to enlarge their optimism in that world events AT YOUR LOCAL CINEMAS spheres of influence, the are shaped not by paper but by Russians by doctrinaire Stalin- the great forces of history, L.U.U. FOLK SONG SOCIETY ism, the Americans by crusad- and the inevitable trend of in- TOWER COTTAGE RD. ing freedom under their mili- creased Western recognition NCW BRJGGATE, LEEDS 1 HEAfHNGLEY, LE£DS 6 tary umbrella, the two powers and trade with China will bring CIRCLE 7/i STALLS 6/- CfRGLE 6/- STALLS 47- came more and more in opposi- the two Titans of Russia and tion. The two King Lears the U.S.A. to a more tacit ❖ emerged after they both over- acknowledgement of each Ewan MacColl ❖ “ ❖ reached themselves, Russia in other. and ❖ SUNDAY — FOR 7 DAYS SU N DA Y — FOR 7 DAYS Cuba, and the U.S.A. in S.E. The audiences appreciation ❖ Asia, so both found themselves of Mr. Macdonald’s lucid ❖ PETER O ’TOOLE JAMES MASON JOHN MILLS SYLVIA SYMS in the same position of being presentation was shown by the DALIAH LAV I MARK LESTER militarily limited yet being questions put to him at the in father figures to many demand- end, more than one of which Peggy Segger ing and thankless allies. referred to Vietnam. This he LORD JIM ® RUN WILD, They have now reached the suggested was no longer an ❖ ❖ Colour also RUN FREE ® somewhat dissolusioned state issue and the politics involved ❖ in which their interests are are a question of “how to en- Tuesday, 28th October WILLIAM HOLDEN Colour also more in administering their sure a speedy withdrawal of I RICHARD WIDMARK RONALD FRASER dependants rather than shaping troops”. But the simple answer 8 p.m. ADELPHI HOTEL In in and changing them. “ships” he felt would be too Mr. Macdonald mentioned damaging to Washington’s ALVAREZ KELLY ® VICTIM FIVE © LOWER BRIGGATE Colour Colour Russia’s increasing fears of pride. «J* «J. »*• .*♦ ♦*« ♦*« *J» •** •$* **• «£» »*• .J. .♦. «*, by Pete New UNION NEWS — Friday, 24th October, 1969 9 Leeds First Machine Restaurant
by the Features Editor
A RE you one of those people who dislikes pre-packaging and the ‘plastic society’? The front of the Magic Box Restaurant in Albion Street If so, whatever you do, don’t go to the Magic Box restaurant in Albion Street, Leeds. “There aren’t maniy places in Leeds where purely on vending machines but has since The Magic Box is the first fully automated restaurant in the country. It epito you can! have a cup of tea at a reasonable widened its scope rather. price and Sit down for half an hour. I t ’s It now sells ice cream from a conventional mises perfectly the kind of atmosphere its description implies. people 'like that, shoppers and so on, we cater refrigerator and bais a sandwich bar selling All the meals are contained in three Gloster vending machines which are the for.” fresh sandwiches which are made on the heart of the restaurant. lOne oif 'the assistants commented: premises. There is also “take-awiay” Soup Spaghetti Bolognaise costs two shillings; and chicken, potatoes and two veg., “We thave our quiet times oif course, every service. business does. It’s been quiet over the sum Explained (Mrs. Beaumont “We used to have the most expensive item on the menu, only five shillings. mer ‘but that’s iprolbabiy 'been due to the hot a sandwich machine just inside the door. But No meals are prepared on the premises but The [Albion ^Street premises seats about a weather.” very few people used it, probably because are pre-cooked and then cooled for storage hundred people on its two levels in reasonably /The iMagic Box is a limited company run they couldn’t see it. there.” in the machines. pleasant surroundings. There is a staff oif two by a partnership of two men and a woman— The machine is now out of use and will I When customers have made their selection, or (three on duty ait peak times and always- at Miss IGore. iShe is officially the manageress soon be removed, probably with a chip- they take tiheir meal to one olf the microwave least one lady present. but she: ‘"Has a Dot of other interests both vending machine being installed in its place. ovens wihere they are heated ready for eating. Why does a ‘Completely automated inside and outside catering” and is not always Catering machines have a habit of being IMrs, Beaumont, one of the employees said: restaurant’ need any staff at all? IMrs. on the ip remises. rather temperamental. How efficient are the ‘INo meal takes longer than a minute to heat, Beaumonit explains: machines in the Magic Box? and some things, for instance hot dogs and ‘10ur jolb is to be here simply to help. We 'Said one of the employees: “We have a hamburgers, only fifteen seconds'. get a lot of people in here who don’t know C om pany little bit oif trouble but not very much. They (Microwave ovens are a new conlcept in Wow to use the machines or who have not got are inclined to ‘lose their memory’. You dial the right change. catering. IMa.de by Phillips in Sweden (they cosit So much of the actual running of the the numfber for a meal, and instead of collect £600 each but drastically out down on time olf And somebody must a'lways be about (to fill ing it, they just reject your money. But in up the machines when they are emlpty and to restaurant is done by 'the employees who are preparation there all the time. general they work quite well.” “They are the coming thing in catering” put them right again if they go wrong.” lBu!t to get to the fundamentals of any How well is the Restaurant doing? Miss The company plans to open more Magic prophesied Miss Gore the manageress. ‘They Box restaurants. Says IMiss Gore: “I thought restaurant, how good is the food in the Magic are very efficient and useful. 'But they have Gore says: “'We are doing quite well, our Box? sales are increasing as people are finding out the idea a good one and I still do. But i t \ their limitations, for instance they won’t difficult t)o expand at the moment due to brown.” about us.” b usinetss conditions. ’ ’ Chip Machine It was a substantial investment to equip the Over the weekends the metals are often nearly sold oult with hot dogs and corrnsh Pretty obviously, most of the trade is done Mlagic iBox Which opened almost fifteen at lumdhtiimes and to a lesser extent in the months ago. As well las the three microwave pasties as the mlost papular liness. Miss Gore, the manageress, hesitated before But the Magic !Box relies heavily on people evenings. answering. She said: “The food is generally ovens ithere are three meal vending machines ‘lOur customers come mainly from the office Which cost £1,000 each, and three drink just coming in for a quick drink and a sit very good although the chip’s aren’t as good machines costing £500. down. block acroiss the road. We get some students as -they could be; but even that’s a matter of here and some schoolchildren. opinion. They should improve when we get In the evenings we get Students who are our new chip vending machine. going to night School. They come here for a “(Our meals are very good value for money. quick meal before Starting work,.” We don’t pretend to compete with Jacomelli’s ‘Says IMrs. Beaumonit: ‘Tell your readers or The Kitchen. though, that if there’s any trouble from the “In the catering industry you try to serve The Family talking Istudents we’ll throw them out. We dom’t want different sections of the public. We try t< any trouble here.” serve a quick, hot meal at a reasonable price. When it first opened the iMagic Box relied If we succeed in that, then we’re hapipyi.’" 3!!!i!BIIII!H;i{:H!!l[!Bi!!!IS!l!l»l!!i!Hlli:aillliEill!!iBifiiini!iH!i!iHI!IiHllllll B!l!!!BlllliBlllliB!IIIIBII!inilll!B!!ll[BIII!!i own kick” as Rob puts it. More Q. What L.P’s have you for strobe lights are hyjpnoitic. recently John Weider, the bass he future? You’d come off stage and you’d guitarist, and violinist replaced be smashed Ri'ck Green. A. Next week we start mix ing the next iLJP. The title is Some groups like the Pink Q. Do you do many tours “W ho’ll iSinig A Song For Me.” in Britain? 'Floyd and King Crimson use It’s the first album that we’re it to a good extent. It’s part of A. We don’t really need really pleased with. their music. tours and we’ve never really considered any of them suit Q. Would you say your Q. When do you find the able. Tours1 are turned out with latest single “No Mules F00S” best time to write your about 5 groups who’ve just got is a change of style and do you material? to hammer it out to a load of think it’s more commerical? Screaming kids. We only A, When I ’m in bed; sitting attemlpted one tour, last June, /A. We don’t get this idea of on the bog, and things like with Tim Hardin, but Tim commercialism. We’re a band, that (Roger Chapman). right. We gotta earn money or cracked up and was very ill, so Q. Are you thinking of sett the tour was scrapped. We we drop. All the numbers written are recorded and we ing up your own recording prefer to vary our material company? somewhat and not just give the pick our favourite tracks for the flL.Ps and singles. All the hard driving stuff. We can do A. No, but we’ve got two this on one night stands and we band liked1 the latest single. It knocked us out, and if it goes chicks from America who are mainly play at Universities and going to look after the manage Colleges. great ,let’s face it, that’s what everybody wants. ment entirely. They can sing as Q. Have you played abroad? well. A. We’ve appeared on T.V. iA s for the change of styfle, The Family performing at Cambridge everybody said that about the Q. Which other groups do in Holland and in Pads. Also you like? we’ve 'been at big festivals in last L.'P. We just play them, j h e FAMILY dates its origin many years ago during the end of the Country, Jazz and Rome and Essen. whether they’re Jazz, Country- Rock, or Blues. You can’t label A. Rob Townsend, Chuck 1 Last April we went to the anything. Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis,, and Rock era. States. The reaiction was mixed. Boh (Dylan. The rest. Beatles, In Boston we scored very Last Saturday, they scored a big hit in the Refectory although their playing was not Q. Do you think you could Traffic, (M'others of Invention, heavily, but in Detroit and New make use of lighting as well as and the Stones. up to the usual standard. 6 numbers, including their latest single captivated the audi York, not too well. sound? At the time we were in a The (Family, who treat their ence for hours. Their final song, “Who’ll sing a song for me” took 25 mins. During funniy scene, because Rick iA. We don’t go in for it. It life as a “way of making a liv this, each instrumentalist gave a solo, the most remarkable being Rob Townsend on Green was leaving and the really mucks you up on stage if ing, that we enfjoy”, think that future oif the hand looked bad. there’s a flashing light. We used the biggest influence on their drums. That’s when we found John to play at the Middle Barth music is Double Diamond and about two years ago and the not drugs. Roger Chapman and John 7— , F~ . . Weider. Whitney were students at the Green and Jim King. ‘ Brown -type when Jim King In about a mlonth we’re going Leicester College of (Arts. They At first their music was took up the Saxophone, to Scandanavia for about 10 are the founders of the group mainly progressive blues but When Rob Townsend joined days then off t)o the States again and were joined 5 years ago by they changed to the ‘James two years ago, ‘sWe glot on our in January. by Vic and Chris 10 UNIION NEWS — Friday, 24th October, 1969
ST. PA T R IC K was not amused. W H O hasn’t got a sense of humour then? Signed by H. Morgan. ISRAEL evening, this Sunday, 7.30 p.m. Hillel. Is John now a Victorious W ard of Court. H ow ’s the BIN G LEY BANGER, Ken? Why this COATT of SECrecy? Is DAVE STEPH EN S in box? Politics Sir, u ilh e rt Come and cluck to RAG REVUE. Has SQ U A T got eyes airline As one who is forever keen hostesses? Dear Sir, TRUTH: “ If we say we have no sin, With reference to your report to see real progress made in we are only fooling ourselves, and concerning Leeds National the area off human relations refusing to accept the truth.” 1 Front versus the Communists during these dark and embit John 1, 8. A new translation. tered times of ours, may I con Sea air is good for you: PROBE? during the recent Ulster demon LOS KLOGGIES is. stration. gratulate you and your staff, as <1 arrow Is T IN K E R B E L L ’S wand losing its indeed I congratulate all cham sparkle? You state that the ring leader pions of peace, on striing Is H.O.R. Refec the FAV.? of the National Front was a We wish Catherine a MERYLL Christ middle-aged mid-European. As within your journal to maintain mas. a fair and objective line. In Y^/ITH reference to my remarks last week My, we aren’t half having contests of D on’t miss ISRAEL evening. Sunday the organiser of the demonstra deed, sir, your style is remini ™ on the new bars, it appears that even honesty and morals these days. The latest October 26th, 7.30 p.m. Hillel. tion before and during, I am scent of Winston’s, earlier this Gnomes eat motley LEPR EC H A U N S for completely mystified as to the elite of Exec office are not immune to candidates to offer themselves for scrutiny breakfast. year. You may be duly proud Is M O G taking more PEPPER at meal where this information came as Mr. Baldwin said that the the intricacies of the bar staff. are our beloved Editor Ken Hind, and times? from. Mikeowl IS nocturnal. cleverest thing he did during Recently elected House Secretary, Pete Com-Soc, who have just come out of their For too long now, the left- those black days of revolution “Intelligence” Jennings placed his bulk at enforced hibernation brought on by their wing has dominated street was to place Winston in the politics. We of the N.F. aim to Daily Mail. one side of the bar, and demanded service “normalisation” policy on vicious change that situation. When in his usual tactful manner. Czechoslovakia. I can only admire the way ever Reds appear at demos— that you, as students, are Unfortunately, the barmaid failed to Since “hardliner” Neil Williamson has we will counter-demonstrate. attempting, by the formation of The old Tory right is dead: recognise officer material when she saw it left their ranks, Com-Soc have become the Leeds University Academic the Radical Nationalist Right and Non-Political Union, to and told him to “get round the other side much more worried about people “getting is alive, and growing. We are like everyone else.” give a positive lead in the their facts right,” or so they tell us in one not a bunch of skin heads, old nation’s effort to abolish the Realising his inadequacy, Intelligence Lively minds join M EN SA. British colonels and ex-S.S. men. We of their “Exclusive Anti-smear” propa Mensa (L U ), 13 George Street, misguided conflict between so- went off to ask Mike Redwood to kiss the ganda leaflets. I believe their writ arrives Wolverhampton. are a turly representative party called Capital and Labour to Is STEVIE-BABY pretty? embracing all so called die past and to get on with the place and make it well. on Thursday. Poverty linel 40/-. “classes”. * * * * Is N O D D Y inCLYNEd towards Red serious task of building a bet * * * * Knickers? I am yours faithfully, ter society in the future for my Actually, Pete’s not doing too bad a job M IC H E LLE ’s a right nice woman: Eddie Morrisson, self and Jimmy Thomas. I heard the other day that a young girl Build-a-Bod campaigns aren’t called Leeds Branch Organiser. as House Sec. elect. He’s changed his desk for but this comment might do for In the task of education our was viciously assaulted at Weetwood some other time. Humour masters, my dear Hind. over in Exec office, and sat himself down recently. I must be the sort of person who Is CHRIS’s Commie coming? to make a study of the new extensions. LOS KLOGGIES is. I remain insincerely yours, immediately arouses guilt complexes in H ow ’s the suspension of the Rag Bus, Dear Sir, Lord Musselburgh Unfortunately, the mood of peace and people, ’cos when I dutifully informed TINKERBELL? With reference to last week's Plas, ma, give us some BLOOD. PJS. I should not forget, if 1 tranquility was broken when House President Mike Redwood of this, he Use P ER SO N A L C O LU M N . Only 3d. Gilbert Darrow article I should Manager Reg Graveling came into Exec per word. Uke to point out that J. C were you my dear boy, to send exclaimed, “I was up there on Thursday Lib-Soc. Now! Christian has already been a birthday card to His Majesty and greeted Pete with, “If you turn the Come and JUDGE for yourselves at this year. and I didn’t rape anybody.” RAG REVUE. down to Hell and returned bloody plans the right way up, we might * * * * MUSt CLEver girls have SECrets? and although of no fixed get somewhere!” Is D E V E R E U X dead? address as of yet, due to trans An orange van, renowned round the Come back N O D D Y , all is forgiven. Com. Soc. * * * * IS KEITH a felinephile? ference of lodgings, he is well Union was stolen last weekend. Surpris HAPPY Birthdays on 22nd, 23rd Oct. and living in the New Exten I went for a ride on the Rag bus the and congratulations to Tim and sion. ingly, it was found abandoned under a Lynne on their engagement, 24th Dear Sir, other day, driven by Rag’s publicity mile from the scene of the crime, un Oct. Yours sincerely, manager and ex-Oxford bus driver Andy Has JU LIA N found a new model? J. C. Christian Your ‘reporter’ appears to damaged and intact. G ROT is increasing. have had difficulty *n transact Jarosz. Unfortunately the clippy was Keith W h o’s getting b eH IN D because of Bar ing his shorthand noftes of the I wondered about the mentality of the Bingley? “Tinkerbell” Bennett, who had an alarm How LITTLE has Peter ’eaton? Fergus Nicholson meeting of ing habit of performing heavyweight person concerned, until I received a note The PA R RO T clucks, now and for ever Dear Editor, October 10th. at RAG REVUE. I am disgusted with the ser acrobatics on the platform. Unfortunately, from the thief, saying that after the third He has not, however, found T H O R N is not having a party at the vice in the. new Union Bars! a substitute for content in the that is, for the platform. person had stopped him, wanting him to House of the Rising Sun. On Tuesday evening I tried fix their gas cookers, he got fed up and Who’s a flamboyant GEORDIE, then? mindless, or mischievous, aping It was a marvellous feeling, to shout at T R IC O ’s comes to Charlie Mo. to buy a round of drinks but of the witch-hunting activities packed it in. The Golden H IN D sails for troubled due to my positioning round the people at bus stops who threw them waters. of his Fleet Street betters. selves under the wheels in desperate * sic * * Were there THREE for coffee, the bar I was informed by one After all, anyone can attend H eather ? member of the bar staff that, Communist Society meetings. efforts to get on, “There’s another one To end; a poem which answers all our Buy U N IO N N EW S every week, price drinks are not served at this Should they do so or, alter behind luv.” critics: Lord JUSTICE SQ U A T wili have his side.” natively ,should they think for We ended up outside the Parkinson at “You cannot hope to bribe or twist first case soon. This caused me a little con a moment, they will discover Don’t BATH in the road. cern but the following episode rush-hour and drew some strange looks Thank God, the British journalist. ’Swonderful, ’smarvellous, that RAG that what your correspondent was abominable. from a pencil-licking traffic warden. But But seeing what the man will do, un REVUE is here. labels “infiltration” and “con W as Frigid B R IG ID Rigid at Russian On another side I had to trol of the student population” you can’t book a bus for parking. Espe bribed, Soc. Party. wait for a further five minutes “ The smell under my nose is me’’— is in effect the use of the right cially when you’re at a bus stop. There’s no occasion to . . . ” Tinkerbell. but my order did not comply which every union member 30, Clarendon Place, Y-front dropping with the regulations. The fault possesses to put his case in centre. fhe K O SH A K IN G is coming. apparently was that ‘one pint union meetings and to influence Has R A N D Y R IX been up Sally’s alley? Do you want to go to the F A M IL Y ? of Tartan* on the order could Is AVRETH GAR I Lous? Is H U G H expecting Yellow Rain? what is done. One way of Spare a penny for guy, JOHN. not be served on that side. “establishing themselves firmly Alpha Electronics Centre This meant that I had to in the Union executive” which B.B.C. 2 AERIALS, CO-AXIALS AND PLUGS. LARGE wander round to the far side of Communists, unlike the editor SELECTION OF TAPES, RESISTORS, METERS, Dresswear Hire Service the bar and stand in the three of “Union News”, might need MICROPHONES, TOOLS, SOLDER, TRANSISTORS, deep queue for ten minutes to to try is election by the Etc. CHARLIE GOULD LTD. acquire my long lost pint. majority of union members. 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1st XV RUGBY SUCCESS HAMMER SALFORD EED'S won their first by the Sports Staff L U.A.U. match at Weet- wood on Wednesday against Salford University by 28 points T H E Basketball Club has made a successful start to the to 3. season and hopes are high because six of last year’s Leeds opened the scoring first team are still playing. without Salford touching the ball with a try by Clegg. In On Sunday, 12th October, they won the Leeds and the next 10 minutes, Leeds District Tournament for the fifth year in succession and dominated play to s'core a try the Thursday afterwards they beat Leeds Basketball Club and a penalty. By half-time, the score Was 20-0. 62-51. In the second half, Leeds Last Saturday the first and | good defensive work by Dave second teams travelled to became very untidy, and the Symes and Brendon O’Neill standard of rugby was poor. Birmingham, last year’s U.A.U. gave some fine shooting. Good finalists. The 'inexperience of driving by John Hartland and Leeds scorers were: Tries: the second team showed and Dave Taylor added some useful Clegg (2), Jordan (2), Sombat, despite some good shooting by baskets via the ‘back door’ pilay. Johnson and Donovan. Goals: Trevor Scott, they were always Dave Lord was top scorer with Forth (1 penalty and 2 con behind to a more co-ordinated 25 points. versions). Birmingham side. Birmingham ran out easy winners at 40-32. Towards the end of the Team: Forth, Clegg, Phillips, - *****sa 4 v> t game, (three Birmingham players Jordan, Horner, Leadbetter, Defence fouled out, and despite one or Sombat, Arbury, Carrington, two anxious moments, Leeds Jordan (P.), McCarthy, Skelton, An incident from Wednesday’s 2nd XI hockey match. The first team match lived up ran out winners by six points, Johnson, Donovan, and Wright. to its expectations. Birmingham 61-'55. opened with a very good man* to-man defence against which The Basketball first team VOLLEY BALL LOSE the Leeds 2-3 attack was largely gained an impressive win over Leeds Cyclists Shine ineffective. Similarly, on their Salford in their first U.A.U.. "THE University volleyball 1st team started badly last zone defence Leeds were sloppy match of the season last Wed T H E Cycle Club’s hill climb team rode two events last Tuesday in the Yorkshire League when they won and the forwards were not up nesday. weekend, in preparation for the coming U.A.U. only one of their two matches. to scratch. At half-time Leeds From the opening jump-ball, championship. After narrowly defeating a were 'trailing by 31-21. Leeds played an aggressive, The more successful event , much superior Bradford In the Polonia match, Leeds The second half was a defensive full-couirt press, was on Sunday morning on ' Jim Nobbs, in only his third Polonia 10-15, 15-9, 16-14, they were losing 14-5 in the finlal different story. The defence forcing Salford into bad passes Arthington Bank, near Otley. ever hill climb gave all he had threw away the points against set and saved three match tightened up and the forwards from which easy steals could Although only a local event, it to record 2 minutes 48 seconds, Trinda Bradford losing 13-15, points before finally clinching began to hustle the Birmingham be effected. attracted a good field of 18 beating his nearest rival R. 15-13, 8-15. the match. players. The fast break play riders. The Leeds team of Kev Tordoff, the Yorkshire cham paid off and Leeds ran in 13 Good shooting from Lord Watson, Jim Nobbs, and Fion pion, by six seconds. Fion points without reply. Birming and Harland in particular en Turnbull took first, second and Turnbull, another newcomer to 1st XI Soccer Draw ham became rattled as their abled Leeds to come out easy fourth positions respectively. this specialised form of racing fouls mounted. There was some winners by &2-<20. was equal fourth with 2 EEDS University 1st XI keeper kept the score at 0-0 at minutes 58 seconds. L Soccer'team drew their first half time. G ra dient U.A.U. championship match After the interval Leeds The other event was on Sat Of the season when they played settled down and were rewarded Arthington Bank has a repu urday at Huddersfield, when Salford at Weetwood last with a well taken goal by Women's Hockey tation of being a really hard Jim Nobbs and Fion Turnbull, Logan. Salford struck back climb, over 500 yards long competing in a very high-dass when a defensive error by the J^AST Saturday Leeds University 1st XI Women’s Hockey with an average gradient of 1:5. field, which included the goalkeeper caused him to mis Bad Win for Riders not only had to fight to National Hill Climb cham handle 'the ball. Soon after Sal Team beat Old Otlensians 3-1 at Otley. get up the hill, but as the road pions of the previous four ford took the lead but Leeds was wet and slippery, to keep Men's Lacrosse Otley scored first with a | years, did very well to record equalised with a low shot from TN their first away match Of dominated the play and scored the rear wheel from losing 13th and 19th places respec Hunt. lucky goal but Leeds soon traction. the season against South equalised. In the second half twice more. tively. Winner was G. Sidney, For the remainder of the Manchester and Wythenshaw Kev Watson dominated the the 1967 champion. Leeds won unconvincingly by Leeds dominated the game and The 3rd XI team lost 1-0 to race with an excellent time of match Leeds attacked strongly increased their lead with a Slazengers last weekend. but could not pierce the two goals to nil, as they were 2 minutes and 33 seconds, for missing regular goalkeeper B. further two goals. Slazengers only goal was scored first place. Second-placed man Chess Team Salford defence. by a player lent to them by Team: Jones, Davies, Strong; Livesy. The game was marred by Conditions were bad through Leeds. First Win F. Horne, Walsh, Burnham; out the game and this ham Mitchell, Hunt, Logan, A. Hackett being sent off for pered skillful play. However, Cross Country HE University chess team Horne, Salter. persistently using bad language. the match was both fast moving Squash T scored its first win of the Wednesday. Scorers were Watt and Hackett. and enjoyable to watch. season on Saturday beating Team: Blackburn, Bullock, Win Huddersfield 7i~2j at Boding- The game opened at a very Dixon, Hackett, Hanson, Victory fast pace and Leeds missed AST Saturday in a six- ton. Huddersfield led 2-0 at one Horne, Rhodes (D.), Rhodes 2nd Xf point and it was only due to several chances. Fine goal- (G.), SiUet, Sterry, Walker and HE Squash team started L cornered match at New the time control that Hudders keeping by the Salford goal- Watt. T their U.A.U. campaign castle, the Cross-Country club field cracked towards the end. Leeds 2nd XI Women’s successfully with a 4-1 victory had a convincing win in both Hockey Team beat Bradford over Salford University last the team and the individual This was a good result for 4-1 last weekend in their first Wednesday. events. the team, which is still in the LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION W.I.V.A.B. match of the process of being moulded into season. Leeds started hesitatnly Salford’s only success was in There was a field of over a settled unit. However judge and Bradford opened the the first string match which 100 runners including inter ment on the chances of league scoring. produced some good rallies and national athletes Blamire and honours must be reserved until O.G.M. Peter Nutman was unlucky to Logge of Edinburgh. Individual sterner opposition has been Leeds soon recovered and lose. winner Frank Briscoe went overcome. goals by Judy Nicholson and The other four matches were with Blamire, when he tried to Helen Tully gave Leeds a 2-1 all Won in three easy games by break away after 3 miles, and Motions on:— lead at half time. Leeds. when the Scot began to tire, Briscoe came on to win by 30 RESULTS Contraceptive Vending Machines seconds. SATURDAY He was ably supported by 1st V Squash 4, Hull Univ. 1 Proposed Bus Fare Increase CONFUCIUS HE SAY, Rawnsley, who finished third, 1st XI Soccer 2, Wester Jns. 1 Mineworkers Strike captain Ian Barnard and John Leeds Chess team 7\, Hudds. 2j Fox (5th equal). Other results WEDNESDAY Censure on Union News Editor GIVE PINT AWAY were: Gary Smith i(lOth), Phi] 2nd XI Soccer 2, Salford 0 Brown (18 th), Tim Gregory 3rd XI Soccer 6, Salford 0 Arab - Israeli Conflict ITS SO EASY TO GIVE BLOOD (21st) and Tony Bird (29th). 2nd XV 12, Salford 6 Engineers 1, Lyddon 0 Result: 1st Leeds, 2nd Dur Sadler 3, Geography 3 TUESDAY, 28th OCT. : 1.0 p.m. JUST LIE THERE ham, 3rd Edinburgh, 4th Sekyt 3, Fuel 0 Manchester, 5th Newcastle, 6th Agrics 4, Clapham 2 RILEY-SMITH HALL Bradford. Textiles 0, Devon 7 BIRTH CONTROL UNION FIRST STUNT NEWS DEBATE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION. Tel. 39071 (Ext. 40) by Terry Matthews FRIDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1969 STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR long ago as the 1964 session a motion was put forward at an O.G.M. proposing that a contraceptive vending machine be installed in the Union. At that time it was narrowly i may claim it to be an addec1 Lodgings only for defeated, largely due to block temptation to the faithful. Bu voting in favour of the catholic this is hardly a matter of faith cause. But the controversy still it is a matter of commonsense’ goes on, and there are now few “Freedom of speech, freedom First Years non-catholics who disagree with of action, freedom to buy what the proposal. you want”, said Mr. Reg Graveling, House Manager, in pRESHERS enquiring at the Lodgings Office if they can At next Tuesdays O.G.M. an interview earlier this week. Rags first stunt it appears was parking the Rag bus in such move into University Flats are only being offered the issue will be brought up He said that if the students other digs. again. Since the last motion wanted the machine, there was a place that one amazed student Mark Cooper was defeated a larger number no reason why they should drove into a lamp posts he was surprised. There are The new regulations that C~ . . ^ of universities in the country not have it. easier ways of getting blood. come into effect in 19701 a S ’S have decided in favour of the concerning Fresher accom- stang machines, and the matter has modation does not appear A first year Theology student been more fully discussed. to be operating as was said, “What is the Lodgings Pete Jennings, House Secre unofficialy agreed. Office playing at? It is telling tary Elect, is himself in agree Freshers that there are no flats ment with the motion. His Rag Exhibition Closed On being questioned about true opinion is that anyone oppos- the concern among Freshers on sing the motion must consider pOLLOWING the recent split in Rag Committee, Union Council last Monday decided this problem, (Mike Redwood Wimes. “The offence it might said, “I ’m trying to persuade cause some people” he claimed, that the book exhibition being staged in Rag Office should be suspended. the Lodgings Office to imple Prejudiced “is nothing in comparison to The problem was largely caused by the removal by ex-House Secretary Pete Dean of ment Ithe spirit of the new law ~ the suffering brought about by to a greater degree than they The Freshers feel that the unwanted babies.” Rag Office from the now-demolished terrapin building to half of the Book Exchange are at the moment.” Lodgings Office is being un- Miss Abel, the Lodgings justifiably predjudiced in office* | Thf*The ctnrm storm arrv«p. arose whftn when RagRae Warden, said that all Freshers ^avour °f the landladies. As Temptation Practically the whole of Rag Chairman Geoff Darnton criti- complaints about the digs were, °ne Fresher put it, “Do we Committee had voted against cised his committee for voting Weekend “judged on their individual ^ave to endure the peculiar “If a machine is installed in the continuation of the exhibi- in this way. After rumours of merits.” She continued, “Only eccentricities of the Land- the Union,” he continued, “it bition owing to lack of space possible resignations, Mr. students with really legitimate ladies. will of course be purely a in Rag Office. Said one mem, Damton agreed at U.C. that he reasons will be considered.” A disgruntled Fresher added, matter of choice whether any Schoolber,” we just can*t move in would take more notice of Freshers speaking to Union “It would seem that the T H E Jewish Students’ one uses it or not. Catholics here.” their opinions in future. News reporters said they were University accommodation is Association is organis told by the Lodgings Office being reserved for second and ing a weekend school in that there was no University third year students, despite the Leeds from Friday 26th accommodation available, wishes of both Freshers and October to Sunday the 26th. However a Union official in- Union Officials. It's the same formed Union News that old story all over again.” Some students from all over WHILE 1VE IIB AT IT • •• the North will be arriving on Friday afternoon to Editor : participate. KEN HIND Aimed mainly at Freshers, News Editor ...... TERRY MATTHEWS the weekend school is designed Features Editor ...... KEVIN OVERBURY to improve relations between Newsight Editor ...... JOHN JOSEPHS Jewish societies in the region and between their members. Pictures Editor ...... KEITH BENNETT RAO REVUE Assistant Pictures Eds. ... MIKE TEDD, JOHN TITTLE • A large part of the weekend is taken up by social activities Reviews Editor ...... SEENAN d’HEARD m a discotheque on Saturday Sports Editor ...... VIC PARKER m night at Hillel house, and an Fashion Editor ...... MARY WISE A T THE CITY VARIETIES evening of Israeli dancing and National Ads. Manager ...... IMOGEN CAIN • folk songs organised by the Israeli Society. Local Ads. Manager ...... IMOGEN CAIN The theme of the weekend is Business Manager ...... ALAN RATCLIFFE “The Jewish Student in the Sales Manager ...... TERRY BOTTRILL permissive society” and there Subs. Manager ...... PAUL Z. COUSINS THE FUNNIEST RAG will be talks with guest Other Contributors ... Pete New, P. V. Steele, Peter de speakers. Haan, Vicky Ward, Sarah Knight, Geoff Katz, Mark Cooper, Gilbert Darrow, Chris Swann, John Tipple, REVUE EVER Robert Lizar, Squat, Mike Stirton, Frank Moore, L/nn Richards, Richard Norman, Andrew Bradley, Ted P.G. Buckley, Chris Smith, Julian Binks, David Rolfe, Simon Foster, John Rettie, John Smith, and a cast of Lounge Flop thousands.
STAFF'S CAFF,’ lately 5/- 6/- 7/6 appropriate by Post Grad Soc., seems to be fail ing in its new role. Its McCLARY (Reduction for Parties) sumptuous seats and salub rious surroundings have COIN OPERATED LAUNDRY 3/- 4/- (available on night) failed to entice most of the and DRY CLEANING CENTRE University’s 1500 or so PGs 1 Brudenell Avenue and Union leaders are (Old Co-op. Building) wondering why. ★ § TICKETS AVAILABLE EVERY The old PG Lounge, in Clarendon Place was no more 14 lbs. WASH LUNCH-HOUR IN THE UNION successful, according to re | ports. Its reliable colour tele for only 2/6 vision frequently attracted 20 lbs. for 3/- • AND AT CITY VARIETIES undergraduates, admitted with the conivance of post-graduate BIGGER LOAD friends. BETTER WASH A prominent post-graduate I NEXT MONDAY FOR A WEEK student, P. V. Steele, 21, sum DRY CLEANING: med the situation up. ‘Most of us are too busy to lounge’, he 10 lbs. for 10/- commented.
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