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QUEEN MOTHER COMES THURSDAY T HER OWN REQUEST Her AMajesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, will only meet student officers of Imperial College Union and a member of the Biochemistry Department at tea on Thursday. 4 November. Prior to this she will offi- cially open the Biochemistry Depart- 4dLINSTEA. WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1965 D221 mentHIT. S OUT
JN HIS DELIVERY at the Commemoration Day cere- mony the Rector was to have de- claimed the Government for a false sense of values. Due to indisposition, however, the text of Sir Patrick Linstead's speech had to be read last Thursday by the Pro-Rector, Sir Owen Saunders. He spoke of the six-month post- ponement of the starting dates of " buildings in the public sector " as a grievous disappointment. Three major projects and some smaller ones had been stopped or thrown into doubt. These were a part of a long-term plan to provide a balanced technological education at the highest level. "To hold up this development was surely the falsest of economies." The extent to which IC contributed to public work was shown by the way " Whitehall seems to look rather fre- quently across Westminster from Big Ben to the Queen's Tower. " This country had a balance of payments to meet in human gold reserve too, and should not allow its stock to become depleted. On Friday Felix was unable to ob- Sir Andrew Bryan accepts his Fellowship of Imperial College from Lord Sherfield. tain any comment from Government Departments or Labour or Conserva- tive Party Headquarters. Other Com- NOTTING HILL AGAIN ACCEPTED memoration Day news back page. 'TWO PEOPLE were elected unopposed to the Ents. Commiittee, a change in the Constitution was passed (" This is serious" said Molam), and this year's Carnival Charity was chosen, at the first Union meeting of the Session. reading," uem. con. The meeting opened, late as usual, If this last motion is passed once and after the regular business was more with a two thirds majority, those summarily disposed of, Dr. Weale six members of the Council which gave the financial report for the last previously have been constituent Col- year, and was given a vote of thanks. lege representatives, need no longer Pam Pocock and Alan Friend were b; equally distributed between the returned to Entertainments Committee, Colleges. and a constitutional change, proposed The rest of the time was devoted by the President, was given a lir.J to a virulent debate on the selection of the Carnival Charity. Ken West gave a passionate rehear- sal of the evils which the Notting- How The Voting Hill Housing Trust seeks to remedy, and David Reich gave a very compe- tent delivery of h/s perennial speech in Went favour of the Imperial Cancer Re- JN THE PAPER ballot following search Fund. The most novel charity the IC Union Meeting on was the Family Planning International Campaign, proposed by Graham Thursday week a tie arose for Thompson, Chairman of the Huxley elimination between the Notling Society. Hill Housing Trust and the Im- The speeches from the floor brought perial Cancer Research Fund. up the obvious bogey-man—the feel- The second was eliminated by use ings of the Catholics, inside and out- of the second choices of those in side the College, on the question of favour of the Family Planning Inter- family planning. In fact we heard national Campaign, after three re- more about the vices and virtues of counts. FPIC, than of either other charity. The voting figures were :— The most moving speech, from a FP1C 142 Roman Catholic housewife who practices Family Planning, received NHHT 126 66 The exponent for Family ICRF 126 45 much applause, from the floor. On the second ballot in which the Chris Hocking, representing the He was disappointed—the show of Planning exhibits his wares votes for Cancer Research were re- Carnival Committee, spared us the hands was indecisive, and under the Comment—p. 4. distributed, Notting Hill drew ahead usual platitudes about all pulling to- system of balloting employed, the Chris Hocking and the Carnival by 204 votes to 181 in favour of gether whatever the charity—he told charity chosen was the Notting Hill Family Planning. us to choose Cancer Research. Housing Trust. —p. 5. 2 FELIX White Magicians in THIRD WORLD WAR? By Peter Combes Flying Saucers " QAN WE PRESERVE PEACE ?" That was the subject to be discussed at Communist Socie'y meeting last Tuesday evening. ATOMIC POWER is not as new as it seems. This was one of the But the subjects actually discussed varied from Welsh Culture to observations heard at the meeting of the Aetherius Society on Neville Chamberlain. instead of talking about peace in the The speaker, Ken Knox, Chairman Monday, 25th October, which also discovered atomic power, present day they went back to the of the Kensington and Chelsea Coun- The talk was given by the founder dragged himself from the atomic slime First World War. cil for Peace in Viet v.in, started the of the Society who was given his in- and founded the civilisation of Over coffee the arguments warmed meeting off by attacL.rj the belief of formation by the voices of space. Atlantis. Again, atomic power was up, and from the First they progres- the inevitability of war. He main- The speaker detailed the history of discovered and the civilisation des- sed to the Second World War; here tained that peace would be preserved. man, beginning with his occupation of troyed, but not before the interplane- the Speaker came into his element and The socialist countries, he said, the planet between Mars and Jupiter. tary intelligence had intervened and began on a long analysis of the ac- were the main forces for peace. Un- The discovery of thermonuclear power; removed the while magicians in Hying tions and motives of Neville Chamber- fortunately he could not give much power from the hydrogen atom re- saucers to Mars. Man then formed his lain at Munich. This proved absorb- evidence to back up this statement. leasing all its energy instead of the present civilisation. ing, but at 10.30 the Third World His talk was well presented and ap- mere fraction available today, dest- The Earth, however, has suffered War had not been reached and this peared interesting but did not contain royed their world when an atom of for long enough now and is beginning was put off for another day. very much that was concrete to verify hydrogen was exploded—completely to get the energy she is entitled to. his statements. Ken West, Vice-President of iisintegrating the planet. This will result eventually in 100 Millions of lifestreams were released per cent bombardment of the earth Afterwards the audience of seven R.C.S. proposing the Notting into the astral world through this by ultra-violet and cosmic rays. put forward their views. But these Hill Housing Trust at this year's soon wandered from the point and ;atastrophe. With rebirth necessary, Those among us who are sufficiently Carnival Charity at I.C. Union til other planets apart from Earth advanced to progress into the great Meeting. jnsuitable, the Earth was approached millennium will be hardened to en- ind duly gave her permission. dure this, the rest will be removed to NHHT won by 23 votes After man had been reincarnated, a distant part of the Galaxy to start le built up another great civilisation life again. G. BOLCH PETE AND DUD AT GLAD RAG BALL ACCORDING TO London Students Carnival, proposed highlights of this year's London University Carnival (expected to take place November 1st to 20th) is the " Glad Rag Ball" which would feature star groups (as yet unnamed), and an hour long cabaret, with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Theatre to put on a " student show," This Ball would be expected to pro- and to hire one or two of the Classic fide most of the profits for the Car- cinemas for special film shows. A lival (i5,000 according to Chairman, debate in Senate House will be tele- Vlax Williams), only £1,000 being vised, and street collections are :xpected from the other events. planned with busking musicians. To avoid last year's " Six Bells" The doubt referred to in the last iasco, an all night beer cellar under issue of LSC still exists, but our i central London car showroom is latest information suggests that it will planned, and, more ambitiously, a go ahead, despite the boycott by the lance in the Park Lane underground six largest colleges, and the bad 3ar Park, featuring the Animals. accounting of its organisation last It is hoped to acquire a West End year.
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MARCONI HOUSE. CHELMSFORD, ESSEX. ENGLAND FELIX 3 CHRISTIANITY IN INDUSTRY TENORS WANTED By Chris Evans " THE CHURCH is an introverted organisation only concerned pOLLOWING ITS HIGHLY successful tour, the Gilbert and with the faithful few." This opinion was disputed in a recent Sullivan Society's production of " The Mikado " returns to Col- weekend course at Luton Industrial College. lege for four nights on November 9th-12th. Seven I.C. men attended the course This first tour attempted by the whose theme was " Industry." The Society, proved a near overwhelming eleven lectures in the course ranged problem in organisation. A cast and orchestra of fifty stayed in caravans understanding " to " Shop Stewards." at Folkestone for a week to do five Besides giving a background know- 1 shows. ledge of industry, the course also Response to the production was showed how the Methodists are both enthusiastic and appreciative, the getting to grips with society in all its last two nights being really full houses. problems. The College is centred at The cast was strong throughout and the Industrial Mission which com- glaring weaknesses usually found in bines community centre, College and college productions were missing. Church, providing a good example of After the show, new records for the Church involving itself in the removing make-up and getting to the problems of an industrial town. pub were set up. The Mayor thanked Other problems dealt with were us by letter, expressing the apprecia- those of management, trade unions, tion of many of the residents. economy control and general ones of In spite of excellent accounts in the industrial relations. The Warden of West Country press, audiences were the College, the Rev. Bill Gowland poor in Bristol, but the choice of also gave lectures on contemporary venue was open to criticism. Never- society and the r61e of industrial theless, it was a highly enjoyable tour chaplains. and we hope to visit Folkestone again There is another course for Uni- next summer. versity Students, from the 4th-6th New members, particularly basses February for anyone interested. and tenors, are always welcome, NIJEL HARDWICK Seaford's Dog William Received a Ruff at the Last Mines Union ladies are usually in the majority. Meeting. Future plans after " The Mikado" include " H.M.S. Pinafore" and " Trial by Jury " next term. Rehear- FOREIGN sals will take place on Thursdays at 7.30 in the Concert Hall. Come along, DANGERS OF SCIENCE or contact J. R. Ault, Room 57, New AFFAIRS Beit Hall. Selected by PAUL SMITH and by GARTH SIMPSON CHRIS LAMPARD MODEL AIRCRAFT RISING DAMP ^S SCIENTISTS and technologists we were warned of the dangers RALLY THE THROWING of water is to of the scientific approach of " accurate and dispassionate obser- be banned at future A.G.M.'s of SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17th, saw Northampton College Union. After vation " to more intangible human problems. the end of the model aircraft fly- the last A.G.M. floor tiles were found For example, how could this type ing season for this year, when to have swollen, causing the floor to of approach do anything but prove all I.C.M.A.C. sponsored the last big rise by two inches. men were not alike and perhaps even Union on control line rally. * * unequal? The Cold War was cited The meeting was well supported, LYCEUM NOT FOR U.C, as another example of man's inability there being a large number of entries U.C. UNION entertainments com- to observe his fellow men with insight a Shoestring from clubs in the London area, and mittee has had to turn down an offer gained from knowledge of himself. 1,400 OF THE £5,000 set aside for from as far afield as Coventry and by the Lyceum in the Strand of a free Mr. E. F. Schumacher, Economic ...the new Sports Centre has already Luton. ballroom, because of the impossibility Advisor and Director of Statistics of been spent by the Union and if seems Two events were held—"combat" of" booking a star attraction, and the the National Coal Board, was speak- likely that a further £1,700 will be lost (a sort of miniature dog-fight) and likelihood of not fulfilling the only ing in the second of a series of Gene- in a similar way this year. " rat-race " (for the speed fiends). condition, the sale of more than 800 ral Studies lectures on Tuesday, 26th, It is unlikely that the money allo- The final of the rat racing compe- tickets. Mr. Schumacher began by classsi- cated will last longer than next year. tition, run over 10 miles, was won at * # * fying observation and understanding By this time it is hoped to have an average speed of 110 m.p.h. be- NO LABOUR ORGANISATION? into four distinct fields:—man's un- reached agreement with the College tween pit-stops ! LONDON School of Economics derstanding of himself, man's external authorities for more income. Two members of the British team may soon be without an official La- observation of other people and the It is dubious whether the College at the European championships at bour Party Organisation. The Chair- world about him, man's understanding fees which include Union fees—can Brussels this year, entered the com- man has resigned in order to join the of other people's minds, and man as be raised for some time to come and bat event, and despite fast failing light newly formed Socialist Society, claim- observed by other people. He attribu- consequently increased income cannot the finalists put up a very fine show. ing that the Labour Society is turning ted the wars and .misunderstandings be expected from this source. D.M.K. & J.T. into " A receptacle for Transport of the latter centuries to man's inabilty BARBER-BEAUMONT House Twits." Many other committee to develop these four facets equally. GUINNESS members haye also resigned. RETURNED During question time Mr. Schuma- THE BUST OF BarbeP-Beaumont * * -* cher was quick to point out that SENSATION SO THIS IS DEMOCRACY? which was taken by certain men of Freud's theories, based only on R.C.S. in lieu of a Q.M.C. trophy was SUPER-COOLED Guinness is now STUDENTS in Rhodesia now have clinical observations of his fellow on sale in the Union Bar at 4d. a to sign a pledge to abstain frc|m kind, were, in his opinion, rather returned on the 26th after threats of " Return our bust by 4.30 or we shall pint less than it cost last term, when politics before they can receive a state limited. He even suggested that in there was a fault in the cooling system. grant. They have to promise not the not too distant future students of inform the police." to join any political organisation, not psychology would not regard his con- The mistake was made when stu- to take part in any canvassing and tribution as very significant. dents at QJM.C. were seen to be not to display any placards. bowing to the bust, and it was assumed Furthermore, Freud's concept of the it was something of importance. INTERESTED IN: " Inner Mystique of Man" was by STOLEN BEER no means original, in fact all the NORTHERN Polytechnic have now ancient religions had accepted the Har Johns CANALS t had five crates of beer stolen from existence of an intangible part of a THE MASCOT OF the Battersea the Union during dances since the man's character in the old adage Teachers' Training College—whose beginning of term. No official action " Know Thyself." Freudians take loss last fortnight was attributed to COURTING has yet been taken. note ! ! I.C. Students—is in fact believed to have been stolen by members of St. Mark's and St. John's College, Chel- CRIBBAGE * sea. Then come to the PAIGNTON BEAVEK STUDENT WELFARE A MOTION proposing the adop- tion of a beaver from Paignton Zoo, as a living representation of their OFFICER RICHARD II. HALDANE Mascot " Beaver" was defeated at a meeting of London School of Eco- Barry Mair—has started contacting TWELVE MEMBERS of Dramsoc LIBRARY nomics Union. It was suggested that some local " digs" with a view to went to see " Richard II" at the the five guineas annual expenditure helping students looking for some- Nottingham Playhouse. This Theatre 13 Prince's Gardens where to live. He will put a list of entailed would have been a " frivolous has a circular auditorium and was for a book about it. waste of money." vacancies up regularly on the notice designed to look good at the expense board in the Union Office. People of functioning well. jr * * wishing to advertise spare places in MALE/FEMALE RATIO The play itself was marred by un- Open 11—5.30 daily (11—7 on flats, etc. may also pin up notices free balanced casting; John Neville's very QUOTE from Girl Fresher on Male/ of charge in the same place. In future Tuesdays and Thursdays) Female ratio at Northampton Col- sensitive performance being offset by no notices of this type will be dis- inexperienced actors who found lege. " It dccsn't worry me half as played in the Union Buildings. much as it. does the men." Shakespeare's poetry too restricting. 4 FELIX
Imperial College Union Union's Honorary Treasurer, however, tells me that ONLY TWO have in Prince Consort Road fact topped £2,000. London, S.W.7 Recent Carnivals have raised :— F HI X Telephones : KEN 2963 1965 Notting Hill Housing Trust - £2,417 Internal 2881/2799 1964 National Mental Health Appeal - - - £2,211 EDITOR—D. I. WILLIAMS 2799 1963 Freedom From Hunger Campaign - - - £1.673 Assistant Editor—Peter Combes 1962 War On Want - £1,126 Production Manager—Barrie Pichler 090 1961 Oxfam £877 Features Editor—John Cawson 2751 1960 World Refugee Year - £600 News Editor—John Grout 3351 1959 World University Service - - - - - £636 Sports Editor—Frank Hobson 3353/4 From these figures it should follow that this College is capable of raising Treasurer—Andrew Mayo 3353/4 £3,000 this year for charity (especially considering the recently increased Sales—Pete Ash, Elizabeth Rankin, Richard Mitchell undergraduate maintenance grants). Advertising Manager—Chris Lampard Our unsuitable Carnival Chairman must be pushed—not merely by student Sub-Editors—Graham Bolch, Tim Doe. Trevor Holness, Malcolm Rossiter, opinion, but also by their active participation. £3,000 is not an .-'easy Garth Simpson, Dick Waterman goal—but it is feasible. We did not expect to raise anything like £2,000 Photographers—Brian Ray, Michael Burke, R. J. Cooper, Tony Firshman, for Notting Hill last year—but we did. Apart from money, we can Colin Harrison, J. Hashteroudin, R. A. R. Qatfan, John Whiting help the Trust by labour. And should all this lead to a successful Cartoons—Richard Gentle Carnival, then the Union may feel justly proud. Production Assistants—Roger Lethbridge, Brian Rich But if this year's Carnival does not raise even £2,000, the fault will lie squarely Secretaries—Shirley Sexton, Stephanie Vogler on the shoulders of the Carnival Chairman—not on those of the members Advertising Agency—Educational Publicity (Partners) Ltd. CHA 6081 of the Union who failed to give him the support he needs. Comment Childish Sport and Morphy Day UOW CHILDISH it was of Guilds Union a fortnight ago to debag IC ' ' Deputy President Chris Molam, " try" him for desertion to Mines, " hang " him in Prince's Gardens, and attempt to " bury him at sea " in the Round Pond ! However, behind: the irresponsible facade of constituent college union meetings there lurks deadly earnest. This instance was unique in that it brought False Steps from the Chair the four unions together. Moreover, it gave the shy, retiring President of JCS CARNIVAL took a backward step at the firstI C Union Meet- RCS, Mike Scott, the boost he so badly needed, by his appointment as administrator of justice upon the accused. ing of the term, on 21 Oct. For here, this year's Carnival Chair- The constituent college union officers persistently announce that their union man, Chris Hocking, tried to blackmail the members oi the Union is the greatest. But confidentially, they may tell you, there is one greater into supporting his favoured charity. —IC Union. They believe that ICU can only be strong if C&GU, What this supposedly " impartial" gentleman did in effect was to say that if RCSU and RSMU are also strong. If all are weak—which, thank goodness, the Meeting voted in support of either the Family Planning International they are not—ICU too is weak. If only one is powerful, ICU does not Campaign or the Notting Hill Housing Trust, then they would have to exist. find a new committee to run the 1965/6 Carnival. And so to Morphy Day—today. Obviously, if two Unions are represented on The Carnival Chairman is appointed—by a Board of Student Officers upon the Putney towpath in ludicrously small numbers, the whole fun of flour recommendation of his outgoing predecessor—as a policymaker on the missiles and mutual debagging is lost, and these activities could well way in which the Carnival is run. He has no say—other than as an backfire onto the innocent general public. ordinary member of the Union—in determining which charity his com- Any incidents—such as have occurred in the past—like . . . two old ladies in a mittee should work for. But an official position is difficult—if not car terrorised, another knocked down ... a small boy's balloons deliber- impossible—to shed. ately burst . . . traffic delayed . . . cars turned round . . . firstly give Hocking that Thursday abused his position. Asked to speak as Carnival the College a bad name—so spoiling your chances of obtaining a respon- Chairman, instead of saying that it did not really matter which charity sible career—then in turn weaken IC Union and the constituent college was elected and appealing for helpers whichever won, he proceeded to unions. divulge his personal views. The strength of IC Union lies in the competition between the constituent Hocking poisoned more people against.the Carnival than he gained supporters. college unions, and its weakness in the ill-treatment of bystanders. So Not only was Hocking far from impartial, but he was also peculiarly ill- this year exhaust yourself in first-class " sport" at Putney, and travel from informed. At the Union Meeting he stated that he could not recall an and to South Kensington peacefully and responsibly. You will get odd IC Charity Carnival that had raised less than £2,000. Dr. iCen Weale, the looks—but they will at least be ones of curiosity, not displeasure. BALLOT DOUBTS AS REPORTED IN this issue of **-Felix, in the voting for the Car- nival Charity the second preferences of tnose who voted for the Family Planning International Campaign, were used to decide between the ANGRY ABOUT other two charities, which tied for SOMETHING ? second place. DONT WASTE all that beautiful I would suggest that this was a invective on the barmaid—FELIX mis-interpretation of the wishes of the welcome sletters on almost any topic. voters. I myself, for example, put the Drop them in our pigeonhole in the F.P.l.C. as my first choice and, to Union Lower Lounge. guard against its coming third in the first ballot, Notting Hill as my second choice. I definitely did not intend HUXLEY THANKS this second vote to be used to decide \ SHOULD LIKE to take the between the two other charities. Had opportunity to thank, through I known that this would be done in the interests of my first choice, I your columns, the members and For those still interested in the merely exercising his own individu- would not have given a second one. work of F.P.l.C I would recomment ality and ethical and moral viewpoints supporters of the T. H. Huxley Surely it would have been more the Huxley Society's " Population in complete privacy—and conse- Society, who gave their vote to the reasonable to have used the second Control Week," 22nd to 26th Novem- quently offending nobody—but the in- preferences of those who voted for Family Planning International meetings, slide and truder who is imposing a set of ques- ber,-when speaker N.H.H:T. and Cancer Research to Campaign as their choice for film shows on the subject of F.P.l.C. tionable—minority held—-moral codes decide between them—this at any and OXFAM will further advertise upon him. for his own self-gratifica- Carnival Charity at the last Union rate would have been nearer to the these aspects of the population explo- tion. I abhor this situation ; we are meeting. As there was only twenty- ideas of voters at the meeting. sion. forced to be social animals most of three votes separation in the final the day, therefore is it not right and P. M. RU HEM ANN, GRAHAM THOMSON Chairman Comsoc. result. I think we can feel well (Chairman, Huxley Society). proper that each of us should have satisfied with our efforts. his own small part of the world where However, now that a choice has he can act as (he sees fit QUEUE BEATER? been made, I hope that all members I was, consequently, alarmed to see N view of the long lunch-hour of the. Union will respect the ma- 1984 ? Southside's gates permanefly shut I queues, that have actually in- jority decision and give their full sup- this term. I wonder if this is the creased since I came last year, and th* port to the 'Carnival organisersr. \\AVING READ in last fort- prelude to far grerater restrictions on apparent shortage of Mooney's staff night's issue of Felix that one our liberty; possibly scouts patrol- to deal with this situation, I draw tnj if you like dancing "unacceptable" Hall resident had ling the halls or one may even specu- attention of Imperial College students late the existence of closed circuit and especially those queue-frustrated in an exotic decor been replaced, and making the television monitoring our rooms. freshers among them to a nearby re- at prices geared to students obvious assumption, one is inevi- This prying and forced conformity fectory (self-service of course) at 15 tably disturbed by this persistent in our private affairs must stop. It Princes Gardens (only five minutes' come to intrusion into one's personal pri- is decidedly wrong that the warden walk from the Union) where better of a Hall can enter a person's room meals-, are served at equally cheap vacy. without the occupier's consent at any prices. countdown surely the person at fault is not hour and on any pretext whatsoever. GEORGE BARAMKI, the resident of the room, who is 1a palace gate kensington w8 B. PILCHER, Physics II FELIX 5 CHRIS HOCKING Interviewed by Dick Waterman \A/HAT IS the purpose of the Carnival as a whole and in particular Rag Week ? Obviously, the Carnival is organised solely to raise as much money for our chosen charity as possible. We have decided to experi- ment by having a Rag Week this year as it was found that only few more committee members. Also, assistance is needed to suggest ideas £170 (apart from the procession) for the stunts and to carry them out. was collected outside I.C. last If anyone is interested they should year. contact Roger Cook, Commando We believe that Rag Week will Leader, 17, Old Beit or Barry Boddy. raise a far greater amount, and will Botany II. also relieve some of the pressure on How much money do you expect to the Carnival organisers and helpers raise, and what expenses will be in- (luring Carnival week as we shall not curred? pj collecting outside college during The target for the Carnival is £3000, Carnival week. £700 of which it is hoped will come What events will be taking place from Rag Week. The expenses for during Rag Week? Rag Week will be very small indeed, Rag Week will mainly consist of another good argument for its addi- collections outside LC, as too many tion to I.C.'s activities. comments about the charities. All I The Carnival Chairman, right, organised events in College would, in Do you realise that at the I.C. expressed was the view of the Carni- answering questions last Wednes- part, defeat its purpose. There will Union Meeting you antagonised the val Committee, but now that a charity day night. be, however, two hops, one on the majority of those present by your has been chosen the Committee will, first day of Rag Week, 6th Nov., and destructive comments on the charities nevertheless, be putting in a tremen- mittee would resign if F.P.I.C. was the other on 13th Nov. proposed? dous amount of work to ensure that chosen, I did mean only part of the Stunts organised by the Carnival I did not realise at the time that I the Carnival will be at least as great Committee. I do not wish the charity Commandos will fill most of the annoyed the people at the meeting, a success as last year's. to suffer through my misunderstood week's timetable: two of the ideas but I do not think I made destructive When I said that part of the Com- statements at the meeting. already suggested are—putting a large banner round the G.P.O. tower and the invasion of the stage of a West End Theatre by students carrying ban- ners. Is help needed by yo.:r Committee to run any of the event:, in Rag Week ENGINEERING and if so, who should st_Jents wishing to assist contact ? We do need a great deal of help. This year's Carnival Committee is TRAINING SCHEME comprised mainly of students new to this type of work, and we still need a mi—• for ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AACHEN THANKS MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Y}EAR FELLOWS, After our splendid visit to Lon- don we all have reached Aachen again in good health and still better PHYSICISTS mood, in remembrance to your so very kind way of looking after us Two Years Post-graduate Training: For Why Choose C.E.G.B.? Because it is an and what was good for us. those with honours degrees, this will be a expanding, essential and progressive Industry. At this place we want to express once again our feelings of great grace general engineering training, including one year The demand for electricity is doubling every for all of you, who had such an with a manufacturer, basic workshop training eight years. With constant new developments in active part in doing all things we en- joyed so much. and experience in all aspects of the Board's all parts of the country, involving a capital Thank you very, very much ! engineering operations. investment of over £400 millions a year, present ERNST S1NGLEMAN NICK F. F. X. NEUWAHL plans include a 4,000 megawatt power station, JOSEPH GERRARD supercritical generating units, Aachen Technischen HochsOhule. Those with other degrees can be trained in 660 megawatt generation, transmission or design and construc- 400kV transmission lines, nuclear power stations PROPAGANDA ? tion, with 6 months spent with a manufacturer. and research into magnetohydrodynamics. \\JHILE READING the papers There are excellent, progressive salary scales, in the I.C. lounge today, I Pay During Training: 1st and 2nd class conditions and prospects. came across several copies of a Pakistan morning paper, "Dawn," honours degrees, £875 in the first year and £950 Careers for Engineers are available within which had obviously been placed in the second year. Other degrees, £800 in the C.E.G.B. in generation, transmission, design and there on purpose. A large ma- first year, and £850 in the second. construction or research. jority of like items in the paper were concerned with the " Indian aggression on Pakistan." Placed at several other strategic points in the lounge were Pakistan Government publications, such as " India's War on Pakistan," etc. The content of these is not difficult to guess. Whatever one's views on the political situation in the Indian sub- continent, such action is to be de- plored. The point is not that, to say the least, these publications gave a very one-sided account of the situa- tion, but that the Union Lounge is not the place for the dissemination of Further information W. H. F. Brooks, Recruitment and propaganda. is available University Liaison Officer, Sudbury House, Tnose concerned are entirely at liberty to make their point of view from: 15 Newgate Street, London, E.C.I known by holding a public meeting. Since it is easy to guess who are the The Board's representatives will be visiting this College on the authors of this action, it is hoped that following dates when they will be pleased to meet you to discuss Union officials will take steps to pre- vent the recurrence of such happen- career opportunities. Further details obtainable from your Appoint- ings. ments Officer. R. KUMAR, Physicists Jan 14, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Feb, 2. Physics I. Metallurgists, Mathematicians, Cremical Engineers and Chemists March 1. 6 FELIX INTO Centre STUDENTS' LIVING CONDITIONS-2 In this second feature we have attempted to show something of young city workers, some of whom the life of students in hall. Next we will follow up with some statis- are studying part time in different col- tics on the living conditions and activities of IC students. These leges. There are only four university students in the hostel which is run figures are now being gathered by Kanta Polls. more like the boarding house of a —A Report by John Cawson, Claire Souter, Tony Firshman and school than the other halls which we visited. Richard Mitchell. , ;., tU ,. , , daily, and the linen changed weekly. The residents have to make and Paul finds the laundry tends to be serve supper on a rota system and it overcrowded, but there is supposed to was David's turn when we visited him. be a booking system. He spends This job although not too difficult has Built His £3 a week on food. to be done under the eyes of a watch- Visitors are allowed at any time of ful " prefect." the day, but are expected to leave by With film societies, photographic a reasonable hour in the evening. The clubs the hostel tries to be self con- Own Room definition of " reasonable" is the tained. There are certificates telling responsibility of the student, as long how HYELM has won numerous " HTHE STANDARD OF com- as it agrees with the authorities' defi- dahlia-growing contests which are dis- fort and amenities here is nition. played in a case in the hall. better than in any other hall I The kitchen on the Gallery Floor The hostel was set un in 1928 as is too small for any selfj-respecting a limited company and is non-profit- know," says Paul, a postgraduate chef, but a small number of kettles is making. It is now administered by a Plant Pathologist, who has a provided, and the rooms are fitted warden-secretary who is responsible stereotyped room on the eighth with 13 amp. power points so that for admissions. It is a difficult place floor of Tizard Hall. He added coffee can be brewed in rooms. to get into as most residents are re- Tizard Tall has the use of South- commended on a friend of a friend however, that there are serious side's Union amenities—bar, lounge, basis and good character references defects in design—he helped to T.V. etc. Every Tuesday and Thurs- have to be supplied. build the place !—and the stair- day evenings the residents meet for a Once in, though, the physical con- case system does not really work. chat over coffee, called the Buttery ditions are reasonable. Good library Hour. Internal and external 'phones facilities and games rooms are pro- He pays £2 10s. Od. a week for a are provided on the Gallery floor, with vided, and there is a rugby club for her years in college. well-furnished, centrally-heated room, a separate system from there to the the less sedentary. .Meals are provided, She was especially fortunate to gzt with a good view. One landing—eifht landings. with the exception of weekday people—boasts one bath, one shower,, into hall last year as she was the first There are regulations concerning lunches, and the only extra that fresher woman to be alloted a place. and two lavatories. There are free the sticking of pictures on walls, to David has to pay for is heating in laundry facilities, the room is cleaned She admits to not being a great social which Paul is willing to conform, but his room—sixpence in the slot for a mixer but by being in Beit she has he is unable to accept responsibility gas fire. taken more part in University life for the activities of his grape-vine ! For someone accustomed to life than she had previously anticipated. The greatest advantage of living in in one of the college halls some of the She is now on the R.C.S. union council hall, he considers, is the negligible restrictions would appear irksome. and is S.C.C. secretary. travel times to and from the College. Visitors out by eleven. No girls up " I'm really pleased with everything LAMLEY'S to your room. No key to the front here—it couldn't be better." Susan's door. If David returns late then he room is slightly larger than standard TECHNICAL & GENERAL has to throw stones at trie windows and being on the 4th floor annex of other residents until someone comes BOOKS Boarding affords her more privacy and quiet and lets him in. than the other girls on the 3rd floor. As in all the I.C. halls her room is ART MATERIALS serviced daily and she has full laundry facilities. The cooking facilities are DRAWING School less adequate—the 23 girls in Beit INSTRUMENTS Handicap share 6 gas rings. This means that they cannot execute their prowess in STATIONERY Again the kitchen to its greatest advantage. They are further handicapped in the culinary field by having no refrige- PAPERBACKS "THREE IN ONE ROOM. For Cooks rators. David, a first year engineer, We asked Susan whether it worried shares his room with a dentist "\A/HEN I COMPARE Beit her to share a hall with men. She 1, 3 & 5 EXHIBITION ROAD, and a specialist in ladies' under- with women's accommoda- replied, " I never think about it." LONDON, S.W.7 wear. The Home for Young Em- tion in other universities, I think " No overnight visitors—rarely a handicap." ployees of Limited Means is a how lucky we are." Susan is a Her only complaint was that the private hostel in Hampstead. 2nd year Icwarian who has had Prince Consort Road Traffic was very The majority of the residents are the same room in hall for both disturbing, especially in the mornings.
Paul David Susan Colin Gordon Rent 2 - 10 - 0 U - 11 - 0 2 - 10 - 0 6 - 0 - 0 Gas, electricity 0 7 - 0 0 0 Lowes Laundry 6 6 6 2 - 6 Food 3 - 0 - 0 15 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 The Ideal Sports Shop TOTAL 5 - 10 - 6 5 - 13 - 6 5 - 10 - 6 7 - 2 - 6 10% DISCOUNT TO Travel time (rains) walk 5 bus U5 walk 5 walk 60 ALL I.C. MEMBERS Travel cost 0 18 - 3 0 0
173/4 SLOANE STREET TOTAL (inc travel) 5 - 10 - 6 6 - 11 - 9 5 - 10 - 6 7 - 2 - 6 S.VY.1 All charges are per week and travel costs are listed separately as Tel. BEL 8484 these can normally be reclaimed. FELIX
easy on regulations. Feature Visitors must be signed in and out, and leave by eleven. Colin suggested This menace, however, she has almost that this rule is difficult but not im- remedied by the simple purchase of possible to avoid. 60 pairs of ear plugs (Boots' own of course) per term. The hostel can boast a bar which, in common with other university h Us regularly makes a loss. Its other fa- cilities include a television room and book and record libraries. Long Walk Unfortunately meals are paid for in the rent of £6 a week. This means that when Colin eats at IC in order to spend an evening at college he is, in Home effect, paying for his meal twice. "Anyway the food at International INTERNATIONAL HALL Hall is below Mooney standards." where Colin lives is one of the Cooking facilities are meagre with halls operated by the University only one kettle and electric ring for a. of London. In many ways these whole landing. The room is fairly small (8 ft. x 14 ft.) and there is no halls are similar to the Imperial washbasin but these are not the main College halls but are slightly less problems— " The big disadvantage of this place is the Nurses* Hostel opposite, they tend to be intolerant of eccentricities in students." International Hall is about half an hour away from college by tube or else it takes one hour to walk the dis- tance from Russell Square. Colin prefers to walk.
TOP RIGHT;—David doing supper duty; if he fails to turn up on time there will be a ten shilling fine. LEFT:—Southside Halls provide a high standard of luxury. RIGHT:—International Hall is one of the halls of London Uni- versity.
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Smith Baths from 6.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY 3 Dancing Club Classes. Latin American at 7.00 p.m. and Jive and Rock at Morphy Day—"Punch-up" at Putney. 8.15 p.m. in the Concert Hall, Union Building. Natural History Society—will meet The Effect of Drugs on the Brain. at 5.30 p.m. in the Botany Lecture D Theatre. Prof. P. B. Bradley, :pt. of Exptl. Neuropharmacology, t niversity of I.C. Literary Society—Mme. Anne- WHAT'S ONBirmingham . 7.30 Room 608, Elec. Marie Matley will be speaking on Eng. Dept. "Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism," Compiled by Mike Smith 7.30, Staff Common Room. Level 6, the film " Fact & Faith " Room 266 Electrical Engineering Building. International Relations Club—will TUESDAY 16 Aero. Eng. Building at 1.10 p.m. Re- Morphy Day Stomp—I.C. Jazz Club meet at 7.30 p.m. in the Upper Lounge, freshments are available. Death. Friend or Foe? I.C. Christian proudly presents the first stomp of the Southside. Underwater Club—will meet at 6.00 Union 1.10 266 Aero. year. '8-11 p.m. Southside Main p.m. outside the Union to be at the FRIDAY 12 "Homo Viator" and "Homo Sapiens" Dining Hall. Admission Is, 6