' ® *1 b ?Wl 1 kit £■ Wednesday, Oct. 4th, 1967 1 ft (l li EZ W M w i No- 330 Price 3d. FRESHERS DISCO IS Freshers Conference P A C K E D O U T —in brief VER 150 students were refused admittance at —2,400 attended the Confer­ O Monday evening’s Freshers’ hop (discotheque). The ence, including Group Leaders. crowd inside had already swelled past the 700 person capacity of Devonshire Hall when many people were turned away. —In the last two days, 300 to enjoy this year’s set-up of more Freshers than expected The queue for entrance records and D.J.s. Few left arrived. This caused difficulty began at 6.30 and by 840 the early. The bar also experienced over rooms. Hall was full and gates * were brisk business throughout the locked. Many students were evening, contributing to the second or third year who had atmosphere. It was obvious that as many people as was possible —The duration of the Con­ purchased tickets on the black were admitted to Devonshire ference was extended by a day, market for up to 25/.- (less Hall. proving that it had been a than last year’s £3 record). A The Hall was chosen because success. few desperately climbed walls the cafeteria has fixed seating to enter the grounds, but now, the refec. was in use for stewards were soon posted to meals before and after the keep an eye on interlopers. dance, and the Riley-Smitn Ran —The most popular events was used for Theatre Group. were the Discotheque, the There were sporadic attempts At 10.30 the bar closed and Registration talk, the Debates, all evening at clandestine by 11.0 hundreds of newly- and the talk by Ian Morrison entrances. formed pairs could be seen slowly wandering towards the on the City of Leeds. DISAPPOINTED University, not quite sure where But there was little trouble at to catch the bus, but not very the gate and those turned away worried about it. were well-behaved, though dis­ Every attempt was made to —The individual Faculty Talks, appointed. arrange a second chance for held this year for the first time, Inside the overflowing Hall Tuesday evening to cater for were a great success. the atmosphere was sticky and those disappointed, but it proved Students gather round the Freshers' Conference stall at City smelled like a changing room. impossible. Station. As the man with the haversack hadn’t brought his tent At the height of the evening he was send to lodgings and was never heard of again. one girl collapsed and had to Bradford —The Rag stunt which took b(e taken home. However, for place during Jack Straw’s most, these .were minor annoy­ Rag Hitch speech was appreciated, but ances compared with the music many of the Freshers were not provided by the D.J.s and the Eveiyone In —No Crisis HITCH has occurred in the record players.. sure how seriously to take it. Last year, groups provided the A plans of Bradford Rag, —Prices for Freshers’ Dis­ music but the freshers seemed T HERE will be no anticipation that a crisis others will regret the condition whose Rag week occurs at the cotheque tickets reached 25/- , , . ,, . surpassing last year’s in magni- or rent of their flats. same time as Leeds, to sell their on the Black Market. Rag magazine at Bingley Train­ lodgingS CriSIS this* year. tude would develop. Not only ing College. Even students arriving this were more students coming but PROBLEM The problem is that Bingley , , . £ , i the lodgings office had been There may be a slight prob­ has always participated in both Pre-Debate week are being found places informed of several hundred lem dealing with the several Rags, but they are now tO Stay. last-minute acceptances which hundred students arriving Tues­ scheduled for the same week. promised to swamp the office. day, Wednesday and Thursday “We approached Bradford Drama T act \/AQr a t thic tim*> It seems, however, that there this week, but they will all be with a request for discussion on Overseas SUNDAY’S Freshers’ Last year at tnis time, were more flats available this found places in a day or two. the problems of Bingley,” said ^ debate caused more dis­ the lodgings Warden year, although the halls were The lodgings staff are now Rag Chairman Brian Glover. was frantically searching filled as rapidly as usual, taking care of individual prob­ “Bradford, however, failed to pute offstage than on, when lems as they arise. They are reply.” * Success for last-minute accommo- Many rftu.d“ ts unfor; satisfied that everyone will be Leeds Rag then went ahead President Jack Straw tried , . r i , , i tunately, find themselves several dation for several hundred miles from the campus and- found a suitable place to -stay. and obtained collecting licences ^N E of the hardest worked to change the motion at students. for the Bingley area. Bradford ” desks at the Freshers’ Con­ were unable to obtain them short notice. with their later application. ference has been the Inter­ The original motion was, ‘This This year, although there Bingley, under the impression national Co-operation Scheme. House would abolish public were several hundred more that Bradford would get the schools’, and Straw, with the Only Laughing Gas licences, decided to affiliate with Overseas secretary George Executive backing, wanted to freshers, no crisis has Bradford Rag. Heron said that the scheme had change it to, ‘This House would developed. The Lodgings Mr. Glover stressed that so far provided guides and abolish lectures’, for it was felt for Leeds M.O. Leeds were still willing to that not enough organisation office is still handling new negotiate this affair. “We want information to about a hundred had gone into the original STILL, the University Medical Officer, told the Freshers’ students of all nationalities. applications for lodgings to avoid open warfare on this motion. In past years, every­ with dispatch and a list of U Conference yesterday that he had only taken laughing matter,” he added. All the students who have thing had been fixed up T:he effect that it been helped are over here on term before. gas to see the available flats and bed- had on him. non - Government sponsored The debate was a joint affair, sitting rooms. schemes and amongst them are and when the University were informed of the change by Earlier in the week there was He was talking of the various | YOUR PLEASURE . IS . OUR BUSINESS a large number of Americans. Freshers’ Conference Secretary hazards to health that face Consult The main aims of the Inter­ Pam Pilsbury, they immediately students and spoke briefly on telephoned the Clerk to the drugs. He claimed that they national Co-operation Group produced experiences whose have been to meet all the in­ Union for an explanation. Speakers were hurriedfy found validity should be questioned. coming students, show them FOOD- Experimentation with them,' he their lodgings and help to again for the original motion on STANLEY SHER Public Schools and the highly said, is v a natural and not integrate them into the town controversial discussion on altogether unjustifiable thing. and University. Lectures was shelved. PRICES UP Said Straw, “We have never As .*m example of the sort of AGENCY RICES are going up in the SUCCESS known the University to take drugs that students were any particular interest in the P Refec. again. Mr. Gfeen- tempted to take, Dr. Still men­ “BEAT GROUPS” — “DANCE BANDS” — “STEEL motions for Freshers’ debates, halgh, Catering Manager, said tioned amphetamine. He told Mr. Heron said that the that these increases were due to BANDS” — “FOLK ARTISTES” — “CABARET ACTS” scheme had certainly been an even though it’s a joint venture.” the conference that this would John Jones, Debates Secretary, rising costs of food and equip­ certainly keep you awake, but administrative success, with no was aware of the proposed ment. Since the Refec. is sup­ lack of helpers, -but the problem that there was no guarantee of change and had agreed to it, posed to make a profit, or at the standard of work produced that now remained was to make although at first he had been least break even, during the contact with the Afro-Asian under its influence. This is the STANLEY SHER told it was to be on Compre­ year, rising cost of living leads sort of experience whose validity students that were now arriving hensive Education. to rising food prices. on Government - sponsored needs testing. He told the The original motion was in The overall increase averages freshers that they would want to schemes. fact debated, but only after last about 10 per cent, per item. test these experiences. AGENCY rriinute organisation, and a However, the increases are “It is too early to assess the bruising of University/Union ROOM 11, effects of the increases in over­ selective and, therefore, some He said afterwards: “Some relations. prices will increase by up to 5 SOMERS STREET, Telephone: seas students’ fees on the form of experiment is an LEEDS 1. attendance at Leeds,” Mr. Heron See page 3 for full report of 15 per cent. Several items, such essential but not necessarily 6 2 4114 added. Debate. as coffee, will remain the same. blameworthy activity.” RAG WEEK. OCTOBER 2lst-28th 2 UNION NEWS — Wednesday, 4th October, f967 UNIO N NEWS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY U N IO N Wednesday, October 4th, 1967 No. 327 Behind the Headlines THE NEED FOR ACCOMMODATION of Your Paper HIS year, fortunately, the Lodgings situation has not been as serious as in previous years.