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BUNION
No. 203
NEWS
Friday, 19th January, 1962
LEEDS UNIVERSITY UN IO N
Price 3d.
A
BETTING SHOP
OPPOSED
STUDENTS RETURN TO
SMALLPOX SCARE
MAC IN COURT
Don’t Blame Pakistanis
by the News Editor
term we walked into a digs shortage; this term it is a shortage
LAST
of a more serious type. Smallpox has hit the northern cities and
the authorities are unprepared: there is only a little vaccine available.
When asked about the crisis, Dr. Still said that there
was no cause for panic: people should behave normally
and not believe everything that they read in the Press,
which had exaggerated the situation.
In a note to Union Exec, on
W ednesday, Dr. Still said that
vaccination was being re­
served for essential cases. A t
the. P ark R ow vaccination
centre this w eek the queues
have been enormous. M any
people had to queue fo r up to
three hours fo r vaccine, but
others preferred to take a
chance and did not queue fo r
a jab.
COUNTRY
UNO RGANISED
It is appalling how unpre­
pared and unorganised the
country seems to be. M aybe
the reports are exaggerated,
but that is no com fort to a
m other w orrying about the
safety of her children, and
unable to obtain protection
for them. Surely the priority
should have been given to
children
and
expectant
mothers ?
W hy,
moreover,
should Leeds bear the respon­
sibility o f thousands o f stu­
dents at such a disturbing
tim e? All students returning
to Leeds should have been re­
quired to receive vaccination
from their own doctor or
officer o f health before term
started.
Vaccination
was
made
available for the Yorkshire
College o f H ousecraft on
Tuesday. This seems to be one
sensible m ove but it should
I.L.P. COMES
TO LEEDS
D issatisfaction
with
the
policies of the Labour Party
has caused som e Leeds stu­
dents to form a branch o f the
Independent Labour Party.
The group is called the Leeds
Central Branch, and so fa r
consists mainly o f Leeds Uni­
versity
students.
Guiding
lights o f the venture are Mike
Tem plem an and Peter Abell,
w ho
“ w ill
w elcom e
any
enqu iries/’ They think that
m ore and m ore people are
com ing to feel that a party
with a real socialist policy is
needed and claim that the
I.L.P. fills the bill admirably.
STAFF
MEETING
A meeting of ALL staff
of “ Union News ” will be
held in Committee Room
“ A ” at 4 p.m. TODAY.
Would-be Photo staff
not stop here. Let us hope
that by the time you read this
paper, vaccine w ill be avail­
able at all schools.
This sm allpox outbreak is a
severe blow to the AntiR acialist Society. Com m ent­
ing on the situation, K eith
Jones said that it was ridicu­
lous to m ake scapegoats o f
the Pakistanis. Already the
landlord of the Cam bridge
Hotel in Otley R oad, B rad­
ford,
Mr.
Sheddon,
has
banned Pakistanis from his
premises. He makes the feeble
and rather surprising excuse
that his action is aimed at
draw ing the attention o f the
city authorities to the bad
living conditions o f the P aki­
stanis in B radford. Barring
people from a pub is a rather
peculiar w ay o f achieving this
end.
DANGERS OF
EPIDEMIC
W e are all fully aw are of
the considerable dangers o f a
sm allpox epidemic, but w e are
also fully aware o f the very
real dangers o f racialism
which accom pany the present
scare. It is fo r the responsible
Press to present the facts of
the situation to the public and
pinpoint the real causes o f
the epidem ic—the laxness of
the Pakistani health authori­
ties and the inefficiency o f the
British Governm ent — in an
attem pt to curb at least some
o f the rising tide o f racialism.
Pakistanis in B radford have
been insulted and beaten up.
The people o f B radford can
be excused for being angry,
but their anger is misdirected.
The Pakistanis are n ot to
blame. It is the Governm ent
w hich has failed in its duty
to ensure that im migrants
arrive in this country w ith a
clean bill of health. If the
G overnm ent claim s that it has
been caught out this time, it
will have no excuse next time.
Sir Charles to
Lecture in Union
C H A R LE S M O R RIS,
SIRVice-Chancellor
o f this
University, is to give the next
Union Lecture. He w ill talk
on “ Some R eflections on the
University of Leeds.”
It is hoped that as many
students
as
possible
will
attend this lecture, to be
given in the Social R oom at
1-5 p.m. next Tuesday. Sir
Charles, an influential auth­
ority on the policies o f higher
education, is Chairm an o f the
School B roadcasting Council
and o f the A dvisory Board of
“ Universities
Quarterly.”
From 1952-55 he was Chair­
man o f the Com mittee o f Uni­
versity Vice-Chancellors and
Principals.
During the vac, contractors have begun demolishing
m ore buildings along University Road to m ake room
fo r the third stage o f the N ew A rts Block.
GRAVE MENTAL
HEALTH STATE
Women More Prone
J N a survey conducted by Dr. Still between 1949 and
1960 and presented at a conference on the “ Student
and Mental Health ” this month, it was estimated that
15.9 per cent, of students were subject to mental disturb­
ances. Women students, it appears, are more subject to
psychological ill-health than men.
Attending the conference
w ere P rofessor Morris, D irec­
tor o f the Institute o f E duca­
tion at Bristol, Dr. SinclairGieben, o f the Departm ent of
Mental
Health,
Aberdeen,
P rofessor Niblett, Dean o f the
Institute o f Education, Lon­
don, Rev. Bennitt, Chaplain
o f K ing's College, Durham,
and Dr. Still.
P rofessor M orris said that
students in lodgings needed
better living conditions and
less interference w ith their
private lives. “ It is absolutely
preposterous,” he said, “ to
have ridiculous regulations
about returning to halls or
lodgings at 10 or 11 p.m. W e
are not grandfathers to stu­
dents, and they w ill never be
responsible until these rules
are abolished.”
Rev. Bennitt criticised over­
seas students fo r form in g
cliques restricted to students
o f their own nationality. He
claim ed that the three main
causes o f mental breakdow n
am ong these students were an
inadequate educational back­
ground. a lack o f intellectual
capacity, and a lack o f finan­
cial stability.
In his speech w hich closed
the
conference,
Professor
Niblett voiced concern over
the lack o f confidence shown
in students by their elders. He
blamed examinations, a lack
o f close contact between stu­
dents and teachers, the gaps
between school and univer­
sity, and current tensions in
the w orld for mental break­
downs am ong students.
The Union Com m ittee elec­
tion w hich was to have been
held yesterday and today has
been postponed, due to the
w ithdraw al o f Vac. W ork
Secretary Paul Law rence for
“ personal reasons and pres­
sure o f w ork.” His opponent,
3rd year Iranian m ining stu­
dent K uros Parsa, was de­
clared elected unopposed.
Cath. Soc. are holding a
Church Unity Octave from
January 18th to the 25th.
Prom inent speakers w ill hold
m eetings on such subjects as
“ The
W orld
Council
of
Churches.” Complete details
o f the program m e can be
obtained from the University
Catholic Chaplaincy.
STUDENT SOCIAL
SURVEY
r ilH E Central Office o f Inform ation is organizing a
questionnaire on behalf o f the
Robbins Com m ittee on Higher
Education. The aim is to col­
lect inform ation on the back­
grounds o f university stu­
dents, including their previous
schooling, academ ic achieve­
ments,
activities
between
leaving school and com ing to
university,
applications
to
university and reasons for
com ing. The survey is also
interested in the courses of
students (how they are taught
— and exam ined), and in
student life in general (extra­
curricular activities, residence
at university and grants from
local education authorities).
The aim if fo r interviewers,
six of w hom w ill be w orking
in Leeds fo r the next five
weeks
to see a random
sample o f one student in 22.
Interviews will last an hour
or slightly more, and w ill take
place in the new Albert Mansbridge College o f the D epart­
ment o f Extra-m ural Studies
in Clarendon R oad (form erly
W oodsley
H all).
Students
whose names are chosen will
be asked to arrange a con­
venient time fo r interview,
and letters from interviewers
to students in the sample will
be placed in the pigeon holes
in the Union today.
A t the same time, a number
of final year students are
being asked by tw o> inter­
viewers from the Institute of
Com munity
Studies
about
their attitudes to University
life generally. This enquiry is
also being made w ith a view
to presenting evidence to the
Robbins Committee.
Andrew and
Hall Win
Debate
JJRIAN
MacARTHUR
spoke in defence of
Albert Linley when he suc­
cessfully applied to Leeds
Betting Licensing Commit­
tee on Tuesday for a licence
to operate a betting shop on
the ground floor of premises
in Cottage Road, Headingley.
Miss Pither, W arden o f
Oxley Hall, objected to the
proposed betting shop. She
claimed that it was placed in
an area patronised by stu­
dents with neither the tim e
nor the m oney fo r betting.
The president o f Carnegie
Training College, Mr. Boussler, and the principal o f City
o f Leeds Training College,
Mr. Rich, also objected to the
proposed betting shop on the
grounds that it would encour­
age students to gamble. The
Rev. Barrow , M inister o f
H eadingley M ethodist Church,
speaking against Mr. Linley,
said that there w ere certain
things from w hich “ young
people ” should be guarded
until they reached “ balanced
m aturity.”
Miss
Shirley
Schofield,
appearing for Mr. Linley,
abhorred such an apron-string
attitude. The students in
question, she said, w ere men
and w om en w ho are perfectly
capable o f lookin g a fter them ­
selves.
and
ANDREW S
\ LAN
Peter Hall w on their
second round debate in the
N.U.S. tournam ent for the
“ Observer ” M ace on Tuesday
night.
D ebating at the University
College of North Staffs., the
Leeds “ A ” team w ere com ­
pelled to support the motion
“ That Britain is Still Great,”
and defeated team s from
Liverpool, Swansea and Birkbeck College. Mr. Louis BlomCooper,
the
“ Observer’s ”
legal correspondent, who was
the chief judge, com m ented
on Alan Andrew ’s ability to
turn an argument o f his
opponent’s on its head. Peter
Hall was com m ended fo r the
solid
presentation
of
his
opening speech w hich was
never
threatened
by
the
opposers of the motion.
The team now goes forw ard
to the national semi-final o f “R U M O U R S that Com munist
Society secretary G erry
the competition.
Lynch had both resigned his
post and left the Com m unist
P arty w ere confirm ed this
week.
But when asked for details,
he said he was n ot prepared
to comment. It w on ’t do any
good to anyone on the L eft,”
he said. Speaking o f rum ours
that he had left the party
because o f the Com m unist
Today “ Union New sw attitude to the bomb, Gerry, a
m
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as much m ore involved
proved format and new than that.”
Since the departure o f R o;/
design.
Bull fo r M oscow at the end o f
last
session, Gerry, w ho is
The changes are ex­
married, and also an editor
plained in detail in the of “ Icarian,” has been the
Union’s m ost prom inent Com­
Editorial on Page Two.
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U N IO N N E W S - F rid a y , 19th January, 1962
UNION
NEWS
SMALLPOX SCARE
Weekly Newspaper of Leeds University Union
Editor: GO RDON W ALSH
Assistant Editor: GREG CHAM BERLAIN
VACATIO N course in
English
for
foreign
students is being organised by
London University for the
summer vac. Fees will be 14
guineas, and board-residence
will be charged at £7 10s. 6d.
per week. The course lasts
from 20th July to 16th August.
Students
interested
should
write
for prospectus and
application
form s
to
the
Secretary, Summer Vacation
Course in English for Foreign
Students, London, W .C.l.
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News Editor ........................................... IR EN E TRO TTER
Features Editor ............................ C A T H E R IN E SIN C L A IR
Sports Editor ....................................... R O N N IE G R IFFIT H
Pictures Editors .......... KEITH A U ST IN ; PA U L JO H N S O N
Business Managers ...... E L IZ A B E T H BELL; IA IN B R O W N
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Secretary .................................................. ELSA H EN D R Y
News Staff: Leila Allison, Manuel Carballo, Alan Dudleston, Trudi
Lucas, Kathleen Luxton, Valerie Nixon, Elizabeth Pembroke,
Margaret Slater, Patricia Stoddart, Jean Sutcliffe, Helen
Vernon, Priscilla W a lk e r, Janice W aters.
Features Staff: Pauline Battersby, Ian Burton, Richard Frizell, John
Mowat, Ed Smithies.
Pictures Staff: Margaret Dugdale, Richard Morley, Ian Morrison,
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Brian Glover, Howard Hughes, Mary Squire, Richard Taylor,
Tony Thirlw ell.
Business & Adverts Staff: Stephen Crowther, Bill Morris, Jean
Rostron, John Sutcliffe, Martin Taylor, Eileen W adsw orth.
REFORMED
rptHIS w eek sees the first issue o f “ U nion N e w s 99 in its
new form at. The sm aller size m ay at first be disturbing,
bue w e feel that our readers will com e to appreciate that
it is in fa ct a m uch m ore m anageable form — the sam e size,
incidentally, as the “ D a ily M irro r 99 and m any other univer­
sity papers. There has been no loss o f space, due to our
change to a slightly sm aller body type, restrained headlines
(w hich w ill be m ore apparent in future issu es), and the
use o f six colum ns per page. This latter change in addition
will give a m ore pleasing appearance to the page.
Since our change this year
to w eek ly issues, w ith a
sm aller form a t than p re­
viously, it has been evident
that the selected size w as in
fa ct cum bersom e and dis­
proportionate. The length has
accord in g ly been shortened
by m ore
three inches,
w ith the w idth rem aining the
same.
type faces m ore suitable fo r
newspapers than those o f
com m ercial
printers.
The
arrangem ent is at first fo r a
trial period o f fou r weeks.
A ll in all, w e feel that
these changes w ill be o f
great future benefit to the
paper— but w e w ould appeal
to our readers to bear with
us until the initial difficulties
A nother
change
tak in g
o f m aking up a paper at lon g
place at the sam e tim e is
range and in a new style are
that o f printers. U ntil now,
overcom e.
“ U nion N e w s 99 has alw ays
been printed w ith a com m er­
cial firm in Leeds; the advan­
T T P ‘N ’ ATOM is the theme
tages
of
this
w ere
the
^ of this year’s Engineering
obvious ones o f being v ery Society Ball, to be held a
week
today.
near at hand. W ith this issue,
Three
big-nam e
outside
how ever, the printers are the bands have been booked to
com m ercial printing depart­ appear — Ronnie Aldrich and
the Squadronnaires, the cele­
m ent o f the “ H u d d ersfield brated Merseysippi Jazz Band,
E x a m i n e r ” and w e feel that and Gerry B row n’s Jazzmen.
their years o f experience in A ccording to Ball Chairman
Jack Simpson, this latter
the production o f new spapers band can rank as the new
will be o f grea t advantage to A cker Bilk!
Nine hundred tickets o f
us. There is also the advan­ unique and eye-catching de­
tage o f their possession o f sign have been printed. The
“ gim m ick ”
consists o f a
wheel revolving inside the
ticket, with bands’ names and
the time and place o f their
perform ances appearing in
windows.
ENGINEERS’ BALL
TATLER
BOAR
LANE
S U N D A Y A N D A LL W E E K
Thousands of people have queued every day this week to be vaccinated at
the City Square centre in Leeds against smallpox, after the outbreak of the
disease in the Bradford area recently.
BRISTOL WIN N.U.S.
DRAMA TROPHY
HOSTS TRIUMPH
British Bombs
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ play “ Camino R eal" pre­
sented by Bristol University, won the “ Sunday Used in Angola
Times ” Trophy at the N.U.S. Drama Festival held at JJRITISH bombs are being
Bristol this year. This production was acclaimed by
flown to Angola from
Harold Hobson for succeeding with a difficult play that Southend Airport to safe­
had defeated even the ingenuity of Peter Hall.
guard our financial interests
H arold H obson was criti­
there.
Festival was a great dis­
cised by many at the Festival
for his choice. It was felt that
Liverpool, who brought Piran­
dello’s “ Henry IV ,” should
have won. Martin Jenkins as
the K in g was superb, nor did
the rest o f his cast fail him.
One
fault,
however,
con­
demned this play. Mr. Hobson
felt that the perpetual screen
of
unalleviated
rhetoric
wearied
him. Nevertheless
Liverpool w on the producer’s
prize for the Best A ctor of
the Festival.
Leeds was criticized fo r
inconsistent production. W hile
most o f the play was pre­
sented in an expressionist
manner, various parts (the
court scene, fo r example)
were com pletely naturalistic.
H arold H obson felt that the
only excuse for presenting a
play o f this type would be if
some new light could be shed
on it. This, he felt, could have
been achieved if it had been
pointed out that the people
w ho w ere responsible fo r the
socialist revolution in 1917,
put H itler in pow er in the
1930s.
The standard o f the one-act
plays presented at Bristol was
poor, with one brilliant excep­
tion. “ The Dum b W aiter,”
produced b y Edinburgh, was
superb— so much so that it is
to be taken to Theatre W ork ­
shop fo r a fortnight.
The last-minute cancellation
of the Russian visit to the
appointment. Yet Madrid Uni­
versity almost made up for
this with a program m e o f
drama, jn u sic, and mime.
Their" main dram atic offer­
ing was “ E l K ey ” by Ghelderode. Here a powerful,
straightforw ard
production
completely held an audience
whose knowledge o f Spanish
was limited. The program m e
of m usic and dance was not
just another perform ance o f
Spanish dancing that is so
fam iliar in this country. The
seven
students
perform ed
with spontenaiety and zest,
enjoying themselves no less
than the audience. Their con­
tribution reached a climax
with five mimes by Em iliano
Redondo. This is a form of
drama rarely seen in this
country, perhaps because few
British actors seem capable
of the relaxed and uninhibited
physical style o f acting which
is so essential.
Fly to
America
So claimed the Rev. E ric L.
Blakebrough. o f the Angola
Action Group, at the national
U.N.S.A. Conference in Cam­
berwell a fortnight ago. He
was replying to a question
from the Leeds delegation
after an address in which he
had said that the Portuguese
were trying to exterminate
the educated African. Confer­
ence went on to pass a strong
resolution which condem ned
Portugal
and
urged
the
British governm ent to with­
draw its support.
Tempers and personal ani­
mosity w ere roused by a
Leeds motion requesting that
U.N.S.A. be represented in the
I.S.M.U.N. delegate to the
forthcom ing
International
Youth Festival in Helsinki.
Jane Shaw, proposing, said
that although the Festival
was Communist sponsored, it
was im portant that the nonCommunist view be presented
to delegates, especially to
those from Asia and A frica,
who had left their countries
for the first tim e to attend
the Festival. The opposition
contended that the name of
U.N.S.A. would be connected
by the Communists with reso­
lutions it condemned. H ow ­
ever, the m otion was finally
approved.
In March, the U.N.S.A. in
Leeds will launch a drive to
gain support for the Freedom
from Hunger Campaign. This
is in line with a motion at the
conference
urg ing
all
branches to support the Cam­
paign.
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British Union Movement.” It
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TUD EN TS wishing to leave
valuable in the Union can
now do so without trusting
to the cloakroom ’s insecurity.
A store fo r valuables has been
set up in the old Gryphon
office (opposite the porters’
office), in w hich articles other
than clothing m ay be stored
during the day. House Secre­
tary Martin Forrest empha­
sised that the store is not
intended fo r overnight stor­
age, but will be open during
the whole o f norm al Union
opening hours. The procedure
will be fo r students to sign
articles “ in ” and “ ou t ” in a
book
specially
provided.
Intending users should con­
tact the porters.
★
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r p H E smell o f fresh paint
greeted C af’s patrons at
the beginning o f term. This,
apparently, is just the start o f
wholesale
redecoration
of
Union and University House
prem ises— the R iley Smith
Hall and several other rooms
are due for a face-lift during
the Easter vac.
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fortnight
group o f
Film Society members are
m aking a film to illustrate
the eroticism of advertising.
D uring the Christmas V ac
the members spent their time
recording T.V. com m ercials
for use during the film, and
it is hoped to have music
specially com posed by a mem­
ber o f the University. Help is
needed with the technical
aspects of the film. Anyone
interested should see the Film
Society ilotice board. Film ing
will be mainly at evenings
and week-ends, in Leeds.
first
I)fURING
1o f this the
term a
S
Coming of
Sound
,
^
^
“HI HE
COMING
OF
SO U N D ” is the aus­
picious title given to the
Leeds University Union Film
Festival, which started on
W ednesday and will continue
until Monday. Leeds is be­
lieved to be the first student
com m unity to undertake a
Film Festival o f this nature.
The aim o f the Festival is
not to present a compendium
o f the latest films, but to
trace the
evolution
from
silent to sound films between
1925-1935. E ach day is divided
into three sessions o f tw o
hours—2 to 4 p.m., 5 to 7 p.m.,
8 to 10 p.m. Tonight Pabst’s
“ K am eradschaft ”
will
be
shown, and other notable
films in the program m e in­
clude
“ The
Hounds
of
Z a r o ff” on Sunday and H. G.
W ells’ “ Things to C o m e ” on
Monday.
Season tickets for the com ­
plete program m e are offered
at five shillings, while indi­
vidual perform ances can be
seen for one shilling.
On Saturday the federation
of Film Societies are holding
a special view ing session o f
modern films from 9-30 a.m.
to 9-30 p.m. at a cost o f tw o
shillings and sixpence. “ Le
Passage du Rhin ” is the star
attraction and was awarded
.ea
the Grand Prix at the Venice
ice A
film festival o f 1960.
U N IO N N E W S — Frida/, 19th January, 1962
3
POLICE
versu s
C.N.D
Dutch Attitude not so Sympathetic
by
ERIC SCHUMACHER
Past President of Leeds University Union
[ WAS walking through a rather busy shopping street
in Amsterdam on Saturday, 16th December, when I
was passed by a group of about twenty or so youngish
people carrying banners, some of which showed the
familiar nuclear disarmament symbol. The group was
fairly orderly and were
causing little physical dis­ Permission Not Given
turbance to passers-by.
D uring the dem onstration
Som e o f the group w ere
handing out leaflets to the
shoppers, m ost o f w hom
dropped them on the ground
when they had looked at
them.
A short while a fter they
had passed m e som e police
arrived in a car and m otored
up to the group. I hurriedly
returned to the scene.
“ Ban the Bomb ”
W hen I arrived som e w ere
sitting on the ground holding
their banners and chanting
“ Ban the B om b ” in English.
Som e sat on the pavem ent,
som e in the roadw ay. A few
chose not to sit.
The police tore the banners
from
the
dem onstrators,
using their truncheons w here
the slightest resistance to
givin g
up
banners
w as
shown. I saw som e o f the
sitters hit quite fo rcefu lly
about the back o f the head
and the back.
No Attempt to Talk
A fte r the banners had been
rem oved the police didn’t
seem to kn ow w hat to do. I
saw no attem pt on the part
o f the police to talk to the
leaders,
although
I
w as
w atch in g carefully.
A fte r a while a man o f
about 30, w ho w as leading
the chanting, w as dragged
into the police car and trun­
cheons w ere again used. A
second car had arrvied by
this tim e and the first w as
driven aw ay. The second car
w as driven at one o f the
sitters and he su ccessfu lly
avoided in ju ry by pu tting his
feet against the car bum per
and allow ing him self to be
pushed alon g the road by it.
He w as pushed about a yard.
Som e o f the police spotted
a g irl o f about 18 standing at
the side o f the group handing
out leaflets. The police forced
her to g ive up her leaflets,
using their hands and elbow s
rather roughly.
F inally a B lack M aria
arrived and the dem onstra­
tors w ere lifted into it and
taken aw ay.
I spoke to one o f the sitters
about it. I learned that p er­
mission to hold a m arch had
not been asked fo r on this
occasion. This w as because,
he
said,
experience
has
shown that throughout H ol­
land perm ission is never
given fo r a procession to
dem onstrate against nuclear
weapons. I w as also told that
m arches had been planned
fo r N ew Y ea r’s D ay in a
num ber o f Dutch tow ns. P e r­
mission had been asked fo r
these but w as refused. I did
not learn on w hat grounds
this w as so, but I w as told
that perm ission is often given
fo r other dem onstrations.
This apparatus
measures the infra-red
transm ission spectra at high
tem peratures. The
results o f these measurements
are applied directly to
the fundamental problem o f the
radiative transfer o f
heat in m olten glass, and
then applied to the
calculations o f tem perature
y
gradients in large
||fc
masses o f glass in
J|
tank furnaces.
r
Britain Should Know
I w as so concerned at w hat
I had seen that I felt the
British public w ould wish to
know about it. I decided to
telephone one o f the Sunday
new spapers w ith a reason­
ably wide intelligent reader­
ship and a reputation as an
upholder o f justice. I tele­
phoned the “ O b s e r v e r 99 as
soon as I could, w hich w as
about 3-45 p.m. British time.
I g o t through about 4 p.m.
I w as referred by the tele­
phonist to the N ew s D esk
and explained to the listener
that I had a first-hand ey e­
witness accoun t o f a sit-dow n
dem onstration
w hich
w as
broken up by police violence.
I w as told that the paper w as
not interested, and this w as
follow ed by a rem ark w hich
I heard as “ The A m sterdam
edition has g on e.”
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U N IO N
N E W S — Friday, 19th January, 1962
FUTILE OR VITAL?
Survey of Debates Record
It loses m eaning, but you
g o on. I feel like the w hisky
priest in “ The P ow er and the
G lory .” So w hat if the ritual
is bunk. Som eone m ust still
p erform it. So it is I turn up
every W edn esday to report
debates. I could not keep
a w a y now , in any case. This
is in spite o f hallucinations I
get. Tim e rolls on during a
debate, and I w onder if I am
in P u rg a tory . F or m y sins, I
m ust sit and listen to Mr.
L a y cock , M r. W han, and Mr.
K idd fo r the rest o f tim e.
Hell is oth er people. The
W oodbin e haze m akes the
fu m es o f the pit. I am here
fo r being unfair to M artin
F orrest.
The
M ac A rthurs
m ust be P aola and F ra n ­
cesca. M aybe Tim M ay su f­
fers fo r losin g the gavel.
E X C IT E M E N T
Then som eth in g ex citin g
w ill happen. A ll at on ce de­
bates
becom e
w orthw hile
again. T h ey becom e that
atta ck on prejudice, that
stron ghold o f reason, that
N egro, brib ery in politics,
and turpitude in diplom acy.
by
Our Debates
Correspondent
they should be. C on troversy
and argum ent rem ind one
that debates can still be the
m ost vital institution in the
Union. It happened last term
at the corp oral punishm ent
debate. P eter H all w as givin g
his h ard-h ittin g opposition
speech : “ I d on ’t believe the
m otion. I d on ’t think this
H ouse w ould bringf b a ck the
birch. There is on ly one pu r­
pose fo r raisin g this m otion.
Th at is to have it overw h elm ­
in gly th row n out.”
One
rem em bers
Steve
G ould’s m aiden speech. F or
an A m erica n
to
criticise
A m erica w hen abroad— that
is an a ct o f courage. But he
did not falter. Step b y step
w e heard o f A m e rica ’s sup­
pression o f m in ority views,
the unfair treatm en t o f the
L IK E A D IA M O N D
There w as A lan A n drew s
at the A nnual P olitical D e­
bate. M r. R oberts, M .P., had
done his cause m ore harm
than good. In concise, d ocu ­
m ented
reason in g
Mr.
A n drew s p roba bly saved the
case. The governm ent m inis­
ter opposite could do nothing.
There w as D avid E astw ood
bravely u pholding euthan­
asia. H e pleaded: “ M en must
not be regarded as cog s in
som e kind o f th eolog ical
m ach in e.”
He
w ould
not
agree that every situation
fitted a pre-determ in ed set o f
rules. H e should have won.
There w as M iss Seller at the
debate on industrial sch olar­
ships.
M r.
G unaw ardhana
had finished ranting. She fo l­
low ed w ith a speech that w as
as clear and incisive as a
diam ond. I hope the a c a ­
dem ics present listened when
she rem inded them that uni­
versities are fo r produ cin g
people, not personnel.
BOOK REVIEWS
LAW AND LAUGHTER
The Thurber Album
(P e n g u in , 3 /6 )
Jam es T hurber is a m an
o f m any parts. H e is p r o ­
bably best kn ow n fo r the
fan ta stic
sligh tly-satirica l
doodles illustrating fan tastic
sligh tly-satirica l stories. But
there is on ly one doodle in
The Thurber Album, and that
is on the fron t cover.
Inside there is w hat is
ap tly described on the title
pa ge as a “ collection o f
pieces about people.” F ifteen
biographies, and a sort o f
appendix, explain the ch a ra c­
ters and tem per o f various
T hurber
an cestors
and
acquaintances, am on g them,
a distant aunt w ho sm oked a
cla y
pipe
and
chew ed
to b a cco ; Dr. Beall, “ a broad­
minded
man,
w ho
could
oppose both sides o f an a rg u ­
m ent,” and to w hom ev ery ­
th in g w ith w hich he did not
agree w as “ T o m -fo o l-e r-y ! ”
or
“ P o p -p y -co c k !
A unt
M ag ery (as everyone called
h er) w ho “ held that th er­
m om eters w ere ju st pieces o f
glass used to keep patien ts’
m ouths
closed
w hile
the
d octors thought up som e­
th in g to say about conditions
w hich baffled them ” and w ho
cured her husband o f a fev er
w ith a stew o f sheep d rop ­
pin g s; and m any less in ter­
estin g people.
M ost o f the anecdotes are
m ildly entertaining, p artly
because they are b rie f uncon ­
nected sketches, and pa rtly
because they are w ritten w ith
T h u rber’s
usual
w it
and
hum our. O nly three o f them
h ow ever stand out as stories
w orth
re-reading.
“ N ew s­
paperm an :
H ead
and
Shoulders ” is the best o f
these. It is not a typical
T hurber anecdote, nor is it
the best fro m a litera ry point
o f v iew : N orm an K uehner
w as a fo r ce fu l dow n-to-earth
m an; he did not believe in
sch o o ls o f journalism , and to
tem per his reporters he gave
them
alm ost
im possible
assignm ents
until
they
proved their w orth, and he
on ly g ave praise w here it w as
due. H e featu red blood and
violence, and w as happiest as
a crim e reporter. The story
is pow erfu l— perhaps because
it deals w ith a pow erfu l
character.
The best o f these short
stories fro m
the literary
point o f view is “ Snapshot
o f Mr. Z ieg feld .” Thurber
m et Z iegfeld w hen th ey w ere
both registrars in the 1916
elections, and the story he
m akes o f their one m eetin g
is
w ell
constructed
and
fascinatin g. The third o f
these han d-picked pieces is
“ The Tree on the Diarfiond,”
a story full o f vitality, and
all the m arks o f Jam es T h u r­
ber. The Thurber Album is
one o f the best Thurber
book s reprodu ced as a P en ­
guin : it is T hurber w ithout
draw ings, but it is Thurber.
K .A.
real portraits o f his subjects.
He also emphasizes som e
little-known facts, such as the
extrem e poverty in to w hich
many o f B ritain ’s legendary
advocates
w ere
born.
Sir
E dw ard Clarke, who defended
Oscar W ilde in the fam ous
trial at the end o f the last
century, left school at 13 to
help his father in a London
silversm ith’s
shop.
Even
Thom as Erskine, son o f the
Earl o f Buchan, spent much
o f his early life in great
poverty.
B irkett also attem pts to
dem olish some popular myths
about the legal profession,
answ ering such charges as
“ how can you possibly defend
a guilty man ? ” ably and
clearly.
N ot the least interesting
thing em erging from the book
is the portrayal o f Lord
Birkett himself. He reveals
just as m uch about him self
as about the other lawyers
through his discussion o f
them, and this is all the m ore
fascinating when one con­
siders the profound influence
Birkett has had on the E n g ­
lish legal system over the past
30 years.
He concludes the book with
a chapter on the art o f advo­
cacy w hich sums up the
reasons his six lawyers have
remained fam ous long after
they ceased practising at the
Bar. Once the m uddy style
has been conquered, this book
is undoubtedly interesting and
useful.
E.D.S.
Six Great Advocates
(P e n g u in , 2 /6 )
The author him self com ­
ments on “ the D ifference
Between Speaking and W rit­
ing,” and one feels that the
broadcast version o f Lord
B irkett’s talks on Six Great
A dvocates must have been
much better stylistically than
this, their w ritten version.
O ccasionally the style be­
com es so bogged down in sub­
ordinate clauses that only re­
reading will convey the hid­
den meanings.
N evertheless B irkett’s book
has considerable interest and
he conjures up several very
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U N IO N
5
N E W S — Friday, 19th January, 1962
Rag Men Get Together
P
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FRED KIDD
— CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER
Q N Friday, December 8th,
1961, the first ever con­
ference of Rag Organisers
of Great Britain took place
at Manchester.
Fred and the Telegraph in the M.j.
R. F R E D K ID D has
lost confidence in the
G overnm ent. T o the
i m a jority this w ould seem
I like the begin ning o f the
( end. L ad y D oroth y m ight
>just as w ell start p a ck in g
(th e cro ck e ry n ow : the w ind
I o f change w ould seem set
bfair fo r N um ber Ten.
M
> This is not, how ever,
(intended as an indication o f
Sthe influence w ielded by Mr.
/K id d in h igh places. N either
sis it a political M et. report
/w ith an y im m ediate signifi<cance. R ath er it reflects the
gross
m isapprehension
<under w hich a g o o d pa rt o f
|the U nion is labou ring— a
(m isappreh en sion w hich M r.
JK idd him self, it m ust be
/ adm itted,
does
little to
\dispel.
i F or the jolt one g ets on
>d iscov erin g that he m ay
/ have m isg ivin g s about the
s p olicy
of
the
present
/ governm ent, and th at he
I could be w hat M ike M urphy
>once described as “ that
( strange thing, an honest
S T o ry ,” is not w h olly ac/ counted fo r by the L eftish
s bias prevalent in the U n io n :
? Mr.
Kidd,
third - year
i L a w y er and pillar o f the
; Establishm ent, to all intents
>and pu rposes exudes that
Jpeculiar brand o f H igh
) T oryism w hich has done
|m ore fo r the L abou r P a rty
>over the years than Suez
|and M rs. B arbara Castle
' put togeth er.
>T T E w as born, and still
5
lives, in S tock ton -on >Tees, w here his fath er ow ns
|and m anages a ligh t engin, eering fa cto ry . On com in g
to Leeds in 1959, he joined
the C onservative
S ociety
and becam e F irst Y ea r
Rep., Secretary, and finally
Chairman, his present p osi­
tion.
M r. K idd can be seen
m ost days betw een one
o ’ clock
and
on e-th irty
striding
p u rposefu lly
through the doors o f the
M.J., com plete w ith threepiece suit, pipe, um brella
(in case o f rain ), and
“ D a ily T e le g ra p h ” (in case
o f fire). H e is m uch in evi­
dence at debates, w here he
has been k now n to brin g
the H ouse dow n on o c c a ­
sions w ith statem ents such
as: “ W ith referen ce to the
m otion, M r.
Speaker,
I
w ould like the H ouse to cast
its m ind b a ck to 1921 ”
(occa sion s
m em orable
if
on ly because th ey w ere the
m eans o f jo ltin g the b a ck
row s o f the debating ch am ­
ber out o f their W edn esday
a ftern oon stu p or).
His la ck o f confidence in
the
present
governm ent
stem s fr o m disapproval o f
w hat he considers to be
their w eakness over w a g erestraint, and in not stand­
in g
ou t
against
U .N .
aggression . H e also feels
th ey are “ rushing things a
little too m uch in K en ya.”
Speakin g o f C.N.D., he is
b rief and to the point. Its
m em bers,
he
says,
are
“ m uddle-headed idealists,”
w hose opinions represent
on ly a sm all m in ority in the
country. A lth ou gh ready to
adm it that a section o f their
ranks is sincere, he feels
that there lurks behind the
actions o f m any, ulterior
p olitical m otives (cou ld it
be C om m u n ism ?) and “ a
The conference, organised
as the result o f an idea b y
M anchester and L iverp ool
R a g representatives, w as a
tentative ap proach at insti­
tuting som e sort o f national
p olicy and co-opera tion in
R ags.
It w as first intended that
the con feren ce be held on a
m ore
region al basis,
but
a ccord in g to A n drew Tym an,
M anchester R a g Secretary,
the response to his idea w as
so
en cou ra gin g
that
he
decided to la y open the con ­
ference to all colleges and
universities w hich run R a gs.
The result w as that there
w ere delegates fro m as fa r
afield as G lasgow , Cardiff,
and B elfast.
The su ccess o f the c o n fe r­
ence w as indicated w hen on
a m otion by Bristol, and
am ended b y Leeds, it w as
overw helm in gly
agreed
to
hold the con feren ce tw ice a
year, provision ally in M an­
chester.
H a g
R e v ie w
Preparations are now
well under way. Those
interested in writing
sketches, music, lyrics,
etc., or helping in any
way should go to Rag
Office or ring Leeds
681610 as soon as pos­
sible.
Auditions will be held
before the end of this
term.
The m orn in g
by
session
w as
rather
disap­
NIGEL
pointing, con ­
sisting o f dis­
The
Rag
cussions
on
various rather
specialized
aspects o f
R ags.
F or
exam ple,
one
university w ould explain its
troubles in g ettin g co-op era tion from the authorities con ­
cerned;
another
delegate
w ould stand up and sa y how
a greeably everyth in g w ent in
his tow n. But noth ing con ­
crete arose fro m this bandy­
ing o f ideas, since R a gs
must,
of
necessity,
vary
a ccord in g to the ch a ra cter o f
the tow n concerned. One
takes
fo r
granted,
fo r
exam ple, the fa c t that R a g s
in L iv erp ool w ould be m ore
row dy than those in puritan
Bristol.
Vandalism
The aftern oon discussion,
how ever, proved to be fa r
m ore
liv ely
and fruitful.
M any o f the universities
com plained o f the bad repu­
tation that R a g s w ere g ettin g
because o f the increase in
vandalism
w hich w as be­
com in g p reva ­
RODLEY
lent in som e
R a gs.
E ven t­
Chairman
ually
K eele
tabled
a
m otion, w hich w as re-dra fted
b y Leeds and w hich w on the
unanim ous ap proval o f all
delegates. The m otion w as as
fo llo w s :—
“ T h is c o n feren ce re ­
m e m b e r s th a t R a g m u s t
be tr e a te d a s a m a tte r
a im e d a t ra isin g c h a r it­
able fu n d s , a n d d e le g a te s
ca te g o ric a lly co n d em n all
irresp o n sib le a n d hoolig a n is tic a c ts d e tr im e n ta l
to th is a im ”
A lth ou gh it w as felt that
no “ supra-union ” authority
could discipline any deviation
from this principle, it w as
hoped that all unions w ould
do their utm ost to ensure
that students com p ly w ith
the m otion. A t all events, the
least a public declaration o f
this sort can do w ould be to
establish a firm er basis o f
trust
betw een
university
authorities, the student body,
and the public w ith rega rd
to beh aviou r in R a gs.
Publicity
I f a m otion tabled b y Leeds
is successful, R a g s gen erally
are g o in g to have the best
pu blicity th ey have ever had.
The m otion, w hich w as again
carried
unanim ously,
p ro ­
posed that the conferen ce
approach
the
govern in g
bodies o f “ L ook at L ife ,” and
B.B.C. and I.T .A . television
with a v iew to prod u cin g a
national film feature on R a g.
Other
universities
have
thought on sim ilar lines con ­
cern in g their ow n particu lar
R ags, but the p rosp ect w ill
have a fa r grea ter appeal in
a national context.
F in ally it w as decided to
elect a w ork in g com m ittee
and draw up a constitution
fo r the guidance o f fu tu re
conferences. I f the con feren ce
continues to p rogress in the
vein w hich this initial success
has indicated, fu tu re R a g s
m igh t develop into a cause o f
friendship and national c o ­
operation w hich ^ w ill really
give them a m uch-needed
new look.
My Bank ?...
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U N IO N
INTOLERANT
Bestiality o f Fascism A tta cked
^ I R . — I should like to
^
explain to Mr. G renfellRanks (w hose letter appears
in your last issue) w hy m ost
o f us can not extend tolerance
to
the
so-called
British
N ationalist Party.
A part from the enorm ities
for w hich F ascism has been
responsible du ring th e last
thirty years in E u rope and in
m ost other places, w hich
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alone stand as a trem endous
indictm ent o f such beliefs, we
can see in the activities o f
sim ilar bodies in Leeds and
n eighbouring
cities
am ple
grounds fo r not respecting
the dogm as w e are asked to
respect.
The
assum ption
that a
n egro (or other “ in fe r io r ” )
is unfit to inhabit certain
room s, drink in certain bars,
and dance w ith girls o f a cer­
tain pigm entation, by defini­
tion, causes great suffering
and hum iliation to those dis­
crim inated against, w hich can
turn very easily into anger
and disgust; so evil brings
forth evil. W h en those w ho
are responsible try to excuse
them selves by saying that a
negro once caused a fight
there it is on ly a fron t to
the same attitude. N ot even
Mau-Mau could com pare w ith
white fascism over the past
three decades fo r expertness,
scope and dedication.
It is because I will not
tolerate the viscious expres­
sion o f intolerant, cruel, and
self-glorifyin g
xenophobia
that I w rite in protest against
what may have been a wellintentioned letter. T h e w oolly
and am oral interpretation o f
“ free speech ” that Mr. Banks
assumes is sm eared w ith so
m uch innocent blood because
o f the assum ption in it that
all doctrines are o f equal
validity and truth. Y et it is
axiom atic that som e beliefs
are less true, valid, or m orally
defensible than others, and
the w orst o f all these m ust be
resisted — not by persecution,
o f course — but by a clear,
firm, and persistent denial.
Let me then differentiate
between the hysterical version
o f C.N.D. propagan da (h ys­
teria derived from fea r m ixed
with love), and B.N.P. propa­
ganda (hysteria derived from
fear m ixed w ith hate). The
one, it is true, does no service
to the grow th o f love between
peoples;
the
second
does
blatant disservice.
Mr. Banks headed his letter
from W esley College, and I
am sure no true M ethodist
w ould do other than pass on
Christ’s instructions, “ Love
thy neighbour.” W hen this is
answ ered w ith “ W h o is m y
n eigh bou r?,”
Christ
could
answ er with the parable o f
the G ood Samaritan. E ven
when the foreign er seem s to
be an enemy, the C hristian is
not absolved nor w ould he
wish to be; he w ill still fo r ­
give his enemies. I f this
seems a “ holier than thou ”
attitude, I am sorry, but I
th in k anyone w ho aspires to
follow Christ must not be
afraid to rebuke the evilminded. W e are left w ith no
excuse
for
acceptin g
any
dogm as o f hate.
Yours, etc.,
N O R M A N TA LB O T.
XENOPHOBIA
&\<>o
In fa n tile
jfillR .— I read in your recent
^
fron t-p age article that
m em bers o f the B.N.P. are
“ infantile and insane,” w hich
is show n by ‘ ‘th eir futile
dabbling and h ysterical p ro­
paganda.” H ow ever I fail to
see the subtle differences b e­
tw een this and sim ilar activi­
ties by m em bers o f C.N.D.,
except perhaps that C.N.D.
appears to have done m ore
o f it. I have not seen refer­
ences in th e sam e vein to this
in you r paper.
Let m e state that I have no
sym pathies w ith the B.N.P.,
but if ‘ ‘Union New s ” is to
continue
its
“ cam paign ”
against these idiotic antics,
let it also include the equally
infantile daubings produced
by m em bers o f C.N.D.
Yours, etc.,
W . I. R O BIN SO N .
Leeds U niversity Union.
JC^IR. — It w as w ith disgust
!kZT that w e read your article
reporting th e eviction o f three
w om en students from their
lodgings. A lthough painfully
aware o f the dangers o f this
present letter being m isinter­
preted. in the interests o f all
concerned w e feel constrained
to place the full facts before
readers who relied on your
article fo r their inform ation.
In fa ct only one student
was actually given notice to
leave the follow in g day, the
others being given until the
end o f term . The incident
cited as the cause o f eviction
was in fa ct not an isolated
one, but the culm ination o f a
series o f provocation s on the
students’ part.
Secondly, w as “U nion N e w s”
told the hour at w hich Mrs.
Sledge, the W arden o f W om en
Students in Lodgings, was
telephoned by the girls con ­
cern ed? W e w ould suggest
that gross la ck o f considera­
tion w as show n in phoning
'"tp’he sternest judgment any newspaper gets comes from those
* who see their own words and actions reported. They know
what is true and what is not. They read The Times.
Such people are often the diplomats who speak for millions
o f their fellow countrymen. The ways of life they represent
may not be those of this country; but they find them faithfully
represented in The Times. They hold strong opinions, but not
all of them hold the same opinions. So they demand a news­
paper that does not twist the facts to suit a point of view.
The one belief they share is that news itself is interesting and
necessary. They like it promptly and clearly reported, but do
not want it dolled up.
If you would like to learn of events from the newspaper
read by those who are causing them, then you are a natural
Times reader yourself.
Top People read THE TIMES
AS
A
STUDENT
WRITB
FOR
YOU
CAN
HAVE
THE
D E T A I L S TO T HE T I MES
T I ME S
FOR
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her hom e num ber tw ice be­
tw een 10 and 11 on a Sunday
evening.
If the leaflet issued to
students w hen entering lodg­
ings is consulted, clause one
o f the “ N otes fo r H ostesses ”
stresses the legality o f the
action taken by the landlord
— I quote:
“ The hostess
undertakes to give a w eek ’s
notice, or refund a w eek ’s fee
in lieu o f n otice in the event
o f requiring a student to leave
the lodgings during a term .”
Mrs. Sledge did, in fact,
despite being disturbed at
such an inconvenient hour,
m ake the suggetion that the
student concerned should stay
fo r the duration o f M onday
night only, at the Y.W .C.A.
until she could give them a
perm anent address. The fo l­
low ing day (M onday), the
students called to see Mrs.
Sledge at her office, although
outside the hours clearly indi­
cated on the n otice-board in
Cavendish Hall. M iss Hollis,
Mrs.
Sledge’s
secretary,
actually book ed a room for
the evicted student at the
Y.W.C.A., thus ensuring th at
she had tem porary accom m o­
dation.
I refer now to the italicised
phrase in your article to the
$>ear <>ir..
E v ic te d
People who make the news
read it in The Times
N E W S — Friday, 19th January, 1962
Carlton
effect th at Mrs. Sledge w as
not available all day; w e w ish
to em phasise that Mrs. Sledge
personally inspects and ap­
proves lodgings fo r w om en
students and the im possibility
o f doing this from her office
will be readily ackn ow ledged
by
the
m ore
intelligent
students.
The students then took it
upon them selves to find their
own accom m odation . If, as
stated, their lodgings had
been approved by Miss Abell,
why, when the student a ccom ­
m odation situation is so des­
perate, are they not being
utilised? But that is aside
from the main issue.
W h en
efforts are being
m ade to im prove landladystudent relationships it w ould
seem regrettable that “ U nion
N e w s ” sihould be im plicated
in an article hardly calculated
to m ake a constructive con ­
tribution to this end.
Yours, etc.,
P. T U R T O N -H A R T
(P residen t),
JO A N G R U B B
(H ou se Secretary)
Cavendish Hall for W om en
Students in Lodgings.
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^ IIR .— I should like to en^
dorse the com m ents o f
Mr. P. B. Sm ith on M argaret
M aden’s tw o articles, and add
to it a com plaint that she has
even yet failed to m ake sure
o f her facts. H er w hole argu ­
m ent seem s to be a m isinter­
pretation o f shaky facts seen
through the distorting lenses
o f red-tinted spectacles.
The real reason for the
building o f the G reat W a ll o f
U lbricht and the closin g o f
the Berlin border is fa r from
being the exchange rate in
W est Berlin (such a facile
explanation is not even used
by U lbricht h im self). This has
been goin g on fo r a good
num ber o f years and reflects
fairly the relative buyingpow er o f the tw o currencies.
Apart from this, exploitation
by W est Berliners is im pos­
sible; in th e only tw o rest­
aurants in E ast Berlin, both
State-owned, not even a cup
o f fou l coffee can be had w ith ­
out produ cin g a pass; and if
there is no residence perm it
fo r E ast Berlin on it. then
only F ederal m arks can be
used.
No, the real reason is that
U lbrich t’s so-called State is
liable to collapse into com ­
plete
econom ic
chaos.
So
m any w orkers have show n
their preferen ce for being
exploited by capitalist bosses
to living in a socialist para­
dise, that there is grave
danger o f the w hole industrial
and agricultural system grin d­
ing to a halt through la ck o f
m anpower.
The
glorious
Seven-Year Plan has been
abandoned as useless. R ath er
than lose the few w orkers left
to him, U lbricht prefers to
lock them all up in the big­
gest concentration cam p in
history.
Yours, etc.,
L. E. F O U L G E R ,
Leeds U niversity Union.
Condetnn dll
^ C iH b in Q
^ I R . — A lth ough fully in
^
agreem ent w ith the com ­
ments on the British N ation ­
alist P arty expressed in your
leading article som e w eeks
ago it w ould appear that
som e o f the points raised are
also applicable to other organ ­
izations. Is it not about tim e
that we condem ned all daub­
ing incidents, etc., w hether we
agree w ith the sentim ents
expressed or n ot?
V /-Y-ii res
pt p
G rant H ouse,
A. V. EM ES.
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IM IIS CELEBRATE REPUBLC ANNIVERSARY
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a rticles ca rved ou t o f iv o ry
and sandalw ood. L ittle w hite
m arble replicas o f the T a j
M ah al can b rin g the O rient
on to y ou r m antelpiece, n ot
to
m en tion
the
g ra ce fu l
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tional art o f w ea v in g so sk il­
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Week's Festivity and Instruction in the Union
*>y
VIJAY CH A U D H A R I
(^J-OA, a little dot on India’s
West coast, ceased to be a
Portugese colony and an Ameri­
can naval base last month, and
was integrated into the Republic
of India.
A tu m u lt o f clash in g opin ion s
w as v oice d th rou g h ou t the w orld
ov e r In d ia ’s a ction in G oa. The
v oice o f b ig business w ith op p res­
sive colon ial interests round the
glob e did its u tm ost to distort the
facts, but in the fa c e o f W orld
S ocialism it w as the d ia lectic th at
triu m ph ed o v er obstin a cy .
T he fa c e o f India, w h o h erself
w a s a c olon y a m ere fou rteen
y ears ago, still bears the m a rk s
o f colon ial slavery. T h ese m a rk s
a re a con stan t rem in der o f In d ia ’s
stru g gle fo r the rig h t to in de­
pendence and se lf determ ination .
It w as the hard earned in depend­
en ce in 1947 w h ich open ed the
g a tes o f this v a st su b-con tin en t
to an in teg ra ted R epu b lic p r a c ­
ticin g pa rliam en ta ry d em ocra cy .
Rejoicing
T he an cient India, the land o f
lea rn in g and o f g old — the In dia
w h ose recorded recen t h istory
con sisted la rg e ly o f k in gs and
ba ttles— the colon y b ea rin g the
y ok e o f a fo r e ig n rule, b ecam e a
R epu b lic on the 26th o f January,
1951. T h ere w as a fu ll w eek o f
r e jo ic in g th rou gh ou t the len gth
and breadth o f this v a st su b­
continent.
T o an Indian a w eek is too
sh ort a span o f tim e to
ju stify celeb ra tin g the anni­
v ersa ry o f this lon g-a w a ited
event, w h ich to o k g en era ­
tions o f stru g gle and a sea
o f blood fr o m him . The Leeds
Indian is no ex ception to this.
“ R ep u b lic W e e k ,” popu larly
k n ow n as “ In dia W eek ,” is
the liveliest event in the
calen dar o f the 110-strong
Indian A ssocia tion o f our
Union.
TV Star
T h e p erform a n ce o f Indian
C lassical and F o lk D an ces by
M iss V ija V etra in G reat
Hall, on the v e ry d a y o f the
11th an n iversa ry o f the birth
o f the Indian R epu blic, is one
o f the h igh ligh ts o f In dia
W eek. B ein g the P rin cip a l o f
her ow n D an ce S ch ool in
M elbourne, A u stralia, M iss
V etra ap pears regu la rly on
the
A u stra lia n
T elevision
System in her ow n D an ce
P rog ra m m e series. L ast y ear
she tou red India on a p e r­
sonal cultural m ission and
g ave a num ber o f dance
recitals in D elhi and M adras.
A n attem pt is m ade to
sh ow
all asp ects o f the
c o u n try ’s m an y-sided p erson ­
ality, th rou gh cultural en ter­
tainm ents, art and c ra ft ex h i­
bitions, films, talks, sem inars,
etc.
Saris
M iss
V etra,
w ith
her
experience o f scores o f dance
recitals in variou s p a rts o f
the w orld, has plen ty to offer
to the L eeds U n iv ersity au di­
ence, esp ecia lly to th ose w ho
have a keen eye fo r g ra ce fu l
eloquence o f arm s and hands and
a qu ick change o f m ood.
In dia W e e k ’s “ E xh ibition o f
Indian A r t and C ra ft,” w ith a
“ H a n d icra ft Sales C ounter ” is a
m u st f o r ev ery person w ith taste.
T his E x h ibition is to be set up
th rou gh the jo in t effort o f the
Indian A ssocia tion and the A r t
S ociety. A p a rt fr o m the con tem ­
p o ra ry
Indian
paintings,
the
E xh ibition is to have a la rg e
“ H a n d icra ft C ounter ” w ith a
w ide
v a riety
of
dainty
g ift
D r. Basham , o f the U n iv er­
sity o f C am bridge, w ill be an oth er
distinguished v isitor to the U nion
d u rin g In dia W eek. H e has kin dly
ag reed to com e ov er to L eeds to
g iv e a ta lk on Indian culture. A s
ev eryon e know s, D r. B ash am is
the R ea d er in Indian H istory at
C am bridge and an expert on
Indian culture.
Food
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TEACH AFTER GRAD UATIO N
Applications are invited from students, single
and under 25, who will graduate in 1962, for
grants of £270 each, for the 1963 course leading
to the London University Certificate of Education
at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury. Successful applicants will, after
qualifying, be appointed to permanent teaching
posts in European High Schools, and will be under
obligation to work in the Federation for at least
three years. The starting salary is either £1,075 or
£1,182 10s. Od. (men), and, either £924 10s. Od.
or £967 10s. Od. (women), according to the degree
qualification. Career prospects for well-qualified
men and women are exceptionally good. The
climate is admirable and there is considerable
opportunity for sport and out-of-doors activity.
The course starts in March, but temporary teach­
ing posts are normally available from 1st Septem­
ber. The grant may, if necessary, be supplemented
by a loan, and those who are appointed to tem­
porary teaching posts should have no difficulty in
supporting themselves for the duration of the
course. Applications are requested immediately. It
is expected that applications received by 31st
January will be considered in time for election
before the end of March. Nevertheless, applications
made at any time will be considered if grants are
still available. For further information and applica­
tion forms please apply to: The Education Liaison
Officer, Rhodesia House, 429, Strand, London,
W.C.2.
B
Miss Vija Vetra
T he r e jo ic in g as w ith m ost
o f us usually starts w ith
food . The “ R epu b lic D inner ”
g iv e s us a chance o f ta stin g
a g en erou sly sp iced real Indian
curry, w h ich ta k es a b ow l fu ll o f
im p orted A lfo n s o m a n g oes topped
w ith crea m to m od era te its effect.
T he G uest o f H on our at the
dinner on this Jan u ary 22nd is to
be D r. D adoo, the P residen t o f
both the South A fr ic a n Indian
C on gress and the South A fr ic a
U n ited F ron t. A v e ry ap propria te
C h ief G uest fo r the “ R epu b lic
D in ner,” and a distin guish ed v isi­
to r to the L eeds U n iversity
U nion.
Culture
PERSONAL
can advertise here fo r
only 2d. a w ord. C opy to
“ U nion N e w s ” office w ith
paym ent by M onday before
publication. Thin rule box 1/6.
B ox num ber 1/6.
GERALD N ABARRO, M.P.,
today launches this term ’s
program m e fo r th e C onserva­
tive A ssociation. N abarro. a
controversial
T ory
b a ck ­
bencher, w ill speak in the
S ocial R oom at 12-15 p.m. on
“ P olitical P roblem s in 1962.”
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econ om ic d evelopm en t in India is
also to ta k e p la ce du ring the
W eek . T his w ill be the second
in the series, the first h av in g been
held early last y ea r on In dia’s
T h ird
F iv e -Y e a r
P lan.
The
“ S ocia list pattern ” o f the Indian
econ om y, h ow it differs fro m
la rg e-sca le
S ocia list
Planning,
and w h at it m eans to the Indian
people, are the m ost lik ely ques­
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U N IO N N E W S — Friday, 19th January, 1962
Three Tries in last Fifteen Minutes
Provincial Universities
LATE RALLY BY NOTTS
to Take Lead
LEEDS UNIV. 27pts., NOTTS. UNIV. 17pts.
AT
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fighting rally during the latter half of this
| A GREAT
match by the Nottingham team was the highlight
| of the game. Trailing 27—6 it looked as if they would
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| Spotlight on . . . .
I THE JUDO CLUB (
finish the match humiliated by a much faster and direct
Leeds team.
H ow ever, a try by inside
centre H utten between the
irjpHIS club, relatively new to the Union, has flourished posts infused new life into
under the president o f Ian H oldsw orth and has brought the N otts, team and fo r the
first tim e in the m atch their
quite a degree o f fam e to the U n iversity in the Judo w orld; backs looked dangerous.
in fact, after London U n iversity (th e centre o f B ritish
Only m agnificent defensive
Judo) the club has the stron gest team o f all B ritish w ork by the University, inspiringly
led by Phillips, kept
U niversities.
them at bay, but even so they
m anaged to score tw o further
tries late in the gam e through
Miller—a forty-yard run— and
Hutten.
V
A
they had increased the points
margin, through a drop-goal
and converted try, to nine­
teen.
Im m ediately after the turn
around Leeds scored again
and although the visitors
fought back after this set­
back it was the University
who remained in com m and
until
N ottingham ’s
great
rally.
Scrappy Scrums
Early Lead
Leeds, playing with a strong
wind behind them, went into
an early lead when A nson ran
on to a cross-kick and in­
creased this lead soon after
when Griffiths touched-down.
F or m ost o f the first half the
University were on top with
their forw ards dom inating the
lin e-outs and loose scrums,
and it was no surprise when
This gam e produced some
very good open rugby, especi­
ally in the second half, but
the game was m arred by
scrappy scrum m aging with
the ball rarely being put into
the set scrums cleanly.
T E A M . — Train; Anson, W ard,
Griffiths,
Archer;
Giddings,
W il­
liam s; Flem ing, Gomersall, Shorrock,
Hailey,
Bridge,
Phillips,
Evans.
a m eeting held in Birm ingham last term o f U .A.U .
soccer secretaries, Ken W ilson, secretary o f U .A.U.,
emhasised the g row in g need fo r the P rovin cial Universities
to take the lead in A m ateu r F ootball in this Country. In
the eyes o f the F ootball A ssociation the Provin cial U niver­
sity is now in the ascendary and there exists the distinct
possibility
of
U niversity
players gain in g a full E n g ­ entails the whole-hearted sup­
port o f each player in the
land A m ateu r Cap.
club. M ore is required than
I f full advantage is to be just
the tw o matches
taken o f this situation the per playing
week. Excellent indoor
Provincial Universities must
training facilities now exist,
take steps to im prove their particularly
in our ow n Uni­
reputation. This. Mr. W ilson
suggests, can be done in a versity.
Secondly, a high level of
num ber of ways.
Firstly, each club must discipline must be maintained
develop a set training sche­ on and off the field. F or each
dule fo r their players and this U.A.U. gam e the referee is
required to send a report to
the F.A. and reference to bad
conduct on the field or late­
ness o f teams in arriving
could perm anently damage
RUGBY
the reputation o f the Uni­
Leeds 1st X V 27pts.
versities.
Notts. 1st X V 17pts.
Thirdly, there is a need for
G ryphons X V 24pts.
Notts. 2nd X V 3pts. a perm anent link with the
local
associations so that in­
SOCCER
form ation concerning prom is­
Leeds 1st X I 3
ing
players
can
be
fed
St. John’s Coll. 1st X I 2 through to the F.A. It is be­
HOCKEY
lieved that Leeds at the
N ottingham 1st X I 0
m om ent has potential E ng­
Leeds Univ. 1st X I 2 land Am ateur Caps. W ith a
CR O SS C O U N T R Y
concerted effort on the part of
Leeds 30pts. bt. Sheffield 56pts. players and committee, who
B A D M IN T O N
knows, we may well have a
Sheffield 0, Leeds 9
player at the T okyo Olympics.
RESULTS
SENIOR CUP
LOST IN FOG
Univ. 0, Neville Sports 3
Graham
Holling
throwing
Don
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Smith with a sweeping hip throw.
“ Judo,” literally translated
from the Japanese, implies
“ the Gentle W a y,” which, as
an ideal should suggest skill
as opposed to strength, but, in
practice, pow er plays an im­
portant role. Part of the suc­
cess o f our club has been due
to the high level o f theoretical
and idealistic appreciation of
this w ay o f life.
As well as defeating Uni­
versity teams, the club’s suc­
cesses this year have included
the addition o f fou r more
Black Belts to their books
and the title o f North Eastern
England Open Team Cham­
pions. Leeds University have
at times provided half the
Northern Universities’ judo
team and this club is bringing
great credit to the University.
The feelings o f the club’s
members are probably best
expressed in captain Don
Sm ith’s w ords: “ W e practice
rather than preach.”
s e lto m
Famous for Ties since 1895
TIES
A N
December 16th the
University were knocked
out of the Leeds Senior Cup
in a game that was played
under very bad conditions,
with thick fog reducing visi­
bility to 40 yards. The Uni­
versity never produced true
form and found it difficult to
alter their style of play to
suit the conditions and the
class of football of the oppo­
sition.
The first twenty m inutes o f
the gam e saw Leeds on top
and only bad luck, and occa ­
sionally bad finishing, pre­
vented them from taking the
lead. Connolly did in fact
score but after the referee
had blown fo r a free-k ick m
favour
of
the
University
instead o f applying the ad­
vantage rule.
Gradually, however, Neville
Sports cam e back into the
gam e as an attacking force
having adapted them selves to
the conditions better than
Leeds had and the hom e team
soon w ent in to the lead.
Although the University hit
back after this setback it was
the hom e team w ho remained
on top and they went further
into the lead before half-time.
In the second half play was
very scrappy and although
Neville Sports did score again
the standard o f play w as poor.
This w as the first time this
season that the soccer club
has failed to score and the
Neville defence deserve praise
for holding such a free
scoring forw ard line.
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