N 5^ if you like dancing in an exotic decor at prices geared to students come to countdown la palace gate Kensington w8 BRITISH LIBKAK-1 30 Of— POLITl ONOMI No. 52 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS OCTOBER 28th, 1965 3d. 15 FLEET ST. 77 KEVGSWAY Societies* Plea Rejected INCREASED GRANT FOR UNION BEAVER PAGE ONE COMMENT L.S.E. Union remains one of the poorest financially in the country. It receives less than fifty shillings per head to pay for everything it provides. No other major college union is expected to do so much for so little. The School may feel that they cannot afford to tvaste money on undergraduates who are, in' their eyes, little more than a burden upon L.S.E.'s true function of research. But it is rich enough to employ a porter to clean the Director's car on Saturday afternoons. And whilst it remains an Undergraduate College, it owes some responsibility to its members. If it cannot spend another pound on each Student here, the per capita system appears the only alternative to continued poverty. Under this system, Liverpool receives twelve guineas per head. Bedford College, with only 832 students, gets nearly £6,000. There is no reason why L.S.E. should not follow suit. Only then will we have a Union providing facilities at present far beyond its financial reach. Meanwhile, do we need an Administrative Officer and a Sabbatical Year for the President? It might be wise to examine the need for both before spending over three quarters of the grant increase on what may well prove to be a duplication of offices. Director To Retire "Disappointed" says Evans The Student's Union is to receive a 50 per cent increase in its grant from the School. This was announced by President Alan Evans at last week's Union meeting. The grant for this session will total £5,500, with an additional £500 towards maintaining an Administrative Officer for the Union. The increase is only half that proposed by Evans' Short-term Development Plan, which condemned last year's grant as being "totally inadequate for the task in hand," and suggested a minimum figure of £8,000—twice that given by the School last year. After hearing of the School's decision, Evans told Beaver, "Naturally I am a little disappointed." He hopes the School will alter the method of financing the union for the next session. "Instead of the present block-grant method, I would like to see our finances based on a percapita grant paid by the local authorities. This should prove a more realistic figure and provide adequate facilities which students at LSE need." Too Late The School have said that it is already too late to change the system until 1967/8 at the earliest, but the President hopes to negotiate with them over this. "With a per capita grant equal to that received by Liverpool, for example, we could hope for over £36,000 for the Union," he said. Almost every other college union in Britain is financed on this basis. "I see no reason why LSE shouldn't adopt this system," Evans said. "The fact that it hasn't been done before would seem to be due to a lack of vision by presidents in the past." Full Time Suggestions as to how the additional grant will be used have already been put forward. £500 was given towards the cost of introducing a full-time administrative Officer, the remainder of the salary to be met by A Cont. on back page. Sir Sydney Caine, who last week announced his retirement — see Page Two. LABSOC Candidates for Labsoc posts have been accused of "excessive thoughtlessness" by retuming-officer Ken Edwards, who cancelled the society elections, due to take place on October 15th, following the appearance of an advertisement in the last issue of Beaver which contravened Labsoc regulations. The elections will now take place tomorrow, with Geoff Jordan as the returndng-officer. Alan Evans Last year's grant was totally inadequate. KIOSK RAIDED Thieves who broke into the St. Clements Building on Sunday smashed open vending machines and telephone boxes in the Concourse area and got away with all this term's takings. The exact amount taken has yet to be worked out, but it is estimated that over £30 was stolen from the newly-installed STD boxes alone. FORCED The thieves forced open a window on the ground floor of St. Clements to gain access to the machines, which are easily visible from the street outside. A GPO spokesman said this week that the telephones would be back in operation "as soon as possible." VIETNAM VETO A move by External Affairs V-P Dave Adelstein to give official Union support to the nation-wide Vietnam protest to take place on November 26th was defeated at Monday's Council meeting. President Alan Evans cast the decisive vote which gave a majority in favour of staying out of the protest, organised under the chairmanship of Lord Brockway and a committee including several LSE lectures. Adelstein said after the meeting that he hoped to raise the issue in the next Union meeting, but that it would by then be too late to make any real contribution to the protest. Carnival Last Friday's Union meeting voted to continue the Union's disaffiliation with Carnival after Max Williams, Chairman of Carnival this year, had expressed his personal desire that tiie present situation regarding official support for his company be maintained. CONN A UGHT HOUSE MOVE More Room For Union Connaught House is to be taken over by LSE in the near future. This was announced by the School last week after it had acquired the top eight floors of the block (adjacent to the Main Building) on a 53-year lease, using a grant from the University Grants Committee. The space will probably be used to rehouse the School's administrative departments, which will move from their present position to make way for what the announcement described as "urgently needed library expansion." The School also hopes to move one or more academic departments into the new building. Asked if this would mean that greater space would be available to the Students' Union, Mr. Collings, the School Bursar, told Beaver, "A great deal of the reallocated space will go to the library—but not all of it. It might mean extra space for the Union—that will be a matter for discussion. But I see no reason why the Union shouldn't put in a claim." The acquisition follows recent decisions made by the School regarding LSE's future. A spokesman for the School said, "In the expectation that as a result of the expansion of universities recommended by the Committee on Higher Education the number of students here might rise very substantially, serious thought has been given over the last two years Continued on back page, col 1. INSIDE Where To Eat Round LSE . Special Survey Page 3 FASCIST BRITAIN? Page 4 Magnus Carter ...... 5 Birds' Eye Yiew...... 8 Encounter ''The most lively and Influential magazine of ideas in the English language" ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. Contributors this year have included: JOHN WAIN A. ALVAREZ THOM GUNN H. J. EYSENCK WALTER LIPPMANN ISAIAH BERLIN GEORGE STEINER LIONEL TRILLING JAMES BALDWIN GUNTER GRASS ARNOLD TOYNBEE TED HUGHES Start reading ENCOUNTER today! The November issue (4s.) is now on sale at your local newsagent. K you are a full-time student, you can subscribe for a year at the special student rate of 35s. (saving 15s.). Please use coupon below. 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Alex Finer Published by the Students' Union of the London School of Economics and Political Science Phone: HOL 4872, Extn. 5 Advertising Agents; Educational Publicity Ltd., CHA 6081 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Carnival In your last editorial, "Beaver urges every LSE student to ensure that Carnival fuUUs its aim." I am sure that most students at LSE would be glad to help. But take last year's fiasco. Someone came up with the bright but, unfortunately, abortive idea of bricking up Downing Street. This could have been as much of a success as the holding to ransom of Tower Bridge, but many students who would have been keen to take part knew nothing of the plot until it was reported in the next morning's press. -So please, organisers of Carnival, let the 'ordinary students' who would like to take part be given notice of these ventures, and don't just leave it to a few secretive members of the clique to do it on their own and make a mess of it. 'Frustrated', LSE. Carnival Vice-Chairman Tim Gopsiil comments: Carnival does need help, but I'm afraid 'Frustrated', whoever he is that cannot reveal his identity, had better go and blow up railway bridges in Scotland. As soon as anything of this nature occurs, the Law are on our doorstep. We have to be able to deny all knowledge, but it still doesn't do us any good. It is just impossible to hold a trad-style Rag in London. You can't hold up London traffic and business. As I explained in Beaver, this year's Carnival is a purely commercial enterprise. We need help all right, in organising specific events to raise money. If Frustrated is more interested in relieving himself in front of TV cameras than in hard work, then I'm afraid we don't want his help. But those who really want to be of genuine assistance should contact Max or myself through the pigeonholes. Women's Page. The idea of a Woman's Page in Beaver is an outrage. Any Fleet Street scandal sheet provides adequate coverage for articles on the geometry and SIMMONDS University Booksellers Our shop is not the biggest in London, but it is among the best And it's a place where you will obtain individual attention. We stock most of the books on your syllabus, and we are five minutes from L.S.E. 16 Fleet Street, London, E.C.4 (Opposite Chancery Lane) Angry about something? Don't waste all that beautiful invective on the barmaid— BEAVER welcomes letters (and articles) on almost any topic. Drop them in at S 51. spectroscopy of underwear and the like. It seems that LSE women are anxious solely to lose their virginity (if any) and their illusions (if any). Any woman's page lis little more than a trade journal for matrimony, and this one is no exception. I insist that philuminists, Seventh Day Adventists and all other sects and occupations be offered a page in Beaver. When the women of LSE can offer something in excess of their physiological and anatomical byproducts, then they will merit special interest. Until then I would remind you that "Life is a harlot stained with wine—we shall no more marriages." "Appalled." Insolence Whilst visiting your Union Bar as a guest, a collection of Individuals interrupted my drinking because I was "in the Rugby Club Comer". Is this normal behaviour at LSE, or do the Rugby Club hold a prerogative for insolence? B. A. C. Kennett, Exeter. Editorial policy I would like to know of the coverage given to affairs of the LSE In your last Issue represents a new trend In editorial policy. The front-page article was written by a candidate for the elections about which he was writing; further, half his article consisted of a quota from himself. Admittedly the writer was your news editor but one would expect that you could find someone else to cover events in which he is involved, or that he could at least refrain from quoting himself. Coverage of the Labsoc Elections story was distributed between several members of my staff, under the general guidance of Mr. Paster who, in his capacity as my News Editor and as a member of Labfioc, seemed especially suited to deal with it. Those sections of the article dealing with Mr. Pasters personal, opinions were dealt with independently by another member of my staff, and the final copy written under my own surveillance. The fact that Mr. Paster's name appears at its head merely indicates that it was he who was primarily responsible for gather- Last week the Director, Sir Sydney Caine, announced his intention of retiring in September 1967. Here he answers questions put to him by Beaver in an interview following his announcement; ' We have, perhaps, been dangerously willing to take in more students...' Sir Sydney Caine interviewed What do you think you have achieved for the School during your term of office? Well, I don't know: I think I should hesitate to say what / have achieved. What the School has done while I've been here ^includes many things. We've grown considerably in physical size, a good deal in teaching staff and in research activity. And there's been a continuous process of adapting the internal government of the School. Is there anything left undone which you would like to have seen? Beginning with the obvious physical things, I would have liked to have seen more progress in improving our physical facilities. We're still very congested — I'd like to have moved faster on that... .1 don't think I'd like to have seen any changes in the academic nature of the School, except perhaps changes within the general pattern of University education — not things that would have taken place just here. What about the staff-student ratio at LSE? The fact is that our ratio of staff to students is one of the least favourable in the country. We're much less favourably placed than many other universities. We've always been trying to improve on this. But we have perhaps been dangerously willing to take in more students without the guarantee of more staff. I think the net effect has ve^ slightly improved. But it's quite a mistake to think that we have a favourable ratio — it works out at about forty students per teacher. Why did you take the appointment In the first place? I've always been interested in the LSE itself — I was a student here. I've also always been intere.sted in university education and in administration. It seems to be an extremely interesting job to have, and it's a very pleasant place to come to. Is It true that your appointment was something of a political move? The idea being to put a rlghtwlnger In a (supposedly) leftwlng college to make it more apolitical? I wouldn't have thought so... It may have been that they didn't want a person committed to a single point of view — but then my predecessor wasn't. The interesting thing is that there's only been one leftwinger 'among all the directors of the (School. And that was in 1908. Do you think the School has any political role to play? It has two obvious roles — in the wider sense of the word — of giving people who are eventually going to be active in politics an influence, and in providing experts who can be called upon by governments for advice. I don't think the School should have a particular point of view.,. Students should be encouraged to discuss politics, yes, but whether they play an active part is, I think, up to them. Do you think the quality of students entering the School has changed? I don't think there's been any significant change. When I came in 1956 they were coming off National Service, so they were older. Now they're coming straight from school. Do you think this Is a disadvantage? It depends largely on the individual — as far as intellectual quality goes there hasn't been any real change. Lastly, what are you going to do after you leave? After retirement? At the moment, I think rather longingly of being able to do just nothing. Interview by Joan Smith ing information — as I believe you will discover is standard journalistic practice — and does not imply that it was necessarily written or edited by him.— Editor. Teach-in The alleged purpose of a teach-in Is to provide a forum for a vnde range of views on a specific subject. However, last week the audience polarised into an extreme position which refused to even consider the practical problems standing in the way of the ideal. The audience failed entirely to differentiate between a statement of what is morally just and what it would be politically possible to do. It was a most unedifying spectacle to hear left-wing students, whom one expects to see in the vanguard of support for the UN and international cooperation, clamouring jingois-tically for independent action by the British Army. If teach-ins are going to produce distorted opinions of this nature, perhaps it is time we seriously questioned the real value of the phenomena—or the intellectual standing of our left-wing. Colin Crouch Postscript: I've just studied the demand function for the first time. I've come to the conclusion ' that Economics = / (A). A Fresher. The Editor would like to make it clear that the views and opinions expressed in these columns do not necessarily coincide with his own. PRESS Alex Finer {for six months on the Spectator staff before coming to LSE) examines here the journal's future: After two years as Editor, Mr. Macleod is leaving. What has happened to the Spectator? With the Conservative Election defeat last year, the Spectator became an Opposition weekly. Critics and opponents of Government policy were expected to centre round the 'educated radicalism' for which it was founded in 1828. Having Mr. Macleod as Editor, interest inside the Conservative ranks quickened. This was the man who had defiantly refused to serve under Home ir 1963. On January 17, 1964 his article on the Macmillan/Home saga exploded on the politica scene. In spite of all this, A.B.C. figures on weekly sales have fallen by nearly 4000 in the last year to less than 37,000. The New Statesman flourishes at 89,197. On October 3 this year, the Editor of the News of the World truthfully but contemptuously pointed to the Spectotar as 'a small circulation weekly'. Editorials have been reading like Conservative Political Centre propaganda. When other weeklies lead on Rhodesia, the Spectator tackled the C.P.C. pamphlet 'Putting Britain Right Ahead'. Quoodle condones this. He pointed out the divergence between New Statesman editorials and Labour Party policy. Mr. Macleod appears to see the role of the Spectator as an extension of the C.P.C. Revolution Mr. Nigel Lawson, appointed as new Editor, said of his plans; "I have all sorts of ideas but it would be premature to talk about them now". Is he planning a revolution? Increased political responsibility and Shadow Cabinet duties has been the official explanation for Mr. Macleod's resignation. In the absence of evidence it is idle to speculate upon any connection between falling sales and the resignation. But both facts exist, and the inference will be drawn— wherever the truth lies. As a speed-writer for Sir Alec, Nigel Lawson has in the past shown a willingness to be tied to the C.P.C. But he has not exhibited it to the public. He has no image to maintain. It would become easier to abandon doctrinaire politics without a Shadow Cabinet Minister as Editor. If the Spectator is to achieve high sales, it must do this. Union News Last Friday Union passed a motion condemning Part Two of the Government's White Paper on Immigration, on the grounds that Commonwealth students will be obliged to register after their first year with the authorities, have their continued stay in this country at the discretion of these authorities, and be "subject to a number of infringements on basic human rights". External Affairs VP Dave Adelsteln proposed the moUon, which was passed with a substantial majority, because, he said, "the arguments of the White Paper may well be based upon racialist assumptions. I hope Council will consider the best means of opposing this policy and report back to Union in the near future". Student Press Censorship Britain's student newspapers are being held in the grip of censorship. Evidence is accumulating which suggests that college authorities as well as Student Union officials are supressing news and views which they find 'unconventional'. The sociological magazine ^Twentieth Century^ has tiiis f week published a survey of oppressive censorship. Much of the work was done by their University correspondent, LSE student Geoffrey Wansell. Methodism Examples quoted include "Hermes" the newspaper of the St. Mark and St. John Church of England Teacher Training College. This unfortunate paper is forbidden to ' refer to "such topics as Methodism". "Llais y Lit" Welsh language newspaper of the University College of Wales had copies siezed and burnt by the Vice-principal. It carried a frontpage "tongue-in-cheek" article on Prince Philip, the College Chancellor. Veto Nearer home, London University students will recall the sacking last term of Jo Roll, Editor of Sennet, after her first edition appeared carrying a front-page story about drugs and sex in the student world. Beaver has had its share. Chris Bourne vetoed a survey on the result of the last LSE Presidential Elections. Seizure The new universities have not exactly brought with them a climate of liberalism. The University of East Angiia's newspaper has to submit all copy to the university's solicitor before going to press. The University has reserved the right to seize copies of any issue as they think fit. Hamstrung Tlie survey concludes that student newspapers "will never be free" unless they become financially independent of student councils and their officials. That's why we forced you into buying this. Every threepence helps. ESSENTIAL READING FOR STUDENTS. Keep informed on politics, world events, social & economic affairs, new books, all the arts. Every Friday, 1s. only. NEW STATESMAN SPECIAL OFFER to new student readers : 20 weeks for 10s. Write sending 10s. to Arthur Soutter, NEW STATESMAN, Great Turnstile, London WC1. October 28th, 1965. BEAVER 3 ^HERE TO EAT ROUND LSE A Beaver Survey For years the main complauit o{ LSE students has been that eating facilities here are grossly inadequate, and despite recent attempts to improve them there se^ns little increased enthusiasm for what the refectory has to offer. The major problem seems to be that students are often at a loss when it comes to deciding where else they can go. Beaver therefore investigated the innumerable eating-places within five minutes' walking distance of LSE. We selected thirty of these, ranging from snack-bars to waitress-served retaurants. We also included the refectory and the Robinson Room for comparison. Investigators were told to regard an average meal as being a main course, a sweet and a drink, though this was sometimes unfeasable in smaller sandwich bars; in some cases it was possible to obtain three-course meals at set prices. The researchers looked out for a number of details wiiile having their meals, and the results of their observation are correlated in the table below. Specialities Many of these places, while serving basically English-style meals or snacks, do, however, serve a different speciality every day. In the case of the Lema it was lasagne al forno on the day it was visited. The Fleet Street Coffee Hoiise also serves a "dish of the day". The Lancaster Grill specialises in omelettes and steaks and the Express is divided into three parts — one serving omelettes, one steaks and one grills. The Gaity, while an Italian restaurant also serves a wide range of English dishes. The Kings-way Coffee House serves a curry every lunch-time; India House, of course. serves mainly curries, but these are not very hot—by Indian standards at least. The En Passant serves very filling meals and is worth a visit if you don't mind the poor surroundings. On the other hand, the Lancaster Barbecue, which specialises in serving chicken in various ways, is too expensive for most pockets, though is CAFES AND SNACK BARS NAME Service Honrs Capacity Hygiene Customers Food Price of Av. Meai Bettafoods, Kingsway S.F. 11 - 7 p.m. 120 *** M **W 4/2d. Cafe Roche, Strand S.F. shop shop ** 0 3/3d. Cafeteria, Strand B.F. 7-8 30 ** M 4/6d. Coffee House, Fleet St. S.F. 11-9 100 *** C 3/Od. Coffee House, Kingsway S.M. 11-11 60 M 5/Od. Express, Essex St. S.M. 11-9 120 *** 0 **w 4/6d. En Passant, Strand W.F. 11 - 4 a.m. 20 * ¦ 0 5/Od. Fullers, Strand W.M. shop 40 ** 0, MF 4/6d. Golden Egg, Fleet St. W.F. 11-9 120 *** C **w 5/3d. Griffin, Chancery Lane W.M. 11-6 54 * 0 4/6d. Kardomah, Kingsway S.S. 8 - 7.30 60 ** M 4cN 3/8d. Kingsway Omelette Bar S.M. 10-7 50 M 34C34C3(CW 4/6d. Laughing Cow, Kingsway S.F. 7-7 30 ** 0 4/Od. Lyons (several branches) S.S. 8-6 varies ** M PW 6/6d. Millers, Gate St. W.F. 11-3 98 * M 4/lOd. Seales, Gate St. S.F. 11-6 24 * MM 3/Od. Wimpy, Kingsway W.M. 8 - 8.30 45 ** MF **N 3/3d. RESTAURANTS Chancery Grill, Ch. Lane W.F.* 11-11 100 *** M 6/Od. Lancaster B'cue, Lane. Place S.F.» 11-12 180 *** 0 7/6d. Lancaster Grill, Strand W.F.* 11-12 110 *** M 5/Od. Lema, Fetter Lane W.F.* 11-6 30 *+* M 6/Od. Lincoln, Lincoln's Inn W.S. 11-8 50 ** MF *W 4/8d. Oval Platter, Strand W.F.* 11-3 60 * + * M 5/Od. FOREIGN Gaiety, Strand B.F. 9-11 40 ** C )»c*W 6/9d. India House, Aldwych S.S. 12-2 70 ** S 4/Od. Spaghetti House, Sicilian Ave. W.F.* 12-11 60 *** M +W 6/6d. L.S.E. Refectory S.S. 11-8 200 S PN 3/9d. Robinson Room B.M. 11-8 50 ** SS *W 6/Od. Wright's Bar W.F. 7.30 - 8 40 M *+w 4/Od. " SYMBOLS: SERVICE: HYGIENE/FOOD: CUSTOMERS: S—Self; W—^Waitress; B—Both. —^Very good. M—Mixed. C—City. 0—Office F—Fast; S—Slow; M—^Moderate. ^3^—^Fair. jfc—^Poor. MM—^Mainly Male. *—^Licenced. Food choice sihown by MF—Mainly Female W—^Wide. N—Narrow. S—Students. SS--Staff/Studenits worth a visit of you wish to round off a special night out. The lunch-time clientele at most of these places had a higher proportion of city and office workers than in the evening—as only to be expected—but there is no reason why this should put anyone off going to them. One drawback is the "1 p.m. crush"; it is better to eat at 12.30 if lunching out, though places like the Laughi^ Cow are always overfull and the queues at Seal's and the Kingsway Omelette Bar (which also serves a wide variety of sandwiches and a frankfurter speciality) spill out on to the pavement as the serving-counters are too near the doors. Sandwiches and cakes were substituted for hot meals in most of the snackbars; there was generally found to be a wide range of sandwiches and these were usually freshly made. The Refectory was fouijd to be cheaper than most places serving proper meals (not all that much, since the prices have gone up since last year) but the food was worse than anywhere else. The Robinson Room's prices have also gone up. It's food is better than in the Refectory and in the Griffin, for example, but doesn't justify its price. Wright's Bar is like the Wimpey but slightly cheaper. The Three Tuns Coffee Bar and Snack Bar (not mentioned in the table for reasons of space) were found to be slightly cheaper than snack-bars outside LSE. but with a very much narrower range of food. In Defence Mr. Diserens, Refectory Adviser, said when confronted with the result, "Our difficulty lies in keeping on our staff over the vacations. They must be paid, but there is no turnover of students. The rise in prices is due to the introduction of Superannuation Benefit-aided wages. We are also unable to use temporary staff as we have to provide an evening meal as well as lunch service". He further suggested that the School should make more use of the summer vacation to provide conference facilities, and consequently a turnover for the refectory during these months. By Beaver Feature Staff, Editor Marian Rubin Refectory Congestion Use this guide to escape the Crush Best Value: It proved a difficult task to decide on the six places that gave the best value for money but in the end, we chose the following: Bettafoods The Fleet St. Coffee House, The Express, India House, The Oval Platter, Wright's Bar. These are in alphabetical order only, as they each have something different to recommend them. Other places worth noting are the Cafetera, the Chancery Grill and the En Passant. So there it is: for only sixpence to a shilling more than you pay at LSE it is possible to obtain a decent meal or snack without scrambling for it. Many of these cafes are open in the evening— if you don't fancy lunch out, why not supper? It's possible to eat in all the places mentioned below and be back at LSE within half-an-hour. From Monday Next UNION SHOP MEN'S COTTON SHIRTS (RETAIL 39/6) 2016 PRICE I ^ also SPORTS SHIRTS £l (Retail 2^1-) Brochure From Shop MONOlSTEREO SUPRAPHON RECORDS IS/- (RETAIL 17/6) Full Catalogue and further details are available on request. (i rinding study all the time II ndermines the health: I dieness, that fatal crime, N ever leads to wealth: N icely in between these two K xtremes a course needs plotting-S tudents mostly prosper who S ip Guinness after swotting. Tired of your reproduction Old Master? Be the envy of your friends with a free print of this most original advertisement. Write to: Guinness. 8 Baker Street, London, W.I. 4 BEAVER October 28th, 1965. Ca^emtnt'si ®iarp Choosing an Echo . . . . ~ The most important men in Britain woke up at the start of the Conservative Party Conference to find that they were to receive yet another name, Wilson's organisation had dubbed them the 'target voters', Grimond had called them 'New Men'; now Heath added the term "The Pace-makers". The trouble is that Heath as leader of the Conservative represents the choosing of an echo to Wilson and Grimond. Many Conservatives feel frustrated at this; they divide into three groupings, the intelligentsia, the Young Conservatives, and the Constituency activists. In this frustation at defeat, the doctrines of Enoch Powell on economics gained much support, especially amongst Young Conservatives in the London area. I asked Mr. Peter Walker how much support he thought Enoch Powell had in the Party, the answer, "Not very much". The New Statesman Political Correspondent, Gerald Kaufmann, whom 1 sat next to for most of the conference, thought that if the Conservatives lost the next election the Party would swing to the right and thereby estrange itself from the British Political tradition sufficiently to keep it out of office for decades. The spectre of Barry Goldwater acquired a new brilliance when I asked "Is what you want a choice and not an echo?" to which one young man at the Bow Group Bar Social replied "Yes". Frozen Grins and Things .... The Press Conference on Tuesday night revolved around the appearance of Lord Salisbury, the Fraternal Delegate from the Rhodesia Front. The inside story of his appearance on Friday is simple. First of all it was impossible to stop him speaking. But what was needed was to convince him of the need for ventilating his feelings and then letting the Conference decide whether to vote on it o> not. Once this task was accomplished the biggest guns were put into action. Home, Lloyd and the silent presence of Heath hammered home the need for unity. The fact that no vote was taken on the Rhodesia resolution affirms the basic principle in the Conservative Party, unity in the pursuance of power. Meanwhile Edward Heath in his Hotel room, placing his grin in the refrigerator for the night . . . The Soft Centre Lives On .... From an exclusive Interview with Peter Thornycroft last week, the following points emerged: 1. The Conservative Party is re-thinking its policy along much the same lines as before. "The centre approach in Conservative policy is still very much alive. However, Mr. Thornycroft thinks the Conservative interpretation of the Welfare state is changing with the development of society. Today he believes many people are capable of providing for themselves, or at least contributing more of their own money. He hastens to add that this idea is not based on a particular Conservatives principle but is advotcated in the interest of a more efficient Welfare State. Many Conservatives in fact think that the Welfare State is bearing too heavy and unnecessary a burden, and that there is scope for a "mixed economy" in this field: he believes that this idea is not a move towards any particular stance, left or right, but merely the updating of traditional Conservatvie thought. 2. Asked about the dangers of suppressing the opinions of Conservatives who advocate a more rightwing position, he indicated the different nature of Conservative Conferences vis-i-vis the Labour Party. The Conference is an advisory body, he says, and not a forum for free debate on basic ideas. Much of this activity was pre-empted from the delegates at Brighton by the use of the more influential critics on the private policy committees set up through Edward Heath. On the Rhodesia debate his opinion is that an open vote, showing a major faction supporting Ian Smith, would have been against the public interest. He believes that public opinion must not be aroused on this issue; at all costs a faction of a major political party must not serve as a focal point for the support of Smith. Mr. Thornycroft therefore supported the decision to forego the vote on Lord Salisbury's amendment which urged the abandonment of punitive measures in the event of UDI. 3. I asked him about the development of British politics. He believes that, although all three political leaders are making a very similar appeal to the younger unattached voters — Edward Heath's pacemakers — the Conservative appeal is not a sectional appeal. He argues that the creators of wealth in this country should be offered greater incentives; however, such a policy would be of advantage to everyone. I then put to him the idea that some members of his party felt frustrated at the decreasing differentiation between the parties. This frustration, I asserted, had led to an increasing amount of support for the policies of Enoch Powell. Mr. Thomycroft's answer held that the basic unity of the Conservatives Party combined with their classic position as the Government Party gave little room for a movement away from the centre. His appraisal of the condition of the Conservative Party after Brighton is interesting in the sense that it shows little change of emphasis at present. I do feel, however, that he underestimates the desire of many influential Conservatives for a clear-cut choice between the Tories and Labour. IMMIGRATION: FIRST STEP TO A FASCIST BRITAI N? By Ex-Y.S. Chairman Robert Bowles, now a Fleet Street Political Correspondent. British socialists, or alleged socialists, busy writing to The New Statesman to say how dreadful the Government's White Paper on Immigration is (but look at all the wonderful new bills that Labour's brought in), would do well to study what happened in 1914 when the German Social Democratic Party similarly betrayed its social principles. At that time the SDP was supposedly the most Marxist, the most democratically progressive party in Western Europe, Yet it did not hesitate to get rid of its internationalist traditions and openly support the miUtarism of the most reactionary of the ruling classes of Europe. An opportunistic decision was taken: world war, world depression, the Nazis and the horror of racialist persecution followed. An opportunistic decision has been taken by the Wilson Government, The White Paper on Immigration was approved at the highest Cabinet level. Of course it would be naive to suggest that this is the first betrayal of principle by the Labour Party leadership and Labour MPs, But it is the first time that such a betrayal has not been denounced openly by a major figure within the Party—as Aneurin Bevan did over German Re-armament, No action has more clearly shown up the utter ineffec-, tuality of the Left wing MPs. It appears that only Reg Freeson and Dr, Jeremy Bray have had the courage to denounce the White Paper openly. But where are the Castles and Greenwoods of yesteryear? Lost in their plastic gunboats East of Suez, it appears. It may well be that when the history of Britain In the 20th century comes to be written the White Paper will be seen to signify the first material step which led to the establishment of a British Fascist state. The real cause of the adoption of racialist measures by the Labour leadership was the loss of Smethwick by Patrick Gordon Walker—and the fear that hundreds of similar work- ing class constituencies might go the same way if somethnig was not done quickly. Equally important has been the fact that the Conservative Party appears to have adopted an overt policy, for electoral purposes, of thinly disguised racialist incitement. Perry Bar was a fine example of this. Panicked by this Labour has capitulated to racialist pressure from without and within. The exhibition of Mr. Robert Mellish at the recent Party conference gave a good idea of just how strong the internal pressure for racialist measures is. Impossible Now that the Government has capitulated to pressure it will find it nearly impossible to go back. No amount of assistance to' local integration committees and the proposed National Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants can disguise the undoubted fact that a Labour Government has embarked on a policy that is different only in degree from that of Nazi Germany. Further measures were promised by Mr. Herbert Bowden when he made the statement on the White Paper in the Commons on August 2, One of them was a proposed arbitrary extension of the Home Secretary's power to repatriate Commonwealth citizens. This is just the beginning. Soon we can probably expect the Government will propose certain restrictions on the right of coloured people in the Commonwealth to hold British citizenship. This would prove a further bar to their entry into Britain—and would only be the logical follow-up to the present policy. Racialist No Labour Government is going to last for ever—least of all this one, which could be out of office within a year. There is thus the strong possibilitj' that a Conservative Government could be elected \vlth a strong racialist bias: with men similar to Griffiths of Smethwick in power and encouraged to produce racialist Bills. Bills which a Labour opposition would be morally powerless to protest against. '• TEACH-IHS « TEACH-INS • TEACH-INS '• TEACH-INS i* TEACH-INS • RHODESIA: RUNGE WALKS OUT Probably the most dramatic moment in last week's Rhodesia teach-in was when Sir Peter Runge, leader of a party of British industrialists which visited the country recently, walked out without making his speech, saying that he thought the audience was a disgrace. Sir Peter entered the Old Theatre to face over five hundred heckling and cheering students, Aziz Kurtha, who chaired the Tech-in committee, chaired the Teach-in committee, promised Sir Peter that not a single person would heckle him. "I think it is a sad reflection on British industrialists that Sir Peter has not seen fit to address this audience", he added. Some of my Best Friends . . . After the teach-in, Beaver's Political Editor Bill Hanley interviewed the principle speakers: "There is no difference between a black man and a white man in brain and character, only in economic status and social standards", said Patrick Wall, Tory MP and a supporter of Salisbury's permissive attitude to UDI. "I have nothing against coloured people____some of my best friends are coloured, Mr, Wall went on to reveal that he was a long-term liberal, believing that it is a greater threat to turn free institutions in Africa over to black rule before they are ready to maintain the free institutions of democracy. He told Beaver that he thought independence for Rhodesia given on the basis of universal franchise would only lead to black domination, Idealistically he hopes for a multi-racial state in Rhodesia; the main prerequisite for this being time. Liberal MP Emiyn Hooson ber lieves that time is the one element that the situation is short of. The apparent absurdity of using police state measures to preserve the free way of life is evident to him, if not apparently to Mr. Wall. Hooson admits that vengeance is meted out to British colons who stay on in the new black African countries, but feels this is a price one must pay, the last painful part of the white man's burden. " Chicken " "Harold Wilson should have demanded that Smith renounce threats of UDI before allowing him to negotiate with the Commonwealth Relations Office", he said. "By inviting Smith here for top-level talks, Wilson negotiated under threat and provided Smith with a platform which gained considerable sympathy for his cause". Labour MP, David Ennals thought that this analysis underestimated the determination of the Rhodesians. Beaver has learnt from a source reputably close to Smith that the Rhodesian Premier thinks "that Britain is chicken". Fanatics Hooson comments "Wilson has done little to convince Smith of our determination. I think that Bottomley's statement, that force is not to be used, has done much to encourage the fanatics of the Rhodesia front". The Rhodesian apologia, as learnt from those Rhodesians who attended the teach-in centres round the maintenance of civilization in "their" part of Africa. It would, however, seem questionable whether the real motive for their case stems more from the views of Adam Smith than from the writings of Ivor Jennings. IMMIGRATION: THE BACKGROUND The controversial White Paper on Immigration will be debated at a Teach-In at LSE on November 5th. Two junior Ministers, one of whom is Maurice Foley, actively concerned in Immigration policy, will support the Government, while Labour MP Reg Freeson will speak against it, accompanied by Dr. David Pitt. It seems likely that Jeremy Thorpe will be the Liberal spokesman, and that a leading Conservatives, as yet unnamed, will defend the restrictions. Teach-in organiser Pete Smith also hopes to attract speakers such as Paul Foot and Ruth Glass to provide a sooiological and historical background to the whole issue of immigration. Kashmir A Teach-in on the subject of Kashmir takes place tonight iii the Old Theatre, beginning at 6-30 p,m. Speakers whom it is hoped will attend the meeting, organised jointly by the India and Pakistan societies, include Commonwealth Relations Minister Arthur Bottomley, Mrs. Barabara Castle, and representatives from a number of Asian embassies. Postscript: We hear that one Tory MP commented on the Rhodesia situation, "Well, of course those Blacks shouldn't take over there; the Daily Express said twenty-five years and I think they're right, "I must say I find the Daily Express an excellent guide to Tory policy, and if I read it every day I can usually answer any awkward question on things like Foreign Policy", The idea of a teach-in originated in Michegan Uni-cersity, in response to a demand from staff and students for a more accurate and fuller coverage of events and Vietnam than could be obtained from press coverage or State department releases. A teach-in is something unique in the field of political meetings. Neither debate nor protest meeting, its aim is to cover a topic as fully as possible, using speakers from all points of view, and to subject the views expressed and statements made to rigorous criticism in the style of an academic seminar. Technique The technique adopted by the American Universities involved talks given by some dozen or so academics, journalists, embassy representatives, etc., each dealing with particular topics connected with the background, implications and problems of the subject under discussion. One major difference between these and British teach-ins so far has been the earlier starting time over here: in the U.S. they usually start round ten at night and go on well into the morning. A teach-in is something which should command respect by virtue of the integrity of its speakers and the quality of discussions, and is by no means simply "a new kind of protest". Equally, it is no mere debate, but a carefully planned and integrated programme aimed at revealing as much truth about the subject as possible from the best possible sources. Fed up with theory? Then catch up with the practical world by reading the STATIST every week The STATIST is the most readable weekly. A down to earth commentary on CURRENT AFFAIRS throughout the world — POLITICS — INDUSTRY — FINANCE THERE'S A SPECIAL OFFER TO UNDERGRADUATES — YOUR NEWSAGENT CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT October 28fh, 1965 BEAVER 5 T ili'e Black Panther i L expose the Library Thieves "Social science students iare not very good philoso-j phers. If they can explain ; social causes of an idea ihey think they can dismiss its validity." Said the Rev. David Nicholls. Assistant Anglican Chaplain to London University and part-time lecturer in the Government department ("in that order") talks about LSE students and religion. "Social science students are too sceptical about religious and ethical truth. They accept or reject things without thinking about them. They are the slaves of fashion." That means you. Me too. // I / I m no Ton-up Vicar" We have, you and I, "an obligation to investigate Christianity with the same criteria of rationality as we would a scientific hypothesis." We reject "not Christianity but what we think it is." And what do we think of Dr. Nicholls, B.Sc. (Econ.)-Government, LSE; Ph.D. Cantab; M. Div., Yale? Well, we're less inhibited than we used to be. ("The day has passed when everyone in a bar got up when a vicar came in."). But not that much; "The figure of a priest reminds people of things they feel uncomfortable about; things they feel vaguely apply to them but that they cannot live up to." Dr. Nicholls wears dog-collar and cassock ("It mystifies people"). If he doesn't "some people get annoyed when they find they've been talking to a in the underworld Nicholls with the Archbishop of Canterbury priest, as if they had been deceived." And also ton-up leathers. He's popularly known as the "Black Panther". But "I don't like the idea of a ton-up vicar. I ride my bike very cautiously." Nicholls on the North Bank Or even of an intellectually with-it vicar. "The new moralists are really very conservative. After all their trumpetings they still come down against fornication. They accept general rules of ethics and still condemn the act but not the person. There's nothing very new in this." I always tend to think that the Church as a pseudo-charitable organisation ought to be vaguely liberal on moral issues. But no. Dr. Nicholls can "atone a just war—as long as you win it. Pacifists are mistaken. There are cases when it is right to fight." "Probably the only person who could justify capital punishment is a Christian. It may be unnecessary in England now but were it abohshed and the murder rate to go up I would be in favour of re-introduction." Yet Father Nicholls is a member of the Labour Party. Though with no sympathy for Marxist priests. How many allies has Dr. Nicholls in LSE? "I would say that 30 per cent of LSE students are Christians. Over half of these practise." I don't know whether this is a case of deliberate overclaim or of pious faith. Or it could be—and they could be people you know— the Truth. Amen As much as we see on Saturday afternoons What are they doing here? Some mutual admiration society in S301, sounds rather odd. Do they sit and indulge. In intellectual interrogation, arrogance or self-congratulation. My IQ's higher than yours. Anythink you can think I can think better. But no. Last week I joined their meet. I must admit I was surprised when they said I could come in. But it isn't at ail as Masonic as you might think. No altar to Einstein, no candles to Kant. The Egghead Elite More like an O-level maths exam. They sit in absolute quiet. Sucking their pens. Doodling on their blotting paper, doing tests. And all apparently to some constructive purpose. The supervisor of the meeting. Dr. Radford, told me that the results of the tests go to compiling a list of super-eggheads, guinea-pig genii for psychological research. Perhaps, like my good readers, I've always tended to disapprove of MENSA. Its pubhc image is in great need of overhaul. It has an aura of exclusionism, an air of an egotistical eUte. I'm happy to report that this is substantially true, but there's more to it than this. We've got to keep a careful eye on the meritocracy, but at least this lot keep themselves to themselves. Incidentally, I failed the test. I They operate in broad daylight. The library thieves. They meet in Florrie's bar each afternoon. They appear harmless, decent, well-mannered. But then so do Christians. Underneath they have the criminal mentality and low animal cunning of monsters, or of the police. They are menaces to our community. They have an organisation known as INDEX. I met their leader, unsubtly disguised as a fresher. They call him "The Preface". I had gotten a tip-off from one of his gang on the library staff. The necessity of organisation "You've just got to have inside men", he growled. "The pressure's too high. You just can't get anything done without a team behind you. Like the President." "The screws are tightening. You can't just walk out with books in your folder anymore. You can't just throw them out of the windows. They put bars on them. They said it was to stop suicides. We know it was to stop us". Their Techniques INDEX have to think of new methods all the time. They would not disclose their latest. But they listed a few of the old techniques. And why they stopped using them. "Pregnant birds was a good way. Sent them through with volumes under their smocks. But one of the screws got wise. So we put him on the spot. Sent a real pregnant bird through. He's doing three years for indecent assault. We've got to get them out in bulk. Tearing pages out smuggling them through at one a day is too slow. INDEX lifted a load of paper bags from the Economist Bookshop. They put books in them, sealed them, carried them out. But now their supply sources have been cut off. "The Preface" is a professional. It is whispered in the underworld that he can hide the complete Law Reports from 1943 to 1956 in his trouser turn-ups. But sooner or later they are bound to catch up with him. It's a dangerous business. I wouldn't advise my good readers to take it up. Could you say this just six months after graduating? "After two months ttie work on the filter drew to a close, and by that time I had acquired a firm knowledge of the plant. This now meant that I was able to look at the whole problem of glass-dissolving in a wider sense, and was able to start developments in a number of sections. I was now faced with my first real management task— that of ensuring the co-operation of the foremen in modifying a technique which had been built up over the years, and which to them seemed the correct way to do the job. This task was difficult, and I learned a tremendous amount from tackling it.Technically,the work I had begun was successful, and although the filtration trials did not meet with any measure of success, modifications to the process enabled the plant to achieve economies in steam amounting to some £40,000 per annum. This, of course, was a team effort, but I was conscious of my own contribution and derived great satisfaction from it." Extract from an account by a Unilever graduate trainee of his early days in th0 business. The experience our graduate describes took place three months after he joined the Unilever Companies' Management Development Scheme. Graduates in many disciplines are meeting a similar challenge, and finding similar satisfaction early in their training for management in production,marketing,finance, buying, transport and a number of other important functions. If you want to know more about careers In Unilever, ask your Appointments Board for information, or write direct to: R. T. F. Wainwright, Personnel Division, (Ref. PD.|34), Unilever House, London, E.C.4. 6 BEAVER October 28th, 1965. Edited by Rick Kay at the top . . If you stop to consider what the charts are made up from in the average week one fact sticks in your throat: the absence of even a fair proportion of talent, of anyone who is more than an elaborate con by the record companies. When the 'Searchers' can continue to score with each and every one of their dreadful records, when the Kinks manage to break into a high position with unfailing regularity, I seriously begin to doubt that anyone actually buys the records at all, but that the companies merely buy all the copies in the shops from which the chart surveys are taken. It is this more than anything which makes one doubt whether the public really make very much difference at any rime. The pop music industry insists that one major company bought 50,000 copies of one of their artist's records to bring it into the top twenty, and there are at least two others that will guarantee to get your groups' record into the charts for a mere £5,000. But the record buyer isn't the club member. The dichotomy is the old one, between live performance and record sucess, the prize example being the American "Byrds" who could not present any sort of live act without offending their audience, but achieved a remarkable success with 'Tambourine Man (mind you, no one could have failed with it). While at the other end of the scale Zoot Money's Big Roll Band consistently rocks the clubs, but has hardly crept into the charts. Things are so bad now that even the best records depend entirely on the distribution of the record companies to convert them into hits. Barry MacGuire very nearly never became a hit in this country because the shops were so sure that no one would buy it {especially after Jagger called it insincere rubbish); in consequence they ordered no copies, until they were plagued by requests and the record finally began to take off. The best part of that story is that Lou Adler of Dunhill Records (who brought P. F. Sloan and Barry MacGuire together) is the person whom Andrew Oldham admires most in America. I'm tempted to whisper, 'whatever happened to the Dave Clark Five? I reckon it must be a dirty word (despite Cathy's liking him) but now he's going to do the Royal Command Performance, who knows? All the big package shows are starting in November; Manfred and the Yardbirds together with the Mark Leman Five, Charlie and Inez Fox are on one run by the National Jazz Federation, with the Yardbird's lovable manager Gorgio Gomelski. Herman, Wayne Fontana (on his own now, without the Mindbenders), and Billy Fury are in the North; and there's a Pitney, Lulu tour — not to mention the Beatles' which kicks off in December. I reckon too that the prize for the con of the year must go to Joe Collin's assistant, Mervyn, for all that Presley talk 'I've got Elvis for £100,000'. Speaking of that one man band in America, I should say that around Christmas plans for a show with the Beatles and Elvis at the biggest stadium in England will leak out from the confined walls of the golden hoy in this business. WHO? Pictured here-Keith Moon, drummer for London^s top hit group The Who. ic -k Keith - and the rest of the Group-will star in LSE's Carnival-Week Dance next month FOLK: Negro Blues Festival " I'll never go back to Alabama, That is not place for me; They killed my brother and my sister— Please get them people down there free." Sung to acoustic guitar only, these lines opened the 1965 American Negro Blues Festival at Croydon. They presented one side of the picture of the North American Negro today—still persecuted and bearing scars on both body and memory. The other side of the picture is different. Whereas the protest singers sing about the troubles of other people, the negro blues singer sings about his own life. The blues don't have to be sad—as many people think. They're about everything that affects his life—his colour, his job, money, women, drink._ J. B. Lenore opened an excellent cross-section of the blues Clothes for the up-and-coming Leonard Lute 86 Kingsway W.C.2 Branches throughout London & Suburbs BLAZERS SLACKS TOPCOATS SCARVES TIES SHIRTS KNITWEAR field. There were country-blues singers, boogie pianists, city singers, modern blues shouters. Following his Alabama Blues the band was introduced: Freddy Beelow on drums, Jimmie Lee on Bass, Eddie Boyd piano, guitarist Buddy Guy. First performance from the band was given by Shakey Gorton, a harmonica player both influenced by and an influence on better-known artists like Little Walter. But blues fans who have heard him on record before — especially backing Jimmie Rogers and Johnny Shines — knew what to expect. His power was incredible — he blew out a mike in three or four minutes — and his expres- sion of feeling through his music was overawing. Not a particularly talented singer, he relied on his instrument to tell the story of his life. Eddie Boyd — remembered more for his 'Five Long Years' than any thing else—followed with what is to me his greatest composition, the 'Third Degree'. With utter dejection and a feeling of overwhelming futility, he sings: "You know, they pulled me in for forging cheques, When, people, I couldn't even write my own name." The whole atmosphere changed with the entry of Buddy Guy. Guy is an extrovert singer who lives in Chicago and plays the negro clubs to all-negro audiences. Unlike the X- * * * J SAT. NOV. 6th * X- 1. S E DANCE 8—11 p.m. r older Chicago musicians. Sonny Boy Williamson Two, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, who play to older audiences who have moved from the south In their own lifetime. Buddy plays more to the younger set, the teenagers born and bred in Chicago. These don't want to know about the miseries of the Mississippi, but instead want loud exciting music about women and big shiny Cadillacs. Buddy plays this for them and adds a lot of showmanship— playing the guitar by foot, for example. Contrast again with one man blues band Dr. Ross. This artist has produced some "magnificent records but didn't seem to be at his best at any of his concerts in London—partly due to technical faults and bad balancing. The last three — Roosevelt Sykes, Fred McDowell and Big Mama Thornton — were the real showstealers, however. Roosevelt is a boogie-and-barrelhouse pianist with a style calculated to make any lover of the pianoforte scream out in agony. And the piano undergoing his performance must have been well past ever re-tuning. But hard-hitting and singing were what he was brought up to play in the barrelhouses of Chicago and St. Louis, where the noise from the drunken rabble meant he had to play that loud Just to be heard. Mississippi Fred McDowell, bottleneck guitarist of over sixty, held the audience in total silence with his quiet and beautiful songs; and to end came Big Mama, an enormous woman whose only claim to fame was her record Hound Dog before she came over to Britain, and who bellowed out her songs to a full-volume band to get the whole place jumping. J Tony Knight's Chessmarii * plus * I THE PLAINSMEN | Rick Kay JAZZ BIRD LIVES In March 1955, Charlie Parker died, and so to a certain extent did individuality in Jazz. His influence and ideas on improvisation were so powerful and far-reaching that since then all solos have borne the Parker mark and only been slight developments on what he himself would have played. Before this sweeping change occurred, musicians may have been more limited artistically but there was more individualism; a Hawkins solo was different from a Webster or Young rendering of the same melody, each having his own style, approach and tone. The only cliches he played were his own, but today the only cliches heard are Parker's. Maturity Musicians today have become too self-conscious of creating a great art and are inclined to turn their back on their audience. Their bread and butter jazz is one of the fastest developing are forms, having been born, grown up and reached maturity in about seventy years, where other arts have taken centuries. Because of this rapid volution, audiences who have only taken jazz seriously in the last twenty-five years have been left behind and consequently don't patronize the incomprehensible that leaves them bewildered. This is borne out by the fact that many clubs, both here and in the States, are closing through lack of support. Although Ornette Coleman's only concert in Britain (at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon) played to a packed house, how many people would go to hear him or others like him if they appeared at jazz clubs all over Britain every night of the week? Very few in my estimation. Fluidity Most moderns must sound to the layman like novices either practising long and complicated runs or feeling for their first unsteady and off-key notes. No modern today can compete for sheer beauty of tone and fluidity of phrasing as, say, Hawkins in his classic prewar recording of 'Body and Soul'. Hawkins in his so-called progression to modern ideas has lost what was surely one of the most beautiful tones in jazz and sunk into the general turmoil of post-Parker tenorists. Apart from the vulgar masses of "with-it" people who think it trendy to like modern jazz, whom musicians like Dave Brubeck have exploited to the full, only a minority of fans can really understood what avant-garde musicians are doing to a melody (apart from murdering it). Rapidly The number of enthusiasts is dwindling rapidly as jazz moves further and further out and shows no signs of coming back. Will jazz lose forever its mass appeal or will it fade completely through lack of support? Then Parker will no longer live in spirit—and neither will jazz. Lee Conway JEWELLERY & WATCHES 25% DISCOUNT To all N.U»S. Members on our own manufactured good<9. DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS GOLD—^Wedding & Signet Rings. GOLD AND SILVER—Cigarette Cases, Powder Boxes, Bracelets, Necklaces, Charms, Brooches, Ear-clips, Links etc. SILVER AND E.P.N.S.—Tea-sets, etc. Open weekdays 9*^* Sats. 9—12 10%-20% DISCOUNT To all N.U.S. Members on branded goods—All Swiss Watches, Clocks, Cutlery, Pens, Lighters, etc., and on Secondhand Jewellery, GEORGES & CO. 80/90 Hatton Garden, E.C.I Entrance in Greville Street only HOL 0700/6431 Special attention to orders by post or 'phone. October 28th, 1965. BEAVER 7 The Theatre: TWO ALBERTS tfie arts Albert Finney as Free-booter John Armstrong makes his last Goodnight. Photo: National Theatre The aim of this book is to provide a 'written teach-in'. It presents the important issues of the long drawn out conflict in Vietnam through the words of people on both sides and In many countries. It Is produced in the format of a large magazine. There are 224 pages illustrated with maps and photographs. The price is 5s. Guardian : 'There is no better introduction to the complexities of the subject . . . Issues are not prejudged; conflicting evidence is given.' Spectator: 'Congratulations to Eyre & SpottisviToode for bringing out in a matter of weel^s the first of their "read-in" series. The book collects and presents a great deal of evidence on the origins of the w/ar in Vietnam, draw/ing from many sources, American, French, English, Russian, Japanese, as well as Vietnamese.' WORTH A VISIT? Films: The Great If you think the London-Brighton veteran car race is a waste of time, then the latest Warner Brothers' extravaganza — The Great Race (Coliseum) will hold little for you. But if you accept that 1908 cars could make the trip from New York to Paris —the long way round via Alaska and Siberia—you're well on the way towards believing that this film is meant to bear some relation to real life. Sidekicks The story centres round the rivalry between two turn-of-the-century stuntmen (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon), called Great Leslie and Professor Fate, and their sidekicks Hezekdah (Keenan Wynn) and Max (Peter Falk). Leslie is the Whiter-than-White Man-sized hero, Fate the frock-coated, leering villain in true music-hall style. Leslie persuades an automobile company to build a car especially for the race. Fate, not to be outdone, builds one too, loaded with ail the Bond DB4 features, including a forward- Drag Race firing cannon, the ability to elevate itself ten feet above its wheels, smokescreen apparatus and a snow-melting heated nose-cone. Suffragette They set off for Paris, after picking up Natalie Wood, playing an eager, emancipated suffragette (the film takes an un-succesrful sideswipe at the dominating American woman), and their exploits fill—or are made to fill—the next two and a-half hours. It's a harmless, slapstick fantacy, but despite its very ingenious features is hardly fantastic. It can best be described as a combination of Bond, Mad Mad World, and Around the World in Eighty Days, all reduced to the family viewing formula. A sort of Magnificent-Men-in-their-Motor-cars-on-Ice. It is all overdone, and the attempt to satirise itself leaves you wondering if it really is satire or just plain awful. With stars like Curtis, Lemmon and Natalie Wood, and showing in huge Technicolour Panavision, it just can't help being a commercial success. But that's its limit. Stuart hertzog. Armstrong's Last Goodnight The National Theatre The noose chafes round the neck of John Armstrong. A deft heave and he is suspended in mid-air, squirming for hfe, fighting a loosing battle. The stage darkens: Armstrong's body hangs limply, swaying from side to side. A savage end but necessary to obliterate Armstrong, played by Albert Finney. His physical presence is ubiquitous: whether gorging himself, crashing chairs or merely stamping his feet, Finney fills the stage as a great giant of a man, his virility and craggy masculinity as solid as his sledgehammer chin. Free-booter Arden weaves his plot round the sixteenth-century Scottish border troubles, and shows how Sir David of the Mount (Robert Stephens) finally managed to rid himself of impudent freebooter Johnny Armstrong. It's claimed that the play parallels the Congo tribulations, but this is by no means immediately obvious. The tweedy Scottish atmosphere is a bit too far from steamy Congan jungles to carry relevance; if there are any pertinent similarities between Tshombe and Armstrong they exist only in the mind of Arden. Piercing Finney carries the performance, with a characterisation heightened by a faultless accent and fitful stammering, and those relentless, piercing eyes surrounded by a perpetual scowl. Robert Stephens, as the schemer of the piece with an eye for the first bribe and even faster lady, charms and audience into submission with his portrayal of and educated diplomat. The Saboteur Boredom From Brando Morituri te saludant—we who are about to die of boredom salute you! "The Saboteur" (Odeon, Leicester Sq.) is a real thalidomide effort. Yul Brynner plays the skipper of a German blockade runner carrying rubber from Tokyo to Bordeaux as if he were playing in the Magnificent Seven with a sailor's hat; Marlon Brando is a German spying for England who's on the boat. The rest of the crew were drawn from any American war film and issued with German accents ranging from the thin to the ludicrous. Nazis just don't say "It could be a city block away in this pea soup of a fog." Implausibility The story's implausible, too. Historical inaccuracies would be forgiven gladly but for the fact that the director has plainly gone to great lengths to obtain authenticity, and failed to the extent of putting Atlantic convoys in the Western Pacific. Camera-work was good, but the ending was foul. A pier film. It reached the end and then dropped off. max vnlliams. The Hollow Crown Aldwyeh If you didn't know that Prince Albert and his brother Enest were the Victorian Lennon and McCartney, you will find "The Hollow Crown" (back in the Aldwych repertory for a few performances) both enjoyable and instructive. A verbal and vocal portrait of the British Monarchy, "The Hollow Crown" sketches the many facets of Royalty with extracts from the wealth of literature and music written by and about its members. Members of the cast, in evening dress, rise from the plush chairs and pour forth royal gems of wisdom, together with the odd royal clich6. But documentary drama is not necessarily good drama. It's entertaining, but at times a little phoney and affected. Something Nasty at Stage Sixty "The buds have got an urgent phallic look____", sings Mr. Mybug. So has the musical. 'Something nasty in the Woodshed' is an adaption from Stella Gibbons' novel 'Cold Comfort Farm'. The plot brings Flora Poste from London society to the Starkadders' farm. She shows them how to change their ignorant rural attitudes and dominate the indescribable 'curse'. Mr. Mybug (John Dalby), the lustful 'back to nature' intellectual, and Cousin Amos (Richard Curnock), who flagellates his masochistic congregation with hellfire and torment, illustrate the emotional similarities of town-life and country-life. This was Miss Gibbons' intention. But for the most part, the audience is showered wiith songs on bras and copulation: "Whalebones, whalebones take the place of hormones.. Colloquialisms jar horribly: "Paws off, poppy." Add to this superfluous crudity in the script, and suggestive choro-graphy. The result (is THEATRE OF EMBARRASSMENT (without the Osborne or Albee finesse). Jennifer Jayne, Bernard Lloyd and Rosemary Nlcols turn in excellent performances, and the complex fight scene is impressive; But the action is dissolved by the songs — all fourteen of them. There is no unity; there is no direction. There is something nasty. alex. Split^Second Precision "Say who you are" (Her Majesty's) proves to be about the funniest play in London at the moment, but with the rest distinguished only by their lack of humour K«ith Water-house and Willis Hall's new venture has little to beat. Not that this is to decry the strong points of the production. Directed and acted at white hot speed, the split-second precision of Ian Carmichael and Patrick Carglll enliven this comedy of marital and extramarital relations. A cleverly-constructed six-sided triangle of a play, which says much for the playwrights' technical skill, "Say who you are" will prove a box-office success. But it lacks the classic epigram and stunning lines that could make it great. An enjoyable evening, memorable more for the acting than for the text. After the gargantuan frivolity of "Mad Mad . . . etc. World," Stanley Kramer is right back on the straight and narrow with his new film "Ship of Fools" (Odeon Leicester Sq.), based on Katherine Anne Porter's novel of the same name. Profound comments on the human condition, great moral issues, tortured souls wrestling with their consciences, and, occasionally, with each other. Add to this the impressive but stagy sets, and smart opening titles, and we have the old familiar Kramer. Style I found the film highly enjoyable. It has style, it is impeccably photographed, and it contains some of the finest performances I have seen for a long time. Simone Signoret plays her usual role with her usual skill; Vivien Leigh is wholly convincing as an aging and embittered American failure; Lee Marvin acts furiously; and Oscar Werner (soon to be seen in "The Spy who came in from the cold") emerges as a dramatic actor of the very first rank. The action takes place on a German passenger freighter returning from Mexico in 1933. We're treated to discourses and debates on The Jewish Problem, The Sin of Prejudice, The Problems of the Artist, Growing Up, Growing Old; but despite all this there was action, characters did develop, and there were some marvellous moments of humour. It's worth visit. " Vulgar and Unnecessary " Four Kinds of Love — four short stories starring four internationally-known beauties. Those easily pleased may spend an enjoyable two hours ogling Misses Lisl, Sommer, Vltti and Lollobrigida: talk it over with your glands. First episode is a domestic fable (moral, don't keep him waiting too long, ladies, or he may do something you'll regret); Vima Lisl's contribution consists of being memorably decorative, which is within her ability. Miss Elke Sommers, in the second episode, plays with some charm but little enthusiasm a Swedish miss visiting Italy to select the perfect Italian male to father her child. (Eugenics, you see). A sub-Jerry Lewis character interferes with her plans, leading the story to an entirely predictable ending. Fair The irrestible Monica Vitti displays an unexpected flair for comedy in the third episode m her attempts to dispose of a brutish husband. Easily the most enjoyable story, mainly through Miss Vitti's bravura performance. Glna Lollobrigida strips, simpers, schemes and eventually triumphantly, seduces her way through the final episode. Miss Lollobrigida is at the moment involved in an obscenity case over the film; I fail to see how a performance so dull and so bad could possibly be considered obscene. At the end of the showing, a voice behind me provided an epitaph for the film: "Vulgar and unnecessary". With the exceptions noted above, I feel that this is a fair assessment. But the film will undoubtedly make money. Yawn of the Year If there's a worse film than 'Dingaka' in London be thankful you havn't seen it This film of 'Danger-Terror-Adventure' turns out to be the biggest yawn of the year. The "story", set against the conflict between tribal life and Civilisation, revolves round a bad witchdoctor, a good African native, and a cynical (but good)' white lawyer. Idiot dialogue, static camerawork, and totally unimaginative direction make this a film to be missed at all costs. For some reason best known to themselves, Stanley Baker and Juliet Prowse grace this mistaken muddle with their talents. Another box-office abortion. 8 BEAVER V '>r /rr a Sothafs how you live ,.. ff BIRD'S EYE VIEW A page by, for, and largely in spite of women VSO is looking now for 900 GRADUATES & PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED VOLUNTEERS to serve in the developing countries in 1966/67 Consult your Appointments Board or write to VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS 3 HANOVER STREET LONDON W1 OH 9 Shoesfpih^? Never mind, it can't last forever. And whUe you are preparing to make your first million, it's just as well to open an account at the Midland Bank. For an account can help you now—when help is needed most—to manage your money affairs more easily. More important, it will go on helping you as your money problems change through the years (for money problems never cease, however rich one becomes—they merely assume a different form). So make the wise decision today: Have a word with your local Midland branch. The staff will be pleased to help you— whether you're ever likely to make a million or not! Midland Bank THE BANK THAT KEEPS AHEAD—ON YOUR ACCOUNT 172 STRAND W.C.2 and 20 KINGSWAY W.C.2 said the Woman from Marie Stopes RHYTHM AND BLUES At first the atmosphere is sheer embarrassment. I'd sidled along Whitfield Street and dived into the waiting room of the Marie Stopes Memorial Clinic. The worst was over, I thought. There were eight others in there, all sitting on their hands or hiding them in handbags, all looking at my naked third finger. I sat down and waited. By the time my turn came I was contemplating signing on at a convent for the duration. The doctor was fastidiously tweedy, obviously shocked to find that anybody actually needed her. "So thafs how you live.. she said reflectively, as if I'd just told her I was running a one-woman hostel for the Mafia and subsidising it by marketing PVC underwear. "The atmosphere at LSE always was rather permissive. We get a lot of your girls here." A pause. "What can I do for you?" I explained in a half-whisper, wondering if it was classified information and I was being far too presumptuous in asking for the pill at a contraceptive clinic. She made Cardinal Heenan sound like a Free Love convert. Rhythm She reacted as if I'd offered her shares in a War-dour Street brothel. "Oh dear, no," she said, "I couldn't possibly prescribe that to a girl of your age.. The woman's body has a beautiful rhythm created by nature. To disturb this perfect balance as so early an age---- Leaving the gruesome consequences of such unethical action to my imagination, she eulogised on the female anatomy for the next twenty minutes. Then she dismissed me, bearing an assortment of tubes, rings, sheafs of notes and an invitation to "try something else". I think I should have taken a course in anatomical engineering. Going Straight 1 shut myself in the bathroom last week (you can just about shut the door behind you if you crawl under the geyser to make room first) to introduce my pre-Raphahte curls to a pile of jumbo-rollers. I'd found this pink box oozing feminity in the chemists, which promised to straighten every Kink in my wayward tresses, and with an enthusiastic room-mate who's always had dreams of becoming a second Helena Rubenstein I prepared for a mammoth de-curling session. I'm getting fed-up with this Minnie Caldwell tag. Dissolve We poured the liquid they gave us into someone else's tooth-mug, and then poured it out again quickly as it started to dissolve the bottom. I investigated the ingredients listed in little letters at the side of the packet and found lots of HCl's and S04s. It also said it was Chiild's Play and Don't Delay. A bit un-nerved, I went ahead. Child's play it certainly was, only not quite how they meant it. Any potential delinquent would love it, and I've half a mind to make it the answer to my Christmas present dilemma this year. It was the foam that proved the overriding problem. It floated gently out of the washbasin and turned the place into a Lux advert. We wasted half an hour de-frothing the wastepipe. Plight But enthusiasm for straight hair kept me going, until I reached that twenty-minutes I had to spend staring at the floor while the back bits decided whether they were going to curl or not. It was halfway through counting how many squares of lino made up my line of vision when the enormity of my plight struck me. I saw myself visiting Dr. Levitt with a swathed but bald head to order my first toupee. Indignity My room-mate held me in the chair till the time was up. I was only semi-conscious when she finally submitted my head to the final indignity of the drier. But I needn't have worried. S04 or not, it's there. Straight hair (well, almost) and I've moved up the Coronation street ladder, at last. They've started calling me Elsie. SICILY At Castroreale, near Messina, we have selected a tourist village for our 1966 Anglo-Italian Centre for young people. The village is situated by the sea within easy reach of the main tourist resorts like Taormina or the Aeolian Islands, and in an ideal geographical position for excursions to sites of Archaeological interest. A fortnight there at the beginning of September will cost 49 gns. by air and on full board basis. For an additional 4 gns. you can have 20 hours tuition in Italian. This holiday is also being widely advertised among North Italian University Students. For additional details write to Discovering Sicily 69, New Oxford Street London W.CA October 28th, 1965 Latest With-it Gear means doing without It: Knees bared in a one-and-a-half piece trouser suit. (Photo: RAVE) Bird's Eye View on Carnaby Street: SHORT AND SWEET Geographically — only a short street; skirts and dresses well above the knee. Men's shops—Gear, but not as way out as expected. The two boutiques for girls are both quite startling, one for its prices — phenomenally high; and the other for its decor—rather low. Otherwise neither distinguished itself particularly. The John Stephen shop is expensive. Sixteen guineas for a non-descript rather droopy two-tone crepe thing, not even lined. One or two other equally expensive and disappointing concoctions, after the style of Op-Art but failing dismally to make the implied optical impact—too many rectangles and too little shape. Limited choice — limited prices. Congratulations to the disinterested staff—you could browse all day, just listening to your favourite Dylan records, and no-one would dream of saying "Can I help you. Madam?" iS-ecamp is the enlightening name of the other place: it seems popular, too, judging by the crowd of trendsetters fighting their way in to find something even more outrageous to wear than the things everyone else is wearing. Actually, a pretty uniform lot must emerge; the stock is very limited, only five or six styles of dress. "Things go out of fashion so fast that I suppose it's not worth having a lot to choose from. One style of skirt, which I have yet to see actually worn in real life—sort of short, very thick cord, plus wide hip-level belt—strictly for the sMnny. Something wrong with the sizes, wide divergence between a size ten dress and the same size suit. Nothing larger than size twelve in anything at all, trendsetters obviously showing a tendency to smallness. Pin-ups The d6cor deserves a word— you try on dresses under the sexy gaze of three larger-than-life-size male pin-ups—^rather off-colour, I thought, but the manager was adamant in their favour. "Men have their fair share of girl pin-ups," he said, "Now we're giving the birds a chance." All very well if the birds want a chamce. I merely found the whole thing in rather bad taste. After all, who wants to goggle at a god-like young man, just about to divest himself of his bathing trunks? The puppets in the window I like, far better idea than the haughty alabaster statues so loved by every other shop-window dresser in London, They should tell you, though, that the back half of the shop is really the front half seen in a wall-sized mirror. Prices here are in the general region of 5-7 guineas for a dress, 9 for a suit, 4 for trousers. For the affluent there's a suede bush-shirt, more than tempting at 23 gumeas. As for the men's shops—well, you could try shopping there for his birthday present, but only (if he's the flowery or ginghamy type. Matching pink gingham tie, belt, hank and watchstrap might just come amiss with a wing-forward in the first fifteen. Gear is the best for presents which will offend no-one and probably delight most. In my opinion, Carnaby Street doesn't live up to its reputation, except for the really way-out, perhaps. You can get most of the things better — and probably cheaper —elsewhere. 1 October 28th, 1915. BEAVER 9 ¦ :............r.:. I LSE GOALKEEPER Phil Evans taking a shot from Imperial forwards with characteristic precision Soccer MIXED START TO SEASON Fine individual performances by freshers Barry Firth and Graham McCulluni were the highlights of the First XI's hard-fought games against Southampton and Imperial College which opened the season. Although the competent might of Southampton brought LSE crashing to a 4-1 defeat, the latter half of the game revealed signs of greater understanding developing between the players which brought John Shepherd's consolation goal. This cohesion was more evident against Imperial the following week, when more intelligent movement of the ball, greater fitness, and more confidence brought a well-deserved 2-1 victory. Asset Firth, a product of Yorkshire Grammar School's XI, slammed both LSE goals in the first half, narrowly missing a third. Difficult to dispossess once in his stride, he should prove a major asset to the side. McCullum at left-back, firm in the tackle and showing excellent distribution, did much to steady a defence often worried by second-half IC pressure; Rog Bender and goalkeeper Phil Evans gave accomplished performances. Later games have continued this mixed trend as far as results go. After something of an ignominious defeat at Sussex, the Firsts regained their earlier form last week with a two-nil victory over St. Clements' Danes, goals coming from team captain Cooper and Frost SECONDS' SUCCESS The seconds opened the season by thrashing Southampton 6-nil. Outstanding was a five-goal spree from Dace Ratcliffe, last-minute choice for the centre position. Sixth in the net came from fresher Bill Wilkinson, who crashed in a penalty that looked too easy. Keeping up this success, the seconds made amends for the 1st XI's defeat at Sussex by winning on the same ground by five goals to three. Victory by the same scoreline against Imperial later (wiith goals from Wilkinson (2), Teare, Klrbell and G'Hare) kept the seconds slate clean. At the time of going to press, both thirds and fifths remain unbeaten; the fourth XI, sadly, await their first win of the season. Rugby First XV Pull Back The presence of six freshers in the First XV's first-match against CEM seems fully justified by the six-nil scoreline in LSE's favour. As expected by skipper Jeff Townsley, the game turned out to be scrappy and ill-co-ordinated, with an emphasis on force rather than skill. Forwards Lodge and Stead crashed over for unconverted tries in the first half hour. Storm CEM piled on the pressure in the second half, but with full back Davies covering well all the time LSE showed no sign of losing their had despite long periods in defence. But victory was just the lull before the storm. Second match of the season against QMC brought LSE's biggest defeat for two years with twenty-nine points facing our nil. Though the pack gained their fair share of possession and managed to hold their own in the loose— with a second-row of Alban-Davis and Davis showing promise — weaknesses in the threequarters brought the humiliation. Against Streatham Colts some of this was alleviated, when tries from Mike Perry and Phil Mayer and an excellent drop-goal by Mike Boyes gave a nine-nil victory. Richardson continued to show his usefulness in the scrum-half position, but elsewhere there was considerable room for improvement in determination, penetration and fitness. This appeared to have been at least partly remedied by last week's game against Regent Street Polytechnic — when LSE romped home to a 17-niil victory. Second XV Forge Ahead The second's 22-3 win and a 39-3 victory by the thirds promise a good year elsewhere at the beginning of the season, and the seconds succeeded in saving some LSE pride in their second match against Reading, fighting back from being six-nil down at halftime to win 14-6. The Third XV failed to keep up their earlier promise and went down 21-nil. Record The seconds still await the challenge of real opposition — a record-shattering score of 58-nil made no mistake of what LSE thought of Borough Road Polytechnic last week. Regardless of how much the seconds' capabilities were magnified by almost ludicrous results like this against opposition plainly nowhere near their own class, there seems every reason to suppose that there's some measure of talent in there somewhere, and that the rest of the season won't prove this to be merely a flash in the pan. sport Last week's Guardian reported that Mr. S. M. Alliband "stuck to his task manfully". Who's Mr. Alliband, what task, and why do I mention it? Well, just for a change, someone from LSE has mado a name in the sporting scene; Mr. Alliband (Stewart, in fact) was playing for the Hockey Association Under 23's which drew two - all against The Hockey Association (that is. England) last week. To quote the Guardian again, it took place in "delightful grounds at Cobham." Stewart, vice-captain of the London University team, is in his third year at LSE. Elsewhere we've got two university team rugby players in Richard Clough and John Corrins. Anyone el^ heading for fame? See below. Around the clubs there's a general report of mixed fortunes so far. Badminton look forward to "a successful season — membership's over fifty" with promising newcomers Storer, Richardson and Barnard: captain T. B. Kob tells me he's hoping to obtain the coaching services of a Malaysian international to really get things moving. Indifferent start to the Hockey season, both Men's and Women's having scraped one win up to this week. It's Athletics and Cross-Country which have stolen much of the hmelight, not only in their results so far but ahnost equally in enthusiasm. 'Jacko' Mandie won the London County Discus Championship with a throw of 141ft. 4^ins., and will no doubt be a top points-gatherer in the new University Winter Athletics League. The distance boys are settUng down fast, the season really coming to life with the UC relay. Guy Ogden brought LSE home in fourth place on the the first leg, breaking the college record — only to have this distinction made shortlived when Dave Bagshaw shattered it in Leg two. Ken Jackson On The Water Canoe Club Membership of the Canoe Club has topped the thirty mark this year, with plenty of girls among that number. "The club is run on companionable rather than competitive lines, but a certain amount of skill is required to handle the high performance 'Archard' canoes. The club meets twice a week at the canoe sheds on the Thames just below Hampton Court. This year it is hoped that a continental tour will be arranged—an added incentive to join. Prospective members must be able to swim, and must bring a spare set of clothes to get wet in, or dry out in. Sailing Club Operating from the Welsh Harp, Hendon, and sharing the clubhouse facilities of the University Sailing Club, we own five Firefly racing dinghies and offer a pleasant break from the confinement of central London through both competitive and non-competitive sailing. We compete among ourselves, among other teams from London on Sundays. Other racing? A tideway race on the Thames, National Firefly Week at Felixtowe this year, Dublin next. More? Oh yes, social life, lots of it, culminating at the Annual Dinner, but more explicitly on the Norfolk .Broads Cruise In the Easter vac. • Satisfied? Then join. Com-'modore is Andrew Johnson. No. Your degree doesn't automatically entitle you to become an Admiral (or even a Sub-Lieutenant) But it helps A degree helps, because in the Royal Navy today, a degree counts. As a graduate you are eligible to go straight into the Royal Navy as an officer in the Engineering Branch, the Seaman Branch or the Instructor Branch. Mind you, there's more to it than being academic. The work is demanding, is certainly different, and calls for intelligence as well as education; for character as well as a degree. The rewards are immense. As an Eimiiieer Officer, you have the responsibility for the efficiency and success of startiingly advanced equipment : the complex electronic heart of every fighting ship for example. Or you could be working with nuclear reactors, gas turbines, computers and so on. On the other hand, as a Seaman Officer you could have your own command in your late twenties. Your pay is good. Promotion prospects are excellent. You have an exciting, varied life, with worldwide travel,sport, and enjoyfull professional status Above all you're involved in what is perhaps the most important job in the world: front line preservation of peace. University Cadetships are open to young men between 17} and 23; men either about to go to University or C.A.T. or those already doing a full time course. You could have your fees paid and draw officer's pay and allowances. Acquaintance visits. To give you a taste of what life is like in the Royal Navy you can attend a 7-week workshop course held at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth during the summer vacation, or a one-week visit to a Naval port in the South. QUALIFICATIONS Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) (i) Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Degree (ii) Any other degree, diploma or certificate gaining exemption from the graduate examinations of the I.Mech. or I.E.E. Age Limit; up to 25 Seaman: an Arts or Science degree (or equivalent). Age Limit: up to 24 Instructor: Degree or equivalent. Age limit: up to 32. For full details write to: Instructor Commander D. C. F. Watson, M.A., R.N., University Liaison Officer, Dept. BVA221/A, Old Admiralty Building, London, S.W.I Royal Navy ¦1 10 BEAVER October 28th, 1965. Connaught House—Due for LSE takeover Cont. from Page One to the possibility of moving the School elsewhere. The Unanimous Director, Sir Sydney Caine, told Beaver that it was the virtually unanimous decision of the staff that, "any more expansion would have de>troyed the particular virtues of the School — the convenience of access, the proximity to governmental and business centres, and so on. This is the School's special quality, and had we moved we would have ceased to have been the LSE." It is hoped that transfer to the new building will be completed by the end of this term. U.G.C. Report "Complacent An unofficial report of the University Grants Committee visit last session has been published by the School. Sir John Wolfenden, who headed the Committee, concluded his meeting with the Governors by stating a number of points which "the committee had noted with pleasure". Among these were; ments, and a possible change in the School's staff/student ratio. But he also pointed out that "our positive approach to student health has yet to include a dentist, something which I think we need badly; and, whilst the Union is in favour of the Hale recommendation that ten weeks of the long vac be used for academic purposes, the Library still remains closed for much of the summer. "The positive approach to students' health and welfare: the lively promise of departments on the fringe of the natural sciences and allied subjects; the readiness of the staff to provide courses and services for the outside world; and the very serious attention paid to the recommendations of the Hale Committee .... to see that the long vacation is properly used". " Non-committal" President Alan Evans, commenting upon the report, which he described as a "non-commit-tal, rather complacent document", suggested that its tone indicated the likelihood of increased grants to the mathematics and allied depart- Decisions The note reports the Committee as felling that "the activities of the School were as fresh and vigorous, and its influence as high as ever". In their opinion, the School was, however, at a stage where serious decisions about its future had to be made, and "the hour of decision was getting very close". Sir John felt that "these problems would be solved with the customary wisdom of the School". "This is what I mean by complacent", Alan Evans told Beaver. "There seems to be a great gulf between the students' attitude to the college and that of the administration and the UGC". Chinese For the first time since the Communist takeover in 1949, two students from mainland China have entered the School this year. Resident at Passfield, they hold Chinese Government scholarships and are taking an intensive one-year general course here. Both they and the Chinese Charge d'Affaires have refused to make any comment upon the implications of their stay at LSE. Housing Recent reports in the national press and Sennet about the grave crisis in student lodgings were described by Lodgings Officer Mrs. Muriel Tabert as "exaggerations". "The accounts of many students sleeping on floors refers mainly to those seeking flats." she said. "Many applications for places are still coming in, but so are offers of accommodation. Students willing to be a little flexible in their requirements should not have too much difficulty." No Change A motion proposing that the name of the Union be changed to The London School of Economics and Political Science Union Committing the word 'students'), in order that potential visitors should not confuse it with lesser representative councils was defeated at Friday's Union meeting. Policy President Alan Evans proposed last week setting up regular meetings of all LSE society Presidents or Chairmen to put forward suggestions and criticisms possibly to be included in future Union policy. NEWS IN BRIEF Survey Two hundred and fifty undergraduates at LSE are likely to wish they were studying something else, according to a nation-wide survey in the latest edition of "U", the inter-university and college magazine. The survey, based on answers to a recent questionaire, also indicates that about two hundred and twenty probably wish they were either studying somewhere else or out working for money. Yale Follow-up to Academic Affairs V-P Pat Slater's proposal of a lecturers' directory; Yale University students have been asked to submit "a written appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses" of their professors before future permanent appointments and promotions among the staff are made. Kent The Master of Eliot College, Kent University, said when it opened its doors for the first time last week that there would be "no gambling, fornication or drugs, no licence in this place . . . The college will be manned day and night to see that the rules are kept." GRANTS Union. This reduces the effective increase to something under £1,000. A further proposal to allow grants to political and religious societies has been turned down by the School on the grounds that they are restrict^ groups to which not all members of the Union may belong. The Director has said in a letter to the President that he is willing to reconsider his decision only in the case of national societies which cater for cultural rather than political interests. Mandate Evans told Beaver, "It is still Union policy to provide grants for these societies. With a mandate from the Union I hope to approach Sir Sydney again to discuss the matter, once we have gained enough evidence from other colleges to prove that this practice is widespread elsewhere." A proposal to instigate a Presidential sabbatical year is to be investigated by Cont. from page one. Council, who intend visiting Birmingham University to examine arrangements there, where the system is already in operation. Evans explained this week that "People are no longer willing to stand for this job. It takes up too much time on top of academic work, and both the President and the Union suffer as a result." A number of other London colleges — notable UC and Regent Street Polytechnic — have adopted this principle of allowing their President a free year in office paid for by the Union. LONDON'S DISCOUNT JEWELLERS 20% 10% AUSTIN KAYE, 408 STRAND/LONDON, W.C.2. (Cov 1888) Hours of business Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5.30 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-l p.m. (Five minutes from LSE) DISCOUNT DISCOUNT V\/EDDING RINGS IN 9ct., 18ct., 22ct., GOLD DIAMOND AND GEMSET ENGAGEMENT RINGS. CULTURED PEARLS AND ALL JEWELLERY. OUR VAST RANGE OF GUARANTEED WATCHES — CUTLERY — CUFF LINKS — CLOCKS. FULL YEAR FOR VPs At the same meeting Union approved a proposal extending Vice-Presidents' terms of office to a full academic year. With recent expansion in both the pressure and complexity of their work, V-Ps have it increasingly difficult to maintain the efficient working of their departments under the present system in which they hold office for only two terms. The switch to a full year in office will mean that VPs will in future take up their posts at the beginning of the Lent term, elections being held in the December beforehand. FILMSOC Next Tuesday: Tokyo Story. Nov. 8th; Shirley Clarke's The Collection with Charlotte and Son Jules. Welshsoc An unusually large number of freshers from Wales this year has led to a proposal to set up an LSE Welsh Society. One of those organising this, classicist Hannah Jones, told Beaver that the main aim of the society which will not be exclusively Welsh, is "to go for booze-ups in the Gower Arms". President Alan Evans has confirmed that pressure of Union activities will preclude his membership, but that it has his every good wish. Folk The inaugural meeting of the newly-formed LSE Folk Club took place last week. Initiated in response to wide-spread fresher demand, the Society hopes to invite outside personalities as well as conducting its own record sessions and introducing LSE groups. Concerts planned will include Bert Jansch, Alex Campbell, Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton; club president is 2nd-year Stuart Edwards. Clips Administrative V-P Alan Cartwright revealed this week that since Easter 13,000 paperclips have been deposited anonymously in the Union shop. "It's a complete mystery," he told Beaver. "We're being flooded out with the things. We've found three thousand there this term already." CLASSIFIED ADS Hands Off 197. Alan Gillie, John Mcllroy, Pete Smith. Don't Blame Me.—I voted Smith-son. M.C. Paul Foot, author of the Penguin Special, Race and Politics, speaks at tonight's Socsoc meeting on 'Race and Politics.' Iain Macleod will be the guest speaker at next Wednesday's Conservative Society meeting at ULU; Sir Keith Joseph is > booked to speak at LSE on i November 11th. I LIBSOC TONIGHT: Professor^ Michael Fogarty, Liberal spokesman on Social Security, speaks at tonight's Libsoc meeting on Industrial Relations. Landrover For Sale. (1958! L.W.B. Hard cab, i tilt) -i Hellard, 22 Gloucester Walk, j W.8. 'Phone WES 7935. ! Peter Coxson Typing Service. Dissertations, Theses, etc. Fast and accurate. From 5/6 per 1,000 words plus 4d_ per carbon. Write; 56 Draycott Place. London S.W.3. KNI 5566 any time. BUYING? SELLING? OR STILL WAITING? 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