NEWSPAPER OF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS' UNION No. 96 5th February, 1970 GRIFFITH PROTESTS W BRITI^ 6FEBi970 OF POL SClENCa 3d. or 1} IU>. /\irs ..he ,At to _.;r, that for NER SELECTION ^EW GRADrATE SCHOOL ? Professor John Griffith of the Law department has complained in a letter to the Academic Board that the selection of Mr. Morris Finer as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors was conducted without proper consultation with the academic staff, and therefore constituted a "breach of the rules". The letter, dated January 19, was circulated to meu. of the school staff. In it Prof. Griffith says that in April, 19^ties the selection committee which chose Lord Robbins as man, agreed that "all members of the school staff sholi2rerseley with the size of the audience. There is no point in mass meetings where everyone shouts at each other." The earlier part of the meeting was the most productive with Neil Lockwood questioning Lord Robbins on the influence of class on the LSE selection process. However, before long a group of eight people began to dominate the meeting, and the discussion devolved into political didactics and personal insults directed at Lord Robbins. Apart from one question from Len Harris, the questioning came entirely from this group. It is unfortunate that Lord Robbins is not a quick or effective speaker so towards the end he was rare ly given the opportunity to finish a sentence. However, Alan Gillie was able to ask questions on the relationship of society to a University and of methods of teaching in the school, and obtain answers of a kind. Tf the President, who was in the chair, had been more resolute. probably more would have come out of the meeting. There is a need for greater recognition that although Lord Robbins did not answer certain questions satisfactorily this was as much due to his background, as to any specific poficy on his part. For this basically good idea to fulfil its true potential there is going to have to be more give and take in any future meetings. Below are some of the more relevant quotes taken Dear Madam, Mud is much easier to sling than it is to clear off, but I would nevertheless like to attempt a small clearing operation. In a pamphlet with the appropriate title of "Victim" I am referred to as a "specificalist (sic) in pacification". and it is alleged that I "spied on the General Assembly" held on 4 December (Oration Day). 1 enjoyed being called a specificalist in pacification, though 1 am not sure what it means, and doubt if it is true anyway. I can assure anyone who may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick that I do not have napalm in my pockets. I did not enjoy quite so much being accused of espionage. The authors of this accusation (anonymous, of course) have not done their research very carefully, for the truth of the matter is that, far from being a "spy" at the 4 December General Assembly, I was spied upon. What I said at the General Assembly came up in the School's evidence at one of the injunction hearings against Paul Hoch and Roger Tyrrell. But 1 can assure you that I did not perform this piece of espionage on my own activities, nor did I give evidence about any other speech or action at the General Assem- bly. All these accusations of "spying" tend of course to degenerate into silliness: I myself confess to being quite prepared to stand by what I said, and to have it reported. There is something faintly ridiculous about accusing people of "spying" on a meeting which anyone fronT the Director down (not forgetting outsiders) was entitled to attend. One might as well accuse people of "spying" on a Test Match. But beneath all these absurdities, and largely obscured by the anonymous authors of "Victim", there is a serious issue, which is whether people should be disciplined for the way they speak or vote. On the whole I am against disciplinary action of this type, though 1 do certainly favour taking some action against, for example, outsiders who seriously disrupt academic ac-tivties at LSE. It was because T opposed disciplinary action on the basis of what is said at the meeting that I decided not to give evidence about what was said at the General Assembly. I am not certain I was right, but anyway 1 plead "not guilty" to the absurd and anonymous charge which has been levelled against me. Yours sincerely. ADAM ROBERTS. LETTERS Dear Madam. Currently circulating around the school is David Adelstein's excellent pamphlet "LSE and LiberaUsm". Let me say that there is nothing in his conclusion with which 1 or LSE members of ULS would differ. We believe that organisationally a point has been reached whereby institution-alisation of ideology has not forced a veering to the "right" in any respect. Re-ccnt developments within the YL Movement bear this out adequately. However, we still find ourselves up against the confusion (and blatant ignorance) of so-called "socialists" as to what our role is. If they want labels. I would suggest the "libertarian socialist" line of thought would find strong bases in the movement as it is doing at the moment. If they want practical evidence 1 would suggest that any genuine attempts at co-operation in the field will be welcomed. However, unfortunately there seems to be too many "blueprint boys" in the left too willing to bugger-up a fundametal for the sake of a search for an identity. Yours, BILL JAMES, Lib. Soc. from the discussion: "When we create a hierarchy it should not be thought to imply inequalities, it is just that different functions have to be performed". "My job as head of the Court of Governors is a negative bed of roses. T regard as a duty." "1 am in favour of postponing the intensive training to the graduate school. 1 am very sold on the Scottish University system". "We have no money in South Africa, though we have investments in British Companies that sell to South Africa." In answer to a question on the University's links with South Africa, he said "I hope to continue links with Africa as long as the African people want themi". On his closing of the School he declared. "There were no police denials of any danger, there was a danger to property and T would do it again in the same situation." 5th Febraary, 1970 BEAVER ____^ CASE OF THE 'SURLY' PORTER The porter who was sacked during Christmas week is Mr. Arthur James, a 53 year old single man living with his widowed mother. Mr. James, the small cheerful porter who wore glasses, worked in the cloakroom and enjoyed a mid-day drink in the Three Tuns Bar. He is a man who enjoys being among the youngsters, particularly the L.S.E, kind, and said he was very sad to leave. His dismissal came when three charges were levelled against him. 1) He was Surly 2) His health was suspect 3) He did not do enough overtime. After being at the school for six months, the administration extended Mr. James' probation period for a further three because his 'surly' attitude was giving them some concern as to his potential as a permanent member of the staff. As for his health, the School's own doctor had passed him as fit for school service, and having been employed for nine months Mr. James had only had three weeks illness which he explains as being due to a foul-smelling substance which he used to wipe off painted slogans in the St. Clements lift. His refusal to do overtime at weekends did not endear him to the administration, as the contractual obligations say a school porter is " expected to do a reasonable amount of overtime as per the rota ". However, according to one of Mr. James colleagues, who does not wish his name to be mentioned, it has long been the custom of the school that if a porter did not wish to do the weekend overtime it would only be insisted upon if no one else came forward to do it. and apparently there was no shortage of volunteers. it has been found that other school porters have had their names removed from the weekend rota because they did not wish to do weekend overtime, but so far they have not been threatened with dismissal. Mr. Nowell, Personnel Manager at L.S.E. refused to comment about the case. " It is impossible to discuss individual cases," he said, "we have to preserve the utmost confidentiality." The three charges would not stand up in a great many places and most Unions would have fought tooth and nail against dismissal on these grounds, but the local branch of the Transport and General Workers Union, to which Mr. James belongs have, as yet, done nothing. Mr. Lightfoot at the Hammersmith office of the T.G.W.U. said the Union had intervened on Mr. James' behalf after his six months probation when the L.S.E. decided he was "unsuitable for the type of job ". Mr. Nowell did not enlarge on this to the Union. However the T.G.W.U. managed to stay Mr. James' dismissal for three months, after which the L.S.E. still held by their decision that he was unsuitable. Mr. James says he lays this at the door of local branch leaders who dislike his too-active interest in Union affairs. Mr. James, a keen Trade Unionist for over twenty years, has travelled to many parts of Eastern Europe on Trades Union sponsored tours. He was also an outspoken supporter of Mr. Paul Boscher's line of closer and equal relationships with everybody within the college, believing in a policy of civility, not servility. In addition, his support for East European policy with which many will disagree, was ably defended. At a T.G.W.U. meeting before Christmas, the case was brought forward and a motion instructing the Union to bring the case to the attention of the School Director was defeated by thirteen votes to twelve. Mr. James said that seeing thirteen trades Unionists voting against the representation of one of their fellows, was one of the most dismaying moments of his life. After the meeting the twelve members who had supported his case signed a letter of protest and sent it to the Union's head office. From Mr. James' viewpoint at least, it seems that Union Officials are not prepared to represent their members. His colleague remarked " I believe that a serious breach of duty to a member by a Trades Union has occurred, and I intend to see that all the facts are presented to the Union concerned with a call for an enquiry into the local officials' failure to do the job to which they are elected. Unions were founded, I believe, to prevent social injustice, not to create it." m •' V jt < * * ' * M ARREST AFTlER PICKET On Tuesday, January 13th, a General Assembly was held at 4.00 in the old Theatre in order to discuss what action should be taken against seemingly arbitrary selection of the new Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors. The first motion put forward condemned capitalist interests in L.S.E, personified by the Court of Governors, and called for a honorary Vice-Chairman to be selected from a Trade Union from within the GEC-AEI complex, run by Sir Arnold Weinstock, one of the Governors. The motion also called for a three-man deputation to sit on the selection committee. This motion was defeated. A previous amendment put forward by Jen Blair relating to the proposed peaceful picketing of Connaught House was then voted on as a separate motion. At this point the supporters of this policy moved to take up CONTRACEPTIVE MACHINE Senior Treasurer David Kenvin, is to investigate the cost of installing/hiring or purchasing a contraceptive machine for L.S.E. Council did not discuss where this should be installed—in the men's or women's toilets or by the coffee machine in the Concourse area. their positions outside 'the fortress'. The combination of cold and the general feeling of frustration produced a small dispirited group which was hard put to muster a feeble but meaningful chant. About 13 Policemen were on the scene within 5 minutes and the crowd was asked to move on, as they were causing an obstruction in that pedestrians were forced to use the road to bypass Connaught House. The police were unwilling to let the picket circulate in front of Connaught Hou.se. At a party a few days later Dr. Adams told our reporter that he had warned the police that there might be trouble. A few minutes later Neil Lockwood (a strong voice of the left) was arrested. Coincidence? (Beaver is unable to comment or give eye-witness accounts as the case is at the time of going to print, sub judice). Attempts were made to stop the police van leaving to take Neil Lockwood to Bow Street police station, but these failed. There he was charged with assault and obstruction. This formed a signal for a general move to the Old Theatre where a collection from at least 50 people for Lockwood's bail and legal fees was made. Witnes.ses to the arrest were called for, and 19 came forward and made signed statements supporting Lockwood's charge of assault against a Constable. The case against Lockwood will be heard at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on February 10th. Continued from Page 1. FUTURE OF LSE Giving up the main part of the undergraduate teaching would allow the school to further its contribution in the field of research. The latter would be of equal profit to graduates and undergraduates. It is certain, however, that not all the undergraduate departments should go, for some specialised sectors would be useful to the school even as a graduate institution. The School's situation implies a very high cost which is for the moment covered by the increasing number of graduates. Costs could therefore be reduced greatly not only on the School's side but also for the undergraduates themselves. Professor H. G. Johnson then wonders what direct pressures this puts on the staff. Does it affect the academic standard of the School? He does not consider this as very important but insists that it is: "Nevertheless a cost of teach ing at the School which teachers elsewhere are not oblige to bear". RICHER GRADS He derives the positive advantages of the School becomin^ a graduate centre from three factors. The first is concerned with the bibliographical facilities (not only in the School but also in its area). The locatif i? of the School appears to Prof. Johnson of vital importance: this is the possibility the graduate students would have to gather research material for their specialised subjects, material which is of trivial importance to undergraduates. He lists as third advantage that a graduate institution would solve the conflict between teaching and research. The senior staff members would not have to spend their time in forming an undergraduate side of teaching, but would be able to devote themselves completely to research pi"oblp"is more suitable to the understanding of graduate students _J!-llreadv have a basic training on the subject behind thT^o He concludes in the first part of his 'analyo^j' lu ai graduate level students reach an adult relationship, and that research would be favoured by the higher economic position of the graduate students. MAINTAIN POSITION The problems the School faces are the main idea in the sccond part of the report. He advocates for a long time planning and careful arrangements for the transition period; particularly of choosing an experienced staff that would be capable of teaching a graduate body. Prof. Johnson shows in his report that he is conscious of the complexity of the situation. He concludes; "Because this document raises so many issues of both national and School policy, it is unlikely that the proposed programme of conversion to a predominantly graduate school could be completed or even sought to be completed within the 1972-1977 quinquennium. But it is essential for the School to start considering its situation and the direction in which it should move as soon as possible, so that it may maintain the position and the promises it now holds in the social sciences". i help; WERE YOU APPALLED BY THE FRESHER'S CONFERENCES? — WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS YEAR'S---- . . . to he known, by popular request, as the New Student's Conferences. Work on these conferences is now und^- ' way. If you want to help in any way, I need a committi to run the things. The time to change things is now -September is too late to criticise. Dave Rumble, Apply SI02 {Union Office). BEAVER NEEDS COPY REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHERS and OTHERS (particularly law student to check for libel) Page 4 BEAVER 5th February, 1970 See Where Vice is Worser PAINT YOUR WAGON The ASTORIA has finally ended its showing of K.R.AKATOA EAST OF JAVA (which is really west of Java), one of the worst films ever made, and is now showing PAINT YOUR WAGON, a Lerner and Loewe musical extravanganza and one of the most delightful and entertaining films currently being shown. Of the cast members only Harvey Presnell is an accomplished vocalist. And he has a minor part in a role which is never developed. The three main charac- ters are played by Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg — persons who never before have been known for their singing ability and it is unlikely that this film will change that reputation. Consequently, much of the singing is done by an unseen ^5,000 chorus (at least it seems like 5,000) and even vhen the prospectors join m the songs one gets the feeling that they really are not singing k—" ly moving ".hen IliOC jths. Still, none of this detracts from a humorous and well-phrased musical comedy. The story takes place in the West in the days of the Gold Rush. The East becomes infected with gold fever and heads West for its fortune. Then a 5,000 voice chorus sings "Got a dream, boy? Got a song? Paint your wagon and come along . . ." Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) is a hard-drinking, hard - fighting, happy-go-lucky man. His 'Pardner' (Clint Eastwood) is Sfber, quiet and genteel. No Name City's population is all male and always ' ^runk. One problem is solved by the arrival of a Morman and his two wives. Ben buys one wife and marries her according to the only law of the community —mining law. Then the story weaves around the quotation of a passing parson: "Sodom was vice and vice versa. Do you want to see where the vice is wor-ser". D.R. PRAISE MARX The Paris - Pullman is showii^ Maurice Hatton's "Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition". It is a film that every L.S.E. student should note since it is about left wing groups who enjoy sitting around and plotting against the "system" although they know perfectly well that the alleged imminent revolution is more alleged than imminent, and that the system will last longer than they wU!. The armchair revolutionaries-are treated sympathetically. While watching this film one should recall Graham Green's observation that :'It is a mistake to assume communism appeals to the more intellectually advanced — unless, of course, one is also emotionally retarded". PORNOGRAPHY'S SURRENDER When Lawrence first published his books, the puritanical thirties banished what was then considered the most pornographic outbreak in British literature. Nowadays he is considered as a highlight in British literature, it has been confirmed by the popularity of the screen adaptation of "WOMEN IN LOVE". WOMEN IN LOVE tends to belong to that particular type of film that Britain sends to Continental film festivals. Pornography is supposed to be an award winning quality but the first few shots of the film are the total disillusion of anyone that went to see the film for its alleged pornography. One really wonders if the title should be WOMEN IN LOVE or merely PEOPLE IN LOVE. But this is not a vulgar description of sexual relations, it is probably the most beautiful essay on love ever written and pictured. Love is the complete achievement of a relationship, the grounds of a common understanding without sex. This does not mean that Lawrence secludes sex from love, in fact love is achieved through sex. Two men fighting in the nude, with the sweat of their two bodies mixing in a continuous effort to reach a complete comprehension, are the main clue of the film. This film is brilliant because it qualifies life to the people that cannot get hold of a book or who do have the "honour to belong to an eUte called intelligentsia". For the common spectator who has any broad sense of sincerity within himself, it is an unforgettable experience: he is assisting to the destruction of his taboos by a genuine and real morality. I do not intend to make of Lawrence a moralist, but only to clarify his unbelievably realistic mind: he covers bodies with mud so as to accentuate the genuine aspect of the spirit. KEN RUSSEL has been largely rewarded in the tremendous effort of directing such a difficult film, by the nomination of best British Film of the Year. He has fully surrendered to the atmosphere created by Lawrence in his book, but with his camera he has given it a genuine spring of life. In this achievement he has been supported by a young generation of actors who must be qualified as the most important hope of British cinematography. ALAN BATES and OLIVER REED are brilliant in their personifications: a double outlook on Lawrence's own personality. GLENDA JACKSON and JENNIE LINDON have reacted in a very personal and satisfying way to their assignment. They are fully supported by the scenery and the music which qualify perfectly everv gesture, mimic and action. N.B. yjjlUMW \ s ^ m^sm ¦ ' A PRISON FOR TWINKY This is I believe the general feeling of anybody that has seen 'TWINKY'. Twinky is a teenage girl who has decided all by herself, that because she has reached the age of conscnt she is an adult. By law this is true, but in fact is Twinky capable of facing the realities of the outside world? She is in love with love: they try to make us understand. She gets married at the age of sixteen, goes to NEW YORK with her love (a 38-year-old writer), and finally ends up on her own in the big city where life is not so advanced and you are supposed to be at school at the age of sixteen. Ot this particular moment you just feel that the film should end, in which case you have assisted to a sweet and pure film. But no such thing happens. Twinky is asked to grow up, the whole film becomes a melodramatic and unrealistic episodical nonsense, which ends in a final and most ridiculous way: "She is standing on a rock in Central Park, screaming out: 'I divorce thee, I divorce thee'." Then we get the whole explanation of what the film is intended to be: Twinky cycles away from NEW YORK to LONDON, she is now a woman. With my apologies to the Women's Liberation Society, I don't know how a sixteen-year-old girl so similar to Twinky has the right to be a grown up. This disenchanting film is supposed to bring a moral solution to the problem of growing from a child to a woman using the latest hippy methods. It is a real pity to see actors like HONOR BLACKMAN, TREVOR HOWARD, JACK HAW KINS, and specially CHARLES B R O N S O N (THE DIRTY DOZEN) earn their life in such a way. N.B. 5th February, 1970 BEAVER Page 5 ^Iiat ^bout ^op ... BY ALAN KILKENNY 1969 was the year of uncertainty in the music industry. Most of the old traditions were going by the board. Audiences were falling off at most of the well known venues. Album sales were exceeding those of singles. Good bands were starving and the big hypes were charging so much that only the big concert halls and theatres could accommodate them. Led Zeppelin rose in price by over a thousand pounds in a matter of weeks. Cream disbanded. A new and improved Traffic materialised, calling itself Blind Faith. Blues bands had to become more commercial to survive. Some disappeared. Others disintegrated. Jam sessions prevailed due to the pool of relatively unattached musicians that were going rusty from lack of practise. Some found that the way to push the barriers of music further was undress. Some audiences reciprocated. But what about the MUSIC? 1969 will go down as the year the music world hibernated. Only a handful of albums worthy of note emerged during the year. Hair got longer; but there was no significant progression in music — no new trends emerged. The huge Blues Festival at Bath just proved that this area was almost worked out, and what British audiences really wanted was some excitement. There are very few bands left who can .satisfy this almost primeval desire for cxcitment. Among this elite — the Who, the Stones. Led Zeppelin and Family. The first three are able to command large audiences and fat sums, but Family, after nearly two years as one of the bigger names on college and club circuit, are still relatively unknown—Why? Of all the musical diseases of 1969, Family suffered from the worst. It wasn't a lack of direction, it wasn't a lack of work, it wasn't even a supressed desire to 'get it together in a cottagc in Berkshire'. It was simply bad management. Family say they were being over-exploited, working three or four nights a week and being too tired to rehearse. Three main changes have taken place in recent months. Firstly, attracted by quick 'promotion', Ric Grech left to join Blind Faith and is currently playing with Ginger Baker's Air Forcc. He was replaced by John Weider. Then, due to internal strife (not I might add animosity) over his commitment 'to classical and jazz influences, and his unwillingness to rehearse new numbers during a heavy working week, Jim King left and was replaced by John Palmer. Jim now plays with Victor Brox's Ring of Truth. The third change was a more important one, and the decision was probably affected by the personnel changes and definitely by the lack of progress. Family broke with their agency. Paragon, and joined Chrysalis who represent such distinguished names as Jethro Tull, Chicken Shack, Led Zcpplin. Savoy Brown and just about anyone else that matters. Family's third album has just been released and is really superb. Called 'A Song For Me' (RSLP 900L) it shows what the group have been doing since Jim King left. Despite the obvious loss of reeds there is a new vitality to their sound. Roger Chapman's vocals are now more distinctive than ever . . . listen to 'Drowned in Wine' and 'A Song for me', which marks Rob Townsend's song writing debut. This LP is their best yet and that is really saying something. They thoughtfully include the words and they really are worth including. 'Some Poor Soul' is probably the most beautiful song they have done so far. John Weider thinks the LP 'just great' and Rob Townsend spoke ecstatically about it for half an hour. I agree with them both. Family have never looked so good. Lets hope for their sake that the agency which hyped Led Zeppelin to fame can do even better with a good band. EXAM STATEMENT CAMPAIGN On Thursday 22nd January, the first meeting in furtherance of the aims of the above campaign took place in the New Theatre, with about 100 people attending. Tom Fawthrop, who tore up his examination papers at Hull in 1968, spoke on the subject of the conflict between education and examinations. Examinations, he said, dominate academic life to such an extent that courses are followed simply and solely in order to take an exam. This is an entire negation of what education is all about. The exam system, he maintained, reduces interest and involvement which in turn impedes creativity and critical thought. In addition, exams fall down particularly with respect to reliability and relevance. They have little reliability in terms of objective assessment and no relevance in terms of educational needs. The question of what examinations are supposed to be measuring is rarely answered. The system could be changed, he emphasised, through the collective action of students themselves. On this basis, the examination statement campaign aims to mobilise a sufficient number of students to carry out an effective boycott of the Part I exam in the B.Sc (Econ) course. Meetings and activties will be arranged in order to formulate collectively an alternative system in which real education can flourish. used textbooks bought for the highest prices Second-hand (marrellous range) and Stationery (eveiytiung for the stndent) ^ Department, The Economists' Bookshop. King's Chambers, Portugal Street. London WC 2. 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Vj^ Tuesday, 10th February at 5 o'clock in Room 504 ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY JOHN BLACKING, former head of Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand, is 'i»g to give an illustrated talk on — "DEEP AND SURFACE STRUCTURES IN VEND A MUSIC" PROTESTS At the Tate ur 'OH how much cost is hestovcd now uduies upon our bodies and how little upon our soiiles] how manie siites of uppcirell hath the one, and how tittle furniture hath the other! . . . ~ So said Harrison in Ihe sixteenth century, observing people's extravagant expenditure on dress. 'The Elizabethan Image' at the Tate Gallery has something of the same effect, sometimes satiating the viewer with portrait upon portrait of rich and gaudy creatures, and of pale, stiff little faces and hands, like grubs in bejewelled chrysalises. It is a peacock's tail, beginning with the dark plumes of the destruction of medieval, religious art, in the I540's and '50's, and fanning out into the thousand images of Elizabethan portraiture, the jewelled abstractions of the Queen. Hilliard's summer-coloured miniatures, the peascod-bellied doublets, puffed hose, starched cambric ruffs, extravagant boots and farthingales — all the trappings of a new taste for luxury, a passion for fine clothes and for the medieval ideals of chivalry and courtly love, which characterise the 1580's and '90's. riie first rooms chronicle the religious, political upheavals which culminated in Elizabeth's excommunication in 1570. Broken statuary and scarred paintings give way to the secular icon. The most splendid portraits of the early period ar,e by Master John: his Lady Jane Grey is both a woman and also an arrangement of vivid triangles of orange and blue and white — the triangle of her head and shoulders surmounting a second, inverted, of an orange bodice; the bejewelled and brocaded skirt making a pair with the overlapping triangle of her head and sleeves, and all the apices of skirl, sleeves and torso intersecting at her heavily-ringed fingers. The trick-perspective of Edward VI is worth a curious look too — remember to look at it aslant through a little hole, if you can make one. Perspective as a joke or a device was a familiar feature of Tudor painting: this is the sort of thine Shakespeare was referina to in r^ichard 11: ' . . . . Perspectives, which rightly gay'd upon Show nothing hut confussion; eyed awry Distinguish from . . . ' (11.2. 18.20). With the coming of Elizabeth, in the troubled years of the mid-century, comes too the return of Protestant Court, Flemish refugee painters, and a gradual change of style. But things start slowly. Elizabeth was slow to change her fashion: who would think that the great, bare-breasted, periwigged, pearly-queen with upholstered arms, butterfly-wing ruffs and foreign velvets, appliqued as thickly and richly as mineral deposits, the old Queen of the 1590's should be the same as the one who in 1562, published an edict against the wearing of big ruffs. The 1580's, with plot upon plot, the execution of Mary Stuart, the defeat of the Armada, and Elizabeth's maturity, bring a crop of portraits — here arranged in a room entitled 'Gloriana' — raising the Queen to a new divinity and abstraction. Her dress nowhere rejoices in the body; the long stomacher disguises the proportion of the torso, leg of mutton sleeves, padded and bejewelled, or seen through transparent overselves, would deform the shapeliness of a young arm, the ruff becomes a huge, intricate nimbus encircling the head — the whole, a fleshless. Imperial ideal, a Byzantine icon, trussed from head to foot in the Nation's tribute. Stubbes, writing at the time, criticised these fashions which women of all classes tried to follow, according to their husbands' purses: FRANKENSTEIN ON ICE The recent discovery of an apeman preserved in ice has puzzled scientists and led to wild culation. As a result of months of patient research Oliver Gillie has pieced together the) gins of this monstrous creature. He shows in this exclusive report that characteristics of the jnster taHy closely with descriptions available from ancient sources. An apeman preserved in ice has been exhibited at fairs in the United States and Canada here it has been advertised as a man 'preserved for centuries'. A Belgian zoologist Dr. Ber-ard Heuvelmans has examined the creature and has come to the conclusion that it is a pre-iously unknown species of man, possibly a Neanderthaler, which he calls Homo pongoides Heuvelmans 1969). However research conducted in my private West End laboratories has ;ompelled me to recognise that this corpse is in fact the living remains of Frankenstein's nonster. It is quite remarkable that in all the publicity given to this creature no one else should lave made this suggestion and I can only conclude that the lay press are too fearful of the ;onsequences to do so. It is only with the greatest reluctance and fear for my [personal danger ihat I here present the scientific facts for your judgement. The matter is too important for me o rema'"" silent. -eature was discovered in a block of ice in Kamchatka, near the Bering Strait, and ong Kong where it was bought by its present owner and preserved in a refrigerated tank with thick glass sides. Heuvelmans reports that the skin 'is wax-like, similar in colour to b' the cadavers of white men not tanned by the sun'. Elsewhere the iceman's body is covered with hair three or four inches long. At first sight the iceman looks like a man in his proportions but his hands are 11 inches long and over 7 inches wide and the arms are so long that they would reach down to the knees if they hung freely. The head is not an entirely normal shape and held at an unusual angle. This description tallies well with Dr. Frankenstein's own description of the monster which he created. I quote from his laboratory notes: 'His yellow ^ skin scarcely covered the work of his muscles beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid ™ contrast with his watery eyes, that .seemed almost of the same colour as the dun sockets in which they were set'. Frankenstein created the monster after years of careful study and loving labour. He selected H and joined together the parts of many different bodies then revitalised the nerves and sinews with electricity. Frankenstein's methods were ahead of his time and it is only in recent years that surgeons with the help of advanced transplant techniques are able to begin to repeat his Y' work. If the remains of Frankenstein's monster are still in existence, alive or dead, they are of the greatest interest to science. Study of them may reveal the methods used by Frankenstein to overcome problem of tissue rejection. It would be presumptuous to consider the mortal re-mains of the monster to be completely without life. As is well known from popular legend the oi monster has several times been thought to be dead and has always been brought back to life .st 5th February, 1970 BEAVER Page 7 KNT ICONS until February 8th ' . . . Not woman of fles/i and blood, hut rather puppits or mawmets consisting of raj's and clowtc's compact together.' He criticises elsewhere this uniform vanity and desire for display, irrespective of rank — because one could no longer tell who was who by his dress; now, people arc decking themselves in silks and satins, damasks and taffetas 'notwithstanding that they be both base by birth, and servile by calling, and this / coiint a great confusion and a general disorder. God he merciful unto us . . .' The cult of the Virgin Queen, part Madonna, part Diana and part Guinevere, was as cosmopolitan in its origins, as the clothes its initiate dandies wore. Surrey had brought Italian Renaissnace poetry to the Court of Henry VIII, and introduced them to Petrarchanfore. In France, this revival of courtly love flourished in Ronsard and 'La Princesse de Cleves' — in England, it coalesced with nationalist Arthurian tradition and produced a revival of chivalry, jousting astrology, and poetic melancholy, which had their models in medieval Romances. We can look at a jousting card for the annual Accession Day tournament, when the Queen's champion would challenge all comers. There is a suit of armour too, and a portrait of Clifford, disguised for the lilt as the knight of Pendragon Castle, another of Essex, who once arrived for it in black as part of a funeral cortege, to beg the Queen's forgiveness for his marriage. This whole mythology was ideally suited to a country ruled by a Queen; her noblest subjects, like knights errant, were to go out into the world and do great deeds for her; at home they were to worship her, write sing, play and fight for her, and they took part in spectacles and cntertain-nients which kept the concepts of an ennobled courtly love alive. Sir Henry Lee, Master of the Armoury, was as active as any film'star's publicity agent, at .selling the image, or creating the legend that helped to keep Elizabeth on the throne; he was her first champion, starting the .series of annual tournaments, and his portrait is hero too. The dying years of the reign see a new melancholy; there is a new introspection, a sensitivity to individual psychology in the portraits from the 159()"s. The mournful lover, fitting suitor for the unapproachable virgin queen (whether she was or not in fact,) stands centre-stage in his own tragedy. He demands the sombre colours of Isaac Oliver's miniature; he reads Spencer's Fairie Queene. but also Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, and he listens to the melancholy music which we al.so can hear at the Tate ... ' . . . Sigh a note and .•iing a note . . . with your hat penthouse — like o'er the shop of your eyes, with your arms crossed on your thin-belly doublet, like a rabbit on a spit . . . ' (love's l.abour's Lost). This mournful creature, the Gothic out of his time, in his woven pupa of fancy-dress and toy-town tournaments, his sonnets and sighs, dwindles into the Jacobean world, until the onslaught of art from the Netherlands and Italy tears open the static, two-dimensional world of Tudor images. Inigo Jones, the outstanding figure of this transitional period, spans the old chivalric ideals and the new scientific considerations for architecture and mathematics, depth and movement in painting. With his drawings, the stiff icons of the secular, and the tiny portraits of lovelorn men give way gently to the hurrying, mechanical world of the New Science, and the new century. JACQUIE SARSBY. ? V A ^ f 'Z": 'He lives' A film about a man who dies, how he dies and at whose instigation. Filmed in Algeria by Costa-Gavras, the scene is Greece, just before the Colonels' Junta took power in 1967, and it focuses on the assassination of the Left-Wing leader. Lambra-kis. and the involvement of the Greek Government, as it emerged in the investigation. Remarkably, the film asserts that any resemblance to actual persons and events is entirely intentional: a horrifying fact when it comes to listing the sudden and violent deaths which close the investigation and elliminate witnesses, judge and pressman from the scene. The characters, ev^ the ones who performed the killing, arc treated with an almost impartial sensitivity. The film looks at the objective conditions which lead to a religiously sanctioned, ' Anti-Communist fanaticism among ordinary people. j.s: ) by revitalising infusions of electricity. I 1 he body of the iceman shows the physical signs of a dreadful struggle — there arc two large bullet holes in his chest. But Frankenstein's monster has survived attacks at least as I severe on several occasions; the monster has been caught in the flames of a burning windmill, ^ 'drowned' in a boiling sulphur pit and, significantly, frozen in a cave of ice. On each occasion Dr. Frankenstein or his son and their faithful hunchback servant Igor were able to revive the / J monster. It would therefore be rash to assume that all life had gone from the body of the ice-j man. The gunshot wounds are witness to a terrible battle characteristic of this beast which has never ceased to be hunted. 1 Frankenstein himself pursued the monster to the wilds of Tartary and beyond to Russia. ] He followed the monster's tracks and the signs which the'creature deliberately left behind cut 5 in stone 'My reign is not yet over", wrote the creature, "follow me. I seek the everlasting ices 5 of the North, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost to which I am impas.sive. Wrap s yourself in furs and provide food; for we shall soon enter upon a journey where your suffer-f ings will satisfy my everlasting hatred'. The last days of Frankenstein have been clearly re-y corded in the literature (Shelley 1817); Frankenstein pursued the monster to the far North and . chased him by dog sled off the edge of the land and over the frozen sea. Just as he was closing ; on his adversary, a storm blew up and cracked the ice separating the two of them. Franken-; stein suffered terribly on (he cxpo.sed ice floe for many days before by luck he was picked up by a ship. Scarcely had Frankenstein finished telling the captain his tale when the beast boarded the ship and killed him. leaving only the captain to bring the story back. The beast then leapt from the ship and disappeared amongst the ice floes, seldom to be seen again. Neverdiei^ss---^ it is entirely possible that the monster lived on for more than a century before he"Vas shot and frozen into a block of ice somewhere near Kamchatka. All this evidence has been carefully ignored by scientists investigating the iceman who ' have chosen to try to sensationalise the discovery by claims that the creature is a primitive ¦ form of man. Anthropometric studies in my laboratory show that the iceman's 'more rounded rib-cage; the extreme length of the arms; the disproportionate hands and feet; and the unusual proportions of the fingers and toes' are all indicative of a body which has been crudely assembled from normal human parts all out of proportion with each other. The extreme hairi-^ ness seems most likely to be an adaptation of a disturbed human metabolism to the extre cold of the northern latitude.s. and the extraordinary size of some parts is no doubt due to balanced growth. It is scandalous that this specimen, unique to science, should be allowed to be exhibit on fairgrounds all over 'North America. 1 appeal for money so that the iceman can be returne to his rightful home in Transylvania and revitalised once more with electricity, so that he can be studied by modern science. Contributions should addressed to 'Frankenstein Fund'. Schloss Bludbeist, Transylvania. ("age 8 BEAVER 5th February, 1970 Thursday Feb. 12th 9ward Riley/ Tony 0x1 ey Octet Two leading avant garde musicians join forces icpeat their memorable Purcell Room concert. The ogramme will include Oxley's 'Baptised Traveller' d Howard Rilej's latest extended composition osolation'. 7.30 OLD THEATRE 6/- Jazz Sociefy^ Members 8/— Students 15th January saw the fourth of this year's big jazz concerts at LSE. But, unlike the other three, this had a bigger audience than band. In actual fact the Old Theatre was packed; hair was "" abundant; and one could rub shoulders with such divers individuals as Georgie Fame, Bill Oddie, Mitch Mitchell (of Jimi Ilendrix fame) and our friendly neighbourhood house manager, Brown. such a 'distinguished' gathering? Had everyone come to ) wrong place? Most of the musicians had been seen at LSE 'ore, and had all been received with the same old yawn so ' liar at Union meetings. Prof. Kedowie's lectures and, so they 't old-time Oration Days. ever, there was at least one new name on the list of \s, that of a young Scot who hadn't played in public for ear, but could .still afford to arrive in a Rolls, and who.se ^_^een in charts for many weeks—Jack Bruce. ^"^ere" were "liai^'^hat the audience would be disappointed: the Mike Gibbs Band would not hold their attraction quite uch as Clapton or even Rope Ladder to the Moon, but the.se quickly dispelled. lOUgh it was obvious that the band hadn't been rehearsed uch as one would have de.sired, the musicians, with their initiative, managed to stimulate the audience, and, at , thrill them. Alan Skidmore was up to his usual standard, but was playing es which were, at times, too avant garde for those in the ience expecting pop music. Ray Russell, with some superb tar work more than satisfied these desires, and, although ris Spedding was a little disappointing, some fine solos from e rest of the band left the audience shouting for more. And Jack Bruce proved that he was .something more than a musician, his bass-playing always .solid with just the right tone and volume. It was a pity they wouldn't let him sing. Friday Feb. 27th - CLIFF CHARLES and COLIN SMITH stood in any draughty garages, or sat in any sweating gymnasium recently? Walked three-quarters of a mile to hear the group? Watched at a distance of thirty yards over the heads of a thousand others, an ill-amplified group in the wrong sort of revue? For those of you who engage such bourgeoi.se activities as Saturday night band-watching and wish to reinforce your false consciousness; that well known revisionist clique Ents Comm now provides the solution. Also suffering from LSE's infamous Channels of Communication, we fear that you may well be unaware that our fortnightly events now take the form of concerts in the Old Theatre (two or three varied groups) with Explosive Spectrum Lights (of Middle East tame) utilising all available surfaces in best capitalist fashion. Should you tire of sitting in the O.T. you j have one of your few chances j to occupy the Refectory, which I is equiped with all ModRevCons | — bar, idiot — dancers and j Andy Dunkley's Discotheque. We hope to entertain those of you who can overcome your understandable reluctance to enter LSE's portals more than strictly necessary on February 14th when Soft Machine, and Mike Westbrook play. Help us perpetuate LSE's new found revolutionary atmosphere. D.m. 6/- A new feature of the Saturday events at LSE this term is the inclusion of a British modern jazz group as a permanent feature. Ents has felt for some time that this part of the British music scene has been neglected by clubs and promoters generally. This is surprising; for the young British jazzmen are carrying on the tradition set by British progressive groups in the late '60s and certainly provide some of the most exciting music when given an opportunity to play before a large and responsive audience. In coming weeks Ents will feature the Mike Westbrook Band — Mike is thought by many to .stand in the same relation to British jazz as John Mayall .stands to British blues and certainly every significant modern jazz musician has played with him at some time. On the 28th February the Keith Tippet Group will give its first performance at the LSE — Keith, like Mike Westbrook, writes extended works which give soloists an impressive framework within which to improvise. Those of you who have not heard these groups will be surprised to hear the different textures which jazz musicians can give to their numbers a welcome contrast to the approach of 'heavy' pop groups. Soturday Feb 14th SOFT MACHINE Mike Westbrook Andy Dudkley Explosive Spectrum Bar and Dancing in the Refectory Concert in the Old Theatre 8 p.m. 12/- Island Records has recently added two new infants to its already gargantuan brood — Mott the Hoople and Quintessance — and both have recently released albums, the covers of which are up to the unusually high .standards Island have kept from the outset. They even have almost comprehensive .sleeve notes, .something other companies would do well to learn from. 'Mott the Hoople' (ILPS9108) is a very mixed bag, and listening to the first tracks on either side would be most misleading, for the.se are heavy, exciting rock numbers; 'Rock and Roll Queen'— written by the group — and Ray Davies' 'You Really Got Me'. But other tracks are beautiful, and, in some places, almost haunting. Ian Hunter's vocals are reminiscent of early Dylan, and I can't help feeling that his influence and that of Mick Ralphs on lead guitar are not always directed similarly. Not a perfect LP by any means, but very promising. Quintessance-Bllssful Company (10PS9110) must rate as one of the best L.P's I have heard for some time I was, at first, sceptical of such phra.ses as: 'Getting it straight in Netting Hill Gate, We all sit around and meditate'. But the integration of oriental and traditional rock instruments is the best so far achieved in this country. The flute playing of Raja Ramm, is in places, technically brilliant, and any ardent fan of Ian Anderson should li.sten to the solos in 'Netting Hill Gate' and 'Midnight Mode' — and perhaps think again. Their mu.sic Is the epitome of what so many groups have tried to achieve and failed dismally. Quintessance must become one of THE groups of 1970. Saturday Feb. 28th QUINTESSANCE KEITH TIPPET GROUP MOTT THE HOOPLE Bar and Dancing in the Refectory Concert in the Old Theatre 8 p.m. 10/- / 5th February, 1970 BEAVER Page 9 WANTED: One Detective The theft of the television from S.lOO last term brings to light an important defect in our Union bureaucracy. It is not so much the theft itself which is so worrying, but our very ignorance about the circumstances. In short, L.S.E. is wide-open to anyone who cares to stroll in. The precautions against such intrusions are minimal. They amount to no more than the alertness of an overworked portering staff, and several Yale locks, the keys to which the Union may or may not have. Some rooms have additional mortis locks; most rooms are never locked anyway, as is the case with the T.V. room. There are several pieces of quite valuable equipment on Union premises including a tape recorder, three duplicators, a clutch of typewriters and various telephone fixtures, not to mention amplifiers, etc., often seen lying around the V.Ps. room. The three safes in use are insured and reasonably secure, except for one which was described to me by a student treasurer as 'bloody useless—anyone could break in'. This safe often has as much as £50 in it. When I called to interview the treasurer, the door gave way under my knock to an empty room, and I spent a pleasant ten minutes noting down what I could have stolen had I been a casual pilferer. The list included a typewriter, the contents of a safe, a couple of telephones, 4 coats and 4 brief-cases. Later, the 4 occupants returned and assured me that "normally" the room was locked. Normally. The Union Shop is in a fairly vulnerable position but, as with the coffee bars, the rewards would not merit the effort. And if anyone fancies his chances with the Three Tuns Bar —forget it. It's designed like a fortress. YOUNG PEOPLE ™ FOR 2 & 3 WEEK OVERLAND AND AIR SAFARIS from NORTH AFRICA MOROCCO 6REECE&TURKEY 39ii" JOL\ OUR YOUNG SAFARI TEAM . . . . K you're young (18-30), keen on travelJing to another continent and want to broaden your horizons in the company of other LIVE young individuals — we invite your application to join our small mixed group ON SAFARI TO NORTH AFRICA! Travel "off the beaten track" by expedition equipped Land Rover and mini-truck. We enjoy every safari just as much as you will .... Discovering a sea of sand, exploring the Marrakesh¦ o-W 01 o r d ?B > o w w to form one. The club is being run efficiently and no position of responsibility would be attached to a decision to join it — not for some time anyway. Practice games are held every Wednesday in the Gymnasium and the presence of anyone who can hold a bat would be welcome. This even applies to people who are not intending to play competitively. A number of people signed up to play at the beginning of the Christmas term and presumably they are still able to play the game. There is still room for them, in fact they would become the backbone of the club. ; PEOPLE FRqlV^^,AtL OVER THE; WORLDfl ntosioiuft £48 Crand European 23 OajfS £44 l11orocca23Deys£49 Siandinauia16Daj|S£ 38 Spain 9 Dans £ 19 - 6- SEE EUROPE WITH THE EXPERTS!! .... Economy Mocamping Tours for young advent* uroui people. More than 20 different journeys to every country in Europel I SEND FOR OUR FREE GUIDE FRONTIER OVERLAND 15 KINGS ROAD. WINDSOR TELEPHONE: WINDSOR 69121, Name..... Address City....... . County.. EXAMS HIT RUGGER J The after effects of Christmas and tarious injuries com-ined with third year retirements to the library, have given lew captain Maurice Fletcher and his committee an un-lappy start to the term. The first XV had to face London Welsh in their first fame and in losing llpts-14pts, never managed to pull hemselves out of the mud. Everythmg considered this was 10 bad performance thanks to an opportunist try by Ash-:roft converted by Winter, who also added a try and a penalty. ¦'she annual clash with U.C. produced no better football j.t the Wednesday team was weakened by injuries and 'flu. Illy Richardson, fresh from a Christmas holiday with Sale, showed any fire, providing a splendid try from a pick-up it No. 8. Fletcher added a further try, but good rucking by Thompson and solid endeavour by Jones who converted to centre in place of Webb, failed to provide L.S.E. with a victory. Atkinson, who had a try disallowed, made an excellent debut at centre. Former captain Rothwell played his usual game at scrum-half with no protection from his forwards. (Result L.S.E. 6 U.C. 11). University College Hospital overcame the 2nd XV in their lirst match by llpts. to nil, despite good work by Dewhurst tkinson in the centre and a welcome return by Morgan ^dv^\^ins( to the back-row. Fitness and speed were still absent against U.C. but the 2nd XV appears to suffer mainly from an unsettled team as replacements have to be found for the 1st XV particularly in mid-week. Gregerson at hooker continues to give good service and Vietnam veteran. Bob Montgomery, scored his first try at U.C. having picked up the essentials of the game in less than a dozen matches. The Strollers have played only one match so far, saving the honour of the Club by defeating U.C. llpts. to 8. This was an especially fine performance as they were short of seven men at 1.00 p.m. Reinforcements in the form of 1st team 'flu victims etc., arrived, packed like sardines, in Roy Mateer's Ford Anglia — another brilliant abduction which will go down in history along with that splendid arrival by British Road Services' van exactly one year previously. A. Burns was oustanding, giving his best performance yet, unfortunately while on loan to the opposition. The outlook is not too bright for the rest of the reason but all these problems can be overcome. Extra effort and training should ensure reasonable success. The Paris tour and annual dinner (hopefully without arrests this year), although dulling the brain, should boost morale. ROBERT SATCHWELL Your Local Bookshop SIMMONDS UNIVERSITY BOOKSELLERS 16 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.4 CHARITY FOR T.T. CLUB ? This club has descended into an organisation in need of charity relief on a massive scale. 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