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5B lWelc om e to th e 5131 Gossip Colu mn. Have yo uever see n a m or e innocent ga the ring of students(well , I am not quite su re th ey are st l!den ts) ~ ha nth ose that a re in ,i ll l? T he Fo rm cons ists of Civil,Mechanical and Electrica l E ng ineers, the overallpopu lation is one to eac h sq uare desk , a to talof 14.'1'01\1 A LLEGOS, alias "Big Tom" , ha ils froml'rahran Tech., wher e he says, th e girls are bol der.Poor Tom , he always h as a habi t of usin g theEng lish langu age outside th e Qu~e n's E ng lish, inM r . Ch enowet h's Chern. class. 'T orn ha d a ve ryem ba rrassin g inc ide n t before th e May Vacarion .H e has a n interest in a " ta rt" in a certain ca keshop. T om also th in ks t hat Ma lve rn Town Ha lla nd Elvis a re tops.TER RY COGDEN h as a number of v ices but Ican't men ti on t hem her e. H e th inks th at Che rn.pracL. is fan tas t ic b e caus~ h e lik es ma~ilJ~ mo neyt he easy way , Terry thmks. t h a ~ Man a IS som;·thing th at should be st ud ied in geometry. 10qu ot e: "She h as more c ur~:es an~ angles thanApo l ron i us ever figured o ut. He IS al so fed u psu pp lying Watson with smokes.IA N CARTLEDGE ha s a great likin g [or othe rthings bar school. W e did not know whe ther Ianwas goi ng to re tu rn after th e ha lf ·ye ~r ex ams, buthe still turns up regularly to one period a day, W edo n't know much abou t Ian 's vices except abou tthe hot chic k he took to th e Rev ue,R O Y GILBER T, com mon ly known as "Gil" ,think s th at wom en , drin k and blue T .C:s a re a lla m an requires. Before th e Ma y vacatio n R o y'sleft eye look ed glassy as hi s right. I wo nder wh y?Roy says that here is no better life th a n to livein a cave d own a t " Yl'-River a nd become a Beach ­Comber. W ell , o ne thing Roy, you will be ahighly educated one a t tha t. H e a lso m ain tainsthat hi s bag ca n hold two dozen small cans. Ronsays th at th e gir ls h e pic ks li p a t Pe n tho use a re"scrum p tious "R OD ADA MS t ried his hand at Walkin g lastyear and says th at scho ol life is 100 ha rd . and h emigh t go back La work agam. R od al w.ays h as achoice com me nt LO ad d to th e conversation abouta nybody's g irlf riend . H e also h as a neve r-en d ingsu pply o f BLUE jokes a nd songs.GEOFF. SHAW, other wise known as Big George,is a one-eyed Ca rlton supporter wh o thinks thatJ oh n N icholls is just IT an d would like to followin h is foo tsteps. H e says th at he hasn't m u ch t!mefo r girls hil t we a ll kn ow b etter th a n th a t . H e lik esto know about every bo dy el se's "heart- throbs" sohe can make goss ip . His best remark lip [0 datewas wh en h e was a ttendi ng a Ph ysics lect u re , H ewas accu sed of be ing away wh en h e did not knowa n answer, a nd George re p lied, and I quote: "Ih a ve n ot m issed a period fo r th e past five monr hs ."KE ITH );ADENBAUSCH, who a ns wers 10 th enam e "J un gle", thi nks t hat school li fe is [he lifefor h im , H e drives a ':;1 Consul whi ch looks likea barber's pol e because of the m any different du coon it, but I quote: "She goes like a d ream ".J ung le h ad a budding Frank T hring be a rd butrude m ust have h ad someth ing to say because itdisappea red d urin g one wee k-end. I t is q u ite a ned ucation listen in g to J ungle tell h is li fe story. Healso ow ns a mot or bi ke which sounds like a sq uad ­ron of jets taking off. T he R evu e Party must •.avebeen a gas j udging by Keith's long absence fromschool.D UG CONNELL is R od Ada ms's terrible twi na nd he also we nt to work last ycar a nd agreeswith Rod. D ug had a ni ce ch ick at the re vueand we a rc told that he is still going around withh er. We d on 't know m uc h about D ug becausehe won't tel l us a ny thing.J O H N ZACH mainta ins th at ' wh ere would t heworld be w it ho ut " nice li ttle fa ir lassies" ?' andI am inclin ed to agree with hi m . H e a lways h asa nic e word or two 10 say about an y girl who isbroug ht into a conversat io n .P ET E JACKWAY a lways hangs around wi thRay Gilbert and J ohn Zac h. Pete says th at withhaving two sisters it puts yo u completely off girls,H e also says th at Ch ern. is a useless su bjec t becausehe won 't need it . I am inclined La agreewi th you , Pete, becau se a Night Ma n does no tre q uire any knowledge of Chem istry.J OHN P ALLI N is a n optimisric Esse ndon sup·porter w ho th inks that Geoff. Lee k cou ld flattenM. W eid em an . J oh n an d Big George are alwaysseen around toget her. He says that h e is thebetter golfe r of th e two a nd I th in k he is right.J ohn al so sa ys th a t da ncing is j ust for m ugs andtha t h e cou ld walk straight into th e Ca u lfield ­Brighton side . Good lu ck, J ohn.M IKE i\fA RSHELL , o ur wee one of th e Form,a lways has great difficu lty on th e n et when p la yingvolrey-ba ll. T he re is a bit of ta lk go ing aroun dthat Mike h as bee n m ixed u p with fo u r mysteriousbl on d es. George is Mike 's partner in PhysicsPrac. an d it is th e k ng a n d shor t of it.ROY GARDIN AR has a pride a nd joy a t themome nt in th e form of a moustache, R oy ownsa cu t-down Singer Sports wh ich goes with ami ghty roar . H e is a lways trying to se ll you th emos t useless t hi n~s a nd buy useful t hi ngs muchbe low th eir rig h t price. W e are n ot sure wh eth erhe goes out to hi s girl-friend's pl ace to see h er0 1' for th e entertain men t provided by her father.Ro y is our budding Che mist and h itch es a ridein J un gle's car to school.I A ~ ANDERSO N is our migrant fro m Scotla nd .He is a typi cal Scot sman a nd eve n saves thegraph ite powder which he ru bs off hi s pe nci lwhe n he is sharpening it in E ng. Dra g, H e ha sa lways got h is n ose stuck in a book.We wou ld like to a po log ize to o ur Form Mas te rfor the Stomach U lcers and undue worry. W ekn ow you will accept it. T hanks, Sir.T he writer of this de licate p iece of work desir esto remain a nonymous for cert a in reasons.66