Item RSP/8/1/10/2 - The Polygen

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RSP/8/1/10/2

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The Polygen

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  • 24 Jan 1964 (Creation)

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1 pamphlet, Printed document

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Regent Street Polytechnic (1891-1970)
(1891-1970)

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University of Westminster Archive

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Issue No. 2, price 6d.

Includes articles on: the first Poly hostel in Muswell Hill; theft; proposed Jewish Society; Hogg centenary; rag highlights; purchase of a digital computer; smoking banned in the social room of the Extension Building; women in the Mechanical Engineering department; student inventions; Mrs Ethel Wood; letters to the editor; Roman Catholic Society; Madame Tussaud's; story of a family divided by the Berlin Wall; interview with [redacted]; foreign students; raid by Brighton Technical College students for the Poly mascot 'Jimmy'; where are they now - on former students; Amnesty International; Police force recruitment; profile of staff member [redacted] [cloakroom]; fashion; scholarships and travel grants; sports clubs.

The newspaper also includes a large number of advertisements.

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      P156

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