MR. JOHNSON'S GIFTS TO THE OUTING CLUB

On May 30 of this year, Camp No. 1 of the Outing Club, situated on the western slope of Moose Mountain, was dedicated to all lovers of outdoor life. A large company went over for the occasion, including President and Mrs. Nichols, members of the faculty and officers and members of the Outing Club. This cabin was made possible by Mr. Franklin P. Shumway of Boston, who personally collected the necessary funds. After the cabin had been received by the Club and the deed turned over to President Nichols, as representative of the trustees, to hold the property in trust for the Club, John Edgar Johnson of the class of '66 was introduced. It was a complete surprise to the members of the Club, when he told of his interest in the plans that had been made and his desire to cooperate. He then drew from his pocket and handed to President Nichols a deed to his 100 acre farm, giving the property as a me- morial to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Harrison. The property, which includes a large, well-built farm house, known as "Skyline Farm" or "Red Rabbit Inn", is situated near Littleton, N. PI., and commands an extensive view of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range. It is Mr. Johnson's wish that it be used by members of the Outing Club and its friends, as well as by the faculty and alumni of Dartmouth.

But Mr. Johnson's generosity did not stop here, as the following more recent gifts testify.

It has been the hope of the Outing Club to establish a chain of camps reaching from Hanover to the White Mountains. The plan has been to have these camps at intervals of a day's tramp, so that one could start from the College and go to the first of the Appalachian camps in the mountains, finding an Outing Club camp as his stopping place every night. Mr. Johnson has most heartily taken up this idea, and has undertaken to provide the camp sites necessary for the complete plan. He has recently provided for the last link in the chain.

The camp at Moose Mountain, eight miles from the College, forms the starting point. Twenty miles north of the Moose Mountain camp,. Mr. Johnson has purchased for the club a tract of twenty-five acres on the slope of Cube Mountain. This is just below the tim- ber line, close to the beginning of the west-side trail up the mountain. The tract has a small brook and fine springs, is partly covered with a thick growth of spruce, and runs up to a high hilltop commanding an extensive view. Mr. Shumway is now soliciting subscriptions for the building of a camp to be as complete as that at Moose Mountain. Mr. Johnson has added $100.00 toward the building of this camp.

The next camp site donated by Mr. Johnson is at Glencliff, near the Moosilauke mountain trail. The site is a small tract lying well ofT the traveled road, high up on the foot-hills of Moosilauke, well watered, and with a view even wider than that at the Cube camp. The trail from Cube to Glencliff will be by back roads and wood paths, by the edge of the beautiful Armington and Tarlton ponds, under the shadow of Webster Slide via the Tarlton Club bridle path; the distance is twenty miles.

From the Glencliff camp the Outing Club trail will pass over the summit of Moosilauke, down the north side to the Lost River valley, thence down the Woodstock road to the Agassiz Basin, near the village of North Woodstock. The trip will be easily made in one day. Here at the Agassiz Basin Mr. Johnson has given to the Outing Club a tract of between two and three acres in one of the most picturesque situations in the mountains. The cabin will be near the old Gordon mill-site, on the large brook that comes down from the Lost River valley. The rest of the Agassiz Basin property will, by gift of Mr. Johnson and others, become a park belonging to the village of North Woodstock.

Mr. Johnson hopes to arrange for a camp site in the Profile Notch, within comfortable tramping distance of the Agassiz Basin camp. In any case, the Agassrz Basin camp will be within easy reach of the Appalachian camp on Mt. Liberty, the starting point for crossing the Franconia Range.

If the camp at Profile Notch is secured, the next stage will be across Franconia to Skyline Farm. From this point the Presidential Range will be reached by rail.