THE WINTER CARNIVAL
Although February's deep snows and solid ice were withheld this year, the winter carnival did not fail to make its mark on the annals of undergraduate activities. Diligent labor on the part of enthusiastic winter sportsmen removed from Faculty Pond the coating of snow that threatened to spoil the joys of skatma and piling it high in the Vale of Tempe erected a more serviceable skiijump than the distresses of a mild winter had promised. Indoors, receptions, amateur theatricals, and dances cared not whether the forces of nature were engaged in thawing or freezing.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
On the afternoon of Friday, February 14, at the golf links, and in the Vale of Tempe, various snowshoe and skii races were attempted, and trial exhibitions of skii jumping were given. No great distances were covered, however, because of the poor condition of the snow, nor was noteworthy speed possible. Other races on Saturday, were little more successful, but in the late afternoon, increasing cold made the skiijump sufficiently solid for the prize jumping,contest to take place. It was, of course, impossible to approach the records of last year; one out-of-town competitor covered about sixty feet, but the other contestants were fortunate to reach forty. At five o'clock on Saturday, the guests gathered at Dartholme, where Mrs. Nichols presented the carnival prizes to the winners.
DRAMATIC CLUB
On Thursday evening the Dramatic Club presented, in Webster Hall, Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer". The production was in every way a finished and sympathetic one, in many respects equaling the usual professional renderings of this drama. Costumes and scenery were most pleasing in their beauty and historic accuracy; the acting showed ease and poise; the line-rendering was intelligent and sympathetic. Save for the Mrs. Hardcastle of Mr. Claeys, the ladies of the play were much less natural and confident than the men. Mr. Willson's representation of Tony Lumpkin deserves especial comment; seldom does an amateur actor succeed in catching so well the spirit of his part, and in setting it forth with such verisimilitude as did Mr. Willson.
CARNIVAL DANCE
On the evening of St. Valentine's Day the carnival dance was held in College Hall. The dining hall was charmingly adorned with spruce and pine on walls and rafters, with snowshoes and skiis in odd corners, and with a miniature Indian tepee at one side. Lantern slides illustrative of the varied history of the Outing Club were projected on a fir-bound, white screen. Fully two hundred and fifty guests joined in the dance. The patronesses were: Mesdames E. F. Nichols, C. D. Adams, H. E. Burton, J. M. Gile, J. W. Goldthwait, C. A. Harris, and G. F. Hull.
