ON SKIS IN THE VOSGES

The value of the Outing Club has recently been proved in an unexpected and significant way. In December the American Relief Clearing House of Paris issued a call for volunteer ski men to carry on relief work in the Vosges under its direction. The first American to respond to this call was Charles Dabney Horton '15, whose remarkable skill on skis was acquired during his undergraduate days in Hanover. He sailed from New York on the eighth of January, and will probably remain in France until the melting weather of spring makes work on skis impracticable. The expenses of his passage over and back are borne by the Reverend J. E. Johnson '66, whose generous interest in all matters even remotely connected with the Outing Club seems unbounded. The good wishes of all alumni go with this son of the College as he carries to the service of suffering mankind on the European battle front the strength of mind and body gained among the hills of New Hampshire.