WINTER CARNIVAL—A NATIONAL EVENT

When Dartmouth opened her first Winter Carnival six years ago, the officers of the Outing Club had probably little idea of the national character the event was destined to assume within less than a decade. Yet through a steady development of the out-of-door idea as most characteristic of the College, Winter Carnival was this year generally recognized not only as one of the chief social functions among the colleges, but as one of the great national winter events. It was notable for the most pretentious program of intercollegiate ski and snowshoe contests the Outing Club has ever presented, and for the general smoothness of arrangements of the entire week of festivities.

The Carnival supper-dance in the Commons Thursday evening, February 10, opened the series of events. It was followed by the production of Kick In, the New York success, in Webster Hall. In both cases, reservations were made far ahead, and the attendance actually exceeded the normal accommodations. Kick In was perhaps better acted than any locally produced play since TheMisleading Lady, the Carnival show of two years ago. W. P. Costello '16 in the leading part of Chick Hewes gave an excellent character interpretation, and D. Richmond '17 took the part of Molly Hewes with unusual grace.

The first snow events on the program were run off Friday, beginning with the ski-joring race, a new fom of sport in Hanover. I. G. Wolff '16 took first place, with C. S. Winters '16 second and A. E. Goss '17 third. Earlier in the afternoon, Dartmouth defeated Bishops' College in an overtime hockey game 3-2, through brilliant playing by Captain H. F. Murchie '16. On the golf links, W. D. Kipp '17 won the snowshoe cross country race, followed by S. B. Jones '18 and ;M. G. Sherburne '17. The intercollegiate ski cross country race developed into a dual meet with McGill university, in which O. J. Fredericksen '16 finished first. C. P. Frost '18 second, and G. D. McLeod of McGill third. A dual ski cross country race with Colgate also went to Dartmouth, her three men finishing easily in the lead. Concluding the afternoon's competitive program, B. N. Davis '17 won the snowshoe obstacle race, with W. D. Kipp '17, second, and S. B. Jones '18 and R. H. Anderton '16, tied for third.

Saturday afternoon was chiefly featured by a snowstorm, which slowed up the ski-jumping scheduled for the afternoon. Early in the afternoon the ski and snowshoe dashes were run on Faculty Pond, all the prizes going to Dartmouth entrants. W. D. Kipp '17 took the silver cup for the snowshoe dashes, and E. M. Noyes '16 was given first place in the ski dashes. The interclass relay was won by 1917 with 1918 second. At the close of the dashes, the spectators moved to Hilton Field for the ski proficiency tests, including Telemark and Christiania turns, a curved run, skating, and snow-plowing. The McGill ski men had things their own way in this event on points, T. C. Thompson winning first, G. M. Scott second, and G. D. McLeod third.

The McGill-Dartmouth dual skijumping was won by Dartmouth on points, the final score being 906.3-806.2. W. T. King, Jr. '17 won the open jumping event over A. B. Eastman '19. J. P. Bowler '15 finished third. Eastman made the longest jump, however, of 65 feet, four feet farther than last year. In the morning, before the new snow slowed the slide, several jumps of 85 feet were recorded. Paulsen, the former New Hampshire state champion, executed several of his somersault jumps, for the benefit of the moving picture men and the spectators.

The musical clubs concert Saturday night, following the Yale-Dartmouth basketball game, concluded the weekend. The clubs presented an entirely new program, which was well-received by an exceptionally large audience. Before the concert, Rev. J. E. Johnson '66, honorary president of the Outing Club, spoke upon the progress of the out-of-doors movement here.

The chief development in Winter Carnival in the past few years has been the nationalizing of the athletic features of the program. From a small intracollege beginning, the snow events have gradually been opened to all the colleges, with increasing interest and representation. The most logical development in addition will apparently be the nationalizing of the social features of the Carnival, until it may eventually become for the north what Mardi Gras is for the south. This appears to be a general conclusion, recognized not only by Lawrence Perry, who was assigned to the Winter Carnival by the NewYork Evening Post as a special writer, but by the several other writers who covered the events for their respective newspapers. Winter Carnival was originally organized to change one of the chief drawbacks of the College into one of its chief assets, but the complete capitalization of the event lies in the future.