NEW OUTING CLUB CABIN

Through another generous gift of the Reverend J. E. Johnson '66, the Outing Club has come into possession of a large tract of land and funds for the construction of a new cabin. The site is a knoll near the summit of Happy Hill in Norwich, and the proposed cabin will be dedicated to President-Emeritus William Jewett Tucker. This new addition to Outing Club possessions is six and a half miles northwest of the College campus by road.

The proposed cabin will be erected early in the spring so that members of the Outing Club may have the use of it as soon as possible. The tract of land, consisting of about eighteen acres of wooded hillside, offers several sites for the new cabin, as there are numerous spots with adequate water supplies near by from which delightful views of the White River valley and adjacent hills may be obtained.

Happy Hill was selected as the site mainly to meet the growing demand for a second cabin within easy reach of Hanover and to relieve the overcrowding at Moose Mountain. The new cabin will be more commodious than any that have yet been built and its equipment the most modern. It is probable that additional camps or shelters for summer use will also be constructed. This cabin, which will be the eighth Outing Club camp, is the only one to be located in Vermont, and while it will not be a part of the chain of cabins which the Outing Club has already established, it will possibly be the first of a chain which will extend into the heart of the Green Mountains.

The following letter accompanied Mr. Johnson's generous gift:

"I know of no better way of acquainting the Dartmouth community with a matter which I think concerns them than by stating the case to you as follows: The Dartmouth Outing Club has just acquired title to a large tract of land near the summit of Happy Hill and will proceed to erect one or more camps there.

"Some time ago it was reported that President Tucker had in mind a s'te for a camp over in Vermont to which he would be glad to call the attention of the Outing Club. This proved to be on Happy Hill which is a good five miles from Hanover. Many Dartmouth men, graduates and undergraduates, are familiar with the neighborhood and know this hill as the most sightly and lovely spot within many miles on that side of the river. It is a region of abandoned farms whose filled-up wells and old cellar-holes are to be seen on every hand. More particularly it is topographically unique as a 'Ski Park' being equally well suited for running and jumping. The surface of the land thereabouts is a jumble of hills while the greater part of the trail from Norwich village is veritable fairy-land leading as it does up the bank of a noisy brook that is notably attractive.

"It is believed that this will be the most popular and most frequented of all the camps of the Club, and it is proposed to proceed early in the spring with the development of the whole tract. The Club has decided to dedicate this park to the honor* of President Tucker.

"What could be more felicitous than the association of his name with this wonderfully beautiful mountain region, so loved and so often visited by him in both his earlier and his later days at Hanover ?

"This camp shall bear witness to our admiration for his life and character! Hail to our great and noble Chef! Hail to our grand old Sachem! Hail to the Tucker Camp on Happy Hill!