TRUSTEES MAKE APPROPRIATION FOR NEW OUTING CLUB CABIN

Realizing the Outing Club's need of a larger plant at Moose Mountain, the Trustees of the college at their last meeting voted to appropriate sufficient funds for the Outing Club to build a new cabin near the site of the present one. Work will be begun immediately so that the cabin will probably be completed by Christmas time.

The new building will be built approximately the same distance up the mountain as the present one, and to the north of it. The dimensions will be 22 feet by 28, and will consist of one large room where 50 men may be seated at a table. The size of the building will thus permit alumni and undergraduate organizations to use the cabin for entertainment purposes at times, without interfering with Outing Club men taking ordinary unofficial hikes or week-end trips. Beginning with next year the Thanksgiving dinners will also be served in this building.

A large fireplace finished in rough stones and capable of taking a four-foot log will be one of the features of the interior. A leanto kitchen with two stoves will be built adjoining the rear of the cabin so that dinners can be provided more efficiently.

The need for a new cabin has arisen mainly during the last year when the registration jumped from less than 700 during 1918-19 to over 2000 during 1919-20 largely because of the increased use of all camps, particularly that at Moose. If the figures for the college year thus far can be taken as a criterion the registration for 1920-21. will be well up toward the 3000 mark, more than can be possibly accommodated with any degree of comfort without adding to the equipment.

As soon as the new cabin is completed the Outing Club plans to extend the offer of its use to graduates, holding it open for class get-togethers, smokers, and similar gatherings, while the college organizations will be invited to sign up for it at all other times.