OUTING CLUB PLANS SUMMER USE OF CABINS
Plans for the use this summer of Moosilauke Summit Camp and the Outing Club cabins were drawn up by the Council at a meeting yesterday afternoon. It is planned to conduct the Summit Camp along lines similar to last year, throwing it open to the general public at cost, with notification of intended arrival to lie sent to the camp care of the postoffice at Glencliffe, N. H., as much in advance as possible. The rates will be $3.50 per person per day, with single meals at $1 each. The Summit Camp will be in charge of J. R. Titcomb '23, chairman of the cabins committee during the past year. He will be assisted by J. Farnham '23.
Last summer the camp was run by the Outing Club for the first time and although it was put in repair and active operation later than it will this summer, nearly 1500 persons visited it in a little over two months. The season this year will extend from July 2 to September 8. It is planned to make further repairs on the carriage road to facilitate the transportation of supplies, but it is not probable that it will be made passable for carriage parties.
Ihe cabins of the Outing Club situated at Happy Hill, Moose Mountain, Cube Mountain, Armington Pond, Glencliff and Agassiz Basin will again be open during vacation to members of the Outing Club and their guests. These do not include, however, summer camps or other hikers not connected with the College. The cabins and trails, together with the general supervision of the Summit House, will be under the direction of C. C. Throop '22, present secretary of the Outing Club, and last summer in charge of Moosilauke.
In order to cover the cost of firewood and the general wear on the property, the Outing Club is considering a charge for the use of the cabins during the period July 2 to September 8. No charge will be made for use between Commencement and July 2, and they will be available for all members of the club who may wish to use them. Particular arrangements will be made for those men who are in town immediately following the Commencement exercises for the alumni lectureships.
Among the other matters taken up at yesterday's meeting was the question of reforestation at the Tucker tract on Happy Hill and at Cube. It is planned to fence off the former tract a year from this spring and to let the lots grow up to natural timber with a view to their later use as a permanent wood supply for the cabin. There will also be systematic planting of young trees on both tracts. The chimney on the old cabin at Moose, which was cracked during remodelling a few years ago, will be rebuilt in the near future.
