WINTER SPORTS ADDED TO REQUIRED ACTIVITIES

Winter sports, in which there will be instructors in skiing, snowshoeing, and skating, were added to the list of required recreational activities for freshmen, by a decision recently of H. L. Hillman, recreational director. The plan itself carries much elaboration, and represents a conclusion which was reached after a series of conferences between the Department of Physical Education and the Outing Club through its committee on outdoor activities.

The policy marks the beginning of an incorporation of winter sports with the regular work of the college. Gathering growth with the years, the outdoor movement has passed through successive periods of informality, semi-formality, voluntary instruction—until' the present, when it becomes actually associated with the college aims. A popular motion picture exhibited in Boston theatres some years ago once stated in a subtitle that "At Dartmouth, skiing is Dart of the required work." It has come, and in next year's booklet the facts will be so stated.

In the announcement schedule prepared by Mr. Hillman and L. F. Murch, chairman of the outdoor activities committee of the Dartmouth Outing Club, the details of the plan are given. The student members of this committee are J. P. Carleton '22 and E. I. Phillips '23. Two aims are announced:

1. An opportunity for men to gain the necessary proficiency to enjoy to the full the natural advantages of Dartmouth's location as it affects winter sports; to intensify the keen enjoyment which comes with a realization of ability and skill in any line of physical endeavor.

2. An opportunity to gain proficiency in outdoor sports, with the end in view of participating in intercollegiate competitions.

The courses in skiing are graded A, B, and C. Under A comes instruction in straight running and proper control. Under B is the teaching in the execution of swings and turns. Under C is the general head "Jumping." The announcement says: "All men electing skiing, must satisfy the supervisor of skiing of their proficiency in Classes A and B before proceeding further. Upon proper certification of their proficiency in such work they may then, with the sanction of the supervisor and assistant supervisor, join one of the following groups."

The general group will be divided into subdivisions; the men who wish to learn skiing for recreation only, and those who desire to qualify for competition in intercollegiate meets. The first group, after the fundamentals, will take prescribed cross country trips under the direction of the supervisors, and there will be lessons and practical demonstrations of the principles of skiing.

In the second group, the men who wish to take part in competitions will be given progressive instructions in dashes, cross country running, jumping, and other special events as the ability of the men in the group may demand.

The same classification applies to snowshoeing. In the informal group there will be the prescribed trips, during which there will be instruction, not only in the use of the snowshoes, but in such allied subjects as natural history and woodcraft as the instructor may see fit. In the group preparing itself for competition, the events of the winter program will be staged at various informal meets and will be practiced during trips.

The program of skating is much the same, with its two groups. Attention will be given to hockey, speed- and figure-skating.

The bounds of the course are elastic. A man who has elected snowshoeing and wishes to change to skiing may do so. A man who has elected some indoor sport may change to an outdoor if he sees fit. On days and times when outdoor, work is impossible the classes will be in the Gymnasium, and will there consist of work in some indoor activity.