TWELFTH WINTER CARNIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS

The campus is still ringing with praises of Dartmouth's twelfth Annual Winter Carnival, held Feb. 9, 10, and 11, which so far surpassed any previous carnival or similar program of social and athletic events as to set a. record which, in all probability, will seldom be bettered. From the flare of the first torch starting the "outdoor evening," Feb. 9, to the last chord of the finale of "Hush!", the production staged in Webster Hall by The Dartmouth Players, the big winter party of the College was a complete success in every way.

Over 3000 students and their guests, townspeople and members of the faculty made up the torchlight procession which trudged from the corner of Main and Wheelock streets to Faculty Pond for the opening ceremonies of the Carnival. Red and green lights at intervals of but a few feet, lined Main street to a point beyond the Mary Hitchcock Hospital where the procession swerved to descend to Faculty Pond, and the marchers added to the display with torches and Roman candles. It is safe to say that Hanover has never in its history been so brilliantly lighted, and the observers who gathered on Occom Ridge to watch the procession were treated to a sight of awe and grandeur the like of which no other event in the history of the College recalls. The village seemed literally aflame, the tower of Dartmouth Hall piercing a smouldering sky such as that which must have hung above Verdun.

On Faculty Pond a large area had been swept clear of snow in order to provide an adequate surface for skating and around this the procession which passed from Main street through an archway of ice and thence down a lane of colored electric bulbs, gathered to watch the features of the evening's entertainment. Here Theresa Weld (Mrs. C. B. Blanchard), national amateur woman fancy skater, and Henry Brock, of the St. Paul Hippodrome Skating Club, gave exhibitions on the ice, the skating team of the class of 1924 won an interclass relay race and an exhibition race between L. Haman "25 and J. J. Hennessey '24, the tatter winner of the skating championship at Lake Placid was staged. Theresa Weld's graceful performance was one of the finest ever seen in Hanover, and drew many rounds of applause from the gallery while the trick events which Henry Brock provided, such as jumping a row of seven barrels, gave more thrills and shivers than those accounted for by the temperature. Following the exhibitions, a display of fireworks was given while students and their guests joined in general skating parties or went on to the golf course for skiing and tobogganing.

Sport suit of the latest moulds and fashions, even the woolen stockings and mittens recommended by the Outing Club, were on view on the following day when the carnival celebrators and celebrities gathered for the ski and snowshoe events on the golf course. In these events, constituting the first round of the Carnival contests, Dartmouth achieved a lead of four points, the Hanover athletes gathering nine points, while Middlebury amassed five and McGill four. Captain John Carleton, of the Dartmouth team had little trouble in winning the eight mile cross country ski race, negotiating the course in the remarkable time of 46 minutes 44 and 3-5 seconds. Bowler '22 came in second, while Desbartes of McGill took third. Cole of Middlebury won the two mile snowshoe cross country race by the comfortable margin of 100 yards, with Anderson of McGill second, and Hadlock '24 third.

Foss, Whitall, and Lane of McGill, and Carleton, Daniell, Bowler, and Forbush of Dartmouth won the right to compete in the finals of the 220-yard ski dash. Captain Carleton, winner of the third heat, made the best time. Anderson of McGill, Tully of Middlebury, Davis of McGill, and Robinson of Middlebury, won the right of competing in the finals of the 220-yard snowshoe dash. At the conclusion of the program of events on the golf course the Musical Clubs concert in Webster Hall attracted the Carnival crowd and proved to be one of the best in recent years in addition to providing a period of relaxation between the strenuous activities of the early afternoon and the Mardi Gras Ball in Alumni Gymnasium in the evening.

Description of the Carnival Ball, this year a fancy dress party, which was as usual the high light of the entire Carnival program is impossible without the use of superlatives. With pirates, French Maids, the Gold Dust Twins, ballet dancers, Mexican bandits, Spanish toreadors, and members of Henry the Eighth's court all mingling in the mazes of the modern dance, the huge floor of the Gymnasium presented the most cosmopolitan scene in its history and resembled some fanciful illustration of The Thousand and One Nights. The ceiling of the Gymnasium was completely hidden by the decorations all of which were made up in balanced colors produced in the Physics Laboratory under the direction of A. Ames, Jr., Research Professor of Physiological Optics. The scheme of decoration and the supervision of the plans for completely transforming the gymnasium floor to a scene of brilliant and exotic beauty were in charge of H. Q. Moore '23, and Stuart Eldridge '24. Bert Lowe and his 15 piece orchestra, of New Haven, Conn., provided the music for the ball.

Saturday's outdoor events took place at the new ski jump which provided the sensational features of the Carnival. There John P. Carleton, the outstanding star of the contests, won the 220-yard ski dash from Foss, of McGill, with Forbush, of Dartmouth, capturing third place.

Anderson of McGill was best in the 220-yard snowdash, winning over Robinson of Middlebury and Davis, a teammate from Montreal. Sherrard of McGill won the ski proficiency test by a slight margin over Carleton, with Glenn, a Carnival star of 1920 and last year, winning third place for McGill.

The ski obstacle race was won by Edson of Dartmouth, with Greene of Williams second, and Edlund of Vermont third. Anderson of McGill came through again in the snowshoe obstacle race over Robinson of Middlebury and Mitchell of Vermont. These two events did not count in the final tabulation for the championship.

Then came the ski jumping. By the Swiss rules, which place a large premium on form, the count distances as only incidental, the first place was awarded to T. Frost '25 of Dartmouth. Lavelle, sole entry in the meet from Ottawa University, got second place, and Carleton of Dartmouth, whose leaps were the longest and the most spectacular of the day, third. Carleton's total number of points was materially reduced on account of failing to keep his feet on two of his three jumps.

The longest jump of the day was made by Carleton, 121 feet. He also was credited with the second best, 115 feet. Bowler was third in distance with a jump of 114 feet. Although Frost only passed the century mark on one attempt his form was sufficiently better than the others to gain for him first place over Lavelle by the scant margin of five one hundredths of a point.

Following the jumping Bowler and Bishop of the Dartmouth team gave the crowd a few thrills with somersaulting from the jump.

The ski-jumping was followed by a swimming meet in the new Spaulding Pool, between Dartmouth and Williams, in which the Green team won an easy victory, and further athletic excitement came when Dartmouth and Harvard met in basketball, Coach Zahn's men winning a husky contest by a score of 28 to 20. From the gymnasium, the scene of Carnival activity once more shifted to Webster Hall where the Dartmouth Players' production of "Hush!" the 1922 musical comedy concluded the three day period of festival.

More than ever before the Carnival attracted the attention of the public in general, special correspondents for many Metropolitan newspapers as well as photographers and moving picture men coming to Hanover in great numbers. These representatives of the press were entertained by the Dartmouth Outing Club in the most thorough manner and were the guests of the Outing Club at one of Professor Griggs' famous roast pig dinners at Moose Mountain cabin. Visitors from many other New England colleges were also present throughout the Carnival period. All in all the complete success of the 1922 Winter Carnival was unquestioned and a lively and nimble imagination will be the chief requirement of persons who may speculate as to how, if ever, the celebration can be improved upon in the future.

A Scene from the New Ski Jump

Dartmouth's Headliners John Carleton and Dick Bowler

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