OUTING CLUB STAGES FIFTEENTH CARNIVAL

Although tea dances on the afternoon of February 5 had served to introduce the fair guests to one another and to the fraternity brothers of their hosts, the first "event" of Dartmouth's fifteenth Carnival was the Outdoor Evening on Memorial Field that night. The firing of booms at 7 o'clock announced the official opening of Dartmouth's famous winter party.

Within a short while nearly 5,000 spectators were seated in the new Memorial Field stand marveling at the beautifully illuminated ice palace on the other side of the field which was pleasingly reflected in the smooth skating surface which covered the gridiron. Music was furnished by six large telephone reproducers furnished by the courtesy of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Miss Frieda Petersen and Miss Laura Jean Carlisle delighted the audience with their graceful skating, first in individual numbers and then in daring double stunts. Two collegiate competitions featured the evening. Dartmouth took first, third and fourth in the half mile event but had to be content with a fourth place in the fancy skating. Bill Small, the black blot on the ice, furnished the comedy of the evening.

After the conclusion of the program, the toboggan chute from the top of the Memorial Field Stand attracted many and others preferred to get on their skates and make use of happy combination of good ice and moderate weather. Numerous fraternity dances began about 10 and furnished entertainment for the guests until a late hour Friday morning.

Almost before the girls arrived, the crosscountry ski race, the first sporting event was held and Dartmouth's taking fourth, fifth and sixth indicated to many that her former winter sport advantage was lessening.

The latter part of Friday morning found many of the girls clad in gay and sensible knicker suits tobogganing on the golf links or sleigh-riding over the hills of Norwich. Still, others enjoyed the novel thrill of riding behind a team of Eskimo huskies. The dogs and their master were housed in an igloo constructed on the campus, a new Carnival feature this year.

The events of Friday afternoon included an informal skijoring race along Main street, a ski and snowshoe meet on the golf links and a swimming meet in the Spaulding pool. This latter affair was nip and tuck and Rut gers was not sure of the meet until the fina number, the relay race. Von Stanley, Rut gers plunger, broke the New England recor held by Bogart of Dartmouth who finish second and covered the distance in seconds. Dartmouth's best, in the ski and snowshoe meet was a second in the ski proficiency and Williams and McGill continued to increase their lead.

In the evening the Players presented "Atmosphere" and according to the review of the next morning saved a weak show by inspired performances. Following the show all, sooner or later, made their way to the Alumni Gymnasium, where, under the watchful eyes of an austere Buddha which formed the central theme in this year's decorations, 600 couples danced until early morning. The music was furnished by the California Ramblers and the Chauve Souris band. Miss Elleanor Gray of Louisville, Ky., was selected to occupy the throne of the ball and presented a silver flower basket as a token.

For the first time, stags were denied admittance to the ball and from reports the innovation was successful and popular.

Saturday afternoon's first event was a hockey game with Yale, a 3-1 Eli victory. The big feature of the afternoon, however, was the ski jumping at the new jump. Al- though Michelson of New Hampshire tookf first, Dartmouth took second, third and fifth. From the spectators' point of view, the weather was perfect and the event has never been so much enjoyed since the old jump was abandoned.

Another round of tea dances was on the card for the latter part of the afternoon. In the evening Harvard was beaten 25-22 in a fast basketball game which many of the guests saw. A second performance of Atmosphere" and more fraternity dances brought Carnival to an official close at midnight Saturday. The specials returned to Boston and Northampton Sunday afternoon.