DARTMOUTH OUTING CLUB AIDED MANY OTHERS

The fact that the Dartmouth Outing Club, besides being the largest and oldest college organization of its kind, has been very influential in the formation of similar clubs in various colleges in this part of the country, has been revealed by a recent investigation conducted by The Dartmouth. Ten colleges from whom replies have been received attribute the formation of their outing clubs either directly or indirectly to t.he D. O. C.

The Outing Club by maintaining a policy of aiding other colleges in the formation of their outing clubs and by showing slides and motion pictures of its activities, especially Carnival, has been at least partly successful in stimulating interest in the great outdoors. Formed in 1909, the Outing Club has had a steady rise until now it owns 13 cabins and has a membership of about the entire Dartmouth student bod}'.

The Smith Outing Club, a pioneer among the women's colleges, founded in 1919, was patterned directly after the Dartmouth organization. Its membership consists of about onetenth of the student body, and has two cabins of its own.

Last Christmas the D. O. C. placed several cabins at the disposal of the Smith Club to facilitate the latter's Christmas trip.

The first college outing club in the state of Maine, that of Bates College, had the D. O. C. as its model. This organization has a membership of 90 per cent of the students, and possesses five cabins. Founded to encourage interest in winter sports, this club has progressed rapidly, and in 1923 organized its first winter sports team.

On the evening of December 3, 1925, a member of the D. O. C. delivered an illustrated lecture at Maine University showing the Dartmouth Outing Club and its Carnival. That evening steps were taken to form the Maine Outing Club. The club has as its purpose the fostering of the winter carnival and winter recreational activities.

Colgate started its organization in 1920 with the Dartmouth Carnival as its goal, and now not only holds its own Carnival, but has just built several new ski-jumps and a new to- boggan slide. The Outing Club of the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, formed in 1926, has a constitution almost identical with that of the Dartmouth club. It already has a membership of more than 100. The latest club to be modeled after the D. O. C. is the one at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. William Skinner ex-'27 was instrumental in organizing it.

The Vassar Outing Club, encouraged by the success of the D. O. C. and others, was started in 1925, and at present has one cabin and an enrollment of 225. Its chairman is Miss Dorothy Morgan, Vassar '2B, sister of Bob Morgan '24, former president of the D. O. C.

Both Bowdoin and Middlebury have their clubs, but although they were intended to be similar to the D. O. C they have branched off, and now are limited to the putting out of winter sports teams. In the case of McGill its ski club, which takes the place of an outing club, was formed as a result of an invitation to participate in the Dartmouth annual winter carnivals.