Cannons Boomed

The Weather Man had apparently forgotten that Dartmouth was staging its 18th Winter Carnival. There wasn't a trace of snow in Hanover—nothing but pools of water everywhere. The outlook for a successful Carnival was decidedly gloomy. The Outing Club had made arrangements to hold the ski and snowshoe races on Mt. Moosilauke, 50 miles north of Hanover, where the warm spell had not touched.

Suddenly, at 9:26 Thursday morning, February 9th canons boomed. Students and professors looked out of their windows and smiled —it was snowing. It was as if the Weather Man had remembered a t the last moment Anyhow, Carnival was saved, for in the three hours intervening before the New York and Boston special trains arrived, a blanket of snow hid the dingy slush and ice.

Once again Dartmouth had become a lodestone, attracting girls from almost every state in the union. Girls, girls, girls—lovely sweethearts, gay, flirtatious maidens, Vassar girls, Smith girls—just girls, most of them beautiful, took possession of the town. When The Dartmouth made its usual compilation it was found that 462 girls were staying in the fraternity houses, and others were registered at the Inn.

The Outing Club had been busy for weeks planning for the influx of girls and their attendant retinue of chaperones, feature writers and photographers which took the town by storm Thursday. Every inch of available rooming space in Hanover was taken.

After the initial welcome had been extended the rest of Thursday afternoon was spent teadancing at the various fraternity houses and in Robinson Hall, where the Barbary Coast played for the Musical 4lub's dance. At 6:45 fireworks and the roar of canons announced the beginning of the torchlight parade from the campus to Occom Pond for the Outdoor Ice Carnival. With the Dartmouth band in the lead, the parade proceeded up Main Street and through the ice gate to the windscreened bleachers at the edge of the ice. The skating races had to be postponed until the next day due to the softness of the ice, but the exhibition skating by Baptie and Lamb of Madison Square Garden, and George Braakman with the Dartmouth band furnishing the music, entertained the packed stands.

The Queen of the Snows