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Dartmouth Clinches Victory

MARCH 1931 Craig Thorn, Jr.
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Dartmouth Clinches Victory
MARCH 1931 Craig Thorn, Jr.

Things took a new twist on Saturday, however, and Dartmouth gained no places in the snowshoe or cross-country ski events. So it remained for Dartmouth to defend itself in an exciting finish at the ski jumping on Saturday afternoon.. Here again, winter sports enthusiasts turned out in great numbers. There was a fitting thrill when Dartmouth staved off the New Hampshire threat and clinched the meet by placing twice. Dick Goldthwait, who was a dark horse among the jumpers, made two beautiful jumps to get a tie for second place while Dewey took third, thus keeping the Indians in first place.

But this was not all to Carnival. Yale met Dartmouth in hockey, Harvard came here for basketball, Yale was again the opponent in swimming. The Players presented "Five Hundred Gallons" and the ski joring races maintained their popularity. The Jack o'Lantern, too, had its part. It not only put out a special issue, but it arranged two ancient shows at the Nugget for Friday evening. These movies, dug from the files, had no talking voices to mar the quips of the crowd, and the old Nugget piano once more furnished the only interruption to the steady clamor of the audience and the thud of flying peanuts. So Dartmouth's Carnival guests were treated to a revival of the virile days of silent movies.

So much for Dartmouth's 21st Carnival. It will be remembered by the great number of guests, the perfect weather, Dartmouth's regaining of the I. W. S. U. crown, the appropriateness of the Outdoor Evening program, the popularity of the ball, and the presence of plenty of snow.