ALUMNI OUTING CLUB

In the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE word went out that room and board for $12 per week would be found at the Alumni Outing Club's Ravine Camp at Mount Moosilauke. The idea was a happy one. Over fifty of the alumni of the College, not counting their wives and children, visited the camp during the past season and several stayed for two weeks and more. Aside from our visitors, who came to climb in the mountains, to fish, to rest, or simply out of curiosity, there was a volunteer crew of ten undergraduates who worked cutting new trails and open slopes for skiing. After eight hours cutting trails their appetites were enormous and more than once the kitchen crew groaned as Jack Detlefsen and Gary Lowe consumed a whole blueberry pie apiece. Our guests at first were amazed but surprising competition was soon offered in the pancake eating contests.

The two main objectives of the summer's work were to improve the camp for both summer and winter use and to further acquaint the alumni with their project. In both of these we believe we were successful. The crew, though inexperienced at this type of work, proved efficient and the amount and character of their work was gratifying. A new and shorter route into the camp via the new Federal road between Warren and North Woodstock and the clearing of over three acres of hill side for practice slopes and open field skiing were the two major accomplishments. A new ski trail to Jobildunk Cabin, the new Pleiades trail, and several new trails towards the East Peak offer a wide variety of short trips which were lacking last year. The swimming pool and minor improvements in and about the hut itself has made the camp more attractive and more comfortable.

The job of acquainting the alumni of the College with the Ravine Camp is still the most important of all. With this in mind the same summer rates of $13 per week for board and lodging will hold until December first in the expectation that alumni and friends of the College who wish to enjoy the charm of the autumn colors or the hunting possibilities will take this opportunity to visit the Ravine.

Among the alumni and their families who were quests of the camp:

Natt W. Emerson '00, J. R. McLane '07 and family, G. H. Howard 'O7 and son, Dr. and Mrs. Detlefsen 'OB, Roger Ela '3O, H. McCreery '3l, J. B. Feltner '3l, R. H. Goddard '2l, A. C. Gerould '32, Jack Titcomb '32, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hayward '26, Lt. and Mrs. Tom Colt '26, Albert Hadlock '24, J. H. Feth '34, J. B. Roberts '34, S. Stern '34, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Mann '33, Earl Gordon '33, W. S. Emerson '34, S. Dunn '34, N. L. Goodrich, Prof, and Mrs. R. A. Burns, Mrs. W. A. Eddy, Mrs. R. C. Strong.