WITH THE OUTING CLUBS
ON "ACTIVITIES NIGHT" and "D. O. C. Night" early in the fall, the members of the class of '38 were duly "initiated" into the Outing Club. Since the beginning of the year their interest in D. O. C. activities has been considerable, evidenced by the weekly scramble when the trip lists are posted in Robinson Hall. Rainy week-ends and the annual peerade season have failed to slow down out-door enthusiasm.
The trips have ranged from easy Sunday jaunts to Newton and Happy Hill cabins to strenuous week-end climbs on such old favorites as Washington, Lafayette, and Marcy; Moosilauke, and especially the development in Jobildunk Ravine, have been the objective of several fall ex- peditions. During one week-end thirty freshmen enjoyed the Sayres' Ravine Camp hospitality and unsurpassed food. Occasional "tired business men's trips" to such easily accessible cabins as Cube and Armington have helped to meet the weekly demand.
A pre-season blizzard on October 12th was the harbinger of another winter in which the cheery "Ski heil" should be a dominant note. Coach Otto Schniebs and a few of his skiers took advantage of this whim of the weather man to set a record for early season skiing on Hell's Highway.
In preparation for the annual turn-out of skiers and of those who hope to be some day, a new downhill run is rapidly being hewn out of the forest covering Velvet Rocks under the direction of Coach Schniebs. This new trail will help to fill the need, more acutely felt from year to year as Hanover has rapidly grown ski-conscious, for good ski trails within easy walk- ing distance of the College.
To return to the subject of trips once more, plans for one of the student-faculty trips of which several are held every year are well under way. Dick Sawyer '37 will lead an exploration trip in Jobildunk Ravine, having the Ravine Camp as a base. It is chiefly through these trips that the Outing Club makes its facilities available to its faculty members. The informal atmosphere of the camp-fire is a great factor in the creation of sympathetic studentfaculty relations.
It is certainly going to be a busy winter at Moosilauke. There are to be at least four major ski school sessions. Here is the program—five days for $20.00 completethree day week-end schools for $13.00 complete—each session limited to 20 persons by reservation—beginners and intermediates-experienced instruction supervised by Otto Schniebs—5-day sessions December 27 to 31 and January 2 to 6 inclusive—week-end sessions Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through January and early February. The Official Ski School of the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association will be held January 9 to 13 inclusive. There is a possibility that at session for ladies only will be held January 16 to 20 inclusive. The Alumni Outing Club also received sanction from the Ski Association to hold the Eastern Downhill Championship March 10th.
Dartmouth at Moosilauke is certainly justifying its existence beyond our fondest hopes. We are no longer dependent on the golf course, Balch Hill and nearby runs when snow conditions are uncertain and even dangerous. Dartmouth at Moosilauke is just another facility afforded to undergraduates and alumni for both winter and summer recreation. And what a grand old mountain it is; you get to love it the more you see it.
Natt Emerson '00 will soon present a Mountain Club membership plan to a select group of alumni which will enable each man to purchase for the College about one acre of land at Moosilauke for $10.00. This ought to mean our eventual owner- ship of the whole south side, a marvelous addition to the College plant. Think of the dividends in health, happiness and contentment, both for the present and future generations of Dartmouth men. If you are interested,, write him and he will tell you more about it.
