TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

But by the time this issue reaches alumni homes and fraternity houses, studies and the weather will be of small moment to Dartmouth men—for exams will be over and the twenty-fifth annual Winter Carnival only a week off. We can remember the days when D. O. C. officials worried and tore their hair for weeks before Carnival for fear there would be no snow, but after the past few years no one seems to contemplate this possibility. On the Thursday before, the ground may be as bare of snow as a day in July, but with the opening events Friday there is invariably snow for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Our only worry is that we should again have to watch the feature pageant from open-air bleachers in 42-below temperature as we did last year.

For its Silver Anniversary affair, the Carnival Committee under the direction of Dick Hube '35, of Torrington, Conn., is making extensive plans to entertain the largest number of guests in Carnival history. Following the "Schweitzer Schutzenfest" of year before last, the 1935 Committee has again pulled a nightmare for typesetters out of their bag of Nordic ice lore—the "Jottunheimer Eiskorneval," the feature presentation scheduled for Friday night at the golf course.

For the growth of their organization and the number of their achievements over the period of twenty-five Winter Carnivals, the Dartmouth Outing Club should be given a vote of congratulation and good wishes. For, more than any other Dartmouth institution, the Outing Club has favorably popularized the College throughout the country. Wherever you go, you will find that people who know of Dartmouth know also of the D. O. C. and Winter Carnival. Sometimes, we almost think that they have gone a little too far—as when we encounter people who are surprised to learn that all Dartmouth men do not snowshoe to classes, or that all Dartmouth men do not take their daily exercise from the ski jump.