With the Outing Club
THE Dartmouth Outing Club opened the year with a determination to expand its program to include more undergraduates potentially interested in the out-of-doors, basing its appeal on an attractive program rather than depending on high-pressure salesmanship. An Adirondack shelter was built of eightinch logs on the lawn of Robinson Hall, and shared the stage with cages of pheasants, a porcupine, and a tank of trout from the Warren Hatchery. Jack Feth '34 has joined the staff in Robinson Hall as assistant general manager of the club, and publicity agent for the Oak Hill tramway, the D. O. C. House, and Dartmouth-atMoosilauke.
Summer activities of the club centered at Moosilauke, where John Hardham '36, Walter Averill '3B and Jim Brigden '39 on the Summit supplied beds and hot pancakes to climbers. The total volume of business was forty per cent more than last year, possibly indicative of an upturn in the New Hampshire recreational business, but a fair sign that the crew carried on the best D. O. C. traditions.
A trail crew on Moosilauke bushed out the Glencliff trail and widened and smoothed the carriage road. Work centered on Hell's Highway, where an easier ski trail known as Hell's Byway was cut around the Rock Garden. Pete McLane '37 and Pete Talbot '3B spent most of the summer fixing up the cabins.
The D. O. C. Council met on Moosilauke at the end of the summer and spent three days discussing organization plans and appointing a committee to work with Professor C. A. Proctor in drawing up a constitution to be approved by the club as soon as possible. A pre-season freshman trip brought eight members of the Class of 1940 who spent a week getting acquainted with Moosilauke and the cabin chain. College Week in the Adirondacks saw a strong Dartmouth delegation camping with groups from the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association at Lake Colden. With these trips to build on, the D. O. C. is starting the season with a program which represents a determined effort to become more of a service organization on campus.
