THE UNDERGRADUATE CHAIR

SNOW FALLS on a sober and serious Hanover, engulfed in the gloom of midwinter examinations. This is the tensest period of the year, but it is followed by the gayest of Hanover week-ends. Preparations are rapidly being completed for the twentysixth annual Winter Carnival, scheduled for February 7-8. This year's affair promises at the least to live up to the high standard set by its predecessors. The 1936 Carnival will be marked especially by the inclusion of the Intercollegiate Ski Union championship meet, held last year at St. Saveur, Quebec, the New England Speed Skating races, and the initiation of a girls' skiing event open to all Carnival guests.

The winter has not been a particularly cold one, but there has been plenty of snow and good skiing ever since the Christmas vacation period, when mild weather and rain disappointed many visiting winter sports addicts. There was one rainy period in mid-January, but the snow blanket pulled through this with no ill effects other than an icy surface crust. In the same storm, local roads received an icecoating which will probably last them until spring.

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