CARNIVAL IN RETROSPECT

The 26th annual Winter Carnival was a successful affair, marred by no untoward accidents or incidents. The emphasis on outdoor aspects was more marked than ever, and large proportions of the spectators at the winter sports events were on skis themselves. A popular innovation was the girls' downhill ski race, in which 17 Carnival guests participated.

One phase of Carnival came in for a great deal of unfavorable criticism this year among undergraduates and their guestsOutdoor Evening. The tradition seems to have grown up in the Outing Club that Outdoor Evening, carried by the crowning of the Carnival Queen, fancy figure skating, and a climatic display of fireworks, will automatically be the most colorful, interesting feature of Carnival, regardless of whatever pageantry is filled in around these events. This year the pageantry was so conspicuously lacking in action and coordination that the shivering crowd of several thousand spectators seemed predominantly annoyed and disappointed with the whole drawn-out affair.