WITH THE OUTING CLUB
WITH a new Directorate and freshman delegation elected April 14th, Cabin and Trail faces one of the most important years in its history. Since the day the Outing Club was founded, in 1909, it has been an expanding organization. As yet, its known limitations have not been reached, but it is its duty not to undertake more of a task than it can adequately perform. The point has long ago been reached where every policy it sets forth must be considered and executed most carefully and tactfully on this account. The Club must maintain itself as a service body on the campus, for the benefit of the Dartmouth undergraduate body as a whole. It must not become so engrossed in its own internal well-being to the extent that its services to other people are neglected. The new Directorate will bear this in mind in their sincere attempts to lead the Outing Club for the next twelve months.
As a final service to the Club during his past term as Director of Cabins, Curt Comstock '36 organized a cabin clean-up drive, covering the entire D.O.C. chain. During the week-end of April 11th, expeditions were sent to all the cabins, from south of White River Junction to Mt. Washington. This movement afforded an opportunity to the freshmen Cabin and Trail aspirants, known as "trailers," to show their worth as out-of-doors men before they were finally elected into the Cabin and Trail body. Most of the cabins have remained in good condition despite their frequent abuse at the hands of "sportsmen" who occasionally break into them. Much of the external work on the cabins was hindered because of the unexpected snow conditions which prevailed during the middle part of April.
As predicted, the Outing Club's new establishment near Mt. Washington, the Gorham Ski Lodge, justified its expense to the Club during the past spring vacation. Accommodating twenty men, the Lodge was filled to the capacity most of the time despite the poor weather.
Invitations have been sent out from the Dartmouth Outing Club to similar organization in other colleges and universities to attend the first Spring Week-end of the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association, held at Mt. Washington April These invitations had been held up until it could be ascertained that the floods hadn't destroyed the skiers' last stronghold in Tuckerman's Ravine. Although the trail skiing has been somewhat impaired by washouts, at the time of writing, April 15th, there is plenty of snow for open skiing in the bowl of the Ravine.
