With the Outing Club
WITH THE Outing Club at this time of year means Carnival, and yet to anticipate events three weeks in advance, in view of the rapidity with which things have been moving in Robinson Hall, is a discouraging prospect. Since Christmas the Carnival committee, headed by Owen D. Collins '37, has been eating together twice a day at the D. O. C. House, talking over plans and organizing the program for Hanover's big winter week-end.
At the present writing insurance odds indicate that Hanover has something better than a 20 to 1 chance of having sufficient snow by February 5, which is considerably more optimistic than the features in The Dartmouth. The skiers are frankly about ready to disown their patron saint, St. Peter, and the skaters under H. B. Putnam '37 are still praying for a cold snap which will freeze the ice long enough to hold a meet. So far, the biggest handicap to Carnival, has come from inability to start work on the Outdoor Evening pond and the center of the campus feature.
Evelyn Chandler, world-famous figure skater and Dartmouth favorite, will again be the mainstay of Outdoor Evening, coming to Hanover after an unusually successful series of engagements in Boston, New York, and the middle west. To supplement her skating Ted Hunter is coaching a group of varsity skiers to perform on the golf course hill, while Dick and Jack Durrance have prepared an act demonstrating the best in modern ski technique. An innovation will be the official welcome of competitors to Carnival at Outdoor Evening, when the ski teams will descend the hill in formations, coming to a stop before the spectators.
The D. O. C. office has received confirmation of plans to have a Swiss ski team at Carnival. The foreign skiers, students in Swiss universities, will arrive in Hanover in time for the Carnival competition, remaining in New England for a month, with headquarters at the Hanover Inn. Coupled with the strong Canadian competition, the Carnival meet will be one of the outstanding meets of the winter.
There is no real need to describe Carnival in a magazine read chiefly by alumni. The committee is optimistic, and the optimism is apparently based on a firm conviction that the program as planned will be a decided improvement over other years. The skating events of Carnival will see Dartmouth without the individual stars of other seasons, but with a team spirit that has frequently been lacking in the past. Every attempt has been made to avoid the admitted mistakes of other Outdoor Evenings. The stereotyped foreign motif has been eliminated, and the superlative talent of Evelyn Chandler, the Durrance brothers and other will be used against a brilliantly lighted modern setting. Spectator participation will feature skiing, skating and moccasin dancing afterwards, with coffee served around bonfires
on the golf course. The winter sports competition promises to reach new heights. The Ski Tramway will be in better condition than last year. The downhill race will be run on Moose Mountain trail, cut with that event in mind. The Ski Museum will add a note of genuine interest and atmosphere. The Players' choice of The Chocolate Soldier seems a particularly happy selection, and in addition the Glee Club will present a concert, continuing a feature which proved very popular at Fall Houseparties. The ice sculpture, if it follows the trend of the last few years, will be better than before, showing greater diversity and artistic merit. Dartmouth is one of the pioneers in sculpture in that medium. The poster exhibit will continue the trend toward greater artistic consciousness at Carnival. Made possible by the cooperation of the Art Department, a display of about ninety posters will show original thought in the American poster field.
D. O. C. ADOPTS SKI JACKET
The D. O. C. ski jackets finally arrived; natural color poplin windbreakers, with white leather shoulder pads and a club seal. Sold only to D. O. C. members, they will create a feeling of unity for the club when seen on New England trails this winter. Ski insurance, initiated this year, has met with a whole-hearted welcome, and snapped up on a theory that it is too good to last. Offering to replace skis, edges, and permanent bindings that are broken or stolen, it will do much to lessen the financial burden on Dartmouth skiers who have not yet learned the finer points of controlled speed.
D. O. C. members were fully appreciative of The Ski Chase, Hannes Schneider's unequalled ski movie, which was shown at the Nugget while Hanover prayed for snow, giving local enthusiasts a glimpse of conditions abroad. It was followed the next day by Sonja Henie in Once in aMillion.
The Dartmouth Mountaineering Club, in an effort to maintain interest throughout the winter in the D. O. C.'s newest activity, sponsored a talk by Walter Howe, chairman of the Appalachian Mountain Club's rock climbing committee. Howe showed slides of technical climbing problems and of mountaineering in the Tetons and the Wind River ranges of Wyoming. H. C. Towle and Thelma Bonney, both prominent in eastern climbing circles, came to Hanover at the same time. All three climbed with Jack Durrance '39, president of the Mountaineering Club, in Wyoming last summer.
SPEED, GRACE, AND CONTROL COMBINE IN THE SKIING FORM OF DICK DURRANCE '39 America's No. 1 skier shown competing in the Olympics of a year ago. The creation andperfection of the tempo, or high speed, turn is credited to him. Note the vorlage in thispicture, increasing his speed while making a turn on a steep slope. Although Durrance isthe ranking skier now in College there are other members of the winter sports teamwhose skill is hardly less impressive.
