With the Outing Club
SPRING has put an end to skiing except on the slopes of Tuckerman's Ravine, Dartmouth canoes have already run the rapids of the White River, and a new Council and twenty new Cabin and Trail members have been elected to carry on the work of the Outing Club for the next twelve months.
The varsity ski team under the captaincy of Warren Chivers has established more firmly than ever Dartmouth's supremacy in the skiing world. Dartmouth skiers hold five of the six national ski titles. In the Eastern Slalom Championships on Mt. Washington they took eight of the first ten places despite the absence of two of the best undergraduate downhill men.
The Mt. Washington slalom championships, run by the D. O. C. were in the nature of a "giant slalom," laid out from high on the headwall of Tuckerman's Ravine to Pinkham Notch, three miles down the mountain. With a course set by Dick Durrance, the purpose of the race was to eliminate danger where possible and put a premium on skilful skiing by setting slalom flags at all points where skiers might tend to lose control. The race was a memorial to Franklin Edson, New York skier who died as the result of accidents sustained in a race last year, and the prizes were given by his ski club, the Amateur Ski Club of New York. The success of the controlled race is shown by the total absence of injuries.
The outstanding feature of the 1937 ski season has been the amazing versatility of the Green skiers, with many .... particularly Dick Durrance and the Olivers brothers .... showing almost equal ability in all branches of the sport. If the performance of the B and C teams has been less spectacular it can be attributed to the cancellation of so many meets because of lack of snow.
With all but one member of the entire ski squad returning next year, it was the highest tribute to the skiing ability and leadership of David J. Bradley '38 that he was elected to captain the 1938 teams.
Coach Walter Prager sailed for Switzerland early in April, planning to return to Hanover in October for his second season as coach of the Dartmouth skiers.
NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
Probably the greatest accomplishment of the Outing Club during the year has been the completion of a new constitution calling for a radical reorganization and expansion of the undergraduate activities of the Club. Winter Sports, Cabin and Trail, and Carnival make up three divisions of nearly equal importance, each headed by a Council and united at the top by an Executive Committee composed of representatives of each. Final authority remains vested in a Board of Trustees.
The new division of the Club had become necessary due to the continued expansion of activities previously grouped under Cabin and Trail. The new set-up is designed to offer greater opportunities to undergraduates interested in only one of the Club's activities. Students with an interest in Carnival or Winter Sports alone have generally failed to attain a proper place in the Outing Club unless they also had an interest in the general outdoor activities which were a major part of the Cabin and Trail program.
An important change within the Cabin and Trail division no longer specifically limits the number of freshmen who may be elected to Cabin and Trail, since experience has shown that the number of men who meet Cabin and Trail standards varies considerably from year to year. The Cabin and Trail division will hold a dominant position on the Executive Council, having more representatives than either Carnival or Winter Sports.
The Carnival Council under the new set-up is essentially the same as the previous Carnival committees, except that the chairman is elected by the preceding com- mittee, rather than by Cabin and Trail.
SKI CLUBS PROVIDED FOR
The new constitution has made provision for specialized outdoor activities, and for undergraduate ski clubs to be organized within the Outing Club, as has already been done in several cases. These clubs may, upon approval, have representatives on the Winter Sports Council.
The constitution is the result of nearly a year's work by J. Willcox Brown '37, chairman of the D. O. C., F. T. Fenn Jr. '37, chairman of the constitutional committee, Jack Feth '34, and Professor C. A. Proctor '00.
Deep snow in the woods has restricted Outing Club activities other than skiing, but the log shelter built last fall as a feature of the membership drive, is being moved to the top of Velvet Rocks. From the site of the shelter there is an excellent view over the Hanover plain, and it should receive frequent use from undergraduates interested in camping out without spending the time and effor-t necessary to reach the more distant cabins and shelters.
At the annual meeting of Cabin and Trail, Walter Averill '38 was elected chairman of the Cabin and Trail Council. R. L. Manegold '38 was chosen director of Cabins, while E. D. Palmer '39 will direct the rapidly expanding Fish and Game department. John A. Rand '38 will have charge of the Forestry, Trails and Shelters division, while H. S. Streater '38will handle the department of Instruction. William Ganter '38 will direct the Secretariate of the D. O. C. and Alex Jones '38 will supervise the Club's Trips program.
John R. McLane Jr. '38 was appointed chairman of next year's Carnival Council. To assist him he has selected a committee consisting of the following members of the Class of 1938: James E. Cooney, director of Competitions; C. E. Ervin Jr., director of Features; William Ganter, director of Entertainment; R. L. Manegold, director of Police; John A. Rand, director of Outdoor Evening; Robert A. Southworth, director of Publicity; Robert L. Stix, director of Equipment; and Harold Streater, director of Personnel.
The Winter Sports division of the reorganized D. O. C. is chairmaned by James A. Carpenter '38, with J. E. Cooney '38 director of Competitions, R. D. Mussey '38 and D. J. Bradley '38, manager and captain of the ski team, respectively, Ed Lorenz '38 and Ralph Johnston '38, respectively manager and captain of the skating team, J. Moreau Brown '39, publicity director, and two representatives from associated ski clubs, H. S. Streater '38 and E. O. Schechter '40.
At the combined meeting of these various divisions of the Outing Club, WalAverill, chairman of the Cabin and Trail Council, was elected president of the entire undergraduate organization as well as chairman of the executive committee. Bob Mussey, manager of the ski team, was named secretary of the executive committee, and George E. Patterson Jr. '39, of East Orange, N. J., was named director of membership of the D. O. C.
