Moosilauke Plans

PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR NEW RAVINE CAMP AT MT. MOOSILAUKE;FINANCIAL AID REPORT; PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHICAGO

Plans for the new Ravine Camp development at the base of Mt. Moosilauke have rolled forward under the impetus of frequent meetings of the trustees of the Dartmouth Outing Club, headed by Prof. Charles A. Proctor 'oo. The special Moosilauke Committee of the trustees, chairmanned by Archie B. Gile 'l7, has charge of drafting plans and making estimates for the new project. It is the hope of the committee that at least one or more of the units in the new development may be ready for use next winter.

Funds raised through annual donations of the Mountain Members of the Club and generous support from Lewis Parkhurst '7B, Col. J. F. Drake 'O2, J. M. Mathes 'll and Basil O'Connor 'l2 and other alumni friends, reopened the possibility of new construction in Jobildunk Ravine. The interest of the trustees of the College in making the Moosilauke project outstanding in this section of the country led to a College contribution to the funds in hand ample to assure the adequacy of the faciilties to be provided at the new Ravine Camp.

Prof. Richard Goddard '2O and Richard Butterfield '3O have co-operated in drafting a set of plans specially adapted to the wilderness atmosphere of the Ravine. Ultimately the camp will be composed of a large central cabin with living, dining, manager's and crew quarters together with sleeping accommodations for eight, and two smaller cabins—one to provide bunk room quarters in the lower price range for the hardier and more impecunious skiers and the other to furnish de luxe stateroom accommodations.

CENTRAL BUILDING READY BY FALL

The central building will be featured by a high-ceilinged living and dining room the size of the living room in the Outing Club House. One end of this room will provide a view through spacious windows directly onto Hell's Highway and the main ridge of the mountain. An enormous fireplace will lend warmth and atmosphere to the main hall. This building contains a basement and central heating which will make possible the installation of running water and showers.

The second unit, a bunk house designed primarily for undergraduate use, will provide for twenty-four people in four bunkrooms each containing three double-deckers. This cabin with the central building should be ready for use by the time snow flies next Fall. The third building of the group will be planned to provide comfort for sixteen persons in eight staterooms. Modern facilities with running water and showers are planned. It is expected that alumni and their families will find this cabin a haven for relaxation after a day's hard skiing, hiking, or hunting. The time element precludes the likelihood of this being ready for occupancy before the Fall of 1939, but it will be completed earlier if possible.

spell-Best news to keen and steadfast friends of the Dartmouth-at-Moosilauke development is word that the rebuilding will be keynoted by modern comfort in primitive surroundings. The buildings will all be constructed of the giant virgin spruce to be found in upper Jobildunk Ravine. Already trees are being felled, stripped, and yarded under the direction of Ross McKenney, woodsman adviser for the D. O. C. A sled road from the end of the government land to the old Ravine Camp site has been laid and ballasted for carrying in floor boards and as many other materials as may be safely stored until spring. After the spring thaw construction of a truck road to transport bulkier and the more perishable supplies will be necessary. However, it is the specific intent of the committee that this truck road shall not be adaptable for use as a regular automobile route since the wild atmosphere lent by the present remoteness of the site is felt to be one of its more unique characteristics.

ALUMNI FUND EXECUTIVE Albert I. Dickerson '30, secretary of theFund Committee since 1931.