With the D.O.C.

JRESHMAN TRIP INTRODUCES BUSY FALL PROGRAM

Time: Wednesday afternoon. Place: Robinson Hall. Scene: Eighty-three bewildered members of the Class of 1944.

and so, on the eleventh of September, THE D.O.C.'s annual freshman trip was under way. By truck the throng with its Outing Club leaders headed for the Ravine Camp at Mt. Moosilauke, the home of the Boys' Camp a few weeks earlier and the home of the skiing activities a few months in the future. The group was divided into two sections: half establishing their headquarters at the Ravine Camp and the others scaling up to the 4,810-foot summit of the Mountain via the Snapper Ski Trail and Hell's Highway to be heartily taken care of by the merry band of the Summit House Crew. At the end of two and a half days, the occupants of the Mountain exchanged places with those in the Ravine Camp. With these two camps as headquarters, the D.O.C. Cabin and Trail leaders roamed the slopes of Moosilauke and the neighboring ranges in the White Mountains with the freshmen, exploring Tunnel Ravine, Lost River, Jobildunc Ravine, as well as Mt. Liberty, Mt. Lafayette, and Mt. Madison. Ross McKenney, with his story-telling and woodcraft, Dick Weaver with his natural history, the Summit Crew with its ghost story, and everyone with his singing, contributed to a full five days. Thus, Sunday soon appeared. Scene: Eighty-three non-bewildered members of the Class of 1944.

FALL ACTIVITIES

This was but the beginning of the Club's early Fall program. D.O.C. Night, a freshman feed at Moose Mountain, Moosilauke Frolic, together with trips into the Presidentials and over to the Adirondacks, were soon to follow. The maintenance division of Cabin and Trail are likewise holding their own with weekly work trips on the trails and to the cabins. The last debris left by the hurricane on the D.O.C. trails is now chopped out.

SKEET SHOOTING

Oak Hill has recently become the fortress of a new activity in the Outing Club; namely, it is the spot selected for the new skeet traps, made possible by the generous gift of J. Shirley Austin '24, of Pittsburgh. With complete equipment at his disposal, Ross McKenney now has a new activity in which to offer his services to the interested undergraduate.

NEW RAVINE CAMP HUTMASTER

"Toni" (Frank H. B) Samuelson was recently appointed by the Trustees of the Outing Club to succeed James Brigden 'g9 as Manager of the Moosilauke Ravine Camp. Brigden recently tendered his resignation to accept a job with the Chase Brass & Copper Company, Inc., in Waterbury, Conn. Samuelson, for over five years has been affiliated with the Appalachian Mountain Club, serving as Hutmaster in two of their camps and as head cook at the Pinkham Notch Camp. Before his acceptance to work with the D.O.C. at the Ravine Camp, he acted as assistant to the Manager of Club Huts with his headquarters at Pinkham Notch. Samuelson and his wife, sister of Eddie Chamberlain '36, assumed their duties on October 15, 1940.