With the D.O.C.
WITH COLLEGE YEAR ENDING, CLUB PLANS SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS
WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR fast drawing to an end, the Outing Club will soon be closing up shop for the season. But at least one group from the Club is planning a summer of outdoor activity in the best D.O.C. tradition. To those men the end of the term will be the start of two months of hectic activity on the top of Mt. Moosilauke.
The group in question are the hutmasters of the Moosilauke Summit Camp, about to enter upon its 20th year of operation under D.O.C. management. Led by Line Wales '41, the undergraduate crew will have full charge of the camp: cooking, packing, and entertainment. Long known as an ideal spot for hikers, the camp has recently undergone extensive repairs and is reported to be in better condition than ever before for its opening on June 15.
The main program offered to hikers who conquer Moosilauke's 4,811 feet is instruction in the natural history of the region. Conducted by a trained naturalist, informal classes will be held daily with the unique opportunity of observing actual Arctic vegetation and bird life which exists on the mountain top. The song of a bird unfamiliar to the hiker may, for instance, prove to be that of the three-toed woodpecker found only on Moosilauke and Lafayette—and in the Arctic.
Likewise the mountain offers an interesting chance to study the effects of climatic variations upon vegetation. Along the trails to the Summit Camp one can easily distinguish three distinct types of growth, changing as one climbs. Lectures on weather observation round out the program, with instruction in the methods of observing, the instruments themselves, and the manner in which predictions are made.
Add to this a view of all the White and Green Mountains, fresh food, packed and cooked daily by the undergraduate crew, and an evening's entertainment of barndancing and music before the big fireplace —then you have the complete picture of the Summit Camp. The crew expects to entertain an estimated 3000 people during the summer months.
And while on the subject of summer activities, plans for the boys' camp for the sons of alumni at the Moosilauke Ravine Camp are nearly in shape with a full two weeks of canoeing, camping, hiking, woodcraft, nature study and the like.
Ross McKenney and others who have worked on the plans for our boys' camp at the Moosilauke Ravine have been busy lately answering inquiries and talking to parents and their sons. The enthusiasm of some of the boys will be difficult to tame until July 27 when the first of the two-week sessions of camp gets under way. The complete camp personnel has now been selected and among those whom Ross will have with him as assistants are Johnny Rand '38, the Assistant Manager of the D.0.C., and Eddie Wells '39 of skiing fame. When the final score of camp en- rollment is tallied for this first season, we should have an encouraging beginning for this new D.O.C. activity. In addition to young members of the Dartmouth family, sons of Harvard and Yale alumni have also enrolled for the camp. A pamphlet telling in detail about the camp has been prepared and is available for the asking.
As in past seasons, many alumni will spend part of their summer vacation in our D.O.C. country. The office at Robinson Hall will be glad to mail to anyone a memorandum explaining the summer use of the cabins by the alumni. While the Moosilauke Summit Camp will undoubtedly see many alumni visitors, the Ravine Camp will not be available for meals or overnight accommodations while the boys' camp is in session from July 27 to August 23. Only parents of the boys at the camp can be accepted as visitors during this period.
