With the D.O.C.

WINTER SPORTS PLANS UNDER WAY; NEW HAMPSHIRE GETS EARLY SNOW

THIS IS PEAK AUTUMN FOLIAGE WEEK in New Hampshire with Balch Hill and Velvet Rocks displaying a blaze of color that is one of the seasonal joys of living in Hanover. Freedom from gas rationing prompts many travelers to take to the highways on a tour through the mountains in order to enjoy the eye-filling beauty of New Hampshire's forests in their fall decorations. Inquirers at this office indicate that many plan to make the trip through the White Mountains this weekend.

Snow came early to New Hampshire this year and while it disappeared rapidly in the low country it could be seen on mountain tops over a period of several days. On a trip into the Ravine Camp last Friday, October 5, I trudged through two inches in some places to visit the sage of the mountain.

Hunters in Hanover are out in force this year, with many servicemen taking advantage of the reduced license fees to men in uniform. Ammunition is still scarce in these parts, but we hope that the Government is about to release substantial amounts before long.

Professor Bob McKennan of the Sociology Department has just breezed into town as a returnee from the Air Corps. Bob has always been a keen hunter, and from all indications plans to reduce the woodcock and grouse population around Hanover.

Walter Prager and John Rand have both returned to Hanover as civilians, and are getting settled into the life of the community once more.

Canoeing on the river has been called off until spring. Heavy rains these past weeks created almost flood conditions on the Connecticut which made canoeing dangerous. Except for an occasional duck hunter the demand for canoeing has disappeared until warmer weather.

With the beginning of the new semester in November, winter sports plans will begin to emerge from the D.O.C. office. Calls for heelers and candidates for the ski team will probably go out at that time, and hopes are high for a larger list than has been true during the war years.

Many of the classmates and friends of Jack Titcomb '32 will be glad to know that the John Abbot Titcomb Memorial Fund has been set up in operation for the benefit of the Dartmouth Outing Club and for the specific purpose of aiding worthwhile chubbers in the purchase of equipment which may be denied them because of a lack of other financial resources.