With the D.O.C.
WINTER SPORTS WEEK END DATES SCHEDULED AS FEBRUARY 3 AND 4
WINTER AT DARTMOUTH is probably the one season of the year that is best remembered by her students, and of all these Dartmouth men it is probably the DOC men who have loved the winter most. The sight of the large flakes of snow softly falling across the bleak campus at dusk is still the same as in years past, and winter sports have lost none of their thrill because of the war emergency. The DOC, through the winter sports department, still carries on in popularizing winter activities and instilling in its members a love of winter sports but, of course, things are not the same as in peacetime. Just as the entire campus life has been adjusted to meet the exacting schedules of the V-12 trainees, so the DOC's program has been directed to appeal to the average blue jacket.
Perhaps the most outstanding change in the winter program has been the abandonment of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival for the duration. Carnival's lavishness and pageantry have no place in America at war, and Dartmouth can no longer afford to suspend operations and present a festival of ice and snow which would be worthy of its reputation. However, King Wmter does not go unheralded even in wartime Hanover. The Winter Sports Week End is the temporary substitute for Carnival, and every effort has been made to make it the finest tribute to snow and ice that wartime restriction will allow. The high point of the winter season is slated for Feb. 3 and 4 and features the fifth successive Quarter Deck Hop. As in the past, the eye-filler of the week end will be the ski meet which pits the Big Green against the cream of Eastern competition. Gone is the giant campus statue; houseparties have disappeared with fraternities; but Winter still holds court at Dartmouth.
NEW FRANCONIA CABIN
Ever since the old Franconia cabin burned down in 1939, there has been a desire on the part of DOC men to build a new cabin to house the many chubbers who look forward to trips into this beautiful section of the White Mountains near Mt. Lafayette. Now, at last, a new cabin is to be erected on the site of the old one. The proximity to the Cannon Mt. tramway and many fine trails makes Franconia a skiers' paradise, and the excellent opportunities for fishing assure it of abundant use the year round.
SKI TEAM
Despite an almost complete turnover in personnel, the Big Green has managed this year to come up with what appears to be one of the best ski teams in the country. Sparked by Colin Stewart and Francis (Sonny) Drury, two products of Hanover High, and Capt. Howie Hewitt of last year's team, Dartmouth won last month's meet at Lake Placid and missed possession of the Harvey Trophy only because the jumping was cancelled, due to rain. In the cross-country at Lake Placid, Stewart placed first, Drury fourth, and Dave Miller '48 took eighth place. Hewitt took the slalom, with Stewart fourth, but in the downhill Drury and Stewart placed tenth and twelfth respectively. The Greens' coaches for the season are Sel Hannah '35, a former Dartmouth star, and Ed Blood, formerly coach of the Dartmouth nemesis—University of New Hampshire.
The Board of Cabin & Trail has elected Rog Tenney '48 and Hal Macartney '46 to its ranks, and has chosen Dave Miller '48 and Bill Marshall USNR to be its representatives on the Executive Council of the Outing Club.
At one of its recent meetings the Winter Sports Council elected to membership the following men who have been active in winter sports activities: Bill Wood—USNR, Director-at-large; John Taylor '47, Assistant Director; Jerry King '48, Assistant Director of Competitions; Budd Elliott '48, Director of Equipment; Jack Zillmer '48, Winter Sports Board; Gordon Robertson '48, Assistant Director of Safety; Jim Schaefer '48, Director of Publicity.
The DOC held its annual Winter IOCA trip at the Ravine Camp, at Dartmouth's own Mt. Moosilauke, last month. Chubbers representing most of the eastern colleges maintaining outing clubs were present to enjoy the affair. The skiers reveled in the snow and, according to their skill, chose the Snapper, Little Dipper, or the practice slope on which to do their schussing.
