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SUMMER ACTIVITIES
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING commencement last June, the Outing Club, with three crews of undergraduates and alumni, started on a major overhaul of its physical plant. The first project to be tackled, and that with a July 1 deadline, was the reopening of the Ravine Camp at the base of Mt. Moosilauke. The large log structure and its related bunkhouse, Natt Emerson Camp, had been lying in a semi-dormant state except for occasional Outing Club trips to the area since 1942. The club had decided in June to perpetuate the traditions and fellowship of the old Moosilauke Summit Camp by appointing Roger Brown '45, one of the summit crew prior to its burning in 1942, as hutmaster of the Ravine Camp for this summer's operation. Brown was in charge of an all-undergraduate crew whose responsibility it was to welcome and cater to those alumni and friends of Dartmouth that enjoy the freedom and relaxation of their own mountain. Roger was successful, as a look into the camp register will testify, and the legend of Dr. Benton of Summit Camp fame was readily adapted to the quieter setting of the Ravine Camp.
To supplement Brown's operational crew, Phil Shepard '4B was in command of a large trail crew whose work this summer has been varied. After all trails on the mountain were cleared, including the reopening of the Hurricane Trail from Glencliff to the Ravine Camp, Phil turned to repainting and scrubbing up the Ravine Camp, and on clear days started a major police-up of the outside grounds. A secondary project of the crew was the remodeling of the stable into a comfortable undergraduate cabin nestled right next to the Baker River. This cabin is designed and being equipped to have twelve bunks, and will be operated in a manner similar to all other D.O.C. cabins.
A third group of students under the leadership of Alex McPherson '4.4 tackled the cabins and trails north and west of Hanover, and succeeded in bringing order out of chaos. The major achievement of this group was the construction of a new cabin on the College Grant. This cabin, as yet unnamed, is 17 x 23 in size, of log construction, and will accommodate six. It is located on Alder Brook, a tributary of the Swift Diamond River, and becomes the most northern of the D.O.C. chain. Fall work trips will put the finishing touches on the equipping of this camp.
FALL ACTIVITIES
Continuing a tradition that was reactivated last year, the D.O.C. is again sponsoring a Freshman Trip, this year under the able leadership of Harlan Brumsted '46. Application have tripled expectation and even though the original trip has been re-scheduled to handle double the number, the D.O.C. has been forced to disappoint a good many by returning applications. The maximum number, and a record one at that, of 160 of the class of 1951 will be participating and receiving their introduction to the hills and lakes surrounding the plains of Hanover. The base of operations for this project is the Ravine Camp.
Another club project that has sprung to life is the publication of Dartmouth OutO'Doors under the editorship of Jack Rohrs '42. This is the first time since 1942 that the magazine has been printed, and it is available by writing the D.O.C. for a copy.
WINTER PLANS
Following a protracted silence on the subject of skiing, the Trustees of the D.O.C. announce the reappointment of Walter Prager as head coach of skiing, and that he has been granted a leave of absence for the winter of 1947-48 to continue his duties as co-coach of the American Olympic Ski Team. Prager, well known to all skiing as Dartmouth's coach from 1936 until his resignation in 1946, will return to the campus following the Olympic Games. In the same announcement the Trustees of the D.O.C. named Jay Densmore '44 as acting head coach in Prager's absence; William G. Distin '44, assistant coach; Edward Little '41, freshman coach; and Marshall Fitzgerald as chief instructor of the Dartmouth Ski School. All these men are familiar names on the campus; Densmore as a ski team member in '42 and assistant coach under Prager last year; Distin as a ski letterman in '42 and '43, captain in 1943; as an instructor under Sepp Ruschp of Mt. Mansfield, and as an alternate to this year's Olympic Team; .Little as a team member in '39, '40 and '41; and Fitzgerald as a former Hanover instructor who has gained experience serving in schools under Luiggi Foegger at Yosemite and Pfeiffer at Aspen.
DIRECTS STUDENT PROGRAM: John A. Rand '38, Director of the DOC, who is now giving full time to the undergraduate activities of the Club.
