DARTMOUTH UNDYING

The average Winter Carnival sculpture requires 2,000 person-hours to move snow into a pleasing shape. But not all sculptures have been made of snow; the one shown here is of orange juice.

1927

An ice castle is the Winter Carnival's first official sculpture.

1938

Snow is scarce. One professor's wife sells what hasn't melted on her front lawn.

1948

Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a visiting expert on arctic affairs, supervises students in building ice houses.

1950

The brothers of Sigma Nu sculpt two tons of frozen orange juice trucked in from Florida.

1955

"Nanook of the North" overstays its welcome on the Green. Three sticks of dynamite fail to dislodge the eskimo from his whale. A second attempt, with explosives and pneumatic drills, finally succeeds.

1956

Snow is scarce. Students shave the ice off Occom Pond.

1969

With construction behind schedule, the administration offers beer and hot rum for students willing to work into the night.

1976

The Statue of Liberty appears on the Green, holding a. beer.

1980

Snow is scarce. Experts from Killington stay two nights at the Hanover Inn and make enough snow for the sculpture and the ski jump.

1986

Children's author Maurice Sendak consents to the rendering of a "Wild Thing," provided the statue remain sober. Robert Redford helps with the carving.

1987

A 47-foot, saxophone-playing snowman makes the Guinness Book of World Records. Critics say the tallest-ever sculpture looks more like Mrs. Butterworth smoking a pipe.