New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
PLAN ELABORATE
WINTER SPORTS
FOR DARTMOUTH
Sixty Colleges Invited to Join in
Two Days" Carnival at
Hanover

Hanover, n. H., Feb. 3.-Dart-
mouths winter carnival, according to
the programme mapped out by the
Dartmouth Outing Club, will surpass
any event of the kind ever held at New
Hanover Invitations have been sent
to sixty colleges to take part in the
outdoor events. from February to 10.
One Of the features of this annual
carnival is three-day trip over
the White Mountains. Hundreds OF
alumni of the college annually re-
turn to the college town for that
fascinating jaunt on Snowshoes. Inc
Outing Club has had cabins built az
several places in the mountains, and
here the trampers gather At nights and
chat by the log fire. No other college
in the United States 10 so we'll situated
for winter sports as Dartmouth. A
big programme has been arranged LOT
this years carnival.
The first days activities will begin
at 1880, with hockey game between
Dartmouth and Bishops College, OF
Canada. From the rink the crowd Will
proceed to the golf links, where the
first events Of the intercollegiate SKI
and snowshoe meet will take place.
A number Of innovations appear this
year in the meet, chief among which
is a ski obstacle race. A SKI Jump De
tween alumni and undergraduates, SKI
lump for children under fourteen, and
an interclass ski relay race are also
new features. A ski 220-yard dash, q
snowshoe race for the same distance,
| a ski 'cross-country race, the children's
ski Jump, q snowshoe obstacle race and
exhibition ski jumping, including turn
ing somersaults in midair and jump
ing tandem, comprise the programme
Carnival Bali
The carnival ball, the chief social
event Of the celebration, will take
place in the evening.
The final day OF the carnival Will
start at 80 on February 10, when the
concluding numbers of the ski and
snowshoe meet will take place. The
inter-class ski relay, the ski obstacle
race, skiing for proficiency and good
form, the snowshoe 'cross-country run
and the intercollegiate ski jump be-
tween alumni and the undergraduates
will also take place then.
In the evening the basketball teams
Of Columbia and Dartmouth will meet
in a league game, and a concert by the
glee and mandolin clubs will bring the
carnival TO a close.
Colgate, like Dartmouth, is taking up
winter sports on more extensive
| basis than formerly, and plans are
being made for a carnival to be held in
February. This college is located at
Hamilton, y. Y, where there is snow
on the ground during the entire winter
At Saranac Lake every February
winter carnival is held, and in connec-
/ ton with this the ice skating cham
pionships are conducted on the lake.
Probably the largest winter carnival
in the country is held annually at St
Paul, Mimi. This is the biggest thing
in the Northwest, and St. Paul IS
crowded with thousands Of visitors on
carnival days and nights. pageant
in which hundreds participate is the
| big feature. together with ice skating
contests and skiing competitions.
In this part Of the country the
weather is too erratic 10 permit any
such celebrations. Oldtimers tell US
Of the days years ago when there was
ALWAYS snow or zero weather from late
| in November until spring, when there
were sleigh races on the Raritnn River,
| but those days seem to have passed.
| We get zero weather occasionally, but II
is not lasting, and would not permit
the planning of winter carnivals sucn
as are held at New Hanover, 81. Paul
and various parts OF New York State
where winter is winter all winter long.