The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-02-17
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
WINTER CARNIVAL

f-i1rEffd D. the freshman hop held II
Armory HalL Music was furnished b.
/ CAROLS orchestra Of Barre. The hail
vas decorated in maroon and gold,
Norwich colors, and the class colors,
purple and gold Each fraternity had
its booth decorated in original style
around the sides Of the hall. The blue
dress uniform and the evening gowns,
with the subdued light from the center
Of the hall, made a very pleasing
effect.
Friday morning an exhibition polo
game was held at the new riding hall
between picked teams from the Junior
and Senior classes. -Four periods Of
ten minutes each with two fairly
evenly matched teams tblue and red)
gave a victory TO the blue team with
score Of 70 3. The polo exhibition
was the first that has been given in
the new hall and demonstrated that
strong team can be selected from such
material to represent Norwich in the
games scheduled with several Of the
New England colleges. A fiashy game
was put up by White and Switzer for
the blues, while Zwart was the main
stay for the red team.
In the afternoon ski and toboggan
jumping took place on the hill just
east Of the University which affords
toboggan slide Of nearly a quarter
Of mile and a ski course Of the same
length. Because Of the snowstorm
the course was not in the best condi-
ton, but after considerable use ii
made fairly good sliding. Holder,
Walker, II. f., and Austin won first,
second and third places, respectively,
in the ski jumping contest. Northrup,
Styles and Steele with their crews
won the places in tie toboggan jump
ing. Due to the sticky condition of
the snow no record jumps were made,
and il was rather difficult to keep in
the trick The toboggan jumping was
exciting, as frequently the parties
jumped the sides Of the course, and
made their own paths to the bottom Of
the hill, covering themselves with the
light snow until they could not be seen
in tie snow spray which went all over
them Northrop made a jump Of 40
feet, but on previous occasions, with +
the snow in better condition, jumps Of
so to 90 feet have been made with
toboggans over the same course.
The evening was enjoyed by open
house at the fraternity house parties
which lasted well into the next day
For those who were more athletically
inclined there were attractions at the
skating rink on the river
Saturday morning dawned clear and
condition for any kind
Of winter sport. Tie Senior class put
on a fancy mounted drill at the riding
hall, after which ar exhibition jump
ing contest was given by picked horse
men from the same class. The ribbon
winners were Morgan, blue ribbon;
Carroll, red ribbon; and Walters, yell
low ribbon. They gave a fine exhibit
ton of horsemanship, and the jumps
were so we'll made in several cases
that ties had TO be settled by new
attempt at the course. The hurdles
consisted of broad jump of fence
rails, picket fence, a hedge, and
finally, a stone wall.
In the afternoon q basket balLgam
was staged at the Armory Hall with
Albany Law School. Between the
halves exhibition bouts were given in
by Merchant'23 and Hoyt'2l
N the 145 ID. class, also Sparrow '22
md Flanders '22 put on a bout in
style. In the first
bout there was no decision as the men
we're very evenly matched as to
science. In the second bout in the
leavy weight class Flanders, who out
weighed Sparrow by 25 pounds, was
yiven the decision; however, Sparrow !
bowed more skill and agility.
The Savoy Theatre was engaged for
he evening, and a feature picture
vas shown along with the regular
how after which vaudeville stunts
we're given by several men Of the
orps. "Chappie" Northrop showed I
is audience some clever foot work,
Ike" Whelton introduced several new
ong hits and finally "Sugar" Kane 4
nd "Bentwell" White gave a comedy &
ketch entitled "The Guest" which !
ras very amusing, and the acting ex-
good. Music was furnish
by the Theta Chi orchestra. To
onplete the festivities a dance was ,
cid at the Amory Han with Bror's !
rchestra Of Burlington, assisted BY \
he Theta Chi orchestra Several =
eigh ride parties were held 9 near o.
y towns where Refreshments were q
nd, and usually wound up with o
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