The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-25
FIRST ANNUAL WINTER SPORTS
INSTITUTE, DECEMBER 2 and 3
Jacob l. Pete and Harold Cook Committee Making Plans
for Mammoth Winter Sports Program be Launched in
the Arrowhead Country.

The first annual Minnesota Arrow
head Winter Sports Institute, which
will be held at Hibbing, December and
8, will be school of instruction on all
phases of winter sports and winter re-
creational activity While the general
purpose viii be to mobilize the leader
ship of this part of the state and to
help stimulate, coordinate, dramatic
and publicize the winter financial re-
creation, tourist, and social advantages
of northeastern Minnesota for its own
people, program consisting of wide
variety of activities will be conducted.
Winter sports leaders predict that the
Institute is the beginning of program
Of activity during the coming winter
season thai will get over $50 900 per-
sons in the Arrowhead country to take
part in q distinct outdoor winter &C
tivities with predicted total attend
Of over two million persons for the
season. Approximately coo leaders and
twenty organizations will be in attend
ance at the institute.
Besides inspirational talks by leaders
In various sports, there will be meet
ings devoted to the construction, care,
and use of all types of winter sports
facilities, program making, drawing up
of schedules for various sports, setting
the time and place of winter sports
championship meets, the organization
of Arrowhead Winter Sports associa-
tons and the holding Of meetings Of
regional, Arrowhead and state winter
sports groups.
On the closing night of the Institute,
there will be banquet with speakers of
prominence and series of three
minute talks announcing the plans of
the major winter sports organizations
for the coming season.
Some of the championship events that
are expected to be awarded at the In
stitute, include among others, the fol-
lowing: Minnesota state hockey champi-
onship meet; the Arrowhead ski
championship meet; the Minnesota
speed skating championship meet; the
Northwest figure skating championship
meet; the Range curling bonspiel; the
Northwest curling bonspiel; the Central
League hockey championship series. the
Range hockey championship meet, and
various interscholaStic and intercollegi-
ate hockey, ski and speed skating meets.
In addition, and because of the
working out of schedules, tournament
dates, and community winter frolic
celebrations at the Institute, it is hoped
that Immediately following the Institute
the first formal winter sports program
Of the Arrowhead country will be or
ganized and announced. ANY. organi-
cation, public board, recreation or park
department, and rural or urban COM
munity, planning on some sort of
winter celebration should send repre-
sentatives TO the Institute where assist
ance will be given in securing events
with little or no cost for their local
winter sports programs and winter
frolic celebrations.
The Winter Sports Institute is being
sponsored by the Winter Sports and
Recreation Division of the Minnesota
Arrowhead Association. A special In
stftute committee is making arrange
ments for this event and consists of
the following:
Victor johnson, Hibbing, chairman;
B. G. Leighton, Hibbing, secretary;
w. A. Fisher, Virginia; George Perham,
Duluth; Les Emery, Hibbing; Jacob l..
Pete, Ely; r. Raattama, Chisholm;
Harold Grinder, Duluth; Harold Cook
Ely.