Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thousands of people who milled through Mechanics Building last week at the Boat and Outdoor Show saw what some say was the biggest collection of new boats on the eastern sea-board and were enlightened in the arts of the misery whip and the six pound double-bitted axe. They watched a guide cook dinner over a light bulb, and a monkey row a boat. They proved, certainly, that private boating is well on the way to becoming the nation's biggest effort, and that the people are numerous who see money with their dreams...
...that Dartmouth is little more than its Winter Carnival, but the perennial February function is indeed the best-known feature of this monastic college. Although the purpose of the Carnival may have degenerated from the intention expressed at the Carnival's inception in 1911--to have "good, wholesome, outdoor fun," into a device to give Dartmouth sufficient appeal to attract women there, it does serve this purpose, as well as that of being the major unifying activity of the college...
Although much of the dissatisfaction can be attributed to this frantic need to prove virility, this year's carnival was hampered by natural conditions. It was very, very cold at the outdoor events, and there was no snow for the scenery, sculpturing, or skiing until Saturday afternoon...
...concrete canopy of the Center, there will be an open-air Friendship Promenade which can serve as an exhibition hall, concert hall or picnic ground for the whole community. Indeed, parents are expected to hang around the school almost as much as the children-which is why the outdoor theater is called the Family Bowl...
...Carnival centers around the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association meet. Fraternities and houses will stage "snow statue" contests and hold parties and dances. An Ice show "Outdoor Evening", is planned for Friday night, when a Carnival Queen will be chosen from among 45 selected girls...