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...Dartmouth Outing Club's eighth annual carnival will open tomorrow at Hanover and continue until Saturday evening. It is not expected that lack of snow will interfere with the events, and, as usual, ski-jumping will be the feature of the program. Interest in intercollegiate events has been greatly increased by the announcement that McGill University of Canada, Colgate, Middlebury and Williams will enter teams...
Events and details of importance include ski-jumping contests, the supper dance in the Commons, the Dramatic Association's production of "Heave To" and the Carnival Number of the Dartmouth Bema...
Invitations to enter teams in the ski and snowshoe races and in the ski-jumping contests have been sent to all colleges supporting a similar organization, and competitors are expected from New Hampshire State, Williams, Middlebury, Colgate and others. Instead of the usual method of opening the entries to the college, the Outing Club intends to choose its representatives for the intercollegiate events just as is done in other athletics. The men will be chosen for the team on a basis of the work in the early season preliminary meets which will start during the next two weeks...
...Believing that physical fitness is an invaluable asset to every man in time of war, the emphasis in this year's Carnival will be placed in the outdoor events. These will include ski and snowshoe dashes and obstacle races, a ski cross-country race, and a ski-joring contest. In addition, there will be competitive ski-jumping. Three prizes will be awarded in each event...
Prominent among the exhibition jumps will be double and triple jumps, jumps on one ski, and somersault. Trophies or favors are to be awarded the winners of the respective events throughout the Carnival...