Mt. Moosilauke (1909 ) - The Dartmouth Outing Club
November 30, 1909
". . . The question 'What is there to do at Dartmouth in the winter?' gives rise to the thought that we might take better advantage of the opportunities which the admirable situation of our college offers.
Winter sports are fast growing in popularity as is testified by the Carnivals at Montreal and the big ski jump contests at the northern and middle western cities, where thousands of people assemble to watch the contestants.
The writer suggests that a ski and snow-shoe club be formed, the purposes of which would be:
1. To stimulate interest in out-of-door winter sports.
2. To have short cross-country runs weekly and one long excursion each season (say, to Mooselac). . . .
By taking the initiative in this matter Dartmouth might well become the originator of a branch of college organized sport hitherto undeveloped by American Colleges. . . .
Respectfully submitted,
F.H. Harris '11 "
From "Reaching That Peak, Seventy Five Years of the Dartmouth Outing Club" by David O. Hooke, 1987.
