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INTER-COLLEGIATE SKI TEAM
Back Row—-J. Deane; A. Morton.
Front Row—I. Orr; D. Manley; J. Fairley.
Absent—J. Mitchell; E. Mitchell; S. Bruce; B. Taylor; D. Bell; D. Northcott; B. McGinnis.
Varsity Outdoor Club
U NDE1j the capable executive, composed of J. M. Orr, President; Muriel Christie,
Vice-President; John Deane, Secretary; Jack Mitchell, Marshal; Margaret
Buchanan, Archivist, the Outdoor Club has again had an active year, several inno
vations having been added to the usual programme.
About twenty-five members made a successful trip to the Liong last May after
the exams. The Club chartered a small boat and went by way of Brunswick Beach.
It was an excellent climb, marred only by the cold wind on the ridge. However,
the journey back by boat on one of the clearest of May nights more than made
up for that.
In October the Club, as usual, put all its prospective members through the
hard grind of work guaranteed to quell all but the most enthusiastic. This year a
new woodshed was built, a most magnificent edifice. Those not engaged on the
shed cut the quantities of wood necessary to fill it. The women, as usual, dished up
the piles of delectable food to feed the workers. As a final test the prospective
members were taken up Seymour through a driving rainstorm. After these pre
liminaries about twenty-five members were elected.
In November the first party took place at the Fraser Roller Skating Rink, where
it was discovered that roller skates are as hard to control as skis.
As usual, a large crowd gathered at the cabin over New Year’s to eat the two
turkeys cooked by the Club’s best cooks. The second party of the year was held
in the ice rink at the Auditorium in February.
This year, for the first time, an inter-collegiate meet has been arranged between
U.B.C. and the University of Washington. It is scheduled to take place about the
middle of March. The Varsity team has been receiving constant coaching from
Nels Nelson, former world champion ski jumper. They have also participated in
several races against other Vancouver ski clubs and made a good showing. So
maybe the Washington boys will be shown a thing or too when they come up.
After the meet the Club is sponsoring a dance at the Grouse Mountain Chalet.
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