SKIING OVER THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HILLS 



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Photograph by Kenneth D. Smith 



MARIAN FAIRFIELD, OF HANOVER, AT THE MOMENT OF LANDING FROM A SKI JUMP 



This young miss has just gone over the "big jump" of the Dartmouth College skiing course — 

 a feat which many experienced athletes have refused to attempt. 



there is a succession of spirited races — ■ 

 ski and snowshoe sprints, cross-country- 

 ski races, testing the stamina of the con- 

 testants as do few other college sports, 

 and obstacle races. 



The crowning event of the carnival, 

 however, is the ski-jumping contest, 

 which is to the occasion what the chariot 

 race of the Olympic games was to the 

 ancients. Thousands of spectators can 

 be accommodated on the slopes surround- 



ing Dartmouth's 

 course. 



great ski - jumping 



THE SKI-JUMPING COURSE 



The approach of the ski- jump is down 

 a steep 300-foot pathway cut through a 

 pine forest. At the top is a wooden 

 trestle, which enables the contestant to 

 acquire a tremendous initial momentum 

 for his rush down the course to the 

 "jump" itself, which is a level platform 



