Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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I I 1 4 I v n -v-L,-Y-.W-ffA-'- - - - The Ravens entertain at the Carnival Ball The Ice Show Qpostponed from Thursday nightj and the Klondike Rush finished up the parties with a bang. Undoubtedly the most beautiful single event of Carnival, the Ice Show combined brilliant costumes, skill- fully used colored lights, and the graceful movements of trained skaters. Featured solo- ists were Nancy Berquist, Wally Miner, and Mr. Wfilliam Sommers. Bill Smith, a former Carnival Players E. G. Cox, Rod Griflis, and Sarah Pettibone in See How They Runv student, and Naval Airman Dick La Fon- taine, performing with a broken skate, Were outstanding guest stars. The Klondike Rush really lived up torits name this year, from the huge prospector in the middle of the floor to the corral entrance and refreshment chuck Wagon. Couples in ski pants and stocking feet danced to the CARNIVAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN Burk row: Rupp, Greene, Kroeck, Brautigam, Stewart, Berquist, Hemphill, Trask Svmfzff row: Axinn, NViley, Lelong, Norton, Becker, Sacher Ifronl row: Wfadsworth, Holcomb, Kimbell, Hosford, Hopkins, Peach Y ..i.... -28..

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Carnival mistaken identity after another, success- fully got everyone in a mood of holiday gaiety. Sarah, as Penelope Toop, finds her peaceful life interrupted by Jim Straney, as the handsome actor Clive who had toured with her on a USO circuit. The play was fast-moving and funny. After much con- fusion, all problems were resolved and the play ended on a note setting the tone for the rest of the Carnival festivities. Friday Carnival-goers Were treated to I1 variety of activities-ski events, a musicale instead of the hockey game with Dartmouth, and the Carnival Ball. At night Midd Went formal for the Ball-everyone very elegant in tuxedos and evening gowns. Dim lights, a Woodsy background of pine trees and a mountain cabin, and the danceable music of the Yale Collegians provided just the right atmosphere. Highlights were the Ravens, Whose Pepsodent smiles and close harmony added to intermission entertainment. King Tom Jacobs and Queen Margy Packard Dancing to the music of the Green Collegians at the Klondike Rush

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, , l Chi Psi's rize-winning snow scul ture o P long, loud music of the Dartmouth Green Collegians. Those who were too tired to dance joined in singing Mountain Club songs and Alouette.', Others sat on the floor lis- tening to the Alpha Sigma Psi Octet and the monologues of Don Clast Mohicanj Peach. Sunday morning the jump, postponed from the previous day because of severe cross winds, was held, winding up the ski events. Wfhen the results were in, the Mid- The foot of Middlebury's fifty meter jump during the 1951 Winter Carnival King Tom Jacobs, Queen Margy Packard, and the royal court: Don Lelong, Joan Macklaier, Don Axinn, Carol Heinze, Chet Nightingale, Mary Hench, Jim Ross, Marilyn Murphy, Ralph Loveys, and Meg Curry dlebury women's ski team was found to be in first place and the men's team in 2nd place, 19.3 points behind Dartmouth. Ski- meister awards went to Frieda Opdahl of the University of New Hampshire and Verne Goodwin of Middlebury. In spite of setbacks in the weather, Midd's 20th Carnival turned out to be one of the best, thanks- to the effort and enthusiasm of all concerned and that indefinable something called Carnival spirit. C A scene from the 1951 Ice Show -29..