Viking_Yearbook_66

01lld00l' u0gralll It began at Christmas when Sam McKinney, ski teacher and Ht. Hood guide, was added to the Stu- dent Activities staff to set up something this dis- persed, city-centered student body had never had, an Outdoor Program. By summer, various groups- some 150-200 students-had logged 3000 miles in 25 hiking, biking, and climbing trips. To the original housing (it was carry your own sleep- ing bags) the program added a7o-capacity mountain home, Silcox Hut, at the top of Mt. Hood's Magic Mile through an arrangement with the U. S. Forest Service. The massive stone lodge, with hand-hewn beams and fireplaces, is of the same vintage and architecture as the WPA-built Timberline Lodge. t. R. q. n s ffi fl ,.s !:d \".q w;i s & t: ffi tr ffi .w \s r$ 65