The varsity ski team won the Brown Invitational Giant Slalom Saturday despite a squad weakened by exams. It was the first time the Crimson had entered the meet.

Completing the 30-gate course in a total of 224.7 seconds, the team was 6.5 seconds ahead of runner-up Tufts in the ten-team "B" League meet. The victory was accomplished without sophomore captain Don Stephenson or Charles Stewart, another sophomore standout.

John Holden had the fastest time at the Brown meet, taking first place with a time of 51.3 seconds, two seconds faster than his nearest opponent. Phil Creery completed the snowy course in 54.5 seconds, tying for fifth place. Acting captain Alfred Arkley finished 12th in 57.4 seconds, while the varsity's fourth man on the slopes, Tad White, was 19th with a time of 61.5 seconds.

Skiers in Dartmouth Carnival

The Dartmouth Winter Carnival this coming weekend will provide much tougher opposition for Coach Ted Lockwood's group when it competes in all four events, and against "A" League teams.

The Crimson will send to Hanover "the strongest downhill and slalom teams in the history of Harvard," according to Arkley. Both he and Stephenson were confident that Harvard would better last year's poor eighth place finish.

Arkley said the slope at Brown was "in good shape and held up fairly well. It was not too icy." The Crimson was followed by Tufts, Northeastern, American International College, and Brown. Keene Teachers College and New England College tied for sixth, while Boston University, Amherst, and Boston College brought up the rear.