Amherst, December 14: Trains and automobiles cut no ice with two rugged youths from the wilds of Amherst, who are setting out down the Connecticut in a canoe for a round trip to Orient Point, Long Island, next Friday.

The two Massachusetts State students yesterday revealed that the purpose of the trip is to determine the feasibility of bringing their girls up to their Winter Carnival in February by canoe. Neither their parents, or the young ladies in question, have been consulted.

They hope to be back for midyears, if the river doesn't freeze over.