Word: field
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...progress of reclamation of Soldiers Field has been slow and irregular. In 1905 and again in 1906 small portions of the land now available were reclaimed, but since then nothing has been done except of a rudimentary nature. The total area of the field as it is now bounded is about 61 acres. Of this about 24 acres are entirely developed, about 9 acres are underdrained but not ready for use until a proper surface has been placed upon it, and about 28 acres are entirely undeveloped...
...tennis courts recently built on Soldiers Field were to relieve the increased demand upon Jarvis Field caused partly by the building of Landell Hall. This transfer of courts from Holmes Field has greatly increased the congestion on Soldiers Field, and taken two diamonds formerly used for scrub baseball or the so-called "Leiter Cup Series." The Athletic Committee is desirous of developing Soldiers Field as soon as possible in order to encourage sport among undergraduates, who wish to take part without severe training or excessive expenditure of time
...University association football team was defeated by Haverford, at Haverford, Penn., on Saturday, by the score of 1 to 0. In spite of the good condition of the field the game was slow. Haverford's forwards showed better team work than the University players, who were unable to cover the men against them...
...ever-growing intracollegiate athletics. The increasing interest that has been taken of late in that kind of sport is a most healthy manifestation, which deserves, in the estimation of the most ardent supporter or the most vehement opponent of intercollegiate athletics, every possible encouragement. And yet, of Soldiers, Field only 24 acres, or less than half of its total area, are available for use. The cricket team was driven out of existence by the pressure of other teams, and worst of all, as our need increased out of all proportion to our resources, the Leiter Cup baseball series became history...
...realize, and the Committee as well, that athletics for the greatest number are more important than a prompt payment of the Stadium debt. Investigations are being made of the expenses involved in reclaiming the rest of the Field, and, in view of the present attitude of the Harvard authorities on athletic questions, permission should easily be obtained to disregard a recommendation that operates against intracollegiate athletics...