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...meeting of the Cricket Club on Friday last, the following officers were elected for 1885-6: President and captain, H. L. Clark, '87; vice-president, T. H. Chase, '85; secretary, treasurer and manager, H. McKean, '89. A committee will be appointed to see about replacing the old gravel crease on Jarvis with a turf crease. The club has a prosperous season ahead, and hopes to bring another championship to Harvard...
...final, year of student life had begun. To-day the mill is in full swing, busily engaged in the task of grinding out its annual grist of A. B.'s. The clang of the prayer bell, followed by the rush of tardy footsteps over the crunching gravel, reminds us that prayers, like the poor, "we have always with us." The genial face of John, that unique example of Catholic "Orangeman:" the thought-furrowed brow of General Pratt: the "eggs and toast" of the Holly Tree: and the nocturnal journeys to that Paradise whence Adam has not yet been expelled...
...casual visitor to Jarvis Field sometimes wonders at a group of men on the southern end of the field, who, with their legs guarded by curious pads, stand in front of three upright stakes at the end of a smooth gravel path, and bat the balls thrown at them by the bowler. This is the cricket eleven practising...
...Committee decided that it was best to experiment with various sorts of clay, an determine during the spring which was the pleasantest to use, and which endured the wear best. Accordingly, as soon as the frost is out of the ground, five courts of various sorts, of brighten Gravel, Moorland Gravel, Ashes, etc. will be laid down. These can be played upon by the last week in April. During the summer 30 more clay courts made of that material which is found to be best will be laid out upon Holmes and Jarvis Fields in places that will not interfere...
...communication upon the tennis courts of the college, which we print this morning contains a suggestion which it would be well to heed. All tennis players know how unsatisfactory a court is for practice, which is neither turf nor gravel. If the association could only afford to lay out clay courts, the results would undoubtedly be perfectly satisfactory. As it is, the best thing that can be done is to remove the ragged tufts of grass, and make the courts over into smooth earthen floors...