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Three people were aimlessly ice skating around Watson Rink at 10:30 on Tuesday morning. Watching them was Mrs. Maribel V. Owen, whom the HAA described last week as a "noted instructor." But she could do little more than shout a few words of encouragement to the one Harvard and two Radcliffe students who appeared for the ten o'clock session of the second day of figure skating lessons...
Undergraduates may still register for Mrs. Owen's free lessons, given at 9, 10, 11, and 12 on Monday and Tuesday mornings, at the HAA office, Physical Training Department. Mrs. Owen says she is more interested in beginners than advanced students and does not object to hockey, rather than figure, skates...
There is no way of knowing how far local television could go if the HAA were willing, for the NCAA still restricts the number of television dates. The University will almost certainly refuse to buck NCAA regulations, even if it disapproves of them, since to do so would be to risk expulsion and to make opponents almost impossible to find. During the more restricted era from 1952-54, the University killed feelers on the subject...
Every year their request has been refused on the grounds that WBZ had an exclusive contract. This year, WBZ has no contact. The games will be broadcast only from New York, useful for the HAA in maintaining alumni interest, but not to local enthusiasts, who must now buy tickets...
...HAA apparently reasons that the ideal situation would be to have television of all games, assuming the contract is large enough to cover the attendance decline. This would mean that the budget would balance, and the student would be under even greater pressure to get out in the stands and cheer, along with his paying date...