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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...steel seats, and it has been suggested that the classes as units contribute these by sections, each section to be designated by the number of the class which gave it. The total cost of replacing all the old wooden seats by steel ones is estimated at $22,000, each section costing $500. The idea is to make an appeal to the classes having dinners the night before Commencement day. As there are some fifteen of these each year, the whole amount could be raised by this method in three years, and the "class' sections would be rallying points for graduates...
...keep out the tide. On examination it has been found that these drains serve their purpose well in some parts of the field and poorly in others. This is due to the fact that the soil of a portion of the field, particularly in the middle of the old gridiron, is largely clay and mud, through which the water does not drain easily...
...receive the usual cinder covering. The practice fields will be rolled and graded somewhat, but not much work will be done until the necessity for it appears, since the only really damp portion of the field is, as we have seen, that area near the middle portion of the old gridiron which was usually too slippery for satisfactory work. The whole field will ultimately be surrounded with trees, and when the boulevard is constructed will become very attractive...
...afternoon, before and after the game, and also on Commencement Day. Several cups which has been put away for safe keeping will be then displayed. Among them are the Graduates Rowing Cup, given as a trophy for the Fall races (now discontinued); the Graduates Football Cup, for kicking; the old Mott Haven Cup, the trophy from 1876-88, won by Harvard; and the Wells Cup for the class track games. There is also a silver baseball, won as a trophy...
Seniors are reminded that the "Tree" scrimmage has had to be altered materially this year and by their vote to use the old Tree again this year, they have practically agreed to the provisions suggested on the postal cards at the time of the postal card ballot...