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...install enough seating to span the length of the 100-yard field, then scrambled to erect seats in the enclosed end of the stadium in time for The Game. "Before the Yale game, there was round-the-clock pressure to get the seats in." Athletic Director John P. Reardon Jr. '60 says. Construction workers did not complete the seating until the Tuesday before the Yale game. "It was a far more complex job than anyone realized." Reardon explains...
...complex was in full use all year in both modes--for basketball and other court sports, and for baseball practice and other turf sports. "Most coaches agree," says Reardon, "that it's a very good Ivy League-type facility...
...completed most of its projected improvements on new facilities used by varsity teams, the athletic department may next focus on an older structure, the Indoor Athletic Building, a structure currently used almost exclusively for recreational and intramural activities. "That's a great building that just needs some work," says Reardon. "I was hoping that someone would come forward and want their name put on it, but that hasn't happened." Reardon cites problems with the filtering system and rotting wood on the windows as areas needing attention. The department also plans to install an insulating blanket over the swimming pool...
...says Reardon, "we want to improve things one at a time at a reasonable rate. We'd like to fix up the whole thing, but you have to ask. "Where the hell are we going to get the money...
...working together on computer education in the Cambridge schools. We host a picnic in the Harvard Yard for 2000 senior citizens every summer. Harvard students volunteer their services in Cambridge neighborhoods I cooked a spaghetti dinner for the Harvard and Cambridge high school football teams. Harvard (thanks, Jack Reardon) put on a great cook out for 300 Cambridge high school athletes in return...