Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...situation of the hockey enthusiasts has been realized. In the annual report on athletics the need for a skating rink in Cambridge was emphasized. Formerly the Freshmen were given the opportunity to play interdormitory hockey, but this has been given up. We are told that, owing to adverse weather conditions, it was impractical to attempt to maintain a rink out of doors. Whether this is true or not, a rink was provided on Soldiers Field for many years. In fact there have been several cases of interdormitory players who have advanced to the varsity...
...suggestion in an accompanying letter to provide more suitable hockey facilities opens subject of major importance. The present use of the Boston Garden by Harvard as the home rink for the University hockey teams cannot be considered a satisfactory arrangement...
...greater import in the future, however, is the question of establishing a home rink for the University teams in Cambridge. Financially and in other ways, the Athletic Association is both dependent upon and too closely connected with the Boston Garden, a purely professional enterprise. Because of the present situation, the Harvard hockey team is viewed in the light of an attraction for hockey fans, regardless of their interest in either Harvard of amateur sport. That Harvard is a bonanza for the proprietors of the Boston rink, is palpable. The placement of all University sport activities in Cambridge is necessary...
...easy or immediate solution can be found. Indoor rinks are costly, very costly. But the Athletic Association is conducting a successful football business. It may be said that the accumulated profits are scant, for so large an enterprise. Yet they are regular; they are insured by the persistent interest in football. As long as the surplus is not being used to provide athletic facilities or free blanket admissions to students, they should be used in the promotion of sports as free from professional taint as possible. During the next decade Harvard would do well to consider the possibility of erecting...
...first four major sports. At Dartmouth we have not yet reached the point where the College will go to Boston, for instance, to see the team play, as is the case in some of the other eastern colleges, but the very fact that we now have a hockey rink testifies to the popularity of the sport and assures its permanency...