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...many times in our columns of the disgraceful way in which the Cambridge "muckers" are allowed to take possession of the college yard and athletic grounds. As the spring has advanced the nuisance has been getting more and more intolerable, and must be stopped in some way. The new sod in the yard is trampled all over every day by these irrepressible youngsters; they gather in swarms whenever the Glee Club sings, and on Wednesday they used Holmes Field as a play-ground while the cricket match was going on, got in everybody's way, and yelled and hooted like...
...notice the improvement which is now taking place in the appearance of the yard by the sodding of old, worn out patches of grass without a feeling of satisfaction. Indeed the college has gone to a good deal of trouble and expense in so doing, and it would seem as if every one ought to be considerate enough not to cut across and tread upon the newly planted sod. Time may be precious with a good many of us, but the time saved by short cuts across the grass is not of enough importance to warrant the justification...
...accessible to all students. Now, the tennis association finds it necessary to charge players fifteen to twenty-five cents apiece every time they play. One dollar to a dollar and a half a week for exercise, the majority of students feel, operates as a protective tariff for the sod. As a result, many students are prevented from indulging in this irreproachable form of exercise. The treasury which can open its vaults for a trainer and a running track and can pay for "the preparation of a large arege area of land for use as a college playground" cannot plead poverty...
...Cricket Association will probably sod the western end of Holmes' field, when the frost is wholly out of the ground...
...which was used in payment of outstanding bills, so that the association began the year without any surplus money. It was deemed advisable last spring to play on Holmes Field if possible, as Jarvis Field was in a wretched condition. In order to do this it was necessary to sod the new diamond which cost the BaseBall Association $492.84. In January at the meeting of the Executive Committee, Mr. D. C, Clark '86, was elected Treasurer of the Association, and has had entire charge of the books from that time. I wish to thank Messrs. Barnes, Lock and Snelling...