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...parapet will be nine feet high, and the lowest seats will thus be approximately nine feet from the ground. This parapet will have five openings or doorways on each of the straight sides of the Stadium, which will lead from the field to the space underneath the seats. It is at present intended to close these openings permanently with heavy doors or gates. In addition to these ten doorways there will be a large portal in the bow of the Stadium, which is intended to relieve the plainness of the parapet in the curve. The portal, excepting for some gateway...
...space beneath the seats will contain, in addition to the stairways, three series of supporting columns. The ground in this part will probably be covered with fine gravel...
...University baseball field, which is to replace the old diamond over which the stadium is being built, will be located on the present University football field. Home plate will be placed close to the central section of the south stand, and space for an outfield will be made by removing the north stand. This will be done at the close of the football season, when the track will be taken up and the ground graded...
...Stadium will be horseshoe shaped and within will be the football gridiron, surrounded by an oval running track, and also a straight-away track, the finish of which will be in the bow of the horse-shoe. In the space underneath the seats will be built lockers and dressing rooms. There will also be a promenade under the seats with staircases leading to various points in the stands...
...fertilized. No attempt has yet been made to beautify to any great extent the surroundings of the buildings. It is hoped in the course of the next few years to make some of the more secluded places, such as that between Harvard Hall and Phillips Brooks House, and the space back of Holworthy, much more attractive than at present by planting shrubbery and flowering plants. The present simplicity of the Yard itself, however, will not be altered...