Word: squashed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...howls recently set up in the vicinity of Langdell Hall to contest the invasion of six squash courts in the new Hemenway gymnasium by the varsity team, arise from the false notion that the new courts were built expressly for the convenience of the Law School, or if not, that they should have been. The law students do not seem to realize that for years the varsity squash team has been pursuing its way around courts that have varied more than two feet in dimension, and their need for the standard courts at Hemenway outweighs the burden on law students...
There is no doubt that the squash team has been playing under a considerable handicap with all their peregrinations from one size court to another, first in practice, then in team matches; regulation size courts are needed to solve their problems. The difficulties of the law students and their exercise will likewise disappear if the authorities are willing to set aside a definite number of courts for them each afternoon, either a few yards or a few hundred yards away...
Widespread discontent among the graduates, who had been led to believe they would have the full benefit of the new sports center, spread early this week when authorities announced that half of the new squash courts would be reserved for Varsity players...
Bingham pointed out that the squash courts vacated by Varsity teams would throw open new reserve facilities for the law scholars and that the agreement had been satisfactory to a committee composed of Dean Landis, John W. Lowes '19 (acting for President Conant), and himself...
...With the squash team having had excellent success while using the University courts in the past, and since many feel that the new Hemenway was built so that harrassed graduate students might follow Dr. Bock's advice on exercise, the angry lawyers feel they have an excellent case...