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...operation and alliance" between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lies southeast of Soldiers Field. It is bounded on the south by Western avenue, on the west by North Harvard street, and on the north and east by the Charles river. As a large part of this tract is marshy, filling for a depth of from six to nine feet will be necessary. The size of this site is 40 acres, but adjoining are 20 acres more of vacant land which could probably be obtained if necessary. The Metropolitan Park Commission has planned eventually to border the site...
...considerable work will be done towards filling in and making serviceable the undeveloped land on Soldiers Field. The low ground between the shooting-box and the gate opposite the University boathouse has already been covered with cinders and in the spring will be ready for leveling and planting. This tract will be large enough to accommodate a new baseball field and should be ready for use in the fall...
Most of the field work comes in Forestry 1, Forestry 6, and Forestry 7. In Forestry 1, which is the study of silvi-culture, excursions are made twice a week to tracts of forest in the neighborhood of Cambridge. In Forestry 6, the study of lumbering, each student is required during the winter term to visit and report upon a selected lumber camp. The field work in Forestry 7 includes reports upon special areas of forest, and in the spring term upon the construction of a working plan for a large tract of forest...
...university polo club has been formed. As a large tract of land, including a polo field and a race track, has been secured, practice will begin as soon as the weather permits...
...students particularly desirous of keeping in perfect health it may be of interest to know that every snow-storm is followed by a marked increase in the number of cases of nasal colds, the various forms of sore throat, coughs, less frequently catarrhal disturbances of the intestinal tract, and occasionally more serious illness. This is probably largely due to the fact that comparatively few students wear rubbers or overshoes, and that it is impossible without such protection to walk in several inches of snow and keep the feet dry. Wet feet are probably more prolific of the above diseases than...