Some things the Tennis Association can do to improve the courts and some things it cannot. It is true that it can not give us first-class courts. Setting aside the great expense of grading and turfing, and of almost daily rolling, sprinkling and cutting, that is absolutely necessary if one is to have a good grass court at all-an expense the students would never submit to -no grass courts, however well cared for, could be kept in good condition under constant use and the wear and tear to which the college courts are subjected. They are played on too late in the autumn, too early in the spring and too soon after rains, and above all, too much for any sod to stay good. Last year the two courts by the society building had scarcely a blade of grass left on them, and they were by far the best. Indeed, if we cannot have turfintact, "the barer the better" is the rule. It is folly then to expect the Tennis Association to provide good grass courts.