As the spring comes on with its pleasant and settled weather the shooting men of the college will doubtless improve the opportunity offered by the grounds of the Middlesex Club to obtain at least a day's practice each week. The Shooting Club was certainly fortunate in being able to secure accommodations so near at hand, without being obliged to go to the expense of fitting up grounds of its own. These grounds are fairly well provided with trap-shooting apparatus, and are very pleasantly located, being in a thinly settled part of Watertown, where no troublesome crowed of spectators is liable to collect. Besides, the spot is comparatively easy of access, as it can be reached in a ride of twenty minutes. Taking these advantages into consideration, there ought to be a large number of men at the weekly meets of the club.
But there is another suggestion which might be offered. It is said that the club proposes to hold a spring meeting at some time after the April recess. We should like to suggest that one of the events on the programme be a team match between teams of four, or more, from the various classes and schools of the university. It is one of the complaints urged by the faculty that there are not enough inter-class contests. Here is an excellent opportunity to start a competition which shall bring out the representatives of the different classes, at the same time affording an opportunity for healthy sport in the field and tending to revive the class spirit which is said to have died out of late years. This suggestion of ours may be impracticable, but we should like to see it acted upon, especially since we feel sure that '84 could put four men into the field capable of winning one more victory for the class before it leaves college, while the lower classes would be far from making a poor showing in the contest, judging from the interest they have shown in the matches already held.
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