Although the state of the walks in the yard is a well known, and oft recurred to grievance, and although the authorities have hitherto turned a deaf ear to all appeals concerning them, still there are two places in the walks which are so unutterably bad that we venture once more to call the attention of the powers that be to them, in the hope that they may be repaired. The places referred to are,- the marsh below Appleton Chapel, and the pond at the end of the walk on Harvard Street, just opposite Holyoke St. On every moist day, on each side of the walk leading from the Chapel to Memorial, two large pools of water are formed which gradually rise and overflow the path; then our generous authorities send a couple of stalwart Irishmen who dig a small trench across the path, drawing the small puddle into the larger, and making the walk in the meanwhile a regular quicksand. The end of the walk opposite Holyoke St. is still worse; the stones are sunken and uneven. and on the rainy days that are so common in Cambridge, one is obliged either to keep on the flagging, and go ankle deep in water, or step off the path and flounder ankle deep in mud. Now the expenditure of ten dollars would right this state of things: a small tile pipe would remedy the first defect, and a few hours labor straightening the stones would remedy the second. Let us hope that the authorities who are so eager that we shall tread in straight paths, will at least make them easy for our weary feet as possible.