While we hesitate to approach a question of such moment to the college as the "state of the yard," we feel that when each spring reminds us of a growing practice among the students detrimental to the appearance of the yard, some attention ought to be called to the matter. We refer to the custom of walking across the grass. Whenever there is a large plot of grass it is almost certain to be marred by a long winding path, which remains year after year, despite the efforts of the college constabulary to obliterate it. Fertilizers and non-fertilizers have been tried in vain. There is, however, only one means by which this objectionable feature of the yard can be inadicated, and that is by the liberal use of barriers at the entrance and end of each path. By this means only can the paths be removed. It is useless to remonstrate. The man who uses the path most, best realizes its value, and therefore can hardly be expected to forego, unless met by some convincing argument, a practice which has already become with many a habit.