EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Skating, which is the only out-door sport available during the winter, has always been popular at Harvard. Almost every afternoon when the ice is in good condition a crowd of men collect at Fresh Pond to indulge in the exhilarating game of hockey. There are, however, several drawbacks to the enjoyment of these games. The muckers, who always congregate on the pond in large numbers, are apt to interfere, or at least take part, which is almost as bad. Frequently there is no ball at hand, and a wooden block has to be substituted with very unsatisfactory results; and sometimes the ice is suitable for skating several days before it becomes generally known about college. Now, would it not be a good scheme to start a hockey club? There need be no elaborate organization; the dues should be nominal, merely enough to keep a supply of balls. The club would be notified through the CRIMSON every day when there is skating, and a good game would thus be assured. I think that many men who are now indifferent to this sport would take a livelier interest in it if they could be certain of not having a cold tramp to the pond only to find the ice in poor condition or the games of hockey all monopolized by the muckers. It may seem a poor time to agitate this subject now that the ice is covered with snow, but in this uncertain weather any day may bring skating, and advantage should be taken of this interval so that all may be ready for the first opportunity.

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