We heartily endorse the ideas expressed in the communication on skating. The suggestion with regard to turning Holmes Field into a skating pond for the winter months, though not new is excellent, and the arguments given in favor of it remove the objections which have been urged against it. Skating is the finest exercise which can be had in the open air in the cold season, and an opportunity to enjoy it near at hand would be welcomed by a large body of students who spend their afternoons in hot rooms, because they have not time to go to Fresh Pond, or Arlington, or Jamaica Pond. The gymnasium is undeniably unable to reach many men who would like exercise through the winter, simply because of the old bathing question with which the students are thoroughly disgusted. These men would take the greatest delight in an hour's skating, if they had it here on the grounds. It would be but slight expense and if it could be done in no other way, it would be pretty safe to say that the students would gladly contribute enough to support it. Some one should take the lead in the matter, and we shall be very glad to further it in any way we may be able.