Why can't Harvard University support 1600 law students' much-needed hours of exercise (see page 2) when it seems to be able to give 4400 undergraduates free facilities? The answer to this great inequity is simple. The University doesn't have enough cash.

The solution is just as simple. Got some more. How? Well, recent magazine articles have brought to the attention of East Coast sports land a little-known, but very incrative enterprise which has been flourishing in Florida for many years. The name of the game is Jai-Alai (pronounced "Hie-lie"), the annual take is about one and one-half million dollars.

This would be a natural for Harvard, and it is surprising that the usually astute and forward-looking Corporation has overlooked such an opportunity. Not only would it correct the unfair discrimination against the law students and exempt them also from an athletic fee, but there would be ample revenue left over to endow a couple of more scholarships or even a now theatre.

Another Big First

For 319 years Harvard has led the nation in the educational field, and here is another chance for a "big first." And Cambridge is peculiarly well-suited for Jai-Alai, too. Ever since its erection in 1871 Memorial Hall has been a chronic problem--too big for a classroom, too small, for an indoor polo field. But it's perfect for a Jai-Alai fronton.

All that is needed would be a few tons of reinforced concrete constructed in the form of flying buttresses on three walls to support the terrific impact of the pelota, and a neon sign erected over the middle portal to advertise the pari-mutuel windows.

By taking the stained glass out of the windows on one side of the building and setting up the steel stands that were removed from the stadium, a perfect gallery could be provided, and one portion of the balcony in Sanders could be converted to house the Basques who play the game.

Ivy Jai-Alai League

With the physical set-up arranged, the possibilities become almost unlimited. Twenty years after the installation of the "Memorial Fronton," there would be an Ivy Jai-Alai League, a flourishing Basque Research Center in the department of Romance Languages and Literature, a course in Pari-Mutuel betting, and a huge increase in the University's endowment.

Beside this, a generation of Harvard law students would be healthier, happier, and richer by the price of three year's athletic participation tickets.