Y. M. C. A. Swimming Pool.

[We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.]

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

The call for subscriptions from the undergraduates to erect a swimming tank for the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. coming at the same time as the intercollegiate swimming meet, recalls us rather painfully to a realization of our own inadequate swimming facilities. Because of the lack of those facilities, Harvard has been forced to abandon swimming temporarily, and a great many undergraduates have been unable to avail themselves of what is an accessible and valuable form of exercise in most colleges. It seems to me that in this case especially, charity should begin at home. Swimming is one of the few delightful and healthful sports which one can enjoy during the winter term. A swimming tank of our own would give a great number of men exercise, while that of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A., however generously opened to the University, could never be as useful. J. S. REED '10.