SQUASH COURT ADDITIONS NOW NEARING COMPLETION

With its six new squash courts promised for completion by the twentieth of this month, the Department of Physical Education hopes to be able to meet the ever growing demand among the students of the University for increased facilities for squash. The new addition will provide space for 120 men an hour working in half hour periods. In making the new courts the old racquets courts at the back of the squash courts building have been utilized, for these have been of no use, since the University first took over the building.

The three downstairs courts have been completed except for the "tell-tale" and the hanging of the doors. The lights are being put in now and two coats of paint have already been put on. In the up-stains courts the floor has still to be laid; and the lighting, and hanging of doors must be finished. The side walls, however, have already been painted. Both sets of courts will be thoroughly ventilated, the upper ones by the windows and outlets at the top of the building. The lower courts are entirely enclosed, and must therefore be ventilated artificially. This will be done by two grated holes in the front part of each court and a fan located in another hole in the wall at the back of the court. The fan is so designed as to exhaust air from the room and allow the warmed air from other parts of the building to flow in. This will eliminate the usual system of having cold air drawn into the room by the fan.

Courts 7 and 14 Remodelled

As soon as the carpenters finish the new courts, they will remodel courts seven and fourteen, originally used for squash tennis, when the building was first built, and consequently oversize. The front walls will be moved forward about a foot and the real wall is to be but six and a half feet high. Formerly the space above this line was covered with chicken wire which hindered the view of spectators; and as balls rarely go higher than six feet in the court, the wire has been omitted and a series of bleacher seats erected in back. This will provide a place for people to watch the matches and get points on the game from lessons Coach Cowles may give other men. Both courts seven and fourteen are reserved for the University squash team. All of these added facilities have been made possible through the financial cooperation of the Harvard Athletic Association.

Equipment Largest in Country

When the Freshman program was first originated in the fall of 1919, it was thought that the 13 courts at the squash court building were entirely superfluous. Since then the popularity has increased tremendously, so that now there is hardly a single undergraduate who does not know at least the rudiments of the game. The new equipment, making 19 courts in all, will be the biggest of its kind anywhere in this country. As far as possible the Freshmen will be kept wholly in the new courts. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday these courts will be reserved for Freshmen only, but on other days in the week anybody may play in them. Freshman sections play from 11 to 1 o'clock and 1.30 to 6.30. To relieve the congestion this year, any men in the University may play in the mornings from 11 to 1, and on Sundays from 2.30 to 6.