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C A WON I Edito rial 6 tait rto vson 1913 1 3tiTZ jForetuorti () perpetuate t lie memory of our college life and to make deeper and more enduring our association with our Alma Mater, the Class of Nineteen Hundred Thirteen offers this, the tenth volume of Thk Massasoit. The many radical changes which will he noted have not been made with the mere attempt at originality, but each with a distinct and worthy purpose. We take this opportunity to express our ap- preciation of the co-operation of all who have assisted 11s. While the staff’ is responsible for the editing and publishing of The Massasoit, yet it is with great satisfaction that we offer this volume as a production of the entire class.
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Chen ant) J ' i ' otti To one entering four years ago, the appearanee presented by the campus differed greatly from its present aspect. On arriving at the end of the King Street car line the first thing to attract attention was an unsightly, dilapidated board fence, enclosing what is now known as the South Field, the only athletic field of which the institution could then boast. The next thing to catch the eye was the gymnasium, consisting of but one small building, the present East Gymnasium. To the tell, the view was obscured by a dense growth of scrub pines, covering a sandy knoll, the present site of the tennis courts in Pratt Field. Between this and Professor Burr’s house, which stood in the foreground unrelieved even by the modern touch of a garage, stretched a sandy tract dotted here and there with half dead oaks and chestnuts. This waste extended to the New England railroad tracks, embracing the remainder of Pratt Field and the present West Field. Turning the corner of the gymnasium, and looking past Woods Hall and the dormitory building, another sandy waste could be seen covered with an unsightly tangle of gnarled apple trees and decrepit shrubbery, which partially hid a dilapidated barn and two rude shacks. This disagreeable scene has been replaced by the present library building. Each building was then heated by its own system, and lighted by electrical supply from the city. All the buildings were poorly ventilated, the gymnasium being undoubtedly the most deficient in this regard. The locker room was inferior to the present accommodation at the boathouse. The addition to the gymnasium, including as it did the West Gymnasium; offices for the physical department administration; several large class rooms; a physiological laboratory; fencing, wrestling and boxing rooms; a massage room, etc., was the first improvement to be made. In this building was installed the mechanism for the elaborate ventilating system, now in use. which is recognized thruout the country as an example of the highest present achievement in the science of ventilation. At the same time, a plant to furnish light and heat for all the build- ings was set up in a building of its own. The same year, 1910, thru the generous gift of Mr. Herbert L. Pratt, the Athletic Field was laid out, and the wall erected at a cost of eighteen thousand dollars. Mr. Fred T. Ley generously submitted only a bill of actual cost, eliminating all profit and by so doing directly donating two thousand dollars. The work of the students in clearing off the trees, grading, laving pipes for the water supply, etc., reduced the amount by another thousand dollars. 10
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