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| Intremural University Play Fields,
Gelf Course, Swimming Pool and Tennis Courts . oo « + + «© 2 0 « « $75,000,

With the rough terrain on Robinson Farm a beautiful 18-hole golf
course, @ club house, tennis courts and swimming pool could be built on this
fine location. The Yale play field is several miles out of New Haven, and
Robinson Farm presents more possibilities than the Yale set-up, because not
only is Robinson Farm more accessible but t rough ground could be utilized
for a golf course without the expenditure of a great deal of wealth.

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Iowa State College built a $75,000 golf course on their farm.
I am sure that certain parties could be interested in a large recreational
project that would make this feasible. The topography of Mount Oread makes
adjacent play fislds impossible. Therefore, this ideal situation should
become a reality in 25 or 40 years.

fennis Courts and Handball Courts «2. + «+s 2 © # oe © © © © «© 945,000,

There is a great demand for handball courts. It is one of the
great indoor and outdoor games and we have an ideal location for these
courts just south of the gymnasium. The gymmasium serves as a windbreak
and the courts could be utilized eleven months in the year. ‘The plan is for
concrete outdoor handball courts using the three walls with no top and a
short shoulder between courts which breaks down, lending a type of archi-
tectural beauty to the gymasium environment. The estimated cost of these
eight handball courts is $5,000.

Most of the universities in the Big Six Conference (Oklehoma,
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa State) have conorete tennis courts. All of the
championship games in California are played on Concrete tennis courts.
Such courts are comparable to concrete highways end gravel roads in mainten-

concrete tennis courts, replacing the ty-f courts we now have. Zach
court will cost about $1600, as estimated by Professor F. A. Russell.

Holding companies 120s sseceeeeeeeees eee © « $200,000,

Prom 1921 to 1936 the Athletic Association bought the intra-
mural field south of the hill, houses and lots, to keep the public from
encroaching upon the University domain. We have talked with J. C. Nichols,

: Lindley and other people regarding a holding company organized
for $200,000 to purchase the three blocks between Mississippi and Maine
il We discussed the project of buying all those
houses and lots and moving the houses off to adjacent vacant lots so
the entire three blocks would be clear. ‘Some streets would be closed, and
we would build a large campanile tewer and tennis courts, properly land-

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