Word: aquaticus
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...Alumnus Aquaticus," anonymous donor whose check for $350,000 hastened construction of the Indoor Athletic Building Pool in 1930, probably never anticipated what goes on there now every Monday night. Monday night is "ladies' night" at the natatorium...
...note of mystery was introduced into the Intercollegiate Swimming Championships when it was learned that the unnamed donor of the Harvard Pool, known only as "Alumnus Aquaticus," will probably be among the spectators at the meet tonight...
...water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus) is Africa's only example of the so-called "mouse-deer"' of Asia, a deer-legged, rabbit-sized water animal which swims or wades about for its food...
...under construction in the last report. The Faculty Club was opened near the end of the first term, and has proved a valuable adjunct to the amenities of academic life. The indoor athletic building and swimming pool were also opened and fully used, but the identity of the Alumnus Aquaticus who gave the latter is still a mystery. We know he has been there, and hence, while we cannot tell him of our gratitude he has the only true reward of benevolence, that of knowing how much pleasure his generosity has given to those for whom it was intended...
That the two pools in the New Indoor Athletic Building, last year's gift of Alumnus Aquaticus, are popular with members of the University was conclusively proved by figures revealed yesterday by B. S. Ulen, swimming coach. "The average attendance," Ulen said, "for the past four days has been 370, with the greatest numbers coming between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Yesterday the heat swelled the daily number to 450. If the pool becomes too crowded we may be reluctantly forced to require men to sign up, as is done for squash; but we will avoid this...