Word: bathes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shower-bath at the gymnasium is again in working order...
...Boston Herald says, "In view of the waste of hot water in the gymnasium, it is proposed to charge every person who takes a hot bath the sum of five cents." The above statement has no foundation in fact, as far as official proposal is concerned. The authorities of the gymnasium contemplate making no such absurd charge...
...model college dormitory. Morgan Hall, the gift of Ex-Governor Morgan to the college, is ready for its occupants. The building is a model of convenience, being warmed by steam, aired by the best ventilation, with hot and cold water in all the rooms and in a bath-room in the basement. Each set of rooms consists of a reception room and two chambers, so that they can accommodate two or four students. Each reception room is furnished with a stationary book-case. The work on the rooms and smaller doors is an imitation of cherry, and with the white...
...been suggested that one reason for the inadequate supply of hot water at the gymnasium is due to the continual waste of water in the shower bath. Men go into the shower-bath room and, turning on the warm water, will leave it running when there is no need of it. In the early part of the afternoon, when there are comparatively few men using the room, there is no necessity of keeping the water running continually. If every man would simply take the slight trouble of turning the faucet when he steps from under the bath, much water would...
...Sargent has prescribed tepid baths for the majority of the students, and in most cases they are undoubtedly the best; but such prescription is of little value when the only bath one can get is about equivalent to being rubbed down with ice. To many persons excessively cold baths are not only very disagreeable, but positively injurious. In fact I believe the shock given by very cold water to a person heated by exercise, is not good...