Word: bathing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Woods is an authority upon social settlement work. He has studied the conditions in various cities and was at one time connected with Toynbee Hall, London. He has been a member of the Public Bath Commission of Boston for the past eight years, and lecturer upon practical philanthropy at the Cambridge Episcopal Theological Seminary since 1896. During the past winter he has given a course on "Civic Problems" at Phillips Brooks House. Mr. Woods is the author of "English Social Movements," "The City Wilderness," and "The Making of Americans...
...great reasons for the unpopularity of the Yard dormitories has been the lack of decent toilet and bathing facilities in them. The north entry of Thayer was no better than the other Yard buildings in this respect. There was but one shower bath room, and the only toilet room was in the basement. The interior of the entry has been so thoroughly gutted that there should be but little extra expense or labor required for the installation of an adequate toilet and bath room on each floor. Hot and cold running water also might well be provided for each suite...
...first three floors there is a main ward 30 by 34 feet, having windows on three sides, an open fireplace, and space for ten beds if necessary. There is also a private room for severe cases, an isolating room for doubtful cases, and a linen room, pantry, and bath-rooms. There is no inside connection between the floors, and they are reached only by an outside iron stairway. A fire escape is on the south side of the building...
...been carried on through the summer and is now nearly complete. Every room is furnished with hot water heating apparatus, and with hot and cold running water. On each floor in both entries, occupying the present bed-room space at the ends of the halls, a set of shower baths and lavatories has been installed; while porcelain bath tubs have been placed in the basements. In order to permit of bath room facilities on the first floor as well as the others, the west entry stairways have been modified to correspond with those in the east entries...
...recognized place for nearly all of the University mass meetings, and among its other advantages includes a library of about six thousand volumes, a ladies' restaurant, meeting-rooms for University organizations, billiard, game, periodical and writing rooms, and accommodations for guests. There are, besides, telephones, toilet and bath rooms, lockers, bicycle racks...