Word: floors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wish to call attention to the lack of instruction on the floor of the gymnasium and the need of a regular man there...
...time for anything else. The result is that, unless a man has a fair knowledge of indoor work when he comes here, he has no chance to learn anything. The natural effect is to-kill his interest. He does not like to make himself conspicuous and ridiculous on the floor in trying to get the knack of some simple little thing without help or direction. The unvaried dose of chest weights prescribed soon grows distasteful, and the new man finally either stays away from the gymnasium altogether or appears perhaps once a week from a sense of duty...
...correspondent calls attention this morning to an undoubted need at the gymnasium. With nearly two hundred candidates for the Mott Haven team on his hands Mr. Lathrop has no time to undertake the actual work of instruction on the floor of the gymnasium. And yet the need of this instruction is imperative. The mass of new men who resort every year to the gymnasium ought to receive substantial encouragement. The best way to give them this encouragement is to teach them how to use and enjoy the gymnasium. It is impossible to do this now, and as our correspondent says...
...Prospect Progressive Union is carrying on very active work in Cambridgeport this winter. The space on the second floor occupied by the Union was found too small for its needs, and the penates have been moved to the fourth floor, the whole of which is now rented by the month. One room has been fitted up for lectures and meetings, and the other six will be used as reading, smoking and class rooms, one being set aside for college men. It is hoped that college men may be found ready to live in this room for a month...
...enough men can be obtained, a small permanent settlement may thus be effected. The success of the work which the Union is doing this year makes its promotors desirous of securing an annual lease of this floor. If such a lease should be taken, the expenses of the Union would probably be about $900 per annum. The Cambridgeport members contribute some $400. The remaining $500 the friends of the Union hope to be able to raise in college. The cause is certainly a good one, and there ought to be little difficulty in supporting...