Word: gymnasium
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Regular practice for the University and Freshman hockey team candidates will begin in the Gymnasium next Monday afternoon. Freshmen will report at 2.30 o'clock and candidates for the University team at 3.30 o'clock. This preliminary practice until there is ice will consist of shooting the puck for the forwards, defense work for the goal-tenders, and short runs for all the candidates...
Candidates for the University and class basketball teams will be called out next Monday, and thereafter the Gymnasium will be open until 9 o'clock every evening for regular basketball work...
...gymnastic team held the first practice of the year yesterday afternoon in the Gymnasium. About 18 candidates were present, among whom were W. C. Bennett '08, captain of the team, G. S. Taylor '08, manager, J. Tyng, A. S. Burnham '10 and L. Souder '10, all of last year's squad...
...Hemenway Gymnasium, the successor of what is now the Germanic Museum, was built 29 years ago, and in 1905 a slight addition was made to it. Although Harvard is the best-known university in the United States, when our Gymnasium is compared with those of other colleges in this country, it is at once evident that the building is less complete and efficient than many gymnasiums at smaller institutions, notably at Yale and Princeton...
...Hemenway Gymnasium was up to date, but at present it is inadequate in size and ventilation. Especially during the winter the poor air is noticeable. Probably many men who work at their desks most of the day would be more benefited by a half-hour's walk in the open than by an hour in the Gymnasium, where frequently a team monopolizes most of the floor space. The showers and lockers are absurdly antique, but one of the most crying needs in the way of equipment is a swimming pool. A new gymnasium embodying the three improvements just suggested...