Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although as was pointed out in yesterday's CRIMSON the recent decision of the corporation to add the second floor to the gymnasium will save a considerable amount of money and add to the minor sport facilities of the College, one of the most pressing problems still remains unsolved. The completion of the third story with its three basketball courts remains lying on the laps of the gods...
...roof of much less expensive materials will now be superimposed upon the trusses of the second floor and with the completed developments, the gymnasium will at least include complete facilities for fencing, wrestling and similar indoor activities as well as increased locker equipment...
...Voted to use $166,000 of the reserve funds of the Harvard Athletic Association for permanent steel trusses in the new gymnasium...
Responding to the petition of the H. A. A. authorities on behalf of the gymnasium the vote of the corporation allowing for the erection of one more floor was announced yesterday. The sum of $166,000 will practically complete the second floor of the athletic building wherein the great majority of the minor activities will find a place. At present the plans call for fencing, boxing, and wrestling rooms, as well as several free rooms for corrective exercising, and general classes...
...Association by a large surplus, is fully sufficient to insure the fulfillment of its particular needs. For it is estimated that aside from the $225,000 to be invested in permanent improvements during the next year, and aside from $166,000 that now is to be devoted to the gymnasium, there will yet remain a surplus amounting to $350,000 in the H. A. A.. treasury at the end of the year 1930. Consequently, if the possibility of any beneficence hovers over the edge of the horizon, the Physics department seems most deserving of sympathy, most dependent upon outside...