Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman Gymnasium will be used as a ladies' and men's coatroom. The conventional dress for the evening will be summer formal while the ushers will wear tuxedo...
...complete list follows: tennis 247, track 148, crew 135, singles 77, baseball 64, lacrosse 33, handball 33, equitation 21, swimming 25, fencing 20, gymnasium 17, golf 14, hiking 12, polo 8, soccer 7, and specials...
...second point supporting the Corporation's plan may be thrown out at once. Whereas an income-bearing endowment which would be established with a view to making Harvard athletics independent of paid admissions is a pleasantly Utopian scheme, a capital improvement such as the erection of a thoroughly complete gymnasium should legitimately be considered a part of an institution's complete endowment. The situation may then be seen to resolve itself into a question of which of these two forms is the more desirable to effect first...
Obviously the immediate completion of the gymnasium is thoroughly in accord with the University's admitted policy of athletics-for-all. The proposed reduction in the price of tickets would enable more students to see athletics, but the gymnasium would make it possible for more men to engage in them, certainly a sounder point of view when seen in the light of established University theory and practice. Perhaps the crowning argument for this use of the present surplus is the fact that the authorities of the H. A. A. who have been in daily contact with the University's athletic...
Indoor sports are also drawing a few more men this year than previously with the single exception of swimming. Fencing shows an increase of three men, handball 17, and gymnasium class has increased by eight although participation in the latter activity is not voluntary...