Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time that some thought be given to the ways and means of providing the college with some new recitation hall. The last five years have seen an enormous amount of money invested in physical additions to the Harvard plant. We have had a new art museum, and a new gymnasium, and new dormitory units are in process of construction. The classroom space provided in the art museum and the Mallinckrodt laboratory was purely incidental to the primary purposes of these buildings, and has done but little to relieve the general situation...
Concerning the remaining fund, which roughly presents $450,000 Mr. Bingham revealed that the Athletic Committee had once more by unanimous vote recommended to the Corporation its use for the completion of the gymnasium...
News about the new gymnasium includes the rumor, emanating from several sources, that there is a real possibility of the A. A. U.'s awarding the national swimming championships to Harvard. The Nationals come sometime in March, and at the present time, it is expected that the new pool will be completed in February. Of course, the meet would rest on the contingency that the pool be ready for use in good time, and it is possible that uncertainty on this score would prejudice Harvard's chances to obtain the meet. It is certain that the event would prove...
Thanks to the contributions of several benefactors as yet unknown to the public, the gymnasium has become a possibility. At least the swimming pool, and the physical education, wrestling and boxing facilities, have become a very definite possibility. Still, the gymnasium as a complete unit, as a playground for the countless leagues of intra-mural teams, is not assured...
...stands almost unique, as a department of the University that is capable of supporting itself. The H. A. A. is apparently not only capable of supporting itself but also in a position to endow itself, and of all endowments the gymnasium stands out most prominently as a material facility sought by Harvard men ever since Hemenway proved itself insufficient two or more decades ago. It remains for the Corporation to decide...