Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Davis Field House, the gift of H. C. Davis '06, was completed this fall, and dedication services were held previous to the opening football game of the season with Norwich. The building is a three story structure of Colonial design harmonizing with the red brick gymnasium beside which it stands. The Field House has two entrances to Memorial Field for the use of the teams. A tunnel leads from the quarters for visiting teams in the basement, while an iron gate directly above allows the Dartmouth teams to enter the field from their quarters on the first floor. The second...
...would be a desideratum of course that he possess an independent competence." Financial capacity was explained: "Not ... a mere knack of handling the funds. ... A well-spoken speech may net only ten, where a word in the right ear will net a hundred thousand dollars or a new gymnasium." Intellectual "safety" was defined: "He must be devoid of all purely rational principles and ideas of any sort . . . cannot be a Roman Catholic, a Quaker, a Holy Roller. . . . Above all, he should understand how to befog issues wherein ideas perhaps lurk dangerously by raising and keeping raised a perfect dust storm...
...Hemenway Gymnasium has been renovated during the summer. The handball courts, showers, and much of the woodwork in the building have been repainted...
This is the first time that the interior of the gymnasium has been renovated in over twenty years. In fact, so much white paint and varnish have been lavished on the building, that its interior is hardly recognizable...
Another innovation of the year was the silhouetting of every Freshman. These silhouettes show the defects in posture, and men who fail to equal the standard of posture set by the Medical Department will be required to attend a gymnasium class. Simple exercises designed to correct poor posture will be used in the class, and men taking it will be able to count it as their regular physical exercise. It is planned to start the gymnasium work next week...