Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following closely upon the heels of the news of the closing of the Hemenway Gymnasium comes the news of the abolition of all Junior Varsity sports except football and crew. Although this radical move is laid at the door of schedule difficulties, there is little doubt that the ghost of financial trouble stalks ponderously through the background. The schedule difficulties do not seem insurmountable, for the Jayvee teams, being' generally inferior to the Freshmen, play the majority of their games with the larger academies and high schools, and could hence have interesting and extensive schedules arranged with little difficulty...
...popularity for the remaining sports is apparently about evenly divided among the other 139 Freshmen, making only about a ninth of the total 958. The number of men signed up for these activities is as follows: lacrosse, 21; basketball, 19; golf, 18; gymnasium, 15; squash, 13; fencing, 12; handball, 12; soccer, 8; rugby, 3; and miscellaneous...
...Hemenway Gymnasium, built more than 50 years ago has become rapidly obsolete in the last few years and freshmen, entering the building for the first time when they take physical exams marvel at its antiquity. Pictures of Harvard strong men adorn the entrance hall and innumerable machines for producing gigantic biceps are scattered throughout the building , all in dreary and regular monotony...
...gifts but since they are from one of the country's great fortunes, it is understood that they will be paid within a short time. The outstanding amount is more than sufficient to cover the deficit which the Association incurred in taking over the building expenses of the new gymnasium...
...gymnasium is now being used for calisthenics, dormitory basketball and handball. Unknown to nearly very one in the University; are two nets for indoor golf in the basement, which set up by the Golf team several years ago. Until an undergraduate discovered that these nets were in workable condition this year, they had been untouched for three years.To Lie Black and Uninhabited Under next Winter's Shows HEMENWAY GYMNASIUM,long a haven for Harvard's denizens of physical culture and the place of many a glorious Crimson victory on the court and mat, which is to be abandoned temporarily...