Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this year, faced with the problem of financing its operations. In quest of new revenues it was necessary for the organization to place the new charges where they would reap the most financial benefit with the least harm to undergraduate interest in athletics. Of all its facilities, the new gymnasium is probably the most expensive, yet worthwhile,--from the student's point of view. Surely no sane man will begrudge this little extra charge which gives him so much benefit...
...during the coming year, the Harvard Athletic Association has included a new feature which will be a surprise to those who have approved its policy of "athletics for all." Last year a member of the University was permitted to utilize, free of charge, all the departments of the new gymnasium except the swimming pool; according to the new ruling, men must secure admittance to the building by the presentation of either a participation ticket, a special five dollar "Gymnasium ticket," or by the expenditure of a quarter...
...change appears small, but to the men who wish to take occasional exercise in the gymnasium and who care nothing whatsoever about the subsequent swim, the present charge may be prohibitive. The size and private financial condition of this group is easily appreciated as one recalls the number of men who partook in the activities of the gymnasium last year without caring to pay the extra price which entitled them to the use of the pool...
Preliminary 1936 physical exams start at Hemenway Gymnasium today...
...Egremont, Mass. She divorced her first husband, one Andrew Ulback, secretly last fortnight in Mexico. Divorced. Ethel Catherwood McLaren, Canadian gymnast, "most beautiful woman athlete of the 1928 Olympic Games"; from James Gillan McLaren of Toronto; in Reno. Grounds: nonsupport. She intends to marry one Byron Mitchell, San Francisco gymnasium instructor. Judgment Awarded. To Myrtle St. Pierre: $5,000 in her $200,000 breach of promise suit against David Hutton, husband of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson; in Los Angeles. Hearing the verdict, Sister McPherson toppled and cracked her pate...