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Word: gymnasium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Standing demurely a block beyond the Law School, where Everett Street runs into Massachusetts Avenue, Sargent College of Physical Education for Women has been turning out energetic young gym instructresses for 66 years. From its modest origin in 1881, when Dr. Dudley A. Sargent opened a "Sanatory Gymnasium" on Church Street, Sargent has progressed steadily to a broad and varied curriculum, with a student body of 500. In 1904, the school moved from Church Street to the present site, and slipped under the wing of Boston University in 1929, where it has been ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I Was a Frail 97 Pound Weakling . . ." | 1/16/1948 | See Source »

...dreary, five-story school on the edge of Harlem, is a relic of the school-building programs of 1888. The building has no gymnasium, and its tiny playground is hardly large enough for one class at a time. It has just seven toilets for 600 boys, provides neither toilet paper nor towels. Children attending the school periodically suffer from scabies, a skin disease usually caused by filth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Educational Slums | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Control was the secret Saturday night as Bill Barclay's varsity basketball team staged a rapid-fire second half rally to defeat Tufts 53 to 42 before a sardinepacked, highly partisan through at consens Gymnasium, Medford...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Grapplers Sweep Mats Clean, 28-0, As Five Snares Snappy 53-42 Win | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

...second match of the year, the Varsity squash team meets Dartmouth this afternoon in Hemenway Gymnasium. Spectators may view the match beginning at 3:30 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Confronts Green In Match at Hemenway Today | 12/6/1947 | See Source »

Dave Skinner, the third possible starting forward, halls from Detroit, just across the street from the Michigan State Gymnasium. Elected the outstanding athlete-scholar at Milton Academy last year, his scoring specialty is a looping set shot from the side of the court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Five Meets M.I.T. In First Fracas Tonight | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

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