Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vigil in the Washhouse. Stumbling, black-faced, from the elevator to the safety of the concrete washhouse, most said only: "This is a bad one." In nearby West Frankfort (pop. 11,251), the news spread fast. In the high-school gymnasium, the loudspeaker broke urgently through the cheers of the basketball fans: "Dr. Barnett, please report to the New Orient mine." Within minutes, the gym was emptying and scores of automobiles were heading past West Frankfort's bright blaze of Christmas lights to Illinois Highway 37 and the turnoff to the mine...
West Frankfort was not listening to the sound of argument. On Christmas Eve, 1951, it devoted itself to the dead, who waited on tarpaulin sheets on the floor of the junior high-school gymnasium, to be recognized and bidden farewell...
...group of alumni] agreed to pay that. Then he wanted something extra besides the $75 legally allowed by the conference. They agreed to pay him $125 extra (i.e., $200 in all] per month. He needed an apartment. They agreed to provide a three-room apartment across from the Nichols Gymnasium at $90 a month, rent paid...
...varsity 'C' squash team shut out Lincoln's Inn of the Law School, 5 to 0 at Hemenway Gymnasium yesterday. In another match played yesterday, the freshman 'C' defeated the Harvard Club...
...years the PBH basement became so crowded that it was known as the "Black Hole." In the fall of 1934 dissatisfaction reached a new high, and a committee formed to investigate possibilities for a separate building for commuters alone. Hemenway Gymnasium was the committee's first choice, although it also considered Memorial Hall...