Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about the height of the basket and length of the players, it turned out that the real trouble with the game was the size of the crowd. It would be hard to prove the three corruptibles from City College would have been purer in the intimacy of their own gymnasium than in the smoky atmosphere of Madison Square Garden, but it is reasonably certain that if they had not been so well-known they would never have received the temptation in the first place...
Hero Paul Lennox is strong on good works and good looks, A dynamic young fellow, he is modern enough to insist that a gymnasium and round-table marriage counseling are necessary supplements to his central message of God's grace. Yet Paul is beset by a corroding sense of failure. He feuds with an important parishioner, can't wholeheartedly accept the girl he loves, fails miserably as an example to his heavy-drinking young half brother. It takes most of the book and a crippling attack of polio to make Paul understand his failure in life...
...squash team avenged its only defeat of the season and also increased its 'B' League lead yesterday, downing the Harvard Club 'Reds,' 3 to 2, on the losers' courts. Today the varsity 'C' team meets the Worcester Y.M.C.A. at Hemenway Gymnasium...
...January 5 I injured my arm playing basketball in Hemenway Gymnasium. Two days later my roommate visited me in the hospital and showed me a letter in the CRIMSON written by another freshman who must have been present when I had my accident. I'm sure that the letter which criticized the lack of medical equipment in Harvard's buildings and the amount of time that it took for the doctor to get to me was well meant, and I want to thank the author for his concern for me and especially for future emergency cases...
...varsity squash team plays its first intercollegiate match of the season against McGill at 3:30 p.m. today in Hemenway Gymnasium. McGill has already played one match, defeating Dartmouth...