Word: gyms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Main offshoot of the unexpectedly large enrollment is a housing shortage which has already sent over 250 students to barracks-type quarters in the gym and forced Housemasters to raise their quotas slightly above the 1947 level...
According to customary procedure, he said, combinations of roommates were arranged for the Yard and then the deans drew lots for the rooms. "The men living in the gym," Fenn said, "are those whose names were drawn last--just a matter of luck and nothing else...
...getting Freshmen out of the gym into regular rooms is the upperclassmen now assigned to the Yard. Unlucky House applicants from the Class of '51, totaling about 195, have been allotted suites in Wigglesworth and Grays Halls, the two Freshman dorms facing the Charles on Massachusetts Avenue...
Janitors will sort incoming mail and deposit it in specially-arranged, boxes Watson advised gym tenants to delay delivery of their baggage until they get a permanent room assignment
...About 200 Freshmen are living in the gym now. This is unfortunate, but it is something that has happened to the two freshman classes before yours. It never lasts past the middle of October. In your ancient Yard dormitory cubicle, you may consider your self only slightly more fortunate. The high, narrow rooms may cramp you and the squeaking floors disturb your study. But remember, next year you will probably move into the much newer and more luxurious Houses along the river. Even as incipient carnal knowledge, the best course of action towards the housing situation is to relax...