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...short, it was quite unbelievable when Rumor danced about with news of Hemenway. It would fill a great need, by affording the students an opportunity to exercise without a fifteen-minute walk to the overcrowded Gym. And now come the other tidings, that we have only six of the twelve squash courts, limited hours for basketball, etc. It seems to me that the Crimson is in a unique position to talk up for Harvard's Oliver Twist. J. A. Donovan...
...clock Monday morning the Athletic Association will officially open the New Hemenway Gymnasium, to which the finishing touches are being added today. Under construction since May 1 of this year, the building is now completed and ready to furnish squash, badminton, and basketball courts to members of the University...
...Hemenway, furnished with the most modern equipment available, replaces the original Hemenway, a gift of Augustus Hemenway '79 and built in 1879, when it was considered the finest athletic building in the world. After serving a useful purpose in undergraduate life for fifty years, the old gym gave way to the Indoor Athletic Building. When the site of the old Hemenway was taken for the Littauer Center, plans were made for a new and up-to-date building...
...preserve the atmosphere of the famous landmark, the slate from old Hemenway's roof and its original weather vane are used in the new building...
Located on Massachusetts Avenue directly north of the Yard, the Hemenway of today has three levels, the lower two of which contain 12 squash courts. On the third level there is a main gymnasium which provides one large basketball court, two smaller ones, or three badminton courts, depending upon the demand from the men using the building. In addition, on the third level is a special exercise room where volley ball or badminton may be played...