Word: hot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston Herald says, "In view of the waste of hot water in the gymnasium, it is proposed to charge every person who takes a hot bath the sum of five cents." The above statement has no foundation in fact, as far as official proposal is concerned. The authorities of the gymnasium contemplate making no such absurd charge...
Williams has now the model college dormitory. Morgan Hall, the gift of Ex-Governor Morgan to the college, is ready for its occupants. The building is a model of convenience, being warmed by steam, aired by the best ventilation, with hot and cold water in all the rooms and in a bath-room in the basement. Each set of rooms consists of a reception room and two chambers, so that they can accommodate two or four students. Each reception room is furnished with a stationary book-case. The work on the rooms and smaller doors is an imitation of cherry...
...been suggested that one reason for the inadequate supply of hot water at the gymnasium is due to the continual waste of water in the shower bath. Men go into the shower-bath room and, turning on the warm water, will leave it running when there is no need of it. In the early part of the afternoon, when there are comparatively few men using the room, there is no necessity of keeping the water running continually. If every man would simply take the slight trouble of turning the faucet when he steps from under the bath, much water would...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: There is probably no institution of Harvard University with which less fault can be found than the gymnasium. But lately there has grown up a grievance there which well deserves the condemnation it receives. I refer to the insufficient supply of hot water in the bath-rooms. I do not know exactly what time the hot water gives out, but I know that no man on the '85 crew has been able to find a drop of warm water for some time, and I believe some of the other crews find things the same way. There...
...benefit of our correspondent on the subject of the hot water at the gymnasium, we would state that the apparatus is now being repaired, and in a short time, it is hoped, there will be no more cause for complaint on this score...