Word: poole
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Warm water during the winter season is one of the innovations which will be enjoyed hereafter in the Randolph Gymnasium swimming pool. This has become possible owing to the recent discovery of an old pipe line which runs close by the gymnasium from one of the heating plants. This has been repaired and a connection made between it and the pool, thus enabling the management to keep the water at a more normal temperature in the future...
There have been many difficulties encountered in repairing the Big Tree swimming pool, which has also been renovated. The water heretofore has been so full of iron that, on standing for a time in the pool, it became murky. This trouble has been repaired by arranging to connect the swimming pool pipes with some Cambridge water instead of with the old artesian well water. This water will be heated by the plant in Dunster...
...place for physical training classes has been divided into two floors on each of which are seven squash courts. The total of 14 courts will keep from 40 to 50 men busy at the same time. A few minor changes have been made, and the swimming pool and locker rooms are to be given a thorough cleaning before the building is open. It is planned to use this building during the months while outdoor exercise is still possible, in order to give exercise on rainy days to the Freshmen who are enrolled in physical training classes...
...chairs placed about, it is now an attractive club, with a well run restaurant; the library and writing rooms, with a profusion of comfortable chairs and writing desks, invite perusal of the current periodicals; the game room, with its card tables and chess boards, vies with the pool room below for the largest number of contestants...
...pool and three billiard tables in the billiard room in the basement have been thoroughly overhauled during the summer, and new cloth, cushions, cues and pool and billiard balls have been furnished. The old lighting fixtures have been replaced by new ones. The billiard room has been placed in the charge of Mr. Ben Laurie, the billiard expert of Boston, who will see that the tables and equipment are kept in good condition. Mr. Laurie will also be glad to give lessons or instruction to those members who desire to avail themselves of this opportunity...