Word: poole
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That the two pools in the New Indoor Athletic Building, last year's gift of Alumnus Aquaticus, are popular with members of the University was conclusively proved by figures revealed yesterday by B. S. Ulen, swimming coach. "The average attendance," Ulen said, "for the past four days has been 370, with the greatest numbers coming between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Yesterday the heat swelled the daily number to 450. If the pool becomes too crowded we may be reluctantly forced to require men to sign up, as is done for squash; but we will avoid this...
...call for candidates for the Freshman and University teams will be made on October 4. Candidates will be drilled for four weeks on form in swimming and given body-developing exercises on the second floor of the building. Organized practice in the pool will begin about November...
...those purchasing a season ticket for the pool there will be a charge of $5.00 for the swimming, plus $3,00 for a year's locker rent, and $1.00 for a year's towel privilege. Men desiring to swim only occasionally can do so by paying $.25 each time...
...pool, 75 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 11 1-2 and 8 1-2 feet deep at the two ends, has a capacity of 225,000 gallons, and will be refilled only two or three times each year. It requires ten hours for the centrifugal pumps, which will be in action while the pool is being used, to circulate this amount of water through the cleansing apparatus...
...library continues to be one of the best equipped for the general reader. In the reading room a large number of daily newspapers from all sections of the country together with the leading magazines of the world are on file. Equipment for games includes billiard and pool tables, and card and chess rooms...