Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Royal National Eisteddfod, Ponty-pool, Sauth Wales...
...arid region was believed to have been wholly dependent for water on the Spring of Gihon, near the base of the hill on which the ancient city was built. Pumps were then unknown. Underground canals carried the water to other points, at one of which a dam formed the pool of Siloam. At intervals shafts led down to the canals, through which the inhabitants drew up water in buckets. Elsewhere were inclined tunnels down to the canals, through which men could walk. By them David's men entered the city when they captured it from the Jebusites...
...There would be a long frontage and ample space for locker rooms, lecture rooms, and even a swimming pool. The grandeur of the Stadium would in no way be lost, but rather augmented," Major Moore added...
...outdoor exercises that Harvard's facilities are particularly well adapted. A swimming pool would be a great boon here, and added space for basketball. While your gymnasium was really the first modern building of its kind, it has not kept pace with the rapid growth of the University, and is by no means adequate for the present demand...
...need a swimming pool, and additional indoor athletic plants," he continued, "and we are required to pay part of the expenses of the Department of Hygiene as well as operate four athletic buildings, our annual surplus will not stand any further burden. A golf course would certainly be a fine thing to have, but it means an expenditure of between two and three hundred thousand dollars. Moreover, one difficulty with a college golf course is that the students are not around during the biggest part of the playing season. The fact that many of the students would take up golf...