Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...erection of a new gymnasium somewhere between Massachusetts avenue and the Freshman dormitories as soon as funds are available, and the immediate construction of a swimming pool as the first unit of such a plant--these are the outstanding features of Mr. W. H. Geer's report to President Lowell for the academic year...
...Freshman Athletic Building has facilities for about 300 men. The swimming pool on Holyoke street, though reserved almost exclusively for Freshmen, is so small that it fails to accomodate the first-year men who do not know how to swim. The University Squash Courts Building on Linden street now has twenty courts. The increased facilities at this plant will just about take care of the hundreds of men who want to play the game...
...meet the ever-growing need of additional indoor space. The only possible solution seems to be the erection of a new plant to supplement the existing facilities. Such a plant should include facilities somewhat similar to those found in the Hemenway Gymnasium and in addition, a modern swimming pool. It might very properly be planned almost exclusively for undergraduates. This arrangement would provide the facilities needed for men in the college and would also permit the organization of an all-round program of activities in the Hemenway Gymnasium for other students in the University...
...facilities suggested for the proposed plant for undergraduates, a swimming pool is by far the most urgent need. Hundreds of men would welcome the opportunity to elect swimming for their regular exercise if ample equipment were available...
Charles B. Dillingham, theatrical manager: "Despatches, from the steamship Majestic at sea, said rumors that Annette Kellerman was disporting herself in the swimming pool proved false upon investigation. I was found 'in a lusty purple bathing suit, rolling and diving like a porpoise...