Word: pools
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...swimming pool adds a further big attraction to the Union. Whether it is sufficient to turn the scale in favor of compulsion remains to be decided. A correspondent of the CRIMSON assumes that the majority of undergraduates are not members of the Union, and that they will vote for compulsion according to whether they are members or not. It happens, on the contrary, that a small majority of undergraduates are members; but it does not follow that they will vote on so simple a basis. Nor does it follow that the vote will decide the issue. It will simply...
...CRIMSON has obtained from the architect, Mr. Kellogg, a plan for the proposed Union swimming pool which would answer the objections raised regarding moisture and lack of sunlight. The drawing, a cut of which appears in another column, shows, moreover, a decided improvement in the appearance of the Union. The old bandstand, the purpose of which even the oldest living graduate cannot divine, would be replaced by a solid porch over the pool; and this might be equipped with awnings for reading and lounging in good weather. As regards the "Union problem," the fact that at Yale about six hundred...
Recent developments in regard to the pool give promise that the Union may hope for support from this quarter. Through a consultation with the architect, the CRIMSON learns that a different arrangement is possible which removes some of the old objections. It was contended that water under the Union might cause moisture upstairs; but if the pool were built where the H. A. A. office is now situated, not only would the Union atmosphere be dry, but the pool could obtain unlimited sunlight. Though a final estimate is not ready, the architects say that the change would require little additional...
...University swimming team lost to Amherst 39 to 14 in the Boston Y. M. C. A. pool last Saturday. Amherst succeeded in getting five firsts out of six events, and her team was consistently strong throughout. M. Blanchard '18 won the dive, W. V. B. Teazer (Amherst) coming in a close second...
...University swimming team will meet Yale in the Yale pool, New Haven, tonight. This is the last meet on the University schedule, and although the team is much weakened, considerable improvement was shown against Amherst last Saturday. The Yale team is exceptionally strong this year, and the past season has been very successful H. Wentworth '17 will be acting-captain for the University, as Captain B. M. Fullerton '16 is unable to compete...