Word: rink
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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More than a year ago the Dartmouth trustees voted that a hockey rink should be built as soon as funds were provided for the purpose. At that time it seemed probable that a group of alumni, headed by one already a generous benefactor of the College, would contribute toward the building of an arena to house an enclosed rink. The plan did not develop in time to build a rink for use during last season. Active agitation for a rink has been carried on in the meantime however, by a group of Dartmouth alumni interested in hockey. The donor...
...cost of construction of the rink is estimated at $60,000. J. Frederick Larson, college architect, describes the building as a simple structure with main points, balancing the Davis Field House on the opposite wing of the gymnasium. Viewed from the exterior, the rink will appear low, with two prominent main entrances, one facing Park Street at the east end and the other at the west near the gymnasium. There will be four exits in addition to the entrances. The rink will be 220 feet long, with a roof span 116 feet wide and 33 feet above...
Natural ice, considered much superior to artificial ice for hockey, will be formed in the new rink by the use of vents opening from the walls under the stands. These openings will fill the rink with cold air during the night and once a good body of ice is formed it will be possible to hold this during any protracted thaw. This method of forming ice has been used successfully throughout Canada and in many rinks in this country...
...notable example of the results obtained in this way was demonstrated to the Dartmouth team last winter when a game was played at Hamilton College on excellent ice at a rink very similar to the one under consideration here. The outside temperature was above freezing, but the ice successfully held through the thaw. Not only will the building provide good hockey ice but it will also be comfortable for spectators. The seating capacity of the rink will be 1700, with standing room for about...
President Hopkins said that the plans were in accordance with the suggestions of H. R. Heneage, supervisor of athletics, whose ceaseless insistence upon the need for a rink and whose suggestions in regard to practicable plans had induced the gift...