Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hopes for prompt construction of a badly-needed Harvard hockey rink rose sharply yesterday with the announcement of a $20,000 gift "toward a new hockey rink" by Alexander H. Bright...
...gift brings the total of alumni contributions for the rink to $21,288.13, but this figure is apparently still far short of the amount needed. The Athletic Association has examined ways and means of construction, but has drawn up no definite blueprints, according to Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletics...
Bright, one of a group of "private hockey enthusiasts" who are evidently supporting the rink drive, was skiing this weekend, and could not be reached for comment...
...even if the money were forthcoming, the materials would be tough to get hold of. Where, off-hand, could the University pick up 9 1/2 miles of wrought-iron pipe (the necessary amount for a 190- by 85-foot rink)? New refrigerating processes make it likely that the University could buy up an old refrigerating plant of some commercial rink which is converting, but in spite of this lucky break, the pipe situation still is unsolved. Nine and one-half miles is an awful lot of pipe; especially with government restrictions on materials...
...hockey team has become a reality, the University is up against it. Whether it digs into its own threadbare pocket, or passes the hat again, it will somehow have to provide ice for its team. And certainly the most satisfactory arrangement for everybody would be a Soldiers Field artificial rink...