Word: shower
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more than ever, the bathing facilities of the gymnasium are insufficient for the accomodation of the students during the last part of the afternoon hour, and the inconvenience will of course increase as the winter advances. Particularly is the difficulty felt in the lack of set tubs and shower jets; so much so, in fact, that from five to half past five in the afternoon anywhere from a half to a dozen men are almost constantly in waiting The need in which the gymnasium stands is obvious; the matter, therefore, should be attended to as soon as possible...
...left of the fire-places down stairs is a long corridor separated from the tank room by a row of small rooms including one for a shower bath, one for a rubbing room and a room of lockers, while between the corridor and courts are the boilers and heating apparatus...
...been thoroughly rolled and made hard enough for use so that nothing can hinder the men from beginning active outdoor training at once. Many improvements have been made since last year in the field and apartments of the team, among the most important of which may be mentioned the shower baths...
...reform was promised. But the condition of things has not been changed in the least, and we have the same old picture of a group of shivering men in the bathroom waiting sometimes as long as a quarter of an hour to get a chance to use the shower-bath. During the winter months the gymnasium is used much more than at the other seasons of the year, and while during the spring and fall the shower-bath may answer all purposes, it certainly does not now. The room ought to be enlarged, or the addition of a shower bath...
...PAGE. Sec.Will the person who took a large bath towel from the shelf near the shower bath room in the gymnasium, be so kind as to leave it with the janitor...