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...that use which will make it mean most to the student body at large. Four or five-hundred persons can be accommodated in the usual indoor arena at the same time. It is evident that a skating rink would offer opportunities for an extension of the "athletics for all" policy, unrivalled by any sport except track. When the time comes that the construction of a rink is being seriously considered the authorities should plan to make it an attractive place to skate in. They should also make the proper accoustical arrangement so that the music for skating will not sound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKATING FOR ALL | 6/12/1931 | See Source »

...could spend their leisure hours there, reading, swimming, and basking in the sun. It might even turn into a "nudist colony"; then Yale would have something besides "architecture" for which it could be discussed all over the United States. And in the winter there would be an opportunity to skate and ski and tramp through the woods. It is really enjoyable at times to go off into the country, cook one's own food, sleep out of doors, all with a minimum of hardship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Situation Down at Yale | 6/11/1931 | See Source »

...speed for what seemed a dying effort, blocked the rushes of Cook, Adams, Gottselig, won 2 to 1. Then the Black Hawks hit their stride. In two games their rapid substitutions kept fresh men on the ice all the time and these men in their cubistic black & white jerseys skated parabolas around the tired Canadiens. With the series at 2 to 1 in favor of Chicago it seemed almost certain that the fourth game would also be Chicago's. Instead, after being two goals behind at the end of the first period, one behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey Final | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

...done by Kent's busy young teachers. White Cassock used to coach football, and until recently, hockey. (He is still a member of the Hockey Advisory Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.) Raccoon-coated, he had to shuffle about on the ice; he has never learned to skate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Homer at Harvard | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

...days of regular practice. With the first few days having been given over to cutting down the squad, the starting sextet has had but little time to work together as a unit. Despite this Harvard is the natural favorite to take the game and unless something unforeseen happens should skate to an easy with over the Engineers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY SEASON TO OPEN TONIGHT AS TEAM MEETS M. I. T. | 12/11/1930 | See Source »

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