Word: skating
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...surface open to skaters measures 220 by 201 feet, making it one of the largest in the world, and it is estimated that a crowd of 2,500 will be able to skate in comfort when the rink is opened to the public on Saturdays and holidays. The Ice Palace will have 4,000 seats giving it the largest seating capacity of any structure of its kind in the world. Beside the so-called "Big Three", Dartmouth and Pennsylvania are among the others who will use the Philadelphia rink...
...passageway and promenade in back. The other side of the rink is taken up by a series of large windows. At either end of the building are the two dressing rooms for opposing teams, with showers close by them. A little back from the rink are the check and skate-sharpening rooms...
Captain Ingalls' skate was now found to be broken and he left the ice for the remainder of the half accompanied by Avery who was opposing him. The period ended with the University leading by a 3 to 0 score...
...into an aviator--youth, physique, clear and quick thinking, and the character that makes good officers are essential. Aviation is not a vocation for men who think slowly and who "hesitate when in doubt." but rather for those who think quickly and lay stress on "when on thin ice skate fast." The country must look to its university undergraduates for the personnel on which to draw for its aerial defence...
Both rinks have already been set up in the Stadium so that there will be an opportunity to skate there as seen as it is cold enough for ice. This is the earliest date these rinks have ever been...