Word: useful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...exercise, there is no attempt at fumigation, or even thorough cleaning, and the dust of months is allowed to accumulate. In the Gymnasium proper, in the looker rooms, in the baths, the air is foul. Small wonder that we learn of cases of eczema among the men who use the lockers...
...directly responsible to the corporation, and not with the inspector of Grounds and Buildings, as might be supposed. That the resident Executive Board has not taken the matter up has been through lack of any specific charges. Certainly such an excuse can no longer hold good. If use of the Gymnasium is to be more beneficial than dangerous, if the basketball team is to be given a fair chance, not only must the building be given a through renovation, but strict sanitary regulations must be enforced...
...responsibility for this state of affairs rests to no small extent with the lecturers themselves. In those rooms where there is no forced ventilation, and in the many where ventilation is inadequate, the only way that the air may be kept at all fresh is by a judicious use of the windows. If the lecturers and instructors would only give the matter a little personal attention, instead of relying on the chance public spirit of some member of the course, they would find the attention accorded their remarks noticeably improved...
...only for the reason that the Dining Association is not empowered to hold property in its own name. What is in reality an act of courtesy on the part of the Corporation is misconstrued by the Illustrated Magazine as "fleecing and extortion." As a matter of fact the full use of the plant is enjoyed by the Dining Association precisely as if it were its own property...
Inasmuch as more than half of the three hundred seats allotted to the graduates and undergraduates have already been applied for, the management will be grateful if those who do not expect to be able to use all of the tickets for which they have applied will notify them before the time for closing the applications...