Word: winter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hemenway Gymnasium was up to date, but at present it is inadequate in size and ventilation. Especially during the winter the poor air is noticeable. Probably many men who work at their desks most of the day would be more benefited by a half-hour's walk in the open than by an hour in the Gymnasium, where frequently a team monopolizes most of the floor space. The showers and lockers are absurdly antique, but one of the most crying needs in the way of equipment is a swimming pool. A new gymnasium embodying the three improvements just suggested...
...hope of the Harvard Political Club to continue its work this winter on a broarder scale than in past years. So far as possible meetings will be held every two or three weeks. At about half of these meetings men of a more or less national reputation will speak on some broad phase of political life. These lectures will be open to all members of the University, but the remainder of the meetings will be for members of the Political Club only. At these small meetings it is planned to have someone speak on practical local politics, the purpose being...
...then veering to the right will run in a subway under Beacon Hill to the Park street corner. At Park street there will be a station either on a level with the present one or underneath it. It is probable that sometime soon the line will be extended under Winter and Summer streets to the South Terminal Station...
...This winter the Social Service Entertainment Troupe Committee will give, as in past years, a number of entertainments, free of charge, to various philanthropic institutions in the vicinity of Cambridge. These entertainments consist of vocal and instrumental music, reading and sleight-of-hand performances. A simple informality is maintained and no great ability is required of the performers. Men who are willing to take part and can give one or two evenings a month to this service are requested to notify M. Allen at the Phillips Brooks House...
...continually being urged to take an active interest in these questions by prominent men who visit us, as we were by the Bishop of London Tuesday night. The proposed plan for informal congenial discussion groups furnishes an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with such public questions during the coming winter, and to get valuable training in preparation for the Pasteur Medal debate this fall and the University debates next spring...