Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Experts who have examined the new Arena recently declare that it is the most skillfully designed skating rink ever built. It will be possible to transform the ice surface into a wooden floor within four hours and then freeze a new skating surface, in as short a time. In order to prevent a repetition of the fire which destroyed the old Arena several years ago, concrete construction has been used practically throughout the building, even for the seats, which are arranged in the same manner as those in the Stadium. Five thousand people can be accommodated at athletic games...
...from three to two. Although applications for the game will not close until next Saturday, the list of tickets has already been exhausted. The completion of the permanent cement tiers of seats in the Bowl is now definitely promised for the Harvard game, and rows of temporary wooden stands will be erected around the top to meet the demand for seats...
...Saturday are on sale today. As these tickets are for public sale, graduate and undergraduate members of the University get no preference over the general public. Reserved seat tickets on the straight sides of the Stadium will cost $2; those in the bowl, $1.50; while those located in the wooden stands, none of which are reserved, will sell for $1. These tickets will be sold at Leavitt & Peirce's and at the Athletic Association in Cambridge and at Wright & Ditson's, Wm. Reed & Sons, the Winchester store and the Harvard Club in Boston...
...Xerxes of Persia who caused a throne to be built for himself on the crest of the mountain overlooking Salamis so that he might enjoy the pageant of his conquest;--but it was a Grecian galley that carried the palm of victory back to the "wooden walls" of the Poloponnesus...
...wooden floor is being laid in Hemingway Gymnasium, and until its completion it will be impossible to play basketball there. All upperclassmen who wish to play may used the new Freshman Athletic Building any afternoon until 4.30. Lockers will be supplied without charge to all who apply. Hemingway will be ready for use in about one week...