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...Athletic Club-House in Boston was formally opened on the evening of Dec. 29th. The building which cost $300,000 is fitted up in the most elaborate style. In the basement are placed the bath rooms and the swimming tank, which are all that could be desired. For the purpose of Turkish baths there are five rooms finely decorated and furnished. The swimming tank is 41 feet long by 30 feet wide, and is kept constantly filled to a height of seven feet, with pure water. On the ground floor of the building are situated the offices, etc. The first...
...inspection showed that nearly $800 would have to be expended to put the building in order. The heating expenses would also be very large. The old barracks or drill shed back of College House was next thought of, but here the cost would also be too great. Finally, the basement of the old Hasty Pudding Club building on Holmes Field was chosen, and through the efforts of Captain Finally permission was obtained of the corporation to use it for the purpose of building a tank. The building is 47 feet long by 38 feet on the inside. This will...
...still inadequate for the demand. It is a pity that men who desire to have the benefit of a good gymnasium during the winter months should be prevented simply because there are not enough lockers to go around. If possible, a few more should be built in the basement of the gymnasium, even if one of the bowling alleys had to be taken out to make room for them. Before the weather becomes so disagreeable as to put an end to outdoor exercise and compel the students to use the gymnasium more as a means of exercise, we should like...
...inconvenience will be experienced in going to and for during rainy weather. The main entrance, situated within the college yard, affords the only public means of access to the library, the smallest door, facing on a public street, being intended only for the use of employees. The basement is of Nova Scotia red sandstone., the rest of the building being in brick, with terra cotta mouldings and a free use of copper in the stack and elsewhere. The book stack (only one-third of which is to be built at present), will be, when entire, 96 by 110 feet...
...perfect as modern science can make them. There will be hot and cold water throughout the building, and every stairway will contain a freight elevator. The fireplaces in the studies will be furnished with the Jackson ventilating grate, which receives cold air from a flue rising from the basement. This fresh air enters the room above the grate and ventilates the room, thus obviating the necessity of opening the windows in extremely cold weather. Steam heat will be used in the hallways and lavatories...