Word: bathing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...bath-rooms in the South Entry of Matthews, that have heretofore added rather to the completeness of the building than to the convenience of its occupants, have, through the efforts of Mr. Mercur, '77, been lately fitted up in a comfortable style, and are now enjoyed by those who have the privilege of their...
...hand now in vogue, which has supplanted the many systems that arose after the time of Queen Elizabeth, when short-hand was brought to light again after its long depression since the time of its founder, Tiro, Cicero's freedman.* This phonography was invented by Mr. Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, and, as its name denotes, is a writing of the sounds heard in speaking. It has, on this account, a great gain over the old systems in additional speed, in simplicity, and in the means it supplies of expressing every language in the same characters, though its value...
...however, a sorry one. "As the University has plenty of unoccupied land, it would be advisable, instead of undertaking to alter the present structure, to erect a plain wooden building, extensible in any direction, for a Gymnasium and Bowling-alleys, and to convert the present Gymnasium into a swimming-bath, a use for which it is well adapted." A wooden building of any description whatever, placed, as it would probably be, near some one of the substantial brick or stone structures in the College grounds, could not but present a mean and cheap appearance. It is very unfortunate that...
...project of turning the present Gymnasium into a swimming-bath is, to say the least, unique. Particulars of the plan, however, are not given, and we are left to conjecture how often the water would be changed and the tank washed out, and whether it would be kept warm in the winter or allowed to freeze up, to serve as a skating rink. It is doubtless true that "Charles River is no longer fit to bathe in, because of the sewage which is discharged into it, and there are no public baths which are accessible to the students...
...smoke one, but the man in the choker said, with a frown, that "Dr. Lewis did not approve of tobacco." I said no more, but dressed and departed. I walked out of town with a brisk step and a light heart. All ye jaded students, try a Turkish bath...