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...more points in regard to our future swimming-bath may be of interest to the college. Some time ago a friend of the university made a generous contribution toward the building of this bath. Thereupon the college authorities placed in the hands of a contractor the matter of investigating the water supply which could be obtained for the baths. The result of this investigation was the boring of the wells which we have been watching from day to day near the gymnasium. It was found that abundant water could be had from these wells for the purpose. That the bath...
Several complaints have been made by the students in regard to the bath rooms in the gymnasium. It is of course necessary that the attendants have an occasional holiday, and it is also eminently proper that the gymnasium itself be closed on Sunday. But could not the washing facilities be so regulated that students could make use of them on Saturday evenings. We suggest this change at the earnest request of many students, and hope to see it made at once, if practicable...
With regard to the care of the person, bathing is a matter of the greatest importance. A sponge bath daily, either cold or tepid, may be considered as a necessity. Hot baths every day are extremely debilitating and otherwise injurious. The clothing should be adapted to the person, one in the open air much, requiring less than an individual of sedentary habits. The tendency is to wear too much clothing. We are much better off than our grandfathers in the matter of fabrics adapted to changes in weather. Gauzes and light-woolens take the place of stiff linen and cotton...
...main floor are Turkish baths, sponge-baths, shower-baths, vapor-baths and a magnificent plunge-bath, which is 75 feet by 30, and 15 feet deep; it is lined with encrustic tiling, and is constantly kept supplied with fresh water; a private stair-way connects the dressing-rooms with these paths. Down stairs is a bowling alley which is very well patronized...
...communication, which we cannot publish for lack of space, very justly complains of the thoughtless way in which the bath-rooms at the gymnasium are used by a large number of men in college. These rooms are for bathing, not for dressing, especially not for putting on such articles of apparel as a hat, an overcoat, and a cane. It is not only ungentlemanly, but it is unfair for any one to occupy a bath room longer than absolutely necessary; the accommodations are already inadequate to the demand, and any action tending to make this inadequacy greater is censurable...