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...Sargent's developing appliances, says the University Circular, is ranged against the walls on the four sides of the room, and a variety of apparatus such as is usually found in gymnasiums has also been provided. In the dressing rooms a large number of private lockers are placed, besides bath tubs and set bowls supplied with hot and cold water. The gymnasium is a place for "body-building" and a place for recreation. It will be administered as far as possible in accordance with the plan followed by Dr. Sargent (in the Hemenway Gymnasium of Harvard University). The purpose...
...United States that requires each and every student to take physical exercise-will throw open for use a gymnasium "second to none in this country." It will be furnished with all the latest weight and bar apparatus, besides an elevated running track, bowling alleys, tennis courts, handball court and bath room...
...desire to call attention to an editorial which recently appeared in the Advocate in regard to the unsatisfactory arrangements for hot and cold water in the shower bath at the gymnasium. From time to time complaints of this nature have been made but hitherto with no result. As the shower bath is so constantly in demand, any trouble in its arrangements for using the water must necessarily annoy a large number of students. We hope the authorities at the gymnasium will turn their attention to these complaints and endeavor to remedy the trouble as soon as possible...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON :-Of late it has been the noticeable practice of some students to take the time in the bath rooms of the gymnasium to undress and dress. Though it is doubtless thoughtlessly done, yet happening so often in the crowded part of the afternoon, when three or four are waiting for a turn, it seems quite inexcusable. If students would only do the greater part of their disrobing in the dressing rooms, they would of course considerably diminish the amount of time spent in the bath room, and greatly convenience those who are waiting for a turn...
Next comes various directions as to the quality and quantity of clothing to be worn in heat and cold. "Clothing should be easy, compression should be avoided." A daily bath is recommended to all. "The cold morning sponge or shower bath is refreshing, but it should be taken in a warm room, and only when the skin is well reddened by subsequent rubbing." A soap and warm water bath should be taken at least once a week. The student should always have at least eight hours sleep, and if any is lost, Dr. Wilder says it should be made...