Hide Article Text (OCR)
GYM IS COMPLETE NOW IN Ml mPROVIDES FOR ALL TYPES OF INDOOR SPORTS RANKS WITH BEST IN STATE.The .VIoumouLh College Gymnasium as it now stands, rourescnLw Hie realization oL a cl ream which has hem: in tlio minus of those connected will; the college since 18U7. In connection with the cl oil (eat :-on ceremonies held Wedneday uiglit D:\ P.lcMichaol rond an article from the Olipper,’’ college paper printed In lgfiT in which theneed for n gywnaithijo yfti.t expressed.Since chat, lime, the feeling has increased. but events have conspired to keep the tire am fron; materializing until now, iKluns were submitted twenty years ago for a Gymnasium by Cloyce Seard. a graduate of Monmouth, but the fire of 11)07 made it necessary to deter action.However, the idea persisted and the first evidence that it was maturing was given at a Washington Rtr1.il-iay Gang not held in Wallace Hall in L921, when. Dr, .VIcMiehael announced that ihe laud lying north of the cel-.lege had been secured for a new athletic field.Since that time nr ogress has l»aan rapid. Students now in school vain amber how the land lying north of the heating plant wan graded and. leveled until now ir has horn transformed into one of the Pin os f athletic fields in Lhe slate.Stud ante now in school also remember when action was first Started on the gymnasium which 1if.s just been dedicated.Today, Monmouth has a. gymnasium nurl nthlel.lc field which compares favor nlily wllh any i»» tJie state. The gymnasium complete from top to bottom. Its nmin enti’nuce ie on North Seventh Street and faces East Rost on A ve. it is or rein forced concrete construe!fou fmin basement to in a fn I’loor unrl r puvtng bricl-t and Indiana limestone above*. It‘5 totalleDglli Is 122 feet anlt;| widr.Si is 81feel.. Projections ni: from, hml rear add 80 L'eei tu svltKh.Complete, It provides faeflll.les for athletic development of alt kinds, ibn-leriug the main floor from the Seventh Street entrance one find a a basket! ia I foor- 80 by -1S feet, none nr which is under the gallery which surrounds r.lirco sides of it find helps provide room for the 2.000 aimr.taior’s which the andirovlinn as a whole cur accommodate. At (he ansi, is a stage with complete Pfjn1pir.mil. for the triaging of any spcnt.aolns liable to be presented, and or. t.bc vonr or the lifl.1-couy. opposite the am go a moviebooth, of the 1st ©si fJ reproof construction in which all openings close automatically in ease of fire or nvMoslem.Below the basketball floor is the swimming pool, which is tt foet wide and 80 feel. long. Spaco is provided for 500 Spectators, and locker rooms adjoin the pool. Depth of lhe pool range from 2 1-2 feel al Hit; soutn ond to y 3-a feet at the north. The waier used in il is heated by 5.Loam from the heating plant and a temperature of 75 degrees Is main-Ut’ned. Beside being heated, the water is also purified by being constantly filtered by chlorinating filters.In ll;e basement, circling chc -walla of the pool. It a 100 yard dirt running track, where track caiid5rlnl.es mny practice in winter. Them are also provided showers and separate. rooms for visiting teams, nn Innovtifirjri sure C: he welcomed.A modern vent Ha Ling system provides pure fresh healthy ntr through'-' 0111. 1.1m entire hnUdlng, Air- la dlft-' charged from f.he building Ty fane, and 011 Wide nil* drawn in thrWriSt•,.-vents which can in wiotP.r heat. It.ns-ad mi I tad... •..... . , . .v• Egsti, high jumper of .Bradley, iB now clearing the bar at o ft. ll- i-4 inches. Egsti has changed his form since last season and is expected to go over six feet before the closo of the track season this year,The College It ambler.
Newspaper Details
Monmouth College Newspaper Oracle
Monmouth, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 13, 1925
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Doug R.
IL, 22 Feb 2020
Other Publications Near Monmouth, Illinois
Monmouth College Society Catalogue 1856 to 1880
Monmouth College Yearbook Ravelings
Monmouth Courier
Monmouth College Newspaper Courier
Monmouth College Newspaper Clipper
