Supplement to Forest Grove Press, August 25, 1910
The New Gymnasium of Pacific University
cC7ie Çymnasium is the newest of the college buildings. It re
T h e Swimming-pool is of regulation size, 2 0 by 6 0 feet, with depth
places the old building which for many years has supplied as well as an varying from four feet at one end, to nine feet at the other end. It is
incomplete building could the athletic needs of the student-body.
substantially constructed of reinforced concrete, and made thoroughly
water-proof with several layers of asphalt and cloth in its structure.
It
has concrete steps at one end, and a ladder and spring-board at the
other; also brass rails along all the sides just below the top.
1 he floor
and baseboard of the room about the pool are of terrazzo, a combina
tion of cement and marble, and the walls and ceiling of the room are
enameled in white.
P a c ific ’s N ew G ym nasium
It is a substantial structure, exceptionally pleasing in external ap
pearance, and with its interior arrangement so planned as to give a max
imum of efficiency with a practical economy of space.
T h e main entrance opens directly upon a corridor of generous size.
Immediately at the left is the “trophy-room” and ticket-office.
at the right, the stairs to the main Gymnasium floor above.
A nd
T h ese
stairs are designed for the use of the general public, there being other
stairways for the use of students leading up from the locker-rooms, that
Sw im m ing-P ool
for the girls at the north end of the building, and that for the boys at
O n the floor above is the main
gymnasium, 50 by 100 feet,
equipped with necessary apparatus of most approved type.
It provides
abundant space for the usual class-work and calestherucs, also for basket
ball, hand-ball, and indoor baseball.
Rooms for the Director, and the
examiner are located conveniently adjacent.
A gallery with its concave running-track extends around the main
gymnasium, and is suspended by iron rods from the heavy trusses of the
roofing.
I he running-track is twenty-three laps to the mile, and is
covered with heavy cork-carpet.
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the south end.
A t the farther end of the corridor is a door that opens
into the visitors’ “C age" which looks out upon the swimming-pool.
Doors at the right and left respectively lead into the locker rooms for
the boys and the girls.
These are fitted with steel lockers of the most
approved type fitted with keyless “time-locks”.
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1 he gymnasium is well-lighted by windows about the gallery, arid
by a large sky-light I 4 by 3 6 feet; while three large ventilators, aggre
gating 3 0 feet in length, placed in the ceiling, provide plenty of pure air.
T h e students, boys and girls alike, will enjoy and appreciate the
new gymnasium.
G allery -R u n n in g Track.
From the locker-rooms are doors opening into well-appointed
shower-rooms, through which the students must pass in reaching the
By its use athletics at Pacific will be put upon a more
systematic basis than has heretofore been possible.
Mr. james O . Colville, of Salt Lake City, who has had large ex
swimming-pool. T h ere are also suitably arranged toilets adjacent to perience as an instructor in Athletics, has been secured as Physical D i
rector. H e will have charge of the gymnasium and direct its classes.
the shower-rooms.
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