Gymnasium

	When the Cassedys established the school, one of the first new buildings they erected was a Gymnasium to provide the girls with healthy indoor activities. The hotel already had a building that contained a two-lane bowling alley, and the Gym provided enough room for basketball and other indoor sports.

	However, the first gym proved inadequate as enrollment climbed, so a new building was erected in 1907.

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		A portico was added in the 1920s with eight large Corinthian columns, and the Gym was connected to Aloha and to Recitation Hall by a glass-covered walkway, supported by caryotids.
		This building still stands today, although the deterioration of the front portico is severe, and the walkway (shown at bottom right) was removed.
		The interior of the 1907 gym was much more spaceous than the first gym.
		The Gym had an upper floor running track, a solarium, a swimming pool, and "needle baths" (as the showers were known).
		There were also two bowling lanes adjacent to the gym floor.

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