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At the invitation of leaders of the Indianapolis YMCA, Jesse E. Moorland visited the city in the early 1900s and recommended the establishment of a new branch of the YMCA for the city's Black population. [1] At the same time, in 1900, two doctors from Ninth Presbyterian Church, Henry L. Hummons and Dan H. Brown, created a Young Men's Prayer Band.
In 1930, the Tribune newspaper in Pocatello, Idaho sponsored 'learn to swim' classes at the YMCA, announcing that girls must bring towels and suits, boys only towels. [60] In May 1936 the Charleston, West Virginia YMCA announced its tenth annual "Learn to Swim" program for boys age 8 to 15 not able to swim, noting bathing suits not being ...
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The first central Baltimore YMCA, which still stands in 2014 (but with its towers removed in the early 1900s, converted to offices in the 1910s apartments and condos in 2001, and a luxury brand boutique hotel in 2015) at the northern edge of the downtown business district near Cathedral Hill and the more toney residential Mount Vernon-Belvedere ...
About 115 years ago the city opened one of its first municipal swimming pools in an effort to keep Indianapolis children safe from drowning.
'Largest swim meet ever': How an Olympic swimming pool was built inside Lucas Oil Stadium A replica Eiffel Tower is erected at the corner of Georgia Street and Capitol Avenue, Monday, June 10, 2024.
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Indiana University Natatorium is a swimming complex on the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.When the university was part of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the Natatorium also served as the home of the School of Health & Human Sciences, including physical education, tourism management, pre-physical and pre-occupational therapy ...