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War Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Opened in November 1928, the venue honors state residents who gave their lives in the service of their country in World War I.〔 The architectural style is Tudor-Gothic and is heavily buttressed; the chief architect was David C. Lange,〔〔 the head of the university's architecture department. The west end addition was built from 1951–52, and the building was renovated in 1954.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Idaho Library )〕 Ivy partially covers the brick and concrete exterior, which is decorated with crouching football player gargoyles and stained glass windows.〔(Go Vandals.com ) - UI athletic facilities - Memorial Gymnasium - accessed 2010-04-05〕 Memorial Gymnasium was the primary home of Vandal basketball until January 1976, replaced by the newly enclosed Kibbie Dome; the Dome's basketball configuration was renamed "Cowan Spectrum" in early 2001. Currently the "Mem Gym" is the home court of Vandal women's volleyball, and occasionally hosts early season basketball games, depending upon the late season football schedule. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Idaho had a nationally prominent boxing team; 5,200 attended a dual meet against neighbor Washington State in 1950. It was dropped as an intercollegiate sport in 1954. The facility is used extensively for physical education classes, intramurals, and open recreation. Commencement ceremonies for the university were traditionally held in the venue from 1929 through 1975. Since 1976, the Kibbie Dome has hosted the primary ceremony for all graduates, and the Mem Gym is one of several venues used for individual college ceremonies for the awarding of diplomas. At just 49 years of age, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The narrow swimming pool in the basement of the Mem Gym was retired in 1970, when the new swim center opened. Through the 1981 football season (and 1982 basketball season), there were no locker rooms at the Kibbie Dome and the Vandals and visiting teams dressed in the Memorial Gym. ==See also== * National Register of Historic Places listings in Latah County, Idaho 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Memorial Gymnasium (University of Idaho)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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