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The newly completed Health and Physical Education Department building, later called Mountaineer Gymnasium, and finally officially named Wright Gymnasium in 1975 after Paul "Frosty" Wright, director of the department from 1935 to 1963. Wright was WSC's football coach, and was famous for having established a collegiate skiing program and fostering the popularity of wrestling in Colorado.
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A WSC baseball game is in full "swing" southwest of the newly constructed Mountaineer Gymnasium (Wright Gymnasium), ca. 1952.
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View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the southwest, soon after the completion of the pool and women's gym addition, circa early 1960s.
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A crowd gathers for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new gymnasium building, ca. 1950. Highland Village cabins can be seen on the left through the trees to the southeast; the baseball field and its bleachers are center-right; Savage Library is just visible to the far right. Mountaineer Gymnasium was renamed Paul Wright Gymnasium in 1975.
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A distinguished guest speaker addresses candidates and guests at a mid-1960s Commencement exercise in Mountaineer Gymnasium.