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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1922)
CAMPUS BEAUTIFUL AIM UF LANDSCAPE GARDENER Several New Lawns Added to Grounds Recently 1 New shrubs, new flowers and flower beds, new lawns, all have been added during the past _vear to make Oregon’s campus more beautiful. W. K. Newell, the superintendent of properties, as sisted by Donald E. Shepherd, the cam pus gardener, continue with ceaseless effort to preserve and increase the at traction of the “Campus Beautiful.” During the past year several new and beautiful lawns have been added to the campus. Last fall the ground about the commerce building was rough, littered with stones and infest ed with weeds. Early last spring the campus gardeners, after removing the trash, spaded and pulverized this ground. Seeds were then sown and now as a result of their efforts the campus possesses another velvet green lawn. The uneven ground lying be tween the administration building and the Woman’s building is being leveled and worked into a lawn as fast as the allotted funds for this purpose will permit. The large tract of vacant land east of the University high school and forming a part of the campus, while it will not be made into a lawn this year, the grass will be cut and no un sightly weeds will be allowed to grow. Summer Presents Problem The upkeep of the lawn, especially during the summer, presents a perplex ing problem to the gardeners. Not only does a shortage of water sometimes exist when it is most needed for irri gation, but sufficient hoses for water ing the entire campus are not available. Water used for irrigation is pumped from the mill race by pumps in the power house. Another annoying thing faced by the gardeners is the live steam escaping from the manholes of the steam line running through the campus. No amount of water will keep the grass green when it is seared by live steam. During the past fear and a half 63 varieties of new plants have been add ed to the campus. All of them are beautiful and many are rare. Those fragrant Azalia Molis which border the walk between the library and Deady hall and fill the air with their sweet perfumes, are grown from stock imported from Belgium. A bed of col umbines growing back of Friendly hall, and considered by the gardener to be the most beautiful flowers on the campus, are a late addition to the University grounds. The Boston ivy which is now beginning to creep up the walls of the commerce and other new buildings on the campus has not been planted many months. Flower Beds Added Many flower beds have lately been added which greatly increase the beauty of the campus. A tulip bed with the plants arranged in symmetri cal figures, attracts those who pass by Mary Spiller hall. Another bed of flowers equally gorgeous is located in the vicinity f the power house. The Woman’s building, the administration building, Villard hall, and in fact nearly every building on the campus has a flower bed somewhere near it which rivals its nearest neighbor in beauty. Plants and trees growing on the campus receive the utmost care and attention from the gardeners. In the winter dead wood is pruned away and the trees and shrubs are trimmed into symmetrical shapes. During the spring and summer all kinds of injurious in sects and plant diseases are carefully watched for and kept under rigid con trol. Objects Gathered in Boxer Up rising Are Given * (ContiBMd from p»f« ome) from the imperial family of the Man ehus, are displayed in long cases down one side of the room. The details of the designs and workmanship of these garments are a study in themselves. India, China and Japan are repre sented by suits of armor and ancient weapons, heavily decorated and curi ously wrought. With this collection is displayed the knife used to decapitate the leader of the Boxer rebellions, and the flag carried by the revolutionists in the uprisings of 1900. A Chinese temple bell, over 1000 years old, is another exhibit, promi nently displayed. With this piece is an old bronze vase of about the same period. There is a mirror of brass, heavily wrought, which was used in temples to ehase awav the spirits of evil who were frightened by the reflections of their own figures in the polished brass. There are samples of enameled ware, sarved ivory, an ancient snuff box and •ome rare old pieces of porcelain of peach blow, fire color, and sang boeuf. There is a fire colored bowl of exquis ite beauty and an old iron rust porce lain. There is also a fire colored vase of the Ming dynasty and a black vase of the same period. At the end of the museum is hung ► the portrait of Major Warner, and in this part of the museum are displayed three pieces of carved furniture, a Chinese screen and a rug of rare beauty. “HIGHBROW” IS HIGHEST GRADE HARVARD GIVES Oregon System in Use with “Lowbrow” for IV, and F Rated as “Solid Ivory” The Oregon system of grading—the division of students into six elasses ac cording to achievements—now prevails at Harvard also, but, according to an old Harvard grad with whom Dean E. \V. Allen foregathered upon a recent trip into Eastern Oregon, the Harvard students have gilded the lily by giving these grades names in place of mere numbers: I, II, III, etc. “I don't know what terms the fac ulty use,” said the Harvard man, who had just returned from an eastern trip on which he visited, “whether it is numbers or letters or something else, but here is the way the Harvard under graduate classifies himself: “I—Highbrow. “II—Low Highbrow. “Ill—High Lowbrow. “IV—Lowbrow. “ V—Bonehead. “F—Solid Ivory.” ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL’S YEAR FULL OF ACTIVITY Formation of New Allied Arts League Consummated (Continued from page one) i eouragement and stimulus to tne worn: : of the school. Arts League Formed The organization of the students into an Allied Arts league has been the ! biggest demonstration of their interest; in the school this year, and this in cludes the Normal Arts club, the Sculpture club, and Architecture club. Cleo Jenkins is president of the leagub and has been in charge of its activity during the year that it has been or ganized. Each branch of the league has carried on its own type of work, that of the Sculpture club being chief ly the collection of a group of auto graphed photographs of the master pieces of modern sculpture for a sculp ture scrap book. Both the Architec ture club and the Normal Arts club have been active in jury day affairs and programs, in getting lecturers be fore the classes and in obtaining ex-, hibits for the school.' Plans for next year in the school are not fully devel- j oped, according to President P. L. Campbell. Owing to the year’s leave: of absence granted to Professor H. M. i King in the architecture department, a new assistant will be found for this school next year, and it is aslo hoped that an assistant may be obtained for the fine arts department. Enrollment Is Increased Enrollment tin all llepartments of the school has increased to such a large extent that additions to the staff are very necessary and a very high stan dard of work will be maintained in the school throughout the coming year in order to regulate the registration. According to Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the school of architecture and allied arts, there has been a marked improvement in the school during the past year, and not only the registra tion has increased but the work sub mitted by the students has been of a high order. AUTUMN PAINTING IS GIVEN C. Harry Allis Makes Presentation to University; Artist Noted C. Harry Allis, an American painter of international reputation, whose large painting, “An October Day,” was re ceived so enthusiastically at the recent exhibition of the National Academy of Design in New York City, has present ed one of his canvasses to the Uni versity of Oregon. This painting is a picture of an autumn scene in central Pennsylvania and is somewhat similar to hiB masterpiece. It has been hung in the women’s reception room of the Woman’s building. Mr. Allis is an artist of great ability whose work is represented in the gal leries of Borne, Venice, and The Hague and his paintings in Paris have been selected for reproduction in the Salon catalogues. His gift to the University is a valu able addition to the treasures which are already in its possession and which form the beginning of a University museum. TWO MORE SIGNED FOR SUMMER TOUR ABROAD Party Formed Under Auspices of School of Music Expected to Leave for East Within Few Weeks Plans for the European tour under the auspices of the University school of music are progressing very satis factorily, according to John J. Lands-1 burv. dean of the school. Misses Mau- ^ rine and Lucile Elrod are the latest additions to the party and it is ex-1 pected that at least three or four more ! will be added within the next week. One of the many plans being made by the tourists is for a visit to Pro-! fessor and Mrs. Leland A. Coon, who will spend a year in France for ad vanced study. The University party will leave Paris for an hour’s ride on the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean railroad to the palace of Fontainbleau where Mr. and Mrs. Coon will spend the summer. Phillips ‘MILITARY’ Soles and Heels Jim THE SHOE DOCTOR. 986 Willamette Street. BAKER & BUTTON The Kodak Shop CORNER 10th AND WILLAMETTE We thank you for your patronage during the past school year —we wish you a happy vacation, and hope we may serve you when you return in the fall. 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