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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948
Grass, Flowers, And Shrubs Keep 20 KU Workmen Busy
Bv DOUG JENNINGS
Keeping the campus beautiful for visitors and students is a full-time job. The care and time spent on the flower gardens, and 100 acres of grass, shrubbery and trees requires a battalion of 20 workmen.
One of the more familiar jobs seen by students is that of watering the grass. With sprinklers shooting out 300 gallons of water a minute, the chance of getting wet are excellent.
As James Reiter, head gardener,
said, "There are enough sprinklers
so that while you've avoiding one,
another will splatter you, and a
third gives you the raspberry.
"Sprinklers may be on for 24 hours a day and for a week or ten days," Mr. Reiter said. "At Lindley hall 450 underground heads pump 1,350 gallons a minute. It takes an hour to complete the watering there. About three-fourth of a mile of hose are needed to supply the other sprinklers."
"Lay asphalt all over the campus and paint it green," Mr. Reiter laughingly suggested.
An annual task faced by the land-scaping staff is that of keeping the students off the grass. During the summer the crew laid asphalt on most of the paths to improve appearances, but new routes have been worn already.
Nine flower beds are spread over the campus. Chrysanthemums are the flowers now in bloom in each garden. Mr. Reiter plans to plant tulips in the bed near Watkins hospital and narcissuses in the triangle and the garden between Blake hall and the chancellor's residence this fall.
Transplanting trees and bushes is another item that helps to preserve the beauty of the grounds.
"I think we've planted 10,000 trees since I came here in 1940," Mr. Reiter said.
The 11-acre University nursery is situated on the Brown farm at 19th and Michigan streets.
Several changes in the landscape will be made in the next few days. Forsythia will be planted along the north side of Watkins hall. Near
Dyche museum a few cotoneasters will be set out, and at Hooch auditorium the hedge will be extended on the north side of the main walk in front of the building. Some overgrown shrubs will be removed from Spooner-Thayer museum.
Ken Hoeschen, florist, estimated that 15,000 bedding plants are supplied each year. Of these about 3,500 are geraniums and 4,000 are petunias. Plants are used not only in the flower beds but cut flowers are given to several of the women's organized houses, to faculty members for their offices, and to the hostess of the Student Union building. Others are planted in flower boxes on the campus.
Ferns from the botanical conservatory help add setting to commencement exercises in the stadium and recitals in Hoch auditorium.
Student Gets Two-Timed From Outside Activities
James Edwin Bannister, business junior from Kansas City, Mo., has found there are too many hazards in extra-curricular activities.
Bannister was treated in Watkins hospital today for a severely lacerated hand which he hurt on a broken mustard bottle at a picnic Wednesday. He had just been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for poison ivy.
UHS Students Seek Display
Eighty-five students at University High school viewed the display in the Military Science building Wednesday. They went in two groups. While there they saw a naval training film showing how the navy coordinated land, sea, and air attacks.
KU Botanist Writes Again
"Kansas Wild Flowers," a book on the flowering plants of Kansas by W. C. Stevens, professor emeritus of botany, is now being published
The book, which is now in the binding process, should be finished within a few weeks. Some copies have been sent to critics. It contains many pictures and descriptive material on approximately 500 important flowering plants native to this state.
The book will prove useful for other teachers, and will be used in the classrooms of several schools. It is thought that it will also prove valuable to persons throughout the state who are interested in flowers, but did not study them in school.
Author of several other books on botany, Professor Stevens, now 87 years old, began the most important work of his life at the age of 72. He visited every county in the state and took thousands of pictures. His book should be the most complete ever written on Kansas wild flowers.
YWCA Changes Date Of Its Meetings
Members of the Y.W.C.A. accepted the constitutional amendment changing the time of all-membership meetings at the election Wednesday. The amendment states that all-membership meetings will be held once every two months. In the past, such meetings were held each month.
The amendment will take effect immediately.
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, daughter of Dr. Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, has made a telephone campaign in San Antonio for funds for the World War II memorial campanile.
Eight Pledge To Memorial
Eight people have pledged contributions, Mrs. Smith reports.
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