Ames Alumni See Favors for SG U by State Board
Des Moines March 18 The Ames alumni fear an effort by the state board of education to strengthen the University of Iowa at the expense of Iowa State College and Cedar Falls teachers college. A survey of curricula is planned to remove course duplications while a legislative resolution seeks a study with a report due by July 1 1936.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Elezeny Ames
State Board of Education
Raymond A. Pearson
Iown State College
University of Land
Iis
College of Herieulture and
Mechanic Arta Ub
Iae
Pearson
Jil
Hls
Java
Paarson
of Education
Peachers' College
Cedar Falls
Iowa State College
Ames
General Assembly
Senaator
Guy Roberts
Mount Ayr
John Hammill
Agricultural College
Amex
Iowa City
Senate
Low State College
The
State University
June
Fred C. Gilchrist
Taurens
State Teachers College
University
BeYen
Town City
Cedar Malls
Board of Education
Herman Rauapup
Tr. J. TL Seerley
Corday Falls
Towa State College
Gardening Skill Is Credited to Aztecs
Washington reports that Aztec gardens reveal advanced horticulture with a complex botanic system. Wilson Popenoe, formerly of the U S Department of Agriculture, notes Aztecan hieroglyphics feature a flower symbol used in place names and maize references.
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Wilson Popenoe
United States Department of Agriculture
Indian life signs and cultivated motifs in traditional art
A fragment discusses recurring themes in Indian life, noting the frequent appearance of the sweet potato with various native plants such as the black bean cherry plum avocado and other lesser known native tents. It highlights a notable blend of water signs with conventional cultivated symbols.
Descriptions of Desert Flora and Floating Gardens Feature in Pope Collection
The article notes desert flora such as yucca gac and mesquite, with Mr Pope's gem the flea pepper symbol. It mentions Mexico City's famed floating gardens as a premier native horticultural expression and describes Willow trees planted in shallow Lake Nochimilchho water forming interlaced roots and shade for island plots.
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Mr. Popenoes
Mexico City
Nochimilchho
Plata
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