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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1926

Page

12

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Popenoes Mexico City Nochimilchho Plata

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