The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-16
FRIENDS WILL
PLANT TREES
Arbor Day Program Is to be
Observed Tomorrow.
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES
And the Immense Campus Is
to be Made Into a Garden.

Friday afternoon will be observed as
Arbor day at the Friends university and
the immense campus will be planted to
trees of a numRer Of varieties. a year
ago James NJ Davis. who purchased the
building and gave it TO the Friends
New York prepare plan for decorating
the campus and making it into a veri-
table garden. This plan was received
last summer and since that time the trus-
tees and faculty have been planning to
carry out the plan as far as possible this
year. The trustees made heavy pur-
chases of elm, maple, oak and other or
namental trees known to do well in this
section. The students contributed a con-
siderable sum and friends from other
parts of the state sent money to purchase
trees and some will be here to help in the
planting.
The design as given by the New York
gardener called for some trees that can
not be procured in this state and are not
indigenous, and persons who have tried
to grow them have found them unsat-
isfactory. For these the trustees substi-
tuted trees known to grow and do well
in this climate. The design called for
trees from Europe which would require
more rainfall than is usual in Kansas
to keep them thriving. and it is only in
the eastern states where they grow sue
cessfully
The design submitted by the gardener
is very beautiful one and if it is car
ried out and the trees kept in condition
the Friends university campus will be
one of the finest parks in the west.
There are to be two rows of trees around
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side of the four drives and walks lead
ing to the university building. The main
drive from the east will have six rows
of trees. There are to be clumps of trees
in other sections of the campus and in
front of the main steps is to be a large
flower bed. 1t will take a number of
years to complete the design. The trus-
tees start the work this year and will
finish as much as possible this spring
and keep the work up each season IN
til the campus is made into a park.
Friday afternoon will be a holiday at
the university. All of the classes have
paid for trees. which will be dedicated
to them, and a number of students have
trees as a monument for their interest
in the university. There are two Friends
churches in the city, one at the univer-
sity and one on the east side. The Sun
day school classes OF each have made ar
trees, on the campus. Many friends of
the school in this city and in other cities
of the state and Oklahoma have made
arrangements to have trees planted for
them and some will come here to do the
work themselves. Quite a number of per-
sons outside of the city sent money to
purchase trees and some sent the trees.
During the afternoon Arbor day ear
cises will be held at the university and
then the work of planting the trees will
begin. The ground has been prepared for
the work and the trees will be planted
under the supervision of a practical tree
grower who has had a great deal of efs
perience in this work in and around this
city. The trustees have engaged a man
to take care of the trees during the sum
mer and see that every opportunity Is
given the trees to thrive and grow.
The Arbor day celebration at the uni
versity is a public affair. and all who
wish are invited to attend and take part.