Florida Institute of Technology - Ad Astra Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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The sports program began in the winter of 1965 with baseball and basketball. In August of 1968 the sports department added soccer, crew, golf, wrestling to the existing sports program. Later additions have included sailing, fencing, cross country, rifle, tennis, womens’ softball and volley- ball. Construction of a new 20,000 square foot athletic field began in De- cember 1978 as part of a long term plan to develop the athletic depart- ment. 15

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We all joke about the palm trees on campus, but they are all donations made by people. FIT, because of their donations, now has one of the most extensive collections of palm trees in the world. The first drive for a beautiful FIT was made by Mrs. Sara Bartholomae who also donated the services of an architect to plan the present library. Later President Keuper took an active interest in obtaining the collection of palm | trees which FIT now houses. { § Remember the peacocks? FIT once had seven peacocks which were donated by John Evans. The first of the peacocks came up missing in May of 1971. The last peacock was missing in 1980-1981. Mr. N. Lund donated the palm tree in the classroom quad to FIT in January 1980. Mr. Lund had wanted to keep the palm until his death, but the widening of 192 required the moving of the tree. The palm tree was worth 10,000 dollars at that time. FIT was lucky to have Dent Smith who made possible the botanical gardens. Ve