University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Even during his years as a UM medical student, Dr. John Clayton Gifford had an interest in botany. i The arboretum, behind the COX Science Building, was dedicated to this advocate of natural resources and staunch supporter of Everglades National Park after his death in 1949. Started in 1947 with ever 500 species Of plants, there were once plans to turn it into a parking lot. Although it was partially destroyed after Hurricane Andrew in. 1992, the arboretum has been replahted and the trees have been relabeled. John Dodds The George A. Smathers Student Wellness Center opened to students in January and housed a six- lahe pool, indoor track, six racquetball courts, two squash courts, two aerobics rooms, a spa, two saunas and an area for floor hockey and soccer. Ah $85 activity fee, passed by the students during the Spring 1992 elections, was paid by students once the S 13.8 million center opened. US. Senator Smathers donated $10 million to UM fer the new center. 1 4 OPENING

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ii Was. :3 1 x The Solomon G. Merrick Building, Which houses the Schoe of Communication and the School of Education, is the oldest build- ing on campus. Originally the primary administration area on campus, its infrastructure survived the hurricane in 1926, but lack Of funding hampered its completion until 1949. Backup equipment for the Hurricane and Weather Bureau is housed on the top levels of the building. Coral Gables, the first planned, heh-geverhmehtal City in the country, had a canal running through it, designed to make it the Venice Of North America? Merrick wanted students to use the canals, located at the back of the building, as a transportation system to and from Classes. 16 OPEN NG