University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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M Guide to Profculture M cw 1 1 1 ff 6.-O An Invaluable Aid to Those Who Desire to IMI? ' Work Profs in the Garden Universitates X 2351 q NEVERFAIL BLUFFER 29

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by the Student Tlody presented the new Constitution which was unanimously adopted and became eiiiective january the first, ninteen hundred nine. This Constitution provided that the As- sociated Students of the University of Southern California shall elect officers annually, by the Australian ballot system. Election day may thus he permitted to assume a dignity sometimes un- known in the times of the former democratic elections. Ex- cellent supervision of the management of the weekly publication, The Courier is secured by the election of a Board of Control for that purpose. A similar lloard composed of faculty and stu- clent members, is given control of all the athletic interests of the University. The excellence of this document is evident to one who reads it. The personnel of the Executive Committee alone gives assurance that those who framed this constitution had at heart the best interests of the Student life of the University. The conviction should come to every loyal undergraduate that he owes his encouragement, which may be made manifest in many ways, to every activity that contributes to his own advance- ment ancl to the glory of his University. qi-.5 4141-1.4, gl. i I . ,1 The Triumvirale 28

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II 1..'PREFACE was On account of the rapid advances made in the art of Profcul- ture within the last few years, it has been deemed wise to edit a small guide book, which shall state briefly some of the most recent methods in the working with Profs in the Garden Uni- versitates, giving also, a suggestion of some of the dangers to be avoided. Having, in his own experience, felt the need of a book dif- ferent from any now in use, the author has prepared this work with the hope that it may serve the purpose for which it is in- tended, viz., an introduction to the study of Profculture, for the use of those gardeners in the Garden Universitates, but suffi- ciently comprehensive to serve also as a beginning book in the Garden Academies. ' This does not pretend to be a complete treatise of the whole subject. In fact, it deals with but ahfew of the many Prof plants. It was found impractical to compress within the limits of this little book anything like a thorough discussion of this, the most important of all labors in the Garden Universitates, but a care- ful attention to the suggestions here -offered will enable any conscientious student of Profculture to remain in the garden without danger. The drawings, with the exception of the majority, which are duly credited, were drawn from nature by the author, and nearly all, expressly for this work. The classification adopted is, with slight changes, that given in the Bulletin's Faculty and Officers of Administration, which is considered in most respects entirely satisfactory. lf this little volume serves to give tlze gardeners some com- prehension of the great necessity for Profculture, and its claim to be something more than an idle pastime for the lazy, it will have fulfilled its mission. NFIVERFAIL RLUFFER. 30