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LTV- L(v )S4. ff V 'il , "v , The Tar HeelThursday, July 20, 198927 i $ . ,f ; ; I j L u i r """" " - I I ' Lliii-- -wt, - 1-,- rfiiTTn iVr - - in" "iijiVoiwiiiriillt i --"3 r Tar HeeiAndrew Herman . . . .-.-.-.-.-.-.rtMX".".'.,.-.'.'0'-'4'-'- Ak ja9SV'.':WB-w--,-:- " .:v.-.. . . , j y r. "s igr1 j " u',i'fr . ss,0 iiwTmTr !!'''IW,IJ'W"""1 m TOiwixininiif nr mMiirtiiiiiiiii tiiWKtr f J? . Oar- rtjjftapw. iiri .rr rB, VjJJrj y Old Well At the heart of the UNC campus stands the white columned Old Well, the visual symbol of the Univer sity. For many years the Old Well served as the sole water supply for Old East and Old West dormitories, which gave rise to a campus joke that the only place in Chapel Hill you could get a bath was in jail. Another well-known campus legend is that, if you take a sip of water from the Old Well on the first day of classes, you will do well throughout the semester. The Old Well is pictured frequently on University literature, Christmas cards and University souvenirs. It was given its present form in 1 897 by the sugges tion of President Edwin Alderman, who said he de rived the idea largely from the Temple of Love in the Garden of Versailles. The well was built by a local lumberyard for $200. Coker Arboretum Located at the comer of Cameron Avenue and Raleigh Street, the Coker Arboretum is a popular place for students who want to escape from the hassles of exams and term papers. More than 400 varieties of plants and shrubs flour ish in this five-acre naturalistic garden. The area was once a swampy pasture for animals such as former UNC President David Swain's white mule, Old Cuddy. The idea for a naturalistic garden was conceived by UNC President Francis Venable in 1903. The arbore tum was named after botanist William Coker. Of the plants and trees in the arboretum, the most famous are the Marshall thorn a red haw that is almost never seen in gardens and a 200-foot wis teria arbor. ' - ft A. - Tar Heel file photo
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