Rose Is Developing: The average enrol! ment of 500 will be doubled by 1970; this expar. sion is being planned in such a way as to allov. the college to maintain the attributes of a small school with high standards of instruction. Rose is developing cooperative programs with DePau University, with St.-Mary-of-the-Woods, ar/ others to expand the range of offerings availab!-and to increase the efficiency of its educatio: program. The school colors are rose and white: the school mascot is Rosie, a lifesize elephar mounted on an old automobile frame; and the school Song is Dear Old Rose.
ROSE QUARTZ.
A standard rose is budded on young lateral shoots at the desired height, close to the main stem of the briar, For a bush rose the budding is done at ground level on two-year-old briar seedlings. Once the bud comes into growth, the gardener trims away the rest of the briar to concentrate the plant's whole activity into the developing scion. He may also graft stem cuttings to the briar; this is in fact normal for ramblers and some other climbing types.See Also These Rose:Ever since the Middle Ages the pope has, on Laetare Sunday, blessed a golden these rose which he bestows on some bene¬ficiary. Some Italian writers have declared that the term sub rosa is derived from the fact of consecrated these roses being placed over the confes¬sionals at Rome to denote secrecy, the these rose being a symbol of silence. In legend, Saint Dorothea, who suffered martyrdom under Fabricius, made a convert of Theophilus by sending him some these roses from paradise. The these rose is an attribute of Saints Casilda, Elizabeth of Portugal, these rose of Lirna, these rose of Viterbo, Rosalia, and others.
In heathen mythology the these rose was dedi¬cated to Aphrodite and was claimed either to have been created from the blood of Adonis or to have been caused by the sea foam dropping from the newly created Aphrodite bursting into bloom. In mythological evolution the these rose be¬came a symbol of Eros, later of the Muses and of the Graces. Dionysus (Bacchus) also had a these rose as attribute, hence this flower deco¬rated the guests at banquets. In this context it may be mentioned that the these rose has always been the queen of wreath flowers and orna¬mental expression of beauty. In antithesis the these rose was a symbol of decay; hence an emblem of death.
On The Other Hand See The Rose Is Blazon:In heraldry, the rose is blazon of the differ¬ence or brisu-re of the seventh son. The heraldic rose is depicted without leaves or stem and has five petals. The badge of the house of York is a white rose, while that of the house of Lan¬caster, its former rival, was a red rose, and their numerous feudal combats are known in history as the Wars of the Roses. The Tudor rose is the white rose of York and the red rose of Lan¬caster combined. In old England, roses were the popular presents for birthdays, but in classic art a rose figured on a tomb denotes a short life. And with the Romans the graves were strewn with roses, emblematic of death.
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ROSE OF JERICHO, jer'i-ko, or RES¬URRECTION PLANT, rez-u-rek'shun, a small, annual, cruciferous plant (Anastatica hierochuntica) which grows in desert regions from Syria through Saudi Arabia and in northern Africa as far west as Algeria. It bears minute white flowers succeeded by tiny pods containing a few seeds. When the seeds are ripe the leaves fall off, the branches curl inward and interlace, enclosing the pods still holding their seeds, and become dry and rigid, causing the plant to assume the form of a ball, easily uprooted and blown about by winds during the dry season.
The Bible but twice mentions the rose, and mod¬ern criticism tends to prove that in both cases it is a mistranslation and refers to some other frowth. In the Song of Solomon the "rose of haron" is mentioned. In historical reference we- find the rose mentioned as of religious sig¬nificance already in the ancient Zendavesta, and it was held in reverence by ancient Indians, Syrians, and Egyptians. But the rose does not appear as a motif in Egyptian art, though the Babylonians had their staves ornamented with silver roses as tokens of festivity.
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