Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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THE FLORIDA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING he • • state capital

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Governor Fuller Warren is a native Floridian, born in Blountstown, Florida, and was educated in Florida schools. He received his Doctor of Law from Cumberland University. Governor Warren became well known in Florida during his successful career as a lawyer and became Governor in 1948. He has been very interested in Florida State University and officiated at the open- ing of our new Doak S. Campbell Stadium. His enthusiastic support has helped immensely in the development of FSU. The coast of Florida was first sighted on Easter Sunday, 1513, by Ponce de Leon who was searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth. It was at St. Augustine that he landed and it constituted the first Florida Settlement. When the state came into the union the capitol was moved to Tallahassee from the West coast to give it a more central position. Through all these years, Tallahassee has grown into a prosperous and progressive state capitol. People from all over the United States have heard of the Florida capital ' s beauty during azalea time and have become indirectly acquainted with Talla- hassee. During the last few years the capital city has grown in size by leaps and bounds. Additions are the new Supreme Court Building, the Industrial Commission and the State Road Department. These are just a few samples of the things to come that make our state capital one of the best in the nation. the governor and

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DR. DOAK S. CAMPBELL the president Dr. Campbell has been a guiding spirit behind the growth of FSCW to FSU. One of his principal aims has been to see the University expand and become the finest in the South. He has been in- strumental in the drawing up and carrying out of the 50 year plan. He has wished to see the main points of this building plan started and the confines of the campus clearly defined. He has been in favor of abandoning the traditional in favor of the students ' comfort. He has been instrumental in the building of the Music Building, Cawthon Dormitory, Senior Hall, and the Doak S. Campbell Stadium. He has started construction of several new buildings, including a new women ' s dorm, new men ' s dorm, student union, and new fraternity houses.