University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Engineering Hall N PLANNING for Florida’s young manhood and their education, the present day demand for specialists in every line of work, was not overlooked, and the College of Engineering was given an important place in their plans. The Best instructors were employed and courses were offered in Electrical Mechanical and Civil engineering. This department is annually increasing in size and importance and its already splendid equipment is constantly being added to. Dean Benton of the College of Engineering is a recognized authority in the realm of engineering, and has done especial work for the government in this line. The instructors employed in this department are men possessing practical experience as well as a theoretical knowledge and its aim is to furnish such training as will be useful to its graduates in the profession of engineering. Engineering Hall is a three-story brick building, 122 feet by 73 feet, with a one-story wing for boilers and steam engine laboratory. Besides the building shown above, well equipped shops have been built and the University is gaining a reputation for its technical department. (14)

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Agricultural Hall NICVKR has agriculture occupied such a prominent place in the science of the world as it does today. The University of Horida boasts of her College of Agriculture, the home of which is shown in the above building. Students from every part of the United States come to Horida in order to take advantage of the excellent courses offered, and this department of the University attracts more out-of-the-state students than does any other department. 'Hie University Chapel is located in this building and daily the student body gathers here for the morning’s worship. v The Dean of the College of Agriculture has his office here. The extension work of this department thru its correspondence courses is doing much for the good of the farmer who finds it impossible to take a resident course. Already the practical good of the Agricultural course has been demonstrated and a majority of the out-of-the-state students remain to till Florida’s fertile soil. (13)

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Experiment Station IvRILY the Government Experiment Station located at the University of Florida is one of the most important of its kind in the United States. Its director, P. II. Rolfs, is recognized as one of the ablest men employed in this line of work and his reputation as an expert is nation wide. Under his direction a corps of assistants labor for tlie betterment of the animal and vegetable life of Florida; all able men and specialists in their particular fields. Already their efforts have resulted in the saving of millions of dollars to the cattle, citrus and other industries of Ilorida. 'File agriculturists of the state are being organized for the purpose of studying and for co-opera, tion in the using of improved methods in farming. Farmers Institutes bring directly to the workers of the soil the discoveries of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the teachings of the College of Agriculture and present them so that they can be understood. I bis experiment station is one of especial note for the progress made and for its already shown benefit to the needy State of Florida. (15)