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

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Thomas Hall N the beginning this building was used for any and all purposes. Thomas Hall is at present our largest dormitory. It is built on the unit system plan and contains six sections of twelve suites of two rooms each. It is located farthest west of all the University buildings and overlooks the tennis courts and athletic field. This was the second building of the University to be built and was named in honor of one of Gainesville’s most progressive citizens. Major W. R. Thomas. 'Phis building is well equipped with baths, flowing hot and cold water, and is steam heated. There is to be found a shower bath, lavatories and toilet on each floor of each section. This is the largest building on the campus, being three hundred and fifteen feet long and sixty feet wide. (19)

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Peabody Mall 0M1CTIME in the future the teacher will receive his just (pecuniar)’) reward, for his profession is a noble one and Society is awakening to the fact that he should be duly recompensed for his high service. At the same time a higher and more complete education is being required and the Teachers College is striving to take care of this latter demand, which must indirectly influence the former one and that for the teacher's benefit. The Psychology Laboratory, located in this building, is a very fine one, and the man at the head of this branch of education is a master in this subject. Peabody Hall is the home of the Teachers College and Normal School, of Peabody Club, and of the Model High School. It also contains the University Library and Reading rooms. This building was completed in 1913 and occupied this year for the first time. (18)

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Buckman Hall HER 1C is no building on the University campus that might be called old, but Buck-man Hall was the first structure to be erected by the State under the direction of the Buckman Bill, which created a University and provided for the combining of the then several state schools into two schools, one for women, and one for men. This hall was named in honor of the author of the bill. The unit system plan prevails here and this dormitory is divided into sections, five in number, and each containing twelve suites of two rooms each. Like the other buildings on the campus, it is well equipped with modern conveniences and is arranged so that its occupants may use one of their rooms for a study, and the other for a bed room. This building is fireproof and is two hundred and forty feet long by sixty feet in width. (20)