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

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College of Law A SHORT walk from Language Hall will bring one lo the Law building, the newest on the campus, it having been dedicated at the beginning of the scholastic year. The type of architecture, Tudor-Gothic, which prevails on the campus, has been closely followed in erecting this hall. Near the entrance is the opening leading into the Law library, which contains hundreds of volumes devoted to legal history, decisions, cases, and texts. The book-stacks are of the very latest and most improved types. Comfortable seats, good lights, and large tables are arranged for study. Directly above the library is found the practice court room, the scene of many forensic efforts and fierce contests. Here, for the mind of the law student, questions of great legal import are settled. Inelegance and in construction the court room is the ecpial of any in the State. The arrangement of jury boxes, witness stands and the judge’s bench, is that found in the newer court houses of the state. Not only is this room arranged after the most approved fashion, but it is most artistic, and beautiful in finish. The library is flanked on either side by the librarian's office and class rooms, the court room, by retiring rooms for judge and jury, and additional class rooms. The Dean of the Law Department is furnished with a spacious and elegantly furnished office, and each professor has a private office of his own. The seekers after legal lore and learning are, and have just cause to Ik. , truly proud of their new home, the completion of which marked the time when each college should have its individual home. Near the Law Building is the Peabody Hall. 22

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Language Hall TO THE expectant eye of the visitor, approaching the University Campus. there first appears a large body of pines and majestic oaks. Upon a nearer approach, through the vistas of the trees, appear, one after the other, the groups of splendid buildings. The first of these. Language Hall, so named from the departments which here have their home, is a magnificent example of the Tudor-Gothic architecture. With its three stories it affords ample space to the departments of Ancient Languages. Modern Languages, English, History and Social Sciences, as well as commodious offices for the President and other administrative officers. The tall ceilings and fine finish of the interior impress the visitor with the fact that no expense has been spared to make the home of the College of Arts and Sciences as elegant and spacious as needs be. The hard wood floors, beautiful furniture, and superb equipment have a look of solidity and thoroughness. Nearest the College of Arts and Sciences, the central college of the University and the mother of purely cultural learning, is the College of Law. 21

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Peabody Hall THIS is the home of the coming teachers. In the basement we find the printing office of the college paper. The Florida Alligator, controlled and printed by the students. Above is the general library, which is one of the largest in the state, and certainly contains less dead material than libraries do as a rule. The rest of the first floor is occupied by class rooms and by the great Psychological Laboratory, the only one of its kind in the state. The equipment of the laboratory is all new and improved. The remainder of the building is devoted to rooms for class instruction, with theexception of thespneegiven to the Peabody Auditorium, where the literary society of the college holds its discussions. This room is tastefully decorated and has its seats amphitheatred. This is the second year of the occupancy of this building presented by and named after George Peabody. The sister college nearest to Peabody Hall is the Engineering College. 23