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

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The University of Florida Keeping pace with the steady progress of the state, the University IL 1-IA Qgleg lgeissrf W of Florida has grown with it until today, twenty-five years after its founding, it stands prepared to take its place among the great institu- tions of higher learning. Its past is marked by achievement and progress, its present is distinguished by cooperation and democracy, its future promises a destiny to be envied. The "Buckman Act," adopted by the Legislature in 1905, combined such institutions as the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College at Lake City, the Florida Female Institute, two Seminaries, and the South Florida Military College into two institutions, The Florida State College for Women, located, as every University man knows, at the state capital, Tallahassee, and the University of Florida, situated in the sleepy little town of Gainesville. The University began on a very limited scale, the class rooms, professoris quarters, infirmary, and student's quarters all being housed by Buckman Hall. Growth was rapid, however, until now the campus comprises nine hundred and fifty-three acres and numerous buildings. When the University first opened its doors in 1905, it consisted of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Agriculture Experi- ment Station, and the Normal School. The College of Law was established in 1909 and soon afterwards the College of Engineering and the Teacher's College were organized. During the year 1909, the University underwent a reorganization during which Dr. A. A. Murphree was elected president. Standard entrance requirements were approved in 1913g two years later all Agriculture work was con- solidated in the College of Agriculture, and the Experiment Station placed under the direction of the Dean of the College. The World War interrupted the usual academic trend of the Univer- sity, when it entered the service of the Government, regular work was resumed, however, as soon as the war ended. The College of Com- merce and Journalism was established in the Spring of 19275 a School of Architecture was organized under the direction of the College of Engineering in 1925 and at the same time the School of Pharmacy provided for in 1923 was made a separate College. A Graduate Col- lege, with the aim of ultimately conferring Ph.D. degrees, was author- ized during the past year by the Board of Control. Linked and interwoven in an enduring way with the growth and progress of the University is the name of Dr. Albert A. Murphree. During his long, faithful and ellicient administration, the institution established itself among the leaders in the field of higher education, his work will remain as the foundation of an institution whose prog- ress has been phenominal and which is looked,upon with pride by every Florida man. t--- I1 lvl hid Ei!

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