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

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dedication to the wonderful world of florida tzt..% F St.% t F. of FLosto. . a state of many pe.iple. different people ... the state characterized by its people... a New York tourist smokes a big black cigar at a Mi- ami Beach Hotel ... an old man reads an out-of-state paper on a green bench in St. Pe- tersburg ... an eight-year-old boy picks an orange in a grove near Orlando ... a work- er rolls a cigar in a Tampa factory ...a college student walks across a crowded street in Fort Lauderdale during Easter vacation ...a honeymooning couple builds a sand castle on Panama City Beach ...an office worker enters the Capitol in Tallahassee ... a young girl skis for onlookers at Cypress Gardens ... a farm laborer picks a bright green leaf of tobacco at Quincy ... a scientist studies data at Cape Canaveral ... a Navy Pilot glides into the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville ... speeding drivers round the oval at Daytona Beach ... a nurseryman cares for his plants at Apopka ... a retired couple surveys their new home near Fort Myers ... and a new-born baby cries to let Pensacola and the state know of a new citizen.

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foreword THE 1961 SEMINOLE is clearly different from the traditional yearbook, for within this book there lies a new concept. Thisbook has more than just an unusual rep- resentation of a huge university, or large amounts of pictures arranged in a pat- tern that is pleasing to the eye. The 1961 Seminole is a book with a purpose, and that purpose is to place before your eyes a non-materialistic existence the personality of the University of Florida. This yearbook will depict the personality and individuality that exists within the entire mass of students, administration, faculty, buildings, lawns and even shrubbery that are a part of the University of Florida. This personality is proud, familiar, defiant, non-exhaustive, and outstanding. The great expense involved in the production of the Seminole, both in time and energy, will show not only to its students, but to all who open its pages, the scope of a magnificent school. It will give to all a glimpse of the unlimited con- tributions that the University has made to this state and to the nation. Through the educational processes of the University, giving knowledge to thousands of individuals for over a century, this University has prove n itself worthy of a personality. The story of this personality is small and large, exciting and relaxing, current and perpetual. The 1961 Seminole was created to exhibit that personality.

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unbelievable growth DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS, Florida grew more than any other state. The population in- crease was due mainly to the industrialization of the state as Florida became host to many space age projects. Another group which helped Florida ' s population rise were the re- tired persons who came to relax in the Florida sun ...