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

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ADMINISTRATION Little things mean empty ashtrays in the morning, full at night . . . tico committee meetings at once . . . scores of inemos, letters and calls . . . more questions, what ' ll the anstver be this time? . . . ice to knoir ire have some friends . . . Christmas brings relief, note for those late Af ril da s . . . Home ' s Tigert Hall this weekend . . . another banquet, speech to make . . . ichere ' ll the dollars come from? . . . and little things all add up . . .

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TDEMOKIRKS ' PUT KIRK IN Claude Kirk ' s Demokirk blitz of the No- vember general elections put the Grand Old Party in the drivers ' seat for Florida for the next four years. Kirk bested Democrat candidate Robert King High with over a 100,000 vote majority with a heated campaign in which Kirk called for more support to education, no hikes in state taxes and cleaning up the state ' s governmental and political machine. Miami Mayor High fought a hard campaign calling for more integrity in the campaign trail issues and government. Both Kirk and High visited the UF campus during the campaign, and High got an editorial endorsement of the Florida Alligator for his promises to higher education. Kirk, a Jacksonville insurance executive and investor, immediately pledged himself upon as- suming office in his January inauguration to clean up the state ' s government. He called a special session of the state ' s Legislature to con- sider the work of the constitutional revision committee. Gov. Haydon Burns, defeated by High in the second Democratic runoff, bowed out of the governor ' s seat with promises to serve the state whenever it would call whatever the office. Burns, a controversial figure on campus, was blasted in the fall trimester by The Alligator on numerous occasions for his treatment of the Board of Begents ' policies and his own direc- tives regarding University education. Gov. Kirk ' s first official visit to the campus was set in January during the Accent ' 67 pro- gram. Gov. Claude Kirk 18