Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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ur Friends. Y' NE of the first things a boy gets acquainted with when he comes to the State College is a tree or a good large trunk strap, and the next thing is the Mess Hall. It is a time-honored custom among the boys to make complaints against the food of the , Mess Hall, and to kick against it on general principles, but nevertheless we have never heard of a student who has starved to death on Mess Hall diet. although sometimes we might think that the authorities were afraid that we were getting too fat, and that they were striving to bring us down to the proper for111. It is an impossibility to think of the Mess Hall without thinking of those two persons most closely connected with it - Mr. Finley and Mrs. Harris. Mr. Finley has been with the college for a number of years, and he is so closely in touch with the boys that it is only a matter of a few hours, or days at the most, before the average new cadet comes to regard him as an old friend. ' His genial smile and hearty handshake will do more to drive away the blues and homesickness of a new boy than any amount of the attentions CM bestowed on him by his new-found friends among the old boys. The old quotation, VVhat is home without a mother, may be well changed to VVhat would the Mess Hall be without Mrs. Harris ? It is to her careful supervision of the work in the culinary department that we are indebted for the compara- tively excellent quality of food placed before ns. In her kindness of heart Mrs. Harris is far more than 1ne1'ely Matron of the Mess Hall-she is an adviser, a friend and a mother to every boy who boards in the barracks. In times of sickness and indisposition she is always present with her comforting assistance, and we can confidently say that should she feel disinclined to take the same position again next year the Board will never find another woman who will so endear herself to the cadets as Mrs. Harris. 55

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ur Creed. C 15 E believe that we are the best educational institution in the State, and stand ready to back up our I ' opinions with our blood if necessary. 'L 'i in XVe believe that you would have to ride a good traveling horse for many long days before thin' 2 you will find a man who C311 take the place of Dr. W. F. Yocuni. 'E 5 We believe that the courses in Physics and Mathematics are hard enough, and if you learn everything that Professor Young and Professor Borger can teach you, you will be able to calculate the dis- tance from the Barracks to the Dormitory with very little trouble, and, if you happen to be sitting in the parlor ofthe girls' Dormitory on Friday night and hear taps blow, you will readily understand the First Law of Motion is Double-time. XVe believe that the course of study in Chemistry, under the management of Professors Miller and Blair, is one that any institution might be proud of. XVe believe that Professor Stockbridge cannot be excelled in his department. XVe are persuaded of the truth of the fact that Miss Figuaroa can so thoroughly equip a person in Spanish and French, that he will forget his ow11 nationality, and imagine he is a Count de Smallmoney or a fellow-country- man of Don Quixote. XVe know that there is not a better prepa1'atory school in the State than ours, conducted by Professor Marion and Miss Barnes. It is a well-known fact that, in the Business Course, Professor Hadley has few equals, while in the Depart- ment of Stenography, Typewriting and Telegraphy Misses De Sha and Vinzant are the peers of the very best instructors. 'We can assure you that any one who has any talent in any branch of mechanics can develop it to its fullest extent, under the able supervision of Professors Cox and Croom. 57