Florida Memorial College - Arch Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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1879-1977 i s in the time of our ancestors, every celebration properly begins with a remembrance of th who have gone on before us. We recall our founders and predecessors, their contributions, their I experiences and their example, for these provide us with the gifts, lessons and challenges that are a source of inspiration for the present and guidance for the future. A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLORIDA MEMORIAL COLLEGE In 1941, the Bethel Institutional Baptist Church merged with the Florida Baptist In- stitute of Live Oak, Florida, which has been founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society in 1879. In 1893, in the Bethel Institutional Bap- tist Church in Jacksonville, Florida, the predecessor of Florida Memorial College was founded by a few farsighted and pub- lic-spirited Christian leaders whose pur- tional training for the young people o Florida in a climate conducive to the devel opment of Christian character. The College has worked with great dedi- cation since its founding to provide i Christian education for its students. It ha grown from a meager church room to a plant valued at more than one million dol- lars, a testimony to the confidence in the College, shared by those dedicated to Flor- ida Memorial College. THE EVOLUTION OF FMC LIVE OAK 1 — Florida Baptist Institute 1930 — Florida Memorial College JACKSONVILLE - 1892 — Florida Baptist Academy ST. AUGUSTINE 1918 — Florida Normal Industrial Institute 1941 — Florida Normal Industrial Memorial Institute 1942 — Florida Normal Industrial Institute College 1950 — Florida Normal Industrial Memorial Institute 1963 — Florida Memorial College MIAMI 1968 — Florida Memorial College

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FROM WHENCE WE CAME PAST PRESIDENTS Rev. J.T. Brown 1894-1896 Fr om the outset, the institutions that were to b today as Florida Memorial College have been blesse highly qualified leaders, each of whom took the rei do so by historical necessity. Fach of these individt the College. Fach of them, whether their term m contributed significantly and ensured the confine original mission. Each stands as a symbol of his tin success of the entire College Family. PRESIDENTS NOT PICTURED FLORIDA BAPTIST INSTITUTE Rev. J.LA. Fish Professor H.B. Lawrence Rev. G.P. McKinney Professor LC. Jones Rev. G.P. McKinney Dr. R.T. Pollard Professor Samuel A. Owens 4.C Curtwright Professor F.G.R. Everett 1879 mo Jan May. 1891 1892-1903 1903-1911 I9II-I9I4 1914-1916 1917-19 J6 1917-1926 FLORIDA BAPTIST ACADEMY Mr. Howard R. Barksdale (Acting) 1942- Da. Royal W. Puryear 1950-1963