Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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tr t. V- y u • v i 7s r Vv ■- « [W. ' ■ » : T - • - ite FIRE . . surviving, still, after the college had been invited to settle at Palm Harbor, formerly Southerland, on the gulf, near Clearwater. . . . closing only for two weeks, after the administration building and women ' s dormitory had been destroyed, 1 921 . . . . continuing to exist on a firm spiritual foundation under the presidency of S. W. Walker, who is now a trustee of our college.

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despite FREEZE . . . surviving, to prosper again despite temporary closure at Lees- burg because of the effects of several state-wide frosts, major tragedy in Florida history during the 1 890 ' s. . . . having been reopened before that, in Leesburg, because trou- ble in Orlando slowed up plans to continue the college there, after the Civil War. . . . fostering seriously the highest principles, as envisioned in school rules: that a young man abstain from contracting debts at local stores, and livery stables; that students abstain from com- munication with the opposite sex, except that which comes un- sought in college contacts! m

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despite FLOOD . . . surviving a hurricane force, raising flood waters at Clear- water beach, where the college had been invited to stay by Mr. E. T. Roux, who has shown again his interest in our college by donating our new library. . . . evacuating the whole beach when some of our present faculty remember the mad rush to get onto the mainland with narrow escapes for many. . . . convincing college officials and friends that a new site for the institution must be found.