Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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1925 1955 THE THIRTY- In the beginning, 1925 Soon the depression, 1930 Man is measured by many yardsticks. Courage, initiative, humility, charity, ten- acity, vision, faith. These are some of the many. Every man knows fear. The indolent mo- ments come and go. Pride has consumed countless numbers. Charity is an evasive nymph, difficult to have and to hold. Even the tenacious lose their grip if for only fleet- ing seconds. Vision is often beclouded and faith lost in confusion. It is the composite of the virtues and vices that is important. Ludd Myrl Spivey has been measured, and has been found not wanting. His life speaks with eloquence. The thirty-year story has now been writ- ten. Many pages are being told by the men and women who have come to the orange- grove campus, later to go on their way to take their places in churches, schools, busi- ness, industry, public affairs and the other facets of living. Others will soon follow, each with his niche to carve in life. There are pages being told by the faculty, past and present, a few with service and de- votion extending past the 30 years. Other pages are being recited by trustees, by preachers and laymen of the Methodist Con- The first decade ends, 1935

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YEAR STORY 1925 1955 ference, and by friends of Florida Southern everywhere. The pages of these volumes are bound by steel and concrete which, under the magic of master designers, have brought beauty into the blue of the Florida sky. In the be- ginning, the pages were few and the binding light and simple. Now the pages are many and the binding heavy and complex — of a kind that will endure a thousand years into the future. The prosaic story of the years since 1 925 has been told and retold. In the beginning great debt, few students and two buildings that passed for a College. The living story is for all to see — thousands of students, physical worth in the many millions, build- ings a part of the earth itself. Something alive, eager, vibrant and secure. Tangible things are easy to envision. It is the intangible that eludes the imagina- tion. Behind the pages, if one has eyes with which to see, will be found the toil with its sweat of disappointment, of elation and de- jection, and of brightness and gloom. One only builds with tools. Courage, initiative, humility, charity, ten- acity, vision, faith. Down through the years, these were the tools of Ludd Myrl Spivey. With them, he has built a College. A war in the offing, 1940 The first 20 years, 1945 The quarter century, 1950