Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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1% % ■ ♦ . % .4 » ' Ii seemed that misfortune surely would end. But the worst was yet to come. Great improvements were made in the later part ol 1920. The Christmas holidays were ended. At daybreak on fanuary 29, fire broke out in the kitchen ol the women ' s dormitory. Flames engulfed the second floor. 1 he alarm was sounded. Confusion was everywhere. Sincere interest in students has formed a strong basis for Florida Southern ' s success in educating. w — r y

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Disaster struck from mn ol the Gull on September 27, 1918, in the form ol a roaring tropical storm. When the hurricane had passed the administration building, the dormitory for women, and the laundry were damaged considerably. As though war and storm were not enough, there followed swiftly the great influenza epidemic. Soon 160 students wire ill. Dr. Rhenus H. Alderman, president ol the college, was also sliiiken. f3|, r mm

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V-A, ! - The trustees determined in 1921 to remove the college lo some J other location and Imalh selected Lakeland. Two buildings were f! ; - ' 1 Cr !H0JrJ T erected and classes began in the autumn of 1922 on the shores of ■r ee ' S ' -T ffsllr I ' ! Lake Hollin g SWO] lh - setting the stage lor a new era - an era of ■iaaSiiiKS ' Allf ml accelerated expansion.