Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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pM t mm t . ; . ' i. nme the Influence The Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, the man whose ar- chitectural genius is evident throughout our FSC campus, was believed by his mother as predestined to be an architect . Wright ' s childhood and adolescent lives, though materially impoverished, were culturally enriched. He was intro- duced to all of the classic readings, writ- ings, and musical and art forms, but the emphasis in his upbringing was placed on architecture. Accordingly in 1885 at age sixteen, Wright enrolled in the University of Wisconsin in Madison, determined to fulfill both his and his mother ' s dream. After three and a half years, however, he left. He found that the school stifled his imaginative, creative mind. Never a follower, Wright did not agree with the commonly held beliefs that American culture was headed either in the direction of the classical arts of the Greeks or toward the sleepy Victorian tra- ditions of Europe. All of his works are based to cooperate with nature, never against it. He loved the broad-sweeping motions and simple strengths of horizon- tal movement. The elemental principal of Frank Lloyd Wright ' s architecture is that any building should first serve man and the purpose for which it is built. It must be true to the nature of its site and environment. Above all architecture must be true to the nature of unity, the timeless element of beauty that lives in all great works of art. Wright composed the FSC architectural plan in 1938, under permission of the col- lege ' s first president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey. Wright felt that modeling American col- leges after the traditional European build- ings was an impediment to the growth of our own culture. Wright believed, A col- lege should have an architectural signifi- cance, in its service as an educational building and as an inspiration to the stu- dents and faculty alike. FSC follows true and sure along Wright ' s principle lines. As it is a college, its first service is toward its educational purposes. Secondly, the Wright architec- ture fits in well with FSC ' s flat lands and warm, rainy climate. Lastly, as always in Wright ' s creations, the buildings are uni- fied and streamlined together. The most obvious Wright buildings of FSC include the Annie Pfeiffer and Dun- forth Chapels, the Hollis Room and the Polk Science building. — DJ Heitman Humanities at sunset . . . This picture captures a view of the humanities building from the parking lot. 12: Architecture

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the Influence STUDENT LIFE ' iTI ' J ' Jji Mfll The Student As A Person Student life. The very term sounds as if this part of one ' s life was left to each individual. For the most part, that was true. One could go to parties, catch up on some studying, or take advantage of the beautiful weather any chance there was. Essen- tially, the life of a student, that is leisure time, was the one time when no one was dictating to a student what he or she had to do. Though this was true, there were also many other circumstances which af- fected how one spent extra minutes. Some students had to work, leaving them little time to even breathe; and others had boyfriends and girlfriends, so all wak- ing minutes were con- sumed with that particular person. Even so, this section characterizes the student as the person. From Mon- day to Friday one belonged to Florida Southern. After classes on Friday, however, we were under our own in- fluence. ■ • ♦ ♦

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