Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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tstorj? of tfte Jflori a §5tate College for ISHomen The State College for Women was established by the State of Florida in May, 1905, and its management vested in a Board of Control consisting of five members. In July, 1905, this board and the State Board of Education, in joint session, located the College in Tallahassee. The four years of the College history have shown a steady growth in number of students, in the scope and efficiency of the college work, and in all else that makes for the upbuilding of a reputable educational institution. No man is born into the world but his work is born with him says Lowell, and it may be said that no college is born into the world but it is born with a mission to per- form. Seeking the deeper meaning of education, the Board of Control felt that the State College for Women was created to be a source of warmth and light, of hopefulness and good cheer to the young women of Florida. Its highest mission was felt to be the infusion of the young women of the Commonwealth with such light and warmth that they should become lamps, trimmed and burning with perennial flame, radiating the spirit of helpfulness, usefulness and good will in every neighborhood of this State; to be a place where young women might come for intellectual light and spiritual quickening and warmth, a place where all noble ambitions should be awakened, where the best that is in human character should be brought to the light, and where love to God, love to humanity and love to country should be made a ruling passion. With such ideals in mind, the Board of Control began its work of selecting officers of administration and instruction, and by laying out the widest possible curriculum to meet the utmost needs of ithe young women of the State. In their desire to meet the demands of the present day, this Board took into consideration that education which has a direct bearing on utility and on the practical affairs of life. So it was provided that the college should offer a wide variety of courses both theoretical and practical, in domestic science, domestic art, elementary agriculture, horticulture and pedagogy, music, art, and express- ion, in addition to the more standard courses of general literature, liberal arts, and sciences. The Board fully recognized that by every consideration of wisdom, policy, and justice, Florida women should have equal recognition with their broithers in advantages, and