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

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Tlio bfc ■ l place to be on Saturd mester is Doak C-auij bell stadium (where winning and loosing don ' t matter, and cheering is neces- sar}). Named in honoi- of Doak Campbell wlio was President of FSU trom 1941-57, Doak houses stands lor fans, college departments and class- rooms. Due to an increase in student enrollment during his term, Campbell started the ' Fifty -Year Plan which allowed the university to focus on the public that physical development of campus as a top priorit - after the wai ' . ly Marietta Palgutt ' tor ' fcfa state ' til iivuisily vviHi M of every student that has e) SKmmKmmB mm ' f ' ' tree has grown just as its history has rooted deep in W soil. FSUi is one of the largest and oldest of ten institutions in We state o Florida. It began as early as 1823 and has grown stronger and big ger every year since then. First named the West Florida Seminary in 1857, FSU opened it doors for postsecondary instruction to male students. FSU is stillj characterized by the Jeffersonian ideals of the first ; sident o the Seminary ' s Board of Education, Francis Eppes, ftndson o ' Thomas Jefferson, including the importance of a d ocracy of liberally educated citizens. The following year in 185 the West Florida Seminary absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy as the Misses Bates School. anoji,! i| Ii; i ' luMiuj on the we.st ' li ' ol .Minini-, louks lii.a: .1 iuk ' -tN huij| just one elevator, yet it has been thriving suice 1949. The oldest colls niversity, the College of Arts and Sciences has provided generation! undergraduate students instruction in the liberal arts disciplines that are ess tial for intellectual development and persona! growth: English and mathemat history, the humanities, and the physical, biological, and liehavioral scienc critic Mark Van Doren has observed, ' Liberal education makes the person oui- not merely to know oi ' do, but also, and indeed chiefly, to be ' JiSI arRighl: Building memories to last a lifetime, each residence hall on camp has unique attributes to meet students ' indi idual needs. With different li ' ing stylet j and special programs, students can take advantage of the experience and be a psM of FSU history-. Based on a first-come, first-serve basis, FSU Housing tries to commodate ever ' one they can. With two new projects this year, the renovation of DeGraff hall and Wildwood flail, more students will be able to experience FSU with pipus lixing. ii a nice day, Landis Green is packed with sunbathers, cool frisbee kids, and nap- rs. At the far end is Strozier Libraiy which was built in 1956 and still serves as e main campus library. Named for Robert Manning Strozier, FSU s President om 19.57-1960, it is the happen ' place during finals week. The other end is Landis ■all, and the William Johnston and Montgomery buildings on the sides; it com- ost distinctive quads on FSU ' s historic east campj iiiistratJDii Builctiiig is tlic (Uu.il HlK t ' ioriiia State Unhcrsits i|Mi-- It ' SC SKKKKSb fnjiTi ihe cvittor of tuun, Sstont ' milptotheeast.Theviuwdowi ' I ' ■■ ■■ ■ ' .ii.,= vardsWe. ' tcott gives tile university 1-. li v ' ,.• lEh the comraunitv ' .llio fountain on ■■--•■■ ' ! I ' , ,- s a gift of the cla-sses of 1915 and 191- .m; . ; ' ■ , of the original lustoric fountain. M(.i. h r .r stTiictures on c;impus, Westcott Bi i ' liiii;, ..i|i fountain have come to svniboli eFloMda ' (.{[•- 1 sJtv. ' ilie commemorative hpi-!- ; !i ' ili.- ' - luii the fountain oiiginated a.s a iiiH ' ,[ .a :v d 1- 1996 and 1997; constiiicted Mth donations tram alum- 1 ni, students, faciiltv ' , .staff and friends of the Universitv.| On the edgef of the plaza a life-size bronze statue oj Francis Eppes Vli was donated by Fxtward Jonas, Only twelve years after Florida received statehood in 1857, the West Florida Seminary began operation and was located on the hill where the Westcott Building now stands, the oldest site of highe learning in Florida. In 1884, the learning institution became known as the Florida Mili- tary and Collegiate Institute in response to the a ddttton of a military section to train cadets. The first diplomas were There was a reorganization of the Florida ' s educational system in 1905 when a men ' s school was established at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The male student body, including the fra ternity system and the state champion college football team, was moved to Gainesvii ' e and in 1909 FSU was renamed the Florida! State College for Women, becoming the third largest women ' s col lege in the nation during the 1930 ' s. The last and fi.tal name change occurred in l9 7 Rn Florida! State University became a coeducational school aga This wa the year that the Seminole was chosen as mascot and a new Alma! Mater was written, establishing the same great tradjtpns we still! hold true today. 1 Through all the name changes and educational shifts and turnsj Seminole pride has overcome all of the challenges and still thrive: in the hearts of today ' s students. Striving ere to seek to know, Figh for victory. Alma mater, this our song to you. Echoes, F.S.U.