Stetson University - Hatter Yearbook (DeLand, FL)

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Stetson University: Stetson University- has been providing students with a high quaiitj ' of education for one- hundred years. Today it contin- ues this tradition with the Schools of Liberal Arts, Busi- ness Administration, and Mu- sic. The learning tradition began with the opening of the DeLand Academy in the Baptist Church of DeLand in 1883. This small academy became a college in 1885, and in 1889, the name was changed to John B. Stetson University. The University ' commenced its career with five distinct departments: College, Acad- emy, Normal School, Art School and Music School. In 1892, there were 202 students and a faculty of sixteen teachers. The Business College was opened as a distinct department in the Fall of 1897. In October 1900, the College of Law was opened, and the School of Technology (inclusive of the College of Mechanic Arts) was established October 1, 1902. So high a stand did Stetson University take among its con- temporaries, that, as the result of its fine faculty and curricula, in the Spring of 1898, Chicago University granted it full affilia- tion with its College of Liberal Arts. This relation continued for over nine years, with many students from each of the universities attending the other throughout the year. The Stetson academic tradi- tion has developed steadily in the past one-hundred years, with the University recently being granted a charter of Phi Beta Kappa. Through the years, the Univsr-; ' hns also com- bined ef ' DeLand i promote cui ;, tional expei; community 16 Opening

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An Academic Tradition !hk MJ ' 1 1. Dedicated students discover interest- ing facts while working in the scientific laboratory. 2. Laboratory work has always been a very serious and integral part of a student ' s curriculum. 3. A young couple examines the large world globe while others concentrate on their homework assignments. 4. Students in the Business School listen intently to their professor ' s interesting lecture. 5. These busy students figure columns of numbers on their classic adding machines. Opening 17