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IIIK GROWTH OF THE I NlYKRSm K M M H r N «• M M W H N ■» M M M M rS kH H M M M r kW QS FAK HACK as 1821. while Florida was still a territory, die idea of a stale university was discussed in the legislative Council, and when the territory became one of the states of our nation, the Federal Government granted the state one hundred thousand acres of land, the proceeds of the sale of which were to go to found two seminaries, one Fast, and one West of the Suwannee Kiver. The Fast Florida Seminary was established at Ocala in 1852, but soon after the Civil War. was moved to Gainesville, while that of West Florida was founded at Tallahassee in 1856. In 1870 the State legislature passed an act to establish the Florida Agricultural College, but two years later amended the act so as to receive the l enefit of the Federal “Land Grant College Act, thereby acquiring ninety thousand acres of land to he used for the support of the institution. After several changes in site, the new college wn finally located in Like City, where it began to function in the fall of 1881. In this same year the Agricultural Experiment Station was added as an integral part of the new institution. The name of this College was changed to “The I niversity of the State of Florida in 1908. By 1905 the system of higher education of the stale was in a complete slate of demoralization. The legislature was providing for i institutions, some of them competing with each other, and others were of only high school rank. The curriculums were very uncertain, the expenses exceedingly high, which caused the legislature to pass in that year the “Burkinan Act consolidating the school into two stale supported institutions: The I niversilv of Florida at Gainesville; and the Florida Female College at Tallahassee. The I niversilv opened its first session with only three buildings, Thomas Hall. Buckman Hull, and the present Wood-Shop, and with a faculty of only twenty-four, and a student body of one hundred and two. Dr. Albert A. Murphree succeeded Dr. Andrew Sledd as President in 1909. and the subdivision of the colleges was made. Also, in that year, the College of I .aw was established, ami Science Hall and the Agricultural Experiment Station added to the original buildings. The student body had increased to one hundred ami eighty-six. Under the direction of Dr. Murphree “Florida has grown by leaps and bounds. In 1911 the Engineering Building was erected, and the following year the Agricultural Hall, George Peabody Hull, language Hall, and the Commons Building were added. A building for the Law College was put into service in 1911, and in 1918 a gymnasium was erected. At present the first unit of the Administration Building i nearing completion, and plans have been made for a $250,000 Student Activities Building and a library to cost $100,000. The faculty has increased to eighty-two, and the student body to almost fourteen hundred at the present writing. In athletics the I Diversity of Florida ranks among the best in the South, and in scholarship among the foremost Universities of the world. Florida has only begun to grow. In age she is the “Baby State I niversity of the South”; but she is lay ing aside her swaddling clothes and taking on the appearance of the “strong man . The trail has been blazed for us by those who have gone before. Our goal is an ever greater and belter “Florida”. I.et us carry on! M If 924 PACK 26
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PACE 25 S. K. E ll i.iman, M.K.. M.S., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering I- S. Grh:m. NLS, Professor of Industrial Iris ALEXANDER Kke-TH. B.S.. Asst. professor of Civil Engineering Joseph W Ell, IIS.. E.E.. A$St. Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering J. I’. Little, B.S., E.E, Asst. Professor of Electrical Engineering laltvnt on lca c I K. S. Walk ML Col. U. S. A., |Rtb.I, Professor of Mechanical Drauing A. J. Strom.. Professor of Mechanic Arts W. S. III CUN'. M.E.E, E.E., Asst. Professor of Physics and Professor of Radio and Tele. graphic Engineering P. L. PresCOTT, B.S.. ALE, Instructor in Physics C. K. ll, RM . IIS.. Asst. Professor of Civil Engineering TEACHERS COLLEGE J. W. Norman, M. ., Pll.l)., Dean and Professor of Education Jo i:ni Koemlk. M.A, Pii.l).. Professor of Secondary Education J. R. Ei i.k. M.A.. Pii.l).. Professor of Education W. A. I .ITT 1.1, A.I)., M.A., Assistant Professor of English and Mathematics J. W. Day. B.S..A, M.A., Professor of Agricultural Education L. S. GlU.Ni; B.S.. M.S., Professor of Industrial Education L. W. IllrimoiMAn Professor of Ilible COLLEGE OF LAW II. K. TkIsLER. M. ., I.I..II.. Dean and Professor of Lau C. W . Cram A LI, B.S, I.I..IL. Professor of Lau R. S. Cockrell, M. .. LI-.IL. Professor of l.au K. A. RasCo, ALA, I.L.II. Professor of l.au? on leave) Dun SLACLE, M.S, I.L.II., Professor of l.au Harry L. Thompson, H.S.C.E., J.l), Professor of l.au SCHOOL OF PHARMACY T. R. I.MCII. M.A., Pll.l), Director. Professor of Chemistry . W. Sum, M.A, Pll.l), Director of Health and Professor of Pharmacology and Pharma- cognosy W. J. llURA, 'L A, Pll.l), Professor of Pharmacy MILITARY DEPARTMENT J. A. Nan FLEET, Cam. I . S. A, Commandant of Cadets and Professor of Military Scienee and Tadics I, W. Amis Cait. U. S. A, Asst. Professor of Military Science and Tallies F. II. Hair, Cam. I . S. A, Asst. Professor of Military Science and Tadics E. M. Aon. Cam. II. S. A, Asst. Professor of Military Science and Tadics F. M. Brennan, Cam. I. S. A, Asst. Professor of Military Science and Tadics I). B. Ill ndi.i;y, Sct. U. S. A, ( 'nil Supply Sergeant k. G. McCallivilk, Sct. I . S. A, Drill Sergeant R. DlWitti. Brown. Director of R. (). T. C. Hand and I nit ersity Orchestra ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT JAMES I, A MITE, Director of Athletics and t.oach of the I arsity llashdball R. G. Manchester, Director of Physical Education and Minor Sports J. A. A an Fleet, Coach of I arsity Foot ball Rex K k»:ior. Coach of Freshman Football and llashetball EXTENSION DIVISION IL C. Riley, A.B, B.S.A, Director P. T. Manchester. M. A, Romance Languages Pansy E. Manchester, M.A, English and iMtin Clour KUTCH, M.A, Mathematics Mary E. Foley, A.B, H.J.. Journalism Alice I, Allison, A.B, Mathematics Ella M. Allison, Ph.H, Teachers Rriiru Courses Julia A. Keeler. ILS, Industrial Arts Madeline Williams A.B, High School Courses Rut Karkior, A.B, iMtin Ralph E. Callahan, (.ommercial Courses J. R. I.eonako. Mechanical Drauing 1924
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