University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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LONG AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL PLANT, THE INSTITU- TION OE HIGHER LEARNING AT GAINESVILLE IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A UNIVERSITY. OVERSEERS OE THIS EVOLUTION HAVE BEEN NOT STUDENTS, NOT ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS, NOT POLITICIANS, BUT IN LARGEST PART THE EACULTY OE THE UNIVERSITY. ACTUAL LEADER IN THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNIVERSITY, DOCTOR JOHN J. TIGERT. YEARBOOI4 TRIBUTES TO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS OETEN EOUNDER ON REEES OE INSINCERE RHETORIC. WE EEEL WE J' PAY HIGHEST HONOR TO OUR PRESIDENT WHEN WE POINT WITHOUT COMMENT TO HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS -HIS STEADEAST STAND AGAINST UNIVERSITY DOMINATION BY ANY AGENCY OTHER THAN EDUCATIONAL, HIS TACTEUL ADJUSTMENT OE EXTRA-UNIVERSITY RELATIONS, HIS TOLER- ANT AND SENSIBLE SOLUTION OE STUDENT PROBLEMS, HIS UNEALTERING COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OE THE HUMANITIES TO A RIGHTEUL HIGHEST PLACE IN THE UNIVERSITY.

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PRESIDENT JOHN J. TIGER-V

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HRTS HND SCIENCES Pram Arnerica's calleges at liberal arts and sciences came the na- tian's leaders!the statesnwen, the scientists, the teachers, the jaar- nalists, the artists. Wise aspirants ta the pratessianal schaals also lay graandvvark with the A B. degree. ln a changing yyarld where exag- gerated emphasis is increasingly being placed an the practical ta the exclasian at the liberal educa- tian, the Arts Callege tinds itselt less a preparatian tar than a canci- Nis it LE l GH Db T G 1 it i 'Wil Qtvitztl H 5,953 1 QNBLE petitar with the pratessianal and trade schaal, This is as trae at Flarida as anywhere else, but the Callege at Arts and Sciences remains the keystane at the University. Its distinctian was recognized when a chapter at Phi Beta Kappa was installed last year C HUXMST RY i --Y ASSISTANTYDEAN W, l-l. Wiisori