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

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W. We LITTLE T, lvl, SIMPSON I3. C. RILEY Dean ol thrr General College Dean ol the Graduate School Dean ol' the General Extension Division The University ot Florida, like the proverbial oak tree, sprang from a tiny beginning. Today's 300 laculty members, 320 acres ot beautilul campus, 4,855 acres ol University land, 30 buildings, and a total investment ot 258,000,000 stock as signilicant testimony ol Orange and Blue progress 'lrom the days when our Alma lvIater's grand ancestor, the East Florida Independent Institute, vvas tounded in Ocala in H352 vvith six teachers East Florida Independent Institute was taken over in the following year by the State, being moved to Gainesville in H366 and renamed the East Florida Seminary. Then other state schools sprang up like so many mushrooms: Florida Agricultural College, ISS3, Lake City, State Normal School lor White Students, I887, De Funiak Springs, St, Petersburg Normal Industrial School, l90l, St. Petersburg, South Florida lvlilitary and Educational Institute at Bartow, IFEQS, and the Agricultural Institute, l905, Gsceola County, Weak, small, and inevitably short on tunds, these institutions, iq, 5, JQHNSQN rg, Q Tllll-MAN nevertheless, served their respec- RGQISIVOV UHIVGVSIW PIWSICIOV1 tive purposes, although Florida's higher educational record on the national scene was puny. Then came the Buckman Act, l905, re- sulting in the establishment ot three substantial state schools, one ot which was the University al Florida in Gainesville. Beginning vvith 'two buildings, Buckman and Thomas Halls, and a shop, Florida's state school tor men got under vvay.

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W, H, WILSON G. B, SIMMONS Fl. ll, l-'IUME OCtateDeanottheCollegeotArtsandSciences Dean ot the College ot Education Dean ot the College ot Agriculture hensive courses pushing general concepts typily the General College, proving ground for aspirants to the upper divisions and eye-opener for collegiate neophytes. The College ot Agriculture, commonly classified, Cow College , hands out degrees in Agricultural Chemistry, Agricul- tural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Animal lndustry, Botany, Entomology, l'lorticulture, and Soils, Progressive, practical, and positive are adjectives keynoting Ag College training, Students in the College ol Arts and Sciences, scorn ol I3 us Ad men, take degrees in Bible, Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Flistory and Political Science, Journalism, Languages and l.it'erature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Speech, and Geography. Broad, brimming, and blending is A and S training in Gatorland. Slaves in the College oi Business Administration, objects ot derision 'tor Arts and Sciences majors, work in two lieldsi Business Administration and Public Administration. lnlormation bulletin objectives ol this college arei tll to produce business executives, l2l to turn out men capable ot assuming increasing responsibilities ol business ownership, and tll to turn college men into business specialists. A three-word picture ol lius Ad training under the Orange and llluei Work, Work, and More Work. Teachers busy propagating tor their prolession is the Work of the College ot Education, With its main purpose being The cleveloprnent' and improvement ot teaching in all its branches, this College uses little Gainesvillians ol kindergarten, grade, and high school ages as human guinea pigs tor its students to put theory into prac- tice. Football players, tastidiousness, and the tellowship that's the College ol Education, With no curricular punches pulled the College ol Engineering runs its students ragged for tour, tive, or six years ol brain-racking and then slips sheep-skins to tip-top COL.Ps,Aji, HOPKINS engineers who promptly gain all sorts ol recognition lor themselves and their college. -G ' 'S' T' Granting degrees in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and industrial Engineer- ing, this College never marks time, is continually progressing. Solid, substantial, and stitl so it goes tor the Engineers. ln the Graduate Division, the College ol Law stands top outtit, Set up to impart a thorough, practical, and sciontitic knowledge ot the law, you may see the Law College more clearly when you think ot: ill passing the bull, t2l passing the buck, and til passing the bar. Florida curricular activity is pliable, bending to the times, Currently, the Administra- tion has turned its attention to revising and increasing courses to assist in the all-out tight to train Americans tor elticient participation in the tight to shove the Japanese and associated snakes back in their respective holes, Courses in meteorology, radio, tele- vision, astronomy, navigation, etc., instigated in increasing numbers, continually help to swell the schedule ot courses as Florida trains brains.

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JOSEPH WEIL l-l. R. TRUSSLER Deon ot the College ot Engineering Deon ot the College ot Low ln l906, the tirst student body, less thon lOO rnen, wos enrolled, two skeleton militory companies were torrned, ond educotion begon under the wise leodershio ol the lote President Dr, Andrew Sledd. . . . And so begon the University ot Florido. From so modest ond comoorotively recent beginnings, there grew o lovely Southern cornpus, groced with toll ond stotuesgue pines, ond royol polms, blonketed with wide expense ot grossy green ond tlorol coloring, ond ceilinged with bright blue Southern skies ond storry nights when the heovens ore iomrned with glowing goloxies, ond o tropicol moon, ln the midst ot this noturol borodise rise stotely Collegiote Gothic buildings ot red bricls ond white stone, spires ond pointed orchwoys, leoded gloss windows ond intriguing gorgoyles. Teddy, mony o once-red Gothic woll now weors o cool green cloolc-o covering ot clinging ivy vines This is Florido todoy, honne ot the Oronge ond Blue, where her loyol sons sing, os they hove lor so rnony yeors, the Beoutitul Alrno lvloter. .. There's No Other Nome So Glorious All lrloil, Florido, l-loill 3, R. S, ATWOOD - 'Peter ot the institute of HAROLD RIKER J, V. lVlcOUll TY l'l!XROl.D MOWRY Hier-Arnericon Attoirs Director ot Residence University Exoininer Director, Experiment Ste