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

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 9he University The ob.l.tv oiyj integrity of Dr .John Jorrwi Tigert ore well knpen to all Flendo men Duresg the •or emergency, when the very faittence of the University wot threotened, President Tigert octcd •«th o forthr hwess ond v yt thet hat mode Fbrdo the en»y cf lets forhnotely odtvrvstcred miHuton Throughout the wor eors Fkrdo hot preserved the d gmty httmgSy choro: ter-stic of o cmlon Vtotc tLCpcrted restitution ond its trodtens of flexible student government, I be o' odm-mjiroKn and student-faculty cooperation Perhaps the most remorkobfa och«vem nt of the Tigert odm.n.»tro t n m this tme of cr.vs hos been the montenance of the pd y of progressive cducotcn »h h hot been the keynote m Or. John's progrom we hit orrivot here m 192$ Frcm h-s desk n Larvgjoge Hotl and ha pcvtcrs on the War Educaticnol Ccmmltee in Washington, Pres dent Tigert has »crked to bring the best possible cdu-'Ot'onal progrom to Flordo. Wc took, forward to h s gxd gudonce and copablc Icodcnfvp n bu-ldng o greater post-war Unntrsity.

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Executives of Inouguroted or ToHahotM cn Jcroory I, I9»5. Governor Milord F.llmcre CokWH look cs r the t«o4mh p of the Store government ot o tit when the notcn »os emergng Iran o second World Wor. No mon is bencr a«Mied to serve the best interests of fkedo in the period of gro»o political ond sociol problems wh h I«m oheod A Tcmesseon, like Prescient Tiger!, Caldwell hos hod ccnsidcroWe logoi ond legislative experience. Educoted m Tennessee. Misvsvpp. ond Virgimo. Governor Caldwol was odnutted to the Tennessee bar n 1922 ond to the Ffcndo bor n 1925 He served os prosecufng attorney ond canty ottorney for Scnto Rons Canty ond, loter, os ottemey fer the City of Mltcn He wos a member of the 192? ond 1930 sesvens of the FIctkJo legislature He was efected four times to Congress os o fepresentotnr cf the third Flordo U tt t, vttvrq both on the Committee «n Fcre-gn Affo-rs ond the Committee on A( yoprot ns In 1938 he wos o delegate to the Interport errenrory Uncn ot The Hogue, ond 1) 1939 o member cf the Conference of the Interporliomentory Union ot Osk , Nfcrwoy, In privote life Gaemcr Caldwell res-des with his fomly ot their plontoticn tome He wood' neor ToHahossee.

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University T R LEIGH Dton cf CdVge of Aj|| ond Sciences H R TRUSSLER Ocon of the College of Lew H. H HUV4 Oecn of the College cf Ay ultufe T. M SIMRSON Decn of the Geoduotc School