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

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Copyright, 1946 Vol. 36-37

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Z OZGWOT l-IE Academic year, l945-46, will stand out in Univer- sity history as the year the looys came back. Nine- teen hundred veterans swelled mid-year enrollment well over the three thousand mark, spring enrollment exceeded that of the preceding semester for the first time. The University welcomed the returned men with out- stretched, but inadequate arms. During the first hectic days shortages popped up in alarming quantities. Text- books, classrooms, and most important, housing, were all loadly needed. Cn the credit side, there was a huge surplus of sturdy determination . . . a capalole adminis- tration, determined to do right loy the looys, and a deter- mined student body loent on acquiring the education they so justly deserve. Somehow, things worked out. Flavet Village went up to house one hundred families. Evening classes were held to ease the classroom shortage. Experienced ad- ministration and a mature student loody worked together to maintain and support the Tradition of Florida. This year has had a spirit all its own. The usual happy memories of college days stuff is more than a trifle off key. The war has reflected itself in the thinking of today's Florida Man, whether he has gone to war or not. . lf this, the '46 Seminole, has something of its own, it is the spirit of the new Florida Man. Nineteen forty-six shall stand as the year in which this spirit has emerged, a spirit which will raise the University of Florida to its rightful place among the great universities of the Nation.