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

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EDUCATOR JOHN J. TIGERT, THE UNIVERSITY MOVED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS INTO AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EDUCATOR, TRAINER, AND ENLIGHTENER OF ITS MANY AND DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES' ' - DR. J. HILLIS MILLER NOW COMES TO US AS PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATOR OF, THIS ALREADY GREAT INSTITUTION - - - TAKE ONE LOOK AROUND YOU' ' -NEW BUILDINGS AND RECENT ADDITIONS TO OLD ONES' ' ' A GYM BEYOND COMPARISON IN THE SOUTH - - - ADDITIONS TO THE CAFETERIA, INFIRMARY AND CHEMISTRY BUILDING ' - - OTHERS TEMPORARY IN AP- PEARANCE ' ' ' BUT IN THEM YOU WILL FIND THE SAME TRUE, TRADITION-CONSCIOUS FLORIDA MEN ' ' ' SOME OF THE BUILDINGS CROWDING FIVE MEN INTO A TWO- MAN ROOM ' ' ' OTHERS WITH RATTLES AND TOYS FOR THE KIDS- ' - ALL OF THEM WITH A HOMEY ATMOSPHERE ' ' ' COEDS WHICH HAVE BEEN THE CENTER OF MANY LONG OVERDRAWN LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS- ' ' OVERDRAWN NOT ONLY INTO HOURS BUT INTO YEARS - - - I IT IS TO THIS INTANGIBLE SOMETHING WHICH WE HAVE ELECTED TO DEDICATE THE '48 SEMINOLE ' ' ' MAY IT SERVE WITH LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE REMINDERS OF THE YEAR' ' ' WITH EVIDENCES OF ATHLETIC VICTORIES AS WELL AS LOSSES - - - OF A FEW RAINY DAYS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT AN OTHERWISE PLEASANT AND SUNSHINY YEAR ' ' ' OF LINES IN THE RAIN FOR THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE - - - OF THE GREATEST HOMECOMING EVER. ' ' 'IN SHORT, 1948 AS IT WAS - - - THE EDITOR

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