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

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foreword College is a once in a lifetime experience. Many will say, Thank goodness , to that statement, but when we stop to think about it, the years spent (or squandered, as the case may be) at the University of Florida are filled with pleasant mem- ories not pleasant in a dreamy, tearful, weepy way, but just plain good to remember. While we are in school we have what might be termed collegiate license. This means we are expected to be a little wild come up with fantastic ideas utter radical statements drink surprising quantities of alcoholic beverages - - pull stunts that no one would even consider doing (unless they could have remem- bered their college days) and, in general, be different from normal people. But all of this is put behind us when we graduate even the memories fade the only concrete items we have are our di- plomas and our Seminoles. The 1955 Seminole staff strives to give you concreteness, earthiness, unfadable remembrances a little bit of that collegiate license to keep with your college diploma. THE EDITOR

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II u 4 o V o o V o Many men are referred to as great educators, but comparatively few fully deserve that appellation. One of these few was Walter J. Matherly. Since coming to us in 1926, Dean Matherly ' s part in developing not only his own College of Business Administration but the University as a whole is difficult to over- estimate. His untimely death plunged the campus into deep mourning, for not only was he a superb organizer and administrator, but he was also a friend to the students. A recognized authority in the economics field, he likewise took an active and leading part in public health works and was a member of a multitude of honorary organiza- tions. In spite of the enormous load he carried he found time to lead the direction of the University ' s Athletic Association, besides serving on a variety of committees and councils of other campus functions. One of the greatest services he rendered the University was the wonderful job he did as chairman of the committee that planned and set up the University College. Never too busy to talk to students and help them with their problems, he served as faculty advisor for some fifteen years to his social fraternity, Sigma Nu. Such charters of the future as Walter J. Matherly best exemplify the meaning of the phrase Our American Heritage. To this educator, economist, civic leader, family man and, above all, friend, the 1955 SEMINOLE is sincerely and respectfully dedi- cated.