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

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The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) held a grand celebration in October for their 100th birthday. The institute bussed students, faculty and guests to University Auditorium to listen to speeches about the history of IFAS and its future challenges. IFAS members gave a and held a ceremony for a monument. The highlight of the program was the dedication of the Horticultural Sciences Plant Pathology building as Willard M. Fifield Hall. The College of Agriculture was the instructional aspect of IFAS, a statewide agricultural program. The college made up about 10 percent of the institute whose other parts were research and extension. The college offered 18 different majors ranging from dairy and soil science to ornamental horticulture. Also, many students went through this college before entering the of Veterinary Medicine. Students liked the college because they learned a wide variety of concepts and techniques that were applicable to human life. A magazine, Harvest, was produced by the Student Agricultural Council and Editorial Department, and IFAS, to inform the public about the events in the college. — Debbie Schmidt 1) Leaders of the college past and present break ground for the Centennial Memorial. 2) E.T. York, Chancellor Emeritus State University System of Florida, speaks on the Land Grant Tradition at the opening session of the centennial celebration. 3) John Walldorf, an ornamental horticulture major, gives young plants in the greenhouse a nutritional late afternoon spray. 2) S. Blomeley Celebrates Their Centennial College Of Agriculture 167

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College Of Agriculture 2) R. Davis 3) D. Schmidt 1) Juan Beltram studies the difference between grass and a species of weed. 2) Students get practical experience in the field raising and observing plants including grain, a staple product. 3) Plants grow abundantly in the climate controlled greenhouses of the Ornamental Horticulture school. 4) The college displays their different departments at Gator Expo and informs people of the Education 166 College Of Agriculture 1) R. Davis

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Architects Reach For The Sky The College of Architecture, with an enrollment of 1,500 students, was one of the more diversified colleges on campus. There were four departments including both architecture and landscape architecture, interior design, a graduate program in urban and regional planning and a School of Building Construction. In research, teaching and the college is becoming computerized. Soon the college expects to have a microcomputer lab as well as a Computer Aided Design and Drafting system. The college recognized its outstanding students with monetary awards, though many have won awards outside the college such as the National Design Award. The Internal Research Competition gave the college ' s faculty a chance to compete with their skills as well as teach them. — Katie Browne 1) Students do the groundwork for their tower. 2) Students raise another piece of the tower as it reaches into the sky. 168 College Of Architecture 2) B. Portman I) B. Portman