University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. 1926

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V A, mlmfi ™.«rU ' SraSSSlW2SBS S0 iFmtnftutg of tljp llntwraitg A DREAMER has his place in the realm of man. and without him a very uninteresting existence would be the lot of his fellow creatures. - But a dreamer who repeatedly makes his dreams come true is a real boon, not only to his contemporaries, but to all the generations to follow. He is an example that many strive to follow, and a leader who is blazing a trail for those to come after him. Having spent his boyhood days in a home that was surrounded by an unbroken wilderness of palmetto and pine. George E. Merrick visualized a city of beautiful homes, a community of high ideals and a center of education. His vision was made into reality, the beautiful city is known throughout the country. The climax of the realizations of his dreams came on the day when the cornerstone of the University of Miami was laid. The ceremony was attended by more than seven thousand residents of Miami. Coral Gables, and surrounding sections. Included in the number present were men and women famous in the educational world, business and professional life, and one thousand school children. Judge William E. Walsh, chairman of the Board of Regents presided at the exercises, and appropriate speeches were delivered by Frank B. Shuns, member of the Board of Regents, and Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins College. Mr. Merrick then told of his dreams of what had then become realities, and of the inspiration he had received many years before from his father, to whom the new building is dedicated. The cornerstone was laid by Frederick Zeigen. Secretary of the Board. This cornerstone laying marked the official beginning of one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning. The days following were filled with preliminary details. Bowman Foster Ashe, in the capacity of executive secretary, was busy every minute with conferences with architects, the compiling of the curricula, the purchasing of equipment, and the immense task of securing the best faculty possible. The success he experienced in his many and varied duties is recorded elsewhere. One by one the educators who had been fortunate enough to be selected for members of the faculty, came to Miami to take up their duties with the University, to become a permanent part of the life of the community, and to give to the world, by the best teaching, perhaps a great scientific discovery, a great piece of literature, a modern Paganini, or another Mozart. [ 1? 1