University of South Florida - Aegean Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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The Beginning... The Future...Ques-t For Knowledge .0. 'l6

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18 John Stuart Allen, President of the University of South Florida . . . doctoral degree from New York University . . . honorary degrees for service and professional attainment . . . unique opportunity as a pillar of a new collegiate tradition. A charter in 1956 . . . concepts of Curriculum in 1957 . . . and dreams merge into concreteness with the rise of the administration building . . . an upward surge toward noble ideals . . . designed and co-ordinoted by President Allen. A presentation . . . the university's first honor society . . . a welcome . . . to a charter class of 2000 freshmen . . . culmination in the academic procession for the Honors Convocation in September. Conception . . . development . . . maturation . . . a promise of success . . . Opening Convocation, membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, charter class graduation . . . symbols of the beginning and coming of age of the nation's newest state university . . . of Grecian ideals rooted in realities of classical achievement.