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ing the college to thousands of listeners, preaching as he had preached in the pulpit a mem- orial endowment, if you will, for the university’s war dead.” Stu- dents went out in droves, knocked at the doors of homes, entered canneries and factories, until in cash and pledges the university had gained $411.000 of its needed half-million endowment. After the death of Dr. Nance, Dr. David M. Delo became presi- dent in 1957, continuing in the Nance tradition. He too made many contacts with community and personal friends for sup- port. His wife “Sunny” organ- ized the “Chiselers Club,” made up of community-spirited wives who have devoted time and energy to university fund- raising and renovation projects including complete restoration of the old hotel ballroom and the Fletcher Lounge, the dining room which had served as library. During Dr. Delo’s tenure, the university’s football team was selected by wire services as number one in the nation’s small colleges. Delo also is credited with the heroic gesture of raising academic standards though it meant losing the reve- nue from tuition of some 120 students with failing grades. Starting with an enrollment of fewer than 60 students, the uni- versity has grown from its origi- nal status as a streetcar college to an institution of international stature, listing nearly 2.000 stu- dents from 38 states and 19 for- eign countries. The physical plant now encompasses 47 structures interspersed over a span of acres. Recently under current Presi- dent Owens, the university has acquired Plant Hall, its park-like grounds, the Plant museum. McKay auditorium and the adjoining 33.11-acre Florida State Fairgrounds with its 20 structures from the city in exchange for 23.72 acres of University-owned riverfront property containing the athletic complex with baseball field, gymnasium and Olympic swim- ming pool. The athletic facilities will be used for community rec- reation when the city assumes operation of them in the future. The exchange agreement calls for the university to retain own- ership of the athletic complex for a period of 50 years. Other campus facilities include a music building, fine arts building, theatre, university union, four residence halls and a library. The modern library structure contains 160,000 vol- umes, microfilms, ultra-micro- fiche, special collections, rare books and first editions. The library serves as a depository for U.S. government publications. Besides the usual undergrad- uate liberal arts studies, the uni- 29
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1. Homecoming display. 2 President Owens at commencement. 3. Number one team in small colleges. 4. Late President Kennedy driv- ing past minarets ol Uni- versity. 5. Merl Kelce Library. 6. Drama in Falk theatre. 7. Student elec- tions in Plant lobby. 30
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