The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-11
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| This institution was incOsTpratod under lib
eral charicT in February last. IL isatthorizcd TO
| have five colleges, t,-wit Tallahassee College
Of Medicine aud Surgery. College of Literature
aud Science, Law College, Theological Institute
| and Polytechnic and Normal Insu1utr IL will
| thus be scen that however ilivesse may 9c the
taste Ot the students, whatever course they may
have mapped out Tor their future lie, tsc studies
! which are Ia iii them for future usefulness may
| he pursued here. A University composed, as IL
is Ut several colleges has the advantage of sin
gle institution al learning. the student can then
elect from the several colleges those studies
which ho may deem necessary 10 III him tor the
| calling of his choice To illustrate Suppose u
| young man when he has chosen the profession
81 mining engineering should attend one Of such
| colleges whose curriculum is classical. The sew
cral departments OF engineering are not made Il
| specially There is no class and no professor,
aud II he pursues the study OF his choice under
possibly Professor of Mathematics he possesses
only sDs0uering OF The science To which he is
devoted. Again, young man attends a partial
c"nrsc OF Medical I,ectures--he may be DESTROYS
"t pursuing AZ the same time the study of the
classics, hut Medical College cannot afford this
instruction. All these wants are met 10y Uni
versity, and from This time Tallahassee is able TO
bestow upon the sons and daughters Of Florida
what has hitherto been denied them within her
borders Not only does The Florida University
afford superior advantages to the youth of our
State, Int il is hoped and believed that students
VIII come here from more Northern cline.
Quite number of youth from the State of New
York attend school in the Bcrmudas during tine
winter months, and AZ Tallahassee is easy of
access, our winters 40 mild and The cost of living
50 cheap, VIC may reasonably expect large add
ton oi Northern students during the coming win
ter
Al present "nl, two Departments organ
zcd. Thr West Florida Seminary and Military
Institute, constituting the Literary Departments
and the Tallahassee College ol Medicine and
Surgery. The Medical Both of these Depart
mems We" differed by A competent corps of
Professors IN the former the Faculty consists
ol Major T. H. Rivers. \. NJ and G.. E., Pre>i
dent and Professor Mathematics, Engineering
and Military Taccs Rev W H. Carer, ID. d +.
J.. l.. d., Ph. d., Professor of Ancient J." nguagcs
and Natural Philosophy; Miss f +. Byihew"o,i
Professor English Literature and History F
We~py, PHI D., VI d. Professor Modern Ian
goagrs; W. II Dckerman, Professor OF Chem
istrt and Botany A. H LOwrc, A NJ, Pro
eS~"r Emeritus, Political Economy Unnl =
Polytechnic Department i "r2an 2cd Major Riv
81 vii. gave instruction b. tit in civil AMI mining
engineering All ri these Professors are esp' ri
rncr'l, AMI have stood drservedly high in The in
sfitn,on- where they have previously been en-
gnged
The Medical Faculty consists ri J. K"-t. a
NJ VI -, l.. l. ID Dean aud Professor ot the
Institutes Of Medicine; ' A Bekcr. VI D. Pro
te-@m al ht"TF and FraclIfc al MethCiue II
q. Griffin y VI VI ID, Professor Of Anatomy
AMI Surgery Fl : Greene, 4 NJ VI. d.. Pro
i.~s',r Of Drthopedic and Clinical Surgery :. F.
(Hmmina VI D.. Professor Of Obstetrics AMI DIS
ea"'s Al Women and Children; Vi Neenbaer,
\ VI w. d, Professor nf Matera Mcdica and
Therapeutics r Dickcrman, Professor Of
Chemistry and Botany Judge w. P. Byrd
Professor Medical Jurisprudence DIR K"st, the
Dean al the Faculty, il 4 man OF national r'pu
"'nn a scientist snd ia an acquisition 10 any
institution ri learning Such man would moi
have c"lhorrfs with him any bur such as are
qualified and ionnd worthy. Already tpplica
tons have heen r'4tivrd Tor board FROM those
VIII" contemplate entering the Medical Depart
mrni, and almost every day the Secretary is in
receipt ri letters making inquiry about The Uni
vrtSIiy Boih Departments will occupy scpa-
rate buildings. but sufficiently near for students
To attend classes in both the Medical occupying
the fine brick editice IN the western suburbs al
the city, clgibly located and having eight rooms
sufficiently large for lectures and the Literary
the tine frame binding. known as the Acad-
envy" on l'ronaugh, between Mccarthy and Cali
streets. This structure is admirably located in
4 retired part Of the CITY, and yet sufficiently
near Ia good boarding houses. II has five rooms,
and more will be added il necessary One adj
vantage the nlversilv possesses is this II a. not
/" DEBT. and The Literary Department is endowed
from the interest accrning from proceeds OF sale
ol lands donated by Congress There is, there
fore, no danger of a collapse, and the University
may be regarded az established permanent
basis. Situated as it is at the Capital City, in
the Piedmont region Of Florida, in section
long noted for it's salubrious climate and refined
and cultivated people, the Board of Regents,
composed of Governor Bloxham, Ex-Governor
Walker and other leading citizens, appeal with
confidence to the public to sustain an institution
that should be dear to every Floridian. 1t is the
only University in the State it is established on
a sure foundation, and it aspres 10 be second to
none in the South. LEON