The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-06-14

The Board of Trustees of the above
very excellent Institution met at Lake
City in annual session on the 9th. 9TH and
sth of this month, during which days the
commencement exercises were also held,
and the college year closed.
The President of the Board, Hon. y. }.
Russell, reports excellent work done dur
ing the year, perhaps the best since the
opening Of the college t. the young men
Of the State.
Tnrre have been no regular collegiate
classes during the four Years OF she exist
ente ~ the college, Is there were no ma
tricuation> qualified 10 enter the freshman
or iir>t Year class. For this reason it be
cane necessary 10 torn Intercollegiate
course. and an average matriculation of
forty Young men have been in attendance.
Out Of these four have been rapidly
advanced. one OF whom Will, il he pur-
sues his studies as vigorouslvas heretofore,
graduate with the Degree OF Bachelor of
Arts. next year, and the others the year
following. AZ which time the college will
have tull and large class Of Freshmen,
Those who have been enjoying the OPP
portuuity Of being prepared for the col
lege course by such faculty of protcS-
sor> have had a rare privilege which viii
doubtless tell upon the whole of their tu-
I, Il -
feet Of scientific tillaye; corn OF several
kinds are being tested and presents
beautiful scene of vigorous growth and
bearing; cotton of various seeds of both
staples, and several kinds of each, are also
III vigorous growth; cane, sorghum,
broom corn, are also under experimental
ton, a. are great variety of melons,
fruit trees, ana. indeed, everything per
tanning TO agriculture, horticulture, vege-
table cultivation, Horticulture. &c, choice
seeds from all of which, with notes as to
cultivation, are to be distributed free. in
small quantities, to all farmers of the
State upon receipt Of postage for mailing
The barns and farm houses are models
while all is done with view to the
strlctest economy and cheapnes>
The Florida Experimentation Station
i, in full operation, and has already rem
lered some very important service in
their discoveries published and described
in the bulletins issued, Nos. and 2.
These bulletins will constitute the very
best advertisements the State has ever
had in that they are authentic and >cien-
tlic and tell what cannot be successfully
done a well a, what can be. Under the
! excellent financial MANAGEMENT OF its
Treasurer, Hon f. ). Grill, the college
l. entirely out Of debt and balance in
| the treasury.
The following faculty was elected for
the ensuing college year. Prof. \. 9.
HollAlAy, Latin and English Literature :;
Prof. J. y. Whitner, Scientific Agricul-
ture and the Greek language Capt l..
| II. Orlcman, Comm andant Of Cadets,
| and Professor Of Mathematics; DR.. J. VI.
| Pichel, Pm. ID. Prof. Of Physics and Chem
istry. No President was elected at this
meeting. The faculty We're requested to
elect d chairman, and selected Prof \. 9.
IIrllaany such who will nntil thn
Executive Committee shall elect Presi-
dent, which will be done as soon as pos
siblc.
DR.. J. ko>t, Chancellor Of the Uniyer-
sity Of Florida. was elected Director of
the Experiment Station, and under him
were elected Prof W. II. Ashmead, Ento-
mologst; DR.. G. Troup Maxwell, Path
ologi,t Prof. y. II. Curtiss, Botanist and
Pomologist, and Dir. T. f. Appel, Florist
and Vegetable Culture.
1t was resolved to establish sub-sta-
ton at some favorable point south of -
degree, latitude, for xperimentation with
tropical plants and fruits, and that gen.
cral Xperimentation should be done in
the intermediate part Of the State by the
Director and his staff of co-workers, and
that all analyses involving the general
good, and not merel y for individual and
speculative gain, should be promptly and
scientifically done on application to the
chemist, Dr. J. NJ. Pickell, of the State
College.
The College and Experiment Station
are both promising a brilliant success in
the future, and the young men Of Florida
need no longer wish for an institution in
which the higher education may be had
without price, and to any extent each
may desire while agricultural and the in
dustral arts, the great corner stones OF
American greatness and success, are
literally and fully taught. All Florida
should rejoice in her State College, and
her young men should use every honor
able means to partake of its high priv
lcges.
| cambridge Democratl
FIOrida's Next Governor.
The late Gubcrnatorial Convention
which met in St. Augustine nominated