The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-14
WEST FLA. SEMINARY
Normal Department Opens Witt
FOrty-fVe Students
STILL MORE ARE COMING
This Institution Grows Rapidly j
Public Favor i

For the last few years the WeSt |
Florida Seminary has been one df
the most progressive colleges OF amy
of the Southern State institutions,
under the administration Of Presi-
dentA. A. Murphree, whose up-tS-
date educational theory has already
expressed itself in the form of a SCI
entifc course, in equipping the III
stitution with excellent biologica,
chemical and physical laboratories,
and in selecting members of faf-
ulty who have received their special
training in the foremost of AmeF-
ican and European universities.
Among the many new BRANCHES
forming a part of the regular coursfs
are Spanish, Anglo Saxon, Sociol-
ogy, etc. But we wish to make spf-
cial mention of its normal depart
ment. This was established but last
year as an experiment, and by Ju4e
there were enrolled in it forty STU
dents from sixteen counties, and IF
all these more than ninety-fve PER
cent. secured the certificates fSr
which they applied. This depart
ment for teachers re-opened last
week with forty-fve teachers from
all over the State. By the end of TIE
coming week it will have sixty, and
by June the number will be greatly
increased, as many teachers write
that they will come as soon as their
schools have closed.
The Seminary has already enrol l.
ed more students than the entire ep-
rollment of last year, and by cor b
mencement it will have more than
4 two hundred.
There are reasons for all this aid
we wish to mention a few. First Pf
all the president of the Seminary
believes in serving the State in bs
many ways as the very limited finah-
cial resources of the institution a.
low. This is Just what previous prds-
idents had grossly neglected, and TO
the detriment of the best interests
of the college. The Seminary lbs
crept out Of its shell Of lOcalidm
within the last few years, something
which Tallahasseeans are now begh-
ming to see, and has become a ffr-
midable rival to the best colleges I'm
the State, and all because it is mak-
ing a heroic effort in meeting the
educational demand.
The highly satisfactory work ddn
last year; the privilege allowed to bll
teachers in the normal department
to select their studies; the advdn-
tages afforded teachers on Saturday;
through laboratory work to obt3i1
the essentials of chemistry, physics
zoology and botany, which will iiC
them materially in giving thRil
pupils greater power for thinking
and greater power for usefulness
the low rates for boarding; the I'D
vantages derived in being at the cSp
ital when. the Legislature me9ts
which affords opportunities for mi ik
ing acquaintance in all parts of th
State land this is no small matte
with the teacher in securing otAe
and better positions), but above Eal
and equal to everything put togetbe
is that Prof. Buchholz is princiPa
Of the normal department. 1h
teachers of Florida are well awsr'
and better than anyone can tell tHe1
that there can be found no equal t
him in this State in preparing tHel
for the real work of teaching. Th
Seminary is thus exceptionally 4Ol
tunate in having such a man wh7
one of the most advanced and Irt
gressive educators in the South. H
is one of the viee-presidents Of Il
National Educational AsSocif
and served most ably as Presto
the State Teachers Associati..-- "a
year, which was the best meeting u
had in the State. He was educste
and received his traiE ing m Gs
many, the fountain Of edusstieai
theories and systems, and hes g@e
his services for twenty yes; mot .
to Tampa and HllsboFOueA cOu
which owes i@ excellent ednaati1 .
system to him, bat te the VI g
State, e. e., thredn ;ccrduc !!
State Normals Gnd +. w-i6ng 81
Teacherg 8eok on ArifAn
which has bean 90 highly PExise9
the press pf tn country. He y
born teacher, and Is IN love v.;fhit
Profession. Florida is heeinnin
sse what q man ie has viii sAn
day reward him f6f his woek