The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-05
FLORIDA's STATE COLLEGE.

FLORIDA'S STATE COLLEGE.
The new catalogue of the Florida
State College, Tallahassee, is being dis
tributed throughout the State this
week It is beautiful booklet, setting
forth concisely the advantages Of the
college.
From it we extract the following In
teresting paragraphs relative to new
features:
The purpose of it's creation was that
the seminary should offer to Florida
youth faL-----e es for higher learning;
and by an act of 1861, the institution
was authorized o assume collegiate
standard as a basis of its OrganiZa-
ton. From the beginning it has been
the constant aim Of the Board Of
Education that the school should be
characterized first of ali by its high
standard of instruction and graduation.
In pursuance OF this purpose, this
Board adopted such courses Of study
and required such methods Of instruc-
ton as were approved by --e highest
institutions of learning. They demand
that only that proficiency which is at
tested by faithful study ana rigorous
examinations shall entltle the student
to the honor of his degree.
Operating under this policy, it has
been founu desirable that proper and
legal title of the college be adopted.
No part of the charter of what has
hitherto been called the Seminary
West of the Suwannee" fixes the title
of the school. The term seminary" Is
now commonly applied to special
school, as theology or pedagogics, or
a school Of academy grade for young
women. It has been clearly demon
strated that it is competent for the
Board of Education to prescribe the
official name of the institution. In view
Of these facts, and others suggested
above, the Board, In their last annual
meeting, June 5, 1901, acting by and
With the advice of competent counsel
resolved that the official title Of the
school now located in the city Of Tai
lahaseee, and formerly known as the
Seminary West of the Suwannee,' or
the West Florida Seminary shall,
from and after this date. be the Flor
ida State College"
South Of College Hall, the women's
dorraitory will be erected and made
ready for use at the beginning Of the
| next session. This building will be
two stories and a half high, 124 feet
long by 81 feet wide. There will be
| thirty sleeping rooms for students, a
large reception room, and dining room
28Xs2 feet. Bath rooms on each fl0)f,
with all modern cOnveniences, steam
heat and best lights, are included in
| the contract for this dormitOry.
Dimensions of bedrooms are 13Xl5
feet, and, withal, are ample in size ard
| sufficient in number to accommodate
sixty ladies, besides the matron and
one lady of the faculty.
All nonresident female students
will be required to board in this dormi-
tory, and be subject to such regula-
tions as the faculty may prescribe.
The plan of the mems dOrmitory
building is practically the same as
that Of the women's dormitory, except
that there will be no dining room or
kitchen. One dining room will be
used by all students living in the dor
miuories.
There will be two large society halls
in the mems building, one for the Pla-
tonic Debating Society, ana the other
for the Anaxagorean Literary Society,
where their weekly meetings and en-
tertainments may be held
This dormitory will be under the care
and supervision of the gentlemen Of
the faculty, and all nonresident boys
and young men of the students will be
required to live here under such rules
as the faculty may prescribe.
Westcott Memorial Chapel.-This
edifice is soon to be erected a
feet from, and northeast of, College
hall, and will cost $4,000. The plans
snow that this building will be ample
few feet from and northeast Of College
modern in all its interior arrange
ments and have the latest and most de-
sirable architectural designs for the
outside. This chapel will be built as
memorial to eX-Supreme Justice J. D
Westcott, through whose munifcence
the college was bequeathed sum Oi
nearly sixty thousand dollars.