The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1904-12-17
FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
A Brief Description Of An Excellent
Educational Institution at the
State Capital

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AS the people Of Marion county. ia
ken as a whole. do not know very much
about the Florida State College. and
the good work being done in this insti-
tuition. think 1t would not be amiss
for me to give few items in regard to
it. and which might prove interesting.
and perhaps useful to some Of the
Stars readers. Not that the people of
Marion know less about the colleges of
the state than those who live in other
parts of Sunny Florida. but it is sur
prising what little knowledge the ma
jority of FlOridians have of our higher
institutions Of learning; nor. in fact.
do l know very much about them my
self. but would like to acquaint others
with some of the excellent points of
the one 1 am attending-The Florida
State.
What seems to me to be one of its
best and most useful features is the
splendid library we have. 1t contains
over 5000 volumes. 200 new books hay
ing been recently added. Every months
100 books are circulated. besides many
periodicals. Our library has outgrown
its accommodations. and we are badly
in need of a new and larger building.
Another good feature of our college
life is the literary societies organized
, Two among the young men. PlatOnic
| and Gordon: one composed of young
ladies. the Philosophical. and the fourth.
the Three Friends. is made up of boys
| i'm the preparatory department. All
are doing most excellent work. The
exercises consist of debates. essays. re-
citations, OratiOns. declamatiOns. etc
New members are constantly being en-
rolled i'm all the societies. The PlatOn-
les will celebrate their seventh anniver-
sary on the 18th of this month. by hav
| ing Il public debate. with a special pro-
gram. The question for debate is: Re
+ solved. That the advancement of civil
liberty is more indebted to intellectual
eral fine piano selections are to be rem
dered
! President Murphree Of the r. :. c..
) is chairman of the Rhodes scholarship
committee for Florida. This scholar
ship is worth $500 a year. and is good
for three years. President Murphree
has been notified that the examination
for the year 1905 will be held in Talla-
hassee on the 18th and 18th of next
january. Contestants for the schol-
arShip will be examined i'm the follow
ing: Latin Greek. English grammar
and composition. geometry or algebra,
and arithmetic. They should have had
five years in Latin and three or four
! i'm German.
Last Friday evening the seniors and
juniors delivered their first OratiOns Of
this term. Some were exceedingly fine
land showed Il great deal of careful
thought and preparation, while all We're
excellent.
our campus is being improved by the
addition Of new walks. grass plats ana
flower beds More shade trees are In
be planted and various other improve
iments are contemplated.
The X. A. Fraternity has secured
the residence recently vacated by Judge
Taylor. as a chapter house. They now
have much more comfortable quarters.
At the Southern Educational AsSOci-
ing the holidays. the college will be
represented by Professor BuchholZ. He
will deliver an address on Character
Building Through Instruction.. Those
Of us who are i'm his classes know what
an intellectual treat is in store for those
F. who hear him.
The Times Union championship foot
ball cup was most enthusiastically re.
ceived. and now occupies a place OF
honor in the library. The annual ban
Guet. given by the faculty to the foot
ball team. is announced for the olst
The college has been invited to at.
tend the Southern Intercollegiate Arh-
letic Association. Prof. w w. Hugh:
l. will therefore attend their meetin g
which is 10 be held in Birmingham ~
= December -.
There is one more thing To which
wish To call tn. attention Of Your rea,;
erS. Last Year tn. Daughters of III,
lConfe,!eracy off.re,; a gold medal fu
Z the best essay. written 10y 4 Flo,i,i,
$ student. on The causes al Jh.. ,-ivi
= War. The medal was Won by stu
: d.-rt IF tn Florida Stat coileg-. Til
4 y.ar they arr again offering a GO
= medal FOR a similar essay. This tim
: contestants must take as th-ir sub
jet. Jefferson Davis. Any stu3-,.
If Il F,o:i.;. school o. college i --,ici
z h,- IT, essays must H. HANDED 8
ny -. l-th ~ n-Xt May MOI ;"~-ic
: uitr< will To- given later. The Flor.: