Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-25

sppa 3 ftqmfhb pen Of q 6. Morgan
Of 1lft osdSp "
'Tbe hope and lat3rs d this county
resH d the edncktiok Of hsehiIattp
The safety and sssorIty oithis republic.
depepds largely upqp the cultivation
OF tlis pIbdf ofstls yopng men and
Womsn = Amshek.V Schools aud
churches are che invulnersble cafe
guards Of our government. The les.
sons taught IN che, pchppl.room and the
knylronmens mi tvRBbe a ikblsl &C
sbsil ltsye she T. TIT rel5 AID stamp
thar seal upou the mipd, there TO rr-
hkIn tkio6kA fif4. ! fbk recent Legis-
laturs .oi our State, in the passage Of
the Buchanan bill, wIping out. ss Il did,
the fplsndid sntEltotiohe of Florids
yheFs learning Eas disseminated and
the young filed with instruction, has
created condition sueh 90 hiss seldom
onftbntsI eeI;pecple, QhF STATE 0s
sbsas huSd 20 bofth bee bds'of dJIlbss
buildihg up these schools through the
long. year, OF grdpous struggle, and
AbWy y alshodtls h6msht's warning,
they are struck down In the very prime
and glOFy Of their liGss The fsspohsi-
btlity deyolvipg ppon the Boardnf Con-
troll is = serious and wsightS one. This
bosrd IL vested with power 30 locate
the schools nsmed IN she bill May the
members have the wisdom to discharge
we'll their duty. Among the schools TO
be located, none more vitallI concerns
the people Of Florlds than the UuIvef-
sity. rIt 10 che one In which the great
csc interest IL being manifested. In Sc
lestlbR . cite fof the new university,
wisdom, prudence snd good judgment
should prompt the board 20 weigh Ia
the balance the record made By some
-of the abolished sehools and thus reach
an fhtsllleent aud conservative essI-
mate Of the merits Of at lesSt some Of
the places nov bidding for tbe school.
Some gears ago twas my good fortune
t6'be . student in that grand old Insti.
tulio6--the East Florldh Seminary
She IL nag Alma Mater. No school in
thls State has made sneh = record -
hsr's. While the Legislature hes been
laslsh In I've giits 20 other tchoolS, it
hes denied the Seminary evea me ne
cessltiss Of life. II what has been speHt
on ths Lake City school had bssB given
10 that magnificent InStltuti0n the ed
ueAtlonAl interests Of this State would
have. been maah fhf,hsr sdvAosed
Aud what vas che secret Of lie successg
IL is the strong social. moral and relI-
Risus viFonmsnt Of The home of ltbe
Seminary, vhs lfoeral, SehCol-lOSi6p
united and hospIsabla people Of Gaines
vile. f'Rth .tfifuiJ 20 T6si 9sf
r"LocstIOn Is going TO be the his or
death 81 the new university Locate
II where the sentiment, tradition and
envirohment have ALREADY made brill
liant success Of one school and you ruu
40 risk, but place Il where wealth has
failed TO PToduea results and ron risk
che life Of the University. The EAst
FLORIDA Seminary has gone 20 i've gsa,s
amId the bale Of hrilllAnt career, Lee
lac. peas Waaitt best. In ale lts hiA-
tory the hnEer Of snspleioa has never
bssn lsYeled ~ her %, no seaadAl has
bssmirshca her fair esCateheon, Dts-
cord and enmIty have never been
lugRed into he's councils. TIE path
way Of lee presidents have been strswn
with roses. aud che people % FloridA
outside Of Gainesville are beginning
"a feel that the University should be
located there whore 10 will no1 be cub
ieeted 10 constant peril; where u win
BE- upheld; whese the sentiment and
tVNdltI0p Of City years Of the Semi.
nGFJ = life viii Give strength and b. an
Inspiration where 10 will be lOyally
upheld, and where every man will poll
together South Florida u unit Tor
gainesville Tor The UHivsFsily. Wet
Florlaa Should also BE-. "a the Female
College u conceded 20 Tallshassee.
Az sn Ask Il an Impartial board. and
n lhey will llslsHs % reason and are
0pen 70 eonvietions the Old East Flor
de Seminary vltl. be the conversions
Of the SEQ nnitoFelty.