Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-05-21
THE COMMITTEE TO
E. F. S. REPORTS
Detailed Account Of Legislative
Visit to the Seminary.
EVERYTHING SATISFACTORY

Departments Found in Good Order.
The Quarters crampsd and the Build
ings Going to Decay.
Tallahassee, May 2O.--The following
splendid report on the East Florida
seminary has been submitted to both
branches OF the Legislature by the
visiting committee;
Strive, your committee appointed
10 visit, inspect and report their find
ingS upon the East Florida Seminary,
beg leave to submit the following re-
port, towlt:
That on Monday, May sth. we visited
ihe East Florida Seminary at the city
OF Gainesville and thoroughly exam
ined the grounds, buildings, equip
nent, etc., and secured all informa-
iion possible, the latter in the main
being given folly and freely by the
superintendent, Prof. Jere NJ. Pound.
We find the Seminary has enrolled
this year Two hundred aud seventy
seven students, twenty.One more than
during any previous year In lie history.
They are distributed In counties ~ fol-
lows: AlachuA 1877, HillsbOro IL, Do
val 10, Levy Q, Orange 8, Sumter 8,
Monroe 4, Bradford 4, Marion Q, Git
rus 3, Clay 2, Volusis 3, Putnam 3,
DAde 2, Nassau 2, fernando 2, Frank
In 2, Lake 2, Osceola 2, Manatse ?, So.
vsnnee 3, BrevArd l, Washington /,
Lafayette /.
And other States a. follows: Geor-
Gia Is, Indiana =. Colorado l, Missouri
J, Alabama /, North Carolina l. Mich
iRAn /, New Mexico /, Tennessee /. Por-
10 Rico /, Cuba /.
students arranged by classes are A.
follows Seniors 7. J0niors IA. SOph-
ignores 40. Freshmen 6s. Sob-Frssh.
meu 90, Irregular Q. Commercial s.,
Normal Is. Total III. or 20 10 the
academic department and 81 IN the
commercial department. Of thsss 10
are carried on the rolls Of the military
department. p are studying ehsmis-
Try. 10 physics and So biology.
We End the plant 10 old and badly
dilHpIdaled. The barracks uas bsilI
ia 1859, when there we're onlI eighty
fv- students. all told. attending the
seminary. IL wss built 10 Accommo-
date about seventy.hve students. aud
'r- necessary complement OF teachers
To" academic building wss built la
1883. when there were probably even
lee. students still; and it has but four
rec tation rooms. whereas accommoda-
iions for about thirteen Instructors are
teeded now. The girls dormitory con.
sist' Of tWo old dwelling houses, Joined
iogr' her, and will accommodate about
thiry students comfortably. with the
necessary teachers. AZ present forty.
two perpons are housed in that build
ing and some paris Of IL for recitation
rooms and q chemical laboratory.
There 10 absolutely not a nook nor
crshnY in either Of the three buildings
which 10 not being utilized for some
purpnse today Nor h there q recita.
ton room large enough for as least
three ct the classes.
The dining hail will seat about one
huHd red people comfortably. aud the
Seminary 10 now feeding about one
hunt red aud twenty, 90 that 10 - Dee-
vssHfy to set two tables Moreover Ia
the inter the authorities had To die.
prn-r With stoves In there IN order 10
make table room for the students.
he commercial department. imme.
diatriT over the dining room, 10 too
crowded
The laboratories are not properly
consl 'ueted for that work. and are too
small 20 properly protect the apparatus
that We have on hand.
IL was desired this year TO establish
both u music and an ART department
for girls. To have done co, 10 would
have been necessary 10 rent some other
buildings, because there 10 absolutely
no place for such departments in either
IT the present buildings. but ~ there
was no vacant building convenient,
consequently Il vas necessary to allow
The girls 10 take music out in town
from WhomsoeVer they chose.
AZ IL exists ~ present, not only are
the buildings overroWded and unable
10 accommodate any more students,
bu, the bnildings ARE also In = de-
riorable state. A all In the barracks