Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-06
UNIVERSITY DISCUSSION.

fore the people The CitizeD-RepOFtet
Of Lake City hopes 20 be lifted out Of
ito obscurity by attacking The San and
the people Of Gainesville regarding the
motives OF our people 10 securing the
location Of the University Of Florida
in this city. The paper says Il 10 q
"resl estate scheme" and desires the
names Of the interested parties. AZ 70
the sum Gainesville will realize out Of
the "Scheme" we publIsh part Of the
statement OF Chairman Bryan Of the
Board Of Control. to show how much IL
coSt the State:
"The statement that members Of the
Board Of Control will beRit. the ereo-
ton Of buildings at Gainesville 10 cor
rect. At q Joint meeting Of the State
Board Of Education and the Board OF
Control the funds available we're sp-
poFtioned according to the needs Of che
four institutions. The sum Of S75,000I
was appropriated for the constructions
Of buildings for the University at
GainpSVille. OF this amount public
spirited citizens OF Gainesville donated
10000 10 cash and sought the old East
Florida Seminary property from the
State for t80, 900, which, 10 the opinion
Of the joint boards, was 80 per cent
more than II was worth, and besides
donated q beautiful site containing 6l2
acres Of land. So that Of the appro.
priation made by the Legislature only
5000 will be used for UniveFSity
buildinRs."
Let the man Of figures take HE slate
and pencil and figure out how much
the State will lose by the transaction.
Continuing, the statement Of Chair
man Bryan goes on TO state
at 10 the expressed purpose OF the
hoard not TO exceed the amounts Ap.
propFIated by the State Board Of Edu-
cation and Board Of Control IN Joint
session In the erection Of buildings 1t
Gainesville, aud II the article quoted |
from, 90 II seems Q fair reading Of IL
would lead one 20 believe, means that
the Board OF Control will begin the
erection Of buildings to cost 81 SOC, 900
before the Legislature Of 1907 con-
venes, or II II msshS that the LegiSla-
tuFe 90 itS next session will be asked
20 make sn appropriation OF 81 ,6O0,O 900,
II has an exceedingly small foundation
In fact. The Board Of Control In Aug |
uSt declined to accept q loan Of $780, |
900 rendered BY Mayor Thomas Of
GAiieGvllle and others.
1T 10 our purpose to stay within the
appropriation, and how Il could be
gathered from anything that was said
81 the meeting Of the board that an
expenditure Of this amount was con.
tenn plated ] cannot conceive"
The land on which the Univeuity 10 |
TO be- located does not cost the State
one fAFthinE. Gainesville has paid the
State for the old buildings IL owned |
has made q present 20 the State Of
10000 In each, and prOHsrsd a loan Of
tfOO, 900 10 go ahead with the work.
AZ 20 the morcenary motives Of
those engaged Ia securing the Univer-
city In Gainesville, the proposition 10
too sll!y for q person possessing q
spoonful Of gray matter In the top Of
his Uranium TO PROFOUND, The state.
ment that the location OF the UniVeF-
city In Gainesville would enhance the |
value Of property 10 q fact. The pSO-
pie Of Gainesville expected when they |
secured the elite for this institution %
leaning In our midst that IL would be- |
30 conducted ~ 10 prove worthy OF the
good people Of our city aud the State
~ we'll, and not menace TO the state
AZ has been stated Of lts past record by |
n member OF che BOARD Of Trustees.
The idea WAS to have an institution
In Gainesville that would induce peo-
pie Ia come here To reside that their
children might receive thorough ed.
ucAIion, and % they must have homes
IA which 10 live, II would naturally ca.
nance the value Of real estate; and ~
the property IN the immediate vicinity |,
ot ,he new University grounds would |
hc most desired, on account " the |
moral and educational atmosphere Of
that locality, the oWHcSt must either
rctusc 10 sell ~ enter into a real !
estate scheme"