The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-10

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Carrabelle Advertiser: In reply to
letter from a former Florida State Col
leQe student, H. H. Buchanan writes
the following. Believing that It viii
interest the student body of the State,
and perhaps do some good, we publish
same without further comment:
My Dear Young Friend:
am satisfied after reading your
letter, may call you so. You do not
know how much appreciate, not only
your writing to me, but the tone of your
letter.
am a Florida boy myself, and all
my interests are here, and my life
work, and appreciate the justice you
do me when you say what is fact, that
whatever may have done, or helped to
accomplish, was solely with the view
and for the benefit Of the boys and girls
of our State, who are to be the future
men and women, and, trust and be-
lieve, more progressive citizens.
/ appreciate your fairness and your
frank admission of the fact that not
withstanding what you may have con-
sidered a personal injury to yourself,
wrought as a result of the bill referred
to, that you are broad and liberal
enough to see further ahead than the
present, and to come to the honest con-
clusion that whatever was done in that
regard was done with a good motive,
and for the best interest of the State.
| want to assure you that l was not
blind at the time to the fact that such
a measure must result in the disturbing
of old lines, traditions and institutions,
with all the sentiments dear to a stu
dents heart which may have clustered
about them, with also the knowledge
that to certain localities and people
temporary inconvenience and loss, at
least, might probably be the result; but
/ felt that the whole interests, educa-
tionally, of our people were at stake,
and believed that they were, in the
main, great enough, broad enough and
progressive enough TO suffer their indi-
vidual losses and disappointments in or
der that the State and the future might
be the gamer.
On the subject of co-education, can
not discuss this with you in letter. l
should, if have the pleasure of meet
ing you, which sincerely hope for, be
glad to give you my views upon that
subject. They may not be correct, but
they are backed by some cogent and
forcible facts and reasoning. The main
one, however, that governed me at that
JlulS was CnaI, as the pESSSuJ ODJSCI
was concentration, with the view of
building up, at a moderate expenditure,
a great university in time in this State,
which we all might be proud Of, that
any other course was unwise and i'm
polite.
Whatever the imperfection may be in
the bill, and the operation of it, feel
assured in time will be corrected And
when the machinery gets to running
smoothly and our people better under
stand its operation and the effects pos
sible to be derived from it, they will
seek to uphold it.
1t is a regret to me that any student
or any person, but the students espec-
tally, should bear me any i'll will for
that action But / have such confidence
in our Florida boys, feeling that was
right, that | believe that | shall yet
live to overcome any prejudice that may
exist, and that they, as time goes on,
shall feel better satisfied with its &C.
complishments.
Permit me to again thank you, and
remain most cordially and sincerely
your friend, H. H. BUCKMAN.
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