The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Re State University.

Florida is now In full operation.
When the opening day arrived on
Sept. 25th, many Improvements were
to be noted about the grounds and
buildings. Artificial stone walks
Heading out from the center Of the
city to the university had been ex-
tended as far as the present main en-
trance, from which similar walks led
to and in front of the Thomas and
Buchanan halls. The driveways
throughout the grounds had been
greatly improved. A goodly number
of acres at the rear had been cleared
to make place for the farm to be in
connection with the Department of
Agriculture and Horticulture. The
lands were beginning to get into
shape. Altogether the grounds show
ed the effects of the labor that had
been expended upon them during the
summer.
Inside the buildings improvements
! can also be noted. The halls have
been wainscoted to height of about
five feet, and above the wainscoting
the walls have been plastered in hard
finish. Neat brass numbers and
plates mark every door. The mess
hall and chapel have been prettily
PoPClON anu IlkOTb
than they were last year.
There have been some changes in
the faculty. Prof. Jno M. Scott of
the Experiment Station, has been
placed temporarily in charge OF the
Department of Agriculture and Hor-
tlculture, made vacant by the resig-
nation of Prof. K. w. Ciothier. DR..
Sellards having been appointed State
(fnO1DOiSt hic Nlona l1oc hoon fIlaH
by DR.. H. S. Davis. The Depart
ment of History and Political Econo-
my, made vacant by DR.. Thomas
acceptance of call to the Universi-
ty of Arkansas, has been placed in
charge of DR.. E. M. Banks.
OF the new men DR.. Davis received
his first degree at the Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Conn, in 1899.
The next year he spent as graduate
student of the same university. Leav-
ing here he was for a year a "Univer-
sity Scholar at Harvard. After this
he occupied in turn the following
positions: Instructor in Zoology,
Washington State College from 1901
to 1904, assistant professor of Zoology
in the same institution from 1904 to
1906, assistant Zoologist in the Wash
ington State Experiment Station
during his connection with the col
lege, that is from 1901 to 1906. The
next year he went as "Thayer Schol-
arr again to Harvard, where at the
end of the session he won his Doc
torate.
DR.. Banks received his A. B. and
A. NJ. degree from Emory College,
Georgia, Since then he has studied
at Columbia University and in Ger
many. His Phi. d. degree was won
at Columbia. He has been Fellow
in Economics at Columbia, and has
taught at Emory College and at the
University of Pennsylvania. He has
been a contributor on educational
and economic topics to the Methodist
Quarterly Review, to the South At
lantic Quarterly and to the Annals
of the American Academy of Politic-
al Social Science, and has had pub
lsshed by the Columbia University
Press volume on the Economics of
Land Tenure in Georgia.
In this connection it might be well
to add that the Experiment Station
has all of the old men back, and in
addition has secured the services of
Mr.. B. F. Floyd and Mr.. John Bell
ing. The officers of the University
and Experiment Station remain the
same with the exception of the Sup
of Grounds, which posi-
tion is now filled by Mr.. A. G. Col
clough, and of the Librarian. The
former Librarian, Mr.. w. S. Caw-
thon, resigned to accept the princi-
palship of the Gainesville High
School. So far his successor has not
been appointed.
Tho Ctatn E,,Ja
upon securing the new men. The
faculty is harmonious, and the work
done gives strength to the
belief that the session will be very
successful.
OF the standing committees ap-
pointed by the president those of
most general interest are probably
the ones designated Self Help and
EXtention. The former
is to help as far as possible needy
students, and is composed of Pro-
fessors Benton, Floyd, Hochstrasser,
Crow and Davis. The latter is COM
posed of Professors Yocum, Ander-
son, Farr, Schmidt and Banks. The
former committee has already Sc
cured for several students lucrative
positions that do not interfere with
college duties, and would still con-
slider applications for positions from
needy would-be students. The latter
has arranged for a large
number of lectures to be given by the
various professors wherever they
are invited. Several invitations
have already been received from
high schools throughout the state. A
printed list of lecturers and their
subjects can be secured together
with any other information desired
by writing to the chairman.