The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-11-19


on the western slopes of sunny Flor
ida. rests the modest little village or
Sutherland. At present all eyes Of
Florida Methodism are turned in this
direction. for it is here, looking east
ward and upward from the little Goth
ic station. that Southern College is To-
Gated. This institution, under the
control OF the Florida Conference,
stands on a beautiful elevation Of
about twenty feet above sea level.
The administration building, a sub
stantial brick edifice, valued at thirty
thousand dollars, is fully equipped
for its various branches Of work, and
stands in the same Enclosure with the
Eirls' dormitory, a large, imposing
structure, originally costing seventy
thousand dollars, with added improve
ments which bring the estimate up to
one hundred thousand dollars.
The college campus presents a very
tropical appearance with its rustling
palms, graceful bamboo, rare trees,
and towering shrubs. Adjoining 1t
on the north is a beautiful knoll which
is held in reserve for the boys new
dormitory, the present one being in
adequate for the requirements OF
Southern College. On the opposite
side is an elevation equally beautiful,
upon which they will erect a gymna-
stun. aided by the Florida Epworth
Leagues, and all others who will, at a
cost Of Eve thousand dollars. To have
faith according 10 zeal, since they
have material already on the premis-
es. they viii gratefully receive as
much more as will be donated. There
are no people who would more thank
fully receive an endowment, and their
plea for help is universal; yet this
Is only a secondary matter with
them. since they have lives at stake
lives which are TO be nodded and per-
fected in religious training, so that
each may perform justly and skillful-
~ every future duty; lives that will
be infamed with the study of learn
ing and the administration Of virtue
and stirred up with bright hopes Of
living 10 be brave men and worthy pa
triOts. dear to God and to the hearts
Of their country.
Southern College, which enjoys the
distinction of being the most southern
college in the United States, has had
IT'S home in Sutherland for only a few
years. Higher education" is its aim. /
slowly but surely it is making upward |
strides on every side. They have kept |
within bounds in order to avoid debt. |
Because the institution was dear 70 ]
every heart, all had a mind to work" /
and step by step has the work pro-
crossed through trials, self-denials /
and discOuragements. Along with /
fathers blessing, mothers tears and |
faithful prayers (the former Of which
are sent 10 try US, the latter to
strengthen all are used in Gods own
plans.
Southern College is paying. That it
has paid is attested by the goodly
number OF ministerial, professional
and business men who were once its
students, and by the women who have
gone out from its halls 10 cherish and
unfold the seed of immortality already
sOwn within them. With Southern
College il is not how much is learned,
bat bow well it is learned. Pres. J.
?. Hilburn. ID. d.. and his faculty have
he interest of every student at heart
Give them your boys. ana they will
hew on the blocks and get out the
men; give them your girls, and they
Ein be educated with a view to action,
having their best sympathies awak-
sned, their purest tastes cultivated,
heir desire to be useful and good /.
-NANntAnSnCOs anu luSlI NOululul ALL
1itiOns directed to unselfish ends.'
For a perfect view of Sutherland h
me must needs make an observation I
our to the summit of the girls dormi- :
Ory. Here we are far above the av- s
rage humanity, and see men as I
.rees walking" A health-giving aro- !
ma is waited upward from the ever I
serdant pines, which stretch away in I
20 interminable forests on either side. S
At the foot Of Florida avenue rests
Clearwater bay in all its tranquility. I
1t plays with the clouds, it mocks 6
the skies,
Or like a Graded creature lies"
And then, as if for lack of something
Detter 10 do, it rushes recklessly of
INTO the yawning gulf beyond. Its de-
ightful breezes invigorate us. We