Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-19
GREAT CHANGES BEING MADE ~
THE GROUNDS DAILY.
The Law Department Will Prove a
Great Drawing Factor for Al
vaneinS the School.
(By II. l.. ThompsonD

busy for some time at work ON the
interior Of Buchanan Hall and a good
sized force OF hands is now engaged
In beautifying the grounds by clean
ing the existing drives and in develop
ing new ones that will run around
10 the new buildings soon To be erected.
The east gate has been locked
since the early part of the summer
because droves of cattle are permit.
ted to roam about that part of the
city and owing To visitors leaving the
gates open the cattle were continual.
Is going III and destroying flowers
and shrubbery. Gates which will
open and shut automatically will De
placed on the new drives and will re-
place those now used. 80 that the
University grounds will be rendered
more easily accessible To visitors a
new drive in the form OF a reverse
curve similar to the one now In use
but passing in front OF Science Hall
and the Experiment Station building.
the buildings 10 be- erected at an early
date. The drives will all be- laid soon
according 10 the GcslgnNot tnr L.,Hl.
tect
The Law School promises "a De- a
prosperous addition TO the UniVersity's
work in the State. Senator n. H.
buchanan says of Il: Il think that
this IL good step In the right direc.
ton aud shall be glad to DO anything
can to assist same" Dean Farrah.
in charge of the work. For nine
years he was dean of the Law DE
partment Of StetsOn University. Pro
fessOr Farrah IL an A. VI. and Ii. II.
from the University of Michigan, and
was Professor OF Law in the Depart
ment OF Law OF that great Northwest
ern University before coming to Flor.
ida. He is TO be- assisted by Profess
sor Trusler. who is an honor graduate
In law from the University of MichI
gan. and who has been associated with
Dean Farrah for one year In his work
at DeLand. He came to Florida from
the University OF Oklahoma. These
able men. together with such dis
tinguished lawyers as Col w. W.
Hampton and Judge Horatio Davis.
will make up the strongest law faculty
in the State. IL not In the entire
South.
Dean Farrah has closed contracts
with law-book publishers for law r.
brary to consist OF upward OF $500
volumes. According 20 the Dean this
library will be vastly superior to the
one he has been accustomed TO al
Stetson University. and will be one
OF the best, II not the best. In the
State. excepting only the Supreme
Court library.
The interior OF Buchanan Hall Is
being thoroughly renovated. When
the work now going on Is finished.
Il will be one OF the most comfortable
and commOdiOus dormtOries in the
South. The walls are being decorated
IN green and cream and the wood
work stained in dark oak Bath
rooms have been put on every floor
and they are to be supplied with hot
and cold water in every section.
II appears that the many improve
mSnts and additions made AT the
state University this summer have
= combined To arouse keen interest in
and give a new impetus 10 this edu
eational enterprise. While the old
students have not made many reserva.
uons this early in the season. as Il
IL their custom 10 call for reseTva-
lions in September. yet a considerable
number Of new students have been
assigned to quarters In buchanan Hall
Not intending any invidiOus compari
son' but merely as a point OF interest,
might be mentioned that 10 date
W students have been assigned rooms
In buchanan Hall for next year. as
against 81 students in actual attend
@nee upon the institution at the
close OF school last May.
The University and its grounds are
always opeM to the public. and visit
tors are cordially welcome at an
times.