The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-02
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fery general regret that the
vi %Hiile Sun. IN the city in which
Illversity Is located. has added
Nb'ght Of its influence to the
4-Ilsrs."
Ems Is II this crusade has its
- on The part Of some Of the over
- friends OF Prof. Murphree of
florida State Female College.
~ eesire 70 promote him to the
"Naency OF the University, and if
nat IL said about Prof. Murphree
nue he win at once put a stop TO
~. Nat Bryan, chairman of the
- Of control clearly shows that
~ cannot measure the success of a
80 seat Of learning by the number of
- students. and that IL was not the
ntention Of the lawmakers in found
M ne University to rob the county
80 schools and village kindergar-
lnna
~. Bryan's letter. IL seems to US.
y masterful and conclusive. and we
lake greas pleasure in laying it be.
So our readers
ar. Bryan says:
The University Is nearly four years
. Oh. Everybody knows that bitterness
ExIsled Tor a time because the old in
. FIItuiions we're abolished. You know
Ihnt al vas not plain sailing when
~ location was changed. / doubt if
1ut foW people know the difficulties
undcr which che institution was con-
oucied Tor the first year. Necessar-
~ bulldinEs had 90 be erected at the
~ location. and the funds at hand
e. insufficient 90 meet the neces-
demands upon the board OF con-
Al We have never yet had availa-
Sufficient money 10 do the things
utedCd az the University. but in spite
of AZ this 7 make the following state
u1nis with perfect confidence that
ny cannot be successfully assailed.
The University compares favOrably
~ an ins,itution Of higher learning
Wifh the other state universities of
~ SOUTH d provides twice as much
work a. was actually provided in any
of IN state Institutions five years
80 THE work being done at the ex-
ltrimeut station Is OF more benefit TO
iht people nov than IL has ever been.
and more interest Is being taken by
N farmers % the state than has ever
lcen TIE case before.
Character OF Work
The character OF the work being
one cannot be- assailed. know what
- mean. Mr.. Editor. when you say
.haf the University has not achieved
~ snctess ID should have: you refer
~ ne small attendance. And | regret
~ much as anyone that the impress
IN seems 90 prevail that numbers
~ TIE test OF the success Of an educa-
tonai institution And let me say
hare. not with the intention Of criti-
rI1Inr any institution. but by way of
Issfing q stubborn fact. that the num-
|aer 81 students enrolled at several of
~ colleges Of the state Is mislead-
"a For example. II one OF the in
Ifuiions publishes In its catalogue
ia b. has 500 students. whereas We
Ean only claim In truth that there is
Do m the University. the popular inn
nresEiun 90 once results that the Uni
which N. a. the head Of education in
thc state. ought 20 achieve. At the
fimr fhe buchanan bill was passed.
tlere were several institutions with
nnrulimcnts larger than the present
euroilmeut af the University. but an
examination Of the attendance at
thusa Institutions at the time they
Were abolished. viii show that the at
trniancc az college grade students
WaE exceed IuEly small. and the al
frndancf vas made mp largely az stu
aTuis uhn should be- On the public
srhuols az fhe state. And there can
- uo escape from the conclusion that 4
n Nas The express intention Of the .
Nuckman bin that the state institu-
tlons az higher education should not /
CuIne in competition with these pub T.
~ schools During the years 1907 4
AM 1904 there were enrolled at the /
University ~ college students, and |
IN Eubfroshmen The sub-freshman 4
class in che University corresponds /
a. fhC eleventh grade I'm the high
school, and Was established because I
in many communities the high schools /
did not 30 beyond the tenth grade. /
and b Did not seem 20 the board wise
az iusi that the young men OF these I
communities should be denied admis-
nion into the University when they
had been advanced as far as their 4
hiEh school provided instruction for. /
College Enrolment
fhe college enrolment of %. con-
nidcrcd absolutely. Is a small num-
pr. bat small as b Is IL is the lars-
80 number 81 young men college stu
cents az IKE grade ever enrolled in |
any Institution In the state Ii is
more young men college students than
arr nov enrolled In Stetson and Rol-
Inns. the two other leading institu-
lions IN The state. combined. and is
a. many a. are enrolled in all the 9TH
~ Institutions On the state. II is as
many ~ like grade as were enrolled
m al ~ the institutions abolished by
the Buchanan bin put together.
in order Cor the University TO grow
an attendance. more boys OF the state
ought 90 attend the high schools. II
n q serious matter TO contemplate
hat last year there were only 81 boys