The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-17
New Building For
College tOr WCmm
Wefk On Grounds Starred. Hans
some Building 10 Take Place 0
nlA Administration naIl.

.iessrs. A. r. and 1ohn timer, Of at
lanta, are here and have crew 81
nands at wOi- already preparing the
grounds ON the campus % the WOman'a
College, for the erection 81 the hand
some S0U,OO0 structure witch VIA grace
funy supplant the present administrar
ton building.
The new building win not be placed
upon the same site that the Odd build
ing now occupies, hut win be built iul-
metllately 20 the rear OF e. The old
huilthnr IN 20 remain until the new on4
is eomnleted. and then the present ad-
mlpistratIon hall will be torn away ana
beautiful campus, such as nov grace
the front OF ,,ryan hall, viii form ne
foreground for the structure which -
now being commenced.
While an are gla dto see the magnil.-
cent new structure going up on the oiQ
campus, yet there II feeling OF re8teS
when Il COMES 30 pulling down the 90
building. Many tender recoilectiona ake.
connected with that Old structure, ana
the fact that e D. 30 give way %
newer and better. brings those recol-
lections afresh TO the minds OF eae1
and every one who attended it. ~
those walls could divulge some q the
secrets they hold, some OF the scenes
enacted within their enclosure, they
would carry as through aeveral perl0e1
OF Tallahassee's history. In the uego'
OF Murphree, they etood Rs the D orlda
FelnaJe College, the Florida state Col
| lere-co-ed, and the West BioEida sam
mary. Twas under her roof, 90 TIE
\ West Florida Seminary, that The bitter
division IN the old PiatOnie Debating
society occurred, when Hon Paul Car
tar. Who was since w b. Iamara &c,
retary at washington, with Asa -
CLARK. now principal Of the 0astoen
i County High school, headed one fac
ton. while w. b. Crawford, now eoi-
| tor OF the Pensacola News, generale4
the other. Those wre memorable ecenes
Twas also the West riCrida Seminary
when a bunch OF the fellows tried -
tease 'I1onzie" Hathaway, now princf
nal Of the Duval High school, which
\ eventually resulted IN Che suspension of
dozen Of them, Aud 30 On hundred
of old scenes could be called 10 mind.
TO the older citizens Of our eoinmu-
nifty the recollectiOns OF boyh0ods hap
nv hours. the nlemOry OF by-gonc daya
and the times that are no more.
Twas from under the same roof, or
NJ least the west wing Of II, that her
students calamity marched out, mus
/ ket in hand aud fond hopes IN heart,
10 meet The Federal troops as they
came up the Sc Marks river On On at
tempt 10 capture the capital some %
I return with the laufelb Ut victory upcn
their brow. some 30 sleep beneath the
sod OF Natural Bridge. Not Federal
soldier reached FlOrida's capital that
day, not q home IN old Leon was
harmed. To those brave lads In their
teens n due the credit Of the defense
Of FlOrida's capital
Thus Innumernble scenes, recOilec-
tlOns and condolences could be recalled
from memOry's paintings by the several
generations On Tallahassee, as having
tmnapired within the bounds OF thosa
old walls.
However, we welcome the coming %
the new building with a great deal
more pleasure and anticipation than
our regret at the parting OF the old
Next fan when college opens the Ol0
, structure will have been torn away ana
, maRnincent $4,000 AdminiHtrati 1n
building standing IN its stead.
Photographs OF the architects draw
ing have already been made. and az q
short while post cards win Be Ia the
lOcnl shops with q picture o ftho new
| houaa for tha fasP 0aurhterR az Fi0Fila.