The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-11
GOV. SPOKE
WHEN CORNER
STONE LAID
CEREMONIES AT
CORNERSTONE LAYING OF NEW
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF
STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.

mighty Architect of the Universe"
smiled benignly upon this part of His
plan Tuesday, and sent gala weather
for gala occaSiop-the laying of the
cornerstone of the magnificent Ad-
ADMINISTRATION building of the State Col
lege for Women, now in progress of
construction.
By three-thirty o'clock an immense
audience had assembled on the Col
lege campus, to witness the imposing
ceremonies to be conducted according
to established Masonic ritual. The
Masons marched to the campus in a
body, those of lesser degree coming
first and forming hollow square
through which marched that part of
their number who belong to the st.
Amer Commandery, Knights Templar
These formed an escort of honor for
the state officers of their order, and
for Governor Albert w. Gilchrist, the
speaker of the occasion.
The service, which was entirely
new to by far the larger part of the
audience, was observed with keen
interest. 1t was conducted by Most
Worshipful Grand Master Louis G.
Massey, assisted by Deputy Grand
Master Albert w. Gilchrist, Most Wor-
shipful Senior Warden Geo. B. GLOW
er, of Monticello, Most Worshipful
Junior Warden J. c. Calhoun, Grand
Chaplain DIR. J. B. Pruitt. past of the
First Baptist church, and Grand Mar
shall w. E. Lewis. All these, with the
Knights Templar, the State Board of
Public Instruction, the State Board
of Control, the County School Superin-
tendent, the principal of the high
school and the college faculty and
Lob rHr ir,,r rfo
conveniently placed near the great
above the place where it was per-
manently to rest. This stone was
carved on it's two outer surfaces as
follows:
State Board of Education.
Albert w. Gilchrist. Governor.
II. Clay Crawford, Secretary of State.
w. V Knott. State Treasurer.
Park Trammell Attorney General.
w. NJ. Holloway, State superintendent
of Public Instruction.
A. L. 1910.
Louis C. Massey,
Most Worshipful Grand Master.
In the square copper casket placed
within the stone were the following
articles. a list of which was read
aloud by the grand treasurer, A. G.
GOOuDOuS.
I-"Buckman Bill" the bill which
created the institution.
H-Chapter 1902 (No. y of the acts
of the legislature of 1907, pertaining
to appropriations for the institutions
of higher education.
uI-Chapter 1924 mo. $50 of the
acts of the legislature of 1909. apper
tanning to the change of name from
the Florida Female College to the
Florida State College for Women.
IV-Chapter 1861 (No.. 92) of the
acts of the legislature of 1909, apper-
tanning to the appropriations for the
Institutions of higher education.
Va brief history of the college,
written by DR.. A. A. Murphee, the first
president of the institution, with few
supplementary statements by Edward
Conrad. bringing the history down. 10
March l. 1910.
VIA list of names of all students,
teachers and officers at the present
time connected with the institution.
VIA copy of the current cata-
logue of the college and a copy of
each of the last two quarterly bulle-
tins.
VIA copy of the Talisman, the
magazine published by the students
of the institution.
x-A copy of the True Democrat,
the local paper.
EThe names of the architects and
of the builders of the building.
XI-A memorandum of the early
history of the predecessors of the
Florida State College for Women.
xI-The names Of the members of
the boards of control from the estab-
Iishment of the institution down 70
the present time
XIII-A copy of the school laws of
Florida
XLv-A copy OF the Catalogue OF
the University Of Florida.
The various boards of control men
toned in the above list are as fol-