The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-06
ROLLINS COLLEGE.

Many Oh the present anu IOTHitI
students of Rollins have heard with
.incere sorrow of the death of Nj
Joseph ID. Price, manager of the Or
mond Hotel Mr.. Price was cordial
AID generous friend of Rollins. AID
'pr many years gave royal welcGn"
- its base ball team AT Ormond. WHOM
,h.y played with the hotel team. Til"
young mon always brought back 70
Winter Park the most glowing a.
coglt of the hospitality shown them
III Ormond and of Mr.. Prices per-
sonal fricndlincss. Mr.. and Nh.
occasions where their son Hubert, has
been student for a number Of
wears, and where their neice, Mi.S
Nary Core. is also now studying
Mr.. Price left on the faculty and stu
dents the impression of man of I'M
pmmoa ability. saeacity. geniality,
ard generosity of spirit. All con-
ioctod with the college feel that in
lis death the institution has lost
o:.c o. its best frieniS.
The Presbyterian Synod of Flor
.Gd. al is recent meeting In Game
lie. adopted resolutions highly
ommcndiug the work Of the collcle.
II 4 Suggesting 10 Presbyterian famil-
Is he d,sirabiiity Of sending their
iildren - Rollins. II also aproiAi
Il a &; mniittco consisting Of Rev. j..
t;9ayhill, - H., Of iacEsonyill ,
ics. 4 -. Wiihie, ID. D.. Of 81
anedin and Hon Chri ,tophcr Math-
u, q Gainesville. to consult Wit
ne president and trustees of the col
GOO as to It's work. While the collcg,
is undcnominatunal. it has al
WAYS had close relations with The
Presbyterian church and people Rcv.
l)r. ". Il. Eoggs, formerly pastor 0.
the First church in Jacksonville, and
Rev, Dr. j. &. Tins. pastor of the
First church in Tampa, being mem
bers OF the board of trustees. Rev.
DR.. W. b. Y. Wilkic Of Dunedin,
state clerk of the Synod, has for
many years been warm friend of
Rollins, from which he received the
degree OF Doctor of Divinity.
At the meeting OF the State Con
ference of Charities and Correction
which was recently held in Jackson
vile, DR.. Blackman was elected presi-
dent OF the Conference for the en-
suing year. President Islackma il
taught Social Science and Social
Ethics in Yale University for many
years. and is profoundly interested
in the cause for which the Conference
was organized. and is glad to render
any assistance in his power in fur
thrring the cause Ii seems likely
that the next Conference will be held
In .IacksOnvillc, whose welcome and
abundant hospitality did SO much to
make The first Conference success.
a Rollins Circle was organized re-
Gently in Jacksonville, similar to the
one already formed al Tampa
There are between forty and fifty
former students of the institution in
the city II is expected that the
t'ircl" will have banquet at least
once a year, AT which the condition
of affairs at the college will be pre-
scented by President Backman and
discussed The President of the Cir
rlc is Mr.. Gerard Franz. of the Franz
Lock and Safe Co. the secretary is
Mrs. r. l.. Rogers, the treasurer Is
MIR. J. ". Gibbs. .lr.. of the Gibbs
Gas Engine Co. and the 9th + MEM
brrs of the executive committee are
Mrs. Richard y. Marks and Mr. Louis
\. Lyman Mr. Lyman graduated
| from the college some wears ago, and
Mr.. Marks WAS perhaps the first
student to be enrolled in the s,ih-pre-
paratory department. when the insti-