The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-12
DR.. WALKER IS
ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER COLLEGE
PRESIDENT Of PALMER COLLEGE
TALKS INTERESTINGLY o. THg
oRowTH OF THg INSTITUTION
AND FUTURE WORK.

Rev. Lvnn r. Walker. % psFNunlak.
president of Palmer CoiicEe ~ that
place is .n tao cIty on q short visit
Or walker 81 former resident %
Pensacola. being at mat time pastor -
fhr FIRST Presbyterian r1urCh and has
large number af friends Ia this city.
Speaking 20 ere coIeae ~ whIrh hs
Be- president ur Walker yesterday
aaif
Palmer CaHree. located a. DcFfIniak
springs. the successor ~ the old state
Normal Co'lcre is rrowtnE rapidly and
81 making q reputation for fhorouKh-
neaa ara excellent traininE Add
fional buildings and equipment have
become necessary The present cam
palEu for $50 goo has f1r &C. object
lhe giving O. West Florida bigger
and better institution m successful
the money win be- used in the erection
40 the needed huilfinFs for other im-
provements and az a living endou-
ment
The wisdom 81 the plan % the
campaign csntera ln thr fact that no
suhHcrI ntier becomes binding unless
che plan succeeds. That h. IA iH
rlsiu business proposition You know
eanctly what YOU ere doine when vou
subscribe fo the movement Tor not e
dollar of any subscription Be- bindinE
until thirty thousand dollars has been
subHcrIbea end a new d1rmitorv o. abb
anlutely guaranteed. That much o. as-
surrd hv the success % the move
ment and the plans ~ the board %
trustees contemplate Ercat deal
more
"tt la e campaign M the success %
which every Wet tioridlau on person
any interested. Al present every col
lego On Florida except Palmer o. To-
Gated iu the eastern portion % the
state. This fact has undoubtedly add
90 % thr prosperity % that section af
che state and Is often the deciding
factor in the minds of the people seek
inE residence ln E1orida. A good c0i-
lsge Wcn located means much towards
the development of the entire section
that u serves. Palmer College e.
ideally located rigbt iu the center o.
West Florida. bfery enc subscribing
- o. enhances the value % West F1or-
ida prosperity and raises tho STANDARD
af citizenship.
The editors ~ who's Who In
America have rendered the country
service in inducing ten thousand men
tow living iu the United States we
[ have won AstInct1n t1 report their
Z education. The facts they give win
I help answer the questions. Does elu-
cation help one Ga success " and What
amount ~ school training helps most q
% appears from these ESTIMATES. enc
d0rscd hv ire United states commits
sioucr Of education. that q boy with
I ln round numbers. one chance ln e.oao
1 o. nnrceed, that a high school trainlng
/ Increases Die chance nearly twenty
two times. that q college cduoauon
gives ire Young man ten times the
/ chance of hirh school bav and tvo
2 hundred and twenty times the chance
I 90 boy whose training stops with the
common school
hampdsn- sidney sn IHustratlon.
Total number 60 students iu SIS
7 iouE history abas Their record is a.
follows go ministers. eco lawyers.
gei physicians. coo teachers re nrin-
r'pala % hiEh schools end academies.
"a professors EN- colleges e0 presidents
I 20 colleges and universities. one
7 founder az a soIIrHc and one founder
I 90 university. tuo state rurcrintend-
eu,s of Instruction. 90 members 81 the
state legislature. go members ~ the
state senate q members of c0nsutu-
Z tionai Conventions co county and cIr-
tuif judges Judges ~ ths state sue
Frcme court 20 members 0f the United
States srnHfc. ministers a. f1reIEn
/ countries. cabinet members. rov
I crnure 81 sir states anB enc president
a. the ruitcd States And 10 10 san
doing is Ecod wurk 90 the % mosf
+ prominent state officials ~ Vi-riuia e.
& the time this rtr1rd uas prepared half
. az them were graduates uf fhIs small
. Christian college