The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-16
STATE UNIVERSITY NOTES.
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Gainesville, Feb. 15.-The University
Of Florida has been favored this week
by number OF distinguished visitors.
who have ccme to it from various
parts Of the United States. Two emf
nent lawyers, United States District
Attorney Cubberly and the Honorable
Mr.. Kehoe, a prominent attorney OF
Pensacola, addressed the students of
the college OF law. This was the first
visit Of Attorney Kehoe to the Uni
versity and he expressed himself as
being greatly pleased with the states
chief educational institution. Both
visitors made very favorable comment
on the law library, declaring that 4
made an especially good showing In
view Of the age of the school
The experiment station also enjoy
ed visits from two prominent repre-
sentatires of the United States depart.
ment OF agriculture. Professor ]. Fl.
Ramsey, of the bureau OF plant indus
try, who has recently been made head
OF his division of work, conferred with
Director Rolls and Professors FIoy.I
and Stevens in connection with an in
vestigation Of methods of shipping of
citrus fruit. While in Florida Pro-
fessor Ramsey also conferred with the
Florida citrus exchange, which ships
10 him at Washington experimental
lots of fruits for observation of decay
IN transit. Professor Ramsey is car
rying on campaign for greater care
In picking and preparing citrus fruits
for shipment.
Another visitor. Professor Hood, of
Orange City, Fla, called upon the
botanical division of the experiment
station for consultation regarding the
development of drug producing plants
In this state. He is particularly in
terested In the camphor tree and is in
charge OF the governments expert
mental camphor groves at Orange
City.
DIR. Shepherd. formerly professor of
sociology in Drake University of Des
Moines. Iowa, but now retired on the
Carnegie Foundation also visited the
university the latter part of the week,
as also did Senator Henderson, of
Tallahassee.
The "midyear honors," as the semi
annual examinations at the university
are sometimes affectionately termed
by the students, have been success
fully weathered by most of them. Dean
Hughes. Of the college Of law. reports
that two students made a very credit
able showing in their examinations.
The work Of the second semester,
which began on the last day in Janu-
ary, is progressing favorably. Already
indications of a prosperous session Of
the law school for 1e1s-1914 are IN
sight, the Dean receiving letters OF
inquiry constantly. No better indica-
tion Of this department of the uni
versity can be given than that 1t Is
beginning to draw students from out
side the state. Three students from
one Georgia town are planning to en-
ter the law school next year, thus
making four in all from that particu-
lar town.
The libraries are receiving consid
erable consignments OF books just
now, the last legislature having ap-
propriated special fund OF $4,000 for
the purchase Of much needed works
for the use of the students. A strong
effort Is being made to make the IL
braries of the university second to
those Of no state university in the
south
The university, which is represented
on the Jeannes board for the study Of
the negro in the south, is offering this
year. through its department of socio-
logy, new course on the negro prob
lem. 1t is the plan of the University
OF Florida and OF ten other southern