The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-12
P. K. YONGE GETS
WR|TE-UP IN PAPER
At STATE CAPITAL

Embellished by cut of the we'll
known Pensacolian, the Florida Rec
ord of recent date, contains a nice
write-up Of Hon. P. K. Yonge, of this
city. For the purpose of letting his
friends see how the well-known PEN
sacola man is esteemed outside his
home city and county, the article from
the Record is printed in full below:
Hon. P. K. Yonge, president of the
Southern States Lumber Company.
of Pensacola, one of the busiest men
in Florida, since 1905 has been a
member of the board of control,
which has in charge the conduct of
Florida's institutions of higher edu-
cation. The members of the board of
control serve without pay, except
their actual travelling expenses, but
Mr.. Yonge is worth handsome sal
airy. In the twelve years that he has
served the state, Mr.. Yonge has fail
ed to attend but three meetings, one
when Pensacola was quarantined for
yellow fever, one when the Deep
Water City was cut off from the out
side world by storm and not even
an automobile could be routed out of
there, and again when there was
death in his immediate family.
1t would be hard to find another
man in Florida of the ability and
standing of P. K. Yonge who would
have his tremendous business az
often and give as much time to the
details of the school work as he
does. When the board meets in
Gainesville he is there a day ahead
of time and inspects personally every
department, even visiting the class
rooms. The same thing happens
when the board holds a session in
Tallahassee or at st. Augustine. So,
when he talks about what the schools
are doing and what their needs are,
he knows whereof he speaks. He,
as chairman of the board of control,
manages the colleges of Florida as
carefully and with as much attention
to detail as if there were branches of
his big lumber business or the splen-
did Magnolia Farm that the Southern
States Lumber Company operates
near Pensacola.
In 1909 he was chosen chairman of
the board and has served in that
capacity ever since. He was appoint
ed member of the board by Gov
ernor Napoleon B. Broward, and has
been named by each administration
thereafter. He is a man of wonder
full business ability and possesses the
power to master details, being thor
ough always and having a keen in
sight which enables him to make a
quick analysis Of any proposition or
situation that is put before him. So
much of a leader is he that the other
members of the board have come to
lean upon him and almost invariably
they yield to his opinion and what
they consider his better judgment. He
is man of fine feeling and unques-
toned haracter-honest, energetic,
determined, but open to conviction
fortified with iron-clad principles, but
broad and far-seeing.
To Mr.. YonSe is due much of the
credit for the rapid and remarkable
growth and development of the Flor
ida schools of higher learning,
Thro@h his efforts the board of con-
troll has outlined a complete plan for
the completion of these colleges, and
completion" is Used advisedly, be-
cause none of them is what it will
ultimately be when all the buildings
and equipment, that are already in
some instances sorely needed, have
been provided. Every expenditure
and addition is made with a view ty
unity in the great cooperative plan OF
education, the dream of a gigantic
system, well formed in the practica,
brain of P. K. Yonge.