The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-11
BY w. q. HATHAWAY.)

BY w. B. HA1HAWAY.1
| In previous article correspondent
| told of improvements being made at
| the university looking toward greater
efficiency next faIl-how a wing is be-
| ing put to the engineering building,
| how the third story OF the present
building is being remode1ed for chem
istry department and how the physics
department will enlarge into the pres
ent chemistry rooms.
The board OF control has let a con-
| tract for the erection of a new brick
building, which will be located at
| little distance northwest of the present
gym The new building Is for gym
| nasium and auditorium, both OF which
have been sorely needed for long
time. University events that called
out large audiences have always had
| to be held down town. at the high
school or the tabernacle. The students
Will appreciate a gymnasium large
enough and properly equipped Tor all
to have regular physical culture, not
more In winter than in summer see-
sions.
The chapel room in Agricultural
Hall is being shaped UP and equipped
| into a laboratory for horticultural,
botanical and veterinary science, Tor
| the College of Agriculture. The mu-
| scum in the northeast section OF Science
Hal lis being shaped UP and equipped
| as a laboratory for horticultural ana
botanical research for the college of
! arts and sciehees~-~Ana~ sifce the gov
eminent has accepted the unfversftys
/ offer of itself for any service the gov
| eminent saw fit, the secretary OF war
/ has stationed here a detachment OF
| enlisted men for training in trades.
| The first assignment of such drafted
| men is now about to complete its
| course. AfteN the government inspec-
/ tor had inspected the work he pro-
| nounced 1t first-class and recommend
ed that the government continue to
use the University Of Florida and to
| increase the number of men. To meet
this increasing demand and to provide
as well as always for the regular stu
dents, the dining room and kitchen ia
| cilitics are to be enlarged--in fact the
WORK has already been begun.
Two months ago the government
erected just southeast of Engineering
Hall wooden shop, 40x100, FOR auto
mobile work. A fifty-foot addition is
now being put to this because the draft
that will begin training August Is will
be larger by nearly a hundred than the
one that is just finishing it's course.
The government is also erecting q
wooden building south of the dining
hall to increase the barracks facilities
for the drafted men. Glasses in radio
and telegraphy find accommodations
in the third story Of Peabody Hall
which place was early fitted up fol
: them. 1t is understood that this army
training work will go on all winter
in terms Of two months for each new
: detachment.
But, as stated by correspondent in 9
previous article, the army school is no
to interfere in the least with the COM
fort or work of the regular students
This fact is repeated here to make
right an erroneous impression that ap-
peared last week to the intent that the
presence OF the drafted men Nigh
make it necessary for students to fine
rooms down town. AS stated above
the government is building additional
barracks for the drafted men who vii
take training at the university; and nc
young man who contemplates attend
ing the university should hesitate te
( go ahead with his plans to that end.
Army training at the university has
not hindered the success OF the sum
. mer school, composed OF over $50 stu
dents. more than 400 of whom were
: women. Certainly the presence of sol
diers on the campus during the regu.
lar year can be no serious hindrance
: AS to how we'll the summer school and
the army school get along together M
better evidence could be asked thar
the following letter, signed jointly BY
Dean J. r. Benton and Captain Alfred
: Knight, dated August 6. and addressed
to Dean H. w. Cox:
4 "On behalf of the educational star
and the military staff of the army
: school, we desire to express to your
self, your staff of teachers and tn,
+ | student body of the summer school ou
thanks for the fine spirit of coopera
: ton shown by you in making adjust
ments necessary for the operation o
: the army school. When the govern
ment asked us to train the soldiers
: this summer. we realized, as did you
that many Inconvenience would arise
| and that unless some adjustmen
were made, serious conflicts would re
n suit Under ordinary conditions, on
n department of university would no
e even ask another department to make
fserious adjustments for purposes o.
e accommodation. But we all realized
when the government asked the Uni