The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-09-17
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO n
OPEN SESSION ON MONDAY

sity of Florida opens for the 1917
session Monday morning at 8 o'clocl
and prospects are bright for the mos
prosperous year in the history OF tn
great institution. The first day will
be devoted to receiving and register
ing students and arranging schedules
of study. The formal opening will
take place Tuesday morning at
O'Clock in the university gymnasium
at which time an excellent program o.
interesting speeches and music .ant
announcements will be given.
Between 900 and 700 members
have already reserved rooms in the
college dormitories and this number
will be considerably augmented by
the number who will room in fratern
ity houses and private homes. DIR
Murphree states that the increased
number Of students coming from Other
states and foreign countries is excep
tionally gratifying.
Buildings have been frescreened, re
furnished and thoroughly overhauled
and fumigated. The campus has been
beautified in many ways and the ath
letic field has been resodded and put
in better condition than ever begore.
The new instructor in physica! edu
cation and athletics, Coach w. G.
Kline, arrived Monday and began i'm
mediateely rounding the Gator pig.
skin warriors into shape to trim the
old arch enemies, Georgia and Tulane.
/ He is very enthusiastic about the
prospect for the approaching season.
Monday night he met with Manager
Gum, Captain Baker and few of
last years squad and discussed the
schedule and made plans. Actual
practice will begin Monday afternoon
and it is expected that between fifty
and sixty men will be on Fleming
Field for the tryout. Coach Kline
comes to Florida University from
Nebraska. He has spent several sue.
cessful terms coaching Nebraska,
Wesleyan, and University of Ne
braska.
Besides the athletic director several
other changes have been made in the
personnel Of the university faculty
Commander U. 7. Holmes, of the Uni
ted States navy will occupy the chair
of mechanical engineering, succeeding
Prof. R. E. Chandler who has retired
from the teaching profession. For
many years Commander Holmes occu-
pied this chair at United States naval
spector of machinery and construc-
ton. Professor j. w. Norman, A. M.
of Harvard, Phi. D., of Columbia col.
lege, New York, and for four years
professor Of education at the univer-
slty, has been appointed acting dean
IN the place of Dean H. w. Cox, who
resigned to accept the presidents
place OF Emory university. Tho chair
lof psychology and philosophy. which
was made vacant by Dean Cox has
not yet been filled, Prof. l.. M. Bristol
IN. d., Of Harvard, will teach soci.
ology and economics. He was for
Tour years instructor in these studies
at the University of West Virginia,
Prof. T. H. Lucas has been elected to
succeed Prof. Higgins, who resigned
last year to accept the professorship
OF mathematics at the Southeastern
Presbyterian university of Clarksyille
Tenn. He is graduate of Cornell
university anw has had practical ex.
perience at the Lick observatory.
The recent appropriation provided
Tor an altogether new department at
the university. This will be headed
by Prof A, W. Sweet, Phi. D., of Brown
university who for many years was
professor of the college OF medicine at
the University of Tennessee, and who
Tor a year was camp sanitary mspec.
tor IN France, The new department
also provides for full time resident