The Ocala banner., 1922-01-27
JUST A NEW ygAR,s GREETING
TO the Former Students of the Flor
ida State College for Women,
Wherever They May Be

Dear College Friends:
This letter is not personal, but be-
cause know it will go into the hands
Of a great many girls who were in
school with me and girls I think of
SO often. cannot resist the tenpta-
ton of giving a personal greeting. /
have yet to find something that equals
the thrill Of meeting up unexpectedly
wieh sone Of the girls who were
laboring with their college education
when was. Maybe we don't renlem-
/ ber each others names. but we have
something in common right on So
here's a greeting to each of you, and
the hope that you are each on the way
toward accomplishing the thing you
wish most to accomplish.
You cannot imagine what a
pleasure it is to live so near the col
Iege, where I can in a measure keep
up with the changes. Honestly feel
sorry for you who live SO far away
because before you know it you will be
old fogies sure enough You won't
know a thing Why, East Hal; has
burned, the New Infirmary is finished.
and they've laid the foundations for
a new dormitory just beyond Reynolds,
and thy've let the contract for a
Science building where East once
stood. I haven't time to write all
they are doing, but if you want to
recognize the place you had better
come back quick You will mourn
for the old days and old friends. but
at the same time you will rejoice in
the progress our college is making.
One thing that they want and need
our help in getting is the Flatstacowo
Recreation Camp at Lake Bradford
/ know some Of you are bachelor maids.
and some of you are married women,
possibly with little Mary and Johnny
to look after. but if possible / want
you to forget it all for minute, and
just think what such camp would
have meant to you when you were in
college. Think of getting in the col
lege truck. and riding out to the lake
to spend the weekend in the college
hut. Can't you picture crowds of
friends in warm weather taking a
swim in the moonlight, and getting up
early in the morning to take another
before sunrise? But the best pic
ture is in the winter time Can't you
see the roaring fire in the fireplace and
the whole crowd sitting on the floor.
singing, talking roasting marshmal-
lows-in the morning fussing about
who is going to burn the breakfast,
and getting in boats and rowing out
on the lake?
Now, the girls are working for just I
such camp and with just little help
they can have it. They have almost
enough to begin the building. and
now if we, the Big Sisters, Will only
step in and help them out, they can
finish It and furnish it, Surely there
Is not girl who reads this who can't (
by hook or crook get her hands on
a dollar 20 send for this purpose. or
who can't get some friend sufficient /
" interested to send. a dollar. The +
more people who contribute toward (
this cause, the more people who have
an interest in it, the better it viii be
for the interests of our college all .
over the state. In few days / hope
to hear that the dollars are pouring
in from the interested Old girls and +
other friends
Listen, don't get out Of touch with
the college altogether. Come up when
you can. AS said you Will miss the
old faces, but surely your love for the
college IS based en- something deeper
than the presence OF the girls you
used to know One OF the best ways
to keep in touch with the college
is to contribute something to help her
in her progress, and this is your op-
portunity!
Sincerely yours.
MARY WOOD DAVIS, Glass 1920.