P: Is that the Rosenberg property [local Starke family]?

R: Yes.

P: At the other end of Call Street, is it?

R: Right.

P: I saw that; it is beautiful.

R: It has become just a wonderful thing. It has helped to revitalize a lot of that area.

P: It has. All you need to do is find somebody to run the stores. I was on the review
 committee for the national register when that came up and I was chairman of it
 when we put it on the national [register], but we did raise the question, "Are we
 putting this on with all those empty stores?" So it has been very successful?

R: Yes.

P: Well attended?

R: Yes. But, again, to this day, it does not come anywhere near meeting the state
 requirements to get money to build a campus.

P: But does it offer a full curriculum, the regular basic subjects and the vo-tech
 subjects?

R: No. Not the vo-tech. It is pretty much an arts and science program although we do
 have a nice computer lab. We do offer a couple of basic technical courses, maybe
 biology.

P: But students could get an A.A. degree there?

R: You might have to come down to Santa Fe for one semester to put together three
 or four things before you get up there to finish off.

P: Do you have a good minority representation there?

R: Yes, because of [Guy Andrews's] scholarship effort.

P: Tell me about the train station in Gainesville.

R: A couple a years before that happened, I said, "Portia, I would really like to have
 a center that would make it easier for black students, and black adults to come and
 take classes. We try all we can. We offer financial aid, etc., but I know for some
 people, the mere fact of the location may be great trouble."


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