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 "His associate said, 'I am going to quote from it the rest
of my life.'
 "His was a valiant spirit, bearing calmly both the joys and
griefs of a very rich personal life."
 "I have many remembrances of Dr. Murphree from my
college years at Tallahassee, when I was a student in the
State College from 1901 to 1904, and Dr. Murphree was
president of the institution," related Prof. F. W. Buchholz,
(son of the close associate of President Murphree), prin-
cipal of the Gainesville schools. "I remember quite vividly
how Dr. Murphree would come driving up the hill every morn-
ing behind his big roan horse. Occasionally he would walk
the mile from his home to the college, but most of the time he
would drive the roan hitched to his one-seated top buggy.
That horse always looked as though he received the best of
care.
 "Altogether I had four classes under Dr. Murphree: plane
trigonometry, spherical trigonometry, analytics and astron-
omy. Dr. Murphree's classes were no cinch. He expected
hard work and plenty of it. His classes were always well
planned, with the result that he knew exactly what he should
do each morning. He would bustle into the door directly on
the moment, and would begin assigning board work before he
had reached his desk. He never took time to call the roll and
yet the roll was always taken. He would do this by glancing
over the class room at a time when the students were all
employed. His usual schedule was board work first and then
the assignment and explanation of the succeeding lesson.
 "Dr. Murphree was a natural-born teacher. He seemed
not to follow any particular pedagogical rules, but knew in-
stinctively how to react to certain individuals and problems.
He could handle anything that came up. He was very clear
in explaining the problems, but would not drill them over and
over, expecting co-operation, work, and attention from the
students.
 "He never had any difficulty in discipline. Because of
his forceful personality, his well-planned work, and the clear-
ness of his explanations, he had the interest and attention of
the class and his work was carried out according to schedule.