CHAPTER SEVEN
 BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION

 The College of Agriculture
 My share of the work of the world may be limited, but the fact
 that it is work makes it precious. Darwin could work only half an
 hour at a time; yet in many diligent half-hourm he laid anew the
 foundations of philosophy. Green, the historian, tells us that the
 world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also
 by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
 -HILDI KELLER

 rH the division of the university courses into four
 college groups, the College of Agriculturk came
 into being. Dr. J. J. Vernon was dean and pro-
 fessor of agronomy; Prof. W. L. Floyd was pro-
 fessor of botany and horticulture; Prof. P. H. Rolfs was di-
 rector of the Experiment Station and the Agricultural Exten-
 sion Division; Prof. H. S. Davis was professor of zoology and
 bacteriology.
 Twenty-one students were enrolled in the agricultural
 courses during Dr. Murphree's first year as president of the
 University. The agricultural course began expanding almost
 at once. In 1910, Prof. R. D. Malby was added to the faculty
 as assistant professor of animal husbandry and dairying. Prof.
 Malby was a close friend of Dr. Murphree and is now dire&
 tor of the agricultural training provided under the Smith-
 Hughes Act in the Federal Educational Board. Prof. C. H.
 Willoughby succeeded Prof. Malby in 1912.
 In June of 1915, the College of Agriculture, the Experi-
ment Station and the Extension Division were combined under
the name of "College of Agriculture" with Prof. Rolfs as
dean and director. He was a man of training and experience,
greatly familiar with Florida agricultural conditions, and
under his leadership the affairs of the enlarged college were
ably conducted.
 Dean Rolfs remained until January, 1921, when Dean
Wilmon Newell succeeded him. Under Dean Newell's
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