54 LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE

energetic direction, the College of Agriculture has made great
strides, and in close co-operation with every step of this growth
has been the interest which President Murphree took in the
Agricultural College. The organization of the three divisions
of the college-the teaching division, the agricultural exten-
sion and the research division or experiment station-has been
maintained. The enrollment of the college for the last year
of Dr. Murphree's administration was 231, with twenty-six
additional graduate students.
 Prof. W. L. Floyd, so familiarly known to Gainesville and
University people as Major Floyd, has served as assistant
dean of the College of Agriculture since 1915, and has been
closely associated with Dr. Murphree in the administration of
the college.
 "Dr. Murphree was interested in the College of Agricul-
ture because he realized that Florida was an agricultural state
and because he understood the practical value of teaching it,"
Major Floyd said. "Especially did the president champion
each course in the matter of appropriations, but of course he
never showed any special favoritism to this particular college.
He always impressed me, as I am sure he did all of his uni-
versity associates, with his desire to be fair with all the col-
leges and departments, realizing their separate and collective
value. Dr. Murphree always attended the annual Associa-
tion of Land Grant Colleges which met in conjunction with
the Association of State Universities. These meetings were
held every other year at Washington and on the alternate years
they met at Chicago or some other western city. I had the
nrivilepe of attending these meetings with him and other dele-


gates from the University for the last four or five years.
 "I shall never forget my first meeting with President Mur-
phree. Shortly after his appointment and before he assumed
his position officially, he came down to Gainesville from Talla-
hassee and looked over the buildings on the campus. Dr.
Sledd, who was then president, introduced him to all of the
members of the faculty. I was having a class at the time, but
he came to the door and spoke for a few minutes with me. He
said he was making the trip solely to get acquainted with the
members of the faculty, that he wanted to know us all per-
sonally, and expected to give and receive co-operation. His