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

The College of Commerce and Journalism
 "I am the printing press, born of the mother earth. My heart
 is of steel, my limbs are of iron, and my fingers are of brass.
 "I sing the songs of the world, the oratorios of history, the
 symphonies of all time.
 "I am the voice of today, the herald of tomorrow. I weave into
 the warp of the past the woof of the future. I tell the stories of
 peace and war alike. I make the human heart beat with passion or
 tenderness. I stir the pulse of nations, and make brave men do
 braver deeds, and soldier die.
 "I inspire the midnight toiler, weary at his loom, to lift his
 head again and gaze, with fearlessness, into the vast beyond, seek-
 ing the consolation of a hope eternal."
 -ROBERs H. DAVIs.

 The first courses of a distinctly business nature were of-
 fered during the summer school session of 1922, through the
 co-operation of the General Extension Division of the Univer-
 sity. Two courses in accounting and one in transportation
 were given by Dr. Eldridge Hart, later head of the department
 of commerce at Rollins College. In the fall of 1922 a new
 curriculum was offered, leading to the degree of Bachelor of
 Arts in the Social Sciences.
 This change was in harmony with the idea expressed by
Dr. Murphree on different occasions that the social sciences
should be at the very heart not only of the high school cur-
riculum but also that of the college and the university. This
new work was connected with the department of economics
and sociology in charge of Dr. L. M. Bristol, who had joined
the faculty in 1920 and whose wide experience in various
lines of welfare activity had made him appreciate the value
of such practical training.
 At this time there was a wide demand for typewriting and
for business English. An advanced student in the English
department, F. H. Langworthy, who had made an exceptional
record in that department and was a skilled typist, was placed
in charge of this work. Funds for the purchase of typewrit-
ers were secured by establishing a mimeographing service and
by a small fee for instruction and rent of typewriters.
 During the year 1922-1923 some of the classes in the
department of economics and sociology were so large that
numbers of the students had to sit on soap boxes. The en-
rollment had run completely away with the equipment pro-