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

the College of Agriculture has been completed, a splendid
structure giving added facilities to the various departments of
this college and to the State Plant Board. A steel basketball
court was completed and ready for use in September, 1927.
A university infirmary has facilities for hospital use.
 The total value of the property used for the work of the
University of Florida was estimated at the beginning of Dr.
Murphree's last year of administration at $2,110,000.

Leadership in a Wide Field
 Dr. Murphree's leadership among educators of both the
South and the nation stood out in bold perspective in his repre-
sentation of the University of Florida in the Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States and
in the National Association of State Universities in the United
States. He was serving his third year as a member of the
executive committee of the southern association and was given
the high honor previously mentioned in this work of president
of the national association for the year beginning in Novem-
ber, 1927. The University was a member of these groups of
schools since 1913.
 Dr. Joseph Roemer of the University was a close associate
of President Murphree in the work of these educational asso-
ciations, and usually accompanied the president at attendance
on the meetings held annually.
 "Dr. Murphree was very influential in determining the
policies of both the associations," Dr. Roemer has asserted.
"His opinion was sought and respected by educational leaders
the country over in connection with the affairs of these bodies.
Especially influential had been President Murphree in the
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the South-
ern States, for he had put up a long but winning fight for the
separate set of standards for junior colleges and teacher train-
ing institutes.
 "Dr. Murphree was noted among his fellow educators as a
militant progressive. His position as president of the fastest
growing University in the country placed him in favorable
rank with the heads of older and more established institutions.
His personality was outstanding and helped to reinforce his
tremendous influence.