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

attained greatness. He held out to the graduates of the class
of 1927 a challenge to assume the roles of leadership which
the state needed to attain that greatness.
 Mr. E. D. Lane, one of the members of the Board of Con-
trol and prominent banker of Jacksonville, awarded the medals
and prizes. Capt. F. M. Brennan, U. S. A., administered the
oath to the Reserve Officers; Capt. W. A. Rawls, U. S. A., pre-
sented the commissions to the R. O. T. C. graduates; Capt.
Everett M. Yon, U. S. A., delivered the charge to those receiv-
ing the commissions.
 Dr. Murphree then took charge of the awarding of certifi-
 cates and degrees. The benediction to the service was pro-
 nounced by the Rev. William S. Stoney, Pastor of the Holy
 Trinity Episcopal Church at Gainesville.
 What must have been in the mind of President Murphree
 as he presented the 209 degrees and certificates to the gradu-
 ating class of 1927? He must have recounted with a thrill of
 joyous emotion that the University he was leading had grown
 from one hundred eighty-six students to more than two thou-
 sand within a period of only eighteen years, and that it was
 now graduating its largest group, with every promise of an
 increased enrollment for the next fall.
 Mr. Babson's Doctorate of Laws was the only honorary
 degree given at that commencement. Nine graduate degrees
 were given with one each of Master of Science, Master of
 Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Elec-
 trical Engineering, four in Master of Science in Agriculture,
_and two in Master of Science in Pharmacy. Eleven received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, one the Bachelor of Arts in
Social Sciences, six the Bachelor of Science, sixteen the Bach-
elor of Science in Agriculture, seven the Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration, fifteen the Bachelor of Arts in
Education, three the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Edu-
cation, fourteen the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering,
ten the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, six the
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, one the Bach-
elor of Science in Chemical Engineering, five the degree of
Juris Doctor, forty-seven the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and
one the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, while eight received
certificates and forty-eight received military commissions and
certificates.