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

true in the case of children, whom she dearly loved. She
seemed always glad of an opportunity to be around little
ones."
 Dr. and Mrs. Murphree filled the role of host and hostess
to guests at the Murphree household with a graciousness and
hospitality that deepened the affection their friends held for
them. Mrs. Murphree was considered an excellent hostess,
with that fine sense of propriety and culture, with that grace
and pleasantry of manner that were characteristically hers.
She loved to entertain, but on account of her health she did
less of it than she might have done had she been physically
stronger.
 The education of his own children Dr. Murphree consid-
ered of paramount importance. Each of the four was gradu-
ated from the Gainesville High School. The interest Alberta
displayed in music and her undoubted talent in voice prompted
her parents to plan voice culture as an outstanding part of her
higher education. In 1924 she received a certificate in music
from Peabody College. She received training also at a con-
servatory in Baltimore. With the 1928 summer school this
elder daughter of the Murphree household will have com-
pleted four terms teaching in the summer sessions. In this
work she has distinguished herself as a director of musical
drama. Alberta has also done effective work as director of
the choir of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Gainesville.
 Martha, second daughter, was graduated from the Florida
State College for Women in 1925. Her talent for writing has
been encouraged, and in high school she wrote a play which
was produced with marked success in Gainesville.
 Alberta was married in 1925 to Mr. David G. Worth of
West Palm Beach. Martha was married in 1927 to Mr. Rob-
ert George Wallace of Daytona Beach.
 John A. H., elder of the two boys, is to be graduated in
law at the 1928 commencement of the University of Florida.
He completed the academic course three years ago, and his
law degree will round out seven years of higher training.
Albert A., Jr., known to the household and to friends in gen-
eral as "Waddy," will complete his junior year at the Univer-
sity of Florida with the 1928 commencement. His interest