LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE


monies were conducted at three o'clock the next afternoon at
the home of Mrs. John W. Henderson, which had been the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Murphree during their residence in
Tallahassee. Interment was concluded at the family lot where
rest Jennie Henderson Murphree and their daughter Mary.
 The administrative council of the university faculty con-
sisting of the deans of the various colleges, the officers of the
student body, the officers of the alumni association, the delega-
tion from the Gainesville Rotary Club of which he was the first
president, and many other friends attended the final services
at Tallahassee.
 The active pall-bearers were F. W. Buchholz, E. G. Bax-
ter, B. F. Williamson, W. M. Pepper, Sr., John B. Sutton, B.
F. Mizell, William Hawkins, M. M. Parrish and Capt. Everett
Yon.
 Honorary pall-bearers were P. K. Yonge, E. L. Wartmann,
E. W. Lane, A. H. Blanding, W. B. Davis, J. M. Farr, J. N.
Anderson, J. R. Benton, H. R. Trusler, J. W. Norman, Wilmon
Newell, T. R. Leigh, W. J. Matherley, Col. E. S. Walker, K.
H. Graham, L, W. Buchholz, F. A. Hathaway, R. S. Cock-
rell, E. Conradi, C. L. Crow, J. B. Whitfield, Ray F. Maguire,
F. P. Fleming, W. M. Bullard, J. M. Ogilvie, E. D. Wynne,
E. R. Simmons, J. E. Turlington, H. G. Blackmon, J. M. Tison,
C. C. Higginbotham, S. M. Mixson, D. M. Tomkies, I. N. Par-
rish, B. C. Fryer, D. R. Cox and Robert McClellan.

The Memorial Service
 On Sunday afternoon, January 15 of the new year fol-
lowing the death of Dr. Murphree, a memorial service was
held in the University auditorium for the lamented educator.
University folk and townspeople crowded into the stately
chapel room to do honor to the memory of their departed asso-
ciate and friend. It was a service marked by a splendid
dignity and a touching reverence.
 The University Band played Chopin's Funeral March.
The invocation was delivered by Reverend L. D. Lowe, D. D,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Gainesville. The
congregation, lead by the Glee Club and Band, sang "America,
the Beautiful." The scripture was read by the Reverend W.