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

were boys. He saw them not as a mass, not as a student body, but
as individuals. To him they were not merely parts of a great institu-
tion; they were human beings, each one a man, working out his life's
problems-and he stood ready to help.
 Seldom is there found in one man so many of the qualifications
necessary for the making of a university president He was the
embodiment of tact, sympathy, understanding. In these three
words, perhaps, we find the key to his marvelous success. The steady,
substantial growth of the University is an everlasting tribute to his
efforts. His vision for our institution, which is the culmination of
his life's work, was limited only by resources.
 On hearing that Dr. Murphree was dead, a student paid a great
tribute to this great man-a tribute great because it came from the
boy's heart and because it voices the sentiment of the entire student
body. The boy said, "Where will we get another ?-one who can
get along with the Board, the faculty and the boys as he did?"
 You never realized he was there, so quietly did he go about his
work. His ability to control seemed more like an unseen influence,
never obtrusive yet felt everywhere.
 A giant oak has fallen. A great university has lost a great head.
The young men of Florida have lost a friend.
 -B. F. MIZnLL.

 THE WORTH-WHILE CITIZEN
ywN NO phase of his many-sided activities did Albert Murphree dis-
D play more helpful interest than in his relations with his fellow
townsmen. It is no light task, then, to try to convey to the reader
how consistently his influence and advice assisted the development of
Gainesville religiously, industrially, socially and politically.
 Deep religious devotion was one of the most inspiring character.
istics of the man. Devoted without being dogmatic, active without
being assertive, pious without being prosaic, he walked among us.
 The industrial problems and business development of the city
provided a fertile field for the executive ability of Dr. Murphree.
His name appeared in directorates of the Chamber of Commerce, and
he was the first president of the Rotary Club. Quick to perceive
injudicious action and ready to enter fully into wise plans mark the
history of his connection with the industrial life of Gainesville. A
town meeting on any project was felt to be incomplete unless his