LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE


service, is the greatest loss our state has yet sustained.


other man who has contributed as much as
and happiness of the people of Florida; no
and character have been impressed upon the
and future builders of Florida. Among the
have served our state, there are others who
some with as keen an insight into human
patience and as loyal devotion, some with
and statesmanship comparable to his, but in


There is no


he to the culture, welfare
other man whose wisdom
lives of as many present
i many splendid men who
were as scholarly as he,
nature, a few with equal
marked executive ability
no man of Florida, other


than Dr. Murphree, was there so extensive and effective combination
of the qualities of a great leader. He was spared to our University
less than twenty years, yet in that brief period leaders have been
developed in every phase of worthy activity in Florida who owe to
his precepts and example much of the inspiration and sustaining
character which have enabled them to so quickly attain and so
worthily retain their high places. With such patience, ability and
effect did he build in the youth of this state intellect, character and
ambition, that the impress of his devoted work, given at such great
personal sacrifice, will be manifested in the noble lives of citizens of
Florida after the pages upon which these words are written have
dissolved into dust.
 And so this Executive Council, for the Alumni Association of the
University of Florida, inscribes these feeble words upon the pages of
its records in an effort to give expression to our love and esteem for
Dr. Murphree and appreciation of his loyal service and great achieve-
ments, the accomplishment of which hastened his untimely end.
Greater even than the poignant sorrow and sense of loss which we
now feel is our gratitude to God that such a man lived and worked
and died for Florida. May the spirit of Dr. Murphree ever hover
over the University of Florida and inspire his successors in office to
give effect to those principles and policies of his which have built for
us this great and good University.
 (Resolutions of the Executive Council of the Alumni Association
of the University of Florida, adopted unanimously as the first order
of business in a meeting of the Council on Saturday night, January
14, 1928. Written by Phil S. May, A.B., '11; LL. B., '15, vice-pres-
ident of the Alumni Association.)