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 moner." Mr. Bryan stated that Dr. Murphree in his opinion "should
 be president of the United States."
 Not only Florida has lost one of its most lustrous figures but Dr.
 Murphree's demise is a blow to the entire south.
 -TATLLAHASIE DAILY DEMOCRAT.


 NOTED EDUCATOR PASSES
 HaE south lost one of its most distinguished and best-known edu-
 cators when Dr. A. A. Murphree, president of the University of
 Florida, suddenly passed away as he slept Tuesday morning. He was
 so widely and popularly known in educational circles throughout the
 country that he was recently elected president of the American Asso-
 ciation of State Universities.
 It will be recalled that prior to the convening of the Democratic
national convention in 1924, the late William Jeunings Bryan, then
a legal resident of Florida, suggested Dr. Murphree as his choice
for the nomination for president. Due to the source of the suggestion,
it made the educator a national figure, though he very soon thereafter
issued a statement declaring he would not be persuaded to give up
his life work for a political career. He and Mr. Bryan had been
close friends for years, and the friendship continued until the death
of Mr. Bryan at Dayton, Tennessee, following the Scopes evolution
trial.
 Dr. Murphree was not only a noted educator, but was active in
religious work. He was a pleasing speaker and was in great demand.
He was exceptionally popular with the student body, and the Uni-
versity of Florida under his guidance became one of the outstanding
institutions of the country.
 -ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.

 A FLORIDA LOSS
3 N the death of Dr. A. A. Murphree, president of the University of
 Florida at Gainesville, Florida has lost one of its really great
man, and a man who held a nation-wide reputation as an educator.
 The University of Florida owes its phenomenal growth and suc-
cess to the talents and the inimitable personality of Dr. Murphree,
who was loved by all who came in contact with him.