TRIBUTES FROM THE PRESS


come, but
education,
he was a
him as on
collegiate
phre was
that. But


further, to make it representative of the highest aims of
stressing character, that whenever or wherewr a man said
graduate of the University of Florida, it would commend
e possessing something more than just the equipment of a
course. He succeeded better than he knew. Dr. Mur-
an able executive. The growth of the university is proof of
more than all he was a character builder, a mason in the


business of right living, a pillar of the enlightenment ti
in the society of practical affairs.
 Florida mourns for a man who in every test of m
ture, service, duty and devotion, pointed the way to the
greater heights of nobler purpose. A state can least
man of vision, of courage and of achievement. If there


iat is a guide


manhood, cul-
attainnmet of
of all lose a
is a compem-


station, it is that Dr. Murphree has left a bequest of greatbnss upon
which Florida can draw unreservedly to lead it to more imposing
achievement.
 -JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL.


 A. A. MURPHREE
<sHE sudden death of Dr. A. A. Murphree, president of the Uni-
W versity of Florida, has cast a pall of admss over Florida.
No man was better known nor better loved among thi many who have
given unstintedly and brilliantly for the building of the state.
 In educational circles, Dr. Murphree has left an indelible stamp
upon the history of the south. As the head of the state university at
Gainesville he directed the affairs of this splendid institution with
marked ability.
 As a civic leader, Dr. Murphree occupied a place in the activities
of the state that will be dilcult to fill. Always enthusiastic for every
movement that meant advancement for the university, the standard of
which he raised to a high plane, he was never known to hesitate, no
matter how great the sacrifice of time, comfort and strength involved,
to do an important part in the public service.
 In church circles he was an outstanding layman. For years he
led a Sunday Bible clam that attracted many of the finest individuals
among the younger business and professional men of his city.
 Few educators in the country today were better or more favorably
known than Dr. Murphree. Certainly no president of a university