UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


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activities.
 The Florida State Museum was created by an act of the legislature in 1917 as a
department of the University of Florida.
 The main objective of the Florida State Museum is to collect, preserve and interpret
data concerning the history of Florida, both natural and civil. In the natural history of
the state the endeavor is to collect the minerals and exhibit them in connection with their
manufactured products of economics and commerce; to collect the fossils of vegetable
and animal life showing the evolution of life through the geologic ages; to collect speci-
mens of recent vegetable and animal life illustrating the flora and fauna of the state in
connection with their economic and commercial enterprises. In the civil history of the
state the endeavor is to collect material and data of the works of mankind from the early
aborigines on up through the beginning of civilization to the present time; to maintain
exhibits of artifacts of early man, and exhibits of articles in the economic, industrial
and social life showing the advancement of civilization.
 Other objectives are to maintain a department of archives for the preservation of
the records of the state; to maintain a library of publications pertinent to the general
and diversified activities of the museum; to maintain a gallery of art for the preserva-
tion and exhibit of portraits of persons who have been responsible for making Florida
a better place to live, and for the exploitations of works of art for the edification of and
as a social center for our citizens; to maintain a department of museum extension among
the schools and communities of the state; to publish reports, bulletins, and monographs
of the progress of the work are some of the activities for which the Florida State Mu-
seum strives, and for which the law provides.
 WRUF, State and University of Florida Radio Station, operates on 850 Kilocycles
with a power of 5,000 watts. WRUF FM operates on 104.1 megacycles with a radiated
power of 12,000 watts. They are both affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System
and originate the University of Florida Network. WRUF has one of the largest recorded
libraries of any radio station in the country, has the AP news service and the Lang-
worth Library.
 One of WRUF's more important functions is that of furnishing practical experience
to students enrolled in the Radio Broadcasting Training program of the University. The
extent to which this policy is applied is demonstrated by the fact that the operating per-
sonnel of WRUF consists almost entirely of University students specializing in radio
work, and the effectiveness of this training is demonstrated by the nationwide reputation
which WRUF has achieved for developing some of this country's leading announcers and
radio executives. The various Radio Broadcasting Training Curricula in addition to
providing this practical operating experience require a selection of courses from many
of the departments of instruction of the University. The student is taught an awareness
of the social obligations placed on any medium whose purposes include public entertain-
ment, information, education, and cultural advancement. He is given the broadest
possible background, to the end that the social implications of radio as a medium for
influencing the public may be recognized and acted upon. These are important aspects
of the program and should be the beginning of the building of a breadth of viewpoint
on the part of the student which he will continue to cultivate by reading and study after
he has completed the training program.
 The University of Florida Press. The purpose of the University Press is to encour-
age, seek out, and publish original and scholarly manuscripts which will aid in developing
the University as a recognized center of scholarship and research.