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The University Record
of the
University of Florida
Bulletin of Information
for
The General College
1936-37
Vol. XXXI, Series 1
No. 6
June 1, 1936
Published Monthly by the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Entered in the post office in Gainesville, Florida, as second-class matter,
under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912
Office of Publication, Gainesville, Fla.
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announcements of the colleges of the University, announcements of special
courses of instruction, and reports of the University Officers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ePAE
Calendar ........................................ .. ...................... 167
Map of the Campus .................... ................................. 168
University Calendar ............................. ......................... 169
Administrative Officers .............. ..................................... 171
Notice to Prospective Students ......................... ....................... 172
Organization of the University ............................................. 173
The General College ......................... ............................. 174
Administrative Officers and Administrative Board............................ 174
Admissions ............................... ........................... 175
Guidance ............... ............................................ 177
General Regulations ................................................... 178
Program of Studies ...................................................... 180
General College Courses .................... ........................... 180
Departmental Courses ................. ..................................... 183
The Upper Division ............................ .......................... 185
Admission to the Colleges and Professional Schools ........................... 185
Expenses ................ ................................................... 189
Tuition ................................ .............................. 189
General Fees ........................... ............................. 189
Special Fees ............................. ............................ 190
Summary of Expenses ....................... ........................... 191
Room and Board .............. .................................... 191
Self-Help ........................ ................................... 192
Scholarships and Loan Funds ........................................... 193
General Extension Division .................................................... 196
Sum m er Session ............................................................... 196
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Division of Athletics and Physical Education .................................... 196
Division of Military Science and Tactics ......................................... 197
Division of M music .............................................................. 198
Library ....................................................................... 198
H health Service ................................................................. 198
Bureau of Vocational Guidance and Mental Hygiene .............................. 199
Student Organizations and Publications ......................................... 200
Honor System ............................................................... 202
Appendix ..................................................................... 204
Requisite Skills and Attainments in English................................. 204
Requisite Skills and Attainments in Mathematics.............................. 206
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UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
August 31-Sept. 5, Monday-Saturday... Comprehensive Examinations.
REGULAR SESSION, 1936-37
FIRST SEMESTER
September 14, Monday, 9 A.M. ........ 1936-37 session begins. Placement Tests.
September 15-19, Tuesday-Saturday.... Freshman Week.
September 21, Monday................ Registration of Second-Year General College students.
September 22, Tuesday ............... Registration of Upper Division students.
September 23, Wednesday, 8 A.M ....... Classes for the 1936-37 session begin; late registra-
tion fee, $5.
September 29, Tuesday, 5 P.M. ........ Last day for registration for the first semester, and
for adding courses.
October 3, Saturday, 2:30 P.M.......... Meeting of the General Assembly, P. K. Yonge Lab-
oratory School Auditorium.
October 13, Tuesday, 5 P.M ............ Last day for students to apply to the Dean to be
designated as Honor Students.
October 17, Saturday, 12 NOON ....... .Last day for making application for a degree at the
end of the first semester.
October 31, Saturday. ................ Homecoming-classes suspended.
November 2, Monday ................ Last day for those beginning graduate work to file
with the Dean an application (Form 2) to be con-
sidered candidates for advanced degrees.
November 7, Saturday ............... Georgia-Florida football game in Jacksonville.
Classes suspended at 10 A.M.
November 11, Wednesday ............ Armistice Day-special exercises.
November 24, Tuesday, 5 P. .......... Delinquency reports for all Upper Division students
due in the Office of the Registrar.
November 25, Wednesday, 5 i.M. ..... .Thanksgiving recess begins.
November 30, Monday, 8 A.M. .......... Thanksgiving recess ends.
December 1, Tuesday ................ Last day for removing grades of I or X received in
preceding semester of attendance.
December 9, Wednesday, 5 P.M. ........ Last day for dropping courses without receiving
grade of E and being assessed failure fee.
December 10, Thursday, 5 P.M. ......... Progress reports for General College students due
in the Office of the Registrar.
December 19, Saturday, 12 NOON ...... Christmas recess begins.
1937
January 4, Monday, 8 A.M. ........... Christmas recess ends.
January 21, Thursday, 8:30 A.M. ....... Final examinations begin for Upper Division students.
February 1, Monday, 10 A.M........... Conferring of degrees.
February 1, Monday, 5 P.M............ First semester ends; all grades for Upper Division
students are due in the Office of the Registrar.
Last day of classes for the General College, first
semester.
February 2-3, Tuesday-Wednesday ..... Inter-semester days.
SECOND SEMESTER
February 4, Thursday ................ Registration for second semester.
February 5, Friday, 8 A.M............. Classes begin; late registration fee, $5.
February 11, Thursday, 5 P.M ..........Last day for registration for the second semester,
and for adding courses.
February 13, Saturday, 2:30 P.M .......Meeting of the General Assembly, P. K. Yonge Lab-
oratory School Auditorium.
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February 27, Saturday, 12 NOON ....... Last day for making application for a degree at the
end of the second semester.
March 11, Thursday, 5 P.M. ........... Progress reports for General College students due in
the Office of the Registrar.
March 15, Monday .................. Last day for those beginning graduate work in the
second semester to file with the Dean an application
(Form 2) to be considered candidates for advanced
degrees.
Last day for students to apply to the Dean to be
designated as Honor Students.
March 30, Tuesday .................. Last day for removing grades of I or X received in
preceding semester of attendance.
April 2, Friday, 5 P.M................. Delinquency reports for all Upper Division students
due in the Office of the Registrar.
April 14, Wednesday, 5 P.M........... Spring recess begins.
April 19, Monday, 8 A.M............... Spring recess ends.
April 28, Wednesday, 5 P.M............ Last day for dropping courses without receiving
grade of E and being assessed failure fee.
April 30, Friday ....................Last day for graduate students, graduating at the
end of the semester, to submit theses to the Dean.
May 26, Wednesday, 8:30 A.M .........Final examinations begin for Upper Division students.
June 5-7, Saturday-Monday........... Commencement Exercises.
June 5, Saturday .................... Last day of classes for the General College.
Annual Phi Kappa Phi banquet, 7:30 P.M.
June 6, Sunday ..................... Baccalaureate Sermon.
June 7, Monday ..................... Commencement Convocation.
June 7, Monday, 5 P.M................ Second semester ends; all grades for Upper Division
students are due in the Office of the Registrar.
June 7, Monday ..................... Boys' Club Week begins.
SUMMER SESSION, 1937
June 14, Monday .................. First Summer Term begins.
July 23, Friday ................... First Summer Term ends.
July 26, Monday ..... ........ Second Summer Term begins.
August 27, Friday .................. Second Summer Term ends.
FIRST SEMESTER, 1937-38
September 13, Monday, 11 A.M. .......1937-38 session begins (date provisional).
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
1936-37
BOARD OF CONTROL
GEORGE H. BALDWIN, Ph.B. (Yale) ..............Executive Vice-President, Bisbee-Baldwin
Corporation, Barnett National Bank Building, Jacksonville, Florida
Chairman of the Board
THOMAS W. BRYANT, B.S., LLB. (Florida) ..............................Attorney-at-Law
Lakeland, Florida
HARRY C. DUNCAN, LL.B. (Stetson) ......Attorney-at-Law; President of the Bank of Tavares,
Tavares, Florida
OLIVER J. SEMMES, B.S. (Alabama Polytechnic Institute) ........................Merchant
601 North Tarragona Street, Pensacola, Florida
John T. Diamond......... Secretary of the Board of Control
Tallahassee, Florida
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
DAVID SHOLTZ ......................................... ..................... Governor
R. A. GRAY......................................................... Secretary of State
W V. KNOTT ......................................................... State Treasurer
CARY D. LANDIS...................................................... Attorney General
W. S. CAWTHON, Secretary.....................State Superintendent of Public Instruction
THE UNIVERSITY
JOHN JAMES TIGERT, M.A. (Oxon.), LL.D., Ed.D., D.C.L., D.Litt., L.H.D.
President of the University
TOWNES RANDOLPH LEIGH, Ph.D. .................Acting Vice-President of the University
HARLEY WILLARD CHANDLER, M.S............................................. Registrar
JOSHUA CRITTENDEN CODY .......................................... Director of Athletics
KLEIN HARRISON GRAHAM ............................................ Business Manager
CORA MILTIMORE, B.S. ..................... ................................. Librarian
GEORGE CLARENCE TILLMAN, M.D., F.A.C.S. ..........................University Physician
BENJAMIN ARTHUR TOLBERT, B.A.E. ................................... Dean of Students
BOARD OF UNIVERSITY EXAMINERS
HARLEY WILLARD CHANDLER, M.S., Chairman.................................. Registrar
ELMER DUMOND HINCKLEY, Ph.D. ....................... Head, Department of Psychology
WINSTON WOODARD LITTLE, M.A. ...................Associate Dean of the General College
THOMAS MARSHALL SIMPSON, Ph.D. ....................Head, Department of Mathematics
BENJAMIN ARTHUR TOLRERT, B.A.E. ................................... Dean of Students
JOHN VREDENBURCH McQUITTY, M.A. ..........................Secretary
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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
1. Applications for admission on regulation University blanks provided
for this purpose should be submitted to the Registrar immediately after the
end of the spring term, and in no case later than September 1, 1936. Appli-
cations from non-Florida students will not be considered unless received by
September 1, 1936. These blanks may be secured from the high school prin-
cipal or from the Registrar of the University of Florida. The prospective
student should fill out the indicated part of the blank and then request his
high school principal to fill out the remainder, which includes the student's
high school record. The principal will then send the blank directly to the
Registrar.
2. All prospective students must take and pass the Placement Tests,
besides fulfilling the other requirements, before they will be eligible for
admission. Prospective students may take these tests in the Spring Testing
Program in the high schools of the State, on June 15 at the University, or
on September 14 at the University. Students are advised to take the tests at
the earliest possible testing period, so they may be advised as to their eligibility
for admission. Admission permits will not be issued until the Placement Tests
have been passed.
3. Prospective students are advised to be vaccinated against smallpox
and to be inoculated against typhoid fever. Unless a certificate is presented
showing successful vaccination within five years, students will be vaccinated
against smallpox at the time of registration.
4. Students entering the University as freshmen are required to participate
in the activities of Freshman Week, September 15-19. Prospective students
should acquaint themselves with the information furnished in the Bulletin of
Freshman Week.
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
The University is organized in schools, colleges, and divisions, as follows:
LOWER DIVISION
THE GENERAL COLLEGE
UPPER DIVISION
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, including
THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, including
THE COLLEGE PROPER
THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, including
THE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, including
THE LABORATORY SCHOOL
THE HIGH SCHOOL VISITATION
THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
THE COLLEGE OF LAW
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
THE GENERAL EXTENSION DIVISION
THE SUMMER SESSION
THE DIVISION OF ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
THE DIVISION OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS
THE DIVISION OF MUSIC
THE FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
THE STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
THE BUREAU OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND MENTAL HYGIENE
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THE GENERAL COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
JOHN JAMES TIGERT, M.A., (Oxon.), LL.D., Ed.D., D.C.L., D.Litt., L.H.D.
President of the University
WALTER JEFFRIES MATHERLY, M.A., Head Professor of Economics, Dean of the College of
Business Administration, Acting Dean of the General College
WINSTON WOODARD LITTLE, M.A., Professor of Secondary Education, Associate Dean of
the General College
HARLEY WILLARD CHANDLER, M.S., Registrar, Chairman of the Board of University Examiners
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
WALTER JEFFRIES MATHERLY, M.A., Ex Officio Chairman
HARLEY WILLARD CHANDLER, M.S., Ex Officio Secretary
ROLLIN SALISBURY ATWOOD, Ph.D. .................Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-1
ALVIN PERCY BLACK, Ph.D. .................................... Professor of Chemistry
JAMES DAVID GLUNT, Ph.D....................... Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-5
FRANKLIN WESLEY KOKOMOOR, Ph.D. ............Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-4b
WINSTON WOODARD LITTLE, M.A. ...................Associate Dean of the General College
JAMES SPEED ROGERS, Ph.D. .......................Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-6
BENJAMIN ARTHUR TOLBERT, B.A.E. ....................................Dean of Students
WILLIAM HAROLD WILSON, Ph.D. ................. Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-4a
JACOB HOOPER WISE, Ph.D. .......................Chairman of Comprehensive Course C-3
ADMISSIONS
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
The General College has been organized to administer the work of the freshman and
sophomore years in the University of Florida. All beginning students will register in
this College.
The average student will be able to complete the work of the General College in two
years, while superior students may finish the curriculum in a shorter time, and others may
find it necessary to remain in the General College for a longer period.
A program of general education is worked out for all students. In this program the
University recognizes that broad basic training is needed by all students alike. On this
foundation that has meaning and significance to the student, he may add the special
training of the colleges and professional schools of the Upper Division, or drop out of the
University with something definite and helpful as he begins his adult life as a citizen. The
purposes of the General College are:
1. To offer an opportunity for general education and to provide the guidance
needed by all students. Thus the choice of professional work is postponed
until the student knows better his capacity and disposition to undertake work
that will be profitable to himself and society.
2. To broaden the base of education for students who are preparing for
advanced study in the colleges and professional schools of the Upper Division,
thereby avoiding the handicap of narrow specialization.
3. To satisfy the needs of those who have only a limited time to give to
college training, and consequently should concern themselves with general
viewpoints and major understandings, instead of introductions to special subject
matter fields which they may never enter.
4. To provide for the constant adjustments required in higher general
education incident to the changing conditions of modern life. The subject
matter of the various courses and the methods of presentation are to be con-
stantly varied in order to awaken the interest of the student, to stimulate his
intellectual curiosity, to encourage independent study, and to cultivate the
attitudes necessary for enlightened citizenship.
ADMISSIONS*
GENERAL STATEMENT
The University of Florida does not require any specific high school units for admission
to its General College. However, students must have certain skills and attainments in
English and mathematics and a certain level of general ability, in order to pursue with
profit the work that will be offered in the General College. As a guide to high school
teachers and students a statement of the requisite attainments in English and mathematics
is given on pages 204 to 209 of this bulletin.
Since specified high school credits or units are no longer required for admission to the
University, the high schools are free to teach those subjects which offer the greatest good
for the greatest number. This is a most significant help to the many small high schools
of the State. The attainments now required for University admission are not guaranteed
by the acquisition of high school credits. On the other hand, the attainments are possible
without specific high school class attendance.
*Expenses and fees will be found on pages 189 to 192.
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FLORIDA STUDENTS
The following items will be considered in admitting students to the General College of
the University of Florida:
1. Graduation from high school. Graduation from high school is required,
although no specific high school units are required. The Board of University
Examiners may in rare cases, when the principal of the high school the student
has attended recommends such action, permit an exceptional student, before
graduation, to take the Placement Tests; if the student passes these tests
satisfactorily, he will be admitted to the General College. Mature students,
lacking a formal high school education, but possessing because of some other
training the necessary admission requirements, may petition the Board of Uni-
versity Examiners for permission to take the Placement Tests and the College
Aptitude Test; upon satisfactorily passing these tests, such students will be
admitted to the General College.
2. Consistency of the high school record of the student.
3. Achievement in high school.
4. Personal qualities.
5. Recommendation of high school principal.
6. Standing on Placement Tests.
NON-FLORIDA STUDENTS
In addition to the requirements listed for Florida students, non-Florida students are
required to file preliminary credentials satisfactory to the Board of University Examiners.
The Board then will determine the eligibility of such students to take the Placement Tests.
However, permission to come to Gainesville to take these tests does not guarantee admission,
and all such students will come to Gainesville at their own risk of being refused admission
if the results of the tests are not satisfactory.
SPECIAL STUDENTS
Special students may be admitted either to the General College or to the various colleges
of the University (except the College of Law, to which special students are never admitted)
only by approval of the Board of University Examiners. Applications for admission of
these students must include:
1. The filing of satisfactory preliminary credentials.
2. A statement as to the type of studies to be pursued.
3. Reason for desiring to take special courses.
4. Satisfactory evidence of ability to pursue these studies.
PREPARATION FOR UPPER DIVISION CURRICULA
Those pre-college students who have definitely made a choice of the occupations or
professions they will follow and who expect to enter a certain curriculum of the Upper
Division upon completion of the General College work. may profit by following the sug-
gestions given here.
Certain curricula of the Upper Division require a working knowledge of foreign language.
Students contemplating entering such curricula could with profit begin this study in the
high school.
ADMISSIONS
Students expecting to study engineering need a thorough training in mathematics. An
effort should be made by such students to obtain the broadest possible mathematical training
in the high school. These students should obtain, either in high school or by private
arrangement, or by correspondence study, knowledge of elementary mechanical drawing,
so as to be able to: (1) letter upper and lower case standard letters neatly and accurately;
(2) trace drawings neatly with India ink, using both ruling pens and compasses. The
student should obtain either in high school or in outside practice some knowledge of ele-
mentary woodworking, so that he will: (1) know the names and uses of all woodworking
tools; (2) be able to drive a nail straight; (3) be able to saw a straight line both with
the crosscut and ripsaw; (4) be able to square the end of a board.
Students expecting to pursue architecture should obtain a thorough foundation in
mathematics, and begin the study of drawing as early as possible.
For information concerning the prerequisites for admission to the colleges and pro-
fessional schools of the Upper Division, the prospective student should consult the Bulletin
of Information for the Upper Division. This will enable the student to make the proper pre-
college preparation for the curriculum of his choice.
ADMISSION OF ADVANCED STANDING STUDENTS
During the 1936-37 session students with 45 acceptable semester hours credit of
advanced standing may be admitted to one of the colleges of the University. Students
who cannot meet these standards will be admitted to the General College, provided they
meet the other standards for admission, as prescribed by the Board of University Examiners.
After a student has completed his first year in the General College the Board will review
his case and make such adjustments as may be necessary.
Beginning with the 1937 Summer Session all students admitted to the colleges will be
required to meet the requirements for admission to those colleges as provided by the
new plan.
The manner in which students transferring from other colleges to the University of
Florida will meet these requirements will be determined by the Board of University Exam-
iners after due consideration of the training of the student before application for admission
to the University of Florida. In general, the policies of the Board of University Examiners
will be as follows:
1. The Board of University Examiners will always bear in mind the aims
of the curriculum of the General College. All students must present training
equivalent to the work of the General College, and in some cases will be re-
quired to pass the prescribed comprehensive examinations.
2. Student with poor records from other institutions will not be admitted
to the University of Florida. Students whose average is below "C" should not
apply for admission to the University, and students whose average is only "C"
are not guaranteed admission.
3. The Board of University Examiners, in the case of transfer students with
high or superior records, may vary the requirements for admission to the col-
leges and professional schools of the Upper Division to the best interest of
the student.
GUIDANCE
A complete program of guidance to help the student in the selection of his college and
life work is an integral part of the General College plan. Various agencies will aid the
student with his problems.
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GENERAL REGULATIONS
METHOD OF REGISTRATION
The requirements for admission are found in the first part of this bulletin. Registration
procedure will be outlined in detail in the Bulletin of Freshman Week.
No student is properly registered until all fees have been paid.
To drop a course from his schedule, to add a course, or to change a section, a student
should report to the dean of the General College. Final dates for such changes will be
found in the University Calendar.
Students should notice carefully the registration dates listed in the University Calendar.
Late registration fees will be charged all students registering at any time after the regular
registration period.
ACADEMIC CREDITS ABOLISHED
The General College has dispensed with clock hours, class grades, and semester hours
credit as prerequisites to the completion of its curriculum.
PROGRESS REPORTS
Progress reports will be made by instructors during each semester to indicate the progress
the student appears to be making in his work. The student should understand that these
reports are only an indication of the progress he is making, and do not guarantee that lie
will or will not pass the comprehensive examinations. The progress reports will also serve
to acquaint the parents and the dean of the General College with the student's progress.
The progress reports, for the purpose indicated above, will show the student's progress
by use of the words Excellent, Good, Average, Fair, and Poor, in order of excellence.
ATTENDANCE AND PROGRESS
Instructors will keep a record of the attendance of all students. In case a student's
progress is unsatisfactory, a detailed report of attendance will be made to the dean of
the General College. The student's program will be adjusted and his parents notified.
If, after this warning, progress is still unsatisfactory, the Committee on Student Progress
will recommend to the Administrative Board whether the student should be permitted to
remain in the University.
FAILURE IN STUDIES
The Committee on Student Progress will consider the record of each student in the
General College at the end of each session, and will report to the Administrative Board of
the General College the names of those students whom it recommends to be dropped from
the University. Failure to take the comprehensive examination at the end of a course may
be interpreted as evidence of unsatisfactory progress. The Committee will recommend this
action for those students whose records indicate that further attendance would be of no
benefit to them. A date will be set for a hearing of such cases, and the student concerned
may appear before the Committee at this time if he so desires.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS
The student must successfully pass comprehensive course examinations-eight or more-
to complete the work of the General College. These examinations, administered by the
Board of University Examiners, will be given May 28-June 6, and August 31-September
GENERAL REGULATIONS
5, 1936. Subsequent examination dates will be announced later. General College students
who are not enrolled in a course at the time the examination is given and who wish to take
any comprehensive examination, must apply for permission at least one month before the an-
nounced date for the examination. A student must be familiar with the work of the
various courses and be able to think in the several fields in a comprehensive way in order
to pass these examinations. Six hours time, divided into equal parts, will be required for
each examination covering a full year course.
Should a student fail a comprehensive course examination, he may qualify to repeat
the examination by repeating the course, or by further study. Evidence of additional
preparation must be submitted to the Board of University Examiners with an application
to repeat the examination.
GRADUATION
When a student has mastered his program in the General College and has passed the
comprehensive examinations and met the other requirements of the General College curri-
culum, he will be granted the Associate of Arts Certificate. Students who pass three-fourths
of the comprehensive examinations with the standing "Excellent" will, on graduation from
the General College, receive the certificate of Associate of Arts, With Distinction.
MILITARY SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
All students will be required to take Military Science, unless exempt because of physical
disability, age, or for other reasons set forth in the University By-Laws. Exemptions will
be determined before registration, and only those students so exempt will be required
to take Physical Education. Either Military Science or Physical Education will be taken
for two years by all students except those exempt from both courses.
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LOADS
The maximum load for all students will be four comprehensive courses and Military
Science or Physical Education. A smaller load may be permitted by the dean of the
General College.
WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY
A student wishing to withdraw from the University during any semester or at the end
of the first semester should report to the Office of the Registrar and secure a blank to be
executed for this purpose. Should a student fail to do this, he will be liable for dismissal
for non-attendance or for failure in studies.
WOMEN STUDENTS
The University of Florida is an institution for men only, except during the summer session.
Under certain circumstances women students may be admitted to the professional schools.
For information concerning the admission of women students, the Registrar should be
consulted.
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PROGRAM OF STUDIES
All students admitted to the General College will follow a definite program of studies
for the first year, with certain elective subjects the second year.
FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR
C-1.-Man and the Social World C-5.-The Humanities
C-2.-Man and the Physical World C-6.-Man and the Biological World
C-3.-Reading, Speaking, and Writing C-7.-(Elective)*
C-4A.-Man and His Thinking (one C-8.-(Elective)*
semester) C-9.-(Elective)*
C-4B.-General Mathematics (one Y.-Military Science or Physical
semester) Education
X.-Military Science or Physical Edu-
cation.
Except as indicated below, all students must take four comprehensive courses the first
year and two the second year. For the remainder of his work the student elects additional
comprehensive courses or courses required by the colleges and professional schools of the
Upper Division (see pages 181 to 184). Comprehensive courses normally meet four times
a week.
Provisions for individual differences of students are as follows:
C-2.-This course is elective for students of the superior group of the
entering class as determined by the Board of University Exam-
iners, if such students begin science programs which include
physics and chemistry. Other students, with permission, may
postpone C-2 until the second year and substitute elective C-7
in its place.
C-4.-This course is elective for students of the superior group of the
entering class.
C-6.-This course is elective for students of the superior group of the
entering class who are beginning programs which include two
or more of the biological sciences. C-6 may be taken during the
first year instead of C-2, but in this case C-2 must be taken the
second year.
COURSES
Courses offered for General College students fall in two groups. The first group consists
of courses especially designed and integrated with the General College Program. The
second group consists of courses offered in the various departments, some of which are
integrated with the General College program, and some of which are specialized courses
required by one or more of the colleges for admission to the Upper Division. (See pages
183 to 184).
*C-7, C-8, and C-9 must together amount to 8 or more hours a week, throughout the year. Three laboratory
hours will be counted as one hour.
COURSES 181
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
C-6.-Man and the Biological World. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year.
Designed to give the student a general knowledge and appreciation of Ihe world of living things-of the
life that goes on around and within him and of man's place in the organic world. General concepts from the
fields of botany, zoology, and psychology are brought together into an integrated treatment. Significant principles,
consideration of the methods by which such principles have been determined, and an account of the application
of biological principles to human problem s, all find proper place in the course.
C-6D.-Animal Science. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year.
Designed to deal with the fundamental principles of agriculture, including general considerations of the
many phases of animal production, poultry husbandry, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, and
conservation. The subject matter given will assist the student in choosing the particular field of technical
agriculture in which he desires to specialize.
C-6E.-Plant Science. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year.
Designed to give the student a broad viewpoint in the field of agriculture, as well as the fundamental
knowledge involved in the production of economic plants. A wide scope of subject matter is included in, order
to assist in guiding the student who anticipates technical agricultural courses.
C-6F.-Principles of Personal Health and Hygiene. 3 hours per week throughout
one semester. Offered each semester.
A consideration of some significant health problems, an understanding of which is vital to efficient and
healthful living.
THE HUMANITIES
C-4A.-Man and His Thinking. 4 or more hours per week during one semester.
Offered each semester.
Both in private life and in vocational life man is faced with the necessity of making decisions and of
solving problems. The principal aims are: (1) to develop ability to think with greater accuracy and thoroughness,
and (2) to develop ability to evaluate the thinking of others. The material used applies to actual living and
working conditions. The case method is used to insure pract ce, a d nunuerous. exercise, are assigned.
C-5.-The Humanities. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year.
An attempt is made to help the student lay a broad foundation for cultured living. While it is
impossible to provide an adequate survey of the broad field, immediate help is given in attaining desirable
understandings, attitudes, and dispositions. Students react every day to all culture; material is therefore pre-
sented from Ihis and past civilizations to condition this reaction. Even though culture is thought of as
timeless, ageless, and not belonging to any particular nation or people, Ihe course concerns itself largely with
the culture of the Western World.
C-5D.-Foundations of Bible Study. 3 hours per week during one semester.
Offered each semester.
Through selected readings from the Bible and through comment, the student will be introduced to (1) the
dominant personalities and historical periods of the Hebrew people in their relations to people of other
cultures, and (2) the rise and extension of Christianity through the first century.
LANGUAGE
C-3.-Reading, Speaking, and Writing. 4 or more hours per week throughout the
year.
Designed to furnish the training in reading, speaking, and writing necessary for the student's work in
college and for his life thereafter. This training will be provided through practice and counsel in oral reading,
in silent reading, in logical thinking, in fundamentals of form and style, in extension of vocabulary, and in
control of the body and voice in speaking. Students will be encouraged to read widely as a means of broad-
ening their interests and increasing their appreciation of literature. It is felt that if the student reads widely
and well, much of the English work that is sometimes considered technical and formal, will have a new and
significant meaning to him.
C-3D.-Effective Writing. 4 hours per week throughout one semester. Offered
each semester. Prerequisite: C-3.
Designed to aid the student to present his ideas in writing which is not only accurate and clear but which
is pleasing and attractive to the reader. Special emphasis will be placed upon creative work.
C-3E.-Reading for Leisure. 4 hours per week throughout one semester. Offered
each semester. Prerequisite: C-3.
Designed to aid the student in planning for himself a well-rounded leisure-reading program, which will
serve to keep him abreast of the best in contemporary thought and literature.
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C-3F.-Reading of French. 3 hours per week throughout the year. Prerequisite:
C-3, except for the superior group.
A beginning course, basic for further study. The main objective is the attainment of the maximum reading
ability that can be developed in one year. Grammar and pronunciation are subordinated. Reading of easy
texts is begun at once.
C-3G.-Reading of German. 3 hours per week throughout the year. Prerequisite:
C-3, except for the superior group.
Designed to give students an opportunity to attain, without stressing formal grammar, a moderate pro-
ficiency in the reading of German.
C-3H.-Effective Speaking. 4 hours per week throughout one semester. Offered
each semester. Prerequisite: C-3.
Designed to aid the student through demonstration and practice to talk effectively to a group.
C-3S.-Reading of Spanish. 3 hours per week throughout the year. Prerequisite:
C-3, except for the superior group.
Designed to give students an opportunity to attain, without stressing formal grammar, a moderate proficiency
in the reading of Spanish.
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
C-2.-Man and the Physical World. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year.
An attempt to survey the phenomena of the physical universe with particular reference to man's immediate
environment; to show how these phenomena are investigated; to explain the more important principles and
relations which have been found to aid in the understanding of them; and to review the present status of man's
dependence upon and ability to utilize physical materials, forces, and relations. The concepts are taken mainly
from the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, and geography, and they are so integrated as to
demonstrate their essential unity. The practical and cultural significance of the physical sciences is emphasized.
C-4B.-General Mathematics. 4 or more hours per week during one semester. Offered
each semester.
Designed to acquaint the student with the general nature of mathematics, the manner in which the mathe-
matical mode of thought is used in the world of today, and the role which it has occupied in the development
of that world. A survey of some of the fundamental principles and methods of procedure in the main branches
of elementary mathematics, with considerable attention being given to the utilization and cultural importance
of the subject and its relations to other branches of knowledge.
C-2D.-Basic Mathematics. 4 or more hours per week throughout the year. Pre-
requisite: C-4B, except for the superior group in Mathematics.
In place of the traditional college algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry in succession, this course
offers a completely new sequence of topics including much of the above plus a liberal amount of the calculus.
Thus the student will obtain early a working knowledge of cuch mathematics as is basic to the study of the
sciences and other subjects, and needed for the cultivation of habits productive of clear thinking, writing, and
speaking. Moreover, the choice of material is so made as to present mathematics as an integrated whole, and at
the same time to show its correlation with other subjects in the curriculum.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
C-1.-Man and the Social World. 4 hours per week throughout the year.
Designed to develop and stimulate the ability to interpret the interrelated problems of the modern social
world. The unequal rates of change in economic life, in government, in education, in science, and in religion are
analyzed and interpreted to show the need for a more effective coordination of the factors of our evolving social
organization of today. Careful scrutiny is made of the changing functions of social organizations as joint
interdependent activities so that a consciousness of the significant relationships between the individual and social
institutions may be developed, from which consciousness a greater degree of social adjustment may be achieved.
C-1D.-Economic Foundations of Modern Life. 5 hours per week throughout one
semester. Offered each semester. Prerequisite: C-1.
Emphasis on the functioning of the economic system. Economic organization and institutions as parts of
the economic order in their functional capacities. The understanding of economic principles and processes,
especially those relating to value, price, cost, rent, wages, profits, and interest, insofar as such knowledge is
necessary in understanding the economic situation of the present day. The evaluation of economic forces and
processes in terms of their contribution to social well being.
A prerequisite for advanced standing in Economics and Business Administration.
COURSES
C-1E.-History of the Modern World. 4 hours per week throughout one semester.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: C-1.
The historical background of present day civilization is considered insofar as that background has been
developed in the fabric of the historical movements since 1815. The political, economic, social, religious,
artistic, and cultural aspects of lihe nineteenth and twentieth centuries are studied.
Recommended for students who intend to take advanced work in history.
C-1F.-Political Foundations of Modern Life. 4 hours per week throughout one
semester. Offered each semester. Prerequisite: C-1.
An examination of the principles and practices of our political institutions; how government functions In
the United States; what information can be drawn from the practices of other countries.
Recommended for students who intend to take advanced work in political science.
C-1G.-Occupations and Vocations. 3 hours per week during the second semester.
A survey of the principal occupations of the United Slates with particular emphasis on occupations of the
Southeast. Selected readings and survey reports having to do with trends, geographical distribution, and
necessary preparation. Although not a course in Vocational Guidance, frequent conferences with the instructors
will enable the student to apply information secured to his own use.
C-1H.-Sociological Foundations of Modern Life. 4 hours per week for one
semester. Offered each semester. Prerequisite: C-1.
Meaning and scope of sociology; relation to other social fields; the individual and various social groups
and processes; types of communities; social disorganization and reorganization; social planning.
A prerequisite for advanced work in sociology.
C-1J.-Elementary Statistics. 3 or more hours per week for one semester. Offered
each semester. Prerequisite: C-4B.
The statistical method as a tool for examining and interpreting data; acquaintance with such fundamental
techniques as find application in business, economics, biology, agriculture, psychology, sociology, etc.; basic
preparation for more extensive work in the field of statistics. Prerequisite for advanced standing in Economics
and Business Administration.
C-1K.-Elementary Accounting. 5 hours per week for one semester. Offered each
semester. Prerequisite: C-4B.
Designed to provide the basic training in accounting. Prerequisite for advanced standing in Economics
and Business Administration.
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE COURSES OR COURSES SPECIFIED FOR ADMISSION TO
CERTAIN CURRICULA OF THE UPPER DIVISION
(Descriptions of departmental courses will be found in the Bulletin of Information for
the Upper Division.)
Ae. 11A.-Fundamentals of Architecture
Cy. 101-102-General Chemistry
Cy. 201-202.-Analytical Chemistry
Cl. 223, 226, 229.-Surveying, Higher Surveying
HPI. 203-204.-Introduction to Athletic Coaching and Physical Education
In. 111-112.-Industrial Arts Mechanical Drawing
In. 211-212.-Industrial Arts General Shop
Ig. 261-262.-Introduction to Engineering
Jm. 213-214.-Public Opinion, Introduction to Journalism
Jm. 215-216.-History of American Journalism, Principles of Journalism
Ms. 253-254.-Differential and Integral Calculus
MI. 281-282.-Engineering Drawing, Descriptive Geometry
MI. 380, 381, 382.-Shop Practice
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Ml. 387-388.-Mechanism and Kinematics, Elementary Design
Pg. 11A.-Fundamentals of Pictorial Art
Pgy. 221-222.-Practical Pharmacognosy
Phy. 223-224.-Galenical Pharmacy
Ps. 101-102, 103-104.-Elementary Theory of Mechanics, Heat, Sound, Elec-
tricity, and Light, and Laboratory
Ps. 205-206, 207-208.-Principles of Mechanics, Heat, Sound, Electricity, and
Light, and Laboratory
THE UPPER DIVISION
ADMISSION TO THE UPPER DIVISION
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS
After the student has completed the work of the General College and received a certifi-
cate of graduation, he may enter one of the colleges or professional schools of the Upper
Division by meeting the specific admission requirements of that college or school.
The Board of University Examiners administers the admission requirements of the
Upper Division. Besides the certificate of graduation from the General College, the student
must be certified by the Board that he is qualified to pursue the work of the college or
school he wishes to enter.
In addition to the general requirements stated above, the various colleges and schools
of the Upper Division have specific requirements for entrance. These requirements are
listed below for the curricula of the several colleges and schools. Students in the General
College may prepare to meet these requirements by taking as electives the courses indicated
under the various curricula presented.
The comprehensive examinations of the General College will cover the content of the
courses required for admission to any specific curriculum of the Upper Division selected
by the individual student.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of
Bachelor oj Arts:
There are no specific requirements foi admission to the curriculum leading to the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. However, it will be much easier to earn a major in the College of
Arts and Sciences if the student elects courses in the contemplated major fields as a part
of his General College program.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science:
There are no specific requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science. However, it is impossible to earn a major in four semesters
in some departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, and it is distinctly to the advantage
of the student to include as much as he can of the contemplated major field in his General
College program.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Arts in Journalism:
It is strongly recommended that Journalism 213, 214, 215, and 216 be taken for electives
C-7 and C-8 in the General College. Any elective may be taken for C-9. However, if they
are not so taken it will be possible to arrange for them in the program of studies in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
COMBINED ACADEMIC AND LAW CURRICULA
Additional requirements for admission to the Combined Academic and Law Curricula:
The College of Arts and Sciences offers three different curricula in combination with Law,
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One of them leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, another to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in Journalism, and the third to the degree of Bachelor of Science.
In order to complete one of these curricula in the shortest possible time, it is necessary
that a student select as electives in the General College courses which will form an integral
part of his major in the College of Arts and Sciences. For this purpose it is urged that
before he registers for any elective in the General College he confer with the head of the
department offering his contemplated major.
PRE-MEDICAL CURRICULUM
Additional requirements for admission to the Pre-Medical curriculum:
The requirements are the same as for admission to the Bachelor of Science curriculum.
Insofar as possible the student should select as electives in the General College, sciences
and foreign language courses required for admission to the medical college of his choice.
THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHARMACY
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Pharmacy:
Students planning to study pharmacy are advised to offer Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry,
for C-7; Phy. 223-224, Galenical Pharmacy, for C-8; Pgy. 221-222, Practical Pharmacognosy,
for C-9. Students of the superior group are advised to offer Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry,
for C-2; C-2D, Basic Mathematics, for C-4; and Ps. 101-102, 103-104, General Physics, for C-7.
Women Students
By act of the 1935 Legislature women are permitted to enroll in the University of
Florida to study pharmacy. Women are therefore admitted to the General College to meet
the specific requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Pharmacy.
Required Curriculum for Women Students. The subjects indicated above as prerequisite
to the curriculum in pharmacy must be followed without variation by women students.
Women students will not take Military Science or Physical Education.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Additional requirements for admission to the College of Agriculture:
Students are required to have completed the following courses as electives in the General
College: Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry, for C-7; C-6D, Animal Science, for C-8; C-6E,
Plant Science, for C-9.
Students entering the College of Agriculture may take a major in any one of the fol-
lowing departments: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Animal
Husbandry, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Education, Botany and Bacteriology,
Entomology and Plant Pathology, Forestry, Horticulture.
THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Additional requirements for admission to the curricula leading to the degrees of Bachelor
of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Building Construction, or Bachelor of Science in
Landscape Architecture:
THE UPPER DIVISION
For those who have the privilege it is recommended that Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry,
and Ps. 101-102, 103-104, General Physics, be taken for C-2 and C-7, and C-2D, Basic
Mathematics, for C-4. Those who are not privileged to make these substitutions should
take Ps. 101-102, 103-104, General Physics, for C-7, and C-2D, Basic Mathematics, during
the summer session following the first or second year. Ae. 11A, Fundamentals of Archi-
tecture, should be taken for C-8 and C-9.
By postponing C-2 until the second year and substituting Ae. 11A in its place for C-8,
students may begin Fundamentals of Architecture the first year and continue the course
for C-9 the second year.
PAINTING AND COMMERCIAL ART
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Fine Arts, or Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Art:
Pg. 11A, Fundamentals of Pictorial Art, should be taken for C-7 and C-8, and any
elective for C-9.
By postponing C-2 until the second year and substituting Pg. 11A in its place for C-7,
students may begin Fundamentals of Pictorial Art the first year and continue the course
for C-8 the second year.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Additional requirements for admission to the curriculum in Business Administration
Proper or the curriculum in combination with Law, leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration:
Students must have completed the following courses: C-1D, Economic Foundations of
Modern Life, C-1K, Elementary Accounting, C-1J, Elementary Statistics, for C-7, C-8, and
one-half of C-9; and one additional half-year elective course for the second half of C-9.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Additional requirements for admission to the College of Education:
All students will be required to have the approval of the Admissions Committee of
the College of Education. Certain groups must meet additional requirements, as listed below:
The requirements for students whose field of concentration is to be in Health and
Physical Education are: C-6F, Principles of Personal Health and Hygiene (one semester),
for one-half of C-7; HP1 203-204, Introduction to Athletic Coaching and Physical Educa-
tion, for C-8; and electives for the second half of C-7 and for C-9.
The requirements for students whose field of concentration is to be in Agricultural
Education are: Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry, for C-7; C-6D, Animal Sciences, for C-8;
and C-6E, Plant Sciences, for C-9.
The requirements for students whose field of concentration is to be in Industrial Arts
Education are: In. 111-112, Industrial Arts Mechanical Drawing, for C-7; In. 211-212,
Industrial Arts General Shop, for C-8; and an elective for C-9.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Additional requirements for admission to the College of Engineering for all five-year
curricula:
Cy. 101-102, General Chemisrty; Ig. 261-262, Introduction to Engineering; C-2D, Basic
Mathematics; Ml. 281-282, Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, for C-7, C-8,
and C-9.
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THE FOUR-YEAR CURRICULA
(For the Superior Group Only)
In addition to the above requirements for admission to all curricula, the following
variations and additional requirements must be met by those students entering the four-
year curriculum leading to a Bachelor's degree in a specialized branch of engineering.
By exercising the substitution privilege for C-2 and C-4, the superior group student
must take: Cy. 101-102, General Chemistry, C-2D, Basic Mathematics, MI. 281-282, Engi-
neering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, during the first year; and Ig. 261-262, Introduc-
tion to Engineering, Ms. 253-254, Differential and Integral Calculus, Ps. 205-206, 207-208,
General Physics, and a departmental prerequisite according to the branch of engineering in
which the student will specialize, for C-7, C-8, and C-9, during the second year.
The departmental prerequisites are: For Chemical Engineering, Cy. 201-202, Analytical
Chemistry; for Civil Engineering, Cl. 223-226, Elementary and Higher Surveying, and Ml. 381-
382, Shop Practice; for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Ml. 387-388. Mechanism
and Kinematics, and Elementary Design; and for Industrial Engineering, C-1D, Economic
Foundations of Modern Life.
During the summer between the end of the sophomore year in the General College and
the beginning of the junior year in the College of Engineering, students must take either
summer surveying or summer shop work as follows:
(1) CI. 229, Higher Surveying ................................. 6 credits
(2) M l. 380, Shop Practice ................ .................... 3 credits
(3) 12 weeks practical work in an approved shop away from the
U university ............................................... 3 credits
Civil Engineering students must take (1) above; Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, and
Mechanical Engineering students must take either (2) or (3).
IMPORTANT: Students must arrange with the head of the department in which they
expect to major, between May 1 and 15 of their last semester in the General College, fur
satisfaction of the above special requirements.
EXPENSES
EXPENSES
TUITION
Classification of Students.-For the purpose of assessing tuition, students are classified
as Florida and non-Florida students.
A Florida student, if under twenty-one years of age, is one: (1) whose parents have
been residents of Florida for at least twelve consecutive months next preceding his registra-
tion; or (2) whose parents were residents of Florida at the time of their death, and who
has not acquired residence in another state; or (3) whose parents were not residents of
Florida at the time of their death but whose natural guardian has been a resident of Florida
for at least twelve consecutive months next preceding his registration. A Florida student, if
over twenty-one years of age, is one (1) whose parents are residents of Florida (or were
at the time of their death) and who has not acquired residence in another state; or (2)
who, while an adult, has been a resident of Florida for at least twelve consecutive months
next preceding his registration; or (3) who is the wife of a man who has been a resident
of Florida for at least twelve consecutive months next preceding her registration; or (4) is
an alien who has taken out his first citizenship papers and who has been a resident of
Florida for at least twelve consecutive months next preceding his registration.
All students not able to qualify as Florida students are classified as non-Florida students.
If the status of a student changes from a non-Florida student to a Florida student, his
classification may be changed at the next registration thereafter.
No tuition is charged Florida students except in the College of Law.
In addition to the fees charged Florida students, non-Florida students, including those
pursuing graduate work, pay a fee of $50 per semester.
A fee of $10 in addition to the fee for non-Florida students will be charged all students
registering incorrectly. The burden of proof as to residence is with the student.
GENERAL FEES REQIUlRED OF FLORIDA STUDENTS
General College Upper Division College of Law
1st Sem. 2nd Sem. 1st Sem. 2nd Sem. 1st Sem. 2nd Sem.
Registration & Contingent Fee..$15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $ 5.00 $ 5.00
Infirmary Fee ................ 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75
*Military Fee ................. 1.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Student Activity Fee .......... 10.75 9.10 10.75 9.10 10.75 9.10
Swimming Pool Fee ........... .50 .50 .50 .50 .50 .50
Law Tuition .................. .00 .00 .00 .00 20.00 20.00
Total .................... $31.50 $28.35 $30.00 $28.35 $40.00 $38.35
GENERAL FEES REQUIRED OF NON-FLORIDA STUDENTS
In addition to the above fees Non-Florida Students are charged $50 per semester.
DESCRIPTION OF GENERAL FEES
General fees listed in the above table are described below:
Infirmary Fee.-All students are charged the infirmary fee which secures for the student
in case of illness the privilege of a bed in the Infirmary and the services of the University
Physician and professionally trained nurses, except in cases involving a major operation.
*Freshlmen and sophomores must also purchase -hoes and heSt, at a price varying from $5.50 to $6.50.
Students exempt from military science will have this fee refunded and will be required to take physical education
in which the amount required for equipment is approximately $4.
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A student requiring an emergency operation, which is not covered by the fee assessed, may
employ the services of any accredited physician whom he may select, and utilize the facilities
of the Infirmary for the operation. To secure this medical service, the student must report
to the physician in charge of the Infirmary. When the operating room is used a fee of
$5 is charged. Board in the Infirmary is charged at the rate of $1 a day.
Military Fee.-This fee is charged all first and second-year men registered for Military
science, to protect against loss of government ordnance.
Student Activity Fee.-This fee is assessed to maintain and foster athletic sports, student
publications, and other student activities. Student fees are passed by a vote of the Student
Body and approved by the Board of Control before they are adopted.
Swimming Pool Fee.-This fee is charged all students for use of the lockers and supplies
at the swimming pool.
SPECIAL FEES
Fees which apply in special cases only are listed below:
LABORATORY FEES
There are no laboratory or course fees.
BREAKAGE FEE
Any student registering for a course requiring locker and laboratory apparatus in one
or more of the following departments is required to buy a breakage book: Chemistry,
Pharmacy, Biology, and Electrical Engineering. This book costs $5. A refund will be
allowed on any unused portion at the end of the year, when the student has checked in his
apparatus to the satisfaction of the departments concerned.
LATE REGISTRATION FEE
A fee of $5 is charged all students who do not complete their registration on the dates
set by the University Council and published in the Calendar. Registration is not complete
until all University bills are paid, and any who fail to meet their obligations are not regarded
as students of the University.
ROOM RESERVATION FEE
Students wishing to reserve rooms in the dormitories must pay a room reservation fee
of $10 at the time such reservation is made. The fee is retained as a deposit against
damage to the room and its furnishings. The fee, less charges for any damage done to the
room by the student, is refunded when he returns his key and gives up his room.
SPECIAL EXAMINATION FEE
A fee of $5 is charged for each examination taken at a time other than that regularly
scheduled.
LIBRARY FINES
A fine of 2 cents a day is charged for each book in general circulation which is not
returned within the limit of two weeks. "Reserve" books may be checked out overnight,
and if they are not returned on time the fine is 25 cents for the first hour and five cents
an hour or fraction of an hour thereafter until they are returned. No book may be
checked out if the fine due is more than 50 cents.
EXPENSES
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR
Minimum Maximum
General Fees and Course Expenses..................... $ 59.85* $ 59.85*
Books and Training Supplies for the Year................ 30.00 50.00
Laundry and Cleaning ....................... ........ 25.00 35.00
Room and Board ................................... 184.50 300.00
Estimated total expense.............. ...............$. 299.35* $444.85*
REFUNDS
Students resigning before they have attended classes for three days are entitled to a
refund of all fees except the registration and contingent fee of $15. This fee is never refunded.
ROOM AND BOARD
DORMITORIES
The University operates three dormitories, the New Dormitory, Thomas Hall, and Buck-
man Hall, together accommodating about five hundred students. It is recommended that
freshmen room in one of the dormitories for at least the first year. Accordingly, preference
is given freshmen applying for rooms in the dormitories.
Rooms in the dormitories are partially furnished. Students must provide their own
bedding, towels, and toilet articles. Janitor and maid service is provided. Student monitors,
of whom the president of the student body is head monitor, supervise the conduct of students
in the dormitories. Students are not permitted to cook in the dormitories.
All dormitory rooms are furnished with beds, chifforobes, study tables, and chairs.
Additional easy chairs may be secured at a rental charge of $1 per semester. Different accom-
modations are provided in the three dormitories.
New Dormitory.-The New Dormitory is of strictly fireproof construction. Most of the
rooms are arranged in suites of two rooms, a study and a bedroom, accommodating two
students. A limited number of single rooms and several suites for three students are
available. All rooms are equipped with lavatories, while adjacent bathrooms provide hot
and cold showers.
Thomas Hall.-Sections C, D, and E have been remodeled throughout, making available
both single and double rooms. All rooms in these sections are equipped with lavatories.
In other sections the rooms are arranged in suites, consisting of study and bedroom, accom-
modating three students. Some rooms accommodate four students, and a few single rooms
are available.
Baths, with lavatories and hot and cold showers, are located on each floor of each section,
thus providing a bathroom for each four rooms.
Buckman Hall.-Rooms in Buckman Hall are arranged in suites of study and bedrooms
accommodating three students. Some suites accommodate four students. Baths, with lava-
tories and hot and cold showers, are located on each floor of each section, thus providing
bathroom facilities for each four suites.
Room Rent.-Rooms in the dormitories are rented to students at the following rates:
*Non-Florida students are charFed $100 tuition per year in addition,
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ROOM RENT PER STUDENT PER SEMESTER
New Dormitory Thomas Hall Buckman Hall
Single rooms, 1st, 2nd, 3d floors................ $42.00 $38.00 ....
Single rooms, 4th floor......................... 40.00 ........
Two-room suites, 1st, 2nd, 3d floors.............. 40.00 ........
Two-room suites, 4th floor ...................... 34.00 .... ....
Three-room suites, 1st, 2nd, 3d floors ............. 36.00 ........
Double rooms, Section D ....................... .... 30.00 ....
Double rooms, Sections C and E ................ .... 32.00
All other rooms ............................... .... 24.50 $24.50
Applications.-Applications should be made as early as possible, since accommodations
in the dormitories are limited to five hundred students. Applications must be accompanied
by the room reservation fee of $10. If a room has been assigned, no refund will be made
later than September 10. Students not assigned a room will be given a refund upon request.
Students signing contracts and being assigned rooms will not be granted a refund if they
withdraw from the dormitories during the period stipulated in the contract. Contracts for
dormitory rooms are for the scholastic year, and in the absence of exceedingly important
reasons, no student will be given permission to vacate a room during this time unless he
transfers his contract to some student not living on the campus.
Keys for dormitory rooms may be secured by student occupants from the Head Janitor
at the New Dormitory on presentation of a signed receipt secured by payment of a Room
Reservation Deposit.
ROOMING HOUSES
Board and rooms in off-campus boarding houses and private homes may be procured at
rates of $25 to $40 per student per month. Such houses are inspected periodically. Students
will be assisted in securing comfortable living quarters by the Assistant Dean of Students.
For further information, inquiry should be made of the Dean of Students.
UNIVERSITY CAFETERIA
For the past several years the University has operated a cafeteria with modified service.
This service will be changed to a strictly cafeteria style with coupon tickets having a mone-
tary value instead of the present meal value. All articles of food will be labeled according
to value. Coupon books will be sold at a discount sufficient to warrant their purchase
rather than paying cash for individual meals.
The University will also endeavor to offer a family style of service in connection with
the cafeteria for those who prefer a more home-like atmosphere. Meals will be similar to
those in the cafeteria but regular menus will be followed instead of individual selections.
The price per month will be in keeping with the University's policy in rendering its service
from this department at actual cost.
With the completion of the new kitchen-annex, modern equipment will be installed and
the service rendered will be as complete and up-to-date as that found in any school cafeteria
in the South.
SELF-HELP
In view of the fact that there are comparatively few positions on the campus and in
the City of Gainesville, it is strongly urged that no freshman come to the University with
the expectation of depending very largely upon his earnings during his first college year.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN FUNDS
The Committee on Self-Help, of which the Assistant Dean of Students is chairman,
undertakes to award positions on the campus to deserving upperclassmen.
A few students are employed as laboratory assistants, office workers, waiters, janitors,
and in other capacities. Application for employment should be made to the Dean of Stu-
dents or to the department in which the student desires employment.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN FUNDS
The University of Florida is unfortunate in the paucity of scholarships and loans which
are open to students. Generally, the scholarships and loans which are available are admin-
istered directly by the donors. However, the Committee on Scholarships, of which the Dean
of Students is chairman, collects all information relative to vacancies, basis of award, value,
and other pertinent facts and supplies this information to interested students. The Com-
mittee also collects information on applicants and supplies this information to the donors.
In some instances, the Committee has been given authority to make the awards without
consulting the donors.
While scholarship, as evidenced by scholastic attainment, is an important feature in
making awards, it is by no means the only consideration. The student's potential capacity
to profit by college training and to make reasonable returns to society is a large factor
in making all awards.
Unless otherwise specified, applications for the scholarships and loans listed below should
be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Scholarships and Loan Funds, University
of Florida.
County Agricultural Scholarships.-Provision has been made by a legislative act for a
scholarship from each county-to be offered and provided for at the discretion of the Board
of County Commissioners of each county. The recipient is to be selected by competitive
examination. The value of each scholarship is a sum sufficient to pay for board in the dining
hall and room in the dormitory. Whether such a scholarship has been provided for by any
county may be learned from the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, or the
County Agent of the county in question. Questions for the examination are provided and
papers graded by the University if desired.
Vocational Rehabilitation Scholarships.-The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
is willing to aid any citizen of Florida who can give evidence of being prepared to enter
college, and who gives promise of being a successful student, provided that he has sustained,
by reason of physical impairment, a vocational handicap; and provided the course which he
selects can be reasonably expected to fit him to earn a livelihood. The sum spent on
recipients of this fund at the University of Florida during the present year will amount to
approximately one hundred dollars per student. Inquiries for these scholarships should be
addressed to Mr. Claude M. Andrews, State Supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation, Talla-
hassee, Florida.
Rotary Loan Fund.-The Rotarians of Florida have set aside a considerable sum of
money to be used in making loans to worthy boys who would not otherwise be able to attend
college. The maximum loan is $150 per year. These loans are not available to freshmen.
Applications for these loans should be made to the President of the Rotary Club of the city
from which the student registers, or to Mr. K. H. Graham, Secretary-Treasurer, Rotary
Educational Loan Fund, Inc., Language Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Knights Templar Scholarship Loans.-The Grand Lodge of Knights Templar in the State
of Florida has arranged a number of loans, in amount of $200 to each student, for students
pursuing a course at the University of Florida. These loans are made available through
application to the Knights Templar Lodge in the various cities in the state, and are handled
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by the Grand Lodge officers. Approximately thirty students receive aid from these scholar-
ships each year.
Knights of Pythias Scholarship Loans.-Eight scholarship loans have been established
by the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Applications for these loans should be
made to Dr. J. H. Coffee, Arcadia, Florida.
United Daughters of the Confederacy Scholarships.-Scholarships have been established
by various chapters of the Florida Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Appli-
cations should be made to Mrs. David D. Bradford, Chairman of Education, 2109 Watrous
Ave., Tampa, Florida.
Loring Memorial Scholarship.-A scholarship of approximately $250 per year is main-
tained by Mrs. William Loring Spencer in memory of her distinguished uncle, General Loring.
Arthur Ellis Ham Memorial Scholarship.-Established in 1919 by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ham,
in accordance with the last will and in memory of her husband, Captain Arthur Ellis Ham,
a former student of the University, who fell in battle at St. Mihiel, France, on September 14,
1918. Value, the income from a fund of $5,000.
Albert W. Gilchrist Memorial Scholarship.-This scholarship is open to students of the
junior and senior classes. Two of these awards are made annually, each one being worth
$200 per year. Scholastic achievement is the principal basis of this award.
David Levy Yulee Memorial Scholarship.-This scholarship is awarded annually on the
basis of scholarship, and is open to the members of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes.
Value, about $200.
Duval High Memorial Scholarship.-An act creating the Memorial Duval High School
Scholarship and authorizing and appropriating annually $275 of the Duval County funds as
financial assistance for one worthy high school graduate is covered by House Bill No. 823,
and was approved May 20, 1927.
This scholarship, created to memorialize and assist in preserving the high standards and
traditions of the Duval High School, where many of Florida's worthy citizens were educated,
was established by the Board of County Commissioners of Duval County, Florida. Appli-
cation should be made to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Rotary Club Scholarship. The Jacksonville Rotary Club maintains a
scholarship of $250, which is given, at their discretion, to a student meeting such require-
ments as they may make pertaining to the scholarship. Application should be made to the
President of the Jacksonville Rotary Club.
William Wilson Finley Foundation.-As a memorial to the late President Finley, and in
recognition of his interest in agricultural education, the Southern Railway Company has
donated to the University of Florida the sum of $1,000, to be used as a loan fund. No loan
from this fund to an individual is to exceed $150 per year. Recipients are selected by the
Dean of the College of Agriculture, to whom applications should be directed.
Florida Bankers Association Scholarship. The Florida Bankers Association awards
three scholarships annually; one for North and West Florida, one for Central Florida, and
one for South Florida. These scholarships are awarded on an examination given at the
Annual Boys' Short Course. The examination is given and the award made by the State
Boys' Club Agent. Application for these scholarships should be made to the Dean of the
College of Agriculture.
The American Bankers Association Foundation.-One loan scholarship to a student at
the University of Florida whose major course is in banking, economics, or related subjects
in classes of junior grade or above. Value, $250. Application for loan should be made
to the Chairman of the Committee on Awards, 110 E. 42nd Street, New York City.
Murphree Engineering Loan Fund.-On September 16, 1929, a friend of our late Pres-
ident, Dr. A. A. Murphree, gave to the Engineering College $500, to be used as a revolving
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loan fund. This fund was to be used in cases of emergency when, on account of financial
difficulties, worthy students would be kept from graduating unless they could receive some
assistance. Only in special cases are these loans made to members of the junior class.
Applications for loans from this fund should be made to the Dean of the College of Engi-
neering.
Florida Association of Architects Loan Fund.-The Florida Association of Architects has
created a revolving loan fund of $500 for the purpose of aiding needy students in Architecture
who have proved themselves worthy. Applications should be made to the Director of the
School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
The Colonial Dames of America, Betty Wollman Scholarship. Established by Mr.
William J. Wollman in memory of his mother and awarded to a worthy student. Value, $250.
Application should be made to Mrs. Walter W. Price, 1 West 72nd Street, New York City.
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Florida Scholar.
ship.-The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Florida has
established a loan scholarship for deserving students. This scholarship is administered
by the Directors of the Florida Educational Loan Association. Application should be made
to the Chairman of the Florida Educational Loan Association, University of Florida.
Lake Worth Woman's Club Scholarship.-The Lake Worth Woman's Club, of Lake
Worth, Florida, maintains a scholarship of $100 a year. Application should be made to
the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, Lake Worth Woman's Club, Lake Worth, Florida.
Fairchild Scholarship National.-Mr. Samuel W. Fairchild, of New York City, offers
annually a scholarship amounting to $500. The award is made, by competitive examination,
to a graduate in pharmacy who will do post-graduate work in the year immediately following
his graduation. Examinations are held in June at the various colleges of pharmacy which
are members of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Further information
may be obtained from the Director of the School of Pharmacy.
The Ladies Auxiliary Fund.-The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Florida State Pharmaceutical
Association has established a loan fund for deserving students of pharmacy in need of
assistance. Application should be made to Mrs. David W. Ramsaur, 1044 Park Street, Jack-
sonville, Florida.
Interfraternity Conference and Student Organization Loan Fund.-A number of the
student organizations on the campus have pooled their resources to form a fund for short-
time emergency loans to students. Application should be made to the Office of the Dean
of Students.
Jacksonville Kiwanis Club Scholarships.-The Jacksonville Kiwanis Club maintains two
scholarships for Jacksonville boys. Application should be made by letter to Mr. W. S.
Paulk, Supervisor, Boys and Girls Work Committee, Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, Chamber
of Commerce Building, Jacksonville, Florida.
Phi Kappa Phi Loan Fund.-The Florida chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary
scholastic society, has established a $250 annual loan fund for Phi Kappa Phi members.
Loans will be made principally to students intending to pursue graduate work. Application
should be made to Mr. B. J. Otte, Chairman, Phi Kappa Phi Loan Fund, University of
Florida.
University Scholarship Tag Fund.-Through the co-operation of the State Motor Vehicle
Commission, arrangements have been made to sell front automobile tags to alumni and friends
of the University. The income thus acquired is used to provide additional scholarships for
students. During the past year the income from this source was about $4,000. Awards are
made on the basis of need. scholarship, and extra-curricular activity. Application should be
made to the Dean of Students.
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GENERAL EXTENSION DIVISION
The General Extension Division of the University of Florida offers educational oppor-
tunities to those who are removed from the campus, and numerous service functions.
The Division represents the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law,
Business Administration, and the School of Pharmacy of the University, and the College
of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Education and Music of the State College for
Women.
The work is carried on through departments. The Extension Teaching Department
offers courses by correspondence study and in extension classes. Short courses, community
institutes, and conferences are held to give opportunity for discussion on problems con-
fronting groups or communities. The Department of Auditory Instruction offers cultural
programs, instruction, information, and entertainment by lectures and discussions for the
benefit of special groups, schools, and individuals.
Training for naturalization, citizenship schools, and cooperation with the War Depart-
ment in enrolling young men for the Citizens' Military Training Camps because of their
educational value, are some phases of the work of the Department of Citizenship Training.
Through the Departments of Visual Instruction and General Information and Service, the
world of letters and arts and music is carried to thousands in the back country through the
traveling libraries and art exhibits which are sent out. A picture of the world and its
work is circulated in the slides and filmslides furnished for instruction and entertainment.
The best in recorded music is provided for work in music appreciation and for culture.
These and the various service functions of the Division establish contacts which enable
the University to aid individuals, organizations, and communities, and contribute to adult
education.
SUMMER SESSION
The University Summer Session is an integral part of the University. The General Col-
lege, the College of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Law, the
College of Business Administration, the College of Agriculture, and the Graduate School
operate during the summer.
Since women are admitted to the Summer Session, many professional courses for primary
and elementary school teachers are offered in addition to those usually given in the winter
session.
DIVISION OF ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In September, 1933, the University of Florida joined twelve other southern institutions
in forming the new Southeastern Conference. This new conference represents colleges
and universities in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ten-
nessee, and Kentucky.
The type of athletic program undertaken by the Department of Physical Education at
the University of Florida compares with that in leading universities. A two-year course
of required Physical Education is included in the curriculum of the Lower Division. Students
who are exempt from Military Science are required to take this work, which is designed to
present participation, training, and instructional opportunities in sports included in the
intramural program. This course may also be taken as an elective.
The second major sub-division of this Department is that in which are included inter-
collegiate athletics. These sports are divided into two groups, generally known as major
and as minor sports. In the major group are football, basketball, boxing, baseball, and
track; and in the minor group, swimming, tennis, and golf. The equipment includes two
baseball diamonds, four athletic fields, six handball courts, two indoor basketball courts,
DIVISION OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS
eight tennis courts, a large outdoor swimming pool, a concrete stadium with a seating
capacity of 23,000, and two quarter-mile running tracks, one providing permanent seats for
approximately 1,500.
The function of the Intramural Department is to encourage the entire student body to
participate in organized athletic sports and wholesome recreation. The Department pro-
vides facilities for such competition and recreation; organizes and promotes competition
between students, groups, and individuals; and fosters a spirit of fair play and sportsman-
ship among participants and spectators.
The program of intramural activities includes the following sports: golf, swimming,
horseshoes, touch football, basketball, boxing, wrestling, diamond ball, tennis, handball,
water basketball, track, shuffle board, foul shooting, ping pong, and Sigma Delta Psi
(national athletic fraternity) events.
The proper utilization of leisure time through recreation and play is splendidly expressed
in this program. It is estimated that more than 2,000 students (about seventy per cent of
the student body) take part in some sport sponsored by the Department. There is a decided
trend toward the expansion of recreational facilities to a large group of students as opposed
to intense competition for a few.
The rules of the Southeastern Conference do not permit member institutions to employ
athletes or to pay students for their services on athletic teams. However, this does not
mean that a student is ineligible to receive aid from his institution in the form of scholar-
ships, loan funds, or compensation for student labor merely because he may be proficient
in athletics. Athletes in the University of Florida are eligible to all forms of assistance
that may be available to other students. As a rule, awards are made only to those who are
unable financially to attend the University without assistance and whose standards of con-
duct and scholarship are worthy of consideration. Awards are usually made in the form
of board, rent, books, and similar items rather than in the form of cash, and may be
continued from year to year throughout the college course to those students whose records
prove satisfactory. Administration of these funds is in the hands of the Committee on
Scholarships. Further information may be secured by writing to the Dean of Students, who
is chairman of that Committee.
DIVISION OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS
The course in Military Science is required of all physically qualified General College
students except adult special students and students transferring from other universities or
colleges.
Students who complete the basic course and are selected by the Professor of Military
Science and Tactics and the President of the University may elect the advanced courses.
Students electing these courses must carry them to completion as a prerequisite to graduation.
Upon the completion of these courses, those students recommended by the Professor of
Military Science and Tactics and the President of the University will, upon their own
application, be offered a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps, United States Army.
An advanced course in summer camp is compulsory, usually between the junior and senior
years. The War Department pays all expenses, including mileage, rations, medical attend-
ance, clothing, and laundry service, and in addition the pay of the seventh grade, United
States Army.
DIVISION OF MUSIC
The Division of Music offers opportunity for membership in three musical organizations:
The Military Band, the Orchestra, and the Glee Club.
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The Band is made up in part of students in the freshman and sophomore years who
take military training. The Band frequently plays at athletic contests and takes several
trips a year.
The Orchestra plays at certain assemblies.
The Glee Club makes several trips a year throughout the state.
Opportunities are afforded qualified students to broadcast as soloists, instrumentally or
vocally, over radio station WRUF.
Private lessons in violin, orchestra instruments, band instruments, harmony, voice, organ,
and piano may be arranged. Tuition will be required of all students taking private lessons.
LIBRARY
The University Library has a central location on the campus. Its two large reading
rooms offer a quiet place for study. They contain volumes for recreational and serious
reading to which the student has free access.
In the reserve reading room are located the reserve books for the Upper Division and
the collection for the General College. In the reference room are the dictionaries, enc) 'lo-
pedias, general reference works, and current periodicals. The main collection of books is
shelved in stacks adjoining this room. A trained staff is employed to assist the student to
get the best use of the library's resources.
HEALTH SERVICE
Through the Students' Health Service the University makes available to any student
physical examinations, health consultations, and medical attention. General service is
provided free of charge, but special fees are charged for services which are individual in
character, such as dentistry, X-rays, board and laundry in the Infirmary, special drugs and
serums, major surgery, special nurses, etc. No student, however, will be denied service
because of inability to pay these fees.
The University Infirmary and the offices of the Health Service are on the campus. The
Infirmary is open day and night for the admission of patients. The Resident Physician
lives at the Infirmary and his services are available at all hours, in case of emergency. The
Dispensary in the Infirmary building is open from 7:30 to 9 A. M., from 12 noon to 1 P. M.
and from 4 to 7 P. M., during which time physicians are in attendance and may be con-
sulted. A nurse is constantly on duty from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M. for emergency treatment.
It is the aim of the Health Service not only to function as a Health Service and render
preventive measures, but to provide full hospital care in cases of illness. The Infirmary
is rated as a Fully Approved Hospital by the Examining Board of the American College
of Surgeons.
The facilities of the Dispensary are such that any number of students can be given
attention in a day. The Dispensary is maintained to offer conferences with physicians, exam-
inations, diagnosis, and treatment of minor injuries and illnesses which a student may suffer.
The student is encouraged to use this service freely in order that he may avoid more serious
illnesses by the lack of treatment or from improper treatment. In the Dispensary, a
modern, well equipped drug room furnishes drugs to the student without charge. A labora-
tory in connection with the Infirmary and Dispensary is in charge of a trained nurse-
technician, rendering efficient service in prompt diagnosis. The normal capacity of the
Infirmary, 45 beds, in emergencies can be increased. Ample provisions are made for the
isolation of communicable diseases. A completely equipped operating room is maintained
to provide facilities for major surgical operations. The Infirmary is equipped with a mobile
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unit X-ray, which is used for the examination of fractures, but the equipment does not
provide sufficient service for an extensive diagnostic X-ray study of the intestinal tract, etc.
This service is made available to the students at actual cost of the materials used.
Students enrolling in the University for the first time are furnished by the Registrar's
Office a physical examination form which is to be completed by the family physician and
attached to Registration papers. On admission, the student is given a careful physical
examination by the University Physician. It is necessary that this physical examination
by the home physician be completed in order that parents may be aware of defects which
should be corrected prior to the student's entrance in the University, for the correction of
these defects is necessary in order that he may be in proper physical condition to begin his
college work.
There are three principal phases of the activities of the University Health Service:
(1) personal attention, (2) sanitation, and (3) education.
1. Personal Attention.-This division is concerned with the physical examination of
students. A complete record of the physical condition of each student is made and filed
when he is admitted to the University. From this record can be determined, in large
measure, what procedure is essential to keep the student in the best physical condition
during his academic life. The following are some of the phases of the work in the personal
division:
a. Provision for maintaining the health of normal, physically sound students; cooper-
ation with the Department of Physical Education regarding physical exercise; edu-
cation concerning right living; safeguarding of environment.
b. Protection of the physically sound students from communicable diseases; early
detection, isolation, and treatment of all cases of communicable diseases-tuber-
culosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, typhoid fever, smallpox, mumps, etc.
c. Treatment and professional care of all students who are ill or in need of medical
advice or treatment. For extended care by the Health Service it is necessary that
the student enter the Infirmary. Any student may be admitted to the Infirmary upon
the recommendation of the University Physician. To all patients in the Infirmary
the staff will furnish medical and nursing services.
d. Reconstruction and reclamation: correction of defects, advice, and treatment of all
abnormalities.
2. Sanitation.-The student's environment should be made as hygienic as possible.
Hence, this division concerns itself with the sanitary conditions both on and off the campus.
3. Education.-Every student in the University is made familiar with the fundamentals
of both personal and public hygiene. Through personal conferences education in hygiene
and right living is conducted.
VACCINATION
Prospective students are advised to be vaccinated against smallpox and to be inoculated
against typhoid fever. Unless a certificate is presented showing successful vaccination within
five years, students will be vaccinated against smallpox at the time of registration.
BUREAU OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND MENTAL HYGIENE
A program of vocational guidance is carried on for the students through a series of
tests, interviews, and the application of scientific occupational information. The Bureau
offers a service to those encountering mental difficulties which interfere with their scholastic
work. Further information concerning these services may be obtained from the Bulletin
of the Bureau of Vocational Guidance and Mental Hygiene.
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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Student Government.-Student government in the University of Florida is a cooperative
organization based on mutual confidence between the student body and the faculty. Con-
siderable authority has been granted the Student Body for the regulation and conduct of
student affairs. The criterion in granting authority to the Student Body has been the
disposition of the students to accept responsibility commensurate with the authority granted
them. Generally speaking, the fields of student activity include regulation of extra-curricular
affairs and the administration of the Honor System.
Every enrolled student, having paid his activity fee, is a member of the Student Body
and has an equal vote in its government.
The University authorities feel that training in acceptance of responsibility for the
conduct of student affairs at the University is a valuable part of the educational growth of
the individual sti:dent. The Student Body is practically a body politic, occupying its fran-
chise under grant from the Board of Control and subject to its continued approval.
Student government is patterned on the state and national form of government, but
adapted to the local needs of the Student Body. Powers are distributed into the three
branches: (1) legislative, which is embodied in the Executive Council; (2) judicial, which
is embodied in the Honor Court with penal and civil jurisdiction of all judicial matters;
(3) executive, embodied in the President and shared with the Vice-President and the
Secretary-Treasurer of the Student Body. Members of all three branches are elected directly
by the Student Body once a year.
Student government enacts and enforces suitable laws, promotes athletics, debating,
publications of the Student Body, entertainments of a general educational value, and such
other activities as the Student Body may adopt. The officers of the Student Body are the
President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, members of the Honor Court, Athletic
Council, Executive Council, Lyceum Council, editors and business managers of student
publications, and student members of the Board of Student Publications.
Debating.-Practice in debating is open to all students through the programs of the
varsity and freshman debate squads. This work, which is sponsored by the Debate Club,
is under direction of the Department of Speech, and culminates in an extensive schedule
of intercollegiate debates.
Dramatics.-Any student has an opportunity to participate in several plays which are
presented each year by the Florida Players, a dramatic group under direction of the Depart-
ment of Speech.
Executive Council.-The Executive Council is composed of representatives elected from
the colleges on the campus and in general acts as administrator of Student Body affairs.
The Athletic Council and the Lyceum Council have jurisdiction over their respective fields.
Publications.-The Student Body publishes The Seminole, the year book; The Florida
Alligator, a weekly newspaper; and The "F" Book, the student's guide. The Florida Review
(the campus literary magazine) is published by its staff without student funds.
Y. M. C. A.-The purpose of the Young Men's Christian Association is to provide a
medium through which the highest ideals of education and religion may be expressed in
terms of service. The program of the Association is planned to meet definite needs as they
become apparent. There is no membership fee. Any student may become a member by
subscribing to its purpose and contributing to its support. A secretary having extensive
experience with the problems of students is available for counsel and help.
Social Fraternities.-Twenty-two national social fraternities have established chapters at
the University; most of them have already built chapter houses and the others have leased
homes. The general work of the fraternities is controlled by the Interfraternity Conference,
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composed of two delegates from each of the national fraternities. The national fraternities
at Florida are Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Chi,
Delta Tau Delta, Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi
Beta Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Epsilon Phi, Theta Chi, and Theta
Kappa Nu. There is one state-organized fraternity on the campus, Pi Delta Sigma.
Honor Societies and Fraternities.-Various honor societies and fraternities have been
established at Florida. Phi Kappa Phi elects annually from the highest ten per cent,
scholastically, of the Senior Class. Blue Key is an honor group electing men to membership
on the basis of leadership and participation in campus activities.
Other honorary fraternities are Alpha Kappa Psi, professional fraternity; Alpha
Zeta, agricultural; Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary commerce fraternity; Delta Epsilon, local
pre-medical; Gamma Sigma Epsilon, chemical; Gargoyle, architectural; Kappa Delta Pi,
educational; Kappa Gamma Delta, aeronautical; Kappa Phi Kappa, professional educa-
tional; Phi Alpha Delta and Phi Delta Phi, legal; Phi Sigma, biological; Pi Delta Epsilon
and Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic; Delta Sigma Pi, professional commerce; Pi Gamma Mu,
social science; Sabres, military; Sigma Delta Psi, athletic; Sigma Tau, engineering; Tau
Kappa Alpha, forensic; Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic; Rho Chi, pharmacy; Kappa
Kappa Psi, honorary band; Thyrsus, horticultural.
Other professional fraternities and clubs are: Agricultural Club; Alpha Tau Alpha,
educational fraternity for teachers of agriculture; Student Branch of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers; Student Branch, American Pharmaceutical Association; Student
Chapter of the American Society of Chemical Engineers; Student Branch of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; Benton Engineering Society; Commerce Club; Fourth
Estate Club, journalistic society; Leigh Chemical Society; Mathematics Colloquium; Mortar
and Pestle; Order of the Palms, honorary cultural fraternity; Peabody Club, education club;
Society of Chemical Engineers.
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HONOR SYSTEM
The Honor System.-One of the finest tributes to the character of the students at the
University of Florida is the fact that the Student Body is a self-governing group. The
details of the system by which this result is reached will be explained to all freshmen during
the first week of their enrollment in the University. However, each parent, as well as each
prospective student, is urged to read the following discussion of the Honor System, as this
phase of student government forms the keystone of the entire system.
In addition to permitting student legislation on questions of interest to the members of
the Student Body, execution of the laws passed, and the expenditure of student funds, the
governing system at the University gives to the students the privilege of disciplining them-
selves through the means of the Honor System. Inaugurated by some of our greatest edu-
cators, in higher institutions of the nation, and early adopted in some departments of the
University of Florida, the Honor System was finally established in the entire University in
1914, as the result of student initiative. This plan, having met with the approval of all
officials of the University, was given the sanction of the Board of Control, and student repre-
sentatives were selected by the students to administer the system.
Among the basic principles of an Honor System are the convictions that self-discipline
is the greatest builder of character, that responsibility is a prerequisite of self-respect, and
that these are essential to the highest type of education. Officials of the University and the
Board of Control feel that students in the University of Florida should be assumed to be
honest and worthy of implicit trust, and they display this confidence through the privilege
of an Honor System.
In order to protect against the character deficiencies of a few men who may violate the
Honor Code, it becomes the duty of each member of the Student Body not only to abide
by the Honor Code but to report to the Honor Court any violations he may observe. Many
men coming to the University for the first time may feel hesitant about assuming this
responsibility, inasmuch as early school training has created feelings of antipathy toward
one who "tattle-tales" on a fellow-student. The theory of an Honor System adequately
overcomes this natural reaction, however, when it is realized that this system is a student
institution itself, and not a faculty measure for student discipline, and that to be worthy of
the advantages of the Honor System each student must be strong enough to do his duty
in this regard. In this way the responsibility for each man's conduct is placed where it must
eventually rest-on himself.
The Honor Code of the Student Body is striking in its simplicity, yet it embodies the
fundamentals of sound character. Each man is pledged to refrain from:
(a) cheating, (b) stealing, (c) passing worthless checks.
On the basis of this Code, students are extended all privileges conceived to be the
basic rights of men of Honor. There are no proctors or spies in the examination rooms, each
student feeling free to do his work, or to leave the room as occasion arises. Secondly,
fruits and supplies are placed openly on the campus, with the confidence that each man will
pay for any he may take. This system makes each man the keeper of his own conscience
until he has proven to his fellow-students that he no longer deserves the trust placed in him.
A breach of the System may be flagrant and serious, or it may be extenuated by cir-
cumstances. It may need only mild corrective measures to help the violator obtain a finer
conception of right and wrong; it may need strong measures. To enforce the System
equitably and punish occasional infractions in every case, the students have established
the Honor Court. The Court is composed of twelve students and a chancellor elected
annually from the upper classes of the various colleges on the campus. Their jurisdiction
of all violations of the Honor Code is f.-al, but with the privilege of appeal by a student
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to the Faculty Discipline Committee, an appeal both as to procedure and as to the merits
of the case. It is significant of the care with which the Court works that since the estab-
lishment of the Honor System in 1914, only one decision of the Honor Court has been
altered on appeal.
The penal purpose of the Honor Court should receive less stress, perhaps, than its
educational purpose, which is its most important function. The responsibility of acquaint-
ing every member of the Student Body with the purpose, advantages, and principles of
the Honor System is placed upon members of the Court. In line with this work, members
of the Honor Court participate in the orientation program each year during Freshman Week.
In addition to a series of explanatory talks at that time, special chapel programs are con-
ducted by the Honor Court during the school year. Honor System talks are delivered in
the high schools of the State upon request and at regularly scheduled times each spring,
and radio programs are broadcast especially for the high schools from Station WRUF in
Gainesville. In this way the Honor Court has endeavored to fulfill its responsibility to
the men who undertake the problem of self-government and self-discipline at the University
of Florida.
The parent of every prospective student should feel that it is his responsibility to stress
the paramount importance of honorable conduct on the part of his son while the latter is
in attendance at the University of Florida. Dishonest action brings sorrow to parent and
student alike.
Because University students have proved worthy of the trust and responsibility involved
in administering an Honor System, this feature of student government has become the
greatest tradition at the University of Florida. It must be remembered that inasmuch as
it is primarily a student responsibility, the future of the system rests with each new class
of students who enter the University. The University faculty and authorities pledge their
support to the Honor System. Each student must support it, or, in failing to support it,
contributes to the loss of this tradition.
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APPENDIX
REQUISITE SKILLS AND ATTAINMENTS IN ENGLISH
The candidate for admission into the General College of the University of Florida
should have certain reasonable attainments in reading, in composition (oral and written),
and in acquaintance with literature. It is not expected that every candidate will possess
all the skills and abilities listed below, but each candidate should assure himself of a
reasonable proficiency in a large majority of these. The summary here provided :; intended
to be of service as a general guide both to the prospective college student and to the
high-school teacher.
Aside from particular skills, the candidate's general attitude toward language is of the
greatest importance. Every entrant should have secured some understanding of the function
of language as a means of communicating ideas to others, and he should have acquired
the habit of using an adequate dictionary.
I. Reading Ability. The candidate should have acquired
A. the ability to get meaning from the printed page at a reasonable rate of speed,
as measured by a standardized test;
B. the habit of reading for recreation and aesthetic satisfaction as well as for the
purpose of securing information;
C. the ability to read ordinary prose and verse orally with comprehension of the
author's thought and with sufficient clearness and expressiveness to interpret it
to others.
II. Oral Composition. The candidate should be able
A. to use idiomatic, reasonably correct English and correct habits of posture,
enunciation and pronunciation when speaking on such informal or semi-formal
occasions as the following: making an explanation, presenting a topical recita-
tion or report, relating a sequence of events, and taking part in group discus-
sion of a topic;
B. to employ accepted usages of social courtesy in such situations as the following:
conversations and interviews with others, giving directions to an individual or
a group, discussing topics in the classroom, et cetera;
C. to organize material correctly and to speak to the point on a topic.
III. Written Composition. The candidate should possess sufficient skill in the use of English
to enable him to write a brief composition (three or more paragraphs) concerning
which the following questions can be answered in the affirmative:
A. Is the subject suitable and properly limited?
B. Does the writer display adequate familiarity with the subject?
C. Does the writer hold firmly to his subject?
D. Is there an orderly development of the thought?
E. Are the various topics presented in clear and well-defined paragraphs?
F. Are the transitions from one idea to another, and from one topic to another, clear
and easily followed?
Various specific attainments needed by the high school graduate have been well stated
recently in the "General Objectives in English for Junior and Senior High Schools" pub-
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lished with the English Course of Study for Florida High Schools. Those most needful
include the ability
A. to write a neat and legible manuscript;
B. to use literature grammatical forms;
C. to spell properly the most common words;
D. to take notes on lectures, articles, or books;
E. to select material and organize it in outline form in preparation for an oral
discussion or written composition;
F. to expand a topic sentence into an orderly and unified paragraph;
G. to write business and social letters of the most ordinary types;
H. to plan and write brief compositions, formal or informal, of an expository nature;
I. to write a summary or a paraphrase of any given passage;
J. to select a topic for research, discover and list sources of information, and collect
and organize material for the paper giving the results of the study;
K. to use exact and expressive words.
The attainments named above should be regarded as minimum requirements. Students
of superior ability should have made some progress also in attaining the standards involved
in such matters as the following: originality and vitality of thought; variety in diction, in
sentence structure, and in paragraph structure; ease, sincerity, and restraint of style. It
is anticipated that reasonable attainment of such standards by the high school graduate
will secure for him special and rapid advancement in his English courses in the General
College.
IV. Grammar. The candidate should have a knowledge of grammar which embraces
A. the agreement of subject and verb, pronoun and antecedent;
B. the correct case forms of pronouns;
C. the number of nouns and pronouns;
D. the comparison and usage of adjectives and adverbs;
E. the idiomatic use of conjunctions and prepositions;
F. the verb:
1. principal parts of irregular verbs;
2. correct use of subjunctive mood;
3. correct use of auxiliary verbs;
4. correct use of various tenses.
V. Sentence Structure. The candidate should have a knowledge of sentence which embraces
A. the correct subordination of phrases and clauses;
B. the effective securing of emphasis, variety, and unity in the sentence;
C. the avoidance of such errors as (1) the "sentence fragment" or "sentence fault,"
(2) the "comma splice" or "comma fault," (3) dangling and misplaced ele-
ments, (4) shift in number, person, or tense, (5) split construction, (6) in-
complete construction, (7) uncompleted idea, (8) faulty parallelism, (9) misuse
of is when and is where clauses, (10) faulty reference of pronouns, (11) double
negative.
VI. Forms. The candidate should have a knowledge of
A. proper use of capital letters;
B. correct punctuation of sentences;
C. the following forms:
1. manuscript and letter forms;
2. outline forms;
3. forms used in listing materials and making subject-matter references.
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VII. Literature. Before entering college, the candidate should have secured familiarity
with a reasonable amount of significant American and English literature. His knowl-
edge should include
A. at least an elementary understanding of the development and continuity of
English and American literature;
B. an acquaintance with the historical backgrounds of English and American
literature;
C. an acquaintance with the characteristics of such major literary forms as lyric,
epic, drama, essay, novel, and short-story;
D. familiarity with notable works selected from the writings of standard English
and American authors, both classical and modem.
REQUISITE SKILLS AND ATTAINMENTS IN MATHEMATICS
The following is an outline of the minimum requirements and does not represent the
training necessary for students expecting to enter engineering or scientific courses.
I. Fundamentals of Arithmetic
A. General methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
1. Of whole numbers
2. Of common fractions
3. Of mixed expressions
4. Of decimal fractions
B. Special short methods for multiplication and division, such as:
Multiplying or dividing by 10, its multiples or powers. (Thus, to multiply
any number by 750, multiply it first by 1000 and deduct from the result one-
fourth of itself.)
C. How to extract square root
D. Some notion of significant figures, as for example:
If Pi = 3.14 to three significant figures, then 243 times Pi should be written
to three figures, and all others dropped.
E. The application of common-sense checks on work, as for example:
.913 X 4.687 x 89.04 is roughly equal X 5 X 90
is roughly equal to
.055 x 493.02 .06 X 500
which is readily seen to equal 15. Therefore, the correct answer should be
reasonably near 15.
II. Mathematics of Business and Government
A. The meaning of per cent
B. How to express per cent in decimal or common fractional form, as:
25% = % = .25
C. What per cent one number is of another, thus:
2 is 50% of 4. 7 is what per cent of 17?
D. Finding net cost after series discounts are made
E. Simple taxation problems
F. Elementary problems in insurance
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III. The Symbolism of Mathematics
A. The meaning of letters in mathematical problems. Emphasize the significance
of putting a letter to stand for a number.
B. Operations with expressions involving letters
C. Use of signs of grouping and other symbols. Show why it is desirable some-
times to remove parentheses, sometimes to introduce them.
D. The law of signs in the fundamental operations
IV. Factoring Methods
A. A thorough understanding of the use of certain special products, such as:
1. (a+b) (a+b) = a2+b2+2ab
2. (a+b+c)2 =a2+b2+c2+2ab+2ac+2bc
3. (a+b) (a-b) = a2-b2
4. (x+a) (x+b) = x2+(a+b)x+ab
5. x(a+b) = xa+xb
6. (a+b) (c+d) = ac+ad+bc+bd
B. Use of the above special products in the factoring of expressions
1. Special emphasis upon the form of an expression, as:
x2-2x+l1-16 is the difference of two squares.
2. Skill in grouping advantageously, as:
x2+x+ax-a-2 = x2+x-2+ (x-1) a
= (x-1) (x+2)+a(x-1)
= (x-1) (x+a+2)
V. Fractions and Their Simplification
A. Reduction to lowest terms
B. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions
C. Simplification of complex fractions by multiplication. Examples:
1. 2 1/4 2 1/4X20 45 5
3 3/5 3 3/5x20 72 8
2. a+b/c c(a+b/c)
a-b/c c(a-b/c)
ac+b
ac-b
VI. The Equation
A. Solution of first degree equations in one unknown
1. Axioms used in operating upon equations. Thus, equals may be added to
both members of an equation.
2. Types involving fractional, numerical, literal coefficients
B. Systems of first degree equations
1. With two unknowns
2. With three unknowns
3. Types involving fractions or literal coefficients
C. Emphasis on setting up necessary equations for the solution of word problems;
translating word problems into algebra.
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VII. Functional Relationships Expressed in Algebraic Language
A. The meaning of a formula
Examples: Interpret I = Prt, s = /gt2, A = Pi r2, A = /ab
B. How simple formulas are derived
C. Solving a formula for each of the letters involved
D. Graphical representation of functional relationships, particularly of an equation
giving y as a function of x, as for example, to graph 3x+2y=6, or y=x2
1. How the graph is constructed
2. How to interpret the graph. For example, after the graph of y=x2 is
constructed, how can it be used to obtain the squares of numbers, and the
square roots of numbers?
E. Writing a formula when the functional relation is expressed verbally
VIII. The Theory of Exponents and Radicals
A. A thorough understanding of the four definitions of exponents
1. Nq = NNXNXN . to q factors if q is a whole number
2. NP/q = the pth power of the qth root of N, if p and q are whole numbers
3. N-x = 1/Nx, x any number
4. No = 1, N any number except 0
B. A knowledge of the four laws of exponents
1. AxAY = Ax+y
2. (AB)x= Ax Bx
3. (A) p = Ap
4. Ax/Ay = Ax-y
C. How to convert an expression in exponential form to radical form
D. Simplification of expressions either in exponential or radical form
E. Fundamental operations with exponents and radicals
IX. Ratio and Proportion
A. The meaning of a ratio; ratio as a quotient or a fraction
B. Proportion as the equality of two ratios
C. Use of ratio and proportion in the solution of problems
X. Simple Mensuration Problems
A. Tables of weights, lengths, etc.
1. General notion of a unit of measure
2. How to convert from one unit to another, as
3 feet = 36 inches
50C. = 410F.
B. The prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone and sphere
1. Measurement of surface and volume
2. Knowledge of simple formulas for areas and volumes
XI. Informal Proofs in Intuitive Geometry
A. Use of straight-edge and compass in construction of simple geometric figures
B. Comparison of plane figures as to kinds, similarity and symmetry
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XII. Formal Geometry
A. The nature of a formal proof
B. Acquaintance with the most significant theorems in elementary plane geometry,
as:
1. The Pythagorean theorem
2. Theorems on congruence and equality
3. Those on similar figures
4. Those pertaining to parallel and perpendicular lines
5. The simpler locus theorems
6. Theorems relating to chords, arcs, and tangents
7. Theorems on the measurement of angles
C. Some ability in the solution of original exercises in geometry
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