FLORIDA, University of, located at Gainesville, Fla., dates from 6 July 1905 when the State Board of Education and the Board of Control in joint session, acting under powers conferred by the legislature, co-ordinated pre vious State efforts at higher instruction and or ganized the Florida Female College at Talla hassee and the University of the State of Flor ida at Gainesville. Both these institutions be gan their scholastic work in September 1905. In 1909 an act of the legislature changed the name of the one to the Florida State College for Women; of the other to the University of Flor ida. Now ranking with the best universities of the nation its departments comprise the Col lege of Arts and Sciences leading to the de grees of BA. and B.S.; the College of Agri culture which confers the degree of B.S.A.; the College of Engineering leading to the de gree of B.E.; the College of Law, the LL.B. de gree of which admits to the bar without fur ther examination; the Teachers' College confer ring the degrees of B.S. and B.A. in philosophy and education and providing normal training for those desiring to enter any department of the public school service, State certificates are granted to Normal School and Teachers' Col lege graduates without further examination; the Graduate School offering courses leading to the degrees of M.A. and M.S.; the Agricul
tural Experiment Station for agricultural re search; and the University Extension Division serving Farmers' Institutes, Boys' and Girls' clubs, correspondence courses, lecture bureau. etc. Apart from legislative appropriations, the annual income of the university derived prin cipally from Federal grants amounts to $34,750; for the support of the Agricultural Experiment Station the Federal government makes two an nual grants totaling $30,000. Three fellowships and four scholarships are offered deserving stu dents and a loan fund enables students to enter the College of Agriculture. The university occupies a tract of 604 acres, 90 of which are devoted to campus, drill-grounds and athletic fields; the remainder is used by the College of Agriculture. Handsome buildings have been erected furnished with all modern improvements and appliances. The faculty numbers 73; the average annual student enrolment is 800, with an additional 200 to 230 enrolled in boys' short course and in correspondence courses.