Address by United States Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath
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OCR Page 1 of 14ADDRESS *
It is a pleasure to return to the campus of Florida State University
and to spend even a brief time in this friendly academic community My acquaintance
with this institution goes back a good many years to the spring of 1931 when
I first visited here. Under the presidency of Dr. Conradi at that time, it
was a State institution for the education of young ladies and it served the
State so well in this respect that Florida State College for Women was well
known throughout the United States. The young ladies who left these halls to
take their places in the adult society of their time immensely enriched the
family, the cultural, and the social life of this State.
As the years passed, however, and the demands for higher education
markedly increased in Florida, it was wisely decided I believe that this
institution should serve both men and women. Since that time, as you well
know, the enrollment has grown tremencously, the campus has spread out over
new acres, and many handsome buildings have been érected better to house new
programs of instruction and to serve many new students, both men and women.
Even with this enormous growth, however, the institution has somehow managed
to retain a uniqueness all its own. Every time I return here I am struck with
the fact that the University, and the town, too, have retained much of their
earlier charm and picturesqueness, and also the friendly close personal relation-
ships which customarily characterize smaller academic communities This is
very important, I believe, because some of the Thighest values of education are
not gained in the systematic instruction of the classroom but, on the contrary,
are unconsciously absorbed from the beauty of the campus, from the friendly
* By Earl J. McGrath, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security
Agency, Washington, D. C., at the Carnet and Gold Key Banquet, Suwannee Room,
Elorida Sta te University, Tallahassee, Florida, November 15, 1952.
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