UN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY 
 
 LINCOLN HULLEY, Ph. D., Litt. D., LL.D., 
 
 President, 
 
 DeLAND, -:- -:- FLORIDA. 
 
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 THE LATE HENRY A. DeLAND, 
 
 Who founded the City of DeLand, "The Athens of 
 
 Florida." 
 
 49 Professors and Instructors. 17 University Buildings. 
 
 58! Students Enrolled Last Year. 
 28 Acre Campus. $300,000 Productive Endowment. 
 
 For Catalogues, Folders, Bulletins, and Other Information, Address 
 
 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA. 
 
 Published by the John B. Stetson University as frequently as four times a year, 
 in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of July Iti, 1894 Entered as 
 second-class matter at the postoffice at DeLand, Fla. Issued Quarterly, Vol. IX, No. 2 
 
 JUNE 1909. 
 
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ELIZABETH HALL, STETSON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 This splendid structure, 250 feet in length, is one of the most beautiful and complete build- 
 ings devoted to educational purposes in the entire South. 
 
 FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY. 
 
 There are forty-nine (49) Professors, Instructors and Assistants on the 
 teaching staff of Stetson University. They hold degrees from Harvard, University 
 of Chicago, Yale, Cornell. Columbia, University of Michigan, Bucknell, Bowdoin 
 Dennison, Wake Forest, Utrecht-Holland, Louisville, Woman's College of Balti- 
 more, Woman's College of Richmond and other institutions. They are men and 
 women of sterling Christian character and take an active interest in all phases of 
 the stadent life. 
 
 There were five hundred eighty-one (581) students enrolled last year in all 
 departments of the University. They represent thirty-seven (37) Florida coun- 
 ties twenty-three (23) states and three (3) foreign countries. 
 
 STETSON'S EQUIPMENT. 
 
 The University has a line property. Her seventeen buildings are situated in 
 ;i grove "f oak and pine trees, in the midst of a campus of twenty-eight acres, 
 on gently rolling land, on the northern v<\<ac of the City of DeLand. 
 
 '•mi has almosl four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) invested in 
 buildings and equipment, and she has a productive endowmenl of three hundred 
 
 thousand ($300,000.00) dollars. 
 
 I)i LAND, "THE ATHENS OF FLORIDA." 
 
 DeLand i- known throughout the country as "The Athens of Florida" It 
 
 well organized city government, and a strong progressive public spirit; 
 
 good railw; and postal service; electric li.uhts, water works, and lire 
 
 tion; beautiful homes and spacioui \ards and gardens; splendid church 
 
 i public buildings and mile-, of improved streets and beautiful drive 
 
 t upon a hill." 
 
THE MORNING CHAPEL ASSEMBLY AT STETSON. 
 
 Stetson has a beautiful chapel, with a seating capacity of more than 900. 
 It has costly furnishings, including stained glass windows, seven oil paintings and 
 a $10,000-00 pipe organ. 
 
 In this splendid auditorium the great interdenominational vesper services 
 are held each Sunday at 4 o'clock. At these services, crowded often to the full 
 capacity of the hall, the President delivers the address and the University choir 
 of more than 60 voices renders the most select sacred music. In this hall too, 
 the Lyceum and Chautauqua Courses are conducted, and the great Oratorios and 
 Music Festivals are held. During the coming year a Shakespeare Festival will 
 be held here in the month of February. 
 
 ONE OF PRESIDENT HULLEY S CLASSES ASSEMBLED ON THE STEPS OF ELIZABETH HALL. 
 
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, STETSON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 This imposing structure is 150 feet long and 50 feet wide, not counting the 
 portico in the front or the stack room in the rear. It is one of the four best 
 buildings on the Stetson campus. This library alone represents an investment in 
 building, endowment and books of more than $120,000.00. It contains more than 
 15,000 bound volumes of the best selected books, and an extensive collection of 
 the best periodical literature- It is the United States Depository for the State 
 of Florida. 
 
 On the second floor of this building, there are two large and well lighted 
 halls for the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, also a 
 number of Literary Society and Debating Club rooms. 
 
 LOOKING UP TH1 BOULEVARD 1 v TH] DIRECTION OF CHAUDOIN HALL, Tin 
 
 ROB YOUNG WOMEN. 
 
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A PORCH PARTY AT CHAUDOIN HALL. 
 
 The authorities at Stetson University take great pride in the high character of her young 
 women. They are a choice body of young people from the very best homes of Florida and else- 
 where. Their home life in the dormitory is made thoroughly attractive and enjoyable. 
 
 .Miss Ellen Martien, the dean of women, presides with queenly dignity over the affairs of 
 Chaudoin hall, and it is often remarked by mothers familiar with her tactful and careful adminis- 
 tration of its affairs, that the young ladies who make their home in this hall, are not only sur- 
 rounded by the most ideal environment of culture, but that they are actually safer in most cases 
 than they could hope to be even in their home communities. 
 
 THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS. 
 
 The Stetson College of Liberal Arts was affiliated in 1897 with the Univer- 
 sitv of Chicago, in recognition of the excellence of her work. She maintains the 
 following departr ents : 
 
 English Language and Literature ; 
 Latin Language and Literature ; 
 Greek Language and Literature ; 
 German Language and Literature; 
 French Language and Literature ; 
 Spanish Language and Literature ; 
 Philosophy and Education; 
 History and Political Science; 
 
 Sociology and Economics ; 
 Mathematics and Astronomy; 
 Physics and Mechanics ; 
 Chemistry ; 
 Biological Sciences ; 
 Zoological Sciences ; 
 Public Speaking ; 
 Physical Culture and Athletics 
 
 Strong courses and high standards are maintained in all of these depart- 
 ments- 
 
 OTHER COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. 
 
 Stetson University is primarily a College of Liberal Arts, but she maintains 
 also a College of Law, a College of Technology, a Business College, a Normal 
 School and Teachers' College, a Preparatory Academy, a School of Mechanic 
 Arts, a School of Music, and a School of Fine Arts. 
 
 Special bulletins of any of these departments, or of the College may be 
 secured by addressing a request to Stetson University, DeLand, Florida. 
 
SCIENCE HALL, STETSON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 This is one of the newest of the seventeen buildings belonging to Stetson 
 University. It is 200 feet long and 80 feet wide. It is built of brick, finished in 
 grey stucco, in the style of the Spanish Renaissance. With its furnishings, it 
 represents an expenditure of more than $60,000-00. It contains commodious lec- 
 ture rooms for the classes in Physics and Chemistry, a large general laboratory, 
 for each of these sciences, and a number of private laboratories. 
 
 ONE OF S'l E'l SON S ATHLETK TEAMS. 
 
 Athletics al Stetson include Fool Ball, Base Ball, Basket Ball, Tennis, and 
 a variety of field sport The Stetson students maintain two strong foot ball 
 . three basted ball teams and ;i tenuis club with ;i very large active mem- 
 bership' The Stetson teams hold an interesting collection of athletic trophies 
 enting intercollegiate victories and State championships.