Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1925, Page 19

—— - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 7, 1925—PART T e S — g C—— —e. - Perspective of the Main Buildings and Campus ‘The New University of Miami NNOUNCEMENT is made that the fondest hopes of Miami’s best people are about to be realized, and that a great open-air University to be known as the University of Miami will, in the very near future, be an actual fact. The University will be one of the largest and finest in this country, capable of amply providing for the needs of 5,000 students. It will cost approximately $15,000,000, of which sufficient endowments have al- ready been secured to insure its successful accomplishments. The University will be built upon a fine 160-acre tract of land located in the Riviera Section of Coral Gables. This s did tract has been dedicated for all time to the Universi George E. Merri hose generous gift of §5,000,000 to the University of Miam assures its success. o b i siioata OFFICERS AND BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF MIAMIL William E. Walsh, President Ruth Bryan Owen, Vice-President Frederic Zeigen, Secretary-Treasurer REGENTS: Frederic Zeigen, Managing Regent William E. Walsh William Jennings Bryan Clayton Sedgwick Cooper E. G. Sewell James M. Cox Ruth Bryan Owen Frank B. Shutts George E. Merrick Thomas Pancoast Mitchell D. Price Bertha M. Foster Henry Salem Hubbell Leslie B. Robertson. BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE UNIVERSITY: Large Administration Building Literary Building Science Building Chemical Science Building Natural Science Building History Building Engineering Unit Medical Science Building Legal Unit Economics Building Mental Science Building Music Unit with Conservatory Art Unit General Assembly Hall Men’s Gymnasium with pool, ete. Women’s Gymnasium with pool, ete. Chapel, for religious exercises Large Library Athletic Field and Stadium President’s Residence Service Buildings Language Buildings Temporary Office, EOA mlgg& the University of Miami was granted by Judge Henry F. Atkinson of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida The University of Miami begins its career with prospects of the brightest and with assurances of success which not many seats of learning in America have ever enjoyed. Miami entertains hundreds of thousands of the country’s best people every winter. They come here — many of them — with regrets for the children who remain behind. They will come in future with sons and daughters who will take up their studies here, and complete the education which will prepare them for life. This demand for advanced education is, however, only one of the needs which will be met by the University of Miami. The ever-increasing demands for higher education in Southern Florida will not be longer denied. This ever-growing, most pros- perous of all sections, larger in area than many States, must have its seat of learning to balance in cultural power its magical advance in population and wealth. As a people we are pledged to education. Schools are our fortress and defense. Taste and culture are matters of education. Stupendous increases in bank deposits are not consonant with real growth and prosperity un- less united and balanced by large increases in educational forces and opportunities. The most useful citizen in a community is the educated man. For years there has been knocking at Miami’s door the opportunity to create and establish a great Pan-American University. The countries of Central and South America have repeatedly brought forward the idea. There are reasons without number for such a University, economic reasons, political reasons, reasons of polity and for the perpetuation of peace and good-will be- tween this country and all of the nations which lie to the South. Thousands of the best young men from these countries are matriculated now in every large college in the United States. They will come to Miami because it is nearer to home, because the climate is much similar to that théy have been accustomed to, and because they find a closer bond of sympathy here be- tween the traditions of Florida and those of their own countries. The site for the new University chosen after most careful study and consideration of the splendid spots offered in the Miami district, is in the new Riviera Section of Coral Gables. The sketch on this and the map shown on the following pages show the noble and liberal proportions of the plan — the magnificent spread of buildings fronting on the University Lake and Campus — midway between the great Miami-Biltmore Hotel at Coral Gables and Cocoplum Beach — facing the proposed F. E. C. Station and the splendid new high school surrounded by the inviting vistas of Golf Courses and waterways — the entire setting framed in the richest tropical planting, colorful in flowering shrubs and rarest trees. There are one hundred and sixty acres in the Uni- versity grounds proper, but the actual setting for the University is in the heart of two thousand acres which will be developed and beautified into one of the most beautiful parks in the world. The eminent artist, Denman Fink, has given above a remarkable picture of the noble university group. It can, however, only be in the incomparable beauty of realized development that the masterly concept.of the entire plan is adequately visualized. It is a site for a noble school of universal learning in which all Miamians, — yes, all of Miami’s host of annual visitors — will take CORAL GABLES | ACiami ‘Ripieras 40 Miles of Water Fronté » George -E-Merrick, Executive Offices: Administration Building, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. 410 Bond Bidg. 14th and N. Y. Ave. - RIVIERA SECTION OF CORAL GABLES The University of Miami is one of a numbq of important projects to s};u‘e in the development of the new Riviera Section of Coral Gables. The chief of these undertakings are $15,000,000 University of Mi- ami, comprising 22 separate buildings on a campus of 160 acres. 2,000,000 Temple and Golf Course for Mahi Shrine. 1,000,000 University High School. 150,000 Florida East Coast Railroad Station. Fifty Miles of Paved Streets and Boulevards. - Ten Miles of Water Frontage. $2,000,000 Sanitarium and Hospital. The Coral Gables representative in our loyal office will be glad to show you his map of the new Riviera Sec- tion, and tell you the plans for devel- opment of the property. The Riviera Section will be opened for sale on June 15th. Today you have an op- portunity to select an investment in the center of this activity, where past experience with Coral Gables plots is as nothing in comparison with the great development of the future. Only a few days for your selection before sales begin. Act now!