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A History of Columbia County, Florida

Some aspects of education remained unchanged. As an hum­
orous digression it is enlightening to look at some graffiti gleaned
from textbooks of Columbia County high school students of this
period—graffiti which shows the universality of student dreams
and aspirations of any time period. Following are some selections
from this textbook graffiti:
Always remember
And never forget
There is a blue-eyed girl
Who loves you yet
Tis sweet to love
But oh how bitter
To love a girl
And then not get her
Make the cities large
Make the people small
Love in a garage
Is most serious of all
Can’t think, born dumb
Inspiration won’t come
Bum writing, bum pen
Yours forever, Amen18
Fortunately for the county its economic base of transportation,
agriculture, and timber was not appreciably affected by the loss of
the university. Fort White was still the center of the southern part
of the county—an area strong in its diversified agriculture al­
though its phosphate mining was declining. Lake City remained at
the junction of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Plant
System and was regarded as one of the more progressive com­
munities in Florida. In 1910, Lake City, with a population of 5,000,

’““Sayings from Columbia County School Children,” Folder S, Columbia
County Historical Society Collection.
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