Jacksonville and Education Funding

[Steve]

Interesting quote from 1963 from a former JU president, courtesy of the Daily Record (AKA half of the T-U of yesteryear)

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=540283

"I do not believe the people of Duval County either want or expect decent schools," he said.

Franklyn said pleas for more funding for local schools had "fallen on deaf ears" for many years.

"For 30 years Jacksonville was the largest city in the United States without an accredited four-year college. We stumbled along until 1954 before establishing a junior college and it was 1956 before the public would support its conversion into a university.