The Southern newspaper, that is now housed in the Communication’s department, has a legacy that far predates the department’s creation, the Lakeland campus and even the very name Florida Southern College.
From 1901 to 1921, FSC – then called Southern College – was based in Sutherland, Florida. It was in 1918 that the student newspaper was founded under the leadership of President R.H. Alderman.
Much of the paper’s content highlighted student organizations, especially clubs and Greek life, as well as sports games and campus entertainment. Though formal sections had not yet been established, there were columns with titles like: “Local and Personal,” “Funnicisms,” and “Freshman Faniecia” that offered local happenings, jokes and stories…