State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CRYSTAL message Tram Chancellor :Barrow To THE STATE NORMAL SENIORS, CLASS 08, '22, GREETINC AND FAREWELL: I hardly know how to say goodbye to this Senior Class. It seems to me that I have been associated with you more than with any former class in the State Normal. As Juniors, I gave you a series of talks, which were very pleasant to me on account of the interest you showed. It may be due to this informal asso- ciation that I value you so highly. I shall regret to see you leave, and yet I am glad to have you go and leaven society. . May I feel free to give you some advice, prompted by a spirit of love? 1. Do not ignore the spirit of Society, but do not be ruled by it. You should knowwhich way the current runs, but it does not follow that you should be drowned in its cataract. 12. -Purpose and steadfast effort will carry you a long ways. 3. I am Writing this on a gloomy morning, but I know the bright sun is shining behind and above the clouds. Most likely, almost certainly, in a little while the sun will turn these dull clouds into gorgeous beauty. Remember this, and you can wait with patience for the hour when dull clouds change to bright beauty. ' 4. Believe the best things, think the best things, do the best things. 5. A friend is very valuable. Do not lightly put aside or think evil of a friend. I trust God may bless each of you and make you a blessing to Society. I DAVID C. BARROW.

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CRYSTAL 'W M 'X' Chancellor Barrow

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CRYSTAL Ji M N rf- Ge dw ' 3, , J E . If Ji X or to V- X A 4' R. Q M , wlwqfgr ', '- x .a f w XX V I' sr. I799 Tibe Great Seals of Qeorgia MARY HARRIS N 1732, agtract of land, including the .territory now known as the State 'J of Georgia, was granted by the English Crown to twenty-one trustees. , lf The condition of the grant was .that the land was to be settled by worthy but unfortunate debtors, incarcerated in English prisons. In 'ff' July of that year, the corporators convened for formal acceptance of the charter, and for the perfection of an organization under its provisions. A seal, called the Colonial Seal, was adopted. One of itsr faces, which was for the authentication of legislative acts, deeds, and commissions, contained the device which follows:-Two human figures leaned upon urns from which iiowed streams, representing the Savannah and Altamaha rivers, which formed the northeastern and southwestern boundaries of the State, in the hands of the figures were spades, suggesting agriculture as the settlers' chief employment. Above, and in the center, was seated the genius of the colony, wearing a liberty cap on her head. In her left hand she held a cornucopia, and in her right, a spear. Behind, upon a gentle eminence stood a tree, and above was engraved this legend: uColonia Georgia Augeat,'7 the translation of which is, 4'lVlay the Georgia Colony Hourishf' On the other face, which was to be aliixedl to grants, orders, and certificates, were silk- worms in the various stages of their labor. The motto, Non sibi sed allis,'7 or NNot for ourselves but for othersf' was appropriate not only to the trustees but to the silkworms, which were expected to furnish a livelihood for the colonists. For twenty-one years, Georgia thrived under the direction of her trustees. On the twenty-third of June, 1752, these noble men held their last meeting, and surrendered the control of the colony to the king. The colony having now be- come a royal province, a new seal was ordered to be made in 1754-. This Provincial Seal was the largest and most beautiful of the Georgian Seals. It was made of silver, and was four and one-half inches in diameter. On one side was a figure, representing the genius of the province making an offering of a skein of silk to the king. The motto was, I-linc laudem sperate, Coloniif' or MI-lence hope for praise, O Colonistsf' No doubt this was intended to encourage development of the silk industry. Around the circumference of the same side was engraved, '4Sigillum Provinciae nostrae Georgiae in America, meaning The Seal of our Province of Georgia in America? On the obverse side were his Majestyis arms, crown, garter, supporters, and motto. The inscription, uGeorgius II, Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae. Franciae et Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor, Brunsvici et Lune- burgi Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurarius et Elector,'5 means, 'CGeorge ll, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, High-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. After a short span of years, during which most of the American colonies were under provincial rule, the development of affairs caused the people of Georgia with those of the other colonies to revolt against English oppression. It has been hinted at times that Georgia was unwilling to take up arms, but let us say in her