University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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of by-gone presidents, professors, and chancellors who have helped to elevate the institution to its present position. Among others may he seen a picture of Dr. .Josiah Meigs, the first president. This is an unusually fine piece of work, and is in many respects the most noteworthy of the lot. It is painted on a plate of bronze and its size is relatively very small. The widow of the late Joel A. Billups. of Madison. Georgia, related to me that while her husband was a trustee of the University, an aged woman in one of the neighboring counties told him that this picture was in her possession and she would he glad to bestow it on the school. It was accepted, and the trustees voted the good lady a substantial token of their appreciation. A few steps from the Academic Building we are brought to the hall of the Dcmosthcnian Society, which brings to our minds the charmed names of Robert Toombs, Emory Speer. Chancellor Barrow, and numerous others who first practiced the forensic arts under that roof. Directly in front, at the foot of a beautiful, shady path, we see Bhi Kappa Hall, which fostered Joseph Henry Lumpkin, “tin great chief justice.” Alexander II. Stephens, Ilerschel V. Johnson. Thomas R. R. Cobb. Howell Cobb, and Henry W. Grady. Just beyond the Demosthenian Hall is the chapel, a sample of Greek architecture. dignified and imposing. For eighty years this structure has stood unique in the history of Georgia. Almost every governor of the state has walked across its stage, and to mention the distinguished men who have graduated on its platform would occupy more reams than I have at my disposal. The immense canvas depicting in oil the interior of St. Peter’s, Rome, is a remarkable example of perspective. Before the chapel used to stand a lofty tret known as “Toombs’s Oak.” Several conflicting legends are grouped around this spot. In July, 1908, the trunk, long since dead, fell to the ground. Now the memorial of the class of 1908. a sundial. takes its place. A stroll diagonally to the left leads us to the Library, for which our thanks are due to Mr. George Poster Peabody. The inner walls have some beautiful oils, there being beside portraits landscapes and copies from the masters. The Library contains numerous rare volumes, a few dating back to the sixteenth century. The Indian relics will amply repay study. Old College is the oldest building in Athens. Long after its erection, the axe of the settler could be heard in the dense forests and the red men continued to roam through the Georgia wilderness. In 1908, an appropriation was secured from the General Assembly to renovate the brick exterior, and this was done, and the dormitory was made habitable again for the first time in years. But across the Tanyard branch, the I'niversity has certainly advanced by leaps and bounds. A veritable wilderness a decade ago, there are now imposing buildings with the most up-to-date equipment, land in intensified condition of cultivation, pretty avenues and walks, pastures, barns, dairies, and the best of stock and poultry. We have touched upon the origin and growth of the I’niversity, aiul have traced its primal development. We have loitered about the campus, lingering at some of the way stations endeared by associations. By far the most far-reaching and important fact is left unconsidered.—the spirit and influence of the institution. But if that is not fully exemplified in the careel’s of the alumni, past and present, and the ideals and aspirations of seven hundred students, my pen fails me.

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The Hark Yanis of the (’hapier Houses Are Used lo Good Purpose—the Sif ma Chi court. successor was one of the best known educators in the South, the celebrated I)r. Moses Waddell. Probably, it was then that the I'nivcrxity may really be said to have l egun in earnest. In 1820 some interesting resolutions were passed by tin trustees. They required as board, “for breakfast, a sufficiency of wholesome Cold meat with wheaten flour biscuit or loaf bread, butter, tea or coffee. For dinner, a course of bacon or salted l cof. with a suitable portion of corubread and at least two kinds of veg- etables. and on Wednesday, to have an aftereoursc of pies, puddings or pancakes. For each supper, a plentiful supply of tea or milk, with a sufficiency of wheaten flour biscuit and butter. It was likewise declared that “students on Sabbath afternoons must confine their walks to one mile, provided this healthful and innocent indulgence is executed free from any violation of tin laws of the college. I)r. Alonzo Church was president of tin I’niversity from 1829 to 1859. He was a very st rict disciplinarian, but was known for his kindness of heart. In 1850. the number of students was seventy-nine. Dr. Church had little patience with Dr. LcContc’s scientific views. An account of the events succeeding the Civil War would not be of equal interest. So. let us imagine ourselves taking a ramble over the campus, making an occasional pause at the spots which attract us most. We enter through the archway which is easily recognized as copied from the Georgia seal, or the University seal, for that matter. The first building that attracts our attention on the right is tin? Academic Building. It is the result of t wo separate buildings, one so remodeled as to duplicate the other, both joined in front by a portico with Corinthian columns, and both connected in the rear in such a manner as to give more space for offices. Between the portico and the rear is a quadrangular court, in tin middle of which stands a bronze drinking fountain, the memorial of the class °f The faculty room, on the first floor ,.r the Tl Sphinx Club-thc High at building, is hung with some splendid portraits t■ i °u 'r 1 1 Public Inihalions.

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THIRTEEN LLUIlm y-sJ r 1 (111) vs I WTi TfJ'jl illO HIM George Peabody Hall OI K NEWEST IH’ILDING. Completed April, 1013. XX recording the history of the I’liivcrsity for the present year, we present the above picture of our latest building on the campus. It is the special building for the Peabody School of Education, a handsome, well-planned, well-equipped structure, probably the finest type of a college building on the I'nivcrsity campus. 11ISTORICAL. George Peabody Hall has cost, with equipment. $50,000. Of this, $40,000 was appropriated by the Peabody Hoard of Trust out of a fund given by George Peabody in 18(57 for the promotion of public education in the South. This appropriation was the culmination of a movement begun in January, 1906, by Profes-