University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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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-

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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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sor T. J. Wooftcr ami Chancellor David C. Harrow, who made the til’s! presentation to the Peabody Hoard of Trust. advocating that Schools of Education in Southern State I’niversities be favored by their fund, and. as a result, the Uni-versitv of Georgia received the first appropriation of this kind. Purposes. In this building will la conducted the courses in Education with the cooperative courses in Psychology. Philosophy, and Sociology. An office and class room will lie loaned for a while to the new School of Commerce organizing this year. During the Summer School the department of Home Science and Art will lie in rooms in Peabody Hall equipped for this purpose. George Peahodv Hall will thus he the central home of the social sciences in the University. Peahody School of Education will la a normal college for men, a school for the special study of education as the greatest social factor, and for the development of the social or human sciences. Organization for 1913-14. David Crenshaw Harrow. LL.D.. Chancellor and Lecturer in Education. Thomas Jackson Wookter. A.M.. LL.D.. Dean and Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, and School Administration. Joseph Spencer Stewart. A.M.. Professor of Secondary Education and High School Visitor. Ludwig Kkiniioi.d Geissler, Pli.l).. Associate Professor of Psychology and Education. Howard Y. Odum, Ph.l).. Associate Professor of Educational Sociology and Rural Education. Leroy Collier Hart. H.S.E.E.. Instructor in Manual Training. Professor of Farm Mechanics in College of Agriculture. Howell Hkna.iaii Peacock. H.S.. Instructor in Physical Education. Director of Alumni Hall Gymnasium. A Scholar in Psychology. (To he selected.) Other members of the University Faculty in the Pedagogy of Their Subjects.