University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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fyranl{lirL- College C'RANKLIN COLLEGE, now incorporated in the organization as the College of Arts and Sciences, was the original foundation upon which has been reared the University of Georgia. Chartered in 1785, the first institution to l c supported by a state, it was named for Benjamin Franklin, the great American commoner. The institution had a varied career, several times being on the ] oint of extinction; but after these early hardships and reverses, during the first half of the nineteenth century it not only became the dominant force in education in Georgia, but was universally recognized as the peer, and in some respects the superior, of any American institution—its library and “philosophical apparatus’’ being especially noted. It faculty comprised some of the most brilliant men who have been produced in the South; and its graduates include many of those whose names arc historic. After the disruption of the South by the War Between the States and the period of demoralization which followed it. it was many years before Franklin College, now become a part of the larger institution, recovered its prestige. It offers only the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees, but many of its courses enter into the more socialized curricula, so that students in all departments arc brought into contact with its leaching. There scans to be a general reaction in favor of the cultural courses, and it is confidently anticipated that Franklin College will at least maintain its importance in the University organization. S. V. Sanfokd. President of Franklin College. rage TteriUytteo

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Ciiaki.es M. Sxf.i.lisg Chancellor 'X'HIC purpose of the University as recorded u| on its Seal is: “To teach and to enquire into the nature of things. The institution’s first duty and highest obligation is to fit young men and women for citizenship in a live and growing commonwealth: to train them so that they may contribute their just share to the well being of the state. '1 he development of Georgia’s untold resources, human and material, can come only through education and educated men and women. Leadership must rest with the young jtcoplc trained and cquipj cd in the colleges to study the problems, whether economic, social, or spiritual, that every day press more urgently for solution. As the servant of the people whose money supports it and to whom it belongs the University’s activities must not be restricted to its campus. Through its extension agencies already in operation and others to l c set up as the opjtortunity arises, it must carry its service to every section and community in the state. Xo institution can claim to be a university that does not foster and encourage productive scholarship. Even with the limited resources at our command crcativcncss must continue more and more to express itself in the life of the University. Only as the institution conserves the things of the spirit, widens the Ixnmdarics of knowledge. aids in uncovering the secrets of nature and in adapting nature's resources to the benefi- cent use of mankind will it justify itself as a university. The end and aim of education and the goal of economic progress is the development of a social order congenial to science and art. literature and religion, and in which they all shall flourish. The duty of the University is to bring the | cop!c of Georgia to a sympathetic understanding of its mission and purjjose. • Citas. M. Sneli.inc. Chancellor University of Georgia. t'O'Jc TrerHlyone

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'Dearie of (fJYien np HE office of Dean of Men was created at the beginning of this session. It was made neces- sary l»y the constantly increasing enrollment of students, which necessitated additional administrative duties, and the advisability of placing some one at the head of the student body to supervise its interests and activities. The Dean of Men is an administrative officer elected by the Board of Trustees and is concerned with the supervision, under the Chancellor and the Dean, of student life, interests, and activities. His duties are to assist the Chancellor and the Dean in all matters affecting the relations l)Ctwcen the students and others with whom they may come in contact. The Dean of Men is a mcml er of the faculty committees on absences, athletics, discipline, dormitories, freshmen, student business activities, student social activities, student publications, and is general chairman of the Student Employment Committee. He is also general chairman of the Committee on Student l.ifc, Interests, and Activities, which consists of the chairmen of all faculty committees that have any connection with student life, interests, and activities. He also acts as intermediary between the authorities and the student body in all questions affecting the latter. The office of Dean of Men, or Dean of Student Affairs, is now installed in the large majority of colleges and universities throughout the country. S. G. Back man. Dean of Men. Pave Tutnly three