University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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Beautiful Memorial Hall, symbol of the new University ' s spirit of progress. H R n T Y

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THE UNIVERSITY HIT— Ahrjlwrn BaUliiin, t„„„Jc, a,„l f rU rrcuJc«l of Ih. ' 1784-1865 On Ifbruary 2i, 1784, the IcgisLuurc of the new Commoiiweahli of Georgia, guided by a young Connecticut Yankee, Abraham Baldwin, passed an act laying aside 40,000 acres of virgin forest for the endowment of a college or seminary of learning. This was the genesis of the University of Georgia. A year later, on jjiuiary 27, 178i, a charter was granted to the proposed institution and lialdwin made its first president. Sixteen years elapsed before the unwieldy governing bodies of the University actually functione d. In July, 1801, how- ever, a site was located on the upper Oconee, and Josiah Meigs elected president. In 1803, Old College, oldest building on the campus was completed, and in 1804, the first com- mencement program was held. After Meigs ' resignation in 1811, however, a succession of weak presidents almost ruined the young and struggling Unlversiy. In 1819, the appoint- ment to the presidency of Dr. Moses Waddell saved the day. Before his resignation in 1829 new buildings had been constructed, the enrollment had more than doubled, the faculty had been enlarged. Dr. Alonzo Church, president from 1829 to 1859, completed Waddell ' s work, making the University and Athens the cultural center of the state. During this period, the University epitomized the best there was in the culture of the Old South. When that culture received its death-blow during the War Between the States, so did the old University. Dr. Andrew A. Lipscomb, Chancellor from 1860 to 1874, struggled valiantly to keep the school open during the conflict; in 1864, however, its doors were closed. When .« . Mfiji, TrcsiJciil of Ihc Vnh (ISOl-UU). Universiry of Georgia, ss. ylihcnu March Jt, 1804 THEfira public ConunenccmeiK in Ihit Uv xr iij, wiU bt hoWcn at Ihis place, on ThuifiUy the jiUdByofMay A tiiMlini; of the Bo «i 6F tkust lh Is ,.p,.mv,l ij btliolJtn in ihcCoi i.» r ..o Wtd.itAljy, the 30th i.f Mvf, laj 1! is - ;racd ihal the iciiporijnce of the bu :iiicis :heo 10 tic laid before tliem, will i i (luce Very men Ucr to atten.l. On the J«y of txMting ,ot the boa? ■ S;riiioo »ill l.r i» .tfedr6y il.t Rt Ro»r. Rf: C«Jl lSOM. ) lifdrefTe.! p.f ricutariy 10 the c. nitidates for degree Thememtwr o( ilie Board o( visi 1 on. the ReStrt and Tultr, nl AcaJtmir, in.l icAurf;, «f(Kcially of thofe which are fiippoftcd by potjlic fundu, anil ,.i. ■ Friend of Science and Literature, .ir- •■ peafolly rcqoelled t . rtenJ 1! • An. toumcmeni of the first romiu.n, ■•■ nl of Ihe Vnhersity, May )I, 1S04. All otJ new of fhc Cliaprl, completed in lSi2, sliowiiig I now vanished steeple