University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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tudcnts returned in December, 1865, e of the University ' s history the tattered, grey Confederate unifor :ra had begun. From the close of the War Between the Slates to the opening of the twentieth century, the University marked time. Though many able professors, such as Dr. Charles Morris, held on to their none too lucrative posts on a diminished faculty, hard-pinched legislators in Atlanta were slow to realize the pressing needs of the classic University with the oldest charter in America. In these days of mid- Victorianism, prominent Methodist and Baptist divines, desirous of attracting state funds to their own hard-pressed schools of Emory and Mercer, indulged in violent attacks on the Athens institution as a den of vice and corruption. Beneath the surface, however, various influences were at work, awaiting the revitalizing touch of some man who could lead the University out from under the stagnant, clerical influence which had dominated it for a century, and bring forth a new day of academic freedom. All these forces had come to a head in 1899, when the Trustees, seeking deceased Chancellor William E. Boggs, broke the precedent of a hundred nd selected a M.icon lawyer, Walter B. Hill, rather than the usual minister, for the post. 1899-1942 Though he held the Chancellorship only six years (1899-190S), Walter B. Hill ranks as one of the founders of the modern University. Chancellor Hill came to Athens with the vision of transforming a decadent, stuffy old college into a modern, wide-awake university, whose influence should extend to every corner of the state, whose faculty should be loosed from the bonds of a stifling academic system years out of date. Enlisting the support, financial and otherwise, of a prominent New York philanthropist. George Foster Peabody, the progressive Chancellor caused the construction of the Academic Building and the Library, and organized a School of Pharmacy. In T ,r G -mrjl Library BniUi,, . gijt of Mr. P, n. ;!,!:„::, in:!t

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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

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1899-1942 (Continued) ] ' ' (.. ., vr.ir .liter l,is lU-alh, the Schools of AgricLil- lui-.- and )ur«try came mtu Licing. On Chanccllur Hlll dculi, .1 successor was found who could ably carry on tllc xrcat work. Probably no man m the University ' s liislury was more universally loved, respected, and .id- nilred ih.m David Crenshaw Barrow, Chancellor from I ' iOi. .0 1925. His administration covered a critical period; the University w-as expanding far beyond the oiisinal concepts of its founders; the problems of admin- istration were doubled and trebled. A College of Educa- tion, a (.r.iduate School, and Schools of Commerce and lournalism were established. And in |9|9 came the most i - ' ■ t ..!i,i i DuiiJ Crenihau the UiliiTTUi:,. l90C-l92i. »■. Chancellor 0 Sliul.,,1, „l Ihr SUIe Normal School ,u 1102. Sc, 1927— Dr. S. V. SJ ..I, f. ,■.„ ,. at Ihe , ,, , of the Coiiilt„r,,-lo,ni;alnia lliuljinii. ,,l. ChamclU.r of Ihc radical step of all; women, barred from the University for over a century, were allowed vo matriculate, and co-education, with all its new and varied problems, was a reality. So fast did the institution grow that when, in 192 5 Charles Mercer Snelling became Chancellor, the urgent need for reform and reorganization had become all too apparent. In 19.M, the state legislature, stimulated by the need for economy resulting from the Depression, passed a Reorganization Bill. A Board of Regents was set up on January 1, 1932, over the whole University System of twelve schools and col- leges, and all three branches of the University in Athens were integrated under one presi- dent. S. y. Sanford. Chancellor Snelling w.is moved up to head the entire system, and, on in 19.V5, was succeeded by the brilliant Atlanta lawyer, Philip Weltner. In 191(, President Sanford was .idvanced to his post, and the much- admired Dean of the Law School, Harmon W. Caldwell, elected to the presi- dency. The seven years of Dr. Caldwell ' s administration have covered an unparalleled period of progress. The University has been brought up to the modern conception of an institution of learning, while the physical plant has been enlarged a lmost beyond recognition as a result of Chancellor Sanford ' s earnest solicitation of federal funds. Thus, under the guidance of its two great leaders, the University of Georgia moves forward towards the con- summation of the ideal conceived by our Revolutionary fathers one hundred and forty-eight years ago. t , ' ' ■: '