University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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is The Georgia Arch 1856 When the University was chartered in 1785, this spot was in the midst of oak trees. When this square mile (640 acres) was bought in 1800 by- John Milledge and his committee, this area was between the Indians and the Whites, with Daniel Easley owning a mill on the nearby Oconee River, with some fruit trees near the future campus. When the 36-acres college yard was laid off, a free-flowing spring at the northeast corner prom- ised water. In its financial ups and downs, the College un- der the Senatus Academicus decided in 1834 that a Botanical Garden a block to the west was too expensive for a meager budget. The resolution said the proceeds of the sale should be used to provide a proper fence and gate along Front Street, as Broad Street was then called. So ' . ' the thousand dollars of proceeds was used in 1856 to erect the iron fence and the gate, a replica of the Georgia seal. As the old dies that the new can be born, the sale of the Botanical Garden at the hollow on Broad Street left a void; then over a hundred years later a new garden was established near White- hall, a mile and a half away on the far south end of the campus, 295 acres in extent, permanently granted by the Board of Regents. The Callaway Foundation gave a beautiful building for the head- quarters. However, the word Constitution never ap- peared at the top of the Arch, nor the words Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation , which ap- pear on the seals both of the University and the State. The Athens Foundry molded the fence pal- ings and presumably the Arch and its simple col- umns. Years later, when the fence was extended down Lumpkin and Jackson Streets, the molds were still available. The seal at the Arch is simply three pillars, the graceful curve joining the two outside ones. Elev- en seals of the State have not contained this Arch; six have, including the present one. The Seal of the University has an arch with the four words above, encircled by its Latin motto, Et Docere et rerum exquirere causae , which says, Both to seek out and to teach the cause of things , or as President Aderhold said, Research and Teach- ing. Scholars have never found the motto in any book, so some early professor must have orignat- ed it. On the University seal there is another out- side ring with these Latin words, Sigillum Univer- sitatis Georgiae. In addition to the Arch as an entrance at the (continued) Dean William Tate Recalls The Fascinating History Of The Georgia Arch .... 1978 PANDORA UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602 VOLUME 91 S 3