University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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' i JA l flf .v •w. The University of Georgia : :i h li ' h - Introduction 4 I Beauties 22 ] Academics 33 Sports 81 Organizations . . .161 Greeks 241 ! Classes 353 General Index . . 436 Connpendiunn . . . 448 Copyright ® 1978 by John Scott Kinney and the Department of Student Activities, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the Editor or the Director of the Department of Student Activities. Is xr TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

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THE GEORGIA ARCH center of the campus along Broad Street, two smaller gates provide entry about equal distance to the right and left. In 1946 the Arch was moved backwards about six feet, placed on some limes- tone steps and flanked by two columns at the open sides, with two lights added at the top. Once there were two iron gates, between the two outside columns and the center one, as shown by notches and flanges on the columns. During the Civil War, though the College was closed, the Chancellor as custodian opened the gates and rang the bell at eight o ' clock to symbol- ize that the College was open, with a similar cere- The Arch, with the Chapel in the background, is the symbol of the University, and to many alumni the emotional center of the State. If this Arch could talk, it could tell how the land that the Indians had owned was taken by Fron- tiersmen, then used by Farmers, even Plantations with Slaves. It could tell how Wars had swept over the land: the Mexican War, the bitter Civil War, the Cuban War, then two World Wars when the New World of America went to the Rescue of the Old World. Nearby is a monument whereon are named the Confederate dead: at Shiloh, Crampton Gap, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, and Fre- mony to close at five. Around 1885 these gates disappeared, maybe stolen, maybe broken, may- be discarded as meaningless. Two brothers, Daniel and James Redfearn, worked their way through the University to be- come prominent in law and medicine. As a fresh- man in 1909 Dan made an impulsive pledge, not to walk through the Arch , till he had his diploma in his hand, a pledge that became a tradition in the policies of hazing sophomores. Often when the freshmen made their Shirt-tail Parade through town, their efforts to break this taboo led to struggles at the Arch, restricted by the honor system to fists only , but even then quite rough. In addition to fathering this tradition, these two Redfearn brothers left an endowment for the Arch, enough to keep the simple structure in re- pairs. Twice governors have been burned in effigy at the Arch: once when a Black player at another school was barred against Tech, again when the University was discredited for political interfer- ence. When the rules forbade a political speech on the campus, the students got permission from the City of Athens to build a platform six inches from the campus but just in front (by six inches) of the Arch. Their candidate became Governor! dericksburg. A forest plateau has become the home of 20,000 students and 100,000 alumni. Phi Kappa and Demosthenian and other groups have sent trained leaders to serve in countless ways: Long in Medicine, Herty in Industry, Grady in Journalism, Black in Finance, Russell in Government, to men- tion only five. Seven out of the last ten governors have been from the Athens campus, thirteen out of the last twenty. A state of 75,000 people on the date of the charter is now 5,000,000; and a village to the near west is prophesied in a hundred years, in 2100 A.D., to be the largest city in the world. And a hundred things now exist not dreamed of even in 1 856: the automobile, space ships, nuclear bombs, computers, eyes looking into the body and far into space — all created during the life of this Arch. And back of the Arch on the campus are its scholars, its teachers, its athletes, its lordly sen- iors, its naive freshmen, its proud parents, its re- turning alumni, its casual visitors. Here between the Town of Athens and the Campus is the one spot, a three-columned seal, that is the Heart of Georgia. JJ[ 2 THE GEORGIA ARCH

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ji . I Introduction The University of Georgia — her legacy richly embroidered in a red and black tap- estry dating back to 1 785 .... The old place has changed consider- ably since her early years: the Cherokee Indians have long since disappeared from the campus scene, though the sheriff of Clarke County continues to lead the an- nual commencement procession lest any bare-skinned braves should appear. The wooden fence surrounding a small portion of North Campus has been replaced by one of the more enduring wrought iron breed — cast, inci dentally, by the Athens Iron Foundry in the 1850 ' s. And to this day, rumor has it that, in the dead of night, a mischievous group of undergrad- uate men made off with the swing gates once a part of the Arch. The dense, dark green ivy which faithfully covered the fa- gade of the Academic Building for innu- merable years did, in time, give way to coat after coat of fresh, stark white paint. Indeed, the physical changes within the boundaries of the Georgia campus are readily apparent; one need only glance through any old volume of the PANDORA to visually realize the obvious. Such change as this is inevitable. But there is one abiding constant to be considered when reflecting on The Uni- versity of Georgia: the indomitable spirit of the UGA student, the esprit de corps which binds us together in unity from day one of our association with the University till we savor, alas, our final breath. It is found filling the air of a sun-drenched Sanford Stadium on a late autumn day just as it equally exists in the stillness of the Chapel, at a warm and convivial fra- ternity party, in countless classroom situ- ations, and aboard (continued) I 4 INTRODUCTION