University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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1 Many students view the campus through the blooms of the many cherry trees. Here one can see the outline of the back of Caldwell Hall, a part of the Business School. (BELOW. Photo by Doug Ben- New construction at the Botanical Gardens will house a conservatory, restaurant, classrooms, and concert hall among other things. The concert hall may also be used for weddings as it houses 300 people. (RIGHT. Photo by Michaela Smith.) The more modern buildings on campus have an- gularly constructed walls. Some ot the older build- ings also have modern additions which try to com- pliment the old. (LEFT. Photo by Doug Benson.) 8 lntroduction

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0 serious damage nor had there been any actual fighting on or around the campus during the war. The University reopened in January, 1866, un- der Cha ncellor Lipscomb. The state legislature passed a kind of mini-GI Bill granting needy vets $300 a year for college in return for their teaching in Georgia for as many years as they stayed in college. Many took advantage of this opportunity, and for a few years the University ' s enrollment was above 300. These post-war students were different from those of earlier years. Chancellor Lipscomb de- scribed them as a new race of students more manly more obedient more thoughtful and prudent. Only once, at the commencement in 1867, did these veterans shout out their rebel defi- ance, and this caused a brief closing of the school by the Union army of occupation still on duly in Athens. Generally the vets avoided the highjinks of antebellum students and stuck to their work. By 1870 most of the veterans had departed and the University became again a small liberal arts college with a strong Protestant orientation. As late as 1900 it still had fewer than 300 students and 20 professors. In 1872 the University became a land grant school. The State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts emerged at the University in order to absorb Federal funds available from the Morrill Act passed by Congress during the war. For many years these funds, which were intend- ed to further agricultural education, comprised the majority of the University ' s annual budget, almost certainly saving the school from bankruptcy on several occasions. However, virtually nothing was left for actual training in agriculture, the main occupation of the people in Georgia. Demosthenian HjII kjs built In 182-1 as j meet- ing hall for the t.ociety which was formed in 1803. It cost $4,000 to build and also contained a library. (LEFT Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) Crawford W. Long, a fourteen year old freshman at the University, was later known for his develop- ment of ether anesthesia. (BELOW. Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) ' M- Almost all of the sophomore class of 18o8 were ' , f ' veterans of the Confederate army — battered and crippled from the war. Among these students were Henry W. Grady (in the hat on the left between the last two rows), and Andrew A. Lipscomb (chancel- lor from 1878 to 1888.) (ABOVE. Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) Introduction 7

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Serving People Up-to-date methods in business, law, education, and other professions reach practioners through the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and other out-reach programs. In size, scope, strength and benefit, the University ' s public service program is recognized as one of the best in the nation. More than 100,000 people come to the Center for conferences, semi- nars, and workshops while thousands more participate in University-sponsored programs throughout the state. The public service compiles more than five million con- tact hours with citizens each year. The Cooperative Extension Service brings needed in- formation and improved methods to Georgia ' s agribusi- ness industries, classrooms, communities, and rural homes. Innovation continues in response to emerging needs of the state and the nation. Special program centers and institutes cut across individual colleges and disciplines ' bringing together backgrounds to focus on society ' s pressing concerns. The Small Business Development Center; the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law; the Institutes of Community and Area Development, Gov- ernment, Marine Sciences, Ecology, Natural Resources, and Behavioral Research are examples of this interdisci- plinary approach, which generates the creative synergism necessary for dealing with complex problems. From all parts of the country, outstanding students and faculty are drawn to the innovative progress and researc! The coliseum at the University is one of the more unique structures on any campus. Several architects originally thought that the structure would never have enough support to hold the over- hangs. (ABOVE RIGHT. Photo by Doug Benson.) opportunities on campus. Entering freshman score more tj an 130 points above the national norm in the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the University ranks among the top 20 in the country in the number of National Merit and Achievement Scholars it attracts. More than 95 percent of the graduates of the School of Law passed the Georgia Bar examination in 1981, com- pared with 37 percent statewide. And an exceptionally high percentage of the pre-medical program graduates gain acceptance at top medical schools.