University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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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.

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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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Liberal Arts College Changes Into A True University Chjricy H. Hcrly. .1 hemiy-tiv tf.uhcr .it tin- L ' ni- ei itv i .i .1 1 .nij .-ft ' rfs t.in Jf irint; jn ori.M- ni e i .ithletic program. He lhu inlroJuceJ foothjl! to the University. (ABOVE. Photo courtesy of Spe- ci.il Collections.) The Chi Phi frjternity »a established after the Civil l ' .ir .iloni; tvith nuny others such as Kjpp.) Alphd in J Phi DeltJ Thetj. This flourish of clubs beg.in to chjnge the social life of campus away from the literary societies. (RICHT Photo courtesy of S; ' fii,i ColU tion I William E. Bog s took over the chancellor posi- tion III !.• ! ' He coiilinucJ the conservative pro- gram- ot the earlier chancellor . During his tenure the Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in Athens hut later moved to Griffin. (BELOW. Photo courte-v of pcci.il Collection-: ) Waller B. Hill became chancellor in !.• ' ■ ' tvith his reputation as a railroad lawyer. He advocated prohibition, more sophisticated education for women, and education for blacks. (BELOW Photo coiirtc-v ,! ■ Spiv .) Collection-) I tier the Civil War, students at the Uni- crsity remained what they had always been: the white, male offspring of a tiny percentage of the people of Georgia. The real elite still tended to send their sons to schiwls like Har- vard and ale, while the University of Georgia received the children of the middle and upper mid- dle classes. The coming of the Sigma .-Mpha Epsilons in ISoo and the Chi Phis, Kappa . lphas, and several other fraternities started a slow but steady demise in the jwpularily of the old literary socieites. . nother big change came in 18 2 when chemistry professor Charle-. H. Herty introduced football at the Cni- versily. An actual intramural track meet had been held every spring since Reconstruction but now Georgia plunged into intercollcpi.itc alhlolic- atui developed a permanent lo e .ittair with football. The appearance of the r.indor.i (the yearbiHik published by fraternities) in ISSo and the Red and Black student newspaper in IS ' ' . ' added a little more spice to campus life. Even sti, the University remained a rather small, liberal arts college during the administrations of Henry H. Tucker. Patrick Hues Mell, and Wi lliam E. Boggs. In 1874, the Medical College of Georgia in .Augusta became the Medical Department of the University. During McU ' s tenure, the School of Technology in Atlanta was established as a branch of the University, and while Boggs was chancellor, the .Agricultural Ex- periment Station was founded at Athens but soon moved to Griffin. The State Normal School was started in .Athens in 1891 as a State Teachers Col- lege in 1927 and a coordinate campus of the Uni- versity in W3. ' . Chancellor Walter B. Hill (class of 1870), elected in 1899, was the first alumnus to lead the school and the first non-minister in almost a century. He died six years later and was replaced by David C. 10 Introduction