University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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Memorial Hall offered students a place to study and lounge between classes. This photo was taken in the 1920 ' s. (LEFT. Photo courtesy of Special Col- lections Division, the University of Georgia Librar- ies.) ,.. .eie «( • Incredible as it may seem, the dress code at UGA as late as the 1950s was still considerably conserva- tive; the student handbook stated: The liberty in dress permitted at beaches and other summer re- sorts is obviously not to be permitted on the Uni- versity ' s campus or on the streets or residence properties of Athens. Dances and formal parties were still extremely popular social events in the 1950s. Women no longer wore hats with their gowns, but the dresses themselves were still for- mal creations. Along with the next two decades, several break- throughs occurred concer ning student dress. Throughout the ' 60s women were allowed to wear sun-dresses on campus so long as they wore an accompanying jacket. However they were still re- stricted in some ways: no shorts or slacks were allowed on campus, and any sports clothing had to be covered with a non-transparent raincoat. By the ' 70s women had truly achieved liberation . Not only were they allowed to wear long pants and jeans, but also shorts. As for men, the most preva- lent trend was growing their hair longer and grow- ing beards, saying goodbye to the clean-shaven look of old. Over the past 200 years, the campus has changed from one building with a single faculty member and thirty students to a sprawling campus of 220 buildings, hundreds of professors, and some 24,000 students. The dress, attitudes, curriculum and liv- ing conditions of UGA ' s student body have under- gone numerous and remarkable changes through the years. To us, these previous lifestyles may often times border on the absurd. Yet today ' s student body, recognizing it ' s own rich and varied heri- tage, has borrowed upon many of those longago ideas, values, and attitudes to become the men and women they are today. Today ' s students are ex- tremely fortunate, for the environment which they are developing is one with restrictions, if indeed any at all. :nts are ex- it in ZZij ' I I I Campus Life 23

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Lingering Memories Of Olde Telamon Cuyler captured this student ' s room in a boardinghouse in this photo from 1893. (RIGHT. Photo courtesy of the University of Georgia De- partment of Public Relations.) This photo taken in 1967 shows some university co-eds outside Creswell Hall. (BELOW. Photo cour- tesy of Special Collections Division, the University of Georgia Libraries.) The intersection of Lumpkin and Broad with the Chapel, the north end of Old College, and Moore College in the background. (RIGHT. Photo courte- sy of Special Collections Division, the University of Georgia Libraries.) oule Hall has the distinction of being the oldest residence hall in which students still live. Opened in 1920 to house wom- en, it was for obvious reasons dubbed New Women ' s Building until 1923, when it offi- cially became Soule Hall. This dormitory also con- tained classrooms, an infirmary, kitchen, gymnasi- um, and pool. In 1963, Creswell Hall, named in honor of Mary E. Creswell, was also opened to house Freshmen women. So much damage and vandalism occurred, its occupancy was changed to include all classifica- tions of women. Later, Creswell became a co-edu- c.ilional facility with nine floors of both men and women. Two other dorms underwent occupancy changes: Hill Hall was originally a women ' s dorm but is currently men ' s housing, and Oglethorpe House began as a male dorm, but in 1969 converted to co-ed. New building construction wasn ' t the only tran- sition occuring at UGA. The mode of dress was changing as well. In the early years, sons of well- to-do planters followed the accepted formal fash- ions of the period. For these fellows, typical dress included a tail or frock coal, a high-collared white shirt, a cravat or stock, and trousers, otherwise known as pantaloons. Required dress also in- clude hose and either low-heeled boots or shoes. Completing the outfit were a tophat, a cane, and gloves. By 1910 students displayed a taste for vastly less formal outfits. Yet hats, white shirts and ties were still not uncommon. In certain instances, modes of dress were repre- sentative of the people wearing them. For instance, for several years it became the expected thing for Freshman men to wear inexpensive caps or beanies to indicate their classification. Then in earlier days, Demoslhenian members dressed in home- spun as a protest against England. Homespun was a coarse fabric made from native-grown wool, cot- ton, or flax and used primarily to make work clothes. ' ■« Jij f, 22 Bic. — Campus Life Am

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Ilhough women have always been in n HJ evidence on the University of Georgia ' s campus, they didn ' t become permanent fixtures until 1918. University trustees voted to allow xvomen to pursue degrees in 1911, but they were not actually admitted for seven years. Mary E. Creswell was one of the initial 24 oung women to enroll at UGA. Shortly there- after, she received her degree, and became the first Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1919. Women immediately became involved in the various aspects of campus life. Athletics was con- sidered an extremely important part of a woman ' s schooling. Intramural and interclass tournaments were sponsored by the Women ' s Athletic Associ- ation in a variety of sports including archery, bas- ketball, and baseball. However, women were not restricted to strickly academic and athletic endeavors. They created some new organizations to promote and further their own interests. These included the Pioneer Club, Homecon, Chi Delta Phi (literary), the YWCA, the Student Government Association for Women, and Zodiac (sophomore scholars). Wom- en were also welcomed in many previously all- male clubs: the Thalian Dramatic Club, the Pando- ra and Red and Black staffs, the Agricultural Quar- terly, and the Georgia Cracker. The introduction of sororities to campus both improved and increased student social life. Phi Mu, established in 1921, was in fact the first sor ity on campus. Chi Omega (est. 1922) soon f lowed. Both sororities were the forerunners o host of others that set up house along Millet Avenue. Numbered among this Greek commun were many of the women in campus leaders!- positions. Various pageants organized on campus playec major role in the lives of these women. In 1935 t first Pandora Beauty Revue was conducted. Co testants vied for a title, a crown, and an orch bouquet. Another pageant was the Baum festiv Memorial Hall provided a stage for this celebratii which resembled the old German Maibaum sprii festival. lulU Thin picture tjken by TcUmon Cuyler exempli- fies the courting relationship ot a boy and a girl in the 1890 ' s. (RIGHT. Photo courtesy of Special Col- lections Division, the University of Georgia Librar- ies.) Symbolizing the university in 1945 are Frances and Elizabeth Woods, twins from Rome, Georgia. (BELOW. Photo courtesy of Special Collections Di- vision, the University of Georgia Libraries.) Six years after the first vtroman received an un- dergraduate degree at UGA, these vifomen pose in front of Terrell Hall to show their increased num- ber. (RIGHT. Photo courtesy of Special Collections Division, the University of Georgia Libraries.) 24 Bic. — Campus Life