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The official entrance of Old Campus, the original part of the University of Georgia, is the Arch which is made up of three iron columns and a graceful curve above. The Athens Foundry was commissioned to mold the Arch in 1856 as a replica of the seal of the state of Georgia. The curve at the top of the Arch symbolizes constitution and the three pillars stand for wisdom, justice, and moderation. These words ap- pear on the seals of both the University and the state. There were orginally two iron gates on the outside columns that hooked onto the center column. Around 1885 these gates disappeared, and to this day no one knows what happened to them. On page two of the 1978 Pandora, Wil- liam Tate, the dean of men at the time, wrote about the origins of a long-standing tradition concerning the Arch; Two broth- ers, Daniel and James Redfearn, worked their way through the University to become prominent in law and medicine. As a fresh- man in 1909, Dan made an impulsive pledge, not to walk through the Arch, until he had his diploma in his hand, a pledge that became a tradition in the poli- cies 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 1946 the Arch was moved back six feet and placed on limestone steps. Lights were added above the outer two pillars. These can still be seen glowing at night — the beautiful magnolias and the stately build- ings standing beyond. The Bicentennial flag is superimposed over the fam- ous Georgia Arch. (LEFT. Photo by Doug Benson) PANDORA 1985 University of Georgia Athens, Ga. Volume 98 t Title Page. 1
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Abraham Baldwin, first president of the Univer- sity and a graduate of Yale, served as a chaplain in the revolutionary army before coming to Georgia. He wrote the charter for the University in 1785. (BELOW. Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) Josiah Meigs, second president of the University, emphasized the sciences during his rule. He re- signed after a series of disagreements with the con- servative trustees. (BELOW. Photo courtesy of Spe- cial Collections.) Land Grant Ends 16-Year Delay The University ' s charter bears no date, but a legistive journal has proven that it was authorized in January 1785. The charter was lost for some years and later found in a pile of old documents in Atlanta. It now resides in the University Librarv. (BELOW. Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) .■■ ...■.... ■J,... ■ .: ' .,. ust after the close of the American Revo- lutionary War, the Georgia Legislature took a step that was to start another rev- - this one in higher education. In Febru- ary of 1784, the General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning. A year later, on January 27, 1785, the University of Georgia was chartered by the legisla- ture. It seems remarkable that the underdeveloped and sparsely populated state of Georgia was the setting for the first stale-chartered university in America. But, Georgia ' s c.irly leaders realized that the promise of the new state ' s future would not be fulfilled without the vital resource of an institu- tion of higher education. They also realized that this institution would have to be state-supported if education was to be available to other than the wealthiest Georgians. But even the wisdom of its early supporters could not prevent a 16 year delay in the opening of the University. Until isoi, the institution existed on paper only, with Abraham Baldwin (a graduate of Yale and chief author of the charter) as pres. but without campus, money, faculty or students. An important land grant came in 1801 from John Milledge. While serving on a committee to select the school ' s location, Milledge bought 633 acres along the frontier at Cedar Shoals on the Oconee River and gave the land to the University for its campus. Receiving and surveying t he new site were the last official acts Baldwin performed; he resigned the presidency in 1801 to continue to work as a U.S. Senator. The first students arrived in Athens in Septem- ber of 1801 to study under Josiah Meigs, the new president and sole faculty member. Classes in Lat- in, Greek, mathematics, debate and natural history were held in a primitive log structure. 2 Introduction
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