University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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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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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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An early sketch of old campus shows the Aca- running all over campu ' ,. (BELOW. Photo courtesy c ' emicf Building, the Chapel and New College. No- of Special Collections.) ticp the fence that was built to keep the pigs from Moses Waddel, president from 1S19 to 1829, res- cued the University from certain tailure by setting strict discipline and academic standards. (ABOVE. Photo courtesy of Special Colections.j Alonzo Church took over the presidency after Waddel resigned. The rigid traditionalist served as president for a record 30 years. (ABOVE. Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) Table Of Contents Introduction 1 Bicentennial Campus Life 17 Campus Life 33 Bicentennial Academics 113 | Academics 129 Bicentennial Groups 161 Greeks 177 Clubs 273 Bicentennial Sports 321 Sports 337 Bicentennial Classes 401 Classes 417 Ads 495 Patrons Sponsors 577 Acknowledgements 578 Index 579 Conclusion 590 At the first commencement, in 1804, ten young men received the Bachelor of Arts degree. Under Meigs, the University slowly grew. Old college, the first permanent building, was complet- ed, but by 1811, when Meigs resigned, the Univer- sity was beginning to falter because of continuing financial difficulties. By 1818 it had almost ceased to operate. Moses Waddel, a graduate of Hampdcn-Sydney College in Virginia and an ordained Presbyterian minister, was elected president in 1819. Under the stern, relentless Waddel the school revived, and in 1829 he was replaced by another Presbyterian min- ister, Alonzo Church. The University in this period could be described as a small, all-male, church-related, liberal arts col- lege. A typical curriculum for a junior included courses in astronomy, determination of geographic longitudes and latitudes by the observation of eclipses, natural and experimental philosophy, composition, logic and history. The physical plant grew during Church ' s ad- ministration to include New College, Philosophi- cal Hall (now the Rusk Center), the Chapel, De- mosthenian and Phi Kappa Halls, the Ivy Building and the Library Building (later joined to make the Academic Building), a few faculty houses and scat- tered other structures. A Botanical Garden was established in 1833 just west of campus and north of Broad Street. The garden was sold in the 1850 ' s and the proceeds used to construct the famed Arch at the entrance to campus. This garden was the precursor to today ' s Botanical Garden. Both presidents Waddel and Church ran a tight ship. Students had to attend chapel every weekday and the church of their choice on Sunday. Atten- dance at all classes was required, and proper recita- tions were expected. Introduction 3