University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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♦r Reginald Samuel aj ABOVE: A messy room is the sign of a sound 2 mind as these girls found out. RIGHT: Having a guitar in hands makes this dorm resident feel right at home. BELOW: This 1926 PANDORA photo shows Soule Hall as a new dorm for students. Anew girl ' s dormitory was in the process of erection be- tween Soule Hall and Lump- kin Street. On lookers wondered at the choice of red brick for the struc- ture, since in every other building on Ag campus yellow brick has been used. (PANDORA 1937) The variety of housing options of- fered students many choices of inde- pendence, economy, and conven- ience. While no one lived in luxurious Memorial Hall some did live in luxurious townhouses, while other opted for basic ' roughing it ' ' in the dorms.

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?mm , - m ■ re the grass, BELOW: Campus Life in the ' 40s included freshman caps as this 1944 PANDORA shows. LEFT: Campus Life at UGA always includes cramming for exams before class. -£ 01 Cm It ' s not very hard to note the changes that have taken place here at the University of Georgia over the past 1 00 years. The physical look of the campus, the students, the curriculum, and traditions, all, at least in some way, have been altered. Here one of the old traditions is illus- trated as freshmen line up to buy their freshman caps to be worn their entire freshman year. Freshmen were also not allowed to walk under the arches. S trict attention was paid to these rules and punishment was se- vere. It was much like being a pledge to the University of Georgia for an entire yearl

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Living It Up ABOVE: Bean bags are essential for comfort- able living. Photo by Reginald Samuel. Where am I going to live? Now more than ever the various op- tions for housing offer a stu- dent several choices for where to live. One hundred years ago, the writers of the PANDO- RA spoke proudly of the male dormitory in old college, a building now occupied by the offices of teachers and admin- istrators. Today students can live in apartments, condomini- ums, duplexes, and houses, or they can choose from many dif- ferent types of dormitories such as single-sex or coed, minimal or maximum visiting hours, even international dor- mitories. There are of course advantages and disadvantages to each form of housing. Dor- mitories are the most econom- ical choice since fees include everything and with the conve- nience of the meal plan stu- dents choosing this option have an almost worry-free situ- ation. Dorms also offer good opportunities for meeting peo- ple. Apartments and condo- miniums have obvious advan- tages too. Students appreciate more privacy and indepen- dence despite the more costly fares. Also dining halls are in- convenient for many off-cam- pus residents which makes it necessary to shop and prepare one ' s own food, some love it, others dread or avoid it. Du- plexes and houses offer the same situations as condomini- ums and apartments but with more roommates and perhaps some occasional yardwork. Most freshman live in the dorms; however, more and more are choosing to live in off-campus housing and are therefore almost instantan- eoustly independent young adults. Opening 11