University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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UGA VI Many old-timers say Georgia acquired the nickname, Bulldogs, because of the strong ties with Yale whose nickname is Bulldogs. Georgia ' s first president, Abraham Baldwin, was a Yale man and the early buildings on campus were designed from blue prints of the same building at Yale. But on Nov. 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote about school nicknames and said The Georgia ' Bulldogs ' would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity. After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1 920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name Bulldogs in his story five times. The name has been used ever since. Opening 7

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The Goat n In the last 100 years of intercollegiate football, there may be no college mascot in the country that is more well known than the University of Georgia ' s Uga, a line owned since 1956 by the Frank W. (Sonny) Seller family of Savannah, Ga. However, UGA ' s mascot was not always the Bulldog. Georgia ' s first mascot for its football game against Auburn, February 22, 1892 in Atlanta, Georgia, was the goat. Old newspaper clippings say the goat wore a black coat with red U. G. letters on each side. He also had on a hat with ribbons down his high horns, and the Auburn fans yelled throughout the game, shoot the billy-goat. Two years later, in 1894, the Bulldogs ' mascot was a solid white female bull terrier owned by a student, the late Charles Black, Sr., of Atlanta. 6 Opening

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m ' w . m .«■• ' I .1.; 77? Chapel, 1875 The Chapel, built in 1832 to replace an old wooden structure, became a center of activities for the smal school. The tall cupola housed the bell that signaled class periods. It was removed in 1913 to give the old building its modern appearance. The ringing of the chapel bell after a Georgia victory is a tradition that continues even though freshmen are no longer ordered to do the chore. In the 1890s, the playing fie! was located only yards from the Chapel and first year students were compelled to ring the bell until ' ■ midnight in celebration of a Bulldog victory. Today, students, alumni, and townspeople stili rush to the Chapel to ring the bell after a gridiron victory. The Chapel, like other parts of North Campus helped provide the scenic educational environment that students still enjoy today. % 8 Opening