Georgia
Georgia

Author: Allen Daniel Candler

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781403506887

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A Walking Tour of the University of Georgia
A Walking Tour of the University of Georgia

Author: F. N. Boney

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780820310817

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Factual and entertaining, compact and easy to follow, A Walking Tour of the University of Georgia takes the reader on a leisurely tour of the campus, its history and heritage. When the Georgia legislature chartered the nation's first state university in 1785, the town of Athens was a wilderness. The first university classes, in 1801, were held in a log cabin, and no permanent structure was built until Franklin College--now Old College--was completed in 1806. Since that time, the university has expanded vigorously. The buildings of the University of Georgia--spread over several miles and encompassing many architectural styles--range from the federal style of Demosthenian Hall and the classical design of Brooks Hall to the glass dome and marble of Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. F.N. Boney's A Walking Tour of the University of Georgia guides the reader through the entire campus, offering easy-to-follow maps, photographs, and histories of most structures, as well as information about former students, college life, and the city of Athens.

College Life in the Old South
College Life in the Old South

Author: E. Merton Coulter

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0820331996

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Relates the early history of the University of Georgia from its founding in 1785 through the Reconstruction era. In this history of America's first chartered state university, the author recounts, among other things, how Athens was chosen as the university's location; how the state tried to close the university and refused to give it a fixed allowance until long after the Civil War; the early rules and how students invariably broke them; the days when the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian literary societies ruled the campus; and the vast commencement crowds that overwhelmed Athens to feast on oratory and watermelons.