Tennyson's "new world which is the old" is descriptive of the University of Georgia. The oldest chartered state university in the nation (1785), the University is rich in historical treasures: white columned buildings still scarred from the War Between the States; special collections of earliest writings, maps, and documents; memorial rooms, reflecting life as it once was.
But Georgia is also as modern as the contemporary in the multi-million dollar building program now
designs
. . as young and vigorous as the more than 14,000 students on campus . . as new as the academic programs being added or revised as part of the effort to provide the best education possible. in progress
Through enthusiastic people participating in three major programs U. Ga. teaching, research, service - provide has more than fulfilled its founders' dream to "a full and compleat seat of learning." Teaching The University's motto, "to teach and to inquire into the nature of things," emphasizes that its flrst responsibility is to students. From 30 students in 1801, when the fust classes were held, Georgia has constantly grown to an enrollment expected to reach 20,000 by 1970. Students come from all of Georgia's 159 counties, nearly all of the other states, and 42 foreign countries.
They have a choice
of 100 fields of
study
in
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schools or colleges: agriculture, arts and sciences, business administration, education, forestry, home economics, journalism, law, pharmacy, social work, veterinary medicine, and the graduate school.
Research
To keep pace with man's quest for knowledge, more than 500 faculty persons engage in research projects. Georgia ranks in the top 30 institutions in the nation in doilar volume of research and development funds and in the top five in the South. With the total development of its 300-acre Research Park, the University can become the regional leader in the national research project. Service
Making its diversifled resources available to the people of Georgia has been a major responsibility of the state university for more than a century. Through various service bureaus and institutes, as well as through services provided by all schools and colleges, U. Ga. reaches the entire state to focus on economic, social, and cultural problems. At the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, which emphasizes "learning has no age limit," thousands of adults annually continue their education through institutes, conferences, and seminars. Thousands more attend off-campus centers or watch the Universityoperated statewide educational television network.
Sanford Stadium, home of the Georgia Bulldogs
Visitors Welcomed Aiming toward total development of the individual, the University offers numerous cultural and social events from classics to contemporary to which
visitors- are welcomed. Lectures, concerts,- drama, art exhibits, discussion groups, films, and athletics are some of the items listed on the University's CALENDAR, a weekly publication available to the public. Lecturers range from Sir Charles Tennyson, grandson of the poet Alfred Tennyson, to leading political flgures such as Hubert Humphrey or Barry Goldwater. Popular music's ambassador to the world, Louis Armstrong, and one of the nation's leading symphonies may be scheduled for the same month. Thousands come to Athens to see
the nationally famous Georgia Bulldog athletic teams.
In addition, there are special interest groups, a strong intramural and recreational sports program, and national fraternities and sororities for students.
Touring the Campus Visitors to Athens, the home of the University of Georgia, are urged to take time to become acquainted with U. Ga. Whether riding through campus or strolling along tree-shaded walks, a person finds many points of interest. Beginning atThe Arch,the main entrance to the 3500acre campus, a visitor enters that part of the campus which was once the entire institution. Known originally as the (Benjamin) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, lJ. Ga, is practically a Yale University offspring. The founder, Abraham Baldwin, was an alumnus of
The Chapel, University landmark
Yale, as were other early Georgia educators, and he modeled the historic Charter after that of his alma mater.
The original campus is a treasure chest of history. Still standing is the fust permanent building, Old Col/ege. Now used for offices for the president and other administrative officials, Old College was once the dormitory for such famous roornmates as Crawford W. Long, discoverer of ether anesthesia, and Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy.
The Chapel is a prime example of "Greek Revival" architecture, which patterned so many ante-bellum southern homes after Greek temples. Its columns were targets for rifle practice by Federal soldiers quartered on campus during the War Between the States. Part of the Chapel's value is in "the world's largest framed painting" which
covers the entire wall behind the pulpit. By American artist George Cook, the painting is a dimensional view of the nave of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
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The Georgia Museum ol Art houses the Holbrook Collcction of American paintings, part of the Kress Collection, and many of the finest traveling and special exhibits. The MuseLrm is open Monday-Saturday at no chzrrge. Other exhibits may be seen in the Visual Arts Building and in the Library. The Lustrat House has been part of University life for more than 100 years. The flrst floor now preserves the antique furniture, much of which is of the 1860 period, and family portraits of Mrs. Ilah Dunlap Little, for whom the main Library is named. The memorial rooms are open to the pubiic. TlLe Founders Memorial Garclen attracts thousands of visitors annualiy. The handsome garden, composed of four formal units and two large informal areas, is a mcmorial to thc first garden club in Amcrica, founded in Athens in 1891. The ante-beilum Lumpkin House, which the gardens surround, serves as a headquarters-
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Part of the multi-million dollar Science Center
museum for the Garden Club of Georgia. The small boxwood garden behind the house contains 2,000 boxwoods planted in patterns symbolic of the State of Georgia a peach, a watermelon, a cotton boll, and a Cherokee
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Rose.
Of particular interest in the main Library is the Special Collections Room. The original Constitution of the Confederacy, as well as hundreds of Confederate imprints and manuscripts, are just part of the invaluable collection.
But "Old South" is only part of the University's atmosphere. Georgia is studded with the very latest in modern architecture
multi-story buildings with sleek lines
where busy-people study, learn, teach, serve. Among these are the Pharmacy Building, which won a national design award; the $13,000,000 Science Center, composed of six major buildings housing Chemistry, Physics,
Biological Sciences, Livestock and Poultry
Sciences,
Food Science and Mathematics-Geography-Geology; and the Coliseum, which is the location of basketball games, concerts, commencements, livestock shows and other events.
Construction is conspicuous on campus as architects' renderings become realities. The plant value of the University will be $100 million when the mass building program now underway is completed. The new is replacing much of the old. The old which remains is functional.
The faculty and administration of the University of that the young Georgia are pledged to a central goal people of Georgia be provided opportunity in higher education equal to the best afforded elsewhere in the nation and the world.