College Life In The Old South (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)

Features of College Life in the Old South (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)

First published in 1928 College Life in the Old South relates the early history of the University of Georgia from its founding in 1785 through the Reconstruction era Not a dry compilation of facts E Merton Coulters classic study portrays the struggles and accomplishments of Americas first chartered state universityCoulter recounts among other things how Athens was chosen as the universitys 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 Coulters account interspersed with delightful anecdotes not only depicts the early university but also shows its importance in the antebellum South