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GAME DAY UPDATES & other Tidbits!!!

posted ‎‎Nov 9, 2009 11:34 AM‎‎ by UGA Alumni Association Research Triangle Chapter   [ updated ‎‎Nov 9, 2009 11:41 AM‎‎ ]
Hello UGA Research Triangle Chapter:

Please mark your calendars and join us @ Sammy's  on the following dates:

Nov. 14th Georgia vs. Auburn - Kick off is @ 7pm

Nov. 21st Georgia vs. Kentucky - Kick off is @ 7:45pm

PLEASE NOTE:  This is the last 2 weeks (2 games) for you to participate in the "Dawgs Feeding Dawgs" campaign.  So far we've only collected 145lbs.  Please join us in this community service project by donating @ least 1 bag of dog food which is then donated to our local SPCA.  Thanks!!!

 
HISTORY CORNER – For UGA’s 225th Anniversary

In 1858 UGA commissioned Athens Foundry to build a new wrought- iron gate and fence to replace the battered wood fence that surrounded the campus. The money for the project was raised by selling UGA’s original botanical gardens, located west of the campus.

 

The Arch was patterned after the one on Georgia ’s Great Seal. The Arch itself represents the state constitution, and the three columns supporting it represent wisdom, justice, and moderation.

 

Originally, the Arch held heavy gates that were closed to secure the campus, but they disappeared sometime around 1885.

 

In 1946, two electric lights were added to the top of the Arch, and it was moved about six feet away from the street.

 

History points to UGA alumnus, Daniel Huntley Redfearn (Class of 1910), as the originator of the legend that if you walk under the Arch while you are a freshman, you will never graduate.