2 3 alumni.uga.edu The G Book Class of 2018 G BOOK CLASS OF 2018 The University of Georgia Name: Major: GREETINGS TO YOU! As your future full of great pride and tradition awaits, Hometown: use this book as a guide through the next few years to capture the moments you’ll hold near and dear Date Received: here at the University of Georgia. Appreciate and uphold the traditions, both present and past, for you Where I Have Lived: are the keeper of a tradition that lasts. Carry your G Book with pride and then heed the call to keep our traditions alive – each one and all. The Bulldog Nation is now counting on you to remember its story and create one of your own! Place your UGA ID here upon graduation. 4 5 alumni.uga.edu The G Book Class of 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to The G Book 9 Greetings from the UGA Alumni Association 10 How to be an official UGA Tradition Keeper 11 Letter from the Editors 12 UGA History 13 The Fairest of the Southland 17 The UGA Motto 22 UGA Multicultural Firsts 23 Did You Know? 25 Lost Traditions 26 The UGA of Our Generation 32 The Redcoats are Coming! 34 Know Your Georgia Spirit 36 Ugas Through Time 40 Traditions 42 Traditions of All Time 44 Traditions of Our Time 59 Make Your Own Traditions 94 Commencement 96 If I Only Knew Then: Advice from Alumni and Students 98 G Book Contributors & Special Thanks 106 2014-2015 Student Alumni Council 107 6 7 George Cooke, View of Athens from Carr’s Hill,alumni.uga.edu 1845 The G Book Class of 2018 Georgia INTRODUCTION TO THE G BOOK Glory, Glory, to Old Georgia! The G Book is the official traditions handbook for University of Georgia students. Your Student Alumni Association (SAA) has the motto —“Where Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation meet Pride, Loyalty, and Tradition.” SAA is the gatekeeper for UGA traditions, and it invites all UGA students to participate in the G Book experience. To make it applicable to the student experience today, students wrote and crafted your Class of 2018 edition of the G Book. From 1915 through the late 1950s, the G Book existed as a guide to students about all things Georgia. Men were actually required to carry the book in their front left pocket. Much smaller then, the pages were filled with rules and regulations by which all university students had to abide. It also served as the main book for cheers and songs that established Georgia pride. More than 50 years later, the G Book is back! Revived by the Student Alumni Council (SAC) in 2009, this is the fifth edition of the new G Book. The G Book aims to connect you with the traditions and points of pride of the University of Georgia. These pages are designed to capture your memories as a Dawg. Take pictures, fill the pages, and create a living testament of your time spent at UGA. This book will introduce you to the history, traditions, and spirit that graduates of UGA should understand and carry with them. As the late Larry Munson so aptly put it, “There is no tradition more worthy of envy, no institution worthy of such loyalty as the University of Georgia.” As you embark on your collegiate journey, try to experience all aspects of the campus and the community. Learn as much as you can about yourself by stepping outside your comfort zone and trying something different. As our university continues to grow, new traditions are created all the time. From not walking under the Arch until graduation, to taking your picture on the Arch logo tile in the Tate Student Center—each tradition is unique and special to the Bulldog Nation. It’s up to the students to create them and keep them alive. 8 9 alumni.uga.edu The G Book Class of 2018 GREETINGS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TRADITION KEEPER Welcome to UGA! As you embark on some of the most critical, exciting, and How to be an official UGA Tradition Keeper memorable years of your life, we hope that you will remember three important facets of being a Georgia Bulldog. A UGA Tradition Keeper is someone who cares deeply about the history and tradition of the University of Georgia. You do not just read the G Book, you live it. A Tradition PRIDE: You are now a student at one of the most prestigious institutions of higher Keeper actively participates in checking off the traditions listed within these pages. education in the country. The nation’s most beautiful campus and America’s favorite As you flip through your book, take every opportunity to live these experiences while college town are now your home. The successes of your faculty, fellow students, athletic you are here. teams, and alumni are your successes. When you have completed 10 traditions, you will receive a Tradition Keeper button that LOYALTY: Once a Dawg, always a Dawg! How sweet it is! UGA students and alumni reads “Future Tradition Keeper.” This signifies that you are a passionate, distinguished share a strong bond with each other and with our alma mater. Learn to appreciate Bulldog who is experiencing UGA to the fullest. and utilize the tightly knit and spirited network of UGA alumni spread across the world. Take part in the activities and groups that strengthen and improve the university. When you have completed 20 traditions, you will receive a Tradition Keeper lapel pin. Wearing the Tradition Keeper lapel pin is even more distinguished and puts you halfway TRADITION: As a student at America’s oldest public university, you are now a part of to becoming an official Tradition Keeper! more than 229 years of rich history. Generations of alumni now look to you to continue to uphold UGA’s legacy. As you immerse yourself in the culture and tradition of UGA, When you have completed 30 traditions, you will receive an official G Book t-shirt. remember that more than 357,000 graduates have come before you. Generations of Completing 30 traditions shows your dedication to UGA and your passion for continuing alumni look to you to uphold UGA’s legacy. the legacy. When you have completed 40 traditions, you will receive the official Tradition Keeper personalized plaque. Make it your keepsake showing that you have helped preserve our “Alma Mater fair, beyond compare.” It is the ultimate symbol of pride, loyalty, and tradition. GO DAWGS! Tradition Keeper check-ins are held at any Student Alumni Association (SAA) table on campus throughout the year. Be sure to check the SAA facebook page, UGA Alumni Association calendar and SAA on twitter for tabling dates. Any member of the Student Alumni Council (SAC) can verify Tradition Keeper status. The Wray-Nicholson House: Headquarters of the UGA Alumni Association 10 11 alumni.uga.edu The G Book Class of 2018 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS ET DOCERE ET RERUM EXQUIRERE CAUSAS. To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things. What you are holding is the G Book. The G Book is the official traditions handbook for students of the University of Georgia. It is now yours and meant to teach you. From the Arch to the Creamery and everywhere in between, every inch of this campus is drenched in over 228 years of history and tradition. Mapped out by the thousands of students that have come before you, this book will teach you where the coolest places at UGA and in Athens are. Let it teach you the legacy of the Bulldawg Nation. Let it UGA HISTORY teach you how to create your own legacy. While a student here, let the G Book serve you as a guide, a map, and a bucket list of all the places and things to do while a member of the oldest and proudest public institution in the nation. Let it serve as your beacon of UGA knowledge while you discover traditions long forgotten, traditions of all time, and traditions of our time. Of your time. Go out and inquire into the nature of things. Create your own new traditions, conquer old traditions, and let the G Book document it. Explore all the food options the dining halls have to offer, meet as many people as you can, take pride in knowing your peers are some of the greatest, most distinguished students in the world. Inquire into the unknown and let these four years be your adventure. You are a Bulldawg. Your UGA experience is yours for the taking and whether you are cheering on the Dawgs and singing ‘Glory Glory’ until your throat hurts or spending a beautiful day on Herty Field, the G Book is here to teach you, to serve you, and to document your adventures as you inquire into the nature of things. In the words of the late Larry Munson, “now a new breed of Bulldog stands ready to take the field of battle to assume the reigns of their Georgia forbearers and continue that tradition, understanding that there is no tradition more worth of envy, no institution worthy of such loyalty, as the University of Georgia.” Go Dawgs! Kimberly Caldwell Alex Carruth Dowdy White Emilie Clarke Loni Gibson Nicole Dancz ‘15 ‘15 ‘16 ‘16 ‘15 ‘14 12 13 alumni.uga.edu The G Book Class of 2018 1785: Abraham Baldwin, founder of the University of Georgia, drafts legislation that 1919: Enrollment level reaches 1,000 students. becomes the university’s charter. 1920: Bulldog becomes UGA’s mascot.