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 Coulter's classic study portrays the struggles and
accomplishments of America's first chartered state university.
Coulter 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. Coulter's
account, interspersed with delightful anecdotes, not only depicts
the early university but also shows its importance in the
antebellum South.
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