Excerpt from Yamacraw, 1921

Princeton College had been growing in New Jersey, and was largely patronized by the youth of the entire nation, and especially this section of the South. Owing to the long distances, which must be traveled on horse back, it was suggested that a college similar to Princeton be founded in the South. This suggestion materialized, and Oglethorpe College was the outcome.

The same idea, characteristic of the New Oglethorpe, of getting men of the highest educational attainments to hold professorships 15 revealed by such names as the following, who were members of the Oglethorpe College Faculty: Joseph Le Conte, the eminent geologist; James Woodrow, uncle -of Woodrow Wilson, Professor of Science; Samuel K. Talmadge, the bril liant administrator, and many others.

In the President's office today may be seen a crayon drawing of Sidney Lanier, an Oglethorpe alumnus of world-wide fame, showing him when he was fifteen years old, his age when he entered college. Hanging beside this picture is his diploma, bearing the name of the then president of Ogle thorpe, Dr. Samuel K. Talmadge. We do not hesitate to say that any col lege would pay a fabulous sum for them, if the honor of having graduated so famous a poet could be included in the bargain.

Shortly after the graduation of Lanier, the Northern and Southern States became at odds, and the deplorable Civil War followed. Lanier and all of his college comrades who could qualify, with the greatest number of the faculty, answered the call of the South.

Being so thoroughly convinced that the South was in the right, and so imbued with Southern rights, Oglethorpe shut its doors; her student body marched away to meet their Northern brothers. Not satisfied with furnish ing all of her available man power, Oglethorpe invested her funds in Con federate bonds. Her beautiful main building was used as a hospital and barracks, and was later burned.

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