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H.H. BuggfuzzParticipant
I spent four years in this building. During the 1950s New College was the Pharmacy College. UGA is the oldest state university in the USAATHENS, Ga. -- A renovation project on one of the University of Georgia's oldest buildings has turned into an archaeological treasure hunt, and after weeks of digging, the treasure pile just keeps growing.Another relic from UGA's past turned up in New College's historic North Campus building days ago: a ticket to a long-ago UGA baseball game, buried in the dirt. Link: http://www.augustachronicle.com Link: http://www.onlineathens.com Though some of the letters are missing from the faded piece of paper, enough remained to see clearly the 50-cent ticket was issued by the UGA Athletic Association's Baseball Department.Campus Architect Danny Sniff hopes retired UGA tennis coach and media relations director Dan Magill or someone else familiar with Bulldog athletic history will be able to help date the ticket.The excavators also have found a brick floor no one knew existed buried 7 feet below New College's present ground level, and the remains of what might be a garden wall outside of the building facing Herty Field.Another building might have stood on the site before the original New College was built in 1819, said Janine Duncan, the campus planning coordinator for UGA's Physical Plant....Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.comEd. for copyright - Phid
PhidippidesKeymasterhttp://www.onlineathens.com/stories/081809/uga_482836324.shtmlThat's a neat find. I didn't know the university was founded in 1801. Makes you wonder what else is buried beneath some of the buildings we frequent in our lives.
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