The Georgia collegian. (Athens, Ga.)
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- Title:
- The Georgia collegian. : (Athens, Ga.) 1870-current
- Place of publication:
- Athens, Ga.
- Geographic coverage:
- Publisher:
- Literary Societies of the University.
- Dates of publication:
- 1870-current
- Language:
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- English
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- Subjects:
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- Athens (Clarke County, Ga.)--Newspapers.
- Clarke County (Ga.)--Newspapers.
- Notes:
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- Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Mar. 5, 1870); title from caption.
- Editors: 1870- J. Smith and others.
- LCCN:
- sn01884505
- OCLC:
- 9910198378002931
- Holdings:
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- Record
The Georgia collegian. March 5, 1870, Image 1
The Georgia Collegian published its first issue in February of 1870 as a bi-weekly paper for and by the students of the University of Georgia. The Demosthenian and Phi Kappa literary societies staffed the editorial board with term-limited editors, and the paper published out of the offices of the Southern Watchman. With Athens already having a robust local newspaper, the college paper focused largely on items concerning the University. The Collegian’s typically eight-page issues featured an array of items such as editorial essays, poetry, correspondence with other colleges, and campus news. A debate around the presence of campus secret societies was featured in several editorial essays. In the March 5, 1870 issue, the editors posted a suggestion of a large early donor, Judge Iverson L. Harris, to feature a year-by-year history of Franklin College up to 1870. The paper took this suggestion and began publishing Franklin College’s history on April 30, 1870; these histories continued for the rest of the newspaper’s lifetime. The Collegian maintained an estimated circulation of 275 but ceased publication by 1873.
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