Surveys Browse dozens of topics covered by major national surveys. See how the responses vary by demographic categories and, when available, how they change over time. Religious Minorities Through the aid of text, pictures, and graphics, explore the history of non-Christian religious minorities in the United States.
International Maps World and regional maps for measures of religious adherence, socio-economics, and religion and state relations. Search Timelines:. Stay Connected. Subscribe to the ARDA:. GIS Maps. All Rights Reserved. Despite becoming an important educational institution of Southern Methodism, it was named after a "Yankee bishop," John Emory of New York. Athletics, too, has had an important place at Emory for well over a hundred years-although Emory has never played intercollegiate football and still proudly proclaims, under the emblem of a football on T-shirts, "Undefeated Since His principal objection was the cost of intercollegiate athletics programs, the temptation to gambling, and the distraction from scholarship.
Candler was not unalterably opposed to athletics, however. During his presidency he oversaw the creation of the nation's first model intramural program. In spirit the program made it possible for every student to participate in athletics, and this possibility became at Emory a guiding principle-"Athletics for All. In time, the Board of Trustees modified its position on intercollegiate sports by reaffirming the ban on major sports-football, basketball, and baseball-but allowing the possibility of competition in others.
Soon Emory was competing in soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, and wrestling, and in Emory helped to found the University Athletic Association, a league of Division III members that stresses academics first.
For the first half-century of its life Emory struggled for existence, clinging to a tenuous financial lifeline. When war broke out between North and South in , every student left to fight, and the College's trustees closed the College for the duration. When Emory reopened in January , three faculty members including President James Thomas returned to a campus whose buildings had been used for military hospitals and whose libraries and equipment had been destroyed.
Working closely with the business community, the school emphasizes analytical skills, teamwork, fieldwork, and an international perspective. The school also offers joint degrees, including the M. The M. Frost, Susan. Frost, S. Emory University. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. As one of the fastest-growing research universities in the United States, Emory University has established a national reputation on the strength of the scholarly achievements….
The architectural firm Ivey and Crook executed extensive school commissions, including major work at Emory University, where one of the firm's earliest projects was the Candler Library The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.
All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. Warren Akin Candler, a Methodist bishop, was the tenth president and the first chancellor of Emory University.
For more information about this resource, contact the Stuart A. Robert W. Woodruff became president of both the Trust Company of Georgia and the Coca-Cola Company in and eventually became the architect of Coke's worldwide expansion. In later years Woodruff was also Emory University's greatest benefactor. In he established the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, a charitable organization.
Author Susan H. Frost , Emory University. Originally published Jan 2, Last edited Nov 5, Candler Library Photograph by Mpspqr. Campus Life. Atlanta Population. Nearest Metropolitan Area. Freshman Housing Guarantee. Students in College Housing. Athletic Conferences. Ethnicity of Students from U.
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