Editing Oglethorpe University (section)

==History==
Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in [[Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia|Midway]] (now known as Hardwick), Georgia just south of [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], then the state [[Capital (political)|capital]]. The school was built and, at that time, governed by the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian Church]], making it one of the South's earliest denominational institutions.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/oglethorpe-university | title=Oglethorpe University | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=24 August 2004 | access-date=30 July 2015 |author=Hudson, Paul Stephen}}</ref> The [[American Civil War]] led to the school's closing in 1862.

The college followed the relocation of the capital to Atlanta. In 1870, it began holding classes at the present site of Atlanta [[City hall (administration)|City Hall]]. Plagued by financial difficulties, the school closed its doors for a second time in 1872.

Oglethorpe College was re-chartered as a non-denominational institution in 1913 by Thornwell Jacobs, whose grandfather Ferdinand Jacobs had served on the faculty of Old Oglethorpe.{{cn|date=November 2024}} In 1915, the cornerstone to the new campus was laid at its present location on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven. The cornerstone-laying ceremony took place at [[North Avenue Presbyterian Church]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOoJtP98Pw4C&q=%22North+Avenue+Presbyterian+Church%22&pg=PA12|title=Oglethorpe University|last1=Salter|first1=Anne A.|last2=Masce|first2=Laura|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7385-5253-8|pages=12, 106|language=en|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Jacobs would serve as president for nearly 30 years.

In the early 1940s Oglethorpe University had a medical school. Under the direction of John Bernard, the university was given several elephants for research that were discovered to have been poisoned at a [[Ringling Brothers Circus|Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus]] event nearby. After the students finished dissecting the animals they were buried under what is known today as the Philip Weltner Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://source.oglethorpe.edu/2010/05/21/elephant-oglethorpe | title=The Elephant at Oglethorpe - The Source | publisher=Oglethorpe University | date=21 May 2010 | access-date=28 April 2016 | author=Hudson, Paul Stephen}}</ref>

In 1936, [[William Randolph Hearst]] gifted {{convert|400|acres|ha}} to the university, and in 1948 he made a donation of $100,000; the university administration building was subsequently named in honor of Hearst's mother, [[Phoebe Hearst]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salter |first1=Anne A. |last2=Masce |first2=Laura |title=Oglethorpe University |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Mt Pleasant, SC, USA |isbn=9780738552538 |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738552538 |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Procter |first1=Ben |title=William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years, 1911-1951 |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=9780199830794 }}</ref>

Oglethorpe University became Oglethorpe College in 1965, and reclaimed the designation "university" in 1972. Oglethorpe's campus buildings were built in a Gothic revival architecture style. This area of the {{convert|100|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oglethorpe.edu/about/history-traditions/ |title=History |website=Oglethorpe University}}</ref>