Oglethorpe University
Oglethorpe University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. 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. 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 ...
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Nescit Cedere
Nescit cedere is Latin for "He does not know how to give up." It is also the motto of Oglethorpe University, in reference to the school's namesake, James Oglethorpe, who allegedly persevered through seemingly inconquerable obstacles in order to found the colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia. It was adapted from the Oglethorpe family crest. References

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