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Emory History Minute: Seney Hall

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Channel: Emory University · 2011 · Science & Technology

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To celebrate Emory's 175th anniversary, Emory Report brings you a look at little-known facts about the university. 

In 1880, Oxford College, much like the rest of the South, had yet to recover from the Civil War. In a sermon from Oxford president Atticus Haygood titled "The New South," he preached about looking to the North for direction on how to rebuild the economy. New York businessman George I. Seney got hold of that sermon and started donating money to Oxford College to help it through the tough times.

To read the Emory Report article about the renovations of Seney Hall, click this link: http://bit.ly/er_seney_hall 

To see the entire collection of Emory History Minutes, log on to Emory Report's website at http://bit.ly/emoryhistoryminutes. And for more information about Emory's 175th Anniversary, log on to http://www.emory.edu/175.

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