event nearby. After the students finished dissecting the animals they were buried under what is known today as the Philip Weltner Library.
In 1936, William Randolph Hearst gifted 400 acres (160 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.
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 100-acre (40 ha) campus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
== Academics ==
The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
== Coat of arms ==
Oglethorpe's collegiate coat-of-arms is emblazoned with three boars' heads and the Latin inscription Nescit Cedere, meaning "He does not know how to give up."
== Campus ==
The Conant Performing Arts Center, completed in 1997, served as the seasonal home …
