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The 41-Year Time-Out
By Wayne Atchenson
Auburn University and the University of Alabama both began their football programs in 1892, at a time when the major football powerhouses were still Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania, and football was still young in the South. The first Alabama-Auburn football game was played on February 22, 1893, in Birmingham, with Auburn winning 32-22. The Alabama-Auburn series continued until 1907, when the competition between the schools came to an abrupt halt.
Wayne Atchenson details the events leading up to the 1908 disagreement as well as several attempts to restart the series in the twentieth century. It was not until 1948, when the state legislature was about to step in, that both university presidents decided it was time to renew athletic competition between the schools. Alabama would win the 1948 game 55-0, but in the end the renewal of the series was everyone’s gain.
The Other Battle: Athletics versus Academics
By Wayne Atchenson
Since the 1890s, the University of Alabama has struggled with the importance of athletics at an institution of higher learning. The most public controversies occurred between Alabama coach J. W. H. Pollard and President John William Abercrombie in the early 1900s. Wayne Atchenson explains the perpetual battle of athletics versus academics at the University of Alabama.
The Jemison Mansion and Longwood
By Robert O. Mellown
Prior to the Civil War, many well-to-do southerners hired northern architects to construct large ornate homes. Two of the most notable mansions built during this time are the Jemison House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Longwood in Natchez, Mississippi. Robert Mellown explores the difficulties incurred by the builders of two of the most distinctive homes in the South. From Union blockades to fearful northern workers, both homes remained largely unfinished until the twentieth century. The stories of construction on the Jemison House and Longwood are as interesting as the homes’ late-antebellum Italianate architecture.
Jemison Mansion Family Histories
By Camille Maxwell Elebash
Many of the great southern families fell on hard times after the Civil War and never returned to their former wealth. Plagued by outstanding debt, but sometimes owning great physical property, these families found it difficult to recover. The Jemison family of Tuscaloosa faced these hardships as they struggled to overcome obstacles and keep their beloved home in the family.
Camille Maxwell Elebash tells the story of Robert Jemison Jr. and his family from the years of prosperity preceding the Civil War to the Depression-era and the eventual loss of the house to debtors. Currently, the Jemison house is undergoing a massive renovation by its owners, the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society and the Heritage Commission of Tuscaloosa County, to restore it to its former glory.
The Battle of the Battle House
By Mark C. McDonald
The Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Alabama, is the city’s last grand hotel, which has come to represent the political, social, and cultural life in the city. Currently, the Battle House, built in 1908, is threatened by demolition. Preservationists are now faced with the challenge of raising money and finding a developer who will put the Battle House back into productive use.
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