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In thinking over what I could do to honor these two great and good men, Haygood and Hopkins, and keep their names before the youth ofthe land, it occurred to me that a gateway at the entrance to the campus of Emory University would be the best thing. (Linton B. Robeson,Class of 1886, at the 1937 dedication of the gateway)GATEWAY CONNECTS EMORY GENERATIONS by Hal JacobsIt’s no surprise that the restored Haygood-Hopkins gatewayat the front entrance to campus invokes strong feelingsamong people who care deeply about Emory’s historyand traditions. After all, the restoration of the gateway, oneof the University’s traditional icons, to its rightful place onDowman Drive addresses a wrong—actually a wrong turn—that had plagued the wrought iron arch over the years as largetrucks repeatedly smashed into it.A few years ago, Marshall Duke, Candler Professor ofPsychology, devoted part of his commencement speech to theOxford College class of 2006 to describing the cultural significanceof the gateway. A gift from Linton B. Robeson 1886C,the monument was intended to deepen the connectionbetween “Old Emory,” the original campus at Oxford, and thenew Druid Hills campus by honoring the two College presidentsduring Robeson’s undergraduate years: Atticus GreeneHaygood (1875–1884) and Isaac Stiles Hopkins (1884–1888).Duke enjoined the Oxford graduates to honor this connectionby entering the Emory campus for the first time by walkingthrough the Haygood-Hopkins gates. While doing so, he askedthem to pause and read aloud the words on the left pillar honoringHaygood: “Let us stand by what is good and try to makeit better.”You might say the inscription fits the restoration project itself.The work began as a result of a proposal to build a traffic roundaboutfor Emory Village that first gained momentum in 1999.According to University architect Jen Fabrick, Emory then negotiatedwith DeKalb County and the Alliance to Improve Emory Villageto redesign the intersections of Oxford Road and Dowman Drivewith North Decatur Road, creating a one-way entrance into Emory8 fall 2009