SAVANNAH THROUGH THE YEARS<br > Oglethorpe s Vision<br > ;ii !iilid i:ii! !~i~ :~> : i;;:~i~(;<br > The year was 1732; tile place was London. James Edward<br >Oglethorpe， distinguished soldier and prison reformer at age<br >30， was urging King George I1 to sign a charter for a new colony<br >where people "of decayed circumstances" could begin a fresh<br >life. The colony would be called "Georgia" in honor of the king.<br > Oglethorpe had three strong arguments: the prospect of prof-<br >its from raw materials; protection for South Carolina from the<br >Spaniards to the south; and asylum for men and women fleeing<br >religious persecution.<br > Ink flowed from the nwal pen on April 21， 1732， as King<br >George lowered his bewigged head to sign the charter for the<br >13th and last British colony in America.<br > "Non sibi sed aliis" (Not for self， but for others) was the<br >Latin motto chosen by Oglethorpe and the twenty other men<br >"~o agreed to serve as "Dustees fi)r ( ;eorgia.<br > Next came the task of selecting settlers from the hundreds<br > who volunteered. By early November， 35 families had been<br >