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' r ' . PRESIDENT ELE 1769 ▲ A Qj Q) THV. D.irrmouth of today is the product of one hundred and sixry-three years of development as a college and of fifteen years of infane7 as an Indian charity school. It .s now backed by a host of supporters, but in Its embryonic stage its success was entirely due to the foresight and increasing efforts of a single indi- vidual. Eleazar Wheelock. In 175-i two Indian youths journeyed through two hundred miles of semi-wilderness to attend the first year of Wheelock ' s elementary school. In the succeeding ten years many Indians became the pupils of the popular New England preacher, and his interest in the undertaking grew in proportion. In 1765 Wheelock sent Samson Occom, his first Indian student, and Rev. Nathaniel Whitaker, an eloquent and persuasive clergyman, to England with the purpose of stirring up enthusiasm and financial support for his school. For two years the novelty of an educated savage and the effectiveness of Whitaker ' s appeals caused constant , if slow, donations to the cause. Among the benefactors were William, second Earl of Dartmouth, and King George. In 1768 the pair returned to eport that they had colleaed over £11,000 which had been put in trust in England for Wheelock ' s school. After .some preliminary investigations, the choice of a site for the pro- jeaed ' college was limited to tlie State of New Hampshire. Eleazar had hoped to obtain a grant in Pennsyl- vania, but he forfeited this satisfaaion because of the very liberal charter he was able to get in n6 ) from John Wentworth, Royal Governor of New Hampshire. Eleazar Wheelock was appointed first president of the college (as it was called in the charter for the first time) and unwittingly he assumed an ofhce which was to cause him increasing effort and .inxiety until his death. There was much h.iggling over the choice of township, many New- Hampshire localities laying claim to the honor of protecting the new institution. As soon as Hanover was decided upon, Ele neyed northward along the ConnecTicut Rivei and spt summer of 1770 in directing some thirty odd The present site of Hanover was at that time a tl woods composed of old pines averaging about twc hundred and fifty feet in height. It was an impossi- bility to clear more than an acie of this in the few months at hand and accordingly the greater part of the present-day campus was a tangled impas- sable mess. Tlie workers did succeed in raising two temporary structures; one was a large auditorium, commons, and dormitory for the students, and the other a smaller building for Wheelock and his fa.mily. In the Fall of 1770 Wheelock sent for his family. His students came on foot (bearing the renowned barrel of rum) and his wife made the trip in the char- Wheelock Mid the Indium, ll ' iC [26]
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