Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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too, the students of English blood had been increasing in number, and Wheelock was convinced that his best course was to make his school primarily for English lads, especially as the general feeling tended in that direc- tion. We must bear in mind that this school was at this time, as before, one for preparing young men for missionary service among the Indians, and Wheelock plainly saw the necessity for a higher education, and from now on began making plans to this end. As early as 1763 came offers of land for the school in Western New Hampshire, by Gov. Benning Went- worth, and several points to the eastward, in Maine, were mentioned. Sites for settlement were also proposed in Virginia, Carolina, New York and Massachusetts. The plan which now CI76'7D began to receive more favorable notice by Wheelock was that of coming into the Connecticut River Valley -1 tl',-V in New Hampshire, especially as Gov. John VVentworth made a ,Q . deiinite offer of a piece of land, six miles square, on the Connec- Zy f '-J. .t 1, .,,t 1, fx, 2 .71 ,I , It - ' - ' ' ' I - '-'I--'lf ' af-A ' -T' .. .,.i.4.g- ,,-. ' B ' - ticut river, with advantages of soil and water, but under certain W,- g, 2 ' conditions of tenure. Earnest invitations came from men living 't 'ifYf-me-,. -i .' . AF-.1 . ,. , , sfg.ssP ,.ftTi5 at Newbury, Orford, Lyme and Thetford, and strongly nnpelled V , ' by the definite promise of a charter, and also by a desire to be ' iff ' -- 1 'V-j'.,Qi-,lj . . . . . . .-.. ,,.. ..... '1T'-1T:rs, .--.Li. .Y.,, ,,-.s, ':i'i'f' among his old friends of Connecticut who had emigrated to this j . , - . Q- '- region, he determined to locate here. VVheelock requested Gov. Weiitworth to give his own name to the College, as it was Y now called, but Wentworth's modesty prevented, so the name Dartmouth was given it, in honor of Lord Dartmouth, who had taken great interest in the progress and prosperity of the institution. Old-Fcxshioned Game of Football. On July 5, 1770, the town of Hanover was definitely decided upon by the Governor and trustees to be the future site of the College. With the College came a great increase in buildings, roads, mills and people, and the early years of tl1e new settlement were full of self-sacrifice and heroism on the part of Mr. Wheelock and those men and women who were associated with him. . The College town figured prominently in the Revolutionary War, and also in repelling Indian attacks upon this and neighboring towns. Some names best known in this connection are: Chase, YVheelocl:, House, Woodward, Hendee, Crane, Curtis, Bridgman, and very many others. To illustrate the character of the deportment expected and required in the early years of the College, we IO n

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Indian tribes in North America, or other poor persons. The school thus permanently founded through Moor's gift was styled in his honor, Moor's Indian Charity School. But Indian outbreaks arose and questions as to the legality ofthe deed of property, and then began a long and uncertain struggle for a charter, either from the State of Connecticut or the Crown of England. After innum- erable exchanges of letters with influential men in London, whose interest in Mr. Wheelock and his school was due to 'Whitefie1d, Mr. Wheelock learned that nothing could be done for him until the affair was approved by the Connecti- cut Assembly, which had not heretofore been done. So the subject of a charter was for the present dropped. Moor's death, in 1756, prevented further aid from that quarter, and this, added to the failure to secure a charter, led to a change of plans. The school no longer bore Moor's name, but went by Wl1eelock's own. The land in Lebanon was ensured to him by a personal deed from Moor's widow. W'heelock's first Indian pupil was Samuel Occom, a Mohegan, who became famous as a teacher and preacher among his race. Others with names known to history followed, and with the help of money sent by the Boston Board i11 London and also by a Scotch Society, his success was assured, and in December, 1762, the school numbered twenty-five pupils, three of whom were English and four Indian girls. Dartmouth College Fiftg Years Ago. Here we must omit, for lack of space, some very interesting , but minor details relating to Mr. Wl1eelock's life and his relations with his pupils, and pass on to the time when measures and plans .,,,V N M: p N 'A W were on foot for enlarging the school and bettering its location. '. For some time the Indians had been manifesting the special characteristics of their race, and had often relapsed into barbarous ,.,-1 ll't ilp actions, and even Occom, the best of the race ever sent out from it ' .fVa'1 the school, several times relapsed into acts of drunkenness. Then, P,.O,,OSed Q,,ad,Z,,,g,e, 9

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give the following from a body of rules compiled in 1780. The students were required to uncover their heads at a distance of four rods from a professor and six 'rods from the President, also when they enter his door- yard Cwhen the weather does not render it inconvenient, and when their hands are not necessarily otherwise employedj, and never to speak of him or to him but in a manner savoring of deference and respect, etc. Freshmen were moreover required to have their heads uncovered when in the College or in the hall and when they speak to Seniors. Dartmouth Hall, tl1e first of the present college halls, was begun in the fall of 1784, and dragged on for 1-. :,,, . fi . lQi': !Qfi'f1'e . ,, ' xl . ' ' -.-5gr.,i.'fFLF,g ,h.j-,- 1 I. 3 1--.fbi-1.?Ew..f .-.11 .-'-5' 5 A 'Q'-,bg :: '-i'L-kilt Lvtffi f -' ' ,.' 5- '5if'1f gN't'I GM! 1 . ' 1 . ' ,gr- ,',ilra, .5511 'rr'.j,1. , l 15 ' x 'wid-Mig, yr in 1 ' '- -- --3, -'.,.,y. , , 5 .1 ' ' V ' ,-tgvigb - - ' ' , me? '1':'. ,' I . .1 0 ,,?fffgE'-1:-4,1 Q 9941-, I l .fi -1 'wiki 'jj-.y -5 lv ,- , ' f 1,--Ng . U-raw: --Mr lf.. ,t ,- '- f : ., -i,,+!'1' 'x . 'Q -A .- . :elk manic- 'ia X A View of the Connecticut River. 1866, was removed to Durham, N. we may judge from the progress dented popularity and prosperity. Presidents have been as follows: lack of money for several years. It was first used for the Commencement in 1787, but was not completed till the fall of 1791, at a total cost of ,64,500. It was reputed to be the largest of its kind in New England. The other College buildings were erected in course of time, but we will not dwell upon them. Butterfield Museum, the largest of the buildings of the future quad- rangle, north of the campus, is now in process of construction, and when completed and furnished, Dartmouth will have in it one of the best bio- logical departments in the country. Connected with this College are, the Medi- cal College, dating from 1798, and the Thayer School of Civil Engineering, founded in 1867. The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, which was founded here in H., in 1892. With Pres. Tucker C1893j began the New Dartmouth, which, if and standing of the College the past two years, is to be an epoch of unprece- It already holds its place among the first Colleges of the land. Dartmouth's Eleazar Wheelock, 1769-1779, john Wheelock, 1779-1815, Francis Brown, 821, Bennet Tyler, 1821-1828, Nathan Lord, 1828-1863-Q Asa Dodge Smith, 1863-18775 Samuel Colcord Bartlett, 1877-18923 William jewett Tucker, 1893-. , 1815-1820, Daniel Dana, 1820-1