Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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ic ze 4 Displaying the same vigor with which he shovelled Main Street from beneath its six-foot blanket of snow, John Sloan Dickey, facing Dartmouth ' s seventh post-war period, has applied himself to the task of steering Dartmouth away from future wars. His formula is familiarizing the Dartmouth undergraduate with his post-war world, so that he may enter that world with increased realization of his responsibility as a citizen and with the knowledge necessary for building toward permanent peace. In order to carry out this program. President Dickey has set up a Great Issues course to be required for all seniors. Leaders in economic, political, social, and religious fields will occupy Dart- mouth rostrums Monday evenings, acciuainting seniors with public affairs on the assumption that increased knowledge is the fore- runner of increased alertness and action. Post-war problems are not new to Dartmouth. The College was conceived during the abating stages of the French and Indian War in 1763, passed its adolescence during the Revolutionary War, and in its maturity has weathered the War of 1812, the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish Wars, and two World Wars. The seed was first sown when Eleazar Wheelock receiveil a letter from Charles Jeffrey Smith, who wrote: WTien the Indian War is a little abated, would it not be best to send Mr. Occum with another person abegging? Working with the diligence of this year ' s Community Chest solicitors, Eleazar ' s protege, Sam.son Occum, set sail for England with Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker and returned with 111,000 to transform Moor ' s Free School for Indians into Dartmouth College. In a severe blow to all fish lovers, the advantages of Long Island as a place handy to oysters and clams was rejected; and the offer of New Hampshire ' s Governor Wentworth of a tract of land in the western part of the state was accepted on December 13, 1769. The Revolutionary War came along, and although Eleazar Wheelock had not even envisioned a Tuck School, he displayed enough business acumen to know that a college does not function without funds. He obtained a government subsidy in return for keep ing the children of the Saint Francis Indians, who then re- frained from invading New England on behalf of the British. At this time, every other college in the Colonies was forced to shut down. y-f J 1769

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