Word: dartmouth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dignity, unity and self-restraint of college life at the first American university. There is no custom handed down from the past that we can better afford to guard with jealous care than the Harvard cheer. The Williams cheer is, we admit, unfortunate and far from edifying. That of Dartmouth is decidedly ludicrous, to say the least, but is more or less typical of the college whence it comes. Princeton's is novel and impressive. Yale's as usual is but a weakened imitation of Harvard's. Columbia's is representative of a large class of ingenious makeshifts, not inappropriate...
...draw attention and make a merely general reading impossible. Above all read steadily; that is, do not draw out fifty books one month and only one or two the next. Find out how much you can digest and make an effort to accomplish that amount in a given time. [Dartmouth...
There is a rumor that Amherst and Dartmouth are to have daily papers...
...annual convention of New England colleges was held on Nov. 14 and 15 at Boston University. Ten colleges, Harvard, Yale, Wesleyan, Williams, Amherst, Brown, Tufts, Dartmouth, Trinity and Boston University, were respectively represented by their Presidents and one Professor. The subject for discussion this year was "The Place of Modern Languages in the College Curriculum...
Williams College received its name from Colonel Ephraim Williams, a soldier of the old French war. Dartmouth College was named after Lord Dartmouth, who subscribed a large amount and was president of the first board of trustees. Brown University received its name from Niclolas Brown, who was a graduate of the college, went into business, became very wealthy and endowed the college very largely. Bowdoin College was named after Governor Bowdoin of Maine. Yale College was named after Elihu Yale, who made very liberal donations to the college...