BAXTER P. SMITH.

Brookline, Mass., June, 1878.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Introduction [1]
CHAPTER II.
Ancestry and Early Life of Eleazar Wheelock.—His Settlement at Lebanon.—Establishment of the Indian Charity School.—Mr. Joshua More [6]
CHAPTER III.
Education in New Hampshire.—Action in Regard to a College.—Testimonial of Connecticut Clergymen.—Legislative Grant to Mr. Wheelock [15]
CHAPTER IV.
A College Contemplated by Mr. Wheelock.—Lord Dartmouth.—Occom and Whitaker in Great Britain [23]
CHAPTER V.
Sir William Johnson.—Explorations for a Location.—Advice of English Trustees [29]
CHAPTER VI.
A College Charter [40]
CHAPTER VII.
President Wheelock's Personal Explorations in New Hampshire.—Location at Hanover [49]
CHAPTER VIII.
Commencement of Operations.—Course of Study.—Policy of Administration [57]
CHAPTER IX.
Progress to the Death of President Wheelock.—Prominent Features of his Character [65]
CHAPTER X.
Progress During the Administration of the Second President, John Wheelock [76]
CHAPTER XI.
Lack of Harmony Between President Wheelock and Other Trustees.—Removal of the President From Office.—Estimate of His Character [88]
CHAPTER XII.
Administration of President Brown.—Contest Between The College and the State.—Triumph of the College [100]
CHAPTER XIII.
Character of President Brown.—Tributes by Professor Haddock And Rufus Choate [117]
CHAPTER XIV.
Progress From 1820 to 1828.—Administrations of President Dana and President Tyler [126]
CHAPTER XV.
Inauguration of President Lord [143]
CHAPTER XVI.
The Policy of the College, its Progress and Enlargement under President Lord's Administration from 1828 to 1863 [157]
CHAPTER XVII.
Character of President Lord [168]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Administration of President Smith [177]
CHAPTER XIX.
Inauguration of President Bartlett [190]
CHAPTER XX.
Prof. John Smith.—Prof. Sylvanus Ripley.—Prof. Bezaleel Woodward [211]
CHAPTER XXI.
Prof. John Hubbard.—Prof. Roswell Shurtleff [225]
CHAPTER XXII.
Prof. Ebenezer Adams.—Prof. Zephaniah S. Moore.—Prof. Charles B. Haddock [241]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Prof. William Chamberlain.—Prof. Daniel Oliver.—Prof. James Freeman Dana [256]
CHAPTER XXIV.
Prof. Benjamin Hale.—Prof. Alpheus Crosby.—Prof. Ira Young [276]
CHAPTER XXV.
Prof. Stephen Chase.—Prof. David Peabody.—Prof. William Cogswell [298]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Prof. John Newton Putnam.—Prof. John S. Woodman.—Prof. Clement Long.—Other Teachers [316]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Medical Department.—Professors Nathan Smith, Reuben D. Mussey, Dixi Crosby, Edmund R. Peaslee, Albert Smith, and Alpheus B. Crosby—Other Teachers [339]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Chandler Scientific Department.—The Agricultural Department.—The Thayer Department of Civil Engineering [367]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Benefactors.—Trustees [380]
CHAPTER XXX.
Labors of Dartmouth Alumni.—Conclusion [395]

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION.