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群眾聚集在街道旁,看著馬車駛進校園,這可能是1904年為了慶祝「創立者日」 (Founder』s
Day) 所舉辦的返校活動
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伊利札‧惠洛克教士 (Reverend
Eleazar Wheelock) 成立了達特茅斯學院
1769年12月13日
這間全美國第九所歷史最悠久的學校,座落在州長溫沃士所提供的土地上,為紀念達特茅斯伯爵威廉‧李吉,故以他的名字為該校命名;威廉.季吉是溫沃士的朋友,也是一位很重要的財務贊助者。在1770年時,達特茅斯的第一批學生是在新罕布夏州漢諾威 (Hanover) 鎮的一間木屋裡上課,整間學校只有四個學生。後來,這間學校招收的學生越來越多。在1815年的時候,在達特茅斯發生了一件影響深遠的憲法爭議事件。亦即,新罕布夏州的議會認為達特茅斯的1769年成立許可是無效的,於是設立一個獨立的管理組織來管理學校,並將學校名稱改為達特茅斯大學 (Dartmouth
University) 。學校的董事們因此向美國最高法院提出訴訟。
The college, the ninth oldest in the United States, was situated on land provided by Royal Governor Wentworth, and was named in honor of William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth, a friend of Wentworth's and an important financial backer. Dartmouth's first class met in a single log hut in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1770 with just four students attending. The college grew and prospered. In 1815, Dartmouth became the stage for a constitutional drama that had far-reaching effects. Claiming its 1769 charter invalid, the New Hampshire legislature established a separate governing body for the College and changed its name to Dartmouth University. The trustees took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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