Dartmouth College

1769, King George III of England granted the charter of Dartmouth College to Eleazar Wheelock as a contract. In efforts to create this college for missionary purposes, Wheelock earned money with his hard work and received many contributions. When he received a charter from the King, it outlined the English and colonial board of trustees. In 1779, the position of presidency of Dartmouth College was handed down to Wheelock’s son, John Wheelock. During his presidency, the college went through many negative impacts and hardships. Including the American Revolution, the college was faced with financial issues and the lack of Dartmouth assets. Under his ruling, Wheelock did not gain any respect for his name. As the years went by with Dartmouth successfully being a privately owned school, suddenly there was a major occurrence of an unfortunate event. Due to his horrible lack of interest in the success of the college, 25-year old Wheelock was in disputes with the colonials and trustees. He was settled to be removed from the office by a group of unsatisfied board trustees. After Wheelock’s…

Although Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was best known for his presence in New England, his life actually began here in the United States of America (Kennedy and Gioia 983). Robert’s family spent the first eleven years of his life residing in San Francisco, California. But by the year 1885 Robert’s mother, Isabelle Frost, moved the family to Lawrence, Massachusetts due to the passing of his father, William Frost (Parini ch.1). In 1892 Robert Frost graduated as co-valedictorian at Lawrence High…

understand who the author was, his life, his death, and events that may have impacted his writings. Robert Frost was born in the year of 1874 in San Francisco on March 26th to William Prescott Frost Jr and Isabelle Moodie. His parents, originally from Pennsylvania, moved to San Francisco shortly after the wed. His father worked as an editor for the San Francisco Evening Editor, which may explain Frosts live of writing, taking up the mantle of his father in ways. His father died when Frost was…

Robert Frost once said, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” This is an extremely relatable quote when talking about Frost’s poetry because his home is the setting and background for most of his poems. Frost was named after the famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee. At one point in his life, Frost had debated whether or not he should commit suicide, which will be discussed later in this essay. In addition, Robert Frost, who had lost his father at…

Frost’s literary is manly drama, nonfiction, and poetry. Frost’s poems/stories would mostly talk about or take place in the country life in New England, in there modern time. He sort of became famous around the time that he created and published his first poem that was published was “My Butterfly: an Elegy” it was on the New York newspaper the independent on November the 8th 1894, he also sold it for fifteen dollars. His first book published was “A Boy’s Will.” Frost’s work was published in…

Dartmouth College v. Woodward was a famous court case that was decided by the Supreme Court in 1819. In 1769, the British Crown granted a charter to trustees of Dartmouth College, which establish the college as a private charitable school. Over the years, Dartmouth College was granted land by New Hampshire State. In 1815 Wheelock, a presidency of college, was removed by trustees. Then Wheelock appealed this case to the State legislature of New Hampshire. In 1816 the legislature of New…

The Hereford Mappa Mundi was created in around the 1300s and is currently being kept in the Hereford Cathedral. The map was drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calfskin). It measures 162.56cm by 132.08cm (64 inches by 52 inches) and has many drawings that delineate the period in which the map was made, showing us about how people lived in that time. The maps were drawn and written with lots of detailed information, but could only be read by people who spoke a certain branch of French (Norman…

UNC and Dartmouth are both my dream colleges. They are both very different, and deciding between them is extremely difficult. Both have things I love that I can’t get at the other, but they also have things in common as well. Thankfully, I have until high school to decide, but I want to compare important components such as academics, athletics, and cost. UNC and Dartmouth are similar in many ways. One of the ways they are similar are that they both have the sports I love including field…

In the beginning of the passage, the author, a half Navajo woman named Dr. Alvord, reflects on her time near the end of high school when she had to decide whether or not to leave the reservation for her education. She identifies with the four sacred mountains that enclose the reservation, as the Navajo culture is one very sacred to her. Dr. Alvord made good grades in high school, though not much was being taught and college readiness was not on the forefront. However, she applied to Dartmouth,…

Having read through the key accountabilities associated with the Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance position at Dartmouth College, I am confident that I have the career experience and proficiency in monitoring NCAA compliance to excel in this position. The main distinction is that my experience comes in monitoring compliance at the NCAA Division II level. I am not ignorant to of the differences between NCAA compliance legislation between Division I and II levels. However, I am very…