Records, 1925-1926.

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Records, 1925-1926.

Collection consists of correspondence of Henry Melville with Dartmouth College officials and alumni concerning the issue of student attendance at chapel exercises. Also includes a copy of Dartmouth College Bulletin No. 6 (Oct. 23, 1925), which contains an article about the issue.

1 box (0.3 ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119095

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Dartmouth College. Class of 1964

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877-1964

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Ernest Martin Hopkins, the eleventh president of Dartmouth College, was born in Dunbarton, N.H. in 1877. He received his AB from Dartmouth in 1901 and his AM from Dartmouth in 1908. From 1901 to 1905 he was secretary to the president of College, and from 1905 to 1910 he was secretary of the College. He served as president from 1916 to 1945. He died in 1964. From the description of Papers, 1916-1945. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296423 ...

Larmon, Russell Raymond, 1897-1973.

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Melville, Henry, 1858-1930

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Dartmouth College. Chapel.

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In 1925 the Dartmouth College administration determined that student attendance at daily chapel exercises should be voluntary, not compulsory. Melville, who was Secretary of the Class of 1879 at this time, began corresponding with college officials and others about the change, of which he did not approve. From the description of Records, 1925-1926. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237320739 ...

Lord, John King, 1848-1926

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Lord was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1868; he received his AM and PhD in 1893. He taught at Dartmouth College for over 40 years, serving as tutor of Latin, 1869-1872, associate professor of Latin and rhetoric, 1872-1880; Evans Professor of oratory and Belles Lettres, 1880-1882; associate professor of Latin. 1880-1892; Daniel Webster Professor of Latin, 1892-1916. He was acting president of the college, 1892-1893 and a trustee, 1917-1926. From the description of Papers, ca. 18...