The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-10
Dartmouth College Notes.

COMMENCEMENT appointments for the
class of 1893 have been made and the list
numbers eighteen for both Chandler and
academic departments.
By legislative enactment the board of
trustees of the college may hereafter con-
tain five members resident in other states
than New Hampshire, instead of only four
as at present.
MRS. FREDERICK BILLINGS OF Woodstock,
VT, is to present the college with a new
stained glass window for Rollins chapel, in
memory Of the second Wheelock The one
at present bearing his name is to be given 10
ex-President Bartlett.
THE action of the legislature in appropri-
ating the sum of $500 annually for two
years, and relinuuishing to the college the
states interest of SIS, 900 in Culver Hail. at
tests most convincingly the interest taken
in old Dartmouth by the people Of New
Hampshire
THE annual examination of the Thayer
School of Civil Engineering was held on
Monday and Tuesday, April "a and 25, the
graduation OF the class Of '93 occurring on
the latter date. The class consisted of f.
j. Morrison, II. f.. Abbott, John Walker
and S. G. Walker.
The term OF Hon. James B. Richardson,
81, of Boston, one of the three alumni trus-
tees elected in September, 81, expires on
the Monday following commencement. In
pursuance of the manner Of election, the
executive committee of the alumni have
nominated the following candidates, one of
whom will be chosen by the votes of gradu-
ates of five years standing: James b,
Richardson, 81 Boston; William H. Cliff
ford, '5S, Portland, Maine; John L. Brews-
ter, 81, Lawrence; Nathan w. Littlefeld
80, Providence, Il. l.; John p Sanborn, 80,
Newport, X. l.
On Wednesday, May 8, the Mary Hitch
cock Memorial Hospital was dedicated with
appropriate exercises in the college church.
| Speeches were made by Dr. Edward Cowles,
Mr.. Hiram Hitchcock, DR.. G. p. Frost and
President w. j. Tucker, d. D., and the ora
ton of the day was delivered by Hon. j. w.
| Patterson. The hospital was erected at
great cost by Mr.. Hiram Hitchcock in mem
DRY of his wife, and though not large is not
excelled in sanitary and other hospital ar
rangements by any hospital in the world
! No cost has been spared in making it as
nearly perfect as long experience and mod
ern science could do.
THURSDAY evening the town was shocked
to learn that Professor Patterson, who only
the day before delivered the Grafton at the
dedication of the hospital, suddenly died OF
heart failure while attending prayer meet
ing in the college church. Professor Pat
terson was one OF New Hampshire's great
men. He had served terms in the United
States house and senate, and had been in
charge of the state educational interests fol
more than ten years. Within month he
had assumed the duties Of his position al
professor of rhetoric in the college, and his
loss will be greatly felt here, as he would
have been tower of strength to the college
AT the trustees meeting, held at Hanover
May 2 and 3, four new professorships were
created and two of them were filled. These
new departments in History, Sociology
Biology and Athletics will fill long fell
wants. Professor ID. G. Wells, who was
elected to the chair in Social Science, has
been for three years professor OF history il
Bowdon College. He was a graduate o.
Yale in the class of 1880 and soon after
graduation studied theology. Immediately
before going to Bowdoin he was instructor
in Political and Moral Science at Phillips
Andover Academy. II. ID. Foster the newly
elected professor of History, graduated
from Dartmouth in the class OF 1885, anC
has for some time been doing postgraduate
work in Harvard. Professors in Biology
and Physical Culture will be elected at al
early date.