The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-01
President Nichols of
 Dartmouth, 45 To-day Is A Native of Kansas.

s'It is a little college, but there are those who love it, said Daniel Web ster of his alma mater in arguing the famous Dartmouth College case be- Court in 1861. Ancient Dartmouth is still ssa little college compared with such great educational institu- tions as Columbia, Cornell, Califor- mia, Chicago, Minnesota and Harvard but it possesses and cherishes in greater measure than almost any oth- CT American institution that college spirit'' which thrives best Tn colleges located far from great cities. Within recent years a. new Dartmouth has been built up which preserves all the best traditions of the old, and this in fusion of new blood and new methods has been largely the work of Presi- dent Ernest Fox Nichols.
 The creator of the new Dartmouth was born fn the Sundower State, at Leavenworth, forty-f1ve years ago to- day. He received the Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas Agricul- tura1 College, and then, after three years as 8 graduate student of physics at Cornell, he spent two years at the University of Berlin. He was pro lessor of physics at Colgate For sever al years, and in 1898 he joined the Dartmouth faculty, In 1903 he left the New Hampshire college to be- come professor of experimental phys ics at Columbia, and during that pe- ripd he also carried on post graduate work at Cambridge University. It will be five years a week from to-day since he was inaugurated president of Dartmouth before a distinguish d gathering of educators.
 Since it was founded at Hanover, N H., In 1769, and named after its principal benefactor, the Earl Of Dartm outh, the college has been gov erned by a succession Of clergymen. and President Nichols became the second 1ayman executive. Dart mouth was the outgrowth of an In- dian charity school tabIished by son. John Wheelock, tEfe second pres ident, was the only non-cIerical head of Dartmouth during g period of 14o years.
 President Nichols is not famous solely as al college executive, for he has won high rank among the world 8 scientists. His achievements include the invention of a radiometers by which he was able to make the most sensitive and exact measurements of heat ever recorded The measuring g of light and planetary heat, and the pressure sexerted by a beam if light, made the young scientist distinguish ed among savantS
 President Nichols was for several years connected W1LK the T0S6dICL dS- sociatiOn of the Carnegie Institution. In 1905 he was awarded the Rumford medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has been honored by many colleges and scien- tif1c associations.
 The creator of the thew Dart
 nouth'' does not belong to the. class of c1oistered savants and anemfc bookworms. Nature gifted him with a six-foot body as well as with a fine brain. He believes that physical and mental development should go together, and that the best work is accomplished by those who possess bodily prowess." as well as a keen intellect, moral courage and mental vigor." In linking the old with the new, the past with the present, aLn- cient traditions with modern methods, President Nichols performed a great work for Dartmouth and the educa- tfona1 world.