Eleazer Wheelock
Where was Wheelock born?
Windham Connecticut
Who was Samson Occom in relation to Wheelock?
One of Wheelocks first pupils.
What were the first donations Wheelock received for "Moor's Indian Charity School"
500 Euros from two young individuals from Delaware.
What area was Wentworth eager to move the school to?
New Hampshire.
How large was Dartmouth's first graduating class?
Four people.
Where did Wheelock go to school, and what for?
He went to Yale, practicing the study of religious belief.
What tribe did Occom belong to.
Algonquian.
What kind of enterprise was "Moor's Indian Charity School"?
A pioneering enterprise.
Bonus: What is a pioneering enterprise?
What was Wheelock's main reason for relocating the institution to Hanover specifically?
Because of its contiguous land.
What year was Dartmouth established?
1769.
After Wheelock graduated, what did he do?
He became a preacher and later settled down to become a minister.
What did Occom abandon his studies for?
He pursued becoming a schoolteacher, then school master, and finally a missionary preaching the gospel in Long Island instead.
What did George Whitefield donate?
The bell.
Why was it important that the school would be named Dartmouth?
To gains Englands favor.
Why did construction workers move the construction of the college to the South Eastern part of the now Green?
To find water.
What did Wheelock do to get side money?
Wheelock tutored boys going to college in his area.
When was Occom born?
1723 in New London, Connecticut.
What was one of the financial hardships the school had to endure?
Either:
- Colonel Moore Died
- The French and Indian War
- Difficulties finding a charter
What was the name of the first building constructed?
Webster Cottage.
Before Dartmouth, what was Wheelock's institution called?
Moor's Indian Charity School.
What institution did Wheelock found?
Dartmouth.
What religion did Occom convert to in his youth?
Christianity.
Where did Wheelock send Occom to raise more money and international relations?
Bonus: What two main financial contributors did Occom find here?
England.
William legge and John Wentworth.
By 1770, who was a part of the faculty.
Wheelock.
How many rooms were in the first two dorm buildings?
16 in each.