请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 dartmouth college
释义

Dartmouth College


Thesaurus
Noun1.Dartmouth College - a college in New HampshireDartmouth College - a college in New Hampshire DartmouthIvy League - a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestigeGranite State, New Hampshire, NH - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies

Dartmouth College


Dartmouth College,

at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, EleazarWheelock, Eleazar
, 1711–79, American clergyman, founder of Dartmouth College, b. Windham, Conn., grad. Yale, 1733. He became (1735) the pastor of a Congregational church in the part of Lebanon, Conn., that is now Columbia.
..... Click the link for more information.
). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. The school is actually a small university and was so named for a short time in the 19th cent. (see Dartmouth College CaseDartmouth College Case,
decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1819. The legislature of New Hampshire, in 1816, without the consent of the college trustees, amended the charter of 1769 to make Dartmouth College public. The trustees brought suit.
..... Click the link for more information.
). It has a strong undergraduate liberal arts program and graduate schools of medicine (1797), engineering (1871), and business administration (1900).

Bibliography

See studies by R. F. Leavens and A. H. Lord (1965) and F. N. Stites (1972).

AcronymsSeeDC

Dartmouth College


Related to Dartmouth College: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania
  • noun

Synonyms for Dartmouth College

noun a college in New Hampshire

Synonyms

  • Dartmouth

Related Words

  • Ivy League
  • Granite State
  • New Hampshire
  • NH
随便看

 

英语词典包含2567994条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 12:15:25