A rare film of Dartmouth College (USA) in the fall of 1947. Of particular interest to me is the brief appearance (timestamp 11:35) of Wing-Tsit Chan (陈荣捷, August 18, 1901 - August 12, 1994), the eminent Sinologist on the Dartmouth faculty from 1942 to 1966. Dave Storrs, the owner of Dartmouth Bookstore, also appeared (timestamp 4:16).
Dartmouth Bookstore was started by a student in 1872, and owned by the Storrs family from 1884 to July 2004. It is now privately owned, but operated by Barnes and Noble College Booksellers. (See this.) It was a key source of my intellectual sustenance.
Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
Showing posts with label Dartmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dartmouth. Show all posts
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The history of Dartmouth College
Recent reprints. The original publication date of JK Lord is between 1910 and 1923. (Google preview)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Dartmouth and the Native Americans
A Vermont Public Radio interview with the author of "The Indian History of an American Institution: Native Americans and Dartmouth." There are far too few histories of Dartmouth.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Lincoln, Dartmouth, and Dr Seuss
I had not been nourished in my childhood by the works of Dr Seuss (1904-91), and have only been aware of him since about 1996.
He is the only prominent person that I know of who studied at both Oxford and Dartmouth. He was an undergraduate at Dartmouth (1921-25), and studied for D.Phil in English Literature at Lincoln College, Oxford, without taking the degree.
He is the only prominent person that I know of who studied at both Oxford and Dartmouth. He was an undergraduate at Dartmouth (1921-25), and studied for D.Phil in English Literature at Lincoln College, Oxford, without taking the degree.
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