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"It is a curious fact," says a recent writer, "that Darmouth was established with the same object as was Harvard: 'the education of English and Indian youth of this country in knowledge and godliness,' Of the several native who were members of the Harvard Indian College, only one graduated. The founder of Dartmouth was a Dr. Eleazer Wheelock, a graduate of Yale. One of his pupils was an Indian named Samson Occum, who afterwards because an effective preacher. He was Wheelock's prize scholar. Occum was a success, and Wheelock felt encoured, until in 1761 it has eleven pupils. More money was wanted and obtained, as well as various gifts, including two acres of land and a bell weighing eighty pounds for the use of the school, from a gentleman in London. The Indian, Occum, went to England and created a sensation. He preached so effectually that the Earl of Dartmouth L50. About L10,000 was raised in all.
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