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Squirrels on the pill? You must be joking! Put them in a casserole!
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Ah, aren't they pretty". That is one of the most popular phrases
used by young children and old ladies as they watch grey squirrels
in the park on a Sunday afternoon.
Well their reaction is understandable; grey squirrels with their
dark oval eyes and bushy tails are certainly "pretty", but to my
mind they would be far prettier if they were still confined to North
America where they came from in the first place.
When the grey squirrel was introduced to this country by
misguided animal lovers in 1876, it was thought to be a welcome
addition to British fauna.
In truth it has been a disaster. Not ...
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Dartmouth Keeps Its Vow to a Vermont Town; Ivy League School's Debt of Gratitude Is Boon to Students in Rural Wheelock
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Animas. Wheelock is named for Eleazar Wheelock, who in 1769 founded Dartmouth...the Connecticut River. After Eleazar Wheelock died in 1779, his son John...Rick Hilton, a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock and the current headmaster of...
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Tiny Vt. town benefits from Ivy League promise
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...now. Wheelock is named for Eleazar Wheelock, who in 1769 founded Dartmouth...the Connecticut River. After Eleazar Wheelock died in 1779, his son John...Rick Hilton, a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock and the current headmaster of...
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Stained-glass window illuminates Dartmouth's history
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...array of colors. Inscribed with Eleazar Wheelock's name at its foot, the window...Billings in 1893 in the memory of Eleazar Wheelock, the founder of the College...1851, specifically invokes Eleazar Wheelock's Christian mission in founding...
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It's time for W&M to let go of "the Tribe".(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Dartmouth we were told how the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock founded the college in 1769 as...He found a mentor in the Rev. Wheelock, a Congregational minister with...and writing skills were such that Wheelock sent him to England as a fundraiser...
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American art exhibit reflects Dartmouth's vast collection
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...acquisition, a Boston-made silver bowl given to founder Eleazar Wheelock in 1773, and its most recent, a painting by Jackson...Gallery. Notable pieces include the iconic portrait of Eleazar Wheelock by Joseph Steward, Class of 1780, a John Singleton...
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Professor highlights Native American history at Dartmouth
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...spot, was named for Samson Occom, a student of Eleazar Wheelock and a major solicitor of the funds that helped found...first part highlighted the origins of Dartmouth and Eleazar Wheelock's goals. "He wanted to create white missionaries...
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The African collection at the Hood Museum of Art.
Magazine article from: African Arts
; ...College was founded in 1769 by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister from...benefit of said province," Rev. Wheelock chose as the college's motto...when David McClure wrote to Rev. Wheelock that he had "collected a few curious...
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Dr. Jim Yong Kim Appointed 17th President of Dartmouth College.
Newspaper article from: AIDS Weekly
; ...singular role in higher education." President-elect Kim is only the 17th president in the Wheelock Succession of leaders since Eleazar Wheelock founded Dartmouth College in 1769. Born in Seoul, Korea, he is also the first Asian American...
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An Amazing Grace: John Thornton and the Clapham Sect.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History
; ...him beyond high culture to such projects as funding Eleazar Wheelock's school for Indian youths, which would go on to become Dartmouth College. Through this association with Wheelock, Thornton developed long-standing relationships...
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The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; ...microcosm. Beginning their relationship as friends at Eleazar Wheelock's Connecticut missionary school, the pressure of...an even more creative strategy. Well-educated at Wheelock's school, Brant understood the desires and practices...
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