University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire main campus at Durham; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1866, opened 1868 as the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, a division of Dartmouth College, at Hanover. It moved in 1892 and in 1923 became the Univ. of New Hampshire. In addition to agriculture and university extension services, it operates agricultural and engineering experiment stations at Durham. The school maintains the Earth, Ocean, and Space Center and a noteworthy creative arts center. There is also a campus at Manchester. In 1963 the state colleges at Keene and Plymouth became part of the university system.

New Hampshire, blank‐verse poem by Robert Frost, published in 1923 as the title piece of a volume which won a Pulitzer Prize.

In this familiar monologue, the poet presents a witty defense of his manner of life and philosophic attitude. He describes New Hampshire as “one of the two best states in the Union. Vermont's the other,” and as a compact community having “one each of everything as in a show‐case.” Answering the “glorious bards of Massachusetts” who “taunt the lofty land with little men,” he names friends among the New Hampshire people he admires and would not change. “I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer,” he says, in condemning extremists who demand that he take a radical attitude.

New Hampshire State in ne USA, on the Canadian border; the capital is Concord. The first settlement was made in 1623. Much of the land is mountainous and forested. The principal rivers are the Connecticut and the Merrimack, and there are more than 1000 lakes. Farming is restricted by poor, stony soil, and is mostly concentrated in the Connecticut valley. Dairy and market garden produce, hay, apples, and potatoes are the chief products. New Hampshire is highly industrialized. There is hydroelectricity. Industries: electrical machinery, paper and wood products, printing and publishing, leather goods, textiles. Area: 24,097sq km (9304sq mi). Pop. (2000) 1,235,786.