o prepare themselves and others for usefulness, he
has been known to bestow pecuniary assistance to aid them on their
way.

"And so agreeably bland was he in his mode of conferring his favors,
as to greatly augment the value of them, and at the same time heighten
the esteem of the recipients for the donor." Outside of her alumni
Dartmouth had few warmer friends than General Culver.

Samuel Appleton was a native of New Ipswich, N. H.

His enterprise and his liberality have given his name a conspicuous
place in New England history. We append a portion of one of his
letters to President Lord, which shows his generous appreciation of
liberal culture.

"It affords me much pleasure to have it in my power to do something
for the only college in my native State which has done so much to
establish a sound literary character in the country. Dartmouth has
done her full proportion in educating for the pulpit, the bar, the
healing art, and the senate, good and great men who have done honor to
their names, to the college, and to the country."

In closing this record, we can only allude to other leading
benefactors, among whom are John D. Willard, who gave to Dartmouth
some of the fruits of his busy, earnest life. Salmon P. Chase, loyal
to his Alma Mater to the last. John Wentworth, who still lives to
witness her work. Henry Bond, loving her scarcely less than his
kindred, "according to the flesh." Frederick Hall, who gave his money,
and what he valued more. John Phillips, whose name will live as long
as Dartmouth, or Andover, or Exeter, shall exist. Israel Evans, the
patriot divine, who cherished for Washington and Wheelock similar
affection. Aaron Lawrence, the conscientious Christian merchant.
Jeremiah Kingman, the busy agriculturist, who cultivated his mind as
well as his fields. Mrs. Betsey Whitehouse, the parishioner of Abraham
Burnham, by whose labors her valuable Christian and general character
was largely moulded, and E. W. Stoughton, who fully realizes the close
connection between a healthy body and a sound mind.

The services of Dartmouth's Trustees should not be passed over in
silence.

We give a statement of the character of the Board half a century ago,
when the College was in "middle life," from Mr. William H. Duncan.

"Of the members of that Board, there was Elijah Paine, of Vermont, who
had received his appointment as District Judge of the United States
for the District of Vermont from Washington, a graduate