NEW QUARTERS FOR THE BANK

The Dartmouth National and Savings Banks are now settled in their new quarters.- The building is located on the corner of Main and Lebanon Streets and was constructed by Edgar H. Hunter 1901, formerly Superintendent of Buildings for the College. It is a fire-proof building of brick and stone, two and one-half stories in height, measuring 42x60 feet. All the appointments of the new bank are modern and attractive artistically as well. Particularly worthy of mention is the security vault, which is of the best possible construction and superior to any in the state. It is absolutely burglar proof with the most modern alarm protection.

The Dartmouth Savings Bank was incorporated in 1860, many of the charter members of the corporation being intimately connected with the history of the College, The list follows: Daniel Blaisdell, Daniel F. Richardson, Israel O. Dewey, Samuel G. Brown, John S. Woodman, Samuel W. Cobb, Benjamin D. Howe, Clement Long, James W. Patterson, Dixi Crosby, Oliver P. Hubbard, Isaac Ross, Caleb C. Foster, Abijah Topliff, William Tenney, Watson K. Eldredge, Aaron H. Cragin, David Culver, C. B. Hamilton, and D. C. Churchill.

Daniel Blaisdell graduated from Dartmouth in 1827 and was College Treasurer from 1835-1875. Daniel F. Richardson was a graduate of the College in the class of 1831 and was a retired Baptist minister at the time the bank was started. He had also been for some time postmaster in Hanover. Israel Dewey was a merchant in Hanover and had also been postmaster. He was the father of Judge Dewey of Boston. Samuel G. Brown 1831, was Professor of Oratory and Belles Lettres from 1840-1863, and of Philosophy and Political Economy from 1863-1867. He later served as President of Hamilton College, and as a professor in Bowdoin. John S. Woodman 1842, was Professor of Mathematics from 1851-1855, and of Civil Engineering from 1856-1870. Clement Long- 1829, was Professor of Theology from 1844-1852, and of Philosophy and Political Economy from 1854-1861. He was also a member of the faculty of Western Reserve College and Auburn Theological Seminary. James W. Patterson gave instruction in Mathematics, Astronomy and Meteorology from 1852-1865. He was also a member of Congress, Senator and Superintendent of Public Instruction of New Hampshire, and at the time of his death was Willard Professor of Oratory in the College. Oliver P. Hubbard, a graduate of Yale in 1828, was Professor of Mineralogy and Geology from 1836-1866, and of Chemistry and Pharmacology until 1883.

Samuel W. Cobb was a leading merchant in the town for many years. Benjamin D. Howe was a bookseller and bookbinder. He was the father of Mrs. Hiram Hitchcock. Dixi Crosby, Medical School 1824, was a professor in that school from 1838-1868. Abijah Topliff was a local auctioneer, the father of Elijah M. Topliff 1852, who died recently leaving the bulk of his estate to the College. David Culver was a wealthy farmer living in Lyme, who left the funds with which Culver Hall was built.

The old bank building, which for many years was a close neighbor to the Sanborn House on the west side of the campus will soon be removed and with it will go the last vestige of the Old Dartmouth from that side of the campus.