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> Paul Asente:
>   I used to think that the fact that Dartmouth used to have the
> reputation of being a bastion of raw male lust, of horny men out in the
> middle of the woods, was the principal cause of this reactionism.

>   The Review's crucifixion of Kemeny as a
> bleeding-heart wimp that castrated the true "Dartmouth spirit"
> (whatever that is) is nothing less than vicious libelling of the man
> who pretty much single-handedly brought the college into the twentieth
> century.

"Vicious libelling" depends on your viewpoint. Let's start with Eleazar
Wheelock, founder and first president of Dartmouth. He wanted a school
in New England where Indians could be trained in the gospel of Jesus
Christ. Not exactly a "bastion of raw male lust." From Wheelock's
viewpoint, Kemeny probably should be shot before dawn.

Even through at least 1886, Dartmouth continued as a Bible school. But
by 1926, liberalism had infiltrated to the point where it was said
"Dartmouth is proud of her disbelievers." The "Dartmouth Spirit" was
castrated long before Kemeny arrived, but he didn't do it any good.
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