Race discussion evolves at College
By Marina Villeneuve and Emily Baer | November 9, 2010Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series investigating race at the College. The Dartmouth College Charter states that, "there be a College erected in our said Province of New Hampshire by the name of DARTMOUTH COLLEGE for the education & instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing & all parts of Learning which shall appear necessary and expedient for civilizing & christianizing Children of Pagans." Through the College's evolution from that 1769 document to today when the College is led by a Korean-American College President Jim Yong Kim students and staff have continued to engage in activism and sought to increase the diversity of the student body, often challenged by those opposed to such change. The Charter's expressed goal of educating Native Americans was not fully embraced until 200 years after it was written, though attempts to promote diversity have been made throughout history.