Abiel Chandler School of Science and the Arts was established in 1852 by

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, a

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commission merchant and

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native. The school was as a separate

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comparable to the earlier Lawrence Scientific School (1847) at

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and the later

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(1854) at

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. Chandler students established their own fraternities (Phi Zeta Mu, later Eta Eta chapter of Sigma Chi, now

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, and Sigma Delta Pi/Vitruvian, later

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); sat in their own pews for morning services in the Old Chapel in Dartmouth Hall; and had their own sports teams. Classes took place in Chandler Hall, which stood between Parkhurst Hall and the Blunt Alumni Center. The building, built by

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in 1835 and designed by Ammi B. Young, was remodeled with a Mansard roof by Chandler mathematics professor Frank Asbury Sherman in 1871 and received a rear addition in 1898, designed by Charles Alonzo Rich, a Chandler graduate of 1876 and designing partner of the New York architects Lamb & Rich. Dartmouth absorbed the Chandler Scientific School in 1893 and continued as the Departments of

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, and

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. The Chandler Fund continues to be administered by appointed Visitors and was valued at about $1.3 million in 2000.

References

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