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Forever New: The Speeches of James Wright, President of Dartmouth College, 1998–2009

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James Wright
2012
Published by: Dartmouth College Press
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The collected speeches of Dartmouth’s sixteenth president Jim Wright is an unabashed optimist. Reading his speeches, it doesn’t take long to see that he believes in the fundamental values that shaped the American republic: opportunity and accessibility, individuality and a shared sense of community. He carried this idealism into his presidency of Dartmouth College and, indeed, throughout his career as teacher and historian. At heart, Jim Wright was always a teacher. His election to the presidency of Dartmouth College gave him the opportunity not only to lead the college he loved, but also to use the presidency as a bully pulpit to encourage his students to make a positive difference in the world. The speeches gathered in this collection, particularly the annual convocation and commencement addresses, illustrate that calling. It is in these addresses that he was the most intentional about his goals and his aspirations for Dartmouth, for the Dartmouth faculty, and ultimately for Dartmouth students.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

pp. ix

Introduction

pp. xi-xxiv

Part I: Appointment as President of Dartmouth College

Remarks Following the Announcement by the Board of Trustees, April 6, 1998

pp. 3-9

Dartmouth: Forever New, September 23, 1998

pp. 10-20

Part II: Convocation Addresses, 1999-2008

pp. 21-23

September 21, 1999

pp. 24-30

September 19, 2000

pp. 31-34

September 24, 2001

pp. 35-39

September 24, 2002

pp. 40-45

September 23, 2003

pp. 46-53

September 21, 2004

pp. 54-59

September 20, 2005

pp. 60-64

September 19, 2006

pp. 65-69

September 25, 2007

pp. 70-73

September 23, 2008

pp. 74-78

Part III: Selected Speeches on Various Topics, 1999-2009

Address to First-Year Students, September 15, 1999

pp. 81-85

Report to the General Faculty, October 18, 1999

pp. 86-93

Class of 1950 Reunion Luncheon, June 10, 2000

pp. 94-97

Libraries in the Cyber Age, July 12, 2000

pp. 98-105

Growing and Preserving: A Mutual Challenge, November 6, 2000

pp. 106-108

Remarks to the Alumni Council, May 18, 2001

pp. 109-113

Address Delivered at Beijing Normal University, October 10, 2002

pp. 114-120

Remarks to the Alumni Council, May 2, 2003

pp. 121-128

Unleashed: Mobile Computing Conference, October 8, 2003

pp. 129-132

Remarks to Class Officers, September 16, 2004

pp. 133-139

Remarks in Memory of David T. McLaughlin '54 Tu '55, President Emeritus of the College, October 4, 2004

pp. 140-143

The Leslie Conference of the Future of the Liberal Arts, November 6, 2004

pp. 144-151

Dartmouth Lawyers Association, October 11, 2003

pp. 152-158

Remarks at the Memorial Service for James O. Freedman, Fifteenth President of Dartmouth College, May 15, 2006

pp. 159-163

Athletics and Life: Essay for the Class of 1964, on its Fiftieth Reunion, 2007

pp. 164-169

Honoring Veterans, October 6, 2007

pp. 170-171

Eleventh Annual Report to the General Faculty, October 27, 2008

pp. 172-184

The Yellow Ribbon Program and Private Colleges, February 2, 2009

pp. 185-195

Veterans Day at the Vietnam Memorial Wall, Washington, D.C., November 11, 2009

pp. 196-197

Part IV: Commencement Addresses, 1999-2009

pp. 199-201

June 13, 1999

pp. 202-204

June 11, 2000

pp. 205-207

June 10, 2001

pp. 208-210

June 9, 2002

pp. 211-213

June 8, 2003

pp. 214-216

June 13, 2004

pp. 217-219

June 12, 2005

pp. 220-221

June 11, 2006

pp. 222-223

June 10, 2007

pp. 224-226

June 8, 2008

pp. 227-229

June 14, 2009

pp. 230-232

Part V: Farewell

Letter to the Dartmouth Community, June 29, 2009

pp. 235-241

A Welcome to the Wheelock Succession, September 22, 2009

pp. 242-243
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