TED: IN HOLDEN, THIS IS NOT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BUT THIS IS SORT OF. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS ABOUT A 1/65 SCALE MODEL OF 2. MILES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TE IT IS, FLOWING IN A HUGE BUILDING ON THE GROUNDS OF HOLDEN’S RESEARCH LABORATORY. >> IT IS TYPICAL OF THE WORK WE DO, IT MAKES THIS UNIQUE. WE DON’T OFTEN FILL ENTIRE BUILDING WITH ONE MODEL. TED: THE ENGINEER AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING WITH LOUISIANA TO HELP THE STATE WIND SOLUTIONS TO A BIG PROBLEM, ITS RAPIDLY RECEDING COASTLINE. >> THE SEA LEVEL IS COMING UP AND THE GROUND IS SETTLING AS WELL. THOS COMBINE FOR ABOUT ONE INCH OF LOSS IN ELEVATION EVERY YEAR. TED: THE PLAN IS T DIVERT A SECTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS AND SIPHON OFF THE RIVER’S SEDIMENT WHICH COULD THEN BUILD UP THE SURROUNDING LAND AREA. NO DETAILS WERE OVERLOOKED. DOES THIS REALLY ACCURATEL SHOW WITH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOES IN THAT SECTION? YES. ALL THE FORCES AND HOW IT INTERACTS WI THE STRUCTURES, THAT IS REPLICATED HERE. TED: THAT INCLUDES THE EXACT TOPOGRAPHY, THE MANNER OF THE RIVER’S FLOW, RIGHT DOWN TO THE SAND LIK SEDIMENT LOUISIANA HOPES TO HARVEST CAREFULLY REPLICATED. THE RESULTING DATA BEING CAREFULLY COMPILED TO AID IN A FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROVIDING RESEARCH LIKE THIS IS NOT NEW FOR HOLDEN LAB. IT IS THE OLDEST HYDRAULI LAB IN THE NATION, INVOLVED IN PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD SINCE 1894. >> SO MANY PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. 1894. TED: THEIR NEWEST BIG PROJECT IS FLOWING SMOOTHLY EVEN IF IT IS UNDER THE RADAR. IT IS EXCITING. EVERY TIME I WALK IN AND SEE THE MODEL AN REALIZE YOU ARE LOOKING AT 2.5 MILES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN HOLDEN. TED: EVENTUALLY MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL RESUME THEIR FULL TRADITIONAL FUNCTIONS. THE TRADITION OF EXORBITANT PRICE TAGS IS LIKELY TO STICK AROUND. WHAT IF THERE WAS A COLLEGE THAT WOULD OFFER FREE TUITION TO ANYONE WHO G IN IF YOU JUST LIVE IN A CERTAIN TOWN? THERE IS. THE COLLEGE IS DARTMOUTH I HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE WE DROPPED IN THI PAST WINTER. THE TOWN I WHEELOCK, VERMONT. THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN WHEELOCK, DESCENDENT OF DARTMOUTH’S COUNTER. >> THE IDEA WAS GRANTS OF LAND WOULD PROVIDE INCOME FOR THE COLLEGE. TED: THE SALE PRODUC $2000 A YEAR, EQUIVALENT TO $50,000 A DAY. >> IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SAVED THE COLLEGE AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS STRUGGLING. TED: DARTMOUTH DECIDED TO ALLOW ANY STUDENT ACCEPTED FROM WHEELOCK TO RECEIVE FREE TUITION, MADE OFFICIAL IN PERPETUITY IN 1930. >> THEY HAVE TO PRESEN ADEQUATE PREPARATION. YOU HAVE GOT TO GET IN TO THE COLLEGE. >> MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, PEOPLE SAID MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR STUDIES AND YOU CAN GO TO DARTMOUTH. TED: HE DID PAY ATTENTION TO HIS STUDIES AND GO TO DARTMOUTH TUITION FREE, GRADUATED IN 2017 AND IS NOW A 30 YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT -- THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT. HE MADE SURE THE FINANCIAL AID FOLKS KNEW EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS FROM. AT THAT POINT WE SENT A LETTER SAYING IF YOU DID NOT ALREADY SEE I AM FRO WHEELOCK, MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. TED: LITTLE TOWN, BIG PERK. IF YOU ARE THINKING WHAT I WAS THINKING, FORGET IT. YOU COULD NOT MOVE WHEELOCK AND EXPECT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AGREEMENT. I DID SAY TO MY SON IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING DARTMOUTH, LET ME KNOW. WE WILL MOVE TO WHEELOCK. IT WILL BE A HELL OF A COMMUTE. IT WILL BE WORTH IT -- NO. IT DOESN’T WORK. TED: DARN THAT FINE PRINT. ANTHONY: WHEN HE WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE, NOAH INVITED THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT WHEELOCK, MAKING HIM THE FIRST MODERN PRESIDENT TO DO SO. HE IS ONE OF NINE RESIDENTS SINC 1830 TO ATTEND DARTMOUTH AND A THIRD OF THAT SMALL GROUP, THE WHEELOCK SCHOLARS, TO GO INTO MEDICINE. WE WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK.