Craven Laycock

Craven Laycock

Craven Laycock (1866–1940) was the dean of Dartmouth College from 1911 to 1934. He is perhaps best known as the dean who suspended Theodor Geisel from editing the Dartmouth humor magazine, after which Geisel wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss.[1]

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Biography

Laycock was born September 30, 1866, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. In 1882 his parents emigrated to the United States via Halifax, Nova Scotia, settling in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[2] From there the family split up, and Craven ended up in New Hampshire as a student at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1896.[3] After becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 1896,[4] he became Assistant Professor of Oratory by 1900. Laycock served as Dean of the College from 1911 until 1934.

Bust

Laycock's classmates later commissioned artist Nancy Cox-McCormack to create a bust in his honor. By 1934, it had become the tradition of Dartmouth students to rub the nose of the bust for good luck.[3]

Books

Craven Laycock was the author or co-author of several books on debate, including Argumentation and Debate, co-authored with Robert Leighton Scales, "Manual of Argumentation," and "Manual of Argumentation: for High Schools and Academies," co-authored with Albion Keith Spofford.

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