Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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DR. FRAZER HOOD

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DEDICATION It is with sincere appreciation and admiration that the staff of the 1939 Quips and Cranks dedicates this volume to Dr. Frazer Hood, a man whose interest in students and their activities has extended far beyond the confines of the class room.

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VIEWS Pre-HISTORIC man knew nothing of education as we know it today. His attempts at mastering surroundings were directed solely toward self-preservation. But time caused him to see, in his daily life, chances for the improvement of his surroundings, and with him began crude attempts to master the waters. At the same time he taught his children and encouraged their learning the requisites of existence. No books were his. yet from hard experience he gathered knowledge that accumulated through the ages to form the basis for later development. The incidents of his daily life he recorded on the walls of his earthen home, first in pictures, and then in crude hiero- glyphics. By chance some bolt of lightning brought a new aid. and With fire came an intellectual awakening, the first dawning of a soul. Soon he had begun to harness the forces about him. to win for himself and his family more of comfort, security, and well-being. The primitive soul was becoming aware of the possibilities of its own enlightenment.