Hoke Smith High School - Smithsonian Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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DEDICATION We, the students of Smith High School, take great pleasure in dedicating this our 1952 Smithsonian to Ed. S. Cook, Sr. for the many services he has rendered to us, services far above and beyond the call of duty. During his twelve full years as President of the Atlanta Board of Education he has worked, along with his fellow-workers, long and faithfully, to pro- vide the needed extras for Smith. Through his ef- forts we have a new gymnasium and a modern cafe- teria, thus making the theme of our book, Out of This World, a reality. Mr. Cook is a well-known and beloved neighbor of ours, who has grown up and lived in our own community all of his life. He attended the Fair Street School, which has now been renamed Ed S. Cook School in his honor, and Boys High. At the present he is the kindly administrator of the Capitol Homes Project. Mr. Cook is always present at the many events in our community, from Carnivals to graduations. He is a welcome addition to any of these, but his presence at graduation has always been particularly appreciated. He has made the occasion a little less awesome, and it has given us a warm little glow to know that there on the platform was our friend. Our graduations have always found Mr. Cook present un-, til last year when an illness prevented his being there. And though the graduation went as usual there seemed to be something missing. Always a champion for our right to have a chance to grow up properly, morally, and spiritually, Mr. Cook has led many campaigns for the cleaning up of our community and the removing of any seeds that might prove disastrous to our Way of life. To our school' and community, gifts from Mr. Cook have been numerous and greatly appreciated, but perhaps the gift for which we ought to be most thankful is his son, Ed S. Cook, Jr., who worked with us in our school for a year as a counselor and advisor and who is being missed greatly while he goes to school in Athens to equip himself even better to help us. Our grandchildren may also be looking to a Mr. Cook for wisdom and guidance in i'Skeeter Cook if he follows in the footsteps of his illustrious father and grandfather. This year, feeling the burden at long last of his many tasks and duties, Mr. Cook had to resign as President of the Board of Education, but as board member from the second ward, he will continue to give Smith her rightful place in the parade of progress. Barbara Moore. l ED S. COOK, SR.

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