Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
from 1911 to 1934. He is perhaps best known as the dean who suspended
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss" '' After becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 1896, he became Assistant Professor of Oratory by 1900. Laycock served as Dean of the College from 1911 until 1934.
He married Florence Annette Hill on April 19, 1900, and they had two daughters.
Craven Laycock died in
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of Eng ...
on April 4, 1940.
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 before exams.
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.