Quote of the day
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
William Trufant Foster
Born: January 18, 1879
Died: October 8, 1950 (aged 71)
Bio: William Trufant Foster was an American educator and economist, whose theories were especially influential in the 1920s. He was the first president of Reed College.
Known for:
- The Road to Plenty (1928)
- Argumentation and Debating (1908)
- Should Students Study? (1917)
- Administration of the college curriculum (1911)
- The Dilemma of Thrift (1926)