Henry Caldwell Cook

[1] He received second class honours from the school of English language and literature in 1909 and an Oxford Diploma in Education with distinction in 1911.

[1] During this time, he wrote Littleman's Book of Courtesy (1914) and The Play Way, an Essay in Educational Method (1917), his magnum opus.

[1] Caldwell Cook saw the current schooling system to impede "true education".

[1] He used drama to teach English,[2] building a room, called 'the Mummery', in his school based on an Elizabethan theatre, and students improvised plays based on dramatic literature.

[5] A 1922 unpublished Board of Education report made the recommendation to not support grants for his program or its imitators.