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Daniel Brooks’ class on antiques, will celebrate its 45th year this spring. Last semester, Brooks’ course celebrated record enrollment with 93 students.
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‘I’ll repeat a theme but I won’t repeat a class. There is one woman who hasn’t missed a single semester in 20 years.’ DANIEL BROOKS
STUDENTS OF HISTORY
Antiques Class Among Samford Academy of the Arts’ Spring Offerings By Emily Williams Samford’s Academy of the Arts has opened enrollment for the spring semester, allowing community members to take courses offered by Samford faculty as well as local artists and musicians. The program, previously known as
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the Samford After Sundown program, offers classes in antiques, languages, art, photography and music in its own building near Homewood High School, across the street from the main campus. The spring semester begins in February. The longest-running class, Daniel Brooks’ class on antiques, will cele-
brate its 45th year this spring. Last semester, Brooks’ course celebrated record enrollment with 93 students. A graduate of Samford University himself, Brooks has enjoyed being able to contribute to his alma mater. “Being able to give something back to Samford means everything to me,” he said. “It is wonderful to see
item is worth, I always ask what it is worth to them,” he said. Brooks believes that an antique’s value can’t be assigned just monetarily, the value of its history and story has its own worth. Brooks’ relationship with antiques
the community embracing the university just as Samford embraces this community as well as many others.” Brooks believes that the continued popularity of the course is because his course isn’t a real-life “Antiques Roadshow,” it’s a lesson in history. “When someone asks me what an
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