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him a staff of tlic Ix-st working material in tlic wliolc country, for no man knows 

 our American workers better, and no man is more favorably known to them in 

 the light of a chief under wiiom they might 'jump in and do things' without any 

 of the petty repressive supervision that spoils so much good material in our public 

 offices. Prof. Cook is large-hearted, s_vmi)athetic, kindly, and broad enough and 

 big enough to make a good executive. The office is not only a great one in this 

 State, but the greatest of its sort in the whole United States. No other office of 

 the kind involves sucii great responsibilities. It carries a large corps of well jiaid 

 assistants and princely support. For the first time in the history of the State a 

 professional man is now entering the office who knows thoroughly well the means 

 by which these great possibilities may be practically developed to their greatest 

 efficiency. Congratulations are due Prof. Cook, Governor Johnson and the State 

 of California !" 



At farewell exercises given in honor of Prof. Cook by the College, the follow- 

 ing remarks may be quoted from the several speakers : 



Prof. Baker said, in part: "Are we here to honor this man for his own 

 sake or for his success ? Success is an erratic will-o'-the-wisp, missing many who 

 might use it well. This man is the same man today as he was last month. Governor 

 Johnson says that he was appointed solely upon his merits. What would we have 

 been thinking of him today had he not received this appointment.' We have to 

 consider these things at Pomona, where we are supposed to learn how to look 

 through the mask of pretence, sham and insincerity, straight into the face of the 

 eternal verities. So I am going to speak of Prof. Cook in just such terms as I 

 would have spoken of him as a man, last year. 



"I like to think of Prof. Cook as a plain human being like the rest of us. 

 We all have our good points — and our faults. So has Prof. Cook! I've told hitn 

 about all his faults ! Now I wish to tell you about some of his traits worthy of 

 emulation. Wouldn't the world be a fine place to live in if we always did that way 

 — it has always been Prof. Cook's way. And wouldn't the world be a great place 

 to live in if we didn't have to die or be appointed Horticultural Commissioner in 

 order to hear the finest things that might in j u.stiee be said of us ! Not long ago 

 I was blowing off to Prof. Cook about what / thought of a very unkind and incon- 

 siderate thing someone had done. What he said was this: 'I do not understand it 

 at all — I will talk with him about it.' Prof. Cook always lives in the open, and 

 says nothing behind a man's back that he would not say to his face. If we could 

 only all say that of ourselves, Claremont would be an annex of Paradise! 



"In the twenty-five years I have known him intimately the Moving Finger 

 has written much for Prof. Cook. He could not get away from even 'half a line' 

 of all his history any more than you can get away from yours — and he does not 

 need to make the attempt. It is only acts that really characterize a man I 'By 

 their fruits shall ye know them !' All of Prof. Cook's mental processes lead him 

 ultimately to action. A matter is either deemed wholly unwise, and laid away, 

 still-born, or else his line of thought runs sometiiing like this: 'Is it worth 



