Gleanings in bee culture . we doubt ifthere is another commissioner of horticulturein all the Inited States who has a largerfield of work than our own Professor say our own, l)ecause he has been soclosely identified with the beekeeping in-terests of the country. Himself the authorof one of the moht widely sold bee books,The Beekeepers Guide, a prolific writerfor the bee journals, a number of times pres-ident of the North American and National 150> Beekeepers Association — well, we have aright to claim him, as much as have the-horticulturists of the country. I think it is fair to say
Gleanings in bee culture . we doubt ifthere is another commissioner of horticulturein all the Inited States who has a largerfield of work than our own Professor say our own, l)ecause he has been soclosely identified with the beekeeping in-terests of the country. Himself the authorof one of the moht widely sold bee books,The Beekeepers Guide, a prolific writerfor the bee journals, a number of times pres-ident of the North American and National 150> Beekeepers Association — well, we have aright to claim him, as much as have the-horticulturists of the country. I think it is fair to say that Prof. Cook isdistinguished, not so much for the greatthings he may have discovered in science(and he has done his share), but rather be-cause he has been a great teacher. Hun-dreds of his students, some of whom havemade their mark in the world, bear testi-mony to what he has done for them. He isloved and admired by his fellow-professors,and adored by his students, both at theMichigan Agricultural College and Pomona. Professor A. J. Cook as he appeared when he wasconducting his experiments in bee culture at theMichigan Agricultural College. College. The Pomona College paper, justreceived, is full of expressions of love andregret that he is to leave. I make just oneextract: The loss to Pomona College will be felt most keen-ly by all of the students who have known ProfessorCook personally. His genial nature, his greatheart, his tremendous and infectious enthusiasm,his keen interest in the personal welfare of everystudent under him—these things have made himgreatly beloved by all. His interest in his studentshas never, through all the years, been a perfunctoryone, but always a living, active interest, that wentright out and fought for them: an interest that notonly helped them to find their life work and get in-to it, whatever it might be, but ever afterward sup-ported and encouraged them to great efTorts. In a(luiet way. unknown to the public, he has evenfinancially assis
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