Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-04-16
PRESIDENT MOCK INSTALLED
installation Service Largely Attended
By Friends and Patrons OF
Dallas College.

installation service was held In the
United Evangelical church and was
largely attended by friends and
patrons Of the college. Many men
prominent in educational affairs were
present from Portland, Salem, Nc.
Minnville and other cities.
The church was beautifully decorated
for the occasion with palms, Oregon
grape and Spring flowers. Seated on
the platform were Bishop William F.
He'll, OF Highland Park, Illinois Rev.
A. A. Winter, OF Portland, financial
agent OF Dallas College; Judge N. L.
Butler, DR.. G. A. Mock and Prof.
d. M. Metzger. Excellent music was
furnished by a selected chorus, and
vocal solos were rendered by Mrs.
Dan Browne and Prof H. H.
Dunkelberger
Bishop He'll delivered a scholarly
address on the Importance OF higher
education. He called attention to the
fact that the most efficient educational
work in the United States is being
done by the smaller colleges, and
cited many instances in support of
his assertion. He spoke OF the up-
lifting and ennobling influence that
is felt in every community where there
is we'll directed school, aud closed
his excellent talk by speaking In the
highest terms of the good work and
rapid growth Of Dallas College.
Bishop He'll was followed by Judge
N. L. Butler, who spoke as a repre-
sentative of the people of Dallas
Judge Butler gave an eloquent and
feeling address, in which he urged
hearty cooperation between the
college and the community in en-
larging the sphere OF usefulness of
the school. 'The college will grow
and prosper, if it be the consensus OF
opinion that it shall grow and
prosper" declared the speaker. "Much
earnest work is necessary in building
up college and placing iton a useful
basis" Judge Butler spoke of the
kindly feeling Of the people OF Dallas
for DR.. Mock and pledged him their
loyal support in his work.
Professor Washburn, a member of
the faculty OF Willamette University,
brought message of congratulation
and good will from his school, and,
in a few pleasing remarks, wished
Dallas College a bright and success
ful future.
Rev. A. A. Winter, the financial
agent of the college, and former
popular member Of the faculty, told OF
the action Of the recent General Con-
ference in voting the interest on
$4,000 for period of four years for
the support of the school. This
amount. together with the interest on
the endowment, will enable the
trustees to make many needed changes
and improvements about the college
building and grounds. Professor
Winter paid glowing tribute to the
enterprise Of the people Of Dallas in
building up their town, and thanked
them for their loyal support of the
College.
DIR. Mock then received the installa-
ton charge, which was brief but
impressive. He responded by express
sing his gratitude for the kindly
expressions Of goodwill and pledging
himself to devote his best efforts to
the upbuildlng Of the college. He
took for the subject Of his inaugural
address "The Ideal OF Education and
It's Attainment, and said in part:
DIR. MoCK's ADDRESS.
All progress is toward tne realiza-
ton Of an ideal. This Is strikingly
manifest in Nature, where In the very
constitution OF things the mind dis
covers fixed tendencies which not only
point out but also predetermine the
end for which the things exist. Evo-
luton is the process OF working out
the ideal which the Creator has set as
the goal toward which all the forces OF
nature should move. Without at
least partial apprehension OF this
truth natural science would be an
impossibility. Not only does the mind
discover that progress In nature is
toward the attainment Of an ideal, but
likewise finds in itself the necessity
for an ideal or ideals by which and
toward which its own powers shall be
directed. 1t also possesses, in a large
measure. the power Of creating its
own ideals. Through its power to
look beyond present attainments and
hv its inventive faculties to arrange
and combine It's ideas in new forms,
it anticipates those attachments which
exist only in possibilities and sets
them as its standard Of excellence,
and the ultimate object Of attainment
or goal toward which its efforts shall
be directed. Without this, progress
in the realm Of human action would
be impossible.
In the sphere OF the moral and
intellectual it is law that we become
the concrete expression Of the ideal we
set for ourselves. so that We not only
create our ideals, but in turn through
their reflex influence We are shaped
and nodded by them, and in a less Or
greater degree we become the incarna-
tion OF that which had It's first exist