Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-16
SUGAR ENGINEERS


Editor Bulletin:
have studied with much interest,
during the past four years, the advan-
tages and disadvantages placed before
the youth of Hawaii in obtaining an
education, and especially higher edu.
cation. Being so far from the main
land, many a student who would other
wise secure a college education is de-
barred the privilege through lack of
funds. OF course this difficulty does
not apply to the wealthy families, and
II is certainly to their credit that so
many of our young men are receiving
and have received educations which
are fitting and have fitted them to fill
positions in the highest walks of life.
A slight estimate can be made OF the
value our young men place on high.
err educations when we learn that in
Honolulu there are among the work.
ing class our $50 young men who are
taking courses in one of the State
Schools of Correspondence.
II seems to the writer, that although
those having the education of our
youth in charge have done and are
doing much to better conditions, at the
same time they are overlooking oppor.
tunities which would not only mate.
rally benefit the future conditions of
these islands, but afford employment
to our young men in positions which
offer most ecellent advantages and
remuneration.
To one who will make study of
conditions, and will fairly look the fu.
ture in the face, must come the con.
clusion that, as the ownership of the
plantations passes into the hands of
foreign stockholders and the present
generation passes away, the time must
come when the managers of the plan.
tations will not be selected on account
Of the amount of stock he or his
friends may hold, but on account OF At
ness, education, character and ability.
1t may even be possible that foreign
holdings will tend to bring managers
from the states. II we wish to hold
the management Of our business inter.
ests to our children, we must so edu.
cate as to make them especially desir.
able to an employer.
It will not be many years before the
plantation manager must not only be
an expert in the management of edu.
Gated labor, but he himself must be
thoroughly educated to pass upon the
theoretical and practical points which
are bound to arise.
The time will come when the saving
of losses, now not recognized by the
average manager, will constitute the
dividend paying items OF the enter.
prise. This will require supervision
by men, not only familiar with the
practical life of the plantation, but
thoroughly scheduled in this special
branch. The more departments any
person is successfully able to person.
ally superintend, the better he is quail.
fed to manage the combined work.
Today, II we had them on our isl.
ands. | hardly think there is a planta.
ton manager who would fail to appre.
ciate the value of men thoroughly
schooled as Sugar Engineer"
Colorado early recognized the spe'
cial advantages she offered in the edu.
cation of young men as Civil and Min.
ing Engineerings. Not only could she
secure the theoretical knowledge of
the world by employing educated in,
structors, but she had the practical
examples on every hand, and a few
hours time would by direct observa.
ton better educate the students than
fonths of text book study; combining
the-two, she could produce a class OF
engineers the value of whom the state
and world would appreciate. 1t seems
to the writer that our educators are
today losing golden opportunities. II
the colleges of Colorado have become
famous for their Civil and Mining Err
gineers, why should not Hawaii be.
come equally noted for her Sugar En-,
gineers?
The field of the Sugar Engineer is
broad and ever broadening. Cuba,
Hawaii, the Philippines, Australia,
many OF the islands of the Pacific, be,
side portions of North and South Am.
erica and Africa will all create de,
mand in due time. Why should not
the graduates of an Hawaiian college
take the lead in this work?
Today the plantations employ Civil,
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers,
also chemists and other educated la.
Dor. As time passes and sugar manu-
facture is daily brought to a more ex.
act science, the demand for skilled la.
Dor will increase.
During development work at present