The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-20
WORK FOR
A COLLEGE
LahainaIuna Out
For Larger
Field.

What shall be done with Lahainaluna
Seminary is a question which promises
to occupy the attention OF the Legis-
lature, and the outcome is to be watch
ed with interest not only by the friends
of that institution, but as we'll by peo-
pie Of Honolulu, for there promises to
be a side issue in regard to 1t which
will make the question a live one all
the way
Principal Reeves, of Lahainaluna.
has evolved a plan for the remaking of
the school, which has drawn to 1t many
warm advocates. Taking up the act of
1890, which provides for an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 for the first year. and
thereafter of an increase Of $1,000 a
year until maximum of $4,000 is
reached from the national treasury. the
advocates of the school have decided to
ask the legislature to provide for the
establishment in place of the old school
or an agricultural college at Lahaina-
luna. For this purpose the standard
of the school must be raised and the
faculty placed at such level as will
make the college worthy of the name.
Samuel keliinoi will make the fight
for the improvement OF the school, as
he says there must be something done
as the continuance of the institution
on its present basis seems impossible
and 1t should be made better. There
Is involved another question, as under
the deed of gift the grounds are to re-
vert to the estate of the donor, when
they cease to be used for school pur-
poses, and the water supply of Lahaina
depends on the maintenance of the
school there.
The project will meet with strong
objections owing to the fact of the
comparative isolation of Lahaina, when
considered in connection with the capt.
tai. There is in no other territory an
agricultural experiment station main
tanned apart from the agricultural col
lege, and the object which is behind
the general plan, in the opinion Of
many, Is to have the experiment sta
ton taken away from Honolulu and
placed in connection with the agricul-
tural college. If one is established at
Lahaina. This, in the opinion of many
of those who have followed the inter-
esting and valuable work of Director
Smith, would be exceedingly detriment-
al to progress and might involve in the
end its being transferred to the school.
which would destroy It's value in con-
naction with federal government insti-
tutions.
There has been expressed the fear
that there would be such an absorp-
ton, and the Live Stock Association
has had the matter considered by a
committee, with the result that the
lawyers on 1t have decided that there
reed not be such diversion of funds.
The members OF the association feel
however, that there could be no such
establishment at Lahainaluna without
endangering the work, and they will
stand for an agricultural college here,
if such can be secured.
There Is now a committee of Oahu
College trustees considering the ques-
ton of incorporating this branch into
the curriculum there, the fact that the
school has the room, the dairy and the
laboratory being strong points in favor
of such a development. In case this
! is decided upon, the making of the
school a recognized agricultural col
lege, in the meaning Of the federal stat
ute, would bring into existence free
agricultural course, where the students
would have the advantage of the near
ness Of the experiment station and the
work done there would be OF use to
J the school and vice versa.
Other suggestions are that the agri-
cultural college be made a develop
ment OF the high school or of the nor
NAL school, and all these suggestions
will be threshed out before any final
action is taken. The general senti-
ment is that the school or college
should be here, instead Of In one OF
the outlying towns Of the Islands