The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-05

The Farmers Institute of Hawaii
ternoon and evening, having complet-
ed the most important year OF its life
in the Territory. Through it's work
the new Agriculture College. which
win commence it's active life in the
near future, has been started and from
now on the Institute and the college
will work hand in hand.
AT the afternoon session there were
not many of the members present and
nothing but the regular business mat
ters of the Institute was taken up.
New officers for the year were elected.
and following the policy which will
bring the Institute and the Agricul-
harmony. w. T. Pope, dean of the
college. was elected president for the
ensuing year.
Vice President William Weinrich, of
the Institute, presided at/the meeting,
in the absence of President j. G.
Smith, who was detained by important
business The report of Secretary
Treasurer L. G. KrauSs was read, and
showed that the Institute was not in
the best of financial condition, through
the failure of many of the members to
pay their dues. Various ways and
means. through which the dues could
be collected. were talked over and
then the election of officers was made
the order of business.
In placing the name OF w. T. Pope
in nomination for president of the In
stitute, Ralph S. Hosner stated that
he had understood that Mr.. Pope felt
that he would be too busy to spend
much time on its work. In spite of
this he stated that the work of the
College and the Institute were SO
closely allied that it would be forsth
very best interests Of both to have
Mr.. Pope as the leading member of the
institute. The nomination was sec
onded by d. L. Van Dine and carried
unanimously. T.. G. Krauss was select
ed as vice president, in spite Of his
protest that he also would have little
time for the work, and William Wein-
rich Jr was elected tary-treasur-
err The new board of directors elected
consists of r. s. Hosmer, p. L. Horne
and Jared G. Smith.
The library of the Government Nurs-
cry building was well filled for the
meeting held in the evening, at which
Mr. Smith, the retiring president of
the Institute presided. The entire ses-
sion was taken up by the reading OF
two papers, one by Dean w. T. Pope,
ON 1.-THE Agricultural College and the
other by Jared G. Smith, on 1.-THE Re
lation of the Farmers Institute to
Education" !
Mr.. Pope ran over the various
courses of education which would be
pursued in the college and told of the
work which he expected to do. He
stated that the first examinations
would be held about the end of the
present month and that the work In
the preparatory course would be COM
menced about February 4. The college
course is expected to begin with the
opening of the September term.
Those present were greatly interest
ed in the paper and at its close asked
Dean Pope many questions in relation
to different subjects connected with
the college.
Jared G. Smiths paper was along the
same general lines, showing the rela-
ton which the Farmers Institute had
to the college and to the Experiment
station He said that it was more
nearly affiliated with the college than
with the station and that the Institute
should be the means of translating he
work of the college to the farmers. It
held an important place in the work
that was being started and also stated
that it was greatly due to it's efforts
that the Agricultural College had be-
come q reality.