The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-07
w. 7. POPE IS
NEW PRESIDENT
From sundays Advertiserl

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The Farmers Institute of Hawai-
held its annual session yesterday af
ternoon and evening. having complet.
ed the most important year of its life
in the Territory. Through its worl
the new Agriculture College, which
will commence its 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-
tural college into the most complete
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 ]. 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. Hosmer 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 for the
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
F. 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 Vein |
rich Jr was elected secretary treasur- |
er. 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 |
he Institute presided. The entire ses-
ZION was taken up by the reading of |
wo papers, one by Dean w. T. Pope,
N "The Agricultural College," and the
'ther by Jared G. Smith, on "The Re
alton of the Farmers Institute to
Mr.. Pope ran over the various
curses of education which would be
pursued in the college and told of the
work. which he expected to do. He
tated that the first examinations
would be held about the end of the
resent month and that the work in
he preparatory course would be COM
nenced about February l. The college
curse is expected to. begin with the
pening of the September term.
Those present were greatly interest
d in the paper and at its close asked
)ean Pope many questions in relation
uIilerehI SUBJECTS connected WIN
he college.
Jared G. Smiths paper was along the
anne general lines, showing the rela- !
on which the Farmers Institute had
D the college and to the Experiment {
tation. He said that it was more {
early affiliated with the college than ,
18th the station and that the Institute r
hould be the means of translating he $
'ork of the college to the farmers. It
eld an important place in the work {
lat was being started and also stated /
lat it was greatly due to it's efforts /
lat the Agricultural College had be- '
,me s reality.