The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-28
Jared q. Smith Professor Of
AQronony, Leaves Faculty At .
Request Of Officials
PRESIDENT AND. REGENTS, 81
NOT SATISFIED WITH WORK
Retiring Educator Says Policy
With Reference To AgricuI-
|, ture Is Not Productive !


Jared @. Smith, who has been PRO
fessor Of agronomy at the College Of
Hawaii for the past year, has resigned
his resignation being accepted. Mr.
smith and the regents of the college
have not been in agreement as to the
proper direction in which the collegiate
agriculture course should tend.
\ President Arthur l.. Dean and the
regents Of the College, Of Hawaii have
not been satisfied with my work as pro.
fessor Of agronOmy and ! was request.
ed to resign said Mr.. Smith yester.
day, 81 have not been wholly salts.
neai with the work myself. Teachers
are born and not made, and rs had
had no experience in teaching since
one short year as a laboratory a assistant
~ Washington University, st. Louis, In
1897, ! have neither the aptitude nor
the enthusiasm necessary to become a
highly successful Instructor. The col.
lege needs men who expect to make ed,,.
cation their life work / ought not to
have attempted to, 'beeomefa teacher.
Planfatiou Work Advocated "a. ~
3 IL has seemed to me that he apri.
'eqit1tal work of the college should be
directed mainly towards fitting students
TO enter plantation, work. Practically
~ the students registered in the school
az agriculture are looking forward to
entering some branch Of the sugar bust.
ness Pfneapples and coffee and the
other established industries also offer
them Inducements, and the young men
who have been in my classes have been
intensely interested In every phase Of
the science of agriculture as it related
or applied TO these industries. / have
greatly enjoyed the lecture work along
these lines and am indebted to Direc.
tors HI. P!Agee Of the planters, expert.
ment station, and J. M. Westgate of,the
federal experiment station for their
cordial cooperation and assistance, Both
exPefiulsIit f,statiohs have helped tie
college course in agriculture in every
way possibles X * ~ h. - -.
Farm Is stumbling Block .e7>fa5 s%&
) The stumbling block has been the
difficulty of justifying the college farm.
| am not an animal husbantlry enthusr
last and do not profess up-to-the minute
knowledge of dairy problems, feeding,
diseases control and the theories OF
breeding. When. the college farm was
first started dairying and pig breeding
were made q major lire ef instruction.
and an excellent equipment in buildings
md hlnnAn1 AZ L,a
er. This work has thus far attracted
no students and have frankly stated
to President Dean and the regents my
opinion that It is a mistake TO con.
tinue niaking dairying and pig raising
IN important line of research and in
struction. These lines have, been en-
phasized on the theory that the college
ought to prose that any small farmer
can grow all the feed his COWS and pigs
require. 'rT u q j. ksI4.
Where Methods Have Failed Z ~.
''TherefoTes it was demanded that
the college farm support itseif, which
y has not done and which I honestly
doubt il can do. 1t has seemed to. me
that instruction SHOULD follow the lines
indicated by the principal industries
Of Hawaii, that the 6rst aim should be
to satisfy the edueational requirements
of the young men. who expect to grow
more sugar per acre at less cost, more
and better pineaPples. coffee, Fice and
other crops. TT ~. y 'F,..f2
1.-THE day may come when students
demand instruction in dairying, poul-
try raising, pig.feeding and other sim;
liar lines. IL will be a good day for
Hawaii when that demand arises. but
It has not arisen and may not for an
other generation. While instruction
must be given in these lines 1 do not
favor devOting so much Of the college
equipment to that line Of study. II
lairying was the big industry here 10,
Relations With stan Cordial 51 .ri#fa
my relations with the college staff
and the regents have been t'extremely
pleasant, and ! regret leaving the in.
'titution on that account. The dis ]
agreement has been on matters of pol,
icy. If the agricultural work is to fol.
low the line of small farming chief
", it is certainly to the, best interests
IF the college and myself that should
because my, enthusiasm does
lot lead ID that Direction IN. , '''s.
"If my resignation brings the ques.
ton of what line of Instruction In
agriculture the college ought to under.
take to public issue, believe that
general discussion and expression OF
1pinion would help the institution. The
College of Hawaii il the peoples, col 4
ege, the head of the SUSTAIN Of pub,
lie instruction in and for this Terri
tory, and it Is going to last a long
time. 1t is a new institution as vet,
1nly entering its formative period.
Hence We whose Interests are with the,
'Ollege. because it is going to be the
Institution Of higher learning to which
many of Us will have to send our
ions, must give those in charge the
benefit of constructive criticism, il the
institution is to, progress as rapidly as
I deserves. NO
Attendance Is Small y -. 4
81 have nlaryclicd at the very small
number Of students, The college OF.
PeFs more to the yOunu man mud ,.yo