The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-05-06

faculty members in collaboration with
the H. S. p. A., Experiment Station
STAFF, This lasts for about two weeks,
occurring usually in october or Nov
ember.
"3. American Institutions, a course
of instruction in Americanization for
the Japanese language school teachers
of Oahu, conducted by DR.. X. c. Lee
brick in Honolulu.
a. "Food Preparation, a course of
laboratory instruction for Honolulu
women conducted at the university by
Miss Mae Wells.
as. Dressmaking and Design, dem
onstration and lecture courses in
dressmaking, millinery, ETC., given at
the University by Madame Dahl, who
was a famous costume designer of
San Francisco before joining the Uni
versity faculty.
6. "Bee Keeping (Agriculture,) a
short, practical course given each
spring by Mrs. E.. G.. Smith of the
Garden Island Honey Co., and Prof.
d. L. Crawford.
~. Education and Psychology. Two
extension courses are given in this
field by Professor J. K. Flanders, one
for school teachers.
las rapidly as possible thse benefit
are being extended beyond Honolulu
and Oahu. A series of practical lee
lures on agriculture is being given
this year on each of the islands ex-
cept Oahu. Professors Z. A. Henke
and D.. l.. Crawford, with Mr.. f. G..
krauss cooperating, spent a week or
more on Hawaii in March advancing
the cause of agriculture and the same
men go in May to both Kauai and
Maui. Subjects discussed in these
programs are soil fertility and ferti-
lizers insect pests and diseases, prob
lens in producing sugar cane, bana-
mas, pineapples, rice, ETC., livestock
for Hawaii and many others as well.
HiIo Given Start
Business economics lectures were
given in Hilo recently by DR.. Roman
go Adams, and at the same time a
course in social welfare. These
courses proved very popular in Hilo
and very much appreciated.
Psychology, education, literature
and other subjects have been develop
ed by DR.. A. l.. Andrews and Prof.
j. K. Flanders on Hawaii, Kauai and
Maui, as well as on Oahu. Americana
cation lectures by DR.. K. G. Leebrick
have been given on Hawaii and Kau-
al, and doubtless will be on Maui to.
Under this head, a great deal of
constructive and highly valuable work
has been done very quietly but none
the less effectively.
1.-THE most striking service of this
type is the discovery and perfection
of methods to fractionate chaulmoo-
gra oil to make the Dean leprosy
specific, now world-fam GUS. The ben
efits of this p~ainstaking work are now
reaching all parts Of this Territory
and even far beyond into other parts
of the world. 1t appears certain that
dread scourge of mankind, lepro-
sy, is now doomed to disappear from
earth, as the result of the efforts
Of DIR. Arthur l.. Dean, President of
University of Hawaii.
Less spectacular, but of large
benefit to the Territory, is the dew
elopmont on the University Farm of a
successful lowland variety of corn.
Cuban corn was the first variety dew
eloped here which is a good producer
in the lowlands and withstands we'll
The onslaught of the corn leaf-hop-
Der. Now a hybrid variety, a cross
between Cuban and Guam corn, comes
from the University Farm and bids
fair to surpass others here.
Numerous tests of structural steel,