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experience received at my Alma Mater — the College of Agri- 

 culture of Hawaii." 



This institution should be of greater significance to agricul- 

 ture than to any other industry of Hawaii; it should mean 

 more to the soil tiller than any institution to be established 

 here. We are distinctively an agricultural community ; ex- 

 cepting sugar we have no well established agriculture in any 

 of its branches ; the possibilities are not dreamed of by the 

 most enthusiastic advocates of diversified industries. 



This college means that our young people will be taught 

 how to unlock unknown riches now lying dormant in our 

 virgin soil, making it productive, and greatly adding to the 

 Avealth of the country; at the same time beautifying hillside 

 and valley .with fruiting tree and vine, blooming plants and 

 waving pastures of succulent forage, such as is not deemed 

 possible today, because of our lack of knowledge, and the 

 faith w^hich only comes through knowledge. 



The higher education along specialized lines, made possible 

 by this institution, will bring about this transformation. All 

 this, and more is what the College of Agriculture will mean 

 to Hawaii. 



HOME MAKING AND THE ART OF RIGHT LIVING AS 

 INFLUENCED BY THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



Bv Miss Minnie Reed, Science Teaher Kanielianieha Manual 



School. 



Among the earliest of land grant colleges to be established 

 were the iVIichigan and Kansas Agricultural Colleges. For 

 twenty-five or thirtv years they have led all others in the 

 quality of their work and in their influence upon the citizens 

 of their State. 



They have not been fused with their State universities, so 

 have kept their individuality and done their own special work 

 well. They have laid their foundations on broad, generous 

 lines, and have developed fine, strong men and women from 

 the young boys and giris sent to their halls. Sometimes these 

 boys and girls come from very crude homes and from un- 

 trained or illiterate parents, but not always; for many students 

 come from cultured homes, either from ranch, farm, village or 

 city. Most of these boys and girls are young, from fourteen 

 to eighteen, and usually they are very much in earnest and 

 anxious to gain the practical training offered. 



I know most about the Kansas Agricultural College, so shall 

 tell something about the work it has done and is doing for 

 the homes of the commonwealth. Other agricultural colleges 

 are doing similar work in other States, but no State has as 



