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in the Territory, and by this means, permanently increase the 

 economic prosperity of the island^ It will also probably be 

 admitted that the development of the curriculum of the college 

 should proceed by natural growth from the elementary to the 

 advanced. 



The citizens who appear to offer the most ready material 

 for the new institution to operate upon are primarily the Ha- 

 waiians and the Portuguese. There is also, of course, a very 

 considerable number of other nationalities awaiting to partici- 

 pate in the benefits of the college, but the two peoples already 

 mentioned would probably form the bulk of those whose lot 

 could be most readily reached and ameliorated. Upon such 

 people, imbued with a love of the islands, practical courses of 

 instruction would most readily afifect the local standard of 

 efficiency, for they would remain in the Territory and become 

 a permanent factor in the development of the community. 



The desire to make Hawaii a center of tropical agricultural 

 learning and practice is a laudable one, as is also the wish to 

 create in our midst an institution of advanced academic in- 

 struction. These objects can, however, only be achieved by 

 many years of patient upbuilding. It should also be remem- 

 bered by those who wish the new institution to attract stu- 

 dents from the Mainland to study tropical agriculture, that 

 such visitors would in all probability seek an outlet for the 

 expression of their knowledge in other countries, and that 

 they would do little for the welfare of Hawaii. It is also to be 

 considered that our islands are, strictly speaking, not tropical 

 and any great success attending a local institution of tropical 

 agriculture would induce the establishment of like colleges 

 in countries more favorably situated for tropical experiment, 

 to which those desiring actual tropical experience would no 

 doubt repair. It therefore would certainly seem our best 

 policy to make the attraction of mainland students a minor 

 consideration and to concentrate the chief energies of the new 

 college to the advancement of those of our population who 

 are most likely to add to the economic prosperity of the Ter- 

 ritory. 



