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THE EXTENSION WORK OF THE COLLEGE OF 
HAWAH, 1908-1911. 
The College of Hawaii, established in 1908, is youngest of 
all the "Land Grant" Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic 
Arts. It is a unique institution in many respects. Its insular 
position at the "Crossroads of the Pacific" gives it an unusually 
broad outlook toward the deeds and the needs of all countries 
and all peoples. Its student-body is drawn from an island popu- 
lation composed of a remarkable variety of ethnic elements — 
Polynesian, Oriental, Latin, and Teuton. The climatic condi- 
tions of its vicinity make possible peculiarly felicitious oppor- 
tunities for the study of sub-tropical life, industries, and con- 
ditions. 
Not least in the role of its unique features is its history, es- 
pecially as regards extension teaching. There is perhaps no 
other institution of collegiate rank in existence that at so early 
a stage in its history took an active interest in the dissemination 
of collegiate advantages through the various channels of ex- 
tension work. The College of Hawaii has made rapid use of 
the experiences of her sister institutions on the mainland. The 
privilege of carrying the "Gospel of Education" directly to all 
the people has been considered, from the very incipiency of the 
institution, as one of its fundamental duties. 
The College of Hawaii owes its origin to an act of Congress 
entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and 
Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agri- 
culture and the mechanic arts," approved July 2, 1862. The 
amount set aside was 30,000 acres for each senator and repre- 
sentative in Congress. This land was to be sold, and the in- 
come devoted to "the endowment, support, and maintenance of 
at least one college" (in each State and Territory), "where the 
leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and 
classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such 
branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the me- 
chanic arts (in such manner as the legislatures of the States 
may respectively prescribe), in order to promote the liberal and 
practical education of the industrial classes in the several pur- 
suits and professions of life." 
A resolution was framed by Mr. Wallace R. Farrington, and 
introduced by Representative Coelho, of Maui, in 1905, by which 
the Commissioners of Public Instruction were authorized to 
thoroughly investigate the requirements under the Federal law 
and other matters regarding the establishment and maintenance 
of a college of agriculture and mechanic arts. After consider- 
able investigation by a committee of the Department of Public 
Instruction, a report was presented to the 1907 legislature, which 
resulted in the appointment of a special committee from the 
