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University Club, consisting of Hon. H. E. Cooper, Mr. C. R. 
Hemenway, and 'Mr. R. S. Hosmer. Two acts were framed, 
introduced by Senator Coelho, and passed by the legislature, 
regular session 1907. without opposition : Act 24 provided for 
the establishment of the college : Act 94 made special appropria- 
tion for the biennial period ending June, 1909. 
Short Courses. 
The first funds of the College became available in July, 1907 ; 
the first prospectus of courses was issued January 1, 1908, and 
the first regular classes w^ere held in February, 1908. This 
month, February, 1908, in which the first regular instruction of 
the College began, witnessed also the inauguration of the first 
short courses. These began February 18th and closed March 
31st. They consisted of twenty-six evening sessions, from 7:30 
to 9 :30 o'clock, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A printed an- 
nouncement of these courses was issued, stating that "the Col- 
lege of Agriculture and ^lechanic Arts has arranged a course 
of evening lessons for which there are no requirements other 
than interest and good attention." 
The following synopsis will give a general idea of these 
courses : — 
Botany — Jared G. Smith, Director, Federal Experiment Station. 
Lesson 1. \^egetable cell — structure, growth, contents, etc. 
2. a Organs of vegetation — root, stem, and leaf. 
b Process of assimilation and growth. 
3. The flower — plan, organs, etc. 
4. a Fertilization in flowers. 
b Fruits — nature, kinds, etc. 
Economic Entomology — D. L. Van Dine, Entomologist, Federal 
Experiment Station. 
Lesson 1. Place of insects in animal kingdom; characteristics, 
etc. 
2. Life-history : development, metamorphosis. 
3. Injurious insects and their control. 
4. Haw^aiian entomology. 
5. Scale insects — distribution; introduction. 
6. Beneficial insects — direct ; indirect. 
Horticulture — W. T. Pope, Dean. College of Hawaii ; J. E. 
Higgins, Hort., Federal Expt. Station. 
Lesson 1. General survev of Hawaiian fruits. 
2. Germination of tree seeds ; growth of seedlings. 
3. Care and cultivation of fruits in general. 
4. a Propagation of plants. 
b Budding ; grafting ; pruning. 
