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give a grounding in the subject of general zoology with special 
reference to its economic aspects. It includes text assignments, 
written lectures and simple dissections of a number of common 
animals with a view of gaining an understanding of the salient 
points in their comparative anatomy. Note of the life histories, 
forms and habits of animals are included in order to show the 
adaptation of animals to various circumstances and conditions 
of environment. The course is intended for teachers and others 
with a taste for or a knowledge of the facts and material of 
zoology. 
This circular was accompanied by an application form with 
spaces for date ; name ; residence ; occupation ; age ; previous edu- 
cation ; name of steamer carrying mail ; period of arrival and de- 
parture of steamer ; course desired ; purpose in taking the course ; 
and other courses desired than those listed. 
Numerous inquiries were received regarding the course, and 
students on the various islands registered in the course on soils 
and crops, plant life, and poultry raising. 
President Gilmore, in an article upon correspondence study 
in the Hawaiian Collegian, June, 1910, writes as follows : — 
One characteristic that distinguishes our system of education 
in America from that of other nations is its democracy. We 
look upon our system of common schools as fundamental to the 
welfare of the nation and upon the colleges that have been es- 
tablished under the direction of national law as institutions that 
render large returns to the nation in the form of increased effi- 
ciency for its citizens. However, up to the present time our sys- 
tem of education has one element lacking in rendering its demo- 
cratic application complete, and that is, it does not reach all the 
people all the time. Every one now recognizes that the acquire- 
ment of an education does not consist of a certain number of 
years spent in school or college or of absorbing facts during a 
stated period of time that relate to certain specified subjects. 
The acquirement of an education is closely correlated with the 
life activities of the individual and of the activities of his en- 
vironment and is independent of age, sex or the period of ac- 
quirement. 
Correspondence study is the agency by which this gap in the 
scheme may be filled. There always exists in every community 
persons who through conditions affecting their living or their 
environment are unable to avail themselves of the privileges of 
the public school system as it is at present organized. They may 
have had limited opportunity to acquire that standard of learn- 
ing that would do them the greatest good. Such persons may 
have both capacity and ambition, but not opportunity. It is such 
persons as these that the branch of correspondence study in the 
schools and colleges that are able to present it should most bene- 
fit, rf everyone who has not had the opportunity of attending 
