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school could receive the benefits through this means, no doubt 
the efficiency of every community would be largely increased. 
That instruction may be imparted through correspondence is 
a fact that has been demonstrated by experience, and while such 
instruction may lack some of the advantages of attendance 
within the walls of the schools or colleges, yet it has advantages 
of its own. The correspondence student comes in contact in a 
more personal way with the instructor than is often the case 
with the student attending large classes. Moreover, the instruc- 
tion may be taken by those who are engaged in manual and 
mental employment and can thus be given a more practical ap- 
plication, especially in the matter of time. Then, too, corre- 
spondence study enables a student to employ leisure hours in a 
way that is at once profitable and restful. In addition to this 
it may be taken in the home, which in our day of outside at- 
tractions and street activities may be a great blessing. 
The College of Hawaii will, during the coming year, inaugu- 
rate a system of correspondence study as a branch of its va- 
rious activities. Both on account of its somewhat limited facili- 
ties at the present time and also because of its not knowing what 
subject prospective students in the Islands may be interested in, 
the number of subjects offered in the beginning will be few. 
As time goes on and new demands or points of view arise 
on the part of students, both old and young, additional sub- 
jects may be added. The grade of instruction in these subjects 
will be in accordance with the ability and attainments of the 
students. 
It is believed that by this means the College may be instru- 
mental in not only furthering the interests of education, but also 
in enabling people who may not have had opportunities of at- 
tending school to receive some instruction that may be suitable 
to their needs. 
The correspondence work has amply justified its existence, 
and bids fair to increase markedly from year to year. 
The President's Report for 1910 contains a section reviewing 
the work of the Extension Department, emphasizing its im- 
portance, and looking forward to its speedy development. The 
College of Hawaii has as its basic principle the ideal of service 
and training for service. The Extension Department is one of 
the large avenues through which it realizes this ideal. 
Vaughan MacCaughey, 
In Charge of Extension Work. 
