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German  Literature.  These  subjects  are  offered  in  the  after- 
noon and  are  open  to  all  who  care  to  attend.  In  a short  time 
the  College  will  offer  in  a series  of  evening  lectures  the  sub- 
jects of  Agriculture,  Animal  Husbandry,  Poultry  Industry, 
Horticulture,  Botany  and  the  like. 
The  College  is  now  offering  instruction  to  more  than  ninety 
students  in  all  courses.  Four  are  in  the  regular  college 
courses,  five  are  preparing,  twenty  are  in  special  courses,  and 
the  remainder  are  attending  the  afternoon  lectures. 
In  the  administration  of  the  College  and  its  affairs  certain 
ideals  must  be  formulated  and  striven  for.  Among  these  it 
may  be  mentioned  that  as  we  see  it,  the  College  finds  its  spe- 
cial province  in  offering  to  the  young  men  and  women  of  the 
Territory  a higher  training  in  the  practical  affairs  of  life  that 
they  would  otherwise  have  to  go  to  the  mainland  to  secure. 
Of  course  if  a student  has  the  means  and  the  privileges  of 
going  to  one  of  the  Eastern  colleges  for  his  education  he  will 
derive  much  benefit  from  going,  but  there  are  many  in  our 
midst  who  have  neither  the  means  nor  the  privileges  of  going 
away  for  their  College  education,  and  it  is  these  that  the  Col- 
lege stands  ready  to  help  and  that  without  tuition.  More- 
over, our  Territory  possesses  unique  resources  for  instruction 
in  agriculture  and  engineering.  Although  we  are  situated  in 
the  tropics,  yet  we  have  a climate  that  is  conducive  to  study. 
O'ur  environment  is  replete  with  problems  and  lessons  in  agri- 
culture. The  largest  and  best  managed  sugar  and  pineapple 
plantations  in  the  world  exist  here,  and  with  sentiment  crystal- 
izing  as  it  is,  it  will  not  be  many  years  before  the  interests  and 
activities  of  the  small  farm  holdings  will  be  quite  as  impor- 
tant as  anywhere  on  the  mainland.  Our  climate  is  such  as  to 
cause  change  in  both  plants  and  insects.  One  of  our  greatest 
and  most  economic  problems  lies  in  developing  economic 
plants  by  breeding  and  selection,  that  will  be  adapted  to  our 
climate,  soil,  and  economic  conditions. 
In  lines  of  engineering  endeavor  our  environs  are  not  lack- 
ing. Our  sugar  factories,  iron  works,  railroads  and  electric 
lines  offer  many  problems  and  lessons  in  this  field  of  activity 
while  the  fields  of  municipal,  hydraulic  and  sanitary  engineer- 
ing have  hardly  been  entered  into.  The  country  needs  leaders 
in  these  activities  who  have  been  educated  in  their  midst  and 
with  a thorough  acquaintance  with  their  relationships  to  other 
affairs. 
The  College  further  holds  that  all  subjects  with  which  men 
have  to  do  and  by  which  human  progress  is  attained  have  ele- 
ments of  educational  value.  It  is  not  very  long  since  it  was 
held  that  men  could  be  educated  only  in  terms  of  the  classical, 
literary  and  theological  subjects,  that  whatever  might  be  at- 
tained along  industrial  lines  was  merely  a matter  of  skill  and 
handicraft.  This,  however,  is  gradually  being  broken  down 
