§304-5 Purposes of university. The purposes of the university are to give thorough instruction and conduct researches in, and disseminate knowledge of, agriculture, mechanic arts, mathematical, physical, natural, economic, political and social sciences, languages, literature, history, philosophy, and such other branches of advanced learning as the board of regents may from time to time prescribe, and to give such military instruction as the board may prescribe and the federal government require. The standard of instruction shall be equal to that given and required in similar universities on the mainland of the United States, and upon the successful completion of the prescribed courses the board may confer a corresponding degree upon all students who become entitled thereto. [L 1919, c 203, §5; RL 1925, §404; RL 1935, §823; RL 1945, §1944; RL 1955, §44-4; HRS §304-5]