y rid on ▁H asi ot is ▁who ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁science ▁in ▁Greece . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁the ▁college ▁lack ed ▁financial ▁resources ▁and ▁teaching ▁facilities . ▁To ▁help ▁overcome ▁this ▁problem ▁a ▁special ▁fund ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁The ▁main ▁income ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁was ▁from ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁its ▁produce , ▁while ▁the ▁buildings ▁of ▁the ▁Tri ant af ill ide ios ▁School ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁were ▁in ade qu ate ▁for ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁a ▁college . ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁the ▁university ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁aus p ices ▁of ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁which ▁guaranteed ▁employ ment ▁to ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁gradu ates , ▁thus ▁making ▁the ▁university ▁very ▁attract ive ▁to ▁people ▁of ▁poor ▁background . ▁Stud ents ▁and ▁fac ulty ▁were ▁involved ▁in ▁politics , ▁something ▁that ▁the ▁Met ax as ▁dict ator ship ▁did ▁not ▁like ▁and ▁thus ▁moved ▁the ▁college ▁to ▁Th ess al on iki ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁to ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Arist ot le ▁University ▁of ▁Th ess al on iki . ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁( 1 9 3 7 – 1 9 4 1 ) ▁In ▁Th ess al on iki ▁the ▁situation ▁was ▁t ough er , ▁since ▁all ▁the ▁work ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁done ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁now ▁useless , ▁due ▁to ▁re location . ▁After ▁repeated ▁ple ads ▁the ▁Occ up ation ▁Government ▁allowed ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁to