University of Hawaii Honolulu - Ka Palapala Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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w The AWS Is the official organlzafion for all uni- versity women students. A program promoting the social welfare and the high standards of the mem- bership was undertaken during the school year. Officers were Harriet Yamahira, president; Wi- nona Ellis, vice-president; Katherine Uemura, secre- tary; and Frances Imamura, treasurer. Councillors were Sue Tatelshi and Shin Quon Wong, Senior class; Ruth Awai and Pearl Luning, Junior class; Evelyn Na- goshi and Lilian Tomita, Sophomore class; and AIko Oyasato and Barbara Davis, Freshman class. The committee chairman who labored well and wonderfully were Teruko Tokunaga, big sister; Betty Honnen, cultural interests; Esther Kwon, forum; Kikue Shiraki, house; Claudlne Grugler, publicity; Winona Ellis, rules; Sadie Hokama, scrapbook; Ruth Osumi, service; and Sue TateishI, social. The AWS Council also included the presidents or representatives of all recognized women ' s organiza- tions on the campus. They were Ethel Kim, Beta Beta Gamma; Leiiani Hollman, Gamma Chi Sigma; Winona Ellis, Hale Laulima; Kikue Shiraki, Home Eco- nomics Club; Dorothy Wong, Hul Pookela; Ninalei Bader, Pre-Nursing Club; Gwen Botelho, Phi Sigma Rho; Jennie Lee, Te Shih Cheh; Frances Yuen, WAA; Elaine Choy, Yang Chang Hul; and Kazue Amioka, YWCA. Teruko Tokunaga was ASUH representative. AWS OFFICERS TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Harriet Yamahira, president: Winona Ellis, vice-president. BOTTOM; Katherine Uemura, secretary; Frances Imamura, treasurer. AWS COUNCIL FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ninalei Bader, Barbara Davis, Ailco Oyasato, Evelyn Nagoshi, Terufco Tokunaga, Lilian Tomita, Jennie Lee, Gwen Botelho, SECOND ROW: Esther Kwon, Ethel Kim, Ruth Osumi, Pearl Luning, Shin Quon Wong, Elaine Choy, Kazue Amioka, Frances Yuen, Claudine Grugier. THIRD ROW: Winona Ellis, Leiiani Hollman. Sue TateishI. Kikue Shiraki, Betty Honnen. Ruth Awai. MISSING: Dorothy Wong. 25

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SAC r . bL m. 4U Hi i 1 I- vi 1 1 »i v For the second consecutive year, the Board of Athletic Control underwent drastic revision. Due to the continued clamor from student and alumni fac- tions for equal representation on the body, the Board of Regents voted to have three members from the student body, alumni and faculty to comprise the B.A.C. Members of the Board since the new set-up was adopted in late February were: Dr. K. C. Leebrick, Dr. Paul S. Bachman and Dr. Bruce H. White of the faculty; A.S.U.H. President Warren Higa, Claude Takekawa and Barry Rubin of the student body; and Mr. Herbert Keppeler, Mr. Adolph Mendonca and Mr. Fred Steere of the alumni. Acting Director of Athletics Mr. Iwao Miyake and Mr. Joseph Skorpen, university treasurer were ex-officio, non-voting mem- bers. Dr. Leebrick was the chairman of the Board. The B.A.C. formulates all policies concerning athletics on the University of Hawaii campus. H schedules inter-collegiate games for the various athletic teams and selects the personnel to administer the different sports. Perhaps the prime goal of the B.A.C. during the past year was to pull the University athletic program out of the financial deficit it had fallen into during the ' 47- ' 48 fiscal year. Despite Acting Athletic Direc- tor Mlyake ' s untiring efforts towards this end, ath- letics of the U.H. remained in the red. Another problem that confronted the body was the selection of a permanent athletic director to re- place Mr. Miyake, who yearned to return to his former position of full time associate professor in the physics department. This position of athletic director had been without a permanent full-time occupant since the resignation of Dr. Francois D ' Eliscu in February, 1948. The B.A.C. after many deliberations appointed Tommy Kaulukukul to the position of Athletic Di- rector. LEFT COLUMN, TOP TO BOTTOM: Karl Leebrlcl, Warren Higa, Barry Rubin, Joseph Sltorpen, Bruce White. RIGHT; Iwao Miyake, Paul Bachman, Claude Talceltdwa, Adolph Mendoncn. 24

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SO j o Hemenway Hall, the center of student life, was formally opened in March, 1939, for the use of the students, faculty members and the alumni. Known originally as the University of Hawaii Union Build- ing, it was renamed in 1940 the Charles R. Hemen- way Hall in honor of the late Charles Reed Hemen- way. In 1947 a joint student-faculty committee consist- ing of ten members was appointed by President Gregg Sinclair. The committee proposed a Hemen- way Hall Board of Governors and a constitution was drawn up and presented to the ASUH Council. Upon approval by the council and later by the Board of Regents, elections of student members to the Board were held. The Board is now in its second year of operation. Under the general supervision of the Board of Re- gents, the President of the University and his desig- nated agent, the Office of Student Personnel, the Hemenway Hall Board of Governors has the primary responsibility of supervising and managing the social activities at Hemenway Hall. With the completion of the new Hemenway Hall wing In the early part of the school year, the Board of Governors had the difficult job of reviewing and determining space allocation to various campus groups. Due to the numerous requests for rooms in the new wing, several hearings were held by the Board to allow the different clubs and groups requesting rooms to present their views before any defnite de- cisions were made. At the end of the hearings, allot- ments were made by the Board. Colorful aloha shirts, gay muumuus and holokus were sported by the students at the Aloha Shirt Dance which was sponsored by the Board to mark the climax of a gala celebration of Aloha Week on the campus. Other activities sponsored by the Board were an open house at Hemenway Hall with the dedication of a picture of Mr. Charles R. Hemenway. TOP LEFT, COUNTERCLOCKWISE: Howard Lau, Dewey Kim, Ivenelle Mountcastle. Miss Barbara Clark, Dr. Hubert Everly, Dr. Oswald Bushnell. Mrs. Helen Fuiifa. Mrs. Jane Komeiji. TOP RIGHT; Ellen Kawa- moto, Alexander Thoene, Karleen Atebara. Dr. Allan Saunders. 26