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

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PRESENTATION OF - HAWAII AWAROS TO OUTSTANDING MEMDERS AT THE 40TM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY. 1947-1956 THE POSTWAR YEARS THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE ERECTED IN 1931. 12

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1937-1946 These were bleak years for the University of Hawaii. The disturbed world situation had affected its program. Upperclassmen had been drafted; faculty members had been called into the armed services; and a large number of students were working in defense projects. As a result, the enrollment fell off fen per cent. Despite these obstacles, the University made further advances. It had grown ex- tensively, the land area increasing from 232 to 402 acres. The number of perm- anent buildings increased from 4 to 17. World War II found the University stu- dents carrying gas masks to class; and, bomb shelters were kept in readiness for instant use. Soon after the outbreak of the war, the Legislature created a War Records Depository, which collected, stored and sorted a vast quantity of doc- uments and prepared several publications. A Legislative Reference Bureau was also created by the Legislature in 1943. It presently maintains a reference library and conducts research for the Territory. HCMENWAY HALL BUILT IN 1938 AND SERVING AS THE UNION BUILDING

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One of the most prominent events celebrated during this decade was the Fortieth Anniversary of the founding of the University of Hawaii. This celebration included the presentation on the steps of Hawaii Hall of Hawaii Awards to those who had rendered outstanding service to the University. In the fall of 1947, a Hilo Center of the University Extension Division opened in the old Hilo Boarding School. In 1951, it was officially designated the University of Hawaii Hilo Branch. The first in a series of postwar structures, the Administra- tion Building, was erected in 1949. It was followed in 1951 by a finely equipped Chemistry Building, by a functionally arranged University Bookstore, and by a residence hall for women, dedicated to the memory of Mary Dillingham Frear, who had served for twenty-three years as a regent of the University. BACHMAN HALL. FORMERLY CALLED THE ADMINISTRATION OUILDING. ERECTED IN 1949.