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

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and working on home-made valentines for service inon. Spatter Valentines were the fa- vorites among the participants The com- munity service committee, headed by Chong Sook Kim and June Suzuki, had no end to work -signing up girls for volunteer v ork, making arrangements for dance groups to meet the demand for dances for servicemen, and sponsoring the Victory Workroom. The Victory Workroom, with Rosemary Tongg as its head, was our connecting link with Mrs. Cady of the funior Red Cross. All students were invited to participate in the activities of the workroom. A university rainbow seal was affixed to all scrapbooks made by the students. The following letter was addressed to the service men who were to receive them through the Red Cross: The University of Hawaii sends greet- ings to you. men of the Service, with the hope that, though far from friends and loved ones, you may find in our Islands new acquaintances and true expressions of Aloha- friendship. Since the life of our university depends upon your de- fense of our Islands, the students of the University of Hawaii wish, through this gilt, to express their appreciation of your sacrifices and your devotion to duty. On it is the rainbow, the University emblem, with its message of courage and faith in the future. The lack of socials was partly made up by participation in dances for service men on the campus as well as off the campus. Mari- etta Chong, Una May Zane, Rose Tan. Ma Campus patriots keep Victory Workroom humming.

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til. Gradually more members were added to this body as the association expanded its community service projects. The association performed services for the university through its big sister programs, community service, and improvements of Hemenway Hall. Adapting itself to the accelerated school program, the big sister committee began work ahead of schedule to take care of the incoming freshmen girls at the Little Sister Rush held in June 1942 Louise Samson. Elsie Awai and Heather Todd were in charge. Over punch and cookies prepared by Betty Janssen, the “little sisters got acquainted with the women's organization Officers and committee chairmen were introduced Since faculty women were invited, the freshmen were given an idea as to what their pro spective women teachers would be like. The community service committee mem- bers cooperated with the Office of Civilian Defense and the junior Red Cross by spon- soring various individual activities. Mrs. H. A. Wadsworth was in charge of the knitting project for the Red Cross. To extend the Christmas spirit. Yoshie Hi- guchi and her committee joinsd in with the project sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense. Merry Christmas from a Univer- sity Student was extended to service men with gifts donated by students and faculty. More than 500 gifts were sent to Mrs. Cady of the Red Cross, and from there forwarded to men in the outlying islands. Shaving sets, airmail stationery and cartons of cigarettes were among the gifts. In Hawaiian style, the women students sat on the floor of the womens lounge in Hemenway Hall, and saw The Lamp Went Out. a play directed by Yuri Takesue with the help of talented women. The program was a form of thanks from the AWS to students who donated Christmas gifts for the service men Abiding by wartime conditions, the social committee and the Victory Workroom com- bined their efforts for the Victory Workroom Jamboree. Girls had fun making scrapbooks AWS COUNCILLORS (left to right) Rosemary Tongg. Marion Longlcy. Fumiko Itakura. Phyllis Tam. Dora Seu. Rose Tan, Marietta Chong. 31

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AWS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN (left to right)—Betty Janssen. Beatrice Suiso, Chieko Ikegami. Susie Watanabo sako Horiuchi, Marion Longley and Leatrice Yamagata were outstanding in this under- taking. The girls found that it “did them good to learn to be good hostesses Fumiko Itakura of the house committee made people sit up and take notice when her committee, with the aid of the honorary advisers, made plans for re-upholstering pieces of furniture in the women's lounge in Hemenway Hall. The project was finally ex- tended to include all the furniture in Hemen- way Hall. The matter was referred to the ASUH Council. The Board of Regents grant- ed $1,000 and the ASUH $500 for the cost. With the Silver Tea fund, the house commit- tee purchased a koa punch-bowl for use in Hemenway Hall. It was the committee's job to purchase vases and other things to im- prove Hemenway Hall and the AWS office The Liloa Rise home of Dr. and Mrs A L Andrews was the site for a setting up confer ence Besides planning on activities for the coming year, the girls heard Mrs. Bruce White speak on The Organization of a Committee. The association turned its attention to cul- tural interests. It was discovered that the AWS had once formed a cultural interest committee Melba Wurch gave it a try and had one of the Army men give the girls a few pointers on make-up and the use of cos- metics. Chairmen of the council committees in- cluded: Lillian Ching, rules committee, Alice Chun and Marietta Chong, social committee; and Leonilda Kekuewa. scrapbook commit- tee Much of the success of the year's cal- endar of activities of the Associated Women Students can be attributed to the efforts of these chairmen, the honorary members of the council, and to the help and inspiration of Miss May Gay and Miss Cenie Hornung. The outgoing council members gave way to the new council members with many sug- gestions for activities in the coming year. 33