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

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Ten Years Ago Today Between Two Decoder Hawaii until it loses its identity in the University of Hawaii. The 1911 session of the Legislature amended the act of establishment, changing the name of the college to the College of Hawaii. That legislature also appropriated $75,000 for the erection of a permanent building on the site in Manoa. The first commencement exercises were held on june 3. 1912. at the new location in Manoa Valley where Hawaii Hall was then under construction. Four gradu- ating students received the first bache- lor's degrees. Upon the resignation of President Gil- more in 1913, Professor Donagho was appointed acting dean. At the 1914 commencement the first advanced de- gree. a master of science, was granted. In 1914. the second president. Dr. Arthur L. Dean took up the task of build- ing a college on the foundations already laid. With a strong board of regents headed by Wallace R Farrington, then governor, the new president pushed for- ward. Several years of this steady prog- ress induced the community, by the initiative of Mr. William Kwai Fong Yap. to petition the Territorial Legisla- ture in 1919 to broaden the scope of in- struction of the College and make it a university Accordingly, the college be- came the University of Hawaii in 1920. In 1927 Dr. Dean left the presidency and David L. Crawford was selected as the third to occupy this office. Transition from college to university in- volved two significant changes: the pro- gram of instruction was extended to in- clude much more than the original pro- gram of agriculture and mechanic arts: the scope of service was broadened be- yond instruction, to include research and extension activities as well as other forms of public service. The potentialities in this cosmopolitan University in mid-Pacific as an agency in international peace are not difficult to realize. More and more is the University of Hawaii making the wide field of the Pacific its campus, with a larger future before it. Only recently an endowment for a dormitory was received from the Atherton family of Honolulu. MS]

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KA PALAPALj The Campus in 1912 Bel ween Two Hoi title FROM time to time in the progress of an institution it is appropriate that those interested in its welfare should pause and briefly survey its past that they may take a fresher and deeper look into the future. Through the influence of Wallace R. Farrington, a resolution, prepared by him. was introduced into the Special Session of the Legislature in May, 1905. by Representative William Coelho of Maui. This resolution, adopted May 25. 1905. was the first official step toward the founding of a territorial college. It remained for the legislature of 1907 to complete the act of establishment, and on March 25. 1907. the final step had been taken and approved. With the ap- pointment of Dr Willis T Pope as act- ing dean, classes were organized. Five students and two instructors constituted the College of Agriculture and Me chanic Arts. so called. Its physical plant consisted of a remodeled dwelling house in the rear of the city high school, now known as Lincoln School, supple- mented by two small frame buildings which were later moved to the new campus For its permanent site, Manoa Valley was selected, and through the as- sistance of Governor Carter and Gover- nor Frear. a beginning was made in 1907 in the acquisition of land for the future campus. Instruction first began on February 3. 1908. with five young men enrolled as students, the instructing staff con- sisting of Dr Pope and Rev W E Pot- wine. The subjects taught were algebra. English, geometry, general history, physi- ology. drawing and botany. The five young men who enrolled on February 3 ap- peared to have endowed the college with S6.000 each In the summer of 1908 the Regents appointed Mr. John W. Gil- more to be president. The period from 1905-1910 may be looked upon as the period of beginnings The building policy was temporary, but the plans adopted relative to land showed a proper appreciation of the necessity for a long look ahead. The next ten years, from 1910-1920. cover the development of the College of [14]

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KA PALAPAIA T Ke eurtli Located as it is. where the Occident and the Orient meet on one common playground as it were, where diverse customs, peoples, and culture mingle, where tropical vegetation flourishes, the University of Hawaii has an unequalled opportunity for the study of international relations, agriculture and peoples. And the University is not overlooking this opportunity. More and more foundations and indivi duals interested in international peace are seeing in this cosmopolitan Uni- versity in the very center of the wide Pacific expanse an important agency for the advancement of research and in- struction. Occupying this strategic position, the University indeed can be- come an influential factor in Pan-Pacific affairs. Time only will reveal the sig nificant aspects of the University’s for- tunate location. And who can predict what the future has in store? The fact that Hawaii is in a very real sense a laboratory of race relations makes it seem almost inevitable that there will be developed a School of Oriental and Pa- cific Studies. Such a development will be primarily of benefit to the world at large in contributing to the solution of society's problems With adequate sup- port. this School could become a center of very great importance to the Pacific area for research and instruction in the many aspects of race relations Already the Rockefeller Foundation, through its support of a form of study, is providing for research activities in human races and their adjustment to each other in Hawaii This foundation should in time develop into the fullest extent of realiza- tion. In the fall of 1924 an agreement was entered into between the Regents and the Trustees of the Association of Ha- waiian Pineapple Canners whereby the University undertook the management of the Experiment station of the Asso- ciation. Today the Association of Ha- waiian Pineapple Canners works in close harmony with the University, support- ing and directing an extensive program of research. It was a real step forward for Hawaii [16]