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

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K t A. [- f-: L y - iL LEONOKA . lill.GEK Iakoi.u S. Palmer ThaynE M. Livesay Gekalu R. Kinnear Mary P. PkinglE U1IVER§I¥¥ orriCER§ The dean of women, Leonora N, Bilger, has under her care the arrangement of the University calendar, which includes dances given in the gymnasium, assemblies, and all club meetings, and the supervision of securing outside work for the girls. Dean Bilger also teaches organic chemistry in the Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture. All clubs on the campus hand in to Gerald R. Kinnear, treasurer of the University, their books to be audited at the end of the year. Dr. Thayne M. Livesay acts in the double capacity of director of admissions and direc- tor of the summer session. He directs the admission of all applicants to the University, and selects those who are best Qualified to profit from a university education. He also has general charge of the six-week mid-summer session, at which time visiting professors from other universities are included on the faculty. Dr. Harold S. Palmer, chairman of the comittee on graduate study, expects to award this year about 15 to 20 degrees in the fields of education, history, political science, and biology. Mary E. Pringle, head librarian, has in her charge 76,000 volumes. In addition to these, there are on the shelves of the library 264,000 magazines and pamphlets. The Library of the Institute of Pacific Relations is maintained on the top floor of the same building. Helen B. MacNeil, the registrar, has had to look after the records of 1749 students this year. There has been an in- crease in the enrollment of part-time students, while the un- dergraduate and the graduate divisions have remained the same in enrol lment. Two hundred and fifty degrees will be awarded by the University in June this year. Of this number, 113 are de- grees of B. A., 63 are degrees of B. S., and 84 are of Ed. B. Helen B. IVFacXeil ,L :-5 E

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J ,. |u3A.| ,! l JX. . George 1. Bkown Arthur L. Dean Mary Dillingham Frear Arthur G. Smith Carl A, Farden BO IRD or REOEl¥§ For twenty-seven years since the former College of Hawaii was established, the Board of Regents has had general control and management of the affairs of the University. Of its seven members, five are appointed by the governor for terms of five years, and two serve ex-officio, the president of the University and the president of the Board of Agricul- ture and forestry. The present members, in order of length of service, are: Charles R. Hemenway, Arthur G. Smith, Mary Dillingha.Ti Frear, David L. Crawford, George li Brown, Arthur L. Dean, and Carl A. Farden. The board meets monthly, and more frequently when occasion requires. It considers and acts upon faculty appointments, building plans, campus improvements, broad policies of instruction and research, budget requirements, personal and public relations as well as others affecting the University, its students, and its service to the community. During the past year as a part of the Unemployment Relief program and the Civil Works Administration, arrangements were made to grade the lower portion of the campus and to construct an open air theater which, it is hoped, will prove to be a real asset both to the University and to the community. The board endeavored to secure funds for a new agricultural building, for an enlargement of the library, for a domestic science building, and a new shop, all greatly needed, but these efforts have not yet been successful. Mr. Hemenway, having served the longest period of time on the board — 24 years — is the chairman. He has been al- ways interested in the activities of the University, usually being one of the first to volunteer his services and to con- tribute generously whenever occasion calls for support and aid. Not only is he active in University affairs, but he holds a prominent position in the Territory. He was at one time the attorney general of these islands, and now is associ- Charles R. Hemenway ted with one of the largest industrial firms in Honolulu. =: =

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I K ;-j =3r b { , zx F -T n ii APPLIED SCIENCE The present College of Applied Science was founded in 1920 when the University of Hawaii was established. Following the present trend in educa- tion toward a better and broader foundation in the basic sciences, specialized instruction is now offered in sugar technology, agriculture, botany, entomology, chemistry, engineering, geology, home economics, and the pre-medical course. Some of the graduates of this college have made their way into professions supported by the territory while others have found opportunities to challenge their ability and training in mainland institutions and in foreign technical firms. It is the problem of the present generation of technically trained graduates to readjust our economic conditions so that there may be no recurrence of the economic difficulties of today. Already, specialists trained along technical lines have undertaken to solve our problems. Arthur R. Keller Dean Benjamin O. Wist Dean TEACHERS COLLEGE The missionaries who came to Hawaii found them- selves too few to deal with the task of teaching everyone. So they taught adults, and sent them out as instructors. This may be said to have been the beginning of teacher-training activities in Hawaii, The next step taken for the preparation of teachers was the establishment of Lahainaluna School in 1831, an institution which throughout the period of mis- sionary dominance supplied the demand for trained teachers. In the early days of the republic Punahou and Kamehameha gave attention to this need. The Normal School, organized in 1894, supplanted teacher-training efforts in the Honolulu High School. The merger in 1931 of the Normal School with the University of Hawaii ' s school of education provided this territory with a modern teachers college of high standard, and of great potentialities in an unparal- leled social setting. V I D s r F