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

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K .Z l- y L- . C f l William H. George Dean ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Arts and Sciences may be regarded from three points of view. First, it may be thought of as providing four years of general higher educa- tion; secondly, as providing ground work in the fields of humanistic, social, and scientific subjects upon which the structure of technical and professional education may be built; thirdly, as a unit offering preparation for a series of its own specialized voca- tions, such as research and creative activity in the arts and sciences. Its curriculum includes languages, art, history, economics, political science, sociology, biological sciences, commerce, literature, and drama- tics. Four fields of study a re open to the choice of the students — social sciences; languages, literature and art; natural and physical sciences; and econom- ics and business. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE The primary object of the Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture is to coordinate the facilities of the University of Hawaii and the Agricultural Experi- ment Stations of Hawaii in fostering the highest type of scholarship in creative research in the fundamental sciences as applied to agriculture. Neither the num- ber of students enrolled nor the number of degrees granted is to be considered a measure of the work of this unit of the University. The entering students must be prepared for research, with their routine in- formational courses complete. The problems attacked by the staff and students are problems related to the agricultural industries of the territory. The first degree of doctor of philosophy was granted in 1933 to John S. Phillips who already held three degrees from Oxford University. Royal N. Chapman Dean n i= i=i : .

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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

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I K f-:: t P-J l ivi ' TA R. VVASHliURN Director UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISION The Extension Division provides educational opportunities for those who are unable to enroll as resident students at this University. Its most significant contributions to home and community life this year were the free lectures for mothers on parent-child relationships, the talks to house- wives on financing and managing a home, and the talks on books at the Library of Hawaii lectures given by noted American literary figures. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE The Agricultural Extension Service carries on adult and junior education in agriculture and home economics through- out the territory. It extends to all the people the benefits obtained from research and experimentation. Its purpose is to build up prosperous rural communities and a sturdy citizenry by increasing the net income of the individual farmers and developing high ideals among our country boys and girls. Frederick G. Kkai;ss Director J. M. Westgate Director HAWAII AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL STATION Established as a federal institution in 1901, the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station conducts investigations for the improvement of local crops. This year ' s outstanding accomplishment was the blending of a new fertilizer for coffee crops in Kona. So promising were the results obtained that representatives of coffee interests have contributed funds for the repetition of this work in other sections of Kona. I g 3 T n