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

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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

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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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•II K i- i avpj g , I x- SUMMER SESSION To those unable to take advantage of the regular sessions of the University, the summer session offers a wide variety of courses. It also brings to Hawaii for each session a number of outstanding authorities in political science, Oriental studies, education, and other fields of knowledge. These professors not only conduct classes, but also give free public lectures for the community. Th.WNE M. LlVF.SAY Director HAWAII SCHOOL OF RELIGION The Hawaii School of Religion, a school affiliated with the University, was organized in 1930 for the purpose of offer- ing instruction in the fields of religion, philosophy, and ethics, supplementing courses offered by the University. During the past year 125 students of various races and creeds have received university credit for work in the school. Five teachers are on the staff of the school. Lloyd R. Killam Director EXPERIMENT STATION Although independently financed by the pineapple industry, the experiment station of the Association of Hawaiian Pine- apple Canners is considered as a part of the University. Experiments are conducted by the departments of agriculture, chemistry, entomology, genetics, nematology, pathology, and physiology. Each department applies its branch of science in fostering an industry which is of much concern to the local community. KoYAi. M. Chapman Director -3 r- 4- 1 1 V