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

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March 24, 1937 . marked the thirtieth birth- day of the University of Hawaii . . . three decades of evidence to prove the advancement of educa- tion in Hawaii. A University of Hawaii? To the first mission- aries landing in Hawaii and viewing the pagan pageantry of the natives, it must have been a banished vision. To the founders of the first schools it became a renewed dream, and a goal to the instigators of the later schools Educational leaders had a plan when the granting of a site for the building of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts which subse- quently became the University of Hawaii was made by the legislature in March, 1937. Today we have the reality in the white pillar- ed buildings rapidly growina more numerous. In them moves the live spark of education which has spread from the boundaries of Oahu to its sister isles of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Molokai and finally to cross and extend beyond the Pacific. Ka Palapala for 1937 attempts to depict the paqeantrv of Hawaii's educational march ... the arowth of her school houses from crude grass huts to the white-columned concrete buildings of the Universi tv of Hawaii to portray and sym- bolize the wide lo'-nl area from which the Univer- sity draws her student bodv .the four corners of this island arrhioelaao with authentic oriainals . oaintinas. drawinas and sketches throuah the solendid roon ration of Miss Ethel Damon. Miss Bernice Judd and Mrs Ernest Kai Toward these attemots the staff of Ka Pala- Dnla has striven with the fond hope that its efforts have not been in vain.

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T U A R I E S MAJOR DONALD M. BARTOW (1892-1937) Four years of service at our Uni- versity . . . training his boys to merit the highest possible ratings in the R.O.T.C . . . esteemed . . . respected . . . considerate of all . . . and ever devoted to his duty. Throughout their lives, hundreds of University boys will bear the imprint of Major Bartow's character ... the imprint of a man who loved the Islands and gave what he could to make its youth better . . . the imprint of an officer gone to serve The Commanding General. HARRY G. PATRICK A gay flashing smile . . . rowdy curls . . . and cheery manner. . . that was Pat. Now and then one almost expects to see him playing bridge in the caf. . . to hear his cheery Wow across the campus ... to hear him calling for more yells from the foot- ball fans ... on the track ... on the dance floor . . . just killing time on the campus. He was with us such a short time ... a gay life hushed when it was beginning. GARTLEY HALL