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

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Teachers College The only university within a radius of 2.000 miles, spearhead of American educa- tional ideals into the Pacific, perhaps the Western institution most closely associated with the great universities of the Orient, the University of Hawaii is seeking to take ad- vantage of nunsnal opportunities. It is most famous for its work in tropical agriculture, Oriental studies, and research into the biolo gical atid sociological problems of the mingl- ing and mixtures of races. From day to day, however, it must first concern itself with training intelligent leaders and, second, with giving public service through research in the most pressing problems of Hawaii. Of the 2003 credit students, undergraduates and graduates, in the regular terms of 1935- 30. 1878 were from the islands. But 33 states were represented by 106 students from the American mainland, and the 19 foreign stu- dents came from China. Japan, Manchoukuo. India, Austria and the Philippine Islands. Thus it may be seen that while the Univer- sity is concerned mainly with local young l eople, the influence of Hawaii is being spread through the students who come here to study. Many of the latter come for gradu- ate work. The Summer Sesion, which is sclf- supporting, in 1936 gave training to 1,002 Hawaii | eople. drawn from six islands. An additional 171 came from the American mainland and from foreign countries. 'flic University spends about one-sixth of its budget for research. This includes gifts for research made by such private agencies as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The Rockefeller Foundation alone has given the University more than $250,000 during the last 10 years. The University experiment station is now spending in addition to its re- gular budget for research $410,000 granted by the federal government from processing tax funds in a program for the improvement of Hawaii agriculture. 29