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

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DR. PAUL S. BACHMAN of the Graduate Division plans to visit eastern U. S. col- leges next spring to seek professors for the summer session. He dislikes dogs because they give him asthma. DR. R RAY SCOTT. Adult Education de- partment head, dislikes people who abuse dogs and motorists who cut in. Dr. Scott recently attended the National Uni- versity Extension Association at Berkeley. BOOKS, autographs, manuscripts, and multi graphed letters are the hobbies of Professor Gregg M. Sinclair, head of the Oriental Institute. Mr. Sinclair would like to have more men like Gandhi, Tagore, and Royama fill the needs ol the world. DR. JOHN H. BEAUMONT, head of the Ha- waii Agricultural Experiment Station, believes the station plays an active part in contributing to the betterment of mankind. During after-office hours, he surf-rides, does amateur gardening, and carves local woods HOWRY H. WARNER, popular director of the Agricultural Extension Service, likes color photography and sun tanning at the beach for pastimes. H. H.'s pet peeve is an- swering inquiries from mainland farmers who want to come to Hawaii and farm. 17

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CIVIC affairs, and even University mat- ters, take up most of Dean Arthur R. Keller's after-office hours. He says he does nothing along the line of recreation or amuse- ment He was recently appointed director of the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Hawaii. He is a kamaaina director of the Queen's Hos- pital, and secretary of the Hawaiian Housing Authority. Dean Keller is head of the College of Applied Science. DR. THAYNE M. LIVESAY. recently ap- pointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been with us for 16 years and likes the academic and personal freedom allowed the faculty.” Prior to this appoint- ment, he was for many years the director of admissions. In his years of teaching, the funniest thing that happened to him was the coaching of a girls' high school basketball team. AFTER nine years as Dean of Teachers College, Dr. Benjamin O. Wist finds his work still enjoyable. He was previously prin- cipal of various islands schools, including the Normal School, for ten years. Dr. Wist would like to play golf but does not have time. However, he reads all educational maga- zines, including the Saturday Evening 'Pest'. Dean Wist, a Yale man, likes to work with people and help solve their problems.

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 DEAN ERNEST C. WEBSTER, the human- itarian, has no hobby at all! The ex- planation is that he is too busy with his work —advising and guiding students. This genial Dean is characterized by his pipe, bow tic, spectacles . . . and, oh yes, his lauhala hat. COMMUNITY activities, vocational guid- ance, and aiding students in employ- ment problems take up most of the time of Assistant Dean of Student Personnel Cenie S. Homung. She counsels hundreds of wo- men students throughout the year as well. RESPONSIBLE for the supervision of the University library and Teachers College branch since 1928, Miss Mary P. Pringle has been with the University for more than a decade. At present she is on leave, spending her time in the Mojave Desert. IN a friendly tone. Registrar Helen B. Mac- Noil admitted spending her spare time go- ing to concerts, and puttering around her home and garden in Manoa. Every student sooner cr later gets to meet her, for she is in charge of scheduling semester courses MODEST and poised, he Waikiki-tans him- self often. He holds a certificate of Nep- tune, having crossed the equator in a man-o'- war. No one plays a more important part in handling business affairs than Mr. Gerald R. Kinnear, head of finances since 1925.