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

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 THE sanctuary of the studious, and sometimes of the not-so-studious, is the reserve room. Con- centrated silence reigns there during exam week. rP HERE'S music in the air is an old saying. Mrs. 1 D. FCahananui and Professor Fritz Hart prove this and make the fact more appreciated. THE physical education department is devoted to its purpose of turning out healthy, as well as intelligent men.

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BRISK and cheerful Mrs. Lucy L. Mc- Gowan is the ministering ange! who receives ailing and pseudo-ailing students in the dispensary. Often has a student blessed this indispensable dis- pensary as the source of those conve- nient excuses which effectively still the imperious voice of conscience v hich invariably accompanies a cut. AN outgrowth of the Japanese de- partment, founded in 1S20, and the Chinese department, founded in 1922, the Oriental Institute was organized in 1935. The purpose of this institute is to train students in Oriental languages and cultures and to bring cultural achievements of the East to the people of the West. Communication, color words, vo- cal energy, variations in pitch, are the techniques learned by students in speech classes. Occasionally, loud and screeching shouts are tc be heard pour- ing out from a voice and diction class. Don't call for the police for it's only a student trying to exercise his vocal powers. 23

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RHYTHMICS, individual and team sports— all excellent for radiantly healthy co- eds—are at the disposal of all women. A GENERAL survey of the plant and animal kingdoms is made in the course in bi ology, taught in Teachers College. WITH four sections, the botany depart- ment encourages the application of its knowledge to practical problems. FOR medical majors and interested stu- dents, zoology offers courses dealing with biological and structural relationships.