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

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A S U H CHANGES, changes, and more changes characterized the 1943 government of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii. For the first time in its history, the ASUH had three sets of officers in a year When the University opened in September, Douglas Brier, president, Andrew Ikezawa, vice-president, and Nobuko Kosaki, secre tary, took office. With the resignation of Brier and Kosaki at the end of the first semester, the ASUH faced a critical period with only one officer. Temporary administrative ofiicers were -n stalled with Ikezawa as acting president and Marian Chun as acting secretary In March, a new set of officers was elected They were Henry Nakamura, president. A1 bert Wong, vice-president; and Mary Ima- fuji, secretary. Not only did three groups of officers come and go, drastic changes swept the entire set- up of the government. Reduction in enroll- ment and war conditions necessitated a re- organization of the entire program of activi ties. The Board of Publications and the Board of Athletic Control went out of existence. The Board of Debale and Forensics was chos- en but v as short-lived. After the consiiiu- tion was redefined and the elastic clause stretched to meet the emergent -leeds of the day, Robert Chuck, sophomore, was ap pointed manager. 1 iowever, because of poor organization and le.hargy on the part of the students, the program of the debate commit- tee did not materialize. The traditional Thanksgiving Oratorical contest was forgotten until too late by the ofiicers and councillors, who v ere too busy making regulations to prohibit studen s from visiting the ASUH. AWS, and KA PALAPALA ofiices. A Christmas contest was sponsored instead, with Henry Carey, freshman, plac- ing first with his essay entitled A Christmas Message to Youth.” The ASUH was, however, not without meritorious achievements to its credit. It par ticipated in the now-historic inauguration of President Sinclair. The comfortable chair in which the President of the University of Ha- ASUH COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN—Top Albert Wong Alice Chun, Yoshio Higuchi Bottom Taicashi Noda. Betty janfr.en, Yuri Takesue

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26 waii works and greets visitors and student conferees was presented to him on his in- auguration by the ASUH. The convocations committee, headed by Alice Chun, councillor, and Dr. Harold Wads worth, faculty chairman, presented to the student body and the community several outstanding convocations. The first, held on October 8. featured Mrs. Walter F. Dilling ham. Director of the Women's Division of the Office of Civilian Defense, who spoke on The Student s Part in War Work.' A special Navy Day convocation was held on October 27 at the amphitheater. Vice Admiral Ainsworth, USN, was the guest speaker, and the Royal Hawaiian Band pre- sented several musical selections. November 25 marked the third convoca- tion when Dr. Arthur L. Dean spoke on Ideals and Democracy, and a Negro quar- tet from Fort Armstrong thrilled the audience with several Negro spirituals. The Murder of Lidice by Edna St. Vincent Millay was presented at a convocation sponsored by the sophomore class. Also at this time, Elbert Yee gave his speech that placed second in the Christmas essay contest Jefferson Day called for the fifth convocation of the year ASUH COUNCILLORS (Counter-clockwise) Phyllis Tam. Elbert Yee. Dick Kuykendall. Richard Kosaki, Alec Corenevsky