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

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FOREWORD The war years were not easy ones for the ASUH with constant changes in personnel and many re- strictions brought about by the exigencies of the war. Those years were necessarily lean ones, and student activities were meager — but the ASUH did carry on. Among those activities suspended was the publi- cation of the 1945 Ka Palapala. In the mean- time, however, a graphic record of campus life was being constantly maintained with a view to later publication. With the end of the war, Ka Palapala makes its reappearance. The 1945-46 Ka Palapala. therefore, is a combined edition, which graphically depicts two trying years of the ASUH — a characteristic war year, and in contrast, the first year of peace marked by the return of many prewar activities to the campus.

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During the war, the University of Hawaii played a noble part. The students, the faculty, the research workers, the administrative officers exerted all their strength to help win the war. General Richardson ' s letter to me expresses the Army ' s appreciation of the services of the University in all its departments. In the post-war world, let us work, together in the same way to help the University of ILiuaii meet its obligations and its opportunities. This institution is in a preferred position. Many newspaper and magazine articles point to the nat ' ional emphasis upon the Pacific area: they point to the fact that America will have infinitely greater intercourse with Asia than it has ever had before. The Pacific Ocean area trill have more planes, more ships, more travel, more transpor- tation than ever before. There ivill he more studies in meteorology, oceanography, and volcanology. All of this means that Hawaii is ivell placed so far as science and commerce are concerned. We may well assume that the American governmtnt will have a great deal to do with the Pacific mandated islands. Whether they he under civilian or military control, however, the University of Hawaii should make every effort to find out everything of impor- tance relating to the geography of the islands and the qualities of the people. This means serious scientific and anthropological study. The University, through its faculty Committee on Pacific Research, is preparing to make such studies. Now that the war is over, the University can carry through its peacetime plans, to which the University Regents and administration have given great thought. GREGG M. SINCLAIR President Administration