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

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' ii ' {i-fiJ:.Li: • BOARD OF REGENTS Readhii jrom the left An outstanding member of the board, especially to the woman students ot the Universit) ' , is WILLOWDEAN C. HANDY, who leads an interesting life as an anthropologist. She has gone on several expeditions to the South Sea islands for the Bishop Museum. During the war, she worked in the Office of Strategic Service. The legal adviser of the board is Federal District Court Judge J. FRANK McLAUGHLIN. Vice-chairman of the board, he is also the regent representative on the Stadium Board. Scholarship and athletics are two of his many fields of interests. A former ASUH president is E. P. LYDGATE, treasurer of the Maui Pineapple Company. Representing Maui on the board, his great interest in our agricultural and athletic programs is typically that of an alumnus.

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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

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' »%. DR. PAUL S. BACHMAN, also Dean of the Faculties, is secretary of the Board of Regents. The other ex-officio member of the Board is PRESIDENT GREGG M. SINCLAIR, enthusiastic promoter of the University ' s postwar plans. PHILIP E. SPALDING, president of C. Brewer and Company, Limited, is the chairman of the Board of Regents. Although his interests lie in all phases of the University program, his services as financial adviser are indispensable. Credit is due FRED K. LAM for the extesive plans now being made for this University ' s expansion. He is a well-known physician, surgeon, and recognized authority of clonorchiasis ( liver fluke). He was formerly director of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases of the Board of Health. The Garden Island representative on the board is WILLIAM P. ALEXANDER, manager of Grove Farm Company. He is a member of one of the prominent missionary families in Hawaii. A former student of this University during his undergraduate years, J. SCOTT B. PRATT is now an enthusiastic member of the board. He is manager of the Kohala Sugar Company on the Big Island. Research in Agriculture is his particular interest. OREN E. LONG, superintendent of the Territorial Department of Public Instruction, is an ex-officio member of the board. He helps to coordinate the University and public education programs. As one would expect, he is extremely interested in teacher education.