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

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COMMITTEES p R u E B L L A I T C I N S SSlSbnif i Public Relationa Cuinmittee, LEFT TO RIGHT: Elbert Izon, Richard Guerin, Raymond Haftel, Edith Moriki, Dean Cullumber, Ruth Bevans, John Bonsey. Social Committee, FIRST ROW, left to right: Tamae Tamaribucht, Lillian Higuchi. Sumie Inokuchi. Jane Kataoka. Charles Parmiter. SECOND ROW: Takeshi Harada, Caroline Lau, May Kimura. Ethel Jean Ho. Don Roderick, Walter Oka, Tom Oyasato. S O C I A T.

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STANDING Directory Committee, FIRST ROW, left to right: Bertha Young, Betty Awamura, Marian Tokunaga. Amy Higashino. BACK ROW; Jane Ivoki, Elizabeth Yamaguchi. Helen Shimizu, Marion Lee, Mae Mura- kami. SPIRIT AND RALLY Spirit and Rally, FIRST ROW, left to right: Amos Chun, Lehman Henry. Robert Hutchison, Abraham Wood, Forrest Murphy. Samuel Apuna. SECOND ROW: Gilbert Yap. Beverly Dwight, Caroline Lee, Jocelyn Nance, Joan Flath, Joyce Schoening. David Lee. THIRD ROW: Willas Sayre, Evelyn Yama, Corliss McCausland, Mary Stone. Virginia Charlock.

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HILO ALBERT J. McKINNEY Director, Univ. Ext. Div. EDWARD T. WHITE Instructor in Charge For the loiirlli year 1 lilo Center opened its doors in Se|)tenil)cr to entering Ireslimen and returning sopliomores. Organized in 19t7 to make opportunities for college work available to stu- dents of llic kl.md ol Hawaii, the University ol Hawaii Hilo ( Cnler has shown slow hul steady grow III. i ' .iilering Ireshmcn Kk cd ihc task ol signing up h)r (lasses and lllling out ihe numerous regis Iratioii cards. As an antitlote lo that grim experi ence. an orientation camp was held at Kawaihae beach prior to the beginning of classes. 1 here was more in store lor the entering freshmen. Clas- ses with their long assignment s hedules and lists of re(|uirefl readings brought the consciousness that the class of IQ54 was now really in college. A get-acc|uainted social held in the Rumpus room concluded the first week s program. Costumed in the traditional Ifilo m inner, the neophytes had to kowtow lo the sophcjinores and obey their every whim during hazing week. How- ever, all ended with the Bury the Hate Iiet picnic at Onekahakaha Fieach. 1 lie (onlrol ol sludent affairs passed into the hands ol 1 oshie f ' ujixoshi. president; George Miyashiro, vice-president; Keiko Konishi. secre- tary; Shunji . ' clachi. treasurer and Dorothy I eru- moto. soc iai c hairman. Under their direction informal get-togethers were held in the f umpus room celebrating Aloha Week and the end of the six weeks exams. The Little Rainbow dance was hc ' ld at the llilo Armory in November lo raise money for student activities. The formal banc|uc-l ,il llic ()ceaii ' iew Club in December climaxed llic SIX i.il ( .ilendar for 1050. Between semesters a relreshcT c amp was lielci lo gi e sliidenls op- portunity to recover from the hard wcirk of ihe previous semester and lo gather streng ' h lor I he semester following. The orgaiiizritioii ol a llilo Center basKelball team to compete with Big Island schools was another task undertaken by the students. Tom anci Minoru I amane. well known in Hilo s basket- ball c ire les. N ' olunteered lo take on the difficult job of creating a team out of the 12 I)oys who liuiHcl on! loi the sport, in spite of their few ic lories the l.illle Rainbows trained well, fought hard and were given spiriled support by the stu- di-nl l)odv.