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

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Acting Presicleiifs Message KA PALAPALA HAS REPORTED MANY YEARS OF TEN- SION AND CHALLENGE IN AN EXPANDING WORLD. BUT NONE OF MORE MIND-STRETCHING DEVELOPMENTS THAN 1957-1958. IT WAS IN THIS INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR THAT THE FIRST WORLD SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE. AS OF HAWAII WERE SHOCKED INTO AN ADULT REALIZATION OF THE DEADLY SERIOUSNESS AND NECES- SITY FOR RE-EVALUATION OF OUR ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES AND ATTITUDES HIGH STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ARE FORTUNATELY NOT A NEW IDEA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. IT IS GRATIFYING THAT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND SUPPORTERS ARE DEMANDING THAT THEY BE MAINTAINED AND EVEN RAISED STERN DISCI- PLINE AND UNREMITTING SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH, THAT NOT ONLY MAKES MEN FREE. BUT KEEPS THEM THAT WAY. MUST BE THE CREED OF THE STUDENT AS WELL AS THE TEACHER THE UNIVERSITY. HAVING IN ITS IMPERSONAL WAY DONE ITS BEST TO INOCULATE THIS IDEA IN ITS GRAD- UATING SENIORS IN THEIR YEARS OF RESIDENCE. BIDS THEM ITS ANNUAL FAREWELL WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL WALK LIKE EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DRAMATIC YEARS AHEAD. AND AS THEIR ALMA MATER PLAYS ITS KEY ROLE IN THE PACIFIC. WILLARD WILSON ACTING PRESIDENT ACTING PRESIDENT WILLARD WILSON 21