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

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Thomas H. Hamilton, President of the University Howard P. Jones, Chancellor of the East-West Center In 1 907, 36 students enrolled in the Ckjl- lege of Applied Sciences. Within 59 years this College has grown into a university with seven colleges, a graduate school, a community college system, and an enroll- ment of about 1 7,000. Instead of stagnating in its lake of past achievements, the Uni» versity of Hawaii is continually improving, experimenting, and expanding to fulfill its responsibilities to the individual student and to the community. In the beginning the University concen- trated in providing specialized education in the applied sciences. But realizing how rapid technological changes and dexelop- ments are occurring and how students need an appreciation of human values, the Uni- versity is placing more emphasis on a lib- eral education for the first two years of undergraduate work. The belief in less spe- cialization is based on the assumption that a person will continue to increase his knowl- edge of his specialized field through eve- ning classes and the master ' s degree pro- gram. The University has also tried to fulfill its responsibilities to the individual student by adding 300 new members to the faculty to lower the student-teacher ratio. Another advantage for students is the acquisition of noted scholars on the UH faculty like the Nobel-prize winning physiologist George von Bckesy. 13

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BOARD OF REGENTS. C.C. Cadagan. George H McPherson, V. Rev. Monsig. Charles A. Kekumano, Robert H. Hughes, Robert L. Hind, Jr.. Dr. Pete T. Okumoto. Dr. Clarence F. Chang, Charles A. Harker, Edward H. Nakamura. 12

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Besides fulfilling its rcsjx)nsibility to the individual student, the University is con- stantly developing new ways to serve the local community. Besides satisfying the need of Hawaii ' s school teachers and mili- tary personnel for further study, the Col- lege of General Studies has established such departments as the Labor-Management Administration, which promotes commu- nity understanding of labor-m magement problems. The labor.itory schools of the College of Education, which were former- ly used to provide practical experience for student teachers, are being transformed in- to centers of research and demonstration to solve local educational problems. A UH tele ision station to broadcast instruction- al, educational, and cultural programs be- gan operating in April. The University has done a great deal, is doing a great deal, and will continue to do a great deal. A bachelor of general studies degree program may be established. A program to offer a master ' s degree in busi- ness to the U.S. Army and Air Force person- nel stationed in Japan is being planned. UH faculty members would be sent to Ja- pan to conduct the program. Plans for an art center have already been made. If the University continues to grow at its present rate, Hawaii ' s desire to have one o the world ' s great universities will be attained within the next few years. «4