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

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Programs Extend Into the City Programs stretch into the city commu- nity itself. The College of General Studies reaches those adults who are interested in continuing their education. The Legislative Reference Bureau, the tand Study Bureau, the Water Resources Research Center, and the Youth Development Center are only a few University agencies which deal directly with community-related problems. The Coun- ty Extension Service and the Hawaii Experi- ment Station broaden the scope of the insti- tution. Events such as films, concerts, lect- ures, exhibits, and festivals bring the public to campus. But in more than attributes and sen-ices is the University of Hawaii characteristic of a city: it is beset with the urban problems of growth, bigness, and direction. The state- hood boom had rudely wakened the Univer- sity to its new challenges. It can no longer be called the “quiet campus.” II The EXPANSION AND building program of the University of Hawaii had just begun in 1958. Webster, Spalding, and Snyder halls were being built. Coming up were Keller Hall and the Physical Science Building. These buildings were supposed to accommodate the increased enrollment and activity for the next few years. But shortly after their com- pletion, more new buildings were on the drawing board. The five buildings of the East West Center complex were being con structed on land that was once used for agri- cultural experimentation. Kuykendall Hall was completed in 1964. Two years later ground was broken for the new Graduate Research Library, the second major Univer- sity library facility to be built within ten years. Soon, the Institute of Advanced Pro- jects building will fill the adjoining land. National Planning Firm This is only a small indication of the build- ing and construction which has been going on at the Manoa campus. Like a metropolis, it is trying to use the available space to its maximum efficiency, though keeping within a principle of one-third land coverage for buildings with as much landscaping where possible. Planning has become the keyword in recent years for the University adminis- trators. The nationally-known architectural firm of John Carl Warnecke and Associates Kuykendall Hall tower hold the Eng Ink department. the English Lan- guage Institute, and the Pacific Asian Linguistics Institute. 18

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THE URBAN UNIVERSITY Ten YEARS AGO the campus might have looked more like a quiet residential college set apart from the city. But today, in 1968, the campus is a massive complex that has raised comments like “a city within a city. A city university is a modem institution. It is urban like not only in its physical attrib- utes, with its maze of concrete walkways, paved roads, and towering buildings, but also in its complex functioning. Gone is the day when the president of the university headed the faculty in a real teaching capac ity. Today he holds board meeting, flies to the Mainland for conferences and ad- dresses, and tours Asia for special studies and inspection of programs. A university no longer is, nor can be, a small, secluded, liberal ails institution. The very complexity of today's economic, cultural, and social en- vironment requires that there be not one or two schools but a host of them, geared not to ten or twenty students but to hundreds. In this lies a challenge to maintain a human ism in what is potentially an impersonal and automatized process. Freeway and Buslines The Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii has all the above characteristics, and more, despite its valley setting. The physical boundaries between the institution and the city are indistinct. Bus lines reach campus, and the freeway skirts one edge. Waikiki is only a ten-minute drive away, and the central business-metropolitan heart of Honolulu is but five minutes more. Only a fraction of the students lives in University dormitories or in apartments that line Uni versity Avenue. The majority still lives with its families or relatives and commutes to campus. For this reason the University has boon called a commuting college.” 17

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The AI fandi f reneo, done by the internationally known Indonesian artist, exemplifies the East West blend of the campus. Located in Jefferson Hall, it is comple mented by a fresco by Jean Chariot, muralist and illus ■trot or. 19