Mālamalama : a history of the University of Hawai'i

This volume charts a course through never-before-surveyed historical territory: Japan's medieval population, a topic so challenging that neither Japanese nor foreign scholars have investigated it in a comprehensive way. And yet, demography is an invaluable approach to the past because it provides a way to study the mass of people who did not belong to the political or religious elite. By synthesizing a vast cache of primary and secondary sources, William Wayne Farris constructs an important analysis of Japan’s population from 1150 to 1600 and considers social and economic developments that were life and death issues for ordinary Japanese. Impressive in his grasp of detail and the scope of his inquiry, Farris makes the argument that, although this age initially witnessed the continuation of a centuries-old demographic stasis, a far-reaching transformation began around 1280 and eventually gained momentum until it swept through the Japanese archipelago. Between 1280 and 1600, Japan's population approximately trebled, growing from 6 million to 17 million. Crucial to the demographic breakthrough was the resolution of two central problems facing both the rulers and the ruled. The first was how to supply a burgeoning population with sufficient food; the second, how to keep the peace. Japan's Medieval Population will be required reading for specialists in pre-modern Japanese history, who will appreciate it not only for its thought-provoking arguments, but also for its methodology and use of sources. In 1907 Hawai‘i's fledgling College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, boasting an enrollment of five students and a staff of twelve, opened in a rented house on Young Street. The hastily improvised college, and the university into which it grew, owed its existence to the initiative of Native Hawaiian legislators, the advocacy of a Caucasian newspaper editor, the petition of an Asian American bank cashier, and the energies of a president and faculty recruited from Cornell University in distant Ithaca, New York. Today, nearly a century later, some 50,000 students are enrolled yearly at ten campuses--in a unique system of community colleges and professional schools. __Malamalama: A History of the University of Hawai‘i__ documents the many contributions the University has made over the decades to culture and education in the islands. From its start, the University rejected the racial stereotyping and prejudice common in territorial Hawai‘i, thus fostering an ease of association among students of diverse backgrounds and providing, through student government and campus societies, a venue where future political leaders of the islands could hone their skills. The story of how the University of Hawai‘i grew from a regional undergraduate college to an internationally recognized graduate and research university, weathering repeated crises along the way, is told by emeritus professors Kamins and Potter in Part I. They highlight the University's relationship with the legislature, the actions and personalities of its very different presidents, and the effects of social upheaval and changing budgets on an evolving institution. Three alumni provide personal accounts of their years at the University. Parts II and III offer particular histories by knowledgeable contributors, including faculty members and administrators, of the Hilo and West Oahu campuses, of each fo the seven community colleges, and of programs at the Manoa campus. The strands of history woven together here reveal the University's abiding determination to serve as a cultural link across the Pacific and among Hawai‘i's own ethnic communities. The University seal, dominated by the Hawaiian word __malamalama,__ "light of knowledge," depicts a map of the Pacific hemisphere, celebrating the great diversity of people and cultures that contributed to its founding and the westward reach of its connections. CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE Part I. The Manoa Campus and the University System 1. ORIGINS AND EARLY YEARS: 1907–1946 2. BECOMING A STATEWIDE SYSTEM: 1947–1968 3. EXPERIENCING MATURITY: 1969–1995 PART II: MANOA COLLEGES AND PROGRAMS 4 .THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND HAWAIIAN STUDIES 5. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS PROGRAM 6 .ASIAN PROGRAMS AND LINKAGES 7. THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 8. THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES 9. ARTS AND SCIENCES AFTER STATEHOOD 10 .THE UNDERGRADUATE HONORS PROGRAMS 11. ORGANIZED RESEARCH UNITS 12 .THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 13. ASTRONOMY 14 .MUSIC AT MANOA 15. THEATRE AND DANCE 16. SUMMER SESSION 17 .THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I PRESS PART III : BEYOND MANOA: HILO, WEST O‘AHU, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES 18. THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO 19. THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I– WEST O‘AHU 20 .THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES Summing Up Appendix 1 NOTES A NOTE ON SOURCES ILLUSTRATION CREDITS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX