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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII· VOLUME II, NO.3' JUNE, 1962

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Institute 01 Advanced P,oied~

Advanced Projects For The Future

By EDWARD WEIDNER. Vice· Chancellor

'fu utilize educational exchange at the senior

cholar level in order to augment man's knowl·

*'dge and facilitate the dissemination of knowl· edJ' -this is the purpose and the challenge

u( the Institute of Advanced Projects of the East·West Center. From its inception, the Cen­

I r has relied upon the Institute for a central

part of its program: the porlion devoted to

'ellior scholars, advanced research, profession.

al cunferences, and visiting lecturers. Scholars

from Asia, the Pacific, and the United States

hn' been contributing to it. .-\8 the Center becomes permanently organ­

ized, the Institule is adapting its major em·

phn:;es to the twin objectives of the Center,

namely, the promotion of the welfare of the Ill'oples of Asia, the Pacific, and the United Slates, and the furtherance of mutual under­

.landing. There is no greater need of the

peoples of these areas than the progressive

cceleration of their development and that of

their neighbors. There is no better way to pro­

mote mutual understanding than through cross· cultural contacts of many kinds.

By fostering research and the exchange of

knowledge, the Institute can make a major

contribution to international development as

an area of intellectual enquiry. Such a con­

tribution 10 knowledge of the processes of

change can also be useful to those in charge of policy decisions in the various countries.

There is a paucity of information on how

different kinds of development can be accel· erated under varying conditions.

The Institute's program will include en­

quiry into many aspects of modernization. The dimensions of each will be examined, and

also the interrelations of one with another. (Contr:nued on pase 2)

Prof. Turnbull Honored

HERBERT C. CORNUELLE (L\, Chairman, Univer­sity 01 Hawaii Board 01 Regents. presenls honor award 01 appreciation from the regents to Proles30r Murray Turnbull, fonner Acting Chancellor of th~

Center lrom October, 1959 to January, 1962.

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Initially, the points of concen­tration will be:

-Development education. The role of education in accelerating social, economic, and political de· velopment is basic, but little is known of alternative ways in which education can make such a contribution, and the conditions most favorable to it. The role of education in a society with devel· opment objectives needs careful comparative examination.

-Development administration. Administration is a means to an end. The necessity of adapting ad· ministrative means to the program ends of government has been large­ly overlooked. Special personnel arrangements or ad min i s t rat i ve mechanisms or procedures may

facilitate national development. -Development planning and

economics. Development econom·

GOVERNOR OF HAWAII W[LLIA~I F. QUINN welcome~ Taishiro Shirai (R), Japan Institute of Labor, during a reception held laSI month to honor labor relation. authorities participating in the Center's international con·

1 ference on "The Challenge of Indu~trial Relations in Pacific·Asian Coun. tries." Introducing the delegate is conference chairman, Harold S. Roberts..' (C), Director of the University of Hawaii's Industrial Relations Center. The Center's Institute of Advanced Projects sponsored the conference.

ICS has sometimes been mistaken for the whole of development. While it is not, it is an essential ingredient. Particular attention is needed in relating economic requi­sites to over·all development ob· jectives and in examining how over-all economic progress can be programmed.

-Rural development. A univer­sal aspect of modern development has been the major adjustments required in rural areas. Study of such topics as land reform, village initiative, and agricultural produc­tivity is an urgent priority.

-Urhan development. Through.

out the world, urbanization conti­nues apace. The United States and Asia share the problems associated with urban conglomeration. Con­tributions toward their solution are pressing items on the research agenda.

The extension of knowledge and its better dissemination is also et­

sential in regard to cross-national contacts. In recent years, forms of contacts among peoplell have become common. The advan. tages and shortcomings of thC!8e forms and their most useful rolr should be studied, The Institute will begin by examining three as­pects of current cross-cultural con. tacts:

-Educational exchange. -International cooperation for

development.

-Education and training for work abroad.

The biological and ph ys i cal sciences are essential to national development and form the bll.!lia of much cross-cultural co n tact, Large programs of support for re­

search in these areas exist, lar overshadowing the mod est teo

sources of the East-West Ceuter. Still, the Institute can contribute significantly to the sciences by furthering the dissemination of knowledge from East to West and

West to East in the several scien­tific fields, The relation of science to national development can be examined. Various mean! 01 achieving these objectives are available: conferences of Asiaa

and American scholars workins on similar problems; residential visiting senior scholars from i\Jria and the United States interested

in the same topics; translatiolls of Asian scientific materials into f.n . lish; and bibliographies and ab­stracts of articles and reports in Asian languages.

In the humanities, the Institutt will support projects that relatt language, literature, and the arb to national development and \0 modern cross-cultural influene For example, in the performin,:

arts, the Institute will be especiaU.

interested in the modifications and

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modernization of music, dance, and drama as political, economic, and social developmel1t has en· sued, and the effect of cross­cultural influences on these modi· fica t io ns. Research, composition, and performance will be supported in relation to these topics.

VISITING SENIOR SCHOLARS

To carry out this selective pro· gram of exchange at the senior level, the Institute of Advanced Projects will have at its disposal a flexible set of tools or devices. The heart of the program will be Ibe residential visiting senior scholars from Asia, the Pacific, aud the United States. Their stay at the Center wiJI vary from a few months to a year and will normally be an academic year. In a few instances, research will be con· tracted. Institute.sponsored profes. sional conferences will help dis· seminate information and stimu· late research ideas. Many of the conferences will be held at the Center, but some will also be con· "cued in Asia and on the main· land. Long-term and short·term lecturers will add to the senior scholarly program. Graduate semi· nars and graduate research and th will complement the more direct efforts of the semor ex­changes. Visitors with interests similar to those of scholars in residence will be welcome, sub· ject to the limitations of physical facilities.

A research collection and related materials wiII be maintained in the areal of specialization, Le., na· tional development and cross­cultural contacts. Portions of it "ill be made available to libraries through microfilm. A substantial translations program will help sup­port these same fields, and, In

addition, the dissemination of sci· entific information in the biolog. ical and physical sciences.

New Directions In Research Translations

By MlNORU SHINODA

Acting Director, Research Translations

Almost as revolutionary as the political and ideological changcs which have occurred in Asia since the end of World War II are the alterations which have taken place in the various written languages of the region. In Japan and on the mainland of China, the more com· plicated ideo gr a phs have been eliminated or simplified-in some cases so strikingly different from the original that the postwar gen· eration in both countries has great difficulty reading books of the prewar era.

The change, of course, has been far more spectacular in China than In Japan. New terms and compounds as well as new idioms are flooding the printed page, making such an old standy.by as Mathews' Chinese·English Diction· ary well-nigh obsolete. To assist American students to read con· temporary Chinese publications, Research Translations has under· taken the compilation of a dic· tionary of current Chinese words and phrases, culled from several specialized, privately printed

Consistent with the Center's de· sire that the maximum number of persons benefit from its activities, the Institute will support an active publications program in the areas of its special interest, including monographs, reprints, pamphlets, conference and other reports, bibliographies and abstracts, and translations.

sources. The initial effort will be a modest, mimeographed affair of some 7,000 words which is being readied for the coming summer session.

AMERICAN IMAGE

In the Japanese field a project which has a dual purpose is cur· rently underway. This is the com­pilation of Japanese articles and excerpts from contemporary jour. nals and recently published books around the theme of "the American image in Japan." The compilation should serve as valuable supple-

Minoru Shinoda

mentary readings for the American student of the Japanese language. The translation of the articles could forma book of source read· ings for students In American Studies and for others interested in intercultural reaction.

Research Translations IS also assisting In the development of Korean and Ryukyuan Stu dies, two comparatively neglected areas. With the addition of a full·time Korean position in the Asian and Pacific Languages Department this fall, it IS contemplated that the Cel~ter through this office will be· come increasingly involved in the translation and publication of Ko· rean materials.

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Trade And Industrial Education Training

Hawaii provides excellent oppor­tunities for technicians in trade and industrial education. The East­West Center's International Train­ing Agency and its predecessor have had extensive experience ar­ranging such training programs, and the Agency currently has scheduled two pilot projects in vocational education. The Univer­sity of Hawaii, under its contract with AID, is also training Thai and Pakistani vocational instructors.

Resources for such training in­clude five well-equipped and stuffed technical schools in both urban and rural areas throughout the State, a number of excellent vocational and prevocational de­partments in public junior and

.' senior high schools, a good cur­riculum for the preparation of vo­" cational teachers at the University of Hawaii, and numerous private commercial establishments in the community.

Hawaii's five technical schools constitute an especially significant resource for training for Asians. Courses offered in twenty-seven technical areas are taught in 56 shops and laboratories. The size and location of the technical schools vary. For example, Kauai Technical School, with an average enrollment of 160 students, is lo­cated on a rural island populated by approximately 27,000. The largest schooL located in cosmo­politan Honolulu (population: 294,179J, has an enrollment of about 550 students. Experience in providing vocational training for students from Thailand, Cambodia,

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and the Philippines has shown that Hawaii's vocational schools have much to offer that is applicable in Asia.

The school plants are specifically designed for training in vocational subjects and are well equipped with all the basic tools and machines es­sential for providing a sound foun­dation of instruction in each trade area. Most shops are equipped to handle 30 to 35 students.

Vocational training courses available include aircraft mechan­ics, auto repair and painting, car­pentry, cooking, commercial bak­ing, cosmetology, diesel mechanics, drafting, electricity, electronics, en­gineering technician, machine shop, power machine operator, ra­dio and television, refrigeration and air conditioning, sheet metal, sewing, welding, business training, dental assistants, practical nursing, and hotel and restaurant training.

These technical schools, coopera­tively with the Department of Edu­cation and the University of Ha-

POLICE AUTOMOTIVE OFFICIALS erator maintenance at the Honolulu

waii, also provide training in edu­cational administration and super­vision for technical school per. sonneL

IPilot Project

The International Training Agency pilot training classes in vocational education are four months in duration. The next group will start in Oc­tober 1962. These classes aim to (1) increase the skills of participants in a number of trades; (2) provide them with on-the-job training in managing and operating technical schools; (3) assist them in acquiring skills and experiences in curriculum de­velopment for teacher-educa­tion and for vocational train­ing; and (4) familiarize them with a variety of good technical programs in both rural and urban areas of Hawaii.

FROM CAMBODIA inspeci gen­Technical School. Programmed for

three months by the East-West Center's International Training Agency were (L. to R.): Lt. Khon Kuy, Sgts. Nguon Khan. Pech 50th. (Charles Aoki, instructor), Khieu Sarou, Yim Em and Thach Congo The Cambodians were sponsored by the U.s. Agency for Inlernational Development.

Cultural Interchange In The Community

By A. LEE ZEIGLER

Foreign Student Advisor University 0/ Hawaii

East-West Center students have

n variety of experiences during the

year which take them into the

life of the community primarily

through study visits, cultural pro­

"'roms, speaking engagements, and

home hospitality.

Many local governmental agen­

des, business concerns and other

organizations invite grantees to

study their operations as a supple­

ment to academic work. Last sum­

mer, for example, there were stu­

dent observers at two banks, four

newspapers, a hospital, the Visi­

tor's Bureau, and innumerable in­

dustrial concerns and agencies.

Although most study-visits oc­

cur in August, one special program

will be repeated this month. C.

Brewer and Company has char­

tered a special plane to fly 16 stu­

dents from II countries, who are

specializing in tropical agriculture,

to the islands of Maui and Hawaii

to observe sugar production, Brew­

er's meat packing plant, macada­

mia nut orchard, ranching and

dairy operations, and land utiliza­

tion experiment sites are also on

the agenda,

Center students accept many

speaking engagements and requests

for cultural demonstrations as a

willing way of sharing their back­

grounds and viewpoints with in­

terested groups-and to express

appreciation to hosts. Each month

they average about 35 talks, or

discussion panels considering m·

ternational problems, for service

clubs, schools, church groups and

other organizations.

At large ed ucational assemblies

they demol'lstrate national dress,

dance and music, ceremonies and

customs. The Office of the Foreign

Student Adviser-as intermediary

for participation in such local

programs-processes requests and

assists students with preparation.

A volunteer organization called

"The Friends of the East-West

Center" serves as liaison for home

hospitality and Center-sponsored

student study trips to neighbor

islands for field investigation and

cultural presentations.

Through these many enriching

activities involving the community,

Center students and those with

whom they come in contact, are

finding new friends and new paths

leading towards the Center's ulti­

mate obj ective--mutual under­

standing.

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT: Periodically, East·West Center students pool talents to present an international cultural program for the community at large. Such a program was given recently at Honolulu's J\IcKinley Auditorium. A cala· bash offering at the door netted a handsome donation whieh Center students presented to UNICEF. the United Na­tions International Children's Emergency Fund. I Photos by Ron Fial)

Zarina Zaman of Pakistan performs the vivid Snake Charmer's dance. The dance tells of the ,I,"perale struggle of a young girl to trap a snake for her ailing father.

Japanese students rolic through HAwa no Baka Odori,,-uThe Crazy Dance of Awa": (L. to R.) Ken Nagai, Tsukasa Matsui and Eiichi Ueyama. This 300 year old folk dance is still performed in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island.

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Students on Study Tour Comment

About 35 East·West Center stu· dents are currently enrolled at 20

American universities on the main· land. The following excerpts were

culled from recent letters:

Mr. Hanasoge Ramanna (India)

At the University of Chicago:

"The 27th

Annual Meeting

of the Society for American rArchaeology

was held on the f ' campus of the

University of Arizona ...

Participation in the discussions and field excursions enabled me to gain a better idea of the present position of prehistoric research in the United States ... We visited the celebrated Snake Town area. This open village site has presented the most continuous and longest series of occupation - from 300 B.C. to A.D. 1400."

Mr. Ishwer Ojha (India) at Tufts University:

"... I wish to make it clear that I am really touched by the generosity of the Centre in allow­ing one year at this school. It will help a lot in materializing my dream of securing a Ph.D. from a U.S. University. I propose to finish about two·thirds of my require.

ments during this year. I also hope that after this year is over the Centre will continue to regard me as one of its genuine friends and well·wishers. If ever I can do any­thing for the Centre you have but to write. I also wish to thank you and the community at Hawaii for the very sympathetic understand. ing I received at times when mise understanding would have been more natural." Zenaida R. Estrada (Philippines) At Michigan State Univ. writes:

"It is some· what difficult trying to adjust not only to the weather but also the fast rate at which things go here at the Uni. versity because

it operates on the quarter basis. Other than these, I find every. thing else just fine. Although one does not get as much personalized service here as in Honolulu (some· thing that has spoiled me), the people are generally friendly. My courses are tough but I find them challenging. I only hope that I make good in all of them, not so much for my sake as it is for the Center."

COMPOSER ALAN HOVHANESS demonstrates how he plays on strings as well as keys of the piano in his "Pastoral No. I". During hi" visit as a senior scholar at the East. West Center, lhe prolific American composer has steadily added to hit; volume of distinctive works. New Hovhaness compositions premiered this month at the Sixth Annual Festival of !\Iusic and Art of Thi' Ccntury at the University of Ha· waii were: "Wind Drum" (Opo> 183. a dance drama), "Koolau P

(for two pianos), "Invocation to Ararat," (Opus 194A) , "Cry of the Phoenix," and "Watchman Tell U, of lhe Night" (Opus 31A). Hov. haness will soon cO:ltinue hi~ unique East-West musical blend· ings in Japan under Center spon· sorship and a grant from Rocke· feller Foundation.

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Trans-Pacific Conference Ou Scholarly Publishing

By THOMAS NICKERSON

tMr. Nickerson, director 0/ the eon/erenee. is Assistant to the I'rovost, University 0/ Hawaii. A jlllo/.der in 1947 0/ the University 0/ Hawaii Press, he has since served as .:hairman 0/ its Advisory Commit/ee.)

All nations benefit in many ways frollI exchange of scholarly and scientific information. There is rell:'on to believe that increased kllCJwledge gained through such interchange constitutes one of the rou:;t promising avenues toward mutual understanding and world peace.

A principal source of scholarly lind scientific information is the unin~rsity. A principle means of t1i~~cminating such information is tbe university press. The interest of commercial publishers in such IIIBterial is usually limited to works that have broad popular appeal. TIlis places a heavy obligation on university presses to issue special­ized works of great importance, alhei!. to a limited audience. Pro· dU\'lion of such books is rarely profiluble. But it is important to the scholarly and scientific world that they be produced. This is the 5p(~ciat province of university presses. Herein lies their value to lucidy.

Thomas Nickerson

How may society be made more fully aware of this aspect of higher education? How may those respon· sible for the support and develop­ment of our universities be made more fully aware of the signifi­cance of the service rendered to society by the university press? How may there by engendered fuller realization of the fact that publication is the end product of research, without which the time, money, energy, and imagination devoted to research may be ex· pended to no useful purpose?

Answers to these and other ques· tions will be sought at a Trans· Pacific Conference on Scholarly Publishing to be held in Honolulu, June 25-29, 1962, under the joint sponsorship of the East-West Cen· ter and the University of Hawaii Press. It will be attended by rep­resentatives of scholarly publish. ing in Australia, Burma, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nationalist China, the Philippines, and the United States.

These scholarly publishers will report on the scholarly publishing climate of their respective coun­tries. They will discuss the needs of scholarly publishing and inter­change and the means whereby these needs might be met.

The barriers to scholarly inter· change are legion. They include language barriers and the need for translation. They include currency barriers and the need to overcome them. They include foreign rights

EAST·WEST CENTER NEWS

Published bi·monthly by the O//iee 0/ Public In/ormation, East·West Center, University 0/ Hawaii, Honolulu 14, Hawaii

Photographer: Masao Miyamoto

VOl. II, NO. 3 JUNE 1962

and the sale, distribution, and pro­motion abroad of scholarly books and journals.

University presses in the United States are enabled to solve mallY of these problems through services rendered by the Association of American University Presses. Is there a possibility that such serv­ices might be offered on an inter­national scale? Might their AA II P counterpart be set up in other countries? Might future confer­ences, held at intervals in other parts of the world, contribute to the strengthening of the structure of scholarly publishing and schol· arly interchange?

These are matters on which the conferees will deliberate, matters which lie at the very core of the concept of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West.

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In Ryukyuan Studies plans have been completed for the translation and analysis of the Rekidai Hoan, a valuable 400-year chronicle of the Ryukyus, which will be con· ducted by two senior scholars, Pro­fessor Liang Chia·pin of Tunghai University and Professor Atsushi Kobata of Kyoto University, under the direction of Dr. Shunzo Saka· maki of the University's History Department.

For Southeast Asia, discussions have been going on among special­ists here and Franklin Publications in New York for the translation of English.language materials into Indonesian. The presence of so many Indonesians. and Indonesian specialists at the University pro­vides Research Translations with the unique opportunity to make a valuable contribution in this area.

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The Regents of the University of Hawaii have confirmed the ap­pointment of eight members of the international Panel of Advisers to the East-West Center. Each mem­ber of the panel will serve for a two-year period. One appointment

from Asia remains to be made to

the advisory group.

Made up of five Americans and

three scholars from Asian-Pacific

countries, the advisory body in­

cludes:

Clark Kerr. President, Universi­

ty of California; Detlev W. Bronk,

President of the Rockefeller In­

stitute of Medical Research, New

York City and of the National

Academy of Sciences: Ralph J. · .

Bunclle. Under-Secretary, United,~ Nations; Katherine E. McBride,

,.", President Bryn Mawr College;

Gerald W. fisher, President,

Bishop Trust Company, Honolulu.

Yoichi Maeda, University of

Tokyo professor of humanities,

Japan; Juan Seceldo, J r., Dean of

the Raymon Magsaysay Memorial

Medical Center, University of the

East, the Philippines; and M. R.

Chakratong Tongyai, ender­

Secretary of State for Agriculture,

Ministry of Agriculture, Govern­

ment of Thailand,

Office of Public Informntion

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"The principal functions of the Panel of Advisers," Chancellor Spoehr said, "will be to give the Center concrete advice 011 the de· velopment of the Center's program, to assist the Center in identifying its weaknesses, and to give further aid in raising the Center to the international sphere where it prop­erly belongs. The Center is grate­ful that such an experienced and distinguished group of individuals has agreed to serve."

The initial meeting of the panel will be held in Honolulu late this fall after the first East-West Center build ings are ready for use and when the Center's programs are more fully crystallized. At that time there will be between 450­500 students at the eenter repre. senting 19 countries in Asia, Aus­tralia, New Zealand, several Pacific Islands and the United States. In addition there will be 20 senior scholars in residence.

UNIVERSITY Of HAWAll Administrative Vice·President William M. Wachter, left, and Project Manager Clifford Young examine conslruction progress at the 21·acre Center complex on the University campus. Wachter, who has been directing Ihe Center's building program since irs outset, said the women's residence and conference quarters will be ready in September; the thealre·auditorium and adminislration building by November; and the men's residence by the end of December.

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