Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 12, 1 December 1987 — Darvill, Nahulu, Conant, Queen Emma, Kaʻu Honored [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Darvill, Nahulu, Conant, Queen Emma, Kaʻu Honored
Outstanding' Awards Highlight Presentations
By Kenny Haina, Editor Ka Wai Ola O OHA
A. Jack Darvill, president of the Kamehameha Schools, and Nola Nahulu, who has spent the past 16 years involved with several choral groups, were named as the 1987 outstanding non-Hawaiian and outstanding Hawaiian, respectively, at the Nov. 12-14 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 28th Annual Convention in the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nev. Both recipients were on hand to personally aeknowledge the honor before more than 600 delegates, alternates, members and guests rn the hotel's Triple Crown Ballroom. Nahulu, who has been the chorale director of the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club since 1977, chaired the convention's 'Aha Mele for the fourth straight year.
Fred B. Conant Jr., president of Hanalei HCC the past 10 years; Kauai District Council president, AOHCC; representative of the club in civic and eommunity activities; and hailed as "one who is always there to assist whenever called upon," was named the Outstanding Hawaiian Civic Club member. The Ho'omau i Ka Hana Lima No'eau A Na Hawai'i Award went to the Queen Emma club with Mary Lou Kekuewa accepting the honors. Ka'u HCC of Hawaii took the Pnnee Kuhio Award as the Outstanding Hawaiian Civic Club. Anna Cariaga accepted the award.
It was also announced during the Royal Ball that the Pearl Harbor club won the Kamehameha Ekahi No'eau award for its overall participation throughout the eonvention. It was the third consecutive victory for the club whieh retired the perpetual trophy. Darvill, who retires this year, and his wife Marian and three children have been residents of Hawaii since 1%2. The nomination applieahon on Darvill had this to say: "He has been an inspirational and outstanding leader to Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's legacy. His aloha for Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate and its beneficiaries as well as the people of Hawaii has not wavered since he arrived here from Michigan 25 years ago."
Kichard Lyman Jr., president of the Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate Board of Trustess in a recent announcement stated: "My fellow trustess and I respect and have accepted Mr. Darvill's decision to retire. We regret losing to retirement an individual whose unquestioned integrity and commitment remind us of the traits of character Princess Pauahi wanted us to develop in the students of the Schools she founded a century ago. "Under Mr. Darvill's administration, Kamehameha Schools experienced phenomenal growth whieh is unparalleled in the School's history and unmatched by other elementary and secondary educational institutions in Hawaii or nationwide." Darvill's impact has been felt not only through Kamehameha's programs but through the work of numerous other schools and charitable institutions whieh he supported. In accepting the honor at the convention, Darvill told the assembly:
"I cannot think of a better plaee to have been in Ameriean education. I have enjoyed the privilege of serving an institution with a worthwhile mission and significant resources. And the challenge of addressing the very real needs of the Hawaiian people has stimulated my personal and professional growth. "But I would have to say that I appreciate most the opportunity to have been associated with and being a member of the Kamehameha 'ohana. It has truly been an honor to work over the years with some of the most supportive and far-sighted trustess a president could wish to have. Also, it is difficult to conceive that any institution could be blessed with a more dedicated and competent faculty and staff than those employed at Kamehameha."
In conclusion, Darvill said: "Marian and I, as well as our children, will neither forget nor cease to appreciate the aloha that has been extended to us. I ean think of no memorable way to finish at Kamehameha than to be honored by this award." Miss Nahulu, who holds a Master's degree in her field and is still pursuing further education, has been appointed music department chairman at the University Laboratory School. Additionally, she is assistant director to Dorothy Gillett for the Kamehameha Schools centennnial choir. In addition to being the Pearl Harbor chorale director, Nahulu also has directed the Molokai Youth Chorus since 1979; the Honolulu Opera Chorus for the
past two years; the Bishop Memorial Church Choir since 1979; and the Unitarian Church Choir since 1982. There is very little music in the elementary system schools on Molokai and establishment of the chorus has enabled the children to attend onee-a-week rehearsals. It has given them an avenue of positive self expression through their singing. Miss Nahulu has traveled to Molokai onee a week for the past seven and one-half years. The Bishop Memorial Choir is composed of boarders at Kamehameha Schools. This is a unique group whieh Nahulu established. It affords students an opportunity to sing Hawaiian hymns in church on campus as well as at Kaumakapili Church in Palama.
She shares her leadership qualities with the eommunity at large through the many choral workshops and concerts she plans during the year. She is known to take on a project with absolutely none or little funding and eome up with a beautiful and artistic first class function that only an Oustanding Hawaiian with oustanding leadership qualities ean do. Nahulu's nomination was submitted by her own Pearl Harbor club while Darvill's eame from the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu.
A. Jack Darvill is congratulated by Marlene Sai Cockett, co-coordinator of the Kamehameha Schools centennial celebration committee.
Fred B. Conant Jr.
Mary Lou Kekuewa
Nola Nahulu
Anna Cariaga
These three members of little Princess Ka'iulani Hawaiian Civic Club pause during a break in convention proceedings. From left to right are Mary Ann Freudenberg, member; Glayds E. Rodenhurst, treasurer; and Carol M. Anzai, vice president.