Jim Howerton: Punahou ‘74 Fashionista December 15, 2009
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While acquainting myself with the many Punahou ‘74 classmates who are a part of the facebook world, I was intrigued with Jim Howerton’s profile picture. Could it be? Yes it was. He was wearing one of our reunion t-shirts. What a trooper!
Jim models the latest in Punahou 74 fashion: the 35th reunion t-shirt. Custom designed by Babs Miyano-Young!
When asked about his picture, Jim explained that he had put it up after being encouraged by Jan Bertram to post a more current picture. He said that, “The only sure way I knew was to wear the reunion shirt and show the slipper stripes on my feet.” Slipper stripes? Interesting touch but I guess they’re only a summer accessory when you’re living in Des Peres, Missouri … and you gotta have pretty haole feet to start with.
Jim explained further that he has at least two of each of Babs’ reunion shirts. The two from the 25th are relegated to the rag bin but the two from the 30th are pretty worn out and are now part of his “Lawn Ranger” outfit. With winter here, he’s packed away the most recent two shirts until spring.
One last thing. Per his facebook profile, Jim counts the following Yoda quote as one of his favorites: “This good you will not look when nine-hundred years old you reach.” I don’t know about 900 years, but Jim’s looking pretty sharp in that Babs Miyano-Young reunion shirt right now!
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Punahou 74’s Man in the O-Men Hall of Fame: Mosiula Tatupu December 8, 2009
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Without a doubt, the athlete in our class who received the most notice was Mosiula Tatupu, or “Mosi” as he is more familiarly known. In 1990, Mosi’s Punahou athletic achievements were recognized when he was named one of the 84 members of today’s Punahou’s O-Men Hall of Fame. The 1990 Punahou Bulletin Holiday edition included the citation for Mosi’s enshrinement on page 5. For your reading pleasure, it is reprinted here.
Mosiula Tatupu in the 1974 Oahuan.
During his sixth grade, Mosi was a member of a pony league football team which included his close buddy, a student at Punahou. As a result of their friendship, Mosi persuaded his family to send him to Punahou the following year. This was a fortunate move for Punahou as Mosi became one of the greatest all-aroud athletes in Hawaii sports history.
In football, he was an All-State selection in his sophomore, junior and senior years. In his senior year he earned High School All American honors. He culminated his football career at Punahou by rushing for 182 yards in the Senior All Star game against the OIA’s best. His single season and three year high school career rushing records established in 1973, stood for 17 years until November 1990.
An outstanding basketball player, he won (more…)
Punahou Cereus Hedge: Threatened by Street Widening December 3, 2009
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Punahou School cereus hedge along Punahou Street c. 1900. Photo by Frank Davey, Bishop Museum.
When classes were first held in July 1842, Punahou was a long dusty carriage ride away from Honolulu and its bustling harbor. But time and city development would one day press upon the very borders of the campus and threaten one of the school’s most beloved symbols.
By 1925 Honolulu’s growth had made Punahou Street inadequate and in need of widening above Wilder Avenue. Louis S. Cain, city and county engineer, announced that this work would require that the school’s stone wall be moved Diamond Head a few feet. During this process, the 89 year-old cereus hedge would be (more…)
Punahou Memory: Of Teacher Robert Torrey December 1, 2009
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Mr. Torrey's shaving of his mustache was a very public event.
One of the Punahou memories submitted via the reunion survey of Punahou74 classmates was of Social Studies teacher Mr. Torrey shaving off his mustache.
I managed to find a Ka Punahou picture of him performing this selfless act; an act performed for the sake of the Aloha United Fund (now known as the Aloha United Way). The photo’s caption opined that, because of his charity, “The symbol of his raw masculinity has not died in vain.”
This event was so memorable that it merited a full page spread in the 1974 Oahuan. Click here to view those pictures.
To whomever submitted this item, thanks for the great memory refreshment!
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Mark Yamane: You can Bank on Him! November 30, 2009
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Mark Yamane is a classmate who found what he liked early on and stuck with it. That he has chosen a career in banking only magnifies the picture of stability that he projects.
Mark and Patsy Yamane enjoying themeslves at the 2009 Punahou Alumni Luau.
Mark has held a variety of positions at local Hawaii banks and has served as the president of Hawaii Pacific Federal Credit Union for the last nine years. He enjoys his job because of the constant challenges and changes that it offers. Says Mark, “I enjoy what I’m doing and I’ll work as long as I can. I’m a lifer.”
Mark’s office is in the Ala Moana Building. Hawaii Pacific FCU began as the Sears credit union in 1941 so I guess it hasn’t strayed too far from its roots.
Mark says that he works “in the business of trust.” I found a (more…)
Eldredge “Tiger Hunts” Explained November 28, 2009
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Bobby Chinn: When running the Tiger Hunt would've been a piece of cake.
When Dave Eldredge’s death was announced, the Honolulu Advertiser ran a Ferd Lewis column written in Eldredge’s honor (I’d link to this but you now have to pay to read the column online).
The column began with the following: “It was known as the “Tiger Hunt” — a drill so dreaded and exhausting that, to this day, 40-plus years later in some cases, it still evokes painful cringes from many …” Interestingly, the term “Tiger Hunt” was never defined anywhere in the column leaving one to wonder just exactly what Mr. Lewis was talking about.
I thought I knew but, not having been a member of the football team, was not sure. Fortunately, thanks to facebook and Bobby Chinn’s gracious answer to my query, I now know the answer. According to Bobby: (more…)
Reunion Memory: How Being Thankful Forged a Friendship November 25, 2009
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Among the memories shared on the 35th reunion survey was the following:
For those of you who don't understand the joke, here's a picture of a fruiting lauhala tree. "Kinda" like a pineapple ... but not.
Arriving as a new sophomore on crutches with both ankles bandaged, having infected fin blisters from trying bodysurfing at Makapuu that first summer…and having Mele Meyer take pity on me and guide me around. she, and Linny Morris were my first friends at Punahou, along with Connie Ostrem & Kelvin Taketa & Moira Scully – all so friendly to this awkward haole from California… I’ll not forget Linny laughing when I pointed to a lauhala tree and said, “I didn’t know that’s how pineapples grew!”
During reunion I asked Mele Meyer about this comment and asked who might have written this memory. Immediately, she responded, “It was (more…)
Neal Higgins Walters: After Punahou, a Life of Building Foundations November 23, 2009
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Neal Higgins Walters’ eyes wistfully scanned the Lily Pond. “I’d like to move back one day,” she said. We’d like to have you back, Neal. Until then …
Neal Higgins at the 2009 Punahou Alumni Luau.
When I asked Neal Higgins where she was living these days I was in for a surprise. “Ann Arbor,” she said. “A squared!” I responded. She was surprised. Little did she know that I had lived in that engaging college town while earning my MBA from the University of Michigan.
One of the fun things about reunion is learning how your life path has converged and diverged with your classmates’ since graduation night. Seems like Neal and I were also close in our undergraduate experience: she at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass.; I at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. Since each was a womens college (Wheaton has since gone co-ed … traitors!) there were comparisons to be made there too.
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Suzanne Case and The Nature Conservancy: Taking the LEED November 18, 2009
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November’s meeting of the Harvard Club was at the Nuuanu Avenue offices of The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii. Suzanne Case spoke about her organization’s success in having its office become LEED certified. The following story, taken from The Nature Conservancy’s member newsletter, describes this effort.
The Wing Wo Tai building earned certification as Honolulu's first existing green building.
The historic, 132-year-old structure, which serves as the Conservancy’s primary Hawaii headquarters, earned LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The coveted LEED designation–it stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design–is the nationally recognized standard for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
“This is very exciting for us,” said Suzanne Case, the Conservancy’s Hawaii executive director. “LEED is the gold star of green standards. If a historic building like ours can go green and get certified, any building can.”
Originally built in 1877 and rebuilt in 1916, the Wing Wo Tai building still (more…)
Seventeen Furlough Fridays? Try Ten Furlough Months! November 17, 2009
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Daniel Dole was Punahou School's first president. He served from 1841 - 1854.
There is much in Honolulu’s news today about the seventeen furlough Fridays that, driven by declining state revenues, have been inserted into the 2009-2010 public school calendar. Understandably, the cutback is of concern to all and a challenge to the education of the students involved. But, rest assured, this experience is not unique. It happened before in Hawaii, and to the students of Punahou School/Oahu College no less.
On May 23, 1853 the petition to convert “the Punahou School into a college was granted” and Oahu College became a reality. Hesitation had been expressed by school president, Daniel Dole, and trustees regarding using the name College from the beginning. But advice from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which directed the Hawaii mission, was that the name was necessary if an endowment was to be raised. (more…)
