Power Memorial Academy - Power Yearbook (New York, NY)

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In Your OPIDIOII by 'NIIKF NICNIAHON QUESTION ll hat 15 your javorzte School aictzwly ? John Gzblm Semor Room 507 Hand ball I find It a release for energy elther be fore or after a drffncult day 1n school Its a pleasure to get out on our court and get 1nto a good competl tlve game to test my fast developlng sk1ll It seems though that the sport IS looked down upon by others, but mtense competrtlon both at Power and other courts IS elevatlng lt for lt IS nelther a dull nor an unmterestmg game Even the Brothers Jorn us once m a whlle John Smzth Jumor Room 504 My favorlte IS basketball, a game I have played ,,. slnce my Grammar School days I l1ke a sport wlth actlon, and ment and precise and accurate flash thought It mvolves, just su1t me You must face never endmg tensxon agalnst often very worthy opponents, and at other tlmes old man upset trxes admlrably, to our consternatlon to poke h1s nose 1nto a game at a dec1s1ve mo ment Everyone IS kept 1n a state of suspense, and lt IS for that reason that Basketball IS the act1v1ty for me Raymond A ethaway Sophomore, Room 40 Best of all I lxke study perlod, those well known elghth perlods three txmes per week The reason IS slmple 1t1s because I thus get a chance to do some extra studymg and also catch up on any days I lost bemg absent Many belleve th1s -kct1v1ty a waste of tlme, but 1n my op1n1on a lot of good results from 1t, and the drffer ence between a hrgh and a low mark hangs 1n the balance Act1v1t1es that otherwlse would have a dlfhcult time functlonmg hke Band Press Club Sports, Glee Club Debate etc have ample tlme to accomphsh all the1r tasks 98 School spxrlt IS lackmg qulte notlcably ln Power and whatever upsurge ln that commodltv has taken place m the year and a half that has just passed IS due to the Studv or as xt IS off1c1ally termed the Actrvlty Perrod It can be a really useful forty five mxnutes N ll r Brother Wzllzam 4 Hennessy M Sc Sl' Patrick The Day We Celebrate One Samt whose feast day IS known to Cathohc and non Cathohc allke IS the Apostle of Erm, St Patrlck March the 17th IS the date that needs no explana t1on for the fame of Irelands patron has gone far beyond the confmes of the land he won for the Catholic falth Ire lands sons have brought h1s memory wherever they have gone It IS a day when Ireland s sons and daughters scat tered the world over unlte 1n remember 1ng the Green Isle of Erm from whrch they sprung and ln paylng honor to the Samt who brought Chrlstlanlty to her shores Seven c1t1es clalmed to be the b1rth place of Homer and no less than three countrles dxspute for the honor of havlng g1ven blrth to St Patrlck In h1s Con fess1ons 1n the Book of Armagh he says that hrs father hved at Bannave Taber mae But place names have been Chang ed so much 1n the course of the centurles that the town rs dlffrcult to ldentlfy One thlng IS clear wherever St Patrlck was born he llved and worked 1n Ire land and became the Apostle of her people ln such a way that she never needed another Apostle, never needed to be re converted because she never lost the F azth In rellglon she has obeyed the Bxbhcal mjunctlon and kept to the old paths, avoldmg the profane noveltles of words and the opposltlons of knowledge falsely so called, w1th the result she IS a steadymg mfluence m a dlstracted world today We have come through a welter of bloodshed but real peace seems stlll a long way off Ireland, for the most part, has been saved from the modern ldola try by 1ts unfhnchmg adherence to the pI'1I1Clpl8S of Chrlstlanlty In a world en meshed IH materlallsm Ireland stands for sp1r1tual ldeals She at least recog n1zes that the problems whlch harass the world today are not sxmply polltlcal and economxc but 1n essence sp1r1tual and that only a rehablhtatron of sp1r1tual values IS a solutlon to them llkely to be reached In upholdmg th1s standard Ireland IS destlned to play a great part 1n restormg socxal samty Whatex er may have been her mxstakes m deahng w1th materlal affalrs, she has always preserved the vlsxon splendld, the pxercmg gaze whlch looks beyond the flammg barrlers of the world to the eternal whrch are the only true founda tlons for ordered human socxety It has been customary to slng of the long lost glorxes of Erm But has she not greater glorles to come lncludlng that of helplng terrallstxc world? In these days when the hatred of wars IS dxvldlng the people of earth there IS a great need for the spmt of Falth and good w1ll that anlmated St Patrrck and those who came after hrm hrs sp1r1tual chlldren The natlonal day IS not a cele bratlon of farms but the commemora tlon of a man of peace The natlonal hero IS not a mllltary leader but a samt of God Men who are noted for thexr tightmg courage and readmess to do bat tle for the rlght venerate the memory of a samt whose fame rests not on con quest but on the hberatlon of a people from the slavery of paganlsm to the free dom of the Gospel of Chrlst St Patrlck drew other men to hlmself not by the stern force of fear but by charxty sympathy and understandmg of Chrlst He has left, 1n generatlons of hrs sp1r1tual chrldren, a host of Ir1sh Samts monks nuns and devoted lalty whose loyalty to the Church has never swerved May St Patrlck, our compasslonate advocate mtercede for us now and al ways A1zmfefiZZ..,a The Power ' A 1 - 1' y . . 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MARCH 26 I952 News of the Year in Review

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ALUNINI IN YOLR OPINION Art Edztor Extra Curricular Exchange Edztor VO II lNo 4 Nlarch 26 1952 T Power News of the Year 1n Revlew Publnshed by the Students of Poucr llemonal Academy under the dxrectzon of the Chnstnm Brothers of Ireland TABLE OF CONTEINTS CLASSES 4 NEW S 2 EXCHANGE 2 POW ERSCOPE EXTRACURRICULAR RELIGIONI FACULTY 2 SPORTS FEATURE SPORTS COLUNIN Executwe Edntor Cabrxel WValsh Layout Edztor Robert Eagan Thls Scholar Is a Sad Case Last Tuesday a fr1end of m1ne and I were delayed after school and after 3 45 went to our locker for our books In the easternmost corner of the room stood one of the school s jamtors qu1etly sweepmg up m1scellaneous debr1s The locker was messy, and I threw some worth less papers, booklets, etc to one Slde, then removed a few novels I was read1ng 1n Enghsh class, lntendlng to f1n1sh them at home Ex1t1ng from the room, my arms mlghtlly stocked w1th school and prlvate readmg text I overheard my approv1ng fI'16TlCl remark to the Janltor who wear1ly rested h1s ch1n on h1s hand on hls broom He s fkarfe ,bi S015 Lv G I qu1te a hterary figure, 1snt he? Answered the hapless man as he stared at the p1le of rubble I had left be h1nd Uh huh, hes I1 erary all r1ght' All of wh1ch IS to say, by all means be l1terary, but please, not Zztter ary I hate to brag or seem the Thomas Cadogan Relxgzon Edxtur Ixewm Costello Neu.s Edztor Dinltl Sh1n1h1n Sports Edxtor James McCaffrey Y meant Iuuolmo Eugene johnson Alumm Edztor John C1l1bons Class Edztor Joseph Fl m xg ln Typing Edztor W llllillll Bndgeford Cuculatxon Manager Luke St uunton W 1ll1 ll'I1 Gm 110r Semor Bzographns john Eg 1n Faculty Edztor 'I ho1n IS NILI' 'ulden I'hotog,raphy Izzlztor Anthony LaBua Pt ttr Dc utsch EXTRACURRICULAR STAFF Thomas Icssop Vhllum Hurley 1V1ll1.1m RICICI' LAYOUT ASSISTANT Robcrt Stewart NEYVS REP Brend 1n -Xxrzs CLASS STAFF lxtnmth Bowen Ilmrs Green Br11n Crum SPORTS STAFF I Howlu C Hcnncbcul R Cubells Ilmts Cunnmg ham Jlmes Iostph Duns Ftnton Lxwrtnct H mlon R1chlrd Nl lfllll PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT Cerxlcl lxetltr ART STAFF John Brthlnny Th xcldtus Duwjewskx Thomas Stick COPY BOYS X11ll11m 1111111 YY 1ll1 1m Lacey Edward OR1Lly 'XIlLl'llLl McCr mn DISTRIBUTORS Fahey Burn Clt 1ry R1LDO!lll1l Irwm Clxtford Olmert Niaurcr Nlurphy BOOISKEEPERS Lunphtrm Toner Rxuurts C 1ll1gher Bough Egfm 1 nurtr CIRCULATORS xIL1D0lllll1 Olrtrt Curlu Bmrrs fll rx Xfurphw WIODERATORS Brother P C NIcP1ddLn Brothtr ll 1 Dlllllllllth THE COX ERS Red sure hate hare homework 1n all the books th1s stack It would mean cart1nU home forty n1ne books 1n all from a chemlstry lab manual on the bottom to a hlstory revlew book on the top However, 1n four years of h1gh school the ax erage studen works w1th the major1ty of these texts Freckle faced freshman X1 llllam Patr1ck Donohue and h1s stud1ous frlend james Nhchael Rlzzo don t seem the least b1t awed by what l1es ahead of them The back cover shows w here th1s march towards learnmg takes place Thats r1gh ThlS IS an overall VIEW of P NI -X March 26 1952 3!Ni re1ncarnat1on of gf J ey School Sp1r1t, ' fm but whether you real me lt or not Power has the reputat1on of belng the neatest, most orderly school 1n the c1ty Its floors are not only cleaned, but pol1shed every day, ltS classrooms are da1ly swept thoroughly and although not the most r1chIy muraled 1n the metropol1s, 1tS 1nter1or surfaces are always clean, fresh, v1v1d examples of what met1culous care can do We dont mtend to renounce our t1tle to neatness be cause of the havoc reapmg unt1d1ness of some Use one of the many waste baskets prov1ded for that purpose when you are throwmg away unwanted art1cles Dont stuff your desk w1th anythmg you th1nk may come 1n handy somet1me And remember, the yard IS part of the school too We know that the cltys plgeons are always hungrv but let them get fed elsewhere If th1s precautlon agamst 'crumbmg up the yard vlolates the human1tar1an d1ctates of your consc1ence thmk of the harm you m1ght 1nfl1ct on the unfortunate creatures 1f thex were fed an oxerdose or even a shght dose of your faxor1te brand of chocolate covered chewmg gum Also people ln the x1c1n1ty dt not get the 1mpress1on that we are neat w hen whlle reformmg we mess up the nelgh borhood m preference to school property The New York San1tat1on Dept 1S fQX another group that ffjk would HPDFCCIHIC tl X d1ness from us all so, to co1n a phrase No 1n san1ty please ' Brrr' I know the pun was awful but I couldnt help lt I guess Im 1Unor1nf1 my own sermon and 1n a sense, am 'httermg th1s artlcle w1th a pun' T l T . v . . . 7 1 Q . , . . . . 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