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

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T e Powe News of the Year ln Revlew THE PARADE Two Hundred F lfty Powermen March Proudly Up 5th Ave A very soul was nn St Pat s Day The weather was behavmg m true form, there was not a somber nor a sllent patch of terrltory throughout thls c1ty of elght m1ll1on people, and the Academy made lts tradltlonal grand ramble down Erxn s own Flfth Avenue Of the fifty two Mondays that come thls year, only one was not blue, and that was the seventeenth Farth twas emerald green' Provlded wxth proper school lI'lSlgI1aC and of course a shamrock or two our Semor year llned up at forty seventh street, holdmg thelr ears and shoutmg to one another whrlst four bands rn the nearby area spent thelr tlme tumng up Soon thmgs got more organ1zed Our Band showed up ln full regaha and let parade watchers hear Must what a real muslcal organlzatlon sounds hke They paraded before us and smartly turned the corner to proceed up Flfth Cardlnal Spellman, surrounded by throngs of prlests monslgnorx and blshops revlewed us wrth admrratron as we passed the Cathedral and the com mand Eyes Rxght was grven by Brother Hennessy At sxxty frfth we ambled by the of f1c1al revrewmg stand wrth an Eyes Left' command of respect to all the lmportant drgnltarles there From trme to tlme the Joy of the day was shattered m some poor Brothers ear as a pohte spectator would doff hrs hat and cry Afternoon Father Tralmng The last perlods of the few days be fore the Parade were used by the march ers as practlce trme wh1ch took place for several hours both 1n the yard and on Snrtreth Street speclallv blocked to 'The Band played Insh Melodies Bugle Boy The Thunderer Semper Fldelxs and the Washlngton Post March March 26 1952 traffic for the occasnon by the Pohce Dept A few formatlons here and there were strarghtened and the secret of turn mg a corner was explamed before the dress rehearsal late m the afternoon of March 14 Brother Hennessy gave them a fmal revlew told them when and where to meet and then dxsmlssed them Then Monday came, and Monday mght came and 250 palrs of feet soaked 1n 250 baslns of hot water mxxed wlth a favor1te solutron Boy they were tlred, but our Senlors would always remember the1r last magnrfrcant St Patrlck s Day at Power Memorral March 26 1952 College Info Tlme Runnlng Out Attentzon Seniors! Tlme IS drawmg near There are only four months unt1l g aduatlon Many Colleges have already closed Sept mber regxstratlon The chlef colleges to whxch entrance IS st1ll avallable are Manhattan, St John s Pratt Instltute and Iona Manhattan College apphcants must address thelr request to the OfflCC of the Drrector of Admlssrons, Spuyten Dyvel, New York The entrance test 15 to be admmlstered on Aprrl nmeteenth but rf you have good grades no exam IS requlred Brother Joseph ln h1s recent v1s1t expounded the beneflts of Manhat 101 0 0 9 - o Q Q a Q o . , . . . - 1' . 1 . . . . I D . . cr . ' 7 ' . . . ' 1 . . - . . , , 7 y - . , l ' 1 . ' Q 2 . 7 - 7 - . . . . . . . , . . . . . , 1 . l y U ' 7? ' . . . . . U 7 . , , 7 KK yy . , . . . s ' J . v ss - - 5 9 a . v YYY 9

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The Powerscope Entrance Announcement The entrance test for prospectlve appllcants Power Nlemorral class of 1956 are as follows Bronx Nianhattan New jersey Nlav 5 at 12 30 PNI Queens Nassau Brooklyn Nlav 12 at 12 30 P AI Boys must call rn person any Saturday after 11 A NI to apply The fee IS S1 00 Two full and two partral scholarshrps w1ll be awarded as a result of the competrtlve evammatron A Great Team Mr R W Vlllson K of C Chalrman rnformed us of a letter recently sent to hrm concermng our Varslty It read Kmdly accept our thanks for the splendrd treatment glven our basketball team 1n the Tournament game last Frrdav nlght fEd Note Feb 291 Ile are sorry we lost but are glad that rt took a great team l1ke Power to beat us It was srgned Queen of Peace Boosters Club They re Our Boys Rod Cooney former St Francls College basket ball coach IS the Brooklvn Tablets contact man for spottmg the most valuable Hlgh School basket ball players Hrs selectlons mcluded George Yar wood Rrchard Percudanr and jerry Brennan The Bureaus selectlons were thelr Ch0lCCS as the po tentlal College basketball greats 1n a few years All Cnty Selectlons Power Varslteers Rlchard Percudam and George Yarwood were named to the Catholrc Hlgh Schools All C1ty Team George was named to the f1rst team and Perc to the second Thelr fme play durmg the season deserved thrs and we are happy they recerved the recogmtron they so rlchly deserve Strange As It Seems The Varslty and J V wmners rn the CHS-AA playoffs thls year tSt Ann s and Powerj won thexr respectlve champronshlps for the frrst t1me If All Hallows had won the Xarslty Champlonshrp xt would have been a clean sweep for the I C B schools ln lNew York Rlce havlng won the Frosh tltle and Povs er the jay Vee Easter Vacation Easter vacatlon thxs year w1ll begm on Aprrl fourth and extend to Aprrl twelfth For those lucky persons who sell therr quota of bazaar books an extra three days wrll be added Needless to say few Powerxtes wrll fall to take advantage of thrs happy situation Reward Reward Reward To the first forty boys who brlng coples of the first edxtron of this year s Power to Brother Hxc key m the Gurdance Room before or after school a reward of S 25 per copy w1ll be grven You wrll not be deprived permanently of the edltlon there wlll be one ln the final bound copy of the book Hurry and help replemsh our depleated supply of the ISSUE It s first come first served for some easy money N Y Mantume College On Frlday Apr1l4 1952 John I OConnor As srstant Dean of the New Xork State Nlarrtlme Col lege will address the Semor Class In hrs letter to Brother Hennessy efrpressmg hrs apprlclatlon for the prrvrlege he sald I wrsh to thank you verv much for your courtesy and I hope that I wrll be able to contrrbute somethmg to vour Gu1dance program Tracksters Travel Powers track team wrll send frve men to th1s years Penn Relaxs Jack Howlev Nlllxe Twomev jlm Nlorrls Tom Rynne and Berme Romero Thev wfll compete ln the one mrle and four fourty relay Durmg thelr stay there they wrll be staymg at the Penn Sheraton In 33 More Days Our Annual Father and Son Lommumon Mass w1ll be held on Aprrl 27 1952 at 8 AM at the Church of Sa1nt Paul the Apostle tPaulrst Fathersj at 59th Street and Columbus Avenue New York Followmg Mass all w1ll proceed to the Henry Hudson Hotel at 57th Street and 9th Avenue for breakfast and as usual an lnterestmg and enter tamlng program has been arranged rn the way of speakers Tlckets Q53 00 per personj may be had bv marlrng a check or monev order to Power M A 161 West 61st Street IN Y 23 N Y or by con tactmg Brother Hlckey dlrectly ln school It IS re quested that all returns be made by Aprrl 5 Hey Hey Dld vou see the brand new caps and sashes worn by the Senlors ln the St Patricks Day Parade as they marched down Parade Avenue P The cost of the ltems ran lnto over a hundred dollars but were well worth lt The school wouldnt want our fourth year men to look anvthmg but well dressed sn thelr Purple and Gold standards for what was for most of them thexr Televrsron Debut T underclassmen vrewers of Il PIX whlch televrsed the grand Irlsh two mrle trek the new mslgma added the final touch to a well tramed aggregatlon A Comphment Our Brothers recently recen ed a complrment ne thought worth prmtmg Father Fronan J Branmgan thanked them for Thelr kmd hospltalltv over the weekend Olarch 1 and ZJ It gave h1m an oppor tumty to apprecrate the beautrful sprrlt of the commumty The Power a n . . - - - 1 tc ay ' - J V , . . . 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NEWS tan Schools of En meerm and SCIENCE St John s Glght schools stlll haxe ap pllcatlon open X letter to the Dean of the partlcular school to whlch xou wxsh admrssxon wlll brm xou ill tht neces sary mformatlon you wrll need Xpplrcatlons for the Iona exam whlch w1ll be DIVCU on -Xprll slxteenth may be secured from the Dnrector of Xdmrs slons Iona Colle e New Rochelle, New Xorlt State Scholarship Exam Each year the State of New Xorls. of fers numerous full and partlal scholar shlps to worthy H1gh School Senlors They are awarded to the students who FCCIEWB the hlghest ratings IH their coun tles The number aw rrded IS In propor tlon to the student enrollment Ill the county In INew Xorlx Clty the exam was ad mmlstered on Nlarch 4 and 9 and was dnlded mto two days of three p6I'l0tlS These lncluded the general cate.,or1es of QU Hlstory Q23 Nlath, t3J Inne -Xrts and Q41 Sclence, but you could be asked anythmg from the color of the flag of the Repubhc of Peru to the length of t1me lt takes cream puffs to puff The mornlng SCSSIOHS CParts I and IIIJ lasted from 9 15 to 12 30 and the afternoon perrod tl art IIJ from 1 15 to 4 30 The mam bandroom was the scene of the exam The test however IS deslgned to ac commodate the talents of every student There are questlons on Nly thology Opera the Theatre Hlstology Xrtrstry and Palntlng Great Authors of the past and present and on Botany Lookmg Homemakmg Archrtecture and a hun dred and one other subjects The re qulrements for takmg the exam are a general average of eighty me but thls year the students takmg ll have been llmrted to one class of 34, gathered from the best rn each Semor room Vocatlon Week For many Powerxtes the flrst w eek 1n Aprll w1ll be a prlnclpal factor dCClCllIlD the future roles they are to play on the stage called Lrfe Ilurmg these the days the schedule IS altered to allow xarrous xocat1ons to be d1s cussed durlng rel1,1on perlod Naturallv a stress IS la1d on the need for re llgnous vocatlons but the vocation to 102 4 l J xxlllll andj lu rd omc pu X01 lll0Il wuk llltldllllt mrrrled hfe IS also taken up In each 1 xocltlon to the Irlsh Chrlstlan Broth ers IS CllSCUSS6ll A nlm 15 shown to the entlre school IH the aud1tor1um de plctlng hfe at XX est Park the Brothers Junxorate and now 1ate X SCFICS of beautl fullv colored shdes accompanled by a runmn, narratxxe show the dallx l1fe of 1 Brother from the day he YCCCIVCS hrs habit untll he oes out teachmg Xround the walls of the audxtorlum wxll be hun photos of llfe at xarlous Brother OHeh1r our uxdance d rector has a plentlful supply of book lets phamplets and other lrterature on xarrous rellglous soc1et1es Th1s tlme set aslde each year as Xocatlon VS eek plus numerous annual VlS1tS by represent ntnes of rel1,,1ous orgamzatrons have fllled the rosters of the Church clergy w1th Powermen W' LBa Belton Sas one and ,lo tllll tudw for tlle ln, exam The Power U. . U . n ra - - ' ' I ' f v 4 - . rs , 1 ' . . . - Y , , . f , L. , .Ah . . . I I -A' t v U A 4' C ,I . ' cr I ' ' ' 7 D 7 A A '. I ' 'E . it X i . ' 1 , - ' , ' , , . . Y I,uBuA J. Nlasterson. J. H4-lellllol l. J. l'al on. . ' . -lly . I-oz 5 s - -, v .i ' - I 1 ' x -- -xl . . A . 2 . . .5 5 K ,,,' , 2 . V . ' ' ' ' '. class one dav is set aside durinff which . '.,' ' . I . fs ot cr re 1..1ous or ers ouses. U I , U I ' 1 . .1 , .1 ., - u I I I - fl- K 4 . .1 A M - v . H 1 1' y A - . . .. .. . , . 1 - ,- T Y ' 4 - ' ' ' 0- , , ' V 5 v ' V ' . l - , . I I K , 2 . V B .U. .A . . L : .5 1 . . g 5 . U. . : . ' I Y . . V. ' Y . .U - , 7 2 1 5 . 7 J' Y ' 2 . I . , 7 ! 7 ' 1 - ' . ,. Y 7 7 1 A ' U . -- V . 7 . 5 , D I vb, ' . . V m ' for U , K, . -., . U r 'ig 7 t Y . p ' i ' a u ' ' - , cs . ' - s ' 'ff .