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

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NEWS Prom Commlttee Report The date NIav twenty n1nth IS not too far aw av now and many senlors haye already made all the necessary arrange ments for the festlye OCCBSIOH The prom th1s vear promlses to be one of the best yet Brother H1ckey and Brother Galway 1n assoclatlon w1th the Prom Commlttee under Bob Luecly haye worked constantly for the success of the affa1r and at present are preparmg a Prom program booklet From latest reports the Prom IS scheduled to proceed IH the followmg manner Program The dance w1ll be held 1n the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Plerre where the mus1cal measures for the evenmg w1ll be played by joe Carroll and h1s band The vocalist for the dance w1ll be Carole Page w1th an asslst by two male slngers Chr1stopher Xl oessner and B111 Hesse -Xfter the dance there w1ll be d1nner at 71mmerman s The floor show w1ll be held over untll one 0 clock for the bene f1t of the Power1tes Fruzt Cocktazl Consomme Noodle Soup Turkey wzth all the tnmmzngs Ice Cream and Strudle Cojee Father s Club Murrav Davls Speaks Xt n1ne oclock February twenty slxth 1992 the flrst Father and Son meetmc, of the new year was called to order by Andy Gaynor the Fathers Club Presldent Brother T P ODwyer moderator started the meetxng w1th a prayer I41rst on the agenda was a d1scuss1on of the preparat1ons for the forthcommg, Commumon Breal-.fast on Aprll twenty seyenth CSee Potterscopcj Next the mlnutes of the last meetmff were read and all the formal busmess of the evenmg was concluded Then Chr1stopher Dunne Cha1rman of the Entertamment Comm1ttee 1ntro duced the d1st1ngu1shed speaker of the evenmg Nlurray Dayls Hr DHVIS wr1ter for the New Xorlt XX orld Tele gram and Sun IS famous as an opponent of Cflme and graft 1n publ1c office He spoke to the fathers about the re cent scandals 1n sports and those recent cr1m1nal act1y1t1es brought to llhllt by the senator1al 1nvest1gat1ons He stressed the 1mportant part ,,ood Cathollcs can play 1n publ1c l1fe For the most part Cathohcs 1n publ1c l1fe have made a good showm but as usual there are black sheep and bad apples H1s speech was on a subject yery evldent 1n our tlmes Nlr DHVIS had a very attent1ye aud1ence and eyeryone fir 'llurray Datzs agreed h1s talk was not only t1mely but also very mterestmg The eyenmg ended Wllh refreshments ln the cafeterla The tlrst Father and Son meetm of the New Xear had met w1th un1versal approyal Held at Power On Nlonday Nlarch th1rd the SCHIOFS were taken to the audltorlum at the be glnnm of sey enth per1od to wltness the slxth round of the Seml finals 1n the twenty tlye thousand dollar Hearst Ora 'F-QQ 6 gif ini 9 ll' Carole Pa e yslll be the XOCHII t hllll ,loc Larroll Band at tht Prom yy l11tl1 w1ll bc held 111 the Hotel Plerre llay 79 Niarch 26 19:12 103 . y 1 . L c V , . 1 1 A 1 '- I . 1 7 - . . . l - ,, ' ' cr ' ' , . . Y y 7 ' ' ' I ' ' v - . . . 1 7 . ' Y Y ' 1 A . d,- v T H y - 1 ra - . . . . 2 . I 1 ' A 7. , I I U ' XV0rld-Tvln'v1r11111 11ml S1111 . l , A 'I . . . l , 1 I' 'll ' ' 1 D 7 . 7 K . . . . , I r . I , , 1 h 1 n ' l ' . 1 v Q - ' ' I . , . - U Y Y 1 A . . . . 7. . .U . 5 1 - 7 , - V' ' . ' U Dlnner w1ll be as follows: . . . . A Hearst Oratory Contest v 'l U ,-, . . A 4 ,, . . V . . . ' ' ' ' - , 1 . . . . . . ' 0, V . - 5 - ' y ' v v V v- V - - ' a R . K ,' vpn 4.5.54 3 :Q.g.,f.:4jl f '5' :-1411i '1-'.-' is -yt ,x.'..',1 1 1,-gf 'F-'.'-'fr Fi ' 1 Q' Q :Q 1: 15' .. .. , , . :QQ tra.: 4: . f. ' 1 . 9.1 Q X x 0 g Y- Y .S Y. X at .S 1 U . I '. 1 . . A 7 :- u -ln . , .

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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 .

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NEWS tory contest Every year the Hearst papers sponsor an oratory compet1t1on The speakers usually expound on some great Amen can IH the early hnstory of our country Thls year the toplc of the contest was Henry Clax the Great Paczjicator The afternoon was begun w1th a prano mterlude by Augustm 'XHICVHS of SOS The chalrman of the contest Mr Rlch ard Ardln gave a brlef lntroductory speech He pomted out that the value m these contests IS not marnly the prlze money The greatest value IS 1n the pract1cal experlence lt g1VCS the leaders of tomorrow The contestants then were mtroduced and spoke m the followmg order James Comlskey of Dubols Hxgh School James Welthman of St George s Aca demy james Hayes of Power Memorxal James Baumer of St Mlchael s Ronald Welss of XHVICI The contestants did an excellent por tra1t on Henry Clay They treated the subyect from every possrble angle The Seton Hall must have had a hard t1me choosmg a wrnner but the dec1s1on was 1n favor of Ronald W EISS of Xavler Power Memorlal s jlm Hayes came 1n second by one heartbreakmg po1nt jlm had practlced for four and a half days under the supervxslon of Brother E T Rlce and lost the smgle pomt that would have tled or the double polnts that would have made hum a wmner by a m1nor fluff H15 style and dlCtl0H were admlrable h1s polse perfect He IS strll the favorxte of Powermen a thousand strong Tom Brady 104 L Jzm Hayss Second by one heartbreakmg pomt The Brady Mass On March 14th the student body of Power f1led 1nto St Pauls for the an shootlng of Tom Brady It was at th1s tlme four years ago that Tom fell before the blazlng gun of an antl Cathohc klller Power has never forgotten that day and has perpetuated 1ts memory 1n the mmds of us all through the annual Brady Memorlal Mass We were remmded as th1s Mass was bemg celebrated that death IS often closer than we thmk far better It IS to be prepared than to mourn 1ts com 1ng It IS consolmg to remember that one of Toms last acts was to go to con fesslon ln St Pauls a confesslon he surely dld not belleve would be hrs last VK hen death beckoned to h1m that fate ful afternoon he was ready and etermty held no fears Though gone from us h1s memory and example wxll lmger always 1nsp1r1ng a desire and a resolve that we shall not forget our goal The hlgh walls of the armory on 61st Street will always re m1nd us that here a boy from Power dled hero1callv and well Thus as we march to and from school every day we can look at that small traglc spot at the corner and say I too w1ll be prepared Tom Recital To Be Gwen On Aprll 22 'NIr XX arren Lee Terry will glV6 a recltal Gllbert and Sulllvan ln Song and Story 1n Power It w1ll be held 1n the Audxtonum and w1ll last about an hour durmg whlch t1me about nme C rlbert and Sulllvan numbers w1ll be sung These w1ll be from among the followmg Q11 judges Song from Tr1al by ury J John XX ellmgton VS ells from The Sorcerer The Admlral Song from P1na ore The Major Generals Song from The Pxrates of Plnzance Dunthornes Arla from P tlence Kmg Gamma Song from Pr1n cess Ida T1t Xhllow from The Nllkado Duke s Song from The Gondo 1ers Lord Chancellor from Iolanthe Cathohc Press Drive As a result of the drlve begun on Feb Kents and Sodahsts Frank Sassones class 201 came ln first Thmgs got a headstart when on Tues day Feb 20 Mr Savage of the Cathohc Dlgest spoke at a rally ln the Audlto rlum He explamed the movement s pur pose and descrlbed the procedure for the next ten days Each boy sald he IS expected to brxng 1n a quota of at least S6 OO Each day a sllp of paper w1ll be drawn from a barrel contalnmg those of the entire school and lf the boy selec ted has h1s quota fulfllled he w1ll be awarded SS OO cash If the student has not returned the proper amount the money w1ll be held over and added onto the next days total and so on untll someone wms the contmuously mounting total As luck would have It members of the Sympathy Club that honorary orgamzatlon of those who won the money wlthout havmg thelr returns ln amounted to elght a grand prxze of .530 OO gom to the boy whose name w as called on the last day of the drlxe Speclal Pnzes Two tlckets to the N IT Iinals at XIHGISOH Square Garden were offered to the hlgh salesman of the flfth day and The Power . . 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