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

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NEWS he turned out to be Don N1cIntx re of 301 On the seventh day a speclal prlze was agaln awarded and hr h salesman N11ke Hx nes of 609 won two tlckets to the Easter show at Radlo Crtx In add 1t1on awards were offered to the hr h salesmen of each tear who were Senzor Goodls 103 lmuof Nlclntx re 603 Sophomore NIelch1or 408 Freshman Yammatoro 201 Mothers Club X cold w et snow ushered 1n the brf f est soclal exent of the year on Feb 29 the Power Nlothers Club Annual Card Partx and Dance The weather stormed and raged outsrde but lt dldnt daunt the sprrlts of the Nlothers Club Pour rooms three card rooms and a dance hall Wmners The b1g game of the nrght was All Hallows versus St Ann s for the v a r s 1 t y C 1 t y Champlonshlp but the lights of hrgh celhnged 69th Reglment beamed down on a game of more mterest to the v1ctorv hungry rooters of P NI -X The pre11m1n ary game pitted the Junior Panthers against St Francis Power s flrst crack at the ,IX trtle 1n 20 years saw the squad up and readv to take the measure from a taller but out fought St Francrs qumtet In prctures xt looked somethmg hke thls' had been proxlded for the occa ron rn the Hotel Statler X dance cheduled for the entrre school turned out to be an entrrelx Semor af1a1r A dance band from Long Island supplred the muslc for the exemn Terpsrchorean entertamment X crowd of about Cl ht hundred Irlled the card room Each table had prlze ant specral ffrlts A ba ket of ch er topped a table heaped wxth door prrzes among whrch were lamps clock and a four prece chromrum percolator set Bazaar and Chance Books The next NIothers Club aftalr of the xear IS the Xnnual Bazaar whlch wrll be held on Thursdax Frldax and Sat urdax mght Nlax lst 2nd and 3rd For the econd tnme rn Iwelxe years fthe nr t was rn 19a1j the Bazaar IS bemff held rn order to help reduce the school debt Chance book were 1 sued to all the student on Iuedax Nlarch 11 and eac xear wt wen a quota Lnc er cla men were 1 ked to sell sux books or N12 00 worth enror me books There were twelxt chrnce ptr b ok at N 7a ptr w hrch means that enterprl mf xouno men could mike up to N100 for eich book thu sold Returns are tlreadx rmm m well I- ich and exert Jox should h ne hls allotment ln before t1me IX 191nch creen RC X Ielcxlsron Set 1nd three N100 00 I S Deftn e Bonds were the lnccntlxe offered to pur tha ers J 1 in 41 .7 .' L,.'ll 4'1-.........Q.1 Brotller Kostka kep wltal tatl tle and Nlel opp Plres Padlan and Gr lcll looked on anuousls Powplts Captain Tom Braun at the llne about to tle tlle score at I6 I6 He dld lt and later. the t llamplonslup w as ours' March 26, 1952 105 v . . - . . . I . 1- . . U A . - F rs . ,E .1 . ' ' , - .. . . 'N ' .nn ,- . . ,, - 5 : ' I v ,. , 'U Q . ' . td A ,Q H f H - - Lf: , 5 : ' '. - . - -- - . h 'Ls g ' ' . 1 - v ' nv - - 1 ' 1 . - 1 n s A , 'sl 4 A '1 si At 'Y 'M' Y 5, 5 ., . .5 5. ' f ' ' 1 ,. 1. . s' e ' ' 'f ' z s + o ' ' t.-t Y U -I ' I . ' F- ',.' v . -. . 1 . 4 F .I ., Card Party , , A 2' 2 ' N - 2 V v . -,Y - H ,. . .. c c c i . ,., . . , . . Y V cm 42 . .. 1 ' , 1 , q z ' 5 t I . ' ' - . x 1 , . . , T , -1- . ' . A , . I A - S xl 6 if 11' -Qv'-1 1 ' v4'5v1 , . 7 I 1 u 5 ' . . S - . s s s ' , s . 1, C s

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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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EXTIIACUBBICULA Debate C F L Ratlngs On Fr1day Feb 22 the f1fth annual Cathollc Forenslc League Debate tourn ament was held at the Cathedral Glrl s h 11 Xldnhq an am e f1rst place honors were captured by the lrls of Cathedral School They won sex en of therr e1,,ht debates Eleyen teams entered the f1nal round and from tne f1eld of twenty SIX teams that began the debate tournament eleyen suryryed to enter the fourth and fmal portlon lowers representatlyes made a good scheduled to be glyen a trophv but an unexpected frye way t1e by second place contestants necessltated f1ve trophles for second place and lt seems that the funds ran out Here are the llstlngs of the w1n mng schools w1th the number of debates won and lost ks can be seen, Power won fue and lost three Won Lost Frrst place Cathedral Glrl s Second place St Helena s St John s Prep C B A Syracuse Brooklyn Prep St Nhchaels Thrrd place Power Nlemorral Fordham Prep Fourth place Nlary Louls Academy Re IS H1 h School Nt Barnibxs The followm are other chools that placed rn the conte t Cardlnal Hay es St Nllchael s of Brooklyn Xay 1er Our Lady of Nlercy Sy osset L hamlnade St X nes Colle e Po nt Sacred Heart Xonlters C atherlne NIcCauley Brshop Lou hl1n St X nes Rockyllle Centre Iona Prep St Lnes Nlanhattan La Salle kc idemy X X L Blessed Sacrament An amusmh 1nc1dent to be recalled at tlns tourney occured when Semor John Irgan met throu h a mutual frlend Nlary Ann Cromn another debator 'Xlary -Xnn w1shed John success oyer hrs opponent on partxng She must have re pented th1s yehemently for her op ponent turned out to be none other than ohn On Nlarch 8 at Nlt St Nllchael ey ents were held 1n Oratoncal Interpre tatron and Extempore Speaklng On the same day the C F L Radlo Scrlpt Con test began It has and w1ll contlnue on Saturdays texcept on Xprll aj through the courte y of Fordham Lmyerslty on the L myer tty s broadcastm station X TNI he scrlpt a fou fue mrnute comment on current affarrs not howey er a new scast Each school w1ll be allow ed one partlcxpant Ted Le Compte was chosen to represent Power The mdlyldual f1rst place wlnners from the sex eral weeks w1ll compete ln a fmal contest for trophy awards The Social Studies Lmt of the L F L has met to dxscuss further plans and to arrange a serles of forums for the new term Last semester, forums were held at Nlanhattan Prep and at Cardr nal Hay es The Xrchdlocesan School Board IS desrrous of greater expans1on and organwatlon 1n the vltal freld of SOLldl Studles Thls area IS a fert1le fleld for C athollc Actlon today Sunday 'XIay 4 has been set for the Edmundran Forenslc League Debate and Speech Tournament It was held last year 1n Apr1l at Iona College New Rochelle The tournament lncludes sen mor and sophomore debate as well as senlor and freshman declamatlon fl 2 I aBnx Photos Senlor Delrater Two Junior D!'lldIlldl0FS Nllflliifl Andrews Senior Debater Frank Batrldgc and ,lolm Bastla- john Egan 106 The Power . ' . ' 5 3 r A Q ' ' 2 ' ' ' . 5 3 ' ' . . ' ' . , A '. ' A iv 4 4 , , 'I ' ' ' Q . .1 IQ. .g L 4 4 A 1. A 1 A Y ' Hig.. School i.. - ' .... attm., ,C l th If . : z, 4 4 5.' ' I gl' Q N I - V .. A Q . WI-'I' '- I . T ., is r to V . .U l v ' l v ' v ' ' . j ' - 4 V . i 1 ' 5 - v v 1' . I . .. . . -A 51 -- 51 1 , , showmg. Xhnmng thlrd place, we were St. Brendon-S . ' ,. Y I . z Rl' ' , ' ' . l T Q 1. '. .. . . 'lv tg I V . D . 'H In or YQ v' . L l ' ' 7 1 -, ' U - , , ' In 7 ' - ' . 3 - , A T . V . . . U . ' 6 2 A e A Y' , - I ' 7 6 2 . . - V . A . 7 Av . . ., 6 2 ' v - l y ' - 7 . 6 2 ' Mt. .t ' 6 2 J Z ' ' 1 . , , gf ? s F ' S T F 'Q 1 3