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

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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

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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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LaB a Ralph Della Cava C Y 0 Oratorv Contest W znner Oratory Ralph In N Y F lnals Among the many Splflled orators 1n Brother Rrces Oratorrcal Soclety Ralph Della Cava 706 Sen1or who halls from the Bronx Ralph has been an orator slnce hrs Freshman year and durmg th1s txme has been most actlve both 1n and outslde the school Recently he was chosen to represent hrs parlsh m the New York C Y O Ora tory Contest and last February 18 was sent to the prehmmary ellmmatrons at Cardmals Hayes Hlgh School S12 out of SIXICCH contestants were chosen to com pete at Our Lady of Nlercy Parlsh for greater honors Ralph placed first among the top sur leadmc, w1th a remarkable score 292 out of posslble 3CO pomts -'kt Our Lady of Nlercy those who placed nrst and second were to represent the Bronx ln the New York frnals and Ralph copped top honors once more and on last Frlday he aoaln competed CSee next Issue for results of same J Band Personalltxes For many of our Band members lunch perlod IS a hasty mmute snack be fore almost a whole perlod of practlce under the supers 1s1on of thelr conduc tors a helpful hardworkmg tr1o In supplxmb band pleces and m h1s March 26 1932 LaB a In mock practlce Brother RICC Della Cava Hayes and Batrld e capaclty as moderator Brother NIC Gowan completes the notable threesome of dlrectors Nlr Bortman and Mr Cas s1dy graduates of the Inst1tut1on of Nluslcal Art of the Julllard Foundat1on CSee Fafultx for further mformatronj Both these gentlemen have dxstrn gulshed themselves by havmg played for world renouned orgamzatlons XX ork mg 1n the Nletropolltan Opera orchestra and Sousa Band are the accomphshments of Nlr Bortman whlle Nlr C3SSldV has played for Paul Whrtman and Vmcent Lopez The boys themselxes are qulte out standmg and as there are too many to some of the best The Sensor Aggregatuon The Bandmen are Brass R Berton crm T Bolton R Brunettr E Byrne, P Chxoto P De Fabns NI Dennehy J Doyle J Drlscoll Is Farley R Gal lagher G Gashun D Holzer, B Hotten J Jones P IXIZIS, W Ixnobloch J Nloody T Nlurray T Nlckdams, J OConnor P Polk X Russo,J Sheehy J Totten J Traynor J Trentacosta R XX olfe Reed A -Xn1exas,G Berton c1n1 J Carossela F Codderre, T Coo ban F Degenhardt J Ferrlgno J Gull foxle C Hxndman J Ixane,J Nlagee NI Nlenger C NIcCarroll J Santos F Sassone, C Stopfer, ll Waters, J fEX'l'llACURRICULA LaB a Augustzn Amevas One 0 our more amous bandsmen VK rrght Precusszon J Fogarty G Mer cer J Rerssman J Schrebelhuth G Trecco Three Olliclal Songs For nlne years now, the offrcnal school song has lam practlcally dormant Al though sung and played at some affalrs l1ke the Prom etc, lt IS an unheralded PICCC of musrc as far as the student body Does The last txme lt was published was rn the March 1943+ edrtlon of the Purple and Gold It wrll be played more often at school affalrs rn the future, and the Glee Club IS plannmg to mclude 1t ln rts currrculum of songs for rendltlon thus year If you should l1ke to play rt yourself, the words and music appear 1n the cut above For Parades Concerts etc we hase a speclal marchmg tune one that IS s1m1lar to the Xlarch from Romberhs Desert Song it rallies meetmgs and so forth there lS stlll another little known son,., and this goes to the tune of lnfhors Llwezgh Power Cheer Song Oh clear the was my boys Just clear the may Here come Power men Full of f1,ht and out to mn Roll up the score Power Mu IC by Corrigan Column 107 Q ry 5 Ili. J xx 4,14 xtl f 1 rf l X , . U yy ll ll ' 7 ,. . . . . E . . , g. f . . ' - Y ' ' . I . 1 A . . . , . ' . , . , . , . 0 I 1 A . . - i 1 - 1 7 . , . . is A A I 0 , 1 V . . A 7 ' . . 7 . . l t - . . , - , . . . - - - U , ' ' ' L . . . ' 4 ' v A ' . , . , . . , 7 7 ' . A - .1 V . - . . . . ' - . , 1 1 n 4 n A cover extensively in one story, here are - 'Y - 1 v 0' 1 1 ' V ., , V 1 1 - y , 1, V ' . . . 7 y 3 ' 7 ' I ' . . 1 v . v v . .. A U - - 1 ' r ' 7 ' ' 1 . . ' . . , . , . , . , , , , , , . U ' ' ' J. ' , , ' ' fi., ' A . , , . . , . . . , . . , . - . . . . , f , . , . . , ' 7 ' 7 ' 7 v v . f . ' . 1. .. ' ' . - ' , , a ' ' 7 ' ' ' . v. . . U P ' 7 ' 7 ' - 'U ' . t 1 , . J , . . . , . Y 7 y , . A 1 4 r . 4 3 n 7 n V. U . Q . . u ,Q - . ,.. S. V . ,, . 3