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

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RELIGIIIN That IS the mam advantage of group prayer the fact that men w1ll gather together and earnestly pray for a com mon cause It was for th1s reason that the -Xpos tleshrp of Prayer was founded The Pope reahzes the effectlveness of many ora torros offered for the same lntentron therefore he places before all Cathollcs a general and a speclal m1ss1on mten tlon The -Xpostleshxp of Pray er d1str1butes leaflets and posters each month whxch hst the mam as well as many other mls cellaneous lntentrons that are common to each and eyery Cathohc the whole world over Posters are dlsplayed where ever such groups meet so that they may be easlly remmded of them It also llsts the name of every Samt whose feast day occurs durrng that month Our pray ers can be much more effectlve lf we ask them to mtercede before the throne of To help accomphsh thus a speclal monthly calendar IS placed rn each class room and on whrch students are sup posed to place checks for the llsted good works or 1ntent1ons performed A sort of treasury of grace IS formed, and the mtentlons are prayed for at Nlass m the Apst of Prayer Chapel Hass 1n the General Center 1n Rome and by mem bers all over the world Take advantage of the opportunlty' What You Read Today the saymg Tell me what you read and I w1ll tell you what you are IS especlally true It appears that some guys are pr1mar1ly 1nterested rn watch mg for the next hot book to appear on the local newsstand Readmg IS good and lt keeps us oc cupled but how many hours of valuable t1me are wasted readmg useless books when that t1me could be used 1n gather 1ng materral to lncrease the yyorth of our Cathohc educatronb Remember that we must grye God an account for ey ery sec ond of our l1fe It would not be yv1se to waste a partxcle of lt Plan your readlng make lt serye a purpose ln enrlchmg your l1fe Eyen though It may be just for relaxatlon or adventure by chooslng your maternal carefully you can guard agarnst any possrble dlscoloratlon of your soul In a more practrcal sense good read mg can enlarge your yocabularlv, y1y1fv March 26, 1932 your lmagxnatron and mcrease vour sense of beauty Xou wrll f1nd that what vou read mfluences all your actrons ll hether you are aware of lt or not you are llkely to fmd yourself 1m1tat1ng a favor1te hero posslbly trylng to act just as he would 1n any partlcular s1tuat1on Now 1f you haye read a book, or seen a moyle which has ldollzed a Cflmlnal or anythlng lmmoral rt IS possible that your llne of thought may begin to follow that of hrs It IS for th1s reason that Holy Nlother Church IS very partlcular about our llterary d1et L1ke a true mother she reahzes that the rnfluence of such thrngs can harm us and therefore she does her best to protect and gurde us toyyards evervthmg that IS r1ght Fuard your mmd and allow only those rdeas whrch are good to f1lter through reject those whlch are bad What are you domg for Lent? The Lenten Season commerorates the forty days that Our Lord spent ln the desert before begmnmg Hrs publlc Nlm rstrv fastmg and praymg 1n order to make reparatlon for the slns of the world He told us very plamly that we too must do penance or else we would not enter the klngdom of Heaven and the church sets asrde the season of Lent as a speclal t1me for us to do that penance The most common practrce IS to glve up some extra speclal luxury durlng thus perlod But as we all know from ex per1ence these resolutrons are often broken and sometlmes glven up al together Dont be dxscouraged 1f you f1nd lt hard to keep your resolutlons, be cause the harder they are the more valuable they are IH the eyes of God Dont forget you get credlt for trylng eyen 1f you th1nk that you havent succeeded ll hy always be on the negatrve srde grvmg up somethxnga Do something IJOSIIIVC some extra p1ous act that you dont usually do such as saymg the Rosary ey ery nlght before ret1r1ng How about getting up a llttle earher and go mg to Nlass and Commumon before startmg to school each day? Try to ment on your way home from school Drop m and sav Hello to God just as you would to anv other good frlend 1f you were passlng by hlS house These are just a few thmgs you can do There are many others that you can thmk of by yourself Dont try to do them all you would soon get txred of the whole ldea just prck out one or two of them and stlck to them I H1 Fatllcr WlcGough glye- a q0lldllIY BPIICIIICIIOII The acolyte- were Semor- John lugan .md John f5lllll0ll' 111 . . J . . . y . 1 v, U I A . , v Y . . - , , I U . . . . 1 , . - y f H . . ., . . 1 - u y Q . 1 I ' 7 I V . . . . God for us. Religion: make a short visit to the Blessed Sacra- . . I . . ' 1 u I ' 14' lj ' 1 a o I ' 1. Y ' v A ' 7 l . , . ' H . ,, . ' KA 7? . ' . Y s Y .L l r L l V U ' 1 ' A, ' .lr V q 1 U . ' l ' 1 I I l ' LLB .

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BELIGIIIN These Are Tlmes A Specral Feature These are, mdeed, txmes that try men s souls No longer can a Cathohc find refuge ln medxocrlty Ixo longer can he straddle the fence making excuses to both sldes hopmg to please everyone The tlme has arrrved when he must choose Chrrst or Satan The perllous mrddle ground IS no longer open to hrm The t1tant1c struggle for survrval be tween Chr1st1an1ty and communrsm has begun, the battle lrnes have been drawn 1n blood 1n Europe and rn Asla Those who follow Chrlst must now be ready to embrace Hrs cross The challenge to Cathohc youth has been lssued What shall be your reply? Yours IS the world and all thats 1n rt sard Ixlplmg Though he referred to world consrderatlons, hrs statement IS defin1tely correct 1n the sp1r1tual order also The commumsts have long ago reallzed the power and potentlalltles of the young Therr youth program has been geared to the trammg of mlhtant athelsts whose sole desrre IS to serve communrsm Chr1st lS cruclfied anew on the symbol of the hammer and srckle' Here rn Amerrca youth rs asleep, they drssrpate therr energres chasmg the ram bow of pleasure It IS up to you as Cath ohcs to show the way A very leisurely perusal of our dally papers shows tragr cally that the way IS far from clear to all young people Prayer and good example are your weapons Nlass and the secraments are your ammunxtron Vl 1th them you can conquer the world, change rt, mold It to the hkeness of Chrrst Do not say to yourself that you are only one person Thrs IS a coward s excuse Let s not for get that all the armles and organrzatrons of the world are made up of one per sons Nor can you excuse yourself w1th the now classrc I a1nt no holy joe That too smacks of cowardlce, as lf you were apologlzmg for bemg what you should be Let people know where you stand Be proud of the fact that you go to Mass and Holy Communlon every week Invrte others to go and do m llke manner If vou happen to be gomg to evenmg dexouons on a Sunday eve nrng G es I sald exenmg devotions some Catholic boys do thls you knowl dont sneak off as rf you were about to perpetrate a great crime, mentlon lt casually to the rest of the group and perhaps be surprised to find that they mrght want to go also Get 1n on Parlsh act1v1t1es Dont confine your ldea of of Cathollc Actlon to the mtrrcate foot work mvolved rn the weekly C YO dance The rdea goes much deeper than th1s It means a full partrclpatlon ln all phases of Church llfe Then agam, th1s calls for a httle work on your part If you want a lrttle 1nsp1r1at1on read the accounts of what sacrlfices are de manded of voung communists and blush Recall the suffermgs of the condemned of Srberla and see how lt measures up to what IS requlred of you In the hght of these consrderatrons It doesn't seem very much at all Look at the cruclfix He certamly dldn t count the cost And lest we have any wrong rmpressrons on the matter, lets get rt straight r1ght now Chrxst dred for you, yes, YOU joe Doaks, Powerrte, 1952 Can you thlnk of anyone r1ght off who would be wrllmg to do the same I can't exther Here at Power there are many op portunrtles for Catholic Actlon Some have made use of these opportunrtles others have shred away Why? The Sodalrty 1snt overcrowded nor lt the C Y A In the recent Catholxc lrterature drrve prlzes had to be offered to strmu late rnterest, and even then only a few were w1ll1ng to sacrrfice their trme to make lt a success Take a look at the mrssron totals sometrme and examine your conscrence Whlle you are lookmg at that examlne the Apostleshlp of Prayer posters and count the checks Not too many, are there Your check could have made lt more Too much trouble Chrrst could have Sald the same thlng at Calvary Xl hatever your attltude was or rs lets try and change rt to Chrrst s You can and wrth a httle prayer you w1ll Thrs IS your world It hes ln the hollow of your hand awartmg your touch to be changed It IS a Job that only you can do Dont refuse lt dont do lt badly Let your hght shxne before men so that In your hght they shall see ight 7 110 Rehglon Agamst Preyudroe Jesus Chrlst died to save each and every human bemg regardless of hls race, creed or color It doesn t matter lf th1s person rs a Chr1st1an, Jew, or pa gan In fact there IS not one soul, nor w1ll there ever be one who can say that he was not glven the means of salvatlon the means that were secured for hrm by the death of the Son of God jesus Chrlst on the Cross The entrre human race IS a brother hood, for we are all descendents of the first man, Adam, and we all contracted the tamt of orrgmal s1n from hrm the first of the human race To redeem thls smnmg creature and all hls brethren, Chrlst became one of us Now If God drd not conslder the physlcal dlfferences ln mankmd when he dled for them, IS rt r1ght for us to consrder them 1n our dealmgs wxth our fellow men? We must leave xt to the anthropolglsts, lf they are able, to explaln the dlfferences among the several races of mankmd Whatever these dlfferences are, they donlt matter, for we shouldnt Judge by looks but by mdrvrdual worth It IS what a person does that counts, not what he looks llke, or what he belreves One of the greatest objects of U S preyudlce was the Negroe, partrally due to the pos1t1on of subservrence that he once held Yet, he proved hrmself just as capable as any other person, the proof of which can be seen 1n many samts, sc1ent1sts athletes and leaders 1n every field, whlch h1s race has produced Remember well Each and everv race has produced rts great persons along wlth a few bad apples here and there Prejudlce breeds hate, Jealousfes, and a general rll feelmg among men There IS no reason for d1scr1m1nat1on against a partlcular race or rehgron We must love all human bemgs and treat them w1th the respect and klndness that we would show to our own blood brothers W hen thrs IS umversally achreved, there will be a true and lastmg world peace through Christ Our Lord Rellglon The Apostleshlp of Prayer Wherever men gather ln My Name, there wlll I be m the mrdst of them The Power . . . . n 0 0 0 ' ' ' . . , . , . . . . . 1 . . 7 . . . - 1 ' - - . . . y - U 7 , . . . . y - H y . . . 7 1 Q v c . . . 1 , . g4 ' 7 ' n n n . ,, . 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FEATURE LaBua F1rst Fr1day morn flapjacks at Chlld s Gabe Walsh about to sample a dellclous mouthful Llttle Pecullarltles of P M A Students The chocolate brown tray, a neatly placed knife, fork and napkin upon xt, slid along the rail The hand domg the pushlng reached up on the counter and took an awaiting syrup bowl then his plate of F1rstFr1day morn flapjacks F1ve hundred more men were dolng the same thing The Automat was crammed with our hungry students, each 1ntox1 cated by the delicious smell of the tre mendous amount of pancakes being cooked Once per month, the same junlors and cakes, butter, maple syrup, milk or cof fee, rollj at the same place QHorn and Hardart Automat Broadway 57thj A few blocks north at Power a similar scene takes place a rush for freshly but tered rolls and milk or orange Juice as underclassmen scramble for nourishment in the cafeteria and auditorium Nlean vshlle between the two locatlons an other one hundred and twenty seven re negades from third and fourth year tradxtlon enjoy upperclassman privilege in their favorite haunts Chllds Cor keys Bills Rudleys Steuarts etc and chew away at assorted goodles 112 From all points on the compass come these fellows that go through that de llghtfully unchanging routine each F1rst Friday More than a full one th1rd of the total Power population reside on the 1sle of Manhattan a figure that IS sure to be surprising to most A far greater percentage than a hearty 3698 is usually estlmated probably because of the pow erful propaganda machine operated by men from the km, s and Queen s from lNassau and from Suffolk Although ob viously proud of the 1sle of their birth they are also lntensly patriotic in all matters that concern Power and make up a good part of the membership in our HCIIVIICS Debate, Oratory Glee Club Press Club Photograhpy Sen1or Sodahty Prom Committee, Track Shot put Hlghjump squad Frost JV and X arsity Basketball Baseball and Hand ball teams and Swrmmmg From Jersey XX estchester and points north come an essential group though onlv a handful, 0 of this entlre student Ten percent body enter the religious life 4M 0 as PFICSIS and JM 1901 of the four tears do not know what field they vsill enter after they finish their schoolmg but the remammg 869 have no worries Listen Z as Brothers Only 'fPharmacists, Accountants, Dentists, Professional Football players, Doctors, Chemists, Engineers, Salesmen, Seamen, F. B. I. Men, and Teachers: these are Sophomore ambitions, ones very similar to the frosh ones. The Juniors and Sen- iors, however, have a predominance of boys who want to become engineers of one type or another, who want to be- come Commercial pilots and who also w1sh to become Chefs, Policemen, Actors, Stage Designers and Psycholo glsts If you are not the average height listed in the table below, fwhich IDCI dentally, IS a consensus of questionalres filled out by every student in the Aca demyj worry not The smallest fellow in the school parts his hair at the 4, 6 mark, and jlggles the scales at 90 lbs another stands 6 4M and sends the WC1gl'1ll'lg1l'l needle soaring to 194 H is by no means the stoutest The top mark reached by a Powerman IS 3 084 ounces Few know the St3.t1StlCS connected with the Academy From the tlme the home IS left unt1l the tlme school IS reached, about forty mmutes elapse for the average Powerlte Perhaps some of you would be 1nter ested ln hearing about the length of your trek up to class each morning Well Freshmen The Sclence laboratory library, audi torlum auxllxary band room and bookroom are on freshmen floors, the second and th1rd They occupy rooms 301 to 308 inclusive, plus 201 School term IS for 10 months, from Septem ber until June except for February Frosh who do the year in five, from IS upped S1 OO D Courses Art, CIVICS, Economlcs, Religion Science, Elementary Alge bra, Latm I Spanish I English I Band Introduction to Business Law Statistics A freshman IS 147 vears of age 140 lbs 5 6 intends to go to college The tallest freshman 1S 6 3 and 79 of our 332 hold Jobs Graduates from Iubhc Grammar school s are in the minority C5211 The Power . ,C . ' 37 . . . ,, v .. D, 7 ,J . . -. . . e 7 . . . . , , , , . . . . l - n l A ' 7 ' S . . - . . I y - . ' .- , , . 7 , ,. G, V J 1 A l . n l 7 I 1 1 . . , . Seniors eat the same breakfast Cwheat- ' ' . Feb- to June- fTU1t10H lfl that C2156 ' 1 1 1 ' a a ' 7 ' J 1 ' ' j ' ' ' v ' - - ' ' - . . . ' ' .7 . y - , - , , ' 7 1 2 1 . . . ' , . . . . . - 67. r ' , ' ' ' I - 2 7 1 ' . , i 7 7 :1 ' - if , , V : '7 7 D s n v . 7 l l Y . r . 3 ' 1 I F I ' 7