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

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The Powerscope Llterary Reglstrar 'Nlr Rood our yersatlle teacher reg1strar and author has wr1tten an artlcle entxtled We Go To Church wh1ch appeared 1n the Aug Sept xssue of Torch well known natlonal Cathohc magazrne The story referred to as the publxcat1on s feature artl cle was wr1tten under a pen name and covered a total of three pages Flrst Frlday On October 5 Power gathered at St Paul s for Mass and Communlon The occaslon was the 1n1t1al Frrst Frxday of the school year The Mass was offered by the Rev Father John Buckley The Power Commended In a late lssue of the C X C Bulletln Ixews officlal pubhcatlon of the Cathollc Xearbook Con ference, an orgamzatlon servmg Catholic Hugh Schools and Colleges 1n the metropolltan area The Power recelved a full two page story about Th1S New Concept ln Yearbooks The artlcle, about two thousand words long was accompanled by re productlons of several pages from our first ISSUCS Letter of Thanks In a letter recelved by Brother Hennessy the X5 slstant D1fCCt0f of the Socxety for the Propagatxon of the Falth 1n the Archdrocese of New Xork Rev James G Vhlders expressed hls gratltude for the opportunlty to speak to the students of Power 'Xle morlal at the Nlass of the Holy Ghost on Sept 21 Scholars At the graduatlon EXCTCISCS last June General Excellence medals for each of the four years were awarded Anton Lxps led the Semors Peter Deutsch the Junlors Robert Dowllng the Sophomores Don ald Byrne the Freshmen and Ronald Burke the February Freshmen Detention Added to the offences mcurrmg detentlon after school IS absence Those who mlss a day of school must make lt up bv a week of detentlon and lt IS surmlsed the tlme and amount of work thus lost by not bemg present at those sxx classes wxll be accounted for by the requlred extra fiye perxods after school The step IS another dlrectxye towards 4 the promotlon of Good scholarshlp However 1f a call to the school IS made before 11 SO and a satls factory excuse rs offered by a parent the student w1ll be released after reportmg to detentlon room Bug Weekend The hrst four days of Noy ember were spent awav from school by most Powerltes through the good races of Brothers Hennessy and R1ce Our pr1nc1 pal pleased w1th the results of the Lhnstmas Card sale tSee Extra currlcularj promoted bv Brother Rlce granted the holldav to all those who sold SIX boxes Even on Saturday Led by Edxtor IH Chlef Gabe VK alsh a dozen members of thls publlcatlons edltorlal board as sembeld at the Cathollc Xearbook Conference held at Card1nal Hayes Hrgh School on Saturdav Octo ber 20 at one o clock Classes ln Copv Captlons Themes Layout Photography Flnance Engravlng Art and Typography were glven Brother Hlckey elected Chalrman of the orgamzatlon was asked to speak on The Nlagazme X earbook But Few Are Chosen Forty elght Senlors on the afternoon of October Sodalnty of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ThlS sel ect group was awarded sllver medalxons besxdes recervmg membershlp certlflcates at the ceremony 0flTCl8t6d at by aFther 'NIcGough Medalist Award The Power ploneer yearbook of our Academy mstltuted last year was awarded the hlghest pos slble honor bv the Columbla Scholastlc Press Asso c1at1on The Nledallst ratmg one of four m lts class was recelved bv the school on Vt ednesday October 17 and proves the success of the new style of Hlgh School -'tnnual wrrtmg photography and layout Prom Committee This years prom commlttee holds ILS meetxngs on Tuesdav and Thrusday from 2 15 to 2 30 Thxs year somethmg new has been added The b1d w1ll pay for the dance refreshments the band and finally a dmner at Zxmmermans whlch IS the 1n noyatlon th1s year Howeyer moderators Brother Galway and Brother Hxckey to lnsure a successful ey ent haye stated that unless seventy fiye senlors turn 1n thetr bxds there w1ll be no prom For conyemence sake xt IS suggested that they pay a speclned amount each month unt1l the bid IS completed The Power 5 ' V 7 V u U. v , ' . . , , - . . . . A . U V . . .- , e- . ' M V . . - . ,' ' ' , . . . . , 1 . - , . . , U .- - ' ' 77 ' ' , . . . - . v , 7 ' - v A . v u 4 1 u A V 1 , - ' l 1 K: n s I I ' , 7 7 7 7 7 . . , - zz 7 - x at r Y , ' ' ' 7 tt ' V , 17 . . . . , - A - , . . . . . H H ' 7 n n u ic I ' . ,, . 29, were formally and offlcially recelved into 'fThe . . ,, . - , ' V . 1 . 7 A 1 . , . . . v Y 7 F A 7 A A 7 . . . . - - ' U ' . ' . . ' 7 A - - A - ' A 7 A I . 7 1 7 ' V 7 7 A J ' . 7 7 - . V . . . . . Y y . D . . , Y 7 J A H . . U . V . . 7 v V . ' 7 ,, . . . . y . ' Y . . . Y V I - Y . 1 7 ' 7 v Y ' . ,,, ' V F D

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ly cms Edztor VOL. 11, No. 1 NOVEMBER 9, 1951 Th Power News of the Year 1n Revlew Publzshed by tht Students of Poufr Vemonal Academl under the dmctxon of tht Chrxstxun Brothers of Ireland TABLE OF CONTENTS ALUMNI ISI YOUR OPINION CLASSES 1yEyys EXCHANGE EXTRACURRICULAR RELIGION FACULTY SPORTS FEATURE SPORTS cOLUy1y1 POW ERSCOPE Exccutwc Ldztor Gabrxel YValsh Layout Edztor Robert Eag 1n D mul Sh ln 1h IH Art Eclztor Thomas Cadog 1n Rrhgxon Ezlltor D mul Shanahan Sports Edrtor Jxmts McCaffrey Busmess Editor john Rooney Extra Currzcular Wrllxam Gaynor Class Fclxtor The oph1lc LeComte Typmg Fdntor W1ll11m Brrclgtford Alumm Erlztor Eugene Rossltr Czrculatzon 'llanagtr Vxncent luzzxlmo Exchange Edztor Eugene Iohnson Faculty Edztor Thom IS McFadden Photography Editor Anthony L'1Bua Sc mor Bzographzts john Egan Audxtor Pt ter Deutsch INEWVS STAFF John Curry Eugtne Desposnto EXTRACURRICLLAR STAFF Thomas Iessop W1ll1am Hurley W11l1am Mexer LAYOUT STAFF Robert Stewart CLASS STAFF hum Costello Rtnntth Bowen james Green Brmn Cum Joseph I'l1n1g1n INTERN IEWV EDITOR james Gly SPORTS STAFF I Hoyylty C' Hennthf-ul R Cubells James Cunnmg hlm Ia111tsIOscph Dtnls Penton I nyrrntt Hlnlon Rlehlrd 'yI'1rt1n T NIacC111u111 junts N1 xlone SRT STAFF john Brthanny Lnyrrnrc Futtlv R1th1rd johnson Thad deus Dtyyjtyyskl ThO111 IS Stxtk COPY BOYS Ylrllum II1nd VI1ll11m Lfltu Edw 1rd ORxely 'yfrthatl RILCTIDH DISTRIBUTORS Flhty B1rry C11 ITN xILDUIlIlL1 Iryym Gllfford Olxrt Nlaurer Xlurphy BOOKKEEPERS Lunpllcrt Tllahl Toner Rnyurts Coin Ioszph G11l1e ASSISTANT BOORIKEEPERS Xhlfil C lllxghrr Elglll Cxlllgtr Cos groyt BUSINESS ASSISTANT DIRECTORS XICIDKTINUII furlt y NIODERATORS Brother P C XItPxdd1n Brother Il P Dllltllllllh THE COW ER The door was open and the teacher and class were out to lunch so Thomas Hartey, our dey1l 1sh coy er boy Ielt obhved to deco rate the board X few deft strokes here a l1ne there a hne and presto Behold X students eye new of one or the men 1n black The broom pusher on the back coyer ls copy boy ll llllam H1nd ll hen not runnmg messages for the edxtor 1n ch1ef checkmff m1scellaneous lnfo or out on an er rand B111 manages to keep underfoot by doubhng as Jamtor to headquarters omce November 9, 1901 Ad Infinitum Every day youre absent it costs you seventy-flve cents Each yy eek, the total Power absentees waste enough to send you to College for two years each year more than enough for the best custom made car on the market Staggermg, 1sn t1t9 That means that every year the average Power stu dent IS absent from forty e1ght classes, classes that m1ght haye made that e1ghty an e1ghty f1ve and glven you a place on the honor roll Trulv, -Xbsence makes the marks grow rounder From any y1ewpo1nt, 1t 1sn t worth lt The l1ttle ram, or snow or even hall you have to brave to get to school those days you feel l1ke stavmg home IS not worth as much as those extra po1nts Its these credlts that mean a good Job, a happy llfe, a Place 1n the Sun It s these that are lost forever be cause vou stayed home one cloudy day They Make Our School It seems that every tlme you read an ed1tor1al, 1ts about someone who s done somethmg wrong aga1n QFor lnstance -Xd Infmltum, above J V1 ell th1s IS wrltten to the students for whom ed1tor1als are never 1ntended ThlS lS to the boys who don t htter the Hoors w1th everythlng but the k1tchen s1nk who do therr homework, who are always on tlme and who dont explode mllk contalners ln the Cafeterla Thanks Thanks for makmg Power what It IS Thanks for havmg the guts to do what you re told when you re told 1t and do lt rlght Thanks for supportmg every act1v1ty the games the bazaar the dances the yarlous events of tom of each teacher s heart, for makmg h1s lot an easler one Hou are the boys I m glad to say, who are m the ma yor1ty S ou are the ones behmd the scenes, wlthout praxse acclalm the men behmd the man behmd the cheers Qongratulatlons A Llttle Remmder Pre cake and rced screams the formula for the merry Halloween you ye just spent Chalk marks pumpkm heads and doorbell Flflglflg helped the feast along also wh1le a l1ttle rearrangmg of the nelghborhood map wasnt entlrely a morbrd undertakmv Th1s lS beglnnmv to sound l1ke a sermon on what not to do come Halloween but dont be deceryed It 1snt L1kew1se th1s 1snt one ot those storxes about the hrstory of the day you know 1ts meanmg The Fye of -'Ill Samts and all that Th1s ed1tor1al IS just what lt says lt s X L1ttle Remmder How about thankmg your God now for be1ng able to eat, drmk, and be merry 3 Xl hy not, fellows? 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T e Powe News of the Year ln REVIEW GYM Gymnasium New Developments A knot of rnterested spectators gath ered as the 1ron gates to the lower yard swung open A truck backed mto posr t1on and wxth the dehberate routrne of men who had a Job to do workers un loaded an assortment of gear Engmes were trundled rnto posrtron and as a derrlck was erected blocks and tackles fastened, and drllls readred scenes rem xmscent of the Oklahoma orl frelds came to mmd Next day eager srdewalk supermten dents watched as the work progressed Many felt that the long awarted gym was at last commencmg and that foun datlons were belng prepared A buzz of excrtement ran through the crowd as the flywheel of the engme whrrred and the dr1ll crunched rts way through the soft earth of the lower yard Seven feet down lt b1t 1nto sohd rock and after samples had been taken work came to a halt For the next three days the entrre r1g was shlfted to several predetermmed locahtles and at each spot borlngs were made At week s end men engmes and derrrck were gone' Intervlewed at the gym drlve offrce Brother S A Ryan explamed all No he commented, we werent looking for o l flNearest 011 the storage tanks for the sclence burldlng o1l burners' J Drlll rngs were made to determlne the subsoll condrtrons Such work must always be done before even advance plans for a bulldrng can be formulated Vl hen querred as to how far rn advance the recent actrvltles were of act not work Brother smrled wlth a more hopeful twlnkle 1n hrs eye than has been noted rn many a year Scholarshlps Semor Honors A total of s1x 51 P NI A graduates made a grand sweep of scholarshlps rn several of the natron s foremost Colleges and Unrversltles Arthur Gutmann of Hearst Oratorl x '5 - 412: LaBua Reports recelpts and orders Brother S A Ryan at l1lS desk lIl the Gym office November 9 1951 November 9 1951 LaBua Test borm s 1n pro ress for future Power Gymnaslum cal Contest fame, was offered a full scholarshrp to Saint Johns Umverslty Last years esteemed edltor ln chlef of The Power traveled the road to success wrth hrs colleague, Mrchael Nluscaro Englrsh medal wmner member of the ror debator who recerved a full four year award from Iona College Both the New York State Scholarshrp and an Iona grant were the prlzes of Paul Carney former Semor declamator and Power Busrness Staff asslstant Cornellus Heathwood the Academys Poet Laureate won both the Iona and Columbus Spellman Scholarshrps whrle Thomas Ixeenan sports colummst and Bnologx medal wmner recen ed a prrzed Iona L ollege award Edward Nllcek and James Nash won the Power Nlanhattan College Scholar ships Edward a B X NI Sodallst also won the chemrstrv medal whlle james was awarded the apologetrcs medal Faculty Many New Faces Thrrteen members of last years fac ulty have left Power Nlemorral for other 5 O I 9 , . , ' ' 7 1 . i . . . 3 , - ' ac ' yu . . . . ' A ' ' 4- 7 U 7 ' ' , - -H ' ' -- I . n a n n cc . - , . . - 7 - . . ,, , - . l y , - u Q Q 1 I I ' A ' tr ' U , U U l . ' 7 . - , U '- . . , ' ' publication's '51 executlve staff and Sen- . ' 4 'E v A If 'r , V , , 7 . . v y Q vu - - ' 1 . - ' l' I I af, , -s-N 1. - u , : . . ' ' ' . L ' 3