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

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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

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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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there are 20 steps to the second floor, 40 to the third, 60 to the fourth, 80 to the fifth, 100 to the sixth and 119 to the seventh. The chances are that you have gone to confession in the sacristy on the sixth floor nine times per year, in St. Paul's on your way home four times and that you say approximately 1189 lHail Nlary s in school annually In all about one third of the student population is on the Honor Roll the most difficult subjects are those involv ing math the two subjects that boys score highest in are Religion and En lish Thirty three of the boys in the four years are brothers six pair of these being in fact, twins A few are carrying on a family tradition for 829 have rela tives that attended Power Eighty five percent of Power intends to go to col lege and of our Alumni you need no repetitious information tSee all our Alumni sections J We ve got case after case of trophies weve got twenty seven classrooms full of the greatest guvs going Maybe this sounds rather conceited but if we do say so ourselx es We re pretty good Many would dispute the fact includ ing our own men but if you examine the comparative number of scholarships won by us the number of academic contests we place highest in and the record of all our sports and extracurricular activi ties you ll have it proved to vou ll' LU 7 COLUMBIA umvsksrfy 19 A ' ' GAKERZS f d Flew 7 I AMERICA MctSEuM OF NATURAL HISTORY Va' els' Q t w Q' 407 513 ,ma-'ff I OLUMGIA UNlVEQSlT fi' 6 -59 METROPOLITAN 9 MUSEUM OF Q W rf a M1231 G g - VN sr PATQ 1015 Power: MEMORI L 'gy ACADEMY TI MES 5 ' 7 CATHEDRA L H ST' A uMBuS CIRCLE -SQUARE T 2? A? ggsg-:SL STA ON NNEL 53 g lf :fix Oplftrlo Z H -gr M656 ,,v N T HUQ50 'North east south and west they flock to that corner Sophomores Jumors Semors Second year classes are all located on the fourth floor C401 4085 and all nation fSophomore From the Greek meaning one of wisdom J The Gui dance Room and Placement Bureau Offices are situated in this, the second year section of the building between 403 and 404 Five classrooms make up Junior year 504 to 507 plus 604 and 605 bers Nfimeograph room The Power Fditorlal Office that publicatlon s Staff and tvplng room the darkroom and the Athletic room are all located on the fifth or what is considered to be the third floor The Chapel and sacristy are both on the first of the two Senior floors, 706 and 707 hold the huge fourth year population of 194 90721 of which are going to College The tallest of the men is six foot four and a half inches and all display their gold Senior rings with vigor Courses 11 orld History Religion Biology Plane Geometry Latin II Spanish II French I English II Band Business Arithmetic Courses American History Rell ion Health Int -Xlg Phvslcs Latin III French II English III Band Retailing and Salesmanhip Courses Arm Hlst and Vlld Bkds IX Religion Biologv Trng, old Gmty Latin IX French III English IX Band Economic Geo Chem, Retailing and Salesmanship Statistics There are 320 second year men DDQ of which haxe part time Jobs The average box in his Sophomore ship is 137 sears old weighs about 130 lbs and is tive foot eight inches tall Statistics Sixteen and one half sears old the Junior is a strapp1n 134 lbs fise foot n1ne inch person age Forty fire percent of the total membership in Actmties are from this tear and 6996 of these boys have Jobs Statistics Graduation will see a seventeen and a half vear old, one hundred sixty three lbs five foot elesen inch average Senior go on stage for his diploma About 8521 of them have part time Jobs March 26 1952 113 W K FE f Z 7 77 ' C . . O - - 1 .' . . lil Vl 2 7 V1 . . . I - M d Q l 1 Z ln 3 . . . . - .1 . , - 8 . I - N 1 Q C!! 7 ' . . 1 N . . . - ,ESQ3 - . l ' . 11' i X7 - - - ' X' , 0 . . ' . fe 2 - y ' - H 2' ' E, K 1 . . A . A ' 1 ' JD V , If 9 H V, , . 5,4 . - - - . ' 0 1 3 . f . if' 9 Q QQ u , . 6 Z a L l YS' Q . y , V . v U iT 7 , , 1, . l O - ' 7 l ' try earnestly to live up to their desig- The motion picture projection cham- ,the sixth. Five rooms, 606, 607, 705, ' 7 7 7 I 7 7 . H . ,, .- . . . . , . . . , . , . , 1 7 . . . . y ' y ' ' . ' y 8 . . . . 7 ' , ' : . . 7, .U. I : A . . 7 .- 4 Z A I . i . . . . 7 V7 l 7 g 7 7 ' A UV. ,, 7 V7 'U 7 . ,7 lg' S li .l . l . U 7 l ' ' Y 2 Q ya y . 2 Q ' ' - v, , l ., . 7 .- . v 5 v, I . . . g 4 1 ' ' ' ' 2 fl , U . I ,'- ' v 'l A - f U -7 l ' 7 . I . . - rr 7 v , ' ' s 7 FEATURE , ' A AY,