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

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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,

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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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CLASSES Class 706 With three and three quarter years of their High School life gone by, the Seniors of 706 are rounding out their education in stylish fashion. In their time at Power they have made a fine reputation for themselves in the fields of sports, hobbies, extra-curricular ac- tivities and in intellectual ability. They are devoted to their hoopla, and the cagers include Ed Joyce, john Martin and Bill Goff, to mention a few. Tanksters Ed Wiegand. Pete Toner, and Paul Corboy help make up the group who go in for water sports. Foot- ball has many advocates, especially john Elfring, Tom Molloy, Tom Clifford and Joe DiGiacomo. Too bad there are no class teams. 706 would surely be on top with their sturdy men. Now that baseball is coming, many are starting to warm up their pitching arms and batting eves, Rodriguez R11 loran Fahv and Nlollov, to cite a few and all will go out for Xarsitv next month, if time permits, for 706 ers have many diversified occupations to keep them busy The trackmen include Bob Lueck and Paul Corboy the former also throw ing shotput for the Senior Division Nlany of their classmates, 1n fact, quite a majoritv keep themselves busy after school hours with their hobbies Pho tography IS one of these and B1ll Goff Ralph Della Cava and Tony La Bua are the rooms shutter fans Tonv IDCI d tally, is Photo Ed of The Power 'hem LnBu.i ,lolm Martin. Tom Farrell and Tom Molloy about to go to Confewion in the Sacrirtv The lone stamp collector IS T NIC Dermott and this philatelist IS also the sole com collector The class artist IS Steve Sims who has won awards for his work in many contests and who lists as his favorite diversion, an hour or two of billiards In musical circles especially the modern conceptions of the art Pete Toner is an authority and has an extensive collection of Jazz platters Bob La Bella is his companion in harmonv for he plavs in the band and speaking of harmonv Dunn and Nlartln are the ones to see for that, for they are prominent Glee Clubers Activities par ticrpants are found a plentv here and F Batridve J Nlohen and R Nlonahan make up the debate contingent from the class while on the Business Staff of The Power are 'NIcDermott and Toner One of the most popular bovs in the class IS Hike Lawlor from Bayside A stolld supporter of school activities and a good friend to have he can alw avs be counted on The most reliable man on the Sports section of The Power is jack Howlev who writes all the Track articles and IS himself a medal winning sprinter 'du ll Front R0 arrell lp ovct 'Nia cm I' Dunn 'XI lawl r D1C121C m0 VON! Vuflfhl T lxldlln It-lllmfm R Vfma an Semnd R0 J Z bf n L gmt on t Jtrmott Jovv in n t Burn Polk R Della Lax 1 Thzn 7 if ritual l' 1 1 1 1 1 ll 'll Bua .I inc t tnnt B 1 ht on tn r i S S 114 J Nlurrav P Toner The Power ' ? - a 1 u v .V ' .Y S 1 ' A - 7' ' Y 1 A . l l l . . 5, , . A . . ' . V . . Y . ra , vu 1 ' Y l l I ' i . . J. A - . i - . . . . . - ' gg v -7 - 7 . 1 7 . .- H V. Z. A ' . . '. . V. . D en , ' at 1 , xr 'I ' V H i YY , 1' VI' rr 1 . '0.J. 'Q' Q, .JM J-A, .3 - - ,fi - Q 14 .' . I-it uib t s. -I. Martin. G. M 'IDA rtt. J. lilfring. W. G . T. Mel ' . XX. l 'l u. ll. llrzu . ln. Wi-sand. l'. 1 Alue. j, -, , I 'f 'gy ' ' j R 11, 5 j. Rf l 'r '. Fahy. T. Molloy. R. I.aBella.P. fiil1lJuI'1s.'l. Mohan, j.,loN'Il1- ,lr M4XlmiUi-.,l- 1 'llI1Sl. A. L3 .Q .Jr .Sh J, H,,wI.y. T, 15' 'll ink R fit : R. X ' 5 O'C1 n1r.,l. Wzlsh. R l.ut-tk. li. Ofzillaruliiin. Qf Qfims.