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In Your Opinion by NIIKE XICXIAHOX QLESTION Hott tu!! you spend your summer acatzonf Pat OKeefe Sophomore Room 408 X llttle yyork a little play yyill make up my summertime Not th I dont yy rk noyy durin school hours or dont haye fun afteryyards but during une July -Xugust and part of September I yyill haye a Job That yyill mean more hours of labor and the heat of those days will mean more hours of trylng to cool off at the beach and local pool The labor myolyed in trying to beat the heat together vytth mv Job will probably spell 24 hours of work And tacatzon time they call it? Ron Pryor Freshman Room 301 Im not going to thing for those three months but eat and be merry gom to make my summer is as it should be an that no extraneous doa sleep I m sure used 98 mvself such as hard work, comes within sight lyme straight months of home work by anvbody deserves a rest and I intend to get one There will be days at the beach, at the movies at the pool and then days at the beach at the moyies and at the pool ll hen I tire of these I intend to lounge under the soothing rays of my teleyision set Ceye ningsj and the noonday sun tat noonl means of occupym Fred Volpe Jumor Room 604 Sum mer school is my best bet I think I hope not Nly phy SICS and my Algebra are tvyo subjects that yex me the most I just can t seem to get the han of all those theories bu I think I an ayold S S if I do a little cramminff for the next few vseeks I hope eyery thm turns out all ri ht I yyant to fret a Job and make some money durinv july and Auffust I yyill probably yyork in XX all Street as a messen er or do a little cad dying down in the Inwood Links AJ' C P 130 Prlncupal s Message Strive With All Your Mlght A Trulv Christian Society The earthly paradise that we were proreised ha proyed 'ri age and with the appearance of the atom bomb the future is likely to become a nightmare Already there are signs of a reaction The roseate promises haye proyed il lusory and haye lost their spell Hen are begmnln to turn questioning eyes on their le tders and to suspect their plans XX ould not the leaders and states men haye succeeded better in their ef forts to establish a new world if they had tried to build on the foundations of Justice and charity mstead of self interest and evpediency 9 Is our horizon henceforth to be bounded by this world, can we find lasting happmess in the sec ondarv thmgs of life such as pleasure, wealth power, security? Is lt wisdom to make them the objects of our striv ing? Should we not rather dedicate ourselves to the great purpose of our lite, and put first things first? Nineteen centuries ago the solemn warning was given been vou first the Kmgdom of Heaven, and all these things shall be added unto you Shall vye contmue to follow blindly those who have failed so dismally in the recent past or shall we return to our ancient allegiance and hearken again to One who spoke with real authority and Xl hose promises never failed? lie Catholics of the present genera tion must seize the opportunity that under the providence of God falls to us here and now the vyorld is awaiting the message of the Catholic Church and we haye it to 1ye The pattern of life pre sented by the materialist and secularlst has lost its attraction for people The world looks to us for guidance it holds out its hands for help and we Catholics would fail m our duty if we neglected the opportumtv The battle 15 Joined to do our dutv bv our Ixm and to acquit ourselyes with honor ue require a certain spirit ual moral mtellectual and social forma ion For our spiritual formation the means are Prayer prlyate and familv the Sacraments the Sacrifice of the Hass Sodalltles Confratermties DCSOtl0HS, To Create Perpetual Noyenas Nlissions and Re treat: especially intern Retreats For our moral formation we have the example of Christ and His saints, the teaching and practice of His Church showing and mculcatmg the Christian yyay of life We haye the yarlous forms of self demal occasions of suffering, sxckness and ill fortune to enable us to follow in the footsteps of Him yyho is the Nlau of Sorrow by resisting temp tation, avoiding the occasions of sin and by respondn habitually to the call of duty we can sustain and strengthen our moral fibre For our mtellectual formation, ln par ticular to acquire a thorough grasp of the truth of our religion, we have sermons, instructions, and Catholic llterature, and the Catholic Press For our social formatlon we have our Catholic schools, primary grammar, Sec ondary and our Catholic Colleges, the St X incent de Paul Society and C YO To help to spread the Faith in pagan lands we haye the Propagation of the cleties and Apostolic XX ork, which has already spread all over the diocese, and is domg so much to assist our mission aries in every part of the mlsslon field To enlighten those at home who are earnestly seeking the truth, and to smooth out the asperities that stem from sectarian bitterness there are the mis sions for non Catholics These organizations societies 1nst1tu tions and practices lf used to advantage yyill enable you to play your part in the Lay -Xpostolate and to equip your selyes to take your proper place ln the ranks of Catholic Action This Aposto late has contmued m days of peace and persecution throughout the centuries, and will contmue until among all nations ls realized the design of the Eternal Father yyho has subjected all thmgs under the feet of Christ and has made Him head oyer all the Church which is His bodv and the fullness of Him who is filled all in all tEphes I 22 and ZSJ MQ f The Power . . 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News of the Year in Review MAY 26, I952 x 1 x 'ASS The book is out, and everybody's happy! 1See page 144i

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VO II lNo 5 NIAY 26 1952 Th Power News of the Year ln Revlew Publxshed by the Students of Poucr IICHIOTIUI Academy under the d1rectzon of thc Chrxstxan Brothus of Ireland TABLE OF COVTENTS Ausyixr 39 IN your OPINION so CLASSES 46 ylzyy s EXCHANGE 3 Poyy ERSCOPE 2 Mexer EXTRACURRICL LAR FACULTY FEATURE RELIGION 4 SPORTS SPORTS o COLL NINS 154 o Art Edttor Thomas Cadogan Relugxon Edator Keym Costello News Edxtor Damel Shanahan S ports E dztor james 'McCaffrey Busmcss Edttor X mu. nt luzzolrno Exccutnae Edxtor Cabnel W alsh Layout Edxtor Robert Eag ln Extra Curricular Eugene johnson Alumm Edztor John C1bbons Class Ed1tor Ioscph Flm ygm Typmg Ed1tor W zllxam Brrdgefortl Czrculatmn Manager Luke St xunton Exchange Edlf0f NY 1ll1am Gaynor Scmor Btographxes john Egan Faculty Edztor Thomas 'yicFadden Photography Editor Anthony LaBua AUdlf0f PL tc r Dt utsch EXTRACURRICIJLAR STAFF Thomas Icssop XY 1111 lm Hurley XY 1ll1am LAYOUT ASSISTANT Robert Steyyart CLASS STAFF ktnneth Boyytn Imns Crun Br1m Cum SPORTS STAFF I Hoyyley C Henmheul lunts C1111111ny,h1111 Dems Fenton R1ch 1rd Xhrtm PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT Gcnld lutlmr ART STAFF John Brthlnny Th rddtus Dtyyluyskl Thom IS Stxtk COPY BOYS Yl1ll1am Hmd Yhllnm Lacey Eduard OR1tly Nhchtxel McCrann DISTRIBUTORS Fxhey Barry Clcxry NIcDon1ld Iryym Clxfford Olmert Nhurcr Nlurphy BOOKKEEPERS Llmphert Toner Rnyytrts Callyghtr Rough Egm Nlaurcr CIRCULATORS xILDOHllll Ohert Curley Byrry Cltlry Xlllfllhl MODERATORS Brother P C XIcP1dden Brothtr ll I' Dllltmuth THE COX ERS You mry not real IZC It but on each d1str1but1on day an any1ous group ot th1s malfazmes staft members tour the school to y1eyy for themselyes the reactron to the latest 1ssue Eyeryyyhere are seen Povyermen scannmg the book po1nt1ng at the1r name 1n pr1nt or the s1lly grm captured on the fact of a classmate That feellng yye trled to capture on the front coyers posed y1eyy of such an eyent The back coyer ls some th1ng new tyyo p1cs lnstead of one Thats Doyyhnv h1t tlng and roundmff llllffl on h1s yy ry home May 26 19:12 What's In Your Future? For Underclassmen Only Xou men ln ,Tumor Tear and you 1n Freshman and Sophomore too-what are your plans for the future? XI Ill you someday be a Semor yyho has no 1dea what College or what Job IS yya1t1ng for h1m when he graduates? Do you have any ldea vyhat vou v-1ll be gomg to College for or yyhat klnd of vsork you yy1ll make your l1fe s occupa txont Each year at almost ey ery school the problem IS the same Fach year another class moyes up a bracket to Sen1or1ty and confus1on L1sten underclass iff 7 men, take some ad gl V156 Puck up that fountaln pen and Wflte to eyery Col lege you thmk you J mlght l1ke to attend Ask them for the1r catalogue, they ll 53 ' only be too glad to 0 lge, and for a tvyo penny post card youll have a PFICE less fore knoyvledge of courses tu1t1on boardmg rates books general fees and entrance requ1rements Better than that you can stop IH at the L1brary any day and a k Nlr Ixass for h1s up to date catalogues from the natlons lead1ng Colleges and Ln1yers1f1es From these you can also fmd out about any of the scholarshlps, student loan funds or RO T C pro grams offered at each wh1ch brlngs us to another polnt Every year there are hundreds of scholarsh1ps that l1terally go beggmg No one has applled for them no one Y! -ilg...1 ijt.:- -1114 -? 2'4 x.f Q gf, knoyyn scholarshlps for scholastlc abllty such as those mamtamed by corporatlons and foundatlons yvho avyard them for perhaps one s ablhty to cartoon do art yyork des1gn automob1le bod1es or present some new lnyentlon or sc1ent1hc dlscoyery as many H1gh School students do eyery school term' There are scholarsh1p foundatlons left by eccentrnc m1ll1ona1res These, admlttedly are d1f hcult to obta1n for one must possess a certa1n name or come from a certa1n d1str1ct or have parents born 1n a certa1n part or a certa1n fore1gn country No llmlt seems to haye been placed upon the extremes the qualmcatlons seem to haye gone to St1ll another yyay to obtaln a scholarshlp eynsts Xb1l1ty 1n any sport basketball base ball SIHIIIIIIIDU football or 1n yournahsm photography art layout or any H S eytrrcurncular act1y1ty may net one elther tlj a full free four year grant or Q21 apart1al reduct1on 1n tu1t1on rates XV 1le you re yyr1t1ng for cata logues to 11nd out about the e 1t m1ght be mtere tmg to glance through toe Goyernment s 248 page book on the subject yyh1ch l1sts the types oi scholarsh1ps ment1oned aboye besldes many others oltered to H S graduates The book Scholarshlps and Felloyyshlps Xya1lable at Inst1tut1ons of H1gher Educauon can be purchased for N an from thc Goyernment I'r1nt1nff Off1ce ll ashmffton 2: DC Get busy L. , 1 . . , 7 V . . V- V. U '. .' ....... 1' .' ' ' J 3 . . . 1 . , ' I . . . . . . . 1 1' ' . . . . . . . . 134 , Q K -'-' .' ...... 1'7 ' ' ..... 13- 1 v I ' . 'X ' ' . . . 136 J ....... 1 1 ' f' fx , A . . . . . . .158 . . . . . . . .1'1 'u - ,ff f . .JE T s . . . . . . . 144 - 1 . . . -' ,L . . , E55 l : 5- E21 ,J-M, l bf- E' ' 'E a . . Y - A T J., 1. ' . . - A A r . 1 . - S, A . -I - - - NEIVS REP.: Brendan Ayres. comes along to take them. There are many almost un- ' . . R . . ,l 1 l 1 . . 'ui .Q . ' . 7 ' Y. I 5. . . l .- . dl. Q Q S . Q ' s 4 S 1 , -- 131