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

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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 . . 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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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The Powerscope Power In The Powerhouse Power made j1mmx Powers Powerhouse the news recentlx whe11 Berme Nlckrdle former hoop st 1r l'CC9lXtfl prsnse for h1s phenomen1l p1tch 1115 tt Iot11s1ans1 St 1te Ln1xers1tx He h1s p1tched s1x shutouts and one no h1tter 1n Cl ht starts and IS be1n watched wlth IIILTCISIUQ 1nterest bx the New Xorl Lnants Here s hopmg he can n1a1nta1n the pace Greater Love Than Th1s lt h1s been reported relnblx that the tom mun1on xe1l of one I1ll1e Inbbons tslster of ohn a semorj ls now racmf the Nlax altar of Room 606 john has been reluctant to g,1xe further 1n fOI'fl18t1OH and so we haxe been unable to f1nd out whether or not I1ll1e has found out xet Those w1sh1nff to see for themselx es w1ll be welcome anx dat around twelxe m1dn1ght Muslc MUSIC Muslc -Xt1,,ust1n -Xmex as our p1ano urtuoso 1n a con test held recentlx at Iown Hall by the NIus1c Fd UCdt1OH league captured f1TSt place w1th a sen sat1onal 98 pomts wh1ch was onlx the second t1me such a score was exer attamed bx a part1c1pant Now he lntends to fo on to PHYIICIIJHIC 111 the nat1onw1de contest sponsored bv the Ixosczmslto foundatlon If he IS successful 1n th1s he w1ll re C6116 a thousand dollar scholarshlp eniblmg h1m to studx at am of the world s leadmg conserx ator1es Mother s Communlon Breakfast On Sundax Xlax 18 1n the School -Xud1tor1um a large IJOYIIOH of Power s mothers assembled for the1r annual Commumon Bretlxfast Nlass was held at 8 30 and at 1ts COl'lClUSl0l1 all left for the Hotel Efllplfe just two blocks awax to talxe breakfast It was a xerx pleasant and 1n p1r1nv vathermg Message from Iona NIICDHEI Nluscaro a Graduate of Power Nlem or1al ID june 1931 has been elected 1 member of the student cot1nc1l for the second strawht tear Xlllxe 1s a bu x lI'1CllXlKlll 1l at Iona He ls on the staff of the Ioman collt e weelxlx The Icann xearboolx the Glee Club the Itahan Club The Gaehc Club and the Nat1onal Federat1on of Cath ol1c Colle e Students Bes1des th1s he IS a pre law student 1n the ltberal arts CIIYISIOII 132 Track Por the first t1me 1n qutte a spell now the Sen 1or DIXISIOH of our Track team althouvh alwavs expert and xerx successful has won a Nleet bx It self It was the Fordham Sp1lxed Shoe Contest and Power came 1n nrst w1th 21 DOIHIS Broolxlxn Prep second w1th 19 and Iordham th1rd w1th 17 Sex er 1l other schools tra1led 1n the walxe And More Track In the B NI XX NIeet recentlx we emerffed on top for another nrst D Rowland T Duffx I O t onnor and I Ianm1771 won the 440 P Droclxer ot second pl ice 111 the flxe pound shot put throw lt a c xstmce of 46 11 Yte tools 11fth 1n the S80 xard run w 1th 'I Shea passmf the nnlsh l1ne 1n two tnmutes n1neteen seconds But the h1 fh po1nt of the dax came w hen D Bohan ln the broad jump scored ten pomts bw h1mself He jumped a d1stance cf 18' feet Ofonnor h1s compamon came 1n fourth lll the exent Jumpmff 17' , feet Catholnc Yearbook Conference 'Ihe Sprmf fllI1lC of the L X L was held on Saturdax NIax 10 1n the Ham 'XUd1l.Ol'lllI'I1 of Q 1rd1nal Haxes H1 h School Our own Brother I' H Hlcltex was the chaarman and most of the staff of th1s xear s Pot: Cl w as present Bats and Splders Double double T011 and trouble Ixettle b l t1c1ng, a scene fron1 Nlacbeth but rather were prac t1c1ng the w1tch1ng trade on the1r own One xerx we1rd sp1der found 1ts w ax 1nto Brother NIcGow an s boolxbag and a ff1Uant1c bat suddenlx looped onto Brother D1llemuths Algebra text It was all 1n fun though DDJ Potenhal Freshmen -X batterx of twentx e1ght teachers and fortx four Sen1or Proctors met the 400 Grammar School test talxers from Nlanhattan and the Bronx on NIax J wh1le the same nun1ber of Power people met the 900 from Lonf Island on the followmv Nlondax Nlax 12 To make room tor these appl1cants on both daxs IOVNGTIIQS had onlx a halt dax of school on both OCCHSIOUS The test COI1SlSI6Cl of both an I and a Scholast1c kptltude Lxam The results were sent out promptlx for thex left Power on the Xl ednesdax followmg each exam They All F1nd The1r Way Back There came to the Press Room recentlx an old member of the 1949 Xearboolt Staff Tlm Gannon Now a Second I 1et1tenant 111 the P1ratroopers Tllll 1 to be st 1t1oned 1t lIlCl13I1l.0XXI'l C1 tp Pa He went to OC S after entermv the Xrmx 1n 1991 The Iormer P0 U tx p1st and lax out n1an thoufht that the Press Roo1n hasnt changed a b1t tXobodw has ex er bothered to clean ll out J The Pow er ' ll 91 ' 'fl - 4 -.2 ' I' 2- ' inu' ' lf: ' ' la . 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