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

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EXTBACI RRICULA Each d1v1s1on practrces three davs each week The basses and sopranos who smg Tuesdays Thursdavs and Frm days are allowed the Actmty perrod off on Nlondax and XX ednesdavs Thls IS to make up for the trme they spend after school on non actmtx daxs The lar est group of the Club are the tenors and they practxce on 'Xlondaxs Xl ednesdaxs and Fridays Frrdax vou will notrce IS the dar of the week on whlch they all rehearse as 1 group Thls earnest work 15 1n preparatron for the preuously mentroned Annual Con cert on June 12 at Hunter Colle e Plax house There they wrll smg Xl hen the Foeman Bares Hrs Steel Gzlbert and Sullzwn Come To The Farr Easthope Martzn XX orthy Is The Lamb Handel Up Up and Away A flock of plgeons crrcled serenely overhead The leader Happed hrs wmgs and soared in confldence It would have been well lf the descrrptron could end here, but suddenly wrnged death came from the west It plummeted at a steep angle d1v1n w1th ever mcreasmg mo mentum 1nto the flock The prgeons sensmg the lmpendmg danger, headed for safetv They were shaken and fear ful even as Tom Hynes secured them m their coup He thankfullv looked at the fieelng form of the prgeon hawk whrch to hrs jov had failed m procurmg hrs evening repast Tom, a jumor at Power has not been rarsmg plgeons very long only four months as a matter of fact, but rn the short trme he has been at rt he as gathered a wrde store of knowledge an experrence A total of twenty fiwe u grown pigeons make up hrs fiock an they mclude ive homlng prgeons ve blues three checkers three bronzes helmet, a black t1pl1t two turb1ts wo buttonheads one tarlow, one red check er, and a clmcher Besides these Tom has many young brrds They range from one to two weeks of age, and rn th1s group homers are predominant OHS How He Began Tom started hrs not too common hob by when he went mto partnershrp with a 138 nelghborhood frrend by the name of Ed Squero Thev bullt a coup to house the prgeons atop a frrends garage roof It OCCUDICS approximately one hundred and twentx five cubic feet Smce Tom IH tends to enlarge hrs flock a new and larger coup IS be1n planned As Tom savs the mam purpose of plgeon F315 m rs to produce some good brrds for racm Thls IS accomplrshed by match rn drfferent breeds Another purpose IS the busmess an le The 1dea IS to catch another fellow s plgeon and sell lt back to him Recently one of Toms prgeons a black trplrt set a record ln the nelgh borhood by flvmg a mlle ln slxteen mmutes Hes dom all right' Plscatorlal Pursults A sparrow chlrped a squlrrel rustled the leaves Srlhouetted agarnst the brlght horrzon was the figure of Dlck Zottarellr rod 1n hand Suddenly hrs l1ne tugged and qulvered the water be an to rlpple Tense and filled w1th eager antlclpatron Drck reeled 1n the medrum ply lme The water splashed as the fish broke surface and his face por trayed a gleeful EXPTCSSIOH of satlsfac t1on for he had caught a near record breakmg trout Twig and Strung XX 1th summer nearmg and the school months drawmg to a close the outdoor hobbv of fishing IS one near to the heart Therefore when we heard of that ardent fishmg enthu last Rlchard Zottarellr we vs ere all set to present you wrth an mter estlng artlcle Dlck IS far from the aver a e twlg and strlng fisherman On the contrarv, he has an 1mpress1ve array of fishm rods both metal and glass a number of reels mcludmg an expensive Pfueger spmnlng reel lures lrnes and a xarlety of other assorted tackle hvlth th1s equrpment and hrs own acqulred sk1ll lt IS a small wonder that he has caught such a wlde assortment of fish whrch lnclude lake and rainbow trout, bass perch prckerel and catnsh Hls latest catch to date IS a large prckerel Naturally Dlck IS a Boy Scout Hrs favorrte hours are when he IS on a hlke wrth hrs troop and he IS steadlly reelmg em m Drcl s chorce of fishmg waters are Long Island Sound and those around Levittown Hundred of Powermen be srdes Drck are fishermen and to them IS wrshed a summerful of Good fishmg l l LaBua It s a strike' Dlck Zottarelll hooks one to the admlratlon of the spectators ln the background The Power . 1 ' ' - V -- . . . ,, v , Y V . as v 0 n .v. . . 3 Y ' . A ,S 1 w L . . . - . 0' ' ' 7 , , a . . . Y 1 r U . . , . . h g D A - . H . 1 1 7 ' . v , w -1 . . . . . A '.. - V. . . 1 S ' 1 1 r 1 1 '1 U 7 7 ','. Y. ' 1 5 5 . ' V 'l . - ' ' Y I ' U r - . V , Y . h' . A - - - ,- , , . g . .A . , K 0 . u 0 D U rr ,' - on 0 5 ' . . . . - c ' . . Y Y s n u r . 1 ' . U A 5 1 1 U Z . . . 5 7 1 U . , n , I ? . . U . ' . . . . r 1 U v ' - .1 , ' , ' v . ' l I l' 1 1 1 1 1 CY ' II f 1 1 . 5 . . N -va I 1 I O O , .. Y. . . ,I . l ,, l . Y . . ' . , , . 7 1 1 -H . . U . . . V U . A- . . l 3 . I . . . - -Y . . 7 ' . , , I 3 . . . H . 0 - 1 1 7 . ' U . . . V . Y. . . D g . . x . . . - y 1 . . . . it . N . . U 5 . . - . 7 n 1 O' , , r 1 1 ' r . r -1 a .. . 7 3 O d . . - ' f ll n 9 d , fi a y 1 1 1 1 t 7 -

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BXTB ACL lllllil LA The Nlotllers Club of Power NlCl'llOl'ldl Acacltnn rlo tllem we owe a dcllt me tmlable the names of these wonderful people Prcszdent Helen Forbes Vzcf' Preszdfnt Lucie Barrone Ojfzrrrs Helen Barrone Rose Dlbla como Helen Gaynor Frances Nlclxler nan Lee Schxebelhuth Commzttec llembcrs Nlrs Bowen Catherlne Bunbury Nlrs Campbell Fltzpatrxck Ellen Gay Florence Gut mann Nlae Hollywood Nlrs Horan -Xdelalde Ixellx Nlrs Ixennedy Della Iullelea Fclna Lewls Nlae Nlahon Theresa Nlcfarroll Lhzebeth NIcC0r ITllClx Sarah Nlurray jean N1elsen Xlrs Iadlan Helen lrelfer Nlary Qulnn Latherme Pay Xlary Ryan Xlma Stoclthelmer Nlarv Sulllwan Xxonne Tl'llXl6I' e Catherlne llmothy Catherlne XX ard Judy XX olfe Nlary ll oods Glee Club lNI2lglC Three The Glee preparm for the -Xnnual Concert next month has acqulred two new planos to help them tram Thls brmhs the total up to three or one for each D1rector Three I3ld.I1UQ three Dlrectors and three dmsxons make up the Glee Club The three pranos already mentnoned The three Ihrectors you all know Bro Nlclladden Nlr Perreault NIr Obratka lhe three CllNlS1OI1S tenors basses and sopranos To o exen further xnto the club s back round llS members are al most whollx made up of sm ers from three of the four years or chanters from the Ifreshmen Sophomores and jumors IIAQIWOIIL um to ln YOC'lllZ1Il IIIICIIIIS rxupt llll llttlm frllow lll tht ll lxt hand corner Nlay 26 waz 134 , - . . . 7 A f A '. A s fl l vm Y x ' S ' . - A 7 1 l A ' . U r ' . ' Y, A A J. Av. A 1 A . . ' 1. ' 1 ' . ' ', ' . 3 . j . . 1 I ' 7 O A . ' ' 1 ' . it ' ' A. V' A . . A, V S X K - . 7 I , 4 A - . Y. g 1 ,A - ' , -- v a' . - V v Y V . 2 ' ', 3 1, ' , A ' I A s . . x U y A . - . A I A . V Y ,. , V. . I , , ' f. . . , I . ,Q ' ' Margaret Caultleld, Mrs. Dillemuth. Jo . fc v already abundantly 'lthrice blessed u A 1, . ' A ' , t L, A , D. H - C, I .. , A A f V . . . . , 5 ? K . . 1 4 gf ' f l . vw T 1 v E- A - 'T 5 , U LuBua1 Photos 'i ' X SX! S 1 ' 2 I l g Q, xi' lm I . 1 x ' n 1 xg 4 ' . A , s , 'Q . FY

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A Mr. Rood Stays-and A Mr Rood Goes Nlr Rood Professor of Brology, Reg rstrar and personal secretary to Brother Hennessy rs well lrked throuvhout the school Perhaps equally as popular rs hrs son Larry Rood who wrll Graduate thrs comrnff june Thrs wrll be the frrst rn stance rn the hrstory of Power or any of the Order s schools that a son of one of the faculty wrll haye fraduated from the same school -X most rnttrestrn f frct rs thatL1rry s father rs hrs broloffy te rcher fhmmmmj The possrbrlrty exrsts th it he does not lrke hayrnff hrs father as an rnstructor, but he doesnt show rt outwardly Larry fares well rn hrs marks but rs not oy erlv rnterested rn study rng Among hrs eytra currrcular actryrtres Larry rndulges rn swrmmrng He rs qurte good at thrs and was once on Brother Lawrence s swrmmrng team Hrs fayorrte pursurt rs rarsmg and tlyrng prgeons He has a large collectron of these srnce he has been accumulatrnff them oyer a number of years Hrs dad Hr Rood does not lrke prgeons but tolerates them As he savs, They make good fertrlrzer for the garden Lpon fraduatron Larry rntends to yorn the Nlarrne Corps but hrs dad rs not keen on the rdea Howeyer, rf rt rs what Larry wants he wrll permrt enlrst ment Hence rn June when drplomas are awarded to our deservrng senrors Larrv Rood wrll leaye us after four worthwhrle years at Power Sorrow not underclass men Larry s father wrll strll represent the Roods m Power Hayrnfv been at our academy nrne memorable years we may rest assured he does NOT rntend to abandon us Expert Counsel Of the many rnterestrng and profrta ble seryrces to be found at Power the Gurdance Room rs noteworthy Srtuated on the fourth floor rt can be reached easrly by both frosh and semor The Gurdance Counselor rs the experrenced Brother O Hehrr As can be ascertarned from obserya tron the purpose of the room rs to drrect the troubled or doubtful student on the May 26 1952 EXTIIACUBBICULA L.rBux llr Rood md gon lm No Slllllldf comlnn rtron trusts ln any IC B sclrool ny rc a lowtrrulus proper path toward the solutron of hrs drffrculty Thrs IS a general statement as the problem may be anywhere from a class drffrculty to the choosrng of a vo catron or a college Xl hateyer the prob lem rt wrll be serrously and methodrcally delyed rnto be rt trrtlrng or of major rmportance Nlanv students are hesrtant rn seek rng gurdance from one outsrde therr rmmedrate famrly Strll others would consrder rt extremely dependent to look to any one for ard In the prryacy of the Gurdance Room these fears are soon forgotten Brother O Hehrr s frrendlv and consolrng manner rs one whrch sr lently demands the students confidence Brother rs y ery defrnrte on the pornt that the rntentron of gurdance rs not to vo out and do thrngs for a person but rather to show hrm w hy he rs capable of handlrng srtuatrons by hrmself If you wrsh you may procure a host of lrterature on yocatrons to the relrgrous lrfe and al o rnformatron regardrng professrons from the Counselor Power rtes hayrnff any drffrcultres whatsoeyer would be foolrsh not to take adyantage of the wondrous opportunrty whrch the gurdance room affords Prom VICIOUS Crrcle Durrng the last few days of May, sen rors were w atchrng the Prom brd wrth an rncessant anyretv Not unlrke worrred ll all Street brokers these speculators wrnced as many of therr perplexed bre low or ,grrls were scarce A vrcrous crrcle eyolyed srnce those dropprng out mrght rarse the brd compellrng, strll more to drop out bec ruse of the excessryely hrgh rite Fhey sit around neryously watch rnf to s e rf the brd would rncrease from NIS to N19 S but rt drdnt tlt one hundred Powerrtes attend the Prom brd wrll be N18 If one hundred frtty vo the brd wrll only be N17 J Tryrng to conyrnce senrors to attend therr Prom rs one of the marn functrons of the Prom Commrttee Besrdes th1s the C ommrttee must make arranffements for the yarrous necessrtres whrch form the foundatron of the successful Prom These rnclude refreshments flowers musrc and a host of other not to be for gotten rtems As a trrbute to these frne Iowerrtes who deyote therr trme to the successful outcome of the Senror Prom we comprled wrth the ard of charrman 39 . ' l, ,.V'v. '- - .Y rs 7 .l ' v l I' rw ' l ' , -' , V , , F' .. . . . ' r . ' g 1 '. ' 2 ', '. ' ,,,' 2 . 5 L 7 l , ' ' v . . . . . . V K ,L A rl I ' ' ' ' , ' ' '. ' .'IY1'. . c , A . y s . U 7 v ,, . . I . . . . D Y! v v . . A I ' ' - . '. 1 , ' . . . 1 . . , ' - ' 'L V V V 1 ' ' I f v ' D - ' . . Z thren dropped out. Either funds were v v . . A T . . Y yr v s s n 7 ,V ' , ' 1 4 - v v v ' V 4 , - ' 'Y 'l 1 s ' ' ' ' 7 . I v Y ' ' ' ,r - - i ' f ' - z . 1' Ja ' 1' r. - ' , V Y, 1 . ' -I 5.5, ' ' v ' cs, . ,, . . . . Nt x N G G m , - , . ' - t t . . . ,ZO . . . , I , . - , X . . y . .- - v I 1' T ' l v. NT ' v r. ' 7,15 . ' .' 1, C ' , rs ' V' Y' ' . . , , . . . l ' ' ' A ' t I . S . . . . 3 V y A ' . - , -. , . 1 . ' . . . ' ' Q V . . N. . f 2 . 1' 5