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

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Trophies Are Unanimous Athletic Director Brother Ixostka announced last week the abolition of Letters in favor of in dnldual trophies At a meeting of both the X arslty and jay lee Basketball teams a unanimous vote approved the awarding of trophies rather than let ters The awards have a mahogany base topped by a gilded figure They figure on being much more durable than the letters formerly awarded Fathers Club Rehres The last meeting of the Fathers Club for this memorable year of 1951 to 1952 was held on Tues day May 27 As their last official act they selected a committee to choose candidates for next years officers and to outlme a program for the organiza tion s future aCtlVltl8S These, of course will mclude the Annual Communion Breakfast, held this year just sixteen days before the retiring of the group So Ends Our Spring W 1th the closlng of Power s summer sports cam palgn Power men may sit back and read with pride and pleasure, the achievements of the baseball track and handball teams The wiry left arm of senior Jim Kennedy, coupled with the impressive stick work of Bill Dowling gave Power some notable wins over Fordham LaSalle and All Hal lows In handball it was the power packed wallops of Rubrecht Obert that carried Power s court team to a successful finish in the singles competition of the Private Schools league. As for track, the most impressive work was done by our hard running freshmen. Notable among these were 220 yard man Don Bohan and his fleet companions, Pat OCon- nor and john Shea. Their 107 medals and four trophies augurs well for next year. Correction In the May issue of The Power on p. 142, an article and picture appeared stating that Mr. Gal- lagher was the head of the Confraternity of The Christian Doctrine at Power. Mr. Gallagher is a Director of the Lonfraternity of The Christian Doc- trine, but not at Power, since the Confraternity has not been established at Power as yet. The work of teaching boys at St. Matthewts is an activity of the Sodality to which Mr. Gallagher has given gener- ously of his time. Debaters Deliver In the recent Irish Christian Brothers Tourna ment the debaters gained second place m the over all points for the debate section of the tournament and third place in the Senior Declamation F Fitz lbbon and F Batridve placed first in the Senior Debate while J Scott and R Dunne placed first in the Junior Debate Both teams were awarded Oscars Power came vuthln five heartbreaking points of taking the tournament trophy Concert Previews Povsefs annual concert this year will boast the SCFVICCS of two topflight artists along with the pro gram which has been prepared by the Band and Glee Club Mr Christopher Lynch renowned Irish tenor and soloist on the Firestone program and NIr Francis Flanagan noted violin virtuoso will add their talents to our concert in a selection of numbers which has made them famous Dinner for Departing Principal A dinner was given by the Mothers Club for Brother Hennessy on May 22nd Present at the dinner were the officers and members of the Mothers Club Speeches were made by Brothers Rice, Hickey Kostka and of course, Brother Hen nessy The dinner was given to express the thanks of the Mothers Club and Faculty for Brother Hen nessy s fine work during his six years at Power Comcndence Last year Mr Rood s picture appeared on page 149 Once again this year Mr Rood has garnered a spot in The Power and guess where he was put? That s it page 149 and in the very same place Th ree Practices-Three Dlstunctnons The Glee Club after three practices on the stage of the Hunter College Playhouse, owns the distinc- tion of three more performances on this stage than any previous Power Glee Club. Their performance is expected to set a new high and also to provide suitable company for Power s prize-winning band. Power Takes IC B Freshman Meet For the hrst time in six years Power topped Rice and won the I.C.B. Freshman Meet. Notable in the Meet was the four wins registered by Don Bohan four first places that is, in the high jump broad jump 880 and 220. It was a first for Power in I.C.B. competition. Drackers win in the shot put ta 48' HM heavej plus the 50.5 showing by the 440 yard relay team, was all Power needed to bring home the trophy. For those interested, we won 545 to 29M for Rice. The Power Th P . U. . . . r- ' :- . . . . , , at .av ,' ' ' ' ' at rv ' , - u , . 7. . . V, . ' 7 - ' ' J , v . V . . . - . 1 ' f 1 I 1 , 1 - 7 3 ' 1 r ' 7 ' . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . - I ' 7 . , . . . . . . , l . . . . Y . 1 y v. . , - , A - y . r . . . . . . . . , , y . . 7 ' . ' - , 1 1 ' 2 1 1 1 7 P 1 ' a 1 1 1 1 Q . O ' D r v 1 . 1 . . 4 2 . . 1 A 1 7 - I 1

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FEATURE My Son Is Graduating The audrtorrum at Hunter College was trghtly packed It was hot remrndrng everyone present that rt was June and summertrme On the huge stage decor ated for the occasron sat thrs years graduatrng class resplendent rn therr black tuxedoes and black bow tres just rn front of them sat the guests of honor, talkrng quretly wartrng for the cere mon1es to begrn Besrde them on a long table were the coveted drplomas rn neat rows wartrng to be drstrrbuted Then a hush settled over the audrence as Brother Hennessey arose to begrn what was to be hrs farewell to Power Memorral Towards the back of the hall an elderly woman scanned the stage nerv ouslv obvrously searchrng for some one Then she found hrm and con tentedly sat back and smrled He was there rn the second row her son h was graduatrng He seemed nervous she thought probably anxrous to have rt all over wrth But then agarn so was she Brother Hennessey s yorce broke rn on her reverres and for a moment her at tentron turned to the words of the speech and the parents who sacrrfrced so much Sacrrfrced so much Xes rt hadnt been easv but thrs nrght re pard most of the debt to her as she how second row who was her son Xly he had chan ed She hardly seemed a e to rdentrfy hrm wrth the thrn boy had been her son four short years He was grown up now WO How well she remembered that rst that mornrn he was so anyrous to be on hrs wav Then the trouble wrth studres and Latrn and how helpless she felt as she watched hrm stru glrng wrth Caesar and later on Crcero But he suryryed them all the algebra the French the Phy srcs and so many more that had gryen hrm trouble day He had hardly krssed her Iune 11 1902 T e Powe News of the Year in Review June 1 1, 1952 Brother Hennessy addresses a graduatm class for the last trme Scene Hunter College 8 30 ,lune 6tlr Her eyes clouded for a second as she remembered that fateful day when he had come home srck She felt agarn the ,nawrng fear that had grrpped her when the doctor told her that rt was a bad case of pneumonra The long days of wartrng the long nrghts of yrgrl all these passed rn revrew as she watched the young man rn the second row who was her son She started as she realrzed that they were gryrn out the drplomas Then she heard hrs name called and clapped rt was that was receryrn, hrs drploma How strar ht he was and how nrcely he bowed She squeezed her husband s arm and he smrled and she could tell from hrs ey es that he was burstm yvrth hap prness That was good dad had cer tamly worked hard to make thrs nr ht possrble X warm ,low stole over her then and she thanked God for hrs many blessrn s and partrcularly for the youn man rn the second row who was her son Now the prrzes were bern gryen and she felt a lrttle sorry that there was no prrze for the best son tor she knew her son would haye taken the prrze yvrth no trouble at all She clapped loudlv as she recognrzed the recrprent of the Hrs torv Nledal as one of johns frrends She must remember to congratulate hrs parents A humorous thought came then the nr ht of the Prom Could she ever forget rt and how nervous he was that nrght and how mercrlessly hrs father had krdded hrm about hrs new tuxedo and the boy: contarnrng the corsage under hrs arm She had been yery thoughtful that nr ht hrs father too lt was the son had frown up Therr lrttle boy w as one foreyer he was no longer lrttle nor a boy he was a man Suddenly as rf by mar rc rt was oyer and people yyere rushrn to meet the beamrnl., raduates She took hold of her husband s arm and steered hrm to ward the spot where they had a reed to meet hrm Then he appeared hrs face yyreathed rn smrles and as he came for ward to meet them a lump rose rn her throat as the realrzatron of rt all took hold He had graduated her son had raduated the boy rn the second row who was her son had Graduated 165 l 5 l . . 5 VV 5 V V r V f . , f z -. - I I ' 1- . . V, V V I 7 y , , V V . . f V 3 ' 1 , ' ' ' ' 2 V . VV . V . C V V - : , : , . I a - Y ' I 1 . J 1 C ' 'V ' L ' ' V r V ' U - U p n . I , V . l n Y . - 9 l Y . v ' V 1 . 1 V. n :Kr V r r rs ' V V . . . ' 7 n v n I v n 4 , U Y . . . - . 'Y' ' ' ' V 5 , u -Y A Q u ' 7 ' ' . . . V - V ' V U . V V 7 V . V ,, . . V V .V V .VV - . V V V VV gazed IWVOUCHY at the youn?-I man In the loudly so that everyone might know who Ilrst time they had realized that their ' ' ' V A ' ' V V ' V' 0- ' ' V , Il . I ' ' 'V VV, C rr , V' V 'E . . ' . H V : V ' v' 3Vg0V ' K ,V ' , . l' V ' . . . C? , ,V . VN V . 2 . - V . Q ' fl ' V ' cr V - ' or g V ' U 1 - P' . g V .V . V A V VV V V V VV g . V V . g . V V Q V . . - - ,, . . V . V V. V t V . V . U U. V . . . V ' L- V V . 1' ' 7 ' . U V VV VV.V . . . V Q V V . V Q N Y 7 ' l - T Y D I 3