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

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EXTBACL BBICL LA Hobbies Trams, Tracks and Toots Around the mountain came the long silyer tram Suddenly it shot off the track and tumbled into a rayine with covs and wheels dying, through the dust as the undercarriage came apart It sounds like a catastrophic accident but no one was hurt Xou see it was merely a model on a four foot table in Nick 14089 Lacalamita s house Cardboard Village Surrounded by a maze of track and iutomatic switches a little town nestles among pl ister hills a prosperous paper and glue community to complete the illusion of reality Xt its outskrrts the daily milk tram rushes past on its way to town speeding oy er O27 gauge tracks Automatic switches located at strategic points allow a yariety of paths to be selected by the operator Over in a corner of the room Nick is crouched oyer his control board the heart of the complicated mechanism On it are the complex controls which make the switches moye the cars uncouple and the wat r towers and log loaders operate A complete line of these trains and miniature accessories are put out by many companies among them Lionel Nick s usual supplier -Xnd so as the caboose is swallowed up bv the green paper mountains we leaye ic worrying if the 2 ZO wil e through on time Tomahawks and Arrows Dark figures moyed through the for est and in the distance could be heard the soft but ommous sound of Indian tom toms -Xn uprising of the Indlan Nationf' Hardly Perhaps their ancient festlyal rites? XX ell not exactly but you were close In truth these Indian war r1ors are no more Indian than you or I but are young men enthused by Indian lore and the nobility of the Redman Xmong us in Power is one of these pseudo warriors our own Gerald Fitz gerald of 302 Gerald belongs to Troop 213 of the Boy Scouts in Queens This is an organization which produces gath erings in which -Xmerican boys may blend into the spirit and tradition of the Old XX est In relation to a full time hobby Ger ald can think of nothing better and takes great pride in executing the age November 9 19.91 l C il e Wxlsh In a little country town It s a lay out like this one that appears in 'Nick Lacalomita s rurnpus room old ceremonial and ritual dances of the Indians ks Gerald would reply if you asked htm the Indians were not the sayage uncultured people you might think they were They were masters at of bray ery The Plains Indians had cay alry equal to the best Furopean regl ments The Dog Soldiers were a tribe of Indians who on entering the battle field would hurl their spears into the ground and lash themselyes to them so they could not retreat Thus they fought until yxctory or death was attained His peaceful nature was brought out by his skill in agriculture and weaving -Xn extremely ardent hobbyist, Gerald practices the Indian skills by making moccasms leggings war bonnets and other Indian paraphernalia He intends to participate in a pageant given by the during 'Slay But for now we will leave this Irish Injun as he goes to his tepee for a traditional old Indian meal of corned beef and cabbage Band Power in jersey Last October 14 was the scene of great activity as the Senior Band as Po er Photo Down Haeken ack Hain Street Brother Kostka paces P NI A finest during Holy Name Rally 11 ' Y . D . .' , F' . ' . Q A . , , 1, X 1 2 ' - -' - 5 ' , ' V . 7 2 ' . L4 r ' ' 1 ' y v ' .. , ' - 3 ' it i 2 ' A ,. 1 . x 7 ' n , 1 r V A ' 1 1 A ' . H 7 I . A .l Y . . ' y Q - v Y v . . . . ' 9 ' - the art of war and lived by high codes Boy Scouts in Madison Square Garden ' ' ' f , ' ' ' 4. I ' vw ' V - 1 - 1' I s U V Y . ., . . . . N' k ' ' : ' l b .' - ,' - . 1 T' . I I A n . VY' - xv ' fs f ' ' s 's I ' ' .- .- fs . ' - C 1- . u 'Y- , - 3

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NEWS at 44th Street off F1fth Ayenue XX hen preparrng for the parade Brother Deady placed the boys IH formatlon and gaye prel1m1nary 1nstruct1on whlle Brother Hennessy a1ded 1n apply 1ng pol1sh to the cont1ngent Our Band 1n jersey for the day free Extra Currzcula page IU was replaced by the green and gold Rlce Instltute orgamzatlon At SlXtW second street a group of spectators eudentlv haymg heard some favorable comments about the school but, It seems not enough about the fac ulty asked one of the brothers Father are you all from Power NIemor1al9 A l1ttle further on Here comes the well tra1ned un1t from Power 'Nlemorlal Academy and It s eyes left as they pass the Grand Marshall 1n perfect forma t1on was the cry that came boommg over the P A at the reuewmg stand They must have been good for at seventy th1rd two mounted pol1cemen commented they re the best so far Padden and O Dwyer accompan1ed them wh1le Brother Hennessy led the way At elhty fourth they turned down past NII:ldlSOH Lex1ngton past Th1rd and then to Second Avenue where the d1V1S1OH d1sbanded to head for home t1re a l1ttle hungry and glad they could sleep the next day Croke Park A Day To Remember Packed to capaclty were the stands and the cry was Standmg room only as the crowds gathered on October 28 for the playoffs of two major games That the deslre to help the well known Power AIemor1al Band and the frlsky Sunday 1ssued by the weatherman ac counted for the large attendance Game Results The Galway herrxng chokers beat the Tlpperary hurllng team wh1le the Kerry Kmgdoms whlpped Le1trem1n the football frav As for the spectators the results could be summed up 1n sey en words A good t1me was had by all Alumm Launch Calendar Now operatmv under a permanent const1tut1on of whlch each member w1ll recene a copy the Alumm Assoc1at1on plans also to dlstrlbute ofnc1al member sh1p cards The Counc1l held two meet 10 LaBua The smxlmg faces before the parade but after Oh brother' mgs durlng the summer and all com mlttees haye been hard at work s1nce August 8 plannmg for the com1ng year Thelr fall dance w1ll be held at the Hotel Capxtol on October 26 though what they are most enthused about IS the reylyal of the Annual Commumon Breakfast wh1ch w1ll take place th1s year at the Hotel Emplre on December 2 To round out th1s fme program plans are ketball game and dance sometlme IH Noyember A poster club has also been formed and th1s d1v1s1on IS workmg on posters to advertlse th1s year s events The first general meet1ng of the sea son was held at 9 OO 0 clock September 19 1991 ID the aud1tor1um A report of the act1y1t1es of the yar1ous comm1t tees was made Brother Hennessy de l1yered a br1ef address to the group and the new moderator Brother Delanev was lntroduced An ey enlng of hard work was broken up by the serymg of refresh ments 1n the cafeterla at 10 15 Officers The Presldent lS Robert 'Nlacken F1rst AICC Pres1dent john P Hale Sec ond AICC Pres1dent Albert A Duke Treasurer Arthur-I Goldste1n Record 1n,, Secretary Dayld K Vlalsh Cor FCSDOHOIHZ Secretary James NI Farley There lS also a Board of Governors Franc1s I Aan Damm and Xl1ll1am Trov The Alumn1 Councxl IS composed of thlrtv members about two from each graduat1ng class The Assoc1at1on as s1sted 1n much of the cler1cal work by a sen1or john Nlartens of 707 Coordma tor of the Alumn1 IS hop1ng for a great upsurge of support for the 1952 program Trn Powermfn at tht C A f' KSU Pouerscopel Gabe V al l1 Tom Cado an Dan Shanahan Pu ene ,lolm on and Bob Fa an In tl1e econd row are .l1m Alalone Aruc Irons B111 Hurley Key Co tello and Ted Le Comte The Power A T vs . A v . v M , an - v' r . . v Q , - 1 - .' A - . - - , 1 ' Q. , . W . 1, it 'J X 4 . Q. 3 . - ' , , 1 :V A 4 V ' ' . . Q 1' . gg lf 7 a u n 3 n 7 1 Q u - V, U ' - V ' A , , ' P r . 1 Q AA v v ' v B ' D A v ' v v 7 . . , - w 1 , 1 , ' f . ' ' ' Z U . , y y I . ' y . D . . v . ' O, ,I ,' I ' - Brothers Rice, McGowan, Delaney, MC, be1ng made for an .Alumm-X arslty Bas- ' . v ' ' Y , . X , 1 . . n T 7 . i - y ' , , ' 7 l A . . . + z 9 , ' , 7 . . . . . ' ' , 7 y A - , ll ' 11 I , Y , , 41 ' , 'n if ' T! , ' ' ' 1' ' 7 , at ' M , , 2: 'Y v . rv 7 - ' ' LaBua ' v . ' ' ' 1 - -. . , ' J- A , , . : , W R U 1 ' ' ' V ' ' ' ' I' 7 ' ' ' ' - ' , . g , S , - g' . s ' ' . ' ' - A , 'r ., ' ' s , .

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EXTRACUBRICULA sembled outslde the school to board the chartered bus whlch would take them to Hackensack New jersey At Passalc and Lmon Streets at exactly two o clock they began paradmg Each year we recelve many rnvrta trons to play at varlous eyents Thrs year for example flfteen were recexved and subsequently declmed for that many engagements could not posslbly be fulfrlled The only one accepted was the Holv Name Parade bookmg m the Clty Across the Rlver These parades are held annually IH honor of the Holy Name of jesus Last year we also marched wrth the soclety s dlvlslon of Salnt John s Cathedral, Pat erson The T hunderer Bugle Boy Irrsh March Melodxes and of course the most approprlate The Holy Name March , were played Scholarshups Freshman Awards The novl hommes or new men at Power are lnfrltrated wlth several wmners of full four year scholarshlps to the Academy These seven fortunate frosh may be unheard of as yet but show promlse of brlghtenlng our lucky star ln the fields of hterary, oratorlcal and athletlc endeavor The Flre Department of the Crty of New York awarded ll 1ll1am Iuschmerer now of 308 a full scholarshlp Thls delegate from St Pascal s rn Queens IS Jomed by another wlnner Francis Maru tollo C3065 of St Francxs of Rome par rsh Thomas Maher C301 from Good Shepherd m Manhattan has come here Silent plctures don t reveal the sweet harmony of the Glee Club 12 We re here today to dlscuss the before crltlcs Brother lNa le N Nealls and on a Holy Name Department of Sam tatlon award John O Farrell C3061 from Our Lady of the Angels parlsh m Brooklyn IS here on the Cathohc Gulld Department of Correctlon scholarshrp Sports Scholarshnps Basketball awards brrng both Tom Dalley of St joan of Arc and john Do hnac of Manhattan s Holy Cross parlsh to Power james Porter of Our Lady of Lourdes m the Clty IS here on a track award There rs no need to wlsh them the success ln Power that we know hes ahead of them for that lS already ev1 dent ln the hearty welcome accorded all newcomers bv each of the remalmng three years Sophomore JUHIOI' and Senlor A word of vrarmng to the Class of 1954 though a great deal IS expected of you and your scholarshlp wmners don t let us down Glee Club Song Masters Each actmty day the Glee Club IS hard at work ln the audltorrum rehears mg 1ts numbers for forthcommg con tests Led by maestro and Off1Cl3l moderator Mr Perrault these muslcally mmded Powerltes are not overly optl mxstlc ln thelr hope to do even better this year than last yet these are the same group of students who recently LaBu'r declalms dehator Charles Tambuollo ,l Scott R W'olfe J Mallum, P Mac'VIorrow brought choral fame to the portals of the Academy For the beneflt of any new freshmen who havent heard an explanatlon of our current melodlous success Enterrng for the f1rst trme a contest held under the ausplces of the Cathohc Glee Club League Power easlly got through the pI'6llITl1I'1dl'l6S held at R6glS and a score of exghty frve percent Thus quahfled for the fmals at Town Hall the Glee Club competed agamst the very best of Cathohc Hrgh School smgmg roups Fmergrng vlctorlous they brought home an average of mnety three percent and a Gold Cup for the Trophy Case Debate A new program 1n connectlon wlth furthermg general lnterest ln debate IS Going to be 1n1t1ated ll 1th the wholehearted cooperatlon and approyal of Brother Hennessy a serles of mtramural debates have been planned durmv the next months These vnll be held 1n the audltorlum before an aud1ence of students and teachers Representatlves from each class of each vear vull be evenlv dnlded and one srde compr1sed for example of Fresh men classes 301 306 302 and 308 wrll take pro and 303 306 and 307 will take negatlye After the arguments the wmners w1ll The Power ' m ' X . N , - . . V 7 V , . , . - I . . I . 3 7 7 7 ld ' ' '7 A Q. D i S J, . 7 . . . . , tx H L1 as I 7 7 rr ' , ' U A A . U v 7 L 4 K A ll . 66 9 - ss - . . T U . U U , . , . , . r ' . l . r 4 . at ' ' va 44 ay , A 1 . , . . . 3 I ' ' . . . , . i . . N . ., . . ' 1 - - ' . Y . 4 ., . l . , . Hlgh School w1th a 'Class A standlng, - ,. . . A , ' I ,f .L y - . J ' . . . I . I , , . . f f , . , A , - . l . . . . - , I U . . . , ' V . r- - J 7 . A , U ' ' - A , 8 l 7 0 . . . , V 7 7 ' . . . . D 5 . . . . -4 ' . ,., . ' v ', 0 Q ,, ' . . A 1 I' A D l . . '. . 7. ' v 1 V Keeler 2 at - - 9, q ' v . , ' v , A x ' Y . . , .