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

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CLASSES Po er Photo Buslness Staff blg wrgs start the years work Class 607 Teachers are the ones who make a class what It IS a place 1n whlch to gam an educat1on, both culturally and so clally The brothers and teachers of 607 make th1s a class rn whlch a student not only learns but actually enjoys the pro cess of learn1ng The young men of thls class w1ll be able to go out 1nto the world boastlng of a well fortlfled and sound educatxon Some of these boys w1ll contmue the1r studles rn varrous colleges all over the country others w1ll endeavor to get good Jobs and then settle down to a happy marr1ed state whlle stlll others w1ll Joln the armed forces and help keep our country free from any harm However no matter what therr undertakmgs are we feel that they wxll be successful rn them all Now xt IS t1me for us to mform you of the tralts and actmtres of the boys themselxes We shall start off the llst by gmng you an account of the hobby of johnny Rvan johnny has as hrs favorrte pas tlme the huntmg of w1ld anlmals up 1n the -Xdrrondacks He hunted there last summer and lntends to go agaln th1s wrnter to look for black bear He has more than once stated that there IS nothlng l1ke rlsmg on a brlsk mornmg to l1e ln walt for h1s prey 1n the woods Vle certamly hope that he bags hlS full quota of anlmals Johnny s classmate Larry Rood s spec1alty IS breedmg d1fferent types of carr1er plgeons He 1S now trymg to ralse a new type of plgeon for the ex cluslve use of the army Vle wlsh you the best of luck Larry A large portron of the Busxness Staff, the d1v1s1on of The Power that handles crrculatron pLll3l1Clty d1str1but1on book keeplng etc and keeps thls a sellmg book are 1n this class Three are plc tured on the left hand corner of the page Out 1n Dexter Park a few years from now on any Saturday mght you w1ll be able to see Crash Lleery and Hot Rod Duffy down on the track g1v1ng the1r cars a tr1al run 1n preparatron for the blg race Although these boys IH tend to break all the speed records there are, they are xery cautlous r1ders when they are out on the street They both agree that cautlon IS more lmportant than breaklng all the speed records IH the world Xou mrght also see GCOfglC O Brlen and Charlle Nlahlan ID the plts fixrng some parts on one of the cars that IS gomg to take part rn the race They know just how 1mportant It IS that the cars be IH perfect condltlon for the mam event Th1s class seems to have asplrants for ex ery known professlon Two potentlal llfeguards are Jerry Brennan and John Rooney These boys have already won the1r l1fe savmg badges, and w1ll be able to acqurre hfeguard Jobs durmg the summer VS ho knows, we mxght have some future Olymprc materlal here We also have a prospectlve wrestler and welght llfter rn thls class m the per son of Pete Boyle, who already looks as though he w1ll be the future Charles Atlas Two avld baseballers are Lou Vhtch who hopes to get a Job as shortstop for the Ixew York Xankees and Georgle 'Horan who wants to pltch for the Brooklyn Dodgers XX ho knows maybe these boys w1ll some day take the places of the men who hold these pos1t1ons to a The new forward for the New York Rangers Hockey team wxll undoubtedly be Bob Rrtter, one of the best prospects 1n many a year for th1s pos1t1on Vle can also see Tom Murray Chrls Tlghe Luke Stanton Tom Eulley ln the comrng Nl3d1SOI1 Square Garden tourna ments These boys are masters at the art of teamwork on the basketball court and they often are seen to practlce rn the schoolyard when school rs over LaBua Front R T 'Vlurrax X Iuzzolmo T Vlard L Staunton T Vloonu A Sheedx G Berry -I Ferrrgno Second R0 T Vhlk L Rood G OBr1en I Cay I Rooney D Holzer G Brennan T Curlx Third R0 R Rltter T Barrone E Duffy Ni Traxers P 'NIcGratl1 W Flemmg J 'VIc'Vlanus R OBr1en Back Ro C 'Horan C Tlgue C 'Vlallan W lxundlch B LaForge P 'VIcDonald J R1 an NI Looney 18 The Power ' 1 . A v - - - . V U . H 'V. V V V . . . , V . V. V. . . . . v ' y , V . V . . . R . . V. . . V V V . V . v . . X V W v s Q v 1 v a r W 1 Q 1 1 - ca - ' 97 . . . . . . ,. , 1 Y , V . 1 ' 7 , , . , - 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' nV ' J ' 7 ' 5 a J ' . ' ' 4: ' ua ' ' - . 7 'a , , - d y. 1 ' ' r , x - ' tc va ' an ' ' ' ' . ., V . . v . - 7 2 ' r V V A - A - . . V . . V 1 1 ow: . 1 Q, . , . ' , , . . . . . . ', . f . . , H . Y 7 ' 1 v l v I ff.. . --' ' . , . ', . , . . . , . V . uc. . y - - - v 1 ' 1 - A 1 ' 1 ' rr. , ' ' . ' ' ' ' . , . . . , . , u, . , . , . , , . , . , . , - - , A . :A ' '

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CLASSES Class 504 Startlng on the school day 904 drgs rnto the rrche of the Enffhsh language under the dlrectlon of Xlr Ixass All agree that hr frrendly method of teach mg 1s a re11et from the ordrnary style 'Next a follow up wrth French II as taught by Nlr Perreault who payes the way for Brother H1ckey 1n th1rd perrod to take them back through the ages to the vlorlous days of ancxent Rome I th1s atmosphere they study the great works of Lrcero and Oyxd and watch as Brother goes about the buslness of Fundamenta yaclenda of good scholar shrp A QCSSIOH w1th Brother Ixelly rn the my sterres of Intermedlate Algebra fm 1shes up the mormng and It IS a hungry group of Junlors who head for the cafe ter1a when the frfth per1od bell rmgs Pre 1ce cream and a few sandwrches prepare them for the hard work of the afternoon begmmng wrth Brother Lawr as therr relrgxon course IS called A full day rs rounded out by the study of Amerlcan Hrstory wxth Ur Humphreys who can glye them a closer look at the Second AX orld XA ar from actual experr ence haymg been a member of the 250th Paratrooper D1y 1s1on These jumors are yery sports mmded and w1th the proof of the puddmg 1n the eatmg we present George Xarwood and Drck Percudanx heroes of last year s Ixnlghts of Columbus basketball team Power s standrng rn the f1e1d of track ls due partlally to the efforts of Bernard Romero of 220 yard dash fame recent record breaker rn the broad Jump If you wanted to go f1sh1ng and LaBua Ha, ha, chuckles T LeGomte as D Page polnts out somethmv humorous 1n hrs speech needed a pole you could go to Eugene Desposrto and qurckly be supphed H has been makmg poles and selhng them for the past three years He has poles for deep sea flshlng fly rods etc be srdes se111ng sea s1ck p111s to the un fortunate A boy wxth a future IS our own Tom Lennon Tom has many hobbles 1nclud mg wh1tt11ng parntrng and drawmg He spec1a11zes ln paxntmg and for a small fee w111 sketch your portrart or make a duplrcate from any photo you glye hrm One n1ce thrng about Tom 15 that unhke most other artxsts he IS not temperamental Record collectrng IQ the hobby of E Rema and A Amatrudo The former collects popular records whrle the latter possesses classlcal and seml classlcal re cordlngs Each of these has a collectlon of nearly three hundred and frfty drscs For those who want a quleter past trme there are Pat Egan Ray Nfaggl B111 AICICT, and Paul Lawrence all of whom mdulge 1n the hobby of ph11 ately Cstamp collectrng to youj Red ones black ones green ones all shapes and srzes from anywhere and every where? just name It and you 11 haye a dlscussron on your hands that you can t stop LaBu Eager and enthuslastlc Jumors, so they seem, are J Currv, B Nleler and E Desposlto LaBua Front Ro I kelly G Ixrernan P Xee R 'Nlagl I 'Nfulyey I Warren M Estlyo G Walker I Patterson NI Heery Second Rott I Smlth P Egan B Romero L Gottr J Werba E Rema T Llennon R Page P Lawrence Thzrd R0 S Sloboda NI Qumn J Wenglfff R 'AICDCYUIOU .1 Curry G Xarwood G Dekeau XX Gaynor VN NIEICI' R Wallace Back R0 R Ixmsella J NIcEyoy M Horan E Rxlkelly L Hannan R Percudan1,j Dowlmg, A Amatrudo, R Zottarellr November 9, 1951 19 . . S . F . h 4 Y ., 0 1 I . H 1 , - 's ' ' - ' ' A . 1 1 . . 5 -1 ' n A . . Y . fs l 3 , H . . ., - X ' 7 '- v . 1 V . V . . . U 4' N ,A . Q . Q V V. I U I I D n . - I 1 Q 1 un- 7 1' L ' ences teachmg of L1y'1ng Our Farth , - - , - e ' A .Y ' A . ' Y l ' 7 ' 1 'r ' V . . - . . U - - 1- br J v . . . Y V . . ' D ,I . 1 1 ' V . l . 4 ' ' ' 1 Y Q ' ' V lv U . V . ' . N . ..'. . .3 ygf .. . ' , . . . ' ' , , - ,. . : - 1 - - - . j. Lb ' . . , , J , .1 . . . Q: . - , . . ' ,