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

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'NEWS to Pow er to fulnll hrs promxse In hr speech one whxch ex erx Power student should hate heard he stated h1s prrde 1n bemg a graduate of the Acad emx and mstrlled a greater measure of that prlde 1n all those attendmg Nlr Gormans speech had been pre ceded by an address bx Ur Jo eph K1ng sports colummst for The II orld Telegram and Sun The exenmg had be gun bt the showrnv of the illm The Nlalung of a Yankee the story of a ballplax er from hrs mtrorluctron lnto the mrnor leagues untxl hrs day of days m X ankee Stadlum At the conclusron of the speeches re freshments were served and Brother O Dwyer the new moderator w1th 'NIr -Xndrew Gavnor the Presldent, declared the affarr to be a huge success L IN Y YY orld Tclcgrclm and Sun Sports Colurnm t Joe Kmff Exams Dreaded Days Nox ember 14 and 13 seemed just hlte am other daxs 1n 1991 s elexenth month There was ru t enough ot an 1n troductlon of Xhnter to make worlnnv pleasant and all of Pow er w as fex er1 hlx takmg adx antaffe of the weather uar terlx Exams w ere here Dues Irae There was a srlence 1n the school usuallx re erx ed for the lrbrarx and thls arr prexarled al 0 on the mneteenth when Report Cards were dl trrbuted Brother Hennessy h1mself gaxe them out December 21, 1951 LaBua The mlllmv throng awalts the hour of retrlhutlon as the EYHIHIIIBIIOII Day LllIlChllIllC IS about to termlnate to the Ireshmen and Qemors whrle the other cl rssmen recelx ed them from their teachers Entrance Exams On Frrdax December 7 school was drsmrssed at twelxe o clock The reason potentlal February Irrosh were taltmg Entrance Exams rn the afternoon Powpxc Tom Carman Xlmost IOOO most of whom came from Long, Island rnvaded Power After haxmg, pald therr fee they were ar ran fed rn groups of twenty ive and under the leadershxp of Semor proctors, were taken to the classrooms There they had thexr nrst taste of l1fe at Power, for the Exams were preceded by a Hall N1ary LaBua A brood of sounff uns wlth tlrelr que tlonnalres Lv vxi , , ,'. v ll - .' , 'D ,. Q 7, 7 vf V' A 1 7 ' l l ..U . U . . - l l. : g ' - ', A Thousand Strong r 5 1 N .S . U .S y E . Q - , . 1 5 ' X . a . - A we v 5 Q v .S . . D v , I o I n . Q C a 39

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NEWS But this peaceful scene was marred glee- fully by a double dose of the 'Mexican Shuffle which had everybody on their feet. This was the juniors first taste of a Sodality sponsored dance It was to have been entirely Third X ear affair but wasnt because of the heartbreaking lack of support on their part The Sen iors then came to the rescue and it be came a co Third Fourth Year affair and a successful one in spite of the Junior letdown Prom Commlttee The Prom IS well on 1tS way The Committee is buslly working on the de tails of the blggest Senior event of the year Bob Lueck a newcomer to the senior class of cheery Powerites was appointed chalrman at the first meeting LaB a The MUSIC Committee Dlvlslon of the Prom Committee Frank Sassone john Flanagan and john Joseph check a score Honor Roll 301 Vincent Duffy Edward Gurba, joseph Hassett Roger Kenny Wil ham Lacey Joseph Lombardi John Moody Patr1ck McMorrow Mlchael lNorton William OConnell Leo P1 p1no Patr1ck Porzio 302 Louis Amoroso Hermann Cabral john Farrell Cornelius Curtin 303 Gregory Delgardo joseph Flana gan Vlncent Gallagher John Garga nlgo john Morgan Joseph Pleloch 305 Philip Ahearn james McCorm1ch Henry Monahan Dennis Naughton john 'Nloore john Sexton Joseph Sparozic james McGrath Peter Maglnn Francls Martello John O Farrell Richard Relssmann George Rokenbrod Terrence Sullivan James Yorke 307 joseph Benenati Kenneth Bialy Vlllham Boylan john Martello Don ald 'NIcCabe Charles Tamburello 308 Thomas Basick VS 1ll1am Cassidy joseph Corcoran James Dowling Robert Hoffmann Nhchael Hyland Paul jack Edmund Ixendall Xlncent Nlalafronte -Xrsenio Nlartinez james 'NIcCabe Paul Nlullaney Robert Naun Peter O Shea Xl 1ll1am Rusch meier Xincent Russo Frederic 402 john Bastias james Boyle Don ald Byrne james Byrne Thomas Dowling James Dunn Richard Freedman Thomas Healey Frederick Hellmuth Herbert Huss John Muel ler Michael Quinn Danlel Ryan, Richard Stern William Wilson Ray mond DeF oe Richard Delaney 403 Edward Ross 405 Thomas Hickey Joseph O Connell Robert Van Horn 407 Harold Mylett George Perez Ed ward Ryan John Scott Edward Sul llvan 408 Francis Lo Destro 504 Michael Estlvo Vlilliam Gaynor Richard Page Rlchard Percudanl George Y arwood 505 John Myers 604 Thomas Cadogan kevin Costello Nlncent Donnelly Robert Dowling Pat Dundas Donald Dupier John Hart Tom Hynes Eugene johnson Rlchard Leatherman Mike Link john 'NIcEll1gott Tom NIcNIahon Dan NIcNe1ll Pat Reilly Jose Rivas John Totten 607 john Fogarty George Berry 705 Tom Clifford Peter Deutsch Vlll 11am Gavaghan james Hayes james Lamphere Rubrecht Obert james Reddy Joseph Yamaoka Schmld John Vi hlte Theodfffe YG1 706 Frank Batridge Ralph Della Cava CU Joseph D1G1acomo Louls Gomes An 401 Ronald Burk Thomas 'NIcLough thony LaBua john Polk Joseph Rod lm john Relchhold Albert Tedorl rnguez 38 which was held at 604 under the guid ance of Brothers Hickey and Galway Ralph Della Cava was voted as his as sistant The Prom bid adds up to seventy dollars and can be paid on an mstall ment plan basls This will prevent the upper classmen from putting a fatal dent in their much used wallets Fifty cents IS the smallest payment which can be made and a recelpt will be surrendered to the payee each t1me an amount IS deposlted All the facts about the prom were ex plamed to the semors at an Assembly held the day before Thanksgiving All the usual events of a Senior Prom will take place plus the added treat of a turkey dinner at Zimmerman s The Prom IS go1ng to be held at the Hotel Pierre one of the nat1on s foremost hotels and the number one establish ment in the nation for service according to the list officially published ln The Book of Hotels Father s Club Years Blggest Meetlng The Power spirit was truly exempll fied at the last meeting of the Father s Club Tom Gorman one of our out standing graduates displayed this by his leaving a very important basketball game which he was refereelng right 1n the middle in order to attend tthe meet 1ng He had misunderstood the date and thought the affair to be three evenings away but had no hesltance ln racing up The Power . . , . 7 7 b . - 4 Y . 7 7 . . , U 2 2 2 ' 2 2 ' - . ,. 2 2 ' D y . . - ,. - 2 2 ' ' ' - 2 2 , . . 2 2 2 2 - - . . 2 2 A y , . . . . . . Y ,. . , . 2 A n '2 . n 7 7 7 y - , h , . . - I . v y I ' f 1 : . 7 ' , ' 7 - 2 2 - - a 7 ' 2 2 ' . - ' . . . , , - 7 7 ' - . . . , . . 2 2 ' A ' - 2 2 l . . A 2 2 . ' . . A 2 2 . . V. . ' ' A 2 2 2 2 . . . . . , A 7. . . . , , . 306. W 1ll1am HlgglHS, Thomas Maher, , . . A , T , I . . , 2 ' ' .' .' . 2 y I 1 ' - . , ' , , 7 ' I , 1 n Q u ,. . . 2 2 . . . . U - ' ' 2 2 , , , .22 ' - 2 2 2 7 7 . Q . 2 A 2 ' . A 2 - . - l . ,. . . - , . . , . , , - . . . 2 . . - - - 2 2 2 7 7 2 A 2 - v ' . , . . , 2 2 A , . A , - 2 2 ' . , - L , x , 2 2 ' ' ' Y 7 V' . n n 1, - , , ' 2 2 2 I , 7 ' . . ' ' ' . I. . V 2 2 .' , , - ' 2 2 e ' - -' ', - ' 2 2 ' , I, . . . ,

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NEWS Arr Rand The Day Power Memorlal Stood Stull Thxrd per1od was just begmnrng' There was tenslon xn the alr Seconds ago Brother Hennessy had announced oyer the P -X that the Mr Ra1d Drxll would shortly take place He had been warned 1n ady ance by a speclal Xellow Slgnal Xl hop XX hop VK HOP VK HOOO The sxrens walled and pos1t1ons were scrambled for Then qulet relgned and the drlll went on as practlced Brother Conefrey slnce he had not practrced w1th a class the day before was startled to behold h1s 406 ers rawl mg under desks 11ke crazy textbooks strll ln hand Dlsmay was apparent IH other places IH the school Imaglne the teacher IH 306 who had sxx foot Pete Xesey folded up llke a carpenter s rule under a tlny Freshman desk On the slxth floor some astute pupxls w ere standlng w1th the1r heads bur1ed 1n a pane of glass fan or1,,1nal posltlon lf the bomb d1d drop They exther wanted to depart from thrs l1fe fast and thus not waste the opportumty of bemg ln the by the tremendous December heat J One of our outstandmb lay teachers QNIr Ixassj the day before had threat ened to wear oy eralls to school 1f he was requlred to crawl on the floor ln a few mlnutes the All Clear sounded and eyeryone returned to hrs class That afternoon Brother Hennessy announced that the dr1ll was a complete success and that we had conducted our sely es 1n an exemplary manner In ad d1t1on he told us that 1n the near future a nre drrll would be held to thus lnsure the safety of the school 1n any emer hency OH To Aff1C3 tbelowj was at ltS successful peak, a great steamer sa1led out of New York Harbor bound for South Afrlca O board were two men destlned to make a 's2s 'l. 1 'x 'I-ZW. 'I 'Hrs LCWIS whets the klddles buylng appetltes w1tl1 some frxlls from the gala stage on Wlllfll Brother Kostka and Hr- Fltzpatrlck awarded prizes 40 Mother s Club Pennles, Pennles Everywhere One of the b1ggest and most success ful anual functxons of the 'Nlother s Club of Power 'Nlemorlal IS the Penny Sale, a type of bazaar, whlch was conducted th1s year under the leadershlp of Mrs Helen Forbes, Pres1dent of the orgam zatlon and under the moderat1on of Brother Rlce -Xll members elther sent a glft, the yalue of wh1ch was determxned by the sender or made a donat1on of one dol lar The g1ftS were used as prlzes, the money pald for decoratxons, stand rental, The Power . , V ' zz 'V ' ' ' ' v V V . . . . . ,' ' ' 5 1 e - . . U' ' . ' ' ' V VV. . O' rl. Incidents State of Grace or they were overcome A5 the mst night of the penny Sale 7 . 1 . v v I 7 . . , . U L ' ' Q - , , ' d' - , . ' . I1 ' v ' J nv v v 1 y H . ' . X r SQ f N.,