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

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'NEWS name for themselxes rn the Ireld of Xfrr can natrxe educatron Thex were both I Q B members Brother Nlartrn and Brother XIcLou,1zhlrn Though unrelated bx blood thex hate been together srnce H1 h School Lanada and entered the Chrrstran Brothers of Ireland at the same trme For srx tears thex had been separated but now thex were fulfrllrng a dream They were on therr wav to jorn two other school chums rn teachrng at the Nlrssron at Ixrmberly South Xfrrca One of them Brotherj K Nlartrn he had hlled rn when a teacher was ab sent etc and was drstrngurshed as The Brother wrth the drv humor and the horn rrmmed glasses He entered the Order rn 1940 and be van teachrnf at St Qecelras rn N X Q From there he went to teach at Power and then was transferred to the 11 est Coast For the past three tears he had been statroned at ODea Hr h School 11 ashrngton where he was moderator of the xearbook 11 hen Brother Nlartrn reads thrs ar trcle rt wrll be from a copx sent to hrm rn krmberlx and the New Xear wrll be but a dax or two awax Thrs rs to let hrm know that he starts 1932 and hrs labors there wrth the best wrshes of hrs lrrends rn New Xork Happx New Xear Sodallty Pms Inqulrm g Freshman One of the newcomers to Power was wanderrng through the srwrth Hoor one afternoon earlx rn October He peered rnto the Chapel and was surprrsed to drscox er a Relrffrous ceremom Home on It was nlled wrth Senrors berng ad dre sed bx Father N1cGough Pre sed for trme our Freshman had to return to hrs classroom That after noon he asked one of hrs fourth xear frrends about what had taken place at those rmpressrxe proceedrnvs and was answ ered Fortx Senrors w ere enrolled rn the iodalrtx small frx and rf wou mu t know more Ill ffrxe xou the hap penrnf s chronologrcallx 11 e went to the the Prax er of Lonsecratron whrle Father NlcGough blessed the srlxer Sodalrty pm and Brother Galwax our modera tor gate us our certrhcate of member shrp 11 e went to our pews as Sodalrsts Cokes arc slpped whllc awaltrn the rafflm of the basket of cheer for wluch Hrs Caulfield sells Chances etc and bought addrtronal ware for some lucky Nlothers Llub patron to wrn The chances were based on the rnsrgnrhcant denomrnatron of one pennx as the name of the affarr rmplres Thrs wear rt ocurred on the nrghts of Decem ber 7th and 8th lnnovahon The '91 Sale had somethrnq new added Brg Canarx colored cards were drstrrbuted to the student bodx for sale to themselxes therr parents and therr frrends There were srxtx blanks each representrng a chance and each repre sentrng one second 11 rnners on these cards were determrned bt who had wrrtten the closest approxrmatron of the December 21, 1951 trmes that would appear on fifteen clocks whose faces were hrdden and whrch were placed at mam spots around the -Xudr torrum Prrzes for thrs portron of the exenrng were rn the form of currencx to the amount of three hundred and trftv dollars Reward Nlembers of the Nlother s Club Com mrttee that had helped set the scene rn the Xudrtorrum for the esent were re warded wrth a drnner rn the school cafe terra rmmedratelx after the close of the second and last nrsht of the Sale How ex er no one w ent home unrewarded who attended rt for prrzes and splendrd en tertarnment took care of that Photos hw LaBu1 -X gas sale-lads Hr- Prlefer 41 ' I L . ,H . u .h. A -'h.b ' . . , . ' A 'g Q 5 1' A ' of ' 'fi' in - ' ' s ' , . ' '. . L . - ' . U v ' Y A v Y 5 - - u ' rs' ' 1- - was known to many Power students, for and 00091 Luck- Brother! Altar rail in groups of six and recited 7 A7 I v 0 o Al V . . . . , 1 , . ,, ' Q I :Y 1 -Y s Ai f 'F . . l . U . U a u u u . Y ' A I g n F' P ' Q Q 7 a , ' Y ir 'J

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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.,

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EXTBACIJ BRICULA Debate Intramurals, etc S rtinf the xeir off with 1 rou n series of tr uments the debiters show small need of improxement Thex are enjoxmg Power s second xear as mem bers of the Catholic I-orensic League a societx to which onlx top debaters and debate froups max belonv So far we haxe as charter members of this I eague Prank Batridve Ted Le Comte and Nhchael Hx nes IX e haxe all witnessed the Intramurals and the talents of our distinguished de clamators Nlanx of us wonder xxhat is behind these coura,.eous xouths who fe irlesslx 1 o before the masses 1nd con fidentlv delix er their orations They are taught to delixer an argu ment wh1ch stands up and cannot be easilx refuted Thex must be composed at all times at these Intramurals and all the school plus the facultx aereed to their success Here s a lost of the 1nter class debaters Senmr I Cdl Ralph Della Caxa James FltZg1bbOIIS, Frank Batridge ames Junior Year james NIcCaffrey 'Xhchael Hynes Ted LeC omte Robert Dowling Xl alter II atson Richard Page Sopho more I var Frank Del Barto joseph F VR alsh john Bastias Henrx Nlallon Dennis Scanlon john Scott Fzeshman Iear Richard Dunne William Sulli van, John Nlartello Hermann Cabral X mcent Nlalafronte George Nealis LaBua LaBua That Sllcnce wn 1 I1 t hemv pald much dllCIII1OI1 to as these orators practlce vxhlle tl1e1r comrades compete 1n the Audltorlum ardent followers of argumentatists liked them for their d1rectness of ap proach lax men enjoxed them for their good presentation and interest of topic This was for manx Powerites their nrst these It accomplished another purpose, popularitx Judges Inxited to the affairs are manx offi cials some unknown to the student bodv This 1ncluded the Rex erend Brother 'Nl Ixellx Principal of Sacred Heart Xcade mx Reverend Sister Florence Lucille LaBua I-33113 Brother Henne x presented awards for flood speakln 1 and poise urh a wa dl plaxc tl 1n tht tlo 1 up at tht rl ll 447 Principal of St Paul s School Rexerend Brother Lannon Superxisor of I C B Schools Also acting in the capacitv of judges were Reverend Father NIcGough our well known School Chaplain and The Catholic IX orld The Debate IS an active activity That IS they have a long and lnterest mg schedule Thev will test the1r skill 1n such events as the Fordham College Debate Tournaments in Februarx and Nlax and the Edmundian Forensic Tour nament m April 'llore students are tak ing part in class dlscussion and debates as the result of haxme seen it done and are molding themselxes into public speakers of merit In add1t1on, the Club hopes to enter the followmg speech contest txpes, Dramatic and Humorous Declamation and Oratorical Declamatixe and Extem poraneous Speaking Glee Club Vocahzmg Well IX 1th ardent desires to please their tutor Nlr F Perreault who IS slightlx handicapped bx the complexitx of the job undertaken alone bx h1m th1s xear the students of s1ng1ng spend their time during act1x1tx period in rehearsing t present there IS increased enthusiasm The Power fta ' A I' z ' 1 si K Q ' 3 2 gi .. z 5 - ' , ' v l v 1 f . i . - . M ,g . l ,I I . -v L . ,1 , I' ,,. . ' W v 5 5 - .5 A K 1 1 ' Y H rw f 1 L ' I cr ' K ' 1 1' g : z ' - - i N i. S tn .is . I P A I l ' - ,V rs 1 ' ,, . . 1 . i Q Y , . .S ' i ' ' . - r' , . . . . . I: . I . . ' A 7 ' 7 J ' 7 v 1 ' ' ' Y ' Hayes, Wayne Monahan, James Reddy. experience at hearing a debate, and for Power's Robert Kass, noted critic for ' ' - ' ' ' X tt ' v 11 -y 4 v ' ' iv. - U . . . U v ' v . v' ' r - . . '. . '. L Y , p ' 7 V I . .. A . Lv - I 'V' ' ' 3 . A . . A '- 1' ' , ,- , - i., I I 7 1 - v -v l ' iv 7 Y.. u . . . M. 'A 55, ' r ' . 1' ' 1 . . , S , S -. S 'S . - , ' 5 7 S I 1 1 , . .