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

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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 , . .

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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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EXTR ilfl BRICL LA because of the success of the recent Chrrstmas Concert and because of the mtluence of thls cheerful season The Club was saddened at the begm nmg of the year for the popular Mr Dellalre had left Power He had helped to drrect the group along nts glorrous way last year and he and Nlr Perreault had led rt to success Now Nlr Per reault IS gomg lt alone but Judgmg from the program up to the present we see a cooperatlve body excellent moderat1on and a br1ll1ant future It IS ln good hands for the musrcally mclmed mae stro has among other accompllshments, studred under the respected and re nowned muslclan, Judson Rand The fact that the Choraleers meet w1th the approval of Brother Hennessy further assures us of fine qualrty The Club s1ngs popular songs old favorrtes and patrlotrc tunes The aver age member IS a partrcxpant because he llkes musrc and has a deslre to slng The rehearsals may tend to get tedlous at txmes but for the really serlous member they are a pleasure It IS regarded even as a sort of heaven by a few for SIDCC they are prohrblted from talkrng durmg classes smgmg provrdes them wrth an outlet for any overflow of exhllaratlon Keele Llcorlce sucks and olden horns combme for Hr Cassedav Band Concert and the Band Our band has made a most rmpressxve fi ff' LaB a The Glee Club Smgmg provzdes them uzth an outlet or any over low exhzlaratwn from marchlng tunes rn the Holy IName Parade Qsee page 113 to well orchestra ted classics for the Chrlstmas Concert, held last Frlday December 14 In preparatron for the presentatlon, the Band practlced for months such drf iicult offermgs as selectrons from the ballet Henry VIII besldes a composl tlon by Samt Saens and a selectron of Franz Schubert s melodles In order to balance the concert they rncluded Star dust a popular song and m keepmg w1th the sp1r1t of Chrrstmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Remdeer 1213's ' Scoutscope Photo record durmg the perrod of the past 4 51-out 1. always prepared three months, and has play ed everythrng and December 21, 1951 Nlr Casseday Brother NIcGowan and Mr Bortman hope to add to the accom plxshments of last years Band 1n de featlng such schools as Rrce Instrtute and Cardlnal Hayes both noted for thelr fme mstrumentallsts and to do as well and even better 1n thrs year s contests Hobbnes Semor Scout -Xlthough 1n our last ISSUE we gave you an account of a typrcal boy scout we cannot Justlfy ourselves rn not ac qualntmg you wlth another B S John if ff- 1 Scoutscope Photo ,lolm puts lns trammg to work on a rnultlple fracture 43 , - . . . ' , VII' '31 fr ' Q '12 HQ ' - ,wwf 'J I? f ' N t . .. 2 ' ' f-6 ,jfj 6 'W ' . . - :V 'N Wi' fm , . . . A A 1 ' 7 I I I ' , J , . j ll . . . I as - - - '- . . . ' if I - - v I . . , . 7 - A - - 7 F ' 7 , ' 2 . . , , - - 1 Cl 77 ' ' . . . . g 7 ' . - cg I 1 YY ' D A 7 Y Y , ' ' ' ' KK . 1 Q J I ' - V - ,, . . . - . , ,, P' , t ,, l . , S l .r K x 1' . . . U L- , . I I I 1 . . ,,. . ' I ' ' me ,' 1' '- 4 5 1 Q' if ' . .1 at-aw 1 .. I . , - -. Q - , - , a , ' I 'g ' , 1 , ' 'Q v ' 1 . . f A - . . ffm I3 k 'Q