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

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BELIGION LaBua The hand ofthe dark unknown asks Reilly to pentrate the depths of his Jin lin pocket for the Forel n Wlissions Forces At present the enrollment totals almost ZOO OOO The National Organization for Decent Literature, the lN C C 11 and many others have been campaigning against the present condition of the newstands By now they have gained the respect of many magazine publishers who are giv ing their utmost cooperation However there can be no real work done without the cooperation of American youth It depends on you You don t need a special drive of any kind It doesn t re quire an organization to remember your motto Dont read it dont buy it Give all such literature a yery wide berth of its effects among the Armed Forces This IS what thev want sav the pub lishers Should you eyer come across such trlpe spend five minutes usefully b writing to these publishers and yoicing your disapproval They probably won t print your letter but they will knoyv how you feel Dont forget the 6th and 9th com mandments for which this organization stands Don t read it don t buy it Missions It is Religion period and as Brother explains the fundamentals of Our Faith he deviates slightly from his usual course December 21 1951 of study and calls upon you to put his teachings into practice He announces that it IS time to collect for the missions and as you di down for that last dime that you sayed instead of buying an extra sandwich or piece of cake you feel satished that you are doing your part to help the missions vet you might wonder exactly what happens to that nickel or dime VR ell first of all the Chancellor s of fice assesses each school in the -Xrchdio cese on a per student basis Brother Deadv explained that the assessment 1S collected quarterly and that if the entire sum is not collected from the student body it IS to be paid from school funds ment for the hnal quarter of last year fell short because of the slow down last june durin exam time Naturally we can expect the same thing to happen next june so it might be a good idea to giye a little extra noyv as an insurance against a possible slow down later on in the year Excerpts From The Bible But take heed to your selyes lest your hearts be oyerburdened with self indulgence and drunkeness and the cares of life and that day come upon you as a snare For it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the earth 11 atch then, praying at all times that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to be, and to stand before the Son of Man. 121 chap. 34-382 You have heard these emphatic words of the Gospel in which Christ describes and warns us of the end of the world. Even as we approach the Joyful feast of the Nativity these words are brought back to your mind that you may think on them and remember that some day some time when you least expect it God is going to close the door and you are either going to be securely enclosed in eternal happiness, or locked out in eter nal darkness where there will be ' weep mg and gnashing of teeth We must always keep up our guard to ward off any punch that temptation may throw at us, so that we shall not be caught unawares A mortal sin IS a fatal blow and weve got to get up before we are counted out Sanctifying Grace IS our protection Actual Grace is our strength, and heaven is our victory Come to Nle all you who labor and I will give you rest Take Hy yoke upon you and learn of Me for I am meek and humble of heart and you will find rest for your souls For Hy yoke is sweet and Nly burden light fSt Nlatt 11th chap 28 301 Here is an open invitation to anyone who will heed it Jesus invites us to lml tate His own perfect life as a means for our salvation There are many ways in which yve can do this one of the best ways of course is to take up the life of a misslonarv For as His yoke was to teach all mankind therefore He com mands us to Teach all Nations Such teaching working and praying for the loye of God and fellow man is a perfect imltatron of Christ Therefore it is a perfect means of the salyation of your own soul and the souls of many fellow men Hoyvey er this is not the only wav in which you can model your life after Christ s For his yy ords, I am meek and humble of heart certainly giye the ideal formula for ayoidmg most of the capi tal sms that plague mankind Xour mls sionary lite in the secular world consists of giy in a worthy example of Catholic liying and haylng a good knowledge of your faith and thus ward off all attacks against it 47 - 2 1 ' 2 . h V n - ' H Y . .. g . g V I ' .g A . . 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BELlGION Sodahty Cathohc Actlon Cathohc -Xctlon COHSISIS of lmng your rehgxon not just professmg Cathollclty Thls can be done IH mam ways a few of vshlch the Sodalltv IS puttmg 1nto actron SIHCS Nou ember IS the month dex oted to the souls 1n Purgatorv the Sodahty IS do1ng the1r part by otfermg specral prayers for the Poor Souls All through out the month of Noxember there have been at least fue Senrors ln the Chapel every day to pray for these souls Thrs practlce has msplred the Sodahty to con tmue thelr Vlgll by havmg at least ten Semors VlSlt the Chapel da1ly to sav a decade of the Rosary forts to further Cathohc fXct1on There are many others, for lnstance you may not have known that they also g1ve re llglous lnstructlon Two promment Sodahty members Dan Shanahan and john Egan go up to St Matthew s once a week to teach C atechlsm to the young grammar school pup1ls who would other wlse grow up unmstructed IH the1r falth If you fmd that you are well lnformed concernmg all the rel1g1ous act1v1t1es of the school you can glVC the credlt to the hard worklng Sodahty They have taken upon themselves the duty of an nounclng the latest rellgrous act1v1t1es of the school to you by means of posters Thev are partlcularly zealous about the C X A Holy Hours Lets not let therr efforts come to naught follow up the1r suggestlons Cathohc Actlon also consxsts of Char1 tx and when IS there a more opportune tlme to be charltable than around Chrlst mas 'Ih1s 1S one actlvlty IH whlch the Sodalltv 1nv1tes the entlre school to Jom 1n -Ks has been thexr practlce for many past tears the Sodallsts vull agam take up thelr annual collectlon of pxpe to bacco c1garettes and clgars to present to the Old Men s home so that they may enjoy a few s1mple pleasures m thexr qulet l1ves Lets all get together and make the1r Chrlstmas a happy one Sacrament All throughout the school there are many rel1g1ous soc1et1es open to most of the students But maybe you re the type who would rather do someth1ng on h1s own lnstead of attend1ng a lot of meet mgs and such Then the Kn1ghts of the Blessed Sacrament was started just for you The Kmghts are a body of youth and men pledged to a crusade for promoting frequent Commumon They are bound by the1r word of honor to be at least weekly commun1cants and to promote frequent da1ly Receptlon They do not LaBua Puttmg Cathollclsm m Actlon Sodallsts pray the Rosary before RCllglOIl perxod 46 form a confratern1tv gulld or sodallty but an mdmdual serv1ce The Ixmght serves the Blessed Sacra ment ln everv way that presents xtself and leads 1n a crusade of chxvllrous de votlon The Ixnlght IS bound by hrs word of honor a promlse whlch does not b1nd under sm to the followmg acts of devo tlon 1 ll eeklx Communzon To be at least a weekly commumcant, and 1f he m1sses through no fault of h1s own, to make lt up at another tlme 2 Recruztzng Other Ixmghtr To ex plam h1s crusade to others 3 Has Salute Never pass a Cathohc Church wxthout salutmg Chrlst 1n the 4 H15 Vzgzl Endeavor to v1s1t the Blessed Sacrament occasronally 5 Benedrctzon To make a practlce of attendmg Benedlctlon 6 Genuflectzon To genuflect pro foundly reverently, when enterlng or leavlng a church 7 Forty Hours To watch at the Forty Hour s d6V0t10H 8 Szgn of the Cross To make the srgn of the Cross w1th reverence and dlgnlty 9 Purzty To tight agalnst anythmg ln thought word or deed, ln hlmself or from others that may endanger the pur1ty of hrs soul or body 10 Pray er To offer h1s weekly com munlon for all other Crusaders, not ex clud1ng other mtent1ons These practlces do not compr1se h1s ent1re duty He IS never off duty H does all things well and ln knlghtly style at home, at work, ln company, ln rec reatron, and the best part about xt IS you do lt yourself, there IS no one to force you F lghtmg 69th Dont read rt dont buy ztl Thxs IS the new motto that has been proposed by the F1ght1ng 69th Observmg the mcreasmg mtlux of obscene llterature throughout the country, they are lnten SlfWlI1g thelr flght agamst lt The Frghtmg 69th has formed a spec 1al group from lts ranks for thls purpose and the latest addltlon IS the Armed The Power v . . . ' '. l . Y, A ' - l , . I . U This is but one oflthe Sodality's ef- Knights Of the Blessed Blessed Sacrament' , . . 1 . 5 - . 1 . .vii . . Q ' . ' . e

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FEATURE Chrrstmas, Its Cold RR' It was the coldest afternoon bene could remem ber Hrs ears felt brrttle wrth the brtrn frost he feared to touch them lest thex crumble lrke cracker du t lhe collar ot hrs new brown coat was turned up and shoulders hunched he nestled hrs head rn the warmth of a scarf The swrrlrng snow whrpped about hrm a few trme a he lett Power and made hrs wax down olst Street Change Jrnffled rn hrs pocket and he telt the crunch of new dollar brlls rn hrs hand It was December 21 Q hrrstmas I' Xe wa almost here and he had boupht no g,rfts Qhrrstmas rt s cold he muttered and then chuckled It zs Lhrrstmas and rt s cold all rrght and he began to thrnk about the Xule Season and brrghtlx decorated trees and Nlrdnrght Hass and Chrrstmas Crrbs and an He paused at Columbus kxenue The lrghts were weather I oor Brother Sullrx an he laughed Ihe lrghts chanfred He crossed and strode on towards Broadway and john poor john he contrnued thrnkrng of the story behrnd that Lrrb the one burlt last year by three modern musketeers bene could prcture Brother Sullrxan frostbrtten and shrxerrng amblrng from shop wrndow to shop wrndow down rn Barclay Street last Xuletrde He could see hrm stop rn front of a relrgrous goods store examrne the Crrb drsplay pull out a pad and try to sketch desrgn and note proportron But snow would melt on the exposed paper and blot hrs efforts To make thrngs worse he couldnt wear gloxes rf he were to make a good sketch, and rt got so that Brother couldnt tell hrs frozen Illl'-'GFS from the pencrl Further uptown rn fact at Xmsterdam and Srxtw trr t another Brother hands drdnt feel too well as he ro ed down the starrs wrtlr 1 g.,rant armful of wood Brother Drllemuth Hot to the cellar let the wood tumble to the floor whew ed and went up for another load hxerx thrnv seemed to be ,gorng along nne the plans were comrnv the wood w as here but Har Xe gods No one got anx has How can you hare a thrrstmas C rrb wrthout hax 9 bo Brother bounced up the starrs leaped to the sec ond Ilrtht up another and another and another strll He stopped looked and lrstened After 3 OO oclock the school rs as srlent as a graxeyard Fxcept that rs for a farnt clrcketx clump clrcketv clump The mrmeograph machrne' Someone was at the mrmeo Brother could guess who rt was He heated a srgh of relref smrled bouncv arr common only to hrm john NI turned grrnned Hr Brother and went on wrth hrs clrckety clump clrckety clump Brother just stood and watched No words passed between the parr john s smrle faded suddenly 'XX hen Brother D s thrs quret somethrng, s rn the arr he thought -X srde glance assured hrm he was rrght Brother looked ready for the krll john john my boy 'NO' shouted John I dont know what rt rs but I wont do rt I wont AW, look Brother Look all I gotta do for Hr Burns, and thrs bunch for Brother Isostka, and thrs for Brother Hrckev and Brother Drllemuth just smrled aww , I 1---.., LaBua Powprc 5 He began to tlrrnk about and tlle Hanger- that Brotlrer Sullrw an new ed thc- Xule season tlrrouglr tht- -tore wrnrlows down rn Barclay Street 48 last Dt fl rrrlrer The Power cc . 9 as - - r - , . Z., I . . Y. . . i I x ' l U . 4- Q 5 ' k 1' - - . , ' , , Q LIQ ' ,i ' Q ' z f' ' ' . l D v, 1 ' I F' 1 T I ' M . ' 'I ll- 1 ' 1 M V. . V v . ' . u . S 'S , , , . v . . 7 ' , , ' . . ' y ' , . V L I , P' ' , ' .. . . '. V ' . - r- -- J ' r h . , ,. , . . . I . . . . . , . - ' , . , wr . v . ' ' A I U I. t . 1 y - 7 -T . Fl . - . , . . . . .. 7 . . ' 7 , A . . A ' . ' Q ' . 7 , A fr... . f V 9 5 ' k 1 1 q ' , B v Y B.: V . v . V 1 V . 7 . . . 32311151 hrm- m0V1n?l 55 5l0WlY 215 the H3550 In lhl5 rather strangely and stalked into the room with that , L- I ' - l' ' ' ' s Q . ' Q I I 7 i . A 1 7 ,, . , . LQ ff ' ' f' 4 Y u V N U 1 N r . ., 7 . T . v , y , . , , j , , , , . , ' ' ' ' KK ,I . , . . . ' ' ' Q ' ' rr' ' as tc S , , - ' . v . 3 , F , ' . Y . . , . . 5 A , I re nf- Xaw Z I , K K ' 5 M. I ut .-5 , , 4 . A T ' T -mw.g,:u. , VV I A