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

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,lolm walked to the nearest stahlr Xfter IlllS lt would he And so John went out for some hay BY this t1me Gene had reached the subway and the Crib story f1ed h1s mind He dashed h1s pass entered the gate and boarded a downtown tra1n 'Nlom and s15 must be at 34th Street now waiting for me Hope this tram hurrles Ill be late H15 mind was filled with Christ robe or bedroom sl1ppers or P H15 eye chanced on the magazine the man next to him was reading Nice picture, he commented mentally Good composition A sailor com1ng home on Christmas leave dufflebag on his shoulder A dufhebag he grinned, and h1s thoughts wandered back to John 11 ell, lt seems Brother D1llemuth or rather john needed something to carry the hay back to Power in but what? Brother needed to concentrate so he bounded up a few flights of stairs Nothing like bounding up a few flights of sta1rs in order to concentrate you l-.now This thought the Rev Brother presents a problem But he bounded up st1ll another fhght of stairs and inspiration came at last' He went to h1s room snatched h1s laundrv bag emptied it of his old socks shirts etc and leaxmv the floor a perfect mess brought the four foot hi h blue duflle bag down to John John winced and left a slight glare 1n h1s eg, es He knew just what he was to do, and d1d lt He walked acros town to the nearest stable and announced Brother D1llemuth sent me I want some har X1 hos he? said the bi fellow nearest ohn SCRXNI Later John ters d1sappo1nted told Brother who explained things to h1m FEATI, BE les Brother 11 as he about nme hundred pounds heaueri Xes Brother JOHN How could you expect hzm to be kindly d1sposed to you? -tw gee How was I to know horses wasn t Catholic? But he tried again at another stable Brother D1llemuth sent me I want some hay After john explained, the man grudgm ly called an aide and told h1m to take John down 1nto the cellar, and take care of him The cellar' moaned john but with an eight foot bru1ser behind h1m John d1d as he was told The man gave him a lecture on the price of hay as he filled the dufllebag He mumbled something about ' X1 ell go broke in no time This stuff s s1xty bucks a ton We lose money on small deals like this etc etc Xlhen he got back to Power John found Brothers Sullivan and D1llemuth working on the crib following the water soaked plans The three worked together finished it and brought lt up PICCC by p1ece on the elevator to the sixth floor where 1t was assembled hay and all BUT Genes stop 34th Street had come and he left the tram TIS a good story and one day Ill tell the rest of the guys You can t enjoy a tale 1f you re the only LWB Q were h1S Nlother and sister -Xl1ce on the platform and there were so many thmgs to get so many thmgs to buy Powprc John ll as he taller than youu brou l1t up to the sixth floor where It was X95 Bmthef assembled hay and all December 21 1901 49 H ' fr , . ac ' - it ' ' Pl , . V cc ' - ' A 7' v ' 71 cz 11 , I ' 2 ' ff , V ' ' 77 R 7 ' ' . 5 --is ' A '..i 1 A , M . U . Ar , I5 U Y ' H CS 73 7 ,ff Y! . u ' I ' 7 . . . , . 5, . H. H 113' 1 1 . ' 1 .' 1 Um as v 1 5 . I I I v , ' - ' , ' 7 7 ' . ' 7 7 Y . . . ' . , 7 I D 1 g . ,A . , ' 4- 7 7 7 7 l Q u 1 1 ' ff, ' y 7 , . . , . , ,, . . V. . - . . . , 1 - ' mas. Will I buy pop some of his special cigars, or a bath- one who knows it . . . His chain of thought broke. There , I y . . .. ii . 1 - - 3 , ' y I ' 'F 11 ' ' . . . y . 77 ' ' . . . . , . . . y I . U . 7 ' 1 ' ' ' I v v Ki ' 77 7 ' 7 H 77 . , . v . . U f , Y Y 7 Y '7 7 V D cr 'o' - 7 C v . v' l 'U U v Y -S . I c. - , , -2 K, . . ., . . v . g J . 14 vw , , ' ' ' A ' 7 7 , 7 7 K. . , '7 l . I y ' 1 n I U g . 4. ' ,, va 5 Y 9 gg 1 ' e , - 5

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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

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CLASSES Class 606 The blue coated Senror so gy wrth ram plodded h1s wax up flxe Ill hts of stalrs to the slxth floor Hrs ha1r now a plastered down black would soon re turn to IIS curly nut brown self 1n the warm pleasant atmosphere of the fourth year classroom opposrte the locker room john Egan hung up hrs soaked coat and prepared for another serres of elght xarled perlods th1s bleak December Nlonday He walked over to one corner of the 606 classroom thus completln what looked l1ke a meetmg of the ed1 torral board of The Power Gabe XX alsh the ed1tor1n chlef John G1bbons Dan Shanahan 'XI1ke NIc'NIahon and Lefty Rossler were excrtedly drscussmg some thmg probably a deadlme everyone for got about Berme 'NIcSorley a fellow classmate was makmg sure hrs homework wasnt damaged by the elements as were some of the other fellows around hxm Bob Ixeeler X1ctor Ixaplan joe 'Nlazzella and Pat G1bbons to c1te a few Pete Xollone of the Astorra Buc caneers was dlsappomted Th1s weather would make the ground terrrble for foot ball plavmg Tom Tuohey was Slttlng down dreammg of the beautrful put shot he made at basketball pract1ce yes terday Carl Stopfer works harder than any one IH the class for hrs Job IS to collect money for Prom brds from trghtwads hke Fred Nlersenzahl and Frank Qulg ley Tom Fennell Charhe jordan, Tom LaB a Dan Sllanalran ,lack GllJlJOIlS and ,lack Egan et some work sct for Gabe as Dlck Welclr watches Ixeatlng jxm Napoh Jack OConnor, 11m Shlels and jrm Smlth l1st as the1r faxorlte per1od lunch George Stangel George Townsend jrm Treacy and hrs buddy Tom XX atson are all for abohsh 1ng everv per1od and substltutmg bas ketball handball football and even de tentlon lnstead Soon ID walked john Flanagan track star who broke a record last year for the 880 yard relay and who won a few medals at other exents H1s fellows ln lone of sports joe Nlurphy and -Xrtre Trogele of C X O basketball fame were the next to enter the classroom and they were accompanred by Dan Tlmothy of the ll oodslde Rangers and -hm Xl ard promlnent Semor Sodallty member Rlch Xl elch expert drummer hand ball enthusrast and scholar was talkmg about today s French lecon to come wrth Ronnle Seto the front desk A le1surely guy he en joys the posrtlon of ande to Mr Rood 1n the offlce They were just hmshed w1th prepara trons for class when therr hrstory teacher walked ID and the day began w1th a l1ttle sparkle and w1t to be sure for the lnstructor was Brother Kostka Mueller Front Ro T Xexrlle J Flanagan E Wheeler G Wal h J Xapolr F Qulglex X Kaplan J Ojlbwax I Treacx Second Ro J Shleldg W Hxckex I Burns E Rossler J Smlth C Stopler 'NI 'NIcNIahon T Tuohcx Thrrd R0 P Xallone R Reeler J 'Niazzella J Murphy G Stengal J Egan J Peters J Vlaters F Niersenzhal C jordan Back R0 R Vlclch J Ward D Shanahan J G1bbons 4. Trogele 50 F Sassone J Ferguson The Power t . . U v V. y ' ' 1-1 . . . v V V .U , . Y ,, ' ' 1 , ... . y . M U ' Y Z 4: . 7. 'V ! D KY F I5 . , ' J ' ' 7 1 , . . . y - - U . . . . . . Y ' A . ,. U ' ' ' U ' 1 1 . v. . , Y . . - . , . . . , 7 . V. - 3 Y 7 7 vw f ' . N . . . , - - ll , l ' J : ' 1 3 ' y , . , 7 ' ' I 1 s n . . . , ' , l Bernle O Callaghan was loungmg ln 1 . , , . - ' at 71 . ' A r ' , . U . . . . s l 1 ' . . , I Y - , - 7 ' Y ' g . . . , L ' - , P J . , . --.- ' .' Y ' ' ' ' 1 ' Y 1 . . ' tt. .. .. , . , . s. .- , . ,, . , , ,, . ,, Lx: , , V. . ,. ,. .. ,-., . , . , ,. ,,- ,,, , . , . .