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

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T Powe News of the Year ln RCVICW FESTIVITIES Tobacco Drlve Well Apprecrated It all started rn the mrddle of Decem ber when Brother Hennessy announced that the Tobacco Drrye one of Power s blggest annual functlons would go on from the early teens to the day be fore the Chrrstmas vacatlon The rdea of th1s present functlon was frrst thought of by our present prrncrpal Brother Hen nessy The mam object of lt rs to collect tobacco crgarettes crgars and prpe tobacco for the home of the aged oper ated by the Llttle SISYCYS of the Poor on The day of the announcement Bro ther Galway as moderator called upon hrs Sodallty members for volunteers to LxB 1 Contrlbutors umn 'Newton Sylyes ter Nlueller and Gorman wrth donatlons go around to the classes to collect the tobacco eyerv mornlng durrng the frrst perrod About twenty of hrs semor So dalrty members responded to hrs request and got down to work the yery next day Power has always shoyyn a generous sp1r1t 1n grylng to thxs functlon but thrs year they were great they really showed that thelr Chrrstmas sprrlt wasnt dor mant The boys collected tour large car February 18, 1952 ton boxes chock full of all ltmds of smolym matter On the day the holldays started Bro ther Galway accompanied by a few sen 1ors brought the cartons up to the home and presented thelr glfts The Srsters there expressed through them therr sm cerest and most heart felt thanks to all the l,0VNCl'll6s who aye and yylshed all of them a happy and prayerful neyy year Dances Chrlstmas Dance The season of Holly and Ivy was ln full swxn,., IH Power as the Sodahty held lt s last dance of the old year On the afternoon that school d1sm1ssed for theC,hr1stmasvacat1on Frrday Dec 21 February 18 1952 the 3LldltOl'1UH1 was a a1n ettmg a face lrftmg by the members of the Sodalrty It was bem ally decorated rn the trad1 tlonal Lhr1stmas settmg As you entered the hall two lar e ylsa es of St Nrcholas greeted your eyes w1th br1ll1ant Chrlst mas colors The stage had been trans formed 1nto a large fireplace becomrng the settlng for the band The walls of the aud1tor1um were adorned wrth bells and sprays of ey ergreen whlch added greatly to the Chrlstmas atmosphere The crownmg touch was the cr1b rn the back of the hall whlch deplcted the first Chrlstmas w1th great reallty lllumrnated eyenmg Bertonclnnls semor band was 1n rare form as the Powerrtes and therr dates stepped around the floor The Frank Batrrd e Thomas Barrone Denms Galllc Gerry O Brran and company were there so were L1BaPht ,lack Plana rn ,luly Hoyylr y Boll l uuly Pdlll C0I'l10Y ,lun Horns and tllelr companions 69 I O 3 , : A 7 Y. . . V g . g . . V. U . . U V . . FH ' , .f Y . y - V . UU . V . .- , , s rs n . . ' I v U V. U . -. h rs - A - .7 , . U. A .N U V V . . . . - 7 , ' 1 rs ry - ' . ' I ' , ' Q ' - Q gl v r fs. ' . 7 y ' . . . . . H ty V . . . 7. . 105th Street right here in Manhattan. ' ' U - , - by soft colored lights. Throughout the , I , , . . . , . . y . y I I i H ,., ' ei ' . . . , . g 9 1 9 ' , . - . 2 llk - Q - , 4 , , . .- 7 A y , .. . U., ' . . . Q v ' ' 1' .' ' 1 ll 005 ' Q 'X ' 'i' 'ga . 1 , ' , l ,, , ' U i - . A .Q ' . I . '-

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The Powerscope Reverend Faculty and Boys Please accept the express1on of our most heart felt gratltude for the most generous cooperatlon wrth whrch you responded to our request for a donatlon of tobacco for our aged gentlemen You certamly have equaled, rf not surpassed last years mark whlch we reallze IS due to the fact that the faculty encourage the boys to brxng thelr donatrons Thanks to the generouslty of our good benefactors llke yourself we were able to make Chrlstmas a very pleasant one for our aged Guests W e smcerely hope that you too had a most enjoyable day and shared ln the joy you so generously provlded for others Assurlng you all of a dally remembrance ln our prayers and m those of our aged guests wrth every other best w1sh for a very happy and holy New Year, we remaln, Very gratefully yours, In jesus and Mary Llttle Slsters of the Poor Orchuds IS now the most popular publlcatlon Coutsrde of our ownj w1th everyone connected wlth th1s magazme Newsweek IS credrted w1th bemg the most conslder ate and prompt people we have dealt wlth ln a long trme When we wrote them for permlssxon to use a prcture of one of our alumm that appeared 1n News week they rushed us a plcture from the1r files greatly mconvemencmg them and leavmg them wrthout a copy of the prmt, a speclal arr gunned plc Somethmg New Provmg agam that Power IS always first wxth the finest ln equlpment, desks to fmt everyone from the tmest frosh to the most expansrve soph have been mstalled m two of the underclassmen rooms These, to be specnfnc, are 304 and 404 In the for mer the desks are made to fit those who can squeeze 1nto a 197 w1de 31M hlgh portable, whrle the latter are for those who need seatmg space 1n a 292 x 311 7 Take a gander at em they re really the latest ID comfort Communion Breakfast The alumm of Power Memorlal Academy cele brated the twenthleth anmversary of the foundmg 68 of the1r school wrth a Commumon Breakfast at the Hotel Empxre on December 2 Francls Van Damn one of the earllest graduates and now a promlnent attorney acted as Nlaster of Cermonles Bells Bells Bells Nlystlfned IS the woru for occupants of frfth srxth and seventh floor rooms as thev dally doubt therr hearlngs The llght ungle Jlngle heard at dlversl fred moments IS not m vour mmds boys so fret not 1ts only the smgular comumcatron system used by the Brothers Each has a specxal rmg or swnal and responds vshen that rmg lS heard The nearest 'mter com 1 by the Chapel on the srxth floor Knlghts of Columbus The twenty thrrd Annual Metropolltan Cathohc Hrgh School Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Kmghts of Columbus, w1ll be held rn the Grand Ball Room of the Columbus Club One Prospect Park West Brooklyn 15 NY on Frlday Febru ary 29th Wednesday March Sth Frrday March 7th Monday Marmh 10th Power has already accepted xts 1nv1tat1on to partlclpate The Tourna ment w1ll open on Frrday February 29th at 6 30 PM The prlce of admlsslon wnll be 35100 for adults, S 40 for students Term Report On Wednesday and Thursday, February 6 and ants of thelr sons Conferences on the boys pro gress were held 1n every classroom and many report cards were drstrlbuted The evemng began wlth an address by Brother Hennessy from the Audntor rum Parents were d rected to the varrous class rooms by Semor procters Fathers Club On january 16 the Father s Club of the Acad emy met to elect new offrcers The results were Andrew Gaynor, Presxdent john J Henrv Vrce Presrdent Harry F Boylehart Treasurer Dan Huggard Asst Treasurer W1ll1am Costello Re cordmg Secretary A tentatlve date Aprrl 27, was set for the commg Communion Breakfast Medal Winner Brother Hennessy, by means of a speclal news release forwarded to us announces that Peter Deut sch IS the 1952 wmner of the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Scrence Medal for achlevmg the hxghest cholastlc record m scrence subyects durmg hxs Hlgh School Course He w1ll have a chance to compete for a scholarshlp worth up to 33 200, offered by the Bausch and Lomb Company The Power , I ' , , . . D D 4 1 . ' . J. 3 .. 7 . .- , , 7 J D 7 7 ' . ,. - ,, .Q . i . 7 , , . . 7 . 7 . . . f f 1 . 7 ' -- - n 1 1 , , . I I 1 l 'T , l y , 1 f . f 2 , . . . . . . - ' ' d- Newsweeky WI-he magazme of news slgmhcanceny 7, parents of the AC?-.'OCmy s scholars met the pe - . . . - g ' - y u a n I n ' I , 7 - l y , - . Q v .7 . Q - 7 3 l 1 - s ' 1 - y , . ' Il e Il ' 2 , , ' If K All X ll. D ' , - I 7 ' , 7 ' . . 1 1 . A . i . y L ' .

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NFWS dance ended wrth a hnal laudatron of success as the Power basketball team re turned from its yrctorlous yrsrt to match another oyervshelmmg win to 1ts so far good record Keeler and Lollegc Info A Years Supply The place-outslde the lNew City Printing Company Bldg in Union City Two young men dashed out, boxes in hands and neryously glanced around for stray Powerltes 'lhey boarded the N Y bound bus tried to appear as non chalant as posslble and later pulled to a stop on the upper level of the Port Authority Termlnal here ln Nlanhattan Catchlng an IND express at Times Square, they in ten m1nutes reached their destlnation They were standing at the very portals of P XI -X Entermg they sauntered lnto the Regrstrar s ofnce, put dovyn their sims te parcels and warted for Brother Hickey to slgn for them He came put h1s E H H on the recelpt and then as two wlde eyed errants Gabe Vi alsh and Bob Eagan watched he took a knrfe 70 cut the string and Lo and Behold' The New Detentron Slips had arrry ed They yyere Immediately 1 sued to the teachers and before long yyere put into use lln nr t batch ua only a package of IOCO but ferr not 9000 more yycre hrp ned oyer ater lhe e neyy slrps are more conyenrent for the faculty for all the offenses are prrnted on the slrp and need only be checked oft 1n order to issue an hour after school ln the lower chambers for some errrng Panther: Hiye you been sufterrng from Den tronitlsg Hmm? Mother s Club Future Projects The brg annual soclal eyent of the Nlothers Llub yylll soon be here O February 21st of thls year the Nlother s Club IH 3.l:l'll1EillOD mth Brother Rice, rts moderator 15 gorng to sponsor a card party and dance for all to attend It is to be held at the Hotel Statler one of New Xork s most promment hotels Ihere vull be a dance band ln the main ballroom and card and bunko tables sit uated around the dance floor Brother R1ce has made arrangements at the hotel for the number of tables and for the band There w1ll be due to this and fun for all As eyldenced the same DE TE N TI ON Date Name lst Perxod Rm No OFFENSES :afar nl f win.-A a gn A f h l tho t s tisfactory xplananon. L te th t usfactorye planano gbo thsocodfioobeforeas hpeod. 0 'lcotd popey UPUP pared u oep otbc-gh Fed! d Mi ndct classroom strs Nath gtxtbookouhand S lug the hoolpemises Lea g lassbetvs peodswithot penmss of gteach QLatrmg ashroom Teachers Name rrrar ements as ln preyrous successful r hlyc lzccn m lhrs populir yearly function of Power Nlemorrals Xuxllrary rs part of an ex tensrye and meuculously prearrangecl schedule composed at their monthly meet1n coffee and cake are seryed and prraes are lyen at each assembly The eyent follomnf the K 1rd Party IQ the years br vest the Xnnual om munlon Breakfast College Info Scholarship Award Xlinhattan college through the Lol lcce Council and the Xdmrssrons Ofnce has decided to grant to our students a half tu1t1on scholarshrp to be known as Ihr 'llanhattan C ollfgc Poucr 'llemor ral it adn m x Sc holarshzp lhus one of our Semors wrll be en trtlecl to complete his four year program paylnf one half of hrs tultlon charges Calculated 1n monetary yalue the Schol arshrp wlll be worth from 3,560 OO to Nl IOO OO The dlfference III tultlon yylll depend on which School of the College the student elects to attend Important' Dates Attentlon all Semors' The days be fore graduatlon are growing., shorter Now may be vour last chance to enter the C ollege of your Ch0lLC upon leaving open for appllcation but the number IS LaBua Our faculty speak softly Wlrs Forbes Pre ldent of the llotllers Club and carry a luv slip of IS now plannm for the Card Party paper The Power 1 ' ' , N ' V . s 4 2 . 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