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

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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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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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growmg smaller every day Nlanhattan College whrch offers courses ln Arts and Sc1ences Busmess Engrneermg and Phy srcal Educatxon wrll grxe full tu1t1on Scholarshlps to those who recene the h1 hest marks on the competrve entrance examxnatlon to be held at the College on Aprrl 19 at 9 A NI Xou may secure an apphcatron from the School Louncrlor Brother O Hehxr rn the Guidance Room on the fourth Hoor Fordham Lmverslty offers excellent courses ln varlous frelds mcludrng the Arts and SCIENCES Business and Lava For appllcatron wr1te the Drrector of Admrsslons ln care of that School All apphcatron blanks must be filled out be fore Nlarch 31 1952 Another School w1th splendld Scholar shrp opportumtles rs Iona College 1n New Rochelle fArts and Sc1ences Bus mess and Lawj All apphcatrons must be rn by Aprrl 2 rn order to be elrgrble to take the entrance exam on Aprrl 16 The Cathohc Lnnerslty of Amerlca X1 ash 1ngton D C fArts and Scrences Eng meermg and BUSINESS, rs offermg oxer twenty Scholarships Also affordmg excellent Scholarshnp opportumtles are tlj XX est Pomt 123 Harvard 135 Nlass Institute of Iech 143 Colgate and tal Champlarn College I-or further mformatron on these and other Scholarshlps consult the bulletm boards m the hbrary and 1n the mam floor The Drama The play s the thmg wherern I ll cap ture the consclence of the Kmg fHam let Sc 11 Act 25 The lmmortal words of Shakesphere resounded once agam rn Power Lnder the capable drrectxon of Bro ther Rrce the Seniors of classes 705 and Playmg the wllam rn 'I he Black Cat .lun Magi.: brandxshes a mean lookm weapon Pow pus LaBua's oratorw need- pohslung by the looks on the face- of lklCfsI's ,lo-epll, Lueck and 0'Callal1an February 18, 1952 YEWS 706 presented Great Nloments of Dra matnc Entertaxnment The settmg for these excerpts hltherto unknown to the students of the Academy, was the mo tron plcture room on the fxfth Hoor The skxts took place at the second pe rrod of the day durmg the week of Jan uary 9 16 Asrde from Shakesperlan offermgs there were also short plays The Black Cat for mstance, and con densatlons of radxo dlalogues Through the cooperatnon of Brother Rlce and h1s Senlors wlth the expressed wrshes of faculty members vrewmg the performances these theatrlcals wrll be duplrcated m the school audxtorxum shortly before Easter It promlses to be costumes Feb Frosh Year ln Halfers The tlme 6 45 The date Febru ay 4 1952 The place AVoods1de Queens The person-one of our new February Freshmen jnm Dennehy He arose at thls early hour relaxed rested and prepared for SIX months of hard work 1n Power He graduated fseven days agoj magna cum laude from St Teresa s m Woodslde reputed to be the best grammar school m Queens, and was sure he could meet the high stand ards expected of hum and hls mnety odd fellows, the new underclassmen Thls was but Jrms th1rd v1s1t to Power After h1s frrst Journey he took the entrance exam On hrs second he registered and now on hrs thrrd he was a member of the Academy Feb 4 was spent chxefly 1n meetmg the faculty get mg acquamted wlth fellow students, buvlng books and m general becommg part of the Powerhouse About fifty of the latest model Pan thers are conslgned to 304 especlally equrpped to accommodate mmraturely proportroned lads who purpose to be come adept at Frosh Scrence The re marmng forty are statfoned 0pp0Sll6 the lrbrarv ln 201 the room mth huge c1r cular wmdows and northern exposure facmg the 100 foot canyon between the upper and lower yards jlm IS m the for mer C3043 and has among other teach ers. Brothers O Dwyer and NIcPadden Some of Mr Dennehy s classmates were easllv dlstlngulshed from old trmer freshmen by the spankmg sparkhng, 71 . Y . , . . - . f I . A . , - A 7 . . . . .Y . . . . U H. . . , . A 1 .U - . . . ra A - - . Q 7 ' ' - A y K A O 3 A I ,. U - ' . . . F , . . . I y - 1 ' ' ' ' , - - ' 1. H ' 7 j - 7 A . . l ' S A - H, Q . . , - ' . , . ' ' -7' - a gala show complete with props and . ' , l - : ' 2 ' f Q a A y - . ' : r , . - ' , , . 2 1 A , . . ' 1 -S . . , . . . . v. . . 5, w g, . W ot. . , I I . , , , . . U A n s U ' . . - , . 1 Y 7 Y . 1 1 l ' '