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

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NEWS Gleeful Febs treading down the 3151685 Egan Donahue Healy Hea y Hedgecock Mor an McC1rthy Mariano PHOIUCCI Roache Rickard Relfenhelser obviously brand new briefcases and port follos carrled so gingerly 1n their as yet uncalloused hands Umbrellas and over sized chapeaux gave them away in a con slderably less degree than did bewildered countenances Lunchtlme was a most confusmg period and one or two of the young uns flatly refused to exchange what they argued to be Legal tender in any part of the U S for the green and white tickets necessary for purchasmg But they have one great factor 1n their favor They werent dumb enough to buy any of the elevator swimmmg pool or football game passes proffered them Honor Roll Davld Barrow Budd Barter Francis Batridge Joseph Benenatl Richard Berryman Kennth Bialy Joseph Bxrg eless Frank Bonet Vi 1ll1am Roylan James Boyle joseph Branco Ronald Burk Laurence Burke Donald Byrne james Byrne Thomas Cadogan Donald Canfield Francis Cassxtdy William Cas sidy John Close John Coates Paul tello Cornelius Curtm Thomas Daum Kenneth Davey Raymond Defoe Rlch ard Delaney Gregory Delgado Ralph Della Cava Joseph D1 Gl3C0mO Xmcent Donnelly William Dowling Thomas Duffy Patrick Dundas James Dunn john T Egan Joseph Flanagan joseph Florio john Flynn Donald Fraser Rlchard Friedman Xxncent Gallagher John Gargan1 o Vlrlliam Goff Louis Gomes Edward Gurba Robert Hanni gan Frederick Hellmuth Robert Hesse Patrlck Hoey Robert Hoffmann il 11 ham Hurley Herbert Huss Nlichael Hyland Eugene Johnson Edward Joyce Rodger Kennv John Ixilloran Anthony Labua John Lahlff Nlichael Lawlor 72 Richard Leatherman Nllchael Link Joseph Lombardl Timothy Lynch Thomas Maher James Nlalone John Martello Arsenio Martinez Francis Nlarutollo Donald McCabe James Mc Cabe William McCarthy james 'Nic Dermott John NIcEll1gott Thomas NIC Loughlln Damel McNeill james Mel lett Thomas Nlolloy Henrv 'Xlonahan John Nloody John Moore George Moran John Mueller Paul Mullane O Brlen Vi llllam O Conne l john O Far rell Peter OShea joseph Plelock Leo Pipino Patrick Porzio Michael J Qumn Edmond Quirke Patrlck Reilly Jose RIVHS Joseph Rodriguez Daniel Rowland Vincent Russo Damel Ryan Edward Ryan john F Ryan Thomas Ryan John Scott John Sexton Damel Shanahan Stephen Sims joseph Sparo z1o Desmond Stack Richard Stern Ed ward Sulhvan Terrence Sullivan ll 11 l1am Sullivan Charles Tamburello Albert Tedor1 Vlilham Torres Thomas llaldron James Vlalsh John J Vi hlte li 1ll1am li llson Robert G li olfe Theo dore Yellen James York joseph iam aoka Anthony Zuvlch Faculty: New Teachers Monday. February 4, was the scene of the arrival of more than mere Fresh- men. It brought, among other things, two new faculty members, Mr. john Gallagher and Mr. James Obratka. Mr. Gallagher is pedant exclusively of Feb Frosh whom he teaches Latin and So cial Studies and IS a graduate of Nlan hattan College Chou' Conductor Nlr Obratka Cnoted as a scholar of organ music and respected instructor in the playmg of that instrumentj confines h1S teachlng actlvltles ln Power to our Glee Club The effective comblnatlon of 'NIr Perreault and Brother NIcPadden in tutorlng 1n that field has thus been increased Nlr Obratka IS Widely known as the conductor and director of the finest Glee Club in the Diocese of Brooklyn The Saint Francrs Xavier Chorr Art Staff Artlstes de la Power An extremely busy man around the campus is Tom Cadogan of class 604 for Tom besides bemg the Art Editor of The Power is a tutor He has the task of teaching three prospectlve artists on whom the future art work of the maga zine IS dependent as Tom graduates next year The place where these master ful lessons are given IS room 408 during act1v1ty periods At present Tom is teaching h1s pupils john Brehanny Tom Stack and Tad Dewjewskx how to work on stiple board toonlng He also gives them some hlnts on good composrtlon proper form ac tion drawings and degrees of shading In Toms opinion the hardest thlng for them to learn IS how to draw with a brush which he designates as the most veratlle drawing tool The boys are also required to do any poster work that the school wants Here s where the trouble starts because th1s involves color a whole new field The most adept pupil at mixing colors seems to be john Brehanny At the end of the year all vsorkll be shown and Sou ll see whether or not Power s post eritv will enjoy the same high calibre rllustratlons you get now The Power , L ' - 7 . . 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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 ' '

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Examinations: The Most Pensive Power Week of 1952 The Regents papers had lard m a strongbox for several weeks On the mormng of January 21st the key to the box arrrved by speclal messenger It was opened and wrth the dxstrrbutron of the first paper the semr annual examma tlons began To the speedlly wr1t1ng group of Senrors rn the audrtorlum rt was an antr chmax after the weeks of prep aratron they had put rn studymg lt was merely routme In other parts of the school, rn class rooms, laboratorres and even rn the aud 1tor1um the hum of students busy at work could be heard To each boy the exams meant some thmg drfferent For the Semor, lf h1s work was above average, rt m1ght mean a scholarshrp to college Even for the Semor Wlth average marks, good grades rn the exams would get h1m 1nto a bet ter college For the Junror lt was a chance to rmproxe h1s grades and lf a great rmproxement was shown, perhaps some more free t1me after school away from h1s books To the average Sopho more rt was a chance to get back 1nto the good graces of hrs parents And even the Freshmen benefited by the exams for these were h1s first b1g tests ln hlgh school and by thexr results he would know exactly how much more trme he needed to put 1nto h1s studylng All 1n all It was a hard week for the Powerrtes Yet an mfrmtely satrsfymg one the exam lt ot tou llcr as tllllf, clap ed and selrolarlw tllou lrt appear: in NEWS .Z Twenty Cl ht flaws affo over a tllous and of us took nud term Prlmed and reads Pete Panther tw plcal Powerman began 1 to row dreper and deeper ull Powprts from flu look of tht r .muon fret rllu rntruarn of flu prolmlun Int and Hnalls tXllZ1ll t tllc te t taker Februarv 18, 1952 73 . . . . . 7 . . . . . V . - V - ' ' v ' F5 r- v v N' . . , I - H - c - 3. u u I I u ' i ' ' ' ' . ' ,ve 7 , . ' , I-' 1 'K v 7 5 g K at sn f ' a ,L F f -X 'W' M ' , U U . W ' s Q ' rr ' ' xl rr ' H ' S I . ' r- 1- L ' - 1' 1' r r J' . .C 4 1 , , sig 1 .. ,, V 1- ' ' ' I . . x . 'Q wi . . gs. - x . 1 . . . . s 5 rss- 4- 5 i ss' s. - s. 1 ,S 1 - , 5 -, . , - .Av 5 s 5 , - I