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

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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

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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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---iEXTBACUBBICULA Oratorsz Declamation Contest Those fortunate enough to be at Mount St. Michael's last month tDec. l5thJ heard among other works, a scene from Rostandis famous work, Cyrano de Bergeracf' A play was not being held, rather was there a dramatic and hum- orous Declamation Contest in which our representatives participated Listed be low are the orators and their pieces Ralph Della Cava a scene from Cy rano de Bergerac james McGee The Black Cat john Fogarty The But ton Richard Page The Cask of Amontillado At this contest Power did not win any trophies but we scored a greater amount of points than such schools as Xavier Chammade All Hallows Aquinas Cath yerlne McCauley and Brooklyn Prep These accomplishments were oversha dowed for the moment by the lunch which was served to all the contestants in the Mounts cafeteria On January 12, there was a three round Freshmen Oratorical Contest. CThose lucky spokes- man got free lunch too.j This event took place at La Salle Academy. The Power freshmen in this tournament were Ri- chard Dunne, Vincent Malafronte and Chrales Tamburello. Their respective pieces were, An Appeal to Arms, 'tSpartacus to the Gladiators and War and Democracy. Debate ' With the excellent moderation of Bro thers Conefrev and Nagle the debate team IS expected not only to equal their previous records but to surpass them with quite a margin The outstanding team for two years has been Frank Bat ridge and his cousin james Fitzgrbbons Outrankmg them are the veteran deba tors who boast three years experience like john Egan and John Fogarty who helped us win a trophy two years ago in the Irish Christian Brothers Debate Tournament A newcomer jimmy Hayes helps bolster the negative Senior team This now brings us to that third year star Mike Hynes Mike 15 the promis ing individual who leads the Junior team. The most promising Frosh are C. Tamburello, R. Wolfe, M. Andrews, J. Bastias, and J. Scott. You debate fans can be sure that we'll have plenty of info next issue, too, since it is quite an exception when our debate team doesn't make history. Band Current Events Recently letters of invitation to the annual music conference of the Catholic Music Education League were sent to the principals of Catholic High Schools in lNew York The affair took place in Steinway Music Hall Saturday after noon December 1 at 1 15 PM It was here that the principals discussed plans for the seventeenth yearly music festival This celebrated event will be held next spring The festival has the wholehearted ap proval of the archdiocese and the diocese of Brooklyn The most important event John Egan Paul Bastias Privrleged debators Paul Mullaney and Dick Dunne sit while companions in oratory Ed Sancho Wally Watson and Dick Pa e stand to pose for this picture Ed Andrews Bob Wolfe Powp John pogany Mzchael Hynes 74 The Power . . , - . '- ' .. 1 H . . . . . 2 yy rr - ' ' ' , -' r N . H . . . . , , 1 , U - . . . . J . ' - . . . , 7 . , , . . . 2 J 1 ' . . , , . . , . I ' ' u . , . - - - . . , Q - u 7 A , 5 ' v J A 'A ll f ' et , . n, pkg, V4 4 .i -. t ' 'A ' i f fir , I , It A A ,. iv ics . . . - - x . I , ' rr . U ' kv A