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

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RETREAT 1 a Po pics SOI!ll0lllOlC D lxant and NI lltbu luow t tluou l1 lllt lllCl'illllt 111k 111 Sault aul 1 r ifonfe ll nu tonslut tt tl ln Fatllt r R4 xno tl Three Day Retreat Imged red ln the western skx a great star, sxmbol of all we opposed looked 1ng,r1lx down upon the one thousand one hundred fortx one members of l NI X Iwas the n1g,ht of Januarx 30 1932 and Iuczfer sy mbol of all we were bet ter learnmg to ight blushed wlth shame as d1d h1s namesake at the 1mpOS1Hg scene takmg place throughout a rnultr mlle I'd.CllLlS l!lNIJlI'CCl bx the1r tlrst dax of Retreat Poxxerxtes stren thened the1r cordlal relatlons wlth the1r bod and sa1d the1r ex enmg oratortes xxlth ex en greater fervor That lIl0l'IllIlf be in xxlth Nlass at nlnc o clock md t ich incl extrx mem ber of the Xcademx was equlpped wlth small Leaflet XllNSdlQ snow xx h1te prax er books supplled the prexlous dax at the Nlass concluslon Come Holx ind our Retreat Nlister Rex Rex nold C Sl spoke on the toplc Thls Retreat Depend on Xou In the folloxxmff Conferences he spoke on ll hat 1 the core of our llxes gm what IS lt Nlanbness throu h purltx and praxer e Nicrmce ot N ass 'Net hborllne ind lxnoxx e ge of the purpo e or hte amon other lOIDlC low ed Father The prof ram etch da followed a slml ar pittt rn NI1 1 Conference Spiritual rcadm 1 ttond Conference lunch Readln and Recollectxon and tmallj, the la t Conference ol the dax lle left for home alter Benedtcuon 78 Ihe Conferences or Sermons lasted 43 nnnute each Readln and Recollec tlon cons1sted of contemplatlon read mg Cathollc books and pamphlets and saxmg of the rosarx and the Statlons of the C ross elther ln the Chapel or IU the classrooms Confess1ons were handled by the hear Fatlxtr He xnold C, Q P He pr: ached our Rctrt at lIl of the Sophomores on XX edncsd1x and the JUDIOFS and Qemors on Ihurs ax The thrrd dax departed from the us ual order of thln s Ill that breakfast was eiten outsltle because the entlre upperclass student body recelxed Com mun1on IH a body that mormng after 'xlass Freshman Retreat lhe lreshman Rttreit was gxxen by lather Nlcbough our school chaplaln and pr1est of the Paulest Fathers The underclassman program followed closelx that of the other exceptlnf the ftcts th 1t lt V518 held m the lXllClll0I'll1Ill confess1ons were heird 111 the auxllxarv bandroom and lll the Sacrlstx and thex alwaxs ate breakfast and lunch School lhe most lmpresslxe slhht IH the cx es of the students the school s facultx the Retreat Nlaster and the hundreds of people that f apped IH awe as xxe paraded s1lentlx to the St Pauls was the solemn note thit was struck bx u Benedlc tlon the ltpll Iiles lllf bestowef n u the full clear throated and ferxent s1nU1n o the CJ Qalutarls an lantum Er o the m1l1tant beat ot an armx of xouth tlxxnf the standards ot truth llterillx brou ht down the hou e mth re olutron md ftrxtnt asplr at1on Xnr 1 Ir an the edltor of IS pa Jer to the loxxhct reporter on Xro o 11 Xllth bod our com rade Tl1e Power W YTTY V Y NW' Q Us it ,. . -,. .gl .' P. 'S zftf- 1 f --- 'r U' ' - l s. ' 7 ' ' ' ,. ,' , . ' ' '- , ' , , I ' v- - lc 1 A ' . H . . ' . L . l , ll K , 1 ., i, , , . ' l 1 5 C 5 , 1 J , ' ' ' - 1 . v - . . . 1 ' v y .- . 1 I 1 1 ' 1 v 1. A ' 1 v . . . . s . A N 7 , ' . V 1 , ' ,. ' ' ,1 ga - ' l f 1' l . H 1 . ' 'V . 'T ' , 't C, . ,. , 11 . C ' K L' ' 7 . . A 'Mk Ml M ' , V , v fl ' Y I in Ghost was sung. A conference fol- con VW5 D'05 ' .z ' - if . '. S ' J' - . U .1 I S . .,. A 5 rs -- L 7' ' -'Th it - ' the ' - 'Q 2 1 f ' 1 0 .I' 'g ' z ' '- 5- - ' 1 - ' ' ' ld s ' LI 9' fs' 2 f - 'fl d . 1 U .. .. . 5. T ' . ' ' Y Q ' ,z ' z 1 'y ' ' . ' ' . . . ... 'z ' LI ' l z I . - ass. z , 1 1 . . . ' A . . . . . . . 5 Y V5 F1 ' 'B M ' I LI. t 5' V D l r . S 1 Sr. .Q . th. cr ' . , A Y N I V A . - N - v Poxxpic ' - U x nl: N ' C 5 -' ' A fe s. is. . S D1 U . - 1 - ' ' 1 xv D

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EXTBACUBRILULA famous words of hep Powerxtes Of course lts true that the convenlently lo cated phone booth does offer a tempta tron to those who can afford the luxury of telephomc conversatlon Nevertheless free whnte passes are gxven to these tele phomacs passes whnch entltle the tardy socxety of Power to-not phone calls but detentlon Seriously the booth outside the Cafe terla, though not very dnfferent from lts part of school lxfe It IS frequented by frosh and semor and IS always glad when patromzed by an overtalkatlve Powerlte the most humorous of these bemg the rrght at home type He lS the person who whlle makmg a call w1ll take his sandwlches and potato ch1ps 1nto the booth and spend h1s lunch perrod m ecstacy Fortunately most students use the telephone ln 1ts proper capaclty Our phone IS not snobblsh ln the least about monetary values smce It w1ll ac cept your quarters as readnly as your drmes Well so long for now Its get tmg late and yes you ve guessed xt I have a call to make LaB a Exam schedule blues wlth John Healy Bulletin Boards: Mecca of Info ll ere all the classes mterrupted by the publlc address system for the m1llen1a of scholarshrp offers, dances and other etents wh1ch necessxtate mformmg the student body dally, the requxred curr1 cular could not be accomplrshed Thus bulletm boards are employed The mam one IS kept m the audxtorrum, whnle there IS also one 1n the hbrary and another outside the cafeterna On the audrtorrum February 18, 1952 val twlx 1 9,7-Y fa QpxX'mxhgC, l E X VI' qgiah L Bua Excerpts from the Bulletm Board board can be found basketball and dance schedules scores attamed 1n Power v1c torles and materlal on Cathohc Actron Huddled 1n the mam foyer eekmg ln formatlon are the lntelllgentsxa of Power seekrng out scholarshlps and scholastlc contests In our excellent hbrary rs a supple mentary bulletm board Here are hsted The Leglon of Decency gurde mforma t1on and plctures on extraordmary cme ma productlons and detailed mformatxon on scholarshlps to M I T Harvard Manhattan and other mstltutlons of learmng The thxrd board has l1sts of track members and other sports ltems llxth thls system lt IS a small wonder Powerltes are so well lnformed Help Behmd the Scenes The covs turned gears ,round and the lntrlcate mechanlsm of the school help pulsated Gften not consldered 1n the school s structure Powers army of waltresses and Janntors may be regarded on an equal plane wlth the teachlng fa culty They hand you your sandwlches and ple to gobble down at lunch tnme clean state by removmg the papers and scraps which you are prone to leave ly mg around Sllent unnotlced and un thanked frlends thzs lS thelr meager trlbute May I Introduce In case you re mterested ln meeting them let me mtroduce you Here comes the cafeterxa crew whlch conslsts of NIISS Sharf the manager who s 1n charge of ordermg and selhng and who has been at Power eleven years, Laura Penella who has tolerated us for ten years Mary Mc Cormlck a nme year veteran and Mlss O Donell an old hand after seven years Approachmg the audntorlum we see Mrs Estnvo who boasts ten years of servlce and Mrs Kennedy a begmner Wlth only four years to her credlt Buslly engaged wlth waxmg the floors rs our custodlan, Trm Sweeny Erther he or hrs three colleagues Tom W alsh Barney Oats or james J W alsh may be seen whenever repalrs beckon And so as thls new year of 1952 be gms all Power extends two words to lfS help Thank you LaBua Tom, our favorlte CllSl0fl18Il, at work Wllll lus hammer ln 506 77 - ' 5 ' U F7 ' - - - - I A cz - QA H rl 'V valid. . ' I y l Jflsitl ',-24 g 4- 31 7 Y - 1 'Y' V-fi. , ' ' ' 'V JL.. V , x . 1 ,ff-zgzvvr , gnybgg-gl . . - h - 1 4 1' S, :Q 'fx YV . . f . - vffi' 4'--H Ylxttibhlj iff' ' ' - ' ' ' 'I 7, 7 , prototypes, is regarded as an essential ' f and xt IS they who keep the school ln lts ' ' ameri ff I n itil . - : 1 ' . . . - 4: ' n ' T . ' ' V 4 ' . ' ' ' f , . . . s I 1 3 ' u y . . . L . ' . . . 1 - 4 7 , . y - . . . . . S . . - . 7 . . . . i . 1 . ' . , . I a U , 1 , . ' I A . . . A . A ' ' ca - xv ' 1 s l u u . , I - Q 1 . , ' 7 . . ., , , , A . . . V K o u 1 y , . - I I I 3 .X c U. , ,

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IIELIGIUN Rellgron Relrgrous Motrfs Well Bob Thxs IS our new school We were standing at the threshold f Power Xlemorral Academy at the srxty first street entrance We paused for a moment then made our way through the door Glancmg to the left, we notrced a large CYUCIHX Becomrng more lnterested rn 1t, we took a closer look Accordmg to a small mscrrptron at the bottom, thrs beautxful rmage was presented to the school on February 2, 1944 Another turn of the head brought a beautrful set of stamed wmdows under our observatron We gazed admrrmgly at the colorful representatrons of the Brble wh1le the sun poured through them thereby addmg extra lustre A closer lnspectlon mformed us that they were a grft of the Mothers Club Then we walked up the stalrs to our new class room As we entered the classroom we rm adornment of rellglous plctures an altar for the Blessed Vlrgm, and of course, a small crucrfix We were sure now that we had entered a school m whrch we could study for our llves IH the secular world ln a truly rellglous atmosphere VS e querred Brother as to the orrgrn of these prctures and artrcles Brother turned and faced the front wall of the classroom He pomted to the left hand srde of the wall just above the blackboard where hung a plcture of the Sacred Heart Take a close look and notrce two l1ttle words ln the left corner X emte Omnes and m Latm Chrlst calls us to Hlm saymg Come all of you' Brother now turned to the rrght hand s1de of the wall to contlnue hrs explana tron There rs the patroness of our school Our Lady of Perpetual Help Her prcture was rntroduced to the world by the Redcmptorlst Order 1n Italy 'Now examrne the rest of the room -Xs we glanced around we recognrzed reproductlons of scenes from the llfe of Our Lord For mstance there was one showmg the Joyful smgrng of the Angels at Bethlehem on that first Christmas nrght Some others showed Chrlst teach mg from a fisherman s boat and Chrlst wrth the l1ttle chlldren Strll another de pxcts Chrlst s Cp1SOdC w1th the Rrch Xoung man We soon found that an mterestmg day ln class was now over But before we went home We decided that we would go up to the chapel We entered thrs Oratorro and ln the peaceful atmosphere knelt to pray Look mg around we found stalned glass w1n dows srmrlar to those we had seen down stafrs The hght flltered through them rn qulet subtle tones that made us feel re laxed and at peace We left school and headed for home leavmg strll unexplored the mnumerable msfgnae that 1dent1fy Our Academy as a school of the Roman Catholrc Church 7 Rellglon A Day At St Matthews Dont forget, today rs Tuesday, the day we go up to St Nlatts sa1d Dan Shanahan to john Lgan as they ap proached 606 for therr first perrod of the day I won t sand John 'Nleet me here at 2 15 and we can go up there to gether Okay, but remmd Frank Coo ney and jack Glbbons too, replred Dan They entered the classroom and pre pared for a long day of study Rmg g g the bell s1gnaled the end of the last perrod and the throngs of students flled from the1r classrooms rn an exclted chatter over the days hap penmgs All set asked John Egan, closrng hrs locker door? Lets go, swer Dan They started for the stalrs and were Jorned by the rest of the fel lows bound for St Matt s, mcludmg jrm NIcGee and john Totten After a brxsk walk up Broadway to 68th street they entered St Matthew s school and assembled therr classes of small chrldren Not qurte so fortunate as some of the fellows at Power these k1ds d1d not have school However just llke all other k1dS, they need relrgrous rnstructron to bulld a strong foundatron on whlch to base their farth Wlthout a good firm know ledge of 1ts fundamentals, they could easlly lose lt 1n later lrfe Under the d1rect1on of Brothers O He h1r lNagle and Nolan, these semors are preparmg the chrldren for the Sacre ments of Penance Holy Eucharrst and Confirmation they glve freely of thelr trme and their trme rs bemg used m the best possrble work Chrrst s work LaBua Photos Totten teaclnn tmy troublemakers Truths and Theology Shanahan llkewrse but wlth a less appreclatlwe audlence February 18 19a2 79 I . - I ' ' - , U . 0 ' n L y A , . , . . . , . . . - I ' LC YY ' ' , . ff , ' l ,U y ' I an v Jr ' ' g A Y ' 0 u f a - I - A . A . ' ' L5 ' 57 ll ' 1 - ' . ' A ry - ,, - , . . , - . . is ' ' ,Y , , . r . - - . . . I , s I A , ' s 1 ' n . . , ' , - ' ' ' ' ' an nv ' . . , - ' ' l rr 9 :J an- : s n , ' y I - '. ' ' . . . . - , I I l ' a v y n 1 1 . D , . . , . . . . , , I V 1 . l . 7 ' - . ' . y . mediately became aware of a bountiful - - - , the OPPOVUIUWY to enter 3 Cathollc grade I ' . , D A - . s 57 u n a , - a . . a u . . . . . , h . . , , L- . . ' ' ' : , ' . . , 7 CK if 7 ' ' ' i ' , r K1 I nfl' gtk. L . T . V 458: V E U. U ' 9 ' 3