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

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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

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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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FEATI BE Luz'- ff .,,. f ,J , ' ff' f-We Power NICITIOTIHI And The 30th Centurv If ton mr N 1eN uert tx auxted lhe thoo s mo t promment hoop t1r bur t mto tht lotlxer room buxtlcd about IH 1 trtnn ot earchmfr for the1r umforms found them anc b van to u1t up Troubles Ind Xl1lQN trou X uxe 1 e ff lx of xr LCKLLI ll IIHICJ f I ll 'Nil hill LIU XUUYNL1l1l. to do me me h1 h blood prex ure tumed L oath Bx rnes but torvot the pa1r a he haQt1lx gate matter a labt m1nute thetl. X ten t11ne Llllll later tht trumphet bla ted and the 1f111l gmen loner NIemor1al5 team trotted out before the ZO OCO Hpettators that h1d eome to Gee the plaxort of the 'Xatlonal league t1nalQ here at Rxan NIemor1al Cn m nas1um on the Chool Campus The L S t1tle was ID the oltermg and l rmtr uttor oxer th1mp1on5h1p teams from twenty four state-5 uae to plat 1exa5 X 81 NI undefeated 'tgunbt :quads from the remamder of the fortx e1,.,ht If the Panthers won It would be for the n1nth tlme ID the nfteen xear hntorx of the Interstate League Twas an cltttrlt ifternoon th1s Nhrth d 13. of the tear 2931 not onlx betaube there 11 15 Ch1mp1onQh1p Cold IH S1 ht but also betauxe the troxxd ID IIS gat mood demanded a vwm to Celebrate the m1ll1n1un1 of the foundmg of Povser Nlem or1al Academx Cnd and xl1l6S ex ed the Iexans as thex marched on tourt IhlS would be tough Not one of the 1115.16 Cagers was under sexen foot wh1le G1d w1th h1s 6 8 frame was the towe man on the Panther team Coach Bxrnes mum bled encouraglnglx to h1m KX hy d1dnt you grow as tall as thoee bows G1d I hear the altltude m1ght be good for G 126,643 The Power