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

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Lg . lx ,ff il k r - t V f ,, ,... 6 ig 5 . c W X ' I g ,,.- lr:--rf Q. X, .. tx 5 Q J . 4' jeff! k X we ,WL-W - 12' I K 1 X L uf It M ' if ski. .. .-La ., -' 2 ' f 3' - E' QM! K ' I - - . .. . ' -0--ww-We -,rf K K, Next to a student hodv willing to learn, the most valuable single asset a school can have is a good faculty. Methods of instruction, types of subjects and an atmos- phere of intellectual advancement are all integral com- ponents which fulfill this ideal of a worthwhile teaching staff. Teachers of this order can make all lessons pleasure and all work seem to have a definite meaning. The logi- cal conclusion from this is that a school can go far with a good group of instructors. Power Memorial Academy has a teaching staff of this type. Over half of its forty plus faculty members are from the ranks of Irish Christian Brothers who have con- secrated their lives to the education of young men. Theirs may be thought of as the role of crusaders, seeking nothing but the establishment of truth in the hearts of J le, the young. Preparing souls for Cod and instructing them in the meaning of life are the dual purposes of this body. Their work, coupled with the art of an extremely compe- tent lay teacher staff, in the eyes of Cod, is the most re- warding aspect of their lives. Due to this selfless devo- tion to such a rigorous ideal, the value of the school's teachers has risen, steadily and immensely in the past twenty-six years. Though only Cod may know the fullness of their suc- cess with their students, the faculty members of Power have been well thought of since the school's founding. Their work is not easy, nor is it expected to be. The reward for this effort, however, will far outweigh the hardships they have had to face. Theirs is truly the perfect life.

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U5 ' 6 121226 141561266 We, the Students of Power Memorial, at the close of another year, dedicate, with deep humility and love, this year- book to you who are our parents. We offer it not only as a token of our appreciation, but as a representation of what we are-that which you fashioned out of love for us. It was you who took us into this world and bore the trials and exaspera- tions of our first, formative years. Again, it was you who pre- sented us with our Hrst knowledge of what was right by your selfless devotion to Christian ideals. You sacrificed to see us receive our ,education and accepted, in silence, the many heart- breaks we so unwittingly caused you. So it is, Parents, that we offer you this as a small demonstration of our awakening realization of your God-inspired love for us. We hope only to be worthy of it and ask your further blessing on our work, that its results may be as fruitful as these Hrst, wonderful years have been. -13

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