Rome Free Academy - De O Wain Sta Yearbook (Rome, NY)

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4 THE SENIOR ANNUAL. witches, sorcerers, prognosticators and necromancers, will be sorely vexed.” Woe is me if we are caught. “Of a truth,” answered Shipor, a son of there will be much haranguing of the The high will Ishmael, multitude on the morrow. priest, called Tyrannus, raise a mighty shout like unto the bellow of the bull of Bashan; his face wili grow red and purple, yea, even unto the color of the turkey’s neck, but it will avail him nothing. Brethren, our work is done; let us depart for our evening devotions.” SOPHERETH. R. F. A. Alumni R. H. S. —Miss Joyce three months abroad. —Mr. Theodore Visscher, architect, has an office in New York city. Miss Ida Revely enters Syracuse Bissell is spending University next September. —Miss Bianca Holley is doing con- cert york in New York city. —Dr. Eleanor Parry is resident phy- sician of Mt. Holyoke College. Mr. Fred Groff is assistant super- intendent of mines at Windber, Pa. Miss Edith Walker is the leading contralto in the Royal Opera, Vienna. —Miss Helen Virginia at Newport News, Va., will teach again next year. Mr. Francis Bellamy is with Silver, Burdett Co., publishers, New York City. - Miss Alice Tremain has graduated from the Kindergarten Training Class of Utica. —Miss Fanny McHarg holds a posi- tion as soloist in a church in City, Mo. —Mr. John R. Searles is superinten- dent of the Pressed Steel Car Works at Joliet, Ill. Kansas | month —Miss Fanny Ellis has passed the examination fora position in the city library of Utica. Miss Ellen Hunt who is spending two years abroad will spend the sum- mer in Switzerland. —Mr. John Morgan, is course in the Hahnemann College of Philadelphia. taking a Medical —Mr. Arthur Knight will take a po- sition as assistant state chemist at New Haven August the’first. —Miss Mabel Jones, teacher in the Institute for the Deaf of Philadelphia, will spend her vacation in Rome. —Mr. Wm. McCarthy, architect, who graduated from Lehigh in 1900 has opened an office in New York City. —Lieut.Osborne Scudder, topograph- er of Engineer corps, U.S. A., is mak- ing a map of Culion Island, Philippine Islands. —Dr. George Reid graduated from the Baltimore Medical College last and has located at North Western, N. Y. —Dr. E. Helen Hannahs, professor in Albany Normal College, will spend the summer at and Denver, Col. Mr. Edward Bright has graduated Mr. Alfred Both will Chicago University and Ethridge from Hotchkiss. enter Yale next fall. —Miss Hattie Virginia has finished a course in stenography and bookkeeping from Lawrenceville ; and will enter the Rome Hospital to be- come a trained nurse. —Dean George Hodges of Cam- bridge, Mass., will spend the summer at Holderness, Mass. A sketch of Miles Standish, from whom he is a descend- ant in direct line, appeared from his in a recent number of the New England Magazine. pen

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL. ily, verily, sought they for the skeleton 1 mummy, who dwelt of some antiquatec therein. And it came to pass that, after much hard hunting, two among their number, named Shipor and Sophereth came up- the Etam, and on the. skeleton hidden in lower vaults of the house of t hen Amid much the whom went up a great rejoicing. howling and rending of air the children of Belial, among there was no back-slider, carried the skeleton into the assembly room of the children of §§Mahol and of Hamor, mostly of Hamor. ‘‘Forsooth! brothers” spake Baara, “which place seemeth best to hang the skeleton? Where the :abble can look upor it with horror or where Mahol can look upon it with much rejoicing?” One among their number, called the children of and of Hamor Piram, spat upon the floor and looked wise. Spake he, “Verily, brothers, there will be much loud yelling and great the of Hamor dis- rejoicing when, on the morrow, children of Mahol and cover their new member, but the high priest called Tyrannus, will look upon us with fiery indignation and put upon us much sore punishment. Many times have I tried him sorely, and if I am seized, yea, verily, verily, I say unto you, contumely and scorn shall be my portion, and there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth!’ Never- theless, among the children of Belial, there was no backslider. Then spake one called Sophereth: “Odd's-bodikins! here is the place to hang the skeleton, over the exalted seat of the high priest called Tyrannus let the skeleton be so hung that the Grand Mogul may perceive that some- thing has been doing.” SMahol— Wise ones. Hamor Those likened unto the ass “By my halidome! but he will rend his garments when he beholds this image of Satan strung from the ceiling of the house of Etam.”’ called Tahrea, Straightway, one brought forth a ladder and, with much hard work, fastened the skeleton firmly to the ceiling. But being fixed so that he himself could not escape, he began tocurse the bag of bones. Straightway the skeleton began to drop his bones pro- miscuously among the children of Belial, causing howling and groaning that can uttered. All right and after repairing its left not be Was soon made leg, the skeleton was once more hoisted. Within the house of Etam, there was stationed an instrument of many Neginah, from which at the dawn of day, one of Jubal, strings, uncommonly called high priestesses, a daughter of often sought to bring forth music as sweet as that of the “celestial serens’ Selah! The Hamor, mostly harmony.” children of Mahol waxed weary of her vain attempts, but Yea, verily, it sounded like the braying of the my brethren,” and Hamor, alas, their was no help for it. asses and howling of jackals. ‘““Prythee, spake one called Vajezatha, because of his mighty strength, “ what say ye to the stuffing By St. Cuthbert’s beads, I think it would do it good.” of the ass’s mouth? Straightway this musical instrument, called Neginah, likened unto the ass, was stuffed so full that no sound came therefrom. Then spake Piram, as he again spat upon the floor and again looked wise, Methinks on the morrow, the children | of Mahol and Hamor, mostly Hamor, among whom there are many wizards, Jubal—Inventor of music

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THE SENIOR Dr. .Angennette Parry is working among the people of the East Side, New York City, under the direction of Dr. Parkhurst’s Church. Miss Emily Halsted has returned from two years of travel and study abroad, and will spend the summer at at 109 W. Thomas street. —Miss Olive Scudder who holds a the pany of Philadelphia, will spend the position with Corbin Lock Com- month of August in Rome. —Mrs. Hattie Hunt Watt is living at 510 N. Washington street. Miss Ethel Watt teachers’ training school of Rome this month. graduated from the Miss Anne Comstock has charge of the vocal department in. Miss Ben- nett’s school, Irvington-on-the-Hudson. She also sings in the Reformed Church on 33d street, New York city. ANNUAL, 5 Miss Lillian Kilbourne of St. Louis, Miss Alida Mitchell of New York, and Miss Belle Williams of spend a part of the summer in Rome. Denver will During the year sons have arrived at the homes of Messrs. James Barnard, Allen H. Wright, Marshall Morris and Dr. Sumner Kingsley; and daughters at the homes of Messrs. Will McAdam, William White and Dr. Fred Honsinger. —Among the alumni of R.F.A. grad- uating from colleges this month are Miss Giehl from Vassar, Miss Garlick from Neff College of Oratory, Philadelphia, Miss Huff, Miss Ellis and Miss Ada Frink from Syracuse, Miss Mary Kent from Albany Normal College, Mr. Park- er Scripture, Mr. Arthur Armstrong and Mr. Harold Stevens from Cornell, Mr. Robert Nisbet and Mr. Wayne Nis- bet from Yale. The Class Row. One day last winter the freshman class, they of the nursing bottle, held a meeting, elected a president and the other figureheads of organization and in utter disregard of the time honored customs of alma mater, voted to buy class caps. On account of their extreme youth they had been treated with great leniency by the upper classes until this time, although they had become notorious for their flagrant violations of the ordinances of | this peaceful community, but this last was too much. They must be curbed. Accordingly the great upperclassmen | arose in all their majesty and issued an