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

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Initials for Seniors. lways Ready Walt Fraulein Micheldorfer Kaufman. Hunger Devil VMeFarland. Much Wanted Smith Eater Smith. Mule Rider McCormac Germany Frave Graceful Maiden Jewell Happy Cuss Littl Nagging Riddle Jone Prize Winner Hughes. Mightily Loved Li Remaining Candi Made Healthy Long Jogging Athlete Monahan. Able Energetic Oatman Slightly Musical Payne. Ever Amiable Williams. Never Grouchy Sweeny.

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SENTOR Wanted. A razor Clarence TANTED TANTED TANTED By a talented and ung man, a girl Adrian C. Finlay TANTED—A R. H. S. study hall. plaything that will alarm at clo K on school days. Abbie Fowler. T[ANTED—A 8:45 a. m. Thomas Connell TANTED—A gag. Soon, a wedding M. Jemima Willson. TANTED TANTED—A compound of which Mod esty and Common Sense, with a small addition of Thoughtfulness and form the component Nellie Brown. Bashfulness, parts. -ANTED—Good nature and jollity. Clinton Searle 'ANTED—A remedy for a swelled head. Clyde Marcellus. TANTED—A lineman in either Telephone Co. George Mead. position as manager or Quotations for Sophomores. How little space ’twixt man and ape. R. M-rr-tt. And when he entered, every goose Began to cackle like the deuce. The asses brayed at one another; Twas the smelled a plain creatures brother.—Ed. -tk—ns—n. ANNUA 1] If any lared to play, would be blo today. [ have lived and love He would hedn't hed so much W-ll—--—m —v And gladly wolde he ther cuss had played the tricks he ver hi ver nis ming « R-y R-ch-rds The daisi S remains d.—Ed. -tk—ns—n. been le nger vit, if he have turned up for feet a05 learn, and gladly teche. sw-ld B-—ck-s His bark is worse than his bite [-yl-r. I'll tell the bad penny C-rlt—-n W-ll-r. Tis better to G-l- - Gr-v-s news. always turns up.— have lov ed and lost ved atall.—Ed. -tk Ah, sin was his name.—R-y R-ch What a child.—F l-r-ne In-y. Whence that M-—rr-tt. Full bone.—W-I] m C-rt-s. ‘r to have li rds. dear, sweet R lph shambling gait big was he of brawn and eke of Fresh Boys’ Class. Motto—To Tree is or not tois that is the ask Evergreen. Emblem—Weather vane (always going around doing nothing. Air: Song- The Being Always Fresh. We're fresher than the newest milk, We’re fresher than wet paint. No other men are quite our ilk, And we are glad they ain't. When I was selected to write the history of this most magnificent class I was more than honored. I thought in the words of the poet, “My soul be still And you, heart, stop cutting up.” The origin of this class is lost in the dim past, where every one wishes the class had been also.

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[He SENIOR The Old Academy. One can hardly imagine, in this period magnificent buildings con the and of stantly many rising, interest which must have centered around Rome Academy dur- ing its erection less than sixty years ago. of Mr. Sanford Library possesses a Through the Adams, ot after courtesy the Jervis catalogue, issued one “First copy the first the building. Annual vear the erection The front reads: page Stryker, Hon. Seth B. Roberts, Alva Mudge, Jesse Armstrong, Benjamin N. Hunting- N. Bissell, Sanford Enoch B. Armstrong, Lynden Abell and others. ton, Gordon Adame, Of the 310 pupils we note a few famil- jar names. Chauncey Armstrong, George Barnard, John G. Bissell, J. J. Bradt, Theodore S. Comstock, William a Elmer, Lyman Gage, George Merrill, Gustavus M. Palmer, Albert H. Pope, Nathan P. ANNUAL. gue of the ¢ Students of Cat il ‘ rporation, Instructors and Rome Academy, Dec. 1819, A. J. Rowley Co., Re cipal and Miss Soprina Jennings precep printers.” Samuel Brown was the first prin- tress, with ten assistants. The “Corporation” includes manyfwell- remembered and greatly revered names: Huntington, president; Calvert secretary; Rowland 5S. Hon. Henry A. Edward Comstock, Doty, treasurer; Foster, John Rudd, P. Russ, John Stryker, Calvin West, Arthur S. Roberts, Helen M. Abell, Margaret O. Bissell, Maria L. Bradt, Isabella F. Denio, Mary L. Hayden, Elnora S. Kimball, Mary A. Stevens, Eliza Tyler. George Peryn, Lucy C. A course of study is mapped out for the “Male Department” and another for the “Female Department,” though there isn’t as great a diversity in the studies as might be implied; not so very many subjects,