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

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Tue Senior The Junior Reception, Wednesday, May 27, the Junior the On class class of 1903. The gathered in of the High School and from there walked in Clarke Memorial the reception was held. gave a reception to Seniors front groups to Hall, where They entered the assembly hall in a body, where they were cordially received by a committee con- sisting of Perry Armstrong, Lyle Marcy, Maud Willson and Jane Bielby. The hall was artistically decorated with college banners and the class colors of the Juniors, purple and gold. The first num- ber of the evening’s program was an ex- After the High School Orchestra certainly furnished cellent violin solo by Leslie Marcy. this there was dancing, for which good music. Early in the evening all of the Seniors were invited down stairs for refreshments. The tables were trimmed in purple and gold, while a profusion of pansies added much to the pleasing effect. Dancing was again enjoyed until after midnight and those who did not dance found amusement in playing ping pong. The good buck and wing dancing by Frank function closed with some very Jackson. The Juniors are to be congrat- ulated on the success of the affair. Riddles. Q.—Why is Hughes like a farmer ? A.—He likes to see the Greenfield. Q.—Why did Mead wear high top shoes at the Junior rece ption? A.—It Dewey around him. was 80 Q.—Why should Richards’s father put him in the ditch? A.—It would be a good opening for Roy. Q.—Why are the front steps on Millie Hower’s built so high? A.--So that Risley can practice his high jump. Q.—Why are Nellie Brown’s cheeks like a span of horses? A.—There is one on each side of a waggin’ tongue. house ANNUAL. ().— Where pathy ? can Atkinson find A.—In the dictionary. sym- ().—Why is Roy Richards like a sput- tering candle? A.—He nuisance only when he is put out. ceases to be a Annual Meeting of the Y.M.C.A. This was an important event for about twenty-five of the High School fellows. A New England supper was the first thing on the program. ‘The boys all sat at one table with the exception of half a dozen Freshmen, who had a tea party by them- selves. Senator Baynes was the feature of the evening. Considering the quantity of beans he ate,'‘he did as much talking as He claimed that the Court Street School pupils at the next a person possibly could. table made so much noise that he couldn ’t hear himself eat. But the fellows were too busy feeding their appetites to pay much attention to him. A plate on which were two biscuit was passed to our table and nearly fifteen fellows succeeded in getting a piece. A heaping plate of ham was emptied in about a half a minute. Howard McFarland was so busy with these scrambles and his appetite that his melodious voice waS not heard once dur- ing the entire evening. Countryman got so excited at one time that he started to eat his napkin. During the ten-minute recess between the beans and the ice cream we amused ourselves by passing a large pan of beans around the table. We had it going at the rate of fifteen revolutions a minute, but Countryman got excited again, fumbled and the pan of beans fell with a thud into a pile of china. But Then a few yells After a while the ice cream came. it didn’t stay long. were given and the meeting adjourned. We are Jooking forward to the (m)eating next year.

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THE tempted to go to the neutral territory of Holland. He and by was captured by the Aus- trians them turned over to the Prussians, who imprisoned him first at Wesel and later at Magdebourg. Here his honor was again put to the test, as he was told that made easier if he his imprisonment would be would give valuable in- formation to the enemy. ‘This he refused to do, and in consequence his imprison- ment was made as unbearable as possible. For almost a vear he was confined in a damp, mouldy cell, eight feet long and six wide, where little light of any kind was to be had and never any sunlight. At length their disgraceful course, returned the Prussians, ashamed of Lafay- ette to the Austrians, who transferred him to the unhealthy dungeons of Olmutz Here friend of man thousands had this firm America, this whom honored, was told that he would never again see any- thing but the four walls of his dungeon. He was designated by a number and his guards were not allowed to speak to him. The attempts of friends to rescue him proved futile, and for five years he en- dured torture of mind and body in that wretched prison, the last twenty-two weeks being rendered somewhat more bearable by the presence of his wife and daughters. In 1797 Bonaparte broke the Austrian power and France demanded her exiles. Lafayette, being free, found an asylum in Holland where by letters he was kept in- formed of both in France affairs and America. Holland France and went into re- After remaining two years in he returned to tirement at Lagrange where he spent sev- eral years in collecting his shattered re- sources and trying to satisfy his creditors. In 1808 he suffered a severe blow in the death had remained unchanged through stormy of his wife, whose faith and love SENIOR ANNUAL. 19 years of war and danger, imprisonment and exile In 1824 President of the nation, gave Monroe, in the name Lafayette a cordial in- vitation to visit America, and placed a warship at his command. He accepted the invitation but declined the warship, and taking passage in an American mer- chantman, he reached Staten Island on l5th of Augnst. He twenty-four the visited each of the states, and every town and city, every hill and valley, every lake “Welcome! The nation as one Waving banners heralded his coming by day and river resounded with Welcome! person and Lafayette!” arose to do him honor watch fires and torches by night. At one place the band played ‘Where can one better be than in the bosom of his fam- ily ?” at another, “See, the conquering hero comes!” Amid all this excitement and splendor, Lafayette did not forget to pay a visit to the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, and there, this man, calin in battle, dig- nified under all circumstances, patient through long years of imprisonment, bowed his head and wept—wept, not fora victorious general, not for the president of a powerful country, not for a nation’s but friend who had passed away. hero, for a kind and warm hearted The frigate the battle, conveyed “Brandywine,” named after ; Lafayette back to his native land, where he arrived October 5, 1825. The had taught the French a lesson, and Lafayette was gladly welcomed back to France. He passed quietly away on the 20th of May, 1834, and was buried in the ceme- tery of Picpus, where his wife already lay sleeping. Europe and America vied with each other in honoring the illustrious dead. Such is the history of a Frenchman whose name ought to thrillin every Amer- ican heart, whose praise ought to be on every American tongue, such is the story of the great, the good, the noble Lafayette. Americans

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Tue Senior SENATOR We'd Be Happy If— Dudley whistle. Rowland would choke that LeOna Merrick would stop writing notes to Seniors. “May and Lu” would keep in their own crowd. Bess Cowles would stop talking. Stuart Lake wasn’t such a baby. Arthur Hitchcock would get some com- mon sense, High School Entertainments. During the last school year two enter- tainments have been given in the Rome High School. THE FIRST. On Friday evening, March 6, an enter- tainment was given by several members of the High School for the benefit of the Athletic Association. The program opened with a fine selection by the High School Orchestra. recitation by Miss Abbie Fowler. Then followed an interesting Pro- BAYNES ANNUAL, ON THE Jos. fessor E. A. Hyer’s tenor solos were then received with much pleasure. A recita- tion entitled “Caleb’s Courtship” by Char- lotte Dillingham added greatly to the en- tertainment, and Miss Dillingham merits the praise of all as a recitationist. Last on the program, but not least, was the Trial The Merchant of Venice. The principal characters were as Scene from follows: John Hoyt Stevens, who figured Duke of looked very imposing in his royal robes. McFarland, took Antonio’s Lyle B. Marcy, acted as Shy- lock, and to him must be attributed the success of the play, as he showed much as the Venice, and certainly Howard part; talent, winning the applause of all by his life-like words and gestures. Erwin Mc- Farland played the part of Bassanio and won the cheers of the ladies by his knightly appearance. Thomas Connell as Gratiano showed his talent as an orator who will make his mark in the future. The of Portia taken by Laura Wilson and Jennie May parts and Nerissa were Evans. Miss Wilson had a commanding voice and appearance as a lawyer, and it is thought her future efforts should be directed to that line of work.