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

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Address to the Junior Class and Other Undergraduates. As a pleasant duty I take it upon myself to advise and warn you concerning the future difficulties, which you will encount- er when you have reached the senior dig nity, which we now bequeath to you Not to discourage you at the start, the path is not all thorns. There are many roses In the way ol Senior privileges, the Junior rece p- tion, besides the admiring respect which you will receive from your lowe school mates. First, we entreat obey you to your teachers in all matters as we have done And be is one of the greatest vices of youth. We before you not rebellious, for it predict, as the reward of such obedience, that you will lead a life of ease in the latter part of your school days. Another request is that you keep up arise early so that our standard and you may leave no record for tardiness. We especially caution Mr. Searle and Miss Roch in this matter. As regards your rhetorical appearances we entreat you to follow the examples of your predecessors. Aim to inspire awe in your listeners. We already done this. some of who have You Mr. Thomas Connell, but we would ask him know of you have a Cicero in to make better use of his music (voice) box than to be wildly bawling “T have a wife.” Thus far my advice has been general, but now I will speak to a few in particular. Just a word to Miss Maud Wilson. If she remains in school another year we advise her to take a course in Chemistry so that she may have some experience in using the common ingredients of food. It may be a great help to her in the future. “Man doth author has live alone,” so Let Mr. I admit he shows a senatorial not some said. Armstrong digest this. HDENIOR ANNUAI 3] goes to Congress he spirit, but when he will come in contact with other statesmen of equal prominence who may oppose him. We advise Miss Ida course in Agricultural School. We profit to her later Jones to take a some Training think it may be of great Virgil says in his Aenid, “Woman is fickle.” We hope Mr. Countryman will think earnestly over ever changeable and this and be more careful hereafter We scarcely venture to advise Mr. Marcy for if we did we might regret it when we see him a few years hence posing as a modern Romeo. ’ Tis not because he does not need it, but such great people gen- erally know their own faults and strive to correct them. I tremble to think what distinguished the Philan- pathologists, personages will spring from wise maidens in the Junior Class. thropists, psychologists, Latin preceptresses and scientists, which are now in an early stage of development, will be made manifest in Miss Noble, Miss Bielby, Miss Jones, Miss Spriggs and Miss Marsh. careless at times. But one word lest they should be “Be ye diligent in little things and great ones will take care of themselves.” Since we have the opportunity we can not resist advising a few popular spirits who will not be Seniors next year. Mr. Walter Evans must resist the temp- tations of the opposite sex if he ever ex- pects to acquire Senior dignity. The same might be applied to Miss Shifflet and Miss Lake. To Mr. Flanagan we would say, avoid Senior girls next year; they are too fleeting. We urge Celia Graves and Mabel Wil- son to consult some eminent electrician, who will perhaps be able to invent an ingenious contrivance to awaken them in the morning. — If this were possible these

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30 TH Class of 1903. Howard McFarland. President. Jennie May Evans Vice President. John Hoyt Stevens.. Secretary. Laura Wilson Treasurer. Crass Morro, o v6év amayi CLAss Fiower, Red Rose. Ciass Coors, Silver Grey and Crimson. CiAss YELL, O—M—E o'voéy ‘auaxi, ‘auayt, apaxi R: oH. , . B.'s. Nineteen three! President’s Address. Friends, Faculty and Students: The class of ’03 greets you all and wel- comes you this evening to the exercises of its own great day, the twenty-third of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred three. Within two days we will have reached which we have that goal, toward been The striving for long, yet seemingly short years. time is now at hand SENIOR ject ANNUAI when it is necessary for us, as a class, to part; but we can defy those circumstances to arise which can weaken the ties of friendship so dearly formed during our High brightest and happiest one, and although School Course. Let today be our noughty-three has but two more days to live, we will be of good cheer and enjoy those last few hours while we have them with us. Will you pardon a little egotism? You can see us as we are now. “Some of us are pretty and some of us are not,” but as a whole, though we look fine, we Can not look as fine as we are. Remember this is our year, our day and you are ours too—our guests, and during the exercises tonight, I bid you listen to our chosen representatives, as they pro- before us various pictures of our school life, as they prophesy into the far distant future; as they pay tribute to those dear classmates who have passed from our midst to the world beyond. And this evening as we assemble here, to be entertained with joke and satire, to chide one another, you must remember that good friendship and kindly feelings are the motives. class of nineteen the three bids its friends welcome. lo such scenes The President (of Class 03) and His White Girl.

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THI young ladies might be able to enjoy chapel exercises more often than they do at present. Mr. Pendell and Mr. Leslie Marey.—Do not spend so much time on your toilets, as it can not improve your looks. Let Miss Wilson Miss Greenfield be more sedate Miss Miss Ethel Jones wear more cheerful countenances; it and and Bates and would add to the pleasant memories of our school days. There are many more whose faults our timely words might correct but for lack of time we must leave them unmentioned. One more thing, however, comes to me. The class, especially Lake, Fox and Gerwig, many little boys of the Freshman we most strongly urge to enter into ath- diet on Mellin’s Food We think if you you leties and also to and Cereals in general. follow reach the gigantic stature of His Majesty, these instructions may even Mr. Shankenberry. I shall intend to watch diligently for results. “A word to As a whole the Higy School pupils are wise with a few savy no more but we the wise is sufficient.” hopeless exceptions. These cases we leave to the mercy of the next Senior Class, but we hope the rest will receive our words in the kindly reproving spirit in which they are extended. them and determine to Ponder over correct vourselves, for we would not thoughtlessly find fault. As older and more experienced in the ways ol the world, we have taken the trouble to warn you. Prophecy for Boys of ’03. Ten years have passed since the world renowned class of 1903 of the Rome Free Academy held its graduating exercises. Fortune has favored me and after years of patient work and tireless energy I find myself the possessor of what seems SENIOR ANNUAL. to me a perfectly constructed air ship The last detail completed I make up my mind to take a long trip, feeling confident that I will have no such accidents as | have constantly met with hitherto The day is warm and as | sail directly northward, I feel that my greatest wish is fulfilled and that complete happiness is in | pass mile after mile, re- store for me gardless of direction, when suddenly I hear a clash and understanding from past experiences that it is a danger signal and that my perfect air ship is again proving imperfect, I allow myself to drop quickly to earth, but in so doing, lose control of my machine and land with such terrific force that I lie without stirring what seems an eternity Becoming aware that some one is beside me, | open my eyes and see before me a Think- ing him to bea minister and that I am man wearing a long black coat. about to die, I ask him if he has come to say prayers over me. He looks amazed for a second but his face soon clears and he answers that he is Mr. George Fraver, the most flourishing undertaker and embalmer of Greenway, New York, and that seeing me fall, he felt sure it was another chance Under ordinary circumstances I might have de- for him to increase his business. cided to accommodate him, but the name and face bring up the past so vividly that I continue looking at him and suddenly the Fraver of the Class of ’03 of the Rome exclaim, “Is it, can it be, George ree Academy?” His surprise equals mine, when he recognizes me, and in- stan tly, we are talking of the dear old class He tells president, Howard David McFarland, is in and class mates. me that our partnership with him, having charge of the marble monument department, that he does fine work, but that his specialty is still cutting White (marble. and driving-out