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

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The Senior Annual PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS. ROME, N. Y., CLASS DAY, JUNE 21, 1904. EDITOR IN CHIEF. ARTHUR SHERWOOD HOPKINS. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. BEATRICE M. BURTON. ISAAC GARDNER. THOMAS CONNELL. JANEY BIELBY. Editorial. ‘THIS is the third Senior Annual pub- lished by the Seniors of the Rome Free Academy. ‘The class of 1902 was the class which introduced the custom of the Senior Annual. The class of 1904 has worked hard and the Annual for this They wish to thank every one who has helped in the work of earnestly to make year a success. publishing this book and to say that they most fully appreciate all assistance granted to them. This year several new features are in- augurated, the most important being the pictures. We wish to thank Messrs. Crane and Harris for allowing us to reproduce their photographs. We know they would have preferred not having them appear, but they wished to help the paper along. consented because Another change is the confining of the humorous (7?) material to one section of the book. In connection with this de- partment, it ought to be said that the editors expect that their attempts at wit will not be taken seriously, but in the spirit in which they were put in. We have exclude from the Annual anything disrespectful or other- endeavored to wise unfit and we hope the readers’ judg- ment will coincide with ours. Now a word to the class of 1905. The standard of the Annual has been raised considerably this year and we hope that you will use every effort to raise it still higher next year. The standard should be raised, little by little, year by year, until perfection is reached. With these few words we intrust the Annual to our readers, hoping that they will praise the good features and remain silent about the poorer ones.

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LEWIS N. CRANE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

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THe SENIOR ANNUAL. H. W. HARRIS. Faculty. H. W. HARRIS, PRINCIPAL. DANIEL R. CAMPBELL, SCIENCE. MISS ANNA KIMBER, MATHEMATICS. MISS JANE S. HIGHAM, LATIN AND GREEK MISS HARRIET C. CREBLE, FRENCH AND GERMAN. MISS MARY NORMILE, ENGLISH AND HISTORY. MISS HELEN E. THALMAN, LATIN AND ENGLISH. MISS JEAN V. KIRTLAND, ELOCUTION AND PHYSICAL CULTURE.