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

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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.

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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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THE SENIOR ANNUAL. Roll of the Senior Class.’ CLINTON SEARLE, President. IDA JANEY JONES, Vice-President. BIELBY, Secretary. JOHN GAWKINS, Treasurer. Perry Miller Armstrong Edward Atkinson Oswald Backus Floyd Bell Janey Bielby Edna Boff Charles Briggs Beatrice Burton Clarence Byam Ruth Cheney Thomas Connell Mildred Coventry Burton Ely Arthur Evans Walter Evans Adrian Clarke Finlayson Isaac Gardner John Gawkins Celia Graves Preston Halstead Senior History. THEN the class of 1904 entered the Rome Free Academy, four ago last September, it was with a full realization of our educational privileges, and a strong determination to make the most of them. We have held these in mind so persistently that now it has be- come a pleasant, nay a delightful, task to record the history of the class of 1904. During our first year the Faculty con- sisted of Mr. F. M. Wilson, as principal, Miss Higham, Miss Thalman, Miss Beers, Miss Sutton, Miss Sparks, Miss Lamb and Miss Beard. Under their guiding care we studied and passed the subjects, and, although young and in- clined to be lively, the class by common consent avoided all riot and disturbance. The next year Mr. Harris became prin- cipal upon the resignation of Mr. Wilson. years required The Sophomores had reasons to congrat- themselves their studious The class did not enter upon the ulate upon habits. Owing to the semi-annual promotions some students are classe d as Eleanor Hooper Arthur Sherwood Hopkins Cora Humphrey Anna Jones Ida Jones Katherine Jones Nellie Leaberry Mary Long Lillian Marsh Reba McDaniels Mary Mead Bessie Nisbet Mary Noble Florence Olney Jennie Roach Myrtice Robson William Ellis Scripture Clinton Searle Ruth Spriggs George Steadman Ethel Waldo arena of interclassic strife and did not organize that year but waited until early in the Junior year. The first term of 1902-3 was marked by Miss Rockwell and Mr. Hoffman in the places respectively the appointment of of Miss Sutton and Miss Beard, resigned. The last term of our junior year was marked by the junior reception given by 1904 to the class of 1903. When we returned last September to assume the responsibilities of Seniors, further changes awaited us; Miss Rock- well, Miss Sparks, Miss Lamb and Mr. Hoffman having resigned, their places filled Miss Normile, Miss Crebles Miss Kirtland and Mr. Campbell, respectively. were by 1904 to set Hence no It was ever the motto of about class matters in season. one was surprised when colors, caps, officers and editors were chosen in the fall. dent, Clinton Searle; Vice-President, Ida The list of officers follows: Presi- Seniors who will not graduate until 1905.