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

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14 Tur SENIOR ANNUAL encourage our friends when they are reforming. Mar. 18—Miss Burdick is shocked. John Lynch has a perfect lesson. Mar. 22—Lansing Bailey caught studying, Harris Mar. 24—Pratt Everybody happy. hand. becomes alarmed. ‘leaves school. Easter vacation at We adjourn for ten days. Apr, 8—Many Spring fever is raging. Apr. 12—Barnard, Ruth and Irene take a stroll in the country. vacant benches. Oliver, The roads are bad; so are the excuses they present next morning. Apr. 17—Antionette Halstead and the Bronson family take an afternoon off. Through the generosity (?) of Prof. Harris, who appreciates their longing for outdoor life, they are per- mitted (?) to pass the remainder of the week in the same way. Apr. 22—Eva Bowman being un- able to reform Kelly, turns her atten- tion to her studies. Apr. 25 busy The Juniors are getting planning for the Junior prom. Apr. 29—Frank Evans is looking for someone upon whom to lavish his affections. Good luck to you, Frank. May 6—Groff says ‘The trees are leaving.” Cogswell they are going. May 10—Bessie Birnie deserves our thanks. She brought Barnard to school with her this morning. May nothing. May 17—Junior Promenade. Most delightful time for everybody. May 20—Vera Reese without her Cicero lesson, surprised. wonders where 13—Everybody busy doing Miss Higham much May 24—Everybody getting pat- riotic singing war songs. May 27- Denio begins to study. The teachers are sur- prised. ed DAVIS PRIZE ESSAY Changes Wrought by the Intro- duction and Development of Steam as Applied to Transportation. likened to a grand dissolving view; while one age History has been is coming intv prominence, another is During the last half century, there has been an immense passing away. change in the distinct features of so- Civilization has entered upon the Age of Material Pro- ciety. a new age, gress, When we think present system of transportation, prominent which boats and steamships, it seems almost incredible that less than a century ago of our among are railroads, steam- these means were unknown. The decade between 1830 and 1840 has been called ‘‘the cradle of a new During that time, several of the greatest inventions which have marked human progress, were practi- cally perfected. With wonderful rap- idity the continents have been covered with an immense net-work of ‘rail- roads, constructed at an enormous cost of labor and capital. Mulhall’s illus- tration gives some idea of their length, when he says that they are sufficient to girdle the earth eleven times at the equator, or more than enough to reach from the earth to the moon. In other words, their length is more than two hundred seventy-five thousand miles. These railway lines are made practi- cally continuous around the world by being connected with ocean steamship lines. ’ epoch.’

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL 13 ing to school with a lady friend this noon. Jan. 11 terest in the student body by saying a few (?) words concerning our conduct Harris shows his deep in- just before exams. Jan. 14—Awake, ye students. There this morning for the first time an ex- brilliant student name is Fields. slumbering stands before you ceptionally whose Jan. 16—Everybody busy cram- ming for exams. Jan. 18—Minnie Smith left school. No ray of sunshine will ever penetrate the clouded sky o’erhanging Bill Oliver. Jan. 21 first time. has Selden gets busy for the May his efforts be crowned with success. Jan. 23—Great gala day in Rome. band is out Flags and other The bells. decorations are everywhere to be seen. Cause— Besley, Burton, and Barnard passed Geometry. everybody wears have Jan. 25—John Parry comes to school without his lesson. Jan. 28—Mr. Barringer sends us up a few children. Jan. 30 of overstudy. Feb. 1—Etta Theeringer gradu- ates. Feb. 4—The Seniors, who for four weeks have been discussing a sleigh- ride, have at last settled the matter. Chapman shows effects Feb. 6—Curtiss expresses opinion of the girls of R. F. A Fortunately no one but the editor heard these re- marks. Curt said queer things. Feb. 8—The society people show signs of drowsiness. We arrived from Verona at 4. a. m., mercury 35 de- grees below. Feb 11—Ruth ally quiet today. Feb, 13—Edna Shaw thinks Kelly is cute. Wager exception- Feb. 15 ing Contest. Feb ure aS a Hughes him, Slingerland Prize Speak- 18—McCarthy proves a fail- man, Florence disappointed in society dreadfully Feb. 29—Tom Bright suddenly be- comes studious. Feb. 21 Roney Boys’ Concert for benefit of the piano fund. Feb. 25—Ernestine Peake’s at- tempt to catch Stevens results in a flat Be not discouraged, Ernes- “Tf at first you don’t succeed, tailure. tine. try, try again.” Feb. 27—Pauline Mowry becomes interested in Sweet. We do not criti- cise you, Pauline, but rather admire your good taste. Mar. 1—Fate has this day been cruel to one of our charming ladies. Mary Squires meets with an accident James street while walking down about 11:35. For particulars and de- tails inquire of Garry West. Mar. 4—Miss Creble Miss Tobin are seen at the roller rink. We hope for more leniency from Miss Tobin and in the future. Mar. 6—Tommy Savage, realizing for the first time the fickleness of women, locks his heart against them and determines to pursue another course. Mar. 8—Oh, happy day. Gros- venor finds a girl. Mar. 11—Anna Shillner seen flirt- ing with Gill Hughes. Mar. 15—Gerard Edell turns over a new leaf. Weare always ready to

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL 15 By applying steam to transporta- tion, all parts of the world have been brought into closer communication. Mountains, which once formed a seem- ingly impassable barrier, have been conquered by engineering feats. There has been created a solidarity of com- mercial interests. fasy means of traveling, by bringing people in con- tact with one another, and habituating them to new scenes and different phases of society, have made them more liberal and tolerant, while new ideas become immediately the common possession of the whole world. And, of vast importance, here is found the solution of governmental problems. The chief difficulties in the mainten- ance of a confederation of states have been removed by the virtual annihila- tion of time and space, and such broad territories as the United States have been made compact and consolidated. Without such powerful means of com- munication, it is doubtful what the outcome of the Civil War would have been. With their aid, it was an easier matter to successfully maintain a close Federal Union. Professor Seely’s opinion seems to be a general one, when he says that England may be- come a World-Venice with the ocean for streets. Furthermore, human pro- gress has been accelerated to such a degree that the work of years, and even centuries, has been crowded into a day. Take for exampe, Japan. We find that this country has been modi- fied more by our modern civilization within the last twenty years than Britain was modified by the civiliza- tion of Rome in four hundred years. The power of Japan, on the outskirts of the world, was strikingly illustrat- ed by her recent victories in the war with Russia. Could these results have been obtained had not Japan been connected within, and brought into communication with the rest of the world by steamahip and railroad lines? There is no dispute as to the su- premacy of English commerce, but the position is a comparatively new one. In the year 1785 the exports of Eng- land were under fourteen million dol- lars and the imports only a trifle more. Until long after the middle of the eighteenth century, there was great personal danger in Lancashire on ac- count of the condition of the roads. The obstacles in the way of traveling were increased in winter, when pack- horses carried the food to London. In some places, no market could be found for the meat and grain, while towns near them suffered for food. Once a month a stage-coach made the journey frow Glasgow to London, tak- ing about two weeks for the trip. The absence of good roads resulted in the seclusion of the people. It was not until the nineteenth century that England was relieved from the diffi- culty of taking goods or people from one place to another. But with steam transportation, all was changed. After the triumph of George Stephenson in construction of the engine for the Liverpool Man- chester Railway, there was no more doubt about one of the grandest of in- dustrial triumphs. For a time, the railroad system extended but slowly. In 1845, however, the construction of railroads increased at such a rate that in four years the capital in these un- dertakings had increased from eighty- eight million to two hundred and thir- ty million dollars. The restraints which had been caused by insufficient