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

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THE ranches have been developed for the supply of European and eastern Unit- ed States markets. Not long fresh fruits and vegetables were a lux- ury in the North, but now it is possible to furnish them at ago mid-winter in moderate rates. The increased size of farms has made labor-saving machines a necessity, so that while many specu- lators have amassed fortunes, the com- fort of working classes has been great- ly increased. As late John Quincy Adams, poor little wag- as the administration of ons struggled over muddy roads with their farm produce or parcels of mer- chandise, exposed to all the dangers Now, less than a century later, enormous freight along the miserable way. trains rush night and day from one end of the United States to the other. While the steam being applied to transportation changes caused by have been manifold, some nations have felt the effect more powerfully than But one thing undisputed we have witnessed one of the grandest others. of industrial triumphs in its applica- tion. It write the history of this age, differing so greatly from any of its predecess- ors, for who can tell far it has advanced towards its culmination? It may well be that we have witnessed the greatest wonders of modern inven- tion, and that intellectual and moral development will characterize our fu- ture. would not be possible to how FLORENCE SWEENEY. ecereeeeeres The boss in the copper mill: ‘ Hey, Bronson, you and the rest of those da- goes get to work.” eeererererss If Orton can’t lean on Campbell he must on Grimm. SENIOR ANNUAL 17 WHAT THEY REMIND US OF Bronson Cornish Stook Orton Evans a sport. a politician. a statue. an orator. nobody. Mr. It. a deacon. Hodges Edell Flanagan—Happy Hooligan. Burton—Mr. Pig. George Barnard—a headlight. a comedian. Santa Claus. a bunch of kids. Savage Kelley Freshman Class Parry Gerwig a grind. An athlete. Denio—nothing. +4o4+4e4++ Something worth hearing—Fitz’s farewell to Anita. The “Bryan” of R. F. A. politics —Ab Orton. Your name is singularly appropri- ate—Miss Tobin to Tommy Savage. A truly child—Nahum Pratt. Flanagan looking over Annual ma- ‘These not spare their chief.” precious terial: villainous editors do Webster (Daniel) Field (Cyrus) What mockery , Putnam (Israel) to Parry (Commodore) noble names | Leo (Pope) Oscar (King) The shorn $ronson, Ol- ney, Sweet and West, with their sen- sational hair cuts. lambs- Listen to my tale of woe—Ada Furgeson. “I hope Cicero doesn’t hear you.” —Miss Higham to Cicero class. Our happiness in this world de- pends upon the affections we are able to inspire.—Mary Squires, Etta Ther- inger.

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16 THE SENIOR facilities for transport were now re- moved. During 1875 hundred million tons of goods were conveyed two by railroads from the producers to the consumers. The restrictions placed on the means for traveling had resulted in number of ing an.antipathy.towards the other. a great secluded towns, each bear With these restrictions removed, there Men and desire to travel. different learned how’ much one needed the oth- sprang up a from communities met there was to hate and er—how little how much-their common interests lay The from isolation gradually melted away together. evils which spring in the unity of speech, custom and be- lief of one united people. England, while forming a splen- did example of the power of steam, is but one of the European nations which has prospered through the same influ- ence. The others, although they may not have attained the same degree of success, have greatly benefited by its use. Africa, once a truly ‘‘Dark Conti- nent,’ depending on its rivers and car- avan routes for transporting facilities, is being transformed by its railways. Among the most important may be mentioned the Rhodesia Railways in the south, It is obvious the construc- tion of railways is of the greatest im- portance in the development of a coun- try where there are but few navigable rivers, and the building of roads in the vast sandy tracts is necessarily ex- pensive. Perhaps nowhere has the effect of steam transportation made such radi- cal changes as in the United States of America. One of the chief obstacles in the settlement of the west was the difficulty in moving goods from one ANNUAL It was in 1807 that steamboat, Robert place to another. the first successful Fulton’s ‘‘Clermont,” began making trips up and down the Hudson River. In 1811, a steamboat was Jaunched on the Ohio Pittsburg, the ‘‘Gateway of the West,” and so.n the River, at western rivers were busy with vigor- ous little vessels carrying settlers with their household goods and merchan- dise, westward. At the close of 1812, the effects of this was seen in the new In four years, from 1816 to 1819, as many new One succeeding year, they the war of growth of the western states. states were added to the union, entering each were, respectively, Indiana, Mississip- pi, Illinois and Alabama. In 1836, anthracite coal was ‘suc- cessfully used in producing steam, and two years later steamships began mak- ing trips across the Atlantic, Ina short time this began to increase our population by the influx of laborers from Europe. In 1830, New York City was over two hundred years old with a population of two hundred thousand, while Brooklyn had about twelve thou- sand; within the next sixty years the new and sudden growth carried the population of those cities to nearly two and a half millions. Chicago, now a city of more than a million, was then but a little village in the wilderness. With the development of steam in locomotion there has been a tendency for country people to flock to the city. At points of intersection along the road, little towns swell into cities be- cause there is very little trouble in bringing necessaries and luxuries to such places. Commerce and manufac- tures naturally increase in proportion to the size of the town. In the west, immense farms and

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THE SENIOR THE ALPHABET is for Aimee, a girl of great size, Who by her actions makes out to be wise. stands for Bronson, who has a big head, And often with Rachel is found, it is said. 8 stands for Cornish, a man of great fame, Who says that ‘‘grafting’’ is a great game, D is for Dooley, fair sisters two; They like each other but they don't like you. is for Ethridge, so trim and neat, — Who used to go around with our friend Bill Sweet. F is for Fraver, so cunning and shy, That upon him the teachers all have their eye. ( F is for Grosvenor, a sporty young man, Who sponges on the fellows whenever he can. | | stands for Hofstetter, who, we're afraid, Will some day become a sour old maid. | stands for Inza, so wise and so prudent, Who always has been an industrious student. is for Jones (Florence), so modest and coy, Who ts so happy when with a boy. K is for Keating, of the class of '07, Her thoughts seem always directed to heaven. L is for Lynch, who is becoming so lippy, That the fellows call him a second Doc Dippy. M is for Maxham, with manner obtuse; For further particulars ask Mr, Moose. N stands for Noble, a fellow quite small, Yet he makes as much noise as the Seniors all. O is tor Orton, dear to us all; Someone said he is seven feet tall. Campbell), whose departure P stands for Prof. we dread; We hate to have anyone teach in his stead. is for queer, and somebody said That is the shape of Tom Bright's head. R stands for Rachel, most at her ease When seated before the piano keys. S is for Stevens, and the hair on his head ‘Tis of a beautiful brilliant red. . | stands for teacher, who gives them advice, That the Freshmen may ‘‘grow up’’ to be quite nice. | is for Utica, not far away, Where live pretty girls, so some fellows say. V is for Vera, who in reality, Among the boys shows no partiality. ANNUAL W is for Weldon, the girl with gold bows; If she has others nobody knows. 4 is for xcuse, which according to rule, Must be given when you are absent from schoo, ¥ is for youths who sporty would be, And it is too bad that they themselves can't see A is for Zimmer, the last on the list; We're sorry so many had to be missed a eerereerss Nor unhappy, nor at rest, But beyond expression fair, With floating flaxen hair, Rosy lips and full blue eyes, Take the heart from out my breast. Maude Selden. I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop. Ruth Maxham. Let him who does not choose to be considered a lazy fellow, fall in love.—Lester Grogan. It is sweet to feel by what fine-spun threads our affections are drawn to- gether.—Alice Rowland, Clarence Fox From every blush that kindles in thy cheek a thousand little loves and graces spring to revel in the roses.— Florence Bielby. Nature hath formed strange fel- lows.—Francis McCurn, William Kalb I can’t Riegler. He (Fitz) has my heart yet and shall have my prayers while I shall have my life.—Anita Lillibridge. Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. ‘Girls of Eta Pi. A modern Ichabod Crane.—Clif- ford Grimes. catch anyone.—Helen Look, they are winding up the watch of their wit, and by and by it will strike.—Board of Editors. She tells you frankly what her mind is.—Florence Hughes.