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

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THE SENIOR HISTORY OF 1906-7. Realizing that this year was our final opportunity for impressing pos- terity with wur importance, and being also conscious of the terrific strain to which the walls of the Academy were subjected because of our presence, our class began the school year of 1906-7 with a sense of great responsibility. that no other class ever did and some things that thought of doing. We have done everything no other class ever For example, no other class ever held six class meetings in five days. Such a high standard of intelli- gence and ability has existed in this class, that individual leadership has All questions have been considered and been a matter of great difficulty. ‘‘ re-considered with great care. The impossibility of deciding a question twenty-seven different ways at once ma- hrough the has at times slightly clogged the chinerv of business; but, wise mediation of our beloved presi- settled Our politics have some- South have but this, like the Republic of Athens, merely dent all issues have been har- moniously. what resembled those of a American they republic, so subject been to vicissitudes; illustrates the great ability of the rank file. So intricate business matters that it found necessary to adopt a constitution as a and did become Was basis for further procedure. The production of this elaborate article, consisting of four large vol- umes, bound in ‘‘ calf,” is said to have nights of We actually know cost Owens seventeen thoughtful labor. that Kelley grew grey-headed trying to interpret its technicalities to the class. However, he expounded some great principles from it, such as these, SENIOR ANNUAL ‘ No question shall be re-considered ‘ Not the class shall over eight times.” less than three members of con- stitute a quorum.” ‘' The president shall have power to employ the use of the the class in their seats for the discus- glue to retain female members of sion of business.” But we could do business in a hurry when we So desired, for Cornish has a record of putting through a mo- tion to adjourn and emptying the room 1-5 se onds. We have had functions, in |] our full quota of First, came our Hal- the who were to demolish our pleasure socia lowe’en party, where heroes (?) failed to appear, and, where ‘‘second class passengers got out and worked.” Next came the senior dance, where all so enjoyed themselves that there was universal regret that our class had but After Cor- nish’s favorite song was, ‘‘ We’d Like to Know What to do With the Dough.” In January came the senior one senior year. which sleigh ride, thought to have been the time with the known, which later involved our class best least snow ever in a somewhat spirited conflict with the ‘‘Cannon’s” mouth, Last, but not least, came the jun- ior reception, where we were so well used that there will always be a tender hearts toward that well- meaning, but erring class, even when spot in our our laurels of 07 have long been with- ered. Our finances have, at times, been a problem. Their complicity would Wall street shark to Our treasurer is said to have lost ten pounds of flesh from the men- tal strain succeeding the senior dance, while for a long time after the sleigh ride Bronson was haunted with a hal- have driven a suicide.