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

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL R. F. A. Orchestra A lee: musical organization, known as the Rome Free Academy Orchestra, is the commendable result of a worthy effort on the part of a number of enter- prising students who believe in keeping up the good name of the Rome Free Aca- demy. Organized in 1904, and known as Prof. Barringer’s orchestra, they have pushed aside the barriers until they have won the favor, not only of the student body, but also of the citizens of Rome. At many entertainments they have gra- ciously added to the program well ren- dered which have brought forth merited applause. On the rolls of the orchestra may be found these honor- ary members: Misses Lois Thalman and Helen Williams, Chester Birnie, Leo Willson, Allen Grower, Edward Jones, selections Ray Caddick and Franklin Chapman, the following being the present members: Stuart Gerwig, Harry Hitchcock, How- ard Poole, Cletus Raffauf, Wallace Ross, Harry Turney and Clarence Williams. The orchestra’s first public appearance was at the graduating exercises of the class of 1905, and was drilled by Miss Tucker. Since then it has been under the leadership and capable management of Harry G. Hitchcock. The orchestra owns a large library of music, both classic and popular, and at many school rhetoricals they have’gratuitously graced the program with pleasing results to themselves and to the elocution teachers. Thus endeth this brief history, and that the orchestra may have continued success is the sincere wish of its many friends.

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Tue SENIOR ANNUAL 29 History of Athletics S. M. Stevens, Jr., President. Harvey Seldon, Vice-President. Helen Sturdevant, Secretary. Prof. Harris, Treasurer. Cletus Raffauf, Manager Base Ball. William Sweet, Manager Foot Ball. Gilbert Hughes, Manager Hockey. Frank Fraver, Manager Boys’ Basket Ball. Isabel Howland, Manager Girls’ Basket Ball. FEW years ago the Athletics in th Pee. F'. As the better through the influence and un- Prof. D. Under his leadership, the Athletics and took a decided change for tiring energy of R. Campbell. methods of the Association were purified We. at the close of this school year, are proud to the highest degree attainable. to boast that Prof. Campbell’s labor was not in vain, and that we have, in all re- spects lived up to the example which he set for us. At the regular annual meeting of the Athletic Association fall the named officers were elected for the ensu- These within their power to forward the best the the fruits of their toil are shown in the un- last above ing year. officers have done all interests of Association, and usual success of our teams in the past year. There have been many new candidates for athletic honors, and their success is demonstrated by the number of recipients of the “’R’s” President of 1908, which were awarded by the the association in June, Now, it is the duty of the student body in the future to keep up the good work the Not attending all athletic contests which has been done in past. only by but also by taking part in them. Great ulty of R. a The = boys feel something has happened. [ Excitement—The fa and all the girls are excited. p yn inquiry, it was learned by the editor-in- “Casey” O’B. has asked Miss F. to Good luck Miss F., hops chief go for a drive. you land him. History—Miss C.— How Normans live ?” Tedd cause they had four meals a day. In English did the Arthur “Very luxuriously, be- What he said: Let the S. did QO-t-n mean when = interior angles be donated by Miss Edell gives a recitation in Ameri- can History, entitled “ The Free Slaves in America.” I-a-e- Most bluffer. H-w-a-d. accomplished Most of the people were farmers who lived on farms.—E-l- E-w-r-s. When she had passed, it seemed like the L-i- T-a-m-n. ceasing of exquisite music. A dignified (?) Senior.—I. H. Wanted ford’s writing on the black board may be A glass by which Miss Craw- reduced to characters small enough to be read. Though it appears a little out of fash- ion, there is much care and valor in this Welshman.—F-a-k E-v-n-. Let them take go home.—Mr. Harris. their teddy bears and C-l-a C-s-, in American History, ‘ Wash- hadn’t Very grammatical, Miss C. ington got onto it good yet.

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL 31 D. A. R. ESSAY Our Flag, Its History and What It Stands For. ‘ee the colonies of America were still a part of England, their na- tional flag was the British ensign, but when the rebellion against the oppres- of the the colonies adopted flags of their own. But many were unwilling to give up their English flag entirely and they modified it in many ways to suit their own uses. Thus, the flag that the soldiers bore at Bunker Hill was blue with the cross of St. George on a white field and a pine tree in the upper left-hand corner. other early flags were: The pine tree flag of the navy, white, with a pine tree and above it the motto, “‘An appeal to Heav- en; and the rattlesnake flag of South Carolina, yellow, with a rattlesnake with thirteen rattles, coiled and above it the threatening “Don’t Tread On Me.” ‘These were but temporary standards, and with the desire sion mother country arose, Two ready to strike words, for independence came the necessity for an emblem representing the colonies asa whole. This need was felt especially in the navy, for a ship sailing without a flag was liable to capture as a pirate ship. The first truly American flag was the Continental Union flag, or ‘‘the flag of the thirteen stripes,” raised at the Conti- nental camp at Cambridge to celebrate New Year’s Day, 1776. It consisted of thirteen alternate red and white stripes with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew in the union. flag to receive a This was the first foreign salute. On November 16, 1776, Captain Robinson of the “‘Andrea Doria” saluted the Dutch flag on the Island of St. Eustatius, and DeGraaff, the commander of the fort, re- turned the salute with thirteen guns, for which act, on complaint of Great Britain, he was recalled from command. On June 14, 1777, Congress passed the following resolution: ‘‘That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” This resolution shows the conception our The word “States,” used almost for the first forefathers had of their country. time, implied that the colonies were no longer independent, but united under one government. ‘The the flag itself as a symbol, of national sov- central idea of ereignty, implies their right to enter as body the family of nations. time after this resolution was a political A short passed the flag was officially presented to This was the birth of our national flag, our Stars and Stripes. John Paul Jones. There are several theories about the ori- gin of its form. Some claim tha: it was suggested by the coat-of-arms of Wash- ington, which bears stars and stripes. Another theory is, that the idea was taken from the constellation Lyra which, in the hand of Orpheus, signifies har- mony, that the blue in the field taken from the edges of the Scottish cov- enanter’s banner representing the league was covenant of the United States against oppression, and that the stripes were a blending of the red flags of the army with the white flags of the navy. How- ever that know that Washington and a committee of Congress may be, we all called on Miss Betsy Ross, of Arch stree’, Philadelphia, to ask her aid in planning a flag. She looked at the rough sketch they had brought and made several prac- tical suggestions which were later carried And this flag of our nation, young as this nation is beside other nations, is out. older than the present banners of Groat Britain, Spain, Germany, which have all been adopted since 1800. ) = France or