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

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THE SENIOR ANMJA1. .SENIOR Hlbl URI One oppressne afternoon I at III the study l11ll tr11nf to stud1 but the heat X1 is st 1,rC1t th1t It 1111s IITIIJOSSIIJIC so I began to t1111l1 IIJOUI 11r1t1nU t C C 1ss IISIOYV Lltll axplun 11h1t huppennd but u denl s111 before me 1terr1Iy1n srqht An o 1 11 bent YN 1ge 1111 stxndlng, e or me Iler fearful LOUDIlI1dIlC,l Caused 1 s111er to JIS tl1roug1 mf1 111Cl I trem e 111th le11r IS she beckoned 1r1e to IOIIOYN her e cd me IUIO 1 rf c111rn 11h1Ch suc danly 1ppe1red 1pp11e11tl1 from 11o11here It X115 1 roCl1 bound C11e l11re 1 1tl1 t e ex neptlon of four l11fe 1 ILIICIIOIIN 11h1Ch stood Ill tl1e Center I:1ercC llres 111rc burnlnv un der 111l1 1nd I trembled 11 l1111 she bade me t1r the Contents ol' the Ilrt 111ed111tel1 ., 1 u o smo e 1u1sts forth Cl III 1t LQ 1 l1r1,c d11mon slnped b1nner of gold 1nd 11l11te ,nh the numbers l 9 O 7 o 1t lhfn Pro ar 11n1 er passed b1 at the 1e1d of nearl1 a hunclrecl boys and err s 1ll 111 tl1e1r best an 111tl1 happy smlle upon 111011 faces N011 I LC the Algeb1a room and 1 number of m1 11orthv Clissmates 1ttempt1nQ to mil-.e V A ly the thlrd method ol Iaetorrnf lSs o I907 11nd h1s 1lso 11tt1111eCl tl11t honor 111 IS tl1e one 11ho sol1es t C n11st1r1 o11 e11 e11tl1 1 tl1e 11ee o 11111111 Cx1ms or 1 111'e11u1r111r 11e mu' 1 1 ss Iort 19 11 111th sorro11 lu ace C11 C C enl1 t 1 1 NL e11t 1 econcl 1 1U CIOII o11 I e1 tu 1 som 1 l11t CIIITIIIIIN ec nlxrs ut 1p111re11 1 grow t1 1 1re1 t1 o lx 1 cg C ll 1 1 Itslm CC tl1e su 1 l 1ll the bophomo 1 dlllS:,CFIllS tu 1 IH 1CCor ance 1 1 IO usor IT s s l111s ol 1onCentr1t1o11 N011 the Class ILOITI p1-s b1 me I sec th1 bophomores 1n FSCI IIIIOH X1 here M1 s Blood Mtss B1 IIIILFC IVI1:-s 5Cl111 Ill ol tht grrls 1nd Abbuhl and Crtmm of the boys become reCog111Led as e Nlllllflg-, 1 ht ol the lllustrlous Class o l9l I N011 I see COmlHg to11 ard me a sud s1ght one of our members IS earned from o r 1 1t loreyer lh1s e1ent seeme t Cast 1 h1do11 over the remamcler of t1e 1e1r 1nd the Sophomores apphecl thcm 11111 1111 mor1 CIIIISQCIIIIY than before u11t1l the cx1m11111t1o11s 111 une 1n 11h1Ch they drcl themselws c1ed1t Xvllll thl IIIC sn1ol1e Cl1s11ppe1red from thc econcl 1nd I SIITICCI the thlrd Xlow I sc the 1111101 CI1 CIlmlIllSI1Cd bv a thlrcl But 1 h11c 'ro1111 too 1 the girls l11ve 111deCl the b1 11ds 1nd renlaeecl them 111th puffs 11nd r1ts 11ho C111 tell and the oys 1 111 tfltlf' lonff trous We really 111ve t rt 111 o11r cl1 YVIICII the 11orthy ora s r VV11f11ns 1nd IVI1 5te1ens m1lcet1e1r lust 1l1etor1c1l 1ppc111nCcs they hold t1e1r ILICIIPIICC spellhound bv the1r eloquence Ih UHIOIQ 111 l1o C1110 thelr class meetmff at 11l11Ch Mr NICXLIN PICSSFXSS orcler 111th 1ro11 lllDC 1 l11l1 busmess IS bemg transaetec lhe11 ther 1ppf11s before me 1 won er lul seenn ou1 unror leeeotlon B1 the Co o1er1t1c1n of tl1e cntne C11ss 11e 11ere an to m1l1e 1t the most b11ll11111t and sueeessful t IS gone N011 IIICIK 11 ltlS9lllg before me a number ol bow lIl 1tl1l1t11 Costume Barnwrcl o Her CUIII Le1cl11f1111d Clesmn me Cl p1ss l11 III loot lull unrlorm 11no If 111 tor the flrst t1me IH 0 1 o1 c c1st111Lgu1sheCl hlmsc my Il' It tl 1 III ml er o the C ass o 9 1 1 s Jll b Althoug1 XSL NC l1ttl1 IS b ou C1s 1 O11 r1butcCl 111 1rUC mCclSUTL to the VIL to11ous foot b1ll t11n1s of the pwst t11o WCQITS Ihen tl111 p1 o11 out of slght and the smo C1 ucld1nl1 LL 1 cd IH the thnd Cauldron N011 I IUIIILCI to the lat Cauldron and X1 nted 111th QDYCII e1tpeCtat1ons fo t e e1111ts ol our l1st ye1r IH the Hlgh SC1ool . . I7 I f I I S' th :ll h ' lg s ' - ' ' I Al 1 1 A ' C h 'ls l I u Sd A ,AA 1 - 1 , d U 11 1: 1 ' 1 1 1 s Cl jf H A A A I , - A A A . 1 s 1 1 , l 1 I .1 1 1 ' 'g . ld V A A . A 1'i11l, 'ith 1A ., '15 fi I 1 b I e ,A A -1 . s 11 1 1 I . ' xl '1 11s l 11 bld AA - Sh It . A 1 la ge '1 '1 , ' ' 1 l- A A A S A V' I I '1 1 '- 1 ' , 1 1 h ,.'- J - ISS ' , ' A A . A VA A A A .A A they 1 '1 1, ' , , 1s 1 dls- . . A 1111 '11 A , ,, .e1's. l' 1 s 1 1 1 1 s. . 11le1 ' ESS 1 1 ' tor. I111 l' Y' 11 5'1'e11t :lo d I J li. IVI . 'ng' 5 1 ', 1' ' , 1 l ' l ' 5 an ' I I s11 1 1 11 '1 cl- ' '11 1 Ti '1 l ' 1 --- n'. H1 f.B- I ITD ' 'O 7 4 ' l 1 ' ' ' . ff '1 1 ' A '1 ,,' le, 1 I I Cl 1 I, 1' ' 1 .h I A s, J 1 ' s 1. .I ' V' 1111 11 '. 1 cl - s1 ' ' 1 j A 1--f ' I ' ' ' . A' - ' J 1 1 1 I 1 ' - 1 1 ', 1 l' - ' ' llw 1 ' ' 1 ' g. IVI' ' 1 ' ' ' 7 7 1 Blood, who was 1'aledietori11n of the Class dance held by students in years. But tl1e11 I ' 1 1 J ' 1' 1 1 'J Y l 11Qa' 111 lgl l, ' ' 1 ' h A ' 1 1. 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'snort Axvr AL X N 'Ax I gg sxxx - WZ X 62 x X f, Q Llzifgxxht + -gf lt llf ii? ai --,.i - CIASS HISIORX Of 1912 Prestdent WYL I MASON I :ce Presrclenl Brssrr Warren: Stcrclarv Hmm SMITH Treasurer SARAI 1 MVAD ln the fall of 1908 there entered rnto Rome Free Academy a body of students so totally drfferent from those that had gone before that the mrnds of some of the pater nal Senrors threatened to develop abnor mally rn contemplatron of our future Now we are unrors and are proud to say that our record can be rn no w .ry a drs appointment to those who had foreseen our success stron mrnds and strong bodres are thrngs w hrch go to malte up great men and women l rulv we are stron both rn mrnd and body Never w rs the honor roll announced wrth out a good representatron of the class of l9IZ our worth Mr Van Alstyne and others maltrng up for those less studrous In rthlctrcs we have alw rys shone Wrth Fox a captarn last fall we had one of the best loot ball teams Rome ever had Vlfhrle we have always been too busy to give up much time to socral events every one lcnows that the l9Il unror Receptron was an event long to be remembered Our hrstory of success and happrness ha been marred by one event the death of our classmate Reba Crarg Although to the to us rt means th absence forever of one of the forty two all dear to one another and we feel that rro matter what her ht we may attarn as a class rt would always have leen hrgher wrth her helpmg hand Next year vvrll be our Senror year and then comes the climax of all events our grad urtron and then wrth a steady hand and a well trarned mrnd we wrll go out vvrth the world to reflect honor on old R F A 1 eacher Merrtron the drfferent zones Puprl llaere are two lcrnds of zones the Masculrne 7one and the Femrnrne Yone leacher astomshed Fxplarn your se Puprl 1 he Femrnrne Zones are the lqrrgrd and Torrrd the Masculrne Zones arc the lemperate and lntemperate W alter Shan lo Sarah Meade Are thev eves lo t ht or do I see But mrrrored rn therr depths my love for t ree3 Greater men than l may have lrved BUT l DOUBT IT Harry l-lrtclacoclc I6 lm' Sr' .H ' . in K . g ' . r . ' ' e ,fxif ' ' ' ' - X .X . .. A V, 45 L b cc ' c ... 1 -N V A f X, , , . t ,X f ' '. X x x x fy 1 K , I. XXX . . .. ' .. .s sf X A r . . , ' ' ' tk X V . . , f ' . ll xr world her death may be but one in man att Y- Rs ' X lt e S Y w l U1 f 1 . '- '-- E:-2- -'iigilmer ' ' ' 'i il 'if-H5 1 W- V - 1 V f tg r 'if YL- - , D ' ' . 1 'N A . N - ,. 7 1 - ' ' A ' - Ii . . . f' ' . ,, . . ,, V V V ' A C . I- 4. Q - ' lf. . K 4 ,l V L I ' , j ' , 4 i r ' L 4 . .-' H ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' V v

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T111 Srwon llere comes the be 1101 cl1 s 111111 Just l1all o 1 Oflgltld me1nb11S 1 1tl1 tyseny 2,115 an txxenty weyen boys Xlthou l1 11111 1111 decreased IH numbe1s lrom all 1ppea1a11eew. they haxe mereased ID xsmldly yusdom to make up lOl the other hall lolloxsmg tl11s comes the ben1o1 llal lone en puty l1eld 1n LIIIOII Hall at Ve IOl1'1 1.,111g X11 lpPCdl 1 Cl shoud bay tl11t uerylaody enjoyed the dxnemg and tl1e CILICI 1nd applee very much lhey albo enjoyed the S111sat1on ot haymg, the lront xsheel eome olf tl1e hayraelt be tu een Rome and tl11 C ustodlal at 2 o clock 1n IIIC HIOIHIIU, Wllll th1 thermometer at 31 CIPQICCS Nou tl1e blmgerlxnd l rue bpealuncg C o11 test 1ppe1rs at 1sh1cl1 IVI1 Wood Mr Q01 msh and MISS onee e1r11ed off tl1e l1o11orQ much to eyerybody S s1t1sfa1:t1on After thrs 1ppe11Q th un1o1 ICCCPIIOH gnen hy mo1e sueemslul IlI1dI1Clllly than ou1i 111 1 bu1e you that ours 11 X9 by I11 tl1e moet Que cesslul Socrally 'Nou the elo1e ol the X881 11 nearmg 1nd I see numerous clwe meet1r-Us for the p1ep 1r1t1o11 of tl1e S,l'lCIL1ll10I1 CXKICISCQ Nou DCLOYJIIOII dw p XSSKQ hy 1nd I Ret 1eS1d1nt btey1nQ Ill JL 11 0 t1e C 111 ol IJICSLIIIIII' .1 lmeautllul hai rehef o Lmanuel Leutze s W 1Sl1ll12l0Il Q 1oQs1ne, the Delayy are Xloys the la1t day of Sehool 1ppe112 1nd the SCIIIOIS are embaxluniz 1n a mltllll Qh1p upon tl1e sea of Iulle much to tl1e amuge n1ent of the under elasbmen and faculty Nou comes class day 1nd each member rl the class xx :nth breathlessly to hear h1Q or her fate told hy the prophet L1stly I Qc-1 tl1e Commencement lqxer es and the Clue of l9ll a at last out on 1ts Journey ol Llfe Suddenly the Qmoke ce1Qed and I he1rd 1 g1eat Qhoutmg I turned to xy here IIHC old h1U had stood 1nd see to my 1m17em1-nt tl11t Qhe had turned A1w1LA1. ll1l0 1 man 111111 a l1l1el1 pompadour who IN 1. th1t thc study 1 t1 Rome 1 1 'Xe 1d1111y was no p e III yy l11eh to tal1e 1 111p' H xx man 1 ll acks car holdf A Not o11e Jlney but 1 Lot t1 nore o11na lx1 pg tl a tt 5 e put 1t Ill l1e1 1 r 'Xnd e1e1y1sl111e IJOICIIS nent It peeked out llkll and tl111 1 11whm111 t nels Ins mou 1 11 oo lll t1l1e 1x111nd111111, 1pe Xfe 1u1n11se why 1 51 11101 talt Q fu 11ely p1Qs111f dox Il the 11 l1t ls O1 the 111e1nn1-me of un1o1 when es mean Q11 tl1e l1annesQ of 1 Q1 11101 when he Q ean But tl1e me1nnes1 of the me meet 11 the l1ann1 II1 It IIICQI e111t 1n1t t11 1,1 111n1Q 0 It 1111111 1s11n It 0111111 111 el1ee1 IVI11 alet INCQQIIIVCI' Io 1 Itl1r1df1e ul11 Barn 1d C1l1dy Mxeon qv ned ll1rold Doyle Ger11d Iluhb1rd Olney I211ley we gelmser t1lls 1l1out llox11 Q C11 Q lho memhere of 1110 hmtorv else f1el as 1I lllly had tl1e eroup 0 you lmoxs xsh1t an o1tl1 153 1 hed Mm Selmser rn A1me11ean Hmtory class H ee ansxsered J11l1 VVa1dxs ell yy hen 1 m1n wears to a he he S got to SllClx to 1t I8 ' -L '1 Y . , I I' . 15 -A ' I ' 1 ,' L . , V l 'ts ' 'l ' H- V' ' ty' f l.' wg: shouting 111 my ear 1 H' hall ' d ' ' f g l' 'e JI- le I3111 f 1 - V' lac - 1 I 'Lf' V ' 6 3' ' ' ' V I, f L K I Y . I tl ' V f-4 5 ,- 1 - A , Y 1 Qi o ' y YI I . . xv I i-u--Ah I f V ' ' ' 1. Judy' 3 fro all 1 111 15, I --W- I ' A ' ' ' L It 1 ,1 l1d li 11, 111, I I ' ' .II1 ' ' 1111 , . ' , N , ' ' . f , I ' - v Y . - V ' I I I 3' ' vw -'e. , y 1 . - A! ' ' W A J V 5 ' N 'I I1' Ii' 1 1. J, tl :,5.1pe, I 1 ,, '1 , ' I- I5 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' . S , . '- X- , - , , -x 1 Q - f -J v b -' 1.1-1' V 1 l.ll, V I ' ' 4 'IA11 '. all. the class ol IUIZ to the Seniors. Altl1ougl1 ' 2' 7 I1 ' 1, 'H as- ,l, 1 .T aj ', hf 1 . H . , 1 1 . 2 1 . ' 1 1.. . fc. - A1 I 1 1' -Ss o le 1: . 1 1 ' iz 1 ' . 1' I 1. Ar 1 A I with e fe- ns f a ' ,' . Q ., . , I'-'sl 1 11- l-'e ,gf . - 1 1- 11111 1 1 A 111' 'S fm' h A IOII, lg' 1' In 1- ' I i 'f e ' . -1 ' f. K ' , ltg L 5 , 1- .1 11' 1 js 1. I ' ' . ' ' 1, 1 1 '. 1 -Y 4 1 ll I - 1 ' ' 1 V ' Y. I' 4. 1 ' 1 I' 1 . 1 . 1 I ' lVI'.. , . 1 1 1 '1e . 1 U' . T I L. - I 1 .. l. D ,1.. 1, 1 ' cis.. H.: h s . set ry' . I.. V' '. ' HD j ' ' '1 1 '.. 1s' . I Ka I I F - D K. 4.,, m . I . -D I. . I K7 l xy . K xr I I , ' ' 1 1 , 1 .. 1 . 1 1 . '. . if . ' .