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

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Tur SENIOR ANNUAL 29 And now if success crowns us all, we will be Seniors next year, and then to grad- cad uate from this dear old Rome Free emy, which we all love so w ell. CLASS OF 1914 President Harry W. Vice President........ MARGARET GROGAN Percy W. GERRARD HUBBAR PRoOSS! 4 Secretary SHELLEY Treasurer We entered the 1910, the Academy as a class i1 September, most of our member Street some, however, hailing from the nearby trom coming Liberty School, villages to take up their various courses in F. A. We customed to High School life. felt at were Freshmen, and unac- However, we soon home, and the assumed courses were taken up in the best of spirits. The class contained about one hundred students, the girls greatly outnumbering the boys. From time to time, several classmates left school or were obliged to leave town, thus slightly diminishing our numbers. We are, moreover, glad to say that our organ- ization still maintained its reputation as a body. In athletics, the Sophomores have with- held their reputation, several of our num- ber playing on the various football and the prominent of the class who helped Rome baseball aggregations. Among most Free Academy to gain glory on both the gridiron and diamond are White, Murphy, Krumm and Race. For the first time in the history of our school, the Sophomore class held a recep- tion in the G. A. R. Hall, the affair proving While yet young, as a custom, we hope that our other most successful in every way. classes will continue the idea, and thus in- the that classmen are alive and vigorous. form upper classmen the lower Our present year is now rapidly drawing to a close, and we sincerely hope that, after the June examinations, we will be advanced to the ranks of the Juniors, where it Is our desire that the school life will continue to be as pleasant as it has thus far prov en to be. H. W. P., ‘14. SCHOOL AND PETS Class Grind Most Popular Girl Most Poular B« »V School CLASS Gordon VanAlstyne Eulalia Beckel Earl Freeman Pessimist Topping School Optimist Joe Fitzgerald Class Sport George Pillmore School Giggler Helen Blazier Class Flirt Hamlin Class Bluffers Class Tomboy Class ; School Grouch Lorena Kropp Charles Kany Lewis Cole Noisiest Race Most Bashful Boy Most Bashful Girl Sche 01 Ruth Potter Hart Id Adams Prink Rice Primest Class Vocalist Neatest Class Boob Class School Dancer School Joker School Artists Lorena Kropp and Brad. Barnard Hark Maxwell lice Carroll Percy Shelley Musician Houston Duffy Jack Wardwell Clarence Cummings Schoc | Faker Class Poet Alice Tupper To Prof. Bannick. Here's to the man with wicked eyes, Who stares at all the “guys,” But, at the “girls” he smiles As they walk up and down in flies.

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28 Tui: SENtor ANNUAL had finished, the rest of the Indians grunted in approval. Then the same tall Brave whom I had picked out as chief before. gave a rather long speech, during which he gave presents When each stepped to the front, in an embar- to three of the younger leaders. rassed manner, the other Indians grunted and grinned. Once again I saw the Braves all dressed in their war paint and Squaws in their beads and finery. Several of the Braves and Squaws proved their bravery by chal- lenging the whole assembly gathered there to follow them. Then some of the older chiefs, who seemed to be acting as judges, answered them and gave each Indian a new weapon, which they had discovered would conquer any new enemy with whom they tought. How long I sat there I do not know, but the next thing that I realized was that I was lying in the creek, hanging on to my pole as hard as I could. I arose, and. after a little difficulty, landed the best fish of the day. Wi. a ie, a Tad’s father (on Hallowe'en night, as Tad creeps safely into bed)—“What time is it, Theo lore ?” Tad—“One o'clock” (as the clock strikes four) “but mercy, how the clock stutters.” Here’s to love, may its wings Never lose a feather Until your little shoes and my big boots Sit under the bed together, —‘Ham” Moldt and Gladys Schwarz. Miss Corbin—“Where, Mr. Vredenburg, did the British store their ammunition in the siege around Boston 2” Vredenburg—“In the Boston Harbor.” HISTORY OF CLASS OF OFFICERS 1913 TREMAIN Hucurs utrH Nock DoNALp ScHWARz GENEVIEVE MEHAN At the beginning of the fall term in 1909, about ninety-three young, bashful students entered the Rome Free Aca lemy as the Freshman class. This class was the last to graduate from the Court Street School. but by no means the least important. After a month of school life a meeting was called by Prof. Barringer, at which time the officers were elected. During the remainder of the year nothing of note was accomplished by the class, except the fare- well address, given to the Seniors by the Presidené. At the beginning of the next term a new selection of officers was elected, who did nothing all the year but exist. The Presj- dent again gave a farewell address, as is the custom, to the year of 1911. In the Junior year, this class, now re- duced to the number of fifty-three, elected the officers found at the beginning of the history. About the last week in March a meeting was called by the President. who appointed the committees for the Junior Reception. The promenade was the most successful ever given by a Junior class. The financial gain surmounted that of any previous class, the revenue derived therefrom exceeding that of former classes by twice the largest amount ever before realized. The class is noted for its athletes. name- ly: Inman, Barnard and Hughes, football players; Inmann, Keating, Captain Doyle and Dittmeyer, baseball players ; and Inman and Keating, hockey players.

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THE SENIOR OF 1915 T. WILLIAMS FLORENCE President (GEORGI Vice Secretary ROBERTS EVELYN CARROLL Treasurer LLEN The Grammar School graduation exer TOWNSEND cises of the Class of 1915 were held in the cademy Assembly Hall in June, 1911, im mediately after the close of the Regents’ examinations. Many of the students ob- tained a standing of 90 per cent or more. A picnic was also held at Summit Park few days later, under the supervision of Prof. Barringer. In the fall of 1911 there entered into the Rome Free Academy the largest class of students that so far have graduated from the public schools of Rome. Being very shy of the upper classmen, our members settled down to hard labor and tried, with all efforts, to Many of us are in fear of the exam- become industrious Fresh- men. ANNUAL inations in June, although we have had excellent standings. Officers were elected during the fall months of the year as follows: President Vice Set retary GEORGE SMALL LILLIAN NICHOLS EVELYN CARROLL Treasurer ALLEN TOWNSEND During the spring months, we are sorry to say, our President discontinued school, and our Vice President moved out of town, It was then necessary for the Secretary to call a meeting and hold an election to fill the vacant offices. At this time our pres- ent executives were chosen. Our history of success and happiness has been marred by one event, the death of our lbert Tedd. Although to the world his death may be one in many, to classmate, us it means the absence forever of one representative of the largest classes, all to We feel, no matter what we accomplish as a class or each other as brother or sister. body, that it always would have been higher with his helping hand. As a body we have very much to be proud of in elocution, as we have many excellent speakers among the members. One of our class was called upon to make her first appearance in rhetoricals. By so doing, an excellent recital was rendered, the speaker exhibiting marked talent as an elo- cutionist. George T. Williams, an eminent member, is worthy of congratulation, as he is the first football manager in the history of the Rome Free Academy to be selected from a Freshman class by the student body. As he was assistant manager under the former official, it is expected that he will do his best in arranging games with other high schools. His schedule contains many games with some of the most prominent high academies in Central New schools and York.