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

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THE 1915 SENIOR ANNUAL Class History 1915 Officers President—JOHN C. LEPPART Vice President—RuTH H. ALDRIDGE Treasurer—LEON S. McGarty Recording Secretary—-MARION B. ROsSTISER Corresponding Secretary —EsTHER L. Howarp It is difficult for the remaining classes in the Rome Free Academy to believe that the class of 1915, the mere class which they see painfully toil at their side through four years of study, can be made of finer clay than themselves. In like manner we believe it will be difficult for them to estimate or measure what the class of 1915 has really done. In June, 1911, we migrated from our home, Barringer Island, to seek higher knowl- edge. After sailing the high seas for two months, we landed in September on an island called in history, Rome Free Academy. We settled in a small town which bore traces of previous habitation. I do not know whether these ignorant predecessors migrated to some other settlement or disappeared from the earth. A s the soil in our new settlement was most excellent, we immediately planted Rice and Wheat, the seeds of which we had brought with us. We raised some Kropp. I assure you in order to clothe our members we wove Flax (ck) and began Spinning. We had numerous visits from the inhabitants of a neigh- boring settlement, which at first appeared hostile. We also learned from a few stragglers that there were two other groups of settlers on this island but we need not expect that they would notice us for they were very exclusive. Like every strong tribe we soon became em- broiled in a struggle with our neighboring tribe. Owing to our Small chief and an expert Bowman we were successful in gaining our rights. Our success also depended upon that 21

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Photos by McClusky Justina Mary WILLIAMS. Justie” “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” But Justie has another crush. “A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” Justie’s motto has been “‘Never do today what you can put off until tomor- row.” Never mind, Justie, “In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare.” Class Play. KATHRYN Maria WILLIAMS “Thine eyes are brown, thy hair is bright.” Another flyaway! Kittie’s tongue goes so fast that we should most think she would be worn out. Kitty is quite accustomed to wear Kelly green hair ribbons that effectually set off the color of her hair, but for all that she is a nice little girl although quite a tease. VIRGINIA ADALINA WILSON “She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise.” As her quotation indicates Virginia is a very quiet, useful and unselfish member of society. She enjoys the society of the faculty to a large extent. Other- . . . ° . wise she is so quiet that we would never realize her presence except for her brilliant recitations in the class rooms. FRED YUTZLER “The cream of wheat.” That the chemical reaction due to the deflagra- tion caused by the oxidation of an exothermic com- pound was due to the electrolysis of the volatile molecular elements was discovered by Fred. For the benefit of the uneducated class in this language, Fred is a chemist. 20

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THE 1915 SENIOR ANNUAL we were Ward(ed)well. As we had defeated our opponents, we took possession of their settlement. Some of our brave warriors, however, had become so attached to our first settlement that they decided to remain in those humble seats. We received many new members into our tribe at our new settlement. One day one of our members found a Li(e) on wandering in the woods and captured him. Our Tanner wished to preserve its skin but the Parson(s) claimed it was cruel to kill him and would be better to place him in Daniel's den. Because of the resignation of our first chief, we elected a second one. You can ask Iona How well he filled the office. As we had en- tirely exhausted the means of subsistence in our settlement, during our stay of twelve weary moons, we were forced to move to a more fertile place. We discovered. a deserted village with only a few inhabitants, who seemed to have had strange experiences. We were told then that in order to keep pace with neighboring tribes we must hold a big pow-wow. We gave our neighboring tribes the best pow-wow ever given by a tribe. One of our members took a Dot for a partner to this pow-wow. Our author Scott now came out with her best work, namely, ““The Discovery of Perry.” Then arose a religious movement by Martin and as a result one of our tribe became a Christian. As every well educated, well organized, nation rises to eminence over its weaker, ig- norant brother nations, so the class of 1915 has climbed. If you have followed the his- tory closely, you know that we have reached our last settlement and are now Seniors. We now number sixty-four, although many have despaired of keeping up to the pace set by the class of 1915 and have been content to be numbered among our lower successors. Some of our members have chosen to follow the lure of the pocketbook rather than intellect. One following the example set by a member of last year’s class put to practical test the motto of our Revolutionary ancestors, ‘In Union there is Strength. ” Death removed one from us in his Freshman year. As Seniors we have followed precedent much better in work and sport. The rec- ords of our honor students are high among such records. Two of our members carried off the first and third prizes in the Slingerland this year. We have planted a tree and given a class memorial, a picture of St. Gaudens’ statue of General Sherman. We have danced in Westernville on Hallowe'en, at the Masonic Temple during the Easter holidays and with the hospitable Juniors in May. We invite you to come to Seegar’s after this entertain- ment is over and see how well we do it. You may not have a chance to see our president lead a grand march with the winner of the first prize in speaking but there will be com- pensating attractions. I should like to tell the glories of these and other festivities but space forbids. The editors of the Annual, those hard-working Seniors, who have prepared such a literary treat for you, will surely be pleased with your best patronage. Between the covers of this unparalleled production you will find the wittiest jokes, the best pictures, the rarest descriptions and histories, which have never been equaled. We now look forward to commencement with highest hopes and pleasures. As we leave this Academy, we will ever maintain that the class of 1915 is the class of classes. Mi WII, Sa 22