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

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1916 volume:

President of Board of Education Superintendent of Schools CARL SIMON GEORGE R. STALEY Prof. Homer W Harrls HOMER W HARRIS Principal ORIN E PAGE Mathematics FREDERICK L MASON Sclence ANNA I SPEAR HARRY! GOOD Commercial L MORTON KIRCI-IER Meehamcal Drawmg JANE S HIGHAM Classic Languages CAROLINE McFERRAN Modern Languages THUSNILDA SCI-IAFFER Modern Languages ,I LOUISE ANC-ELL Commerclal L ELIZABETH MacI7ARLAND History MARGERY B HARP Science FLORENCE C SEELY English HAZEL W AYERS English F HENRIETTA FOOTE Hnstory RUTH M HALL Classlc Languages A GERTRUDE NOURSE Muslc MARGARET STRICKLAND Elocutlon EDITH M COONEY Englxsh CAROLYN A BIBBINS Drawmg Mathematics ' TI-IE SENIOR ANN A ROME N Y I' ,yr F-Q-F-,.,... EDYTOR SF AN WEL L +iH Nix X 'X CLASS DAY JUNE 27 IQI6 R 'Sr 'iggv l LYLE j HOWLAND Eclrtor nn Chnef Florence Roberts Dorothy Wrlson Elisabeth Makln Marne Raffauf Elsle Kennedy Alice Page STAFF Lee Case Ray Qoon Albert Hlltbrand Wxllram Hughes Ralph Kent Abraham qllversteln BRADFORD SCUDDER BUSIHCSS Manager JAMES SPARGO Ass1stant BUSINESS Manager 5 IHF l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAl EDITORIALS the excellent team work made possible by the earnest endeavors of every member of the staff and school ln general now submit thls book for your approval Our Cartoomst 3 Harry Beach who has me-de an enviable name un hrs work ns deserving of much credxt We are also very much indebted to the Utna Saturday Globe Co for the several cuts that they so kindly donated for our use These cuts amount to a great deal and saved us no llttle sum We wlsh to rmpress upon the mmds of our readers that there are advertise ments ln the back of the book wrth jokes mterrnmglc-cl If any of the ads remmd you of any article that you need patron17e those who patromze us and mentlon thxs book thereby glvmg It a boost for next year Hopmg that none of you will be offended at my hlt found m here but wlll talte all as they are meant we are Yours very truly EDITOR AND STAFF 6 D A . .i . We. the editors of this Senior Annual, which has been compiled only with 6 xiwllisl XHNX THF l9I6 SENIOR AN'VbAL Photos by lVlcClusky S Wahneta Agans One of the most charmlng glrls of the class and unusually modest She IS a valued member of the commerclal law class Thus far the prlvate detec tlves of the staff have not found traces of lnterest ln the male members of the Academy but there s Ilme yet Marlan Irene Ammon Many of the glrls who sat near her thought her very studlous ln the study perlods untll upon ln VCStlgatlOn they found that she was drawlng PIC tures as an innocent declslon She lJldS fare t equal our best artlsts Marcla Norma Baker Marsh She IS one of Mr Mason s valued employees and her work ln the commerclal department IS also be yond reproach An unselflsh klndly person al ways ready to befrlend you Her tle Wlth Esther on slxth Academlc Honor has made her famous Edlth Mane Bath You wouldnt belleve that thls llttle glrl was a Senlor would you3 She IS though and a very brlght one She IS lnterested ln all her school work and never has caused any trouble ln the Academy by her conduct 8 l . 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O ' ca M 1 I ' ' Y I - xl X nf . , . , . al X , 4 I , ' THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL Samuel Harry Beach, Jr l only wlsh l had enough tlme or space to relate all the accompllshments of this dlgnlhed looking youth Besldes pllotlng the Class of l9I6 through four successful years as President he has been cap tam of the football team won two R s and has been unusually attentlve to the faxr sex There IS one thlrg that troubles hlm he cant decide be tween a Foot and an Angel Second prlze n Sllngerland class president and cartoonist Edith Marv Bloss Polly Happy m this she IS not yet so old But she may learn Happier ln thls She IS not bred so dull but she can Learn Polly s talents he ln her fmgers She IS muslcal and makes dellcxous cake Clarence Bradt Chub l do not know of those who only are reputed wnse for saymg nothmg However deeds not words make the man and you never hnd hlm sleeplng when there IS work to be done Jennie Mae Brown Brownie Thls rs our Engllsh glrl Some may say she rs French Never glve p IS Brownies motto and she lives up to xt 9 Photos by Mcfflusly . 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' u ' n .. . .. . . . . ll , r r Tl-YE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL Photos by McClusky Esther Amelia Cagwln Goody Esther IS a good student She lS a good basket ball and tenms player too not to mentlon the fact that she IS a good sport Her motto IS Be good and you ll be happy Sixth Acaclemlc Honor Lee Case Wmdmlll Thou are too wlld too rude and bold of volce Parts that become thee happlly enough The only trouble wrth Lee IS that he can never keep qulet l-le IS contmually talking dancmg or gestlculatmg but somehow manages to accompllsh things too Francis Chrestlen Chns Philip ln the class play Nothlng ever troubles thus wonderful plece of mechanlsm except the fan' sex Smgl l guess yes Never was there a tenor volce more needless of cultlvatlon than hls Leroy Clifford Roy IS blessed with a seventh sense FORGET FULLNESS Man O Boy but thls heah Barnev done bam some fussah among de golls Look at his plcturel Amt he grand' I0 ' ' l ff ,Y Y ! -S if ' ' Y, And in such eyes as our's appear not faults. , , . ' ' it 46 ' ,Y THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL Ray G Coon Member of Staff Class play Ray IS a restless boy m school and at other tlmes l-le IS one of R l' A menagerle but fmds the Blrcl most compamonable Harry Cnder Molly The football star for many many many years ieometryl l should say Many tlmes he has threatened to wrlte a geometry for his own use but l have never seen It yet Harold Doyle Dutch Bashfull You salcl It l-le say the only time he ever feels that way ln the least 18 when he takes clown the receiver to call a glrl up for a clate Foot ball ancl baseball and member of the Executlve Commlttee A nes Ecker Aggie Basketball well l guess yes Aggle IS a rather tlmlcl llttle lassxe but never the less she makes a hut just the same II Photos by NlcCluaky l ll ' 77 . 1 Kip ' KC D9 I . so. , Cl 19 g 66 ' if , . , - . 1 , 1 THE 1916 SFNIOR ANNUAL Photos by McClu ky Florence Edell Floppy Flo The Effervescent poetical gemus of the class Floppy lS also a fresh alr chlld Never mlnd old grrl we all envy your rosy cheeks Thurlow Edwards Let me clle at the fence then of hun er lf only near thee' away An example of one ln love Watch hlrn boys' Vmcent Garry Vmce Class Historian A very quiet boy yet a certam one finds hum be very mee Vmce always has his lessons and rs a credit to the school Wllllam Gnflith 1 Behold hlml Countryman' We all wonder that Ringling has not captured hlm for hrs crrcus How ever Blll keeps the secret of his hair growth t himself I2 What would Thurlow do if Helen should -go h ' ti . ' ' to ' ' ' l ClB'll,, l Y . . . ' A THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL C Dorothy Hamilton Dot Here s to Chauffeur Dot Although she runs a Ford She s always on the spot Albert Hlltbrand Bertie l am that merry wanderer of the night Bert believes ln late hours But who could ex pect hlm to get home early from the farm Bert also a great enemy of Henry B Ford Member of Staff Lyle Johnston Howland Honest Fat Manager football team editor ln chief of Senior Annual ancl representatlve of Hugh School to lVl1l ltary Camp at Plumb lslancl The old saymg runs nobody loves a fat man But cheer up old top Thmgs are strange and tlmes have changes Now everybody loves a fat man Wllllam Hughes ll Wlnner of Slxngerland Pnze Here s to Hughes Whom everyone aclmlres When xt comes to speaking He ns sure to wm hrst prlze I3 Pho: s by M Clusky - u as . , , . - u - n .. . .. - lx In - IS . . u n Y - - , , v 1 , ' - uB' IH . . 2 , o c THE. I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL Pho: by M Clu ky Allce Hyde Although a good student we End that Alice llkes German best or IS nt the teacher Dewey Infanger Deacon He IS very tame from all outward appearances except hls halr which lS red He doesnt care a rap for the falr sex Her label IS rare and so IS her volce For my voxce l have lost lt wlth the singing of anthems Ellzabeth Jones Betty Ehzabeth was a bashful glrl Her modesty was such That one mlght say fto say the truth She rather had too much I4 Jushild Johnson - Judy ' -1 CK 7, . H L THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL Everett Jones He IS a very popular young man l-le always has to ask about a dozen glrls to go anywhere be fore he gets one to sult hlm or maybe he doesn t sult them HIS motto IS If at flrst you dont succeed try try agaln Elsle Mlnerva Kennedy Mln Elsle studles contlnually Thats why she got second Academlc Honor She IS golng to Albanv next year to study some more and then she wlll be ready for her place ID the Bradt Merchantlle Co Ralph Kent Ralphlna ln splte of hls apparently femlnlne qualltles Ralph takes naturally to studylng belleve me The only hard thlng Ralph ever came up agalnst was all that s comlng your way worth taklng Result Valedlctorlan oratorlcal honor class play SCIIIOY Annual Staff For thou hast made hlm a llttle lower than the angels Eleanor LOUISC Kingsley Bubbles And she IS falr and falrer than that word of wondrous vlrtues What llttle Bubbles lacks ln lnches she makes up ln wlt for wltty she surely IS She IS a renowned l'-llstory sharlc and can make the most bewltchlnv faces wlth a pencll BCSldCS thls she IS VICC Presldent of the Class Presldent of the Glrls l..lt erary Club and CUftlS ln the Class Play In Photon by Mcclu lay - uEvn , . ' ' 1 ll ' 77 T- C6 ' Y, Seegafs floor at the Prom. Ralph's motto is: Take ' ' it ll 19 . K . . D - 5 THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL Photos by Mcclusky MRTIOD Kinney Pus Pus lmplles that Marlon IS a cat lf she IS which we doubt her claws are concealed Pus ent between several places among them Rochester and Greenway Dont you wish you knew the rea son3 We do Helen Lengeman S lm Here IS a girl so qulet you wouldnt know s e breathed But one member of the opposite sex knows it and takes advantage of every opportunity to enjoy her company We trust you all know who he IS Myra Lloyd Myra IS sweet and gentle klnd and thoughtful ever busy ever happy She IS a qulet member of our class who apparently has no interest ln those on the west Slde of study hall Elisabeth Franclna Makin Betty Fourth Academy Honor Member of Staff Assistant Class Poet Secretary Girls' Literary Society Too late, too late, she cannot enter nowV' Here we apparently have only an energetic Freshman who sometimes rsn't on tlme What a sad mistake Betty is a poet, a student and last but not least a friend I6 i r X ' ' i u N , ' .. .1 , . is a business girl whose interests are divided at pres- , i KK I' 11 . . . . h . , , . ' ' ' i Cl 77 THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL Mark McLaughlin Marcus Marcus IS a muslcal member of our class l-lls vlolln plays a promment part ln our Hlgh School Orchestra But he I8 also fond so we hear of playmg duets wlth a certam young lady Cathenne Murphy Esmeralda Arabella Katnna This IS one of those gab glfted Anti Mason IC prlnclpled gum chewing geniuses but IS otherwlse perfectly harmless shy and qulet Edna Elizabeth O Nelll ASldC from harpmg eternally upon her cousm we creature lrlsh and full of fun Alice Ruth Page Chubble Why of course this IS Allce Ruthl To whom else could thls wrlgglmg glgglmg body belong3 Alxce has one of those patient pxquant passlve pro fuse pleasant profound pleasmg penslve pert portly personalxtxes that one so rarely meets Alxce IS no ordinary bemg Oh no! Alxce has hugh hopes nn her tastes and her Prmce ly asplratxons Thlrd Honor School Accompamst Member of Staff Member of the Executnve Committee I7 Photon by Mculusky ' i- CC 73 ' ll ' ,Y , . ' 1 - T 4aNedn assure you that Edna is an agreeable and pleasant ' ii K6 ' ,Y I V ! - - , . 7 . V , . fx THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL Photos by Mcclusky Florence M Parsons Florence rs famed for her slender and graceful figure We have authentic evrdence that she lS just exactly srxty three mches around the walst Not that Florence has yrelded to the wlles of the god of love Ch ro' Florence finds no attractron 'nales BLt ihoLgh Florence rs of such enormous proportrons he IS a qulet and studlous marden Margare' Louise Pepper Maggre Margaret surely lrves up to her name she s pep Margaret rs a very accompllshed person She plays slngs and debates And we take thrs opportunlty to admrre her Jewelry and her goggles Thomas Alfred Powers Tommie Tommy the star rlght forward of the basketball team lf Tommy rs as successful ln the game of llfe as rn basketball we may look to Tommie roll mg rn wealth and lrmouslnes Waldo Wlggms Prrnce As Waldos name mclrcates we mxght expect just such a drstlngurshed and regal looking gentle man Waldo does not grind he merely studres a srduously Of late Waldo has been more than lsually stLd1ous mdeed even a lover of the wrrt ten Page I8 . , , . ' in ' T I6 ' Y, pery. But we'd like to have you understand that :C ' 77 s ' . A 1 nn .tv Y N THE Wu Lenora May Quackenbush - Nora VVC like Lenora. She is quiet and studious, hui knows how to have a good time at the right time. It is rl mored that Colgate May-er he a College xciy fllilf to her. Marie Raffauf - Raffles Vlemher of Staff. She is very fond of pets and now she has a BIRD Caged up ard encleavoring to tame it. Hard joh you have, Marie. Florence Olivia Roberts Katherine in Class play. Wlemher of the Staff. Hlrlossieu is the darling of the whole class and the leadirg lady in the class play. But what a mis- tortune that lay is the leading man instead oi llarry. Bradford Scudder - Pete Business manager of Senior Annual. Class play. Stop, gentle reader. and gaze at this won- drous work of nature, Not only is it handsome. hut it can also sing. Ye gods how it can sing. Pete's favorite color is red, in fact, he would go to the, Towns-end looking for Red. I9 Photos hy N'lcCluslcy Li-Xl. Lucian Shoemaker - Lu Here we have the handy man of the class. As a musician he has no equal, performing with agility on hoth cello and violin. As yet he has been un- disturhed hy the fair sex. but where therels life thereis hope. Abraham Silverstein - Abe Class play and Member of the Staff. Abe is the star actor of the class. Besides this he is in- tensely interested in the development of our city. being employed as draft clerk in the Rome Cham- ber of Commerce. Maurice Frank Smith - Deacon Fifth Academic Honor. Class Treasurer. ln this sturdy youth we have the personihcation of excellence. Notwithstanding the industry of Kent, he managed to secure an honor, all the others going to Kent and the girls. ln the Carroll tingl of certain birds he finds particular delight. James A. Spargo, JL- Jim Assistant Business Manager of Annual. Hor- tensiou in Class Play. The Rome Free Academy has certainly been hon- ored by the presence of this mighty athlete for the past four years. He is now laantam weight cham- pion wrestler of Oneida County. As a side issue he keeps track of a certain elusive Fox in this vi- cinity. 20 THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL Gladys Manon Stranahan Stran For three long years this mald ne er glanced at the noble lads of the Academy but applled herself cllllgently to books lt s a long lane however that has no turmng and now she has developed a ser nous Case She loves a joke and IS a perfect wonder at hlufflng Recxtatlon honor Secretary of the class Arthur Edward Wetherbee Little Art as he IS called by hrs most mtlmate friends rs a very modest 3 little chap Art gamed a wonderful amount of populanty by dlstrlhutlng Gold coins among hrs fellow students at Chrlst mas time and now wxth hrs Tortolse Shells h has reached the top rung of the ladder The op posxte slde of the Study Hall has had several t tractlons for thls young man Beatnce A Wllllams Beatrlce IS an innocent looking miss but mlghty ln the fact that she has Stan for a brother Beatrlce IS sand to lay claims to having given aclvlce to the Lovelorn as her name IS qulte popular with the readers of the New York ournal She aspxres to become a dlrectress of a large semmary ln Wales Charles James wllll8l'l1S Class Play Now you behold the Noblest Roman of them all Chick 18 quiet bashful and an example of manhood whlch those who luke to raise Cam should follow Zl Phot by McCI shy ' u n . . . .. . 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' 9 . . .. . .. os u THE l9I6 SFN'OR ANNUAL Photos by Mcclusky Charles Thomas Wllllams Even Doc Blumenthal dld not have anythln on this modern wonder Fat was a formidable op wond ICLS prcportlons many a v1ct1m was added to hrs lust of fallen Charley won t make a good sterographer accordlng to a most noted mind leader but this cloesn t worry hlm ID the least Manager of baseball team I9l6 Clifford George Wllhams C :ff Behold the dreamer cometh He may drearrx but nevertheless he can play football George Wllllams Rmk Rink IS one of the left overs but we conslder lt an honor to have such a good lookmg happy go lucky fellow ln our mldst l-le IS rather corpulent but such thlngs can be overlooked IH such a one as Rmk Jay Williams Petruclo ln class play l never heard of anybody clymg of kissing, dvd you3 jay sevldently fears he will 22 ,mem on the FIELD OF HONOR, and by his ' ' ' in I' H THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL .lustma W lllams .lustre Vanety IS the SPICC of life We believe this IS true as ustre has trled more than one class to graduate We extend our sym pathy to her for her hard luck ln love BHBIYS Never mmd ustle thlr-gs come to those who wlll but walt Lester F Wllllams ut Sut lS one of the smallest ln the class but as the old saylrg goes good things come ln small pack aves This surely rs the case for Sut ns one good Ltd Whenever he IS not at home he can be found somewhere between the Convent and lower Soutl ames street Dorothy Olcott Wilson Member of Staff Nothxng IS acquired wrthout palns except dlrt and long nails There IS no danver that thus can fver happen to Dorothy Elta Amelia Wolfe Although Elta has been wlth us but for the las year we are very glad she came to us She IS verv quiet and as yet we have seen no SIZES of mterest lor the opposlte sex But we have hopes that som day she wlll be lI'lCllI'lCd ln that drrectlon 73 Pho'os by Mccluslty ' : - u ' u . l .. . . . . .. - - an . .4 I , j , .. . . -. 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' . . t o Q . c 1 l f ' THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL OUR FRIEND Other Annuals have had to record sad events but no Senlor Class of R F A has ever experxenced keener sorrow than that of l9I6 when they heard from the platform at the openmg of the afternoon sesslon November l 7 l9I 5 that their loved Mlss Maloney would never be wlth them agam How could xt be possnble that she ever so full of lxfe and actnvxty she who had gone to her home m Syracuse as usual on a Friday afternoon less than two weeks before seemingly only slxghtly 111 she should have breathed her last ln thls world' Who had ever gone to her for help or sympathy and been d1sappo1nted3 Who was ever o delightfully enthuslastxc and resourse ful at any fun mak1ng3 Who more wxllmg to gxve herself to the uttermost for the well bemg of others3 Such a helpful spmt mlght still llnger near the scene of her labors but all longed to have her stxll movmg among them ln her radxant bodily form l was glad when the edltor of the Semor Annual of I9l6 asked me to voxce their sadness over Louxse Maloney s departure l am glad too to pay trlbute to her as a fellow teacher as well as a beloved bxg slster of the pupnls No one whom It has been our good fortune to work with on the faculty of R F A showed a keener appreclatlon of the value of team work She was always ready wxth helpful suggestlons or personal servlce not only ln her own department but wherever the good of the school as a whole the Inter ests of her assoclate workers or the pleasure of patrons presented her an opportumty She had learned well the lesson of the brotherhood of man Her memory wlll ever be an msplratlon to her companlons and her hfe an example to those just enterlng the paths of world servlce FLORENCE C SEELEY November I7 1915 There was a general attitude of sorrow at the Academy thls noon when Prof Harris announced to the student body the sad news of the death of a member of the faculty M1 s M LOUISE Maloney Prof Harms sald m part ln my twenty years experience ln teaching thus IS the sadest announcement that l have ever made Those who had not heard of the sad news were overcome with sorrow and for several mlnutes the large studv hall eatmg nearly four hundred student was as sllent as nxght and the sllghtest sound could easily have been detected 'Vllss Maloney was a very capable elocutlon teacher and whlle connected wxth the school made many QIUCCYC frlends who will jom her host of acquannt ances ln the clty ln mourning this unexpected bereavement l believe l ex press the school and publlc sentlment when l say that during her career m the Rome Free Academy Miss 'Vlaloney has not acquired one enemy Her brwht and cheerful manner was an encouragement to those who knew her She always consldered her students first and herself last whlch was shown last year previous to the Sllngerland prlze peaklng contest when she de xoted practically her entlre outslde tlme to those who were strxvmv for the honors lt IS a severe shock to the faculty the school and the cltlzens of Rome that such a brl ht young llfe had to be taken away at thus seemingly lnopportune time 29 y , 1 . y - - - Q f . 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O' u b - T F IOI6 SFNIOR XXXL Xl CLASS FOEM ks a rnnhow after the tht Pderstorm ll'QtSl'1OYV1I lmlv th n at e Il 1, orm ppears to u l all r II hon the nueen So seerneth to othels the Ll xss of I6 We are Qenrors brave and happy and wrse Wlth our four years work well done Amd rf you would look you would see rn our eyes the lrght of 1 purpose won A purpose to pass eafh Regents exam Be rt even so very hard That we need the wlsdom of Solomon And the language of Avon s Bard But when we got marks so surpasslnffly falr That at us all people clld look Then do you thrnk we were walklng on an3 No slr we went back to our book We never let Hattery turn us away From the course of knowledge true For we knew that on another day We would need rt me and you And so we haxe studled l atm and French And Engllsh and German too Untll ID our sleep we do murmur leh hehe dlch means l love you You re surprlsed are you not to know that one mlnd Such wrsdom so rare could hold Xvhen you get out rn the world soon you ll hnd That you ll know more we re told nl hey couldn t have known we were Senxors Who ve been crammed for four stralght years nth Algebra 'Vlusnc and Physrcs enuf To hasten us to our hrers I 'lhe rarnhow s glory IS transment and fades As the sun loufg rose ln the chrlllng shades But our sprrlt we leave that others may glean oome lnsplratlon from Class I6 E vc, ll . fmt J f. 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G. ., 'I6. rHE 1916 5Ew'oR ANMAL CLASS OFFICERS IQI6 5 H-XRRN BEACH Presldenl NIARIOIN DTRAWAHAN Secretarx NIALRICE SVl'TH Treasurer 27 ' 1 LOUISE KINGSLEY, Vice President THE l9I6 SFNIOR ANNUAL SENIOR CLASS HISTORY ln the year l9IZ after rumblmgs of war ln the form of the Geographv and Spelling exammatlons from the advance guard of the Regents Depart ment war was declared and the struggle began rn earnest ln une of that year ln thls we were as a class vlctorlous After celebratlng this vlctory to some extent we remamed encamped ln the outer trenches whxle our commander Mr Barrlnger returned to the rear to take command of the recruits whlch were to follow us Out of l24 who enjoyed the benefits of our first vlctory only IOO approxxmately responded to roll call m September when under our new commander Mr Harrls we stormed our way to the front of the study hall From the reserve forces already ln the hall we recelved very llttle recog lltlOI'l stlll as much as could be expected for they had very exalted ideas of themselves Stlll they looked upon the class wxth green eyed envy because of the excellent athletic materlal ln the class Were It not for the helping so kmdly loaned by our class there would have been no athletics as the teams would have fallen by the wayside m their attempts Artistic ablhty also ran hrgh ln the class The study hall was decorated on several occaslons by volun teer members of our class At our unlor Prom the dance hall was more arhstlcally decorated than for any other Prom before or smce Cartoons by one member of the class were publlshed ln every Senior Annual smce our arrnval A number of our upper classmen chose to become members of a regular real actlve organlzatlon such as ours They were accepted upon the condltlon that they concentrate thelr mmds upon thelr studles and throw no longlng engagement was fought with our old combatant Regents As a result of the vlctory we advanced to the second trench where we enjoyed a ten weeks furlough News then came of another conf'l1ct approaching and our prepa ratlon for It began It came ln anuary I9I4 After thls battle which was an easy vlctory others followed ln rapld successlon We have taken trench after trench and our progress has been contmually onward Fortunately for us our struggles came ln anuary and une of each year the one ln une of thls year bemg a declslve vlctory Wlth twenty weeks for preparatlon before each and ten weeks furlough after the most severe we have always been vxctorlous So remember underclassmen It IS Preparedness that counts As l look back over my four years ln Hlgh School and try to recall to memorv thmgs of note they fade Into obllvlon whlle matters of a trlvlal nature Hare up before me wlth undue lmportance Our several soclal functlons were carried on ln a manner highly creditable to the class Our unlor Prom Semor Hallowe en and Senior slelghrxde gave splce to our school work which otherwlse would have been rather dry The recollection of the last frolxc and antlcxpatlon of the next caused the time to pass rapxdly From now on we wlll go straight to the task before us wlth our banners of Old Rose and Silver ever symbollzmg our hlgh ldeals and our strlvxng for the rrght and may we never show the whlte flag As there must be an end to everythlng so there IS an end to the Senlor Class of Rome Free Academy I9l6 Looking away to the horlzon and settlng sun we can descry the San Salvadore of our graduation 28 . . - J ' . . eyes upon the Class 'l5. At the end of our fxrst year of preparation an 1 I ' 3 -. 1 : .- J. .J - f J 1 . 1. n . 1 e I o ' J I I ly THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNLAL Out of the phantasles of the past come the departed Ghosts of the hlstory that lxes behxnd Whxle we must admlt that we feel a Great and joyful sense of freedom at bexng released from arduous responslbllltxes we also feel mlnor probmgs of our COUSCICDCC We have done the thmgs we ouvht not to have done and we have left undone the thmgs we ought to have done We have made mxstakes but for them all large and small we are snncerely sorry To thus end we take comfort nn the old saying The only people who never make mlstakes are dead people We do not wlsh to boast of our achievements but what we have done whlle here has been wnth our best lntentlons As we have gathered at the cross roads of llfe we swear to ever cherxsh the remembrance of our Alma Mater Here our paths dlVldC each one goes to hrs own callmg We glVC our place ln R F A to the class of l 7 May they hll rt with honor We leave our school feelmv that although we have accompllshed no great task as yet we now stand not at the end but the beglnmng A G l laung ln the Sandbed at l ranlclwn field 79 . 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P .. -.5 X Q A.. -W , :f 5 A ' .x :.,,,.- 7 ,' ' f , 4' THE 1916 SENIOR ANNLAL R F A ALPHABET IS for Adams so joyous and gay l-larrlet wlll drlve all the blues away IS for Bascornbe Brlg y s latest crush l fear poor Mlrlam IS out of the rush IS for Cllfford also for crab As a basketball star no b tter can be had IS for Doyle wlth hls la tlng, grln Takes off hls coat and buckles rlght ID Ecker Agnes IS her name playlng basketball won her fame FYBDCIS our Ch estlen you see llke Sunday a ball player IS he Gretchen MISS Dlllerbeck of course IS for Who lf or Also IS for If she s fond of the fellcws It makes her no worse IS for Harry our class presldent Whose mlnd toward the glrls IS ever bent IS for lrene an admlrable dear Her sweetness Wlll C3ptlVat6 someone l fear IS for ustle wlth us thls year We hope lt s her last we wl h her good cheer IS for K E that eternal club Agalnst whlch Profe or Har l ha such a grudge IS for Lester sometlmes known a Dutch Are you bound for the Y lVl slr3 not much IS for Who IS for O IS the IS for ay Q lf for Maxted a perfect dellght llke a champlon for glrls would Hght nothlng of whlch we have plenty result of belng empty Papworth she IS always wlth Thommy boys does he ever go home to hls mammy uelrolo oh my what a baby Sometlme he ll get there but l guess lt IS maybe IS Ruth Evans and Slr Alfred can tell to her charms he most Wlllll' ly fell Stub the athlete of the school But very bashful wlth the glrls as a rule IS for Tubs Wllllams and Sharrow How IS for Who lcrg for the tlme vsh rl 1h ll be no to morrow stands for the U F A rlvals of Rome ln football next year we ll send them home IS for VIXCD such are most of our glrls Wow wh ch h ll It b fellcw dlam I dS or pearls IS for Wetherbee the chem: try hark He smokes clgarettes but only ln the dark IS the symbol we dread llke anyway l hope my alphabet wlll please you well IS for all those youn ladles Bl cl lassles Whose names wlll rot rhy me here as well as molasses IS for zealous of course we all are And hope that our SCDIOIS may prosper afar 30 R . , . . l l . 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Z 1 l ' Y QIHE LfQfn SEX'OR MNLAL 7 X CLASS OFFICERS l9l7 THOMAS BARNARD President JANET We-ADAM Vice Presldent CHARLES SHPXRROW Secretary Vi ALTER JLERCEINS Treasurer SI THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY As we the umor Class and the Class of lf glance back over the three short happy years rn whlch we have been xllustrlous members of the Rome Free Academy we reallze what a great advantage and benefit we have been to the school From our very first appearance ln the Study Hall on tha' memorable occaslon of our entrance to enrollment tlll now lt has been our earnest endeavor to uphold the honor of the school and to brmg to nt all posslhle honors not then held And who can truthfully say that we have not realized our endeavor3 As we recall lt our first appearance rn the blllldlng was a slgnal for tumul tuous applause and wlld cheers on the part of the veteran students Spurrefl on by thls evxdence of appreclatlon we labored mdustrxously throuvhout our Freshmen year As well as showmg exceptronal ablllty and natural talent ln the way of study some of our stalwart members showed a natural mclma tion towards athletlcs Asslsted by our worthv classmates the football team of l9l 3 establlshed a wonderful record Another evldence of our excellence ln athletlcs was the easy wav ln whlch we captured the sllver cup rn the lnter Class basketball games The baseball team of that year also showed an excellent record As a httmg cllmax to these worthy deeds we thrilled the exammers by our brllllant papers Nearlv all of the class were successful m passmg the exammatlons and we retlred from our Freshman year to a well deserved vacatlon Full of the same vlgor and d termmatlon that marked our Hrst year ln the school we entered Lpon our Sophomore year Agam our stalwart warnors went forth to battle agamst opposmg teams and once agam were they suc cessful Wrth practxcally the same team vxh1ch had won the cup the PTCVIOUS artlsts ln the examlnatlons we agam drd merxtorlous work As we began our thxrd happy vear m the Academy we reallzed what lm portant cogs we were ln the soclal marhlne of the school As IS the custom we were to provlde the departmg Semors wlth a worthy Prom Fu appreclatmg what an excellent class It was and deslrlng to show our appre cratxon we planned to glVC a receptlon to them that would never be equaled by any class ln the Academy Several morths ahead of the date set for the occaslon our efhclent commlttees worked out our successful and glorrou plans And when the nlght fmallv aruved what a Prom rt was' The com mlttees plans had succeeded far beyond their wlldest dreams and expecta txons The SCUIOTS were fully appreclatxve of our klndness and extended a gereral vote of thanks to our ofHcers The dancers left the hall reluctantly as they fully reallzed that they would never have the opportunlty of attendxnv such a Prom agam Our athletes were agam very consplcuous on th grldlron the dlamond and the basketball court Our class team agam had the honor of wmmnv the class cup for the thlrd consecutlve time Our representatrve ln the Slmgerland contest MISS anet lVlcAdam won the flrst PTIZC thus reflectmg addxtlonal honor upon the Class of l 7 32 Y I' v . . A . ' ' 1 f ' . year, we duplicated the feat, thus establishing our supremacy as basketball . . . . .. HV ' . . K x I . . O O . . S . . y . f I R 1 THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL As our umor year clraws to a close we fully reahze that next year will mark our entrance as chgnnfxed Seniors To become worthy Seniors will only be to follow the example which we have set as Freshmen Sophomores and umors lt IS our most earnest desire to fully ment the honor of the rank of Senxors and to aclcl addrtxonal honors to the school Wnth thus end ln vlew we shall enter upon our last ancl Senior year m Rome Free Academy and It 18 a conceded fact that the honor of the school wlll be well preserved when ? Don't They Look Natural 33 'I . I 1 A , - 1 9 . the Class of 'l 7 assumes control. F. L., 'l 7. vc THF IQI6 SFNJIOR ANWL XL Pretty Stones for the Young Wlllle l lttle Wlllle kllled hms slster W hen she dled they never mlssed er XXfIllllCS always up to trlcks Am t he cute3 He s only six Wlllle on the railroad track Heard not the englne squeal Xvhen It got to Syracuse They scraped hlm off the wheel Johnny ohnny and the other brats Dled from eatmg Rough on Rats Papa sand when mamma cried Llttle Wlllle ID the best of sashes Fell ln the fire and was burned to ashes By and by the room grew chllly But the famlly hated to poke p WllllC A motion to l1m1t glrls on Senior slelghrlde to Semors IS met wlrh great dlsapproval especxally to Chrestxen Case and Spargo Everett ones recltlng l l76l he married hls famous wlfe Mxss Maclrarland Who were al lowed to vote m Rhode lsland3 Powers 'Vlen holdmg I worth of real estate Agnes Cavanaugh ln Engllsh IX She cant call to them because she cant see but she can sung to them Lee Case lf! EngllSh HCI' ITILSIC sounds dS lf Sl'lC WSIS pall God ennle Brown IH Amerlcan Hrs tory Whlle Washlngton was m of fice he demollshed the natlonal debt very much I rof Page m lntermedlate Alge bra My Graph paper wont wrlte well to clay Mxss Cooney C-1rls have to go through the 4 lggllng Stage but to see a boy laughlng lke a glrl abominable Nhss Foote m Commerclal Geog raphy to the class Why you peo ple are the stupidest bunch l ever saw Harris An Inland Voyage has been taken by some member m thls room L -. '.' Q' ' - - I h : J . . . .3 J ' 1 U Never mind, they'll die outside. , . . ' Q u u v '11 ' i ' is . . . . the . . J . . .. n . -A . S- , 34 THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL 3 Mn X! I CLASS OFFICERS l9l 8 EMERALD SCLJLLY President BEATRICE TOWNSEND Vnce Presldenl WIWIFRED ROWLAND Secretary EARROL REAMORE Treasurer 33 fd S U2 MM THE l9I6 SFNIOR ANNUAL CLASS HISTORY OF 1918 lt was only two years ago that the Class of l9l8 entered the academy Amld shouts and yells of both flattery and Jeermg which would have turnecl most anyone s head but we stood up straight and smlled at those who con sndered themselves our superlors The fact IS true that the name Freshmen fltted us at that tlme Yes we were green that ns 1n regard to our new lxfe at R F A lt seems to me however that l can hear as a famt echo from that year someone saymg It these Freshles keep up as they have begun the field of glory wlll be filled by heroes and heromes from Class l9I8 There surely was never a more artlstlcally tnmmed study hall than was ours at Christmas time 1914 It was then our upper classmen sat up and took notlce As yet our class has won no laurels for basketball We stlll haxe two years however ln whlch to galn vlctory ln that lme ln football Levxson Reamore and Hoag are from Class I9 I8 Also Tletz Rathbone Dxlxngham Scully and lnfanger are m the orchestra Of course ln our two years we have restramed ourselves so that we would not deduct from the glory that IS now bestowed upon the Senlor Class of thl year but we are posltlve that our records wxll be at least as good as thos of Class 1916 when we are honored by the name SCDIOYS W A R Class l9l8 Hard On the People Maurlce Smith ln Amencan l-l1s tory whxle dxscussmg the Sxege of Vicksburg, The people were soon reduced to cornmeal He Wouldn t Argue With Her Mxss Ayres-Mr Kernan 1ve an example of an mtransltnve verb Stub-The man paid the grocery 1 Mass Ayres-That IS transntlve as the brll receives the action of being pald Stub-Well then the man drd not pay the grocery brll Absence Makes the Marks Grow Rounder Prof Page If we elrmmate thus equatron we wxll multxply Mr Smnth Take Hum Out lVl1ss lVlacFarlancl What play of Shakespeare tells of the treatment of the Hebrews m England3 Roselle Reh Evangelme Vlrgll Dorothy Wilson ftranslatmg Vxrgll Ah mel fSlgl'!, such was he A Great Man Steer ohn Marshall the thlrcl chlef justice of the Umted States was born ln 1775 and from 1776 to l 778 he served as a lxeutenant ln the Continental Army Suspicious Miss MacFarland to Spargo What do you know of the condl tions ln Smg Sung Prnson under Thomas Mott Osborne3 I .. C.. -. .C . W 9 ' . . ' .'.. Yg' ' W-. . ' b'll. . C in 36 ,IHE l9lQ SENIQB ASNL'.-XL P f--T WEE 'QQ--.....,-,, X22 'T QQ CLASS OFFICERS l9I9 DONALD BARAARD P Ta T wT LDA HART A P J LEROX Joxas 5 PRISCILLA BEACH TY 37 I Q. A - X nf P T XA D TT T T K T T T T . T K 'M -'E - ' T .P '? ' . 11 V A Y A , ', . . '. , resl en . I . . , 'ice resl ent ' . S , Qecreiary . . . caxurer ACADEMIC HONORS THEE1916SENIOREENUAL 8 1 so as CLASS HISTORY 191 9 We thought that we were undoubtedly the brlghtest class that ever entered R F A Cur oplnxon was confirmed by the norsy welcome we recelved we first entered that room of torture the study hall It certalnly warmed our hearts to reallze that our brlghtnes was so appreclated by the upper classes We sat down to llsten to remarks by that most dreaded man Prof Harrls As we llstened we somehow recelved the 1dea that perhaps that demonstratlon was only 1n fun lt made us doubtful whether we really were so smart as we thought we were We were soon lnltlated mto the mysterles of l atm Algebra and other tudles Dome of us then came to belreve that we must be the worst class that ever entered the academy Our downfall was complete We now belleve ln that familiar proverb Prlde goeth be fore a fall But we have turned out all rnght How lt came to pass we do not exactly know but the fact remams that we are just an ordmary class We managed to trlm the study hall IH a fitting manner du ID Chrrstmas week We drd not capture the basketball trophy but everyone wlll admlt that we put up a game fight for It Nevertheless we are hopeful and who knows perhaps we mav make a record that w1ll stand forever above all others At any rate we shall YY Class of 1916 Flrst Valedlctory Ralph Edward Kent Thlrd Honor Allce Ruth Page Fourth Honor Elisabeth Francma Makrn Fifth Honor Maurlce Frank Smrth Srxth Honor lVlarc1a Norma Baker Esther Amella Cagwln Oratorrcal Honor Ralph Edward Kent Recltatlon Honor Gladys Marlon Stranahan 38 Class 95 46 90 71 9000 9047 8763 88 58 Exam 90 00 86 UD 82 47 8129 8391 8200 Flnal 93 64 8916 87 49 8741 86 39 86 30 . . . 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Second fSalutatoryQ-Elsie Minerva Kennedy .... 92.09 86.27 90.15 ' - ........................ 94 ' ' - ' ................... 92 Love Is Like a Cigarette Love IS llke a clgarette It lasts about as long Affects your heart and dulls your mmd And lf you take It strong and smoke It long Twlll burn your llps as love wlll also o A burning match now It requlres And love wlll need one too It lows awhlle and then goes out lt s whole defense IS wrong For love IS like a clgarette And lasts about as long To the Freshman Oh where rs that grammar school wonder Vlfho hoped to set rlvers aflame Who when he recelved hrs d1plomr Thought the world would soon rung with hrs name3 If he hopes to be famous at hl h school lle IS destmed to have a bwd fall And rrse sad and weak wlth a noun ten xnte meek tor he IS only 1 Freshmln t at S LP l ln C rs mee ac dressed llarry Berth as Nlr ll urls n rsh IX Vllss See ew 'Next Vlonday we wlll haxe a test on Tuesday THE eL?'sQs?5NlOfSgWN1JAL Deep In Love ls He lr ddre Bn gs has got a dame A declded blonde IS she But lddle cares not for her halr For deep ln love rs he l-le takes her to the movles And on Sunday mght we see I dd1e up at her house For deep m love IS he And thus he ll keep agomg His Allce dear to see And never wall learn anythm For deep rn love IS he lVlCC arty Followln are some hlnts ID let ter wrltlng su gested by note found ln the school 'Vly Dearest Burt Your Lovm Ruth D rmes ovm ly me ljdfllll l'dw1n Lonstantly yours ulth most loxe e c Wlnrmm ' ' ' , l. 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I lc, . 30 THF I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL MAN TO HIS MOTHER IN LAW Mrs Smrth Your daughter teIIs me to wrrte to you and I w1II do so wlth pleasure When I frnrsh thus I w1II do so wrth regret I hate to waste trme on formal Ietters You could be here rn a day for the tlme lt takes You have been a perpetuaI comfort to me not Ilke other mother rn Iaws a torment to everybody Why do you come to our house so seIdom It IS a surpnse You shouId come often when you know how very much I and the rest of the famrIy Irke rt Come soon or I shaII hate you Stay away from us much Ionger and we w1II be mrserable Come to us once and I w1II consider rt a foretaste of Heaven As he reaIIy meant xt JOHN BROWN Key - fRead every other Iines, starting with Your daughteruf. ' U ' I c . J 40 Semor Generosrty Lives of great men all remlnd us We can strlve to do our best Ard departmg Ieave behrnd us Note books that w1II help the restI How It Looks to the Freshman Englrsh rs a Ianguage And ns always gomg to be It started with the Saxons And now It s come to me German 18 a Ianguage Or at Ieast rt used to be First rt I-uIIecI the Germans And now its k1IImg me Why doesnt some one glve Miss StncIcIand a pedometer so she can teII how many mlles she waIIcs up and down the center a1sIe the 6th perlod3 By Abe SlIVCYStClI'l The Son of Toll To H Reynolds I wash I was a rock A settm on a hull And dom nothm all day Iong But just a settln st1II I wouIdn t eat I wouldn t sIeep I wouldn t even wash I d just set st1II a thousand years And rest myselt by Gosh The Forbidden Class IVI1ss IVIacFarIand What cIasses of people are prohlbrted from en termg the United States3 I'IowIancI The Insane peopIe W Prmce-How dnd Doyle get rn3 Mason To morrow we shaII spend our tnme on Glacxers Doyle When Champagne came down from Canada he mcurred the hospitality of the Indians THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL CALENDAR Sept School opens wrth a bang Class 1916 IS the class Yells are given and Class 1916 pep IS very prevalent New teachers Mlsses Mac Farland and Spear Post graduates adorn the hall 1n large numbers Sept 8 COnHlCtS First mass meeting at which football mana ement IS authorized to make an expenditure of S100 for materxal First practlce for the team Fxne showmg Sept 9 Professor tells the Fre hmen of the horrors of a detentlon perlod at 3 '50 Sept 13 New seating Members of Class 1916 occupy practlcally two rows S pt 15 Misses MacI:arIand and Ayers heard dlscussxng Banks Sept 25 Flrst football game of sea on R F A defeats Onelda 19 O Sept 27 Celebratxon over Onexcla vlctory Professor congratulates the team and much school spmt IS shown Sept 29 Freshmen recerve the 1 Lal lectures one bemg How to Con duct Yourselves ln the Study Perlod Sept 30 Seniors elect officers wlth Harry Beach at the head of the class Oct 5 R F A football team yourneyed to Camden and defeated C H S 0 0 Oct 6 Usual celebratlon Class 16 meets and elects officers of the Senior Annual Lvle Howland elected Edltor ln Chlef S H Beach Sr talks to the American History Cla s about the Constltutlonal Conventlon of whlch he was a member Oct 1 5 Mxss Hlgham preserves chewmg gum for Marlon Stranahan to use at 3 30 O t 19 The young men of the Academy are warned agamst leavlng thenr books on the shelf at the Y M C A Oc 21 Prof Mason takes charge of assembly Oc 22 Mr Mason makes has valedlctory address thanklng us for our appreclatlon of hls services Oc 23 R I7 A defeats Syracuse North Hugh 18 0 O 25 prof Harrxs returns wlth colored plctures for the chlldren Oct 26 IVI Townsend seconds hrs own nommatlon for President of the Soph Class Oc Z7 We are treated to another lecture about gum chewln Oc Z9 Semor Hallowe en ames Spargo pays double attentions Oc 30 R I: A wlns from Auburn and Auburn provrded the officlals ov I E Mankm and Mlss I-Ilgham dlscuss whether Lndon rs rn Phoe nlcla or the accusatnve case Nov 7 Woman suffrage lost ln the Academy on a straw vote Nov 3 Came at Oneida no score game Doyle attends the Honey well tabernacle and becomes a Chrlstlan young man Nov D Art Levlson walks home wlth Pernal at noon and Pernal and ames fl ht It out at the reference table the fourth period Nov 10 Mr Harrxs says a few to the football team INov I I MISS H1 ham objects to M Smlth and 'VI Stranahan talkin too much ln vlfgll class Nov 12 uer ens stuffs some snow down ones back and he bears lt luke a hero 41 . ii 4 1 S. - . g e . - ' . ' ' . c . - ' g s . . . . ' - . . - ' vs 1 , ' , H - . . 2 - . Oct. 16-R. F. A. defeats Camden to the tune of 35-0. C b - B . . . t. T . . t. -- . ' ' , ' K. - . . . Q , - . ct. --. . ' ' ' ' ,t. - ' g. t. - ' ' . j ' . N I 1 b . . . . . . . 1 L I . ai W . 1 w 1 '- I -s ' ' - I 1 If lg ' . I I . . ' g 1' . -I 2 I ' ' ' THE I9I6 SFNIOR ANVNLAL Nov I3 Art Wetherbee is seen on the girls side of the study hall talking to IVI1nn1e Har er Nox I 'Vlr l-larrs makes the sad announcement of the death of IVI Louise Maloney who died this morning Nov Z4 The Academy Orchestra makes its in tial pp arance Pencil selllrg begins Mr l-larri appoints Prof Good as basketball mana er Nov 25 R F A SUHCIS defeat in Uti 1 Disputed game ending I2 0 Nov 29 Miss Maclrarland admires Steer s modesty but advises him to peak a little louder ec Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec I2 e vacat on Dec ZI Walter pres es the 'VI1 'Vlason 5 French I 8 I0 I I thing with a IZ drunkarcl I 3 can H1 tory 72 Fe 12 Fe 2 The new expression teacher makes her debut Some class Mr Harris instructs the secorcl period German class R F A wins from Clinton High in hrst basketball game The Freshmen try to make th study hall look like Xmas bchool closes with appropriate exercrse for a much needed Death claims one of the members of the Senior Class George We return after our annual respite from study Mr Harris ex hope that rone of us studied too hard during vacation at which smiled indul ently IVI btranahan and S Beach arlyourn to room I7 and study 3 The study hall becomes a hair dre sing parlor Adelaide ones R F A beats L1 tle Falls I2 4 in basketball We assemble at 8 45 for a study per1od 1 e some of us do We have it on good authority that IVlr Mason calls a horse leg on each corner We are still wonder ng vxhere Ralph Kent learned to imitate One session Steer says that Lincoln was born Feb 9 I8I2 IVI Smith burns his finger while playing with matches in Ameri I The semi annual struggle with Regents exams Francis Chrestien brin s his youngest to school The school chorus receives an in itation to sin on Civic Day We don t accept Chas Kany a former student of R F A visits school and favors us with a couple of selections on the piano Feb 8 We are prohibited from coming to school until I o clock Feb 9 Chrestlen fired out of American History F b I0 Seniors mu ter a few falthful members for a class meeting F b I2 The school chorus smgs at the tabernacle in honor of Lincoln s birthday Basketball team beats Utica Free Academy 20 I9 F b I4 IVlr Harris rebukes the basketball team and then apolo izes F b I5 We begin to suffer from the cold Some are rather late arriving in the morning F I6 the bunch Fe 2I Engl sh cla Fe 27 The R F A Symphony Orchestra plays a little rag to amuse Bird exerts his manly strength trymg to out up a window in s but to no avail Washington s birthday We get out early 42 A 4 I . iq ' T '. 7-1 . i . - D . I- ' . . D c. I 7-N ' ' ' s . Jan. 3- . ' ' . , ' - Jan. - . T A . ' C . I Ian. T- . ' - s ' . ' J puts a fancy twist in Peg Vlfallis' hair. IVIr. IVlason's Othj birthday. jan. - . . . 't - ' . Jan. - : ' , '. ., . Jan. - ' ' . 1 a Jan. - , I ' I i 5, ' , ' ' a Jan. - ' . ' . , . Ian. I 3- ' . . K . . K . , .- 's . jan. I - - '- A ' ' . Jan. 25- ' ' ' ' ' H . Jan. 26- , ' ,. ' v' ' ' g ' -, b. . th. jan. 27- ' . e . -. ' s ' ' , e . 1 . lr . . . e . -. . ' I I g' , e ' - . I . . eb. - . . . ' J TJ s , ' . b. ..- ' ' ' . f . THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL Feb 23 B Townsend ard B Sc ldder absent from school ln the mornm Bo h attended tlse slel hrxde the nxght before Feb 28 Scudder dlctates some work to VV Rowland rn the office 3 e N a ch way hom 'Vlarch March o a xe w d a Vlarch Doubtful IVI'xrch IVI'1rch o 1916 March A NI March I March I them I7 I8 70 ca 1 t ay Marvin March 'VIarch Slel hrzde to xVCStCIFVlllC Prof Good sleeps soundly on the Beat Ltlca at basketball 29 4 LCIPTJIHIIOD Study hall 19 ventilated ln the afternoon because r exble odor 'VII s H1 ham asks what color bushes are when they are green I ent beglns Charles Sharrow chosen manager of football team for season Brlggs Brown seen comlng out of Pernal Fox s home at I2 I0 Several hxghly colored balloons float about the study hall lVIr Harrxs drxlls us Lpon the ASSOClHtlOn of Ideas Bet you now' All hades of green are prevalent R I7 A def ats I-Iamxlton flve m basketball Iqlsre Kennedy tells the Engllsh History class that Washington warned Braddock to hlde behmd a tree or hls army would be shot to pleces IVIarch ZI March 22 lock Holmes March 77 March 28 'VIarch 30 Kent reports that Villa s capture may be dlsponed Thxeves abroad IH the Academy' lVIr I-larrls poses as Sher All students are mvlted to march oJt at the close of school lVI1Idred Burlergh looks at Mark lVIcI..aughlm all afternoon ames Ayars assumes nose lasses and an added drgnrty Art walks to school wxth IVlmnle Thls IS gettmg serious N-larch 31 Slmgerland contest Aprxl l Came on Saturday no fun at all Aprll 3 Percy Fuller practlces arm movements wlth a scratchy pen n he study hal Apru 7 Nl lVIcLaughl1n lnforms us rn a debate that several saloons m Rome are open every Sunday How does 'Vlark know5 At ul 6 Peg Wallls orders shoes from New York and ne lects to st xte the S176 Xlever mlnd Peg rt IS a small matter Aprll 7 W Prlnce oes to Syracuse on busmess3 'Xp ll I0 Vlarlon Ammon says that a Senator can ay anythln he wrghes tVIu t be n ce to be x Senator Aprxl l I Several students are conspicuous by their absence at close of the mormn esslon Aprnl I7 Vlrs H1 ham says that one tenth of the Xlrgxl clxss mumblcs when reclt ng There are eleven ln the class Aprll I4 Vlrs IVIartm of Cornell glves an excellent txlk on Cornell Lmver snty as a school for urls as well as young men April I7 Vllss lVl'1cI7arland tells the Amerlcan fllstory class about people llvnr ln the Pacrhc Ocean Vlermalds no doubt Atprrl I8 The Academlc honor of the Class of 1916 are aw xrded Th lrls h xe a majorrty althou h the boys get the hr hest -Xprll I9 The football men are presented with sweaters by Nlr Nlason sw th appropriate remarks and a funny story 43 , . 1 . . . 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THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL Aprll 20 Tub Wllllams decades deflnltely ln SCUIOI Class meetlng that he IS C harles Thomas Wllllams School closes for Easter vacatlon Aprll 26 Flrst baseball game R F A defeats Cllrton Hlgh school 7 6 Aprll 28 Class I7 glves a fine unlor Prom to the SCDIOIS Aprll 29 R F A team defeated at Camden lNoble start but oh my' May l Mr Harrls welcomes hls flock back May 2 Brlggs Brown and A jones spend the slxth perlod chattlng at the reference table May 3 May 4 lrls hall 'Vlav 5 May 6 May 7 that Several absent Flew Wlth the AVl3tOIS the nlght before Marlon Stranahan and Lee Case have another conflab ln the Mr Harrls eats lce cream ln Selllck sl How frlvolous R F A suffers another defeat at the hands of Onelda Brad Scudder has a date wlth Marlon Beach Sunday nlght at Mav 8 R F A Orchestra QIVCS a pleaslng entertalnment Cllfford gently f3 lowers the plano top May 9 The plano OCCUPICS a con plcuous place on the rostrum and Allce braves herself up to play the march May May May 'Vlay May May May May May May Mr Mason walks to school wlth ennle Blown Edna 0 Nelll tells Mr Harrls to shut the door Whew' Adelalde ones comes down wlth the German measles U F A defeats R F A ln baseball Steer has a date wlth Adelalde Prof Good and Maurlce Smlth absent because of mumps Glrls Llterary Club glves a flne play ln the audltorlum Steer comes down wlth the German measles Kent says that everyone expects Roosevelt to run New pencll sharpeners arrlve much to the dellght of thos have to loan RDIVCS Mav 23 Sprlng fever IS prevalent ln the study perlods May 25 Blll Grlfflths rldes ln state on hls new motorcycle May 26 Memorlal Day exerclses are held and Class l9l6 presents a plcture of the shlp Constltutlon as a memorlal May 27 R F A defeated at Camden May 30 XIBCBUOD' une l Ralph Kent calls lrene Bowman lnto the hall to lnqulre about hls German lesson lmaglne Ralph une 2 Mr Harrls becomes addlcted to stutterlng une 5 MIHUIC l-larger gets marrled to a man named ones from Remsen Poor Arthur' une 7 Lyle Howland IS chosen by the student body to represent them at the summer mllltary tralnlng camp at Plum lsland une 8 Mr Mason forgets to rlng the bell for Freshmen glVlng evldence of lack of concentratlon u e I2 I5 All fYlVOlltlCS are put away and everyone especlally SCDIOYS study asslduously une I6 Senlors celebrate last day wlth some fun All dressed as kldS and ICC cream IS served MBUTICC Smlth and Allce Page lmltate Professor l-larrls and MISS Nourse to perfectlon une I9 Exams Nuff sald une 23 We feel at ease once more that IS some of us 44 e who I f . 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THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL une 25 Baccalaureate Sermon at Presbytenan Church une 27 Class Day Dance after the play une 29-Commencement m morning at t e Carroll Theatre une 30 Alumnl banquet and reunxon uly l Class PICDIC R P I LAST DAY EXERCISES AT THE ACADEMY The last day exercises conducted at the Academy Frxday afternoon une 16th under the SLPCTVISIOH of the Class 1916 wlll ne er be forgotten PTCSI dent Beach presrded over the class whrch was seated on the rostrum attlred as kmdergartners Mr Beach delrvered his speeches to the presldents of the urder classes and they responded ln ad words for they all hate to see us Some very catchy songs were sung and Jokes were read that had a purpose Some small glft accompamed each verse and thrs llttle stunt added pep to the afternoon Lee Case talked for a whlle on the European war touchrng upon every subject except the one above mentioned The blg hut of the exercxses was Charles T WllllHmS attx ed as the class nurse He held the Freshman Presldent upon hrs lap whrle hrs degrees were bemg admlnlstered to hum Whlle on the platform the members of the graduatlng class enter tamed themselves wlth suckers and lce cream Professor Harrls delrvered a farewell address and the class disbanded A plcture of the ang dressed ln children s clothes was taken by C B l-lowland WINNERS OF SCHOOL PRIZES anet lVlcAdam first prlze for glrls ln Slmgerland prlze Speaking Contest u tlna Wllllams second prlze for gurls ln Slln erland Prlze Speakrng Cont st Wllllam Hu hes flrst prlze for boys ID Sllngerland Prxze Speaking Contest S Harry Beach second prlze for boys IH Slmgerland PYIZC Speakmg Contest Elsre Kennedy First prlze 1n Davrs Essay Contest l9I5 Hoag l used to play on the foot Mason What do you call a blood ball team vessel3 Fan What were you halfback Madonna A llfe boat fullback quarterback or what5 Hoag The rest ofthe team called l D-o k me the drawback MISS See ey you now Shakespeare 5 'Vlasner You cant krd me Reamore Well Tommy where Shakespeares dead have you been3 l havent seen much of you lately MISS Seely What IS a Saracen3 Tommy Burns Well you see I P Clallvan Some kmd of an just put on lon trousers anrmal 4: J - - . 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THE 1916 SENHOR ANNUAL GIRLS LITERARY CLUB PLAY On the evening of May l6th about three hundred p ople gathered rn study hall for the Qh ke pearean entertalnmert Orven by the members of the Cnrls Lrterary Club ard former students of the Academy The program cons1sted of two parts the first The Shades of Shakespeare s Women being a SCYICS of recltahons and scrgs from the works of the dr matlst ard the second a one act tdrce entitled when Shakespeare Struck the Town The stage wlth its clark background of hemlocks made very effectlve the qualnt costumes of the actresses and the muslc by the R F A Orchestra con tributed greatly to the enjoyment of the evenlng To the M1 ses Selllck Cross Fllmger and Tupper rs due the gratltude of the Club for thelr share ln makrng the entertarnment a success The second part caused much merrlment mce lt was m the nature of a take off on the first part Rehearsals for a dramatic contest ln whlch each partxclpant was sure her selection would wrn the prlze formed the basls of the plot The clrmax was reached when a letter was recerved that slnce so many had entered the lrsts the contest must be drscontmued Many of the Shades reappeared ln burlesques of therr parts addlng to the fun M On Saturday evening une I7 the C-rrls Lrterary Club gave a very enter talnmg Shake pearean play on the lawn of the ervrs Library The plav con sxstecl of parts ta' en from various books of Shakespeare and were all well worked out under the supervlslon of MISSCS Seely and Strrckland Among the numbers was a May pole dance whlch proved to be the drawlng number on the program Music for the OCCBSIOD was furmshed by Mlss Fannle Russell and Mlss lcla Mae Wallls to whom much credlt IS due MISS Foot Do you glVC Mlltrades credxt for the whole war3 Lawler No only untll he dred lf Put LEWIS got stuck ln Onel da one Saturday nlght why drdn t he Foote It home3 Miss Harp to M Smlth M Srnlth wrll you be rn a Moerls fMau rlce dance for me3 Senlor l-lave you seen Chres t1en3 Frosh l don t know hlm What does he look like'-l Semor You d know hum nf you saw hrm lf you ever see two e lows walkmv together and one looks bored the other IS Chrestlen C Aldridge Cm Vlfgll The queen was TICSILHLIHZ ln her room A Good Model Myrlck Clarabut has been formed that when he goes to the m1l1 tary school rn lndlana that he wlll be u ed as the model of the comic sec tlon of thelr favorlte paper About Aeroplanes Snlverstem rn Amerlcan History Were aeroplanes ln use durmg the Spanish Amerrcan war5 MISS MacFarland No what made you thlnk S03 Sllverstem Why 1n todays les son the book states that Admrral Schley Wlth a flymo squadron was sent out to look for the Spamards I Y , ' e 1 ' . . 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THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNLAL GIRLS PROPHECY After my graduatlon from R F A I was empIoyed by Kalser WlIheIm as head of the German department of chemlstry I secured thls excc-IIent pos tlon on account of the wonderfuI ablllty I had shown aIonv that Ilne whlIe ln the Rome I'ree Academy Often mv mlnd would turn to my dear frlcnds and classmates hack ln AIDCIIFH whcm I had rot seen for some tlme Ore day whlIe ln thls mood I was wrII4mU through the streets of BerIln and I heard a strangely famlllar xolre h k of me Turnlnv who should I fild but my oId frrend ernle BLOWDI She lnformed me that she was an lnstructor of IrfrIlsh III a German unlwerslty asslsted by Ehzabeth ones tIl7abeth was regarded wlth awe as she w s the only WeIshman who had up to that tlme ucces fuIIy mastered the German dvaIect She toId me how IVI s PYIPCC the former AI1ce Page had had a narrow e cape from death She was glvmg a Iecture on woman suffrage when Ilght nlnv stru K th blllldlng AIlce was rendered unconsclous by a faIIm2 tlmber and taken to the hospltaI Under the sIclIIfuI SUPCIVISIOH of Dorothy WlIson head nurse of that lPStltLItlOI'l he soon recovered and lmmedlateIy began talklng at the polnt where he had stopped I returned home my thoughts stlII Wlth my oId tlme frlends On the door step I found my edltlon of the Rome DalIy SentlneI whlch I reeelved regLIarIv On the front pag IH gIarlng headI1ne was 'ln announcement statlng that IVIIBYIC Raffauf had just lnvented a worderful alrshlp whlch wouId enabIe her to chase Blrds very effectlveIy When golng on a trlp she was always accompanled by her mechanlcran Dorothy Iq3ITllIt0l'l who galned her experl ence drlvlrv 'l Ford DlrectIy under thls was the statement that Dr I E Honeywell was to pay Utica a VlSlt and that he had just annexed two wonder fuI SIDQCYS Marlon Stranahan and Beatrlce WlIIlams On the next page a short artlcle toId Ilow I dlth Bath and Marlon Ammon had secured posltlons IU the erv s Llbrary In the future no Iadders were to be used to get books down from the top sheIves Att thlS polnt I was lnterrupted by a dreadful expIoslon I rushed lnto my prlvate Iaboratorv from whlch the sound came to be confronted by a huge cIoud of smoke I feIt my senses Ieavlng me yet I was powerIess to do anvthlrrv IIow Iong I Iay unconsclous I know not but when I awoke I se med to be back ln dear oId Rome I fflanced ID at the new Court House bulIt SIHCC I had Ieft town and saw seated at the stenographer s tabIe my oId classmate Marlon Kmney She toId me that she was taklnv the pIace of the reguIar stenographer uanlta Avans who was on a vacatlon uanlta was YISIUUQ EIorence Parsons who had just started a comblnatron duck and chlcken farm outslde the clty Among the spectators seated ID the rear of the court room was Esther Cagwln Marlon toId me she was now the Deaconess of the FlISt IVI E Church I remembered now that Esther aIways was IooItlr'J after the Good thlnvfs ln Ilfe The case then before the court was between I'Iorence EdeII and EIlzabeth IVIakln A new song had just been lntloduced by the Great soprano slnver IVIarOaret Pepper and both EIl7abeth and FIorence cIalmed to have Wrltten It Ieavlnv the Court House I wandered down the street past one of the busv corners There to my astonlshment I saw Edna O NelII guldlnv the HOWIDU traffic Wlth the sIclII of a naturaI born poI1ceman She had just arrested EIta WoIfe for speedlnv She was now head of the Xvestmore-Iand I'ree Academy I-Ier frlend Iqdlth BIoss was wlth her Edlth had aIso secured a wood posrtlon belnv the prlnclpaI of the BIossvaIe H1 h School 47 ,. 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U D 7 D S ' THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL At this juncture a small urchin thrust a showhrll rnto my hand lt was the brll then on at the new Kennedy Theater The theater had been built by Miss Elsie Kennedy who had made an immense fortune rn the manufacture of chewing gum The bull stated that a double feature act was then being produced Helen Lengeman was to illustrate the lat st New York dances while ustma Williams portrayed Paris fashions ln acldrtron to this Cath erme Murphy the world rerownecl monologist was to appear that afternoon Wandering into the residential sectron of the city or what used to be Ridge Mills l noticed a familiar figure hastenmg down the other side of the street Lo and behold it was Florence Roberts' She was engaged in the real estate busme s she informed me specializing on Beaches She was hurry ing to keep an appointment wrth Marcia Baker and Alice Hyde They were anxious to make a purchase as they rntended to start a summer hotel of whrch Lena uackenbush was to he the manager Florence gave me the surprising information that Louise Kingsley had just tarted a matrrmomal agency Myra Lloyd berng her first customer Finally l strolled into the central part of the clty and sat clown to rest in Ft Stanwrx Park where the twrtterrng of the birds soon lulled me to sleep l awoke with a start to find myself back in my office rn Berlin Two white my needs They informed me that the explosion that had incapacitated me for nearly two hours had been the result of a blunder made by one of my new assrstants Frederick Mason who escaped however without berng rnjured C Striking Home Miss Nourse Well you see there are some advantages rn leap year Lyle Then why dont you take advantage of some of them3 Miss Seeley What do you call that phenomenon in nature that re peats3 MISS Gahvan The parrot Miss lVlacFarland What rs the fault of having a two thirds majority to nominate a presrdent3 Miss Edell Why a dead horse rs apt to be nominated More Truth Than Poetry Teacher What does arbitration mean3 Pupil It means when two pow ers of equal strength get hold of a smaller country they agree to divide it equally Crrder Huh you told me that story when l first came rn l-hgh School Chrestlen ln wonder And you havent forgotten It yet3 Bert How long should a man s legs be3 m Long enough to reach the ground Ruth Cporntrng to black and white pony rn a lot Oh look rsn t that cute3 Madonna l never could see any thing cute about cows fB1rcl after about ten different an swers to a question finally hits the right one Miss Seeley Mr Bird why didnt you say that before3 Bert rn low voice l dldn t tell him soon enough 0 . 1 1 1 Q . 1 u V 1. - 4 capped nurses, jushild johnson and Agnes Ecker, were administering unto L. 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Ji - 48 THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL BOYS PROPHECY Fifteen years had slipped away smce the epoch markmg the graduation of the Class of Slxteen from R I: A It was the evemng of une 29 l93I Many times durmg the day my mmcl had wandered back to the nlght when we the Class of Slxteen had received our well earned dlplomas As the heat had been mtense durmg the day lt IS perhaps to be expected that as l sat alone I gradually grew drowsy In spite of the efforts of a few lndustrlous mosqultoes I was soon fast asleep As mlght be expected most of my dreams dealt wlth the Class of Svxteen I seemed to be ID the presence of a huge geme He apparently had foreseen my wlshes for I lmmedlately felt myself borne swlftly through the alr On comlng to a slow standstlll I found myself ln a mighty theater An orchestra of some fifty odd pleces was rendermg a remarkably spxrlted selection I answer to the applause the leader faced the audience To my surprlse I beheld n the person of the leader my former classmate Mark IVIcI..aughlm Durmg the next plece I glanced over the audlence Promment m one box wlth solemn face and hls tortolse shelled goggles sat our former Presldent The geme whlspered ln my ear that he was Beach the famous banker and authorlty on Footeware who had just consolldated wlth Wetherbee s bank Arthur t appears had never been able to shake off the gloom that had enveloped hum smce that memorable Harger ones affalr and was only too glad to pass some of his burden over to Harry The audience faded away and I sllpped out of the theater ust opposlte the theater a Hammg poster met my gaze There was Cllfford attlred for a wrestllng match wlth the word Champlon Wrestler written beneath hlm I seemed then to be wafted along a gllttermg thoroughfare course dld not surprise me so much I saw that here was a chance to obtam lnformatlon As It was Saturday night I had to walt some time for Pete to be at Ielsure At one counter one clerk seemed to have more than his share of the falr sex to walt on Abe Silverstein was rn hls element wlth hls ever ready tongue wapvlng at a great pace Lyle Howland dropped ln a llttle later to talk wlth Pete and I was stupefied to see hum come ln wlth a firm mllltary strlde and proudly dlsplay some medal to Pete It turned out that he had become verv lnterested ln the mllltary Ixfe smce that summer of I9 I 6 and had performed many feats of valor Hrs latest had been to rescue Prof Kent from drownmg Ralph was prmclpal of a very select young ladies seminary not far from where Lyle was stationed and had absent mlndedly fallen mto a swxft stream wh Ie out walklng Shortly after I found my opportunlty to ask Bradford what had become of so many of h1s old classmates He was astounded to find that I had not heard of IVIaur1ce Smlth s latest mventlon MBUFICC had used hls mechanlcal mind to profit by creating the famous Repeatlng Ragtlme Player Plano In the conversatlon It came out also that Clarence Bradt was m the Assembly of the New York State Leglslature arguing vigorously for postmen s rlghts Waldo Prmce was conducting an extenslve undertakmg busmess He obtalned hls vlctlms whlle out In hrs Palge car which possessed a fatal attractlon not only for hlm but for others At thls pomt Bradford was hurrred away to the phone and I left As I passed out of the door a newsboy slxpped mto 49 Y A - I , , ' . , . 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THE l9l6 SFNIOR ANNUAL my hand an advertising bill Carelessly l looked at It and saw this Buy your Vlctrolas and Victor Records at Coon Sc Hiltbrand s The latest records of Chrestien the modern Caruso Suddenly no doubt the shock did it l seemed to be speeding along in a rattling auto bus ln front at the wheel was Everette ones' ln dim letters l made out Boonville to Rome Bus Line over the windshield Fverette always was such a gossip that l immediately started to question him H started in with the news that Dewey lnfanger was a great success as minister to the African church Red was now the Deacon of the Blacks William Hughes the Virgil shark had such a reputation as journalist that his articles were always given room on the front page of Hood s Almanac His latest write up had been of the wonderful powers of Garry s Anti Dance Powders guaranteed to destroy any desire to dance Everette here pulled out from his pocket one of the Almanacs which by some chance he had with him On another page was this announcement Girls! lf you would have the envy of all others buy Griflith s Hair Tonic Nothing like it lllustratlon of fash ionable modes of hair dressing given free with every bottle Apply at Clifford Williams Model Drug Store Lee Case and Prof Mason had lomed the Chautauqua together as their deep mutual affection had rendered them inseparable Lucian Shoemaker was the manager of a prosperous Ford revolutionized the system of the Rome Y M C A as Secretary Tom Powers was an altogether eflicient physical director and professional bouncer y Williams eccentric comedian was in vaudeville with Thurlow Edwards that light and airy dancer as his able partner Charlie Williams our former efficient baseball manager held an important position in a sweater factory as a Stretcher of Sweaters Harry Crider was founder and supporter of a Hospital for Smashed up Athletes Lester xVllll3H1S in the role of both detective and lawyer had recently broken up the ring of that foxy polx tician ames A Spargo All this information quite overwhelmed me l sank into a kind of stupor Suddenly a peculiar humming noise disturbed me l awoke to Hnd myself once more at home with a triumphant mosquito flying noisily away Mr Mason in Physical Geog raphy If you cant express your self in English tell us your answer in German and then l won t know whether you are right or not Among the Girls Dot l believe our climate is changing Ruth Think so3 Dot Our winters seem to be get ting warmer Ruth Well the women wouldn t wear enough clothes so the climate had to change MS Prof Good in Shorthand Class Miss Rowland after studying your lesson the way l suggested did you find that you knew it better3 Miss Rowland Yes Prof Good How did you know two hours afterwards'-' Miss Rowland l was then in bed Orful Miss Harp What is a fish com posed of3 Freshman Head body and con clusion - 5 tt ' 1 1 II J1 . 1 - I B-I 1 1 Q 1 . 14- e Traveling Barber Shop. Charlie Xvilliams, better known as Chick, had . ' ,Jn 1 I 1 ' 1 1 1 q C.. . '16, . c' I ' - U . c' U J -F 1 - -ll , ' - it ' - . 50 THE I9l6 SENIGR ANNLAL Platform Notes Blrd talklng and Coon whls tlmg Steer entered at ll clock A Penny laughlng and talkmg As lt Often Happens Prof Page 'Vllss Waldo wxll you explam that problem3 Miss Waldo Dear l cant do that one Ted l m going to college now Red Stude5 Ted Yes every Saturday mght Teacher Who was the f1rstman3 Freshy George Washington Teacher No lt was Adam Freshy Oh l wasnt countmg foreigners Hrs Need Harry l am dorng my best to get ahead Florence Well you certainly need one drmk IS drunk lke ram weep rs wope wrth pam sneeze IS snoze for ease Full many a squeeze rs squose to please Fu many Fu many Fu many Mason On what srde of the Brut rsh lsles do xcebergs pass3 D Wrlson Through the mlddle Naturally Mason How can we find a lat eral moralne5 Kaut By looking for them Unexpenenced Mason Could you smoke compressed an3 Wllllams l dont know don t smoke Dldnt Notice Hlm Marlon Drd you notice that good looking fellow who sat rl ht back of us at the Famlly3 Helen Oh that handsome chap wlth the red necktle and the tan sunt who wore hrs halr pompadour3 No why3 No Cause for Worry Srgnora When l marry l hope my husband wrll due young l want to be a wldow Slgnor How mhuman' How cruel' Slgnora Oh dont worry t wont be your funeral Mason What are you lookmg for MRFIC3 Mane l am lookxng for an egg to make a certam experiment Mason Well beat lt' lnqulsltlve Freshman Why dnd you never marry5 Prof Good Well you see when ever l bought anything l always saw something better right afterward and l was afralcl xt would be that way ln ln Days of Sulfraglsm Time 1930 No I l see Marlon Beach IS be mg groomed for the Presldency No 2 My dear' What out of date expresslons you use' You mean she rs being brlded for the PYCSI dency A New Sort of Lactometer Mason What do we call the rn strument wlth whlch we test the pur lty of m1lk3 Brennen Llketometer lacto meter Mason Would you Mr Bren nen3 R F A Menagerle Bird CRaJ Coon ox Steers Lots of Chrckens I l O . . 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THE FOOTBALL SEASON When the first shrill note of the referee s whlstle resounded across the fleld at RlV6TSldC Park on the afternoon of September 25 1915 eleven sturdy varrlors trotted upon the fleld rn antlclpatlon of the openmg of another foot ball season and wrth grim determmatlon to rmpress upon thenr first opponents the Onelda Hugh School aggregatlon thelr deep seated HVCYSIOD to anythmg WhlCh suggested the lowermg of the colors of R F A Fresh from the out door hte and Tl ors of the traxnmg camp and throbblng wlth energy ln excess 93 1- T 6 1 ,O . . . , , E . . . . . . - , , y - S v , THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL thev were soon rn the fray and Levr on had snatched Reamore s long forward pass from the a1r and sprlnted over the Onelda goal llne for the first score of the season The enthuslasm of the Romans swelled when but a few moments later the same players partlclpated 'n a repetltlon of the feat for the second score of the game This monopolrzatlon of the honors was scarcely agreeable to S Xvllhams who soon corcelved the ldea of drsposs ssmg the Onelda team of an attempted forward pass and approprxatmg the ball made a touchdown for hrs own team Wlth a I9 0 vlctory against the strong Onelda team It may well be sard that the team opened the season ausplcrously On October Sth Manager Howland planned an rnvaslon of the Camdenltes territory and promptly at 8 30 hrs warrlors were ln the seats at the Academy hungry for thelr mental pabulum that would enable them by two o clock to begm the rnvasron Scalps were belrg added to thelr belts rn those days and the acoulsltlon of Camdens was a matter of llttle dlfhculty as Levlson Spelllcy and Kernan who secured the 20 pomts made agalnst Camden s futxle efforts avalnst our goal llne can assert The team returned Jubllant over nts second victory and buoyant m rts hopes for the approachmg game wlth lts old and annual antagonlst Utlca On the afternoon of Columbus Day with Old Sol shmmg from a cloudless sky enthuslasm was at rts helght and the long Rahs for Rome followed by the answerlng cheers for the Yellow and Whlte gave evldence that the contest between Rome and rts rlval was on once more From the moment when the ball was sent soarlng toward the Utrca goal until the close of the half Utlca faced the lmposslbrllty of battering the Rome defense for a score and when at a crltlcal moment they had forced the ball wrthm the Rome I0 yard lme Cllfforcl was on the alert and prevented an lmmment score The second half opened wlth Rome adherents clamorlng for a touchdown but deep was their dxsappolntment as the Yellow and Whlte advanclng agalnst the weakemng Rome defense planted the ball behlnd the Rome goal The enthusrasm of the Yellow and Whlte broke loose and lts team catchlng the lnsplratlon dld not let up untll 21 pomts had been recorded m rts favor agalnst Romes fallure to score Defeat however was not destined long to remam m the Rome camp and rn the two succeedrng games agamst Camden and North Hugh School of Syracuse vlctory hovered over the Rome standards as Indeed It dld when upon its own held the Auburn l-hgh School team fell before the onslaughts of Captarn Beach s determmed eleven ln the watchful eyes of Beach and Kernan Auburn s aerlal attack grew dlstasteful and twlce 1ts forward passes were lrtercepted by these players and converted lnto touchdowns for the Rome team Points galned by Lee Crrder Levlson and Reamore swelled the total of pomts gamed to 43 whlch rs rts own proof of the malntenance of Roman prestige upon an Auburn held Followlng a scoreless game at Onelda on November 6th the team made ready for its last and supreme effort of the season and when on Thanksglvlng Day rt faced lts old rlval at Seymour Park lt was not wlthout many and loyal supporters whose confidence rn the Orange and Black had not waned Upon a Held heavy wlth mud rt held lts opponents to but two touchdowns and unable to score lt tWlC6 thrllled the Rome adherents by carrymg the ball to wxthm the very shadow of nts opponents goal The hnal score I2 0 llttle bespeaks the frght made by the team rn defence of the Orange and Black but In the memory of rts admlrlng adherents who saw rt go down to an honorable defeat rt wrll not soon be forgotten 54 . . 1 Q ,v , V . , 1 C , . 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THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL To every member of the team who braved the cold and sleet 1n defence of the prestl e of R F A to Manager Howland whose rnterest foreslght and busmess management were of an exceptronal nature and to Coach Banks who actuated by motives prompted by a deep lnterest rn the team and the honor of R F A gave gratuxtously of hrs txme and services should go the deep apprecnatron and everlastmg thanks of all loyal supporters of the Orange and Black I ROME FREE ACADEMY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SEASON 1916 Camden at Rome Morr1sv1IIe at Morrrsvrlle Onelda at Rome Camden at Camden Utlca at Utica Syracuse Central Hlgh at Rome Brnghamton at Blnghamton Onelda at Onerda Morrlsvllle at Rome Syracuse North I-Irgh at Syracuse Utrca at Rome Down on the Farm Mr Good talks a great deal about berng brought up on a farm ln Ohro One day he overheard a g1rI say The farmer IS talkmg ln the hall When the class began Mr Good sald Even rf I am a farmer no crty person can put anything Over me Miss Hall to T Powers who has been absent for three daysl Mercy Mr Powers but you re getting fat Hrs View Townsend Slr take away your presence from me' Pete S All rrght Hand them over September September 23 September October October October October November November November November C S Manager I7 M vvv M Mason Physrcal Cteog raphy Catherlne Murphy youll always remember the good time you had doing nothrng durmg laboratory perlods won t you3 English IV Mlss Schaffer If rigor means hard or harsh what s the meamng of ngorously'7 MCC-arty Hardly or harshly anet McAdam fln Amencan History debate The women could vo e for lf they had to ta e the baby down wlth them and lf the baby cried whrle rts motner was vot mg why some good natured ofhce seeker could Joggle the baby A . 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' C . , ' . , .. . t y 1 k 55 THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL SLINGERLAND CONTEST The thlrteenth annual Sllngerland PYIZC Speaklng Contest wa held ln the Assembly Hall of the Rome Free Academy on Frlday evenlng March 31 l9I6 The hall was well fllled wlth audltors At the left of the platform whlch was very prettlly decorated wlth potted plants and ferns was seated Prof H W Harrls who announced the speakers ln thelr order The muslc for the occaslon was furnlshed by the Hlgh School orchestra whlch IS to be compllmented for lts flne demonstratlon of the art The flrst speaker was anet Gregg IVIacAdam who had for her toplc eanne D Arc adaptlon of act I Thls she dellvered ln such a beautlful manner that she won a bountlful amount of admlratlon and applause frorr' her audlence A recltatlon The Lavender Lady was next dellvered by Agnes Cath erlne Ecker IH a very pleaslng manner The thlrd number was entltled Mary ueen of Scots from the Cer man and was glven by Florence OllVl3 Roberts She portrayed the char acters ln the best posslble manner and her jestures were unexcelled Edna O Nell was the next speaker She had a recltatlon entltled No body s Tlm Thls was a very pathetlc selectlon and dellvered ln the most llTlpI'CSSlVC ITXSDHCI' The fifth number on the program the Arena Scene from uo V3dlS glven by ustlna Mary Wllllams was very much enjoyed by all Bradford Scuclder ln the declamatlon Abraham I..lncoIn handled hls The Trlal of Ben Thomas a very dramatlc selectlon was glven by Fran els Eugene Chrestlen ln a most persuaslve manner Samuel Harry Beach r had a very dlfllcult declamatlon entltled P paredness but wlth hls clear and CXPTCSSIVC VOICE he held the crowd s attentlon throughout the entlre selectlon The nlnth number was an Extract From COnVCntl0n Speech dellvered by I..yIe Johnston Howland ln a very clear and entertalnlng manner The last number on the program was a declamatlon entltled The PIISOD er s Plea by Wllllam Hughes Anyone who had ever heard hlm ln any of hls rhetorlcal appearances was surely not dlsappolnted ln thls renderlng The judges of the contest were Prof W fear Spencer of Colgate Um verslty MISS Helen S Brewer of Cllnton Hlgh School and Supt H IVI Schwartz of the Illon publlc schools When the Judges returned Supt Schwartz announced the awards as follows Flrst prlze of the glrls anet Gregg MacAdam whlch was S20 00 and second glrls prlze of S10 00 was awarded to ustlna Mary Wllllams Flrst prlze for the boys of S20 00 was awarded to Wllllam Hughes and second prlze of S10 00 to Samuel Harry Beach The success of the contestants IS contrlbuted to IVIlss Margaret Strlckland who so patlently and wllllngly drlllecl each one to the best dellverance of hls selectlon Cl C 56 . . . n . K S . ' ! ' V , , , I . ' , I 7 - u - lt Q II J -. . . , Q , , . , , subject in a most self-possessed and admirable manner. Y I - , ,I ., re- . , . 7 VI o 1 o 1 -A , . . ' . . I '- , - . . . I u I s ' J , - , . , Jr. I , ' . R. . ., 'I6. THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL ,, W..,5wii T BASEBALL Now that all the baseball relatlons connected wxth our l9l6 team have been settled let us glance back and revlew the showing whlch they made during the season Wlth Howard Spellxcy at the helm and Charlle Wllllams man aglng the affairs of the team everythmg went smoothly ln their Hrst encounter they crossed bats wlth the Clinton H S team con sidered a very strong one Larkm and Kernan formed the battery for us and they worked well together ln the sixth lnnxng, wlth two of the local boys on bases, Kernan drove a pretty hut to rlght held, scormg the two runners and reachmg thlrd hlmself ThlS feature hut of the game proved an rmportant factor ln our 7 to 6 vrctory Well, Stub always could handle the furnxture well havlng had experience ln a furnlture factory 57 l g I l II A lg l frguli fffg. 5 , wiv 5 1 I U H l h lx ' 1 N l I r l l . 2 I !r Q 1 e 'll' e N 1 v l lu , ' 4 l I 1 l lg, ' T-' , THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL On the following Saturday April 29th the team took its first western trip Journeymg to Camden where they opposed the Camden H S team That old veteran Mike Scoville was on the mound for Camden and twirled the same effective ball against the l9l6 team that he did against the team of l9l0 This IS not a knock but a compliment showing that Mike likes school Though the team played well they were unable to cope with Mike s speed and con sequently suffered their first defeat by a score of 7 to 3 May 6th wltne sed the struggle between our athletes and the Oneida H S aggregation ln this game our team made its first appearance in new uniforms and looked fine Whether this fact had anything to do with it or not l cannot say but after nine innings of ply the Oneida team was ahead by a 7 to 3 score Our beloved rivals from Utica opposed the team on May 13th ln the initial inning Kernan slammed a liner towards their star shortstop He wisely concluded that it would be better for him to let the left fielder stop it He was wrong there for the left fielder missed it also Kernan reached second on it and scored a moment later on Spellicy s hit lnablllty to keep this sort of play up caused their downfall by the same score which had marked their two previous contests 7 to 3 Failure to secure a Held lack of practice due to inclement weather and insufficient funds forced the manager to cancel the game with Little Falls scheduled for May 29th The team demonstrated real ability on Wednesday against their rivals for the city championship the St Aloyslus nine Heavy hitting and classy fielding enabled our team to win by a large score of I2 to 0 The boards on Floral from the bats of our players Kernan Chrestien Sharrow and Larkin finding occasion to thus drive the ball more than ordinary distance This well earned victory greatly encouraged the team and the future prospects were indeed very bright This excellent showing apparently had no effect on Mike Scoville and his clan of warriors who visited us on Saturday May 27th After mne innings of ordinary play the Camden team emerged victorious by a 5 to l score Although our team outhit their opponents they were sadly lacking in ability to hit the ball when hits meant runs Little Falls was suitably decorated on Decoration Day by the presence of our team ln a contest that lasted eighteen innings the record length of anv interscholastic game the Little Falls bunch took the best end of a l to 0 score The heavy strain of pitching practically two games was borne by Larkin and it was not his fault that his opponents secured the winning run in the eighteenth inning Clinton notified the manager that the game scheduled with the Clinton team in their home town would have to be cancelled as the spirit at their school didn t reach the point of expending funds to support their baseball team and thus we were robbed of a sure victory On the following Wednesday une 3rd an imitation of a one sided game was put on at Riverside Park between our team and the St Aloyslus team After mne innings of strenuous play on the part of the victors the score book showed a final score of ZI to 0 in favor of our team Many of the victorious players were exhausted at the end of the game as they were obliged to score so many runs and run the bases so often that it had become monotonous This decisive victory gave us the championship of the city of Rome 58 Hall, situated about a half mile from the diamond, received four husky whacks 1 I y J , . . . H . ' Wei, ee-. U- aaa--. U THE I9..I.9-.5E?iIQ Accompanied by a large crowd of loyal rooters the team journeyed to Utica to play a return game with U. F. A. When the smoke had finally cleared, Utica stood in the lead with a I6 to 0 score. Somewhat ruffled, but not entirely discouraged, the team returned home solemnly vowing that Utica would go down to defeat in football, and I believe that they will realize their ambition. When the team reached Oneida on Thursday une I 5th they were greeted by old .Iupe Pluvius who remained with them all day and deemmg it wise that they snould not engage in a battle on that day Seeing this was the W1 est plan to follow the team returned home in a heart broken way for they realized that they were thus robbed of an opportunity to retrieve their misfortunes This bein the last game on the schedule our baseball season was thus at an end Although losing more games than won the team played good ball throughout and fought desperately to the finish in all of the contests fully realizm that luck was against them in the majority of their games With practically the same team in the field next year the prospects point to a very successful year Player Chrestien r f Kernan c Sharrow I f Hoag I f Qpellicy Ib Nlaxted c I Byrnes ri s I arkm Doyle c f Kerman c Sharrow I f I Williams r Spellicv Ib larl-tin p Chrestien Maxted Reamore Brig s Byrnes I-loa Dovle And here s hoping' L A R Fielding Averages 59 Batting Averages for the Year 1916 3b TB Sl-I Avg 6 Total average Team BVCTB C Avg 0 I ID A . I. . 'J ' - I. . . ' ' . F.j. .,'I7. G B H 2b SB . ' , . ......... 9 35 5 I2 0 I I3 4 2 .343 . ....,....... 9 35 9 II 2 I I5 7 2 .3I2 , . .......... I 4 I I 0 I 3 0 0 .250 K, . ..........,. 6 26 0 6 0 0 6 3 I .23I . ' , ........... 8 34 6 7 I I I0 3 0 .206 , . ...... . .... 9 37 6 5 0 0 5 6 0 .I35 ,s.s ........... 7 30 4 3 0 0 3 4 0 .I00 B'gg, 3b ............ 9 34 4 3 0 0 3 4 0 .088 2 '.p ............. 9 35 3 3 0 I 5 3 0 .08 ,. ............ 5 I3 2 I 0 0 I I 0 .077 L. Williams ,.......... I 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .I62 PO A E . Q ' , ................... 96 I4 0 I.00 .' .. .........,.....,. I 0 0 I.000 -. , .f .............. 4 I 0 l.000 ..... . ............ 48 5 I .98I , ....... . ............ II I7 3 .903 ' ................... 25 I 4 .867 II 6 .807 I6 7 .806 'g .............. . ......, I5 I2 9 . 0 8 6 .739 g. ..................,.. 4 I 3 .625 D . ..................... I 0 2 .333 g .8I9 THE I 9 I 6 SENIOR ANNUAL Aprll Aprll 'Vlay May May May May une une une une Schedule of Games Cllnton H S Camden H S Onelcla H S Utlca F A Little Falls Cancelled St Aloyslus Little Falls H S Cllnton Cancelled St Aloyslus Utxca F A Onelcla H S Postponed ram Runs scorecl R F Opponents Stub K r 60 ' 22 R.l:.A .......... 7 ,' . ................. . 6 ' 29 R.l:.A .......... 3 . ................. 7 1 6 R.F.A .......... 3 ' . ................. . 7 I3 R.F.A .......... 3 ' . .................. . 7 20 R.F.A ...,...... ' ............. . 25 R.F.A .......... IZ . ' ........ . ......... . 0 May 27 R.F.A .......... l Camden H. S ................. 5 30 R.l:.A .......... 0 ' . .............. . l J 3 R.l7.A .......... ' ................ J 7 R.l:.A .......... 20 . ' ......... . ....... .. 0 J I0 R.F.A .......... 0 ' . ................... I6 I5 R.F.A .......... ' . ........ , ' - . .A...2l3 .............. .5 'if L-- . e nan in Action THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL BASKET BALL TEAM l9l5 I6 BASKETBALL SEASON 1915 16 It has been a number of years slnce the Rome Free Academy was repre sented by as fast a team as durlng the past season Confronted by the fact that an entlre new team had to be built up and facmg a very heavy schedule the constructmg of a wmnmg team was a most difficult problem However R F A seldom suffers from a lack of good athletes and Captain Llaflord managed to locate some good maternl The openlng game wlth the Clinton Hugh School showed that for team work the new combmatlon would surpass any that ever represented th Academy on a basketball court Followlng the vlctorles over Cllnton th Deaf 'Vlute lnstltute Colleglates of Rome Lxttle Falls Nlorrrsvllle and Syra cuse 'he team defeated the Utlca Free Academy at Utlca somethmg whlch Ltlca fought hard to ward off It was after thls vrctory that the men began to talk of a champlonshrp team As the Utica manager stated ln a letter A contest between R F A and the Utlca Free Academy wxll decide the champlonshlp of Central New York and by defeatmg Utlca we have a rrght to clalm the champxonshlp of thls sectlon of the state This was further 1UStl fled by defeatlng Utxca Free Academy ln Rome March 4th by the score of 28 to 4 61 1 v Q ev . . , . 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L . , F A , THE IQI6 SENIOR ANNLAL The team went through the season wmmng ln every contest untrl February 76th when they met the Hamrlton College Sophomores who defeated them by the score of 8 to 6 However our boys corrected thls by defeatlng the same Hamllton team March I8th by the score of I7 to I I This record has not been equalled ln hlgh school clrcles for the season and upon the above facts we claim for R F A the basketball champronshlp of Central New York Through graduatlon the team will lose Cllfford Powers and Doyle How ever with the remammg members of the team and the substltutes of thl year R F A should be well represented ln basketball next year Dec Dec Dec eb eb eb e eb IX ar 'VIar PROF H I IOOD H I Good LeRoy Clxfford Faculty Manager Captaln Llne up ames Kernan Thomas Powers LeRoy Clrfford Harold Doyle Brlggs Brown Left Forward Rlght Forward Center Left Guard Rlght Guard Substitutes Errol Reamore Francls Lawler Charles Sharrow Clarence Nlaxted Opponents Rome Clmton Ilxgh School at Rome Deaf IVIute Instxtute of Rome All Colleglates of Rome Onerda Hxgh School at Onerda Lrttle Falls Hugh School at Rome MOIYISVIIIC Agrrcultural College at Rome IVIorr1sv1IIe Agrlcultural College at MOYYISVIIIC Syracuse Central Hrgh School at Rome Utica Free Academy at Utrca Lrttle Falls Hrgh School at I..1ttIe Falls Hamllton College Sophomores at Rome Utlca Free Academy at Rome Hamrlton College Sophomores at Rome 6 ATHLETICS Faculty Managers Baseball IVIr H I Good Football IVIr F Student Managers Baseball Charles T Wrlllams Football Lyle Howland Captains Baseball Howard Spellxcy Football S Harry Beach 62 L Mason I ........ . ....... 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I I I7 T19 'E' THE I9I6 SENIOR ANNLAL MEMORIAL DAY Memorral Day was celebrated rn the Academy on May 26th The umor C ass outdrd themselves rn trlmmrng the Assembly Hall for the occasron The members of the Skrllrn Post C A R honored us wrth therr presence arrxvmg, rn martial order at 2 I0 The frrst number was a march by the orchestra Thrs fine orchestra of ours deserves all the prarse than one can grve rt for rts f-me performance at the exercises The next number was the presentatron of the Class Memorral of the Class of l9l6 It was a frne engravmg of the old Unrted States Frx ate Constrtu tron and was presented by S Harry Beach r and accepted by Mrs Arthur T Whvte member of the Board of Educatron The school next sang The Star Spangled Banner Thrs was followed by a recrtatron lVlemor1al Day l9l6 by Elrzabeth Tyler Mrss Tyler showed a ood knowledge of elocutron as well as fme trarnrng After the school sang Srlent Heroes Bradford Sctdder delrvered Lrn coln s Inaugural Address rn a very powerful manner After another song by the school Matthew Brady gave a declamatron Lessons From the Llfe of Robert E Lee Then we were agam entertarned by the orchestra Wrllram Hughes contrnued the pro ram wrth the rendermg of the 'Vlemorral Addres rn hrs usual fine manner of delrvery After the school sang Columbus the Gem of the Ocean Francrs Chre tren gave May 30th l9l6 rn a very pleasrng manner Nlrsses Tyler Fdell ohnson and Vvrllrams next sang We ll Never Let the Old Flag Fall assrsted by the orchestra and school After a salute to the Ha and the srngrng of Amerrca by the students the exercrses were brought to a close C NOTE The name of lVlelv1lle G Collms should appear among the lust of graduates but due to hrs berng out of town no prcture could be procured 63 I . . . . . , . . ., , x7 . . . .U I . - . 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THF IQI6 bF'NlOR XNNLAL STAFF AND OFF CERS ANWLAL 5F.N.OR THE l9l6 SENIOR ANJNLAL X? xxwwvwfv v mf H w1mrw1 in 1 , WH 1 ' Mi E mum W P I I 2 I M1lM'rIIHH1Tv Jll1Hu'w f1 mismsuwu am mm all 5 W xx W I f1 x h fi' 1 13 l nf TPB 1916 9FN'OR ANNUAL SENIOR SLEIFHRIDE ln all probabrlrty tl e mo t engoyable srerghude that wts ever gncn was Omen by the S mors of the Clas IQI6 on March 3 At any rate It was 1 ne er to be forgotten occasron for all those who were present The mght was lde rl Tfe tars lookco lrke m ny l1v 1 g and rn th s y the muon a gart gulde for the'n on th rlght rrards Many dxfferent methods of keepmg warm were trled bl t the ore that proved to be the best and W s the most mta ed vs s that u eil by m Brd At fout 7 30 four slelghs fil ed wr'h vfrthv S n1ors departed from the Hrgh School Last but not least were the chaperons undrr the SIIDCTVISIOH ol r Cecd After a short merrv r de we ruverl xt L bertx Hall Vlfesternv Ile As ex erycne was startmg for the hall a cry wa h ard from a Freshman present that a ghost wa comrrg up the road hut 1 t came rear 1 It was seen tarted ut n the r umpers ahead of the slexffhs but Art got lost and so they had only just arrrved lxow we all adjourned to the rppe ter here some verv fine muslc f3l for danrmg was furnl hed by th Hwh Sfhonl orchestra Twelve 0 clock soon camf vwlth lts call to lpper wh h everyone was ex ceedwglv glad to hear but when the tables were reached there could be heard words of dlsappomtment for the most one person could get to eat was a plckle and a roll due to the darrng exploxts of ome SPIES 1nto the PYOVISIOH Country Dancrng was resumed and contlnued untu about 2 30 p m when the fall for home was sounded After a short delay Wu started on our homeward Journey The return Journey was uneventful for the most of the r1ders were asleep or very near to It We arrlved home just as the town clock struck five Wo be to the poor Semor who must soon go to x 1 B t nevertheless rt was worth It G C One clay Edwln Brlggs was seen throwmg stones 1n the rlver When asked what he was domg that for he saxd he was trymg to make the Bas s com b e Prof Mason Do you breathe ln any mtrogen Nathan S1lk3 N Srlk No l just breathe ln oxygen Prof Hal Then you have pe cullar nostrlls When you breathe they filter out the mtrogen so that you only whale oxygen Wonder ful' Why Nathan Sllk you are a chemlcal laboratory all yourself MISS Macl7arland Brrggs, what was the cause of the trouble between Some Tall Dropping M1 s Maclrarland How do per ors become cltlzens of the United States3 M1 s Makm By dropping thelr natlorallty Not Concert Senior You wlll get yours 1n the last day program Gretchen Well you cant glve me a marrmge lxcense Senlor Why not3 Gretchen You ll have to glve me so many She Charlie you are the llght of my lxfe VOICE from above Dorothy, put out that light and come to bed' iiil V i i i s, 4 I A A Rl M V- S :' f A lf' I. 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' 7 - , , 66 THE l9l6 SEWOR ANNLAL THE JUNIOR RILCEPTION ln accordance Wlth 1 tlme est hli h d precedent the umor Reception to the Seniors ot the Rome l're 1xc1dcmy w IS he d in Seef If s DIYICIII H111 on Prld xy evening April 76 lhe commlttees in ch irf e had performed their Ll es in rn exce1e11L mul r 1rd 11 was the most enyoyxble Prom ever given lhe hall was prett ly decc 1 xtcd with the co ors of green and white form llif an xrch over lle bi 1ce1lJ xl n t incl hm hed with strc xmers nf1tly wound from the net down to the mirrors he stave was cleverly decor .ted with a lufre electric sivn I9lf in Ure 1 and white lights Shoitly before nine o C ck xboct clvhty couples entered the hall throuvh the Stanwxx Hall entmrce ard toolc part in the Grand lVlarch lecl by 'Vliss Florence Roberts and S H Beach lh1s was the most attractrve feature of the eveninvs festivities to the pectators who filled the spacious Gallery ln all twenty four nnmbers were danced to the best music ever played at a umor Prom for beh 1 cl Prof Schmidt were mne of the best muslcians attamable ln both Rome and Ltica llven C5 Georve Clyde was able to keep time with this music As to the punch bowl Robert was kept busy servinfr the beverage which wis re ly the center of attraction throughout the evening .At the end of the tw lftn dance about eleven o clocls there was a generxl movement in the cl rection of Stxnwlx Hall for the purpose of allaym th ers ln about an hour the young pccple were bxclc in their pl rces dancin with 1 new life btt 1ll fcod thinvs m ist com to an end and soon the h1ll was l ft empty nothxnf rem 1 I' FC of the evcrrrg s festivities except the-1m11f-1 that w 1s prirted upon he m rd of every one who lttendecl this umor Recep tion ofthe Q1 rss of IQI D1 Il6Llx Th Qhwese hxvc 1 tvpewrlter with 1700 char lcters on it but lt his only three lcey-2 ne lsey is to print the characters one for Qpac rc lcd l dont lsnow what the other one is for ase That one 1 the xc spacer 'Xliss Xlac F xrland How were Lee ind Grant dressed at the time lee urrendered3 W Prince Lee was attlred in full Lmform while Grant wore only old f1ded Lnion sunt Love Vs Politics ln a recent elect on in the Aca derny Charle Sharrow was worlcmg, hard for Tom Barnard Vt hen asked why he dd Well you see 1fTom s the xppointment then l will have rs Orr 1 to myse 1-l-he 1 1 CALVCI' Pro Mxson Fd h R1ck1rd what do you notice when you exhale YOUT breath if cunst 1 loolsmv fflass3 Edith Nothlrv Prof W ere you loolslnv straiffht in o the lcol-.mv as at th t1me3 l:.d1th Yes A r I A 1 Y ' ,. .. 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' k T . . . - . 1 , O Q17 THE l9l6 SFNIOR ANNUAL SENIOR HALLOWEEN You ask a Senror the greatest day of the year and he wrll yell Hallowe en Ask hrm agarn whrch rs the best of the twenty four hours and he wrll replv no less certarnly IO to I2 p m l supposed you could guess why Oh' the brv spread that the Senrors always put on that nrght' Of course the greatest of all the Hallowe ens was the one of the year l9I 'J when the Class of I9I6 had charge of rt and of whrch l wrll grve you a short hrstory Although the trme set for startrng was 7 30 rf anyone had been up on W Bloomfreld street as early as 3 45 he would have seen a large crowd wart rng Of course there was reason for thrs because nearly all the warters were long for thrs world Among them could be seen Brrggs Brown and ustrna Wrllrams and as the wagons were only about srx feet wrde they wanted to be sure and get a comfortable seat rf possrble At last the trme set for startrng arrrved and everythmg was rn readrness even to Kenneth Steer and hrs crder jugs But soon hrs melodrous vorce was heard callmg to Pete Scudder Where s them jugs3 They were at ast found and we started Everythrng went very well untrl about half the rs tance was covered All at once a terrrhc howl was heard rn the rear rt was At last the people of Westernvrlle were well aware of the fact that we had arrrved We are not sure whether they had ever seen such a jolly bunch Ach! der Karser wrth hrs Soldaten were makrng an rnvasron' Lrttle stress was lard on the dancrng for some of rt was as ancrent as ROME. whrle Howland was as usual grvrng us an exhrbrtron of hrs dancrng whrch wrll probably be rn vogue about the year 2000 You ask about the crder3 Oh' well there was only a lrttle left after the jug had been broken and that was enjoyed by all present It was rumored that there was some crder rescued from the broken jug but no one knows where rt ever went to After a very good feed whrch rncluded a lucrous cake whrch Clrfford and Mr Good had a very hard trme tryrng to capsrze but finally succeeded rn dorng rt dancrng was resumed wrth the greatest enjoyment At about two o clock we were rnformed by the head chaperon Mr Good that we must thrnk of the mornrng after the nrght before and that rt was about trme to depart for home Everythrng went very smoothly except for the occasronal warblrng f3 of Reynolds and the unsatrsfactory comments on the srze of the wagon by Fred Shelley Thrs drd not last long for before we had gone far Morpheus had taken the most of the crowd rn hand and they had sunk rnto the most profound slumber whrch lasted untrl the crty was reached where they all departed for therr respectrve homes all m the most sleepy mood C 68 J . . . , I ' . . I . .. .. y .. . . . .. 1 - . . d. H Steer again. He had dropped and broken one of the jugs! ' , ' . R. G. ., ' l 6. THE 1916 SENIOR ANNLJAL Sharrow s Energy Mason Mr Sharrow have you any energy3 Sharrow Yes slr Mason You must use nt only three times a day Wow 7 7 7 Mason WhlCh body of water is St Louis near3 D Wilson The Equator Some Wind Mason Do clothes dry better on a calm or on a windy day3 Kant The clothes dry better a wmdy day Mason Why3 Kaut The wmd blows the water out of them Mlss Maclrarland Doyle what is the money standard in the U S and England3 Doyle Gold Miss Maclrarland Good What is lt in Germany5 Doyle Dynamite Heard in Amerlcan HISTOTY Six men with one leg got on a car Francis Chrestlen asks me to nounce that after the RomeUt1ca baseball game ln Utica he attended the Lumberg Theatre Some Belt Mason What is the Equatorial Calm Belt3 C Murphy lt s a belt around the Equator Prof Mason Thank you An other new discovery Prof Mason Today IS Thursday VT hat time did Thursday begin uer ens Today 'Vlason Oh dear Monday IS slower than Sunday Nvhat IS Prof comm to3 Popular Sayings He sings like a fish Harold Doyle Oh man' O boy' Marlan Beach Goodness gracious' Ralph Kent One dollar a space' Bradford Scudder lsnt she an angel3 Harry Beach Dont harp on that subject' Fred Race Vat am I1 Abe Silverstein uid ag1s5 Clayson Aldridge Ich Weiss n1Cht3 Beatrice Townsend l love the la nes Bub Maxted lsn t he a prmce3 Allce Page You can t steer me' Adelaide The Silver Question Miss Maclrarland Mcl aughlm who stood for free s1lver3 Mac Sllverstem CBut Abe failed to stand Prof Mason Levlson lf the earth should break where would you 203 Levxson ln the hole The Faulty Man Miss Spear talking about George Washington He was a man there fore he must have had some faults Afraid of Losing Then' Seats l-l Doyle The members of the l' n llsh Cabinet hold chairs in Parlla ment Something About the Solar System Mason To what class of bodies does the earth belong3 Sxlversteln To the class called planets Mason All right To what class does the sun belon 5 Silverstein lt s in a class by t se - l , . - on . - 1 . . gg ds Iv --T 41 li The Financial Basis lOneS. . . . 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C ' , ' ' - ' i - ' g lf. 69 lHl I9l6 SPN OR ANXLAI Bookkeep ng ro Good last year l r rowed SIZOO frcm a man l nev r aw before He dldn t know me 11 d l dldnt lcnovw htm llow did l do A Stlverstern Because your name was Good Physics Wh le Prof Ma on was Qxvxm lecture on Stablxtles of Bodles Dunk Anfler on toppled over onto the floor with hs chair on tcp nf rm A Great Dlscoverer Brennen d1scovers Perpetual Mo tlon Abou Fu smg M198 Se ly lVlr Coon you are fu slng all the time She mt st have been tall-img wxth ome of hrs lady frlends Anoth r Dlscoverv Mason Where do wlnds come from5 A Cavannaugh Winds always Come from the west Mason My classes are becommg br: hter every day fAnother New Discovery In German Class Mss Hale What express ons should never be omltted ln dates3 Doyle absent mmdedly Good nlght dear Commercial Geography 'Vlxss Foot When we speak f Af hamstan we mean the place of the Baluch ns Can any member of thls class gxve another namei Freshman fall puffed upl Um brellastan the place of the Lmbrel as ln Envllsh hu tory Cubb rs not payln attentron My s Nlaclqnland G lbrns do you lfcrrow whxt that plcture mr- rs poxntlr to 1 plcture ln front of th rooml 3 G blur' o 1 Q Mac-I-arland It s QICPYO s peech dtrectcd to Catalne vxhch 'art How long wlll you abuse our pat erce5 W at he lV'r-'V rn Vance I Dn nv enneth B rr t I wtnr, s ma an nevt ance Ch lc ID t Q0 on Physlcs boardl Draw a movable pulley fAfterlOolf1rg the draw lags ove 5 Some of you have drawn auto molal s others bloclc and taclf other a wh el and axle l ventur to sav lf Vol were workmg ln ary of th e mlll ln Rome and you we nt for a movable pulley some of wo 1 mo ld come back wlth a Doc ash Range In Fngllsh IV s Seely ln the sentence Robert Bur s first came upon word as a prod y what do me mean hy the word prodrgy 3 W Prmce brxghtlyl Suppos txon FVI s Seely Then Robert Burns hrst came Lpon the world as a sup pos1t1on3 One on the Fellows On Dec I4 Harr was ab ent had taken charge came ln late and stamp thexr fe t 1n I9lv w lle r and Prof Mason a couple of glrls fellows began to accompamment Mason If there are some fellows ln thls room who are only educated xn the lower part of thexr bodies we xould llke that fact to be emphasized omewhere other than ln thls room I . 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QUIZ CCI LVIN 'W FU' S lxerc 0 Cs xslt tc the StlllOI' llnlowf en Party3 ny Clxcl Vlr Bxnlts ehxnve cwr lr-U plnce5 Q r I1 lut more em p on the ewrthqufxlqe Q mt you e nm o Ju In A'ner1can I-'lstory nts cluruw tc t xnclytw U clexr Doyle YK ere you spexlxln t A New One cnxor lfllq the prop e w xouncl the llo n ross t e p x Xl ornl unc some vwtn no w ys So Sudden lv T l 6 Jr 1-Qs I f xnsuc 1 J s 1 tr f lt V Puffllx tlc n 1 u x to rm ltrr purux J X prxlc 1 cr Uncomplvnentry 1 ord l had hmm t xer onte llmxbeth Hows cllcl they hdnclle Onle FC rnentf ln 916 ENGR K e Got It B rrer 'Jn the street today xery h rcl ome yonrff lady smtecl Af H1 xocl lwolclntleelha y l ut t -l-here ire some fe ows x ho loolt even funnur than you do W v VI Clwrahut 'Vll-QQ lgoote mav l fx lc IV t one more que-Qt1on3 X12 Foote Y S Qlerahut Well then how 18 tatwhletenvtfaelts f y th mt brewks Fou dn t Gen Rnd ofH1m Pr me l helleve that l toulcl txl' you forever Yee l lu lIPXP you cou xrcl lt se ms me rf you wrll A lVlnLnderstandlng B W llxxrns V 1 Rome founflecl lny Rom ol IS lxclufxncl No exrue w s julut who wxs fot nd c xc y R meo Something About Llrzhts nur te Smith III X lrvll C Nm mpts to tr IH ite t Q pxs 1 e lro .rplter fixed hrs luminous vc rn the owly e xrth U pit: r futec hrs ll hts on the c xrth How Lonv Will They Wa t7 unlx Xnclr un s Nh s C ro uru re c r l lI'1'lS 2 ox vw 1 1 2 xx on e 2 xo es ue orc x emptln e mer wrth the s Jn e ft Q o t e room e 1 one rn we Church Lore Xlex Sxmon asleep lll ln llsh lll us Seey W tlxe up qxmon you re not lll thurth now TH L If S .ll H AAXQN' lf l, P, f. 42. 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Howland I I 5 Courtesy of Utica Saturday Globe READ DUR ADS TI-IP I9I6 SENIOR ANNL XL You wrll fund us at our New Locatlon I48 West DOmlDlCk Street II your WATCH has any broken bones or a lame back bnng rt to A P WILLIAMS THE IEWELER PHONE sus J About Temperance Chrestren ln benlor Class meet mg Last year the class wanted the Semor rude at Abbott s Inn but IVIr Abbott would not close the buffet Interruptron from Coon There fore Chrestren wants to go thus year CAI-IILL Sports and Games Compllments of L. HOWER 8x SONS Rolvrr-3, N Y Wm that Trlp to Nlagara Falls ROBINSON S Crgars Crgarettes and Candy IJO W DOVIINICK STREET Palace Lunch OPEN AT ALL HOLRS I09 N JAMES STRP ET lLfi'LQfQ'LQ'Q'ii-fl-'ii' Young IVIen s Chrlstlan ASSOCIATION QQ-QfQfQfQft'QQfQfQQfQfQl A Question ' What wrII school do rn I9I 7 wlthout Mr Chrest1an's tenor VOICCBH The school rn l9I7 w1II do about as weII as they would m case they dispensed wrth Beaclfs bass vorce U I T TT ITS T T . 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I THE I9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL FOR LADIES AND GENTS SUITS MADE TO ORDER NEW YORK TAILORING CO CICBDIDQ Dyfflng SCOUI'lIIg RCmOd?Ilng EDCI RGDBIYIDS Neatly Done at Lowest PFICCS I I9 IN VC XSHINGTOIN STREET P 2601 ROVIE IN Y O d prly An d I IVIcGarty s Tlp Top Brands of An Intermlsslon Mrss SeeIey What was Shakes T635 and COHICQS peare s fourth per1od3 Edwards ln Iow volce Study S d perm IO6 West Dominick Street Phone I-198 B SILVERSTEIN CLOTHING AND SHOES Cleaning Presslng and Repamng Neally Every Monday and Done at Reasonable Prices Tuesday HFC 207 South james Street Rome N Y Paramount Days JOHN C EVANS AT THE Attorney and Counsc-:Ior Carroll Theatre Cummgs BIOCIC AIways a Good Show E F CLAVIN In Enghsh Lee Lase and ohn Mc Cigars Tobacco and Qarthy declare their Ignorance f coralarles IVI1ss Seeley remarks POCketB1lllardS that she IS gIad that Prof Whit could not hear them I33 North ames Street GEORGE W SNOW THE CLOTHIER SULLIVAN tk SLALSOIN etsrom AND READN NIADE Comphments of LTICA -N Y I Hats Caps and Furmshmgs I-H WEST DONIINICIK STREET I r fi- ' hone - I , I. . All r ers Prom en ed To Goods Called For and DeIvered , . v . O I iiii i i c' ' 1 ' I ' K 'lf I ,L I f L - ,, - N . . O , . . . . , I . . . 1 I ,V . ' e ' I 1 V or 1 y I 1' x I A ' TIELPL6 SENLQ3 ANNUAL L SI O in GOLD and 3 Other Prizes for best suggestions for a name for the CANDY STORE of FRED IVIORROW AT 2I7 WEST DOMINICK STREET Contest Closes August Ist. October 27 IVIiss IVIacFarIand calls the First period American history class to or- der with an Indian tomahawk. The floor is not big enough for LeRoy CIifford's feet in English his- tory class and he uses part of IVIa- donna Knowles' desk. The F. IVI. Gregory Co. I I9 N, james Street The Only Store of Its Kind in Rome Hedwig Bros' Complete Line of Baked Goods Fresh Daily Foreign and Domestic Fancy Packaged Eatahles IVI-G Co. Flavors Dermapura Toilet Accessories Teas, Coffees, Spices, Etc. Compliments of A ETHRIDGE 81 CO BRIGGS 6: EVANS Attomeys I03 West Dominick Street A New School First Freshman Do you know that George went away to school to learn the barbers tracIe3 Second Freshman What schooI did he go to3 First Freshman The school of barbarism HATS RENOVATED Only Hatter in Rome TI-IE WILLIS HAT Hats Made to Order W R I I6 N james Street Represe ted by LEON T FULLER I C . . u , Il . THE 1916 SENIOR ANNUAL ALDER BROS I..1very and Boardlng StabIes Wesupply A,,Demands Rome IVIacaron1 Mfg Co Autos to Hlre 105 ohn Street MANUFACTURERS OF The Greatest Freedom All Klnds of I'I1gh Grade MISS IVIacFarIand How does a state permit each crtlzen Irfe Irberty and the pursuit of happ1ness5 Edwards By grantmg drvorces 244 W DOMINICK STREET IS the New Locatlon of L H MCCARTHYS Smoke Shop and B1II1ard Academy Crgars Tobacco Confectronery and PerrodrcaIs O Shea 8: LarI-nn PLUMBING and HEATING We thunk we sell the best Automobrle rn the world for anywhere near nts pnce because nts at STUDEBAKER L A WOODRUFF 108 S Washrngton Street C H DUN NING Attomey 112 West Domrnrck Street DoyIe Knower Company Reta1Iers of FINE CLOTHING For Man Woman and Ch1Id IOHN c GLENN Mgr 207 209 West Dommrck Stre t Not Hopeless DlIIenbeck rn American I-Irs tory A man can vote and hold office wrthout berng abIe to read or wrrte hrs own name fWh1sper from Case There a chance for me Comphments of ROBERT FRASER UTICA N Y 1 . . 1 - -, I . , . . ' , ' 1 0 ' . A11 New I?I m U l ReIIabIe Service Phone 503 - - Q- - - H R 1 . . F VS THE l9I6 SENIOR ANNUAL W C SHAN KEN BERY The W0rId 5 Greatest A Lawyer Who Wins I-Irs Cases Feature Productions sHoWN AT THF G L PRESCOTT Attorney at Law Divorce Expert l06ErD r I54WtD IcStret If W KIRKLAND ARCHITECT ROVIE AEW XORK MAX J BAKER THIIOY 3I'lCI ITIHDCTCIHSTICI' 208 W r D rr KARL BURKARD BAKERY 120 NIORTH IAIVIES STREET MIKE DIIVICS I-Ias the best POP CORN IH the City b ry Sr nw fSkp R C S HDWLAND Spec1aI News Correspondent N th I SPECIALTY STORES IVI1IIc Butter Eggs Teas and Coffees Q ItyPr Or tr Pr Ar Onelda County Creameries Co. rue NORTH JAMES STREET EDWARD W IVIEYERS TAILOR 8 I00 INORTH jA'VIES STREET 1 . 1 I . . ' I es ominic e S I I I I V f -E ,L , L. LM, , L , ME, LEE. I . . es omimick S eel as omimck S reel I I A A Corner james and Li er reels. IVIiss SeeIey1Give an example of CoIeridge's prose writings. - Miss 0'Nei - eII, he wrote 1 The Lives o ha es earef' i 200 or ames Street I 1 9 1 . High uai evaiIs in u S o es and Gut mes C Reasonable' Cleaning, Pressing and Repairin a SpeciaIty . . N THE l9I6 SENJIOR ANNLAL BUSY CORNER DRUG STORE 'THE STORE OF SERVICE TELEPHONE 44 ROME N1 w Star Restaurant f W SS Wh' I d R' Dry Goods House Furmshing Where the Best uahw Goods Notions Glassware Tin Food ls Served ware Crockery Carpets Mattmgs and Gil Cloths I05 W DOVlllNlClK STREET '29 N JAMES SFREET Baynes Goal Company F d Goal and Wood Sewer Pipe and Cement l 240 EAST DOMINICK STREE T GREEN 81 EAMES F red Strowhrldge Dfugsand Pam N 1 BICYCLES AND SCHULER BROS VULCANIZING LIVERY IIS Front St CIGAR STORE I77 S James Sr THE ROME Shoe Shining and Hat Cleaning Parlors O W PORTER xi Cl bl A1114 C1 Barber Shop, 103 NORTH j-XNTES STREET xi V114 Y rOldHtL kLk WWD S 1 T ' X .. l' 1 , l . Second Door I 06536 an. C ai f Wi V rom Busy ' Dealer in Y V H T Corner X ' ' ' as Q ' ' i , , i - i I ' 1 1 s ln speaking on government to Miss Mac arlan , Case said: lf you didn't have a head there would D be much disorder. 1 N IZ7 orh james Street l 1 1 66 U' . Q . ' ' 9 ve ean and Re ock in s of Hats , . X ..' . ominiclc ect e1 ae ou a oo 1eNew T.liEJ2LfL,iE!Qfi,4iNTiLE5!1,, L,-,w,,L ,L w,,,.,., K w U Courtesy of A FRIEND EXTRACTICDNS FREE lf You Can Truthfully Say We Hurt ALL WORK GUARANTEED UNION DENTAL PARLDRS St Peter s Catholrc Assocratron Burldmg M N WILLON d Attorney and Counselor I ft 103 W D U H ll K J A New Discovery Mason 1 Miss ll l'van. what ' I would be the condition of a trough if one end was lifte up? Miss Calivan--lt would be up- i ed. '. ominick Street THE l9I6 SENIOR AIXNLAL A A BOVE Candles Ice Cream and FYUIIS I N r HORACE B CASE GENERAL AGENT New York Life Insurance Co CIIOICC Houses ar cI Lots F or Sale W C WHITE Monuments and Statuary 240 W DOMINICK STREET COMPLIMENTS OF SPEAR Sc CO The Bee I'I1ve YAOUS MEX Home Made Candles Ice Cream Ices and 5 Soda e 5 0 Excluslve Sale of Pmka Wltman s and I: oss ChocoIates II7 North ames Street Some Connection t dr h fF d W T HUGHES FLoRlsT ZII West Liberty a CI I38 R er Str ets TELEPHONE CONNECTION BAKER Sc BAKER ATTORNEYS AT LAW II2 West Dommxck Street BezoIcI 8: Strelfert and Upholstermg ANTIQUES A SPECIALTY II5 W LIBERTY STREET JOHN SEIF ERT Clgars Tobacco and Confectionery DalIy CI Su d y P per ShoISuppI dRFAPn 1 204 NORTH JAMES STREET REAL ESTATE of all Itmds j A BAILEY REAL ESTATE AGENT 103 WEST DOMINICK STREET 1 I 1 I . I I o th James Street. I I - L 31 . . 45' XT T To 8 6 0 x . 06 . ,eff - 2 , I S I . MISS Macpadand -what Condi' Furniture Repairing, Refinishing tnon connects the country Irfe with tha of the city Iife? ' C. Bra -T e abundance o or cars. . ' . ' an n a a s n W e c o Iesan .. . enans IIIF IQI6 SENIOR ANNLAI GILBERT R HUGHES ATTORIXEY INo Wonder Prof MCISOD A fooI can ask more questxons than a wlse man can dl SVVCI' COIIIUS No wonder I Hllnkecl my exams last year L S SPEAR VICTROLAS AND ALBERT IxREBS I ROI RIET OR ome B1cycIe Mfg Co Fort Stanw IX and VI Inner Busy cle bmxth Nlotor Vt hee-Is 3960 O0 OITI ICI 710 Vt LSI IDONIINIC Ix STRI I THE MODEL SLITS 'VI XDE Tu ORDER LOTHES SHOP Outfitters from Head to Foot I7I XVFSI DOMINILR SIRI-LI ADAIVI ALDER I:1rst CIass Llvery RL XR IJO NXESI DONIINICIX STRI'I T IHONE 972 Pfactlcal THIIOY and Furrler 409 IN james Street Who Can Blame Hum? Marlon Beach m Enghsh readln from LAIIes,ro I L AIIe ro Ioxed to watch the Chlckens IVI Smith wlthout thou ht And so do I and so do I The Humphrey I:IoraI Co CLT FLOXK ERS IL X-NTS FLORAL DESIGNS ROSE O CUBA CIGAR DISIRIBLTED BY Phhhe ms 607 Chatham Street C I ALDRDGE CO The BRIGHTON MARKET LNDER Nut XIXN-XGENITNI CHAS F DONIINO dx SON GEORGE T DAVIS ATTORNEY Cholce Meats and PouItry 408 'N IXNILS STRIIT I 1- . Q i liir RECORDS I H A 'I if S Q U 1 tt. v '?. ' F Q ' ' . gl, I. - ' I ' I 2 I- I I5-I XVEST DONIINICK STREET TIII-1 WH, SIQNIOR ANNLQ-XI Making Warm Friends . . . unc I Idm Th m IS thc QINPI C Iwarxgterxstlc of Romf me gmc df Fxcc P f The btore OI' SGI IS IHCIIOII IOI' IVICII HHCI OITIPII GARDNER CASSIDY CCD RCMP IOI3 XCCO C0 j BX C mars Ihat bell HU IN C I IH I5 XRBILR S J Moran S RG tdurdnt I III' I' NIXR I I RUN XI bVI LIQIS I ill C I I X1 J XILRIHX XI VIMIQN Il IOXLS 5 oe IOI the VK I1 It FCIIIIIX INNLRN Cf lu N I I I I f IIo4g P 4. 5 I 2' fs Aplz 'EI .I if IJ' ' Ill mir. . . . . . 'N N . . C W 7 1 I 5' NUR I II -I.-XXIIQ' S'I'RIfI ,VI', ' ' ' ' IQ. I 'AM IJDIIQIIIL, II-.lim ill f.- f 1 N Q A I x ' J 3 . I Il-I I-I SKJIIIII klrxnlc-s Nrmt. 'IIII1'III' IAIIII 5II 'I ' ' , ' prior , , I I 3 f ' IIIIK Nwth Ie II is St wt . , . . 'NLII' .HXIID It I- . f IIN , F , X, T 4 , . , I , I NIE' IIa1IQ1V',sI -x s:Iu 2' 'f':.'I,f, . II:-acIrlL1sxrtc-rs Ior IIr11m-fNIzc,Ic- um mo' C I I Qui UIQ-5, Icp QQQ-gm, 3111 YIVQIIMI11 II gI1cs If eve Ins, t'fIllIII' If - L I5I'IlIIIIi1l1fI IIE cIig111ity in IQIISIISII Inf Inu LIlIr ---- Y Q, X ' tony anus. .XI III: Iluxu Klum A 7 , I1 um-4 F .1 IIHI XI IRIIIII -XXII75 SI RI-Qfi I' T513 I9I6 s15N1QR ANNUAL STUDY UNDER MAZDA LIGHT ITS KIND TO THE FYES IIWIEMUID 2 The Rome Gas EIectr1c Llght 8: Power BERT IVIORTON Supt Popularity of Levlson R C I Recelved 76 votes for Presxdent of Soph Class from 34 students Clgars Tobacco COHTCCIIOHCTYI Sunday and Da1Iy Papers when you buy your ZI4 soL1TH JAMES STREET I SPALDINB 0 Athleuc I 'VQEINQ HOWELL THE DEN TIST I I I W Washlngton Street HELLO BROTHER FIRST I Y W 1 D k S1 ea SELOWD 1 1 I F I 1 k yffnx L R ROSENBURGH 1 N 1 - - - X 1 V . . , Co. , . I I I . - 9 9 I , 1 Q T Q 1 9? Q9 U o I I . -v 1 4' . Q I 19? I T G-1.1.5,vn.0'T I I I I . . . , , I - I , 'm camped out every da at II2 . es ominin: 1 . I ' - - T 1 'I am no the only cIo hing man In Q I ' town, 'thenfs a Rock of us, but if you have not I . ordered your SUI will be very glad o have an I oppor umly of being of service lo you and wiII I ' ma e ever e o o please you. I . . , - - . anen r , A , , I Goods lnsure your sat1sfact1on by lnslst mg upon seemg the Spauldmg Trade Mark on what you purchase It has stood for forty years as the sign of honesty quaI1ty and falr deaImg Wrlte for a CataIogue A G SpauId1ng or Bro 357 S W Skeet SYRACUSE. N Y THE l9l6 SENIOR ANNUAL When Looklng for a I-Iome See j W DAVIS ReaI Estate and Insurance 300 West Dommrck Street JONES BUS LINE Arrange wlth me for PICHICS and CIub Cutmgs Rome to Delta Dam Comphments of A FRIEND When You Want a HAIR CUT or a SI-IAVF Look for U R Slgn The Arhngton Barber Shop 4 CHAIRS A E AUDAS Prop ue1roIo s Samtary Ice Cream Everybody Eats It Nobody Beats Ir Dehvered Anywhere Anytime Arcade Building TeIephone 382 R FAMILY THEATRE ph R G WYMAN Mgr ALWAYS A GOOD VAUDEVILLE SHOW PCE5 Mn 2305 dI0c Mendeth Townsend seconds hrs own nommatlon for Secretary of has Cass Oct 26 l9I5 Another Mlsunderstandmg IVI1ss IVIacFarIand What do I un derstand by your statmg that the House of Representatives adopts the polrcy of the precedrng Congress3 MCI.3UghIlH I dont know what you understand but I know what I mean by my prevrous state ment Compliments of Fort Stanwlx Cannlng Co ' TeIe one 877 . . , .YT I I ' ' ' RI Y a'nee: , can . I Nights 7:I5 and 9, 5c, l0c and I5c. l ' I I . I . , IVI. ' - I I n - . O I I Nl 'NIOR X Willi Wmh ld Pxam 93 Compliments of Crun elor at an A FRIFND X AHo'y Acd R l ix Rome 56 and IO Stoic d l l-l' YK Dominiclc tract H OUR PHOTOS and Finished at IR I I-lgers Druof Store S M SIEVENS ATIORINFY AND SPAROO WIRE CO 'Vlanufacturer of COLXQFIQR IXFI LAW Bronze Copper and Biaibwire Clotli MRS C A SFE5 Copper Bionze an Fine lxflillinery Brass WHS lol Wet Dominick Street PING SIZCS 3 SpCC1EilU J J 1 SPORTING GOODS STORF RONIE 'NEXK NORK X Loi lllli lflllw f Q.. .P NXL'.Xl. . . .S I, 6 JH. . I NJ S L ' l R, ,l 'Yorli . i J, i fooi Prof. 'IIHSOII-PV1lSS Burleigh. wlizil lurid of acid do we use in this mix- P ,J ture? l ' M ' Miss Burleigh-Coiisecratcx Sul- phuric Acid. l li S 1 Have Them Developed C'OXll9l,.lNll7,XT9 Ol ' l A f I-ND -D l 4 V Q O l . l ' ' i A , I i s i i 7A in .A A I ' A ' l 'A , , Q . . . 4 - . l l :Lvl Lil' ! Q N Q V , A 7 l , 1, , 1 ' A 220 Yves! Dominic? .Y reel W gg THE l9l6 SENIOR ANEAL BASTIAN BROS LO Deslgners and Manufacturers of Llass Emblems, Rlngs, Fobs, Athletlc Medals, Wedding and Commencement Invltatlons and Announce ments Dance Orders Programs Nlenus Vlsltlng Cards Iztc suwnrs Ano rsllvmrrs FLRNISHI-D on moursr 10:58 Bastian Bulldlng ROCHESIER N JUERGENS 81 FRAVILR VVatchmakers Jewelers Engravers Offlclal Rallroad Watch Inspectors Orders Prlled for hngrlved Cards and Announcements 102 INOR I H .I NMES SFREFI An Important Notlce Read very carefully and I HIM N act upon nt at once for ask wour parents to act for UD all plst present of future graduates of Rome Schools also ALL OTH ILR bcholars now or who have been connect d wlth same U Wlll be VILRY SORRY xears from now that U d1d not get FVERY photograph pertammg to xour school days the facultx of Xour school and school Included for lt IS FH 'Nl that they bec une more valuable than at present FHINIK FHIS OVILR and be convmced that lf IS so then get them NOW of C B HOWLAND whlle the getting IS good W o o . N O O . x I . - A 9 9 , sl v 1 ., . .. - r . . . . , . . 1 I . . . 5 a. 1 2 , . . . I . f- - v . v. J , V V , . B ' , kt, . ' , . . . - Q ,N ' a ' 6. Q2 . . a , , . - . ',. v ' . Y Y 1 D ' v . . 1 ' v ' ' xl. 1 , 1 . . . U. , , - , , . . , , 1 1 A x , . . . 'IIIIQ IOI6 SI-NIOR ANNLQM, WITIIEQIEG Rlibbfff Siam 'THE FACT that our IDUSIUCSS has grown from a small plant to the Iargeift producers of PRINTING rn the clty IS proof that the quallty of our work and pnces are rlght A j KNAUER I I2 West Dommrclc Street THIS ANNLAL VI AS PRINTED N OLR PRIINTERY Engraved Invltatlons Engraved Cards 1 . - 4 0 0 - ,1 ll- . , , I