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

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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 . A - v 5 .. , . 5 . H . . , , . s X - 4 . V k L I - . , , . Q . .. . . . . . . g- .. , . ,. . S E 3v . - x 4 - A V - 1 . , . - , , L . ea e . - . . V ' -Q . , , M .. K , - I . . . C! . O' u b -

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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. ' 2' , 1, . , FM. 3 'Vg d' V. e Q7 h 1' :jf . A . . s, o 2' ao 's. , A , e ' ', 2 N ' . V x ' g . D' 4 . . , , 3 A A Y V , i 4 a , . lk, I K . A K V A 1 C -t :Q ' 7 , . , . .. .. , . D , , v ' I Y ' 1 r f I . 1 Q .. 3 . Y , , . VC' K , . ' ' - , . - 7. . . . I H: . , rw K. . . A . 1 W F. G. ., 'I6.