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

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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

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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.

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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