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

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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 . A J - B , g . C , . , e . D. . . Q. Y . , U K h , E . , F f . r . , . . . , . H Y - V I . , J I , , Q . , - . K - -- - ' ' ss l'.S S . L. . Q .. .. , . M , 4 . ., . T . M l l N l . V P . . S ' 3 Q , , . , . R V ' 'ff . D . , T - - , . . , ' E. f'YT', - . V . , . i s a ' e. 's. ' or . . - - , W ' 'Q c , . g .. Y. U . 1 . A . 4 . Z 1 l ' Y

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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 . ' L e ' US. 5 1 ' f ra . H v A ' ' ' y y Q . . . .. . ' , , . .- v , . ' :u 9 - ' v ' ' V. . ., 'l6. C5 eg ' . I ,J . . 'V .V -..G - -' ,A -ibn .. - ,. A ., '- . P .. -.5 X Q A.. -W , :f 5 A ' .x :.,,,.- 7 ,' ' f , 4'

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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