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

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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

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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 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