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

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THE 1918 SENIOR ANNUAL Beatnce Louise Townsend Beaty She was a burning and shmmg light Let the upper lights be burning Here is one of our brightest Seniors The glrl s clever you can t beat It Beaty has lately de veloped a fondness for Welsh mortorcycles they run so smoothly Beaty claims It ISD t good for one to study too hard and practices her theory but she gets there just the same Member of Edltorlal Staff H Ward Tyler Red And he had the strength of a young calf and the wisdom of Soloman No matter how dark the nlght Vvard s headlight IS never dimmed Indeed he IS the shlnmg light of our dear old Class I8 He IS that patient pro found passive pleasmg personality that one can t help but admire He is a valuable member of the staff of the class and of our dear old R F A Member of the Staff Bemlce Kathanne Van Arnam Dlt' Our thoughts and our conduct are our own She has never given anyone much trouble but that IS not saym she never will for you all know how it sparkles Bernice IS keen on walking why not One has to get home somehow Dorothy Elenor Waldo Dot When good looks and a good personality walk hand in hand Yes here she is gentle reader the most noble Grecian of them all She has the record of throw mg over more men and getting them back again than any girl on the face of the globe Anyway Dot IS a good sport and is llked by everyone. Well here s to a happy future Dot. Winner second prize girls Slingerland. Mem- ber Editorial Staff. 19 Photos by McClusky

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THE 1918 SENIOR ANNUAL Photos by McClusky Helena Roth And when once the young heart of a malden IS stolen The malden herself wlll steal after It soon Here IS one of the patrlotlc members of our class who condescended to leave our soclety thls sprlng ln order to do her blt on the farm Now we may all be sure of not starvlng next wlnter Dld you ever see Helena wlthout lVlyrlck3 No you never Clld for It slmply could not be Earl Scothon Scothle Here IS the pralse that comes to but few Ever ln earnest and all true blue Anyone here want to play chess3 Yes chess IS Scothle s most favorlate game and take lt from us he IS some shark at It And when It comes to translatlng Vlrgll well we must all take a back seat He has been a typlcal student who has never a tlme to fool wlth the gentle sex yet we hear that Scothle llkes hls Plano Mover we wonder who she may be l-lls motto IS Work before play an he has llved up to thls slnce we have known lm G Alexander Slmon Count Well well look who s here ust cast your or bltS closer at thls PICCC of humanlty and mark those blue eyes and curly halr and they are real curls at that Alexs hobby IS to contradlct the marks whlch the teachers glV6 hlm but cheer up Alex the days are comlng when those brutal teachers wlll no longer torment you Alex IS steerlng for the automoblle buslness and we understand that he IS golng to sell steam automoblles Well here s wlsh lng Alex the best of luck wllllalll Albert Ernest Tletze l lll reach my goal or dle ln the attempt Thls IS the honorable Major Bowlegged lVllke who gave us such an excellent talk about hls expen ences ln the war Some say Blll IS engaged to a sweet llttle glrl ln town but no thlS IS lmposslble He doesn t llke the females at alll l l ln addltlon to hls long llst of accompllshments we mlght add the fact that he has worked hard gettlng snapshots and other photos for The Annual When he grows up Blll lntends to be a dentlst so save your teeth and let hlm pull em Member of Staff 18 . 3 .. , ' 1 - . . -f A I 1 3 . ' , I . . , , , I , . ' 1 5 . ,.,..., -,-Ns! 1.1 J 1 , as ' 19 f V, sift 1 7 l l. . . l v , . .- - 1 . . . . - v v T v . , - g . . . .. . .. ' s - as , Il - 1 ' GC . .1 - 1 Q - ,I ' . . . I 1 ul l , . . . . lg ' v ' F514 ' . Qfff - ' ' sc ' n - B ll 4 ll . . . H 2 lg' u a, . y 1 1 - . , , . . y . . ,

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THE 1918 SENIOR ANNUAL Photos by McClusky Margaret Luella Wallis Peg St George that swm ed the dragon and e er SIHCC Slts on his horse back at mlne hostess door Who wrll Peg be out wrth next3 That IS a ques tnon with no answer although lately she has cen tered her attentlon on one fortunate male and l dont Blamer Peg seems to have better luck wlth the OppOSltC sex than she does with geometry But never mmd there IS always some bad rn the best of us Wmner of 2nd PTIZC ln Shngerland ln l 7 Mem ber of Staff Dorothy Karleen Walter Dot And the words that lssued from her mouth were brllllant 3 like the stars and as sharp as a knlfe Durmg our four years stay ln R F A Dorothy has graced the Class of 1918 by her presence She IS surely a valuable member of that remarkable or wlth lt pretty smoothly As far as we can see there rsnt a fellow m R F A that wlll sult her Lrllran Adelaide Wood 1 Farr klnd and true have often llved alone which three tlll now never kept seat ln one A sllght romance has affected this fair damsel lately Who would have thought that Cupid would have touched thee3 However Lllllan showed that she was made of the rlght kmd of stuff when she ran away wlth the grrls first Slmgerland prlze She IS a member of the Wlggler and Glggler As soclatron Slmgerland PYIZC Honorable mentlon Mohawk Valley Speakmg Contest In Memonam Michael MacMahon When the hand of death swept from our mldst our beloved frlend and Presldent lVl1chael lVlaclVlahon the Class of l9l8 suf fered a loss whrch can never be replaced l-le was promrnent ln every phase of school lrfe Whether nn the class room upon the athletlc field or rn socrety he played hrs role well Now that he IS gone from us forever we shall always have a warm spot rn our hearts for the memory of our own dear fnend and Presldent 20 . , ...H , 1 H U .. . 0 , , . 7 D 1 ' ' ' I IP 4 ' ' , - I , ' . i Cl ,Y ganization. She can pull a bluff over and get away t - - - T CCL'lH .. . , . . y , . - , . Y , - , , .