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

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GEORGE R. STALEY Superintendent of Schools

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THE DE-O-WAIN-STA 13 DE-0-WAIN-STA STAFF BERTIS L. MARTIN., ..,.., ..., , ,, ,.,, ,,,,...A, , . . .,,,...A,......,,, ..., o,,,.,...Editor-in-Chief JAMES COLLINS .... .....,..,.,,,,, , ,, ...,, , . ,,,, ,,,,, . ...,., , ,. ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, , , ,, ,,,,, Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS Curtis Bates Eunice Watters Howard Williams ,Mary Huntington Viola Fitch Winifred Saeger Literary Department Joke Department Marion Staley Bert Odell Art Department Francis Shue Mary Horin Elizabeth Trachsel Carlton Moore Sports Editor Andrew Knauer Assistant Business Managers Robert Obrist James Schneible Junior Representative Conse De Lutis

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THE DE-O-WAIN-STA 15 In Honor of Superintendent Staley Heaven is not reached by a single bound, is well illustrated in the school life of our superintendent, favored in early life as a country school pupil, and later as a country school teacher. His college preparation was gained in the Troy Conference Academy in Poultney, Vermont, and in 1900 he graduated from Syracuse University. He taught in the Troy Conference Academy for part of a year, then went to Oneida, N. Y., where he was successively teacher of mathematics, principal and super- intendent until 1912, when he came to Rome as Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Staley recently wrote a New York State supplement to McMurry and Parkin's Elementary Geography. Last fall he was honored by the Superintendents of New York by being elected President of the State Council of Superintendents. On June 26, 1902, Mr. Staley married Mary Barrett, and to them have been born three children, Eleanor, Marion and Barrett. Early in life, no doubt, he felt the inspiration that makes for high ideals and greater usefulness, and blazed his way both as a student and as a leader in school work through high school and college courses. Forti- fied with a profound knowledge of educational work, his varied experi- ences, aided by his common sense and adaptability to meeting situations as he finds them, he has risen high in the ranks of educational work to which he is giving his time and talent. As Rome has grown rapidly, he has grown with it, keeping the work in hand abreast of the foremost progressive educational thought of the times. This year is the twenty-fifth in Superintendent Staley's service to the public schools. We are proud of our city, proud of her schools, appre- ciative of our teachers who ably assist our Superintendent, and we here record our appreciation of our Superintendents successful management. Long, long may Rome Schools have the benefit of his guidance.