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

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18 THE DE-O-WAIN-STA entered our new halls of knowledge and were as much interested in the auditorium. The auditorium is located on the second floor, directly above the gymnasium. It has greatly improved our weekly assemblies and special meetings, and will be of even greater interest when the moving picture machine is installed, which is already provided for. It has a seating capacity of nine hundred thirty-three opera chairs and is beautifully lighted with eight chandeliers, having a total of ninety-six lights. The large stage is equipped with various colored footlights and a very attractive curtain. On each end of the stage there are two dressing rooms. Last, but by no means least, is our Latin motto which is written over the very center of the stage. This, translated, is Truth Conquersf' ASSEMBLY HALL -Photo hy U. li. Howland, Commercial Photographer Likewise our library will be used to great advantage in preparing lessons, especially English and history. The machine shop is also a new feature which will be of interest to many boys. Although cooking and sewing have been carried on for years in the high school course, classes have had to be accommodated in the Fort Stanwix School. The girls who desire to take up the work will now find it more efficiently presented in their own building. We hope that more girls will become interested in these branches, carried on more extensively as they will be. The cafeteria will also be of great value, especially to the non-resident pupils. A tele- phone, installed in each room, will enable the principal to get in touch

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THE DE-O-WAIN-STA 17 architecture. The architecture in the auditorium is modified English, while the arched corridors, and the entrances signify the Renaissance. The new building has not only stimulated our sense of artistic con- struction and made convenient our various activities, but has also had a decidedly beneficial effect on our school spirit and enthusiasm in our work. We have an increased appreciation of the truth that school is not a con- tinuous grind of books and studies but a place where we may develop our character, considering studies and activities a pleasure. Within the front doors, one finds a wide staircase on either side of GYMNASIUM sl'hoto by C. B. Howland, Commer cial Photographer. the entrance hall, two luminous lanterns which serve to light the hall, and nearby, a ticket office. Directly ahead and across the corridor one may descend to the spacious gymnasium. This is equipped with all kinds of gymnastic apparatus, which will be of utmost benefit to the physical exer- cise classes in the future. We are confident that the standard of our athletics will be raised to a higher plane because of more adequate facilities to carry on that phase of school life. In the gallery, around three sides of the gymnasium, are chairs for three hundred fifty-five spcetators. Back of the gymnasium there are locker rooms and shower rooms to accommo- date both the boys' classes and girls' classes. We were delighted to find such a wonderful gymnasium when we 1 l

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THE DE-O-WAIN-STA 19 with any of the faculty or students in short notice. These minor features, together with the more important ones, will in time, establish a more sys- tematic routine of school life. A book store Will also be operated later, which will be a great convenience and saving to the students. The heating and lighting facilities are the best that we could hope to have. The class rooms are heated both by steam radiators and hot air, which is forced through pipes by fans. The White walls of all the class rooms and the large windows in every room, provide sufficient light for all kinds of work. The art room, especially, is provided with large windows and skylights. The corridor on the third floor is also partly lighted with skylights. The science department has been greatly improved, in as much as the science rooms have been equipped with individual apparatus. The depart- ment also has a lecture room, which will be of great use to the instructor. The commercial department, furthermore, has been given more class rooms and more facilities with which to work. Besides the regular class rooms, there are two separate study halls, each seating ninety-five pupils. The Principal's office is located on the first floor, and offices for the heads of the various school courses are provided for. We consider it a great honor to be the first class to graduate from our new, beautiful building. We have striven during our brief career here to set a standard worthy of our class and classes to come. We hope that futu1'e classes which will graduate from our artistic building will appre- ciate and reverence the significance of its construction. It is with sincere regret that we leave our beloved R. F. A., which has faithfully guided us during our brief four years within her pleasant precincts, only wishing our course was longer. But we are promoted at the farther end of The Carrying Place to go out on broader waters. Some of us will enter upon one phase of life and some upon another, but all of us will cherish pleas- ant memories of our High School career and learn to appreciate even more keenly the great value of its teachings to us. C. E, B., '26. egfnsag fe Qsgps-315:-5 agar, eamganq.-xp ' 5 '1C.,-- KV Waffles