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

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Tribute to Servicemen Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. -Homer. Rome Free Academy's sons in the service of our country now total 1,550 Those of her sons who have made the supreme sacrifice number 27 These were honored in their generation, And were the glory of the times. -Ecclesiasticus,

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Table of Contents ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY SENIORS J UNIORS SOPHOMORES SPORTS GROUPS ACTIVITIES HUMOR Photos by Ubell Hockey picture by courtesy of Rome Daily Sentinel 1 Explanation of name De-O-Wain-Sta 1945 marks the 20th year of the publication of Rome Free Academy's year book, the De- O-Wain-Sta. Previous to 1926 it had been called the Senior Annual. The name De-O-Wain-Sta comes from the Oneida Indian's words for the carrying place, which means the place where boats were carried from one stream to another. The easiest route to the west for the English colonists was by way of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, Wood Creek, Oneida Lake, the Oswego River, and the Great Lakes. Along this route there were portages or carrying places, the most important of which was at Rome between the Mohawk River and Wood Creek, its general location being what is now Dominick Street. Not until 1797 were Wood Creek and the Mohawk River connected by a canal for canoes and heavier boats, although it had been a very important place in transportation routes even before the Revolution. Until that time any- one traveling westward was obliged to carry his water craft across the land which was to mark the site of our city.

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GEORGE R. STALEY Superintendent of Schools