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

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LYNDON H. STROUGH Superintendent of Schools

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In Memoriam These are the valiant alumni of our school who gave God and Country. RICHARD ABBOTT THOMAS AQUINO CARMINE AVANTINI CLAYTON E. BATES LYNN BORMANN EDWARD THOMAS BUTLER NORMAN CAMPBELL JOSEPH CASCARELLA ORLANDO DEL VECCHIO WILLIAM DURR ARTHUR EDICK GABRIEL ENSENAT NICHOLAS ESPOSITO JOSEPH GENOVESE ADOLPH GORZKOWSKI JOHN MARSLAND DARRELL MORAT THEODORE PADUCH EDWARD PAWLOWSKI PATSY ROSSI THE YOUNG DEAD SOLDIERS By ARCHIBALD MACLEISH The young dead soldiers do not speak. Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses. CWho has not heard them?j They have a silence that speaks for them at night And when the clock counts. They say, We were young. We have died. Remember us. They say. We have done what we could But until it is finished it is not done, They Say, 4 We have given our lives But until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave. They say, Our deaths are not ours, They are yours. They will mean what you make them. They say. themselves in service JOSEPH SHACTER JOHN WATSON SMITH CLARENCE SWANSON CHESTER SZEWCZYK STANLEY SZUR to VINCENT TAGLIAFERRI LESLIE TELESCA MERTON C. TUTHILL CARLO VINCI DR. LYLE F. WATTERS Whether our lives and-our deaths were for peace and a new hope Or for nothing We cannot say. It is you who must say this. They say, We leave you our deaths, Give them their meaning, Give them an end to the war and a true peace, Give them a victory that ends the war and a peace afterwards, Give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us. Reprinted from September, 1945, issue of Readers' Digest by permission of the author. A

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The name Superintendent of Schools causes us to regard the individual so titled with awe and fearsome respect, but behind the authority of oflice We find a personality that breeds warmth, geniality, and the human qualities that endear him to those associated with him. Educator, scholar, administrator, and leader, Mr. Lyndon H. Strough comes to Rome as a Roman. His record is one of which he can be proud. After early education in Rome, he graduated from Oneida High School. From there he Went to Colgate for his degree. His post-graduate Work at the University of Buffalo and Niagara University added Master of Arts to his name. He has served the cause of education by teaching and admin- istering at Oneida, Fulton, and Niagara Falls. ln higher education he has taught at the New York State College for Teachers summer school, and has served as president of state educational organizations, Mr. Strough, We are honored by the return of a native son who now serves us so Well. We bid you, therefore, a hearty Welcome With every wish for your continued success. It is our regret that as you come, We must go: but We are sure that those who follow us Will enjoy the benefit of your administration. As your first graduating class we are highly honored.