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

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Well, were we mice or men? The Happy mourners in the middle of Dominick Street during the burial of Utica. Little town of Bethlehem. =7T | =s | Sanh. bh A bird in a cage? No, Lorraine = , : ‘ : Pelow selling in the school store. Gorden Aderman receives first place in the Library Council book contest from Rhoda Smith, while Joe Smith, the second prize winner, looks on.

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Student hind Students congregating around the north entrance at noon. If school life were nothing but going to and from classes, everyone would be bored. Rather than just a humdrum routine, school days are spiced with enough funny, interesting, or exciting happenings to make each one an adventure. You can see the looks of anticipation on the faces of the students on the first day. Surely there will be many things to remember during the year; traditions, for instance, those occasions which grow richer with yearly repetition. WE WILL REMEMBER the burial of Utica, the whole school marching down to the Mohawk River to burn Utica in effigy. : WE WILL REMEMBER the Christmas decora- tions, the sophomores’ yearly chore. WE WILL REMEMBER the box office win- dow, dispensing its rations of whatever kind: food, tickets, even De-O-Wain-Stas. WE WILL REMEMBER the driving lessons, the dates, the dances. Then there are the everyday things that we cherish because they are a basic part of school life. WE WILL REMEMBER the intricate chemistry experiments, the student demonstrations in home economics. WE WILL REMEMBER the girl in the school store, the posters around the halls, the bulletin board with the certified list”. WE WILL REMEMBER, finally, graduation the last act of “the performers”. This solemn cere- mony is a fitting close to our high school life—the fanfare, the parade, and the circus fades into the night. Don’t worry, Paul, that bunsen burner won't bite.

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| ie | Practice baby, practice bath. Traffic jam in front of the box office window during noon hour. Right: Jim Ruby, “Well, now that I’m up here, how dol get down?” Buddy Evans, puts the finishing touches on that Eng- lish assignment. Graduation — the last act of “the performers.”