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

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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.”

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Class Officers Left to Right: John Parks, Treasurer. Marilyn Reader, Secretary; Nazerine Fiore, Vice-President; Frank Cook, President: History Class of 1956 PERFORMERS Performers, kinkers in circus vocabulary, denote the stars; those who, after years of training and work, finally reach the top glittering with spangles and shining in the spotlight. The performers of R.F.A., the graduating class of 1956, are acknowledged as deserving the Main Ring. Our recognition is well earned by, three years of effort, trial and error, complaints, and headaches. As sophomores, we wandered cohfused and bewild- ered through the halls and classrooms. Led by our President, Vinnie DeCarolis, we managed, however, to have the halls of learning gaily reflect the spirit of Christmas in our decorations and to sponsor a suc- cessful Sophomore dance. It may have taken us a while to “gaff to the joint,” or, as laymen might say, to understand and get the feeling of this place and situation but, as jun- iors, we finally settled down to a year of hard work. However, since “all work and no play .. .” isn’t much fun, again ably led by President Vinnie De- Carolis, we perked up our spirits by holding our Junior Prom. In picking our theme, we deviated a little from the traditional moonlight and stars and had a successful “Winter Wonderland.” Of course, our senior year was the best of all! We elected Frank Cook to lead us stars through the daily tribulations and triumphs that the main ring brought us. The year was highlighted by the grand Sen- ior Ball, held in May. Moving-Up Day was quite a thrill, too, and we'll always cherish our memories of Commencement. That little diploma is well worth twelve years of hard study. We wouldn't dare admit it, of course, but secret- ly, we're a little nostalgic and reminiscent about our school years now behind us, and we know we'll miss R.F.A., the scene of most of our greatest perform- ances and probably of our happiest times.