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

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Helen Arthur Librarian Elton Auchmoody Industrial Arts James Bacher History Christine Bart English THROUGH THE CASTLE The knowledge that men have gathered through the years forms a castle, the structure of all meanings, understandings, beliefs, values. ideals, appreciations, institutions, and skills which belong to the human race. Everyone lives his intellectual life in this building, which has grown to fantastic dimensions, a castle with many rooms, hall ways, doorways, windows, alcoves, closets, watchtowers and dungeons. Some try to explore the castle of knowledge, opening new doors, add ing new rooms, and building new wings and watchtowers. Others remodel internally, installing new facilities within an old framework, rearranging conceptual furniture, and modernizing ideological plumb- ing and heating systems. Still others sit in one room or live all their lives in a closet or dungeon of ignorance and prejudice, completely unaware of the total structure. Education provides the key by which man opens the doors and windows of his cultural castle and keeps them open. Teachers are vital to education; they lead the student through his first doorways and show him new rooms, hallways, and windows. They encourage him to explore on his own, to stretch his mind and to prepare for a lifetime of discovery. They show him how a closed mind can keep him in an intellectual dungeon, doomed never to see the fascinating castle that awaits the seeker of knowledge. The faculty of RFA has aided the class of 1965 on its fi rst adventures in the realm of knowl- edge, and for this we salute them. If a student should lose his way in the vastness of the castle, our skilled, experienced guidance coun- selors can help him back onto his path. The custodians of knowl- edge in this great structure are the librarians. Choosing, classifying, and caring for books of all fields, they help to keep our knowledge in a form readily available to students. Truly they, and the rest of our faculty, have helped us through the castle of knowledge during the time that has come and gone. Marie Baldwin Edward Ball Health History Department Head ‘What do you mean, ‘the lights won’t go off?’ ”

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GUIDING OUR GROWTH The administrative leadership of Rome Free Academy has been marked by a record of dedication and service to the student body. Few realize the overwhelming responsibility they assume as leaders of over twenty-two hundred students. Carl S. Paige, principal of RFA, must handle the many problems which beset the school each day. His duties include supervising the faculty and students, planning the master schedule of teachers’ courses and room assignments, co-ordinating extra-curricular activities, updating old courses of study and instigating new ones, writing letters of recommendation, handling major disciplinary problems, and helping to choose students for various special programs. While he is aided by many other persons in these tasks, the final responsibility is his alone. One of those who aid Mr. Paige is Mrs. Helen Wolf, an assistant principal and administrator of discipline. Mrs. Wolf handles the problems of girls at RFA. Whether these problems concern discipline, family, or any other factor that could affect success at school, she treats them with same patience and understanding which has characterized her stay at RFA. Also helping Mr. Paige is Mr. M yron Whittemore, who has served Rome Free Academy since 1919. In his job as assistant principal, he aids in all phases of school administration, and in his job as admin- istrator of discipline, he counsels the boys of RFA, applying his many years of guidance experience. Myron J. Whittemore Assistant Principal Carl S. Paige Principal Helen A. Wolf Assistant Principal

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Curtis Bates Science Bruce Benedict Science Fay Blum Guidance Frances Case English Phila Bates English Joseph Besenfelder Mechanical Drawing Irwin Brown Guidance Elizabeth Clancy Mathematics 13 Lura Bellamy Art Edward Bielec Science Bernard Buchweitz English Margaret Clark Home Economics