Rome High School - Roman Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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THE HUMAN Vol YIV Y ' N0 H1 Sl N llbh BUNIBI4 In iw I I BI IbHED QL ART ERI X HX THE 'sll DEN IS OI' ROME HIGH SCHOOL RONIE GEORGIA - . MA , l.llh , 4 An., W 41. Y j I Y W 1 J M JL L 4 iflsia, If V' .511 I In 3 ' '1 v 1 ' f 'www Y 'rw v 1 J .- A L A L W Y 4 , ' - . .f'JX fl X - ' I-IH lllilfl I-I'-I .3 5 E ,F 'ii' 3 Ili LF' ifiif' u.-s' 'T' .S if JE L gulljiflllllq f N, 41 R I E U. I X 1' ' : -1 l ' XX .lf -S f - 57 1 f 4,7f N .Wx ' xdirll' If Q :HQ -, wwf W' '31 1, f , '.f:,f 1, -gg-f k rs- V - .if -'.- . dh 5 1 ff fb sl gklelgl ,4 - -V i4'7?:':A:5i'T-V ' j li ! ,'f,.-I f Wk, I1 55,-' , .yy 5.5! .T QQ an if gi fff 141213. , , P55252 H?!'f'EiE 'E'1'Eag. 'Ml J 'L 51:55: 21 Eff 3-If W H 5 ROME HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY H C BREWER H Q TUCKER B D WARD MISS EVA CANTRELL MISS LILY HARDIN MISS ROSA HAMMOND MRS SARA BEST ELLINIGT0 N MISS PEARL SMITH MISS DORA LEE WILKERSU N MISS CLAIRE MAXWELL MISS LOUISE CUIPEPPLR MISS ERNESTINE JERVIS MISS MARSHALL NORTON MISS MARIE DAVIS MISS MARY BEST MRS HOWARD HULL MISS LILLIAN COULTER Prmclpal Sclence and Athletxcs Commerclal Mathematics SCIENCE Enghsh Engllsh L'1t1n Hlstory Spamsh Mathematlcs SCIPHCQ and Engllsh Mathematlcs and Enghsh Hlstory and Engllsh Domestlc Sclence Muslc t 4 MISS SARAH BRYAN ,,,..,,, ..,. .. .. .,,,, , ,, I French K fl'-i4 A --Ai -AAiiA- AAi----'A--bi ' EDITORIAL STAFF Left to right top row Edward Bosworth Henry NVooten Frances Oswalt William Henry Battey Elizabeth McRae Elizabeth Warner Dorothy Simms Martha Porter Anna Ising Margaret Hardln Louise Arnold Elizabeth Utters mowed away Parnel Harris taking her place Simms, Ansel Swain, Mildred Tippin, Blanford Eubanks. Left to right, bottom row: TO THE JUNIORS GIVQ us dClN1CG the JLllllO1b o11ed FOI xx e ll be Sen1o1 s soon And we must l now so nl tny tl'11ll9Q To g1aduate next Tune And as qen1o1 s of nlneteen tw enty 1 We snfnled as SGUIOI s do CHoW could vx say 1 Q cnol not know How W ou1selxe Got t 1 ot Oh? So H xx e sa1cl W1th tll the YCHIOIS pelf It IS '1 SCC1 et so yo1 ll have To f1nd out fOl youlself We ll leave you all ou1 Phy sms loock And othe1 Sen1o1 thlngs You Jun101s may Clllllli deep of tll PIGIIHH s my spungs And though y0u1 path be da1l1 Ol lo1 lght Whlle lea1n1ng Sen1o1 l01e Be not dlsmayed fol GVGIQ SQHIOI Has tl od that way befo1 e We Sen1o1s hope that on next June Splte of p1 a1se and 1eor11nands You ll f1nd you1 sely es 1n Caps and gowns W1th d1plon'1as 111 you1 hands ' Hen1y Battey 26 'A . s W v. ,, T . nw g 1. 1 ' 9 cs 'I V , ' 'I 'N ., 1 hx , Y ' .' - ' ' , 1, x C Gp 1 1 , , ra 1 1 . 1 ' . 1 - 3 1' qw-Y' ' L, v 'O ZX . . ,N C A se, . vm xv 3 1. , Y L v ' y .Q . , ,, - 1- 3 yy X Q, 5, A 1 1.3 . cowbixlff 'ff' 'E' f , 1 - 7 N . . 2 NH . 1 , , so J , cc ' , ,a C ' ,L l A . 'D 1 . Lt, . 9 - , ' ' K ., S 'I I 1 . 7 . I1 1 D. f C C . 1. , . I 1. l l v KK 1 CW 4 I Y D 1. I I ll 4 . 1 9 . . 1 1 7 1 L I ..- 1 . 1 . . f. P , . . . 'I 'I F '1 ' J , 0 Ll 1 T 'W I 0 I 1 , , . , 7 C r THE ROMAN SENIORS if 2 2 EE Sara Reglna Arnold Sallye Tau Ph1 Phl 26 Saxlors Sweethearts 26 Class Phophet 26 Oratorlcal Contest 26 Hlgh School Glee Club 23 24 25 26 H1gh School Quartet 23 Of all the glrls that are so smart, There s none hke pretty Sallye Thomas Barrett Arnold Tom President F C D 21 Vlce Presldent D S ' 2 25 Glee Club 24 25 Presldent Junlor Class 25 Wlnner Bronze 1n Typewrltlng Dog Club, 26 Top notch Typewrltmg Club 26 My only books were woman s looks And folly s all they've taught me Loulse Bass Arnold Lou Prcsldcnt Semor Class '26 Advertlslng Mwagex Roman 26 Hlgh School Quartet 24 25 26 Tau Ph1Ph1 26 Secretary Phl Omega 25 Hlgh School Glee Club 23 P4 25 26 Dramatlc Club 24 25 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 High School Or chestrfl 24 25 26 Tau Ph1Ph1 Quartet Her cx ery tone 1S 11111510 s own L ke those of morning' birds Sara Es elyn Autry Dog Tau Ph1Ph1 26 Usher Hlgh School Play 26 A falr exterlor IS a sllent recommendation 6 1' as ,. fs' 2 ers so 1 1 1 . affxf ' ' ' 1 mic. 4.5-Q f - . . gf' . 3 . fEfT1!'e1 i1is?'V f-21 ' . 1 b K , . a - , F . -, I I . . 1 Gs I R . 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U , U . . . . 7 7 77 ' YY THE ROMAN X My Connle Mayes Barnett Tump Tau Phl Ph1 26 Member French Club 26 Member Glee Club 24 26 Pretty glrls are the smlles of God s goodness Annie Dee Barnes Snooks Glee Club 26 Tau Phl Ph1 26 V106 Plcsldent blgma Phl Of unsurpasslng beauty and In the bl om of youth Carolynne Elizabeth Barton Mlke Cheer Leader 24 25 26 Dramatlc Club 25 26 Debater 26 Hlgh School Float 25 Sallor s Sweethearts 26 Basket ball 23 24 Presldent Ph1 Omega 25 Cr1t1c Tau Ph1 Ph1 SOCl6ty 25 26 Rlng Com mlttee 25 Presldent Class 23 Poet of Class 25 Usher Dlstrlct Meet 25 French Club 26 Charleston Club 26 A charm she hath more potent than her beauty A never fallmg power of bemg gay Earle Bailey Lelderman K K D 26 P1an1st of Rome Hlgh Or chestra 26 Prelxmmary Contest, '26 Perfect slmpllclty 1S unconsclously audaclous C.. Lfrjr r x - V ,1 Ng., ' l is ,-f,5 ,2 . , Y: 5 l -lk, kill ?.h,.nu4r! . A I l ' I 2 - - 5 i , . 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THE ROVIAN b 9 5 0 119' muummmmf u -1 Preston M Blackwelder Pete WIemberK K D 24 25 26 Glee Club 25 26 Boot Ball Band 23 A D S 22 F C D 23 Dog Club 26 Top notch Typewfltlflg Club 26 Begone dull care Thee and I can never agree Ruby Booker Tmy Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Preclous thlngs always come ln small quantltles hdlth Bryan Pete Cheer Leader 25 Presldent French Club Z6 Chalrman Rmg Commlttee 25 Chau' man Statue Commlttee Zo Glee Club 24 Usher Commencement and D1str1ct Meet 25 Wlnner Bronze Medal ln Typewrltlng Dog Club 26 Top notch Typewrltlng Club Angrls are pamted falr to look llke you Fhcrcs ln vou all that we bLll6V6 of heaven Emily Ellzabeth Brown Brownie Presldent Phl Omega 25 Presldent Kappa Alpha 24 Glee Club 26 Usher 1-hgh School Play Z6 Sallor s Sweethearts She s all my fancy pamted her, She s lovely, he s d1V1l'le 8 . j W' M ffl A A ' ! , S lfQfl'Q'9,ff5'hS ' ' uliflll NrZ,1?3V li11+H'f T L3 r l? 5,5 -1 l 2 f 74 , 1' ' I . ,V 4 I A -,V if Qi ' W 5 Q. 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THE PONIAN Katherme Gordon Burney Kat Tau Pl'l1Pl'l1 26 French Club 26 Clee Club 24 Presldent Tau Omega 25 Pres 1dent Phl Delta Kappa Z3 Tau Phl 1 Quartet 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 Her very frowns are falrer far Than smlles of other maldens are Dorothy Long Camp Dot Presldent Tau Phl Phl 26 Usher H1 h School Play 26 Hlgh School Float 5 ee Club 23 4 Z 26 Sailors Sweethearts '26 If eyes were made for seelng Then Beauty IS ltb own eYcuse for belng 'L W allace Looper Red K K D 25 Z6 Member Spanlsh Club Z6 Dog Club 26 Let the v1 orld mlldc let the world go A flg for care a flg tor woe Cllfford Cormany Cllff K K D Z6 Spamsh Club 26 og Club Z6 Hls helping, lmncl md Lheulul grill VS 1ll ln the future good frlenclb wm L A 9 :A l Q Q , , 4 U . . y'f fi W . rg l ii like - 1 iffy ge 3 B 2 5 1 . . ,V ' , V . Q J.--I R 1 . M, S ' . fi- ' , 1 ' if ', ' 4 A Cl 95 . ' ' ! 1 '1 1 1. ' , . , . . . ., , . . , 1 ' 1 1. 1. , . , . ' . , . . . ,i . 4 , . Pl . H A Y N , I 1 ' 1 1. A . , ! ' 7 ' I . - - yy , . 44 ' ' ' .U ' , as ' 11 1. - , 1 4. 11 . . ., . K . , . D ' 14 , . . . ., ,. l .g 1 - , , 1.5 1 ' f 2 2 ' X ' ' ' ' , 1 ' 1 1' ' . . . . G1 122 1 12 1. 5 1. - 1 , 7 x x ' .H 1 1 1 1 1 - , . as ' 1 . . i . H THE ROMAN in Sara Frances Crawford Percy Tau Ph1Ph1 26 Usher High School Play Z6 Usher Oratorlcal Contest 26 Sallors Sweethearts, 26 Nice Presldent Ph1 Omega, 23 Or llght or dark or short or tall She sets a sprmg to snare them all Frederic Dale Fred Presldent A D S '24 Glee Club 26 Spanlsh Club 26 Football 25 K K D 25 26 Dog Club 26 Stately and tall he moves ln the hall The Chlef of a thousand for grace Effie Evelyn Davls CMelJ Member French Club 26 Tau Ph1 lhl N xtule made her what she 1S And never made anoth 1 Frank Drummond Drum Basketball 26 In K D 25 26 Span 1sh Club 26 F C D 2 24 H1 Y Dog Club 26 You hear that bov laugh1ng You thmk he s all fun But the angels laugh too at the good he has done V ' ' ' - '1 f QTIFZFS , f - ' F3 L1 . . ' . 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IL -mf? is L 6 Ceme Marne Echols Gene Member Tau Phl Phl SOC16tW 26 She smlled and the shadows departed She shone and the snows were ram Samuel Lee Espy Fpp Football 23 24 25 Vlce Pres1dent K D lr K K 2 H1 Y Presldent F C D 21 Razr Club 25 Dog Club 26 Care to our cof m adds a nall no doubt And every grln so merry draws one out K a :A V Ys l lltml I JIIIIEF Wi: smnfi' llllililllllllllllliliiilllllllfi Blanche Erwln Bannle 'lu Phl Phl Soclety 2 Fr n h ug A popular mald and alwa s ll stvl In ram or sunshme she Wears 1 m rry sm1le hdnu Esserman Wlllle ulee Club 2? 24 Member Tau Ph1 Phx 26 Member French Club 26 Charm strlkes the sight and merxt mms the soul ' 11 ,iww , 7 C . ' ,..v ev e,,e CDL., yflflg'-1' L. TQ - L - . Q S4 Eli g Q ggimf ii.-F' :S V 5 : l u ff? 2 ,m Ki.-egg? 352 P E E :ws 3.1.4 . , .L -In-riiwi w.ru..u, ' its , : 1 , S ' ,A . A - u I K . ' E s : , , , .. ,. , . E 2 f gi u - sz , 5 , .. 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V L 7 1 -. , ' . v V7 - THE ROMAN -Ill JIIIL- am K , Wax 'umm rm nz armed' Milli' Edith C Floyd Edle Glee Club 23 26 Treasurer of Soclety 23 Tau Phl Phl 26 The reason for her many frlends VVas that she was one Ralph Grlffln Grlf Football 24 25 Basketball 25 26 F D 21 22 23 24 Pres1den F C 23 24 K K D 25 26 Presldent French Club 23 24 H1 Y 25 Dog Club 26 Hls S1'Y'l1lC IS sweetened by hls gravlty Vlargaret Wlllmlrth Hardin Gee' Sallors Sweethearts 26 Roman Staff 76 Cr1t1c and Secretary Kappa Alpha, 25 V109 Presldent Tau Omega 24 Secretary Phl Kappa Slgma, 23 A lady rxchly clad was she, Beautlful exceedlngly John WValt0n Hardln Johnnle lx D 24 25 26 K K D Orchestra xgh bchool Orchestra 23 25 2C Glee Club 25 26 Dog Club 26 The well of true Wlt IS truth ltself ' V-.--.T--.f-v--W-.--..., ,..... H. , .. ---W , -.,,,,.,... , ..,....,,..-....,....:.,,,-,..,...-,-, ,, l ' an A I 1 , V f 'K 3 1 1 , z- l ' . w 'L - f 3 21 , -sa 'TSN-f . 3 5 . j - 1 : , . . , , Z . ' 1 1 1, S T 3 1 ' Y , . v . 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H , , , , 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 ' 5 ' 5 ' Y 7 ' 7 ' H . . . . . ,, H . . . , THE ROMAN Mary Grace Hendrlcks Innocence Member Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Member bpan 1sh Club 26 Member Commerclal Club 26 A frlend to one and all A help1ng hand ready at your call Dorothy Wallace Holland Dottle Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Represented Rome at Dlstrlct Meet ln Recltatlon 26 Member French Club 26 Glee Club 24 '25 Pres ldent Ph1 Omega Sallors Sweethearts 26 Unthlnkmg 1dle wlld and young Loule Jenklns Spoule Orchestra 26 Quartet 26 Glee Club 23 Football 24 2 26 Basketball 25 notch Typlst Club 26 Dog Club 26 Razz Clubb 25 H1 Y 25 IIIS vsords were slmple words enough And yet he used them so That what m other mouths was rough In ms seemed sweet and low Anna Habersham King Hard Hearted Presldcnt Ph1 kappa Slgma 23 Presl I laugh d and danc d and talk d and sung dent '1 lu Omega 24 V109 PI'9S1d6I1t Kdppa Alpho 25 Roman Staff 26 Presldent French Club 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 But so fa1r, She takes the breath of men away Who gaze upon her unaware ' 13 1 .--. - 1 ' - '- - A - - 1 f V1 I 2 Vivre,- Jinh. Y . I ' 4 R 5 . L.. . I ,. . .J Y - as 11 - - ss 1 as ' ' 1. 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 , 2. . , . , , 5, . , . U . '24, '25, '26. K. K. D., '24, '25, '26, Top- - ' 1 1 1 ,y 7 ' 7 ' - 1 - 1 , - . , . H, . I . if ' 7, , . . , ' , ' ' ' ' 11 . . . . . , . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 - 1 , , ' . it 97 1 1 - H . . . . ' . ' ' ' 1 '- 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , 1 77 'Z , ' U ' ' . 1 y - 1 l - l , , 1 D ' 1 , 1 l cz ' 1 THE ROMAN T ll Erwln G Klrton Lefty Pre 1dent A D S 22 Secretary F C 23 G e Club 23 K K D 25 Dog' Club 26 A moral, senslble And well bred man Frank Sldney Lesser Francls Baseball 26 Glee Club 24 25 26 K D 25 D Dog Club, '26 The leaden footstep of care Leaps to the tune of h1s pace ' iv-'T Frances Harrlett May Fran Presldent Beta, Gamma 23 Secretary Spamsh Club 26 Member Tau Ph1 Phi So c1r.ty Z6 Usher at Oratoncal Contest 26 'Vlember Commerclal Club, 26 If I xx 1ll I w1l1, you may depend on It If I won t I won t and that s the end of lt 0rle'1na Mxtchell Red Tau Phl Plll Souety 26 Tau Phl Phl 'Dont 26 Class Poet 24 Her halr IS red her sm1le IS gay She has a merry wmnmg way 14 A , Www, .-,. Q . , ,,,,,, 1, ,w...,..,,,-. .---,....,, -.,..i l V k 1 5 Q ' L 1 ' ' I , l 1 I .1 l- 1 l l 5? ' . W E l 1 Q 1 1 . . 1 5 , i V X , l . ' I 5 ' 1,5 1 ' ' as 91 - as 11 . , . . , s . . ., . . . , . . , . . 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Y, ' ' ,Y . , - THE ROMAN Ima Montffomery Spanlsh Club 26 Member Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Member Commerclal Club 26 Her angel face As the great eye of heaven shlned brlght And made a sunshlne ln the shady place l uclle Wlcf urry Cyle Member Ph1 Delta Kappa Tau Omega Tau Ph1 Ph1 Member French Club 26 Clee Club 23 24 Patlence 1S a remedy For every sorrow 'E Marguerite McKenz1e Rlte Clee Club 22 23 Basketball Team 23 24 Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Tau Ph1 Ph1 Quartet 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 Heart on her llps and soul w1th1n her eyes Soft as her cllme and sunny as her skles Allcene Fllzabeth McRae Re Pete Phophet 25 Glee Club '24 Secretarv French Club 25 Tau Ph1 Ph1 Cr1t1c 26 Art Edltor Roman 26 Dramatlc Club 26 Usher D1str1ct Meet 25 Usher Prellml nary Contest 25 Presldent Tau Omega 25 Chalrman Banquet Decoratlng Com mlttee 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 Oh could you v1ew the melody Of every grace And music of her face lo 5 . 33. V i . 1 . L ' P 3 K 4 4 ' ' 1 55 5 F , 5 i- Ev l ' in i ' 1 l 4 ,S . Q' 1 R 5 l 1 1 , - ' 4 V ' X ' ,y-E . :ul ....-..-- -M , . - . ,.-..-ga- , aa 1 - as - 11 o ' ' - , - - 1 1 1 , . , T 1 H1 1 1 1 , r . . , . . ' . ' ' 1 1 - , 1. 1 - 1 1 . , . KK H . . . Y 4 - - 11 ' . ' ' 11 , . f gg yy ' ' if 'S , A f , - 1 A . - ' - 1 . , , , 1 - 1 1 V l I , . . . . , . , , . ' ' , ' . , . , , , , . , . 1 , , . . . , . . 1 - ' as ' ' - 7 ' 1 - 1 , . . 4 '11 , - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 - az , - ! 1 ' 11 . THE ROM AN Allce Paulme 0 Connor Polly Tau Ph1 Ph1 SOClEtV 26 Sallor s Sweet A lovel5 lady garmented ln hght From her own beauty Emma Frances Oswalt Pester Class H1St0T1aH 22 Class Prophet 25 Secretary Phl Beta Gamma 23 Top notch Club 26 Spanlsh Club 26 Roman Staff 26 Tau Ph1 Phl Soclety 26 Thou hast so much of Wlt and m11th and spleen about thee There IS no belng wlth thee or wlthout thee Chastlne Parker Nap Baseball 24 25 K K D Soclety 23 Club 6 Thls boy IS a frlend and brother Marlon Certrude Peacock Ike Prcsldent Ph1 Delta Kappa 23 Vlce Presldent Ph1 Omega 25 Secretary Tau P111 lphl 26 Secretary Senlor Class 26 P1el1m1nary Contest 25 Usher at DlStTlCt Meet 25 Sallors Sweethearts 26 French Club 26 Hlgh School Float 26 As pure ll'l thought as angels are To know her lS to love her 16 - V ,... . ,, M-, -. ,. , . , 1. c,......, ' i . L , '. , , . , L4. .i.i....:..,. .... . , ,, A,,..,...-A ' ' 7 it 9! ' CC Y! ' - ' 1 ' 1 1 v ' y . y - ' 1 1 - - - - 7 9 hearts, '26. '24, '25. Band, ,26. 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H . . ! ,Y ' !Y THE ROMAN Q Alirzis 'itmumwlmv x Mary Ruth I erry Rooster Member 'lau Phl Phl Soclety 26 Clee Club 26 Thy modestv IS a candle to thy merlt Martha Carrmgton Porter Mac Glee Club 24 Prophet Z3 Vlce Pres lflent 24 Presldent French Club 26 Edl tor IH Chief Roman 26 Chalrman Invlta tlon COITlll'11ttE9 26 Motto Commlttee 26 Tau Phi Ph1 26 Sailor s Sweethearts 26 Is she not mole than palntlngs can express Or youthful poets fancy when they love Floy Jeannette Redmond Jane Bfxsletb ll Z6 Flench Club '26 Sec retaly Kappa Alpha Tau Phl Phl 26 She IS pretty to walk vslth Wltty to talk vuth And pleasant too to thlnk on Daud wllll1m Rogers Dave Secretarv K K D Soclety 26 Treas urer Semor Class 96 Nlember Spanxsh Clu 26 K K D Jr 25 Dog Club, 26 On thelr own merlts modest men are dumb ' lf - , - ,K f , 74 54 K md aft' 'ff -eff 1 'I+ P4 .- M, A A f '-1 V? ' 'Eiffel-ff, 7.2 li, N , pg? tv ll 'j ' ',lltL,i'E , ,.f,M ..f ' . ,. . 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Laurauce Salmon Sparrow Member blee Club 24 Z5 Wmner 1n mublc IH Prellmmary at Seventh Dlbtrxct Meet Z5 Hlgh School Z5 French Club Her passlng IS llke the ceaslng of exqulslte muslc Mabel Ellzabeth Salmon Polly Secretarv Phl Omega 2 Vlce Preel dent Kappx Alpha 24 Tau Ph1 Phl 26 She that was falr and never p1 oud Had tongue at wlll and yet was neved loud .LU Thelma Shlflett Teg L mug P111 Omega Z4 Program Com llllttte Phx Omega Presldent Tau Phl Ph1 Zt Tlu Ph1 P111 SOC16ty 26 A ready blYl1l0 a welcome glad One of the beet our class has had Llaude Emory Shlflett Jock nl 23 Llslet lll 2 24 Base blll 2-1 2 25 A Qomrade bllthe and full of glee Who dares to laugh out loud and free 18 ' ll ' ,. Cr' . - f,--WA'-fl : I if li ' f y. Wil-eff .i , ...qs :, A e,,.f.:fL?: ,Vt 2 .- - -. S - - - - . , - ' E - 2 - - 5 : , S S E 'S if ,. V , Q , ,, -4 E X - 2 - l ,. V. , 4 . O . Q , r-4 Q 3 - 2 2 5 i . . if . pm ,1 givv 'o L . ...Will . awk, , .. l.lJL?,LldA 56 S! x ' A6 9 - w 1. V. ' ' '- - y , - ,. 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D., 4, , '26, N ' 1 . , U . l ' 3 7 H - , 77 THE ROMAN ll'llHlL'EXIl Dorothy Lou Slmms Do l'1ench Club 26 Chauman Banqlet COI'11Yl'l1tt99 Sallor s Sweethearts 26 Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Secretary Tau Omega 2 Ushex Prellmxnary Contest Z4 Ushel De bate 2 Usher Play 26 G1rls SOC1CtY Editor 26 Usher Oratorltal Conte t 26 Flower and Invltatlon Commlttee 26 Look out upon the stars my love And shame them wlth thlne eyes VS llllam Sheldon Slmms ,1 Football 24 25 Dlamatlc Club 25 President A D S 21 Presldent K K D 6 VICG Presxdent K K D 75 Spamsh Club 26 VICE Presldent Senlor Class 76 Roman Staff 26 For courtesy XVIIIS moment all As well as valor may Xnsel Parrlsh Swa n Plggy Orchestra 22 2? 74 2 Iusxc 26 Esny 26 K K Is Spanlsh Club The world IS Wa1t1n for b tt r thln s Go forth and exhlblt thy pew rs Prarl Oselle 'lhomas Tomm Q Tau Phu Phl 26 Glee Club 24 5 Basketball 25 26 Pre prelxmmary Con test f0l Recltatlon 26 Sometlmes I Slt and thmk Sometlmes I just Qlt v '-A A' V Y' -- -- A ,YAY ,' fkf2'T'f'.i imffh 1' J? fliu ' .61 K, If , . we ,f x :zQl?,v- f 5-I if 1 ' H-fills e 2',Hlf 45 L, :Q 2' :Heres m:,Tx.- 3 mf Qty' wwf' it xx . ,V . f .fb ,yi .J 1 , ,.. :2.:illL.f,a5fff'Z.lllz, ' H t 5 ' , f ns - 1 W. 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THE ROMAN 4 l QQ Jllll- akuuuzmf Q r I Ki eg H llilllllllllf' 'Illllllllllllll nm ,ll flu, ,iiilillllrillgau 'Vllldred Tlppm Snookle Charlcle Lorene Vann Rene Tau Ph1 Ph1 Soclety 26 Top notch Tau P1-11 Phl Soclety, 26 Typlst Club 26 Spamsh Club 26 Bas ketbau, 23 Roman Staff 26 A true fr1end IS forever a frlend She was good as she was fa1r None none on earth above her' Alw a Freadaw ay Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Secretarv Tau Ph1 Ph1 26 Secretary of Class 24 Cr1t1c of Tau Omega 25 Usher Hlgh School Play 26 Banquet Commlttee 25 Glee Club '25 French Club 26 Sa1lors Sweethearts 26 And her smlle hke sunshlne darts Into many a sunless healt Anme Lee Venable Bozo Glee Club 23 24 25 26 French Club 26 Basketball 23 Tau Ph1 Ph1 Soc1ety, Oh why should l1fe all labor be'7 20 , , , H, - , -.,,Y,,,, , -,..... , ,i.-,...., 'Q5g7'g'WLYfg 2 L ' T3 6 5553? Q of f E :: g J, 'f.,' ,g I f ,, , gf- Ahh K V 3 ' ll 3:3 ' . o.1zf.g,w ipwlw .fiiitiarfo 1 , . 5 xi 5 - .. ar E3 I 1 n 3 z ll s af? 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THE ROMANI Eilzwirwr ull Kathryn Estelle Vlckery Kat Secretary Tau Omega 25 Secretary Tau P111 Phl Zo Spanlsh Club 26 Tau Phl Phl Soclety 26 She IS a wmsome Wee thmg She 1S a handsome wee thlng She IS a bonny wee thing Runette Wall Tau Ph1Ph1 26 Spanlsh Club 26 The storm retlres and the sky grows clear When thy merry step draws near ' Inez Vernon Wallace Tau Phx Phl 26 S1lence 15 more muslcal Than any song Paul Lena Wwllace Lennle President and Secretary Kappa Alpha 24 Member Glee Club 24 Secletary Tau Omega 25 Tau Ph1Ph1Soc1ety 26 There s nothlng so km ly as klndness And noth1ng so royal as truth J. 21 .42 ff ,il',h,3A,'.fT,Q 1.27 , . ffl I si ,VA - 1 .- I -K 7, ' w, f S 1 W 1 2 3? NX, ' s ,Q 5 X F 6 6 wi srfyv Mn, 1 'saggy' . - EgWi'sl'li?i1?iLTFT-,i fl ' ' S . , . ff Q: ' fl Y, , v - ' - J 3 ' ! ' I ' ' Yu 'U ' ! ' Y ' 5 ' :K . . . . . . H , ' H U . . . Y ' ' - vw , 1 ' SL ' ' Y, . I , , . , u i . , . , . . . , Y ' 7 ' ' ' Y ' Yi , . , . , H . . . . g - , H ' ry 7 ! THE ROMAN 42' Elizabeth Coghlll Warner Stexe Secretary Phl Delta Kappa 23 Presl dent Tau Omega 25 V108 Presldent Tau Ph1 Phl 26 Presldent Class 23 Prophet of Class 24 Secretary of Class 25 Sec retary Prenth Club 26 Exchange Edltor Roman 26 Tau Phl Phl Quartet 26 Glee Club 24 Essay Contest 26 Sallors Sweethearts 26 Tau Ph1 Phx 26 Her presence freshens the a1r S I1Sl11l'19 steals hght flom her face Blanford Eubanks Banty Football 24 25 Basketball 24 25 26 Basketball Captaln 26 F C D 21 22 23 24 Presldent F C D 24 K K D 6 ee Club 22 3 25 Boys Quartet 24 25 26 Cheer Leader 24 Track Team 25 26 Class Prophet 25 Class Presldent '24 Dramatic Club 25 26 Declamatlon Contest 25 26 Athletlc Edltor Roman, 26 Razz Club, 25 H1 Y 25 Dog Club, 26 And the xery stars so angels tell Ceaslng the-lr hymns attend the spell Of h1s volce, all mute -ryfr Hn T.. , 51' V.-2 VHp.-4--- We 4 as - 2 Q - - Q Q 1 - ' . . 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J -N llr Mx Isabel Wllklns Izzy Member French Club 26 Member Glee Club 23 24 25 Orchestra 22 2 4 Pau Ph: Phl 76 Charleston Club 26 Duskv tresses man s lmperlal race ensnare, And beauty draws us wlth a slngle han' Shelor Wllllams a Member Tau Phl Phl Soclety 26 Soft peace she brmgs Whenever she a1r1ves She bullds our qulet As she forms our llYQS THE ROMAN Whos Who lll the Semor Class Host popular glrl Host populal bow B st lookxng glrl Best loolung boy Best box athlete ble ltest sense of humor Cutest g,1rl NlO1Sl6St glrl Most orlglnal boy Most orlglnal glfl 'Vlost talkatlve Best all round glrl sport Best all round boy sport Slll1C Susie L1ttle W1ll1e Lazlest glrl Lazlest boy Vlost talented Best actor Best actress W1ttl6St B1ggtQt flapper Most attraetlwe Nlost sarcastlc Best glrl dancer Best boy dancer Best g1rl student Best boy student Wlevlean athlete Best dressed glrl Quletest person Funmest glrl Tunnlest boy Drug Store Cowbov B1gg.,est glgglel Sweetest glrl B1gg,est bum Vlost concelted glrl Nlost concelted boy B1ggest Hlgh School booster Blggest nulsance Nleatest glrl Best artlst Ideal Senior Ld1th Bryan Wvllllinl Blmms Anna Klng Xhlllliifll Slmms Landon C' Lston Lee Lspv l1,l1L1beth McRae lvltherlne Burney John Hardln Sara Arnold Daud Rogers Elmabeth Barton Vl llbur Culpepper Margaret Hclflllll Blanford Eubsnks Annle Lee Venable Claude Shlflett Loulse Arnold Wllbur Culpepper Harrlett Battev E irl Bally Ellmbeth Brown lXan Penn Thelma Shlflett Ehzabeth McRae Blanford Eubfmks Frances May Wllllam Slmms Claude Shxflett Margaret Hardm Inez Wallace Ehzabeth Warner Lee Espv Thomas Arnold Mfxrgfzret Hardm Alxa TI'E,2lildXV'15 Louie Jenklns Edlth Bryan Blanford Eubanks Ellzabeth Barton Edna Essernmn Llmabeth Walnex Jc lm Hardln Martha Porter , . . 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A are . ...,, Y, YYYY Y...,,..,, , s , , , , , I ' - THE ROMAN THIRD YEAR A Presldent Ellzabeth Danlel V106 Presldent Sara Edmondson Secretary Marguerlte McKenz1e Hlstorlan Florence Morgan Poet Jane Grlffln Prophet Ellzabeth Ward Motto Good to the Last Drop Flower Old Mald Colors Ralnbow colors Senlors? No not yet Cllmblng? You Jes bet' Good? To the last Hope? Not yet passed Love ? Ever true' Feelmgs ? Never blue Pep ? That s Jes us Yells? Make a fus' IUHIOPQ Rome ? Finest town Hlgh? Never down School? Not a hlt Grand? You say lt' Teachers? Love em Good tlmes? Down Happy? Always so Zeal? Never low' all' the hall Jane Grlffm 27 1 ,xc n - l 1 e. . O gwr 5. 1 . . . . 1 - a . . . . . . . . . . , 1 , THE ROMAN THIRD YEAR B President Morrls Jones Vice Presldent Wlll am Ford Secretary Sara Lou Casey Hlstorian Annle L McLaughlin Flower Black eyed Susan Colors Black and Gold Mo to T ue as gold' Class Hlstory It seems only yesterday instead of sev eral years ago that vue a class of boys and girls entered High School to work toward that ever Shlnlng light which is our goal We all felt rather shy of our new sur- roundings but took in every detail of the new strange place and watched with open eyes every movement of our teachers who have strived to make men and women of us. Many of us have dropped behind along the way but have been ever spurred on by our ambitious teachers until vue are forgetting our old feeling of indifference. School days fly by and soon vacation comes. A happy vacation is just ahead of us but we will come back agaln hungerlng for knowledge This year has passed away Wlth swiftness and as it draws near a close we find ourselves much wiser than at the be gmmng and wlth only another year between us and our goal We entered school in the fall of 1925 with happy hearts because we knew that we were one step nearer to that longed for title- Dignified Seniors. Our Junior year has been a happy and progressive one and we hope that our Sen- ior year will be equally as progressive. Po you our teachers who have piloted us safely this far we give our sincerest thanks. THE ROMAN THIRD YEAR C Presldent Hattie Mae Gaines Vice President Mary Louise Pyron Secretary Frankie Daniel Prophet Henry Wooten Colors Red and Whlte Flower Tulip Motto Practice makes perfect Class Prophecy On my thlrtleth birthday I decided to take a long vacation as I had not had one 1n about three years I decided to take a nice trip to New York and go on boat from Sa vannah and return by way of Washington At last the day for my departure arrived I boarded the boat called The Kentslnk one of the many shlps owned and operated by the Arnott Steamship Company of which Harbin Arnott was president It has been rumored however that the real brains of the company belonged to Mrs. Arnott, for- merly Miss Inez Scott, both being my friends at school. On board I saw an in- teresting individual with the uniform of the captain' on looking closer I discovered that it vsas Billie Ixirton another one of my school friends. As the last Whistle blew be- fore the departure a dignified woman with a small poodle in her arms rushed aboard. It proved to be Lillie Mae Verner. We arrived ln New York early one morn ing after much seaslckness I decided to spend the day in seeing the attractions of the Metropolis The first great attraction was the Modlste Shoppe owned and oper ated by Willie Mae Farmer and Truman Walker both my old school friends As I entered one of the large skyscrapers of the city I rang for the elevator On entering the elevator I recognized Webb Roberts as the elevator boy. We had a nice conversa- tion and he asked me if I would attend the Ziegfield Follies that night. Of course I consented. He told me that Bernice Taffar and Clara Evans were models employed by Willie Mae Farmer and Trumond Walker. On walking further down the avenue I di - covered to my astonishment the McBra5 er and Grimes Furniture Store the owners were good friends at school. I entered the fContinued on page 40.1 THE ROMANI - ---Q SECOND YEAR A Presxdent Katherlne Caperton V109 Pres1dent Albert Bry S011 Secretary and Treas Mary Harbln Prophet Martha Damel Colors Purple and Gold Flower Pansy Motto Maxlmum results wlth mllllmufl efforts Class Prophecy Tuesday mornmg, June 2, 1943 found me s1tt1ng alone 111 my offlce 1n New York C1ty In a few moments I was mterrupted by a gentle knock on the door I was surprlsed to see a dark slender woman w1th a ball 11ke crystal ln her hands Would you l1ke to have your fortune told? curtly she 1nqu1red I can tell you anythlng you want to know about the pres ent past or future lVIot1on1ng her to a chalr I told her I wanted to know about some of my old class mates at Rome Hlgh School Well began the gypsy as she gazed 1n tently 1nto the crystal even now I see How ard Grlffln as prlnclpal of Rome Hlgh School and Ambrose Erwln as Janltor Mattle Wall Glover has made qulte a sensatlon by defeatlng Mercella tennls champlon of the world ln a match France Jane A W1lk1ns was recently elected champlon glggler of Gold Creek Among the contestants were Ben Grlffln and Kltty Caperton I guess you know that Carolyn Elmore has klndly consented to take Mlss Pearl Smith's place as teacher of Latin at Rome High School In my crystal I see a great smger suc cessor to Malllpurchl no other than Lou1se Smlth Mary Harbln DIXIE McConnell and Martha Berrv are now chorus g1rls IH Greas er s Vfxudevllle wlth Robert Plerce as lead mg man and Albert Bryson as curtam rmg Pattl Wrlght McGhee edlts a column 1n the Dally Whlrl Surely you have read How to Break thls Heart It IS flne and 1tS guxdlng mfluence and advlce IS prescrlb ed for all g1rls Mlfflam Gflfflll and Martha Wrlght com blned thexr talent to make a book The Mormng Before the Nlght After wh1le Jann bhropshlre has wrltten a wonderful book entltled The Fatal Note It 1 w rnlng to all school g1rls under slxteen Martha K1ng and Loulse Hardln aroused the athletlc world by Swlmmlng across tl1e ocean ln flV6 years Loulse Barclay M me Wald Ellen Harvey and Luclle Anderson made a worlds record hlklng from Han' brush 1ll1no1s to Boston Massachusetts They mslsted that they had recelved only thlrty elght rldes durmg the entlre hlke Thxs was all I could hear, so I dlsmxssed the fortune teller and was left alone with the thoughts of my old class-mates. THE ROMAN SECOND YEAR B Pres1dent MaZ1e Hutcherson V1ce Presldent Elbert Wlnfrey Secretary Eugene McCurry HlStOF13H W1ll1e Blackwelder COIOFS Wh1te and Gold Blower Dalsy never quits Class Hlstory A qultter never wlns and a vslnner new qults' although thls sounds so terr1b'y hard UD It means just lots to us Souho mores who have studled so hard and Work ed so falthfullyl When our work seems harder to do and pass1ng IS a verv d1m goal mdeed we thlnk of ou1 motto and feel that we owe It to our teachers who have had so much patlenc with us our room and our selves t o StlCk to the Job' Perhaps some tune we wxll w1n the game and reach the goal although we dld choose Commercial Course for lf we contlnue our study of thls course unt1l we have completed It wlth the same Splflt as we have shown thls year, we shall be fully quallfled for our career ln llfe Thls term of school has been a very hort and happy one to us and we shall all regret to see lt come to a close It has been such a success Wlth Mr Ward as our teach er Here s hoplng that next year when we are Junlors that our class motto Wlll keep us workmg and maybe U1 some tlme we w1ll reach the long hoped for the long wzshed for and the long worked for goal graduatlonl W1ll1e Blackwelder, 28 'l , ' Motto: A quitter never wins and a winner I ' !! ' ' v . . . . -- . 1. 1 - ' u - I I n ' A - ' l S' . s ., . . . , .A , , y Q . 3 - . . D . - V 7 5 n Q Ki ' ' H ' 1 ' ' - , . . - , - . ,, . - - - , . ya ' ' ' 5 THE ROMAN SECOND YP AR C President Sharon Williams Vice President Kerner Primm Secretarv Treasurer Edna Denton Historian Fayge Esserman Colors Yellow and G1een Flower Tullp Motto It 1S only the ignorant who despise education Peculiar Happenings l l'l' lllllll Oh there was such excitement at school today there was a change in everyone As I came into the room at 8 15 who should be seated in his desk but Seab Horton himself I never was so surprised in my life to see him come on time Just then Frank Rash walked ln and his hair had turned black over night My' how everyone laughed' And right behind him came Agnes Selman how thin she was! We hardly recognized her. But a few minutes later we all heard a terrible noise and what do you suppose it was? Why Velma Pir- ker came in shouting ' I left my lipstick at home. What will I do without it! Just then we saw at the door a tall fig- ure which had to stoop to enter but when he had come in we all recognized him to be our old friend, Billie King. After spelling, Miss Maxwell asked how many words each had missed and to our surprise every one IH the room had made a hundred except James Byars and he had missed every wo1d in the lesson In Biology Mr Tucker asked a number of questions and who do you suppose ans wered them but Louise Sewell In English Davltte Gaston recited his les son Without stuttering and Edna Denton yelled out Miss Maxwell I spent two hours on my English lesson last night so you had better ask me a question. I forgot to tell you that in history Gladys Spann sat so still that we hardly knew she was there. In sixth study hall Eula Mae Jones walk- ed in with a large box of candy ard said it was her birthday and everyone must cele- fContinued on page 40.1 THE ROMAN FIRST YEAR A Presldent Vxce Presldent Secretary Flower Pansy Frances Bower Edwln Danlel Malcolm Culpepper Colors Purple and Gold Motto Green but Growlng Class Hlstory We should feel our ufnportance for belng 1n High School at last How many years have we struggled to hold our present p0S1 t1on to be a member of Rome Hlgh School? When we flrst entered the flrst grade we were ever looklng toward our goal and as the years rolled by we could see thls goal com1ng clearer and nearer untll at last we have reached lt Many of our school mates we have left be hmd some have left to go to other schools The1r places have been fllled by other stu dents who have helped us recexve our re ward There have been many stumbhng blocks 1n our way but where there s a w1ll there s a way Entermg High School for the flrst tlme thxs year we found new students awaltmg us Lvervthlng was strange We recelved many bumps and knocks but now how proud we look xt those very bumps for they are our seal our passpo1t through the freshman year to the sophomore year We admit we are green but Just glve us a chance for we re growlng Martha Battey 30 Historian ., ,..,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,, Martha Battey , ' H . . Y . v , . ' 9 7 . 7 . z , - ' u 'rx ' ' s - , , THE ROMAN FIRST YEAR B President Emeliza Swain Vice President Weldon Rogers Secretary Virginia Wooten Prophet Elizabeth Wright Colors White and Gold Flower Shasta Dalsy Motto A class that's worth while is a class that will smile when everything goes wrong Class Prophecy One morning while I was sitting by my window reading a book the postman rang the bell When I went to the door he hand ed me two bills and a letter First I opened the bills one was from Todds Clothing Store and the other was from Smith 8: Whlttenberg s Modlste Shop Then I opened the letter which was from Mary Proctor inviting me to stay a few weeks with her in New York. I had been teaching for nine long months at Athens and was thrilled at the idea of spending my Vacation in New York. I immediately sat down and answered her letter telling her that I would leave the following morning by aeroplane. I stopped at Washington D. C. to e Emeliza Swain who was the President's pri- xate secretary. Emeliza invited some friends for dinner that night and who should be there but Olive Watson who was a libra rian Weldon Rogers, who was the proprle tor of the largest hotel there and Vlrglflla. Wooten who was secretary to Clyde Angle, a member of the Presidents Cabinet The next morning we went to a lecture on wo man suffrage given by Velma Thomas That afternoon found me ln New York Mary and Eugenia Rutland met me at th station. They had been talking to Margaret Shaw and Clara Ella Porter who said they were leaving for Naples where they were to study art. One day We decided to visit old friends who were living in New York. First we went to the Coolidge Memorial Hospital fContinued on page 44.1 THE ROMANI FIRST YEAR C Presldent Earl Hatfleld Vlce Presldent Joel Gross S cretary Juplla Glenn HISLOFIRH Clara Nelle Drummond Flower Pansy Motto Semper F1dellS Class Prophecy After many years of waltlng and worry There were many couples dancmg on deck my dleams of tourmg the world were to be To my great surprlso I saw Martha John made true I was to start the comlng Wed necday but was I to make the trlp all alone? No I would not for I knew I stlll had an old school frlend Cleo Keener who would accompany me We left Rome and arrlved 1n New Xork the place from whlch we were to sail W got on our boat and I glanced at the cap tam whom I recogmved as Thomas Drum mond Cleo called KJ me and we went on dec The orchestra was playmg and I could not help but stand and llsten as some of the best muslclans vsere my old school frlends Some of them were Earl Hatfleld who played a flute Rxchard Starnes who was the star v1ol1n1st Emory fChetJ Red den well known for hls loud poundlng on the blg bass drum but the best of all the saxo phone player, Robert Kxmsey ston and Warmg Best Jones leadmg the grand march In London we were greeted by our old school mate Clara Broom She sald she was a school teacher ln one of Londons small schools We went over to Westmlns ter Abbey to look around and I was much astonlshed to look upon the bust of Robert Evans who had become famed for hxs Lyrlc Poetry We went from there to the contl nent We dd not have any spe H1 sup there so we declded to go by automobile on Into Asla We stopped over ln Persla and were royally entertamed by the Queen of Persla formerly Julla Glenn After bld dlng her a fan' adleu we set out for Chlna but as tlme was fleelng we declded to palt fCont1nued on page 44 J 32 I . 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Y , . , - I THE ROMAN I 1 '---vlbwnqq '1 pqlluulllu-I pllui-un FIRST YEAR D Pres1dent Evelyn Verner V1ce Presldent Allce Martm Secretary Catherlne Wllkerson Crltlc Mary Bevls Poet Hannah Sasser Flower Rose Colors Whlte and Green Mo to Quahty not Quantlty Quallty, Not Quant ty Just a br1ef story of what our class can do We have only flfteen ln our room 'txs true But llsten my reader and you w1ll soon see Just how lmportant a freshman can be We assembled together at the flrst of the season, Wlth our lessons to study our teachers to reason We are here for to study, we ll stay 1 we re through Then you'll see what our clas can do' Twenty one freshmen entered our class Determmed to study to learn and to pass But two txred freshmen dropped out of our class, Thxs left mneteen to tackle the task Three more fell out by the way Thls left slxteen to do what they may Another weary freshy declded to stop, But the rest of us wxll chmb to the o Now my dear readers, slnce you do see Just how xmportant a freshy' can be, Smce Quantity we are not 'tlS plam to een Qual1ty shall relgn as our klng and our queen Hannah Sasser 33 . 7 ' t , u ' ' rr 66 ' ' 79 y l . . , . 5 x 1 - 1 1 u rv ' . . 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E -' 1 H . . . - ' ', I 9 r S 0 THE ROMAN FIRST YEAR E Presldent Ishmael Wllhams V1cePres1dent J W Franks S cletary Edwm Hamllton Class Prophet Harvey MCGIHHIS Colors Whlte and Gold Flower Narclssus Nlotto Work and W1n Class Prophecy It was a wmdy and rainy nlght ln March, and as I had nothlng else to do, I declded to look over my old Romans Of course thls brought back old scenes and classmates of 29 As the room was warm and cozy I settled back comfortably ln my chalr and began thmklng what the future of my class mates mlght be As though 1n answer to my questlon, my head sllpped back against the chalr and I found that I was on .1 tram bound for New York As the conductor came by I saw that he was K Jones We talked a whlle and he surprlsed me by saymg that Wey man lVal1ace was engineer on that tram As we stopped at a small statlon I heard a famxllar volce crymg WGIHQYS hamburg ers and cold dr1nks I recogmzed the speal er to be Slaton Foster Of course I bought a hot dog from hlm and he told me he owned half mterest 1n a restaurant across the street and that Alfred Attaway was h1s partner After we left the statlon I plCked up a newspaper and glanced over It Suddenly I stopped ln surprlse, then read on down the column The artlcle I was read1ng was very lnterestmg because It was a long account of the arrlval of the great smger J B Hunt m New York He was accompamed by h1s prlvate secretary Charles Scott I also saw ln the same paper where Wlllxam Frlcks was galnlng great popularxty as a screen star I notlced the edltor of the pa per to be Edwxn Hamllton When we arrlved m New York I stepped off the traln and heard several VOICES cry 1ng Tam, want a taXl7n Of course I took fCont1nued on page 44 J e l H Ui mum- --'Hwang . . 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C . - THE POMAN :JU dna 'K X lx IWUWWIIIIIWMIIW BREAKFAST ON THE MANTLE fSequel to The Yellow Perll J Whenever a moment of quletness relgns over Batesvllle Alabama, something out of thc ordlnary lb bound to happen Thls qlllet was especially ommous the calm before a storm so to speak The only plaus1ble rea son for It was tlee fact that the young heathens were at lunch Only food could keep them from the1r hcathenxsh pastlmes, whlch conslsted IH maklng trouble for every one 1n general and themselves 1n part1cular Glnger Alton was slowly and thoughtfully walkmg down the street f1n1sh1ng the re malns of a chocolate ple-c1rcumstant1al evldence of sald ple proclalmed 1tself from her face or what was supposed to be her face the only thlng to be seen was the chocolate What she d1dnt put on the 1n s1de stayed on the outslde There was an EXPYBSSIOH of 1ntense thought strange place for such a thlng on Glngers choco late She could be thlnkxng of only one thlng what could the gang do next that lt hadnt already done Blg problem for such a l1ttle g1rl She was on her w ay to the ren dexvous, Ant' Morxows barn the place that many dlsastrous plots came to llght As she stuck her head through a hole 1n the Morrow s back fence she was bombard ed by xmpatlent shouts to the effect of the pelverslty the slowness the utter useless ness of woman blnger IH partxcular Aw gee' Whatcha thlnk thlS ISC7 After noon tea Cheese called out d6C1S1'x ely We bcen NVdlt1I'1 on yo a whole year' A passmg glance was consldered enough to squelch thls young man, Glnger d1dn't trou ble to answer SU' Y1 thought of anythlng yet? Gcn D IFQ xdded hls volce to the tumult We got 1 peach uv an ldea Paul Revere stufl don le 1 l now lnterx al durlng YVh1Cl'1 c xch gunned complacentlv YVell Whut about xt' GIUTQT lnqulred Whut wc gonna do lun axoua 3 ll1n he Butlsh 1 comm the Brltlsh IS com n me Ol ap mn w llt l all Lo.1t1t drawn and Crll'10'9I' dlsappeared through the barl door A hilt ho ll of hot d batc and v1ol nt d1S CUSSIOII 'lSl9ll whlch texmmat d wlthout the loss of blood O1 chocolatc After the Siltlllildk nwht fllXCI'SlO!l hal been voted upon Ind lpproved thc foul chlldren e gaged themsclxcs 1n prlntlng thelr news paper The fate of The Yellow Perll had not worrxcd then one blt It added to the zest of the publlshlng, lf anvthmg S The Yellow Perll Jr made 1ts weekly app amncc regardles of parents and dlre thleats Les dont make that the headllnes I know somep n much lmportanter than that Lnnger cvpl essed her contempt wlth a lord ly move of the head result of much prac tlce bcforc the mlrror 1n her room Whos It all about? Bets not half as good as ours Curt llkewxse expressed h1s contempt wlth a falr 1m1tat1on of the lordly mane Ill tell ya lf vou ll make It the head l1nes Dont bllexe Ill tell yo anyhow I thlnk I oughta have somep n to say bout thls publlshment' Arent I Soclety Edl t 35 Ib -NN - 'Pu 'W s lfl Xi, J . A. I I Q, E f -Tk S . - egg? kk D . Y. y ,, gl f -g L f -r' h' xx 1 .1 , 5 ,, XM ' f: N Y , X X . new cj ' ' ! KW XX V J c W .f A . ' ' f ll ' H . . C a . . .. .k ,D 2 - ' , . Q - - - - ' 2 3 e ' ' z : . . - 1 U ' 7- - 2 . . ' 4 '- : , 4' .2 Q K ' , ' . ' - li - - -' I 1 L . - - I as u , , ' 4 av ' ' ' , . D . H 5 .. ,' ' , e 'T . 1 . . H ', ' i' '? , , , , HCL 1 L' 2 ' 'e' 2 l ya ' ' . , . . VVith this rzmark three heads were with- - ' b ' . . . . z ' ll e ' e ' - , ' , C ' j 'g ' ' . Q . , . 2 z x ' ' n- ' v r 3 x v , 1 ' ' 3 ' I ,, N - I cz ' yy , . . , 1 1 g . . . - ' ' ' , ' . 0- ' KK ' l? 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THE ROMAN tress'7 She demanded mdlgnantly and started to flounce off down the steps but Cheese grabbed her and pulled her back Aw cmon we wanta do the best thlng for the paper Maybe we ll use your news on the front page Cheese trled to com promlse Headl1nes 'P Naw H adllnes or nothln' Nope' N O P E' Well aw r1ght, then nothln' Councll of Wal among the mascullne ele ment sudden surrender the result Well, you can have ya ole headllnes' Now tell us whut xt IS was the eager cho rus Trlumphant grln shlnmg through the chocolate S Just somep n I saw at prayer meetm Wednesday mght Ole Mr Phelps sneezed h1s front teeth down M1ss Prlssy Copleys back and she hollored rlght out ln the mld dle of Preacher Bensons prayer Every body snlggered so Mlss Prlssy got up an went out as soon as Preacher Benson stop ped praym I got up an crawled out after her so Mamma vsouldnt see me Gee, she shore wuz mad' Wonder 1f Mr Phelps got h1s teeth back? Glnger ended her account Wlth a remlnlscent gr1n Um' That's heap bettern ours' Gene whooped dellghtedly Wont MISS Prlssy be mad when she sees lt Les flx It th1s way Curt suggested Mr Phelps Breaks Up Prayer Meetlng by Los1n Hls Teeth Down MISS Copley s Back ' The four llttle heathens to1led t1ll sunset vsorklng on thexr scoop Four slghs of utter contentment and bllss rose from four throats at the completlon of the ed1t1on Well see you all about ten an dont forget We can use papa s dellvery horses Ill get em somehow Trust the resource ful Curt' Several hours later the Morrow barn was agaln the scene of dlsturbance Shadowy forms were seen to steal softly through the barn door and were seen no more for sev eral mmutes anyhow After much shush mg and bumplng around ln the dark the four succeeded 1n getting on thelr horses and out 1nto the alley wlthout wakmg any one T1me enough for that The good Preacher Benson was rudely awakened from h1s dreamless slumbers by a loud thumpmg on h1s front steps and shouts of To Arms' To Arms' The Br1t 1sh IS comm' He stuck h1s head out the W1lld0W IH tlme to catch a gllmpse of four flylng horses, rldden by bounclng forms go thundermg down the maln street The shouts grew falnter and falnter tlll the shouters reached the next unfortunate v1c t1m The portly Mr Bell of Bells Empo rlum was also rudely awakened by the tramp of hoofs on h1s xeranda and the sound of 1mplSh VOILSS crylng, To Arms' To arms' the Brltlsh IS comm ' Wlth fer vor and enthuslasm that would send the orlglnal Paul Revere sllnklng away ln shame eh' But the ambltlous going Revere s were far beyond hear1ng It's them young hyenas up to some more devllment What hey can t thlnk of a1n t worth thlnklng of Wlth more mutterlngs and shakes of the head he went back to bed The Altons the Morrows the Derrys, the Bobbs were staltled from thelr lnnocent sleep by lnslstent peals of their telephones To stop the nolse the telephones were ans wered Flrst sleepy grumbles then Wlde wakefulness next surprlse then parental wrath The result cessatlon of Paul Reveres a two fold reason for the novel breakfast table the lack of knowledge ln the ways of horses and the welldlng of the trusty halrbrush Ellzabeth McRae 26 AN ACCIDENT My tenth blrthdav Betty' was the startllng asse1t1on from Natalle Graham who had been slttlng quletly by the wlndow for the past half hour She was speaklng to her nurse Betty Shaw Daddy IS to take me dr1v1ng thls morn mg contlnued Natalle we were to start at n1ne W1ll you get my hablt please' Natahe hked g01Hg dr1v1ng wlth her daddy She l1ke all other llttle glrls thought her daddy was the nlcest daddy there was After Natalle was dressed she started for the llbrary where she knew her father would be waltxng for her she wondered lf Perklns had the horses ready, she supposed he had rs ' - Y y ' as ry . H - ., . ' aa v , - . ,, . . Y Y Y n . . , KC YY ' ' ' f ll ' . if wk 11 sa px U ' ' YY e . . - C . an rs , , cc ' ' rr D J 1 ' U . I - ' 1 ' - . . . , H . S , i . . . . lk ' Q s u . . U I ' 7 ' . ill ' Y ' Y ' 9 . ' . ' . 7 y . V , . . .l . U 7 u , . . . . , ,, . . . . , I ' Y ' Y Y y . , ' ll YY ' . Whassat? crled the portly Mr. Bell, ' - ra ' ' ' 1 ' , ' KK U Y YY ' . . t 5 , . ., . . ,, . H , . . . ' YY KK Y ' ' ' YY ' Y Y 4: . ' 9 , , . , . . , , Y - , ' ' u 1: ' - . I , . I I ' Y , 4: 9 1 . I y x , ' 1 ' ' y ' Y Y YY i . . . , . - , . H . ,, . . . . . . .7 ' l ' 1 - r 1 9 - ' U . . . . . . ,, . . H . . , . . Y Y Y . . . ,, . , . THE ROMAN though he was punctual most of the tlme Natalle opened the llbrary door Mr Gra ham was slttlng at hls desk Wlth hls head bowed ln the palms of hls hands He look ed Natalle dldnt know Just how he dld look she only knew she dldn t want to dlS turb hlm She crept back to her room won derlng why her daddy looked that way Maybe he dldnt want to leave on that trlp tomorrovs for he had told her that he was leavlng early next mornlng She plcked up The SOC1al Tattler that Betty must have left Natalle was never allowed to read any books only the ones that Betty selected for her and Betty certalnly would never select The Soclal Tattler for Natalle to read thls Natalle well knew but she felt llke be lng dlsobedlent today nobody seemed to care, anyway An artlcle caught her eye Mrs J T Graham IS expected to re turn Tuesday evenlng from a prolonged VlSlt to Parls Then her mother was COmlHg home to years slnce she had seen her mother but then her father was leavlng ln the mornlng She wondered why It was that always when her mother was at home her father was away and when her father was at home her mother was away May be Betty could probe the questlon for her Wouldn t It be grand to have her daddy and mother there at the same tlme' Just then Betty entered Dear dld you see a magazlne Oh you have been readlng lt questloned Betty Yes, Betty, I have been readlng lt,' Nat alle had always been honest Betty Why IS lt my mother and daddy are never at home at the same tlme? Who has put such fOO11Sh ldeas lnto your head Chlld, come It IS tlme for you to study The questlon was never answered Natalle was determlned to have her ques tlon answered She would ask her father to stay at home, to postpone hls trlp untll later Natalle could thlnk of nothlng that would be nlcer than havlng her mother and daddy both to be at home at the same tlme She could thlnk of nothlng she had rather have than thls and Natalle had always had whatever she wanted Daddy dld you know that mother was C0m1Hg home tonlghtq' questloned Natalle Mr Graham turned ln hls ehalr so Nata lle could not see how her questlon startled hlm Y s, dear I knew that she was comlng answered Mr Graham Then daddy why dont you stay here? Put your trlp off then mother you and I could all be together pleaded Natalle But my dear Mr Graham began Hawklns has almost flnlshed packlng my grlps and he could get no further He knew there was no excuse anly Anna hls Wlfe nl ould not want hlm there But daddy don t you love mother? Why do you always go away when she comes home perslsted Natalle Natalle It IS tlme for your bed Grahams VOICE was almost harsh Nata Iles last questlon hurt Mr Graham hurt hlm more than he would admlt even to hlm self He dld love h1S Wlfe loved her more than he had reallzed untll now and what would he not glxe to comply Wlth Natalle s W1Sh6S and stay there to brlng back the old days when Natalle wasn t qulte a year old when he and Anna had planned Natalles future over her crlb after she had been tucked ln for the nlght but he must not thlnk of such thlngs Anna would not want hlm to for had she not told hlm after that hateful blttel quarrel seven years ago It was now that Natalle was all that was keeplng her from gettlng a dlvorce'7 And now that Natalle was gettlng old enough to reallze how thlngs were he shuddered to thlnk of It What klnd of a future would Natalle have? Natalle dld so want to stay up untll her mother came her traln wasn t due untll late but her daddys volce had been so harsh Natalle never remembered h1S talklng to her llke that before She went to bed but not to sleep she couldnt there were plans that she was formlng She would Walt un tll her mother came home and she would ask her to beg her daddy to stay at home Flnally after what seemed hours to Nat alle she heard her mothers volce ln the hall but she dared not go to her then She knew her father would not be there but there mlght be somebody to stop her and she was determlned to see her mother to nlght Everythlng was qulet Natalle crept out of bed wrapped her robe around her and started for her mother s room Natallel Mercy chlld, what are you do lng here at thls tlme of nlght? Mrs Gra ham s dresslng table was so arranged that she saw Natalle ln the mlrror as she came through the door ' U ' H , . e . , , . . . . . H , 5 7 ' ' ' v 7 9 -- . . , . . ,, , , . ' 7 ' - U H 7 Y ' Y - - ,, Y . . . . ' ' n . , . - . . , . , ! Y r , ' . ' ' ' U Y ' 7 7 ' u cz ' U , ' lr ' ' u ' ' ' ' sa , . Mr. . , , ! . ' U ' H ' ' J ' 9 - y ' 7 , . . . ' Y ! H , . 7 . . , 3 - . . N ' Y ' , ' Y Hlght! How glad she wasg lt had been three H ' H ' 3 . . . . . 9 ' a 7 1 7 1 Y ' . Y . ' . ! H ' ' 1 5 Y . . . . . ,, . . . V I , , cc ' ' I - , , , . ' U 1 ' 7 . . . ' rl . , . . , H . . . , , I 7 ' U . , , . . - . , . . i . 5 . 1 7 7 U ' H ' ' - 7 ' 9 . . . , . THE ROMAN My' how you have grown why I hardly knew you Mrs Graham could sav more To thmk her own chxld and she hardly recognlzed her But Anna she scolded herself Surely after all these years and John was not sorrv Through all these years he had not sald or even trxed to say that he was sorry Mother do you love daddy was the startlmg questlon from Natahe Please beg hlm to stay here wlth you and me He IS plannmg to leave early ln the mornmg Mrs Graham was dumbfounded at flrst but It took her only 1 llttle whlle to sum mon what she thought was her prlde and answered though her he'ut was near break 1ng What a foohsh question my dear run along to bed now for It ls gettlng late The last hope seemed to be gone Nata l1e turned slowly and left the room Natahe was up early the next mornmg get her daddy to stay at home Hawkms IS there nothmg I can do to keep daddy here' she questloned I am afrald not Mlss was the prompt reply Hawkms I can t let hlm go I Just can t surely there IS somethmg I can do to keep h1m here' Natahe s volce was pathetlc now I have had my orders to pack Mlss There seems to be nothmg you could do un less vou were to happen to an accldent Hawk1ns dld not know what hls statement was to brmg about And what IS an accldent Hawkmsv questloned Natahe There seemed to be hope left yet Why for you to fall out the wlndow Nllss or down the stalrs 'lhank you Natahe hardly gave Haw kms tlme to fll llSh She left the room and went to the stalrs The rug on the stalrs was mee 'md soft and fallmg down the stalrs would be much meer than falllng out the wmdow and that would keep her daddy home Her heart falrly sang Wlth Joy A scream rang through the house' Mr Fraham came from hls room m a dressmg robe Mrs Graham came from her room m a neghgee servants came from ev ery dlreetlon Natalle was plcked up car rled to the couch ln the hvmg room A doc tor was summoned Everyone was told to leave the room but the doctor and the nurse After seemlngly hours the nurse came out and told Mr and Mrs Graham that Nat walted for Mrs Graham to go she started and then she turned to Mr Graham John can t we go together' she asked Cant we forget the past and start llfe anew I I thlnk It would please Natahe And you Anna Mr Graham began Yes John I am ready to start agaln lf you want me to Want to and my heart has been near breakmg all these years All these years that we have wasted Anna Softly they entered the slck room to gether Mildred Tlppm 26 THE STONE COTTAGE A llttle weather beaten stone cottage stood on the top of a hlgh bluff overlookmg the bay A narrow path cut 1n the rock wound around the bluff to the boat house on the beach The laughmg waters played on the sands the blrds sang and chlrped and all nature seemed to be I'8J0lClDg on thls sunny day There were but two rooms to thlS qualnt old fashloned stone cottage One was a large room that served for a l1v1ng room and b d room another smaller one back of thls was used for the lxtcnen and dmmg room Ihe llvmg room was a comfortable look mg place for m one corner there was a deep open flre place An old llbrary table was 1n the center of the room on whlch was placed a few books a famlly Blble a d1c txonary a few novels and perhaps a hlstory or tvso On the opposite slde of the room was a seaman s battered chest It was locked and the key undoubtedly lost but under no clrcumstances should the chest be mjured by breakmg the lock It had been the deslre of eve1y member of the famlly to open the chest There was also a bed and a couch 1n the room On the couch lay fl mxddle aged man whose face was pale and drawn He had been a crlpple and un able to take a step smce the war On hls daughters Lydla and Betty fell the burden of carmg for the s1ck man smce Mrs Ran dolph had passed away two years before 38 ll GK ' ' ' Y7 . '-' 1 ' ' - ,, ' . , , no .' 1 ' . ' P . l 1 -' 7 v ' , - aa vs . -1 ' ' ! Y 9 7 1 - U 1 ' v . ' 77 . , I , . H Y Y7 ' '4 n L A - 7 - 5 , . I u . 1 ' 1 ' ' ' u , sv v ' f ' , c . . - c . . . H . . . . . Q I . , . . . . ,, . . . . . . . . A. , v ' K - I ' 1 1 , ' . . , . . 1 , . c ' ' y ' ' : . , - ,, . . . . . . v s ' ' . .N . ,, , g . . . . D ' Y She would go to Hawkins, maybe he could alie was asking for them. Mr. Graham ,, . . . w , . . yy I' ll 7 ,Y . . , . . H . - ' I7 AK Y ' 3 ! . Q -- , . ll ' 7 ' ' 3 ll 'Y , 1 . , , -' . . . . M . . 7 ! . ,, . , . . it -1 ll ' V' r , . . ' Y !? Q 7 - ' ! ' V , ' Y! ' ' , . S - . . . . . , 1 . 1 , - . . . , . . , . - ' Y 4 Y ' . ' , Y 7 . ! i 5 7 I I ' , . . e - , C ' - , X n ' ,,, . . . - 7 ! 7 V 7 ' - THE ROMAN Lvdla w as strong beautlful athletlc and could handle a row boat or sa1l1ng yacnt as well as her father Ev ry dav she took tourlsts out on the sea and earned money enough to support the famlly On thls partlcular mormng Lxdla .nose very early hurrledly cooked bre 1kf'1st put It on the small kltchen table and danccd ln to the out of doors I was still XCIY earlx and no one on the beach would be 1621f1V to o fl h1n0' But Just the same on th1s beautlful mormng as Lydla ran down the narrow path that led to the beach she sald to helself I do wlsh somethlng excxtlng would happen not that Im tlred of carmg for dear old Dad and Bettv but I wlsh some thmg dlfferent would happen She turned around suddenly and to hcl surprlse a tall handsome 'young man was standmg behlnd her Say Mlss can vou take me out for an hour or two? Ill pay you well Of course she answered glad to have a passenger That IS my busmess ropes and unlocked It Get your lmes and n t she called o h1m In a few mlnutes they were ghdmg over the blue waves I m out early th1s mornlng but I wanted to flsh before sun up I m from Sunglow the new hotel around the bend about a mlle and a half from here He went on to ex plam My home IS in Ch1cago I am here for a month s vacatlon I lxke 'Sunglow as thls IS my second summel out here Some one suggested last nlght that I trv my lu k fxshmg around the bluff and th y also told me of the charmlng glrl by the name of Mlss Randolph who would row me out Oh thank you she sald And you 'l Jack Mason he answered Im golng to drop my llnes here 1f you don t m1nJ She rowed while he flshed Thus contln ued untll almost noon They were both en Joylng It When Lydla had tled the boat 111 the boat house she turned to Wave good bye to Jack Ill see you tomorrow he called back her wavlng hls cap Lydla ran all the way up the bluff Betty and her father were Wclltlng for her Oh Father I met the best lookmg man thls mornmg He IS staymg over at Sung low And Just look at the tlp he ga e me ' and she held out flV6 dollars ln her hand In the evenlngs Lydla usually read to her father and entertalned him as best she could Bettv could read and wrlte too hay mg been taught bv her father m the long wmter afternoons Prom that dav on It became a custom w 1th Jack to go f1Sl'llT1g every day Some t H1 s there were more passengers than oth crs but usually Just Lx dla and Jack alone Fhex hmd lunch to ether on the rocks and for '1 month thev had a wonderful txme Jacl was such an xnterestmg talker One ex cnlng about sun down thev were glldlng along the water Jack was rowlng and Iydla Just slttlng lookmg 1nto space All of a sudden Jack sa1d Lydla I we had a wonderful t1me wlth you thls summer but 1' IS about to come to fm cnd Im gomg tc Chlcago Monday as mv work calls me Llsten there IS to be a blg masquerade ball t Sunrlow tomorrow Tllgllt Saturday and I want to take you May I9 Lydla sat speechless She a poor flsher man s daughter at a ball' It was out of the question She had nothlng to wear Oh how she would llke to go She d1d not show know tomorrow All r1ght I hope you can go Nothmg much more was sald on the way to the shore that evening But Lydla hur rled home as qulckly as pOSS1ble and threw herself down on the bed and sobbed Her father and Betty after much per suaslon coaxed her to tell what was wrong After she had told her father the story he sald Of course you can go I have a let ter tor you that I had forgotten entlrely Go over to the llbrary table and open that l1ttle drawer Get that blg sealed envelope and open and read lt Lydla d1d as she was told and read 1tS contents aloud Dear Daughter Im wrltlng thls on my death bed and lt IS to be opened by you on your seventeenth blrthday Here 1S a small key take It and open the old seaman s chest It was mv mother s thmgs and I am glvxng them to you Your lovlng mother She took the key 'md pressed It ln the lock Betty stood ox er her calllng hurry up Her father was slttmg up on the couch She turned the kev and llfted the hd In the chest were laces qu unt old rlbbon hats and handkerchlefs sashes dresses and sachets Lx dla held up her grandma s wed dlng dress It was a beautlful whlte satm 39 4 . I 9 . 9 7 ' , . 1 ! V- I . . Y , . . . e ' f . V I Q I' K . I .v. 5. ' . . . Y . Y Y 2 YS: I Y - Y . Y 2 L Y Y . WY . Y Y . Y. Y . f , -Y 2 g YY 4 v. ' 1 v v v u y ' - - . . . . , J 1 A . . - 'L ,Q f . ' ' Y g .S . D' . L , A . Y Yi . - Y v ' I , - I g I A I , n , , as .' ' ' ' ' an ' 1 , ' K ! Y , . . . . . , r . Y, . Y 1 .Y .K C Y . , . . . Y ,, . Y Y I . . . . . , . . '. J Y J a 'I ' ' , , ' ' Y? ,, . I Y . . , , . , . .. , - 7 77 7 . . Y , . ii Y? CK ' ' I Y ' ' ! . . ,, Y . . Y She jumped into the boat, untied the her thoughts but said quietly, I'll let you ' 77 If ' e ,H X t if ' , .7! H , . . Y Y . . . 5 ' ! I 7 - . , . 9 1 ' 77 ' . ' , . , . . ,, . . . Y 7 7 ' ' 7 ' H . , . , , - . V . 6 . . . Y D . . . . C . Y . ,, . . . u 11 - If I , 1 1 ' i' 1 u 11 , cz 1 - , , . . ' ' 1 ' I' 11 :A 1 ' ' ' - -' 1 1 - 1 I ' 1 - ' . ll H ' 1 , to .11 Y . YY C . . ' 4 . '. ' ' ' , Do Y . . Y ,, Y . . 'll .' .Y 7 7 ' .Q . . . Y , Q - . . . Y', . . V 1, - ' 1 2 . . 1 1 ' l l! . . Y Y . , - ' 1 THE ROMAN trimmed ln Duchess lace and pearls and there was a beautiful pearl necklace and bracelet to match Her mother and grand mother had lived in Chicago Oh I can go' she said Joyfully I must tell Jack the first thing ln the morning She continued to unpack the contents of the chest and found two hundred dollars a deed to a lot and house in Chicago on Pine Street Too thrilled for words Lydia awaited the coming of Jack Saturday morning Flnally he came and she told him all Lydia I too llve on Pine Street It IS one of the best streets 1n Chlcago You are live with your rich uncle That night about 7 30 Jack found himself comlng down the bluff wlth that beautiful girl dressed In her grandma s wedding dress I had a wonderful time at the ball last you in about three months because we re going to move as quickly as pOSS1ble Ill write to you 1n the meantime he sald Dorothy Holland 26 TIIIRD YEAR C PROPHECY fCont1nued from page 26 J establishment and while discussing old tlmeS they told me that Hattie Mae Games Willie McDaniel and Dycle Petltt were hap pily marrled As I had nothing to do that afternoon I declded to go to the baseball game betvu een New York and St Louis In the second 1n ning I heard someone yell Lets have a home run Foss It recalled to me that Harry Foss was a member of the New York club and as he was one of my school chunl I yelled more and more for hlm I turned my head and saw at my side Rebecca Men delsohn and Ruby Milllcan enjoying the game to the fullest extent I learned from them that they were IH the movles The Follies were unusually good that evenlng but the greatest surprise was to fmd that Mary Louise Pyron Frankie Dan lel and Laura Caldwell were scoring big hlts with the audiences of that season I enjoy ed the evening exceedingly well especially since the girls were my friends whlle at school After spending several days ln New York I boarded the train for Washington While I was reading a good magamne I happened to glance up and see Louise Keown riding b9Sld6 a man who was evldently her hus band Upon speaking to her I was lnform ed that she was on her honey moon and as she had been 1n school with me I wished her the best of luck While 1n Washlngton I Vlslted the Carne gie Library where I found Mary Louise Blair and Eula McLaughl1n as the libla rlans I remembered that both were very fond of books while ln High School and I was pleased to see them holding the posl tions I learned from them that my school friends Susie Arnold and Frome Aycock were tea h1ng1n the Washington public schools I attended another baseball game in Washington and about the mlddle of the gam a man selling peanuts popcorn and once that It was my friend Mack Bobo who had gone to school with me I called him and he told me that he had made a fortune off of peanuts popcorn and cold drinks and that he was going on his vacatlon the next day I invited him to spend his vacation with me 1n Rome He accepted and the next day we made the Journey to Rome talking most of the time about our happy school days H Wooten SECOND YEAR C PECULIAR HAPPENINCS fCont1nued from page 295 brate so she passed lt around till everl one ln study hall was eating even Mr Tuc-ku But ln seventh study hall there was some excltement when Ruth Warnock came in all excited and told us that she was golng to quit selling 1n the lunch room At the end of school Miss Maxwell told us that everyone got on the honor roll and for being so smart she was going to give us a week s vacatlon I was so happy that I be gan Jumping up and down and bang' I landed on the floor and out of the bed I looked up at the clock and guess what tlme lt was? Fifteen mlnutes to eight I surely dld have to hurry to get to school on time What a delightful dream' Fayge Esserman 28 40 . , . r I , . . . Q . Y . - ll 79 ' ' H ' ' , . . . , ' . . . . ,, ' ' 9 ,. . , i 3 ' , - ' Y s ' ' . Y . . . ,, . . . . I ' . . 9 y ' ' to . . . .,, . , A. . . . , . . ,, . D . G ' 7 night, she told Jack Sunday, and I'll see cold drinks passed me. I recognized at . 1 , . . 9 1 . . . ,, . . if Y ' ' ' I! ,i 7 ' Y 7 - , . . . , . Q I . , . y , T A 0 - . 7 , ' . cc 1 - 9 n , - - 9 ' ' ! Q. .- , , , ' ' ', 5, . . ' , ll 1 ' 9? ' ' ' . , . , . Q u . A , . - . . - . , . , . . . . , - y . THE ROMAN 41 PIIIET Y .5 ..fS1 ' THE LXSI' II KPPER ffAIJOlOg'10Q to Thom 1s Nloor TIS the last flapper of summer Left all alone All her lox ely comp 1111ons Are marr1ed and gone one of her klndred teahound IS mgh refleet baek her blubhes C9 to glVC Slgh for ugh not lefue thee thou lone one To gr1exe for hlm, blnee the others are 111 11111 cl Go thou to them Thus k1ndlv you aqk If they ll be so HICS As to flnd xou '1 te 1ll0L1Ylll VN ho doesn t glxe 1111110 So soon 111 IX I follow When fr1endsh1ps deem And from the old 111 llllS sexung., e1rele 'lhey all drop avx ay W hen they all get 1111r11ed -Xnd leaxe t11e11 old ho111e Oh who XXOL1lfl 1nh1b1t Thls bleak 11 orld llOl'l8q Genle Echola 26 QOPHIS FIC XTLD SL E Oh yea she Sll1l!'LCl I m 511 eet Slxteen To me vou klds are 1wful green I guess pe1 1aps that you don t knov. NIV gleat gre 11111t 11 IN Queen Cl o Ill go abroad next sp1111g l pose -Xnd brmg back tlLll1lxS of Parw Clo hes I n11ght deelde to I'l'1'1l!'X though -X Dook or lord or Prmee or ao Juat then her mother e 1lled Suu Come hele 1n1111cd1'1telx to me Xour b11thd'1x e 1ke has gotten eo c Just thmk todax youre sn vears old' Nlartha Porter 26 CR kNIx CR kxllx CR KNR fxvlth 1ll '1polog1e'i to Tennyso Crank Crank cr'1nk On tlllg 1ey n1orn Oh lord' -Xnd I would that I could utter The thoughts YV1tll1l'1 me stored Oh well for the Cad1ll'1e man H l1o stepe on h1s 'at xrter at dav, Oh v1ell for the m1ll1on1111e lad -Ks he shelks w1th h1s car on the wa And the CXDCHSINC mm go on To the gaa stat1on on the h1ll But oh for the r1ttle of thls old can And the sound of tlllS motor that s st1ll Crank C1 1nk, cranke, At the fl ont of thx hood oh Ford' But the tender pur of thu n1otor that 5 dead W 1ll nexer eome b1ek to H19 W llhur C ulpepper 21 SMII E Tl1o SOIl1CtlDlCS we IC sad and troubled Ox QI some tr1'1l that 1nte1wenes Tho It beems lt can t be tackled Let a n11le come ln between Then you ll see the trouble xanlsh Then the trlal you ve east away W 1th a em1le so easy to furmsh To a never sultable d1y So let us ne 91 brood o er our trlals I- O1 they cause us trouble and grlef Tre xt all C lSU'1ltl9S as fr1llQ Let 115 ennle for lxfe IS br1ef Let ue Qmlle be our motto Show the root what we can do Il ne e 111 snnle lxxclt ou1 trmls Thex max ST1'lll0 m Ib then s too Iuclle Nlcfurry 26 I P: !! lv' ,-J, 'g-1 1 - ' A41 A r 113 , u .. , , A W , W -ps 1 11 , 1 , , 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1. 1 e.J 1 1 1 I 11.5 7 ' 1 4 U VY 4 1 V . 1 1 , 1 , 1 , . . , X 1 4 7 ' Y 9 ' ' ' ' 1 : . 1 No V ii Y! 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THE ROMANI TRY SMILING When your lessons sult you not Try smlllng If your teacher scolds a lot Try sm1l1ng When your classmates don t treat you And your future IS as dark as nlght Sure lt s hard but then you mlght Try sm1l1ng 1ght When your future lsn t brlght Keep Smlllng It mlght help thmgs to come rlght By smlllng When your frlends go back on you And you re feelmg mlghty blue You mlght w1n them back to you By smlllng Doesnt change thmgs of course Just smlllng But It cannot make them worse Just Smlllng So It s best IH any case And should be practlced every place I'hen It sort o rests your face Just smlllng Sarah Autry POETRY IN EVERYTHING fDed1cated to my Engllsh Teacher J There s poetry 1n the flowers There s poetry m the leaves There s poetry ln the dew wet grass And ln the gentle breeze There s poetry 1n the landscape In the valley ln the brook There s poetry of the sweetest klnd In every woodland nook There s poetry ln the bird s song And 1n the cloud washed Skl6S But there s ne er a poem that sweeter Than the love poem IH your eyes Dorothy Slmms 26 THE MEQSAGE OF THE BELL As I stood by my wlndow at nudnlght In the rays of the glorious moonllght I could hear through the stlllness about me A sweet sound from the church by the sea Fhus I stood never movmg a muscle As I heard the breeze rust11ng the leax es, I was llqtQ ung to thc tones of the church e For the message that they were to tell Thus I llstened to catch the full meamng For I dld not belleve I was dreamlng And revealmg lts secret so dear I knew It told of the New Year Alva Treadaway 26 SUMMER TWILIGHT When the twlllght softly stealmg Comes at the close of day, A reverent hush falls over all O er the xx orld on lts homeward way One bv one the llghts appear TXVlI'1kl11'lg through the dusk Llke yellow flre crystal clear In the fragrant after glow After the llghts are the myrlad stars Shlmng far above, Sentmels of the summer nlght Emblems of God s love Ellzabeth McRae 26 IT S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT most ln llfe Ho t always It s the l1ttle thlngs that help Xou out of strlfe If youll try this as you go along youll see that 1ts no Joke Iust SlY1ll9 and lend a help1ng hand 5 cs h lp fr1ends to bear the1r yoke I wonder how he does lt we ve oftnu heard folks say And I m sure It s not by blg th1n s that one succeeds today He does It by the httle thmgs just httle thmgs that count But IH the end the e httle thmgs add up a large amount Your lot w1ll be much easler for the kmdly things you say And you urely won t regret It 1f you smlle along your way Just spread a httle sunshlne IU th1s great blg world of gloom And youll soon flnd that the llttle thmgs Just take up lots of room Connle Mayes Barnett 26 42 L - 1 1 ' l b ll, ' 7 . - . 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Y ' .. 1 , . . . r ' ', 7 3 ' . . , , .. , , THE ROMAN IHF FI OWER OF LHIV XLRY In thc cllys of Ixlllg' Althur when Knlght hood w IS Voung And the fatc of a world upon gallantry hung, Mld thc towers and turrets of Camelot gray, The seed for the flower of chlvalry lay Then the days when sllm raplers flashed forth ln the llght In defense of falr llclles wlth eyes starry brlght, And wlth powdcr and patches and llps of warm hue The flower of chlxalry flourlshed and grew Wlth the rustle of laces and crlnollnes gay I'here was mlnglcd thc chevlons on unl forms gray, When the bleath of falr lllacs made ra grant the nlght The flower of chlvalry grew to full helght But today IH .1 wollcl of such hurry and strlfe Wlth the worrles and dutles and cares of thls llfe Slnce no Iauncelot remlnds us we some tlmes forget The flower of chlvalry blooms for us yet AN HONEST M XRK fwlth apologles to Robert Burns Is there for an honest rnalk Ihat flunks us and .1 that? c cheat we pass hlm by We must be honest for a that' For a that and a that Our marks obscure Ind a that 'lhe mark IS but a pass The honest studcnt s the gowcl for l hat What though ln French we make I orty or forty f1V9 Ole cheats thelr nlnetles -Xnd crooks then nlnety f1VCS A students a student for a thl lfor .1 that and a that 'lnell repolt cards show and a that 'Ihe honest lnark though e er sae low Is mark o mark for a that' Yc scc yon pupll ca cl a star What smllcs and laughs and a that Though sonlc bellevc that he IS smart He s but a cheat for a that For 1 that and a that llls nlnctles hundrcds and a that The pupll of an honest mlrk He looks md scowls at a that X crook can make a hlgh mark A A or B and a at But all honest student s aboon hls marks Guld falth he maunna fa that' For a that and a that Thelr crookedness and a that The plth o study and an honest effort Ale hlgher marks than a that 'lhen let us hear that the day IS drawlng nlgh As draw It wlll for a that 'lhat study and effort o er a the ealth Shall bear the gree and a that lor a that and a that Its drawln yet for a that That an honest mark the world o Q1 Shall passes be for a that Lee Espy 2 BF N KIURAI A mocklng bud and a peacock sat On a roadslde fence one day And preened tl161I' feathers ln the sun When two men passed that way Such grace and beauty rare Eye spangled tall and glltt rlng W1HgS All colors of the ralnbow there 'lhe mocklng blrcl then burst ln song And poured forth llqulcl notes xvlth thrlll on tnr1ll as beautlful As from a flute cadenza floats The travelers then to better heal Stop t talklng and IH rapture l1Sl',Cl1 cl lrwltll all attcntlon on the song In xaln the peacock s plum 150 gllstened Perhaps they d llke to hear me slng The peacock thought and then began A nolse not unllke sharp nlng saws The tray lers took thelr heels and ran Such screechlng harsh unearthly H01SQl They crled and stop t thelr ears To have such beauty bruskly spollecl Would almost start one s tears The moral s thlS you ll qulckly flnd Be Natural ncvcr tlv to shlne In SOm6thlng that IS not your llne John Hardln 26 43 . 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H , ,, c , C -f 1 i 'I Q . , A ' I - , , . . . v 1 . , . - , , THE ROM AN KEEP A TRYING Say I w1lll and then stlck to It Never say I can t do It Fu. the goal vou wlsh to gam Then go at It heart and braln Do not dlm your purpose true Stlck to It tho tlmes are blue Keep a trymg As Columbus salled the seas o er And never turned back to shore So must we sall on llke hlm, Past horlzons far and dlm T111 at last we gam the prlze, That belongs to him who trles Keep a trymg After you have won the goal And have put mto It all your sou Thus you can enjoy the pleasures And w1l1 gam many treasures Then youll be happy to know That you ve galned It so By trymg Xnnle Dee Barnes 2 FIRST YEAR C CLASS PROPHECY fCont1nued from page 32 1 I was to f1n1sh tourlng Asla and Australla and Cleo was to go and tour Afrlca and South Amexlca and we were to meet back it Rome on Ch11stmas Day After we part ed I went to Chma Just as I stepped off the tram I saw Rosa Ylncenzx who told me that she llved ln China now I talked Wlth her for a whlle then I went to a hotel When I Went to regxster I saw that Cec1l Brauda was the clerk Tnat nlght I decld d to go to a th ater When I went to buv a tlcket I found that Roy Evans was s llmg tlckets When th show started I found that Ellzabeth Brown and O D Watters were the mam charact rs and that Mendelle Rothenberg Ruth Wm frey Anne Flsher Mary Nell Keel Mlldred Cooper and Gladvs Gray were m the chorus Ihe next day I VlS1tLd a mlsslon and found that Kathleen Hope was one of the trachers She told me that Ernestme Coop r and Mlldred ISGILL were pcacefullv marued 'Ihe next week I salled for home When I landed I was greeted by Cleo and her hus band as she had marrled SINCE she left me Clara Nelle Drummond FIRST YEAR B CLASS PROPHECY fCont1nued from page 31 J wh re Edlth Pyle had the posltlon of head nurse She told us that Ruby Phllllps Vlr glnxa Stoffrefgen Clarence Boak Kathleen McCullough and Myra LQXISOU were there are had been lnjured ln an 3UtOm0b1l9 wreck We had lunch wlth Edith and on commentlng upon the food We were told It was cooked by Mlldred Redmond As we left the hospltal the laundry truck drove up and who should step out but Arthur Jones As we crossed the bridge to Mlldred Cock rll s drug store we met Lols Hopkms M11 dred Ward and Ruth Storey who were play mg ln Mack Sennet Comedles Next w went to Jeffrles Brothers store where we purchased some grocerles and ln there we aw Berney Platzblatt who said that he and Clarence Boak were partners 1n a shoe store A few days later we went to an opera and the slngers were Nona Sansom and Irene Pledger My tlme was now up I engoyed mysel vely much and promlsed Mary that I would return next summer Ehzab th Wrlght, 29 FIRST YEAR E CLASS PROPHECY the flrst one I came to and saw that the drlx er was J W Franks I stepped ln and we started for the hotel He told me that bhalles Wakeley was a famous avlator and was to do many stunts ove1 the Woolworth bulldmg that afternoon He also told me that Herbert Hardm was the rlchest mer chant 1n New York but wa rather hen p cked because he had marrled a lady much taller than he When we were gomg down Broadway we met a reckless drlver closely pursued by two pollcemen I recognlzed the drlver to be Ishmael Wllllams and the pollcemen to be John Redmond and Donald Madden Wh n we reach d the hotel I went IH and reglstered and saw above my name Mr and Mrs Edward Kuhlman The manager who was no other than Hugh Grlffln told me that Mr and Mrs Kuhlman had Just mar r1ed and was on thelr honeymoon Suddenly I awoke wlth a start and won dered lf I was glad It was only a dream for I had seen the future of all my class mates but mme stlll remamed a mystery to me 44 - KK ' YY ' ' 1777 . c . , 'H ' ' as 7 ' vs 9 ' ' ' , L . , l A , - . . . . r n 9 7 ' v , V' I . , , . , r . 7 , - . . . . ,, . . . 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J WT ill! t , cf' l,fb NMlUMmm IMMEMN r HW ffffm Q' 40 4 , Q3hv-A N' v0 'if Fm .gown I Z ff NN SfZ?!5 0 liDlflORlAlL Entered as second class matter December 5 1916 at the postofflce at Rome Ga under Act of March a N19 The Roman 1S pubhshed four tlmcs 1 year bs the students of the Rome Hlgh School Its 211111 IS to promote hterary effort 1n the school and contrlbutlons from all the sta dents are earnestly SOI1C1t9d PER COPY FIFTY CENTS EDITORIAI ST XI F MARTHA PORTER DOROTHY SIMMS EDWARD BOSWORTH MILDRED TIPPEN HENRY BATTEY ELIZABETH WARNER ANSEL SWAIN PARNFL HARRIS FRANCES OSWALT WILLIAM SIMMS ELIZABETH McRAE LOUISE ARINOLD ANNA KING MARGARET HARDIN HENRY WOOTEN Fdltor ln Chlef Glrls Soclety Edltor Boys Soc1ety Ed1t01 Glrls Athletlc Edltor Local Ed1tor Exchange Ed1tOl Alumnl Edltor Muslc Edltor Joke Edltor Joke Edltor Art Edltor AdV6Tt1SlHg' Managel Advertlslng Manager -Xsst Advertlsmg Manager Asst Advertlslng Manager SO THIS IS GR ADD ATION The endless years haxe ended at last and the far off day of graduatlon IS the dav of the hour The OCCASION ls one of both gov and sorrow Thls goes to proxe the fact that when a person has not a thmg that thmg seems very deslrable but when he flnally succeeds ln possessmg lt lt loses much of 1ts charm How ex er the unattaln able also serves as 'mn IIILCI tue to much ben eflclal labor and IS the theory on wlnch rests man s des1re to better h1s condltlon Graduatlon IS not the end but merely an 1ntern11ss1on before a greater begmmng The old order changeth y1eld1ng place to new The hxgh school graduate has re celxed a good educatxon It IS true ani should be able to mal e good but the boy or gul who ocs on to h1ghc1 branches of ed ucatxon shows that h1s educatlon has had the deslred effect of makmg hmm seek more knowledge The day of graduatlon means that one dxs tlnct phase of our ln es IS closed The world won t stop to look on 1n admlratlon as our , Affntm f. L X A I . . , A , V 'J J' I J - - , ,, -' I ff' 'A 'V W1' I Alf fr' A fr all xi . , .1 1 gf vp , 1 ., 9,1 t Q2 tw ff ,f 1 ,f t if v5 T TLV 44 ' QZQZQ 7 ti oM 'f'f It ' Q fl L. lu A wx 00? 26 Q 65 . A Y 'R I Q3 C BLANFORD EUBANRS7 eeee ' to I. L L L ff ffBoys' Athletic Edltor - K l I V' ' . . 7. M . , . . y C- w THE ROMAN Seniors march slowly down the alsle that same alsle tllat stlll echoes wlth the steps of other Senlors of other classes for the world IS a busy place and yet the gradua tlon of thls class IS an admirable event IS a part of the hlstory of our Unlted States It IS an end and a beginning No one could fall to be touched when he reallzes that he has left the halls of hls school forever and that there are many members of hls class whom he wlll probably never see agaln ThlS feellng of both Joy and sadness IS one of the truest emotions of llfe and shows that the world IS not qulte the cold heartless place some people would have us believe lt lS Then as we leave our Alma Mater let us leave her the assurance that she will never have reason to b ashamed of us for she has tralned us WlS6ly and faithfully SIGNIFICALCE OF A HANDSHAKE There IS no frlendller way to greet a per son than that of shaking hands wlth nlm heartlly and slncerely I'he emotlonal Frenchman rushes up to h1S frlend and klss es hlm fervently on both cheeks but the more reserx ed Amerlcan puts h1S heart lnto an expressive handshake which reveals both The 11l'St type of handshake IS the flabby type It IS demonstrated by the person who rather condescendlngly extends one a bone less clammy mass of flesh Wlth the lnward thought no doubt I hate to do thls germs are so prevalent you knovs but lts cus tomary so of course Im perfectly help less ' It makes one Want to fllng the thing awa5 and depart hastlly before yleldlng to more vlolent lmpul es Such a handshake contains no affection or feellng but IS merely an GYPFESSIOHISSS symbol and slgnl f16S usually a haughty sophlstlcated nature The second type of handshake IS the plnchel V106 type Everyone has had the experience of lnnocently extending hls hand to an acquaintance only to have lt almost crushed and broken by an lron clutch One shudders and feels that the next step IS for the Samson person to produce handcuffs but no he merely contlnues to Jerk the poor helpless hand up and down gleefully thlnk lng perhaps See how strong I am Why I DOSltlVCly plty anyone as lnslgnlflcant as Vou ThlS handshake generally reveals a concelted over bearlng nature The thlrd type IS the one and only real handshake It IS the flrm slncere klnd often more eloquent than words, and car FIGS wlth It a smlle and a good W1Sh It IS the klnd that can express sympathy at an others sorrow or Joy at anothers happl ness It IS not artlflclal but trles to con vey something of the frlendshlp of loyal natures It IS the handshake that helps the world glvlng strength to the weak and re newed strength to the strong FRIENDS There lS no greater glft ln the world than that of maklng frlendshlps What Joy would there be ln llfe lf one stalked through the world without looking to the rlght or the left and gave only cold glances to the persons wlth whom he came ln contact? It would be a lonely sort of llfe and one that would appeal to a crank only The person who 1lV6S above on some secluded mountaln Slde IS not the only type of hermlt he who IIVQS a frlendless llfe even though hlS home IS ln the midst of crowded throngs 1S Just as much a hermlt One of the most beautlful words ln the whole Engllsh language IS the word frlend and all that It suggests and ln cludes A frlend 1S one who understands ln trouble or distress than a member of the famlly It 15 a fact that to have a frlend one must be one Frlendshlp IS another of those proposltlons lnto which one must put as much as he expects to get out The word ploposltlon lS too cold a word to use though concernlng frlendshlps for they have a much nlore beautlful meaning The art of keeping frlends IS one that re qulres as much talent as that of making them Frlendshlps should last as long as llfe ltself and should not be allowed to tar nlsh and grow dull They should grow mel lowel and sweeter as the years pass by A true frlend glV6S one sympathy hap plness and help at all tlm9S A real frlend IS to be valued aboye all rlches so let us make It one of the chief alms of llfe to make frlends and be falthful to them forewer COLLEGE ADVANVI AGES At the present tlme a college educatlon IS as necessary as a hlgh school educatlon was before college became so num rous The college course IS now the loglcal step after the hlgh school one on the step ladder of -lt' A 3 . . . , . . , . , - , - . . . . . , , , , 7 y ' . . , - 1 N ' Q . ! , . ' 7 ' e , . Y - - - . . . Z - . , . 7 . . , . . . , , . . , . . . U . ,, . . - . . Q . . S his individuality and his personality. and there are times when he means more . . , H ' 9 9 - ' - , ' 7 41 , ' ' Y! ' 9 ' s , . . . 1 9 'Q 1 ' 1 , . , . . I 1 . . . I 7 . . . - . . S ' . . , . , . . - i- . ' . . , - ! Y 7 , - . . . 1 y A A - 7 I ' - -'4 . ,, . . . Y 7 ' 7 A yr ' , G s ' ' . THE ROMAN edutatlon and practlcally the last one be for the ladder broadens out lnto that knowledge whlch onlv elcperlence vslth llfe can brlng There IS so much to be learned alld so short a tlme IH whlch to lealn It for pro gress IS swlft and great lndeed IS the mlnd that can lHtCll1gCHtlV follow ltS ex cry phase Our modern college offers one a good gen eral educatlon by supplementlng that re celxed ln the grammar and hlgh schools The hlgh school graduate IS a superlor be lng who lmaglnes he has reached the helghts b11t by the tlnle he becomes a col lege graduate he meekly reallzes how llttle he really does know The hlgh school age IS an lmpresslonable age ln whlch the boy or glrl recelx es the adv anced foundatlons of what he must know to be successful Then at the college age he beglns to learn and understand wlth llltelllgence He IS mature enough to grasp the flne polnts of educatlon It IS much harder to make good ln the World of today SIDCQ there are so many ambltlous young people than lt formerly was when standards were not qulte so hlgh Therefore IS lt not best to take advantage of every opportunlty that mlght posslblv be of benef1t'7 Educa t10Il and especlally a college educatlon IS one of the keenest and most honorable weapons of llfe SLCCESS Thele a e many qualltlcs that one must have to be successful but these mav be sum m d up und r thre or four malll heads Two that 'lr absolutely necessary are A worthy amb1t'on and the perseverance to a LOIllpl1Sl1 lt Then there are others such IS punctuallty cheerfulness thrlft ablllty and moralltx The flrst thlng one must have IS a defl nlte alm IH llfe or a hlgh ambltlon Hls deslre need not be to conquer the world or be the frlend of klngs but he must choose sonle good, worthy thlng and stlck to It Ablllty must be consldered also for a per son should certalnlv not choose a yocatlon for whlch he 1S entlrelv unfltted The second lmportant quallty one must possess IS a persex erance strong enough to overcome all obstacles Success does not come ln a day nor yet ln a year but IS the result of hard earnest labor Cheerfulness IS Included under thls head, for a sour face and bltter Cllbp0S1t1OI1 are setbacks rather than assets Anothel good motto for achlevlng suc cess IS Be prompt In even the llttle thlngs one should be punctual because un less one IS somebodv else wlll step IH the gap and reflcll the goal flrst Thrlft punctualltx s twln The hablt of savlng and collserxlng IS one worthy of belng cultlvated Flnallv morflllty IS certalnly an essentlal quallty Be clean honest and truthful and even lf you do not do the greatest thlngs your CONSCIEUCG wlll tell you that you have done rlght A W ORD OF THANKS The Roman staff wlshes to thank sln cerely everyone who has had a share matter how small ln helplng the Roman haxe 'mother successful year Especlallv do we thank those merchants who have made the magazlne posslble bv contrlbutlng adv ertlsements We have done our best to make thls a good magazlne and reallze that It IS f lr from perfect but maybe 1tS readers wlll ox erlook ltS faults and see only the good p01HtS We hope that our magaalne wlll be truly representatlxe and that Rome wlll never haxe cause to regret oul namlng thls paper the Roman E-P1135 41 5 . V . Y - . . . . . . . . y , . . . fx ' ' e . A S . Y . . , . v 1 ' . . . ' . - . Y . 9 . 1 1 ' 1 . ' . . Y V I . L . . V . . . a . Y Y . . . Y C , - . . . . I . . H H . . . . . 7 , . - v Y . . . . - 1 . . , 1 . IS . . . ', v. . . v o . ' ' . . . V. . 1 . . . N , 1 1 - 9 9 1 . , . . . . , x 1 il' sc rv ' - . , - - , , H0 ' ' la n s . ' c ' . ' ' I' 'O ' ' , c K l ' fx n Q ' V ' ' ' . . l V V . V , c C ' I Z , . , . ' 1 - , - c . , . . ' ' 1 v v y 7 - v . ' 1 , , ' ' ' ' ' ' cc 97 - r . LITERARY 5-ll--5 2 SOCIETIES JARDN CIRLS SOL IETIIICS The close of another successful and h1s torlcal school term IS drawmg mgh Sen lors are thlnkmg of thelr caps gown ar cl graduatlon The 1nv1t'1t1ons and cards haxe been ordered plctures have been made ex amlnatlons are belng dreaded, and 1U short everythlng IS bemg prepared to vu 1tness the close of thls term, the most successful and happlest one 1n hlstory Then the SOCl9ty members are begmmng to wonder what soc1etv they Wlll be 1n next yeal Ifhe Freshmen w11l be promoted to the various Sophomore soc1et1es the Soph omores to the JHHIOTS the Jumors to the 'lau Ph1 Ph1 and the Tau Ph1 Ph1 s to col lege soc1et1es or out mto the broad souetg of l1fe blddmg farevs ell to the grandest l1t erarv SOC16ty of whlch they ever have been or ever wlll be members All of the soele t1es have done such splendld work thls year and each member has taken such an enthu slastlc lnterest IH the programs that It would be vx ell worth the t1me and space here spent and taken to mentlon each SOCl8ty 1n our last xssue of The Roman So all w1ll be mentloned accordmg to thelr age and 1m poltance T KL PHI PHI The last set of off1cers of the Tau Ph1 PI11 Soclety for 1026 were elected IH Apr1l Pres ldent Thelma bhlflett, Secretary, Alxa TICICILIW ly Crltlc Ellzabeth Barton It IQ almost w1th tears that we think of our sclx es IS belng Tau Ph1 Ph1 s only f1V9 more weeks Perhaps our names vslll not be on the Pau Ph1 Ph1 1oll 'mother year but our hearts and mmds vull always be there W shall newer forget the lnterestmg programs that were rendered espec1ally the last one we had wlth the K K Ds The K K D orchestra played several selectlons, Earle Ballev plaved a plano solo the Tau Ph1 Ph1 quartet sang Inez Wallace gave lnterest lngly the l11e of Mary Johnston Sara Ar nold sang a solo Tom Arnold read the K Ix D prophecv and Lawrence Salmon play ed a pxano solo Here s to the Jumors that they enjoy be mg Tau P111 Ph1 s as much as we have and regret leavlng It as much as we do SIGM X T AL The 3 A g1rls are beglnmng to ieel sen lor llke because It xull not be long untll tney are Tau Ph1 Ph1 s They are certalnly proud of thlS feellng although they are sorry to leaxe Slgma Tau and thelr leader -NIISS Eva Cantrell At thelr last electlon of off1cers they chose Presldent Ellzabeth Ward Secretary Sara Edmondson Cr1t1c Parnell Harrls The last program shoved much preparatlon and xx IS thereby xery ln terestlng Some of the select1ons were Debate Re olved that the Unlted States should YV1tl'ldI'3W from the world court 48 J I ., ' 5 1.-af vi...- 1 M , if' I . - ., 1 D! . 1. 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THE ROMAN Afflrmatlxe El1zabethDan1el and Loulse Corley Negatne Ima Jean Dempsey and Sara Edmondson Next lmpersonatlons Wlartha Green Recltatxon Jane Gr1ff1n Last the Who s Who ln Slgllla Tau by Har guerlte McKenz1e PHI OVIEG -X I h1 Omega glrls haw the same rlght to have a proud feelmg as Slgma Tau and they certalnly have It New offlcers were elected for the last three months and are Presl dent Eul'1 McLaughlin Vlce Presldent Sara Lou Casey Secretary Annle Laurle Mc Laughlln and Cutlc Xesta Holder Phl Omega programs show a great deal of orlg lnallty l'or proof here 1S one of thelr pro grams Recltatlon W1ll1e McDaniel Orlglnal Poem Llllxe Mae Verner Charades lfrances Adams Class Prophecy Gladys Beason ALI HA BET K AND BETA GAMMA These are the Sophomore socletles and It ous numbers for they are truly entertamlng At the last meetlng of Alpha Beta Loulse Autry read an or1g1nal story that was ahve wxth dramatle scenes and cl1mat1c sltuatlons and Mazle Wards We Wonder Why rhyme showed that some day she would be a poet and no doubt we w1ll all know lt Alpha Beta has Ellen Harvey for presldent and Carolyn Elmore for secretary Beta Gamma s programs also reveal short story genluses for just as ue were all ab sorbed ln an orlglnal story Loulse Jenklns was readmg she suddenly Sald to be con tlnued thus leaylng us Wlth our mmds hlgh ln the a1r Wlllle Blaekwelder presldent and Martha Carey secretarv are managers of thls SOC16ty KAPI' K XLPH X UND SIGNI-X KAPPA Last but r least are the Freshman so cletles It was stated at the begmnmg of the year that these two socxetles were each strnlng to be the prme Freshman soelety each soclety has done such splendld work but to get down to honest to goodness facts that It would be just ln calllng the contest a tle Eugenla Rutland 1S presldent of Kap pa Alpha Frances Bower secretary and Dorls Whlte cr1t1c Mlldred Kerce holds down the pl'6S1dlI1g chalr of the S1gm'1 Kappa soclety asslsted by A1109 Martln as secretary VVe are proud of you Freshmen socletles and are hoping vou wlll contmue your good work next year HON OR ARY SOCIETIES YVe must surely not forget our French Club and Spanlsh Club as It IS thelr flrst year of exlstence It has certalnly been a successful year for both of these clubs The languages classes have been 1m proved flfty per cent on account of these clubs and we are very grateful to the teach ers Mlss Bryan and Mlss Maxwell for of fcrlng th1S 1ncent1ve for better work by 1n troduclng them 1nto our school We feel very sure that they WIII contlnue and be come as necessary to the school as the classes themselves Each club has a page of the 1nd1v1dual members and offlcers 1n thls lssue of The Roman Always with us there w1ll linger the memory of the French Engllsh and Spanlsh Engllsh programs that we strlved but then we had to take our audlence lnto conslderatlon also The soclal Slde of the clubs made many a student enjoy one nlght of an otherwlse dull week end BOYS SOCIETIES K K D Sr As we look back over the school year of 1920 26 we number among the other pleas ant memories of the year the enjoyable pro grams that have been glven 1n the K K D Soclety The hours whlch we have spent haye been hours of enjoyment to each mem ber Not one dry or umnterestmg program has been glven throughout the entlre year Although such remarks have been common among the members of other socletles we haye yet to flnd the K K D member who sa1d that he hated soclety day Llfe cant all be SCTIOUS and people who try to make It so never get any fun out of It SIUCB work 1n the classroom IS -1 serlous enough problem when program day comes why not f1n1sh the day wlth some entertaln ment that IS humorous? This IS the VIEW that has been taken by most of the mem bers and consequently 1n future years we shall have enjoyable materlal for retrospec 40 ' - , t' , . , , . . 1 . , . ' ' , 9 1 4 ' . v , . , , Y A 4 u 4 4 I . . V . H h V . . ,, U . ,, . . . ' Y , . . : '- r I 1 C ' I . . 1 ' ' . Z 1 ' -V . ,. . , . - 7 K I ' , . , . , - , , , n - Y - . 1 . W . . . A . . 1 Y T . - c . - , 1 - . . . . . . . H , V ,, . . . - I , f . . , . - , is indeed a pleasure to listen to their vari- S0 hard to make Solely French 01' Spanish, 7 ' , , A , . . . . . . . . , - . ' 7 ff 77 Q 5 , . . U ' , . . ., . , C H . , . Y - . - , - . . H ' - - , , - . . . . ,, v. . . . ' . ' , . . - 1 s T ' Y 1 5, 1 . 7 I I J I v A 4 A A 0 I . I Y A - . . , .,. . , . Q q l K 1 1 ' Y ' a L, 7 I I Y A I ' ' Y' 'f - -' y ' g ' ' . '. . :1 ' I' . 7 1 - . y - , . Q , , I 1 9 1 ' ' THE ROMAN t10l1 As the year closes we can remember the good tlmes we had lather than cherlsh the unpleasant memory of how we hated be lllg' on the pl ogram VS e Want to thank Earl Balley a member of the K K D Jr SOClCty for the lnuslc whlch he has rendered on se .feral OCCHQIOHQ thls year VVe also want to express our gratltude to Loule Jenl- IHS Ansel SWHIH and John Hilfdlll for then palt IH maklng our programs enJoyable Our offlcers have ser wed falthfully and much credlt IS due t them for thelr efforts and we want to as sure anvone who has had any part on our programs that h1S work has been very much appreclated Fhere IS a certaln tradltlonal standard ln the K K D SOC16ty whlch has been handed down through the past years and as we hold the last meetlng that wlll ever be held by thls paltlcular SOClety we feel that we have succeeded ln upholdlng thls standard It IS wlth reluctant hands that We pass lt on to the K K D s of the future KKDJr How many lnterestlng programs have been held 111 thls soclety thls year' At the very beglnnlng of the year thls SOC16ty took the lead and they have been lmprovlng rap ldly throughout the year Some splendld debates have been glven thls year and the K K D Sr soclety wlll certalnly lnherlt some flne debatlng materlal for next year Much credlt IS due Mlss Bryan for her VCIV capable dlrectlon of th1S soclety and to the offlcers and the program commlttees for the efflclent manner IH whlch affalrs have been handled Thls soclety feels as well as anvone else who has heard thelr programs that some really flne work has been accompllshed It s Just another case of gettlng out of a thlng what you put lnto It Fhls rule by the Way works wlth Just as much truth ln soclety work as anywhere else If both dlrectors and members put 'lard work and slncerlty ln thelr work flne programs are sure to be the result In thls case however we feel that the results nave been multlplled Keep It up K K D s and remember El que slembra rccoge ADS Call It All Day Suckers lf vou Wlsh and then go and hear one of thelr programs When you come back well bet you wlll be saylng that you enjoyed your V1Slt to the Athenlan Declalmers Soclety for ln the true sense of the word they are developlng 'l great deal toward thls end Each member of thls soclety has learned a worth whlle declamatlon thls year lf there IS any other soclety that can boast such a record Step ward please' Puttlng credlt where credlt IS due we have Mr Ward the man behlnd the guns Many of Rome Hlghs best declalmers got thelr start under hlm and tlme spent learn lng a declamatlon IS undoubtedly tlme well spent Not all the work has been serlous how ever for they reallze the truth of the max H11 All work and no play makes Jack a balanced and lf there were an honor roll of best programs We are certaln thls SOC16ty would have several programs on thls myth lcal llst Other SOC16t16S may rlse and fall but the A D S has always stay ed at the o J FCD A These SOCl9t19S are Fleshman ln name only For the truth IS that ln programs IH Jrganllatlon and ln all other respects they vxlll be found to be the equals of any other socletles ln Illgh School Some happy phl losopher has sald Varlety IS the Sp1C9 of llfe and whether thls rule applles ln every thlng or not lt certalnly does ln soclety work Obedlence to thls maxim IS one of the thlngs that makes good programs and IU these soeletles It has been followed to pelfectlon It has been a pleasure to llsten to thelr programs Mr Ward Wlll have some good materlal f01 next year Thanks to Mlss Best MISS Smlth and MISS Culpep per for thelr able dlrectlon 50 . 1 it H . l n ' , . 4 sf ' . , . , . ' u ' 17 , , . , f ' ' c ' - ---l 1 . . ' , , - . - ' as rr ' ' . . ,, ., . I K 1 L I' C B . 5 1 n 1 . ' ' i V . Z, , S X , Y. . . . . . . . ' ' ! ' 79 ' . . A , . . . ' ! - ' - , ' ' 0 e , . . , ' ' n 1 Z . ' li T c , ' , for , . , . . . . . ' ' ' ' , . . ' , ' . . . . I 1 , u 5 . . . . . , - ' J I 4 n . , - ! , ' . . . . . H dull boy. All the progranls have been well . . ., . , ' u v , 1 1 1 7 . .' t 1 - , , A ' . , . . ., A. Y. O., . S. P. ' ' ' 1 a n . o Q I u l , , . I h . , , V' . V s ' ' . H . . . ' x . , - . A ,, . . . . Y y - , . , . . . . ' Y ' . 1 a 1 7 I ' ' I . . 1 . . S 2 v , l ' ' ' . . ' ' V ' . ' . 7 . . ' .Q . , . . . - . . . . . 1 1 ' , , THE ROMANT TEMELEETUCQS 'JEL 'Q o RDI GIRLS BASKETB KLI ROME HIGH 17 LYERLY 24 The return game wrth Lyerly proved to be a second dlsaster at the hands of the frst Lyerly team The Rome grrls played a fast and brrllrant game but were unable to p le up a score greater than that of Lyerly If thrs game were played at home possrbly the frnal count would have been drffer ent Elrz outstandlng stars for Rome Elm ibeth made fourteen of the sex enteen pornts whrle Dottre prevented the opponents from scorrng by her brrlllant guardrng Luerle Vaughn and Dot Bryant were the stars for the Lyerly teams Lrne up as follows Rome High Ellzabeth W ard U41 rlght forward Florence Morgan left forward Julra Glenn Q21 center Dottre Ledbetter Q11 rrght guard Sara E VS rrd left guard Lyerly Iuclle Vaughn O05 rrght for ward Marv INICNRIF Q31 left forward Blan ton Smrth Q15 center lourse Edwards rrght guard Dot Bryant left guard Referee Grey Tlmekeeper Page bcore keeper Grrffrn ROWIE HIGH 9 COlNSOI IDATILD 8 Rome Hlghs team Journey ed to Cave Spring and became the proud vretors of the ame wlth Caye Sprrng Consolldated wrth the score of nlne and er ht Thls was a very close game as IS shown by the score The guardrng was very close as each team prevented the other from makmg a yery hrgh score The game was featured by the pl ry lllg' of Julm Glenn who shot four pornts and Elrzabeth YI ard who hot frve pornts and Sara E VS ard Lrne up as follows Rome Hrgh Elrzabeth Ward Col rrght forward Morgan left guard Glenn C41 center Ledbetter rrglrt guard S E Ward left uard Consolidated Terry Q45 rlght forwar Harrrs Q43 left forward Casev eent forward Morgan left forw ud Cl n r ill Referee Crane Trrrelxeep r lrelds ROME HK H n ROLIVNI XRI' rs The last game of the season ended e'1sas trously for Rome The Roekmart qurrt t Journeyed up to Rom and bert the loefrl 1rls on the Cornrnunrty Hou e court by the eore of erght to frve Th game was ertrng throughout the four perrods At the end of the flrst half Rome was lQflCl1ll2' by 1 seore of two to one but rn the thlrd qu rr ter our glrls slowed up the vrsltors serzed thrs opportunrty and ran therr score up frve pornts before our grrls hardly reallzed It Rome came back and scored two pornts The quarter ended SIX to four rn our opponents fax or Rome Hrgh made a gallant attempt to w1n 1n the last quarter but could only rrng up one pornt Rockmart scored two pornts NEI! UNH' ORNIS I'OR 'IHE FF XII OI 27 Last but by no means least we have prospects of new unrforms for the grrls basketball team of 27 Nlrss Grrffrn hopes to use the Zrp Kmek unrforms next year 1, 51 i rf 1 I i lr , 4 G ,X Y 1 ' 1 lm u - . lf. Y 1 N 1 f . X V JN l 5 ,J I -if ff EU?-E,r' ' ' ' r A. aj' Q , ' , A S, 1.-.- ' ' I. s ' ' . 7 P 7 . Q - . - , . ' ' S - , 3 , ' . 2 5 , 3 . . ' , - ' v i ' 1 , , ' . ,. dr vi ' y v. 3 . L. 5 , . , QYZ ' 1' ' , ' ' 3 r , ' 'z ' g it r - , ' ' . - ' - ' 11, ,-L rg '! -r Q, 1 r ,jg abeth Ward and Dottie Ledbetter were the Scorekeepers, Griffin and Fields. ' ' . V 2' ,l .177 , ,, ,4 V . Q ,- . Y A , A 7 ' A A ' v. . . C . . I. it y I A. A- , - . . y R - l . . ' A Q . ' - ' : ' ' e ' Xa 1 1 3 4 - , - ' 3 'e ' ' . e ' - '1. ex- v 3 - '2 9 ' - H 4 A - . ' - , ' - L , ' - 2 ' , X 2 - Q . ' K a i ' P ' I Y 1 ' 1 x U r ' ' 3 1 A ' - - u va ' . If f ' ' Y ' v V ' 1 1 ' ' , . . h . . , , . . .ll A 7 . O ' , 1 Y 1 ' ' A , L 1' .A . . . ,w . Y . . . g . . A . . 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V Ai A 1. , , Q , M , . n . . , . 7 H . - .t ,, . v Rome Hlgh 0 Fort Payne 6 52 THE ROMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL TE AVI Left to rlght Dottxe Ledbetter, J ulla Glenn Florence Morgan Ellzabeth Ward Sara Ward Some of the many reasons for wantlng to use the Zlp Knlck unlforms are flrst It IS cut on the same comfortable lme as a boy s gym klckers On the lnslde of ea h leg IS a snug flttmg cuff WhlCh makes lt lmp0S s1ble for the glrls lxmbs to be exposed even lll the most strenuous game Second the Zlp Knlck IS equlpped on the left side wlth a tlme savmg Zlpper whlch ellmlnates the troublesome buttons Thlrd the Zlp Knlck fllls a long felt want Is It smart looklng practlcal, and a modest garment for whlch there has always been an urgent de mand Fourth the Z1p Knlck has met the exactmg requirements of boards of educa tlon 1311551031 dxrectors and mothers The Llp Knlck lS equlpped at the back of the vvalst llne vnth a small plece of elastlc whxch yxelds to the movements of the body when 1n actlon Seventh and best reason the un1 forms Wlll be blue and gold whlch wlll carry out the effect of our hlgh school colors BOYS ATHLETICS FOOTBALL The Hllltoppels had a very successful football season thlS year wmnmg four los mg four and tlelng one They scored 116 polnts to thelr opponents' 116 therefore breakmg even all the way round Some of the best prep teams ln this sectlon were played Followmg IS a complete summary Rome Rome Rome Rome Rlmc Rome Rome Rome Rome Illgh Hlgh High Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh LaGrange LaFayette Annlston G M A A M I Carrollton Consolldated 0 Dayton 116 Opponents 116 INDIVIDL AL POINTS IN FOOTBALL Loule Jenkins led ln the lndlvldual scoring wlth a total of 24 polnts J enkms Culpepper Gaston R Grlffm Barton Eubanks McCurry Gr1mm if ' ' H ' . ' ' ' ' - A ' 0 6 ,, . - . V,,. . ' . ' . ' 12 0 ' ' H ' 7! ' ' ' I 7 . - .. - - ' 12 . . . 12 - ,, . , ' ' - ' ' 0 , . . 39 - - ' ' 27 6 - 7 - . . I , u ' - ' va . 9 , 0 ,,, . . ,, . . .1l..l. ----l- Carper ..,. ,,,, ,.,. ,... .... ,,,, ,,r. .,.. ..,, ,,,, ,,,, THE ROMAN FOOTB -XI I McCurry Grlffln Eubanks Pr1mm Barton Capt 25 FOOTB XI L TEAM Left to Rlght Top Row Van Sickle end Younkln guard Grufln guard Dans tackle Grlmm quarter Avery tackle Wlcker full back Bobo center S Horton Mlddle Row Left to Rlght Prlmm Palfback Carper quarter R Grlffln haliback Wllllams tackle Slmms guard Jenklrs halfback Gaston halfback Front Row Left to Right McCurry end lVH1tes1de tackle Culpepper fullback Bar ton fCapta1nJ end Eubanks end Corm ny, halfback E Horton tackle not ln plcture ez. , , 4 . . . , , . . I A I ',- : ' , :D 9 ', 3 S 7 g 3 ' 5 I 3 7 I ' 7 centerg Espy, centerg Brewer, coach. ' I U , f 1 ' , 1 ' 's , s - ' ', s , ' :I -, 9 -, 1 A 5 , . s , : 7 Z -- 9 I 7 Q I' I s , 9 H 5 - , 50 54 THE ROMAN FOOTBALL Carper J enklns Culpepper Gaston Capt 26 Grlmm BASEB NLI TI XM Back row left to rlght Gaston Odtfleld Arnott outfield Henson 2nd base Tuck 1 coach Foss lst base Shxflett pltchev' Wllhcan outfleld Front row left to rlght E Parker catcher horton outI1eld Furbrlnger pltcher Car per short stop McCurry 3rd base Parker 2nd base Y. , . , . . 1 , ', A : A 144 . ' . ' . ' . V ' . . -Q . 7 ' 7 7 Y ! 7 7 V 7 f I 7 l ' 7 ' ' ! ' ! ' ' 7 5 7 D ! ! 7 ' 1 s 9 9 . THE ROMAN 55 FOOTBALL Slmms Horton Espy VN 11l1ams Davls BASKETBALL The Hllltoppers had the fastest llttle team ever put out at Rome Hlgh and although not wlnnlng every game we had a success ful season We were handicapped by belng short but made a flne showlng agalnst larger teams At the end of the season Harry Carper was elected Captaln of the team for next year Complete summary of the basketball schedule IS as follows Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Hlgh Acworth Dalton LaFa5 ette Annlston Lyerly Dalton Annlston Sprlng Place Tallapoosa The last two games were played dur1ng the Seventh D1str1ct Tournament whlch was held ln Dalton on the 26th and 27th of Feb ruary The most excltlng game of the tour nament was the game between Rome Hlgh and Tallapoosa when the Tallapoosa lads nosed out the H1lltoppers by three pomts Tallapoosa was e11m1nated ln thelr next try for the champlonshlp by Marletta Hlgh but Dalton won the flnals from Marletta IH easy style by the score of 33 to 11 BASEBALL Prospects for baseball thls year are much brlghter than was flrst expected Mr fucker has worked w1th the boys untll he has rounded them lnto a fast ball club The season has not yet been offlclally opened because of the Iact that the D1StT1Ct Meet 1S only a few days off and the prmclpal playels of the ball team are tra1n1ng for track but after the Meet they w1ll put all that they have mto It and they w1ll plav looklng for the stud nt bodv out there to back them up Up untll now baseball has not been major sport but now we ale trylng to put lt on the same basls as the others and lf the student body vs 1ll only turn out to back up the team xt w1ll play 100 percent better and better playing w1ll elevate our standing So lets all go out and back up the team The schedule has not been announced but lt It thought teams from the followmg towns w1ll be played Rockmart Acworth Cedar town Cave Sprmg Summerv1lle Carters vllle and other nelghborlng towns . 33 . 16 . . . ' 15 37 ' ' ' ' 21 ' 22 , ' . ' 25 ' 24 ' ' , ' L Rome High 48 Consolidated 16 several games here and out of town, and are ' 47 19 ' e 1 ' 18 31 . ' 22 ' 40 ' a ' 27 ' 11 ' - ' . 30 . . , . wn THE ROMAN BOXS B XQBEIL XLL IE XM Left to rlght back row Gaston Corn my Tucker Coach Drummond Front row Shlflett H111 Eubanks Lapt Grlffln, Carper NlIDf'P'l FOOTB KLL FF XVI halfback Carter quartcr Tucker coach Nllddle Row left to Rlght Wlmms Quant-uni erd Brauda tackle Bobo center Pop ham guard Gaston tackle Ervun halfbacl Bottom Row Left to Rnght Gro 5 guard McRae halfback Barton quarter back Shropshlre end Younkm guard 7 9 Y V' 1 ' 'W .- .. l l I 1 V: 1 ' 12 vs 9 l ' : 7 7 7 ' y 1 V l A Y J A JJ A Top Row, Left to Right: Davis, guardg Griffin, fullbackg Ballard, guardg Holloway . 5 J 5 . , 3 . , . , . . ' u . ' 'W ' s 1 1 v u . A 1 4 - - - A C A 1 49 C 1 r y ' y 3 4 ' I ' ' 3 7 1 A Z' -, lr Su 9 1 ' , 's , - 5 ! 5 7 ' THE ROMAN TRACK TEAM Left to right Prxmm Carper Camp Grlmm Eubanks Culpepper Gaston, Davls Tucker Coach ,Q- an f ,i 'wa' Y K' 553 N Nnlg, 4-ff aim If - THE PRELIMHN XRY CONTEST The prehmlnarles to declde the llterary contestants to represent Rome Hlgh at the Dlstrlct Neet at Marletta were held at the Clty Aud1tor1.1m on Aprll 3 before a large and attentlve audlence The prehmlnarles ln the oratorlcal contest were also held at the same tlme The oratorlcal contest was held ln Rome on Aprll 9 and was Won bw Marxetta our representatlve Mlss Sarah Arnold won second place To represent Rome ln the llterary ewents the follow111g were chosen MUSIC Ansel Svualn Recltatlon, Dorothy Holland Decla matlOH Blanford Eubanks Glrls Essay Ellzabeth Warner Boys Essay Ansel Swain Other than the contest the audlence was entertamed by the Boys and Glrls Quar tets and Glee Clubs THE SPELLING CONTEST The annual spellmg exam glven to the Senlors was glven by Mr Quxgg ln the Chapel on the 6th of Aprll Martha Porter was the hlgh pomt speller wlth an average of 98 6 the average for the entlre class was 10 8 57 s l l : l D 3 3 I 9 7 7 7 7 I ' ll ' e wwf '- 'ff'1N-..q. 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YQ . , - 7 Y ' ' , . . . v 9 ' ' 58 THE ROMAN LITERARY CONTESTANTS Left to right standmg Ansel Swaln, MUSIC and Boys Essay Blanford Eubanks Decla matlon Seated left to rlght Elxzabeth Warner Glrls Essay Sarah Arnold Oratorxcal bon test on Constltutlon Dorothy Holland Recltatlon TRACK PRELIMINARIES The tracl-. prellmlnarles were held on the afternoon of the 6th of Aprll and the fol lowlng were chosen to represent the Hill toppers 1n the var1ous events 100 and 220 yard dashes Harry Carper shot put Wllbur Culpepper broad Jump Paul Grlmm 440 yard dash W1ll1am Davls pole vault Ed Camp hlgh Jump and 120 yard low hurdles Blanford Eubanks The relay team was composed of Carper Gflmnl Pr1mm and Eubanks Thls team set a new hlgh school record for the half mlle relay runnmg It ln 1 mlnute and 41 seconds THE MEET HELD IN MARIETTA We do thank the people of Marletta for the good tlme that they showed us whxle we were at the DlStPlCt Meet and I am sure that all the1r hospltallty was appreclated by everyone HILLTOPPERS WIN ATHLETIC CUP Wlnnzng the 100 yard dash the hlgh Jump 120 yard low hurdles the half mlle relay and second IH the 220 and 440 yard dashes the Romans came out on top 1n the track meet held ln Marletta wlth a total of 25 polnts Calhoun was second wlth 18 Ma rletta thlrd Wlth 9 Cave Sprlng 8 Dalton 8M Tallapoosa 3 Cedartown 114 The fol lovnng IS a 11st of the wlnners ln the ath letlc events 100 yard dash Carper Rome flrst Car xel Cave Sprlng second Langley LaFay ette thlrd T1me 10 4 5 seconds Shot Put Bell Calhoun flrst Smlth Tallapoosa second Glfford Marletta thlrd Dlstance 41 feet 51nches 220 Yard Dash Orr Marletta first Car per Rome second Harper Calhoun third T1me 25 4 5 seconds Broad Jump-Cochran, Calhoun flrst Cook, LaFayette, second, Sutton of Cedar . . . - - y , - , . 1 1 . . . - , H - 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 ' 1 1 3 1 , , 1 , 1 , , , I s, . n , 1 1 1 ' ' , . 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' n A 9 u y ' n - l . 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C 1 if THE ROMAN ffoy Q X L 143 -,ft .1 5 f' MAI f 'Z QC ,gp X 0 Z4 f low -.Q i ff f 74 f X7 Z CY, EMRGQ We have another addltlon to the plctures m our muslc room that we appreclate very much because lt was drawn by one of th most talented muslc, as well as art students m hlgh school John Hardln The plcture IS that of Beethoven We are proud of havmg such a student at hlgh school The plctures of the quartets glee clubs, and orche tl have been made and wlll appear ln this 1 1 of the Roman The glee clubs have been work n enthu slastlcally smce the last concert on a patrl otxc cantata, 'The Spmt of 76 whlch wlll be glven at Commencement They are to be congratulated on belng the only ones iso far as we know,J planmng anythlng to cel ebrate the SBSQUI Centennxal m Rome At the Hlgh School Play, the orchestra pleased the audlence wlth several selectlons between the acts The orchestra and quar tets also gave selectlons at the Oratorlcal Contest held at the school ad1tor1um But lt was at the Prellmlnary Contest that the orchestra and glee clubs took the greatest part ID the program The boys glee club gave three selectlons whxch proved that Mrs Hulls efforts to tram them was not IH valn The glrls glee club also gave three selectlons, Eventlde ' UFIDICUII F1n1 cula and Santa Lucla We have two quartets thls year of whom we are eSp6Cl allv proud And one of the numbers by the boys quartet Softly Steal Away whlch they dld perfectly was thoroughly enJoyed l l l ORCHESTRA 60 I 1539? 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THE ROMAN THIRTEEN IJNLL CKY CH -XRLES1 0lNERS Name Mlke Barton Snooks Barnes Tumps Barnett W1ll1e Esserman Rite MCKGHZIG Ike Peacock Polly Salmon Fommle Thomas Rene Vann Bozo Venable Pudden Wall Issy Wllklns W hy We Charleston Favorite Saymg be a sport Oh' Ike' be Lunnlng Walt Polly be ln stvle I have lt be useful Who Sald what? be or1g1na1f2j Well 'ill rlght look pretty Oh Dub' be a bird Oh Mlke' QXQPCISQ Com on Snooks lust because Really Every body s domg t Plea 0 Fo attl act attention GO0f1C sald so To be an artlst Shonuff To reduce La petlte BOYS DOG CLL B Motto: Show me the way to go home ' ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To ,A,A,,,,,, . ,,..,,,,,,,,,,, To 1 ' ,,,,,, W ' I ' ' ,,,,,,,, To ,,,,,,, . . . . Polly O'Connor ,,,.. ., To ,7,, ' , ,A .,,,To ' ' THE ROMAN' Q? N r 1 'nf rj? 'W X fl THE CL ASS OF 1922 CSenl0rs at Collegel Walker Chldsey 1S at Emory Uunverslty Mlldred Glover IS at Shorter College Eugenla Malone IS at Shorter College Mary Sharpe IS at Rhlnehart College Rosa Harbln IS at Goucher College Emlly Powers IS at Shorter College Margaret Vlckery 1S at the Georgla State College for Women Class of 1923 CJunlors at Collegel Kathryn Aderholdt 1S at Shorter College Abe Aronoff IS at Georgla Tech Ellzabeth Bryan IS at Shorter College Leonora Gordon 1S at Randolph Macon Carl Grlffln IS at Unlverslty of Georgla Julla Hanks IS at Shorter College Ellzabeth Hoyt IS at Randolph Macon Ellen Douglas Leyburn IS at Agnes Scott Yancey Llpsconlb IS at Emory Unlverslty Ruth Maddox IS at Randolph Macon Mlldred McCord IS at Shorter College Wllllam Treadaway IS at Georgla Tech Dorothy Morton 1S at Shorter College ll x Fi ,D K fl 1 PM wax 2? may J Class of 1924 CSophomores at Collegel Malgaret Bryson IS -lt Columbla UUIVQF slty Watson Clement IS at Georgla Tech 'liary Jewett Doyal 1S at Agnes Scott LOUISE Holmes IS at Shorter College Cyrll Hull 1S taklng a course ln optometry ln Rochester N Y Herman Lesser IS at the Umverslty of Georgla Ann Lawrence IS at the State Normal Col lege of North Carollna ln Ashevllle Ethnel Morton IS at Shorter College Lella Newsome 1S at Shorter College Colln Smlth IS at Emory Nnlverslty John Sproull 1S at the Unlverslty of Geor gla Ellzabeth Powers IS at Shorter College Others at College Vlrglnla Penn 21 1S a senlor at Shorter Lynwood Hlcks '21 IS a senlor at An napolls V1TglH13 Eubanks IS a Junlor at Shorter Martha Sammons IS at Shorter College 111-4 Pg' 66 l ix. , ,, -.- . , 1 'M' T-3 4, ' ,177 1-'Wi - '43 'E 41, . lf- 'mfs 9 I 4.9.1 4' I I 1 . 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L.OCAL.E THE SUICIDE SPECIALIST 1.-. inhuman We really cannot see how anybody could ever proceed to adequately glve the plav a good wute up To those who saw 'lhe Su1c1de Spe C.l3.llSt any attempt to dls would seem but a valn rep et1t1on of words whxle to those who dld not see lt well who really would lend credulous ears to such enthuslastlc accounts as we mlght g'1V99 So we mlght Just as well stop trylng to flnd enough super superlatlve adjectlves and content ourselves w1th talklng about the actual play ltself Blanford Eubanks who took the part of Dr Charles M1lt0H the Sulclde Speclallst deserved every blt of the pralse he recelved I-I1s actlng would proclalm hlm as more than an amateur IH the dramatlc art and we cer talnly take off our hats to h1m Margaret Dean who took the role of MISS Randolph an un xpected caller on the doctor was per fectly at ease and at home behlnd the foot llghts Harrlett Battey as Marlon Bedford was most successful ln her portrayal of a tralned nurse who had the d1ff1cult posltlon of belng an asslstant to one who speclallzed 1n SLl1C1d9S Wllbur Culpepper as Inspector Nolan from the Central Statlon was the perfect representatxon of an Irlsh pollce man wlth the genulne br1sk dry humor and thorough enJoyment of the rldlculous And too much could nex er be Sald of the actlng of the those who took the parts of the would be su1c1d1sts Louxse Arnold Ellza beth McRae Ellzabeth Barton Katherlne Allen and Landon Gaston Morrls Jones and Wxlllam Slmms were wonderfully sulted to thelr parts, and each one was splendld We w1sh we had room here to pralse each one of the actors as he deserved to be prfused but we have not We can only say that the play thls year vsas one of the best that Rome Hxgh School has 8261 presented and we certalnly shower congratulatlons on the dlrectors who were M1ss Rosa Hammond and Mrs Howard Hull asslsted by Mrs Harrls Elllngton and Mlss Mlldred Glover The Sulclde Spcclallst was a wonderful success' MARIETTA ROME DEBATE Fuday nlght March 19 Elxzabeth Barton and Harold Gllmer went to Marletta to take part ln the annual debate whlch was held between Marletta Hlgh School and Rome H1gh School The subject of the debate thls year was Resolved That the polltlcal sol1 dar1ty of the South lS not to her best 1nter ests Our representatlves were upholdlng the negatlve Slde of the qLl9Slll0Y1 and al though the Judges dec1s1on was IH favor of the aff1rmat1ve s1de the polnts brought out by Ehzabeth and Harold were splend1d We are proud of these two who so splendldly upheld thelr slde of the questlon We are proud of the one hundred percent Splflt of loyalty W1th wh1ch these two members of our student body support the varlous school act1x1t1es The Marletta Rome debates are looked forward to w1th keen lnterest every year Several years ago thxs debate sup planted the annual Tau Ph1 Ph1 K K D hterary soc1ety debate and now It IS awalt ed each year W1th slncere enthuslasm by every member of both schools as well as by all others who are lnterested ln school ac t1v1t1es SPELLING EYAMINATION It happened on Monday the most event ful day ln all propablllty of our senlor year so far Our theses were due the Tau Phl Phl s and K K D s were scheduled to have a JOIHI meetmg of thelr llterary sou 6tlLS Just before school was out and after school the long looked forward to Whos Who Contest was to be held Nevertheless 67 1' .' ll llltlll , J' ' x W V y l, 0 li IFN' L 1 l, F 1 il MK' L,.m ' 1 Y LOW QT 'UI , . . 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T . . - y y Y Y v y A ' ' 1 ,,. . . .y ' ' ', ' V. . , . 1 , , 1 . ,Q Q A 1 ' Q 68 THE ROMAN GIRLS QUARTET Left to rlght Loulse Arnold Romle Ragsdale, LOHISG Smlth Front Pattx Wrlght McGhee perlod ln the study hall Up untll two mm utes before the words were to be glven out dlctlonarles and much abused spellers were very much ln evldence among the nervously exclted members of the semor class, and there were wh1spered conversatlons ln every corner concernlng the authentxc way of spelhng such words as assafoetlda chaeologv Juxtaposltlon etc When we were told to come to order and get ready our faces more the expresslon of martyr dom which llghtened somewhat at the flrst word whlch was always The words that followed were beyond descrlptlon def1n1t1on or spelllng to some of us and when Mr Qulgg pronounced the hundredth and last word we lald down our pens wlth a Slgh of rellef and thoroughly agreed wlth every body that we ourselves could not have chos en a more flttmg one It was e n o u g h' OR ATORICAL CONTEST Frlday Aprll 9 the Seventh D1str1ct Ora torlcal Contest was held 1n the Hlgh School Audltorlum The Judges for the contest were chosen from outslde the Seventh Dls trlct and Sybll Cowart of Marletta, won flrst place The subJect of her oratlon was L1nco1n on the Constltutlon Sara Arnold our contestant won second place, us1ng for her subject Hamllton and the Constltu txon Brantley Edwards of Cedartown spoke on The Constltutlon and won thxrd at thls oratorlcal contest thoroughly agreed wlth the Judges that the declslon of wlnners was a dlfflcult one Each oratlon was splen d1d and we are certamly proud of Rome s representatlve The followmg was copled from a letter from the Seventh DlStT1Ct Ex ecutlve COmmltte6 statlng the rules and prlzes for the contest The wmner of thls contest Wlll be awarded a prlze of flfteen dollars and w11l enter the state contest to be held 1n May In the state contest prxzes of one hundred dollars and twenty dollars w1ll be awarded to wlnners of fxrst and sec ond place The seven natlonal prlze wm ners w1ll be glven trlps to Europe ' 9 : . , . . . l 7 . 4 lg ' . nl 1 Y, . . , . . , . . . 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' 7 1 . . . . . . . . 7 H . ,, . . 1 Q - 4 S , , . . . , . l . - 9 9 ' 9 . v . 1 , ' . 1 7 xc - 70 THE ROMAN CHEER LEADERS Left to rlght Morr1s Jones D0tt1e Ledbetter Elxzabeth Bryan Ellzabeth Barton GRADUATION THOUGHTS THE YEAR 1925 26 We feel that It IS com1ng but somehow we cannot seem to reallze that It IS upon us It IS wlth a feellng of exultatlon that we look back through our four years at hlgh school, and reallze that we are actual'y ln reach of the very goal Whlch has been so long before our eyes We look back now and feel a llttle sorry for the people we were not so very long ago When we Were fresh men we hltched our l1ttle wagons to a star and ever SIHCB we have been bumplng along on a four year stretch of not too smooth road And here we are at last' In only a week or so we w1ll walk off the stage of the clty audltorlum wlth the hard earned roll of parchment 1n our hands and w1th a world of welght off of our shoulders Of course We are sorry to deprlve R H S of our au gust presence next year but we w1ll have had our day and the Jumors of 1926 w1ll furmsh the Senlor dlgmty and Senlor lntel llgence of 1927 But we w1ll not be entlrely forgotten SIHCB ours 1S the flrst graduat mg class to slt ln the Senlor glrls room ln the new bulldmg Mlss Rosa suggested that we have our plctures framed together and hung on the wall 1n thls room Surely that w1ll be an lncentlve to greater fame for any struggllng member of the underclassmen left at R H S Poss1bly It IS due to our new audltorlum posslbly to a w1den1ng of mterest school affalrs but never before have we had so many addresses and talks as we have had thls year Throughout the school year on the average of two or three tlmes a month vue have been fortunate enough to have lnterestlng people come up to high school to talk to us about lnterestlng thlngs And really thls year has been f1l1ed wxth lovely th1ngs The football games, the bas ketball games and the baseball games have each had then' full share of loyalty support and pep The banquet which ended the foot ball season was declared by everybody who attended lt to have been the best one ever glven 1n honor of the heroes ' who fought so gallantly on the grldlron And the play by all means must be put 1n the Very flrst place when It comes to the talent of the act ors and the loyal support of student body The more recent current events have been g1ven separate mentlon and so ln our re V1eW of thls year we w1ll only say here that they have contrlbuted thelr part 1n maklng thlS year a memorable one And the summary of the local hlgh school ' soclety news must necessarlly begln wlth the advent of shaved heads whlch occurred last fall In Aprll the Semors appeared ' 4 : r 1 1 - r , L H1 L . 7 ' ' - J . . , . - - ' ra 1 ' a . . . 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THE ROMAN TOP NOTCH TYPISTS Mlldmd TIPPUI Presldent Preston Blackwelder VICE P1-es1den1g Wallace Cooper Secy T1-eaq Motto The harder you work the qulcker you dle Members Frances Oswalt Buby Booker Ima Montgomery Frances May Thomas A nold Mary Grace Hendrlcks, Shelor Wllll3mS Floy Redmond, Fred Dale Davld Rogers, Earl Ballcy J B Smlley Erwln Klrton LOUIS Jenklns Claude Shlflett w1th dejected countenances and frlghtened eyes It was nothmg serlous only a poem that had to be wrltten for Engllsh and echoes of I am not a poet and lf you can t Wrlte a po m whv you just cant' were heard IH and about the bulldlng for days The dreaded day arrlved flnally and the newly dlscovered Tenny read thelr master PIGCCS w1th a slgh of satlsfactlon the less fortunate ones read thelrs Wlth a Slgh of rellef And then the last month of exam matlons two a Week We scarcely need to be remlnded of the quantities of black cof fee we swallowed and are stlll swallowmg 1n a frantlc effort to keep our eyes open long enough to cram The day of gradu atlon grows nearer and nearer and not all of us Sen1ors are qulte safely sure of a dlploma even yet And so taken as a whole thls past year has been an eventful one We look back upon lt w1th pleasure the Sen1ors because they are through, the Junlors because they w11l be Sen1ors next year, the Sophomores because they are soon to be Jumors and so on ad 1nf1n1tum TIIE SENIORS GIFT TO OUR LIBRARY Since the llbrary ln our new bulldlng IS so very new the senlors of 2b have unanl mously voted that It needs more furnlsh mgs and have declded to bequeath a mar ble statue upon It as a partmg g1ft from the senlor class of 1926 The statue declded upon IS The Appeal to the Great Splrlt ' a rather famously beautlful statue whlch could not fall to make an lmpresslon on any one enterlng our llbrarv A brass plate w1ll be put on th1s g1ft bearlng the name and date of our class Wouldnt It be a lovely thlng lf thls g1ft from thls year s graduat mg class were to establlsh a precedent and that every senior class from now on would present our school w1th a g1ft as a gradu atmg present from themselves? 1 1 1 1 I' ,I Y 1 1 , - 1 1 1 1 - 1 ,. 1 , . , . -.4 - 1 , , - - A ' 111 - 1 . 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Well we are turnlng ove1 our Job to somebody else for next year We hate to leave because we have had so much fun exchanglng But anyway good bye and good luck' AS WE SEE OTHERS The Knlght Colllngswood N J Your hterary department IS large and so good So are your Jokes The Sprmg cover IS very attractlve 7 . . . , . , . , . . L . , . . , . . . 1 ' , . , . I l M, ' ' Ln f' V x 4. fa. ' V w. 1 f at rt' Q 515' xv . 7 l I' .e ,q f K 57 wr. e.. 52' fi 'iffy jx Ag, if N - gym YL M 3 X ' ' f 5 ll , X T eff' ff M X wtf ,N !V V156 4. ,vm ,V .v - -W 4 2 5 f f-,ry X, y x 4 gn 'J' ,-1 lfix , X5 1' , Wt' 1 f!7,',l fbl-.'i',,ffSul XX 1 it rf I -5. '. !NfWX,,L,Qx I I KY 1 at N r lf.,-qt V y Q ,fj ,Ze M4 5.-.X WJ.. X! X -. u i f A 5,-' 36.5 'V . -,piflxu 4 Ll Y 1 - J tw Q Y X Qsx , xg Q Q W5-1 ll Q L 4 ' , x K . 'QQ e,'+w' r3,'e:L fagfff' .ffewffw 'L ' :Y Q .Jin f ,wt ll. . Q A: -J , . , . ' . , . , . , l .- , . . an ' ry , - , . . . ' ' 7 9 ' , THE ROMAN The John Marshall Record Rlchmond Va The Roman We congratulate you upon Your whole magazlne IS splendld but vse thlnk your poems and cuts are too good to be true The Qulll Mllwaukee WIS Your artlcles are wrltten 1n a rather unusual wav but whv not add more stor1es and longer ones The Forum Ch1cago Ill Your cuts are extraordlnary and you have so many' The Blue and Whlte Warren Pa All your departments are well developed and extens1ve The Shleld Haddonfleld N J Your Aprll Fool number 1S very unusual clever and amusmg The Ret1na Toledo Ohlo Your llterary departments are flne espcclally the poems Pep MQXICO MSIUQ Your Joke depart ment 1S good from the cut at the top to the last Joke The Panorama B1nghampton N Y The p11nc1ple of your Go to College number IS an excellent one It ought to succeed AS OTHERS SEE US The Roman A very credltable Journal The Western Ph1ladelph1a Pa The Roman Your llterary and Joke de partments are especlally good The Hlgh L1ght Hoboken N J The Roman The poems Castles 1n the A11 and Wlnter Twlllght are beautlful Sally Behave IS a cute story The Ar rowette Auburn N Y The Roman Why not prlnt the names of the edltors under the VHTIOUS departments? Mlghty oaks from lxttle acorns grow Keep lt up, you have a capable staff The Forester Dallas Texas Pk Pk The Roman We commend you for hav 1ng a part of your magazlne devoted to art and muslc We suggest that you add some nevs of the faculty to make your magazlne more representatlve of the school as a whole The John Marshall Record R1Ch mond, Va havlng such flne Jokes and such a good l1t era1y department The Observer Ansonla Conn The Roman Your stor1es are qulte read able but hasn t The Pleasant Surpr1se an abrupt end1ng The lrregular arrangement of your read1ng matter IS very notlceable Your poems are very good and your Joke department IS extens1ve and full of good humor The Qulll MllYV2,ukB6 WIS The Roman A well edlted magazlne You have an unusual exchange column Your locals column IS mterestmg and d1f ferent East Boston Mass The Roman You certa1nly have a clever cover and st1ll more clever cuts A good hterary department added to the other good departments makes an exc llent magazlne The Panorama Bmghampton N Y The Roman To w1sh us a Happy New Year came the Roman from Rome Hlgh School Rome Georg1a Same to you Ro man and many more of them They have neglected to prlnt the OPIHIOHS that have been expressed of them The Crlterlon Patterson N J The Roman Why not add a few more St0I'l6S7 Your athletlcs are f1ne Shamo k1n RQVIGW Shamokln Pa The Roman Heart1est congratulatlons for the most splendld magazme In your llterary department The Pleasant Sur prlse IS a pleasant surpr1se 1n every re spect It IS a short tale of two school glrls The story IS slmple and real1st1c The char acter1st1cs of the usual school glrl are shown The author s style IS one wh1ch ap peals Sally Behave IS a verv attr'1ct1ve p1ece of work wh1ch contams a certaln amount of humor Castles 1n the A1r and Wmter Tw1l1ght are two unusually good pleces of poetry The p1ctures portrayed and the even rhythm 1n the llnes of both add to thelr quahty The ed1tor1als are good Your accounts of hterarv socletles are ex cept1onallv chummy and natural NI hlle I was devourlng th1s sectlon I felt Just as 1f I were one of you and wlshed I was there takmg part ln all the good tlmes ment1oned The Curtls Monthly Staten Island N Y 73 1 1 - -1 . . . 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' 1 -W I ' ' . 1 1 - - THE ROMAN The Roman Your cuts are wonderful especlally your cover Come agaln The Vermont Academy Llfe Saxtons Rlver Ver mont The Roman Llterary department IS ex ceptlonal Jokes are good and you have plentv but your poets must be h1d1ng The Plnnacle Ambler, Pa The Roman A new one to us You have an excellent exchange department The Ar rowette, Auburn, N Y The Roman Glad to see you have a new bu11d1ng Your storles are very good espe clally A Kmgs Glrl Jokes are plenty but you have need of a few more poems The Plnnacle Ambler Pa The Roman Welcome Roman Your Jokes are clever as are your storles What poems you have are good so why not en large that departmentl The Blue and Whlte Warren, Pa The Roman Another lnterestlng well developed magazlne wlth qulte a large l1t of the f1nest pleces of poetry we have seen 1n a hlgh school publlcatlon A Klngs XX' G1r1 was qulte entertalnlng as was The Yellow Perll We hope to contlnue an ex change w1th The Roman The Purple Qulll Galveston Texas The Roman A magavlne publlcatlon The Roman from Rome Georgla made 1ts fxrst appearance th1s week The llterarv sectlon IQ especlally lnterestlng and or1g1na1 The MITFOP Elgln 111 The Roman Thls 1s one of the best play ers on the squad The llterary and exchange departments are especlally flne as are the Jokes We l1ke the attentlon you g1V6 to athletlcs The Interlude South Bend Ind The Roman Your Exchange Department IS qulte large and very good Tech Owl Plttsburgh Pa The Roman Very good magavlne Hard to lmprove Keep 1t up You are always Welcome The Arch1ve The Roman We l1ke your magazlne The storles are good and also the lllustra tlons The Renocahl R61dSVlll6 N C All your stories are well wrltten and lnter estlng The Racquet Portland Malne In all wlx: The world IS gettmg better The people sent to Jall are a much hlgher class than folmerly It takes 1 500 nuts to hold an automonlle together but only one to scatter lt all over the landscape B111 What do you shck your hair down wxth '7 Tom Cusco ll mtflllif B111 Why Tom Because I don t have to get any halrcuts ' B111 1Vhy'7 Tom Because It s shortenlng Say Steve 5ou a1n t w1tty The guy that vlrote Snowbound lt Wh1tt1BT A telephone pole never hlts an automo blle except ln self defense 74 ' ya ' ' ' an 'W 1 5 . . - - v . ,, . - . , . , - . .- , . , . . -- v I - lt A. . . , , KK H ' ' . . . , , . . 1 - ' l 9 ' A. . I 114 P14 Pk -' 9 1 ' 'll PF if gl: bg it n n n , n . . .W u . 'W 9 5 ' ' 7 ' SF 44 Pk ', u ' 1 ' 17 . , - 7 l- 4 I . D -4 -Z 9 , , n ' . , . :F :lc Dk 755 2:1 :li .W , ' fi Y A. Q 7 ' ' . . . 9 ' li- I , .1 ik P14 Pk ' , I I-1 . . I 21: :lc Pk - - - I- . . , - . .H K ., . . , A . . . . . A ,lg ,K ak erary department. Alpha Omega is one The Roman.--You excel in literary work. . . . . U . , . . . .- , , . rgx, . X X M. 4 y SN 7 'tx i'lMN.f'Js .., lv mt 1 1 2 1' 11 4' -dull, N fi' :mil - I D U 1 ' ' ' Lu ' ' ' in 1 Q I ' 7 HF Pk PF ' Tu ' J ' 7 ' 77 7 . , ' 21 P51 P14 ' Kg 7 7 V ' , . a Pk PF :ae , - ' - H ' .. ' ' wk l ' il . 1' ' 17 ' - L THE ROMAN Hy loye IS l1ke the red red rose A srgn of Jov and laughte1 Nly love rs l1l e the red red rose It yv1lts the mormng rfter College llu mor She You ra1sed your hat to tl1at glrl we passed You don t knoyy her do y ou H ko but my brother does and tlllS 1s h1s lat 'P Goofy fBeg1nn1ng one of hrs long yy1nded storresj The llttle boy s prrents dled and left hlm rn orph yn and he dldn t knoyy what to do yvlth 1t I see you ire blllllllllg' 1 5, 1r1g.,e for your llZZy Yeah I hld to I caught tyvo ants try 1ng to draff 1t throufh a hole 1n the srde walk He yvho laughs last IS the dumbest Mother fS1Hg'1Ylg baby to sleep? Rock a by baby Baby For goodness sake shut up so I I see you have one of those wllll Te tles How come Pull the bow and h1t the appl yy Peck Her father 1S a CllI'CCtO1 of the crty hen You don t say Peck He d1rects traff1e on M un street They tell n1e rubber t1res That s yvhy lt stretches you dumb bell Here I s1t perched up hrgh on a bow Persprrauon s adormng my brow I am perched here th1s yy ay Cause I happened to stray In the path of a peey1sh male eoyy World Trayeler And 1n Turkey a yvo man neyer sees her husband before mar rlage Syyeet Xoung Thmg Just the opposrte of cond1t1ons IH Amer 1ey Here she seldom sees hllll rfteryvards H -N1 man IS neyer older than he feels Ihght noyy I feel l1ke '1 tyyo year old She Lgg'7 Ike 'yly brother yy 'rs such a good '1rt1st that he pamted Spldel yy ebs so naturallv on 1 yy Ill that a seryant had nervous prostrr t1on because she couldn t syy eep them doyy ll She You nnght haye had sueh '1 broth but there ney er was sueh a seryant Colored Recru1t Cto approachmg formj Halt' VS ho are you Form Reeru1t for hrlf a dozen paces D Recrult l- orn1 halted me heerult to call H rlt three tlmes then flre The offrcer of the day Adyfrnce fyyh1ch the form C1 Halt' ' Th1s IS the second tune you ve What rre you gomg to do ne 'ctw' Never yo mlnd Muh orders 18 She Hoyy long d1d It take you to le rrn to kate H Oh, about a doLen s1tt1ngs Mrstress fto seryantl IVhat yyas the trouble that made your marrred llfe so 11n happy? December yyedded to 'llay V Servant Layysy no ma am Labor Day marrled to the the Day of Rest She1k Say boy can you take a Joke Taxl Dr1yer Sure yyhere do you yvant to go? Able fshlpyyreckedl Ike I see a sall I e Tel yot of t Ve a1nt got any samples Front or Rear-'7 Heres somethrng que 1 sald Dentlst Hardm y ho had been dr1ll1ng and drrlhng mtg a tooth You sald th1s tooth had never been fllled but I f1nd flakes of gold on the o1nt of my drlll I knevy 1t, mourned Daye you ye struck n1y collar button If you thrnk these Jokes are old And hould be put upon the shelf Just loosen up you errtrc, And hand 1n some vourself N0 Xlternatlye No sald the merchant I can t glye y a Job today Xou better le rye your l dress I knoyv lt replled the appheant sadly The landlady sald Id haye to unless I got a Job today ' ID v ' ' - 1 - H v v ' . 1 1 , , H- 1 . 1 4 A c c V ', c ' e ' ' 1 1 ' L 1 U' Cl' , ' 1, 1- Z '2 I' ' . ' ' 2 ' ' X z' X - ' '. Q ' '1 '. an Y ' . , , L . 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U A . , V- A . . . . if 7 7 ' Y l 77 I 1 . AK I . I 7 ' - ' . . :le :sf , . . 0 p ' , ' rv y . . , . H . ' H , H v 1 v . . V A. Y ' , v . 1 1 . 77 . . , . A . y , , , Pk ak ik 1 C 1 J u I V I P I ' I , y , . v. , , :lc :Is :-- Q . 1 e , . Y, .Wy ' V , - - , . , ' 1 , . B. , K. J 1 V L . A v , ', H PK if Pk v ' ' H . .' , , ' v ' ' . ' -' 1 . . . U H ' , 44 1 ' , .K ' 1 1 A 1 U 1 y A Y 1 vou ' ' ' v 7 4 v v u 4 :Hp 2 ' . '. ' y. I 4 A y ac- zg: :gs , 1 , .yr as ' 1 , an ' sv ' ' , C-- 1 1 1 4 1 . , 4 e -'. ' . , ' r C Y . .V H Uv Lf ' V V :K Cl 1 ' 7 THE ROMAN It a burglar should break mto the base ment, would the coal +chute'? Naw but the kllldllllg wood Doctor .How are you feelmg now? Patlent Pretty well, except that my b athmg bothers me Doctor Well, Ill see lf I can't stop that tomorrow Ralph How do you stand on the ques tlon of the next great war? Goofy Looks as lf lt mlght be between the av1ators and the radxo broadcasters for the freedom of the a1r The boy stood on the burmng deck POlS6d on danger s brmk Wluh brow uphft, he cooly stood And watched the kltchen slnk He owed h1s landlady money, But couldnt pay the score So he marr1ed her one morn1ng, And stayed there two months more Amerlcan Leg on Weekly He pa1d no heed to traff1c cops, But rushed along pell mell The doctor told the Sexton And the sexton tolled the bell Is there any good reason why I should glve you flve cents? ' asked Uhe well dress ed elderly man of the youth who accosted hlm Well sald the small boy as he retlred from the danger zone lf I had a mee h1gh hat llke yours I wouldnt want It soaked h a snow ball Johnny who ,were the Four Horsemen '7 They were Paul Revere 'Ilheodore Roosevelt Jesse James and Barney Google Beautiful women once grew old grace fully Now they do not grow old at all College Humor Mournful automoblle navlgator gazlng on the remams of h1s car reclmmg at the foot of the telephone nole lt had mst trled to cllmb Look at lt I put alcohol m the radlator and thats the result auto 1ntox1cat1on 1 ate a terrlble lot of candy durmg the Lhnstmas vacatxon I ll say you d1d Lf the p1ece you gave me was a sample of lt The fate of Lots wlfe Was all her own fault, Sfhe flrst turned to rubber, And then turned to salt Beneath de grass Lles Ph11 McCann He sed to me So s yer old man A farmer once called h1s cow Zephyr, Slhe seemed such an amlable hephyr VVhen the farmer drew near She kicked off h1s ear And now the old farmer s much dephyr A negro Jall b1rd was talklng thmgs over vuth a frlend who was v1s1t1ng hlm How long you ln for? asked the frlend Two weeks ' What charge? Af means why IS yo here 9 Ah kllled my Wlfe Yo kllled yo Wlf6 and only glts two weeks Da 's all den Ah gets hung One mouse to another as they spied some thlng peeklng from the edge of a ox Am t that the cat s wh1skers Speed A guest ln a Cmcmnatl hotel was shot 'md kllled The negro porter who heard the shootlng was a wltness at the trial Pralrle Farmer tells the story How many shots d1d you hear'7 aske the lawyer Tvso shots sah he replled H vu far apart were they Bout llke d1S explalned the negro clappmg h1s hands Wlth an lnterval of about a second between them Where were you when the flrst shot was f1red Shln a gentlemans shoes ln de base m nt of de hotel Where were Vou when the second shot was f1I'6d7,, Ah was a passm the B1g Fo depot 70 - . w A . . I - ' U . . , ' ' . .. 1 H - - - I 'F if 41 ' U in V ' I .xv Q . t ' Lu V y . re ' .as . ll 7 ' T ' ll !, I7 lk as lu ' wk if if J - . ., H . . . T ' as 1 77 . ,, - ' if PF if Pk Ik PF ' KK Y! , . . , . , .. . 9 . . A ' , ' 9 4- 4 wk ' I fr x at , . . -N . . . , , , 4 KK- l i, ' - 5 v ca ! 1' I u n Q Q 1 KK YY 4' 4' No cha'ge-everything am free. ' ' Ki h ' 7 . il ' ' H I ll 9 ' , ' ' I7 1 Q Q KK t l YY ff I A :r nr ir T. . ., - - . ' K ' , b : ' az ' 1 y ' u K5 ,Y ' ' 7 7 H. . . - , n I 1 1 . , . Wit - - K . ' . . . . 4: at 4 - Ll Y! y: 1 ' n ' H H . d 9 !7 Q 9 ' za , .. ,tx ' , . Ik 4 s H V I o . ' H! ' ' YY ' 7 7 an az 1: ., - . . . , H . . . . ,K . , , . . . . - . . . e ,, . H A - C - cz . 9 T - ' ' , . , 1: - ' 9 ' 1 U W V f THE ROMAN 1 7 Teacher- I have went. That's wrong, But what is that difference? isn't it? Ah! I have it now! Pupil- Yes, sir. Teacher- Why is it wrong? Pupil- Because you ain't wen It 4: 1 t. t ye Oh chemist please investigate And drop me just a line I d lil e to know what carbonate? And xx here d1d iodine Departed from this grim old earth Is one xx ho drew an upper berth lnle cllmblng to his sleeping place, He stepped upon a p11ze fighter s face VK Twas not an act of chivalry Nor yet the fear of scorn, He offered her his street car seat To keep her off hs corn EX Teacher James, why IS the English lan guage called the mother tongue James Because father never gets a chance to use it 911 1 Whats the Diff? A gum chewing girl A cud chewing cow There IS some difference It's the thoughtful expression On the face of the cow.-Ex. ik if li Conductor fafter stumbling over obstacle in the aislelg Madam you must not leawe your vzlise in the aisle Colored Woman tah Conductor, dat mah foot Fo de land alxes B IS aint no xahse Dflts Teacher Willie man 1n Rome 7 Willie Caesar acl oss the river who was the strongest h pitched hls tent A freshman once to Hades u ent To find out what he could learn Thev sent him back to earth again He xv as too green to burn Teacher When did Caesar defeat the greatest numberq Alice I thlnk it was 1n examination day Mr Tucker The next person that says Huh will be sent out of class Ill have to allow Chorus Huh? R f .fT QL E li v-s.! .lik fs. Eerymf as xr , 1 ! , . , ,C Xiu ' 'i ' . 1 ,ff ' 5 r y 1' - Y . . . . , H . Y ' 1 L fe: as ek ,, , af Q- ar A . . -H . . V vl . h . . Q . . . K H ' ,' ' 1 . . . . L . A-in 9 e ak an Q , - ,, 7 ' . 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Q12 ...-5L.sg-' 2 T-in -J g se A A f THE RO'VIAN HORTER OLI EGE ROME GEORGIA 1 Academlc ROC0gl'lltl0Il Shorter College IS a member of the Southern Assocla t1on of Colleges and Secondary Schools Shorter College IS a member of the Assoc1at1on of Amer1can Colleges Its degree Bachelor of Arts lS accepted by all Graduate Schools as a bas1s for obta1n1ng the degree Master of Arts 2 Shorter Ideals A broad comprehensrve curr1culum comparmg favor ably W1th the best 1nst1tut1ons of Amerlca H1gh standards of scholarshlp and thoroughly qual1f1ed lnstructors selected Wlth the utmost care Chr1st1an character 1n each pupll the end kept always 1n v1eW 3 Shorter Offers- To graduates of the Rome H1gh School all the advant ages of a fully recogmzed college at the lowest posslble cost and Wlthout the necesslty of leav1ng home ln con sequence of the xely h1gh record made by Rome H1gh graduates 1n the past the college w1ll gladly Welcome all who deslre to enter ln 1926 Catalogues may be had and personal 1nterv1ews may be arranged for by ad dress1ng the Pres1dent W D FURRY Presldent COMMERCIAL PRINTING CO SECOND FLOOR INATIOINAL CITY BXNK BUILDING Telephone 303 L ' J , 1 The'Blble used as at textbook and the formation of a O I , I THF ROMAN For Everlastlng Pleasure Have Your Plcture Taken at ORR STUDIO MISSQS Hawklns B St MILLINERY LADIES FURNISHINGS R G g HURRY BACK Smlth Clgar Company Clgars Soda Lunches H D CLIMER INSURANCE O O k, O I L I- 216 road reet NOTIONS, UART HMATERIALS, ..ETC. ome, eor ia. 66 77 I O V O i ' THE ROWIAN YOU GIRI S AND BOYS Want Clothes that are Rlght ln Style YOU WANT GARMFNTS THAT ARE BECOMING TO YOU Those Are the Klnd We Sell And You ll Save 'VIoney Too T 511151- Trlple Interest The Intelest Vou rece xe on you1 sav g dep 2 The I te est you take 1n bu ld ng up your accou t 3 The Inte e t e take n help ng you ucceed A GRLAT COMBINATION FIRST NATIONAL BANK Where You Feel at Home 1, -J . 4. ' J 7 L 9 . 28 , l 'A 1 L Q ' .. lf ! r- ff- C O 1. ' W i' ' ' in s 't. . n r ' i i . . r s W i i s . 1 . L cc as THE ROM ANI THE FAHY STORE Fstabl shed 187 For Hlgh School Glrls SPORT FROCKS That Hare the Pep And at P11ces Mother Wlll Gladly Pay SEE THEM' Holder Coal Sz Lumber Co Everythlng ln Bulldlng We Have It Phones 582 and 668 ROME GEORGIA Culpepper, Storey Sz Co Clothlng Shoes and Furnlshlngs for Men and Boys Beaut1ful Lme of Lad1es and MISSGS Shoes 419 Broad Street Phon 147 ' L , i 3 Y O . ! o ' 1 1 , . . ' ' 0 9 . . . , . , 6 THE ROMAN ROME SUPPLY CO PLUMBING HEATING ROOFING SHEET METAL WORK ALL KINDS ELECTRICAL WORK MAZDA I AMPS 324B oad Street T leph FIVE CHAIRS PHONE 421 SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO STUDENTS TRADE 337 Br ad St e t Marshall Manufacturlng C0 MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF Lumber and Bulldlng Materlal HIGH GRADE MILL WORK Rome G oga PALACE BARBER SHOP THE ROMAN THE FRUIT COMPANY WHOLESALE PRODUCE COLD STORAGE FACILITIES COMMISSION MERCHANTS Rome Georg a The Cltlzenq Floyd Bank AND TRUST COMPANY PHE FRIENDLY BANK Wants the Patronage of Young People W H o L E S A L E CANDIES CIC' ARS GROCERIES Glbson 8a Delournette Rome 6 eorg a Rome Transfer Sz Storage Co MOVING PAL KINI HALLINI STORAK E L0 g D1 t nce Mo ng A Spec alty BAGGAGE SERVIL E AT ALL TRAINS Telephone 217 East I rst Stleet , I . O O - , . , , M 1.7 I7 1 s L 9 O , I i . . u I , In . ', 5 2, I l, ' I n 'S a vi i' 55 fi ' THE ROMAN INSURANCE BONDS Cary J Klng Sz Reese ld t C uy fEtblhd1900J t 0 g H tel Bldg T lepho e 602 GIFTS THAT LAST Wm I WEISER JEWELER IS TOM YOUR PRINTFR7 Danlel Furnlture Company Furnlture and Undertaklng R e G 0 g Ph e 52 B oad St et O I ASO as he ent r s a is e A ms r n 0 ' cc as 0 0 ' 334 Broad Street Rome, Georgia. J 0 O O om , e r ia. r ALLEN IFWELRY CO Watchmakers and Jewelers G1ftS fol Graduatlon NORTON DRUG COMPANY eH eItC'1nGetIt II tNI e Agents tor Norrls Candles EVERYTHING IN DRUGS Phones A6 nd 27 PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE THE ATTENDANTS ARE EXPERIENCED CAPABLE AND COURTEOUS W B N Ichols Sz Sons Day Pho e 1367 Nlght Pho e 1367 md 178 Two of the Best Places to Eat Home and The Busy Bee Cafe Come to the Busy Bee to Eat For Your Party Use Our Ice Cream or Ices IN BULK BRICK SPELIAI MoLDs EsRIMo PIES OR KIDDIE Ixl. PS PDRITY GRA1 GROCER1 CO GROCERIES YoU WILL FIND FHEM FRESH EVERY DAY 1061 COWIE TO SEE LS OR PHONE 1062 - U J 0 W av , I. , or t sn' I ad 7 W ' a I O . O O L n - ' I1 s 2 , . . , , 9 9 4 9 e e ones 110 an 3' T T O V - I 'I' -' - ' THE POMAN We Belleve ln Hlgh School We Want You to Belleve ln 1-fm E GOOD GRAPE ORANGE CRUSH W OHERO COLA ..Xl:4J' ulero C0 CHERO COLA BOTTLING CO W J GORDON 8a QOL Cut Flowers for all Occaslons GRE OUSE S Atlantlc Ice 8z Coal CO CONE'S ELECTRIC SHOP FRIGIDAIRE Ph 1234 N 11 Th dA I I O qi! I W M ll ll K' ' J . ,Oli 'QX 601 X! l - '4. M L-Aglnwz' Rome, Georgia. 0 C ENH : 12 Stephens St. Telephone 1138 CITY TORE: ' B1'O2lClStl'CCl1. Te . ft O ' o cc 4 as one ' O. ir venue THE ROMANT Pome Laundry Companv IRENCH DRY CLEAINING RUG CLEANING Prompt Seruce Hlgh Cllss Work Phone 207 Danlell Chevrolet Company TT cmavnog, WATCH CHEVROLET LEAD CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE 537 Bro1d t Pome Georgm Telephone I IRLS lIRS'l AI' BURNEY S Shopem s md You Shoull Su. Them NOW BOYS XOU C OME NEX'l -Xncl we know xou dont mlnd LOm1Hg lftel the gulb Ve xx mt to show sou the new Llltx shoes hats ehlrte etc YELLOW CAB OWNED AND OPERATED IH REESE GARAGE 1 'T . we , 0 , V. . ' k I I ' H nl! Ci 1 97 'L z . L , ' 1339 1 F Y Y I in A 9 And We Are Showing Some Lovely Dresses, Hats and S 'A -'Q--z ' ' c 1 X . , y 7 , 2 1 A V V My 7 ' 1 ' 2 1 ' - -1. 'z .' 'r,: s, J, ., . S . L L A Y 1 5 7 as , K as THE ROMAN? NIXON MUSIC STORE For the Beet ln Rddm N lctrola and Records Planos and All Kmds of MUSICHI Instruments and Sheet MUSIL Pvpewrlters Rented md Sold 3? Br: ad Street RIVOLI AND STRAND THEATERS The Patronage of Students Appreclated M ACON A BROCK ROMF S 01N LY CERTIFIED WATCHMAKER W A MULLINNIX SHOE SHOP WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL Phone 361 336 Broad Street WE SAVE SOLES 'I IM M S EXCIUSIV6 Dry Cleaners and Dyers 302 East I 1rst Street 'lelenhone 687 YOUNG WILLI AMSON JEWELRY CO JEWELERS OPTOMETRISTS SILVERSMITHS 946 Broad Street RONIF GA Telephone 178 . ' , I S , . - . . . I ' I . N I , 1 n . . , 1. v -0 7 1 Q A. I ' Y 4 ' f Q C . Y l ' A so 99 I Q v , Y .I I I n , I ' 1. 0 , 9 L , '- ...' ' 1 J, . f 'IHF POWI AN EURoPEAN PLAN DAVOL HOTFL Hotel Armstrong Barber Shop THE BIGGEST AND BEST IN ROME H111 Cuts tm L1d1es ind Men Zoe Shfue loc Slaughter NICCRIH, Proprietor No 10 Second Avenue Telephone HARVEY GIVEN CO Corne1 1 orrebt Hotel Bu1ld1ng Rome Georgla MILLER S CASH STORE Broad Street Pome Georgla SHOES CLOTHING FL RNISHINGS DRESSES HATS COATS COTPON GOODS SILKS NOTIONS Consolldated Grocery Company DlStflbUt0FS LIPTON S FAMOUS TE AS AND COFFEE KISMET THE SUPREME FLOUR P J HENDERSON YOUR GROCER TELEPHOIN ES 30 and 31 J . 915 REAL ESTATE-INSU RANCE-LOANS-RENTING 9 w O O A THF RTNI YN OWEN LIVEI Y PHO'1 OGRAPHER 2 1 BROAD STREFT Phone 331 HALE DRUG COMPANY TOILET ARTIQ LES SODA WATER ICE C REAM WHITM AN S EXQUISITE CANDIES The Rexall Stole COMPLIMENTS General Forreet Hotel Rome Ceorgla GROCERIES CLEAN AND FRESH DELIVERED PROMPTLY Ou 'Vlotto S1 teen Ounce to the Pound C NO WAEISDEN OA Y Rvme, Georgi ' v . , 9 cc , , as . ,- O , I, I I r I : 'x - s . 0 I x w . 'lllh ROMAN If You Have Anythlng to Sell to Rent or to Buy Use The News Trlbune A B C Classltled Columns They ale stloug enou h to selve you and serve you Well ex ery day of youl hfe THE A B C CLASSIFIED ADS Always the Same In Se1 vlce Always Dlfferent In Opportumty Graduatlon GIIIS SUGGESTIONS FOR HER FOR HIM Dlamond Ru-,gs Pocket W tch s Strap Watches B P ar ms PLEAbLRh Waldeman Cham Wrlst Watchs and Knlfe Pearl Necklaces SHOW Cuff Lmks Cvmpacts YOU Pen and Pencll Sets Novelty Bracelets Onyx Rlngs Mesh Bags Scarf Plns WYATT JEWELRY C0 . 9 9 9 O -- ... 1 '.f. O. . ta .1 r Q' -- L f in o o I ' ' ' a e A .7 - , T0 .I . 'IIIIA ROM XXI LOMPLIMENTS OF J W KEOWN THE NEW DOUBLE FRONT GROCERY Q35 Broad Street STAR FLINT Best s Motor Cal Co ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES 308 Broad St Sales and Servlce Telephone 373 ROME MUNICIPAL GAS COMPANY Estabhshed 1866 Gas Coke Coal Tar IP ITS DOINE WITH HEAT YOU CAIN DO IT BETTER WITH C' AS OUR CUSTOMERS ALWAYS OUR BEST FRIENDS Because we take care of thelr best lnterest Ilesh Pread md Cakes Evely Day CANDIES M IDE BY THE MORRIS MILLION DOLL XR PL XXVI Thomas Grocery Company Huffman Salmon Grocery Company Incorporated Telephone 1310 Rome Ga 240 Broad Street FRESH VEGETABLES FANCY GROCERIES Where Your Patronage IS Appreclated WE ARE GOING T0 CONTINUE TO SELL Quallty Merchandlse for Men and Boys OWEN S KING COMPANY 245 Broad Sheet ' I . . 1 I1 T a 0 .L 0 , Q O K. A 4 . 66 W 3 T W 7 9 97 'IA W Fruits, Vegetables and the best advertised foods. 'I' .' J Z I ' ' . 9 - ' ' W K . 'IHE ROMAN! Stapp Smlth Motor Company DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR Y EHIK LES GRAHAM BROTHERS TRUCKS 200 204 W I lfth Ax e Telephone 291 PARTS SERX ICE Af L ESSORIES Flfth Avenue Drug Co S In R V I C E ANY ANY KIND TIME MOTOR SERVIC E NIC HT Roblnson Motor Company W E NEA ER SLEEP BR ANI H S'1 ORE 'I XI 'IOW GEORGIA Puryear Sz Company FLORISTS FORREST HOTEL Phones Store 1314 Greenhouse 1030 W ' L O - 1 , v w I , F' Y - . A . Y 1 H L L, . l 4 , , I ,, o 1 . . . OF DAY OR w w I , I I O as T Y ' 1' T 1 'Y Y N Y 1 I I , 1 4 A i , . THE ROMAIN K' ff fm lMl llE.l E U A Bank For Young People, Too We take and 1nd1V1dual and young people to start thelr buslness eareels successfully The Natlonal Clty Bank of Rome, Georg1a THE J KUTTNER CO OFF ER Newly Arrlved Frocks and Coats of Strlklng Indlvlduallt 5 Chlc Street Models Afternoon Frocks Pal ty and Dance Frocks of Georgette 'md 'latfet 1 SPRING COATS Of the Season s Newest Stwles Fabrlcs and Lolors THE SHEERES'1 SILK HOSIERY Lrepe de Lhme and Glose Sllk bnderthmgs Pres Glrdles De Be Volse Brassleres Irene Castle Cortlcelll Fashlons JULIA HOYT MODES TUXEDO FRoCKs :Iii Us .fr ' M 5: E MW li ' ff f lf l I 'A Y yy: yy 4 . . . personal mterest 1D helpmg ,i I ii W . lfl leklll ' ' ' O I 0 I 66 O C I TIIF POMANI ROME ICF COMPANY THE HOME PLANT Owned and Operated by Romans For Romans Telephone 497 Thlrd Avenue Barber Shop FOR MEN LADIES AND LHILDREN WILL BERRY Proprletor Telephone 608 G H HAYS HUDSON ESSEX FRANKLIN Automobiles l Go to the Big Furnlture Place For House Furnlshlngs McDONALD'S . N I T ' J .L . 4 O , Y All Kinds of Hair Tonic for Sale 9 -6 G' - T ph ns- 13013 ist n 4 . . L THE ROMAN M E R I T A B R E A D 10c TWO SIZES lac BEST FOR GROVI ING BODIES Bee use t Bu lds Stu dy Health AMERICAN BNKERIES COMPANY R O M E Coca Cola Bottllng C0 BO FTLERS OF 050 Jnder E clu e L ce se f om the Coca C011 Co Atlanta F S BARRON Mal age 106 108 F1fth Avenue Telephone 232 ROME GEORGIA Gravee Harper Companv COAL eeph e Off Yrlflf' ROME KEORCIA EMPIRE COFFEE McCord Stewart Compam 4 7 a i i r 1 - 4 C Q 1 ' ' 0 Y I I ' X siv i n r - 1 ., Ga. . . R , 1 r. 7 -, x , C Office 312 Broad Street Tl on S: ice93- ac.1. , 1 C' . I -- 7 I 'V sv THE ROMAN C L O T H E S FOR SPORT AND DRESS OUTFITTERS T0 All NAIVIIIIYO MCWTT LIAMS FEED 8a GROCERY Co H1ghtA.cceSSory Place nc Everythlng for Your Allt0IIl0bll6 227 East Flrst Street Telephone 78 Mlller S Shoe Store WHERE YOU GET YALUE RELEIW ED Efcclus ve A e t f Doroth Dodd and E P Reed Shoes 204 B d St '1 h yi 2 J Y f - , , D, I . DON'T FORGET o 9 V ' A I ree? ns or Y . .lop one 575-W THE ROMANI S C O G G I N S THE DOWN TOWN FURNITURE STORE Everythmg for the Home WE INVITE YOU TO OPEN A I REDII' AFCOUNT WITH I S 111 Brofmd Stl eet Ielephone rfb .flfvecd Guaranteeu Henry Darlmg, Inc Telephone 1208 Records for Your Phonograph Come Here for the I flteet Huis ANYTHING IN THE BOOKS FORE l IVE Gifts for All Orc ISIOHS WYATT BOOI1 STORE L b I , ca ' v as , T . 1 1 71, 7--Y THE UNIVERSALCAR. 1 O O Al K I ,I 17 Cf ' A . 2 -' L, 7' , A THE ROMAN ALLYN BEAL TY PARLGR Fxrst F1001 Hotel General Forrest Wlamcurmg Shampoolng Halr Dressmg Scalp Treatment Faclals PERM ANENT WAVING Halr Smgmg Halr Dyemg, O11 Treatments Telephone 617 THE MARCELLE SHOPPE 33416 Broad Street MARCELLING A SPECIALTY Phone 194 for appolntment FLORRIE M CAINE, Proprletor 4 1 v 1 7 , . 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