Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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‘Oiler of The Year” for 1964. is Frank Zaehringer, a Senior right guard on the Varsity basketball squad and a member of the Oiler baseball team. Frank's athletic endeavors are not confined to bas- ketball and baseball only, as he enjoys playing football, and swimming in his leisure time. Frank plans to become a P.E. coach. He will attend Contra Costa College for two years before going to San Jose State. Due to the fact that 1964 is the 10th year which the Major Hill Trophy has been awarded to the most outstanding athlete of the year, Frank is pic- tured here with Major ‘‘Maj’’ nd Coach Carl Mayors, head of the R ®

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A Tribute to President Jol F. Kemuedy ‘He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment.” Plautus Heart-felt sadness filled the halls of Richmond Union High School Friday, November 22, 1963, when the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was announced. Students and teachers alike felt the deep pain and shock of the loss of their Presi- dent. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States of America, has been taken from his family, his country, and the earth. He has gone, leaving behind a world of sorrowful, regretful mourners—sorrowful that a man so devoted to the people of the nation should be taken for such a 7 worthless cause as human hatred and regretful that the United States could be the scene of such an irrational display of emotion. This tragic event which occurred during our impres- sionable high school years must leave a distinct mark on each and every one of us. To us, the young people of America, the loss of President Kennedy was perhaps a great loss than to anyone else in the world. In a sense, President Kennedy was OUR president. He was the first President born in this century; perhaps mo re than in any- thing else, he was interested in the youth of our nation. And, because of his own youth and vitality, th physical fitness program he introduced was quickly accepted with great enthusiasm by the youth of America. We can always look back with fond memories on the 50-mile hikes we took last fall. In our hearts each of us knows that no other president will ever mean as much to us as did President Kennedy. As long as we live, there will remain in our hearts a special admiration and esteem for the late President and a special feeling of sympathy and love for his courageous widow and his two children. The days from November 22 to November 25 are four darkest days in the history of the United States. We have been witnesses to the tragic events of those days that have made history—events that no one could ever have envisioned as happening in twentieth century America. Inevitably, the presidency of the United States has been passed on, but, as the eternal flame burns on the hillside of Arlington cemetery, so does it burn in the hearts of every American.

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