Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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In happier times n vigorous John F. Kennedy campaigns for the presidency from the steps of the old courthouse in Anderson. Assassination of President is traged Thousands of onlookers mourn us the Presidcnvs body is borne dnwn Constitution Avenue under escort of guards of honor and heads of many nations.

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the extent Personalities visit and talk at school Anderson High School students grow up a lot in a year's time, and not all of the maturing process is the result of education in the classroom. This year famous personalities, on busy schedules that cause them to ignore adult audiences, stopped to talk and to perform to students at AHS. Events significant to a teenager always do not occur on the campus. More and more AHS students studied news- papers and watched television to keep abreast of significant happen- ings. They realize that events affecting their country also touch them. Christian athletes like the famous Carl Erskine, Don Lash, Rnfer Johnson tell their inspiring stories

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AHS students, on ix trip to Washington, pause to lay xx wreath at the grave of the President in Arlington. for youth and nation On Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, the student body at Anderson High was safely tucked away in classrooms after the lunch hours, but in Dallas, Texas, catastrophic events began to be reported over the press association wires. At 12:39 p.m. the nation heard that President John F. Kennedy had been shot: at 1:33 p.m. a shocked people learned that its lender had been assassinated. About this time word began to filter through to AHS via car radios, a few transistors, and by word of mouth. Shocked and stunned, AHS students quietly finished the school day, and went home to watch four days of pathos and drama unfold. Everything was dwarfed by the magnitude of the crime. A young, dynamic president had been killed. His death was particularly tragic to youth, because Presi- dent Kennedy was a man who looked ahead. He person- ified youth and vigor: he liked to mingle with crowds, shake hands, and play touch football. Anderson had seen him in person as a tough campaigner, as had people in communities all over the nation. He exuded courage--of his convictions, of moral strength, of drive to success. Only a man like the Presi- dent could say ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country and touch the heart of almost every citizen. His death is a tragedy, but also a source of strength for every AHS student, for rarely does a person get to see first-hand a great individual give his all for his country. A courageous Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stands by as President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in. A small son salutes his father, an act that Americans will remember forever.