Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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1 A A Y, K wisely. gXssc-inbled O11 the front lawn, the student body watches 111 mute reverenee the lowering of the flag at llLllf'l1l2lSt in l1onor of our late President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kvnssvcli ,flflemrfrirzl Serzfiw HE opening of school on Friday, April 13, 1945, was marked by an unusual spirit of quiet- ness. As the students entered the building that morning, their serious faces and muted voices gave evidence of the sorrow felt by everyone at the sudden and untimely death of our great and beloved President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which had oeeurred the afternoon before at the ULittle Wlhite House in VVarm Springs, Georgia. ln an impressive eeremony held on the front campus, the students and faculty of Senior High paid tribute to the life and memory of the man who, as President, had so courageously led his na- tio11 both in peace and in War toward the fulfilment of his dream for America - that we should continue to be Hstrong brothers in Gods family of mankind. PAGE 6

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WHO GAVE THEIR LAST ME J OF DEVOTION .ll

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As the years pass svviftly by, the pictures on these pages will help us recall the April morning when we stood in hushed silence vvith a feeling of intense loyalty in our hearts, vvatehing the Stars and Stripes first raised to the top of the flag pole and then sloyvly lovvered to half mast. As the sound of taps died away, we bowed in silent prayer both for our lost leader and for his sueeessor. lfollowing this ceremony, a memorial service-one of the most beautiful and impressive ever conducted in this school-was held in the auditorium. The nmsieal selections consisted of 'l'he Lord's Prayer, sung by Bronson Matney, and the two hymns, 'ABeautiful Savior and HA Ivlighty lfortrcss ls Our Cod, by the a cappella choir. Dr. P. L. Conrad, pastor of limmanuel Lutheran Church, after reading several comforting passages from tl1e Bible, spoke on the text, Give honor to Whom honor is due. Referring to the statement made by thc President some months ago that no generation, no nation has ever undergone so great a test as our own, the speaker con- tinued, No other president, no other statesman, no other American has had upon him so many burdens and tasks, and faced so many tests in a lifetime, as did Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . lle made his mistakes, but hc also made master strokes and he made history. 'l'he last written words of President Roosevelt, which were to have been delivered in honor of Thomas leffersou on lcfferson Day, are worthy both of the man they vvere intended to honor and of the man yvho vvas to give them utterance. The writer is dead, but his yvords live on: lf civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the seienee of luiman relationships-thc ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and xvork together in the same xvorld at peaee. XYe go foryvard toward the greatest contribution that any generation of human beings can make in this vvorld-the contribution of lasting peace. l ask you to keep up your faith. 'l'he only limit to our realization of tomorroyv yvill be our doubts of today. l.et us move forward vvith strong and active faith. 1 ln the ripper left of the panel is pictured a small section of students paying homage to President Roose- velt: at loxver left, the attaching of the flag to the halyardg and to the extreme right, in a hushed and halloyved manner, students tiling from the campus into the auditorium for prayer. is .X