Judson High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Judson, TX)

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MMU? Table of Co tents Foreword ' Student Activities Who's Who Qrganizations Sports Faculty High School Classes Junior High School Elementary School Advertisements Sr. Achievements 8 9 29 49 65 86 91 111 137 171 196

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November 22, 1963, began--and progressed for awhile-much like any other school day-even a bit better, perhaps. In the first place, it was Friday, which is always reason for rejoicing around schools. Second,pfp'e were already anticipating the Thanksgiving Holidays of the next week. V i Most of us had just finished lunch that fateful day when the incredible news broke: our Pres- ident and our governor had been shot, were critically wounded, perhaps dead. Reactions event- ually ran the gamut of human emotions, but all began with stunned disbelief. For a few tense minutes, students wandered, distracted and lostg teachers paced, grave and concerned. Then the unmistakable word came: he was dead. President Kennedy had been assassinated. Numbly we watched through the next three days: first the weekend, then the formal day of mourning on Monday. As we sat transfixed before our TV sets, surrounded by newspapers whose bold black headlines screamed the news at us, we sensed vaguely that we were peculiarly a part of the history being made. Perhaps this sensation was due to our proximity to' Dallas. Primarily, though, it was due to the unique rapport which most young people had felt with this vigorous young President, this bearer of the torch for the new generation of Americans, to borrow his own words. We found it comforting to return to school and to resume the familiar routine the following Tuesday, but things weren't quite the same, somehow. Time has continued to pass unchecked, other important events have transpired since. But wherever we go, whatever happens in the future, we know that not one of us will ever forget where he was and what he was doing on that bleak November school day in 1963 when he learned that President Kennedy had been assassinated.

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Dedication Many important ingredients are necessary to the existence of a school: buildings, equipment, teachers, custodians, and others. But without the primary ingre- dient-STUDENTS-everything else about a school would be completely meaningless. Because the staff feels that the 1963-64 school year at Judson has involved an especially fine group of stu- dents, it is to them that we dedicate this BLUE DEVIL. And, even though this book is specifically a record of this year and the people and events which comprise it, because we feel that in many ways this group is typical of all student bodies which have walked these halls before us, we think that in a sense this dedication must include them, too. .14