Kelly High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Kelly, KS)

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HCourage is the universal virtue .... Without belittling f,f,f'v. ik. the courage with which men have died, we should not forget . - I those acts of courage with which men...have lived.H W I.w 'Q 'Q' . f, a'a'n'a' 1 I'1'Z'Zi-1 wg 1 9: '1-:r- ix ' !?f'5 H t t' kn ' Xu Le every na ion ,ov.... that we shall pay any I 5 5 Q 'Q 5 price, bear any burden, Z : meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty. This much we pledge and more.H HAsk not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.N IN MEMORIAM HYet the death of President Kennedy thundered a mighty message that men must rid themselves of the bigotry and hatred that breeds such violence.W Rev. Ed A. Griffin Hwith a good con- M science our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His bless ing and His help, but knowing that here on eatrh God's work must Y . Ulf we expect a nation to be ignorant and free, we expect what never was and never will be.N In the long history of the vorld, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of max- imum danger. I do not ,hrink from this res- ponsibility--I welcome it. HThe people have lost Ha brothern in Christ. But let us not be unduly sad. The spirit of John F. Kennedy will live on.N He is dead, but on that grave in Arlington Cemetery, and in the hearts of millions, a new fire burns, light- ing a better way. It will not soon go out.N Rt. Rev. George P. truly be our own.H Johnson HLet the vord go forth from this TOO LATE time and pl3Ce...thet the torch has He Offered me advice, been passed to Q new generation I would not listen. of Amerlcaniu 7 He offered me his strength, John F- Kennedy I did not need it. . , . TD On Dovembar 22, l963, President H6 Offered me mls Courabv' John F. Kennedy's York vias finished I refused. He offered me his humility, But I was humble. He offered me his hand, I needed no one. He offered me his life, I accepted. I reached, wut he was gone. Shelly Chapman upon this earth. Ours is not! Shall he have died in vain? We the present and future generation will and must ansver this question. Only time till tell the greatness to which John F. Kennedy has led his nation as he predicted he would do. HAs for me, my blood already flows in sacrifice...I have fought the good fight, I have finsihed the race, I have redeemed the pledge: I look forward to the prize that awaits me, the prize I have earned. The Lord, Whose award never goes amiss, will grant it to meg to me, yes, and to all those who have learned to welcome his coming.H St. Paul to St. Timothy