New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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•r-v;m.. . ■ m It matters not liow straight the gate, how charged with piinishinents the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. These words of William Ernest Henley are not in- appropriate when thinking of John F. Kennedy. He was a man who was young and vigorous; humorous and gay; intelligent and fearless. His powerfully magnetic personality drew thousands to his side in love and admiration. His untimely death was a tra- gedy to every individual and a profound loss to the nation and the world. John F. Kennedy will be remembered for his great fight for human rights. He did not profess freedom from pain, freedom from fear, freedom from want. In fact, he would not ha e thought of his freedom as freedom from. His freedom was freedom to: To love, to speak, to worship, to work and play, to seek knowledge freely. In short, to live as Americans should ideally live. As President of the United States, John F. Kennedy should be remembered as leader of the free world, seeking brotherly love and freedom for all men on the foundations of justice. He sought to procure world peace and in doing so iiutiated a new era in in- ternational relations. He was strong in Germany, strong in Cuba. He was mobbed by loxing people in Ireland, home of his ancestors, and in Berlin, where his, Ich bin ein Berliner, will live in the hearts of the people. Truly, in his own was. John F. Kenndy did bring to the world the brother!)- lo e which he strongly de- sired. . . . for one brief shining moment there was Camelot. [ 4 ]

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ACADEMICS 18 FINE ARTS 50 PERSONALITIES 82 SPORTS 108 ORGANIZATIONS 148 ADMINISTRATION 260 ct CLASSES 274 [ 3 ]

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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY MAY 28, 1917-NOVEMBER 22, 1963 35th President of the United States January 20, I960- November 22, 1963 O Powerful Western Fallen Star! O Great Star Disappear ' d! When Lilac Last in the Dooryard Bloom ' d Waif Whitman [5 ]