New Riegel High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (New Riegel, OH)

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JOH F. KENNEDY MEMCJRI L May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963 Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. How well Longfellow's thoughts of years past denote the memories associated with John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. This man was gifted by God far beyond the ordinary man. He had faith, education with a cum laude from Harvard, intelligence, culture, personal Irish Charm, self-confidence, wisdom, breadth of vision, human understanding enabling him to report for International News Service. The bounce with which he walked denoted energy. To him was given the ability to make decisions quickly. Courageously, he gave of his loyalty to his country and to his God. The President had a number of loves: his Jacqueline, Caroline, and John Junior brought out his best as a family mang reading: writing, PROFILE IN COURAGE gave him the Pulitzer Prizeg the beautiful, he was proud of his flower gardensg the sea, where he could sail and swim, and race sail- boats--for four years he served in the Navy: wealthg humor: politics, where he loved to win and he did. He went from House to Senate to White House and he loved the power which accompanied his position. He re- garded his power as an opportunity which permitted him to solve or attempt to solve every problem. His goals were many. When introducing his first legislation, he stated one of his aims, To care for the ills of ageg the troubles of youth: the hopelessness of the unskilled, the humiliation of the darker A citizens. He had launched out on a paramount moral and social problem, Negro equality. His unfulfilled promise remains a fitting memorial. It has been suggested that the old equality tradition be realized as a final and fitting memorial, in preference to the erection of an expensive statue. ln his inaugural he voiced another aim, A new world of law, where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace is preserved. There is no doubt that his courage in the Cuban missile situation had a direct bearing on the world's history. Attesting to this fact were the 220 leaders of foreign nations who paid tribute at Arlington, along with the 250, 000 Americans who filed through the Rotunda as the President's remains lay in repose. Everyone is sad that he is dead. If some good may come from this tragic evil, if there may come to our nation a new unity and strength, then our sorrow may create a new regard for spiritual values and a grander resolution to be worthy of, and true to them. Mr. Kennedy was a man of many talents, each phase of his life as student, serviceman, author, polit- ician, was combined to portray the courage of the present with the hope of the future. On the eve of his election he said, The chief responsibility of the president is to set before the American people the unfin- ished business of our country. Since he is no longer able to continue, let all people carry on for him, as he so aptly stated in his inaugural address, The torch has been passed to a new generation, let America Carry it well.