Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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1 Nothing Now Is Left But A Majestic Memory lt had been a dismal day. The weather was dreary, the Raytown-South football game was cancelled, fifth hour class was long. The early excitement of the oncoming football game had been dampened, both by the rain and the announce- ment of the postponement of the event. All wished for the day to end. For most, the day was far from ending. A few moments before the termina- tion of fifth hour, a crackle was heard on the intercom system. Mr. Hanks' voice became au- dible and suddenly silence prevailed. Shock and disbelief swept over the school. He said he's been shot! The President's been shot! A few minutes later the terrible, frightening news was revealed. The President was dead. President John Fitz erald Kennedy's life was ended November 22, 1933, in a large hospital in Dallas, Texas. His visit to Dallas was to have been a victory march, a political achievement. Instead, the journey became the longestPresident Kennedy was to take--a journey across time and space, across the boundaries of life into death, from mortality to immortality. He left behind a devoted wife, two young children, and his beloved country. President Kennedy personified the ideals of American youth. He was idealistic, vital, tough, and .determined. He flushed out much of the moldering age in our government, and innovated new frontiers of progress. He understood well the force and drive that was often lying asleep in the young people of America, and he told us, Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. He brought the problem of equal rights for all citizens out of the closet and into the hearts and minds of the younger citizens. He realized that it was our generation which will have to live with this question, not hisg and he trusted us to reach the right answer. g Now the sharp point of remembrance is dulled, and the memory of a great man lives in our minds. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was not a god, he was not perfect, but he gave our generation an ideal to remember and to emulate now that the torch is passed.

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Memory Is The Treasury and Guardian of All Things We pledge allegiance also to Raytown High School and to the ideals for which it stands . . . This familiar phrase echoing at all-school as- semblies, calls forth many memories of events and experiences for the Raytown student. The 1964 Ramizzou has tried to capture some of these intangible memories while they were fresh and new, such as the radiant smile of a home- coming queen, the solemnity of the Honor Society installation, the agony of the Pep Squad at a close game, the joys of an opening night, or the mirac- ulous touchdown at a football game. This yearbook aspires to become a written and pictorial memory of this year in the history of Raytown High School, guarding and treasuring the things that went into the 1963-'64 school term. Memory as a guardian must protect the remembrances of the achievements of 1964, Here ,ri ,ff V time-T . 11. 1 , wt aff' will always be the record of the faces of old friends who may never be seen again after grad- uation, the record of honors won by the senior class, the touchdowns made on those cold, sharp fall evenings, the faculty who now pass out of our lives. This memory which all too soon may become hazy and vague, This year of 1964 was a year of change, of challenge, of sorrow and bravery, and ofachieve- ment. A new era was initiated, with two high schools in Raytown. We faced with dignity and bravery the death of a President who perhaps meant more to our generation than to any other. Treasures stored in each person's memory enables that person to be a more alive, more productive individual. This book provides a re- fresher to many incidents of 1964. May it be another gem in each vault of memory. ii

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