Roseburg High School - Umpqua Yearbook (Roseburg, OR)

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30 Winier Shocked and silenT, The sTudenT body gaThered in The audiTorium, lisfened To The Tragic news of PresidenT Kennedy's assassinaTion in Dallas, Texas, on November 22. STruggling To adiusT To The sudden loss, some classes were conducfed only as sTudy hours while oThers were used as discussion periods as people Tried To under- sTand The disasTer. The bravery of Those closesT To The President was reflecTed in The composure of The sTudenTs and faculTy. Even as The new PresidenT was Taking The oaTh of our counTry's highesT office, The flag was lowered To half masT ouT of respecf for The laTe PresidenT. ThaT nighT The assassinaTion's effecT could clearly be seen on The gridiron as The players aTTempTed To uphold Their spiriT in a game which would have been posTponed had noT The Granf Generals already been on The way aT The Time of The assassinaTion. School was closed The follow- ing Monday in accord wiTh PresidenT Johnson's declara- Tion of a day of nafional mourning. On Monday afTer- noon, A Cappella choir provided TiTTing music for The Roseburg Memorial Service aT The fairgrounds.