Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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The greatest submarine disaster in United States Navy history occured April 10 when the nuclear- powered Thresher was lost in the depths of the Atlantic 220 miles east of Boston after making a practice dive with 129 men aboard. The $45,- 000,000 Thresher was the first of its class of nu- clear attack submarines. Asian Turmoil Continues: Vietnam The Focus In November a military junta led by General Duong Van Minh, a respected veteran of the war against the Vietcong, seized control of South Viet- nam by violently overthrowing President Ngo Dinh Diem. But in January the same generals who led the autumn coup were themselves brought down by rival generals led by Major General Ngvyen Khanh. DeGaulle Asks Neutralisation Of Southeast Asia East Africa ' s Future Clouded: Recent Upheavals Cast Doubts On Independence Movements Aldous Huxley succumbed to cancer on No- vember 22 after an illness of nearly two years. William Carlos Williams, New Jersey ' s greatest poet since Walt Whitman, passed away. POPE JOHN XXIII SUCCUMBS IN ROME: The passing of the Roman Catholic dignitary who made many innovations and was revered by people of all faiths, was mourned all over the world. His successor. Pope Paul, was greeted by throngs of people at his crowning. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think ' st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death; nor yet canst thou kill me.

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We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day, Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. FOUR GIRLS MURDERED IN BIRMINGHAM BOMBING Charles Morgan, Birmingham attorney, ex- plained responsibility for racial violence: It is every Senator and every Representative who, in the halls of Congress, stands and with mock hu- mility tells the world that things back home aren ' t really like they are. It is courts that move ever so slowly and newspapers that timorously defend the law. It is all of the Christians and all their ministers who spoke too late in anguished cries against the violence. It is the coward in each of us who clucks admonitions. The truth will make us free, the truth will make us free, The truth will make us free some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. 200. 000 March For Civil Rights In Orderly Washington Rally; President Sees Gain For Negro Washington was the scene of the nation ' s big- gest demonstration ever held in support of civil rights. On August 28, one hundred years and 240 days after Abraham Lincoln enjoined the emancipated slaves to abstain from all violence and labor faithfully for reasonable wages, more than 200,000 people peacefully and orderly, marched in the nation ' s capitol and proclaimed that they were still waiting for freedom and jobs. The participants came from all over the nation and included many well-known personalities. President Kennedy gave full support to the dem- onstration. We are not afraid, we are not afraid. We are not afraid today, Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day. Medgar Evers, Regional Director of NAACP, Murdered in Mississippi went up to the troopers And said, Please let me in. And all their guns were pointed At the color of my skin. Governor Wallace Bars Entry of Negroes to Unive rsity of Alabama U.S. NUCLEAR SUBMARINE THRESHER LOST WITH 129 MEN ABOARD We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day, Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day.

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[ I OVEMBER 33, 1963 ASSASSIN KILLS KENNEDY IN DALLAS; JOHNSON SWORN IN The bullet of an abandoned assassin cut off the life and career of President John F. Kennedy, the fourth American martyred in that high office. A shocked nation grieved for a man whose charm and grace of bearing and expression were acknowl- edged even by his political opposition. All o ' er the land, the hearts of men are crying, Chilled by the storms of grief and strife. All o ' er the land, rebellion ' s flag is flying, Threatening our altars — and the Nation ' s life . . . 10 II