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Show Campus Mourns President's Death Students Grieve In Disbelief By RAY BAYLES and SANDRA TELFORD Chronicle Staff Writers A paralysis swept the University, Friday, as students received word over the Union public address system, sys-tem, office and car radios, and from fellow students that the President Pres-ident has been shot." . ; Sobered and subdued, even stunned, students waited at every listening point for more word. The hallway where the Annex teletype is located was jammed with faculty and students. Others invited themselves them-selves into offices, anxious to learn if he was still alive. There were murmurs as question were rai?ed. Predictions and evaluations ' were made of the consequences of what had happened. Then, there were audible groans and sobs as the news flash was received, "Two priests (Continued on page 2) I " I ' 10000001 10 i j w RniPPRPjRgnnnoc Olpin Tells of Deep Anguish We are all stunned and speech- j less because of the sorrow we have experienced this hour. Unitedly we mourn the loss of our President and extend our sympathy to his bereaved be-reaved wife and family and to a grief-stricken Nation. The first words that come to my mind on this occsion are these: "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." It seems almost more than coincidence coin-cidence that one hundred years ago almost to the day after Abraham Lincoln spoke those immortal words at Gettysburg in an address heralded her-alded around the world as perhaps the most significant and appropriate appropri-ate ever spoken in the English language, lan-guage, another President, John Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald Kennedy, should be stricken down by an assassin's bullet. Apparently Appar-ently for espousing and promulgating promulgat-ing the very principle enunciated by the Great Emancipator. It is too early to assess the accomplishments ac-complishments of a national leader, but it is quite possible that the people peo-ple of the world may link the lives of these two martyrs for the cause of human freedom. It is hard to conceive that a tradegy of this kind could occur in this country, where our political leaders are chosen by the processes of orderly law and not installed by coups d'etat. Yet the very freedom which exists in a democracy, permitting per-mitting people to travel and speak freely, makes persons who champion cham-pion contraversial ideals vulnerable to attack. THE IMPORTANCE of the Vice President of the United States is once again manifested. We have a new President in the person of him who served as Vice President to our fallen leader. By the irony of fate, is happens that our new President comes from the very state in which his predecessor was assassinated. A. Ray Olpin " . t'a ---.- ..-.. i y i - .... - "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask instead what you can do for your country." Assassination Brings Shock, Horror To U (Continued from page 1) who were with Kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds." The knots of anxious people stood dumbly, quietly for a moment. mo-ment. Then slowly, they began to break up. The Huddle was absolutely absolute-ly still. People walking between classes moved with heads down. There are few who hadn't heard. The immediate campus reaction reac-tion was a refusal to believe the report of the assasination. Then horror and anguish, and finally, anger. 'It will take a few days to get used to the idea that he has been assassinated ... to get an understanding under-standing of what has happened," said Mrs. Alexander Wegnar. ". . . shocked, surprised that this can happen in the United States ... I have a tendancy to think that perhaps President Kennedy Ken-nedy may become a martyr for the racial cause ..." said Dr. A. L. Steadbeck. Otmar Jones noted his shock and disbelief and said, "We sometimes forget that he is a family man as well as the leader of our country." coun-try." A STUDENT, Janet Adams, said, "it is not yet shock, it is just unbelievable." un-believable." "The first thing I thought of was what a time for an atomic attack," stated Wilf Bruschke. An unnamed Indian student said, "We have lost a good friend. We admired him. He was intelligent and sympathetic. I feel somewhat American tonight. We hope that what he stood for will be carried on." When we asked how he felt, Stan Farrer said, "What can be said of this national sabotage? There is no telling what the ramifications of this incident will be." PROFESSOR Frank Jonas said, "Every man will find that it will affect his whole life. We must look at the President's death from the material aspects as well as the spiritual. We have been teaching about the American system as one which fights with ballots, not bullets. bul-lets. Now it seems that our system is fighting with bullets, not ballots." "He was a capable person, and I am sure that the whole world will express its sorrow to the United States," said Alemu Dest. Roger Marchant posed this question: ques-tion: "It's a tragedy, a crime . . . we're sorry. Does this answer the question of leadership and democracy?" democ-racy?" John Heath predicted that it would have a very bad effect on the economy. The shock was total. The disbelief disbe-lief and futility was mirrored on nearly every face on campus. The students on this campus had argued ar-gued against the President, but many had identified with his youth and energy. The feelings of sadness and even of love were etched on the faces of many. They liked his fight for peace, for civil liberties, his youthfulness, his love of athletics, ath-letics, his determination to stand up for the rights of the U.S. His dream was their dream. They hope it lives on. |