University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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The thin skin of the academic hide was pierced by the activation of reserve troops, the removal of most post-graduate and occupational deferments and sharply rising induction calls. Voices quieted and faces grew serious as the University ' s heart skipped a beat. . ' ■•--.-. ' y-- lit ! ' » » v ' 3n An opinion poll appeared on the winter election ballot and asked for student feeling regarding U.S. policy in Vietnam. The result was anything but a consensus. 23

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But the Issue was not ttie tables or the number sitting behind them; It was the philosophies they advocated: Get Out of Vietnam. McCarthy for President. Escalate Bombing. Burn, Baby, Burn. GENERAL nEETINO A second Index was the birth of DAILY opinion columns and a verbalization of reactions to the bomb, the pill and politics — and a new flux of letters- to-the-edltor.

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But the trend was indicated: students wanted meatier subjects — enough, in fact, to sponsor a Vietnam teacli-in and to fill three auditoriums to listen to Professors George Taylor and Giovanni Costigan debate the hawk-dove controversy. i ' -Vi- A. ' r J Mil m 1 f • If 1 : 1 11) - m 1 db. students listened to the national leaders. In one of his major speeches of the year, the ' 64 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater warned a campus audience that this is a time of ultimate trial for the United States. 24