Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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A sign of the times found its way to a Navy recruiting poster standing at the courthouse. Throughout the nation, on Oct. 15, citizens showed their disapproval of the present U. S. pohcy in Vietnam through a national Moratorium. The Student Board of Governors endorsed participation by students and faculty. The late Very Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., also endorsed the moratorium, saying classes w ould go on as usual for those w ho virished to attend. Father Linn encouraged panels, teach-ins and class discussion dealing virith the problems of war and peace. Activities began at 6 a.m. at the Armed Forces Induc- tion Center where buttons and leaflets were issued. This was followed by a free breakfast and a reading of the Nebraska and Iowa war dead at the Douglas County Courthouse. A Mass for peace was held at St. John ' s Church at noon. Following the Mass was a march to the courthouse. Rain kept the crowds to a few hundred and organizers cancelled a candlelight rally at Elmwood Park. Seven students were among the estimated 250,000 participants in the November anti-war march in Wash- ington, D.C. The 40-hour March Against Death went from Arlington National Cemetery to the front of the national Capitol. All we are saying is give peace a chance •». Sal Cristello, Claude Brooms, Linda George and John Torma lead the songs for the noon Mass for peace. , ' ' Two Moratorium participants protest during the October rain, which fell most of the day. 26

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Representatives of the faculty, Student Board of Governors and the administration stand for the presentation of the flag in the Music Hall of the Omaha Civic Auditorium. All univer- sity classes were dismissed for Convocation. Fr. Linn, Hobbins call for new awareness The President ' s Convocation was held Oct. 7. Talks were given by the late Rev. H. W. Linn, S.J., university president, and Bob Hobbins, president of the Student Board of Governors. Nineteen men were named to Alpha Sigma Nu and 34 women were named to Gamma Pi Epsilon, the two national Jesuit student honor societies. Strong statements on racism and a call for continued communication between all segments of the univer- sity highlighted the afternoon. Fr. Linn said the time has come to admit openly, freely and in the hope of future understanding that racial bigotry exists at Creighton. He said our common task this year must be to erase it from the institution and to make ourselves Christian in the most fundamental sense of the word. He pledged Creighton to a continued dialogue between faculty, students and administrators in the free search for truth. I feel that the curricular offerings of our university need further study and evaluation to meet the chal- lenges of our time and to measure up to the needs of our student body, he said. Hobbins said student attendance at Convocation was especially important. Those in student government saw it as a great point of departure for increased stu- dent influence in university planning. The late Very Rev. Henry W. Linn, S.J., university presi- dent spoke out on the campus racism issue. 25

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Twelve-hundred students, adults and newsmen attended a noon Mass for peace in St. John ' s Church. The Rev. Don Doll, S.J., tine arts instructor, concelebrated the Mass with nine other priests from the university community. Even a pet racoon (is it Rocky?) spent Oct. 15 at the courthouse with its master. An Omaha woman signs a peace petition for Arts senior Rob O ' Neil. Organizers sent the petitions to President Richard M. Nixon. 1 27