DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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cwhere its all at, in the fall a ma 145$ People streaming, stumbling, limping, lumbering, stopping, standing, stooping, sitting. All in - front of the libs. With books to look legitimate. Why do you go to the libs? To take a nap. Or to smoke in silence. Or to steal a book. Who knows where the card catalogue is, anyway? But in front is more fun. - Lots of legs going by. And only a hundred feet to the Duck! Always a dog around, and you never know when the ginko is going to dump its leaves. Or you can just sit back and watch everyone else scurry around. Ahh, feels good. Too bad fall doesnlt last all year. When you're in front of the libs. 23

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October 15 . . . Moratorium Day. HOn Wednesday, Oct. 15, we as a nation and a community are to suspend business as usual' to face the Viet Nam war. An invitation to gather you, as a community of concerned persons, is being extend- ed to all of you. Activities are scheduled on the DePauw campus for Oct. 15 . . . The purpose of this moratorium is to witness together the beginning of a nation striving for peace. All persons are urged to attend the activities and express their views on this vital issue facing ourcountry. DePauwls observance of the first Viet Nam Moratorium probably would have seemed rather sedate to an outsider, for while students assembled en masse' in hundreds of institutions throughout the naw tion, active participation in Green- castle was in small but significant numbers. Across the country, massive marches, speeches, readings of names of the dead, and other forms of anti-war protests took place. Much of the hubbub of every- day life was momentarily brought to a standstill in exchange for con- scientious appraisal of our nation's current Viet Nam policy. Why war? If not war, how peace? The DePauw Moratorium in Octo- ber was well organized. A commit- tee of students supporting the Viet Nam Moratorium Committee met well in advance, on several oc-