Northwest Nazarene University - Oasis Yearbook (Nampa, ID)

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Be yaml N C llre Wo Ill Scene VIETNAM CRISIS One of the swiftest, biggest military buildups in the history of warfare played a prominent role in the development of recent news events. By the year's end, it was evident that the U.S. had been- committed to the nation's third major war in twenty-five years. As the summer began, President Johnson ominously an- nounced that North Vietnamese officials had indicated to a foreign ambassadory' that they were not interested in participat- ing in unconditional discussions and considered that U.S. with- drawal from Vietnam must precede a negotiated settlement. The American position in Saigon was strengthened by the ascendancy of Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky to the premiership. His forceful personality and influence over the military have given the South Vietnamese government a stability that it has not known since the leadership of President Ngo Dinh Diem. On July 28, U y ss..

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ail Bro tllers Coaching on the baseball field, supervis- ing the intramural program, presiding on the Personnel Committee, advising the Stu- dent Council, or Working with church youth-Wherever he may be found, he will be smiling. Dedicated to the ideals of Christian edu- cation, Elmore Vail has given of his talents and time to instruct, to mold, to encour- age, and to strengthen each of his individ- ual students. He too is a scholar with a heart. The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. -EMERSON ELMORE VAIL Professor of Health and Physical Education

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President Johnson announced that American Armed Forces in Vietnam would be bolstered from 75,000 to 125,000 men and that the monthly selective service quota would be doubled from 17,000 to 35,000 men. The President also announced that he had sent Arthur Goldberg, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to New York to request Secretary-General U Thant to use his good offices to try to achieve a peaceful settlement. An article in Look magazine written by CBS commentator Eric Sevareid revealed that the U.S. had rejected an offer by North Vietnam to hold peace talks in Burma. This revelation stimu- lated more frequent domestic protests concerning the conduct of the war. Congressional dissent was evident in the February public hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But President johnson stole most of the publicity by flying to Hono- lulu to meet with Premier Ky. This significant meeting placed 'Tl ' 7 5 7 .L 4..- the war's objectives in clearer perspective and more clearly de- fined the nation's goals. SPACE PROGRAM During the first week of june, the news of Majors White and McDivitt's four-day orbit of the earth signaled America's step forward in closing the gap in the man-in-space race. The dramatic feature of this sixty-two orbit flight was a twenty- minute walk in space by Ed White. His walk exceeded the time spent by the first man to walk in space, Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonor. Further exhibiting U.S. capability were Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad who made a record-smashing, eight- day flight in Gemini V. One of their maneuvers consisted of an imaginary rendezvous with an Agena rocket which had been placed in orbit 480 miles from the space craft by a ground computer. An authentic rendezvous was made by Gemini VI and its partner Gemini VII in December. The spectacular per- formance of Stafford, Schirra, Borman, and Lovell put the space program back on schedule and the docking of two space craft in space became a conceivable goal. Following the Gemini series will be the Apollo program whose primary function will be to send aman to the moon in 1970. POPE'S VISIT In a precedent breaking visit, Pope Paul VI made a whirlwind pilgrimage to the U.S. and the United Nations on October 4rh. Speaking in French before the UN General Assembly, the Pope said, 'fThis organization represents the one and only path of modern civilization and of world peace. He emphasized the wis- dom of opening membership to all nations and applauded UN efforts to exterminate world poverty. At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,-President Johnson briefly discussed with the pontiff such issues as education, Vietnam, the India-Pakistan War, and the plight of the underdeveloped nations. Throughout his visit, the Pope displayed a sincerity and warmth that accentuated' his humanity. WATTS, RIOTS Last summer, American television viewers were stunned at the showing of live telecasts portraying fellow Americans robbing and killing each other in the Watts section of southern Los Angeles. For six unbelievable days, anarchy reigned in Watts. Marauding mobs in this Negro suburb were responsible for the death of people and property damage which was estimated at S200,000,000. Whole sections looked as if they had been devas- tated by a bombing raid. As the atrocities continued, it 'Was not hard to conclude that this riot was one of the worst in American history. J. B. WEATHERBY 15