Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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peace is purpose, method in national moratorium days In an unusual display cf cohe- slveness of purpose, campuses and organizations across the na- tion acknowledged Annerica ' s first national day of protest against the Vietnam war on October 15. At Ohio State, the self-imposed order of the day was peaceful protest. Compared to other schools. State ' s involvement was quiet and unspectacular. The ac- cent seemed to be on an intel- lectual understanding of the issues rather than merely emotional re- action to them. Student Assembly sponsored a prelude of activities, dubbed a teach-in, in the West Ballroom of the Ohio Union. A ten-hour session of speeches, movies and the like allowed students to par- ticipate or just observe. The pro- gram received a bit of criticism for only presenting the pacifist viewpoint, but the day ' s sponsors considered the event a big suc- cess, as did those attending the teach-in. Though the University did not formally recognize the Morator- ium, many classes were either called off or their regular cur- ricula suspended in favor of dis- cussions of the war, the draft, or the Moratorium itself. The OSU Faculty Council, in an announce- ment made by Gordon Grigsby, associate professor of English, en- dorsed the peaceful intentions, as the Lantern also did, editorally. Stephen Stollmack, a graduate engineering student and chairman of the Ohio State Vietnam Mor- atorium Committee, obtained permission to use the steps of the Administration Building for the Right: Domonstrators against the Vietnam war collect in front of the Ohio Statehouse. day ' s activities, which included a reading of the names of Ohio war dead. Each hour a new group of readers and listeners had formed, eager to take part in the solemn ritual. A month later, a second Mora- torium day was held in Washing- ton D.C. Chris Patronik, mem- ber of the local steering commit- tee, commented that Ohio State sent about 1,300 participants. One of the major events of the November Moratorium was the March on Death, in which each marcher carried a sign with the name of a Vietnam war casualty and shouted that name upon reaching the front of the White hHouse. 24

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Left: Af the Statehouse, Quakers recite the names of Ohio war dead. Middle left: Marchers display their origin in Washington parade for peace. Middle right: March on Death. Bottom: Reading of the war dead outside Administration Building during October Moratorium. Co ufT)bus 4 4 PtA£t 25