Southeastern Massachusetts University - Scrimshaw Yearbook (North Dartmouth, MA)

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. . . The earth . . . we have been told . . . Habideth foreverfi but in the waning years of the last decade, and early in the Seventies, it became apparent that the latter biblical verity was in jeopardy. That seemingly unperishable contribution of nature to man was endan- gered, and the ensuing ecological vanguard or bandwagon led students across the nation to a celebration in praise of life, on Earth Day, April 22, 1970.

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Many graduates will remember the SMU day of protest against the war, and the night-time candlelight vigil that followed - others perhaps will remember their rejection of the pro- test and of the alleged lack of patriotism that accompanied it, these memories will become part of one's recollections of SMU long after the conflict in Southeast Asia is over - but who will remember young men lying dead on a battlefield? ww- -Y--W'-val:-f 'P Til

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Few will remember the several rejoiners of various groups to become involved in the struggle to reclaim spaceship earth, but infinitely fewer will forget - or escape - pollut- ed air and rivers and the usurpation of America's landscape. . . . . ,V.f-,---v-mv-l-v-vv- 'r--vvr-v1 w