Scope - Volume 06, Number 11

              LUCA1 ISSUE
Vol. 6, No. 11
Peace at any price?
An administrator reflects on
the Vietnam War dilemma
by Oliver L. Jacques
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Next week thousands of
students on campuses throughout
America will participate in
demonstrations against their
government's involvement in a
conflict that paralyzes an
emerging nation with terror and
fills it with bloodshed.
The United
States was led to
intervene by men
of good will who
wished to
preserve for the
people of
southeast Asia
something few of
them know or understand
individual liberty and the
opportunity to employ
democratic process in the
establishment of a free national
government.
These idealistic Americans,
r moving from a position of
affluence and power, thought that
a modest investment in arms,
dollars and yankee know- how
would stabilize the government of
South Vietnam and enable it to
resist one of the most cruel and
relentless subversions in history
an undercover attack by the
communists from North Vietnam
that systematically liquidated the
political and intellectual
leadership of thousands of
communities in the south, and by
means of deliberate well- planned
atrocities, filled every household
with fear.
It seemed for a time that this
sort of neighborly assistance
might succeed. The struggling
government of Ngo Dinh Diem
consolidated its authority and
began to rally * ts.- people. In doing
this, the Vietnamese president did
not always observe the traditions
and niceties of western democra
cy. Some Americans involved in
policy making objected and
identified with dissident elements.
Diem was murdered and the
government cdilapsed.
The United States now had a
dilemma on its hands, presenting
two major problems: ( 1) Get the
South Vietnamese to pull together,
and, ( 2) inspire and help them
resist communist subversion from
the north. As we now . know,
American " architects of freedom"
struck out on both counts. Our
administration then attempted to
end the debacle with the same
medicine prescribed for so many
domestic illnesses the
expenditure of vast amounts of
money and a program designed to
get quick results.
Armchair strategests having
committed the military, overruled
it, forcing it to violate nearly
every principle of psychological or
military warfare. The chief affect
was to toughen and completely
mobilize the North Vietnamese
and virtually force the Soviet
Union to choose between
providing massive support or
abdicating its position of
leadership in the community of
Communist nations.
The Yankee presence pervaded
South Vietnam and formidable
military enclaves were developed.
The President's policies of
gradualism systematically ground
up the maximum number of
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Record number of student nurses
get caps at dedication ceremonies
Sixty- three sophomore nursing students from Loma Linda University received their caps at the School of
Nursing's dedication ceremony held last Sunday evening in University Church, Loma Linda.
Ruth M. White, professor of nursing, delivered the main address," The Quality of Mercy," to the nursing
students. She is presently studying for her doctoral degree in public health at the University of California,
Los Angeles.
Following the address and
responsive challenge by Marilyn J.
Christian, dean of the School of
Nursing, members of the junior
and senior nursing classes, parents,
and friends who are registered
nurses placed the caps on the first
year nursing students who were
wearing their full uniforms for the
first time.
Climaxing the evening, the
sophomore nursing students along
with other students and registered
nurses in the audience joined in
reciting the Florence Nightengale
pledge.
This sophomore nursing class is
the largest yet. Last year 55
student nurses . were capped.
Moratorium day
demonstration set
for October 15
THE WEDGEWOOD in concert. Left to right, they are Robert
Summerour, Donald Vollmer, and Jerry Hoyle. The Wedgewood will be
featured, October 12, on the La Sierra campus of Loma Linda
University in a program sponsored by the senior class of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
A handful of Loma Linda
University students met last
Thursday to discuss plans for a
proposed " demonstration"
October 15 against American
involvement in the war in
Vietnam.
Plans for a three- hour
demonstration were set forth by
Ronald D. Geraty, SM ' 71,
unofficial chairman of the
" Christian Activists for Peace."
Proposals included inviting
guest speakers to lecture on the
history of the war before the
United States became involved,
and the current American
involvement. No solutions or
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The Wedgwood
to perform on
La Sierra campus
The " new sound" of the
Wedgwood is coming to the La
Sierra campus of Loma Linda
University, Saturday night,
October 12, at 8 p. m.
The Wedgwood, previously
called the Wedgwood Trio, has
released six record albums and a
45 rpm single recording since then-professional
debut four years ago.
They are internationally known as
pioneers of religious folk music,
building their reputation on the
traditional folk sound.
Their latest album, " If The
Truth Were Told," introduces a
contemporary sound with social
comment and original lyrics. The
record is on the Creative Sound
label.
Joining the Wedgwood in their
Saturday night performance is
Halcyon C. Hamel, SN ' 72, last
year a popular folk artist on the
La Sierra campus. Miss Hamel has
appeared in concert throughout
southern California and is
currently working on her first
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SIXTY THREE sophomore nursing students march to their places for
the beginning of the School of Nursing's Dedication Ceremony, last
Sunday evening, in University Church. The dedication service was
highlighted by the capping of the largest sophomore class in the School
of Nursing history.
Strong support is urged for
United Crusade campaign
By Maurice E. Mathisen, PhD
Coordinator, United Community Service Campaign
Plans and procedures are well
formulated for the 1970 Loma
Linda University Arrowhead
United Crusade Campaign. Loma
Linda University employees have
given their strong support in
recent years to this worthwhile
community effort. Plans this year
will parallel last year's in that
those employees not already on a
United Crusade payroll
deducation plan will receive a
commitment card and informative
material in the paycheck envelope
over the weekend of October
17- 20. Those who are presently
on the payroll deducation plan
will not receive a new
commitment card; however, those
employees wishing to increase
their present contribution may
give such instruction to either the
personnel office or the
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THIS IS THE newly- completed heliport on the seventh floor of
University Hospital. Grand opening for the heliport is tentatively
scheduled for October 26. This photo was taken from a helicopter
provided by Erben G. Brown, supervisor of Western Helicopter,
Incorporated of Rialto.