University of Virginia Library

University Moratorium Day
Features Read-In, Concert

With the massive Moratorium of last
month now history, plans are being
finalized for the December Moratorium
which will be held at the University
Monday, December 15.

Activities being organized by the
Virginia Mobilization Committee to End
the War in Vietnam will be held Monday
evening and will include a 'Read-In' for
Peace and a 'No Christmas As Usual' Peace
Concert.

The 'read-in' will feature a collection of
readings on the nature of war and peace and
will begin at 7 in the Rotunda. Anyone with a
relevant reading will be allowed to participate
in the program.

While the 'read-in' is in progress, the
Mobilization Committee will provide post cards
for anyone wishing to send a peace message to
President Nixon.

Following the 'read-in', a 'No Christmas As
Usual' Peace Concert will be held at 8:15 in the
Ballroom of Newcomb Hall. Folk singers and a
well-known rock combo will provide entertainment
for anyone who wished to come.

The national dates for the moratorium this
month are December 12, 13, and 24. Students
can participate in activities elsewhere this
weekend and are encouraged by the Virginia
Mobilization Committee to set up activities in
their home towns for December 24.

Anyone desiring information on how to
arrange home town activities should see Steve
Squire or Chuck Wheeler, co-chairmen of the
Virginia Mobilization Committee.

Speaking for the committee, Mr. Wheeler
said it is important to carry the moratorium
from universities to homes. "If November 15
was a great day to watch a football game," said
Mr. Wheeler, "maybe it is appropriate for our
country to celebrate Christmas as usual, but we
disagree. With a continual participation in an
atrocious, immoral war, our country has made a
mockery of the entire meaning of Christmas.

"We cannot participate in Christmas as
usual, nor can we allow others to. We must end
this war now and we must make others aware
that the message of Christmas is 'Peace on
Earth'."

Mr. Wheeler also announced that plans are
now being made for large scale activities next
semester.