Vietnam War

In Memoriam (Yearbook 1967)

In Memoriam (Yearbook 1968)

Student protests (Yearbook 1969)

In the late 1960s, the impact of the Vietnam War on the college community permeated the Franciscan yearbooks. It could be discerned in the background of everyday college life, obliquely with pithy and darkly humorous references to the draft and enlistment accompanying some candid photos. It was shown starkly and tragically in the photos and eulogies of students killed in combat.