This Week in Vanderbilt History

This Week
In Vanderbilt History ...

Visiting the Vanderbilt campus for the first time, then-former Vice President Richard Nixon spoke to a packed Neely Auditorium Feb. 4, 1966. Brought to campus by the University's Young Republican Club and the Vanderbilt Forum, Nixon spoke about his feelings towards the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Although contradicting the anti-war sentiment among many audience members, Nixon expressed his approval of the United States' course of action. He claimed that the United States had an obligation to squelch Communist aggression, and through fighting in Vietnam the U.S. could probably avert world war and achieve long-term peace.

Source: The Vanderbilt Hustler, Feb. 11, 1966
-- Alyson Fant