Caption of this picture reads:"The Federal government held that Reverend William Sloane Coffin's role in encouraging people to obey their consciences ran counter to the Selective Service Law. Regarding the war itself as fundamentally immoral, Coffin hopes to use his indictment to question the law's constitutionality.
Bronze statue is located opposite the entrance to Old Campus from College Street. Unveiled at the 1896 commencement. John Ferguson Weir was the artisit.
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Folder Title: 1959 senior class book Yale University.