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Ferris wrote about the photograph: "That hot, dusty gun spark at Ft Sheridan".

Guns on wheels are lined up outside a building.

A group of soldiers accompanies a wagon hauling armaments.

Miss Helen Painter was an instructor in English at Knox, 1915-1918 and also a supporter of the Y.W.C.A.

Herbert Miller was a renowned sportsman while he was at Knox.

Herbert Miller poses for a photograph in front of a set of hurdles.

This picture of Herbert Lass Miller was taken prior to the war.

Herbert Lass Miller in uniform.

The inscription on the back of this photograph reads, "Lovingly, Hettie Anderson, Nashville, Ill." Miss Hettie Anderson was in the Knox College class of 1903, and served as the Director General of the Lyons region in France for the War Work Council…

Hettie Anderson served as a Y.W.C.A. secretary in Lyons, France during the war. In that position, she was responsible for "teaching some classes, acting as advisor to the women, and providing entertainment and interest for the working women of the…

Miss Hettie Anderson, Knox College class of 1903, was Director General of Lyons region in France for War Work Council of the Y.W.C.A. In her report of December 1917 she describes the ways she is helping the people in her region cope with the war. A…

The brief synopsis of Knox's involvement with the American military begins with the commencement of military drilling on campus in 1884. The history is continued on a second page, which tells the story of Knox students' enthusiasm for taking up…

This page lists all the members of the Knox College fraternity Beta Theta Pi. Homer Sharp, at the bottom left of this picture, was killed in an airplane accident January 17, 1918, in Washington D.C. Sharp was a first-year stdent in 1917.

This picture of Homer Swope was taken in 1920, soon after he was released from military duty.

The first-year class president for Knox College's class of 1920, Homer V. Sharp, served in World War I. He was killed in an airplane accident in Washington D.C. July 17, 1918.