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The portion of Willard Field that was transformed into a training course for S.A.T.C. members, including a bayonet run, mock trenches, and imitation shell holes is referred to as "the Knox battlefield."

This photograph features Ralph Noble as the basketball team's captain. Noble is fourth from the left.

Knox's military band is colorfully described here as "one of the best 'pep' distributors in the city."

L. Boyd Finch reports back to Dr. Simonds not only about his progress at Fort Sheridan, but on the progress of fellow soldiers from Knox. Finch writes, "So far as I know all the Knox men here in camp are getting along in good shape."

This picture, with the caption, 'Lest We Forget,' is immediately opposite the dedication page for 'The 1920 Gale.'

These photographs are of members of the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha at Knox College. Of these young men, England, Crain, and Sutherland were in the armed service.

Armies regularly moved through these barren landscapes.

A cloud of dust rises in the background of this bleak photograph.

Instruction in how to ride a horse was given at Fort Sheridan. This photograph was taken in July of 1917.

These photographs show young men attending a lecture on a relevant topic such as 'The League of Nations' and writing letters home in the 'Y' Hut.

A Knox student and soldier's letter home is included in the yearbook. He writes about his initial experiences in the war and his opportunity to see Paris. The soldier simply identifies himself as "Jack".

An idea of what overseas war work was like for women can be derived from this letter.

A corporal writes a flowery letter to a canteen worker.

This letter, addressed "To the Heads of Clubs, Lodges, Societies, Fraternal Bodies and All Similar Organizations," describes the purpose of Thrift and War Savings Stamps, the proposed modus operandi of War Savings Societies, and the means one might…

Arthur Paine was strictly business in this letter to Dr. Simonds, inquiring after "information regarding my standing, also the costs for the remainder of the year. All the information I received [in an earlier letter] was that the S.A.T.C. had been…