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The selected debate topic shows that military matters were on everyone's mind - at Knox, and at other colleges.

Several soldiers with a gun wait for action.

Four soldiers in a wood reinforced trench.

Three men wearing gas masks.

A soldier prepares to fire a machine gun out of a trench, while surrounded by several fellow soldiers.

Soldiers from Knox College (left to right): Condit Grady; Bob Midkiff; Lyman Thompson; George Johnson; and Lawrence Ingersoll.

A group of soldiers mills about outside a building.

A mustachioed and armed soldier is appropriately dressed for winter.

A soldier poses for a photograph outside a war-damaged building marked with a sign reading 'Bannoncourt.'

A shirtless and pants-less soldier stands in a gas mask near a lake preparing to jump in the water.

A solitary soldier intently reads a piece of paper.

A tilting signpost rests against the side of a trench. The trench is fortified with wire fencing above.

Several men sit on the ground during a signal drill at Fort Sheridan.

On this page of the Knox College yearbook, it is noted that Robert F. Midkiff, a junior participating in Sigma Delta Chi (the professional journalistic fraternity at Knox), was then part of the armed service.

In this photo inset in the Knox College yearbook, a photograph of S.A.T.C. students is captioned, "Yes, they sometimes work at drill." (It also features a student kneeling next to a squirrel with the caption, 'Careful, Hinman - He'll bite you.')