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Professor A.C. Longden of the Department of Military Tactics, First Lieutenant Russel P. Hartle, and Professor Drew were present at Knox College's infantry review. According to this article, "Drillmaster Wolhford was well pleased with the showing…

Knox College is lauded for its patriotism in this article originally published in the Ottawa (Illinois) Republican-Times.

Knox College's faculty advocated for America to declare war against Germany prior to the official American declaration of war.

Individuals representing administration from America's foremost universities and colleges chose to forego athletic competitions during the war. However, seeing the benefits of athletic training to the war effort, schools planned to maintain their…

The equipping of Knox College's infantry unit with rifles is discussed in this news article.

Ray H. Hurlbutt, Beirne H. Coffman, Robert Elwood Sinclair, William N. Ferris, Charles W. Haynes, and Ralph Noble are all mentioned by name in this newspaper clipping discussing a memorial service held at Beecher Chapel in Galesburg, Illinois to…

This newspaper clipping discusses the lecture given by Dr. W.E. Simonds about the national populations involved in the war and the German mode of government.

This document expresses Knox College's desire to do its part in the movement to produce more food. Thus, students assisting in an agriculture-based program were to "receive the same treatment as those enlisting in the military service" in terms of…

Private Carpenter writes in his letter, "…I am glad to learn from some thing about your institution. But now I am a soldier boy serving my country."

Instead of promising to reveal more about the war, the 1921 Gale promises to "combine feminine taste with masculine aggressiveness." The war was truly over.

Six women are listed as student assistants in "War Aims," alongside student assistants in chemistry, biology, and physics, in the Knox College 1920 yearbook (produced in 1919).

The Knox College yearbook section detailing the activities of Beta Theta Pi states, "We've always been patriotic, fought in all the wars, subscribed to all the thrift campaigns, bought bonds when we couldn't even buy a needle for the Victrola, have…

"Hershel" and "Scharfenberg" are mentioned as bickering in the barracks in 'The Gale's' "Sparks," a page detailing humorous anecdotes about life at Knox College.

Prof. Louis Allard was the visiting professor on the Harvard Exchange in 1919, and taught Knox students about "The French National Spirit." Allard served in the French army during World War I.

The Red Cross auxiliary at Knox College, despite only meeting "about six times," produced 1,581 articles for the troops. The Hostess House provided a place where S.A.T.C. members could "meet their relatives and friends, especially on Sunday…