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This page of the Knox College yearbook provides a few details surrounding the deaths of the Knox men who died during the war and honors their memories, stating "Their honor is the honor of Knox."

The names of the Knox College students who gave their lives during World War I are listed in the yearbook published the year after the war's end.

This beautifully evocative illustration in the Knox College yearbook for 1920 (produced in 1919) created by artist Ildra Jessup is captioned, "For Democracy."

The second section of the 1920 yearbook, published in 1919, is dedicated to Knox's military efforts.

The first section of the Knox College yearbook is usually dedicated to photographs of the buildings on campus. This year, an artist sketched, among other things, various places on campus that were associated with the war effort. These sketches were…

The first section of the Knox College yearbook is always dedicated to photographs of the buildings on campus, but an artist added sketches of, among other places, war-related locations and objects to the usual spread of pictures.

This page of the Knox College yearbook lists the names of men affiliated with Knox who gave their lives during World War I.

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

This edition of the yearbook was dedicated to the men of Knox College who were killed during World War I.

The foreword for this edition of Knox College's yearbook 'The Gale' expresses the desire to record the events of the war and Knox's patriotism accurately and completely. The yearbook was produced in 1919.

The 1919 yearbook of Knox College (produced in 1918) featured a notice by the Illinois State Council of Defense, asking high school students to continue their education, "that the country may not lack an adequate supply of trained men and women."

The editors of the 1919 issue of Knox College's yearbook 'The Gale' state that the next issue will be 'The War Issue Complete.' The 1919 yearbook was produced in 1918.

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.')

The advertising section of the 1919 'Gale' yearbook featured this photograph with the text "One example of the martial spirit at Knox."

Included in this edition of 'Famous Sayings' in 'The Gale' - an assortment of regularly-repeated phrases heard around campus - is: "Sharfenberg - Now listen, Captain Spake, I don't feel good and I think you ought to excuse me from drill." Perhaps not…