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Knox students' patriotism is commended, as "Each week saw some Knox man lay down his books and depart for service in the Army or Navy," and Knox's young women "responded to the call in a body and have worked zealously at all kinds of Red Cross work."

Unlike in the previous yearbook, Knox students in the military received their own section in the 1919 yearbook (published in 1918).

World War I is put in historical context, and the Knox College yearbook writers state emphatically, "We are proud of our Knox boys now with the colors. Our hearts throb with quickened beat as we call the roll."

Yearbook editors put this photograph of a soldier in camp opposite the dedication page in the 1919 Knox College yearbook.

The 1919 edition of Knox College's yearbook (produced in 1918) was dedicated to men affiliated with Knox serving in the war. The dedication reads, "To The Men of Knox--Students, Alumni and Faculty--in the service of their county, this THE GALE of…

The introductory page of the 1919 Knox College yearbook (produced in 1918) sets the tone for the rest of the volume. It reads, "Foreward ... In presenting this, the twenty-ninth volume of THE GALE we have attempted, in its pages, to reflect the…

An ad for 'Intercollegiate Debates vol. VII' in Knox College's yearbook, The Gale, acknowledges the pressing nature of questions surrounding compulsory military service for men.

A notice in Knox College's 1918 yearbook reads, "Knox Cadets, Attention! Get the rest of your meals where you like, but Morning, Noon and Night eat at Hiles Lunch Room."

"Military Training (for men)" is among the scenes listed as "familiar" in the 1918 'Gale.'

Chloe Owings worked as assistant to the superintendent of a Red Cross hospital established in Paris.

This section of the 1918 Knox College yearbook recognizes student military service, mentioning William Euard and Homer Sharp by name. Both of these students were killed in the war, William Euard in France, and Homer Sharp in an airplane accident in…

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.

This portion of the "Freshmen" section of the yearbook deals with the creation of the 1918 Freshmen Follies. Two future soldiers who were killed in service during World War I, Jared H. Smith and Homer Virgil Sharp, lent their talents to the Freshmen…

Jared Smith, on the far right in the second row from the bottom, was a future soldier and a member of 'The Knox Student' staff.

Knox College students Paul Sidney Smith and Louis Raymond Billett show that questions of peace and nationalism were very much on students' minds in 1918.