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Raymond T. Swenson, a member of Knox's class of 1920, writes to Dr. Simonds "to make sure that you should hear from those from Knox who are in the Student Army Training Camp here." Swenson describes his work by saying, "Everything is going nicely.…

The armistice was signed, and John M. Baker, member of the class of 1919 and future faculty member, was taken aback: "Dear Doctor Simonds: Every time I ever went to a fire it was extinguished before I arrived. Every time I ever got to go on a…

Baker writes: "After a nearly two hundred mile cross country hike up here, our regiment and brigade has set to work on the last and most interesting part of our training, [actual] firing and reconnaissance under simulated campaign conditions. After…

Russell H. Taylor writes to Dr. Simonds to let him know that, while he had received scholarship money for the college and "am very grateful to you for it," he could not accept it, as he had enlisted in the Army. Taylor was located in Camp Jackson in…

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…

Knox student and soldier Eugene A. Robertson asks the Dean for a "special favor" - a letter of recommendation for a military training school at Princeton. He reminds Dr. Simonds that "my grades on the final examination were either a mark of B or…

This picture of Joseph Hayden was taken in 1910.

Lieutenant Simon Guy Parks - a senior at Knox in 1818 - writes to Dr. Simonds to ask "Has the faculty decided definitely concerning the credits of the men leaving school for the army? Also, will I receive a diploma?" He additionally comments, that…

Simon Guy Parks expresses his regrets at not being able to attend commencement (as it turns out he could have done so) and writes that going to Camp Jackson in South Carolina was "a great disappointment to me for I had hoped to be sent 'over seas' at…

Lieutenant Simon Guy Parks in uniform.

Peacock writes to Dr. Simonds to tell him that "I went to Chicago and took the examinations for the Medical Corps, and passed in fine shape, therefore, I will go to France to do Hospital work in a few days," and inquires about his credits…

Gerth writes to Dr. Simonds that "Since we were called away last spring, Knox has shown every evidence that she has not forgotten her soldiers and you may be sure that they have not forgotten Knox. Thru letters, the Galesburg Mail and the Student we…

Knox student and soldier Frank Connor writes to Dr. Simonds from "Somewhere In Belgium" that "I often think of you and the courses I took from you while at Knox. It is always with pleasure that I think of my days at Knox College and many many times I…

Otho Sherrick writes from a military training camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, that "Uncle Sam has made me one of his blue jackies since I left school on the third of June. The navy is a fine place, and I like it better than what I have seen of the…

Knox College faculty member Robert E. Williams writes to Dr. Simonds: "I felt it coming all the time, the fever to do my part on the world war and I am writing you to say that I am a member of the University of Chicago Ambulance Corps No. 3. I…