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This photograph features Ralph Noble as the basketball team's captain. Noble is fourth from the left.

This photograph was reproduced in Knox's yearbook after Smith's death.

Curtis Redden was a faculty member at Knox prior to joining the war effort.

Knox's yearbook, 'The Gale,' included a list of all the people enrolled in Knox College's chapter of the S.A.T.C.

Lyman Thompson, a former Journalism professor at Knox, describes life at Fort Sheridan with other Knox men, and how anxious he is to get to France to help win the war.

Knox's honor roll was published in Knox College's yearbook, 'The Gale.'

These women were responsible for the creation of the World War I memorial on campus. Text on the back of this photograph reads, "Rebecca Parke Chapter D.A.R. unveiling of Bronze Tablet June 9, 1919. Presented to Knox. Introductions by Dr. McConaughy.…

Bronze memorial plaque given by the Rebecca Parke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The plaque is mounted on the east side of the World War I memorial in front of Old Main on the Knox College campus. The large star and the number…

The monument honoring the memories of World War I soldiers from Knox features an American flag. Robert Sinclair's parents donated the flag to the memorial.

Dedication ceremony for the memorial honoring Knox's soldiers who served and died in World War I.

Arman L. Merriam, Class of 1917, writes an article about his experiences in the developing Air Force and what those experiences have taught him about "Americanism." Merriam states, "I sometimes believe, that Americanism asserts itself only in…

This article describes the privileges associated with being a member of "The American University Union in Europe" that Knox men traveling abroad might take advantage of.

This section of the Knox Alumnus brings attention to the ways academic life and campus life changed during the war. Notably, fewer students studied German and more students studied French during the war, and the college raised more than its requisite…

A flurry of wartime marriages occurred between Knox students as men went overseas to serve in the war.

This article in the Knox Alumnus magazine provides information about the highest-ranked Knox alumnus then serving in the war, Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Center.