University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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v , 1,-1.: if X T Q .2 Q elfilimf Prorlucis of American skill, these eight inch hnwilzers boomed forth the :loom of uutocruuy. Suveml by the yrruce of God. .fvf ,lJ' . 1- Free from the torment of war, Gcrmnn Lvnrninp: to love the crackle of rzulio. prisoners harvest crops for the Allies. NI Brushing off the dust ol' travel. The hands have stopped, but victory is ours. Eight

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G11 mls of the l'm'4-st prnvcil no barrier to the mighty tanks. Nu b:u'rim-r except. death stoppin-rl the frm .1 Ilwirs ol' war. the giant lmtllesliips ol Lil l ice Sum silently null-oils-ml the mists nl' the vlnlnnm-I. Ml fighting lllini. Three days before the United States declared war, the Board of Trustees voted that Seniors might graduate if they were called to war before Commencement. This was the be- ginning of the cooperation between the Univer- sity and the students who entered the service. Convocations, formation of intensive training units, recruiting of Battery F to full strength, and work of the Agricultural College were but a few of the many assistances given to help the nation to prepare for the great struggle. Men withdrew from school in great numbers to enter the service, either active military or on the farnis. In May, 1917, the Illinois Ambulance Unit sailed for France. Preparations were made to house a School oi' Military Aeronautics. The entire University set itself for the great task before it. ., N THE TWEN'l'Y lLLl0 , ,

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9 ,X A Ti 1 1 - - l Qi L, gs, 5- ff ,ZS E 1 Silent. but auspicious was the entrance into Metz. inf- 1, H? v Dean H. V., Canter, actively cnirmrcd in Rcd Cross work. has hclpccl stricken Italians. Dean H. W. Miller of the Engineering Department is now Major Miller and head of the Engineering Division of the Ordnance Depart- ment. He has his headquarters down at Tours and Lieutenants Bob Malley '15 and Ed Bullard '13 are on his stai. On February 14, 1918, a University service flag with 2,686 stars on it, was dedicated to the men in the service. This flag is a promise, not a memorial,' said Professor Forbes. The number of stars was tripled before the arrnistice was Sig'l'l6d. IL took more than ri bit of sea sickness to nvcrcmne the llcsirc to blot out nutocrncy in Europe. Ensign G. Halas '18 Capt. H. H. Amslmry '14 Lt. W. Lewis '10 W. Flock '17 LL. H. Haalce '18 Maj. P. Lewis '13 Nine F THE 'TWENTYDILLIO V