Students Work Hard on Campus Day on Liberty Loan Event
On Friday students toiled from seven or eight in the morning, concentrating on tennis courts and campus cleanup. Women baked and served coffee while wheelbarrows buzzed and a backstop was repaired. President Hoffman announced a second campus day Monday to finish tasks, then afternoon games and a tug of war followed, with college defeats and faculty participation, ending with communal eats and departure.
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Dirks
Pals
Cats
Hoffman
Lepeltak
Liberty Loan
Academy
Schimidt
Kraam
Liggett
College
Prof
Dean Pletenpol
van Beek
Church
Dunkel
Williams
Hofman
Central Ray
A Boy Keeps a Lock on His Lips in Church
In a church class Robert endures ribbing from Arthur during a sermon. The minister intervenes, encouraging quiet listening. Robert explains how his mother taught him to keep silent, and the preacher’s guidance helps him stay composed.
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Robert
Robbert
Arthur
Day on the QU board shows many immigrant voices in war draft
Rev Rollo Speer records a day at Indiana Harbor East Chicago draft board. He chronicles diverse registrants from Poland Greece Armenia and Lithuania, examining exemptions and loyalty to America while wrestling with social tensions. He envisions a Neighborhood House to aid these newcomers and notes a civic duty to guide them.
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Rollo Speer
Calumet
Indiana
Indiana Harbor
East Chicago
United States
America
Alabama
Ebony Black
Number Four
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Steve
Konstantinos Kostantelas
Greece
Spiros
Demetrius
Socrates
Thermopylae
Konstantinus
Palestine
Wilson
England
Cornwall
Christian Center
Thrift Stamps and Indigenous Aid Message Highlight War Effort
The excerpt urges support for War Saving Stamps as a patriotism and thrift campaign. It includes a call to unite against Kaiserism and end with a note from Medicine Owl, chief of the Blackfeet in Montana, about aiding the government and mobilizing resources for soldiers' needs.
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Medicine Owl
Montana
New Cook Questioned Over Departure Quietly
Mrs. Torkins jokes about how her last cook left. The new cook’s move prompts busy days and explanations about prior staff. The exchange hints at workplace strain and staffing challenges.
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Walvey
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Russia
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Just
D. G. Gosselink
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VIA
Pella
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