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Fighting from the classroom IU Archives exhibit displays IU’s involvement during WWI BY JAVONTE ANDERSON ja69@indiana.edu
Through the morass of renovations and construction in the Herman B Wells Library, the University Archives on the fourth floor of the east tower contains an exhibit encapsulating IU’s contribution in World War I. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the war. Carrie Schwier, assistant archivist at the University Archives, said she thought it was an appropriate time to create a WWI exhibit. As a result, library science graduate students Alison Haack and Alessandro Meregaglia curated an exhibit titled “Indiana University and the Great War: Student, Professor and Alumni Involvement in World War I.” The creation of the exhibit not only educates the public on IU’s contribution to the war, but it also shows what the University Archives have to offer, Haack said. “I think a lot of people assume the archives store these really boring documents, but we have alumni, professors and students’ documents,” she said. “We collect the story of IU.” The story of how IU and WWI affected one another is told by an assort-
ment of historical documents, including scrapbooks, photographs, Indiana Daily Student clips from the time period, handwritten letters and course bulletins, Haack said. When WWI erupted in 1914 in Europe, United States President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation of neutrality. However, repeated German submarine attacks on civilians and the loss of American lives incited the entry of the U.S. into WWI in April 1917. Like many Americans, the IU community rallied to contribute and support the war effort. By the fall semester of 1918, 60 percent of the student population had enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps, according to the exhibit. Former IU President William Lowe Bryan still wanted the students in the SATC to obtain their undergraduate degrees. Therefore, he consolidated the SATC academic coursework so the students were able to complete their degree requirements in two years, Haack said. She said it was important to find a balance for students to contribute to the war effort and have students prepared to contribute to the skilled labor force after the war.
Monroe Lake beaches to be closed Memorial Day weekend FROM IDS REPORTS
The beaches at Monroe Lake will be closed for Memorial Day weekend. Recent rain and river levels downstream have forced the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to restrict the outflow of water at the dam, which has resulted in high water levels at Monroe Lake, according to a press release from the Division of State Parks and Reservoirs at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The high water levels pose several hazardous situations, said Phil Wilson, reservoir specialist with the Indiana DNR. High water levels in the reservoir can erode the banks and ground of the beaches, Wilson said. The wear can then produce steep drop-offs that grab unsuspecting swimmers. “With the water level so high, it’s
like there isn’t even a beach there,” Wilson said. “Someone could be in the water on a solid surface, and then all of sudden there’s a 15-foot drop.” Swimmers are not the only ones at risk in such scenarios. These waters can pick up large debris, such as branches and rocks, Wilson said. If someone is boating on the lake, striking the obstruction can be very dangerous. “Someone may not see the debris or may not realize how large it is, because most of it is submerged,” Wilson said. “Hitting the debris can cause a lot of damage to the boat and anyone on it.” Despite this hazard, boat ramps at the lake will remain open for the weekend.
In addition to the SATC program, IU offered students courses that could potentially be beneficial to the war campaign during the 1918-19 academic year. “There were emergency courses created for training and instruction in first aid, making of garments for Red Cross and civilian relief, hygiene and home care for sick people,” Haack said. The exhibit also highlights the contributions of the Red Cross, the 1918 influenza outbreak on campus and the IU ambulance corps that spent months overseas during the war. There are photos of the SATC members standing outside of their barracks, which were repurposed fraternity houses, hospital beds that were set up in Assembly Hall to combat the influenza epidemic and women working in a Red Cross workshop located in Kirkwood Hall. Haack said she and Meregaglia spent nearly two months working on the exhibit. It was fun doing the research, and it was a difficult process determining what materials to place in the exhibit, Haack said. The exhibit is free and will be on display in the IU Archives from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays until June 30.
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Photographs and artifacts line the shelves of the “IU and the Great War” exhibit on display in the IU Archives in the Herman B Wells Library. Each piece helps paint the picture of life in the IU community during wartime.
Baseball wins in first round of Big Ten tournament, 5-2 BY EVAN HOOPFER ehoopfer@indiana.edu
In the first round of the Big Ten tournament, No. 1 seed IU defeated No. 8 seed Iowa, 5-2. The win means the Hoosiers will move on to play the winner of the Michigan–Minnesota game tonight. The first pitch is scheduled for 10 p.m. IU (39-13) is the No. 1 seed in the double elimination conference tournament for the second consecutive year. The Hoosiers rode ace Joey DeNato’s performance in their takedown of Iowa. DeNato threw another gem. His line included eight innings pitched, seven hits, two runs, one
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Junior Casey Rodrigue stops in his tracks to retreat to third base during IU’s game against Indiana State April 9 at Bart Kaufman Field.
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