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Latrobe Hall, built for the Civil Engineering Department, and Maryland Hall, which housed the Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering departments, served as quarters for the Student Army Training Corps in 1918.

Members of the Tudor and Stuart Club gather in their room in Gilman Hall, with Revere Osler’s library along the wall and the portrait of Revere Osler above the fireplace.

William Osler, one of the founding physicians of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,…

Aerial view of the recently completed Alumni Memorial Dormitory, circa 1923, showing Homewood Museum, Charles Street and Greenway.

This hand-tinted image, taken from a lantern slide, shows the original Johns Hopkins dormitory shortly after completion. Originally named the Alumni Memorial Dormitory, it honors Hopkins affiliates who sacrificed their lives in the Great War. When…

Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson and himself a Hopkins alumnus, unveils a plaque in the Alumni Memorial Dormitory commemorating male Hopkins affiliates who died during the war. (There were also casualties among the…

After the war, the Federal Board for Vocational Education began funding the education of disabled veterans across the country. On the Hopkins campus, some veterans worked as “protégés,” a kind of paid apprenticeship where they received on-the-job…

Field Service Postcards were designed to allow soldiers to quickly send information home about their current situation, since they did not require review by censors. No additional information could be added to the postcard, though soldiers…

Even advertisements in the News-Letter were war-themed, as this Murad cigarette ad illustrates.

The News-Letter's spring 1918 issues prominently feature war-related articles, images, and advertisements, as evidenced by this cover depicting a flag flown on campus honoring Hopkins men engaged in wartime military service.

The "News of Men in Service" feature shared news of Hopkins men at the war front. It included letters sent by the men themselves, as well as memorials to individuals who died in service.