Using
primary documents, this site attempts to illustrate Middlebury's
involvment and patriotism during World War I. The research contained
in this site includes personal papers, letters, pamphlets, newspapers,
and official college publications.The purpose of this site is to
provide insight into the sentiment of the college during the Great
War era. |
Above, Victory in Europe Day is
celebrated in the village of Middlebury featuring a parade of SATC
students traveling from the campus through the center of the village. |
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Above is a photograph of the headquarters company
of the Student Army Training Corps at Middlebury College. The SATC
was instituted to help prepare students for war in the case that
they were needed to fight and to assure them of a proper college
education. The SATC helped pay for students tuition which helped
the college's enrollment during the war. |