This photograph shows students of the war work course offered at Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College. These students took the class in the winter of 1918 and are holding an American flag on the steps of Woods Hall.
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The War Work Group was formed to further and enlarge the present work of the Army and Navy department in meeting the needs of the enlisted men. Springfield College was chosen as one of the training agencies to prepare and equip men for this special task, which was headed by Arthur Rudman.
The top of the flag hanging on the right appears to have been cut out and reattached. All four corners are missing, a piece of the top edge is gone, and there is a brown stain on the right side.
