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History

Knox College was founded in 1837 by anti-slavery social reformers, led by George Washington Gale. One founder, the Rev. Samuel Wright, actively supported the Underground Railroad. The original name for the school was "Knox Manual Labor College", but it has been known by its present name since 1857. Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Slave redirects here. ... George Washington Gale (Born 1789 in New York) was a Presbyterian minister who traveled out to what would become Galesburg, Illinois to found Knox College (then called the Knox Manual Labor College) in 1837. ... Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781 - 1845) was born in Wrightstown, New Jersey. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The naming of the college is a curious story. Though founded by a colony of Presbyterians and Congregationalists, the county in which the college is located was already named Knox County, after Henry Knox, the US' first Secretary of War. Arguments have been made that the college was named for Calvinist leader John Knox, but it is not certain which Knox it was named for (if not both). George Candee Gale, a (great-)great-grandson of two of the founders, explains that "contrary to general belief, Knox was not named for either General Knox or the Scotch Presbyterian Knox, according to my father.... Some wanted the college named for one Knox, some for the other; so they compromised on KNOX. Certainly most of them were pious enough to want the churchman and fighters enough to want the soldier as well." (Calkins 1937) Knox County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nations first United States Secretary of War. ... The Secretary of War was a member of the United States Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... For other persons named John Knox, see John Knox (disambiguation). ...

Knox is also proud of its past as the inspiration for the rambunctious and lively college immortalized in George Fitch’s humorous stories about "Good Old Siwash," which were hugely popular in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Fitch, a Knox graduate of 1897, published his stories in the Saturday Evening Post, fondly depicting a college of high-spirited young men and women making the most out of the extracurricular, athletic and social aspects of a residential college. Knox students were delighted to find themselves parodied in stories that grew into several books and eventually a Hollywood movie (Those Were the Days, starring William Holden, filmed on the Knox campus in 1940). "Old Siwash" became a popular nickname for Knox College, and was for many years the name of the mascot as well. (It was changed to the "Prairie Fire" in 1993.) George Helgesen Fitch (1877-August 9, 1915) was an American author, humorist, and journalist perhaps best known for his stories about fictional Siwash College. ... There have been many publications called the Saturday Evening Post; several were/are local British newspapers. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ...

A sketch of the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates at Knox College

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Two years after the debates, and during his presidential campaign, Lincoln received the first honorary degree ever conferred by Knox College—a Doctor of Laws degree, announced at the Commencement exercises of 5 July 1860. (Muelder 1959) Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

U.S. Senator Barack Obama was the commencement speaker for the class of 2005. Stephen Colbert spoke and received an honorary diploma in the 2006 ceremony. Also receiving an honorary degree in 2006 were Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and former Ambassador to Madagascar Shirley Barnes. It has been announced that the 2007 commencement speaker will be former President Bill Clinton. “Obama” redirects here. ... A commencement speaker is a person who gives a speech at a graduation ceremony. ... This article is about Stephen Colbert, the actor. ... Jimmy Donal Wales, also known as Jimbo Wales, (b. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Knox College is one of 40 colleges in the nation featured in "Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About College," by Loren Pope, former education editor of The New York Times and founder of The College Placement Bureau.

Knox's President, Roger Taylor, was chosen as one of Yale Daily News Guide to the Colleges "Most Attractive Presidents."

Students and faculty

Student Profile^[1]

• Size: 1,351
• Points of Origin: 45 states; 44 countries
• Credentials: 67 % graduated in the top quarter of their high school class; 32 % graduated in the top tenth.
• Diversity: 56 % women; 44 % men; 15 % students of color (4 % African American, 6 % Asian American, 4 % Latino, 1 % Native American); 7 % international

Faculty Profile

• Size: 127 (97 full-time, 30 part-time)
• Student-faculty ratio: 12:1
• Qualifications: 93 % have Ph.D. or equivalent degree
• Average Class Size: 17

Fraternities The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, Rotary International, Optimist International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ...

• Alpha Phi Omega
• Beta Theta Pi
• Sigma Nu
• Sigma Chi (colony)
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Phi Delta Theta (dormant)
• Phi Gamma Delta
• Sigma Alpha Iota (all-female)

Sororities Alpha Phi Omega (commonly known as APO, but also ΑΦΩ, A-Phi-O, and A-Phi-Q) is a co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development, [1] and social opportunities to college students. ... Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ) is a college social fraternity founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad. ... ΣΝ (Sigma Nu) is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities predominantly in the United States and several in Canada. ... Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE, pronounced T-K-E or Teke, as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent(WSC). ... Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ) is an international fraternity founded in 1848 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sigma Alpha Iota (ΣΑΙ) is a music fraternity for women. ... While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for...

• Delta Delta Delta
• Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Pi Beta Phi

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Athletics

Knox College is a member of the Midwest Conference in the following NCAA Division III sports: The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (or GLIAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

Men Basketball - Cross Country - Golf - Swimming and Diving - Soccer - Track and Field - Tennis - Football - Baseball - Wrestling

Women Basketball - Cross Country - Golf - Swimming and Diving - Soccer - Track and Field - Tennis - Volleyball - Softball

School Mascot

The mascot of Knox college is the Prairie Fire. The mascot was formerly the Siwash but was changed in 1993.

Rivalries

Knox College is part of the sixth-longest college football rivalry in the United States, along with rival Monmouth College. The Bronze Turkey trophy, awarded annually to the victor of the football game, was created in 1928 and is the brainchild of Knox football alum Bill Collins[1]. The Bronze Turkey has been ranked by ESPN as the fifth "most bizarre college football rivalry trophies" [2]. For the university in New Jersey, see Monmouth University. ...

Facilities

Knox College has 42 academic and residential buildings on its 82-acre campus. Knox boasts electron microscopes, a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, a Celestron telescope, access to the Inter University Consortium for Political & Social Research, the Strong Collection of 18th and 19th century maps and photographs, the Hughes Collection of manuscripts and first editions from Hemingway and his “Lost Generation” contemporaries, and a 700-acre natural prairie reserve, the Green Oaks Field Station. The new E. & L. Andrew Fitness Center was dedicated on February 17, 2006, a $2.4-million, state-of-the-art facility. The electron microscope is a microscope that can magnify very small details with high resolving power due to the use of electrons rather than light to scatter off material, magnifying at levels up to 500,000 times. ... Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC), or simply gas chromatography (GC), is a type of chromatography in which the mobile phase is a carrier gas, usually an inert gas such as helium, nitrogen or hydrogen and the stationary phase is a microscopic layer of liquid or polymer on an inert solid support... Mass spectrometry (also known as mass spectroscopy (deprecated)[1] or in common speech mass-spec) is an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. ... Celestron is a company that makes and imports telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, and accessories for their products. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ...

Libraries

Built in 1928, the handsome Seymour Library is the soul of the campus and was ranked as high as 3rd in the nation by the Princeton Review. Inside its leaded glass windows and oak paneled reading rooms, the library houses more than a quarter of a million books and subscribes to more than 700 periodicals. Its special collections include the Finley Collection of Midwest History, the Strong Collection of 18th- and 19th-century maps and photographs, the Hughes Collection of manuscripts and first editions from Hemingway and his “Lost Generation” contemporaries, and an original Diderot Encyclopédie. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

In addition, Knox offers the Kresge Science & Math Library, which houses the scientific and technical collections of the college, and the Center for the Fine Arts Music Library (CFA), which has collections of compact discs, vinyl record albums, printed music scores, and a core reference collection.

Radio Station

Knox has a radio station - WVKC. It is located on the fourth floor of George Davis Hall, a former science building that now houses social science and language departments. Its frequency in Galesburg is 90.7. It is ranked by the Princeton Review as #10 in the nation for "great college radio station" in their 2007 Best 361 Colleges rankings.[3] A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... WVKC are the call letters for (90. ...

Computer laboratories

Four public computer laboratories are accessible to students, with several more departmental labs available and a dedicated language laboratory. A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ...

The largest, Founders Laboratory (a converted smoking lounge from many years ago), which is located in Seymour Hall (the student union), is open 24 hours a day throughout the year. Scanning (including film-scanning and optical character recognition) is available freely to student users, and printing and copy services are available for a small fee. A student activity center or SAC, is a type of building found on university campuses. ... Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is a type of computer software designed to translate images of handwritten or typewritten text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text, or to translate pictures of characters into a standard encoding scheme representing them (e. ...

Addressing the issues of paper waste and in a move to become more environmentally friendly, beginning fall of 2005, recycled-content paper is being phased in for use in all college printers. In addition, one printer is stocked with reused paper—printed on one side, the paper remains suitable for scratch copies, rough drafts, and other informal printing needs. Barge filled with recycled paper, on the Hudson River in New York City Paper recycling is reprocessing waste paper fibers back into a usable paper product. ...

The Honor Code

Knox College introduced the Honor Code by students in 1951. All students are held responsible for the integrity of their own work, and students are required to abide by the code. Because of this policy, tests are not proctored, and in many cases students may take their exams in any open, public place within the same building. Any cases of students caught disobeying the system are evaluated by their peers through the Honor Board, a committee consisting of three seniors, three juniors, three sophomores, and two faculty members. A committee is a (relatively) small group that can serve one of several functions: Governance: in organizations too large for all the members to participate in decisions affecting the organization as a whole, a committee (such as a Board of Directors) is given the power to make decisions. ...

Campus Traditions

Pumphandle

Pumphandle is an annual tradition that occurs at the beginning of each new school year. Most of the entire campus population - including students, faculty, staff and visiting alumni - gather on the south lawn of Old Main. A line is formed beginning with the President of the College. Everyone else then moves down the line, shaking hands as they go by. In this way, everyone in the line shakes the hand of everyone else.

Flunk Day

Flunk Day is an annual spring carnival. Planned by two students and a small number of administrators, the date of Flunk Day is kept secret from the campus until the morning of, when a cadre of seniors known as the “Friars” (who were gathered together about 15 minutes before the official start of Flunk Day by the student planners) run around campus blowing whistles and pounding on doors around 5:45 a.m. for the 6 a.m. beginning. Classes are canceled for the day as the student body turns its attention to a joke issue of the student newspaper, drinking, mud-pits, live music and petting zoos. Flunk Day is always tomorrow.

Notable alumni

• Barry Bearak 1971 - New York Times journalist and visiting professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
• Ralph Connor, pulp author, Black Rock
• Amy Carlson 1990 - Actress, known for her work on the NBC television series' Third Watch, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
• Job Adams Cooper 1867 - Sixth governor of Colorado.
• Ethyl Eichelberger DNG - Born James Roy Eichelberger, a famous drag queen, playwright and actor, for whom a prize was founded by the downtown Manhattan theatre institution P.S. 122.
• Eugene Field DNG - Poet, journalist, and author.
• John Huston Finley 1887 - former editor of The New York Times.
• Jack Finney (Walter Braden Finney) 1934 - Science fiction author. Works incude The Body Snatchers and Time and Again.
• George Fitch 1897 - author, journalist, and humorist
• Hobart R. Gay 1917 - U.S. Army general
• William Hagan - American political writer
• Robert Hanssen 1966 - Former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia in 2001, and is the subject of the film Breach (2007).
• Otto Harbach 1895 - Songwriter who is the namesake of Knox's Harbach Theater
• Bob Jamieson DNG - ABC news correspondent.
• James M. Kilts 1970 - former CEO of Gillette.
• Ismat Kittani 1951 - former United Nations Ambassador of Iraq and President of the United Nations General Assembly who also helped start Knox's Honor System.
• Alex Kuo 1961 - Author, winner of the American Book Award
• Don Marquis, author and journalist
• Edgar Lee Masters DNG - American poet and novelist, best known as the author of Spoon River Anthology (1915).
• S. S. McClure 1882 - Muckraking journalism pioneer, founder of McClure's Magazine.
• Ander Monson 1997 - novelist and poet, author of the novel Other Electricities, and Vacationland, a collection of poems.
• John Podesta 1971 - Chief of Staff for President Clinton.
• Rose Polenzani DNG - Independent folk musician.
• Gene Rayburn (Gene Rubessa) - Announcer for the Tonight Show, host of The Match Game and other game shows.
• Hiram Revels - First black U.S. Senator.
• Barnabas Root (also known as Fahma Yahny) - Probably the first black man to receive a college degree in Illinois.
• Ellen Browning Scripps 1859 - Newspaper magnate, philanthropist, namesake of Scripps College.
• Robert Seibert 1963 - Professor at Knox College and author of Politics and Change in the Middle East.
• Joseph J. Sisco 1941 - former diplomat under Henry Kissinger.
• Mimi Smartypants - Internet personality and author of The World According to Mimi Smartypants.
• Roger Taylor 1963 - current President of Knox

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Robert Seibert is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Integrated International Studies Department at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. ... Joseph John Sisco, (1919 - November 23, 2004), a diplomat who played a major role in then-Secretary of State Henry Kissingers shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East and whose career in the State Department spanned five presidential administrations and numerous foreign-policy crises. ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in Fürth) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ... Roger Taylor at Knoxs 2006 commencement Roger Taylor is the current (and 18th) President of Knox College, located in Galesburg, Illinois. ...

Quotations

• "Now will saying 'yes' get you in trouble at times? Will saying 'yes' lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. Saying 'yes' leads to knowledge. 'Yes' is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say 'yes.'" Stephen Colbert to the 2006 graduating class.^[2]

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References

1. ^ Knox College Fast Facts
2. ^ Stephen Colbert, Commencement Address to Knox College, June 3, 2006, via Knox.edu.

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Sources

• Knox College 2004-2005 Catalog
• Knox College Student Handbook 2004-2005
• ^a  Calkins, Earnest Elmo. (1937) They broke the prairie, University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06094-6
• ^b  Muelder, Hermann R. (1959) Fighters for freedom, Columbia University Press. ISBN 1-58152-409-9

See also

• Vitalist Theatre

Chicago theatre company, founded by Knox College professors Elizabeth Carlin-Metz and her husband, Robin Metz. ...

External links

• Official website
• Campus map
• WVKC, Knox College radio station official website
• Knox College English Department
• Knox College Math Department
• Knox College Department of Anthropology and Sociology
• Quiver, collection of online genre publications of the Knox College English Department
• "Catch", online archive of Catch literary magazine
• "Journalism 395C", the blog of the Interactive Journalism class