With the United States entering World War I, the male portion of the student body was enrolled in a military curriculum, and women took over their campus jobs. They took a hand in making maple sugar in the spring of 1918, as seen here, and they harvested the college's apple crop the following fall.

A closer look at the students as they gathered maple sap. In the background are buildings along Route 195 in this view looking westward toward the Connecticut Agricultural College campus.