discouraged by the college authorities.
=== World War I ===
In preparation for United States entry into the World War I, which had involved European nations since 1914, Lafayette announced that current students would be awarded their degrees in absentia if they enlisted or went to work on farms to support the war effort. Professor Beverly Kunkel organized The Lafayette Ambulance United, Section 61, United States Army Ambulance Corps. During the summer of 1917, MacCracken arranged to adapt the campus as a war camp for the War Department. Lafayette remained a war camp until January 2, 1919, when the regular course of study was re-established there.
On December 16, 1925, the nation's largest fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, was founded at Lafayette.
=== Great Depression ===
Between 1930 and 1934, during the Great Depression, the number of students declined dramatically. The college created new scholarships and scholarship loans to enable more students to attend. It also founded an Engineering Guidance Conference …
