1923-1924: At its peak the Indiana Klan claims 350,000 members (Tucker 212).

March 1923: Two talks by an anti-Klan attorney and a Klan speaker show that supporters and opponents of the Klan are moving into South Bend.

May 17, 1924: The main riot by Notre Dame students against the Klan occurs. The students steal the Klan members' robes and break their cross made of lightbulbs. The Klan cancels its planned parade due to the violence and a rainstorm (Tucker 160). As the Klansmen leave, the students try to catch them in their cars. This was the students' revolution against the Klan.

May 19, 1924: A second riot occurs when a false rumor circulates that the Klan captured a student (Tucker xvii). When the students arrive at the Klan's downtown headquarters, Klansmen are waiting and a fight breaks out that only stops when Notre Dame's president is called to the scene. 

August 23, 1924: The Klan informs its members that their Mishawaka, Indiana office would close due to a lack of funds (Nevel 89).

October 18, 1924: A rally scheduled for this day was canceled because the Klan was worried about negative publicity before the upcoming election.

January 1, 1925: Notre Dame wins the national football championship and helps fight anti-Catholic prejudice in the process.

March 15, 1925: D.C. Stephenson, a salesman for the Klan, abducts and rapes Madge Oberholtzer, who later dies after taking poison. Stephenson is charged with murder (Tucker 211). This episode begins the downfall of the Klan.

1926: The Indiana Klan has less than 15,000 members (Tucker 212).