Down the Corridor
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75 years ago |
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Three thousand fans saw the Eagles defeat Decatur 33-0 in the first
home game of the football season. … Twenty-seven years
after she attended North Texas as a student during its first
year as a state-supported institution, Mrs. H.E. Storey of Dallas
visited and found it so changed she "would not have known
the place had it not been for the location." … Noted
author John Cowper Powys was scheduled for three lectures, including
one on the psychology of race. "Ignorance of the other
races is the chief basis for the hatred that now exists between
them," he said. "A question of your intelligence
is: Can you detach yourself from your race and see the world
from other people's eyes?"
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50 years ago |
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Enrollment for the fall semester reached 4,499 students, 143 more
than the previous year's enrollment. … North Texas
student Kay Gromalsky of Eden traveled throughout the nation
after being named Miss Wool of 1953. … Talons, the campus's
oldest fraternity, became affiliated with the national Kappa
Alpha Order in a two-day ceremony. The Talons organized in 1926. … A
student's father, after moving his daughter in to her room
on the third floor of Marquis Hall, gave $5 to start an elevator
fund. … The Eagles downed the San Diego Naval Training
Center 27-12 at Eagle Stadium and later had their first conference
win of the season, beating Midwestern University 39-7.
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25 years ago |
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North Texas students were among the volunteers who helped A.T. Evers
rebuild his home, which had been burned as a result of arson
the previous year. The Denton County Historical Commission sponsored
a workday for the house at 1035 W. Oak. … Construction
of the health, physical education and recreation building (today's
PEB) neared completion. … A series of Oktoberfest activities
brought German spirit to campus. Among the activities was a knee-high
contest. … Sprits were also high at the NT40 Fest as students
participated in the Theta Chi car smash, the KNTU record smash
and a pie-throwing contest.
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10 years ago |
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A faculty-only computer lab opened on the second floor of Willis
Library to provide better access to the library's resources
for faculty. … Seven thousand people attended a Pearl Jam
concert at the Coliseum. … The Student Health Center added
anonymous HIV testing to its services. … UNT received permission
from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to expand
Fouts Field. Increasing seating capacity at the stadium was a
step toward returning to Division I-A status. |
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