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100 years ago
 
     

The North Texas baseball team beat Southwestern Christian College twice in September. … Steam heat came to campus after a large boiler was installed. … Tales of ghosts in the old bell-tower of the Normal Building were featured in the Normal Journal. A student awakened by haunting cries went up to the tower with his roommate and confronted the ghost — the bell squeaking on rusty hinges and occasionally moved by the wind.

 
   

75 years ago
 
     

North Texas began building a photo studio darkroom and workroom for the Yucca yearbook staff. … The installation of high-mount pole lighting at Eagle Park allowed the Eagles to play their first football game at night, Oct. 17, 1930. They beat Trinity University 9-6 after trailing at the half. … The Second Grade Chat newspaper, published by students of the North Texas Demonstration School, was offered on campus with original work by the students that included comics and advertisements. … The movie Moby Dick, starring John Barrymore, played in the auditorium.

 
   

50 years ago
 
     

Registration — with record enrollment — caused a traffic jam at Prairie and Avenue A, forcing police to ticket an entire line of students' cars. … A newspaper report covered the pros and cons of a proposed invention combining the telephone with a television screen. ... Two North Texas students attending the State Fair were the visitors who tied and broke the fair's attendance record of 2,506,463 and received free admission. … Faculty, staff and students mourned the Thanksgiving Day passing of President W.J. McConnell, 72.

 
   

25 years ago
 
     

KERA-FM 90.1 began a series of monthly programs titled "Music From North Texas," featuring the work of music faculty and students. Bob Ray Sanders ('69) was the station manager. … North Texas played the University of Texas at Arlington in UTA's first football game at the new Maverick Stadium. North Texas won, 31-14. … The inauguration of Frank Vandiver as university president brought numerous dignitaries to Denton. Daniel J. Boorstin, librarian of Congress, delivered the address.

 
 

 

 

10 years ago

 
       


The North Texas NAACP chapter was revived by an alumnus after a two-year hiatus. … The trials of O.J. Simpson and the suspect in Tejano singer Selena's murder were in the news on campus. … Harry Connick Jr. played at the Coliseum on Halloween. … UNT broke ground for the Murchison Performing Arts Center. … Students watched the Fry Street Delta Lodge burn to the ground. Faulty wiring was determined to be the cause of the fire.

 
           
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