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Down the Corridor
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75 years ago |
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Students at the auditorium enjoyed the silent movie College,
starring Buster Keaton, and the first "all-talkie" film
shown there, Lucky Boy, starring George Jessel. … North
Texas reported the largest numbers in its history — 137 faculty
members and 3,200 students. … The ex-students association
began raising money for a memorial bell tower to be designed
by architect O'Neil Ford in honor of those who had died
in World War I. … The Historical Collection received its
first donations from the War Department, including three machine
guns used in the war — two German and one American-made.
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50 years ago |
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The movie Creature From the Black Lagoon was shown at the Campus
Theater in the new 3-D format. … A mock funeral was held
for the Phi Delta Beta fraternity, which was to affiliate with
Theta Chi. The funeral ended with a casket being burned in a
vacant lot on Maple. … Kendall Hall housed its first ever
male boarder named Mortimer, a foot-long garden snake found by
a female student. He didn't live there long. … KDNT
radio aired interviews of North Texas students concerning the
Indo-China crisis. Marshal Bill Moyers measured the attitudes
of students on campus, asking questions such as "What do
you think of the possibility of U.S. intervention in Asia?" When
students were asked who they thought they would be fighting, "Russia" was
the almost unanimous answer. … North Texas student Pat
Boone, 19, won the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts show,
broadcast live on television.
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25 years ago |
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A petition by the Armadillo Coalition was circulated in response
to Pennsylvania's nuclear crisis at Three-Mile Island and
concerns about the nuclear plant in Glen Rose. … Singer
Ray Wylie Hubbard performed free concerts on the library mall. … Miss
Hendley's Dress Shop, which was located across the street
from Marquis Hall, closed after 25 years in business. … An
experiment with "gasohol" was conducted by the North
Texas maintenance department on air-cooled single-cylinder and
multi-cylinder engines. … A decision was announced to demolish
the Psychology Building after Marquis and Terrill Halls were
remodeled. … Mean Joe Greene came to campus to make a one-minute
promotional video for ABC.
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10 years ago |
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Alpha Phi Alpha held a candlelight vigil for AIDS awareness on campus. … A
football autographed by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman was
among the items donated for KNTU-FM's annual fund-raising auction. … Deliverance author James Dickey lectured on campus and autographed his books. … "Sexual
orientation" was added to UNT's nondiscrimination policy. … Alumnus
Charles "Buddy" Hickerson, creator of "The Quigmans" cartoon,
was a guest lecturer on campus. … The speed limit on I-35 was
changed from 65 to 55 mph, provoking complaints from commuters. … UNT
observed the 50th anniversary of the G.I. Bill of Rights. … The
motion picture Lethal Betrayal, directed by faculty member Fred Watkins,
was shot in areas throughout Denton. It stars Joe Estevez, the son
of actor Martin Sheen and brother of actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio
Estevez. Fifteen UNT film students assisted in the filming. |
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