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Salvi, billed as the world's greatest harpist, played to a large and enthusiastic crowd at the first Fine Arts performance of the summer series. … The All-College Watermelon Festival took place under the auspices of the YWCA and YMCA with 6,000 pounds of watermelon being served from 10 tables to 2,500 students who attended the festival. … An artificial lake was planned for the campus as the chief feature of a landscaping project. The lake was to be located between the Administration Building and the Manual Arts Building and stocked with aquatic plants and fish. … The largest graduation class in the history of the school, consisting of 136 graduates, was awarded degrees in August. |
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Charles Lee Hill, a graduate music student, was accepted into the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. … Billy Matthews of Haskell took third place in men's fancy diving at the Texas Amateur Athlete Federation swimming meet in Tyler. … Kendall Hall, the new girl's dorm, prepared to open. The dorm offered modern rooms with private baths, built-in closets and dressers. … Betty Curry, graduate student in business administration, completed her thesis on gift-wrapping. She studied the methods used by stores in wrapping and tying gifts based on her own experience and on field work gathered from various stores in Dallas and Denton. … Jeremiah C. McCain, professor of industrial arts, prepared to take his "Castle on Wheels" on the highway for a fishing trip to the mountains of Colorado. The Castle on Wheels, a camping rig designed by McCain, was essentially a small house trailer, which included sleeping quarters and a storeroom. |
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Former North Texas defensive back Bruce Bell prepared to enter the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Thousand Oaks, Calif., as one of 13 free agents signed by Dallas. … Research engineer Jack Hehn of the physics faculty submitted a pilot project proposal to NASA for the installation and monitoring of a solar heating and cooling system for the President's House on Avenue E. The project was a way to demonstrate the power of solar heating and cooling to the people of Denton. … Denton sweltered in record heat with the worst hot spell in 20 years. … Heavy turnout and prayer meetings were the result of the recent wet/dry vote for Denton County with a 2-to-1 victory for a wet county. … The Bloomfield School House, a 95-year-old one-room school house with a bell, benches and rustic wooden floors, was moved from the Union Grove District of Cooke County to Highland Street on campus as a restoration project of President C.C. Nolen and the College of Education. |
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North Texas senior Amy Parker, Miss Tarrant County, was crowned Miss Texas '92 at the Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center. … Cindy McTee of the music faculty prepared to have her piece "Circuits" performed by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. McTee also won the $10,000 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for her musical piece. … Decreases in housing applications brought the possibility of closing West Hall and reopening a smaller dorm facility at Kendall Hall. … William Warde of the English faculty discussed his collection of more than 500 unusual neckties. His most unusual tie, made of tiny bird feathers, was given to him by a student. |
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