Two interesting items from the Hayden Fry era

[SilverEagle]

In preparation for the first spring scrimmage, there are two items of interest in the "Fry to Judge Spring Tilt" story. First, notice one of the starting linebackers. And the other is the last paragraph of the story, where Fry talks about Eagles vs Mean Green.

 

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760141/m1/4/?q=Jim McIngvale NTSU

[Stix]

Besides Jim McIngvale, the article also mentions Sam Golden, who is a prominent member of the UNT Alumni Association, who lives here in Fort Bend County.

[SilverEagle]

17 minutes ago, Stix said:

Besides Jim McIngvale, the article also mentions Sam Golden, who is a prominent member of the UNT Alumni Association, who lives here in Fort Bend County.

I know that Jim McIngvale played football for North Texas.....but Linebacker? If I had hired someone to go shoot me a College Linebacker, Jim McIngvale would be safe for life.

[greenjoe]

Did anybody notice the paid ad right under the first paragraph of this story ?  Denton Bicycle Center.  There in 1973.  There today.  Same address and phone number.

[SilverEagle]

The end of an era.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760275/m1/4/?q=North Texas Daily

 

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760351/m1/4/?q=North Texas Daily

 

Edited October 8, 2021 by SilverEagle

[greenjoe]

Bill, when did the "Campus Chat" become the North Texas Daily ?

[SilverEagle]

24 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

Bill, when did the "Campus Chat" become the North Texas Daily ?

According to Wiki, it was 1971.

 

BUT according to this official NT publication it was 1970

Student publications at North Texas

In November 1901 the first North Texas student publication, the North Texas State Normal Journal, was published. From 1901 – 1905, the Normal Journal served as North Texas State Normal College’s literary journal and yearbook, as well as the student newspaper. Short stories, poems, and literary criticism were published on a monthly basis alongside coverage of national and international news and updates on campus life. The final issue of the year, in May, featured class pictures and other features commonly associated with a college yearbook. In 1906 students voted to nix the May issue of the Normal Journal and instead publish all annual retrospective content in the University’s first yearbook, The Cottontail.

According to James L. Rogers, as the North Texas State Normal College reached “degree-granting status in the fall of 1916, the old Normal Journal seemed too much a relic of the precollege years, with its quaint mixture of news, stories, verse, and homilies.”[1] The Normal Journal was discontinued and its content was divided into two new publications: Avesta, a quarterly literary journal, and The Campus Chat, a weekly newspaper. The first issue of The Campus Chat arrived on October 25, 1916. The paper was initially a monthly publication but later became semi-weekly.

In 1970 the campus newspaper was renamed to its current iteration, The North Texas Daily, commonly abbreviated to The NT Daily. The NT Daily is published four times a week, Tuesday through Friday, during the Spring and Fall semesters and once a week, on Thursdays, during the summer. The NT Daily is distributed free on campus with subscriptions available for alumni and other off-campus readers.  Additional multimedia content is published on the newspaper’s companion website, http://ntdaily.com .

Edited October 8, 2021 by SilverEagle