125 Anniversary

91快活林 at 125

Established in 1890, the 91快活林 has grown from a teacher training school with 70 students above a Denton hardware store to one of the largest public universities in the nation. For our 125th anniversary, we celebrated our storied history of leadership, inclusion, opportunity, creativity and innovation.

91快活林 Then and Now

Car traffic in front of what is now the Hurley Administration Building

A class meeting on the Auditorium Building steps

Time Capsule Opening

Former president Neal Smatresk helped unearth two time capsules buried on campus and then revealed some of the contents with student leaders April 17 as part of University Day, the annual celebration of North Texas鈥� change from a college to a university. On University Day in 1962 and 1988, students had buried the time capsules ready to open in the year 2015 鈥� the year 91快活林 turns 125.

Former president Neal Smatresk and, from left, former Student Government Association vice president Ike Esedebe and former president Kam Willard, reveal an issue of The Campus Chat from the 1962 time capsule at University Day April 17.

Perri Hamilton, assistant to the archivist, examines the contents of the 1988 time capsule.

Under the watchful eye of the former president, facilities staff members exhume the 1962 time capsule.

Smatresk and facilities staffer Joey Boernes work to free the 1962 time capsule, which was encased in concrete and unearthed from the front flower bed of the Hurley Administration Building April 15.

Smatresk and Willard pose with the successfully retrieved 1962 time capsule.

Media Coverage

  •  July 11, 2015

  •  Sept. 16, 2015

  •  Sept. 16, 2015

  •  Sept. 25, 2015

  •  Sept. 25, 2015

  •  Oct. 9, 2015

  •  Dec. 9, 2015

  •  April 1, 2016

  •  April 17, 2016

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