Looking back to see what was going on in past years is a great way to gain insight into what the world used to be like. The University of Idaho Library has a website which includes PDFs of printed issues of The Argonaut. Anyone can look through these at any time.
Here are some hand-picked articles from various points in The Argonaut’s history. Click here to see all the other articles in this series.
Aug. 25, 1923
Fifteen men showed up for the varsity cross country team back in 1923. This article predicted that number to double by the end of the week. The article predicted a good season for the runners.
Aug. 26, 1975
As students ventured back to Moscow for the school year in 1975, The Argonaut put together a short article detailing the highlights of the summer. Some of the highlights included the Kibbie Dome nearing completion of its construction and two fires, one of which burned down the golf course maintenance building and the other burning down ten apartment buildings on Deakin Street.
Aug. 27, 1976
Because security could not provide 24-hour law enforcement to the UI campus, the Moscow Police Department and Campus Security integrated their forces.
Aug. 30, 1977
At the beginning of the 1977-78 academic school year those with unpaid parking fines were no longer allowed to purchase new permits at the beginning of the school year. There was also a change allowinged those with a yellow parking pass to park in blue parking lots.
Aug. 27, 1991
Due to the age of the UI campus, there was a build up of mineral deposits inside water piping. This meant that bacteria formed and entered the water system. Prior to this article the level of chlorine in the campus water was 0.2 parts per million and at the time of this article it was raised to 2 parts per million to address the number of water pollutants in the pipes. It was then lowered over the course of a few days.
“We hope that the water problems will be solved on a permanent basis, but its like playing a guessing game,.” said Moscow physical plant employee, Ken White.
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