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The photo on the cover shows the destruction of the burned Administration Building. The university’s most revered landmark burned on the morning of March 30,1906. Jay Glover Eldridge was the dean of faculty at the time. During the blaze, students and faculty attempted to save important documents and relics. Eldridge climbed a ladder into his office and threw desk drawers filled with records to students and staff below, to save them from burning. For some time after the blaze, it was debated whether the Admin could be rebuilt using the original structure, but this was decided against and the building was dynamited.

Aquarius

1/20 - 2/18

It’s 1965 and time to drive — at least for John Lennon. be sure to stay off the road, we don’t remember what his driving was like.

Pisces

2/19 - 3/20

Planning a trip to Boston? Pack a fire extinguisher because today you woke up in 1760 and the place is about to get hot.

Aries

3/21 - 4/19

Thank goodness it is 1891 because you have had some terrible breath for quite some time ‌ sorry pal. Luckily, The Wrigley Company opened in Illinois — you’re friends will come back.

Taurus

4/20 - 5/20

Grab a box of tissues, the TV remote and some chocolate because tonight it’s 1992 and you’re about to cry your eyes out to the series finale of “Golden Girls.� Sad day.

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Gemini

5/21 - 6/20

You seriously took a wrong turn in Albuquerque son, how did you end up in 632? Chisel it in your stone tablet because you only witness the origin of the Persian Era once, apparently.

Cancer

6/21 -7/22

It is not your lucky day, or your significant others’, because childhood “cooties� really do exist when you wake up in 1439 England, and kissing is banned to stop spreading germs. Washing hands just didn’t cut it back then.

Leo

7/23 - 8/22

Hold on tight because in 1898 your life is a roller coaster. Your best friend Edwin Prescott likes to watch you going up and down. Remind him to add a seatbelt to his coaster carts.

Virgo

8/23 - 9/22

In 1504, you have to leave your prude-pants at home and throw on your toga because you’re about to witness one of Florence’s most amazing unveilings — Michaelangelo’s David. You’re a lucky little bugger, you better not close your eyes.

Libra

9/23 - 10/22

Saddle up for 1955, cowboy. Grab your toy guns, cowboy boots and hat because it’s time to tune into “Gunsmoke.� Pew pew, pew pew.

Scorpio

10/23 - 11/21

It’s time for a royal wedding. No, not William and Kate, we’re talking much further back. Heck, we’re not even talking about the same country. That’s right, in 1160 you will attend the wedding of Louis VII of France and Adele of Champagne. Remember to powder your hair.

Sagittarius

11/22 - 12/21

GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL. Oh yeah, you just scored the game-winning goal for the USA in the 1981 70th Davis Cup against Argentina. Hope someone took a picture, no one will ever believe you.

Capricorn

12/22 - 1/19

Dude, shut up, it’s 1496. You should probably watch your head when you visit Italy — word on the street is Leonardo da Vinci tried to make something fly. It fell instead.

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“Tatkinmah� — this was the name Native Americans gave Moscow when they came to harvest camas root each year. They came from areas that ranged from Nez Perce, Idaho, to Potlatch. In the 1870s, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe presided over the Native American community in what is now Nez Perce. The first white men to visit “Tatkinmah� were David Thompson and Alexander Ross in the early 1800s. They wrote about the Native Americans here but did not stay. Daniel Crandall, director of the Latah County Historical Society, said the first settlers of Moscow came from Walla Walla in 1871 to farm. “Not only were the soils in the (area)

fertile, they could grow wheat all year round,� Crandall said. Availability of fertile land brought the first settlers of the Tatkinmah area in 1871. In 1873, a post office was established called Paradise Valley and the name “Tatkinmah� changed to Paradise Valley. In 1875, Almon Asbury Lieuallen moved to Moscow and opened the first general store in a log cabin. Almon, Asbury and Lieuallen streets are named after him. There is also an Almon Asbury Lieuallen park and a house named after him that was originally constructed in 1884. Mayor Nancy Chaney said the postmaster in 1876 was attached to the name ‘Moscow.’

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With Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber taking over the radio waves it’s nice to be reminded that once music was about more than teen pop stars, flashy costumes and suggestive lyrics. OK, maybe the suggestive lyrics have always been there. These 10 songs are classics. Some of these songs and their respective artists aren’t old enough to be called vintage, but should be in everybody’s iTunes library.

“Walk the Line� — Johnny Cash (1956) A little rough around the edges and all musical genius — Johnny Cash was one of country music’s original bad boys. “Walk the Line� was one of Cash’s earliest and perhaps best songs. It was not the original intent of the song, but it is a perfect tribute from Cash to his wife of more than 35 years, June Carter Cash.

“Great Balls of Fire� — Jerry Lee Lewis (1957) Tom Cruise may have brought this song back into people’s minds when it was featured in the 1986 movie “Top Gun� but fans were rockin’ to this piece about 30 years before. Lewis, like most other great musicians, was not without scandal. That didn’t stop this masterpiece from reaching number three on the R&B charts and number two on the country charts when it was released.

“Are You Lonesome Tonight?�— Elvis Presley (1960) Michael Jackson may be the “king of pop,� but Elvis will always been the “king of rock ’n’ roll.“ Songs like this love ballad helped him earn the title. If Elvis’ smooth voice doesn’t help a person fall in love, the sweet, sappy lyrics will do the job.

“Hey Jude� — The Beatles (1968) Hum the melody or sing the lyrics to this — one of the greatest songs recorded anywhere in the world — and it’s no doubt listeners will find those around them joining in. “Hey Jude� was written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon’s young son Julian.

“Wish You Were Here� — Pink Floyd (1975) The whimsical feeling and soft vocals enhance the power of this song. A tribute to a fallen band member and close friend, “Wish You Were Here� is probably Pink Floyd’s best-known song and a reminder to anybody who’s lost somebody that it’s okay to be sad. Things will and do get better. It’s just a matter of time.

“Beast of Burden� — The Rolling Stones (1978) The Stones are often compared to The Beatles as one of the greatest bands of the 20th century, and “Beast of Burden� is proof. This song is flat out sexy and when the lyrics rolled smooth off Mick Jagger’s luscious lips, it is certain every teenage girl in the Western Hemisphere played this song on repeat for days.

“Billie Jean� — Michael Jackson (1982)

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This album featured Jackson at his best. His killer dance moves and likeable personality would have helped him conquer the world with a mob of screaming fans at his back. As Jackson got older and suffered from a variety of serious ailments, he spent more time protecting his reputation and less making music. What people didn’t realize is that Jackson was about to have his own second coming.

“Sunday Bloody Sunday� — U2 (1983) This song is a reaction to a horrible tragedy that occurred in Ireland — where each of the band members are from — and it is a political statement about war. Listeners can almost feel the emotion coming out of Bono as he sings the lyrics.

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The evolution of KUOI tener caught up in an intense Editor’s note: Anthony Saia radio drama or listening to Nat is the station manager of KUOI. King Cole’s “Unforgettable.” When he became manager, he As KUOI grew larger in the looked into the history of the 1950s, deals were made with station and discovered some national organizations. A deal interesting facts. was made with Lucky Strike KUOI’s story began with a cigarettes and KUOI received little hope and a pipe dream. an Associated Press The station was teletype machine. formed in an attic In exchange, DJs in Northern Idaho. encouraged callers A group of Univerto identify songs sity of Idaho engithey played on air neering students to win free cartons thought it would be of cigarettes. interesting to string KUOI joined electrical wire the Intercollethrough the steam giate Broadcasting tunnels, in an effort Anthony Saia | rawr Company in 1946, to bring two hours and this furthered of daily music and administrative and technical Shakespearean drama to the collaboration among college student residence halls. radio stations. With this expanIt was in 1945, as students sion, KUOI started to broadcast returned to campus durfrom 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and by ing wartime, that static first 1955 was operating on a small appeared on radio waves at annual budget. UI. Among the students who The ‘50s were a time of helped establish KUOI was expansion for KUOI as the staTed Cady, the son of the Dean tion moved from the former of Engineering, Orval Hansen, Engineering Annex to the new who went on to Washington, built Student Union BuildD.C., as a congressman and ing. KUOI became the official owned five radio stations and “Voice of the Vandals” at this Sam Butterfield, who became time and began to call football the head of the United States games — a tradition that still Agency for International Develexists today. opment in Asia. Despite advancements, With borrowed equipment the 1950s were from the NROTC, not all great for the original KUOI. The station “Voice of the Vansuffered from dals” throbbed restrictive funding through the policies. This did airwaves at two not hold KUOI watts. back, and the staStarting out, tion continued to KUOI had its progress. struggles. During In the 1960s, the 1940s class student activism was not optional. terry date at universities It was difficult to such as University find a listenership of California, Berkeley and Kent when students were likely to State were felt on campus, and be in class. It was also difthis included music format. ficult to find students willing The 33 1/3 long playing record to volunteer their time, and was used instead of the 78’s DJs there was a curfew of 6:30 spun before. The ‘60s and ‘70s p.m., followed by quiet time are known as milestones of muat 7:30 p.m. This meant KUOI’s sical development and KUOI’s broadcast time was between vinyl library has a variety of 4 and 6 p.m. five days a week. selections from these eras. Weekend programming had KUOI’s record collection not yet arrived. Tuning into KUOI during the boasts more than 88,000 records. From original pressearly years would have the lis-

I would go around to bars and record performances to bring back and broadcast on the radio.”

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KUOI has had quite the evolution since its start in 1945. Broadcasts began with a small group of engineering students in a tiny attic. Today students have an array of equipment to broadcast studenthosted shows, and a residence on the third floor of the Student Union Building. ings of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Green River to Pink Floyd’s The Wall, KUOI has seen, heard and played a lot of great music that came forth during those eras. During that time, the station remained true to its free format status. Later in the ‘70s KUOI was granted more autonomy and funding after leaving ASUI to join the Communications Board. During this time the station went through its first transformation in the SUB as students like John Rankin and John Hecht floated around it’s halls.

Terry Date is a metal producer who has worked with bands such as the Deftones, Slipknot and Soundgarden. Date, started at KUOI in 1974. “I would go around to bars and record performances to bring back and broadcast on the radio,” Date said. Date said he DJed a show on KUOI once but it couldn’t have been that great. “My show was on Sunday nights and all I played was jazz. I’m pretty sure no one really listened to me,” he said. KUOI first broadcast on

stereo in January 1978 under the guidance of Chris Foster. By 1980, KUOI had become a state of the art facility and cultivated more musical styles and shows under its free format mantra. Bands such as ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Talking Heads and others were on the rise and around this same time, the Board of Regents held the license of KUOI since they were responsible for what went through the airwaves. They still allowed the station to be student run until 1988.

rawr DJ James Donley has had a show since 1982 but didn’t recall the tumultuous times. He said he was able to make it through this time with a special brand of show that explored music through genres. Donley is KUOI’s most senior DJ and has been on air for almost 30 years. The Regents took the station from the students in 1988 and had new management broadcast 200 to 300-year-old music. According to the book “A brief history of KUOI,” by Lee Robartes, the Regents faced backlash from the Federal Communications Commission regarding KUOI’s content, so they said it was their decision who would fill the student manager position. The decision did not sit well with students and would not remain that way despite the ups and downs of station managers to come. With the explosion of Grunge in the early ‘90s and Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Jesus Lizard under the needles of KUOI’s turntables, progression through technology has caused contention at the station for a number of years. The ‘90s welcomed the rise of Indie music. Students stood dejected as Britney Spears and N’Sync consumed commercial radio. KUOI DJs tried to stay away from commercial radio programming to adjust to the compact disc and mp3 world of today. As Death Cab For Cutie was cued up in the early part of the new millennium, more experimental music came forth on KUOI’s airwaves. Confinement Loaf, Saturday night’s psychedelic rock journey with Andria Marcussen and Ted Kelchner, has cultivated a new listenership for KUOI. “We play a lot of psychedelic rock while playing some heavy metal and Frank Zappa,” Marcussen said. Shows like Confinement Loaf and The Beef Vortex show a more aggressive side to KUOI. Shows such as Good ‘Ole Boy Country have a different take on music and KUOI’s free-format. Ultimately, it is these shows that make KUOI so unique. The station has suffered through small budgets and incompetent station managers but it has still left a mark on students and participants. “KUOI is the only thing I’ll miss about Moscow,” said Sue Miller, a DJ in the 1970s.

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Gem of the Mountains | 1972

KUOI broadcasts 400 stereo watts and can be listened to worldwide via KUOI.org

Students enjoyed live music on campus at the Blue Mountain Rock Festival in 1972. Gem of the Mountains featured a commentary about the event. “Yeah, a whole lotta people got together and had themselves a good time with all sorts of musak all the way from rock down to down home pickin’ and fiddlin’. And it rained...but that didn’t bum anybody out, they just went inside...and the sun came out...but nobody digs bad omens anymore, and besides, the vibes were just too good, so everybody went outside again...and it rained again, but with all that wine and whatnotstuff you are just too warm inside, and so whatthehell, it can rain and shine and do whatever it wants to do because that’s fine...and all the people can get together, and if they’re willing, they can be warm wherever...and that’s fine.

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Rules change, traditions don’t Ashley Centers | rawr

Gem of the Mountains | 1955

Fred Williams, the editor of The Argonaut in 1954-55, showcases the Poor Cougars issue, which celebrated a big win for the Vandal football team. Williams and other men were allowed to smoke indoors until this social act was abolished. Dean of Students Bruce Pitman said the changes the University of Idaho has undergone since it was founded are remarkable. The physical changes to the university are apparent. Many buildings on campus have come and gone, and boundaries have expanded in size from accommodations for less than 50 students to more than 12,000. The original Administration Building burned to the ground in 1906 during a fire. The campus has physically expanded to multiple times its original size, Pitman said. What may not be obvious is how rules and the code of conduct have changed during time and the effects of these changes on students. Pitman said the late ‘60s and early ‘70s brought changes to campus rules and regulations. “When I got here in ‘73 it was pretty wide open — meaning that the drinking age had changed,” Pitman said. “There weren’t any real visitation rules. Basically, most of the rules, most conduct issues, had been thrown out. Except the common sense ones about safety.” Most changes that have happened regarding rules and in turn student life at UI have had smooth transitions, Pitman said. Other transitions, like the change in the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 and the introduction of new, stricter smoking laws have had rocky starts, Pitman said. Alumnus Jim Mottern said society had a different attitude toward alcohol and smoking when he worked on his

business degree from 1961-70. Mottern was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. “When I was in school, probably 30 percent of the house smoked,” Mottern said. “When you sat down at a formal dinner there were ashtrays on the table. You would smoke after dinner, during dessert or as coffee was being served.” Smoking was socially acceptable at the time because the health hazards of nicotine weren’t known. Mottern said most people smoked but women did so as a personal or social statement. Rules regarding alcohol consumption have probably changed the most throughout time, he said. He recounted a prohibition era story regarding members of his house and the “notorious” Dean of Women Permeal French. “During prohibition, the SAE’s had the dean over for a formal dinner. Every house had a formal dinner on Sundays — suit and tie included,” Mottern said. “Suddenly, they hear a big bang, and pretty soon the smell of mash comes up. The guys had a still in the basement and were brewing their own liquor. It just so happened that the dean smelled it and put them on probation for awhile.” Pitman said French took her job as Dean of Women seriously and because she did so, the women’s dress code and curfew were strictly enforced. “Her role was to protect the virginity of the women,” Mottern said. “She had rules (such as) women could only wear dresses on campus. If a woman

sat on a man’s lap, there had to be a pillow between them.” The strict rules that were enforced from the turn of the 20th century on changed when veterans returned at the end of World War II. Pitman said students had a lot to do with changes in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. “It was in the context of the Vietnam War and all the other peace activism,” Pitman said. “There was a women’s movement doing important things, and there were certainly other social activism and groups that were active on campus … and there were issues of gender equality related to affirmative action. It was a time of great social change.” Professor emeritus Terry Armstrong came to UI as a graduate student in 1961 and was a doctorate student in 1967. He was hired by the university in 1969 and retired in 1995 but remains active on campus. Armstrong said he has seen firsthand many changes the university has undergone since the ‘60s. Armstrong said teachers’ and parents’ expectations of students’ grades are one change that has occurred since he was a student. He said most people don’t realize this has happened. “Grading standards really are relaxed now,” Armstrong said. “In the olden days a ‘C’ was what you got for doing really good work. To get an ‘A’ you had to rival your professor in terms of competence.” Armstrong said a ‘C’ was perfectly acceptable for a student to get, a ‘B’

was rare and receiving an ‘A’ was practically unheard of. As grading standards have become more lax, the dress code and curfew have gone from being strict and enforced to nonexistent.

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A glimpse of the past Elisa Eiguren | rawr

Brent Aizawa 1972

Kelly Sullivan 1980

Philip “Flip” Kleffner said the social graces and table manners. Aizawa said one of his most relationships he formed during “She was one way you did memorable times during college his four years at the University of learn about manners and made was during freshman year right Idaho have lasted a lifetime. sure you opened the door for after Christmas break. The tem“My wife Jo and I were both women and knew how to pass perature dropped to 15 degrees students here and we were marstuff without spilling on everybelow zero, and UI did not cancel ried and we still are,” Kleffner said. body,” he said. school. Aizawa said students ran Kleffner attended UI from Brent Aizawa enrolled at UI in from building to building, stop1951 to 1955. He was a member of 1968, and said it was a time when ping long enough to thaw out bethe Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and many people went to college to fore continuing the chilly journey was on the university football avoid being drafted into the Vietto class. and baseball teams. nam War. “It took forever to get to Kleffner said when he Aizawa said his birth class,” he said, “Everyone was returned to UI in 1980 date was drawn in the always late.” to serve as the direcfirst lottery system of When Kelly Sullivan attended UI tor of alumni relathe draft, but his numin 1979, students scheduled classes tions, 55 buildings had ber was 221 and the around their favorite TV show. been constructed on cutoff number was 125. “I knew some girls who would campus in the time “They basically not take a 10 o’clock class because since he graduated. drew your name out they had to get their soap opera Approximately of a fishbowl, and one fix in,” she said. 2800 students were semester you were in Sullivan studied political scienrolled at UI during school and then you ence and was a member of Delta his freshman year, weren’t,” he said. Gamma sorority. In her free time, Kleffner said. He said Aizawa studied she enjoyed participating in intraFlip Klefner recreational manthe isolation of living mural sports and happy hour at in Moscow brought agement and was a the bars on Friday. students together member of Delta Tau “They had a bar at the time and they became a Delta fraternity. He (and) for happy hour you could family. At that time, The Perch worked as a breakfast buy mixed drinks by the was a café where students met to boy — also known as a pitcher,” Sullivan said. drink coffee and play bridge. hasher — at the Pi Beta “$4 for a pitcher.” “We would start a bridge game Phi sorority, and said During her time at and someone would have to go to everyone would gather UI the legal drinking class, but another person would be around the radio in age was 19, and Sullivan coming back from class and take the evenings to listen said the social setting their place and the game would to the new numbers usually revolved around continue all morning,” he said. that were called for which bar offered a deal Kleffner said meals on Sunday the draft. that night. and Wednesday were formal and “We were at the Pi “Almost the entire he wore a coat and tie to the dinPhi house and we had campus could go to the ner table. During the university all just sat down for bars,” she said. “Now Kelly Sullivan most students can’t go designated lunch hour of noon dinner in the kitchen, to 1 p.m., he ate lunch at the and the girls wanted until their junior year, Beta house with other fraternity to listen because of all but back then almost members and used proper social their boyfriends,” he everyone could go their etiquette at every meal. Kleffner said. “Two of the hashers I worked freshman year. A ton of change said each fraternity had a housewith (had their) names … called has occurred since I went to mother who instructed them in and they were in the top 50.” school there,” she said.

She was one way you did learn about manners and made sure you opened the door for women....”

I knew some girls who wouldn’t take a 10 o’clock class because they had to get their soap opera fix in.”

Phillip “Flip” Kleffner 1955 Gem of the Mountains | 1955, 1972, 1980

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-$/$)" /#-*0"# /# . Rhiannon Rinas | rawr Roskelley graduated high Journalist, World War II school in Challis, Idaho and atmaster sergeant and former Artended the University of Idaho gonaut assistant editor Fenton from 1936-1940, where he wrote Roskelley has lived a full life. for The Argonaut and Moscow Roskelley, born Jan. 13, 1917, daily, The Star-Mirror. joined the Army in 1942 after “I covered all kinds of stories, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He everything that you could served three years in the Army, imagine: City Council meetand spent time in France proings, crime stories. You name viding anti-aircraft cover until it, I wrote about it,” Roskelley the end of the war. said. “We measured the number “It was then, after the war, I of inches in each story (so) at was detached from my unit to the end of the reporting year set up a school of journalism (we could) determine how in Heidelberg (Germany) … I many inches of news stories published two newspapers The you had covered. And I set the Rhine Valley News and Italia, record there for which was an the school and it Italian newswas never really paper,” Roskelbroken.” ley said. “(We) Roskelley’s printed tens of daughter-in-law thousands of Joyce Roskelley army forms and said he is one of numerous histhose time-tested, tories of various greatest genregiments and eration people. She battalions there.” said Roskelley has The journallived a full life. ism school, which “The university he operated for was a huge part of seven weeks, his life and he was remains mostly Fenton Roskelley so proud of having unknown, Roskelbeen the almost ley said, and he editor, the assistant editor,” periodically checks his 1930s Joyce Roskelley said. “He was suitcase to make sure he didn’t very disappointed that he didn’t dream it up. get to be editor…Bill Johnson Roskelley met his wife of was the editor and he didn’t 66 years, Violet, during World (graduate) for some reason so War II when his battalion was attached to her British regiment he did a fifth year and got to be editor again.” in England. She worked with John Roskelley said his father the regiment as a telephone is a typical journalist from the operator. ‘40s and ‘50s. “It was on a Sunday when I “His writing typifies … the didn’t have anything to do, so I style back in those earlier years. left the office and walked over I mean this in a good way,” John (to the) big expensive lawn outRoskelley said. “It (was) very… side of our headquarters, and blunt, very straightforward, very I met her and I talked to her and a couple hours later, I knew factual, there wasn’t any opinion in it — no guess work. He that she was the one for me,” learned basically the bottom-up Roskelley said. journalism and that’s what he John Roskelley, the second of practiced all his life.” Roskelley’s three children, said John Roskelley said his father when his parents went to sign is very interested in fly-fishing. their marriage license his mom Roskelley continues to write for looked at the name on the marriage certificate and said, “Who’s numerous fly fishing magazines. “People come up to me and Fenton?” say, ‘We miss Fenton’s writing. Roskelley said Violet thought We sure miss knowing where “Roskelley” was two words: those fish are … though,’” John Ross and Kelly. He said she Roskelley said. “My dad was one called him Ross for a long time of the best, as far as knowing and still does.

I covered all kinds of stories, everything that you could imagine: City Council meetings, crime stories. You name it, I wrote about it.”

where those fish were going to be located and how to go after them and what to use … A lot of people didn’t like him exposing their favorite spots. That’s where he would get himself in trouble.” After graduation from UI, Roskelley worked for the Spokane Daily Chronicle before and after World War II. He then worked for The SpokesmanReview where he was assistant city editor for several years. “I worked on all the major stories that were breaking at the time,” Roskelley said. “They sent me on a prison riot, mining disasters and interviewing politicians and army officials. You name it, I was assigned to cover the thing.” Joyce Roskelley said he’s “a writer, not a talker,” a sensitive, sweet and disciplined man, who still lives on newspaper time. “He still … gets up at four a.m. … goes to his computer and writes. He’s still writing articles … and of course he’s asleep in the chair by 8 o‘clock at night but he is still on that newspaper schedule,” Joyce Roskelley said. John Roskelley said it amazes him that his dad is so mobile and sharp at 94. “He writes articles and writes things for himself. He finished a book that he’s trying to get sold of his life’s adventure,” John Roskelley said. “For me to look at what he does at 94 and the way I am at 62, I wonder how a person can be so happy … It’s his mental sharpness that I think is most impressive.” Roskelley said he has a positive outlook for the future of journalism, even newspapers, though he shakes his head at some broadcast news organizations for lack of verification and investigation. “It will always be around,” Roskelley said. We’ve lost a lot of newspapers, especially a lot of these big dailies. They just can’t make it. The (SpokesmanReview) has cut staff dramatically and sometimes just a bit too much …Yes, I still think there will be newspapers in the future, but they won’t be the same kind of newspapers.”

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Fenton Roskelley poses with two German lugers while serving the Army in Germany.

Fenton Roskelley | Courtesy

Fenton Roskelley posed for a self portrait of himself and then girlfriend Violet Roskelley. The Roskelley’s have been married for 66 years.

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Fashions at the University of Idaho have been as diverse as members of the student body. Fashions worn in the 1930s were drastically different from fashions women wore in the early 1970s.

Fashion flashback Heather Hagen | rawr University of Idaho students through the ages were not exactly pioneers of fashion, but may not have been as far behind as some people think. Susan Torntore, instructor of the history of Western dress at the UI, said it’s a misconception that up-to-date fashions and trends took a long time to reach the “wilds of the west” during the 1900s. “Those students knew they were fashionable,” Torntore said. “They knew what the style was within a year.” Students of the early 20th century had access to current trends through magazines and mail order catalogues and could have these fashions delivered from the east by train. Because of this, students had knowledge of popular dress and style.

The concept of current acceptable style has shifted throughout the past several decades. Women began to attend college regularly in the late 1800s. “That period — the 1890s — is exciting to me,” Torntore said. “It wasn’t a key practice to send women to college but now we see the idea of the ‘new woman’ … when women were starting to come to UI.” Torntore said the American apparel industry was one of the factors that created the idea of the “new woman.” “They didn’t have to make their clothes,” Torntore said. “They could go out into the workforce. American manufacturing made that possible.” She said in the past it wasn’t right for women to wear slacks.

The Argonaut | 1970 “On campus, you were expected to be dressed up,” Torntore said. Dr. Sandra Evenson said college was a privilege for women back then. “It was important to dress professionally because it really was sort of viewed as a job,” Evenson said. One of the first occasions that prompted women to wear slacks was their entry into the workforce. “World War II is really when it became conventional,” Torntore said. Even so, daily dress for female students from the ‘30s to the ‘50s consisted of sweaters, hand-embroidered and buttoned to the neck, and tweed or plaid woolen skirts that fell past the knee.

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Madison Mccord, Anja Sundali | rawr A current student at the University of Idaho probably would not be able to navigate the university campus of the early 1900s. Many buildings that once existed at the university have been moved, renamed or torn down during the past 70 years. Very little evidence of these so-called “ghost buildings” exists, and most of the information comes from annual student catalogues or bulletins that contain the ever-morphing campus maps. Julie Monroe, a library assistant in the Special Collections department, said information on these buildings comes from “Beacon for Mountain and Plain,” a university biography written by Rafe Gibbs, or from the “University of Idaho Register,” an online newsletter for UI faculty, staff and alumni that documents campus happenings, including the construction of buildings. “Grant Morton and the late Judith Nielsen, a university archivist, also compiled

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Several buildings have existed and have been torn down on the University of Idaho’s campus.

most of the information that we Theta fraternity house and the Chi have in our files,” Monroe said. “But Beta Epsilon sorority house before it we don’t have a designated university was connected to the old infirmary in historian, which makes it difficult to 1927 as part of an expansion project. find sources.” There is no exact date for when Crest Bartley Cottage, built in 1921, was Cottage was demolished, but the old located on Nez Perce Drive and Blake infirmary was demolished in 1966, acAvenue, where the Office of Developcording to university records. ment now stands. There Craig Cottage may very is no evidence to suggest well be standing today, but whom Bartley Cottage there is little evidence sugwas named after. It was gesting where it is. Craig originally a girls’ dormitory Cottage was built in 1930 until it was converted to a on Sixth Street, between music studio in 1929. Urquhart and Line Street, Center Cottage, also and was a stenographic built in 1921 next to Bartley center, infirmary quarters, Cottage where the Farmand office space for the House Fraternity is now Agricultural Economics located, was the first home department. It was moved of Omega Alpha Sorority. in 1937 to Line and Seventh After Omega Alpha moved Street to make room for out and became Delta the Kirtley Engineering Delta Delta, Center Cottage Julie Monroe Laboratory No. 1, and was was converted to a music UI Library Assistant sold and moved off campus studio. It was torn down in 1951. No records exist to in 1952 to prepare for the suggest what happened to construction of French House (later Craig Cottage after it was moved from FarmHouse) in its place. the Idaho campus. The Student Health Center on Ash Cedar Hall, built in 1932, served Street between Idaho and University many purposes in its brief lifetime. It avenues used to be the location of was at varying times an infirmary, Phi Crest Cottage, built in 1922. Crest CotDelta Theta fraternity house, a men’s tage served briefly as the Phi Delta living group and a music recital hall.

We don’t have much information on these buildings because they were only standing for a short time..”

Now a parking lot, Cedar Hall was located on the southeast corner of Ash Street and Idaho Avenue. It was torn down 25 years after it was built because it was deemed in poor condition. Between 1921 and 1955, the president of UI lived off campus at the President’s Residence on 514 East First Street. The building, which was a wood frame two-story house, was built for $7,500. It was sold in 1955, and the President’s House was built 11 years later in 1966. Purchased by UI in 1920, Jenkins Cottage housed 30 female students, but unlike other buildings, the life of Jenkins Cottage was short lived. Also known as Jenkins Hall, the cottage was one of two new dormitories opened on the Moscow campus in 1921, and was constructed as an annex to Ridenbaugh Hall. Located west of the current Art and Architecture North building, Jenkins remained a housing option for female students until its destruction in 1928, when the annex was torn down to build Memorial Gymnasium. Lindley Hall went through many name changes in its 53 years on campus, and whether it was called Pine Hall, Hudson House or Vandal Hall, the building has a unique story that connects it to the city of Moscow. Built with Jenkins Cottage

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in 1920, Lindley Hall was used as male housing and was large enough to hold 100 occupants. The building was located at the corner of Ash and Idaho and cost $83,000 to construct. Its construction was not funded by the university or the State of Idaho, but by citizens of Moscow. After construction of Lindley was completed, UI leased the residence from the city and used it as a dormitory. Two years later, the university saw a rise in enrollment for the following academic year and decided to add a third story and more attractive wood roof to the hall. This increased the student occupancy from 100 to 150. Lindley Hall remained in use until 1971, but the name was officially changed to Pine Hall in 1963 and to Vandal Hall in 1969. The building was condemned in 1971 and torn down in 1973. One of the few buildings on the Moscow campus that was not used for housing and later torn down, Liszt Hall, proved to be a versatile piece of UI’s landscape. Built in 1897 just east of where the present Administration Building stands, the two-story wooden-framed hall sat on the campus’s eastern slope. Measuring only 24 by 34 feet in size, Liszt Hall was used for horticulture research. The building

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from page 2 “The postmaster then was born in Moscow, Pa., lived in Moscow, Iowa, and thought Moscow, Russia, was a glamorous city due to stories he had heard from the Russian migrants,� Chaney said. This is the suspected reason the postmaster changed the name of the post office from Paradise Valley to Moscow in 1876. Ann Catt, a curator at the McConnell Mansion, said the Mansion was built in 1886 and home to the third governor of Idaho, William J. McConnell. “This is one of the oldest, if not only building in Moscow that still has most of the materials used for its original construction in place,� Catt said. From 1893 to 1897, it was referred to as the McConnell house. Later, it was handed to the care of the Latah County Historical Society and was referred to as the McConnell Mansion. In 1887 Moscow was chartered. A year later, Congress created Latah County from part of Nez Perce County, and Moscow was named the county seat. In 1889, the University of Idaho was created. “Having the University of Idaho located here was critical to Moscow’s future,� Crandall said. Although UI was created in 1889, it was not officially opened until 1892. The same year UI was created, Latah County courthouse was erected, and this enabled outlawing the local sale of liquor in 1908. In 1911, City Hall was built and one year later the 1912 Center was constructed. “Moscow has continued to grow, however slowly,� Crandall said.

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from page 3 Included in the exhibits were pieces from the world’s greatest museums, about 2,000 craft items from 90 countries and an Apollo 11 moon rock. The first IMAX film was shown there. The event’s profits have funded efforts to cultivate Japanese culture abroad, through theatrical performances, construction of gardens and the purchase of language and educational materials. Woodstock was cool, but it could never display the cultural fruits of 76 countries, four international organizations, two corporations and China’s government. Free love was but one idea of hundreds, and cheap thrills can’t compete with real ingenuity. t IUUQ CJU MZ M.+PD: t t IUUQ CJU MZ #SUT t

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The building stood on campus until it was removed in 1952. No building stands in Liszt Hall’s old location. “We don’t have much information on these buildings because they were only standing

the highest free-fall jump ever recorded. As part of the Excelsior project, Kittinger achieved the desired 100,000 feet in a helium balloon. He hovered 20 miles above the Earth and was the first man technically in space. “(The) sky was black as it could be. I couldn’t see any stars,â€? he said. “I was on the highest step in the world, looking down on our planet. I could see the clouds below and the atmosphere, the haze layer. It was a very profound feeling ‌ the realization of ‌ just how hostile that environment is.â€? He observed the splendor of the heavens for a few minutes and then leaped into oblivion. He fell at the speed of sound but said he had no sense of it until he looked up at the balloon, which seemed to be “flying awayâ€? at a “fantastic rate.â€? He fell for four minutes before reentering the full atmosphere of Earth. He said coming back to the planet was like seeing “the Garden of Eden.â€? “We really don’t appreciate what a beautiful planet we have,â€? Kittinger said. The blokes who built the Tower of Babel don’t have anything on him. Check the video for hubris in action. t IUUQ CJU MZ $8%5 t

for a short time,� Monroe said. “They also were generally of less financial value to the university and not specialized for any particular function, which made them easy to replace.� Today, there is more documentation of current buildings. Articles from local newspapers are archived systematically and can be searched online. The facilities department also keeps

“In the ‘40s and ‘50s and probably before, men had to wear slacks Monday through Friday,� Armstrong said. “Levi’s were reserved for the weekends and I don’t think they even made them for women back then. Women had to wear dresses and if it got cold enough for them to wear slacks, they had to wear a coat that went below the knees with them.� Mottern said male students never had a curfew that was enforced by anybody but female students had one enforced by the Dean of Women until the ‘60s. Although men didn’t have a curfew, Mottern said those in fraternities were encouraged to be in bed by a certain time. “Everyone had to be in by 10 p.m. on school nights and 11 or midnight on the weekends,� Mottern said. “Seniors had extended hours. By the time I left school, juniors and seniors had easier access to stay out of their living groups. Women, basically, all had to be accounted for by 10 p.m.� Mottern said though rules regarding curfew, dress, smoking and alcohol have changed since UI opened — with less than 50 students in 1892 — that some things will always be the same. “Moral tradition had been very consistent until the Internet,� Mottern said. “People were doing the same dances as those who danced 50 years prior. People sang the same songs. The songs and traditions have stayed the same.�

detailed plans of all buildings and construction projects on campus. As for these “ghost buildings,� information is less available. “The story is there,� Monroe said. “It just takes a little digging.�

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from page 9 “A sweater set and wool skirt would have been considered casual in the ‘40s and ‘50s,â€? Torntore said. “Men would have worn shirts and ties to class.â€? Students would often change clothes two to three times a day, depending on the occasion, Evenson said. Acceptable dress was different for school, church, parties or picnics. “You dressed a certain way for certain things,â€? Evenson said. The concept of modesty is another aspect of fashion that has developed throughout time. “Young women were pretty covered, wearing layers, until the 60s,â€? Torntore said. “The whole concept of modesty changes as cultural and social practices change.â€? Evenson said coming to a university helped students to think outside the box regarding many aspects of life, including fashion. “College has always been a place where there are new ideas,â€? Evenson said. The 1960s brought major adjustments to what would have been considered acceptable dress, including bright colors and patterns, more skin showing and increased individual expression. “All of a sudden we see fashions diverging into different pathways, different trend areas,â€? Torntore said. These changes are still in place on campus today, where we see different types of students, especially those of different majors, dressing with a drastic amount of variety to go to class. “You can really say more about who you are through how you dress,â€? Torntore said. “You can dress as fashionably as you want ‌ or not.â€? Universities have always tried to be diverse, Evenson said. It is a place where people form different ethnic, economic, family and political backgrounds can come together and express their individuality, and one of the ways this was done was through fashion, Evenson said. “Everybody is welcome,â€? Evenson said. “You won’t get that in any other country in the world.â€?

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