University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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t fire chief Don d Jim Price look Alpha fraternity at- May 1987 fire. The nily Started ona ch and spread |. Of 44 mem- house, there etic. The Local officials inspect the charred remains of Gault Hall after the 1956 fire. Moscow Fire Chief Carl Smith stated. “‘This is a clear case of arson,” for only a few days earlier fires had damaged Sweet and Chrisman hails. About a month later, news quickly spread that the case had been solved. Paul Matovich, a reporter for the Argonaut, had been arrested for setting the fires. In 1957, he stood trial and Eoniancad fo the crimes. (Historical Photo- graph Collection, UI Library, 1-95-2, 1956.) Centennial Magazine

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“With the exception of a) was tintense.’’ NO ONE KNOWS HOW THE lire sianed: the fire that des- iroyed the pride of Idaho, the finest building devoted to educational interests in the Northwest. At 1wo o'clock on the moming of Friday, March ihe thirtieth, the assistant janitor discovered that the basement and first floor at the rear of the right wing of the Administration Building were in flames, Im- mediately the alarm was given, and students and faculty In the surrounding neighborhood rudely awakened. In less than Iwo minutes, the University Hill Hose Company, lead by Presi: dent James A. MacLean, was al the scene of action, The Nep- iune Hose Company artivecl a few minutes later. It seemed as if the building could be saved. However, the tire was in @ vital spot, at the foot of the stairs, which opened a shaft 6 the Reflections of the old Ad- ministration Building can be seen in the pond tat was approximately where the tennis courts are today. (Historical Photograph Col- lection, UI Library, 1-Sl-2a, 1894.) with sacted doomed. ap The campus thronged with sic men and women inckling down thei lixed by the ho r and with the excepto

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Se ee ee ee ee ee President Theodore | Roosevelt spoke in tront of the Administration Build-— ing during his ton visit te Idaho. He later planted a. || F trce in front of the Adminis-— ie , tration Building. (Historical Photograph Collection, ee Library, G-7-15. ie ad In a trombone lover's dream, Carl Fontana, Ben- ny Powell, and Al Grey en- tertained the audience at the Friday jazz test concert. (Photo by Randy Haves. 1988.) Abbie Hoffman was one of many guest speakers heard at Idaho. (GEM file photo) Age doesn't stop Lionel Hampton from bringing down the house in the Kib- bie Dome. The School of Music was also renamed the Lionel Hampton School of Music, and Hampton was awarded an honorary UI doctoral degree. (Photo by Randy Hayes, 1988.)