By J. Gordon Daines III (BA ’97), University Archivist
125 years ago: Professor James E. Talmage’s (BD 1881) course on physiology and hygiene is the most popular on campus.
100 years ago: Eugene L. Roberts (ND 1916) inaugurates the Timpanogos Hike, an annual tradition that lasted through the early 1970s.
75 years ago: Bonna Ashby Brinton (BS ’38) is chosen as the university’s first homecoming queen.
50 years ago: The university purchases KLOR-TV (Channel 11) from Beehive Telecasting Corp., changes the call letters to KBYU-TV, and begins broadcasting three years later.
25 years ago: The Earth Science Museum opens, showcasing a dinosaur from the late Jurassic period.
10 years ago: After winning the conference tournament, the women’s basketball team makes it to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time.
5 years ago: John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, gives a university forum address on the power and limitations placed on the federal judiciary by the U.S. Constitution.
Read more about BYU’s history on the University Archives blog at lib.byu.edu/sites/byuhistory.
