Cheers through the years
It swells up from the voices of generations of Frogs gathered in Amon G. Carter Stadium, united in locomotion-induced fervor. Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo Who, Wah, Wah, Who Give ’em...
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A fresh slate in 1983-84
Having graduated all eight of the seniors who truly were the Killer Frogs, the TCU men’s basketball team of 1983-84 was starting with a clean slate. That became the theme of that season’s media guide,...
View ArticleRemembering the TCU Yacht Club
The reflecting pool in front of the Mary Couts Burnett Library was the perfect spot in 1949 to gather the “admirals” of TCU’s Yacht Club, a group started by a slightly unruly bunch of students who, by...
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Prepared for takeoff
Thank President Harry S. Truman in 1946 for giving TCU the chance at a national championship. Not in football. In the sky. Fresh off defeating the Axis in World War II and capitalizing on a surge of...
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TCU answers call to host U.S. Navy sailors
Beginning in 1940, several military training programs were offered at TCU, including pilot programs. In 1943, the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which prepared future officers for both the U.S....
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Unforgettable weather
The worst flood in the history of Fort Worth occurred May 17, 1949. I was a senior at TCU that year. I remember clearly on the night of May 16, I had a date with fellow classmate, Jim Harben. He...
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For whom the bells toll
It rings on the hour, reminding everyone within hearing distance of a timeless tradition. The carillon of Robert Carr Chapel and its hourly playing of eight measures of the TCU alma mater is the...
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An argument worth having
TCU’s 1935 football season was a standout. Even though the team failed to defeat SMU in the so-called “The Game of the Century,” the Horned Frogs took on the LSU Tigers in the 1936 Sugar Bowl and won a...
View ArticleProtesting the Library in the 1960s
The renovated Mary Couts Burnett Library offers state-of-the-art facilities almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But this kind of access to the library wasn’t always the case, especially on...
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How TCU Came to Fort Worth
In March 1910, a fire destroyed the main building and damaged the young women’s dormitory at TCU’s Waco campus. The student body consisted of 400 students, 150 of whom were women. Part of the ruined...
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TCU’s Kelly Center a place for pride
There are no stains on the carpet. The windows are sparkling clean. No cobwebs in the light fixtures. Indeed, the building is brand new. However, upon entering the front doors, you are struck with an...
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Don Gillis, Renaissance Music Man
TCU Band Director Don Gillis ’35 put the band on the map by arranging swing-style versions of the hit songs of the day, such as ones made popular by legendary bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman...
View ArticleA KTCU timeline
1948 KTCU goes on the air in the fall semester, broadcasting to the dorms and other campus buildings on a clock-circuit network. Then a senior at TCU, Luther Adkins ’49, credited as the station’s...
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It’s a boy. It’s a dog. It’s SuperFrog!
Rampant superstitions may be the reason teams started the tradition of mascots. From the French word mascotte, with roots meaning witch, wizard or sorcerer, a mascot is a talisman or source of good...
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KTCU Host Interviewed Celebrities like Bob Hope, Don Knotts
Beyond Tom Parker’s voice, Barto Farrar ’68 could hear Elvis Presley on the other end of the telephone line. It was the 1960s. The rock ’n’ roll icon and his legendary music manager were in Fort Worth....
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What is your favorite mascot memory?
My favorite memory is not SuperFrog, but Addie the Frog (when I was Addie). In 1976, we had an afternoon home game with snow on the ground. We didn’t win a single game that season, and the student...
View ArticleA legend’s last round
When Kris Tschetter ’87 joined Shady Oaks Country Club as a junior member during her freshman year, she knew there were some unwritten rules — including, Whatever you do, don’t bother Mr. Hogan. She...
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Texas Coach Darrell Royal Compared TCU to the Cockroach
Cockroach (noun): a chiefly nocturnal insect that is a domestic pest. Or the 1961 TCU Horned Frogs. Nov. 18, 1961, was a crisp autumn day in Austin, Texas. It was also the day the unranked TCU football...
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TCU Sweetheart Connections
I was blessed to cross paths with my wife 36 years ago during the fall semester of our freshman year. My first roommate in Pete Wright dorm introduced us initially. I then would frequently run into her...
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Black Alumni Alliance Celebrates 20 Years
In 1999, a group of black alumni approached the TCU Alumni Association about creating an affinity group. TCU’s Black Alumni Alliance is celebrating 20 years of university engagement. The founders are,...
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