Mem’ries Sweet Archives - Page 10 of 10

Summer 2000

University Drive

Just as the major artery through campus used to be an unpaved offshoot of Forest Park Boulevard, nearly all of TCU’s byways — Cockrell, Greene and Rogers, to name a few — have stories to tell.

Spring 2000

On Davey’s knee

Joan Hewatt Swaim ’56 remembers Davey O’Brien ’39 as a personable guy and modest man who seemed to be everybody’s friend.

Winter 1999

The sea around me

Joan Hewatt Swaim ’56 remembers the biology field trips to the coast with “Daddy,” or Prof. Willis G. Hewatt.

Fall 1999

Then there were eight

But first there were nine. Nine co-eds living and learning together, cultivating friendships that would last for the next 60 years.

Summer 1999

Everything changes but the memory

Sometimes when I witness or read about university life today, or hear ruminations on the university life of tomorrow, I feel light years away from 1952 when I was a freshman at TCU.

Spring 1999

The girl in red

Scratching out an existence and an education on the Texas prairie, our TCU forefathers had no time for anything else. Well, almost.

Winter 1998

A toast to the long since

Alum salutes three TCU community members gone too soon: Mary Charlotte Faris, Karl Snyder and Jim Corder.

Fall 1998

You can’t get there from here

In the ’50s, TCU students often took the bus to get around town. When a former Frog tries to take a trip down memory lane with a recent ride on The T, she finds the route has changed.

Summer 1998