Winter 2002
Nearly a century ago
A peek into the school’s annals is always a delight, and this issue we share excerpts from the 1905-06 University catalog.
Winter 2002
A peek into the school’s annals is always a delight, and this issue we share excerpts from the 1905-06 University catalog.
Fall 2002
The above headline from a December 1947 Skiff further proclaimed: $135 Is Cost of “New Look” for Well Dressed Gridster.
Summer 2002
From the editorial pages of the TCU Daily Skiff, Jan. 22, 1915, we bring you some history worth chewing on.
Spring 2002
Old Skiff editorial considers the wisdom of husband-catching at college.
Winter 2001
Five “Lost Boys of Sudan” find a home at TCU.
Summer 2001
This year’s Miss Texas is a Frog … and is using her voice to tell the truth about AIDS.
Spring 2001
Give TCU’s cofounders credit where due, but without Rachel Lynn DeSpain, the University might never have begun.
Spring 2001
Soccer goalie Keith-Ann Wagner inspires others as she overcomes a spinal cord injury.
Winter 2000
“To educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community.”
Pointing to TCU’s new mission statement, Faculty Senate Chair Nowell Donovan shows how the words of one generation have a way of inspiring generations to come.
Fall 2000
In what is now, you can still sense what was then.
In 1971, TCU was the place where the Grateful Dead cemented their reputation as a touring band.
The 1948 presidential election when Truman beat Dewey — we stayed up all night listening to the results. Richard Collier ’51 During the student body train trip in 1957 to Little Rock for the TCU-Arkansas football game, armed troops were visible all over Little Rock — scary! President Eisenhower had sent federal troops to enforce
TCU-Kansas gridiron meetups have a storied past, but what happens when Les Miles joins the party?
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 section was largely empty. My frog suit included a large flat-topped papier-mâché head. The game was so