Winter 2016
Protesting the Library in the 1960s
The Mary Couts Burnett Library used to close on Sundays … until students waged a gentle protest.
TCU History and Traditions
Fall 2015
Homecoming: A Family Celebration
TCU’s first homecoming had parades and class parties – but no football. The game came later.
Fall 2012
Cheers through the years
TCU fans have found unusual ways to show school spirit.
Fall 2010
Hhwaaaaaaaaaah! The Frog Horn!
What weights 3,000 pounds, blows smoke and instantly demands everyone’s attention? The huffing, puffing, hooting, tooting Frog Horn.
Fall 2010
A Century of partnership begins
TCU agreed to stay for 10 years when it moved to Fort Worth in 1910. But the booming city and the small university found such delights in each other that the association is stronger than ever, 100 years later.
Spring 2010
A fateful fire
In the spring of 1910, fire destroyed the Main Building on TCU’s Waco campus, forcing the still-fledgling institution once again to rethink its future. Thankfully, the calamity emboldened the ambitious little university and set it on a course to Fort Worth.
Spring 2010
The Early Days: Before the Fire
Well before the 1910 calamity, TCU was no stranger to trials and challenges.