March 21, 2013
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 aviation-related nationalism, Truman signed Public Law 476, which incorporated the Civil Air Patrol as a nonprofit organization. It
An enlarged yearbook photo hung for many years in the studios of KTCU. The young man in the frame was Luther Adkins ’49. The label under the portrait refers to him as the station’s founder. The funny thing about the man they dubbed the founder is that his voice never graced the KTCU airwaves
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Fifteen young men were determined to make the annual. Mission accomplished.
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October 15, 2012
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, shown above. It was Jim Killingsworth‘s fifth season in Fort Worth, and only one player remained from the previous season’s
TCU fans have found unusual ways to show school spirit.
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With their heads in the clouds and patriotism soaring, the Flying Frogs of the late 1940s ascended to national acclaim.
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The student newspaper and the TCU Entertainment Committee got into in the spring of 1968 over Simon and Garfunkel
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In April 1968, the university and city kicked off TCU/Fort Worth Week, just to remind one another that their partnership was still strong and vital as ever.
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Built in 1921, the Ballet Building (or “The Little Gym” as it was known for decades) gets a new name as the old relic closes for renovation.
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TCU physics students of yesteryear devoted themselves to Dr Pepper.
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