Texas Christian University began over 150 years ago when the Clark brothers dreamed of creating a college where men and women could acquire a classical education and develop character.
The just 13 students, they opened the doors of AddRan Male and Female College, one of the first co-ed institutions west of the Mississippi, in 1873. Addison and Randolph Clark later forged an affiliation with the Christian Church to 'adopt' their school, i.e. donate money, giving it a new name of AddRan Christian University.
The university moved to Waco until it burned, at which time the city of Fort Worth wooed it back because they city officials felt a university would help soften the edges of Cowtown and Hell's Half Acre. It was then that the name Texas Christian University was adopted. Over 10,000 students now call TCU home.
The color purple was chosen for royalty, and white for a clean game. The horned frog is the mascot. Horned frogs are actually lizards, squirting blood from their eyes when threatened. It is believed to bring good luck when you rub the nose of this particular horned frog statue. Yes, Zeke rubbed it because good luck never hurts.
Frog Fountain symbolizes a different class of students with the shortest lotus flower representing first-year students and the tallest representing the senior class. The water flowing between represents the sharing of knowledge from class to class.
The cross at the top of Robert Carr Chapel is the tallest point on campus at 678 feet above sea level. When the stadium was recently renovated, part of the construction started underground so the cross would continue to be the highest point on campus. It proudly stands 2 inches taller than the stadium.
Riff ram bah zoo, go TCU!
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