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The institution was renamed Texas Christian University in 1902, often called TCU. It was during this 15-year sojourn in Waco that TCU in 1896 entered the ranks of intercollegiate football and adopted its school colors of purple and white, as well as its distinctive Horned Frog mascot. A rivalry developed between TCU and nearby Baylor University.
The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen was founded on September 9, 1890, in Topeka, Kansas, by railroad employees engaged in the repair and inspection of railroad cars. In the years before merging with TCU, the brotherhood remained active in the realm of organized rail labor.
Addison Clark was born in Titus County, Texas on December 11, 1842. [2]He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. [2]In 1873, he and his brother Randolph founded Add-Ran Male & Female College in Thorp Spring, Texas, and he served as its first president. [2]
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Founded to show that separate but equal educational institutions for African Americans were viable, and that racial integration, mandated by Brown v. Board of Education , was unnecessary. Closed shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; nominally merged with St. Petersburg Junior College (today St. Petersburg College ).
Jamie Dixon – Current TCU men's basketball head coach, and former head coach for the University of Pittsburgh [18] Josh Doctson – Wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings Max Duggan -- quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers
As I referenced on the interview on ESPN, two years ago, TCU lost and stayed at No. 3 in that particular year, so those things can happen. People can lose and maybe stay where they are.
TCU was founded in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark in Thorp Spring, Texas, as AddRan Male and Female College, and the School of Business opened in 1884 as Commercial School, renamed School of Business in 1896, and College of Business in 1901. The Department of Business Administration was established in 1922, and became the School of ...