Tarleton Thursdays

Tarleton Thursdays – Stephenville Historic Resources Survey

In the spring semester of 2015, Dr. T. Lindsay Baker, W.K. Gordon endowed chair in history, and his students in HIST 5309 (Historic Preservation) and HIST 4350 (Special Topics) partnered with the City of Stephenville to identify and document historic, mostly commercial structures within a 25 block area surrounding the Erath County Courthouse and theContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays – Stephenville Historic Resources Survey”

Tarleton Thursdays: From Our Day at the State Capitol, March 21, 2017

Senate Resolution 426, issued at Tarleton State University Day at the State Capitol on March 21, 2017, in honor of Tarleton\’s centennial as a member of the Texas A&M University System (click on the image to enlarge it). This proclamation will be added to the University Archives.

Tarleton Thursday: Alum Donates Ancestor\’s 1870s Texas Emigrant Journey Memoir to Library

Above: Alan Easterling \’90 with his ancestor\’s memoir It\’s very appropriate that we get to announce an exciting donation to our archival collections on Texas Independence Day! Yesterday, Tarleton alumnus Alan Easterling, Class of 1990, donated the original handwritten account of the mid-1870s journey from southern Illinois to northern Texas made by his great-grandfather, NelsonContinue reading “Tarleton Thursday: Alum Donates Ancestor\’s 1870s Texas Emigrant Journey Memoir to Library”

Tarleton Thursday: Historypin Tour of Campus

Just in time for Homecoming 2016, the Dick Smith Library is introducing a Historypin tour of the main campus in Stephenville! What is Historypin? It\’s a nonprofit organization with \”a free website where anyone can upload and create collections of historical photos, videos and sounds.\” You can also create a \”tour,\” which is what weContinue reading “Tarleton Thursday: Historypin Tour of Campus”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

Texan Transition Week is just around the corner, and campus departments are preparing to greet the Class of 2017 by making plans for an activities-filled week and developing strategies to ensure the new students\’ time at Tarleton is rewarding — academically, professionally, and personally. Welcoming students to campus is a long-standing Tarleton tradition that has evolved over time.Continue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

It’s Graduation Time! In my blog posts on May 13, 2010, and September 13, 2012, I wrote about the 1962-63 school year being a significant one in Tarleton’s history. The May 26, 1963 graduates were in the first class to receive degrees in over fifty years! The 1903 class pictured above was the first John TarletonContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

George Oliver Ferguson George Ollie Ferguson was a lifelong Erath County resident. He attended John Tarleton College from its opening in 1899 until 1901. He received his BA from the University of Texas in 1907 and his masters from the University of Chicago in 1917. G.O. Ferguson joined the Tarleton faculty in 1913 as professorContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

Sadie Hawkins Week – Girls Get Your Man! The week including March 26-28, 1963 marked Sadie Hawkins Week on the Tarleton campus. Sponsored annually by the Owls and Silver Keys social clubs, good ole Dogpatch style Sadie Hawkins week allowed girls to ask the boys for dates. Activities included a greased pig race, towContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

Going…..Going…..Gone!! Fifty years ago this month marked the groundbreaking for the new student center – what is now the Tarleton Center. Ceremonies began with the Tarleton Texan Band playing the color song, followed by the posting of the colors. The podium was placed in the northwest corner facing south, with chairs for eight dignitaries. Included inContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”

Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?

Migration to Hunewell Valentine’s Day fifty years ago – February 14, 1963 – found 94 Tarleton girls in the brand new Hunewell dorm! They moved into the new dorm on January 27thand 28th, 1963, so they were just getting settled in by Valentine’s Day. Each suite accommodating 4 girls was divided by a privateContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did You Know?”