ROY HINKLEY THE PROFESSOR

FROG FOUNTAIN

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OWEN

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Roy Hinkley, The Professor, on the

1960s TV series Gilligans Island lists,
among his six degrees, a PhD from TCU.
The Professors backstory identifies him
as a high school science teacher whose
purpose in joining the ill-fated voyage
that stranded the castaways was to write
a book to be titled Fun With Ferns. His
main function on the show was to devise
many ways for the castaways to live more
comfortably on the island. A running
joke about the Professor was his ability to build anything from coconuts and
bamboo, yet he was somehow unable
to create a raft or other means to leave
the island. Little was ever learned about
his past and nothing was ever learned
about his family. The Professor was one
of the seven Gilligans Island castaways
and was played by Russell Johnson.

THE PROFESSOR

A focal point of campus life

for four decades, the fountain
features four stylized lotus leaves,
a motif chosen because of the
historic association of the lotus
with education. Originally placed in
front of the Brown-Lupton Student
Center, the fountain was refurbished
and moved to the new Campus
Commons in 2008. Frog Fountain
was created in 1969 with a gift from
oilman H. Houghton Phillips, Sr., of
San Antonio, and his wife, Winnie.
Funding for the restoration and
reinstallation of Frog Fountain was
provided by Trustee Emeritus John
V. Roach 61 MBA 65, and his family.

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FLOWING SINCE 1969

1897 1st known Horned Frog image on college

literature appeared.
1915 Horned Frog put on a shield for the first TCU
seal by student E.R. Bentley.
1921 The old gym entrance featured a Horned
Frog until 1973 when the ballet department
redecorated.
1945 The Horned Frog image now appears on stationary, the processional flag at gravitation, on
the bands bass drum and seniors class rings.
1949 New Horned Frog mascot name is Addie the
All-American Frog, in honor of Addison Clark Jr.
1979 TCUs director of sports promotions picks a
new look for the Horned Frog mascot costume

stating just call it Super Frog for now.
1984 The Reed-Sadler cast metal sculpture of the

Horned Frog is placed.
1996 Admissions publications feature a new overhead Horned Frog.
1998 Football Helmets feature a fiercer Horned Frog
the same year the announcement of plans for a
beefed-up football program.
1999 TCU Athletics commission a new stronger look
for Super Frog, to emphasize the rising sports
presence.
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ROY HINKLEY

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LEGENDARY SINCE 1873

HORNED FROG LEGENDS

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FROG FOUNTAIN

HORNED FROG LEGENDS

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