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With campus in its prettiest of palettes, spring is the ideal time to take a walk 在TCU. Phil Hartman can be your guide, thanks to the recent publication of TCU行走: A Historic Perspective, the second edition, in honor of TCU’s Sesquicentennial.
最初的 TCU行走 by Joan Hewatt Swaim, former TCU reference librarian with family ties to the university, was published in 1992 和 gives an account of the university’s history 人们 谁塑造了它. The book’s focus was on the buildings 和 other campus structures – 和 one of Hartman’s favorites.
“bc体育 10 years ago I thought it would be good to update the book, given how many new structures had been built since it was first published,” said the emeritus dean 和 professor in the TCU 理学院 & 工程. “步行TCU今天是一个 非常不同的走路方式.”
Writing a book was a first for Hartman, but a great work-retirement transition. He served as dean of the 理学院 & 工程 from 2012 until his 2021 retirement.
“TCU has stunning grounds 和 is gorgeous,” Hartman said, noting its pedestrian friendly walkways, the sculptures, memorials 和 green space that abound. “我没有受过训练 historian or architect, but I spent more than 40 years on this campus 和 love it 人们.”
As a fan of campus architecture, Hartman calls the university’s physical transformation in the past 20-plus years its Golden Era, crediting much of that to Chancellor 维克多J. 小Boschini.
“The campus has been physically transformed during his tenure as chancellor, a transformation that includes not only substantive upgrades to literally every building on campus but also the construction of 57 new buildings, including 20 residence halls (counting Worth Hills Village),” Hartman writes.
带 TCU行走 up to date, Hartman reconnected with Swaim, who offered suggestions as he added post-1992 descriptions for existing buildings that have been renovated. 他在房间里呆了几个小时 library combing through past issues of the 小船 和 TCU杂志 as well as interviewing numerous TCU staff who provided their expertise 和 feedback.
Hartman’s version adds two chapters on TCU’s early days, first in Thorp Spring, 和 then Waco, plus a “Frog Bites” section of interesting factoids, like the number of bricks that went into the 2010 makeover of Amon G. 卡特体育场(791,520).
Then, with colorful maps illustrating various quadrants of the campus, Hartman’s tour 从迪·J开始. 凯利校友 & 访问ors Center 和 the Campus Commons, providing an overview of what visitors will see in the buildings 和 how they were integrated 进入周围环境.
Donors who made the buildings possible are recognized, as are trustees 和 other TCU leaders whose portraits grace hallways. Their histories as well as history of the 财产记录. For example, the Campus Commons space is situated on l和 that, before it was a student union, operated a dairy that supplied milk to the school’s 寄宿设施. (It ceased operating before 1930.)
Next, the tour takes readers to what was the original Fort Worth campus 和 some of 最古老的建筑. From here, the south side of the west campus is explored, followed by a look at the TCU buildings along Berry Street 和 University Drive, with a nod to nearby shops 和 restaurants that have come 和 gone.
Crossing University Drive to East Campus, the next chapter is the book’s longest, given this portion of campus has more academic buildings, the Mary Couts Burnett Library 罗伯特·卡尔·查普尔. The remaining chapters cover the north side of West Campus, athletic complexes, Worth Hills 和 a collection of what Hartman labeled “miscellany.”
Throughout the book are black 和 white 和 color photos culled from the library archives 以及市场营销 & 沟通’s digital files.
“It was not an insignificant feat to parse through those,” Hartman said, noting that when photos weren’t available, several local photographers filled the gap.
在…的前方 TCU行走，博斯基尼指出:TCU已经走了这么远. Never could the founders 和 early TCU leaders predict the expansive 今日校园. As we salute the past 和 toast the future, I hope we will all acknowledge the people 和 recount the many bold steps taken to reach this remarkable high point 在TCU的历史上. I also salute those scholars who contributed to this excellent updated 版本的 TCU行走.”
The hardback is available through TCU的新闻 和 in limited quantities at the TCU Campus Store.
Learn about other 150th commemorative books including Images 和 Stories of TCU's First 100 Years 1873-1973, A History to Remember: TCU in Purple, White, 和 Black, A Remarkable Story to Tell 和 智慧的希望.