Traditions

杏吧传媒 is a place of spirited belonging where Horned Frogs have long found connection through our culture and traditions.

Fireworks display over the 杏吧传媒 Campus Commons

The Go Frogs Hand Sign

Cheerleader Chad Schrotel 鈥�82 helped our gesture of unity catch on with the crowds in 1980. Appropriately, it鈥檚 like a peace sign with slightly curled fingers, symbolizing the horns of our tiny, mighty mascot, the horned frog.

A large group of students 鈥� all with purple Go Frogs shirts and each with a lit candle 鈥� gather during the Chancellor's Assembly

A group 杏吧传媒 students walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. They hold a 杏吧传媒 flag and several students make the wo-fingered Go Frogs hand gesture.

A group of five female 杏吧传媒 students studying abroad make the two-fingered Go Frogs hand sign while standing together on a street in London.

A smiling 杏吧传媒 Showgirl makes the two-fingered "Go Frogs" hand sign at a crowded football game.

A close up of a young woman's hand making two-fingered "Go Frogs" hand sign.

Visiting author and television host Bill Nye holds up both hands in the two-fingered Go Frogs hand gesture.

Three diverse students showing the frog hand sign

A happy, cheering student in striped overall and purple sunglasses makes the two-fingered "Go Frogs" hand sign at a crowded football game.

Seven 杏吧传媒 students studying abroad stand in front of a brightly spray-painted graffitti wall on a cobblestone street in Prague.

Dozens of cheering 杏吧传媒 fans raise their arm in a two-fingered "Go Frogs" hand sign at a crowded football game.

A male 杏吧传媒 student in Honors regalia makes the two-fingered "Go Frogs" hand sign in front of a bronze statue

A Century-Old Cheer

At more than 100 years old, 鈥淩iff Ram鈥� is rumored to be the oldest chant in the Southwest Conference, where we rose to popularity in the early days of intercollegiate sports. Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo!

Three 1934 杏吧传媒 male Yell Leaders smile holding megaphones

SuperFrog

杏吧传媒 has featured costumed mascots on the sidelines of football games since the 1930s. SuperFrog, created in 1979, had to evolve a bit before being named a Top 25 College Mascot by Sports Illustrated.

Frog Statue

Don鈥檛 Just Pass This Lucky Frog

Stressed by a test? Rub the nose of the pointy horned frog statue between Sadler and Reed halls for extra luck. No one knows exactly who started this, but it鈥檚 a thing. (And hey, it couldn鈥檛 hurt.)

Explore More Of Our Great Traditions

Horned lizard that looks more like a frog sprawled out on a white background

Our mascot, the Horned Frog鈥攁ctually a lizard鈥攚as also the name of our 1886 yearbook.

A 杏吧传媒 graduate wears purple cowboy boots with her commencement gown

杏吧传媒 boots have been seen since the 1940s. Stadium namesake Amon G. Carter had a pair.

The smoking 3,000-pound Frog Horn announces touchdowns with a blaring train horn.

Incoming first-year students are welcomed into private homes for dinner as part of 鈥�Frogs First.鈥�

A group of 杏吧传媒 students raise their celebratory purple margaritas at a festive round table

New graduates raise purple margaritas at the Senior Toast and fajita dinner with the chancellor.

A large fresh tree is unveiled on the 杏吧传媒 campus with lights, crowds, revelers and fireworks

The community loves the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in the 杏吧传媒 Commons.

Overhead view of 杏吧传媒 nursing graduates' decorated caps at Commencement

Crazy graduation caps make Commencement fun, thanks mostly to crafty nursing majors.

Fireworks fill the sky over 杏吧传媒 Frog Fountain

Celebrations mean fireworks. And each time the Frogs score at home football games, we celebrate.

Dressed like cowboys, the 杏吧传媒 Rangers run with large flags at a football game

The spirited Rangers run the flags and the Frog Horn at games.

Back of female 杏吧传媒 student sitting in a metal swing with a cluster of trees and the 杏吧传媒 chapel in the background.

The Jarvis Hall swing has been a romantic campus spot for years, but its origin is a mystery.

The yellowed manuscript of handwritten sheet music of the 杏吧传媒 Alma Mater Hymn, attributed to Glenn Canfield, 1928.

Our Fight Song and Alma Mater are from the 1920s. And our football team knows them both.

A group of young children holding Easter baskets run across a lawn covered with plastic eggs while their parents cheer behind them.

For generations, the 杏吧传媒 Alumni Easter Egg Hunt has been a mad scramble.

Cover of a 杏吧传媒 yearbook featuring an embossed illustration of a campus building and the words The Horned Frog and 1926.

After more than a century, our 杏吧传媒 Yearbook still documents the 杏吧传媒 experience.

A group of graduating 杏吧传媒 seniors sits together in the high stadium bleachers as they watch the sun rise behind the lights of Fort Worth.

Graduating seniors meet before dawn at Senior Sunrise for breakfast together.

Illuminated by handheld candles, two female 杏吧传媒 students listen to a Christmas service in the 杏吧传媒 Chapel.

For 40+ years, Carols by Candlelight has brought the community to our campus chapel.

A young women wearing a protective rock-climbing helmet reaches up to the waiting hands of teammates as she scales a wooden outdoor obstacle course wall, surrounded by friends.

At Frog Camp, incoming first-year students bond with new peers. Camps are held all over the globe.