The Yucca, Yearbook of North Texas State University, 1965 Page: 15
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From Warhoops to Belfries
Twenty-eight Creek Indians from the Indian Territory
just north of Denton helped boost the enrollment of
President Chilton's normal college to 131 in early Decem-
ber, 1890. Many printed works describe tales of "30
Indians" and their firewater antics at the local saloons.
If any Indians remained in 1913, they saw the first
intercollegiate football game- against Texas Christian.
Intercollegiate basketball bounced along in 1916, tennis
and track came in 1922 and golf competition in 1939.
Besides Indians and sports, a curfew bell, installed in
1891 in the Old Normal Building, added to the atmos-
phere of NT's early years. A legend quickly developed:
"No one, not even the bravest of boys, would go up
into the bell-tower of the old Normal building at Denton
after dark. The place was supposed to be haunted ..."
The annual April Fool prank, removing the clapper
of the bell and hiding it, once resulted in a two-year loss.
Finally a reward was offered and the clapper was recov-
ered, after which it was securely welded into place.
In May, 1962, the Talons removed the bell from the
power plant, its lodging since 1915, mounted it on a
trailer and renewed the tradition of ringing the bell after
sports victories. Students now call the curfew bell, a relic
of the Old Normal Building, the Victory Bell.
1962: Talons Transformed
The Curfew Bell of 1891
___ ..........Into NTSU's Victory Bell15
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