`Frog Fountain` On The Campus Of Texas Christian University In Fort Worth. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Pictured is the `Frog Fountain` on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Frog Fountain was placed on campus outside the old Brown-Lupton Student Center in 1969 as a gift of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Phillips of San Antonio. A focal point of campus life for five decades, the Fountain features four stylized flutes topped with lotus petals, a motif chosen because of the historic association of the lotus with education. Each of the flutes symbolizes a different class of students with the shortest flute representing first-year students and the tallest flute representing the senior class. The water flowing between represents the sharing of knowledge from class to class. It is perhaps the most recognizable TCU landmark and the site where seniors come with their families to take cap and gown pictures.