As the football team manager, Phillips had to: correspond with team managers at other universities to arrange a schedule and agree upon a share of gate receipts or guarantees (a monetary guarantee was crucial for the visiting team to afford its travel costs), purchase train tickets and make ho...
On January 30, 1913, the Executive Council met in the Southland Hotel in Dallas. The group officially approved the name Alcalde, set the subscription price at $1 per year (in addition to the $1 Association dues), and created the Alcalde Founders, a designation for alumni who donated $5 ...