Talons

[GrayEagle]

On 12/8/2021 at 11:36 AM, rcade said:

The Talons are still around and turn 100 in five years. Here's the group's Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/Talons23

 

There is no way that the Talons can be 95.  Back in the 30s and 40s there was a local social fraternity that was called the Talons but it has no relation to the current spirit group.  There was a spirit group in the 40s and 50s that was known as the Rally Club and I believe that the current Talons evolved from that somewhere around 1958 or 1959.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I met a member of the Talons last night.  She marched in the parade with us and helped Scrappy out. 

[Coffee and TV]

My fiance calls them the flag virgins. 

[rcade]

1 hour ago, GrayEagle said:

There is no way that the Talons can be 95.  Back in the 30s and 40s there was a local social fraternity that was called the Talons but it has no relation to the current spirit group.  There was a spirit group in the 40s and 50s that was known as the Rally Club and I believe that the current Talons evolved from that somewhere around 1958 or 1959.

They claim to have begun in 1926 on their official website:

https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/talons

The same claim turns up in the North Texan:

https://northtexan.unt.edu/archives/f03/downthecorridor.htm

And on this UNT Facebook video:

https://ms-my.facebook.com/northtexas/videos/unt-talons/151483216673783/

I looked for a history that explains the 1926 origin, but couldn't find one. I found another North Texan article that appears to agree with you that today's Talons had nothing to do with the 1920s social club and originated in the 1950s:

https://northtexan.unt.edu/content/down-corridor-talons-swap-stories-egyptian