▁James , ▁a ▁former ▁college ▁president . ▁ ▁Terr ill ' s ▁school ▁was ▁explicitly ▁intended ▁to ▁rival ▁east ▁coast ▁prep ▁schools . ▁Terr ill ▁quickly ▁rec ru ited ▁the ▁sons ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁Dallas ' s ▁most ▁aff lu ent ▁citizens ▁and ▁also ▁board ing ▁students ▁from ▁throughout ▁the ▁south west . ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁Terr ill ▁School ▁sent ▁ 1 4 ▁of ▁its ▁ 3 3 ▁gradu ates ▁to ▁I vy ▁League ▁colleg es . ▁ ▁As ▁head master , ▁Terr ill ▁encourag ed ▁Miss ▁Ela ▁H ock ad ay ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁girls ' ▁school ▁in ▁Dallas ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁School s ▁desc ended ▁from ▁Terr ill ▁have ▁had ▁some ▁affili ation ▁with ▁the ▁H ock ad ay ▁School ▁for ▁over ▁a ▁century , ▁with ▁shared ▁social ▁events , ▁art istic ▁performances , ▁and ▁some ▁classes . ▁ ▁After ▁Terr ill ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁the ▁school ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁sports ▁school , ▁liber ally ▁rec ruit ing ▁" sem i - pro ▁athlet es " ▁who ▁allowed ▁the ▁school ▁to ▁comp ete ▁against ▁much ▁larger ▁high ▁schools ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁teams ▁of ▁college ▁fresh men ▁from ▁R ice , ▁SM U , ▁and ▁T C U . ▁Terr ill ' s ▁sports ▁teams ▁were ▁very ▁successful ▁during ▁the ▁era , ▁often ▁going ▁und efe ated ▁and ▁winning ▁state ▁high ▁school ▁champion ships ▁in ▁both ▁football ▁and ▁ice ▁hockey ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2