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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Mules
Another interesting thing has surfaced in the “Sundry Contracts” boxes, something that really made me stop and think. It’s a waiver, executed in 1933 by a former Rice employee. He had worked for Tony Martino on the grounds crew and … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
Rice’s first homecoming was held on Thanksgiving Day, 1919. Although in some respects it resembled a modern homecoming, the small size of the alumni body made it an altogether more intimate affair than what we see today. (In 1919, Rice … Continue reading
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Eddie Dyer and the polite 1921 Rice baseball team
In the archives, just like in life, one thing leads to another. As I’ve been trying to get a better understanding of the Heisman episode at Rice, I’ve been poking around in our voluminous collection of materials on athletics. (Much … Continue reading
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Serendipity and Frans Vander Henst
As we get close to the end of the semester, it’s been quite busy in the archives. Students are trying to finish research papers and everyone else wants to wrap projects up before the rush of the holidays. Last week … Continue reading
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Hmmm . . . . more on Heisman
After an alert reader asked a good question about John Heisman (which I still don’t know the answer to, by the way), I began to get curious about the entire Heisman episode at Rice. As with almost everything in the … Continue reading
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Zevi Salsburg
In my line of work, there are two kinds of people: the ones who can answer my questions, and the ones who won’t be telling us anything any more. Over time I have become deeply attached to many of the … Continue reading
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College World Series Ballpark
This isn’t part of Rice history yet, but I’m confident that it will be soon. I spend a fair amount of time in Omaha and I’ve been watching TD Ameritrade Park go up during the last year. It looks great. … Continue reading
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I’d walk a mile for a Camel
Sometimes there isn’t much you can say, except that times change. I’ve recently been doing some research into the history of parietal rules at Rice–that is, dormitory regulations and controls over the students’ social life in general. Rice did a … Continue reading
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Nobody’s perfect
One of the more interesting things that has surfaced in those old boxes called “Sundry Contracts” is the correspondence surrounding John Heisman’s resignation as Rice’s athletic director and football coach in December, 1927. Heisman came to the Rice Institute amid … Continue reading
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Dating a couple of early aerial shots
Here are some aerial shots of the Rice campus that I ran across recently. These were both taken during roughly the same era, but it’s hard to say precisely when. Notice that the buildings on campus are the same in … Continue reading
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