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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Friday Afternoon Follies
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I noticed this out on the quad on Monday morning and my spirits immediately lifted. It’s like the first robin of spring. In no time at all, it looks like this: Every … Continue reading
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The Carillon in the Chapel
This might be the most interesting thing I saw in the chapel. I went to college at a school (Iowa State) that had a carillon and I always loved it, even as a callow undergraduate. I’d even seen it up … Continue reading
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The Chandelier in the Chapel and a Postcard Collection
First, let me thank everyone who chimed in with information gleaned from their weddings. I got a couple of comments, some emails, and two people stopped me on campus to let me know that the chandelier was there when they … Continue reading
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The Chapel, Part I
There’s much to tell about our visit to the chapel and the research that followed. I’m going to start with the organ and the guy who played it, because I like it and I like him as well. I was … Continue reading
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I Lost My Internet Connection, and some miscellany
I had kind of a wild day yesterday, covered quite a bit of ground. I found myself climbing metal rungs up the inside of the campanile tower, then later up in the organ loft in the chapel. I spent the … Continue reading
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Friday Afternoon Follies, Thursday edition
There is no way I’m posting one of these on Good Friday, so this is it until Monday. (Unless I’m overcome with the need to say something, of course, which in all honesty could happen.) I cannot look at this … Continue reading
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LBJ Drops In Unannounced
On August 14, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson landed in a helicopter in the Rice Stadium parking lot with absolutely no warning. At about 11:30 that morning someone in the Rice administration got a phone call from a reporter, who told … Continue reading
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The President’s House: Update
After yesterday’s post about the ironwork at the President’s House, I learned quite a bit more about this topic. Which is kind of surprising, when you think about it. I mean, how much could there be to know about this? … Continue reading
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The Rice President’s House
I had a good day in the archives on Friday. For the first time in a week I had a few minutes to just do whatever I wanted, so I sat down (on the floor, back in the rolling stacks–always … Continue reading
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Friday Afternoon Follies
Total mayhem, 1960. You need to click on these to really see what’s going on. What’s coming from up there? Someone’s on the roof. The empire strikes back. These pictures came in the mail last week but the … Continue reading
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