Monthly Archives: July 2011

This isn’t really a folly so much as a small reign of terror. Here’s what I saw in Founder’s Court on my way in to work this morning:That is a big, big hawk. It’s hard to tell from this, but … Continue reading →

I’ve been digging around recently in some very old football materials and one of the things I came across is something I’d noticed before but never bothered with. (I have no real idea why I’m bothering with it right now. … Continue reading →

Anyone who’s visited campus this summer will have been unavoidably aware of the road repaving project that has shut down most of the south part of the loop road. It’s been kind of a drag–remember this post?–but it’s hard to … Continue reading →

Remember in the first picture I put up there was a guy standing alone, directly athwart a manhole cover: His name was Thomas Frank Gailor, and he was quite an interesting fellow. In 1912 he was both the Episcopal Bishop … Continue reading →

While we’re on the subject of light poles, get a load of this pointless stunt, circa 1938. I wonder if they had the greased pole back then.  I can’t stop myself from noting the protective glass around the bulb itself. … Continue reading →

I went back today for a closer look at the other pictures of the academic procession. We have only three photos from this event, which is kind of tragic as you’ll soon see. It’s clear that the procession began by … Continue reading →

I just spent a ridiculous amount of time staring at this picture of the academic procession at the formal opening of the Institute in October, 1912. I’ve seen it before (it’s in the William ward Watkin Family Papers), but I … Continue reading →

The Rice community, and Fondren Library in particular, lost a great friend last week. (Here is her obituary in the Chronicle.) Ferne Hyman spent thirty years here, beginning in 1968 when her beloved husband Harold came to teach in the … Continue reading →

I’m not even kidding about that! I’m so doggone tired of those SORRY Saturday night dances. It’s time we took some action. Things have gotten pretty putrid, and those backslappers aren’t helping! This is a “Get out the Vote” poster … Continue reading →

One of the minor frustrations of my job is that over the last century people have taken the same pictures at Rice over and over again and a lot has been left out. Some images are just irresistible–Lovett Hall, for … Continue reading →