A funny little snapshot of campus life, circa 1939

I ran across this today, in a guy’s scrapbook. He graduated in 1940 and this was probably circulated sometime during his junior year. Click on it to read. Click twice if your eyes are bad. The first line made me snort with laughter. I was also interested that he didn’t answer all the questions, but kind of went out of his way to declare his opposition to jitterbugging.

 In 1939, the Rice Owl was a campus magazine. They seem to have been the ones doing the polling. If I have time tomorrow, I’ll check whether the results were published.

Bonus: Earlier this summer I put up a picture of workers putting in the new floor of Autry Court.

I have it from a generally reliable source that part of the old floor has been recycled and put into service on the walls of the new student Coffee House in the RMC. I went and had a look and although they’ve changed the color and fancied it up a little, it sure looks like it to me. I think that’s pretty ingenious.