I was looking through some of the Baker College scrapbooks that I found in their library recently and much to my surprise I turned a page and discovered this picture of the distinguished Rice history professor Albert Van Helden, relaxing of an afternoon:
I particularly like the can of Schlitz, which reminds me of my happy youth.
In the interest of fairness, here’s a photo of a somewhat more scholarly-looking Professor Van Helden (in the Woodson, I believe) preparing for the 1987 symposium on Julian Huxley:
Bonus: You couldn’t make this up.
