Friday Morning Bonus Post: What’s that Big Stick They Carry at Commencement?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Melissa Kean

Here’s this week’s video, featuring the estimable Dr. Keith Cooper discussing the history of the Rice University Mace.

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5 Responses to Friday Morning Bonus Post: What’s that Big Stick They Carry at Commencement?

  1. sidb says:
    April 27, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    If it were much older than 50 years, it would say WRI, not WRU.

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    • Richard Schafer says:
      April 27, 2012 at 9:23 pm

      Good point. By the time of the semi-centennial, the name change to University had already occurred (in 1960).

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  2. Kathy says:
    April 27, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Wonderful! I saw the interview as it was taking place yesterday and wondered what was up. Just read the wikipedia article about maces. Since the original Rice mace originated during the Semi-Centennial Celebration, maybe for the Centennial Celebration, Rice could establish a smaller mace for each school, or, perhaps each college. Hmmm. Probably too late for that to happen this year. Food for thought.

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  3. Mason Graham says:
    April 30, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    I seldom comment on these items, but I think this deserved a well done

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  4. Lucas Hamilton says:
    February 11, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    I arrived from google + well done on a great
    social media campaign

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