Monthly Archives: September 2012

This morning we have the new books that will be available at the Friday book-signing event at Brochstein Pavilion. It will be from 9:00 until noon and copies of all these books will be available. Come over, just for fun. … Continue reading →

A lot of Rice people are vaguely aware of some story about a guy with a pig farm near the Administration Building. There really is such a story—Mr. Weber had just over seven acres between the south end of the … Continue reading →

As part of this week’s Families Weekend there’s going to be a book signing on Friday from 9 until noon in the Brochstein Pavilion.  Several fantastic centennial-related works have been recently published and the authors will all be there with … Continue reading →

This kind of thing happens to me all the time. That’s Bill Lacy, who taught architecture at Rice in the 1960s. Here’s a nice profile–he mentions Rice.

I badgered Brandon to make this video because I love the organ and my respect for Newton Rayzor is boundless.

On November 9, Arkansas came to campus for Rice’s homecoming game.  In contrast to Rice, which had lost to Clemson the week before in a flat performance, Arkansas was on a bit of a roll. The 5 and 2 Razorbacks … Continue reading →

An instinctive if untrained archivist, Pender Turnbull habitually labeled her photographs.  With a quick look at the back of yesterday’s picture, I learned that the name of the man in the middle was Walter Malloy. At that moment it seemed … Continue reading →

I’m going to get way down in the weeds on this one but I promise I’m actually headed somewhere. A week or so ago I wrote a quick post about planters on campus and I included a photo with a … Continue reading →

  I got a lot of response to the post last week with the very early construction pictures, particularly to this shot with the railroad cars. I was guessing that the picture wasn’t taken on campus because the contract for … Continue reading →

No follying today, as I’m running to catch a plane. This is my favorite video so far, though, and I promise some more interesting early construction pictures on Monday. Don’t miss the Special Bonus History at the end! This is … Continue reading →