Monthly Archives: October 2012

1916 1942 Circa 1990 I expect all of you to behave out there tonight! (Yes, I’m looking at you.) Bonus: No real reason, I just like this.

After my post on the architecture department’s early collection of plaster copies, I would have bet that there was nothing more to be found about the topic. And yet somehow I needed to go looking anyway—there’s something oddly haunting about … Continue reading →

That was the unhelpful label on the back of this photograph I ran across accidentally a few weeks ago. I still don’t know what group this is or either when or where the image was taken, but I can’t help … Continue reading →

  Some mild mischief from the mid-80s—when men were men and the shorts were short. Bonus: I may be in Nebraska, but alert readers are still on the job in Houston. These photos come courtesy of the sharp-eyed and always … Continue reading →

I’m sitting at gate B77 this morning, on my way for a week of vacation in Omaha. (You’re jealous, right?) I’ll probably keep posting every day because, well . . . .  I like it. Anyway, I’ve been looking through … Continue reading →

I have to go give a talk so I have no time to compose one of my graceful and elegant posts tonight. Instead I’ll just give you something to ponder: gatesitting. It was a thing for quite  a while. Sometimes … Continue reading →

Some things rarely change, by intention. Academic regalia is one of those things. The thing I was most determined to do during the centennial festivities was to get some pictures of the faculty and delegates robing for the procession. We … Continue reading →

I got several comments last week from readers who were questioning my dating of this photo: First let me say how deeply offended I am by this. Haha, no, just kidding. I’m actually delighted when people talk to me here. … Continue reading →

This seems unfair but maybe there’s a handicap system.

I’ve got two today. The first one is very early—I found it in one of Carl Knapp’s scrapbooks. The young lady is Louise Beraud, ’18, and she seems to be using some outmoded communication device (complete with inkwell). Next up: … Continue reading →