Monthly Archives: July 2013

I’m feeling a little bit like this myself. But it’s all up from here. Right?

I recently ran across these photos–they were, as usual, someplace I didn’t expect them to be. They’re even labeled and dated: March 7, 1924. There are very few surviving early images of the Commons so I was pretty happy about … Continue reading →

I got a couple of emails from readers asking for “Before” and “After” shots of Allen Center. Sensing a groundswell, I’ve decided to fulfill this admittedly reasonable request. Here’s the only picture I have with me of a roughly complete … Continue reading →

Fair warning: this is going to be a long, meandering story without a satisfactory conclusion. Read on if you dare. I mentioned recently that I discovered the scrapbook and papers of William McVey (’24), who did some of the artwork … Continue reading →

Whatever you’re doing today, please try to exercise better judgment than this: Rice boys, late ’40s, at Galveston, apparently wearing their grandmothers swimsuits. I can’t help but notice that some of them look better than others–the guy second from right … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago the Woodson received a box from the family of William Masterson (’35). Masterson of course taught history at Rice for many years, was the first master of Hanszen College and served in several administrative capacities … Continue reading →

Acting on a tip from a reader, I hung around the back of the old Physics Building today and watched the installation of a new piece of sculpture on the concrete X I’d had my eye on. The artist is … Continue reading →

I’m back on campus and hard at it again, although it’s a bit less gleeful than I was hoping for. I have lots of catching up to do. This morning I was trying to trace the progress (if that’s the … Continue reading →