Monthly Archives: February 2014

It’s almost my birthday and my colleagues in the Woodson surprised me with my favorite treat—a big bag of puffy Cheetos—and this card: They know me very well. I think I’ll celebrate by heading over to the Galleria, where I … Continue reading →

I just heard that King Walters, ’53, has died. He was a wonderful man, helpful, gentle, honest and always very kind to me. It wasn’t until his papers arrived in the Woodson, though, that I fully understood how much of … Continue reading →

After all this excitement with the exotic dancers, I feel like it’s probably time for us to simmer down a little. Here’s a picture that ought to lower your blood pressure significantly. Taken in March 1912, while construction of the … Continue reading →

I probably shouldn’t have been surprised, but the volume of email generated by last Friday’s post with the scantily clad dancer made me laugh more than once. As people correctly pointed out, the gentleman in this photo was not the … Continue reading →

As long as we’re talking about peculiar photographs, here’s one of the stranger ones I’ve come across recently: That’s Woofus, born for the Engineering Show in 1928 and died a patriotic death in a scrap heap in 1942. From context, … Continue reading →

One of the things that’s happened to me after spending all these years in the archives is that anything that looks even a little bit out of the ordinary jumps out at me like a bright flashing light. Sometimes this … Continue reading →

You can almost taste it. Looks like they’re several glasses in, too: There’s an old friend of the Rice History Corner in there, by the way.

It’s a dreary, miserable day today and it reminded me of this rather forlorn image of the Rice band headed back towards the dorms in the rain: Unfortunately, I had stored this picture on a flash drive that failed and … Continue reading →

The Glasscock School officially moved into its new home last week. It’s extremely attractive and looks to be well suited for its intended purposes so I’m going to let pass without comment the fact that it ate up some parking … Continue reading →

You have to click on this twice to get a good look at it, but it’s fabulous. It’s a topo map of the west side of campus done by Rice stadium architects Lloyd and Morgan and Milton McGinty in April … Continue reading →