Monthly Archives: July 2014

A Visit to U of H Leads to Railroad Excitement

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Melissa Kean

I’ve written quite a bit about early infrastructure construction on campus and in particular the role of the site engineer that Dr. Lovett hired, a Princeton man named Wilmer Waldo. We have a good deal of correspondence from Waldo in … Continue reading →

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ArchiArts, 1956

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Melissa Kean

There must have been a sale on that striped fabric. This image is from a glorious old kodachrome slide. The color on those things was just fantastic. We have a bunch that were taken at Rice in the ’50s by … Continue reading →

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Those Branches Are Lower Than You Might Think, 1997

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Melissa Kean

I saw this a couple of weeks ago on the inner loop over between Baker and the Housing and Dining Office: The juxtaposition of the truck and the trees reminded me of an earlier, less fortunate encounter between the world … Continue reading →

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Vladimir Putin Makes A Dramatic Entrance, 2001

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Melissa Kean

Many interesting things are turning up in the Thresher photo files from the ’90s and ’00s. Today it’s Vladimir Putin, on campus in 2001 (that’s thirteen years ago if you’ve lost count) for a talk at the Baker Institute. The … Continue reading →

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Casual Friday

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Melissa Kean

Lady Godiva appears at matriculation, 1995:

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Hyman!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Melissa Kean

I found out on Facebook that today is Harold Hyman’s 90th birthday. Dr. Hyman came to Rice in the fall of 1968, just in time to experience the Masterson crisis, and he was instrumental in ensuring that the history of … Continue reading →

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Homecoming, 1950

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Melissa Kean

From a box of old slides, the Rice Homecoming Parade, September 30, 1950. This would have been before the first game (against Santa Clara) in the new stadium. It was a very big production:   The Homecoming Queen: Definitely not … Continue reading →

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Boom!: The Coolest Thing I’ve Seen in Quite Some Time

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Melissa Kean

I hd intended to write about something else today but looking through some old Public Affairs files I came across the coolest thing I’ve seen in quite some time.  The first image in the packet was this intriguingly rigged up … Continue reading →

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Summertime Blues

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Melissa Kean

It’s really hot. And lonely too. Everybody who could get out of town is now out of town. Walking out to my steaming car this afternoon I gazed longingly at the fancy palm-shaded outdoor pool at the Rec Center: Happily, … Continue reading →

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Friday Morning Follies: Lathered Up

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Melissa Kean

I’m calling this circa 1990s but it’s hard to tell under all that shaving cream.

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