It was a difficult time–President Kennedy had just been assassinated–but not even death stops the march of the academic calendar. It was still busy:
Much of this sounds interesting but of course I don’t really understand most of it and so I can’t say if one of these seminars and colloquia is especially remarkable. However, one of my ongoing projects is an exploration of the history of Jews at Rice–a truly fascinating and quite surprising story–so the exhibit of Chagall etchings in the chapel and lecture by Rabbi Kline drew my attention. Some quick research turned up not one but two Thresher articles about the exhibit. The first was written in advance of the event (and contains, incidentally, the first mention I’ve ever seen of the chapel library and it’s librarian, Mrs. Meeks):
The second is a review of the lecture, which frankly left me with more questions than answers:
Bonus: