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Brennan’s Side and Schreck’s Side, 1941

One of the things I enjoyed in Neil Brennan’s scrapbook is the careful depiction of the tidy dorm room he shared with one other guy. If you zoom in there’s a lot of interest. Here’s Brennan’s side:

And here’s Schreck’s:

Schreck could only be Henry (Hal) Schreck, a Navy man who later served in the Pacific. He graduated in 1944–in the February commencement ceremony–with a degree in Chemical Engineering, which may explain why he got matched with Brennan:

The room, according the the Rice Directory, was West Hall 218. Their phone number was L-1229.

Bonus:

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