Monthly Archives: October 2016

Next week we follow in the footsteps of the great Eddie Wojecki–flu shots! In spite of my fear of needles it’s one of my favorite days of the year. Standing in line outside Farnsworth Pavilion I always run into someone … Continue reading →

Well, I got four requests to see the text of Miss Kalb’s prize-winning speech. Around here that constitutes a stampede so I felt I had no choice but to produce it. It’s quite a piece,certainly a lot to memorize. It’s … Continue reading →

The other Kalb who graduated in 1916 was Ervin, better known for his whole life as “Tiny.” He wasn’t, of course, but rather the opposite. I’ve written about him during his student days when he was a key element of … Continue reading →

After yesterday’s post about the sweaty 1916 commencement someone asked me if graduates Ervin and Elizabeth Kalb were brother and sister. I said yes, but that’s wrong.  I momentarily confused Elizabeth with Elva, who was Ervin’s actual sister and also … Continue reading →

Quite reasonably, a strong sense of the moment surrounded such a big first. Mr. McCants, the Registrar, took care to preserve the list of graduates and to make sure that history knew this was the actual document that Dr. Lovett … Continue reading →

For a very long time the Rice Institute had its business offices in downtown Houston, mostly because the critical need for classroom and lab space meant that there just wasn’t any room to spare on campus but also partly because … Continue reading →

I ran into Paul Hester ’71 today in the library, up to his usual mischief. It reminded me of a loose thread from the post about the pictures he took in late 1982 of the Engineering Quad. If you’ll recall, … Continue reading →