Monthly Archives: March 2017

It was my first day back from spring break today and it was a wild one. I started the day with a meeting about a door handle (this is true and there were a lot of people in attendance) and … Continue reading →

As far as I know the only thing these have to do with Rice is that we found them tucked inside an old Campanile: The first picture was taken on March 11, 1929, the second on March 13. The wreck … Continue reading →

Old Rice stadium, no date:

I don’t always do a good job of getting through all the emails and comments on my posts but I was intrigued by one from yesterday: Melissa: Do you know if the old story is true, that the USC library … Continue reading →

I came across this very early postcard recently, although I can’t currently remember where: I’m sure you all can instantly see the thing that didn’t happen: It’s probably just as well. It’s bit much. Bonus:      

After all these years there are still so many surprises. I mentioned last fall that I had recently come across a real shocker: a scrapbook kept by the first Rice business manager, Arthur Cohn, dated from 1907 to 1926. One … Continue reading →

I got a lot of response to the post last week about Lee’s Owls and I had a few free moments this afternoon so I stopped to think what else we might have about them in the Woodson. A quick … Continue reading →

It must have been 1916-17 but other than that I really don’t know what this is all about:

A banjo PLUS whatever that thing is: These are Lee’s Owls, a popular dance band at Rice functions in the 1920s and I’m guessing that’s some kind of Chinese lute in front of the banjo player. Bonus: Spotted recently in … Continue reading →

Not long after the Toilers Club prevented the election of any social club member to student body office in the spring of 1922, they met and, after some vivid rhetoric from President Dudley South, unanimously voted to disband: Whatever your … Continue reading →