Monthly Archives: July 2017

We have a decent collection of materials on the R1 computer but of course I’m always on the lookout for more information about that important project. In all these years it had never occurred to me that the original contract … Continue reading →

This is from the 50th reunion dinner of the class of 1932. I think it speaks for itself. Bonus: We’ve seen the guy with the big grin before, also at a reunion party. I believe I would make him social … Continue reading →

If you put enough of these together you start to see a reasonably coherent picture of life at Rice in 1934. Long-time reader Mike Ross noted over on Facebook that the band got new uniforms in 1934. True enough, and … Continue reading →

Also from Mary Jane Hale’s scrapbook, an always timely reminder: there’s an “s” on the end. This was taken at the University of Arkansas and I suspect it’s from that great 1934 season, although we did play there again in … Continue reading →

In the fall of 1934 the Rice campus went wild for football. They did this because we had a winner for the first time in a very long time. (This squad won the Southwest Conference championship and I wrote about … Continue reading →

This morning I opened a box I’d never seen before and my heart skipped a beat when I looked inside: I was right to be excited. There were several things in there, all of them related to Rice in the … Continue reading →

I didn’t understand what this was when I looked at the first picture: But it became clear when I saw the second: Bonus: We are the masters.  

I stumbled across this list of “objects representative of the time” that were placed inside the cornerstone of Fondren Library in 1947. I was immediately struck by how bland these objects were. See for yourself: I’m sorry but that’s just … Continue reading →

Right at the end of last spring semester I got an intriguing email from one of FE&P’s project managers: We have just begun another summer renovation, this time in the Brown College Tower. Last summer, we noticed what looks like … Continue reading →

Rice’s History Department lost Tom Haskell last week to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease, a terribly sad loss. His Chronicle obituary is here and the accompanying photograph is wonderful, by the way. It’s hard to know where to start about Tom Haskell … Continue reading →