Monthly Archives: March 2018

I love this picture–it looks like ancient history. I’m guessing, though, based only on the clothes and haircuts that it was taken in the mid to late ’80s. The machines are completely unknown to me so I can’t use them … Continue reading →

One of the trivial things that has long bothered me is the fact that I can see all those framed documents hanging on the wall of the old faculty chamber but I can’t tell what they are: (This picture was … Continue reading →

Sometimes people ask me if I could go back in time which Rice person I would most want to talk with. They’re often surprised that it isn’t President Lovett but instead a student, Warren Skaaren ’69. After leaving Rice Skaaren … Continue reading →

From the Brown College scrapbook, mid-80s. I know I wouldn’t get into an argument with her! Bonus:

I was using one of the gigantic alumni scrapbooks the other day and as I flipped through the pages this 1942 clipping caught my eye: My first reaction was that if I had ever known that the legendary University of … Continue reading →

I found a lot of unexpected material in that Fondren Library scrapbook I mentioned the other day but none more unexpected than this letter from Eleanor Roosevelt: This clipping was next to it: But a better explanation is in this … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago I caught one of my colleagues with a copy of the 1957 Pierce and Pierce design proposal for the Anderson Biology Building. (Sad!) I immediately commandeered it and I’m quite glad I did. I don’t … Continue reading →

My pulse quickened a bit when I first saw this: Go ahead, zoom in on it and take a close look. I spent over an hour this afternoon staring at it. It’s a very rare angle from relatively close range … Continue reading →

If this is the winner, I’d hate to see what they did with the losers.

Every once in a while I come across something that just makes my jaw drop. Human beings are apparently capable of nearly anything and small traces of all kinds of craziness get left behind. This particular story starts in an … Continue reading →