Monthly Archives: May 2019

I continue to be boggled by the riches in the HMRC. Still working through the Houston Post photo archives I’ve reached 1962, which was quite an eventful year. This morning I found the Post photographs from President Kennedy’s famous moon … Continue reading →

You can send your checks directly to the Development Office! It’s undated but seems to be at the very peak of the short shorts era, so I’m guessing late 1980s. Bonus: Today I saw boots with no people in them.

I’ve written before about the origins of Rice radio but I’d never gotten any real sense of what they did with the transmitter that was given by Howard Hughes. Leafing through some Threshers from the 1920s I found some articles … Continue reading →

It’s really hot out there and she’d certainly done more than her fair share. Bonus: It’s almost shocking how quickly the campus becomes a wholly different place after commencement. The wreath is still up on Willy’s tomb, though. Tiny detail–can anyone … Continue reading →

Rain or shine, Mom and Dad deserve our thanks. Look closely at the happy young woman, a colleague of mine at Fondren. Many of you know her! Ten points for the first correct identification. Bonus: Commencement cleanup, 1927 and today. … Continue reading →

It’s not looking good for commencement in the quad this Saturday. I’m out of town at a board meeting and the rain is predicted to be so bad that I’m frankly a little worried about getting home. Unfortunately Rice has … Continue reading →

You get an awesome cake with your face on it, that’s what! In addition, Bart Sinclair ’73 ’74 ’79 receives the respect, affection, and trust of hundreds of colleagues he’s interacted with over those years. As a student, faculty member, … Continue reading →

Like Rice football Coach Ray Alborn I can’t even look, let alone try to explain what went wrong: Nothing serious but I’m going to just have a glass of wine with dinner and start over in the morning. Bonus: These … Continue reading →

It isn’t every day that you find this much trivia, and so much of it so amusing, condensed in such a short document. I think English professor J.D. Thomas had just been made chief marshal and was trying to figure … Continue reading →

As soon as I saw this I laughed too: Harold Hyman and Frank Vandiver, both genuinely amused. It lifted my spirits. Bonus: As several readers indicated, yesterday’s pole vaulter was Fred Hansen ’63 who confirmed it himself. Also, I got the … Continue reading →