Monthly Archives: July 2019

We return to Abercrombie Week with a classic Rice tangent: a couple of folks in the comments and a few more in my email asked about the story that Abercrombie was built without any women’s bathrooms. I’ve actually heard this … Continue reading →

As is the way of things, Hank Hudspeth’s 1937 arrival at Rice was a little noted event, marked only by this small card that all new students filled out at registration: Note that he wasn’t a freshman–he’d done a year … Continue reading →

The Discovery Channel may have Shark Week but I have some red meat of my own to offer. This is Abercrombie Week at the Rice History Corner, a look at all things Abercrombie Hall. There’s a lot to tell about … Continue reading →

These guys could use a few lessons. Maybe it’s time to bring back the Bowling Club. Or maybe just file it under “I go to Rice, I must be smart.” Bonus: Here’s a strange one for you.

One of the wonderful things about working in the Houston Post photo archives in the HMRC is finding lots of pictures of important Rice events, often better ones than we have in the Woodson. Not long ago I came across … Continue reading →

There isn’t much I can add to what’s been written about Doc C these last couple of days. The President’s Office sent out this sweet email today that captures the important pieces : Rice remembers Doc C: ‘We were all … Continue reading →

I had a great trip but I’m glad to be home and back in the Woodson. There’s a weird yet comforting time-travel aspect to walking back into Fondren, where it’s the 2005 in the archives but always 1960 in the … Continue reading →

I’m taking advantage of the current NASA mania to ask for some help. Can anyone tell us what’s going on with all the equating in this picture from the Bert Brandt photo collection in the HMRC (MSS0087-2488 for those of … Continue reading →

This kind of thing was not uncharacteristic. Back in the day the powers that be (or were, I guess) enforced regulations with what looks today like unseemly vigor. In particular there was a mania about keys. I’ve seen people fired … Continue reading →

Regarding the picture of the press box the other day my friend Chuck Pool, Assistant AD for Media Relations at Rice, correctly noted in the comments that it must have been taken in the ’60s as there was no R … Continue reading →