Monthly Archives: February 2020

It’s very hard to imagine this happening now. The students are far more subtle in their menacing techniques these days: I’ve written about both of the teachers who got pelted here before, Edgar Altenburg here and George Williams ’23 here. In … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what it says about me but I think this looks like fun:

I got several emails last night and this morning from people who were agog over yesterday’s picture of Harris Bayou. So just for fun here are a few more. Some of them I’ve used in the long ago past but … Continue reading →

The Blue Danube was an ironic name, of course. Harris Bayou, although it could become a pretty significant body of water after a big rain, was never remotely a river. But what I hadn’t really considered before I ran across … Continue reading →

I love the days when I come in and there’s a package waiting for me, especially when I’m not expecting anything. Today it was a long skinny box, very intriguing. Inside were some papers that were so aggressively rolled up … Continue reading →

When I saw this I immediately assumed the line was for concert tickets: But it was a basketball game they were so excited about! Georgetown, with their great center Alonzo Mourning, was coming to play Rice just before Christmas break. … Continue reading →

But can he be left alone to enjoy it? What do you think?

I’ve been in Omaha at meetings the last couple of days. This is roughly how I feel right now: I’ll be back tomorrow after I get some sleep. P.S. Love his shoes.

I found this undated photo in a folder called “Students–recreation” but it looks more like a forced march than anything you could really call recreation: I have a couple of observations. First, those gym outfits! Wow. Next, where is this? … Continue reading →

These two images were among those in the box of little glass plate negatives that Tommy Lavergne gave the Woodson back in 2011. You’ll be able to tell at a glance that they are extremely early–there’s nothing whatsoever in the … Continue reading →