There are a lot of things I could say about this welcome to campus, written by Dr. Lovett during the hard times of the Great Depression. I will bite my tongue about the dismal physical state of the campus today and note instead that I fully subscribe to his belief that adversity has its uses and that fear for the future is a waste of time. It’s work, “the slavery of your schedules and the bondage of routine,” that is the order of the day.

Bonus: A loyal but forgetful reader sends another piece from 1932 Rice, but he can’t remember where he found it. It’s so tiny I can hardly believe he found it at all.