Association of Rice Alumni Scrapbook , 1946-1947

Item — Box: 27, item: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collections includes a series of scrapbooks of the activities of Rice alumni and a series of scrapbooks from Rice University departments, Rice-related events, and other materials related to the life of the university. Additional scrapbooks, such as the scrapbooks created by the Literary Societies, can be found in the related record groups.

Dates

Creation: 1946-1947

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of this collection are available online at: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/95187

Extent

From the Collection: 64 Linear Feet (49 boxes)

From the Collection: 6.86 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0230aip_001 (6.86 GB))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

The content is a collection of newsclippings about people, activities, and events asso- ciated with Rice during the 1946-47 academic year. There are many announcements of engagements and marriages, as well as reports of athletic contests in several sports. Receiving especially bold attention are the Oct. 6, 1946, football victory, 18 to 13, over The University of Texas with 31,000 people attending, and the Jan. 1, 1947, victory, 8 to 0, over Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. A number of articles have to do with the inauguration of Rice’s second president, Dr. W. V. Houston, on April 10, 1947. Included is one of the official programs for the event. Occasioned by the inauguration is a long Houston Chronicle article detailing the story of William Marsh Rice’s murder and the resulting trials. The people featured include Mrs. Ella A. Fondren on the occasion of her $1 million gift for construction of the library building and Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Wiess for giving $1 million designated to expand science and engineering work. An article covers the appointment of four new faculty, Dr. Hardin Craig, history; Dr. James Street Fulton, philosophy; Dr. James Treanor Smith, chemistry; and Dr. Andrew Louis, German. Another article covers retirements of Rice’s first four emeriti, Dr. Harold Albert Wilson, physics; Dr. J. W. Slaughter, sociology; Alice Crowell Dean, librarian and mathematics; and Dr. Max Friedrich Ernest Freund, German.