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ing I never know exactly what
whatI think until I see it in black onon
white sheet
a whit
after
heet of paper aftermany revisions and I rarely knowknow
what to think until I have talkedtalked
the thing through with as many
manychallenging antagonists as tI cancan
persuade
persu de to listen to me but inin
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and
end I reach
reacl conclusions andfor the conclusions I reach I alonealone
am responsibleresponsible
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highly regarded by those whowho
knew him
hini Miss Pender TurnTurn
bull current Rice librarian
li rarian sayssays
He
IJe was wonderful he had a-aagood brain and was a hard workwork ¬
er He was very much interested
interestedyouth of TexasTexas
in educating the
theyouth
thing
that was a sure thingFINANCIER Jesse IH JopesJopes
JonesJones
flUow you as nightnight
himself an influential HoustonJIoustonJIouston and Rice will follow
Houston
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day
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the
the nightIan aid
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As one who has obsaid
ob ¬
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TIVETIlE AD41IINISTRATIVEbAD41IINISTRATIVE
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served
s rved this man from his beginbegin ¬ THE
building renamed Lovett Hall in
ning here
I can say that r-I-IrI- uilding
inscriptionhave never known a kindlier man
man- 1957 bears a Greek inscription
was
discip1inarian of hisor stricter
his on its cornerstone which wastricter disciplinarian
rep ¬
Hfe and conduct than Edgar
own life
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That he was intensely inin¬ thought in the university
Democritus
Rather said Democritussucc ss of theterested in the success
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of
students of the university andand would I discover the cause ofof
university- one fact than become King ofthe success of the university
Persianssaiditself is evidenced by aU
saidllll- the Persians
all he sa
a declaration made at a timetime
and did He told the class of
Persians1929
matriculation- when to be king of the Persians
From your matriculation
was to rule the worldworld
day forth you will follow Rice
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POEM written by Lovett in
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1927
Rice
Every Mans Wish forfor
final
its final-
best sums up in
stanza the love he held
tor RiceRice
for
Rosegrey rise thy towerstowers
through the pearlgrey mistmist
morning
of morningtheFair as evening stars in the
nCterglow
afterglow thou artart
Fragrant are thy courts withwith
llngingjllngingj
longing
the incense of my longingKeep me in remembranceremembrancecremembrance
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