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Edgar Odell Lovett at age fifteen, a freshman at Bethany College.  Courtesy of Bethany College. Members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on the steps of their chapter house, Bethany College, June 1890. Edgar Odell Lovett is the second from the right.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Mary Ellen Hale, “in dress worn for commencement exercises” at West Kentucky College, June 1892. This is the coed Edgar Odell Lovett fell in love with during his first teaching appointment.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Mary Ellen Hale in 1897 just before her marriage in December to Edgar Odell Lovett.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Edgar Odell Lovett, 1898, as an instructor of mathematics at Princeton University.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Ellen Kennedy Lovett on her first birthday, March 25, 1906. Photo taken in Mayfield, Kentucky, at her grandparents’ home.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Mary Lovett with her three children; from left to right, H. Malcolm, Lawrence Alexander, and Adelaide. Photo taken in their home at 1218 Polk Street, Houston, in February 1912.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Rice Institute trustees, 1911, in the institute office in the Scanlan Building. Front row, from left to right: James Everett McAshan, vice chairman; Cesar Maurice Lombardi; and Captain James Addison Baker, chairman. Standing, back row: Benjamin Botts Rice, treasurer; President Lovett; Emanuel Raphael, secretary; and William Marsh Rice, Jr.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. 14.70.203] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 09:21 GMT) Several original faculty and trustees of the Rice Institute, September 23, 1912. From left to right: W. F. Edwards, Francis Ellis Johnson, Thomas Lindsey Blayney, Phil H. Arbuckle, President Lovett, Benjamin Botts Rice, William Ward Watkin, Emanuel Raphael, Griffith C. Evans, J. E. McAshan, John T. McCants, Captain Baker, H. A. Wilson.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Original class members, Rice Institute, on registration day, September 23, 1912.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. The delegates to the formal opening of the Rice Institute, having begun their march from their gathering place at South Hall (now Will Rice College), are crossing the still unfinished campus grounds and approaching the south end of the administration building (now Lovett Hall); they will enter through the Sallyport into the academic quadrangle for the festivities.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Edgar Odell Lovett delivering his keynote address, “The Meaning of the New Institution,” at the opening ceremonies, Saturday, October 12, 1912.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Group picture of the delegates and distinguished visitors to the formal opening ceremonies, October 10–12, 1912. Photo taken from the south side of South Hall at 1:00 p.m., October 12, 1912.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Maria Elizabeth Spreng Lovett, President Lovett’s mother, in 1916.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. The British Educational Mission to Rice, meeting in the Faculty Chamber (now Founders’ Room), Administration Building, November 25, 1918. On platform, from left to right: President Lovett, E. F. Simms of Houston, William Marsh Rice, Jr., Edward Walker of Oxford, Dr. John Joly of Dublin, Governor William P. Hobby of Texas, Captain James A. Baker, Sir Arthur E. Shipley of Cambridge, B. B. Rice, Sir Henry Jones of Glasgow, Sir Henry Miers of Manchester, Dr. Joseph Muller of Houston. Left, below: half visible, Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, in command of Camp Logan, Professor H. A. Wilson, Lieutenant Beverley St. Clair.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Members of official mission of French scholars to Rice, December 1918. Left to right: Mr. Charles Koechlin, composer and music critic; Mme. Cazamian; Mrs. Edgar Odell Lovett; Dr. Louis Cazamian, literary scholar; and President Lovett.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. General John J. Pershing visiting the Rice Institute, February 5, 1920. Walking in front of the physics laboratory, from left to right: General Pershing, President Lovett, and Professor Thomas Lindsey Blayney.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. 14.70.203] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 09:21 GMT) Henry Malcolm Lovett received his B.A. degree from Rice Institute at the 1921 commencement; here he stands, diploma in hand, by his father under the cloisters of the administration building.  Courtesy, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. A mature Mary Lovett; photograph taken in Paris, 1922.  Courtesy, Woodson Research...

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