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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1912

Page

9

William M Rice Institute to Open in Houston with 10 Million Endowment

The Rice Institute in Houston, seventh richest U S college with a 10 million endowment, will inaugurate October 10 to 12 with scholars from foreign seats of learning. Notables include Altamira, Borel, Croce, de Vries, Poincare and Volterra among others. The campus features multiple buildings, a 8000 seat auditorium, and extensive facilities for science, arts, and graduate study.

Houston New College W. M. Rice Tex William M. Rice Texas Rice Institute William Marsh Rice New York Rice Columbia University Leland Stanford Jr. University University of Chicago Harvard University Cornell University Yale University Northwestern University Rafael Altamira Y Crevea Madrid Spain University of Oviedo Spanish Ministry of Public Instruction Emile Borel Paris France Ecol Normal Superieure la de Vue Due Mois University of Paris Benedetto Croce Naples Italy la Critica Hugo de Vries Amsterdam Holland Hortus Botanicus University of Amsterdam Henry Jones Glasgow Scotland British Academy Prereetes Theniversity of Glasgow Hibbert Manchester College Oxford Dairoku Kikuchi Toyo Japan University of Tokyo University of Kyoto University of London John William Mackail London England Balliol College Oxford University Wilhelm Ostwald Gross-Bothen Germany University of Leipsic Henri Poincare Sir William Rameau University College, London Applied Chemistry Vito Volterra Rome Sor University of Rome Stockholm Grace Kikuchi Mackail Poincare United States Edgar Odell Lovett Princeton University Lovett

Collect relics from old prison in planned international exhibit

British Home Office prisoners’ relics project aims to gather ancient prison implements and convict works for an international exposition. Items include Newgate fetters, pillory, and cells from Weathclose Square, with inscriptions dating to 1698, plus notes on Wakefield mat making and other prison crafts.

London Home Office Charles II Weathclose Square Whitechapel Doss London Museum Kensington Palace Newgate Wakefield Prison Arthur Griffiths P Lic

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