I had been a large fish in a small pond at French - I became

I had been a large fish in a small pond at French - I became a small fish in a big pond at Rice. There were no dummies at Rice. About half of my class of ’68 were either valedictorian or salutatorian of their high schools. Many of my colleagues had gone to more competitive high schools and had already had a year of calculus.

Pat and I roomed together in room 120 and we became good friends with Tim Lucas (yep, uncle Tim) and Dan Crane.

The room was not air conditioned so we had a fan in the window.

At this point Rice’s class schedule was arranged so that there were Mon-Wed-Fri classes and Tue-Thur-Sat classes. To the best of my memory I had Chemistry, Physics and Math on MWF and History (8 AM) and English on TTS. Chem Lab and Physics Lab were three hours sessions on a couple of afternoons each week. Physical Training was a couple of afternoons a week. I was also a Marching Owl Band volunteer and we met from 4:30 ’til 6 two or three afternoons a week. A pretty full schedule.

The classes were serious, fast paced, challenging and interesting.