Rice University - Campanile Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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gel, l-louston, William Vermillion BA., B.S. in Education lOl1io Statel 1920, sm cchimgon l922, Pl1.D. lOl'1io State? l925, D.Sc. lOl'1io State-l l95O Professor of Physics and President of the Rice Institute Page 6

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The words Dr. Davies connote much to the Rice Student: a man who makes biology a living science, the inveterate Rice fan, the live-wire lecturer and witty after-dinner speaker, the perfect chaperone at countless undergraduate social gatherings. On a departmentalized campus his name, his mannerisms, his sayings are familiar to all groups. Since it is the custom to dedicate a book to an old friend, it is fitting that the 52 Campanile should be dedicated to Dr. Joseph I. Davies, for he and the Rice Student are firm friends of long standing. Page 5

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president According to an old story there are two pillars at the tip ot the westerly coast ot Spain, set up by l-lercules, with a legend ot warning, ne plus ultra, nothing beyond, so far and no farther. The common man stopped there and turned back, but fortunately for us there were men uncommon .enough to sail west into the teeth of the wind. The rough ocean of thought has always been a fearsome place, and men have always tried to set its limits. The inquisitions ot the past and the modern inquisitions of the Fascist and the Marxist all have posted two pillars ot tear. One pillar says, This is the whole truth. The other says, Don't dare look beyond. But a man must seek his own truth. lt's his own truth that makes him tree. And so may all ot us, because ot the Rice Institute, take away the ne in that inscription to make it read plus ultra, more ahead, everything beyond. A W. V. HOUSTON President Lovett, Edgar Odell AB. Cl3ethanyD l89O, M.A., Ph.D. lVirginial l895, Ph.D. fl.eipzigl l896, Ll..D. CDrake, Tulane, Baylor, Bethanyl, SCD. CColorado College? President Emeritus of the Rice Institute Page 7