Title | Industrial Advantages of Houston |
Publisher | Chamber of Commerce |
Date | July 1923 |
Description | 52 Page pamphlet put out on July, 1923 by the Houston Chamber of Commerce to illustrate the many reasons Houston is the Industrial Capital of Texas and the Southwest. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | F394.H84 I53 1923 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b2964297~S11 |
Digital Collection | Houston the Magnolia City |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll1 |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button. |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Pages 16 and 17 |
Description | Left page: Rice Institute. Right page: Photograph of Rice campus grounds. |
File Name | magno_201009_003aj.jpg |
Transcript | Rice Institute In the higher realms of education Houston has in Rice Institute one of the largest privately endowed colleges in the country. The original endowment of nine million dollars by William Marsh Rice has grown to approximately fourteen million dollars. The school has a magnificent campus of 300 acres which is constantly being improved and beautified. The buildings are of an unusual, beautiful architecture. Plans call for the ultimate construction of thirty buildigns and an additional expenditure for the improvement of grounds which will total many thousands of dollars. The faculty and school equipment are the very best that could be procured and the rate with the best universities of the country. The Institute is a co-educational college and tuition is free to all. |