Black and white photograph of the faculty and administration on stage at a commencement ceremony. The stage is in front of an arch on the Administration Building. Rice Institute President Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett can be seen standing on the stage at the far right, wearing a black mortarboard. William Ward Watkin is seated on the far left, in the white bow tie, looking down. At bottom left, hand-written in white ink: "6-11, 17 SCHLWETER HOUSTON."