Commencement procession for first graduating class, Rice Institute

Black and white photograph of graduation procession. Administration, faculty and students in academic costume walk across grounds, with Administration Building and Mechanical Lab and Power House in the background. A road runs from the Mechanical Lab, past the Administration Building, parallel to the path the procession is on. Two vehicles are on the road. In lower left corner, hand-written in white ink: "SCHLWETER Houston 6\12\16" President Edgar Odell Lovett is at front of the procession in cap and gown