The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1949 Page: 4 of 8
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THE THRESHER
First of Five Rallies Celebrating Texas Victory
Students Parade Down Main Street
Locked gates couldn't keep out
the joyous Riceites Monday when
they discovered Dr. Houston had
made the holiday official and it was
safe to come in. Shown here is the
first pep rally in front of the li-
brary. The banner was stolen from
the University by an agg/ressive
freshman. The cheerleaders are up
on the balcony with members of the
football team. This is the first of
six pep rallies which were staged
Monday on the campus as well as
at the Shamrock and the University
of Houston, in honor of the Rice
football team and their last minute
victory over the Texas Longhorns.
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attempting to enter the campus that
school was not to be held that morn-
ing. After the resulting congestion
of cars on Main Street became se-
vere, Dr. Houston decided that it
would be best to grant the students
an extra day of freedom. To show
their appreciation a pep-rally was
staged in front of Fondren Library.
About three-hundred joyous stu-
dents yelled the cheers and soon
the team was mustered on the bal-
cony. Gerald Weatherly made a brief
speech to the students below him.
He said that he was too overcome
by the great show of spirit to think
up anything to say except that it
made him, and all the other members
of the team, mighty proud to know
that the student body was behind
the team po such a great degree. He
also said that, with spirit like the
students were showing, the team
would certainly do its level best to
win the conference.
The crowd gave a few more yells
which were so loud that their ech-
oes could be heard floatisg back at
them, as they caught their breath
for the next yell.
Then they marched to Lovett Hall
and staged another rally in honor
of Dr. Houston. He came out of Lov-
ett Hall and made a short speech.
Those who were in the rear of the
400 cheering students, and were un-
able to hear him, guessed that he
was well-pleased because of the
beaming smiles he wore. After this
speech several ^nore members of
the team made brief speeches to the
effect that they were mighty pleased
with the students and would do their
utmost to win every remaining
game.
Another parade was formed, and
it ended up at the field house. There
the cheers of the crowd brought
forth Coach Neely who said that
he has never seen such spirit at
Rice before and he hoped it would
continue.
Having become obsessed with pep-
rallying, the overjoyed students soon
piled into a fleet of cars and drove
out to the Shamrock, in front of
which they held another mammoth
rally. They yelled for Tommy Dor-
sey; they yelled for. Glenn McCarthy,
and they yelled for the sheer joy of
yelling.
As an end to the morning's fes-
tivities, the victory-happy Rice stu-
dents took over the rear room of
Bill Williams. They rocked the walls
of the restaurant with their cheers
in spite of the fact that hamburgers,
cokes, etc., were being stuffed down
their hoarse throats.
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hollers. Has his own money but sponges
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1949, newspaper, October 28, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230820/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.