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1950
January 2 »
Cotton Bowl winners
Shepherd School founded
Wiess Hall dedicated
Board of Trustees expands
September 30 »
Rice Stadium opens
1951
Kobayashi joins the faculty
Gym and Autry Court finished
Student expansion
Rice Players organized
1953
Nuclear Research Laboratory opens
Development Committee established
Prof. Kolenda ponders humanity
July 17 »
NROTC trajedy
1954
Maegle sacked by 12th man
Standardized entrance exams
Professor Brotzen arrives
1957
Residential colleges open
August 13 »
Baker College established
Will Rice College established
Hanszen College established
Wiess College established
Jones College established
Rice gets its 1st computer
Dr. Robert Curl joins the faculty
May 7 »
Lovett passes away
Glory on the gridiron
First Beer Bike
1958
A voice for the colleges
September 1 »
Geology lab finished
Hamman Hall opens
M.D. Anderson Bio Lab opens
Biology Prof. Sass arrives
Memorial center and chapel open
1959
Journal moves to Rice
Marshall scholars
Rice recognizes cum laude status
Changes in Student Government
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1957
Rice inaugurates a residential college system and finally provides campus housing for 200 women.
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Original College Masters (left to right): Calvin Class (Jones), James Street Fulton (Will Rice), William H. Masterson (Hanszen), Roy V. Talmadge (Wiess), Carl R. Wischmeyer (Baker)