Rice University. Will Rice College.

Will Rice College is named for William M. Rice, Jr., the nephew and namesake of the founder, a Houston businessman, and trustee of the Institute from 1899 until his death in 1944. Rice was the chairman of the board of trustees from 1941 until 1944. Will Rice College includes South Hall, the first dormitory built at Rice. It was part of Residential Group Number One until this was partitioned when the residential college system was adopted.

Excerpted from Rice University, An Architectural Tour by Stephen Fox

Will Rice was opened in 1912 and became one of the men's colleges in 1957. It went co-ed in 1977.

As codified by the Committee on Student Housing in the 1950s, each residential college has a master, often a husband and wife team. The college masters "would be the primary ones responsible for achieving the goals of social concern and intellectual curiosity. It was therefore important to choose the masters with great care; the committee recommended that they be chosen from the ranks of full professors. Although the committee originally thought that masters, faculty fellows, and student officers would handle disciplinary matters, the final report emphasized that masters were not to be thought of as disciplinarians. . . The master retained overall responsibility for student life in his college, but his main duties were to counsel students, provide an example, and advise student committees.

Excerpted from A History of Rice University: The Institute Years, 1907-1963 , by Fredericka Meiners, pg. 180.

From the guide to the Rice University Will Rice College Masters' Records Rice UA Rice College Masters' Records., 1967-1979, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX)

Will Rice College is named for William M. Rice, Jr., the nephew and namesake of the founder, a Houston businessman, and trustee of the Institute from 1899 until his death in 1944. Rice was the chairman of the board of trustees from 1941 until 1944. Will Rice College includes South Hall, the first dormitory built at Rice. It was part of Residential Group Number One until this was partitioned when the residential college system was adopted.

Excerpted from Rice University, An Architectural Tour by Stephen Fox

Will Rice was opened in 1912 and became one of the men's colleges in 1957. It went co-ed in 1977.

From the guide to the Rice University Will Rice College Records Rice UA Rice College., 1957-2000, bulk 1957-1996, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX)