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As the tiny clock on the back wall of the crowded little gym struck midnight, the Caltech men's and women's basketball teams raced onto the floor to cheering students and a blaring pep band.

"Pep band?" asked senior center Ryan Elmquist. "Since when do we have a pep band?"

Since three days ago.

"It's late, and I still have a paper to write," said flutist Annie Ritch.

For most other colleges, Midnight Madness is simply the title of the celebration surrounding the first official day of basketball practice. For Caltech, the home of this country's smartest kids and worst basketball teams, it is a literal description.

On Thursday at the Braun Gym, in the school's first attempt to copy the widespread tradition, it was pure madness.
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I had already been accepted at CalTech when my folks moved me halfway across the country.

It still pisses me off. :mad:
 
Way back when, there was something called World War II. Most of the young men in the USA were in the Armed Forces. If there were able bodied men who weren't in the Armed Forces, they mostly had to have a draft exemption. One way to get a draft exemption was to be a Caltech student.

From an article dated November, 1944
UNDEFEATED, untied, and unscored on, Caltech's
powerful football team closed an enthusiastic, but
brief, season early in October. Final exams, Commencement
and vacation placed a natural limitation on the
schedule.
When the coach, Chief Specialist Mason Anderson,
assembled the squad at the opening practice in August,
it appeared that a strong and experienced team was in the
making. Soon installed in starting positions were: Don
Tillman (220), Associated Student Body President at
center, John Sogorka (215) and Leo Coda (160) guards,
Paul Kohlhaas (Zll), and John Nichols (195) tackles,
and Don Snyder (195) and Howard Westlake (165) ends,
Ross Dana (185) and Leo Voyles (180) halves, Bill
Young (197) quarter and Bill Gulley (175) full. This
lineup started all games. The line averaged 194, the
backs 184 and the team 194. Dana, Young, Kohlhaas
and Sogorka played at Stanford, and Gulley, Snyder and
Coda had junior college experience. Tillman and Nichols
were Caltech students as civilians and had played in
high school.
In the opening game at the Rose Bowl, Tech trampled
rough-shod over the Redlands Bulldogs 67-0. Striking
swiftly behind a well oiled offense, the Beavers scored
their first touchdown in five plays. and rolled up a 27-0
halftime score. Tech scored at will and even the playing
of reserves for more than half of the game did not retard
the scoring. The Engineers rolled up 17 first downs and
405 yards, while holding the Bulldogs to three downs
and 28 yards.
Leo Voyles scored three times on reverse plays, while
Ross Dana, at half, and Bill Gulley at full, were consistent
ground gainers.
The return game at Redlands resulted in a 39-0 Tech
victory and started out as a repetition of the preceding
game. The Beavers scored in the first eight minutes on
a 20-yard forward pass from Gulley to Dana and a 27-0
lead was again established at half time. In the second
period, Redlands opened up with their spread formation
and flanker passes, and while always threatening, never
were able to penetrate the Caltech 20.
Playing in the Coliseum, Tech maintained its perfect
record in trouncing the U.S.C. Jayvees 20-0. The Engineers
took the opening kickoff and marched 88 yards
to score in the first four minutes. Ross Dana put the
ball in scoring position with a 38-yard run, and Leo
Voyles scored on a reverse from the three-yard line.
Three plays later, Voyles raced 65 yards on another reverse
to score the second time. Final tally came in the
third quarter when Bill Gulley plunged from the threeyard
line. after a 56-yard march.
In the final game, Tech handed U.C.L.A. Bruin Jayvees
a 33-0 defeat in the Rose Bowl. Sparked by Ross Dana,
who crossed opponent territory twice, and was on the
tossing end of another score, and Bill Gulley, whose deft
aerials and runs set up three tallies, the Engineers tallied
in every quarter but the third. When the final gun
popped, the winners had marked up a total of 20 first
downs against a mere four for the JVs.
Forty-five men were retained on the squad all season,
and practically all men were used in all games. The
starting lineup, however, was seldom used more than
half of any one game.
Thus ended the season for the greatest football team
in Caltech history. Coach Anderson produced a smooth
and well drilled team, which was tops in all departments.
The diversified attack and the precision in execution
made it one of the most interesting of all Caltech football
teams.
 
What's your point? Besides the pointless c & p, I mean.
 
R. Richard said:
There was a time when Caltech did have respectable sports teams.
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"I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from CalTech, and a hell of a physicist, interested in elementary particle theory--
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of a physicist, with interested in elementary particle theory."


Nope, just doesn't sound as good. Sorry.
 
voluptuary_manque said:
Even geniuses do better with some exercise. And our Cloudy's a perfect example. Can you imagine a CalTech martial arts team?
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You know...that actually makes perfect sense, since martial arts are as much about the mind as they are the body. :)
 
cloudy said:
You know...that actually makes perfect sense, since martial arts are as much about the mind as they are the body. :)
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Mm-hm, speaking as an old judoka. Of course, now that arthritis, old Army injury and aging have taken effect I tend towards long walks with the dog! :D
 
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