Here’s a 1939 Thresher article about the Rice Hymn, also written by Louis Girard and his classmate Nealie Ross. It’s interesting enough but what really caught my eye was the section about the origin of the “Rice Fight Never Dies” yell that goes along with the fight song. Just this week I had occasion to discuss this chant with someone but I didn’t know exactly where it came from. The very next morning I came across this:
More Rice song goodness to come.
Bonus: There’s an “S” on the end, dammit.
So it is perfectly clear to me that, from its inception, Rice Fight Never DIES. This should be instilled into every freshman class, and the first question of the first quiz they take.
You’re absolutely right. There are very few things that irk me as much as that “Rice fight. Never die.” I loathe it.
Do you have the continuation of the story (page fourteen}?
It wasn’t in the file but I can easily get it. Will do.
Melissa – any idea on the vintage of the photos? The Kyle Field photo look like it could be from the 1920s.
That picture is dated 1931 on the back. The others look like they’re a similar vintage, maybe a few years on either side.