Blacker House
Blacker Hovse, or The Church and Hovse of Blacker (TTBOAI), is one of the seven undergraduate houses at Caltech. It was built in the 1920s with the help of funds donated by Robert Roe Blacker, a trustee of Caltech.
One of the traditions of Blacker Hovse is the Hellride. In an act of defiance to not being allowed to play The Ride of the Valkyries, and to the constant announcements of fake Ditch Days by seniors, the freshmen living in a part of the Hovse named Hell (named for its cramped quarters and unbearable heat in the summer) would announce a Hellride. They then barricade the hallway and play The Ride at high volume, daring the upperclassmen to break in and drag everyone to be drenched in the showers.
