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Dabney House (or Dabney Hovse) is one of the four original (South) student houses at Caltech. There are now seven houses including the three North houses. It is the smallest of Caltech's Houses.
History
Dabney House was built in the 1930's along with the rest of the South Houses. It has been know as the House of Gentlemen and the House of Captains, but it underwent a dramatic change in personality in the 1960's. In 1973, the House was disowned by the Dabney family when students from Dabney House protested a presidential visit with a sign on the library with the simple phrase "Impeach Nixon". This event has been a touchstone for Darbs ever since.
DEI
Traditionally standing for "Dabney Eats It" these three letters have come to be a badge for pride for Darbs. Besides naming the house's rec room after it and spreading it all across campus, Dabney alumni have made DEI a hidden code in the outside world. The letters can be seen in movies (most notably "Real Genius") and video games (including GTA: Vice City). There are even stories of the trigraph making its way into space on JPL probes.
External Links
Official Dabney Website:http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dei
More on DEI:http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/dei/
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