Word: berkeley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks before the scheduled game, martial law is declared on both campuses. Raiding parties can be expected any night. A concrete "C" in the Berkeley Hills usually gets a coat of cardinal red paint (Stanford's color), and numerous blue C's appear on the Farm. At Stanford, the defense of the college is turned over to the freshmen. Groups of these eager youths patrol the campus all night long. At any sign of danger, they ring the fire bell, the signal for the whole college to come to their aid. Both universities threaten expulsion for anyone caught defacing property...
...presented to the winning team by the Governor of California. Forged in 1899 in the shape of a medieval battle axe, this weapon has had a stormy career. One month after its unveiling on the Stanford campus it was captured by California and carried off to Berkeley. Many years later, when it was beng removed from the vault of an Oakland bank, it was seized by a group known as the immortal six and brought back to the Farm. Another theft returned it to Berkeley until 1930, when 21 stalwarts from Stanford stormed a rally and captured it. Three years...
...Berkeley, Calif...
...accident. A native son, he had started out in the world as a reporter on the San Francisco Sun after graduating from the old Los Angeles High School (now being torn down to make way for Hollywood Freeway) and spending two years at the University of California at Berkeley. He achieved his biggest youthful ambition in 1917; after years of studying law in his spare time, he was admitted to the California...
...Fairmount St., Lowell; Lowell High. John B. Hansen of 27 Havana St., Boston; Roslindale High, Boston. Jolyon Hitchen of 17 Somerset Rd., West Newton; Deerfield Academy. Russell E. Johnson of 27 Windham St., Worcester; South High, Worcester, Thomas L. King, Jr., of 195 Cypress St., Newton Center; Berkeley Preparatory School, Boston. Jeremy H. Knowles of 7 Pierce St., Marble-head; Marblehead High...