Word: california
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...California, with a primary imminent, was claimed for Candidate Smith ahead of Candidates Walsh and Reed. Here, really, was a crux of the Smith candidacy which its supporters were taking on a surprising amount of faith. The California primary, first direct contest between the leading candidates, is of great importance psychologically as well as numerically. California is farthest from New York. California contains a curious mixture of wet Protestants, dry Catholics and vice versas. Thousands of Republicans were registered to vote in the Democratic primary. To predict a decisive Smith victory in California the margin of 10,000 votes quoted...
...outstanding singles match of the day was that between M. T. Hill '30 and E. G. Chandler, 21, former intercollegiate tennis champion and no. 5 in the national ranking of 1926. The former University of California star experienced little trouble in vanquishing Hill, outplaying him in every department of the game. The ranking player showed flashes of the brilliant form which has assured him a place on the Davis Cup squads of the past several years. Early this spring, Chandler participated in the Davis Cup tryouts held in Georgia, under the leadership of W. T. Tilden H; he returned from...
...Lampoon announces the election of John Langdon Batchelder Jr. '30, of Boston. Arthur Carlton Chase '29, of Ware, and Albert Goodwill Churchill '30, of Livermore, California, to the editorial board: and of Creighton Marcellus Churchill '30, of Lovermore, California. Willoughby Ingalls Stuart '29, of Cambridge, and John Swope '30, of Ossining, New York, to the Business Board...
Investigations on the adaptations of animals to high temperatures, as exemplified by the fauna of hot springs, have been carried on by Professor C. T. Brues. He spent the past summer in the field, making observations and collections in parts of Nevada, Utah, and eastern California, where he visited a considerable number of hot springs. The results of this expedition are now being prepared for publication...
...Minneapolis: "I make this gift . . . because you called me 'Mother'. . . . Six years ago in Minneapolis you disabled men drank a silent toast to the two sons I lost in the War-one on the American side and the other on the German. May you all go to California and rest in the most glorious spot I know...