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...principal difference between the Californian and Bostonian debutantes, according to Charles Buddy Rogers, who gave a hurried interview to the CRIMSON reporter last night, is that the girls in California believe in living full outdoor lives, with their riding, tennis, swimming, and other activities. "They aren't so much interested in the Junior League, and all that," said Mr. Rogers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charles Buddy Rogers Finds Boston Debutantes Satisfactory Yet Not Athletic---Prefer Piano | 12/9/1933 | See Source »

Fretting because townspeople complained that some of the Cal students are radicals, "The Daily Californian" hastened to explain editorially that the alleged radicals (whose radicalism consisted in saying that farm workers should be paid enough to live on) were looked upon with disfavor by most of the students, and that the campus liberals are simply troublesome and unrecognized black sheep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/10/1933 | See Source »

...perhaps none of our business if "The Daily Californian" chooses to support conservatism in a day of liberalism, but we feel it is worthy of comment when opinion in one of the largest universities in the world refers to liberal students as "unrepresentative" and "black sheep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/10/1933 | See Source »

LARGEST BANK IN UNITED STATES STOP NO CALIFORNIAN COULD ALLOW YOUR STATEMENT TO PASS WITHOUT CORRECTION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...every loyal Californian knows, everything in California grows to an unusual size. Apparently this magnification is an old Spanish custom or perhaps resides in the nature of the country. California was an old land long before the Americans came, its early history already misty with crepuscular legend. The Journey of the Flame, a book of vigorous old man's talk, full of stout-hearted miracles and boasting, is like a suddenly-discovered window into that earlier age. Not only Californians but anyone wise or lucky enough to read it will delight in this altogether dignified but occasionally joyously incredible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old California | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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