Word: californianism
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...humanities, which seeks to make the students generally cultured and prevent them from graduating into ditch-digging, draughting, or plumbing. Useful to Professor Munro's students is the Henry E. Huntington. Library & Art Gallery at nearby San Marino, an-other world-important California institution founded by another rich Californian and directed by another leading U. S. educator, Max Farrand...
...practised their art on the plank benches of Sever and even more on those of Harvard Hall, the air in these venerable edifices has never been given a fair chance to escape from its bondage; with typical New England economy it has been used over and over. Like those Californian builders who place stucco fronts on frame houses, the University has provided ventilators which have for a long time proved admirable embellishments to the otherwise bare walls. There is one difficulty with these; with the general increase in knowledge during the last few decades, some of the more sagacious among...
Every tournament brings up some new player. The one at Hillcrest was a giant Californian, Fred Morrison, who made 15 threes during the 36-hole qualifying round and won the medal with 136, four better than Diegel. Before long he disappeared into the traps that medalists so often discover in a match play. Harry Cooper, who had been given a starting time, was ruled out because he had not played in the elimination tournament in his district. Tommy Armour, one-eyed Scot, was sick at home. Al Espinosa put out Bill Melhorn in a match that went 40 holes, then...
...associated in a like activity their intimacy is inevitable; and this in turn leads to a common intellectual interest and a common place of work. Here may be found an atmosphere where minds may grow, and, "by attrition," to repeat President Lowell's words, "provoke one another." Daily Californian...
...teeth, stamped her feet, theatrically eliminated England's No. 1 player, bouncing Betty Nuthall, 6-3, 6-3. Thus she flouted a Wills-Nuthall semifinal, long anticipated. Thus she herself gained the privilege of playing Champion Wills. That privilege, however, lasted only 20 minutes, with the grim Californian giving her not a game...