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...extravagant, affectionate way that they talk about their climate and their oranges. Their enthusiasm is adjectival: the university is big, varied, young, impatient, aggressive, progressive. Especially big. Its interests run as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. At Scripps Institution in La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya), Cal oceanographers study the depths of the Pacific, and at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, Cal astronomers scan the stars. The university operates the atom-bomb city of Los Alamos, N.Mex. It owns ranches, waterworks, apartment buildings, forests, and the world's biggest cyclotron. On its 10,000 acres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Big Man on Eight Campuses | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

Dick Grondahl pushed a single into right, which the fielder promptly threw to the grandstand to confound the catcher who was trying to cut off speeding Johns, Hoye going to third. Lupien slapped a long triple over the center-fielder's head, scoring Hoya and Grondahl. Soltz repeated the process, Lupien tallying...

Author: By Theodore R. Barnett, | Title: Stahlmen Take Fifth Straight As Healey, Brackett Coast To Victory | 4/29/1939 | See Source »

...that a clear understanding of what real education is, may be gained, just where to look for it, and just who is fit for advanced education, and who will better serve his community and himself by immediate entrance into an active career in the work of that community. Georgetown Hoya...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Georgetown Agrees | 2/1/1927 | See Source »

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