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Matthiessen was born in Pasadena, California, in 1902. He graduated from Yale in 1923 and went as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Literature. In 1925 he returned to Harvard and received the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in 1926 and 1928. After a brief period as instructor at Yale, Matthiessen returned to Harvard in 1929 and has taught here since...
Snowy-haired Botz (of Memphis, Tenn.) Ed Crump was indignant at the Los Angeles Herald & Express. The newspaper had reported that Vacationist Crump tried to crash the press box at Pasadena's rose parade and was tossed out by police when he couldn't produce credentials. "Biggest lie ever told," fumed Crump. "Why, I still got my tickets here to prove I was a guest [in the reviewing stand], I don't as a rule have much trouble with newspaper reporters...
This week, after another 69 in the third-round, Blazin' Ben moved into the last day's play in second place, just two strokes behind Tournament Leader Jerry Barber of Pasadena. Coming back had been uphill too, but Ben was back...
...most persistent smog in Los Angeles history; the yellow-grey pall had hung over the city for more than two weeks, shutting off the sunshine, befouling the famed Southern California air and stinging the eyes of outraged thousands. Angelenos were not only appalled but furious. Pasadena property owners howled for the heads of the county board of supervisors, demanded that smog-producing industries be shut down...
Their foe in Pasadena on Jan. 2 would be California, the Pacific Coast Conference's all-conquering champions, who got a scare from arch-rival Stanford last week. Stanford was ahead, 14-12, in the third period, when Jack Swaner, California's star halfback, began to run wild. Final score: California 33, Stanford...