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An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left) [14] Pomona College was established as a coeducational and nonsectarian Christian institution on October 14, 1887, amidst a real estate boom and anticipated population influx precipitated by the arrival of a transcontinental railroad to Southern California.
The Smith Memorial Tower chimes on the 47th minute of the hour, a reflection of Pomona College's obsession with the number 47. [1] [2] Numerous traditions have been established at Pomona College, a highly selective [3] liberal arts college in Claremont, California, since its founding in 1887. They have varying levels of popularity, longevity ...
The class of 1894, Pomona's first graduating class, had 11 members. [1]Pomona College (/ p ə ˈ m oʊ n ə / ⓘ pə-MOH-nə [2]) is an elite [3] private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, and the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium. [4]
The college's first graduating class, in 1894, had ten members. [5] Pomona College founders’ values led to the college's belief in educational equity. Like other Congregationalist-founded colleges such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Bowdoin, Pomona received its own governing board, ensuring its independence. [5]
The Associated Students of Pomona College, commonly abbreviated as ASPC, [6] is the student government of Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was founded in 1904, and is composed of elected representatives. [ 9 ]
A group of more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters congregated outside the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday afternoon and clashed with law enforcement.
The number 47 has special meaning to Pomona College students and graduates. Now it will mean something completely different to the rest of the country.
In 1892, he opposed the college's decision to make Claremont its permanent home, but he later relocated his house to Claremont in 1901, living in it during the six-week move. In 1910, Pomona gave him the college's first honorary doctorate, a Legum Doctor degree. In 1914, he published a comprehensive history of the college.