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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 number 47 has historical implications to the college and has been incorporated into various aspects of campus life. [7] [8] The tradition began in the summer of 1964, when two students, Laurie Mets and Bruce Elgin, conducted a research project seeking to find out whether the number occurs more often in nature than would be expected by chance.
TSL (historically abbreviated as "the SL") was founded in November 1889 (two years after the founding of Pomona College) as a four-page monthly called the Pomona Student. [8] [9] [10] Initially an informal bulletin for campus happenings, it adopted its current name and moved to weekly publication in 1893. [11] [12]
Pomona College will hold its commencement ceremony 30 miles away at Shrine Auditorium in L.A. after protesters occupy stage.
The Pomona College Organic Farm is an organic campus farm on 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) [1] of the southeast corner of Pomona College's campus in Claremont, California. [2] It is within Blanchard Park (more commonly known as "the Wash"). It was begun as an experimental permaculture project by a group of three friends in 1998, [3] and was ...
Claremont Colleges students and faculty rallied on campus less than a week after 19 students were arrested for occupying the Pomona College president's office.
The protest started over the college's dismantling of a piece of student-erected pro-Palestinian protest art on campus, which had been standing since March 28.
Pomona uses Little Bridges for a variety of musical and non-musical events, including convocation, practices and performances by the Pomona College Orchestra, and guest speaker lectures. [5] The college also allows community and other outside groups to use the hall. [5] It hosts roughly 45 musical performances per year, most of which are free ...