Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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ILWKIQYN1 lnside the building the arrangement was not so greatly changed but that most of the old familiar rooms could be recognized. However an elaborate suite of rooms had been arranged for the administrative system of the college. The old steps leading to the second floor were entirely gone and new ones adjoining the entrance of the chapel had been made. In the chapel itself the greatest transformation had been wrought although the old lines could still be recognized. The stage had been made larger, and a fine series of dressing rooms addedg the acoustic properties too had been made much better. The whole room has since been enriched by most beautiful curtains and hangings in brown and tan. ln our new Holmes Hall we miss the landmarks of our old friend. We miss the old chapel bell when the new electric bell system calls us to classes. But we see in our new building a realization of greater thingsg we feel the materializing of our dreams for the Greater Pomona. ypgqv., ,W PACIFIC ELECTRIC DEPOT Page Twenty-five

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l i ETKEI' 1 Ring out the old, ring in the new, and with the last peal of the old chapel bell last year the old era went out and the new was ushered in. The old chapel bell is silent, the old Holmes Hall dome with its irregular outline is goneg the scarred walls and the foot worn steps have all passed away. When the students returned in the fall, in place of the familiar weather-beaten Holmes Hall greeting them, a new building stood in its place. This massive, white, concrete structure with its red tiled roof har- monized completely with the Library, Smiley l-lall, Pearsons Hall, Bridges Hall-with all the newer buildings of the campus. ln fact it was another step toward the realization of the Greater Pomona. The new building made possible by the combined gifts of Esther R. Holmes, the original donor and the college treasury, had been remodeled and enlarged. The old south entrance was gone and a new and more stately west entrance had been made. fy lZi1,fkEf25'V.lfZ.!7l '5,T1.'9tHi?7A2lft' I ' Page Tweniy-four

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. . X D '- J S ,r s b Q , - i .,. ,W Y I .--s V .A , 1. E. . 0 .. A ,,,3j533Qf :' 'f,g'.g..V.,f-1.1 ,vw-V,' . . , ,.. M, ' TIL.. , - - -, . -V . Num , :,..,, - -i- ,L ' .. ' .-.. , .. . , ....... ,, .- , '- ,., ,7.,... n .. , . 1 The Plug Ugly' The Junior Plug Ugly, one of the looked-for events of the College Year was given at a much earlier date than usual. Because of the weather it was impossible to give it in the Greek Theatre as planned, and at the last moment it was decided to hold the performance in the College Arms Theatre. After an exceptionally interesting series of skits a Zulu Dance by Doris Carver and Elwyn Welch brought down the house. Following this number came the looked for spring of the class costumes. The girls in gray corduroy skirts and white crepe de chine waists with green ties, and the men in tan corduroys, brown flannel shirts, green ties, and gray caps marched on the stage. , After singing the class songs and giv- ing the class yells, the Plug closed with a Big Pomona, followed by Hail, Pomona, Hail. Wligmiiif rg .fffwiblli ' Page Twenty-six