Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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CCJNVOCATICNS Garbed in their ceremonial black gowns and mortar-board caps and seated before a large assembly of both old and new students, the faculty of Pomona College made their first formal appearance of the year. The annual opening convocation was held, in tradi- tional manner, at the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music where, previewing the activities of the coming academic year-a grand year, but now only a calendar in our memories ,eer -President Charles K. Edmunds spoke to us on Honor and Honors. His Very timely address was a challenge to the scholastic conduct and achieve- ment of every Pomona student. M On that same day, while students stood on the steps of Bridges Auditorium, Arikara's president presented the Iunior Flag, and with the singing of Hail Pomona Hail, the fifty-second year of Pomona College was officially inaugurated. S E P T E R 1 9 3 9 1 9

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:xx ZX N I N G tiet 1 embark upon a happy year of atxivity and study, Seniors, Iuniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen alike passed through the registration line to enroll themselves as members of the Associated Students of Pomona College. Deon Norton, George Marston, Frank Bracl-:ett Sponsor skits Registration line Dean Edwin C. Norton, George W. Marston, and Frank P. Braclcett, founders ot Pomona and always vitally interested in the progress and welfare of our college, were attendant at the traditional Founders Day convocation and flame ceremony. These men deserve special recognition for their persistent ettort, their unerring wis- dom, and their generous contributions for the betterment of Pomona College and our lite within its gates. With eagerness, thoughttulness, and reverence, they have carried the torch through the years, lighting the way for us to follow. Their vision has been transmitted to each new class as it catches the flame and joins in the proces- sion down the path of Pomona's traditions and ideals. Even in their irolic, the Freshmen have caught this vision and have passed it through their class with a genuine spirit of friendliness, cooperation, and eagerness to learn.

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', 9, .. J., ZX :F Y .gif iff 2x 'Z f ' iw, i . .v ' .c Embodiment of ultimate responsibility for any college is its President, who is the link be- tween administration of campus, ideals, and outside persons and organizations. Working with trustees, faculty committees, administra- tion officers, student representatives, friends of the college, he must at all times serve as stabil- izing guide for a cause in which he believes implicitly. As President of Pomona, Charles K. Edmunds has multitudinous duties which this year carried him to the East Coast and back again twice, is ably assisted by a score of assistants and administrators. As Counsellor of School Relations and Director of Admissions, Howard H. Pattee advises prospective students, administers the entrance examinations and re- quirements. Dean of the College is William E. Nicholl, coordinator of college administrators and students, important member of Life com- mittee. Dean of Women is charming Iessie Gibson, who with her competent assistant Ellen Bowers guides and furthers relations between women, faculty, administrators and college lite. Working together in Sumner Hall, these people and their assistants act along the prescribed lines of administrators, but they are more than that- ----i they are the guiding force which inte- grates and makes into practical experience the ideals of a college. Characteristic pictures show President Edmunds at work, banquet, convocation, walking across the quad to his office.