Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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bear ?rien 44, In your last letter, you asked us how things were, and how we were l doing, and, in general, if we thought Pomona College was worth it. We do. Pomona, 1945, isn't like Pomona, '44, or Pomona, '43. There is something a little different in the air. We might say that seriousness is combined with a wry wartime humor, and the resulting flavor is the keynote to this year's living. What Pomona gives to the individual is something that each of us answers to himselfeno two answers being the same. This inexplicable some- thing , whether it be the joy of learning, the joy of companionships gained, or the sheer joy of youth, is one part of our college life sure to be repeated by each of us year after year, as long as we are here. Collectively, we have made this year one of enthusiasm, friendliness, and hard work. You would like to see, we think, our Quad in the sunlight, a smile on a busy professor's face, the determination of blood donors. All of us will remember together our football team, our rallies, our Coop-the things we have done ourselves. The 1945 Metate is this year as we know it, and as we want you to know it. You will notice, in addition to campus life, the background of Claremont, California, which has been our college town, our shopping district, and the constant sustainer of our activities. The Metate can show you what in- dividuals can never tell, the facets of Pomona's personality: classes, friends, faculty, dorms, and the traditions of those who have given us the school as it is today. This year's editor was Barbara Johnston, the assistant editor was Marge Cameron, and the business managers were Al Hastings and Datus Brown. For us it is reflecting when we read it,- but for you, as you thumb through its pages, it will be an intimate look into the life which is Pomona.