Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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vw g at iqvaf-+?i-JEW if inns.-4 . GREEK THEATRE the college had reached a crisis, but at that time the trustees of the col- lege after much deliberation called as president, James A. Blaisdell. And in this decision may be seen the embryonic beginning of The Greater Pomona. For in the personality of this remarkable man lay the future salvation of this college ' of the west. . The new President came, and with keen foresight and shrewd judgment began a careful reor- ganization. He was not dissat- isfied with what he found, but he was unwilling to live on tradition, without thought of a d v a n c e. With a remarkably sympathetic and willing Board of Trustees, President Blaisdell was not hamp- ered by lack of cooperation. He did not change things, he rather enlarged as circumstances permit- ted. The old was not destroyed, It was rather added to and im- proved. Page Nine

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f V, -vv I is E4 1 Ili ., AJ!! REMBRANDT HALL From the worthy, but cramped Pomona of the past we see arising the magnificent, broad, and powerful Pomona of the future. The old gives place to the new, and the cherished traditions of the past merge into the visionary hopes for the future. Page Eight The temporary structures of the campus of ten years ago are giving place to the stately, beautiful buildings of The Greater Pomona. The new Pomona is not a mere dream, it is fast becom- ing a fact, and with this ad- vance is coming a fame and a prestige unequaled in the west. Pomona is not a con- servative, traditional col- lege of the east, it rather ex- presses the freedom and broadness of the west. All the hope, ambition, pride, and broadness of the Great Pacific is embodied in the spirit of The G r e a t e r Pomona. Some years ago affairs in

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- .A - J ,xg D 4 , ' lif 1 HARWOOD HALL So, with a strong though small faculty, and backed by an eager Board of Trustees, the President began the new Pomona. The change has not been sudden, very gradually indeed new things have come. Attacking that problem nearest him, President Blaisdell first decided to place the college on a solid Financial basis. For added funds meant more efficient teachers, and the better faculty meant better scholars. V ln l9l3 the Million Dollar Campaign began. The plan was that in one year the endowment fund of Pomona should equal that of the slo- gan. The success of this remarkable campaign cannot be underesti- mated. For not only did the President, assisted by the entire Board of Trustees, raise the whole amount, but they went far beyond it. Today g2.W1ii fff' .. iii? ' COLLEGE AVENUE Page Ten