T E T A T E M VOLUME 50 PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF POMONA COLLEGE CLAREMONT. CALIFORNIA. BAYNE BOWMAN. EDITOR; JEAN WATSON. ASSOCIATE EDITOR EDITH JENKINS. BUSINESS MANAGER; NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR. REALITY 944 R E DD M E T P E S CDCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANLJARY FEBRUARY s 53, im ACCENTS ON THE Time marches wifh Pomona. AdmiHing +he imporfance of in+angibles and ideals. we accenf +he Jrangibles and realifies in Jrhe Jrempo of foday. In a world in which +he sky is +he iimif; a world of aerial bombings. global scenes; a world of heavy foofsfeps of marching civilizafion we are nof so much amazed as impressed wi+h +he accelerafing pace a+ which we a+ Pomona have been fraveling during Jrhe pasf year. 0qu of neces- si+y we were forced +0 fake sfock of our +raoli+ions and ideals and so modify Jrhem as +0 render Jrhem useful in +his fransifory world. We modified our principles. sireamlined our purposes. bade farewell +0 +he ma- iorify of Pomona's sons. Jrhen fumed +0 serve sociefy in our moswL efficienf way. Jusf as +he aviafor discovers new horizons in Jrhe sky. we. +00. found Jrhem wifhin ourselves. TEMPO OF TODAY We walched Pomona adjusf +0 +he war: and if is +0 our creclil Jrhal she was able +0 do so. Buf wafching if we came +0 know ifs lrue meaning and value. We have developed a new deferminafion +0 prove our worlh and lo keep alive +his lype of insfifulion in which we believe. The new spirif of Pomona. based upon +he lundamenfal values as +he spirhL of +he olcl, marches wilh +he lempo of foday and will find ifs place in +he world of lomorrow. Because we placed new emphasis on direcfion, mofion. service and energy. +he pages following +he inlroducfion will be builf around +hese four accen'rs. They will accenfuafe Jrhe laculfy in direcfion: +he sluclenl body in mofion; Pomona women for service: and Pomona men for energy. CAMPUS SURVEY The beaufy and radiance of Hwe unchanging campus affords us sfrengfh in confrasf +0 Hue dynamic ra+e of acfivify wifhin ifs boundari'es. Could +hey speak, Jrhese fam- iliar walls would +eH a living sfory of +he hundreds of individuals who have passed by or lingered here. 8qu whefher we walk briskly or sfroll leisurely. +heir sfory is +he sfory of Pomona. v w ; + .1 a 4 4 i 1 i . $ . 7 v v v; V, y! vyvrvyyv:y+ivy1 ;vw 4 ?!;4;!.! IN MEMORIAM MENDAL G. FRAMPTON THEODORE C. HUME EDWIN C. NORTON CHARLES W. ROBINSON EDWARD M. SAIT ROBERT COWGER JAMES HALL WARREN WHEELER DEDICATION To +hose who have become so much a parf of our lives. who basically are Jrhe college. who bear Jrhe major load of +he accelerafeol program. and who embody +he spirif +ha+ is Pomonaofo Jrhe all impor+an+ faculfy we respecffuiiy submif +his book. They are our guides and leaning posfs more offen Jrhan +hey realize: Jrhey are Jrhe ones who make possible our years of deep. rich living. They offer us Jrheir accumulafeol weaHhs; Jrhey feach us +he meaning. power. and beaufy of ideas: Jrhey are a pamL o1c +he spirif of liberal arfs living. In a world in which Jrhere is liHle pafience wi+h +he liberal ari's Jrradii'ion +hey have Jra'ugh'r us ifs value and i+s enduring force. Because of Jrhe giffs of our professors we can belong +0 +he presemL and +0 Jrhe iufure. PRES DENT LYON Some of us have been here longer +han our president we have wafched him become in every frue sense of +he word a president we have been here longer buf none of us has become so complefely a parf 0s Pomona; we have grown wifh him. we have wafched him guide Pomona +hrough +he adjusfmenJr of war. Through his efforJrs Pomona is a parf of f e war and is func- +ioning +0 Jrhe Tempo 0s Today. GIBSON Much of old Pomona muswL now be car- ried on by ifs women. H is up +0 +hem +o carry on +he Jrradifions while Pomona men do a bigger iob. Dean Gibson's charm and understanding have made +he adiusimenf of +he Soufh Campus 6 far easier fask. NICHOLL Wi+h moswL of Pomona's men away. leaving no one wifh whom +0 exchange s+ories. Dean Nichoil's inieresfs have largely become Pomona women. buf only because if is his fask +hese days +0 coordinafe peace fime Pomona wi+h war aciive Pomona. We mu5+ blend +he schedules of +he Mefeorologisfs. +he Linguisfs. and +he Engineers. and +0 +hese adiusf +he civilian acfiviJries. To make his year and his acfivifies compleie. +he Oxy rally was held. +hough in February. and +he sfory of +he Ha+s was +olol once more. Dean Nicholl's +radi+ion is carried on. ADMINISTRATION As any insfifufion mus+ make adiusfmenf fo widespread currenf condifions. so in +ime of war musf +he liberal arfs college shiff i+s emphasis and augmenf ifs prac- Jrices. The +ask is no+ easy: The risk of losing purpose and +radi+ion is great Buf infini+ely greafer is Jrhe iob Jro be done +oolay. And Jrhe adiusfmenfiof Jrhe school mus+ be done Jrhrough +he adminisfrahon. for Jrhe selecfion of Jrhose who are +0 come +0 Pomona. and +he endless efforf +0 keep Jrhese on +he righf frack once +hey are here is wifhin Jrheir hands. The iob has been done well and we begin +0 realize +ha+ our adminis+ra+ors are infereered in us bo+h as persons and sfudenfs. +ha+ +hey have made Pomona worJrhy of us. and us worfhy of Pomona. These offices whose fasks border on +he Jredious, and somefimes unpleasant are +he backbone of our well regulafed. easy +0 live in world. If we can cafch him befween frequeni' Jrrips +0 many schools. special mee+ings. and classes. we will learn +ha+ J. Edward Saunders. as Dean of Admissions. is a mosf imporfanf and efficienf adminisfra+on The Admissions Office brings us here; Peg Maple. below right and her sfaff in +he Recorder's Office keep us here. No+hing we do or neglecf +0 do escapes +heir eyes. Three imporfanf cogs in Jrhe wheel who are Jraken for gran+ed. forgoHen offen. no+ enough appreciafed. bu+ always presemL when we need +hem are Mrs. Throne. Dr. Munz. and Dr. CoHrin. Helen Throne. in addifion +0 be- ing a compefen+ and indusfrious Graduafe Manager. is her own secrefary. She lends a helpful hand +0 +he many who come +0 her wi+h problems. mon- efary and ofherwise. Financially responsible +0 almos1L every deparfmenf in Jrhe college. she execufes her imporfanf and no+ so enviable posifion wifh dexferier and accuracy. Equally busy in anofher phase of adminisfering is Phillip Munz. Dean of +he faculfy. Dr. Munz leaves +his year +0 do research work af Cornell Universify. and if is a grafeful and appreciafing s+uden+ body which says goodby +0 anofher Pomonan. Familiar +0 all of us is Dr. Gilberf CoHrin. whose already cumbersome Jrask of caring for our minor illnesses has been enlarged wi'rh +he responsibilify 'For fending +0 Jrhe heaHh needs of Jrhe army unifs. Behind +hese +hree adminis+ra+ors labor Jrheir re- specfive s+affsesecre+aries. nurses. and +echnicians. We seldom +hink much abouf Jrhem unless an emergency arises: even +hen we are likely +0 forgef +hem as quickly as Jrhe need came. Bu+ if we sfop +0 +hink how many people devo're +heir full Jrime +0 keeping all phases oi campus service running smoofhly. we realize +he magnifude of Jrhe fask of mainfaining even as small a school as Pomona. Pifching in +0 give us +ha+ ouHook are Jrhe Deparfmenfs of Romance Languages. Government and Hisfory. Above IefiL are Iinguiers CroweH. Husson. Marburg. and Brenes. af righf is Professor Lufher Lee who has assumed +he maior porfion of Jrhe work of +he Governmenf classes wi+h an effecfive Jrhoroughness. below righiL is Frank Pifman of +he De- par+men+ of Hisfory. as he poses wi+h his invincible S+e+son. We have iearned whaf is meanf by righfs: now we face Jrhe iniuncfion of +hose righfs-eobligafion. Pomona is no excepfion +o +he hundreds of lib- eral arJrs colleges who have raised +he mark on Jrheir me+ronome. By- words oi +he day are accelerafed program. army and navy special +raining unifs. and area orienfafion. Wi+h special emphasis on +he lasf of +hese. +he deparfmenfs of language. religion. and hisfory have pro- vided for +heir sfudenfs. army and civilian alike. new courses and innova- +ions in +he old. so +ha+ war-fime requiremenfs for expediency and special- izafion can be me'r. Wifh army sfudenfs in mind. +he deparfmenfs have been supplemenfed by new Jreachers +o presen+ courses s'rressing such needs as familiarii'y wifh +he hisfory. language. and mores of foreign counfries when +he final invasion comes. The enfire program has been in a sense experimenfal; and following +he +rend of all experiment many of ifs elemenfs and mefhods have been minimized or discarded en+irely. Maferially +he +ime and efforf wasfed may be regreffable; buf more im- porfanf +han learning whaf nowL fo do. we have learned wha+ +0 do. The ulfimafe success of +he eHorf is ye+ +0 be proven. We can do nofhing more +han give ourselves wholehearfedly +o ifs accomplishment NATIONAL OUTLOOK So. wifh a firm hold on +he obieclives immediafely before us. we may casf an eye +0 +he fufure. From all sides we receive promises of a new world made smaller and more accommodafing by modern science. Means and opporlun- ifies in such proporlion and variefy as +he pas+ could scarcely have dared imagine lie before us. Though yef unrealized. +hey indicafe one cerlainly: we are +0 become cifizens of nof only a democracy. bu+ also of +he world. Such opporfunify af flue lingerfips o1C ever man requires an infernaHonal ouHook Hwaf allows us laci ifies for vicar- ious living. and preparafion for aclual Jrangible exper- ience wifh all peoples and all counfries. Our educalors are exfencling +heir efforfs +0 give us +his ouflook: bu+ firsf H1e people. all of +hem, musf believe in 1+. We musf see a vision of fhe +hings +0 come. and clear our heads for a deferminalion +0 make +he vision a realily. Only when we realize +ha+ we slancl on +he +hreshold of a fime more rich and serviceable +0 all fnan +he world has ever known. +he righf educafion Jroward infernafional comprehension can sel 0H +he spark +0 make fulfillmenl possible. for his bow Jries. newcomer +0 flue Hisfory office. Richard Brace. above right has +hrown a new lighl upon +he Modern European area. Exhibifing +he sferling qual- ifies of deep +hinkers are Bernard Meland. far lelf. and Chen Shou- Yi. leH. ln addifion +0 +heir lec- l lures in +he fields of Religion and l Orienfal Affairs. respec+ively. +hese men possess Hwe affribul'es of +he infernalional scholar. Almosf as famous as Dr. Baumann l l SOClAL EXPOSURE To find any undersfanding of fine infernafional ouHook we muer look +0 +he social sciences: we musf expose ourselves +0 lives of ofher peoples and Jrhereby as- sociafe +hem wi+h our lives. The Sociology Deparf- menf. reigned over by Professors William Kirk and a Ray Baber. +his year. as always. delved info Hue f s+udy of socieer and culfures in +his crazy world. ' Much midnighf oil was burned by procrasfinafors who had waifed unfil Hue laswL minufe +0 prepare +he mon+hly reading reporfs due in Soci SI. Dr. Francis Iredell presided over +he classes in Jrhe Philosophy Deparfmenf. He has been made full professor on +he Rober+ C. Denison Foundafion wifhin +he pasf year. He inferprefs +he +hinkers of +he pasf for Hue prob- lems of foday. Dr. Kennefh Duncan. feaching sub- jec+s in +he Economics Deparfmenf. has helped pre- pare sfudenfs +0 face +he economic upheavals now occurring and ye+ +0 come. Reading counferclockwise: Baber. lredell. Duncan. and Kirk. The oneeman eclucafion deparimenf is a busy place. l1c +he liberal arfs are +0 confinue Jrhey mu51L produce +heir supporl and people who can carry on Jrheir JrradiJrions. This can besf be done by +hose who will influence iufure college sfudenfs . . . Jrhe Freshman of Tomorrow muswL also believe in Jrhe place of liberal arfs in educafion. Educalors are foolay needed and il will always be so. BuwL if is imporfanf +ha+ Jrhese leacherS-lo-be know well +heir jobs. Tor upon +hem 'resls Jrhe responsibilify of proving Jrheir worfh and +he value of ihaf which +hey represenl . . . liberal arfs living and liberal arls Jrhinking. A newcomer +0 Jrhe Psychology Deparfmenf is Miss Alice James. and wi+h her comes a new fradifion +0 Pomona. The Psychology DeparlmemL will undoubfedly confinue +0 grow +hrough +he years +0 come for +heirs is a new subject a growing subject and one whose imporlance in lu+ure social work can now liHle be doubled. Psychology is play- ing an imporlanf roll in Jrhe war work of rehabilifafion. and , will play a larger roll in Jrhe work 01C reconsfrucfion. Hs social value is proven. i+s iufure can only be surmised. In war-lime. more +han ever. sludenfs are finding +ha+ +he pracfical inlormalion of psychology courses slands +hem in good slead in facing The abundance of problems +ha+ Jroday's youfh meef. A scene of lecfures and discussions is Harwood Hall. home of psychology. and Jrhe iorfe of Dr. Ewer. There sophomores s+ruggle wifh bases in +he infroduclory psych course. and. affer masfering Jrhese. discuss quesfions oi adiuslmenf perfinenf +0 living in a war and pos'r-war period. Below ground level. sludenls gafher in Jrhe affernoons +0 Jrhe varied. unusual experi- menJrs devised by Dr. Ewer. Upperclassmen proceed fur- +her info +he sludy of man's mind in advanced courses. This spring. under Dr. Ewer. sludenls probed Jrhe mysleries oi super-nalural evenfs. EXPRESSION The Tempo quickens. Emofions run +he gamut This is war. We muswL find release. We mu51L in+er- pref. We express. Here we find our guides. our menfors. These are Jrhey who have lived and known +he passion of youfh. They have seen +he lempo of +he fwenfies and +he disillusionmenf oi +he +hirlies. And +hey are wise. since Jrhey have soughf and found: and now +hey lead. These represen+a+ives of +he English Deparlmenl have been called upon +0 do double duly. No+ only have +hey been obliged +0 carry +heir regular college course, buf Jrhey have underfaken +0 fulfill +he inherenl cry of youfh in arms +0 express. Wifh deparfmenl members Angell. Mulhauser. and Holmes on leave +0 +he Armed Services. +he fask has been even more difficult The enfire sfafi is involved in +he presenfafion of +he Freshman infro- ducfory course which is known +0 praclically every- one in Jrhe college family. John's Hopkins S+ra+h- mann is widely known for his work in English lilera- fure of +he Renaissance. Public Address Professor. Docfor ScoH is an indispensible rally figure. Al- Jrhough cerfain of Jrhe confesls in plaHorm work de- signed for men have been suspended +his year. Dr. ScoH has carried +hrough wi+h +he women's con-' +es+s as well as a number of affairs wi+hin +he army groups. Pomona graduale Virginia Princehouse Allen has carried on nobly in spife of +he small number of men sludenfs wi+h +he regular schedule of producfions. Beginning +he season wi+h +he all female Cry Havoc she complefes +he year wilh PeHicoaf Fever, which requires more men ihan women. In spife of falling sands +he year has been quife normal. Leaders in expression include Slrafhmann. above. and Allen and ScoH. a'r rithr. Europe bred Carl Baumann. Head of +he German Deparfmenf. infroduces Jrhe spirif from across +he wafers info campus and communify acfivifies. As head of +he local Rofary Club he amply fulfills Jrhe laHer funcfion for +his year. His Confinenfal Lif course is a musf on pracfically every senior's lisf. Parficularly in fimes when infernafional undersfand- ing is so vifal +0 +he survival of men+al balance in +he mad march of evenfs have his clear. well- JrhoughiL pronouncemen'rs been welcomed by Po- monans. His popular discussion of Russia has been reques'red by clubs JrhroughouwL +his secfion of +he sfafe. Wifh his quick wif and vifal background Herr Baumann has made a definife confribufion +0 our speeding civilizafion. Fellow workers in +he English Depar+men+ are Wesferner Lincoln and Rhodes Scholar Davis. Renowned for his dry humor and pulp s+ories his creafive wrifing classes are popular wi+h +hose who would express +hemseives in +his manner. Inspiring a long lineof budding Pomona au+hors. Mr. Lincoln may look back across fields of fruif- ful sowing and forward +0 ever widening iields of rich. unframmeled loam. The broad experience of Hal Davis adds exfra inferesf +0 his popular Iiferafure courses. Six men; six media. Each one may find his pafh wifhin +his varied seHing. The men in +he armed service benefiHed immeasurably from +heir confacf wifh +hese men. Each one in deparfing will bear somefhing of +heir spirit and one may devine +his feeling in all +heir fuiure works. If is +heir efforf here found. +heir indusfry which has con- fribufed so much +0 mark so disfinguishingly and dis- finguishably +ha+ inferprefafion of universal phenomena which is revealed in Jrhe expressions 01c Pomona men and women. Versafile creafors wifhin Jrhe English deparfmen+ are Lincoln. above leH. and Davis. left- OBJECTIVITY Members out He Mafh erabC consisf of Hugh HamiHon. Edward Tay- lor, Ches+er Jaeger. and Orville Harrold. Civilians. Influenced by He demand for +echnical experfs and perhaps by +he example se+ by +he uni- formed sfudenfs on +he campus. filled science and ma+hema+ics classes +0 recerd capacify. Women. herefofore inclined +0 avoid Jrechnical courses. now carry calculus books. slide rules. and laborafory aprons. Each day sfudenfs spend +he affernoon over fesf-fubes in Jrhe labs of Mason Hall under +he super- vision of Dr. Charles Robinson Hem. Unfil March, men of Pomona's A.S.T.U. were engaged in doing similar work in adjoining labs. Mafhemchs was roufed from 1+5 home in Pearson Hall during +he sfay of +he army a+ Pomona. and classes assembled in Masons and Crookshank. The mafhemafics factu was under special sfrain while +he armed unifs were here. bu+ +hey did no+ lef Hue civilian sfudenfs down. Dr. Jaeger. Pro- fessor of Mafhemafics. evidenced superhuman vifalify by appearing as en+er+ainer af several school 1cunc+ions aHer a full day of work. Pomona has senf 0qu well- +rained sfudenfs of mafh and science +0 do +heir par+ in Jroday's fechnical world. Picfured af far righi' is Roland Tilesfon conferring wi'rh L+. Du Bois on +he problems of Jrhe Army unifs. Af right William HiHon' relaxes for a mo- memL as he poses for +he pho+ographer. To give direcfion. +0 give meaning. +0 give undersfanding; such is Jrhe obiec+ of our liberal arfs educafion and such is Jrhe need of +he sfuden'rs foday. This has been Dr. HiHon's Iasf year as an acfive member of Jrhe regular sfaff. He leaves feaching for research and erudy . . . Jrhis fime iJr will be salamanders ra+her ihan Frosh who are +he obiecfs of his mind. bu+ wi+h his leaving. one of Pomona's finer Jrradiiions goes and wiJrh if goes Jrhe head of one of +he deparfmenfs +ha+ give obiecfiva +0 our JrheoreJrical s+udies. Perhaps Jrhe iinesf Jrribu'res +0 Dr. HiHon arer+he graduafes who have been his sfudenfs and who have made Pomona famous. Dr. Tilesfon has been more a possession of Jrhe Army unifs Jrhan civilian s+uden+s +his year . . . cramming info Jrhem more knowledge of +he world oi physics ihan sad civilians can enjoy. H has been his iob +0 coordinafe Jrhe Science Deparfmenfs +0 +he requiremenfs and needs of +he A.S.T.P. and wifh +hese combine Jrhe ever growing needs +0 fif +he demands of a sfucienf body now fully aware of +he value and +he place of science sfudies in fiHing requiremenfs of poswL graduafe days. Their obiecfive . . . knowledge. knowledge of wea+her phenomena. of +he laws of +he earfh. knowledge +0 prepare +hem for specific jobs. iobs which mus+ be done all over Jrhe world. and jobs which musf be done by Jrrained hands. Bofh Mr. Whifney and Mr. Tyson have more +han shared +he eerra demands placed upon +he factu by +he increased sfudenf body . . . a job made even more diificuhL by +he accelerafed schedules and by vacillafing requiremenfs which musf consfanHy be fiHed +0 war needs. Through +he producfion of 250.7 mefeorol- ogisfs bo+h +he faculfy and +heir younger uneducaied friends learned of new and far reaching horizons in asfron- omy. geomefry. and physical sciences: and +he engineers +ha+ came and wen'r leH in our minds +he conscious knowl- edge +ha+ in order Jro help we mus+ learn. Yes. perhaps even more Jrhan +he missing Pomona men if is +hrough +he presence and associa+ion wifh +he army fraining program +ha1L Pomona has become aware 01c +he war; if is +hrough Jrhem +ha+ Pomona has served her mosf vifal funcfion; and H is +hrough +hem +ha+ mos+ of us have gained new under- sfanding of +he value oi our educa+ion and we have added obiec+ivi+y. Richard Tyson. leH. has assumed +he many dufies as ac+ing head of +he Chemisfry Deparfment in addifion +0 his many research proiecfs. Deparfmenf Head. Prof Ralph H. Lyman. has aHempfed +0 coordinafe civilian and army efforfs in all musical acfivifies which Jrhe college offers. He conducfs +he college choir and +he Men's and Women's Glee Clubs beside his work in communify music. Miss Margery May Smi+h is a newcomer +0 Jrhe deparfmenf. buf has shown +he frue Pomona spirif. Doc Blanchard. beside his regular aciivifies. has insfifufed Jrhe Vesper Services on +he firsf Sunday of each monJrh. Pianis+ Daryl Dayfon. below leH, is renowned for his recifais and for his fascinafing courses in Music Appreciafion. Under Jrhe bafon of Kennefh Fiske. Assis+an+ Professor of Violin. below right +he College Symphony Orches+ra per- formed ifs annual concerf in February wi+h EverehL 5. Olive as Jrhe ieafured soloist TONATION Above. Thomas Beggs poses wi+h one of his ar+ classes. His inferesf in guiding +he creafive insfincfs of Jrhe s+uden+s is characferich of +he factu. The resulfs are offen as melodic and harmonious as are +hose of Jrhe Music Deparfmenf. The coordinafed efforf of +he Music DepareremL has made possible a pracfically normal year in all acfiviHes. In spife offhefremendous Iacko1C men in +he choir wi+h +he aid of +he army groups Jrhe usual performances were produced. Indeed an innovafion was ins+i+u+ed in +he Spring concenL by +he performance of a selecfed group of shorfer numbers rafher +han +he usual large selecfion. The sfudenf recifals occured regularly +hroughou+ +he year. Perhaps Jrhe mosf noficeable missing even+ was Jrhe home concenL o1c Jrhe Men's Glee Club. The regular sfudenf band which had played such a prom- inenJr posifion af rallies and games was absent bxuf Jrhe army had developed a band of ifs own. In fad if was probably info +he musical acfivHies of Jrhe college +ha+ +he army enfered wi+h more facilify +han any o+her. H is in music +ha1L men's souls are one. A. S. P. C.-ACCENT ON MOTION 2 K O O WE CHOOSE OUR LEADERS ROLAND VAILE A war-minded sfudenf body are resHess. preoccupied. serious: +hey need leaders. level- headed and resourceful. who can make +hem aware of war-fime obligafions. ye+ a+ +he same fime encourage +hem +0 preserve sfandards and fradifions +ha+ give +heir college ifs personalify. They found such a leader in Roland Vaile. whom +hey chose +0 guide Jrhem +hrough +he fall of '43. Handing over social affairs and such lighfer maHers +0 +he ofher officers. he concerned himsehC wi'rh campus service, healfh campaign. and o+her war-fime issues. Job of Jrhe vice-presiclemL is worrying over social doings. Janef Hafch learned +ha+ gearing +he war-fempo social whirl involved ice-breaking exfra- ordinary. The Army needed some infrodud'ions; and +he busiesf'bureau in Wash- ing+on would have found compe+i+ion in our dafe bureau. Unanimous opinion: Three cheers for a grand fime. The dufies o1c secrefary are roufine e chiefly seeing +ha+ meefings accomplish Jrheir aim. holding responsibilify for fechnical issues among +he various execufive boards. Maggie Boofhby was +he excellenf choice of a demanding sfudenf body. MAGGIE BOOTHBY JANET HATCH AND THEIR SUC Came spring and new elecfions. Seeing in Ray Chuan an able. conserva+ive. and efficienJr leader. +he sfudenfs chose him +0 Jrake over +he loHy execu+ive posHion leH by graduafing Roland Vaile. As +his goes +0 press. we have yef +0 see +he complefion 01c 61 fask well sfarfed. A high office is no mean fask. lnnovafions are infroduced, fried. accepfed. or discarded according +0 +heir wor+h. The presidenf musf submif +hem +0 +he governed and expecf a cliremL reacfion. favorable or o+herwise. An ofher- wise reacfion musf be fempered. The choice'was a good one; Ray knew +he seriousness of fine un- derfaking and wemL quieHy +0 hrfher ifs accomplishment Turning +0 Jrhe social side of sfudenf body life. we found Mickey Culver. new vice-presidenf, wondering how +he convivial spiri+ would refain Pomona sfandards wi+h +he unHmely deparfure o1c +he army hom norfh campus. Having planned an ac'rive lasf Jrwo monfhs for +he army. she de+ermined +ha+ even such deserfion should nof leave us siHing abouf. CESSORS One of +he biggesf jobs which sfudenf officers of bofh semesfers faced was bringing abouf +he in+er- mingling and in+er-coopera+ion of +he Sou+h campus and +he army unifs. Being mufually infer- dependemL for good Jrimes and a successful year such Jthings as Dafe Bureaus did a flourishing bus- iness, and were appreciafed by bofh. The Soufh Campus misses +he Pomona men. yes. and Jrhe campus is nowL quife Pomona wifhou+ +hem. buf old Jrradifions such as Open Houses. Jrhe Junior Prom and +he Harwoool Courf Formal. and many of +he ofher phases of college life Jrha'r have always +ypified Po- mona could n01L have been carried on wi+hou1L Jrhe help and cooperafion of Jrhe new brown clad figures who Jrook over Clark. Jrhe Mish and Jrhe Coop. Jane+ Hafch sfarfed +hings 0H wi+h Jrhe firer dance of +he year wifh a Booming Bureau. +ha+ produced greenL +hings. in fad some were sfill feeling ifs effecfs in March when +he governmenf fransferred +he A.S.T.P. back +0 acfive service. IN UNlTY THERE IS Unifying spirif of He campus and favorife o1C +he enfire sfu- denf body is Chesfer Jaeger. snapped as he was aboqu +0 enfer LiHle Bridges for H16 Mafriculafion Convocafion. To coordinafe as sfudenf represenfa- Jrives wifh +he faculfy +0 achieve a balanced year of acfivifies was He aim of execufive council members. They saf in session in +heir assembly room in We SfudemL Union building in '43 and me+ for lunch in '44. PamL 0s Hwem wenf +0 Sfudenf-Factu council meefings +0 hear Hwe wel- come advice o1c Hue group. They also gave +he faculfy represenfafives +he sfudemL viewpoint no+ always in guarded ferms. OHen Jrhey planned even+s +0 keep school spirif moving. The war commiHee +00. Jrop, headed by sincere Lufher Lee, coordinafed campus work. STRENGTH Wifh an enrollmenf of 60 civilian men and having ap- proxima+ely 500 soldiers s+a+ioned on campus a+ +he firsf of +he year. The Pomona s+uden+ body was faced wifh a need for uniTicafion. Social acfivifies were planned +0 suif bofh soldiers and civilians. Women sfu- denfs were regisfered in larger numbers Jrhan in previous semesfers. Summer school scholars were adiusfed +0 exis'ring condifions. 0qu of +he sifuafion grew numerous b Policies. once formulafed. musf be carried ouf. Here. Jrhe Spring Masque commiHee heads look over +he lafes+ plans. Sfanding are Smifh. Egler. and Branhorsf; seafed are Ed- wards. Enos. Kolfs. and Thomas. da+e bureaus and amazing combinafions. Army phones in Clark were disconneded. buf Harwood Tor Bald- win. or +he language houses. or even BlaisdelU wasn'1L deserfed; +he Mish was as crowded as ever and Jrhe Sugar Bowl couldn'1L keep enough help. Coop dances were given a subdued khaki +one. in color. no+ in con- duct The Village Theafre coopera'red wiJrh Bond Shows and class +hea+re parfies. Sa+urday nigh+ lines af Jrhe Fox in Pomona included Pomonans. even Jrhough fewer cars were seen on campus. Assemblies offered iokes abou+ army life as well as Sinafra. and Jrhe Mefeorologisfs enferfained wifh a priva+e offering. Civilian afhlefics were in +he minorify; Jrhe Army represenfed +he Sagehens on +he sporfs pages. Rallies celebrafed iusf being in college. Scholas+ically. everybody pulled Jroqefher; a+ least +he Library was more crowded Jrhan ever. Individual inifiafive was high. The women's levi's and plaid shirfs became well known as work syb- bols. Even info Jrhe college in Claremonf. once called oblivious . +he war had come. Tradifionally organized +0 direcf s+uden+ body social even'rs. Jrhe social commiHee func'rioned Jrhis year under Jrhe charge of chief chairmen Hafch and Culver. Their main work consisfed in seHing up a com- plefe and inclusive social plof aJr +he begin- ning of each semes+er. In +he line of decora- +ions Jane+ Morgan and her commiHee fook - over Jrhe whole job wifh IiHle man power +0 help. The girls learned +he Jrricks of Jrhe fough work. and also how +0 bea+ Jrhe priori- +ies in securing paint gliHer . serpenfine. and. especially. scofch Jrape. They decor- afed mos+ of +he firsf semesfer dances using such Jthemes as Rhapsodie Moderne . and Haunfed Haven . Their gleeful momemL came when +hey were given Jrhe pleasure 01c choosing Jrhe clean-up commiHee. AND ALL YEAR S E N O R S PRESERVERS OF TRADITIONS H is +hrough flie lradifions +ha+ a newcomer is made aware of He values represenled by his college. H is +he Jrraclilions +ha+ live in +he memory of +he graduale. To flue senior is enlrusfed Hie responsibilily of keeping +heir essence alive . . . he musl be cerfain Hwaf +he seniors oi fomorrow will also be preservers oi Jrraclilrion. JEAN BABCOCK, FLORENCE BACON LOUISE BARNES, ST. JOHN BARRETT BETTY BARROW. PATRICIA BECKETT Firsf semesfer oHicers were Eileen Walden; Don Tsai. president and Dosia Robinson. Second semesfer, Tsai was refained as president gradua+ing Walden was re- placed by Ann Reed. SeniorseHwis ,mysfical. elusive. misundersfood culf: +his seven IeHer word wifh ifs seven-fold connofafions; +his smaHering of humanify +ha+ represen+s a much larger group which, as Fresh- men. presenfed Senior po+en+iali+ies. Along wifh Hie characferisfic +rai+s of our egnimafic pre- decessors. seniors of H115 year are even more baffling. more complex organisms. Our college life has indeed offered every conceivable phase. As Freshmen. we were preoccupied wiH'm dances, .rallies. +he Mish. geHing breaks, and cuHing classes for Coop Sociefy unfil +he inevifable Dean nofices loomed up before us and we real- ized +he more serious side of our college career. We enfered +he domains of higher learning and became engrossed in Jrhe respirafory sys+em of +he sponge and in Kan+'s philosophy. Our life was well rounded. Our social sprees were un- hampered by a gasoline shorfage, or man shorf- age. and +hings were more offen Jroneol down +han s+re+ched our +0 mee1L curren'r exigencies. EXCALIBER LEO BERNER, MARGUERITE BLAKE, BILL BLONDON. CORENE BOETTCHER. BAYNE BOWMAN. PATRICIA BRAUEL ARLA BROWN. MARION BUCHELLA, MARY ANN BUCKLEY. JEAN BURKE, VIRGINIA CAMPBELL. MARGARET CARTER RAY CHAUN, CHERRY CHURCHILL. PATRICIA CLOW. STAN COLLINS. RUTH CONNELL, JOHN COOKE MILDRED CRAVEN. BARBARA CROSS. TOM DAVIDSON. JUDY DENIO PAT DOUGLAS. BETTY JANE DIBLEY. JEAN DOUTH, MARY DURR VIRGINIA EDWARDS. SHERMAN EDWARDS. MARTHA ENOS. BETTY FEES YVONNE FERINI. FRANCES FINCH, PHILIP FOWLER RITA FREELAND. GLEN FULLER. ROBERT GOMER Pomona banners. such as +he one a'r Hwe leH. are common sigh+s in +he dorms. and will become even dearer when college days are memories. As Sophomores. we gave more rhan a +hough+ +0 +he fear lurking in fine back of our minds. and were rudely awakened from +he full life of a college +0 +he even fuller life of cifizens a+ war one Sunday morning. We mingled air raid alerfs wi+h frips +0 +he snow. and combined avid newspaper reading wifh our regular s'rudies which supplemenfed our fexfbook knowledge and gave us +he disfincfion of being one of +he besf informed groups on geography ever +0 be graduafed. As Juniors we were well embedded in change. We faced +he uncerfain fufure wifh as much bewildermen+ as incoming sfudenfs. Every year we confronfed such new problems and sifuafions Hwaf. in +ru+h. we were perennial Freshmen. As Seniors. we have enjoyed Hue +hird phase of college life in peace. adjusfmenf and war. We have marvelled a+ Hue adapfabilify and versafilify of We college lire we once knew. CATHRYN GRABE. BETTY GUY. VIRGINIA HARTONG JANET HATCH. CHRISTINE HEILMAN. ELIZABETH HERON Typical oi busy senior women is Ca Lavenson who fopped four success years wi+h +he firs+ semesier Morf Board presidency. The Senior has always suffered from a dual personalify. He has +wo lives. One is whaf he sfands for. how ofhers see him; and +he ofher is his real sehc which is usually unbeknownsf +0 +he undiscerning. The fypical affribufes 01C worldliness. knowledge. rou'rine. and poise are be- sfowed upon us by +radi+ion. Buf acfually. we have losi' none of Jrhe Jrraciifional +rai+s of +he Freshmen we once were. Life has moved +00 fasf for any roui'ine adiusfmenh i+ has been +00 full and changing for boredom. Many of us have been los+ in Hue shuffle. No longer a unified group. our class has been broken up many fimes and has seen many graduafions. We are +he lasf of +heveriginal class of '44-eand more +han any ofher class we realize all He Pomona means. The spirif binds +he disorganized parJrs info one whole +ha+ has lasfed and shall laswL Jrhrough any emergency. We have wifnessed +he novel ex- perience of being alumni. so +0 speak. while sfiH in Hue confines of our alma ma+er. JANET JOHNSON. DILYS JONES. DOROTHY JONES. PATRICIA JONES. PHYLLIS JONES. CHARLOTTE KOPPEL ROBERT LANGDELL. WILMA LANSING, CAROL LAVENSON, RAMSAY LAWSON. RHEA LEISHMAN. BARBARA LICHTI BARBARA LYMAN. RUTH MACK. MARY MACPHERSON. MARCIA McCAUSLAND, BETTY McCLARY Too +horoughly a parf of +he college life +ha+ was. we have bid only a Jrem orary adieu as we enlered new realms. Gradualion will be merely anolher slep. rafher Jrhan a revo ufionizing change: for we shall never be complefely severed from Jrhe college. We have learned a good lesson +ha+ befalls few Senior groups. We are no+ +he mighfiesf and mosf formidable. Our imporfanf slumber was shaHered by reveille a+ six forfy-live. We sfood aside as columns o1c singing soldiers passed us on +heir way +0 classes. We fell jus1L a liHle los1L in Jrhe midsl of Jrhe Army afmosphere and envied Jrhe younger and more adiusfable college s+uden+s. If was sfrange +0 gel used +0 uniforms ins+ead of fuxedos, close order formaJrion insfead of fra+erni+y ini+ia+ions. rushing home againsf a deadline of laps insfeaol of residence council. and many o+her new ways of life +ha+ replaced +he old. And againsf Jrhe back- ground of +hese larger. more inclusive changes were Jrhe many small adiusfmen+s +ha+ aflecfed our lives no less. We would have welcomed +he served dinners in all Jrheir luxurious slowness of which we once complained. We learned how much sludying could be crowded info a shorfer period. There was less lime +his year lor bull sessions and bridge games. bumL when a spare momen+ was found we com- bined +he beHer feafures of Jrhe +wo and enjoyed a concen'rrafeol leisure. On all sides was evidence of +he quickening +empo +ha+ marked our pace. and af Jrimes if was a grea'r +emp+a+Ion +0 fall 0qu of sfep. Buf +he brieIc period of going WH'I'IOU1' old cusfomes and habifs. or of aHer- Ing +hem +0 conform wifh curremL needs. has served +0 impress more vividly upon our minds iusf how im- por+an+ H'Iey were. and has made us more defermined +0 keep +hem in essence so +ha+ Jrhey mighf again be enioyed. Even harder working +han HIe science majors were +he lab assisfanfs who mus+ spend long hours seHing up equipmenf for experimenfs. Here VirgInia Edwards. Phyllis Ward. and BIII Blondon prepare for +he nexf class. MARY MILBANK. WENDELL MILLER. PHYLLIS MOFFET, MARILYN MOTT. MOOK-LAN MUI STAN MUSSELL. ALICE NELSON. ELIZABETH NIEDERWERFER. MARJORIEOCKELS. JOHN OLNEY We are glad for +he opporfunify +0 have wifnessed +his impor+an+ phase +ha+ ended only shorHy before our own deparfure. The fquure looms ahead. buf we can rely upon Hwe confidence we gained in ourselves +hrough Jthese pasf four years. We face +he world. a lifHe frighfened. as graduafes before us did. 8qu +oday our world is smaller. We have. and shall have. parfs of our class scaHered +hroughou+ +he many lands and seas. CECILIA PARRIOTT, ROBERT PETTYS, MARIAN PIERRE, JAMES POLYCHRONE THELMA PRITCHARD. DOROTHY RAITT, ANN REED. NANCY REED. PATRICIA ROBINSON Emerging from his usual shy and refiring self. Slim BarrewL walked O'H wifh fop honors in Government a Phi Befe key. and +he one remaining Nu Alph pin on campus. THEODOSIA ROBINSON MURIEL ROGERS MARGARET SAMPLE RUTH SCHERFEE FRANKLIN SCUDDER FRANCES SMITH MARY BELL SMITH ELIZABETH SPEIK PRISCILLA SPEIRS MARJORIE STEVENS CLAIRE STOCKFISCH ANN STRONG Even Seniors manage +0 squeeze in +ime +0 read +he funnies affer breakfast wifh perhaps a glance af +he headHnes and a more +horough scranizing of fine ediforial pages. DONALD SUTHERLAND. GERALDINE TINKER DONALD TSAI. GEORGIANA TURNER. ROLAND VAILE VIRGINIA VAN PELT. PHILIP VAUGHN. EILEEN WALDEN .- JOHN WALSH. BARBARA WATKINS. JEAN WATSON. ROSANNE WEIL. MARY DANA WEST EDNA WHITTLE. JAMES WILSON. GENEVIEVE WOOD. EDITH WOOLEY. MARGOT WORK The world is no+ a vague. limiHess enfify +0 read about philosophize aboul. and condemn or applaud. H has been broughf +0 our very doorsfep. and we shall be a par+ of H16 aHempf +0 lafer puf +hose Jrheories learned here. in a liberal arJrs college. info prac+ice. We shall graduafe only +0 receive Hie greafesl challenge of all-+o live as we have learnedeand alfhough we now realize Jrhe value of our years spenf here. our appreciafion will sfeaclily mounf as we confinue on our way. As long as +here had +0 be war. we are for+una+e for He vas+ scope of experiences en+ailecl. And we leave a herifage +0 +hose +ha+ follow: one wifh which we are forced +0 parf. College is peaceewhaf beHer one? PEGASUS Hailed in more playful momenfs as The Class of Gas , or Drive Wi'rh '45 . +he worshippers of red-and whife-Pegasus have had anyfhing bu1L a dull +hree years in Claremonl. En- Jrering +he las'r year +ha+ Pomona was a normal arfs college wilh all acfivily and Jrraolil'ion in full bloom. +hey were hif full in +he face wilh +he disioinfing changes +ha+ proved in- evi+able. They saw +heir provincial liHle world +hrown merilessly al' flue feel of +he war Gods. TradHionally women reigned supreme over +he Junior class th Joyce Taylor as i+s Presiden+ and origina+or of aclivifies. Assisllng her were Eve Meyler. vice-presiclenf: Vicky Beaman. secrelary- lreasurer; Barbara Cowen. Social chairman; and Jane Goodspeed. hisforian. The Junior class em- phasized ifs exislence by +he cusfomary annual dinner held in Blaisdell Dining Hall. Such elegance +hese juniors saw when Pegasus' loyal subjecls saf +hrough a pre-war served dinner complefe wifh decorafions and iovialify of old. To collecwL Hweir numbers all Hue original members of +he class of '45 were invifed. No sooner was +his forgoHen +han 0qu bloomed Jrhis group wifh a Harwood spread for all +heir female members. ' 1945 The male confingenJr remained here in body for a shorf +ime. bqu spiriJrs were wifh +heir buddies in uniform. One by one +hey fiHered info various services. leaving a proud buwL lonely group +0 carry on. Those who remained +hrew bigger logs on +he home fires. pushed harder on +he accelerafor. shouldered war-fime responsibilifies as far as +heir capacHy would allow. Exfra unifs gained in summer school broughwL innovafions in +he personnel. Many members of +he class of '46 advanced +0 shelfer under Pegasus' wings. while numbers of He original flock flew +0 supplemenf Hue ranks of Excaliber. Now facing a serious and imporfan+ senior year. Hwe iuniors look back +0 semesfers of mingled frolic and solemnify. Realizing +ha+ col- lege bred cifizens will be a necessary fador in Hue posf-war world. Jrhey played less. and worked harder. a fine example of worfhy Pomonans. When +hey came +0 Pomona +heir rooms were Jraken care of by maids: now. as Mary Gore. Hue Juniors clean +heir own rooms: ano+her war adius+men+. MARS Older sludenls waifeol inquisifively, perhaps a bi+ anxiously. +0 see iusf wha'r kind of budding Pomonans +he year I942 would yield. They did no+ know whefher +0 expec'r a class more unified +hrough condi- Jrions of war emergency. or a group of baffled. disunifecl young people wailing for somefhing lo happen. H was nof long before +hey knew +ha+ any pride among +he class of Mars was more +han iusfiflable. In many years Jrhere has no+ been a class more worfhy of credH for +ha+ undelinable somelhing called school spirit lJr even made some of +he upperclassmen reflecf a bi+ on various demonsfrafions of a cerfain laxily or aloofness regarding +heir own pa51L class acfivifies. Happily flue war babies' aHHuole was allruisfic, whefher or nol +hey were conscious of if. The war had faken ifs foll of Pomona men. JrraoliJrions. anol animafion; some sonL of +onic was needed. and was provided. The enfire sluolenf body fell Hue effecf of flueir refreshing liveliness. Their sophomore year was complefeol wilh no loss of vivacify. Under +he leadership of presidenf Dick Ufman anol assisl'anfs in office Mary BeHy Zarn. Ann Cooke, Bob Vaughf and Doreen Herron, +hey led an acfive year, lradilionally harrowing H1e frosh and bolsfering Hweir own individualify. Exemplary of +heir arclor was +heir class sweafer spring in March. a pleasanl surprise for all excep+ Hwe unwary freshmen. When Dick Ufman was called +0 +he service. Al Hasfings assumed Jrhe presi- olenHal posifion. proving a line successor. As +he year comes Jro an end. +he class of '46 finds ifself ready lo become upperclassmen. Wifh much responsibilify +0 fufure freshmen. +he iunior year will manifesl i+sel1c one of a lIHle less hilarious fun. a liHle more of seriousness. 1946 The sophomore girl af Pomona is fyped +0 +he ex+emL ihaf she is fypicaily collegiafe. wearing +he size 42 sweafer or gaudy plaid shirt and is def- inifely parf of We bunch in her oufside house. Judiciously avoiding many pi'rfails of +he college sororify. +his grouping of girls in +heir second year gives +he pleasanfer aspecfs of We closely knif clan. To Hie boys. few +hough Jrhere may be Jrhese days. +he donning of jeans signifies no+ only seniori'ry. bu+ Hie righf +0 make general Jro-do abouf anyfhing or nofhing in par+icular. Therein is he immorfalized. revered. and confen'r. Considered as an individual. +he fypical sophomore makes an inferesfing obiecf 'For sfudy. For some infangible reason. he +hinks differenfly and acfs differenHy. Tradifionally Here is closer unify and more organizafion among H16 class as a whole. derived probably from +he wish for superiori+y over +he ireshmen. and shown in +he many friendly clashes befween Hie groups. Originalify is +he by-word. Then +here is +ha+ vifal. invigorafing element Jrhe Freshman Class. They came +0 Pomona fired wi+h en+husiasm and ambifion. yewL ma'rurely braced for +he disillusionmenf a war-1'ime schedule would bring. They found no Jrime for lamen+ing pasf condifions: +here was foo much +0 do in +he presenf. On +he pracfical side. Jrhere were rooms +0 clean and iobs +0 fill. Exfra-curricular acfivifies were crying for new JralemL and new ideas. Then Jroo. Jrhere was +he +ask of adjusfing +0 5 new sifuaHon: a sifuahon +ha+ demanded energy and responsibilify; one in which Hme mus+ be organized: where sfuolying, sleeping. eafing. working. dancing and +hinking musf be crammed info +wen+yefour hours. The Freshmen know only Jrhe ghos+ of a peace-fime Pomona. Yef. guarding ifs Jrradifions. main+aining H's sfandards despife hinderances. Jrhey have helped +0 make +he warfime Pomona wor+hwhile and ac+ive. GENGHIS KHAN1947 The fraolifion of a Freshman banner was nol neglecfed. Class offi- cers ploHeol +he spring for weeks. The day of Fade-ou+s of '47 +he leering face of Genghis Khan Tloa'reol before +he sfarfled observers in Jrhe lunch line. Irafe Sophomores dashed for +he lreasurecl object Slray limbs flew wildly. bqu plucky Frosh men successfully defended Jrheir banner on Harwood Porch. Successful parlies. banquefs. a dance have been Jrhe oufcome of Freshman cooperafion. As a social group +hey have siezeol all chances +0 display +heir budding lalenf. The Fade-oufs OT '47 esfablishecl +heir repufafion as lively enler- Jrainers. The Greek TheaJrre was +he scene of a memorable evening, where +hey gafhered JrogeJrher for refreshmenfs and fun. Here +he sophomores presenfed Genghis Khan remarkably sewn +0ge+her. and all relired +0 a Juke Box dance af Harwood Courf. Frosh fesfivify is ou'rsfancling for The girls' organizalion and gaiefy. +he fellows' unique idea of humor. Frosh officers included Jackie Vaughn. Hugh Lovell. Mary Alice Benfley. Dave McComas. Dick Rowson president and Eleanor Savage. Kay Ogier. Above. Mim Cross and BeHy Glaser. promising Sagechix. knif afghan squares as parl of +heir war work: +he Cameron- Logan cell in Harwoocl is Jrhe scene of fesfivify during Open House. Encouraging and possibly inspira+Ional +0 +he res+ of Hue college was fine sighf of indusfrious Frosh cudgeling Hweir respec- +ive cerebra. Unhampered by Hwe weigh+y problems of P-Chem and undis+urbed by Soci IO9. +hey successfully mixed +he Social wi+h Jrhe Infellecfual and Jrurned +heir eager minds +0 +he explorafion of General Biology and +he absorpfion o1C +he deeper meaning of Gooch. To +he new Freshmen. Pomona 5+ firsf seemed +0 be a combinafion of buildings varying in size. shape. and archifedure. housing professors and upper classmen. awe-inspiring in +heir cool seIf-possession. The quief sfreefs of Claremonf. +he Coop. Hue Quad Huey +ook af face value. IHHe realizing +ha+ in a few monJrhs +hese places and Jrhese people would have a new meaning. H was +he realizaHon +ha+ many minds were s+riving here for +he same purpose. combined wifh Hwe sensing of friendliness and sincerify. Hwaf made Pomona exciHng +0 +he Freshmen. PUBL CATIONS STUDENT As regular as eighf o'clock classes was +he appear- ance of Jrhe Sfudenf Life. For eithr monfhs every Tuesday and Thursday would find inferesfed sfudenfs reading +he Ia+es+ campus news +0 one anofher over +he lunch fables. H has been a year crowded wifh evenJrs. wifh changes and adiusfmenfs, and including more eruolemL body elecfions Jrhan any year in +he hisfory of +he college. Sfudenf Life was Jrhe means by which +hese evenfs were recorded for posferify. Jane Goodspeed. Edifor and Chairman of Publicafions Board. worked under Jrremendous handicaps. The issues were forced down +0 fwo pages as a resuH of +he missing sfudenfs. and +he changing sfaff was a confinual problem. LIFE A greaf deal of credH is due +0 Joan Higbee. Lee Ham and Vivian Howes 1cor faifhfully puffing 0qu feafure arficles. wrifing heads. and re-wrifing jus+ anyfhing. Up +0 Hwe Jrime of +heir deparfurerfhe GJ. elemenfs were very producfive. Mefeorife Dean Smifh wrofe Me1'ro Meanderings. Engineers Kenw. Jones and Ridgway kep+ +he campus informed of +he +hough+ processes of Company B. while language s+uden+s Nemschoff and Carpenfer wrofe. vivid accounfs of +he various characfers and doings of Company C. Jim Polychrone's arficles on Pragmafics aroused inJrereswL in Jrimely Jropics. The army columns were Jraken over by Soph Ted Beebe in Anofher Man's Poison -+he Jri'rle's being sehc explanafory. Second semesfer broughf a definife swing Jroward +he amusemenf side as Pomonans enfered more info +he school spirit M. D. Wesf +ook over as Managing Edifor. Good- speed wrofe more ediforials. and we had an unexpec+ed increase in elecfioneering. In spife of +he uncerfainfies and lasf minufe changes Sfudenf Life has been accepfed as +he wa+chword of He college and +0 cheerful Edifor Goodspeed go many Jrhanks. Cheerful and ever-ready slanclbys were Marge Cameron. Marge Sfevens. and John Walsh. all of whom helped wi+h picfures and copy. Well if seems Jrhe Mefafe appears again; we may add +ha+ if is wifh equal sur- prise of +he edilor and +he sfaH +ha+ such a Jrhing has been prinfed, perhaps wifh even more inleresl +han ofhers we +humb Jrhrough i+ +0 see wha+ aclually came 0qu of +ha+ mass of dummy lwhich never agreed wifh Jrhe engraver's copy and anyway we couldn'+ find if hahc +he fimel; wha1L was acfually said in +hose endless pages of copy lwhich had always eilher Jren words foo few or filly words +00 many. which forced us +0 Jrry +0 wrife Jren worcl senlences or +0 s+ar+ crossing 0qu liHle +hings. which leH us wi+h a maze of hieroglyphics wifh no beginning or ending and es- pecially lacking a subjecll: and we look Jrhrough i+ once again lo make cerfain Jrhaf +hose D nofices issued from +he Recorder's Office by professors who fel+ Jrhal +here was no need for +he Me+a+e +0 go on forever. were only Jremporary +hings. while we were absorbed in higher Jthings: and we +hink of +he sleep +ha+ passed us up and +he nice normal slaff members +ha+ we wafched Jrurn info neurolics. We will re- member +he liHle cooperafion we go+ from +he nafural resources as we scheduled picfures and +hey scheduled rain: buwL we also remember +he many people, iusf plain s+uden+s who wenf ouf of +heir way. gave up +heir lime. smiled and cared when we Jrolcl +hem +ha+ lourfeen pages of copy were missing in +he deplhs of +he Coop. H is for Jrhose people. for all of you who make up Pomona +ha+ +his book has been assembled. Melale edifors are lradilionally Hwe campus' mosl famous class cuHers. probably Pomona's moswL developed dealers in mainfaining oufside conlacls so necessary for He publicalion of any volume. and above all someone en- dowed wilh a fanfaslic enduranceefo all of which Edifor Bowman will aHeer. Firsf difficulfies +0 be me+ were Jrhose of film. Hash bulbs. and phofograph- ers. Nexf came +hose of H16 paper shorfage. gasoline shorfage. and de- plefion in +he ranks of Sagehens wifh adequafe spare lime. To help wifh Hwe worrying +here was an associafe edifor, Jean Walson, and +0 cover campus social evenfs Jim Polychrome and camera were on'fhe slaH. METATE DIREC ORY Keeping hack of where all Pomonans used +0 live, where +hey are now living. where +hey will be in a few minufes. +o which class Jrhey belong, whefher or nof Jrhey sfill go lo Pomona. who graduafes when. whaJr profs are sfill here. which ones are iusf on leave and will be back soon. and who are A.S.T.P. guioles. This is +he Direc- +ory's purpose and Jrhe job of Eugenia Carfer. SAGEHEN Cafering +0 Pomona sfudenls' ralher perverlecl senses of humor. Jrhe Sagehen came ou+ in chober and December uncler Jrhe guidance of Dilys Jones: and in February and April under Nan While. Gone wi+h Jrhe war were mos+ of +he perennial fall guys. The army suffered +his year as Jrhe Traferniiies had in +he good old days . Gone were +he +hree-colored covers. +he nalional ads. and +he las+ six pages; bqu +he Sagehen made up wilh quali+y whenL i+ los+ in lenglh. A war senior. Edilor Jones graduafed a+ Chrisfmas. look her diploma wifh one hand and wifh +he ofher gave Sophomore Nan While +he cusfody of her brain child. Franlic pleas for malerial reached Jrhe sludenJr-body periodically. Army and civilians responded. ASTPer Gordon Ingram. lasf year's ar+ edifor. was senf back +0 Pomona long enough +0 Ingramize Jrhe Valenfine issue. Surrounded by slacks of every humor magazine known +0 man. Jrhe edilors burned midnighf oil and energy before each quarferly Sagehen debuf in +he lunch line. The women can'+ be funny +heory has been disproved anol Jrhe Sagehen carries on. BEHIND THE Chairman of Dramafic Achifies Cherry Churchill. above left draws a graduafing curfain on a full program of sfage business. Masquer's Sociefy. right wifh ex+ra curricular zed found many worfhwhile war innovafions such as variefy show +rips +0 +he Corona Naval Hospifale shared JralenJrs and ideas wifh Scripps. and confinued +heir prac+ice of bringing in unusual speakers such as Jay Leyda. Russian experf of Mission +0 Moscow . and Roberf Lewis. Jrecl'mical direc+or af M. G. M.. for sfimulafing monfhly meefings. All new s+uden+s. Freshmen and Jrrans1cers. were organized early under Masquer's advisor. Pegge- mae Husing. as Thespians and were among +he mosf acfive parficipanfs in maior plays while carrying on +heir own program of enJrerJrainmenf. including ioinf meefings wi+h Masquer's. chapel plays. and assembly one-acfs scheduled by +he execufive commiH'ee. Julia Birkel. president and Lois Spauloling. secrefary. As +he principal Thespian offering of +he year. AnneHe Bercuf direcfed Hwe novel. fufurisfic drama. The Faces of Deca . which gave a hard-fo-please assembly audience a delithully fan+as+ical glimpse info Hwe World of Tomorrow as fashioned by females. FOOTLIGHTS The fry anyfhing once policy of Pomona College Drama Producfions has always provided excep- +ional opporfunify for aspiring acfors +0 play every Jrype o1c role ?hey can imagine. from Jrhe shell- shocked Sue of Cry Havoc! +0 +he murder-mad Ellen of Ladies in Refiremenf . Buf equally im- porfanf. Drama Producfions. is one o1c Jrhe most democrafic insfifufions on +he campus. giving every one a chance a+ creafive work. a limiHess opporfunify +0 know fascinafing people. and experience of +ha+ second +0 none +hrill of opening night Topping +he pyramid of personalifies are Mrs. Virginia P. Allen and William Roberfson. Teach guides +he emofional desfinies of +he acfors againsf +he in- comparable backgrounds +ha+ Bill creafes and consfrucfs wH'h +he help of his invaluable volunfeer producfion crews. Jrhis year under +he able supervision of Jrhe erudemL producfion manager. Claire Fulcher. Complefely sehC-supporfing. Drama Producfions owes ifs even Hnancial keel +0 +he indusfrious guidance of Maiorie Sfevens. Wi+h Jrhe addHional aid of class represenfafives James Polychrone and Gian Turner +0 choose +he four maior plays. an ex+remely successful season was inevifable in spi+e of drasfic war difficulfies. Unsung heroes of fhe s+age are +he pro- ducfion crew. This year's pracfically all- girl sfage crew puf up sefs in record Jrimehacceleralring work on sefs corre- sponding wifh +he accelerafed program. C O V A H VI R C Firer in Spife of Hell was +he courageous moHo of He beleagured nurses on Bafaan, and +he +hir+een Pomona acfresses who lived +hrough Hwis emofionally fense drama of war heroism broughf inspired if no+ lovely realism +0 Hwe College play presenfed chober I5 and I6. AnneHe BercuwL played SmiHy. who, wifh calm exferior and inner Jrurbulence. foughwL side by side wi+h maHer-y of-facf Doc Marsh. Dorofhy Washburn. and veferan, easy-going Flo. Eileen Walden. fo keep compa+ible Hue jarring personalifies of +heir green. we+-nosed helpers. wi+h whom +hey shared H16 exfremes of joy and agony in one sfuffy underground dugouf for +hree fa'ral days. W 4?, Mary Elms. as Pat los+ +he jealous chip on her shoulder: open-hear+ed S+eve. Gian Turner. learned foo lafe Hwe vindicfive na- +ure of solifary women; self-relianf Sue. Jo Rich. lived four days in a fox hole wi+h dead men and died menfally. leaving if for her Jrimid sisfer Andra. Peggy Blake. +0 uphold +he courageous Brifish spirit Perf and preHy Nydia. Lee Harn. innocenHy held her naive+e Jrhroughouf. while poised. languid Helen. Phyllis Verlie ra+ionalized herself ou+ of every sifuafion by +hinking of +he men involved. Burlesque queen Grace. Miriam Cross. made a convincing one-nighf. one-las+ sfand. In +he face of defeat and +he rufhless facfics of +he Jap agent Connie. Cherry Churchill. who knew no limi+s of hypocrisy, +he nurses. bound by +he indesfruc'rible +ies of war hell. walked cooly info cerfain Jap horror. leav- ing Smiffy and Flo, facing sure deafh, +0 color courage wi+h vivid infensify. Are you ready? Are we ever? Principal charaders were Jo Rich, Peggy Blake. Mary Elms Hopy; Dorofhy Washburn. AnneHe Bercut Eileen Walden ycenferh and Miriam Cross. Gian Turner. Cherry Chur- chill. Phyllis Verlie. and Lee Harn yboHomL As a relief affer Cry Havoc! . Papa Is All came as a delighhcully pleasamL evening. spenf in +he o+her- world afmosphere of a Pennsylvania Dufch Mennon- ife Household. A light fanJraeric comedy wriHen in quain+ dialect if fold +he simple sfory of how over- bearing papa dominafes a cowering family. unfil naive .buf wise mama sides wifh her rebellious children. ar- ranges for +he man in daughfer Emma's life. and +he developmenf of son Jake's mechanical +alen+s. Ably handling +he sfrange dialect Gian Turner por+rayed a charming. whimsical Mama. well con+ras+ed by He ferocious blusfering of Homer ScoH's Papa. Gene- vieve Merfzke as Emma kepf +he audience infrigued as +0 +he oufcome of her love affair wifh +he sur- weyor . and Frank Frazer's Jake broughwL sympafhefic undersfanding th his desire +0 build Fords ins+ead of iuswL driving +hem for Papa. Phyllis Verlie as +he facHess. chaffering neighbor. Mrs. Yoder. provided much +alka+ive reliemc for Papa's unhappy spouse and brood. Carl Shqu's Sfafe Trooper Bendle broughf +he finishing fouches of worldly influences +0 Hwe iso- lafed family. Everybody was happy when Papa af lasf relieved sociefy of his presence and +he audience applauded +he Junior Play for Jrranspor+ing +hem for fwo hours away from We wearing Jrribulafions of cur- ren+ even+s. PAPA IS ALL As +heir principal enferprise in +he field o1C enferfainmenf. +he Pomona Air Corps Mefeorologisfs were highly successful in an ambifious variefy show. Fair and Warmer presen+ed in Holmes Hall on chober 27. Norman Willens was responsible for +he clever scripwL which followed. wifh various breaks for single numbers. a general 'rake-ohC on +he ups and downs of Army Air Corps life af Pomona. Oufsfanding in a program of consisfenHy Tasf and funny numbers. were Jrhe vocals by Dan Schmidt The scene. A Day in +he Orderiy Room kepf +he audience in s+i+ches as +hey saw +heir various pef hafes. gripes. officers and professors aired +0 Jrhe public; and Der Fuehrer Speaks gave everyone exfremely safisfying HiHerian ridicule a+ Jrhe expense of Pvf. Willens. The Gues+ Sfar of Jrhe evening fumed ouf +0 be Frank Sina+ra himself. by Jrhe besf elecfrical Jrranscrierion. For men who had erenfy-Jrhree and a quarfer hours of every day carefully filled for +hem by Army dufies, Fair and Warmer was +he producfion miracle of +he season. Building sefs, painfing Hafs. and focusing lighfs require an energefic sfage crew. Under Jrhe direcHon of Bill Roberfson and Sfudenf Pro- ducfion Manager Claire Fulcher. The crew buiH. furnished. and Iighfed a variefy of sefse an ammunifion dump, a Pennsylvania Dufch kifchen, a Vicforian living room. and a Cana- dian wireless s+a+ion. The Bond Show and Sagehen Skefches afforded a chance for quick-change sefs and Iighfing and required fechnical skill. ACCENT ON RHYTHM Drum beafs roiled o'er +he silence profoundsfrom earliesf fimes man has gone +0 his baffles +0 +he sounds of rhyfhmic measures. Today in Jrhe jungles of Africa or across +he coral reefs man enfers his sfruggles wifh a cry upon his lips. AH nafure is a pa++ern of music. All +hough+ is a musical expression. From Jrhe primordial scream of Jrhe blackesf aborigine +0 Jrhe polished phrase of +he operafic fenor music is +he voice of all emofion. ALL-ENCOMPASSING g;;;:;. ;g Torchbearers of Pomona have long been her musical organizafions which have sung +0 her name and +0 her fame. brough+ home laurels for any Queen. and made LiHle Bridges resound +he glories of her name. Jovial Doc Blanchard. seen in monfage on preceding page. has assisfed Conducfor Lyman in mainfaining choral standards. YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY This year. +he Music Deparlmenl braced ilsehc for +he worsl'. ther colleges had shown Jrhe ravages of war in Jrhe field of music. H did no+ expecf +0 have an orchesfra. ancl +he choir would of necessify be a women's organizafion sprinkled wilh a few Jtenors and barilones. Ye1L +he accomplishmenfs were no+ only unexpecfed bul also miraculous. Army uni+s ancl faculfy members re-enlorcecl +he ranks wi+h Jralen+ecl singers and insfrumenlalisls. The resulfebo+h choir and orchesfra were able +0 give successful public perlormances. Some organ- izaflons remained unchanged: ofhers. such as +he Men's Glee Club were bqu a shadow of old splen- dor. a gesfure +0 fradifion. The Music Club main- +ained ifs former enfhusiasm and sfrove fo imbue H in +he s+uolen+ body. Through ifs energies various speakers were broughf +o campus. S+uclen+ Reci+als olid no+ le+ one Monday go by wirhoul presenfing +rained anol Jro-be-lrained arfiers. while Big Bridges held varied and enjoyable concerfs. Rewarded for years of cliligenl sludy anol pracfice were +he soloisfs of Jrhe Music De- parfmenl who confribufeol greafly +0 Jrhe success of +he year. Above. Miriam Molin; af leH. Muriel Rogers. bofh of whom are accomplished performers. BLENDED VOICES The Men' 5 and Women's Glee Clubs are anofher Jrradi'rion of which Pomona is very proud. In +he pasf +hey have won many prizes for Jrheir oufsfanding performances. Teamwork precision and en- Jrhusiasm are Jrhe demands made upon +hem. Led by a man whose leadership and musical abilify is renowned. +hese singers work for no academic credi+ bqu purely Jrheir own enjoyment H IS +heir purpose +0 'conJrribque +0 Pomona' 5 fine musical repufafion. and +0 promofe inferesf on Jrhe campus. The musical repufafion of Pomona has depended +0 a greaf exfenf upon +he Women's Glee Club +his year. Unable +0 make ifs four because of war +ime re- sfricfions. +he Glee Club was unusually busy singing for convalescenf soldiers. for organizafions in Pomona. and for num- erous occasions on campus. Energefic Prowr Lyman worked pains+akingly +0 main- +ain Jrhe1cine sfandards for which Jrhe club is oufsfanding. These +hir+y-five vocalisfs are a congenial and hard working group rewarded by +he record breaking affend- ance aJr +heir annual Home Concerf in February. Fourfeen defermined men cons+i+u+e The Pomona College Men's Glee Club. These spirifed few meef regularly wifh Prof Lyman. doing +heir beenL +0 pre- serve anofher one of Pomona's fradifions. Despife heavy academic loads. +hey have made several appearances on campus. Af +he nosfalgic Oxy Rally. +heir vigorous rendifion of Son of a Chick Ienf a fouch of reassurance +0 +he occasion. Officers of +he Women's Glee Club have concluded a successful year; Jrhey are Taylor. Applefon. Baldersfon. Jones. and BoeHcher. president AND WE LISTEN In lisfening +0 Jrhe finished works of an orchesfra concert we are likely +0 for- geJr +he many hours of sfudy and prac- +ice which confribu+e +0 Jrhe resuHs. Below, Mr. Fiske explains a diHicuH passage +0 sfudenfs during a rehearsal. Rising above +he mundane inconveniences caused by +he general exodus of men. Pomona College's Symphony Orchesfra has con- finued +0 soar Jroward bigger and beHer Jrhings +his year under +he direcfion of Mr. KenneJrh Fiske. The deplefion of +he ranks has been parHy alleviafed by +he addifion of faculfy members Gusfav AI- brechf, Frederick L. Mulhauser. and Alice James. While +he army sfill occupied norfh campus several G.l.'s found +ime be+ween logarifhms and Spanish verbs +0 Jrurn omL for +he lafe affernoon rehearsals. as femporary buwL welcome addifions. Crowning poinf 01c Jrhe group's orchesfral endeavors was +he well- received annual concert presenfed +0 an enfhusiasfic audience on February 20. Wifh +he war and ifs affendan+ worries and sfrains. Pomona sfudenfs have Jraken a greafer inferesf in Jrhe weekly chapel services. and +he opporfunifies for relaxafion and inspirahon which +hey provide. Designed expressly for Jrhis purpose. programs for Jrhe year have included speakers. dramafic presenfahons. and inspirafional music. Mrs. Shirk. presidenf of Scripps. Jralked +0 Jrhe sfudenfs aJr opening chapel in Sepfember. and in chober Dr. Edmonds spoke on The ln+erna+ional Mind . ther oufsfanding pre- senfahons Included +he Chris+mas Medi+a+ion given by Bernard E. Meland. and The Prophef , a dramafic offering in which Roland Vaile appeared. Music played a major parf in creafing and preserving +he Chapel A+mosphere . Chie1c among +he greenL symphonies presenfed were works by Franck. Dvorak. and Beefhoven. The Men's and Woman's Glee Clubs were parficularly well received, as were +he Organ Medifahons played by William Blanchard. Muriel Rogers. AnneHe Bercuf. Theodosia Robinson. and Rufh Moody confribufed +heir Jrime and falenfs on several occasions. During Jrhe second semes+er somefhing new was added in Jrhe form of Jrhe daily morning chapel services inifiafed by Religion Co-chairmen Eley and ScoH. IN QUIETER MOMENTS BEHINDALLTHIS WE WORK AND PLAY AS A UN WHh +he increase in Jrhe average number o1c hours spenf each week wifhin +he porfals of +he library has come a parallelled increase in Jrhe dufies of Head Librarian Mary Love. picfured above wifh Jrwo sfudenfs. Some sfudenfs. women as well as men. have se+ as Jrheir immediafe goals Jrhe confribufion of +heir knowledge +0 +he winning of Jrhe war. Here. Marybell Smifh and Virginia Van PeH discuss +he Women's Army Corps th a recruif- ing officer. GOALS The ambifious high school graduafe chooses his col- lege according +0 cerfain desired goals. usually self- imposed. Presumably he is sufficienHy mafure +0 know whaf he wanfs 0qu 01c life. a+ leasf in a general sorf of way. buf H is only a small minorify who know how +hey can progress foward +he accomplishmenf of Jrheir aims. Realizing Jrhe exfenf +0 which a goal. un- affained. can be defrimenfal. Jrhe college mus+ seJr more precise goals coupled wiJrh +he guidance and undersfanding so necessary +0 young minds. A bal- ance be+ween helpful ins+ruc+ion given and allowance for ini+ia+ive musf be mainfained af Jrhe expense of error, for we learn from our errors as well as our suc- cesses. Underclassmen of course presenf a greafer problem arising primarily from +he confusion of orien- +a+ion. Upperclassmen need a reminder from +Ime +0 Hme +0 spur Jrhem 0qu of any Iefhargy +ha+ mighf occur hom considering +ha+ +hey have done a greaf deal already. SET FORTH The academic goals are in many insfances concreJre. especially in Jrhe science deparfmenf. buf since no field major is required of any sfudenf. Jrhe goal by and large is a general acquainfance wiJrh many fields oi knowl- edge. A +ruly ma+ure person muswL known how +0 live as well as how +0 exist One can exisf on fads he has learned. buf ii is his abili'ry +0 sfimulafe people +hrough originalify of ideas JrhaJr he makes his life fuller for ofhers as well as himself. The well rounded life is emphasized in Jrhe more serious exfra-curricular acfivifies as music. drama. religious acfivi+ies and s+uden+ government These are presenfed as opfional. bu+ in offer- ing Jrhem +he college frusfs in HS own abilify +0 sfimuiafe worfhwhile in+eres+. Here if is evidemL +ha+ every opporfunify for achieving goals is given. Wheiher or no+ +hey are Jraken is up +0 +he sfudenf. Finals week. synonymous wifh hell in +he minds of mosf s+uden+s. comes wi+h discouraging regularify af +he end of each semesfer. MidnighwL oil. cokes. and cigareHes are consumed in s+aggering amounfs. Lab sfudenfs ap- proach +he deadline wi+h Jrerror. Nerves are shaHered. buf probably more knowledge is acquired in +his week +han during any o+her +ime in Jrhe year. CENTER OF As cenfer of social acfivifies. Jrhe Coop is +he mecca for all non-scholasfic acfivilies where a person may drop in for a quick breakfast pick up a blue book. and make a dale for nexf Safurday. Feafure aHracfion oi +he lounfain end 01c +he Coop is +he Juke Box; an unpre- clicfable insl'rumemL which is law only un+o ifsehc. The iounlain. herelolore a s+ric+ly male ins+i+u- Jrion. has been faken over by +he female element managed by Bobbie Payne; and Jrhe Soufh end. or bookslore has been under BeHy Speik's direcfion. The Coop is a co-operafive run by +he sludenfs and for +he sludenls; if is even a coopera+ive +o Jrhe exfenJr +ha+ all profils are shared by +he sluden'r body and all employes are Pomona sludenls who have Jralkecl Jrhemselves info believ- ing Jrhey have a few exlra hours a week and +hey may as well Jralk Jro friends over +he counfer as over a bridge fable . . . anyway you never know whaf you'll see of +he Coop and you cerfainly wouldn'f know much abouf whaf goes on if you los+ +rack oi +he Coop. Al righf. Pally Calloway and Bud Frazier slack +he bookshelves. SOCIAL ACTIVITY-THE COOP Confinenfs may be losf. nafions disappear. +he Jap flee+ ge+ sunk for He sixfh +ime. and RooseveH re-elecfed. buf +he Coop flourishes. Nofhing bofhers Hie Coop; +he G.I's. may move in and adopf if: Pomona men may dese rf if and leave if in fine hands of ifs girl friends: Cokes may be missing for a 'FeW days, records are changed and old friends leave bumL +he Coop is s+ill +he Coop. Wifh headquar+ers af +he Coop and ac- fivifies all over +he valley. +he business managers for Publicafions. Flip Thorburn. Edifh Jenkins. and Al Hasfings. have had a big iob on +heir hands and a nof Jroo enviable one. Though mosf of He publi- cafions depend en+irely upon sfudenf financial suppomL Hweir sizes are offen rela- Jrive +0 Hwe supporf of local merchanfs and s+uden+ hangoufs. Sfarfing wi+h summer schools. Hwe G.I.'s adop+ed +he Coop as +heir own. and for a Jrime rafher over- whelmed +he civilian element Any +ime 0H bewcore classes and cales- +henics and +he half hour affer sfudy hall was spemL in Hue Coop. 8qu +0 Jrhem. as +0 all Pomona s+uden+s +he Coop is a place of relaxa+ion and fun. Lasf fall +he Founfain employes gave a show af Harwood Open House fea+uring a safirical skefch of He life and problems of Coop em- ployes. Came +0 lighf . . . characfers. Scripps fechniques. Jane McKinneys herefofore unno+iced musical falenfs. and M. D. Wesfs original When You Wore Your G.l.'s and I Wore My Levis . The annual Chrisfmas Supper was served +his year in Harwood dining hall th all +he Jrracli'rional finery be- fiHing +he occasion. Af right mem- bers of He Glee Clubs sing carols. Below are He Phi Befa Kappa mem- bers for He Spring semesfer. They are Ray Chuan: Sfan Mussell: Dick Tyson and William HiHon, advisers: Virginia Edwards. Wendell Miller. Rufh Scherfee. Bob Gomer. and Don Tsai; nof picfured is Alice Nelson. CENTERS OF CULTURE In a world af war Pomona has mainfained +he afmosphere of cuHured. deep living for which if is famous and +hrough which +he liberal arfs +radi+ions are expressed and en- ioyed. H is Jrhis afmosphere which separafes Pomona from +he oufside world. and by which, in Jrimes of social unres+ and change, +hose Jrradifions which are hers are kepf alive. For all. Jrhe year has been one of work. of sfudy. 01c achievemenf in new fields. bumL always in one direcfion. always for one pur- pose . . . fo mainfain +his afmosphere. +0 always have Pomona a cenfer of culfure. This fradifion of cuHure is a priceless herif- age +0 which graduafes refurn believing +ha+ i+ will always be here. and Seniors grad- ua+e believing if +0 be an inseparable par+ of Pomona. And so Jrhough Pomona marches, she is sfill a cenfer of cuHurai inferesis and iivinq. One of +he oufslancling evenJrs of a year al Pomona is +he Claremonl Colleges Arlisl Course. Several limes during +he year well-known concerl arlisls appear in Big Bridges. Over a period of four years al Pomona. a sludenf will have had Jrhe opporfunilylo see and enjoy every Jrype of line musical enler- lainmenf. An annual lreal is +he appearance of +he Los Angeles Philharmonic orcheslra uncler +he balon of such famous conduclors as Bruno Waller and John Barbirolli. This year we have had a wide variefy of concerls. Alfred Wallensfein made his clebuiL as permanenf conducfor of +he Los Angeles Philharmonic in November. Vronsky and Babin, Duo-Pianisls. presenled a program which drew parlicular aflraclion as +he Army will henceforlh prevenf Babin from con- Jrinuing his musical career unl'il afler Jrhe war. Many Pomonans were inlrigued by +he Ballef Thealre's presenlafion 01c Bluebearol and Tchaikowsky's famous Swan Lake. The series will be concluded wifh a concemL given by +he new Violin sensalion. Carroll Glenn. In previous years. men sludenls have been Jrhe ushers a+ our concerls. bul due lo +he manpower shorl- age a+ Pomona. +his iob was laken over Jrhis year by +he women sludenls. The girls have been a big success bo+h in doing Jrheir iobs and in crealing a friendly almosphere. CONCERTS The concerls in Big Bridges draw music lovers from all He nearby cilies. Here Pomona s+udenls and +he older concerf-goers meeJr in an almosphere of formalify far dislanl from +he usual casualness of H16 campus. Many of +hese olcler concerf-goers have held season +icke+s as long as Hwe Arflsl Course has been in exisfance. Facully members are always +0 be seen along wilh olher familiar Claremonf faces. This year He Army has been very much in evidence wifh +he Army unils sfafioneol af Jrhe college. When +he Don Cossack Chorus came +0 Big Bridges. +he demand for fickels was so greaf +ha+ peo- ple were sealed on flue slage. They sang nafive songs. all in Russian. Serge Jarofl, conducfor of +he Don Cossacks. made quife a sfrik- ing impression on +he audience. The minufe man is a very able con- duclor and gives flue pifch for each song by walking around in back of +he Cossacks. Anolher al- +rac+ion was He very excellenJr and clashing na+ive dances. POMONA WOMEN- E C V R CL S N O T N E C C A WHEN SOLDIERS MARCH No words 01c consolafion could suffice when Hie main body 01C men sfuclenls in a coeducalional college makes an abouwL face and marches 0H +0 join H16 uniformed masses. Thaf Huey are doing +heir duly is accepled; +ha+ +he even+ was inevifable is Jraken for granfed. +hough n01L foo calmly. ln cold melallic leHers. Hie service Hag in +he Sludenf Union lounge announces +ha+ I528 have gone bearing +heir added riches for mankind in Hue form of guns. scalpels. maps. and compasses. Many will refurn +0 pick up pens and books +0 s+ucly subjecls of +heir choice: many will remain scaHered over He world as silenf +ribu+es +0 brave effort Few of us will be here +0 see He happy arrival of +hese boys. bqu we shall be confen'red +0 know H151 our inimicable Pomona will have acquired again +hose many prec- ious elemenfs +ha+ have been forn from her. AWAY A Pomona Boy and a Pomona Girl is no mean- ingless JriHe +0 one of our well loved school songs. Somehow cerfain Pomona men seem +0 have affracfed cerfain Pomona women +0 Hue exfen+ +ha+ +he girls spend many hours wrifing leHers. and many excifed momenfs receiving +hem. The sifuafion has ifs darker momenfs foo. for if means nighfs of more infensive sfudy for He lack of somefhing beHer +0 do. Going +0 Hue movies wifh Hue girls is a worfhy buf evenfually insuf- ficien+ subsfifufe. Relieving momenfs come on weekends. when each Safurday brings back a varied group of ex-Pomonans whose appearance makes +he general populafion very happy. AJr fimes like +his we puf down our books and kniHing needles. H: only +0 gaze fondly from a disfance upon Jrhose familiar bu+ seldom seen faces +ha+ we miss so much. POMONA WOMEN ORGANIZE The A.W.S. Board is called upon from all sides +0 give of +heir energies. Through +heir presidenf Jrhey are responsible +0 all women sfuclenfs. OHen Jrhey find +hemselves called upon for help by oqusiole organizalions, chie1C of which in I943 was +he Red Cross Blood Bank. managed efficienfly by vice-presidenl Pa+ Hood. Rulh Scherfee provided inleresfing speakers for us in her posifion as head of Vocafional Acfivifies. Women's Acfivifles. always an all-inclusive lask. found in Marlha Munn a leader capable of lerreflng 0qu our various inferesfs in exfra- curricular acfivifies. Olher board members. in addilion +0 Jrhe presidenfs. were Gail Vaughf. secrelary. Ann Edwards. lreas- urer. Charlene Egler. Barbara Cross, and Dollie Eley. Above. Pal Hood. vice-presidenl and firsf semesfer president DoHie Jones. An organizafion as prominenf as Hie A.W.S. seeks a presidenf wi'rh unusually slable qualifies. Merely being able +0 exisl amicably in +he cenfer of several hundred girls is nof enough. She musf be able +0 gain flue respecf of each and every member of H18 group over which she pre- sides. +hrough an abilify +0 influence +hem judiciously. Dollie Jones assumed her ranking posifion in lime 'Fall wifh delini're obiecfives. She devoled much lime in her already amply filled program +0 her job. Graduafing a+ Hie semesler's enol, she could see a solid foundalion well mainfained for Hie use of her successor. Dosia Robinson. Dosia allowed no lapse in acfivify. and carried Hie semesler Jrl'irough will: serious dexlerily characferislic of Pomona women. Working and playing JrogeJrher bring companionship and unify: fliese in Jrurn make a group dependable and useful. A piclure 01c +he A.W.S. occupied wifh dufies of bo'rh necessi'ry and pleasure is an ideal example of such an organizafion. HS yearly funcfions in general are well known +0 ifs members and observers. Highlighfing Hie acfivifies in which all parlicipafe is Women's Day. incorporafing +he Spring Masque and Hie choosing 01c Hie May Queen. To +his colorful pageanfry are invifeol all friends of Pomona. and parlicularly fufure freshmen girls. And none will lor- gef such occasions as Hie Chrisfmas Formal. where reigned Hie newesf addifions lo annual Pomona royally. Hie Winfer Queen and her court Candlelighf and He swish of formal gowns lend an infriguing afmosphere +0 +he cuslomary A.W.S. banquefs. bo'rh in spring and fall. where baled breafh affends +he Jrapping 01c new Morfar Board members. One proud possession 01c Pomona women is Hie shiny sfafion-wagon. Though ifs behavior on occasions is quife unpredictable. Hie women realize +he many Jrimes +hey mighf have slayecl home were if no+ for Hie prized ma- chine. Al+hough ifs use is now limifed because of gas and Jrire rafioning. if sfill serves many useful and varied pur- poses. Every Pomona girl is aufomafically a member of Hie A.W.S.; all ifs acfivifies are open +0 her according +0 her choice. Volunfary elforfs make if a well infegrafed organizafion. Second semesler president Dosia Robinson, above leH; below. glimpses of +he Chrisfmas formal and +he informal. Haunled Haven. THEY PLEDGE CAMPUS War brings new work +0 do af Pomona College. Every day if becomes harder +0 find persons +0 help in +he dormi+ories and dining halls. and war work becomes more in demand. An arficle was vofed upon and pu+ info Jrhe consfifufion of +he Associafed Sfudenfs oi Pomona under which each sfudenf is +0 give up from +wo +0 four hours each week for war work or campus service. The ferm work cards is now a familiar phrase. for +he A.W.S. had each girl pledge +wo hours of work a week. Pal Hood. A.W.S. Vice President was in charge of Jrhe job. CommiHees under her prepared work cards which each girl filled ou+ aJr +he beginning of +he week. filling in +he fype of work she had clone and +he number of hours she had spenf on if each week. This new proiecf is nof iusf +0 make sfuclenis work for Jrheir own benefif bul' if is recognized by all +ha+ unless all s+uden+s are willing +0 sacrifice some of +heir +ime f0 do war work or campus service. +he school cannmL run smoofhly. There are many diiieremL jobs +0 doakniffing squares for Red Cross. making scrapbooks and defense sfamp corsages. and picking fruif in nearby orchards and groves. besides +he many jobs ihaf need +0 be done +0 keep +he campus and buildings of +he school looking +heir besf. SERVICE Pomona sfudenfs have helped +0 fighf +he labor shorf- age and have had fun af Hue same Jrime. The ground nexf +0 Baldwin House and +ha+ in back of Harwood CounL has been cleared. plowed and made info a' Vicfory Garden. H is a very common sighf +0 go by +he Garden and see'several coeds in shor+s or jeans planfing, wa+ering. or picking vegefables. Alfhough Pomona sfudenfs have always worked in He cafeferia line. a s+udemL of several years ago would be very surprised af +he changes in He dormifories and dining halls. Since +he maid shor+age has become acufe. +he girls have been seen vigorously dusfing and vacuum- ing. In Hue dining haH. girls now do +he clearing and sfacking of dishes; many are seen in +he kifchen. wash- ing and drying dishes wifh +he boys. The cooperafion shown was mosf granying +0 +he direcfors of dormi- +ories and dining halls. w um Lam; emboin-u 4,51,: THEIR IDEALS Seniors. preservers of +radi+ion. play an impor+an+ role in mainfaining sfandards and helping new sfudenfs come +0 know and appreciafe Pomona. H is +hrough such organiza- +ions as Hie Sponsors. Residence council. and Morfar Board Hiaf eruciemL governmenf is mainfained and by which our own rules are enforced. To a new girl a sponsor is a very imporfanf friend: she is +here +0 greef and guide; she is her friend. Head sponsors +his year were Virginia Campbell and Mary Milbank. When one gefs campused, one breaks a rule. sees Hue Residence Council, and is in bed around IO:3O for a week or so. Big chiefs were Cafhryn Grebe iaf Ieffi and Arla Brown ibelowi. Af righf Mor+ar Board members for second semesfer. Barbara Cross presidenf: Eleanor Hough. Bobbie Payne. and Mary Milbank. are seafed wifh +heir faculfy advisors Miss Gibson and Mrs. Sfrafh- man. Furfher righ+ are firs'r semesfer members Carol Lavenson. president Janef Hafch. DoHie Jones. Barbara Cross. and Virginia Campbell. 1. .1 . xx. Qixfx WOMEN'S DAY The +raoli+ionai Women's Day. one of He beHer known of P0- mona's +ime honored evenfs. was Jrhe climax of women's acfivifies for +he year. Big momenf of fine day has always been +he crown- ing of We May Queen, now +he Spring Queen. This year Barbara Cross reigned for a day wifh her courf of six. Phyllis Jones. Muriel Rogers. Elizabefh Heron. Edifh Wooley. Dosia Robinson. and Aria Brown. The Queen and her aHendanJrs were chosen from fine graduafing senior women for aHribufes oi poise and person- alify. To be a member of +his ruling cour+ is one of fine highesf honors for Senior women. The Soufh Campus' big day included a play day for giris of surrounding high schools. a luncheon. sporfs exhibits. and in +he evening +he fradifionai Masque . . . if is a full and memorable day for all. SPRING MASQUE The Spring Masque. always +he highlighf of Women's Day. was +his year unusual and oufsfanding. WriHen by freshman Carolyn Jones, if was enfifled lncognia. and depicfed Hwe eHecf produced upon Jroday's fumuHuous world by +he approach of a s+range planet Incognia. Miss Karen BurJr, physical educafion insfrucfor. direc'red +he Masque. and. wifh suggesfions from +he dancers. worked ouf +he choreography. The leading parf was Jraken by senior Frances Finch. who has always been an acfive orchesis member. Remarkable were +he bizarre Iighfing effeds, and +he vifalify shown by Hwe parficipanfs. Above. Eileen Smi+h. chie1c organizer for +he Masque. pauses en roufe +0 a rehearsal long enough 1cor Lloyd +0 snap her picfure. A1 right Orchesis members. MORALE BUIL S+epping info PaHy Bierkam's job of President was Vice-Pre'sidenJr Pa'T Brauel. Paf worked under +he handicap of a lafe sfarf. nof having faken over He dufies of her office unfil affer H18 beginning of +he school year: buf having been an acfive parficipanf in Jrennis, swimming. and volleyball. as well as possessing execufive abilify and leadership. she was ably suifed for +he job of bringing W.A.A. acfivi+ies up +0 dafe. The head of Hie W.A.A. is also a member o1C Hie A.W.S. Board and musf coordinafe Hue W.A.A. acfivifies wifh ofher funcfions on fine campus. Wifh +he help of her Board. she musf see +ha+ Hie enfhusiasm for fine sporfs offered +0 Pomona Women is no+ losf. - The W.A.A. offers a variefy of acfivi+ies. each one designed +0 meef Jrhe demands of acfive college women. The sporfs managers are a parficular aid +0 Hie physical educafion deparfmenf by helping wiJrh gym regisfrafion; organizing Jrournamenfs. infer-class compefifive sporJrs; and ac+ing as gen- eral assisfanfs in gym classes. One of +he mosf popular W.A.A. ac+ivi+ies is +he annual freshmen women's refrea+ +0 Halona. Here Hue frosh women are given +he opporfunify +0 become beHer ac- quainfed wifh classmafes, W.A.A. execufives. and He Women's Physical Educafion Sfaff. This is an enfhusiasfic and Iong-remembered evenf. D E R-W. A. A. Beginning wilh +heir fradilional jolly-up for new Frosh in August and confinuing wifh +he refreaf a+ Halona. W.A.A. has inaug- urafeol a program of infegraled exlracurricular acfivily ole- signeol +0 supplemenl +his year's Soulh campus social life. Feeling H1e need for recrealional balance in an all-women. all- work +erm. flue W.A.A.'s schedule was designed lo meel +ha+ need. Through +he year +he efforl was made +0 mainlain an increase in alhlefic capabilifies and +0 exlend lair play. good sporfsmanship. and comradeship info day-fo-day Pomona iving. By ifs nalure. W.A.A. is one of +he besf mixers available on campus. uniling all women. regardless of group or class. H provides an organized channel for afhlefics and for personal ex- pression in oufdoor social life. While any such program cannol supplanl an ordinary pre-war iolea of campus calendar. +he acfivifiesel-lalona relreals. fournamenls. and jolly-ups have been crealed +0 mainfain Pomona spirif under warfime slrin- gencies. Women's sporfs in +hese limes are used nof only for recrealion. buf for companionship and physical lifness. H is +he parf of W.A.A. +0 see +ha+ +heir program fulfills +hese needs. as well as meefing +he cusfomary demands of fun and variefy. H is significanf +ha+ despife prohibifive obsfacles and shorfages. flue W.A.A. board and membership have achieved an improved schedule of evenfs planned for waere aclualiHes. Keeping apace wifh Jrhe fimes. +he women's physical educafion deparfmenJr has presenfed a program designed +0 meef +he needs of Pomona women working under +he added sfrain of an accelerafed program. Physical fifness. always imporfanf. has assumed addifional signiHcance wi+h +he increase of academic work in war Jrime. Varied acfivi- +ies have been offered +0 sui+ individual +as+es and re- quiremenfs and 5+ +he same fime +0 furfher +he spirif of compe+i+ive good-sporfsmanship which charaderizes Po- mona. Women's afhlefics have had an even more im- porfanf parJr +0 play along +his line. Infer-class compefifion has flourished in +he feam sporfs. and +he individual sporfs have proved as popular as ever before. Modern dancing is being received wiJrh more and more enfhusiasm: one of ifs mos+ impor+an+ feafures has been +he producfion of H19 Spring Masque. Swimming. once sacred +0 +he men of Pomona. has been opened +0 women for +he firsf Jrime. Seffing +he Jrempo for Jthe physical educa- +ion program were +he hard working in- sfrucfors. Under +he able direcHon of Miss KeHey, insfrchror of gymnasfics and fencing, +he depar+men+ funcfioned smoofhly. Miss Cawfhorne direcfed volleyball. gymnasfics. and archery: and Miss BunL and Mrs. Ulrey. newcomers. faught respec+ively. bada minfon. swimming. dancing; and +ennis. swimming. baskefball. Af fop. +he W.A.A. Board: a+ cen+er, Kelley. and. 5+ right Ulrey. Cawfhorne. and Burt AND LASTLY POMONA MENwaCCENT ON ENERGY THEY CONCEN STAN COLLINS The Associafed Men Sfudenfs. under Hue presidency of S+an Mussell in +he fall semes+er and S+an Collins in Hue spring semes+er. affempfed +0 ?ulfill ifs Jrradifional Itune- fions of promofing Hue inferesfs of men sfudenfs on +he Pomona campus. Since Hwe disconfinuafion of +he fra- Jrernilries and He Ghosfs. Hwis dufy has fallen even more +0 Hue A.M.S. As a resuhL of Jrhe loss of mosf of Pomona's men +0 Hue services. Hue fall saw eigh+y-five boys on campus. and +he spring saw bur sixfy. Several meefings of He A.M.S. were called during +he year when impor'ranf maHers were pending discussion. Wifh a Iimi+ed number of men sfudenfs men's acfivifies have been limHed. The fradifional A.M.S. formal. usually held in chober. and +he annual barn dance were bofh cancelled. In +he Spring +he men s+uden+s were Jrhe proud recipienfs of a pool Jrable given +hem by Professor Alfred Woodford. STAN MUSSELL TRATE ON One of He imporfanf funcfions of +he A.M.S. is ifs responsibilify for +he aol- IusfmemL of +he Pomona men sfudenfs +0 +heir dormifory life. Wifh 1cew men sfudenfs on campus and army unifs numbering over five hundred men in Clark Hall. civilian men moved +0 Smiley. For +he firsf fime in many a year men from each class lived +0- gefher in +he several secfions 0a +he same dormi+ory. Here in Smiley Hall Pomona men were able +0 esfablish Jrhemselves. make as much noise, and have as much fun as +hey had ever had. ACTION Afhlefics a+ Pomona +his pas'r year nafurally were curfailecl +0 a greal exfenl' bul +he infense desire of The remaining men for compefifon of some kind plus Jrhe inf- ereswL and cooperalion of +he alhlefic deparfmenl kepf +he program from com- plefely dying ou'r. The spirif and abilily shown by some of +he parlicipanls proved +ha+ when +he Jrime comes, perhaps nexwL year, +ha+ Jrhe Sagehens relurn +0 inlerscholaslic endeavors Jrhe Blue and While will have a nucleus around which +0 build Soufhern California Conference championship learns in all maior sporls. Lafer in +he year. afler Jrhe soldiers of +he Army Specialized Training Unif had leH and Jrhe coaches had more lime +0 clevofe +0 Jrhe civilian sludenfs. a complefe ancl +horough infermural program was seJr up and did a greaf cleal Jrowarcl heighlening inferes+ in sporfs. All Jrhe men sludenls were divided as equally as possible in regard lo +heir all round abilily info five learns which compeled wilh a high degree of rivarly in soffball. baskefball. lennis. frack, badminfon. and swimming. The learns me+ every affernoon for an hour and approval of +his over +he old syslem was unanimous. The sludenf body Jrakes +his opporlunily +0 +hank all Jrhe coaches for Jrheir friendly cooperalion and expresses +he hope +ha+ Jrhey may see +heir wish for Jrhe refurn of inler-collegiale compelifion realized in +he very near lulure. During +he winfer monfhs. besides +he prescribed courses in physical educa+ion, +he men sfudenfs organized a baske+ball feam which baHIed high schools and Army feams from +his vicinify. Headed by Has'rings and Muir and unofficially coached by Fuzz MerriH, +he Waere 'Hens, alfhough Jrheir record was nof impressive +0 say Jrhe least kep+ in+eres1L in +he sporf alive and s+irred up a liHle school spirhL which had Iain olormamL foo long. The rosfer included. af one Jrime or anofher; Jack Langdell, Leo Berner. Dick Ufman. Flip Thorburn. Dick Rowson, Sfan Collins. Red Anderson. Pefe Pinney. Gene Freeland. and Bob Vaughf. In spi're of +he loss. +hrough +he leaving of school. o1c +he firsf five named. +he boys were always able +0 pu1L a feam on +he Hoor and deserve a word of commendahon for +heir fight When He army unifs were on campus. +he college afhlefic program remained heavy. despife +he dis- confinuafion of infer-college sporfs. March saw He Army leave. and A.M.S. Prexy S+an Collins. Coach Nixon and Coach Sfrehle developed a pro- gram of infra-mural sporfs. Four Jrimes a week five feams of Norfh Campus men pracficed and played agains+ each ofher in baseball. baskefball. and volleyball fournamenfs. while +heir bes1L Jrennis and badminfon players compefed againsf each ofher in singles and doubles fournamenfs. Thus +he A.M.S. keer infereers aroused in in+ra-mural afhlefics 61' He fime when a year before infer-frafernify afh- le+ics were keeping Norfh Campus occupied. Phys. Ed. insfrucfors enjoyed grea+er popularify and presfige +his year as 5 a resuH of Hue emphasis on fifness. They are Coaches Heafh and Sfrehle. +op; Fuzz Merrif. cen+er; and Coach Nixon. boHom. FITNESS The Men's Alhlelic Deparlmenf, as all olher phases of college acfivify. underwemL a greaiL and froublesome fransifion: +he sudden lack of civilians and Jrhe influx of army unils placed a burden of radical change in sysfem upon Jrhe coaches. The demands 01C +he Army and +he slandarcls if se'r for +he physical fraining of i+s men faxed heavily Jrhe lime and abilifies of Jrhe insl'rucfors. buf +hey managed +0 safisly Jrhe War Deparl- menl in every respect while finding lime To insure Jrhe vanishing race of civilians a well-run. consfruclive afhlelic program. The need for physical Jrraining. ancl +he ad- vanlages of keeping fif and engaging in friendly rivalry are obvious. buf now Jrhe grimmer purpose of s+reng+hening and loughening +hose- who are subied +0 milifary service in +he near Tufure has superseded Jrhe purely personal needs and desires of peacefime sludenfs. Perhaps Jrhere was a liHle normal complaining when Coach Slrehle Jrold his unforlunafes +ha+ Jrhey would have lo run +he obsfacle course for lime nex'r Wednesday. or +ha+ a couple of laps around +he frack were iusf Jrhe +hing lo pul one in +he pink of condifion, bu+ ulfimalely every- one realized +he crying need for fif- ness a+ +he present and knew +ha+ wha+ever is done in college afhlefic aclivify is merely much -needed preparalion for somelhing bigger and a greaf deal harder. AND MIL This year may be a flashback +0 many grad- uafes of Jrwener-Tive years ago. The campus was filled once again wifh men in uniform. Six hundred army specialisfs Jrook possession of Clark Hall during Jrhe fall semesfer. re- linquishing H in Jrhe middle of March. The sigh'r of khaki was once again a familiar one around Pomona. These army men were en- grossed in a program of +heir own. They had. for +he mosf part insfrucfors of +heir own and classes separafe from +he res+ of Jrhe s+uden+ body. ' ITARY ATMOSPHERE Af almosf any hour of Jrhe day we could see Jrhem marching down +he sfreefs and hear +heir voices raised in song. They were more Sagehens +0 be included in +he acfivifies for which +hey had fime: many of Jrhem worked long hours in +he Coop. a+ pounding ouf copy flor +heir columns in S+uden+ Life. or af jusf making Jrhemselves amenable +0 +he varied wishes of busy civilians. They creafed a feeling o1C good fellowship which was reciprocal. To many of us +hey were a disfamL reminder of someone we missed very much. Soldiers came +0 Pomona +0 learn; +0 learn definife jobs. iobs +ha+ were +0 fir Jrl'uem for bigger roles in He war. They sfudied and rhey worked. They Jrook physics. chemisfry. geography. English. and hisfory: +hey worked hard. They made grades or rhey were Jrransrerreol back +0 acrive service; Dean nofices were some- +hing Huey didn'f collect and Jrime was some+hing rhey couldn'f wasfe. Ar firer +hey didn'f belong a+ Pomona. war had nor ye+ come +0 Pomona. bqu a few monfhs lafer +hey were very much a parJr of +he school and 5H of HS achiHes. Po- mona men had gone buf Huey leH able subsfifufes and social life flourished. The soldiers added much +0 Hwe college life. and did more Hwan rheir share +0 help keep +radi+ions alive. Big Bridges. symbolical of He liberal arfs living. opened ifs porfals for Hwe firsf fime +0 men in uniform, and men in uniform fook parJr in her way of life. Bridges has been Hue kingly masfer of He campus always and in her acceptance of her new prodigy Hwe Soldiers became Sagehens as well as members of +he armed forces. The Soldiers were +he firsf +0 have classes in Bridges. and. Hwey were Jrhe first Hweorefically, +0 affend concerfs in informal dress. Though columns of SOI- diers no longer march in fronf of Bridges. +hey are no+ forgoHen. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Edi+or Jrakes H115 opporfunify +0 eerend deepesf +hanks +0 Jack CannicoH and Ray Brennan of He Los Angeles Engraving Company: +0 Roy Day and H19 arfisans of +he Progress-Bullefin; +0 Hue phofographers: Lloyd. WalwL Lillian. Lansing Brown Sfudio. Jim Polychrone. and BeHy Mc- Clarey: +0 +he adminisfrafion: Helen Throne. Allen Hawley. and Dave Meikleiohn: +0 +he adverfising sfaff: Edifh Jenkins. Jean Smifh. and Al Hasfings; +0 +he wrifers: Vicky Beaman. Eugena Carfer. Jane Goodspeed. M. D. West Mary Ann Quackenbush. Edifh Wooley. Rhea Leishman. John Muir. Carl Shqu. Ted Beebe. Dick Rowson; +0 +he sfaH: Jean Wafson. Marge Sfevens. Marge Cameron and Naomi Heyman; +0 all H1056 who have offered +heir assisf- ance in dark momenfs; and +0 Jrhe Day Rapid Transi+ Company. ADVERTISERS Adverfisers: Mefafe adverfisers have proven +hemselves +0 be reliable. Their qualify is +ried and mellowed by Jrime. as is all Pomona fradifion. The firms whose adverfisemenfs appear on +hese pages are well worfhy of our pa+ron- age. Mefafe exfends ifs Hwanks for our ad- verfiser's willingness +0 conserve mefal by reusing old cufs, +hereby saving fime and vifal war maferial. OP STORE An almosphere familiar +0 all pervades in We Coop Slore. Here sludenls purchase all supplies. from books and magazines lo loolhpasfe anal aspirin. The Coop O'Hers books al +heir loweswL prices and shares profils +hrough flue reba+e sysfem. Pomonans in +he pidure are loafing. reading. and pur- chasing supplies while +he army is busy elsewhere. COOP FOUNTAIN A favorife sfudenf rendezvous is He Coop Founfain, only a few s+eps1crom +he sfore. Here one passes from +he vifal infelledual acfivHies +0 join +heir friends for cokes. sodas. cones. or coffee. In +he pas+ year. +he founfain has been crowded wifh soldiers and civilians alike. during school hours and dances. OMONA COLLEGE MEN SET THE STYLES . . . JOHN P. EVANS PROVIDES THEM LJAHN P. EVANA STYLE HEADQUARTERS 269 Weer Second S+ree+ Pomona. California Clofhiers For POMONA COLLEGEMEN Since I9II CROWN HOTEL and RESTAURANT SUPPLY'CCl Crown meafs are imporfanf in giv- ing Pomona +he repufafion of having +he besf food on He coasf. Sage- hens are indeed forfunafe in being able +0 secure such meaf as we see here emerging 1Crom a Frary oven. provided by He Crown Ho+el and Resfauranf Supply Company of Pasadena. OZQADER IN FASHION AND KNOWLEDGE QUALITY IN APPAREL. . IS a ACCESSORIES. TOILETRIES AND HOME FURNISHINGS PRICELESS JEWEL FOR 43 YEARS Our knowledge of fine Jewelry coupled wifh our repu+a+ion for infegrify, is your assurance of safisfacfion. ARSOhAGE JEEHELERFSy, l96 Wes+ Second Sfreef. Pomona Our Manufacfuring Depf. will design and creafe jewelry +0 your individual require- Pomona Valley's Finesf Deparfmen+ Sfore men+s. SIEVERS' Sfyle-minded Pomona women. such as lovely Phyllis Lques. know Hwaf Hwey buy disfincfive and appropriafe aHire af Siever's. I35 E. Second sfreef in Pomona. Siever creafions are found on many Me+a+e pages. STATIONERS Classroom supplies and +he imporfan+ correspondence ma- +erials purchased by Pomona s+uden+s are +he producfs of Sfafioners Corporafion locafed af 525 50. Spring Sfreef. Los Angeles. Their modern sfore mainfains a variefy of highesf qualify sfock 1Cor every business and school sfafionery use. BENTLEY'S FOOD MARKET hc you are fond of midnighf snacks in +he dorm. Hue BenHey Food MarkewL is well equipped +0 serve you. Here pic- Jrurecl. Barbara Lyman and Cherry Churchill prepare for a spread. The markef is convenienHy loca+ed for +he College and is eager fo serve 1+5 cusfomers. THE MISSION The mirror in We Mission. Pomona's favorife nigh+ rendezvous. reflecfs a group of happy sfudenf faces. Good food and dance music aHracf Hue local lads and lassies +0 +he Mission almosf nithy. wifh or wi+hou+ dafes. PROGRESS-BULLETIN PUBLISHING COMPANYI PRINTERS and BINDERS oi MORE THAN MERE WORDS, PICTURES AND PRINTERS INK This I944 METATE. a worfhy companion +0 Jrhose of preceding years. represen+s Jrhe skill and fechnique of Miss Bayne Bowman. edifor, and her fine sfaH, in presenfing a comprehensive picfure of Jrhis pasf year on +he Sagehen campus. in an en+er+aining manner. This book will be freasured by all +hose who are a parf of if. because if represenfs a year of adiusfmenf in college roufine and sociai life. bu+ wifhal, a sfeadfasf deierminafion +0 carry on. This. aifer all. is +he American Tempo of Jroolauy.. Picfure a+ leff shows Edi'ror Bayne Bowman. Adverfising Manager AI Has+ings. and Roy Day of +he Progress-Bullefin. in a huddle; care- fully checking prinfing forms for +his Mefafe. as if goes +0 press. POMONA, CALIFORNIA 944 METATE CLAREMONT IPJN a 35; .9322 f+ rs-T V Charming residenf and +ransien+ hofel offers comforfable overnighf and week-end faciliHes. The Inn dining room offers excellenf meals. Picfured on +he sfeps are several 6+- +rac+ive Pomona co-eds. van c. a wmmafga aw WNW, r... BETSY ROSS Always welcome +0 Hwe Pomona Col- lege Sfudenfs are +he dishes of Befsy Ross Ice Cream as picfured. Bofh Frary and Harwood dining halls fea- +ure all He flavors. Wifh ifs richness and fine qualify. if is +he dessert hoard scrap. Every piece of mefal is useful in +he war effort LOS ANGELES ENGRAVING COMPANY 1220 Maple Ave.. Los Angeles Engravers of Hue METATE for Jrwener years. Phone Richmond 5l86 or wriJre John F. CannicoH. Manager MARY ELLEN'S A College Ins+i+u+ion Everywhere on campus you find smari girls wearing sporfswear from +he IiHIe shop on Foofhill. Come up and browse. Wan: CHANDLERS One of We very popular Men's furnishing s+ores ior Pomona college men is Chandlers. locafed a+ I85 E. 2nd sfreef in Pomona. Chandlers is well pafronized because of H19 reas- onable prices and Hie friendly serv- ice which are offered. O MONTAGES O INFORMAL 0 ACTION 0 ADVERTISING LLOYD PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 766 E. Colorado Sf. Pasadena 1. SY-2-7205 HAMILTON'S DRUG STORE Hamilfon's Drug Sfore. 205 E. Sec- ond Sheet Pomona. Headquarfers for cosmefics and Max Facfor +hea- +rical make-up. Phone Pomona IOOZ WRIGHT BROS. and RICE FURNITURE STORE Wrighf Bros. and Rice for lover home furnishings. 252 S. Main sfreet Pomona. California HEBERT'S Heberf's Record and Book Shop. LaJreer in records. books and greef- ing cards. l23 Yale in Claremonf. Phone 74l6 CANDY SHOP The sweefes+ place in Claremont very popular among all who love candy. Tha+ is everyone. Ill Harvard Ave.. Claremonf PETITE SHOP For spring and summer clofhes visi+ +he Pefife Shop af I25 W. 2nd St. in Pomona. They feafure oufsfand- ing lines in suifs. dafe dresses. Jrop- pers. and formals GEORGE BEAMON'S SPORTING GOODS Everyfhing for He spor+sman af George Beamon's Sporfing Goods Sfore af 429 W. Second Sfreef in Pomona POWELL'S RUNSVOLD'S DRUG STORE Exfend your aHowance by buying Powell's for He lafesf and bes'r in your many +oile+rie needs and giH men's furnishings and dry goods. Hems a+ Runsvold's Drug Sfore. 2l5 W. Firs+ Sfree'r. Claremonf Soufheasf corner of Second and Yale BANK OF AMERICA Pomona always finds +he sfaH of +he Bank of America pleasanf and willing +o assist whefher deposifing money. cashing pay checks. or buying war bonds. All Jrransachions. large or small re- ceive +he same courfeous a++en+ion. CESPEDES ' I ACMECLEANERS PHOTOGRAPHER ' ' For fine porfraifs. see Pomona's lead- ing phofographer. Mr. E. D. Ces- pedes. I59 W. Second Sheet Po- If your clofhes aren'+ becoming fo mona. Calif. you. you should be coming +0 us. Ami 4,A.
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