The Capture of Pomona College

A very recent graduate relates what happened on a campus far-gone in Liberalism ; how faculty and administration outwitted trustees and alumni

When you tell the average Easterner you’re an alumnus of Pomona, he will probably flash a polite but patronizing smile, as he suddenly envisions some institution out of Ozark County. But tell the same thing to a Californian, and you can watch yourself grow taller in his eyes: for Pomona College has a distinguished record of scholastic achievement. It takes good, solid grades to enter, and its degrees are not won by courses in fingerpainting or banjo-plucking. Indeed, its academic reputation is such that it is affectionately known as the Oxford of Southern California’s Orange Belt.

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Allan H. Ryskind

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A very recent graduate relates what happened on a campus far-gone in Liberalism ; how faculty and administration outwitted trustees and alumni

When you tell the average Easterner you’re an alumnus of Pomona, he will probably flash a polite but patronizing smile, as he suddenly envisions some institution out of Ozark County. But tell the same thing to a Californian, and you can watch yourself grow taller in his eyes: for Pomona College has a distinguished record of scholastic achievement. It takes good, solid grades to enter, and its degrees are not won by courses in fingerpainting or banjo-plucking. Indeed, its academic reputation is such that it is affectionately known as the Oxford of Southern California’s Orange Belt.