Author: Clara Shelton

This week, the Pomona Student Union (PSU) held the event “Consider the Sponsor Group: Asking the Hard Questions.” In keeping with this theme, this week’s Ye Olde TSL article comes from an issue published Sept. 21, 1927—the first year of the Sponsor Group. Much has changed within the system, but

Many of the clothing items sported by Men’s Blue and White proudly bear the fact that this a cappella group was formed in 1895. As much as it seems probable that this is simply urban legend, evidence suggests that they may be telling the truth. Though no record could be

The November issues of TSL from the 1940s and 1950s were overwhelmingly about football. It appears that in those days, football was one of the most important activities on campus and Homecoming was one of the best events of the year. The main rival at the time was Occidental College—one issue

Halloween may be over, but if you still have costume parties to attend this weekend, four TSL writers of 1973 have some suggestions. On Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1973, TSL published a largely Halloween-themed issue that included this article. Keep in mind, at this point in time Claremont McKenna College was men-only, Pitzer

From Oct. 24 to Oct. 28, 1932, The Student Life conducted a poll to find out Claremont Colleges students’ opinions on the upcoming presidential election. Herbert Hoover (Republican) was running for a second term against Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat) and lost in a landslide due to his inability to thwart the

The Claremont Colleges took part in a national protest calling for the end of the Vietnam War on Oct. 15, 1969. Classes were cancelled; instead, the colleges hosted talks, marches, rallies, and other opportunities to learn about different sides of the issue. The next day, TSL dedicated an entire issue to the

In 1965, TSL began devoting two pages per issue to a feature entitled “The Pitzer Pioneer.”At the time, Pitzer College was brand new. “The Pitzer Pioneer” was a way for a substantial amount of Pitzer-related news to circulate around the colleges without establishing a separate newspaper. This article, from Oct. 14,

  On this day in 1957, TSL published its first issue of the school year—with Kris Kristofferson as Sports Editor! The issue was full of articles written by sponsors and heads of the Associated Students of Pomona College welcoming Pomona first-years. One student, identified only as J.S.P., wrote this editorial

This week in “Ye Olde Student Life,” we journey back to the very first issue ever published—in November of 1889. Then called The Pomona Student, it featured the following from a column called “Locals,” which was full of snippets of news and trivia about the goings-on on campus (then just one building

While I would have loved to finish my Ye Olde TSL tenure with a truly revelatory find, I have too much essay-writing left to spend hours in TSL’s archives this week. So, from 1926, here’s a humorous look at how our professors prepare for the finals we dread. EXAM TREMORS RECORDED May 28,