Remind Me
I enjoyed the article in the current issue of Pomona College Magazine about the tradition of assigning a book for all first-year students to read. However, in polling friends of mine also from the Class of ’68, none of us has any recollection of that happening. Can you advise what the book was that was assigned to the Class of ’68 (incoming freshmen in 1964)? Maybe that would spark a memory! Thank you!
—Peggy Halstad Templer ’68
I love the magazine. The Winter 2026 issue had an article by Paul Eckstein ’62 on the summer reading books that freshmen are assigned. Is there any way someone can tell me what the freshman summer reading was for the incoming Class of 1979? I’ve asked all my alumni friends and none of us remember. Thank you so much! We would love to be reminded!
—Gabriela Vazquez ’83
As a Pomona College graduate I treasure each issue of the Pomona College Magazine. As a student who transferred from Pitzer in my junior year, I did not get the same bonding experience of sponsor groups that first-years receive. But even 50+ years later, I would love to read the book that my class read their first year. The photo of the big stacks of books that you feature each year never goes back to the Class of 1973 so I am wondering if you could send me a list of all the titles, by year, from the inception of the program. If not, I would be happy to at least get the title of the book the freshman class that graduated in 1973 read.
—Georgia Hall Chun ’73
Rachel LeMay ’27, a neuroscience major, is the only women’s golfer to earn All-American honors her first two years in Sagehen blue.
Fore!
I enjoyed reading about Sagehen athletics shining in the fall season but was a bit surprised and disappointed to see that there was no mention of the men’s or women’s golf team, which competed in both the fall and the spring. These student-athletes make quite a sacrifice to compete in two seasons and seeing how there was no mention of them at all, it seems like quite an egregious omission!
I do not golf myself but having three kids (hopefully future Sagehens!) involved in junior golf, I get to see firsthand the amount of time/work/sacrifice these collegiate golfers make to play the sport that they love.
—Dan Tzuang PO’98
Interim Associate Dean of Students
of Health and Wellness 2015
Editor’s Note: While the men’s and women’s golf teams play in the fall, their traditional seasons are in the spring, with invitationals between February and May, culminating with the conference and NCAA finals. The few fall tournaments they play in do not count toward records or standing.
Corrections for Winter 2026 Issue
In “They Got Mail” (Page 42), several of the names for the caption accompanying the senior class photos were mistakenly transposed. The caption has been corrected online. Read the full story at magazine.pomona.edu/they-got-mail
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