Posted on 11/08/2024 7:05:12 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
My favorite baseball cap is emblazoned with the number 47 on it.
But it's not what you think.
Long before Donald Trump launched his bid to return to the White House to become the nation's 47th president, the number 47 held special meaning for me and my fellow Pomona College graduates and current students.
The number 47 is considered sacred for anyone who calls themselves a Sagehen. (Yes, that's our college mascot. Don't laugh.)
The number 47 has eerily appeared repeatedly in the 137-year history of this private liberal arts college, located in the tranquil, tree-shaded town of Claremont.
Examples? Exits on the 10 and 210 freeways to get to Pomona College are both number 47. The organ at the college's music auditorium has 47 pipes in the top row. There were 47 enrolled students at the time of the first graduating class in 1894. The largest dorm on campus, officially known as Florence Carrier Blaisdell and Della Mullock Mudd Hall, has 47 characters in the title and was completed in 1947. The dorm's staircase contains 47 balusters.......
Another alumnus wrote that he scraped off a 47 sticker from his car rear window. "I don't want anyone thinking I voted for him."
An alumnus from the class of 1996 messaged me to say that she had been thinking about getting a "47" tattoo but has had second thoughts since Trump's election. "Maybe after time passes I will," she said. "But not anytime soon."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Florence Carrier Blaisdell and Della Mullock Mudd Hall
tells you all you need yo know about the school...
...as #45.
For some reason, Rolling Rock beer, brewed in Pennsylvania, uses the number 33. I don't think it's related to the notorious 33 beer from Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it was said that the beer contained formaldehyde to keep it from spoiling in the tropical heat. It is still brewed, and I have had some myself, and I'm still here.
Here's a famous tribute to that beer.
Ba Mu'o'i Ba (thirty-three)--Ssgt. Barry Sadler (1966)
The Sagehens were the arch-rivals of my Occidental College Tigers. Our rivalry went back to the nineteenth century and is probably the oldest college football rivalry in Southern California. Unfortunately, Oxy dropped football a few years ago.
Didn’t Rolling Rock ponies (10oz.?) come in eight-packs?
Penn State lore, hand-in-glove with Rolling Rock beer (Yes! Proudly sold by the case!):
https://theskeller.com/skeller-history
No one cares
Too bad, losers.
Is this the “unity” I always hear about from the media?
When I read these four words, “private liberal arts college,” I just chuckled.
Snowflakes are melting down. I suggest they get a few cats, some boxed wine and STFU!!
OOPS, to the Snowflakes, have a nice day!
Is that when they decided that Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th president?
Maybe you meant the founding of the college?
Hugo, consider that you might have already dreamed of the name “Karen” for your future bride, your daughter, or your transition identity, and now, it’s gone the way of “47.”
I suggest you change your name to Brandon. People will encourage you! “Let’s go, Brandon!”
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